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2015年考研英语一试题及答案完整版 SectionI UseofEnglish Directions: Read thefollowing text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blankandmarkA,B, CorD onANSWERSHEET1. (10points) 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 usedinboth_(5)_. While 1% may seem_(6)_,it isnot so to a geneticist.As James Fowler,professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, “Most people do not even _(7)_their fourth cousinsbut somehowmanageto select asfriendsthepeoplewho_(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 friendswith_(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,weretaken fromthe samepopulation. 1. [A]when [B]why [C]how [D]what 2. [A]defend