2009考研英语真题与答案解析.doc

2009年全国硕士研究生考试英语真题及答案 Section I?? Use of EnglishDirections: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牋 the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer抯 piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly 2牋 to live shorter lives. This suggests that 3牋 bulbs burn longer, that there is an 4牋牋 in not being too terrifically bright. 牋 Intelligence, it 5牋?out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow 6牋?the starting line because it depends on learning ?a gradual 7牋??instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they抳e apparently learned is when to 8?. 牋 Is there an adaptive value to 9牋?intelligence? That抯 the question behind this new research. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance 10牋?at all the species we抳e left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real 11牋?of our own intelligence might be. This is 12牋 the mind of every animal I抳e ever met. 牋 Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would 13牋 on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, 14牋 , is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning. we believe that 15?animals ran the labs, they would test us to 16牋 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.牋 18?, they would hope to study a 19牋 question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in? 20牋 the results are inconclusive. 1. [A] Suppose ?燵B] Consider?燵C] Observe?牋[D] Imagine2. [A] tended??燵B] feared牋[C] happened牋 燵D] threatened3. [A] thinner??燵B] stabler牋 牋[C] lighter牋?燵D] dimmer4. [A] tendency ?燵B] advantage牋牋 [C] inc