2010年考研英语一试卷真题(后附答案详解).docx

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 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 hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting 1 workers' ,the studies ended 2 giving their name to the"Hawthorne effect",the extremely influential idea that the very 3 to being experimented upon changed subjects' behavior.
The idea arose because of the 4 behavior of the women in the Hawthorne to 5 of the experiments,their hourly output rose when lighting was increased,but also when it was did not 6 what was done in the experiment; 7 something was changed,productivity (n) 8 that they were being experimented upon seemed to be 9 to alter workers' behavior 10 itself.
After several decades,the same data were 11 to econometric the experiments has another surprise store 12 the descriptions on record,no systematic 13 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 14 interpretation of what happened. 15 ,lighting was always changed on a work started again on Monday,output 16 pared with the previous Saturday and 17 to rise for the next couple of days. 18 ,parison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation showed that output always went up on Monday,workers 19 to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case,before
20 a plateau and then slackening suggests that the alleged"Hawthorne effect"is hard to pin 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]proof
4.[A]controversial
[B]perplexing
[C]mischie