16.    D    17.    C    18.    A    19.    B    20.    D
 
2008
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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (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
20.    [A] paradoxical    [B] incompatible    [C] inevitable    [D] continuous

1.    B    2.    D    3.    A    4.    C    5.    C
6.    A    7.    B    8.    D    9.    B    10.    C
11.    B    12.    D    13.    A    14.    C    15.    D
16.    D    17.    C    18.    A    19.    B    20.    A
 
2009
    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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are. _1_ the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer's piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly _2_ to live shorter lives. This suggests that _3_ bulbs burn longer, that there is an _4_ in not being too terrifically bright.
Intelligence, it _5_ out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow _6_ the starting line because it depends on learning — a gradual _7_ — instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they've apparently learned is when to _8_.
Is there an adaptive value to _9_ intelligence? That's the question behind this new research. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance _10_ at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real _11_ of our own intelligence might be. This is _12_ the mind of every animal I've ever met.
Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would _13_ on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, _14_, is running a small-scale study in operate conditioning. we believe that _15_ animals ran the labs, they would test us to _16_ the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for terrain. They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really _1_7, not merely how much of it there is.   _18_, they would hope to study a _19_ question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in? _20_ the results are inconclusive.
1.    [A] Suppose    [B] Consider    [C] Observe    [D] Imagine
2.    [A] tended    [B] feared    [C] happened    [D] threatened
3.    [A] thinner    [B] stabler    [C] lighter    [D] dimmer
4.    [A] tendency    [B] advantage    [C] inclination    [D] priority
5.    [A] insists on    [B] sums up    [C] turns out    [D] puts forward
6.    [A] off    [B] behind    [C] over    [D] along
7.    [A] incredible    [B] spontaneous    [C] inevitable    [D] gradual
8.    [A] fight    [B] doubt    [C] stop    [D] think
9.    [A] invisible    [B] limited    [C] indefinite    [D] different
10.    [A] upward    [B] forward    [C] afterward    [D] backward
11.    [A] features    [B] influences    [C] results    [D] costs
12.    [A] outside    [B] on    [C] by    [D] across
13.    [A] deliver    [B] carry    [C] perform    [D] apply
14.    [A] by chance    [B] in contrast    [C] as usual    [D] for instance
15.    [A] if    [B] unless    [C] as    [D] lest
16.    [A] moderate    [B] overcome    [C] determine    [D] reach
17.    [A] at    [B] for    [C] after    [D] with
18.    [A] Above all    [B] After all    [C] However    [D] Otherwise
19.    [A] fundamental    [B] comprehensive    [C] equivalent    [D] hostile
20.    [A] By accident    [B] In time    [C] So far    [D] Better still