2005—2009年历年考研英语真题集参考.pdf

2009年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题 SectionIUseofEnglish Directions: Readthe followingtext.Choosethebestword(s) for eachnumberedblank andmarkA,B,Cor D onANSWER SHEET 1.(10points) Research on animal intelligencealwaysmakesmewonderjusthow smarthumansare. 1the fruit-fly experimentsdescribedby CarlZimmer in theScience Times.Fruit flieswhoweretaught tobesmarterthan the average fruit fly 2tolive shorter lives.Thissuggeststhat 3bulbsburn longer,thatthereisa(n)4 innotbeingtoo bright. Intelligence,it 5,isahigh-priced option.It takesmoreupkeep,burnsmore fuelandisslow 6thestarting line becauseit dependson learning— a(n) 7process— instead ofinstinct.Plenty ofother speciesareabletolearn,and oneofthethingsthey’veapparently learnediswhento 8 . Istherean adaptivevalueto9intelligence?That’sthequestionbehindthisnewresearch.Instead ofcastinga wistful glance 10at allthe specieswe’veleft inthedust I.Q.-wise,it implicitly askswhatthereal 11ofour own intelligencemightbe.Thisis 12themind ofevery animalwe’ve evermet. Research on animal intelligencealsomakesuswonderwhat experimentsanimalswould 13onhumansifthey hadthechance.Every catwith an owner, 14 ,isrunninga small-scale study in operant conditioning.Webelieve that 15animalsranthelabs,theywouldtestusto 16thelimitsofourpatience,our faithfulness,ourmemory for locations.Theywouldtry todecidewhat intelligenceinhumansisreally 17 ,notmerelyhowmuch ofitthereis. 18, theywouldhopeto study a(n) 19question:Arehumansactually awareoftheworldthey livein?20theresultsare 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]inclination [D]priority 5.[A]insistson [B] sumsup [C]turnsout [D]putsforward