2０09年考研英语真题和答案
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 oｐeranｔ 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 1７ , 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
Secｔion IＩ Rｅading Compreheｎsion
2009年考研英语真题和标准答案
