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or a line of poetry. (48) On the other hand, he did not accept as well founded the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer, he had no power of reasoning. This, he thought, could not be true, because the “Origin of Species” is one long argument from the beginning to the end, and has convinced many able men. No one, he submits, could have written it without possessing some power of reasoning. He was willing to assert that “I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree.” (49) He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.”
Writing in the last year of his life, he expressed the opinion that in two or three respects his mind had changed during the preceding twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty or beyond it poetry of many kinds gave him great pleasure. Formerly, too, pictures had given him considerable, and music very great, delight. In 1881, however, he said: “Now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music.” (50) Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character. Section III Writing Part A
51. Directions:
You have just come back from Canada and found a music CD in your luggage that you forgot to return to Bob, your landlord there. Write him a letter to 1) make an apology, and 2) suggest a solution.
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. Do not write the address. (10 points) Part B
52. Directions:
Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you
should
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then 3) give your comments.
You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)
2008年硕士研究生考试英语真题详解 完型填空 1、答案：B
解析：本题测试语义逻辑衔接。 “ selected” 意为 “挑选”; “prepared”意为 “准备”； “obliged”意为“迫使，责成”；“pleased”意为“高兴地，满足地”， 前一句“人们不敢说”，本句中由“but ”一词可推出意思与上句相反，即“Cochran 准备说”， 所以选B. 2、答案：D
解析：本题测试词义辨析 。“unique”意为“唯一的， 独特的”；“particular”意为“特殊的， 独特的”；“special”意为“特别的， 特殊的”；“rare”意为“稀罕的，珍贵的”，rare bird 意为“稀有的人”，空格相关意思是“只有Cochra准备说”， 而且 “rare bird” 是固定搭配,所以选D 3、答案：A
解析：本题测试介词的语意搭配, independently of 意为“不依赖于， 独立”，所以选A
4、答案：C
解析：本题测试词义辨析。由“actually”推出本句是对现在和以前对疾病看法的对比，所以选C
5、答案：C
解析：本题测试副词的用法及语段的连贯性。Even 做程度副词，表示递进关系，意为“即使他自己也?”.所以选C 6、答案：A
解析：本题测试词义搭配。空格相关意思是“一想到他即将要做的，即使他自己也?.” “At thought of ”意为“一看到?”； at sight of意为年“一看见”；at cost of 意为“以?的代价”；at risk of意为“冒着?.的危险”，所以选A 7、答案：B
解析：本题测试动词辨析。advice意为 “建议”； suggest意为“建议，提出’”； protest“主张，断言”； object“反对”，此句指“在论文中， 他建议?”，所以选B 8、答案：D
解析：本题测试词组搭配，in progress 意为“进行中”；in fact 意为“事实上”； in need意为“在危难中”； in question 意为“正在被讨论的”，前一句正在谈论 “ group群体” ,本句衔接上一句表达“正在被讨论的这个群体”，所以选D 9. 答案：B
解析：本题考查动词辨析。从该句中的12-15 points 可知，前面的动词是与分数相关的。score的意思是得分，打分，而其他三项没有这层意思。故答案为B。 10. 答案：C
解析：本题考查形容词辨析。文中提到这组人IQ测试得分比100分高12-15分，按照常识，100分是平均分，mean的意思是平均的。所以答案为C。 11. 答案：B
解析：本题考查上下文的逻辑关系和副词辨析。disproportionately的意思是不成比例地，不相称地，比例太大(或太小的)。这句话要传达的意思是这组人做贡献的比例非常大，故答案选B。 12. 答案：D
解析：本题考查上下文的逻辑关系和名词辨析。as引导的状语从句用一些精英(包括科学家)的职业证明前面提到的这组人所做的贡献非常大，career的意思是职业，事业，符合此意，故选D。 13. 答案：A
解析：本题考查动词辨析。选项[A]affirm意为确认，肯定，符合题意。而[B]witness常用作及物动词，表示见证，表明；[C]observe, 表示观察，评论，以人作主语；[D]意思为批准，通过的意思，也是人作主语。故答案为A。 14. 答案：C
解析：本题考查逻辑关系。前文同时叙述了关于这组人的两种现象，这两种现象明显是有关联的，但是这句话说到先前人们认为两者没有关系，上下文构成转折关系，故选C。 15. 答案：D
解析：本题考查固定搭配。get down to的意思是归因于，符合句意。而give up to的意思是让给，get over to的意思是让某人明白某事，carry on的意思是继续开展，坚持，均不合题意。故答案为D。 16. 答案：D
解析：本题考查动词辨析。此处要传达的意思是重视教育的传统，只有[D]valuing符合题意。 17. 答案：C
解析：本题考查名词辨析。此句的意思是后者是由genetic isolation导致的结果，consequence的意思是结果，后果，故答案为C。