新东方2010年度考研英语冲刺试卷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)
Few scientific fields are as full of risk as that of research into human intelligence. The two questions that 1 over and over again are "is it a result of nature or nurture?" and "does race make a difference?"
Making 2 comments about the second question can be a 3 move, as James Watson, a co-discoverer of DNA structure, recently found. He suggested that he was " 4 about the prospect of Africa" 5 "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours (white people) 6 all the testing says not really". Such 7 are not merely 8 , they are scientifically weird. If the term race has any useful scientific meaning, then Africa, the continent where modern 9 began, is most racially diverse. The resulting 10 among the public forced Dr. Watson to leave his laboratory.
11 , the study of 12 between intelligence and genetics has some wiser practitioners. One of them, Terrie Moffitt, of King's College, has just 13 a project 14 the relative importance of nature and nurture. Dr. Moffitt's team 15 the effect on intelligence of breastfeeding, but in a genetic context. Previous studies have shown that breastfed children are more intelligent, 16 about six IQ points, than those given baby formulas.
The team, however, 17 the involvement of a gene called FADS2, which comes in two varieties, known as C and G. The researchers 18 if these two varieties 19 differently with breast milk. 20 on data from two groups of people, they found that the intelligence increase associated with breastfeeding only happened to people having inherited at least one copy of the C variety. The effect did not depend on the social classes or IQs of the parents.
1. [A] happen [B] rise [C] arise [D] arouse
2. [A] prompt [B] hasty [C] general [D] stupid
3. [A] career-

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