2010年考研英语(一)完形填空真题及答案
Section I Use of EnglishDirections:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank
and mark , , or 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 Chicago. It hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting
___1___ workers' productivity. Instead, 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 behavior of the women in the ___4___
Hawthorne plant. According to ___5___ of the experiments, their hourly output
rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not
___6___ what was done in the experiment; ___7___ something was changed,
productivity rose. A(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
analysis. Hawthorne 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 happed. ___15___, lighting was always
changed on a Sunday. When work started again on Monday, output ___16___ rose
compared with the previous Saturday and ___17___ to rise for the next couple of
days. ___18___, a comparison 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 off. This suggests that the alleged "Hawthorne
effect" is hard to pin down.
1. affected achieved extracted restored
2. at up with off
3. truth sight act proof
4. controversial perplexing mischievous ambiguous
5. requirements explanations accounts assessments
6. conclude matter indicate work
7. as far as for fear that in case that so long as
8. awareness expectation sentiment illusion
9. suitable excessive enough abundant
10. about for on by
11. compared shown subjected conveyed
12. contrary to consistent with parallel with peculiar
to
13. evidence guidance implication source
14. disputable enlightening reliable misleading
15. In contrast For example In consequence As usual
16. duly accidentally unpredictably suddenly
17. failed ceased started continued
20. breaking climbing surpassing hitting
答案：Section I: Use of English (10 points)
1. A2. B 3. C 4. B5. C
6. B7. D 8. A 9. C 10. D
11. C12. A13. A14. D15. B
16. A17. D 18. C19. B20. D
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