2008年考研英语真题（可复制、可搜索）

2008年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,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 ofthose hypotheses that dare not speak its name.But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say itanyway.He is that 2 bird,a scientist who works independently 3 anyinstitution.He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to havea bacterial cause were actually infections,which aroused much controversy when it wasfirst suggested.5he,however,might tremble at the6 of what he is about to do.Togetherwith another two scientists,he is publishing a paper which not only.7 that onegroup of humanity is more intelligent than the others,but explains the process that hasbrought this about.The group in 8 are a particular people originated fromcentral Europe.The process is naturalselection.This group generally do well in IQ test,9 12-15 points above the 10 valueof 100,and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of theWest as the_12 of their elites including several world -renownedscientists,13.They also suffer more often than most people from a number ofnasty genetic diseases,such as breast cancer.These facts,14,havepreviously been thought unrelated.The former has been15 to social effects,such as a strong tradition of 16 education.The latter was seen as a (an)17 ofgenetic isolation.Dr.Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases areintimately 18.His argument is that the unusual history of these peoplehas 19 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted inthis 20 state of affairs.英语试题.1.（共14页）