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2008 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 1 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) In1924 America's National Research Council sent two engineers to supervise aseries ofindustrial experiments atalarge telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. Ithoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting 大1家workers' productivity. Instead, the studies ended 大2家giving their name tothe "Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very 大3家tobeing experimented upon changed subjects' behavior. The idea arose because ofthe 大4家behavior ofthe women inthe Hawthorne plant. According to 大5家ofthe experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when itwas dimmed. Itdid not 大6家what was done inthe experiment; 大7家something was changed, productivity rose. A(n) 大8家that they were being experimented upon seemed tobe 大9家toalter workers' behavior 大10家itself. After several decades, the same data were 大11家toeconometric the analysis. Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store 大12家the descriptions onrecord, nosystematic 大13家was found that levels ofproductivity were related tochanges inlighting. Itturns out that peculiar way ofconducting the experiments may be have let to 大14家interpretation ofwhat happed. 大15家,lighting was always changed onaSunday. When work started again onMonday, output pared with the previous Saturday and 大17家torise 2008 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 2 for the next couple ofdays. 大18家,acomparison with data for weeks when there was noexperimentation showed that output always went upon Monday, workers 大19家tobediligent for the first few days ofthe week inany case ,before 大20家aplateau and then slackening off. This suggests that the alleged "Hawthorne effect" ishard topin down. 1.[A] affected [B] achieved [C] extracted [D] restored 2.[A] at[B] up[C] with [D] off 3.[A] truth [B] sight [C] act [D] proo