启航考研2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题解析(2009考研英语真题).doc

2016考研资料分享群：248600511 2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 Section ⅠUse 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 us wonder just how smart humans are. 1the fruitfly experiments described by Carl Zimmer in the Science Times. 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 a(n) 4 in not being too bright. Intelligence, it 5 , 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(n) 7 process —— instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they’ve apparently learned is when to 8. Is there an adaptive value to 9 intelligence? That’s the question behind this new research. Instead of casting a wistful glance 10 at all the species we’ve 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 we’ve ever met. Research on animal intelligence also makes us 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 15animals ran the labs, they would test us to 16 the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for locations. 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(n) 19question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in? 20 the results are inconclusive.(283 words) 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］ inclination ［D］ priority 5. ［A］ insists on ［B］ sums up ［C］ turns out ［D］ put