考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷467
(总分：60.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 Reading Comprehension(总题数：6，分数：60.00)
1.Section II Reading Comprehension（分数：10.00）
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解析：
2.Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.红枣枸杞水（分数：10.00）
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解析：
It is a wi father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal(fatherly)
wisdom—or at least confirm that he' s the kid' s dad. All he needs to do is shell out $30 for a paternity testing kit(PTK)at his local drugstore—and another $120 to get the results. More than 60, 000 people have purchad the PTKs since they first become available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fogg, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits. More than two dozen companies ll DNA tests Directly to the public, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2, 500. Among the most popular: paternity and kinship testing, which adopted children can u to find their biological relatives and families can u to track down kids put up for adoption. DNA testing is also the latest rage among passionate genealogists—and supports business that offer to arch for a family's geographic roots. Most tests require collecting cells by swabbing saliva in the mouth and nding it to the company for testing. All tests require a potential candidate with whom to compare DNA. But some obrvers are skeptical. "There is a kind of fal precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing," says Troy Duster, a New York University sociologist. He notes that each individual has many ancestors—numbering in the hundre
ds just a few centuries back. Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father' s line or mitochondrial DNA, which is pasd down only from mothers. This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents. Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared. Databas ud by some companies don' t rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different rearch projects. This means that a DNA databa may have a lot of data from some regions and not others, so a person' s test results may differ depending on the company that process the results. In addition, the computer programs a company us to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.（分数：10.00）
(1).In Paragraphs 1 and 2 , the text shows PTK' s（分数：2.00）
A.easy availability. √
B.flexibility in pricing.
C.successful promotion.
D.popularity with houholds.
解析：解析：细节题。根据题干定位到文章第一、二段。由All he needs to do is shell out $30 for a paternity testing kit(PTK)at his local drugstore--and another $1 20 to get the results．和More than 60，000 peo pie have purchad the PTKs since they first become available without prescriptions last years…等句 子都可以确定正确答案为A项“(PTK是)容易买到的”。B项关于鉴定价格浮动只在第二段最后 一句有所体现，过于片面。C项文中未提到。D项属于过度推断。
(2).PTK is ud to（分数：2.00）电梯用英语怎么说
A.locate one' s birth place.
B.promote genetic rearch.
手相 C.identify parent-child kinship. √
D.choo children for adoption.
解析：解析：推断题。从文中第三段adopted children can u to find their biological relatives and families can u to track down kids put up for adoption．可以看出，正确答案为C项。A项比较具有迷惑性， 从第三段后半句我们可以看出“PTK最近惹怒了很多谱系学家，他们支持用PTK来探寻一个家 族的祖籍”。可以看出PTK没有被用于寻找人的出生地。B项、D项文中未提及。
(3).Skeptical obrvers believe that ancestry testing fails to（分数：2.00）
&ace distant ancestors.
&build reliable bloodlines.
C.fully u genetic information.
D.achieve the claimed accuracy. √
解析：解析：细节题。从题干信息定位到第五段。第一句There is a kind of fal precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing这句话是对这一段的总结，因此，D选项正确。 A、B、C项都只是描述其中的一个方面，均被排除。
(4).In the last paragraph, a problem commercial genetic testing faces is（分数：2.00）
A.disorganized data collection. √
B.overlapping databa building.
&ssive sample comparison.
参观长城英语 D.lack of patent evaluation.
解析：解析：细节题。从最后一段Databas ud by some companies don’t rely on data collected sys tematically but rather lump together information from different rearch projects．This means that a DNA databa may have a lot of data from some regions…可以看出，A项正确。文中没有提到数据 重合的问题，B项无根据。C、D项文中没有体现。
(5).An appropriate title for the text is most likely to be（分数：2.00）
A.Fors and Againsts of DNA Testing
B.DNA Testing and Its Problems √
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C.DNA Testing Outside the Lab
D.Lies Behind DNA Testing
解析：解析：主旨题。从文中我们没有看到作者明显的倾向，文中也没有两个阵营观点的陈述，故排除 A项。本文的中心不是实验室检验和个人购买工具去检验的矛盾，故排除C项。本文中出现的批 评都是针对各项检验的不准确性或者错误，并不存在欺骗的问题，故D项错误。因此，本题选择 B项。
午餐吃什么Do you remember all tho years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn't know for sure? That the evidence was inconclusive, the science uncertain? That the antismoking lobby was out to destroy our way of life and t
he government should stay out of the way? Lots of Americans bought that nonn, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves. There are uptting parallels today, as scientists in one wave after another try to awaken us to the growing threat of global warming. The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White Hou, to tell us that the Earth' s atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made. The clear message is that we should get moving to protect ourlves. The president of the National Academy, Bruce Alberts, added this key point in the preface to the panel' s report: "Science never has all the answers. But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that our nation and the world ba important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the future conquences of prent actions." Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete, that it' s OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know for sure. This is a dangerous game: by the time 100 percent of the evidence is in, it may be too late. With the risks obvious and growing, a prudent people would take out an insuranc
e policy now. Fortunately, the White Hou is starting to pay attention. But it's obvious that a majority of the president's advirs still don't take global warming riously. Instead of a plan of action, they continue to press for more rearch—a classic ca of " paralysis by analysis ". To rve as responsible stewards of the planet, we must press forward on deeper atmospheric and oceanic rearch. But rearch alone is inadequate. If the Administration won't take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning conrvation measures. A bill by Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, which would offer financial incentives for private industry, is a promising start. Many e that the country is getting ready to build lots of new power plants to meet our energy needs. If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that tho new plants be environmentally sound.（分数：10.00）
(1).An argument made by supporters of smoking was that（分数：2.00）
A.there was no scientific evidence of the correlation between smoking and death.
B.the number of early deaths of smokers in the past decades was insignificant.
克拉霉素副作用 C.people had the freedom to choo their own way of life. √
D.antismoking people were usually talking nonn.
解析：解析：细节题。根据第一段第三句可知，作者提出一个问题，问我们是否记得怀疑者们曾坚持说 禁烟的游说是要毁掉我们的生活方式，而政府应当置身事外的时候。由此可以推知，这个问题是 想说支持吸烟的人认为选择什么样的生活是他们的自由，而禁烟则对立于这个自由，故选C项。
(2).According to Bruce Alberts, science can rve as（分数：2.00）
A.a protector.
B.a judge.
C.a critic.
传递正能量的作文
D.a guide. √
解析：解析：细节题。根据第二段第四句提到的艾伯特的观点可知，科学可以有效地指导我们的未 来，其关键是我们的国家，包括整个世界，在做一些决定时，一定要将科学因素纳入到考虑中。由 此可知，艾伯特认为科学可以作为“引导者”，故选D项。
(3).What does the author mean by "paralysis by analysis"(Para. 4)?（分数：2.00）
A.Endless studies kill action. √
