考研英语真题答案与详解精编版.docx

1、考研英语真题答案与详解精编版2005-2009 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语真题、答案及详解ant052009 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题9. A invisibleB limitedC indefiniteD differentSection I Use of English10.A upwardB forwardC afterwardD backwardDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and11.A featuresB influences

2、C resultsD costsmark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)12.A outsideB onC byD acrossResearch on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are.13.A deliverB carryC performD apply1 the fruit- flyexperiments described in Carl Zimmer spiece in the Science Times on14.A by c

3、hanceB in contrastC as usualD for instanceTuesday. Fruitflies whowere taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly2to live15.A ifB unlessC asD lestshorter lives. This suggests that 3bulbs burn longer, that there is an4in not being16.A moderateB overcomeC determineD reachtoo terrifically bright.17

4、.A atB forC afterD withIntelligence, it5out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel18.A Above allB After allC HoweverD Otherwiseand is slow6the starting linebecause it depends on learning agradual7 19.A fundamentalB comprehensiveC equivalentD hostileinstead of instinct. Plent

5、yof other species are able to learn, and one of the things they20.A By accident veB In timeC So farD Better stillapparently learned is when to 8 . Section II Reading ComprehensionIs there an adaptive value to 9 intelligence? That thes question behind this new Part Aresearch. I like it. Instead of ca

6、sting a wistful glance 10 at all th e species we ve leftDirections:in Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosingthe dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real 11 of our own intelligence might be. A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points

7、)This is 12 the mind of every animal I ve ever met. Text 1Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilotwould 13 on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, 14 , is

8、running a and relaxing into the unconsci ous comfort of familiar routine. “ Not choice, but habit rsmall-scale study in operant conditioning. we believe that 15animals ran the labs, theythe unreflecting herd,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In -thechangingeverwould test us to16 the lim

9、its of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for terrain.21st century, even the word“ habit” carries a negative connotation.They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really17 , not merely how muchSo it seems antithetical totalk about habits in the same context as creativity andof

10、it there is. 18 , they would hope to study a 19 question: Are humans actually awareinnovation. But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop newof the world they live in? 20 the results are inconclusive.habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain c

11、ells, that can jump1.A SupposeB ConsiderC ObserveD Imagineour trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.2.A tendedB fearedC happenedD threatenedBut don t bother trying to kill off old habits; once thoseruts of procedure are worn into3.A thinnerB stablerC lighterD dimmerthe hippocampus, they re t

12、here to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into4.A tendencyB advantageC inclinationD priorityourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.5.A insists onB sums upC turns outD puts forward“ Thefirst thing needed forinnovation is a fascination withwonder, ”says

13、Dawna6.A offB behindC overD alongMarkova, author of“ The Open Mind” and an executive change consultant for Profession7.A incredibleB spontaneousCinevitableD gradualThinking Partners.“ But we are taught instead tor presidentdecide,calls himselfjustas ou8.A fightB doubtC stopD think the Decider”. She

14、adds, however, that“ to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A12005-2009 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语真题、答案及详解ant05good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.results.”Allof us work through problemsin ways of which we reunaware, she says.More than 60,000 people have pur

15、chased the PTKs since they first become availableResearchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approachwithoutprescriptions lastyears, according to Doug Fog,chiefoperating officer ofchallenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collabo

16、ratively)Identigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits. More thantwodozen companies selland innovatively.At puberty,however, the brain shuts downhalf ofthat capacity,DNA tests Directly to the public , ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more thanpreserving only those modes of thought

17、that have seemed most valuable during the first$2500.decade or so of life.Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children canThecurrentemphasis onstandardized testing highlights analysis and procedure,use to find their biologicalrelatives and latest rage a many passio

18、nate genealogists-andmeaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.supports businesses that offer to search for a familys geographic roots .“ This breaks the major rule in the American belief systemthat anyone can do anything,Most” tests require collecting c

19、ells by webbing saliva in the mouth and sending it to theexplains M. J. Ryan, author ofthe 2006 book “ ThisYear I Will.and” Ms. Markova scompany for testing. All tests require a potential candidate with whom to compare DNA.business partner. “ That a liesthat wehave perpetuated, and itfosterscommonne

20、ss.But some observers are skeptical, “There is a kind of false precision being hawked byKnowing what you re good at and doing even more of it creates excellenceThis. is wherepeople claiming”they are doing ancestry testing,”says Trey Duster, a New York Universitydeveloping new habits comes in.sociolo

21、gist. He notes that each individual has many ancestors-numbering in the hundreds21. The view of Wordsworth habit is claimed by being.just a few centuries back. Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, eitherA casualB familiarC mechanicalD changeable.the Y chromosome inherited throu

22、gh men in a fathers line or mitochondrial DNA, which a22. The researchers have discovered that the formation of habit can be.passed down only from mothers. This DNA can reveal genetic information about only oneA predictedB regulatedC tracedD guidedor two ancestors, even though, for example, just thr

23、ee generations back people also have six23.“ ruts”(in line one, paragraph 3) has closest meaning to.other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents.A tracksB seriesC characteristicsD connectionsCritics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good a

24、s the reference24. Ms. Markovascomments suggest that the practice of standard testing.collections to which a sample is compared. Databases used by some companies dontrelyA prevents new habits form being formedon data collected systematically butrather lump togetherinformation from differentB no long

25、er emphasizes commonnessresearch projects. This means that a DNA database may differ depending on the companyC maintains the inherent American thinking modelthat processes the results. In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimateD complies with the American belief systemrelationship

26、s may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.25. Ryan most probably agree that.26.In paragraphs 1 and 2 , the text shows PTKs _.A ideas are born of a relaxing mindB innovativeness could be taughtAeasy availabilityBflexibility in pricingC decisiveness derives from fantastic

27、ideasD curiosity activates creative mindsC successful promotionD popularity with householdsText 227. PTK is used to _.It is a wise father that knows his own child,but today a man can boost his paternalA locate ones birth placeB promote genetic research(fatherly) wisdomor at least confirm that hes th

28、e kids dad. All he needs to do is shell ourC identify parent-child kinshipD choose children for adoption$30 for paternity testing kit (PTK)at his local drugstore and another $120 to get the28. Skeptical observers believe that ancestry testing fails to_.22005-2009 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语真题、答案及详解 ant05Atrace

29、 distant ancestors Brebuild reliable bloodlinesCfully use genetic information Dachieve the claimed accuracy29. In the last paragraph ,a problem commercial genetic testing faces is _.Adisorganized data collection Boverlapping database buildingCexcessive sample comparison Dlack of patent evaluation.30. An appropriate title for the text is mo