2009年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)考試英語試題精析

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　　2009年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)考試英語試題

　　National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM)

　　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 Zimmer’s 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 a(n) 4 in not being too terrifically bright.

　　Intelligence, it 5 , is a high�瞤riced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow 6 the starting line because it depends on learning—a (an) 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. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance10at all the species we’ve left in the dust I.Q.�瞱ise, it implicitly asks what the real 11of our own intelligence might be. This is12the mind of every animal we’ve ever met.

　　Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would13on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, 14, is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning. We believe that15animals ran the labs, they would test us to16the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for terrain. They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really17, not merely how much of it there is.18, they would hope to study a19question: 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]inclination[D]priority

　　5.[A]insists on[B]sums up[C]turns out[D]puts forward

　　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]forward[C]afterward[D]backward

　　11.[A]features[B]influences[C]results[D]costs

　　12.[A]outside[B]on[C]by[D]across

　　13.[A]deliver[B]carry[C]perform[D]apply

　　14.[A]by chance[B]in contrast[C]as usual[D]for instance

　　15.[A]if[B]unless[C]as[D]lest

　　16.[A]moderate[B]overcome[C]determine[D]reach

　　17.[A]at[B]for[C]after[D]with

　　18.[A]Above all[B]After all[C]However[D]Otherwise

　　19.[A]fundamental[B]comprehensive[C]equivalent[D]hostile

　　20.[A]By accident[B] In time[C]So far[D]Better still