2010年考研英语一真题提示:本页为插入页,方便双面打印!原文和题目在同一视野内!亦可作为封皮使用!Directions:SectionIUseofEnglishReadthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)In1924America'sNationalResearchCouncilsenttwoengineerstosuperviseaseriesofexperimentsatatelephone-partsfactorycalledtheHawthornePlantnearChicago.Ithopedtheywouldlearnhowshop-floorlighting1workers'productivity.Instead,thestudiesended2givingtheirnametothe"Hawthorneeffect,"theextremelyinfluentialideathatthevery3ofbeingexperimenteduponchangedsubjects'behavior.Theideaarosebecauseofthe4behaviorofthewomenintheplant.Accordingto_5_oftheexperiments,theirhourlyoutputrosewhenlightingwasincreased,butalsowhenitwasdimmed.Itdidnot_6_whatwasdoneintheexperiment;7somethingwaschanged,productivityrose.A(n)8thattheywerebeingexperimenteduponseemedtobe9toalterworkers'behavior10itself.Afterseveraldecades,thesamedatawere11toeconometricanalysis.TheHawthorneexperimentshadanothersurpriseinstore.12thedescriptionsonrecord,nosystematic13wasfoundthatlevelsofproductivitywererelatedtochangesinlighting.Itturnsoutthatthepeculiarwayofconductingtheexperimentsmayhaveledto14interpretationsofwhathappened.15lightingwasalwayschangedonaSunday.WhenworkstartedagainonMonday,output16rosecomparedwiththepreviousSaturdayand17toriseforthenextcoupleofdays.18acomparisonwithdataforweekswhentherewasnoexperimentationshowedthatoutputalwayswentuponMondays.Workers19tobediligentforthefirstfewdaysoftheweekinanycase,before20aplateauandthenslackeningoff.Thissuggeststhatthealleged"Hawthorneeffect"ishardtopindown..1.1.[A]affected2.[A]at3.[A]truth4.[A]controversial5.[A]requirements6.[A]conclude7.[A]asfaras8.[A]awareness9.[A]suitable10.[A]about11.[A]compared12.[A]Contraryto13.[A]evidence14.[A]disputable15.[A]Incontrast16.[A]duly17.[A]failed18.[A]Therefore19.[A]attempted20.[A]breakingPartADirections:[B]achieved[C]extracted[D]restored[B]up[C]with[D]off[B]sight[C]act[D]proof[B]perplexing[C]mischievous[D]ambigu...