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2015全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Though not biologically related, friends are as “related” as fourth cousins, sharing 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 1.932 unique subjects which 4 pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same 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 smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity .Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for? now, _ 10 _ ,as the? team? suggests, it draws us to similar environments but there is more _ 11 _ it. There could be many mechanisms working together that _ 12 _ us in choosing genetically similar friends _ 13 _ ”functional Kinship” of being friends with _ 14 _ !One of the remarkable findings of the study was? the similar genes seem to be evolution _ 15 _ than other genes? Studying this could help _ 16 _ why human evolution picked pace in the last? 30,000 years, with social environment being a major _ 17 _ factor.The findings do not simply explain people’s 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 subjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population.1. [A] when[B] why[C] how[D] what2. [A] defended[B] concluded[C] withdrawn[D] advised3. [A] for?[B] with[C] on[D] by4. [A] compared[B] sough