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1、欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！2015 年考研英语一真题及答案（完整版）Section 1 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)Though not biologically related,friends are as related as fourth cousins,sha

2、ring about 1%of genes.That is 1 a study published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,has 2 .The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted 3 1932 unique subjects which 4 pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers.The sa

3、me people were used in both 5 .While 1%may seem 6 ,it is not so to a geneticist.As James Fowler,professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego,says,Most people do not even 7 their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the people who 8 our kin.The study 9 found that the genes for smel

4、l were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity.Why this similarity in olfactory genes is difficult to explain,for now.10 Perhaps,as the team suggests,it draws us to similar environments but there is more 11 it.There could be many mechanisms working in tandem that 12 us in choosing gen

5、etically similar friends 13 than functional kinship of being friends with 14 !One of the remarkable findings of the study was that the similar genes seem to be evolving 15 than other genes.Studying this could help 16 why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years,with social environment be

6、ing a major 17 factor.The findings do not simply corroborate peoples 18 to befriend those of similar 19 backgrounds,say the researchers.Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction,care was taken to 20 that all 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！subjects,fr

7、iends and strangers were taken from the same population.The team also controlled the data to check ancestry of subjects.Section II Reading Comprehension 1、What 2、Concluded 3、On 4、Compared 5、Samples 6、Insignificant 7、Know 8、Resemble 9、Also 10、Perhaps 11、To 12、Drive 13、Ratherthan 14、Benefits 15、Faster

8、 16、understand 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！17、Contributory 18、Tendency 19、Ethnic 20、see Part A Directions:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)TEXT 1 King Juan Carlos of Spain once

9、insistedkings dont abdicate,they die in their sleep.But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republicans left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down.So,does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days?Does that mean the writing is

10、 on the wall for all European royals,with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyles?The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy.When public opinion is particularly polarized,as it was following the end of the France regime,monarchs can rise above mere polities and embo

11、dy a spirit of national unity.It is this apparent transcendence of polities that explains monarchys continuing popularity as heads of state.And so,the Middle East expected,Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world,with 10 kingdoms(not counting Vatican City and Andorra).But unlike their

12、 absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia,most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.Even so,kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside.Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be,their very h

13、istory-and sometimes the way they behave 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！Cowing to their undoubted and respectable status.Ddue to their everlasting political embodiment.23.Which of the following is shown to be odd,according to Paragraph 4

14、?A The role of the nobility in modern democracies.B Aristocrats excessive reliance on inherited wealth.C The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families.D The nobilitys adherence to their privileges.24.The British royals have most to fear because Charles Atakes a tough line on political issues.Bfa

15、ils to change his lifestyle as advised.Ctakes republicans as his potential allies.Dfails to adapt himself to his future role.25.Which of the following is the best title of the text?ACarlos,Glory and Disgrace Combined BCharles,Anxious to Succeed to the Throne CCharles,Slow to React to the Coming Thre

16、ats DCarlos,a Lesson for All European Monarchs 21.Dended his reign in embarrassment.22.C owing to the undoubted and respectable status 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！23.A the role of the nobility in modern democracy 24.B fails to change his lifestyle as advised.25.D Carlos,a lesson f

17、or all Monarchies TEXT 2 Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data?The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.California has asked the justices to refrain fr

18、om a sweeping ruling,particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.It is hard,the state argues,for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.The court would be recklessly m

19、odest if it followed Californias advice.Enough of the implications are discernable,even obvious,so that the justice can and should provide updated guidelines to police,lawyers and defendants.They should start by discarding Californias lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone-a vast

20、storehouse of digital information is similar to say,going through a suspects purse.The court has ruled that police dont violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet or pocketbook,of an arrestee without a warrant.But exploring ones smartphone is more like entering his or her home.A sm

21、artphone may contain an arrestees reading history,financial history,medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.The development of cloud computing.meanwhile,has made that exploration so much the easier.But the justices should not swallow Californias argument whole.New,disrupti

22、ve technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitutions protections.Orin Kerr,a law professor,compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the 20th:The justices had to sp

23、ecify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then;they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！26.The Supreme court,will work out whether,during an arrest,it is legitimate to A search for suspects

24、mobile phones without a warrant.B check suspects phone contents without being authorized.C prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents.D prohibit suspects from using their mobile phones.27.The authors attitude toward Californias argument is one of A tolerance.B indifference.C disapproval.D c

25、autiousness.28.The author believes that exploring ones phone content is comparable to A getting into ones residence.B handing ones historical records.C scanning ones correspondences.D going through ones wallet.29.In Paragraph 5 and 6,the author shows his concern that A principles are hard to be clea

26、rly expressed.B the court is giving police less room for action.欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！C phones are used to store sensitive information.D citizens privacy is not effective protected.30.Orin Kerrs comparison is quoted to indicate that (A)the Constitution should be implemented

27、flexibly.(B)New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution.(C)Californias argument violates principles of the Constitution.(D)Principles of the Constitution should never be altered.26.Bcheck suspects phone contents without being authorized.27.Cdisapproval 28.A getting into ones residen

28、ce 29.D citizens privacy is not effectively protected 30.B new technology requires reinterpretation of the constitution Text 3 The journal Science is adding an extra source at Peer-review process,editor-in-chief Marcia McNott announced today.The Follows similar efforts from other journals,after wide

29、spread concern that Mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the Published research findings.Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in our journal,writes McNutt in an editorial.Working with the American Statistical Association,the Journal has appointed seven experts to a stat

30、istics board of reviewing Manuscript will be flagged up for additional scrutiny by the Journals editors,or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review these 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！Asked whether

31、any particular papers had impelled the change,McNutt said,The creation of thestatistics boardwas motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Sciences overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.Giov

32、anni Parmigiani，a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health,a member of the SBoRE group,says he expects the board to play primarily on advisory role.He agreed to join because he found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel,unique and likely to have a lasting imp

33、act.This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself,but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.John Ioannidis,a physician who studies research methodology,says that the policy is a most welcome step forwardand

34、 long overdue,Most journals are weak in statistical review，and this damages the quality of what they publish.I think that,for the majority of scientific papers nowadays,statistical review is more essential than expert review,he says.But he noted that biomedical journals such as Annals of Internal Me

35、dicine,the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet pay strong attention to statistical review.Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data,but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research，according to David Vaux，a cell biologist.Researchers sh

36、ould improve their standards,he wrote in 2012，but journals should also take a tougher line，engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process.Vaux says that Sciences idea to pass some papers to statisticians has some merit，but a weakness is that it relies on the

37、 board of reviewing editors to identifythe papers that need scrutinyin the first place.31.It can be learned from Paragraph I that A Science intends to simplify its peer-review process.Bjournals are strengthening their statistical checks.Cfew journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis.欢迎您阅读并下载

38、本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！Dlack of data analysis is common in research projects.32.The phrase flagged up(Para.2)is the closest in meaning to Afound.Brevised.Cmarked Dstored 33.Giovanni Parmigiani believes that the establishment of the SBoRE may Apose a threat to all its peers Bmeet with

39、 strong opposition Cincrease Sciences circulation.Dset an example for other journals 34.David Vaux holds that what Science is doing now A.adds to researchers worklosd.B.diminishes the role of reviewers.C.has room for further improvement.D.is to fail in the foreseeable future.35.Which of the followin

40、g is the best title of the text?A.Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in Papers B.Professional Statisticians Deserve More Respect 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！C.Data Analysis Finds Its Way onto Editors Desks D.Statisticians Are Coming Back with Science 31.B journals are strengt

41、hening their statistical checks 32.B marked 33.D set an example for other journals 34.C has room for further improvement 35.A science joins Push to screen statistics in papers Text4 Two years ago.Rupert Murdochs daughter,spoke at the unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our collapsed,she

42、 argued,because of a collective acceptance that the mechanismin society should be profit and the market we the people who create the society we want,not profit.Driving her point home,she continuedIts increasingly absence of purpose，of a moral language with in government,could become one of the most

43、dangerous goals for capitalism and freedom.This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies,such as International,she thought,making it more likely that it would fore had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.As the hacking trial concludes-finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the

44、 World,Andy Coulson,for conspiring to hack phones,and finding the predecessor,Rebekah Brooks,innocent of the same charge-the wide dearth of integrity still stands.Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people.This is hacking on an industrial scale,as was acknowledged by Glenn

45、 Mulcaire,the man hired by the News of the World in 2001 to be the point person for phone hacking.Others await trial.This long story still unfolds.In many respects,the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place.One of

46、 the 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom,how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.The core of her successful defence was that she knew nothing.In to

47、days world,it has become normal that well-paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run.Perhaps we should not be so surprised.For a generation,the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit.The words that have m

48、attered are efficiency,flexibility,shareholder value,business-friendly,wealth generation,sales,impact and,in newspapers,circulation.Words degraded to the margin have been justice,fairness,tolerance,proportionality and accountability.The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote rea

49、der understanding,to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity.It was to ruin lives in the quest for circulation and impact.Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories,but she asked no questions,gave no instructions-nor received traceab

50、le,recorded answers.36.Accordign to the first two paragraphs,Elisabeth was upset by (A)the consequences of the current sorting mechanism.(B)companies financial loss due to immoral practices (C)governmental ineffectiveness on moral issues.(D)the wide misuse of integrity among institutions.37.It can b