National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM)
Section 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 the 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 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] what
2. [A] defended [B] concluded [C] withdrawn [D] advised
3. [A] for [B] with [C] on [D] by
4. [A] compared [B] sought [C] separated [D] connected
5. [A] tests [B] objects [C]samples [D] examples
6. [A] insignificant [B] unexpected [C]unbelievable [D] incredible
7. [A] visit [B] miss [C] seek [D] know
8. [A] resemble [B] influence [C] favor [D] surpass
9. [A] again [B] also [C] instead [D] thus
10. [A] Meanwhile [B] Furthermore [C] Likewise [D] Perhaps
11. [A] about [B] to [C]from [D]like
12. [A] drive [B] observe [C] confuse [D]limit
13. [A] according to [B] rather than [C] regardless of [D] along with
14. [A] chances [B]responses [C]missions [D]benefits
15. [A] later [B]slower [C] faster [D] earlier
16. [A]forecast [B]remember [C]understand [D]express
17. [A] unpredictable [B]contributory [C] controllable [D] disruptive
18. [A] endeavor [B]decision [C]arrangement [D] tendency
19. [A] political [B] religious [C] ethnic [D] economic
20. [A] see [B] show [C] prove [D] tell
【參考答案】DBCAC ADABD BABDC CBDCA
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