历年考研英语真题集含答案(word版)

2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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2009年考研英语真题答案

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Section I: Use of English (10 points) 1. B 6. A 11. D 16. C 2. A 7. D 12. B 17. B 3. D 8. C 13. C 18. A 4. B 9. B 14. D 19. A 5. C 10. D 15. A 20. C Section II: Reading Comprehension (60 points) Part A (40 points) 21. C 26. A 31. D 36. B 22. D 27. C 32. B 37. B 23. A 28. D 33. B 38. D 24. D 29. A 34. C 39. A 25. A 30. B 35. C 40. C Part B (10 points) 41. C 42. E 43. A 44. B 45. G Part C (10 points)

46. 虽然我们可以说衡量任何一个社会机构价值的标准是其在丰富和完善人生

方面所起的作用，但这种作用并不是我们最初的动机的组成部分。 47. 人们只是逐渐地才注意到机构的这—副产品，而人们把这种作用视为机构

运作的指导性因素的过程则更为缓慢。 48. 虽然在与年轻人的接触中我们容易忽视自己的行为对他们的性情所产生的

影响，然而在与成年人打交道时这种情况就不那么容易发生。 49. 由于我们对年轻人所做的首要工作在于使他们能够在生活中彼此相融，因

此我们不禁要考虑自己是否在形成让他们获得这种能力的力量。 50. 这就使我们得以在一直讨论的广义的教育过程中进一步区分出一种更为正

式的教育形式，即直接讲授或学校教育。

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2008年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

Section I

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 大1家 to say it anyway. He is that 大2家 bird, a scientist who works independently 大3家 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 大4家 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.

大5家 he, however, might tremble at the 大6家 of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 大7家 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in 大8家 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.

This group generally do well in IQ test, 大9家 12-15 points above the 大10家 value of 100, and have contributed 大11家 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 大12家 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists, 大13家. They also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 大14家, have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 大15家 to social effects, such as a strong tradition of 大16家 education. The latter was seen as a (an) 大17家 of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately 大18家. His argument is that the unusual history of

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these people has 大19家 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 大20家 state of affairs. 1. [A] selected [B] prepared 2. [A] unique [B] particular 3. [A] of

[B] with

4. [A] subsequently [B] presently 5. [A] Only [B] So 6. [A] thought [B] sight 7. [A] advises [B] suggests 8. [A] progress [B] fact 9. [A] attaining [B] scoring 10. [A] normal [B] common

11. [A] unconsciously

[C] indefinitely 12. [A] missions [B] fortunes 13. [A] affirm [B] witness 14. [A] moreover [B] therefore 15. [A] given up [B] got over 16. [A] assessing

[B] supervising 17. [A] development [B] origin 18. [A] linked [B] integrated 19. [A] limited

[B] subjected

[C] obliged [D] pleased [C] special [D] rare [C] in [D] against [C] previously [D] lately [C] Even [D] Hence [C] cost [D] risk [C] protests [D] objects [C] need [D] question [C] reaching [D] calculating [C] mean

[D] total

[B] disproportionately [D] unaccountably [C] interests [D] careers [C] observe [D] approve [C] however [D] meanwhile [C] carried on

[D] put down

[C] administering [D] valuing [C] consequence [D] instrument [C] woven [D] combined [C] converted

[D] directed