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2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
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) In 1924 America's National Research Council sent two engineers to supervise a series of industrial experiments at a large telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting 错误! workers' productivity. Instead, the studies ended 错误! giving their name to the \awthorne effect\he extremely influential idea that the very \X\BO(大3家) to being experimented upon changed subjects' behavior.
The idea arose because of the 大4家 behavior of the women in the Hawthorne plant. According to
错误! of
the experiments, their hourly output rose
when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not
错误!
what was done in the experiment; 错误! something was changed, productivity rose. A(n) \X\BO(大8家) that they were being experimented upon seemed to be
错误! to alter workers' behavior 错误! itself.
After several decades, the same data were 错误! to econometric the analysis. Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store 错误!the descriptions on record, no systematic 错误! was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.
It turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may be have let to 大14家 interpretation of what happed. 错误!, lighting was always changed on a Sunday. When work started again on Monday, output 错误! rose compared with the previous Saturday and 错误! to rise for the next couple of days.
错误!,
a comparison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation show
ed that output always went up on Monday, workers 错误! to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case, before 错误! a plateau and then slackening off. This suggests that the alleged \awthorne effect" is hard to pin down. 1. [A] affected 2.
[B] achieved
[C] extracted [D] off
[D] restored
[A] at?[B] up?[C] with
3. [A] truth?[B] sight?[C] act?[D] proof 4.
[A] controversial?[B] perplexing
[C] mischievous [D] ambiguous
5. [A] requirements?[B] explanations [C] accounts?[D] assessments 6. [A] conclude 7.?[A] as far as
[B] matter?[C] indicate?[D] work [B] for fear that [C] in case that
[D] so long as
8.?[A] awareness?[B] expectation 9.?[A] suitable
[B] excessive
[C] sentiment?[D] illusion [C] enough?[D] abundant [D] by
[C] subjected
[D] conveyed
10. [A] about?[B] for [C] on 11.?[A] compared 12. [A] contrary to 13.?[A] evidence 14. [A] disputable
[B] shown
[B] consistent with [C] parallel with?[D] peculiar to [B] guidance [B] enlightening
[C] implication
[D] source
[C] reliable?[D] misleading
15. [A] In contrast?[B] For example?[C] In consequence [D] As usual 16.?[A] duly?[B] accidentally?[C] unpredictably?[D] suddenly 17.?[A] failed?[B] ceased 20. [A] breaking
[C] started
[D] continued
[D] hitting
[B] climbing?[C] surpassing
Section II?Reading Comprehension
Part A Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of
t
criticism published in the 20h century consisted in large part of newspaper revie