1.    B    2.    A    3.    D    4.    B    5.    C
6.    A    7.    D    8.    C    9.    B    10.    D
11.    D    12.    B    13.    C    14.    D    15.    A
16.    C    17.    B    18.    A    19.    A    20.    C

 
2010年
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 _4_ behavior of the women in the 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 happened. _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
18.    [A] Therefore    [B] Furthermore    [C] However    [D] Meanwhile
19.    [A] attempted    [B] tended    [C] chose    [D] intended
20.    [A] breaking    [B] climbing    [C] surpassing    [D] hitting
1.    A    2.  B    3.  C    4.    B    5.     C
6.    B    7.  D    8.  A    9.  C    10. D
11.    C    12.    A    13.    A    14.    D    15.    B
16.    A    17. D    18.    C    19.    B    20.    D


 
2011年
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)
  Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But -  1  some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness Laughter does   2  short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, _     3  heart rate and oxygen  consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to  4  , a good laugh is unlikely to have   5   benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.
   6  , instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the  7  , studies dating back to the 1930‟s indicate that laughter  8   muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.
 Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of  10   feedback,  that improve an individual‟s emotional state. __11____one classical theory  of  emotion, our feelings are partially rooted  12   physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry  13  they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow.
   Although sadness also  14  tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow 15      muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to  16   a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n)  17  expression. Those forced to exercise their enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown,  19   that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around   20   , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.
 
1．[A]among          [B]except          [C]despite          [D]like
2．[A]reflect          [B]demand      [C]indicate      [D]produce
3．[A]stabilizing      [B]boosting      [C]impairing     [D]determining
4．[A]transmit         [B]sustain          [C]evaluate      [D]observe
5．[A]measurable      [B]manageable  [C]affordable      [D]renewable
6．[A]In turn          [B]In fact         [C]In addition      [D]In brief
7．[A]opposite          [B]impossible      [C]average      [D]expected
8．[A]hardens          [B]weakens      [C]tightens      [D]relaxes
9．[A]aggravate      [B]generate      [C]moderate      [D]enhance