2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题SectionI:UseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)In1924America’sNationalResearchCouncilsenttwoengineerstosuperviseaseriesofexperimentsatatelephone-partsfactorycalledtheHawthornePlantnearChicago.Ithopedtheywouldlearnhowshop-floorlighting__1__workers’productivity.Instead,thestudiesended__2__givingtheirnametothe“Hawthorneeffect”,theextremelyinfluentialideathatthevery__3__ofbeingexperimenteduponchangedsubjects’behavior.Theideaarosebecauseofthe__4__behaviorofthewomenintheplant.Accordingto__5__oftheexperiments,theirhourlyoutputrosewhenlightingwasincreased,butalsowhenitwasdimmed.Itdidnot__6__whatwasdoneintheexperiment;__7__somethingwaschanged,productivityrose.A(n)__8__thattheywerebeingexperimenteduponseemedtobe__9__toalterworkers’behavior__10__itself.Afterseveraldecades,thesamedatawere__11__toeconometricanalysis.TheHawthorneexperimentshadanothersurpriseinstore.__12__thedescriptionsonrecord,nosystematic__13__wasfoundthatlevelsofproductivitywererelatedtochangesinlighting.Itturnsoutthatpeculiarwayofconductingtheexperimentsmayhaveledto__14__interpretationsofwhathapped.__15__,lightingwasalwayschangedonaSunday.WhenworkstartedagainonMonday,output__16__rosecomparedwiththepreviousSaturdayand__17__toriseforthenextcoupleofdays.__18__,acomparisonwithdataforweekswhentherewasnoexperimentationshowedthatoutputalwayswentuponMondays.Workers__19__tobediligentforthefirstfewdaysoftheweekinanycase,before__20__aplateauandthenslackeningoff.Thissuggeststhatthealleged“Hawthorneeffect”ishardtopindown.1.[A]affected[B]achieved[C]extracted[D]restored2.[A]at[B]up[C]with[D]off3.[A]truth[B]sight[C]act[D]proof4.[A]controversial[B]perplexing[C]mischievous[D]ambiguous5.[A]requirements[B]explanations[C]accounts[D]assessments6.[A]conclude[B]matter[C]indicate[D]work7.[A]asfaras[B]forfearthat[C]incasethat[D]solongas8.[A]awareness[B]expectation[C]sentiment[D]illusion9.[A]suitable[...
