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XX年考研英语模拟试题及答案 Section I UseofEnglishDirections： Readthefollowingtext. Choosethebestword ( s ) foreachnumberedblankandmarkA , B，CorDonANSWERSHEET1. (lOpoints) Inthepastfewdecades remarkablefindingshavebeenmadeinet hology ， thes tudyofanimalsocialbeha tudyofanima lsocialbeha vior. Earlie hadlthatnon humansocial lifewasalmo stinctiveor fixedbygene tics. Muchmo servationha sshownthat2 variationoc esocialties ofmostspeci es，showingt isapartofso ciallife. Th atis，the3ar ixedbythege nes. 4，the learningtha toccursisof yageinaproc essthatisca lledimprint ingisclearl y5instincti ve，butitisn thelearning ofhumans ; it issomething etwo. Anillu strationbes t6thenature g. Once , biol ogiststhoug htthatduckl rscientists sttotallyin recarefulob cursa.mongth hatlearning enotsolelyf tenatanearl ing. Imprint otquitelike inbetweenth ofimprintin ingsfollowe dthemotherd uckbecauseo finstincts. Noweknowth at， shortly7 theyhatch ， d ucklingsfix 8anyobjecta boutthesize ofaduckandw illhencefor thfollowit. Soducklings mayfollowab asketballor abriefcasei ftheseare9f orthemother duckattheti mewhenimpri ntingoccurs .Thus, socia ltiescanbec onsiderably 10， evenones thathaveaco nsiderableb asel lbygene tics. Even amongthesoc ialinsectss omethinglik eimprinting 12influence socialbehav ior. Forexam pie, biologi stsoncethou ghtbeescomm unicatedwit hotherspure lyl3instinc t.But, inexa mininga “dan ce” thatbees dotoindicat ethedistanc eanddirecti onofapollen source , obse rversfoundt hatbeesrais edinisolati oncouldnotc ommunicatee ffectively. Atahigherle vel，thegene ticbaseseem stobemuchmo reforanall purposelear ningrathert hanthemores pecificresp onsesofimpr inting. Chim i oanzees , for instance，ge ，nerallyl4ve rygoodmothe rbutJaneGoo dallreports thatsomechi mpscarrythe infantupsid edownorl5fa iltonurture theyoung. Sh ebelievesth atthesefema leswerethey oungestorth el6childofa mother.Insu chcircumsta nces，theydi dnothavethe opportunity toobserveho wtheirownmo therl7forhe ryoung. Cert ainlyadoles centc