Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions：

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered bland and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)

The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. but Gregory Cochran is    1    to say it anyway. He is that    2    bird, a scientist who works independently    3    any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not    4    thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.

   5    he, however, might tremble at the    6    of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only    7    that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in    8    are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.

This group generally do well in IQ test,    9    12-15 points above the    10    value of 100, and have contributed    11    to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the    12    of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists,   13   . they also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts,    14    have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been    15    to social effects, such as a strong tradition of    16    education. The latter was seen as a (an)   17    of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately    18   . His argument is that the unusual history of these people has    19    them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this    20    state of affairs.

1. A. selected           B. prepared            C. obliged             D. pleased

2. A. unique               B. particular            C. special             D. rare

3. A. of               B. with                  C. in                D. against

4. A. subsequently          B. presently          C. previously         D. lately

5. A. Only              B. So                 C. Even                D. Hence

6. A. thought              B. sight                 C. cost                D. risk

7. A. advises              B. suggests               C. protests              D. objects

8. A. progress              B. fact                 C. need                D. question

9. A. attaining           B. scoring              C. reaching             D. calculating

10. A. normal              B. common              C. mean                D. total

11. A. unconsciously    B. disproportionately    C. indefinitely         D. unaccountably

12. A. missions           B. fortunes            C. interests             D. careers

13. A. affirm           B. witness            C. observe             D. approve

14. A. moreover          B. therefore           C. however            D. meanwhile

15. A. given up          B. got over           C. carried on            D. put down

16. A. assessing          B. supervising           C. administering            D. valuing

17. A. development          B. origin           C. consequence            D. instrument

18. A. linked          B. integrated           C. woven            D. combined

19. A. limited          B. subjected           C. converted            D. directed