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2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

Section I   Use of English
        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)
       
                  Researchonanimalintelligencealwaysmakesmewonderjusthowsmarthumansare.1thefruit-flyexperimentsdescribedinCarlZimmer’spieceintheScienceTimesonTuesday.Fruitflieswhoweretaughttobesmarterthantheaveragefruitfly2toliveshorterlives.Thissuggeststhat3bulbsburnlonger,thatthereisan4innotbeingtooterrificallybright.
  Intelligence,it5out,isahigh-pricedoption.Ittakesmoreupkeep,burnsmorefuelandisslow6thestartinglinebecauseitdependsonlearning—agradual7—insteadofinstinct.Plentyofotherspeciesareabletolearn,andoneofthethingsthey’veapparentlylearnediswhento8.
  Isthereanadaptivevalueto9intelligence?That’sthequestionbehindthisnewresearch.Ilikeit.Insteadofcastingawistfulglance10atallthespecieswe’veleftinthedustI.Q.-wise,itimplicitlyaskswhatthereal11ofourownintelligencemightbe.Thisis12themindofeveryanimalI’veevermet.
  Researchonanimalintelligencealsomakesmewonderwhatexperimentsanimalswould13onhumansiftheyhadthechance.Everycatwithanowner,14,isrunningasmall-scalestudyinoperantconditioning.webelievethat15animalsranthelabs,theywouldtestusto16thelimitsofourpatience,ourfaithfulness,ourmemoryforterrain.Theywouldtrytodecidewhatintelligenceinhumansisreally17,notmerelyhowmuchofitthereis.18,theywouldhopetostudya19question:Arehumansactuallyawareoftheworldtheylivein?20theresultsareinconclusive.
  1.SupposeConsiderObserveImagine
  2.tendedfearedhappenedthreatened
  3.thinnerstablerlighterdimmer
  4.tendencyadvantageinclinationpriority
  5.insistsonsumsupturnsoutputsforward
  6.offbehindoveralong
  7.incrediblespontaneousinevitablegradual
  8.fightdoubtstopthink
  9.invisiblelimitedindefinitedifferent
  10.upwardforwardafterwardbackward
  11.featuresinfluencesresultscosts
  12.outsideonbyacross
  13.delivercarryperformapply
  14.bychanceincontrastasusualforinstance
  15.ifunlessaslest
  16.moderateovercomedeterminereach
  17.atforafterwith
  18.AboveallAfterallHoweverOtherwise
  19.fundamentalcomprehensiveequivalenthostile
  20.ByaccidentIntimeSofarBetterstill
       
       
               
       
       
               
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