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Section I Use of English
Directions:
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)
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. [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] mischievous [D] ambiguous
5. [A] requirements [B] explanations [C] accounts [D] assessments
6. [A] conclude [B] matter [C] indicate [D] work
7. [A] as far as [B] for fear that [C] in case that [D] so long as
8. [A] awareness [B] expectation [C] sentiment [D] illusion
9. [A] suitable [B] excessive [C] enough [D] abundant
10. [A] about [B] for [C] on [D] by
11. [A] compared [B] shown [C] subjected [D] conveyed
12. [A] contrary to [B] consistent with [C] parallel with [D] peculiar
to
13. [A] evidence [B] guidance [C] implication [D] source
14. [A] disputable [B] enlightening [C] reliable [D] misleading
15. [A] In contrast [B] For example [C] In consequence [D] As usual
16. [A] duly [B] accidentally [C] unpredictably [D] suddenly
17. [A] failed [B] ceased [C] started [D] continued
20. [A] breaking [B] climbing [C] surpassing [D] 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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