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2010年英语一 完形填空

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In 1924 America's National Research Council sent two engineers to supervise a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how shop-floor lighting (1) workers' productivity. Instead, the studies ended (2) giving their name to the "Hawthorne effect," the extremely influential idea that the very (3) of being experimented upon changed subjects' behavior.

The idea arose because of the (4) behavior of the women in the plant. According to (5) of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not (6) what was done in the experiment; (7) something was changed, productivity rose. A(n) (8) that they were being experimented upon seemed to be (9) to alter workers' behavior (10) itself.

After several decades, the same data were (11) to econometric analysis. The Hawthorne experiments had another surprise in store. (12) the descriptions on record, no systematic (13) was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.

It turns out that the peculiar way of conducting the experiments may have led to (14) interpretations of what happened. (15) , lighting was always changed on a Sunday. When work started again on Monday, output (16) rose compared with the previous Saturday and (17) to rise for the next couple of days. (18) , a comparison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation showed that output always went up on Mondays. Workers (19) to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case, before (20) a plateau and then slackening off. This suggests that the alleged "Hawthorne effect" is hard to pin down.

答案速查

答案速查：1.A  2.B  3.C  4.B  5.C  6.B  7.D  8.A  9.C  10.D  11.C  12.A  13.A  14.D  15.B  16.A  17.D  18.C  19.B  20.D

题目与选项

  1. 1. how shop-floor lighting (1) workers' productivity

    1. A. affected
    2. B. achieved
    3. C. extracted
    4. D. restored

    答案：A

  2. 2. the studies ended (2) giving their name to the "Hawthorne effect"

    1. A. at
    2. B. up
    3. C. with
    4. D. off

    答案：B

  3. 3. the very (3) of being experimented upon changed subjects' behavior

    1. A. truth
    2. B. sight
    3. C. act
    4. D. proof

    答案：C

  4. 4. the (4) behavior of the women in the plant

    1. A. controversial
    2. B. perplexing
    3. C. mischievous
    4. D. ambiguous

    答案：B

  5. 5. According to (5) of the experiments

    1. A. requirements
    2. B. explanations
    3. C. accounts
    4. D. assessments

    答案：C

  6. 6. It did not (6) what was done in the experiment

    1. A. conclude
    2. B. matter
    3. C. indicate
    4. D. work

    答案：B

  7. 7. (7) something was changed, productivity rose

    1. A. as far as
    2. B. for fear that
    3. C. in case that
    4. D. so long as

    答案：D

  8. 8. A(n) (8) that they were being experimented upon seemed to be

    1. A. awareness
    2. B. expectation
    3. C. sentiment
    4. D. illusion

    答案：A

  9. 9. seemed to be (9) to alter workers' behavior

    1. A. suitable
    2. B. excessive
    3. C. enough
    4. D. abundant

    答案：C

  10. 10. alter workers' behavior (10) itself

    1. A. about
    2. B. for
    3. C. on
    4. D. by

    答案：D

  11. 11. the same data were (11) to econometric analysis

    1. A. compared
    2. B. shown
    3. C. subjected
    4. D. conveyed

    答案：C

  12. 12. (12) the descriptions on record, no systematic (13) was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.

    1. A. Contrary to
    2. B. Consistent with
    3. C. Parallel with
    4. D. Peculiar to

    答案：A

  13. 13. no systematic (13) was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting

    1. A. evidence
    2. B. guidance
    3. C. implication
    4. D. source

    答案：A

  14. 14. led to (14) interpretations of what happened

    1. A. disputable
    2. B. enlightening
    3. C. reliable
    4. D. misleading

    答案：D

  15. 15. (15), lighting was always changed on a Sunday

    1. A. In contrast
    2. B. For example
    3. C. In consequence
    4. D. As usual

    答案：B

  16. 16. output (16) rose compared with the previous Saturday

    1. A. duly
    2. B. accidentally
    3. C. unpredictably
    4. D. suddenly

    答案：A

  17. 17. and (17) to rise for the next couple of days

    1. A. failed
    2. B. ceased
    3. C. started
    4. D. continued

    答案：D

  18. 18. (18), a comparison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation showed that output always went up on Mondays

    1. A. Therefore
    2. B. Furthermore
    3. C. However
    4. D. Meanwhile

    答案：C

  19. 19. Workers (19) to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case

    1. A. attempted
    2. B. tended
    3. C. chose
    4. D. intended

    答案：B

  20. 20. before (20) a plateau and then slackening off

    1. A. breaking
    2. B. climbing
    3. C. surpassing
    4. D. hitting

    答案：D

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