2009考研英语真题及答案详解(完整版).docVIP

2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 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)Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are. __1__the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmers piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly __2__ to live shorter lives. This suggests that __3__ bulbs burn longer, that there is an __4__ in not being too terrifically bright. Intelligence, it __5__ out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow __6__ the starting line because it depends on learning — a gradual __7__— instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things theyve apparently learned is when to __8__. Is there an adaptive value to__9__intelligence? Thats the question behind this new research. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance __10__ at all the species weve left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real __11__ of our own intelligence might be. This is __12__ the mind of every animal Ive ever met. Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would __13__ on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, __14__, is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning. we believe that __15__ animals ran the labs, they would test us to __16__ the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for terrain. They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really __17__, not merely how much of it there is. __18__, they would hope to study a __19__ question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in? __20__ the results are inconclusive. 1. [A] Suppose [B] Consider [C] Observe [D] Imagine 2. [A] tended [B] feared [C] happened [D] threatened 3. [A] thinner [B] stabler [C] lighter [D] dimmer 4. [A] tendency [B] advantage [C] incli