【正文】 he described as extensive, but hazy. So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date 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 mon 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 mon 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 WritingPart A51. Directions:You have just e 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 to1) make an apology, and2) 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 B52. Directions:Write an essay of 160200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1) describe the drawing briefly,2) explain its intended meaning, and then3) give your ments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)2008年考研英語(yǔ)真題答案Section I: Use of English (10 points)1. B2. D3. A4. C5. C6. A7. B8. D9. B10. C11. B12. D13. A14. C15. D16. D17. C18. A19. B20. ASection II: Reading Comprehension (60 points)Part A (40 points)21. A22. D23. C24. B25. D26. D27. C28. A29. A30. B31. A32. C33. B34. D35. C36. D37. B38. C39. A40. BPart B (10 points)41. D42. G43. A44. C45. EPart C (10 points)46. 他認(rèn)為或許正因?yàn)椋ㄕZ(yǔ)言表達(dá)上的）這種困難，他不得不對(duì)自己要說(shuō)的每句話都經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的認(rèn)真思考，從而能發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在推理和觀察中的錯(cuò)誤，結(jié)果這反而成為他的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。47. 他還堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為自己進(jìn)行長(zhǎng)時(shí)間純抽象思維的能力十分有限，由此他也認(rèn)定自己在數(shù)學(xué)方面根本不可能有大的作為。48. 另一方面，某些人批評(píng)他雖然善于觀察，卻不具備推理能力，而他認(rèn)為這種說(shuō)法也是缺乏根據(jù)的。49. 他又自謙的說(shuō)，或許自己“在注意到容易被忽略的事物，并對(duì)其加以仔細(xì)觀察方面優(yōu)于常人”。50. 達(dá)爾文確信，沒(méi)有了這些愛(ài)好不只是少了樂(lè)趣，而且可能會(huì)有損于一個(gè)人的思維能力，更有可能導(dǎo)致一個(gè)人道德品質(zhì)的下降。Section III: Writing (30 points)Part A (10 points)51. 參考范文（略）Part B (20 points)52. 參考范文應(yīng)用文范文Dear Bob,I am writing to express my apology to you.Several days ago, I borrowed your music CD when I lived in your house. Unfortunately, after I came back from Canada, I found it in my luggage. I was in such a hurry that I forgot to return it to you. I will send it to you by post or express as soon as possible. If necessary, I will pensate for any troubles it may cause.Once again, I feel so sorry for any inconvenience caused. Please accept my apologies.Sincerely yours,Li Ming大作文范文As is illustrated in the picture, the two disabled persons whose crippled legs are bound together do a lot of traveling. Accordingly, this farreaching picture reflects a mon phenomenon in today’s society: the people who are in the dark want to turn the corner but they can not make it respectively and in turn they have to choose to pull together in times of trouble.There are several reasons accounting for this. Since we have to live in an onthemove lifestyle, we may encounter various plights, where we would be at a loss rather than to seek for others’ assistance. Further more, if we do not offer help to each other when we confront dilemma, we would not realize our dream. And no issue in China is as basic to build up the society in harmony as to conduct coordination in face of disasters.Judging from what have been argued above, people have e to realize the value of mutual aid. It is, therefore, necessary that some effective steps be made to advocate spirit of supporting each other. To begin with, the government should make laws to encourage people to unite. In addition, people should enhance the awareness of caring each other especially when they are in trouble. Only in those ways, can we make people, even not being acquaintance, help each other.2009年全國(guó)碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試英語(yǔ)試題Section I Use of EnglishDirections: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. the fruitfly experiments described in Carl Zimmer39。s piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly to live shorter lives. This suggests that bulbs burn longer, that there is an in not being too terrifically bright.Intelligence, it out, is a highpriced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow the starting line because it depends on learning — a gradual — instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they39。ve apparently learned is when to .Is there an adaptive value to intelligence? That39。s the question behind this new research. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance at all the species we39。ve left in the dust , it implicitly asks what the real of our own intelligence might be. This i