1、考研阅读英语答案2005考研阅读英语答案【篇一：2005年考研英语试卷及答案】 class=txtsection 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) the human nose is an underrated tool. humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers
2、 compared with animals, 1 this is largely because, 2animals, we stand upright. this means that our noses are 3 to perceiving those smells which float through the air, 4 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. in fact, 5, we are extremely sensitive to smells, 6 we do not generally realize it.
3、 our noses are capable of 7 human smells even when these are 8 to far below one part in one million. strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, 9 others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. this may be because some people do not have the genes necessa
4、ry to generate 10 smell receptors in the nose. these receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 11 to the brain. however, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell 12 can suddenly become sensitive to it when 13 to it often enough. the explanation for insensitivity to
5、 smell seems to be that the brain finds it 14 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 15 new receptors if necessary. this may 16explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smellswe simply do not need to be. we are not 17 of the usual smell of our own house, but we18 new smel
6、ls when we visit someone elses. the brain finds it best to keep smell receptors 19 for unfamiliar and emergency signals 20 the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire. 1. a although b as c but d while 2. a above b unlike c excluding d besides 3. a limited b committed c dedicated d co
7、nfined 4. a catching b ignoring c missing d tracking 5. a anyway b though c instead d therefore 6. a even if b if only c only if d as if 7. a distinguishingb discovering c determining d detecting 8. a diluted b dissolved c dispersed d diffused 9. a when b since c for d whereas 10. a unusual b partic
8、ular c unique d typical 11. a signs b stimuli c messages d impulses 12. a at first b at all c at large d at times 13. a subjected b left c drawn d exposed 14. a ineffective b incompetent c inefficient d insufficient15. a introduce b summon c trigger d create 16. a still b also c otherwise d neverthe
9、less 17. a sure b sick c aware d tired 18. a tolerate b repel c neglect d notice 19. a available b reliable c identifiable d suitable 20. a similar to b such as c along with d aside from section ii reading comprehension part a directions: read the following four texts. answer the questions below eac
10、h text by choosing a, b, c or d. mark your answers on answer sheet 1 (40 points) text 1everybody loves a fat pay rise. yet pleasure at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleague has been given a bigger one. indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking, you might even be outraged. such behaviou
11、r is regarded as “all too human,” with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance. but a study by sarah brosnan and frans de waal of emory university in atlanta, georgia, which has just been published in nature, suggests that it is a
12、ll too monkey, as well. the researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. they look cute. they are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food readily. above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “g
13、oods and services” than males. such characteristics make them perfect candidates for dr. brosnans and dr. de waals study. the researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens for food. normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for slices of cucumber. how
14、ever, when two monkeys were placed in separate but adjoining chambers, so that each could observe what the other was getting in return for its rock, their behaviour became markedly different. in the world of capuchins, grapes are luxury goods (and much preferable to cucumbers). so when one monkey wa
15、s handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. and if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either tossed her own token at the researcher or out of the chamber, or refused toaccept
16、the slice of cucumber. indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other chamber (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to induce resentment in a female capuchin. the researchers suggest that capuchin monkeys, like humans, are guided by social emotions. in the wild, they are a co-operative,
17、 group-living species. such co-operation is likely to be stable only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the gr
18、oup. however, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question. 21. in the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by _. a posing a con
19、trast【篇二：2012-2005年考研英语真题及答案】txtsection 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) read the following text. choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark a, b, c or d on answer
20、sheet 1. (10 points) the ethical judgments of the supreme court justices have become an important issue recently. the court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politicians. yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the courts reputation
21、for being independent and impartial. justice antonin scalia, for example, appeared at political events. that kind of activity makes it less likely that the courts decisions will be _4_ as impartial judgments. part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_by an ethics code. at the very least, t
22、he court should make itself _6_to the code of conduct that _7_to the rest of the federal judiciary. this and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a _9_between the court and politics. the framers of the constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. the
23、y gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no need to _13_ political support. our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_. constitutional law is political because it results from choices roote
24、d in fundamental social _15_ like liberty and property. when the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_ is inescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust. the justices must _18_ doubts about the courts legitimacy by making t
25、hemselves _19_ to the code of conduct. that would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_, convincing as law. 1. aemphasize bmaintain cmodify d recognize 2. awhen blest cbefore d unless 3. arestored bweakened cestablished d eliminated 4. achallenged bcompromised csusp
26、ected d accepted 5. aadvanced bcaught cbound dfounded 6. aresistant bsubject cimmune dprone 7. aresorts bsticks cloads dapplies 8. aevade braise cdeny dsettle 9. aline bbarrier csimilarity dconflict 10. aby bas cthough dtowards 11. aso bsince cprovided dthough 12. aserve bsatisfy cupset dreplace 13.
27、 aconfirm bexpress ccultivate doffer 14. aguarded bfollowed cstudied dtied 15. aconcepts btheories cdivisions dconceptions 16. aexcludes bquestions cshapes dcontrols 17. adismissed breleased cranked ddistorted 18. asuppress bexploit caddress dignore 19. aaccessible bamiable cagreeable daccountable 2
28、0. aby all mesns batall costs cin a word das a result section ii reading comprehension 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 come on everybodys doing it. that whispered m
29、essage, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. it usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. but in her new book join the club, tina rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls th
30、e social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word. rosenberg, the recipient of a pulitzer prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: in south carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking pro
31、gram called rage against the haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. in south africa, an hiv-prevention initiative known as lovelife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.the idea seems promising，and rosenberg is a perceptive observer. her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure
