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WORD 专业资料 中国教育在线（ ）中国最权威考研门户 2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语试题 SectionI UseofEnglish Directions: Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points) Researchonanimalintelligencealwaysmakesmewonderjusthowsmarthumansare. 1 the fruit-flyexperimentsdescribedinCarlZimmer ’spieceintheScienceTimesonTuesday.Fruitflies whoweretaughttobesmarterthantheaveragefruitfly 2toliveshorterlives.Thissuggests that3 bulbsburnlonger,thatthereisan 4 innotbeingtooterrificallybright. Intelligence,it 5 out,isahigh-pricedoption.Ittakesmoreupkeep,burnsmorefueland is slow6 the starting linebecauseit dependsonlearning —agradual 7 —insteadof instinct. Plenty of other speciesare able to learn,and one of thethings they ’veapparently learnediswhento 8. Isthereanadaptivevalueto 9 intelligence?That ’sthequestionbehindthisnewresearch.I likeit.Insteadofcastingawistfulglance 10 atallthespecieswe ’veleftinthedust-wise,I.Q. itimplicitlyaskswhatthereal 11 ofourownintelligencemightbe.Thisis 12 themindof everyanimalI ’veevermet. Researchonanimalintelligencealsomakesmewonderwhat experimentsanimalswould 13 onhumansiftheyhadthechance.Everycatwithanowner, 14 ,isrunningasmall-scalestudy inoperantconditioning. we believe that15 animalsranthe labs,theywould test usto 16 thelimitsofourpatience,ourfaithfulness, ourmemory for terrain.Theywould try to decide what intelligenceinhumans isreally 17 ,notmerelyhowmuchofitthereis. 18 ,they would hopetostudya19 question:Arehumansactuallyawareoftheworldtheylivein? 20 theresultsareinconclusive. 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]insistson [B]sumsup [C]turnsout [D]putsforward 6. [A]off [B]behind [C]over [D]along 7. [A]incredible [B]spontaneous [C]inevitable [D]gradual 8. [A]fight [B]doubt [C]stop [D]think 9. [A]invisible [B]limited [C]indefinite [D]different 10.[A]upward [B]f