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1、2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDnecclious:Read thc following textChoose the bcsl word(s) for each numbcred blankand markA，B，CorDon ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) In 1924 American National Research Council sent to engineer to supervise a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory
2、called the Hawhtore Plant nearChicago It hoped they would learn how stop-floor Egnting _1_ workors productivity Instead，the studies ended_2_ giving their name to the“Hawhthomeeffect”the extremely inflentlcel ldea the veey_3_to bemg expenmented upon changed subjectsbehaviorThe idea arose because of t
3、he_4_behavior of the women in the platoAccordmg to _5_of the cxpetmemstheirhouriy output rose when hghtmg WaSincreasedbut also when it was dimmed. It did not _6_what was done in the expenment. _7_sometmg was changedproduchnty rose A(n) _8_ that theywere bemg experimented upon seemed to be _9_t0 alte
4、rworkers bchamor _10_ uselfAfter several decades，the salile data were _11_to econometric the analysis Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store j2一the descnpuons on record，nosystematic _13_was foundthat lcvcls of produchxnty wererelated to changes in lighting It turns out that peculiar way of
5、 conducting the cenments may be have let to _14_interpretation of what happed_15_，tighring was always changed ona 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 whent
6、here was no expenmentation showed that output always went up On Monday, workers _19_to be duigent for the first fewdays of the week in any case，before _21_a plateau and then slackening off This suggests that the alleged” Hawthorne effect“is hard to ptn down1.A affected Bachieved Cexlracted Drestored
7、2Aat Bup Cwith DOff3AWuth Bsight Cact Dproof4AconVoversial Bperplexing cmischieous Dambiguous5Areqtttrents Bcxplanalions Caccounts Dassements6Aconclude Bmatter Cindicate Dwork7Aas faras Bfor fearthat Cin casethat Dso long as8Aawarerress Bexpectation Csentiment Dillusion9Asuitale Bexcessive Cenough D
8、abundant10Aabout Bfor Con Dby11Acompared Bshown Csubjected Dconveyed12.Acontrary to Bconsistent with Cparallel with Dpealliar to13.Aevidence Bguidance Cimplication Dsource14.Adisputable Benlightening Cretiable Dwasleadmg15.AIn contast BFor example CIn consequence DAs usual16Aduly Baccidentally Cunpr
9、edictably Dsuddenly17Afailed Bceased Cstarted Dcontinued20.Abreaking Bchrnbing Csurpassmg Dhiting Section Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections：Read the following four textsAnswer the questions below each text by choosingA，B，CorDMark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1(40 points) Text 2Over the past deca
10、de,thousands of patents have seen granled for what are called business methodsAmazon com received one for its“one-click”online paymentsystern Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategyOne invenlor patented a tochnique for lying a boxNow the nations top patent court appears c
11、ompletely ready to scale hack on business-method patents, which have been controversial e,ver since they were firstauthorized 10 years ago In a movethat has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz the U.S court of Appeals for the federal ctrcuit sald it would usea particular case tOconduct a broad revie
12、w of business-method patents. Inre Bijskl, as the case is known, is“a very big deal”, says DermisD Crouch of the University of MissounSchool of lawIt “has the potential to elinate an entire class of patmts”Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face because it was the federal circ
13、uit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusiv
14、e pinhts to specific types of online transactions. Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method pate
15、nts despite tha fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The
