10年完形真题逐句解析版[考研英语真题2008-1999].doc

★ ★ ★ 光 明 版 ★ ★ ★ 十年考研英语完形真题 逐句解析 (2008——1999) 2008 (翻译见P174) 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.【整句翻译】【讲词】hypothesis n.（名词） 【复数】 hy.poth.e.ses 缩写 hyp.,hypoth.【考研真相】【云注】本句主干：The idea is one of those hypotheses. 主语、表语后面都有定语从句。 But Gregory Cochran is prepared to say it anyway.【整句翻译】【讲词】be prepared to do sth 打算、准备，愿意做某事。【考研真相】 He is that rare bird, a scientist who works independently of any institution.【整句翻译】【讲词】rare bird n. 稀有的人或物,珍品。independently of 独立于...之外。——《朗道》【考研真相】 He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not previously thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.【整句翻译】【讲词】bacterium n. 细菌 (复数为bacteria)。【考研真相】 Even he, however, might tremble at the thought of what he is about to do.【整句翻译】【讲词】tremble at 被…吓得发抖。at the thought of 一想到…(就)。【考研真相】 Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only suggests that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about.【整句翻译】【讲词】together with 和…一同, 连同…。bring about 造成, 引起〔导致〕(某事)。【考研真相】 The group in question are a particular people originated from central Europe.【整句翻译】【讲词】originate from 来自…; 源于…。【考研真相】 The process is natural selection.【整句翻译】【讲词】natural selection n. 自然选择,物竞天择说。【考研真相】 This group generally do well in IQ test, scoring 12-15 points above the mean value of 100, and have contributed disproportionately to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the careers of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists, affirm.【整句翻译】【讲词】do well in 成绩好,…做得好。mean value n. 平均数[值]。mean n.平均数，平均值。【考研真相】【云注】此处scoring…虽为分词短语作状语，但score疑为不及物动词。above the mean val