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,theextremelyinfluentialideathatthevery(3)ofbeingexperimenteduponchangedsubjects'
behavior.
Theideaarosebecauseofthe(4)behaviorofthewomenintheplant.Accordingto(5)oftheexperiments,theirhourlyoutputrosewhenlightingwasincreased,butalsowhenitwasdimmed.Itdidnot(6)whatwasdoneintheexperiment;
(7)somethingwaschanged,productivityrose.A(n)(8)thattheywerebeingexperimenteduponseemedtobe(9)toalterworkers'
behavior(10)itself.
Afterseveraldecades,thesamedatawere(11)toeconometrictheanalysis.Hawthorneexperimentshasanothersurprisestore(12)thedescriptionsonrecord,nosystematic(13)wasfoundthatlevelsofproductivitywererelatedtochangesinlighting.
Itturnsoutthatpeculiarwayofconductingtheexperimentsmayhaveledto(14)interpretationofwhathappened.(15),lightingwasalwayschangedonaSunday.WhenworkstartedagainonMonday,output(16)rosecomparedwiththepreviousSaturdayand(17)toriseforthenextcoupleofdays.(18),acomparisonwithdataforweekswhentherewasnoexperimentationshowedthatoutputalwayswentuponMonday,workers(19)tobediligentforthefirstfewdaysoftheweekinanycase,before(20)aplateauandthenslackeningoff.Thissuggeststhatthealleged"
ishardtopindown.
1.[A]affected[B]achieved
[C]extracted[D]restored
2.[A]at[B]up
[C]with[D]off
3.[A]truth[B]sight
[C]act[D]proof
4.[A]controversial[B]perplexing
[C]mischievous[D]ambiguous
5.[A]requirements[B]explanations
[C]accounts[D]assessments
6.[A]conclude[B]matter
[C]indicate[D]work
7.[A]asfaras[B]forfearthat
[C]incasethat[D]solongas
8.[A]awareness[B]expectation
[C]sentiment[D]illusion
9.[A]suitable[B]excessive
[C]enough[D]abundant
10.[A]about[B]for
[C]on[D]by
11.[A]compared[B]shown
[C]subjected[D]conveyed
12.[A]contraryto[B]consistentwith
[C]parallelwith[D]peculiarto
13.[A]evidence[B]guidance
[C]implication[D]source
14.[A]disputable[B]enlightening
[C]reliable[D]misleading
15.[A]Incontrast[B]Forexample
[C]Inconsequence[D]Asusual
16.[A]duly[B]accidentally
[C]unpredictably[D]suddenly
17.[A]failed[B]ceased
[C]started[D]continued
18.[A]Therefore[B]Furthermore
[C]But[D]Meanwhile
19.[A]attempted[B]tended
[C]chose[D]intended
20.[A]breaking[B]climbing
[C]surpassing[D]hitting
SectionⅡReadingComprehension
PartA
Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosing[A],[B],[C]or[D].MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.
Text1
OfallthechangesthathavetakenplaceinEnglish-languagenewspapersduringthepastquarter-century,perhapsthemostfar-reachinghasbeentheinexorabledeclineinthescopeandseriousnessoftheirartscoverage.
Itisdifficulttothepointofimpossibilityfortheaveragereaderundertheageoffortytoimagineatimewhenhigh-qualityartscriticismcouldbefoundinmostbig-citynewspapers.Yetaconsiderablenumberofthemostsignificantcollectionsofcriticismpublishedinthe20thcenturyconsistedinlargepartofnewspaperreviews.Toreadsuchbookstodayistomarvelatthefactthattheirlearnedcontentswereoncedeemedsuitableforpublicationingeneral-circulationdailies.
WeareevenfartherremovedfromtheunfocusednewspaperreviewspublishedinEnglandbetweentheturnofthe20thcenturyandtheeveofWorldWar2,atatimewhennewsprintwasdirt-cheapandstylishartscriticismwasconsideredanornamenttothePublicationsinwhichitappeared.Inthosefar-offdays,itwastakenforgrantedthatthecriticsofmajorpaperswouldwriteindetailandatlengthabouttheeventstheycovered.Theirswasaseriousbusiness,andeventhosereviewswhoworetheirlearninglightly,likeGeorgeBernardShawandErnestNewman,couldbetrustedtoknowwhattheywereabout.Thesemenbelievedinjournalismasacalling,andwereproudtobepublishedinthedailypress."
Sofewauthorshavebrainsenoughorliterarygiftenoughtokeeptheirownendupinjournalism,"
Newmanwrote,"
thatIamtemptedtodefine'
journalism'
as'
atermofcontemptappliedbywriterswhoarenotreadtowriterswhoare'
."
Unfortunately,thesecriticsarevirtuallyfo