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Section I Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank
and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is
one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 1
to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird, a scientist who works independently 3 any
institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to
have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy
when it was first suggested.
5 he, however, might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do. Together
with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one
group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process
that has brought this about. The group in 8 are a particular people originated
from central Europe. The process is natural selection.
This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value
of 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the
West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists,13
hey also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic
diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14 ave previously been thought
unrelated. The former has been 15 social effects, such as a strong tradition of
16 ucation. The latter was seen as a (an) 17 genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran
suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately18 is argument is that
the unusual history of these people has 19 em to unique evolutionary pressures
that have resulted in this 20 ate of affairs.
1. [A] selected [B] prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased
2. [A] unique [B] particular [C] special [D] rare
3. [A] of [B] with [C] in [D] against
4. [A] subsequently [B] presently [C] previously [D] lately
5. [A] Only [B] So [C] Even [D] Hence
6. [A] thought [B] sight [C] cost [D] risk
7. [A] advises [B] suggests [C] protests [D] objects
8. [A] progress [B] fact [C] need [D] question
9. [A] attaining [B] scoring [C] reaching [D] calculating
10. [A] normal [B] common [C] mean [D] total
11. [A] unconsciously [B] disproportionately
[C] indefinitely [D] unaccountably
12. [A] missions [B] fortunes [C] interests [D] careers
13. [A] affirm [B] witness [C] observe [D] approve
14. [A] moreover [B] therefore [C] however [D] meanwhile
15. [A] given up [B] got over [C] carried on [D] put down
16. [A] assessing [B] supervising [C] administering [D] valuing
17. [A] development [B] origin [C] consequence [D] instrument
18. [A] linked [B] integrated [C] woven [D] combined
19. [A] limited [B] subjected [C] converted [D] directed
20. [A] paradoxical [B] incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuous
Section I: Use of English (10 points)
答案:1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C
6. A 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C
11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. D 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A |
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