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1、考研英语一答案2010年考研英语一答案【篇一：2010年考研英语一真题及参考答案(海天)】section i use of english directions: read the following text.choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank.and marka，b， cordon answer sheet 1. (10 points) in 1924 american national research council sent to engineer to supervise a series of experiments a

2、t a telephone-parts factory called the hawthorne plant near chicago. it hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting _1_ workers productivity. instead，the studies ended_2_ giving their name to the “hawthorne effect” the extremely influential idea the very_3_to being experimented upon changed subje

3、cts 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_ t

4、hat 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 the analysis hawthorne experiments has another surprise store 12 the descriptions on record，no systematic _13_was found that levels of productivity

5、were related to changes in lighting it turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may be have let to _14_interpretation 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 ris

6、e 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 monday, 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 “

7、hawthorne effect” is hard to pin down 1.a affected bachieved cextracted drestored 2. aat bup cwith doff 3. atruthbsight cactdproof 4. acontroversial bperplexing cmischievous dambiguous 5. arequirements bexplanations caccounts dassessments 6. aconclude bmattercindicatedwork 7. aas far as bfor fear th

8、at cin case that dso long as 8. aawareness bexpectation csentiment dillusion 9. asuitable bexcessive cenoughdabundant 10. aaboutbfor con dby 11. acompared bshowncsubjecteddconveyed 12. acontrary to bconsistent with cparallel with dpeculiar to 13.aevidence bguidancecimplication dsource 14.adisputable

9、benlightening creliable dmisleading 15.ain contrast bfor example cin consequence das usual 16. adulybaccidentally cunpredictably dsuddenly 17. afailed bceasedcstarted dcontinued 20.abreaking bclimbing csurpassing dhitting section reading comprehension part a directions： read the following four texts

10、.answer the questions below each text by choosinga，b， cord.mark your answers on answer sheet 1.(40 points) text 2 over the past decade, thousands of patents have seen granted for what are called business methods.amazon com received one for its“one-click”online payment system merrill lynch got legal

11、protection for an asset allocation strategy.one inventor patented a technique for lying a box。 now the nations top patent court appears completely ready to scale hack on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. in a move that has inte

12、llectual-property lawyers abuzz the u.s court of appeals for the federal circuit said it would use particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. in re bilski, as the case is known, is “a very big deal”， says dermisd, crouch of theuniversity of missouri school of law.it “has t

13、he potential to eliminate an entire class of patents” curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state street bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fun

14、d assets. that ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive pints to specific types of online transactions. later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive mov

15、e against rivals that might bent them to the punch. in 2005, ibm noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. similarly, some wall street investment films armed themselves with patents for

16、 financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice。 the bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. the federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the courts judges, rather

17、than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should “reconsider” its state street bank ruling。 the federal circuits action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme. count that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. la

18、st april, for example the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for “inventions” that are obvious. the judges on the federal circuit are “reaction to the anti-patent trend at the supreme court” says harole c wegner, a par tend attorney and professor at washington university law s

19、chool。 26. business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of a their limited value to business b their connection with asset allocation c the possible restriction on their granting d the controversy over authorization 27. which of the following is true of the bilski case? a its ruling

20、 complies with the court decisionsb it involves a very big business transaction c it has been dismissed by the federal circuit d it may change the legal practices in the u.s。 28. the word “about-face”(line 1, paro 3)most probably means a loss of good will bincrease of hostility cchange of attitude d

21、 enhancement of disunity 29.we learn from the last two paragraphs that business-method patents a are immune to legal challengesb are of ten unnecessarily issued c lower the esteem for patent holders d increase the incidence of risks 30.which of the following would be the subject of the text? aa loom

22、ing threat to business-method patents bprotection for business-method patent holders ca legal case regarding business-method patents d a prevailing tread against business-method patents text 3 in his book the tipping point malcolm aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the

23、 acting of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials who are unusual informed, persuasive, or we connect. the idea is intuitively compelling but it doesnt explain how ideas actually spread。 the supposed importance of influentials derives from a plausible sounding but largely

24、untested theory called the tow-step flow of communication. information flows from the media to the influentials and from them to everyone else. marketers have embraced the two-step flow became it suggests that if they can just find and influence the influentials, those select people will do most of

25、the work for them. the theory also seems to explain the sudden and unexpected popularity of people was wearing, promoting or developing whatever it is before anyone else paid attention. anecdotal evidence of this kind fits nicely with the idea that only certain special people call drive trends。 in t

26、heir recent work, however, some researchers have come up with the finding that influentials have far less impact on social epidemics than is generally supposed. in fact , they dont seem to be required of all. the researchers argument stems from a simple observation about social influence, with the e

27、xception of a few celebrities like oprah winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal influence-even the most influential members of a population simply dont interact with that many others. yet it is precisely these non-celebrating influentials who according to

28、the two-step-flow theory are supposed to drive social epidemics by influencing their friends and colleagues directly. for a social epidemic tooccur however each person so affected must then influence his or her own acquaintances, who must in turn influence theirs and so on and just how many others p

29、ay attention to each of these people has little to do with the initial influential. if people in the network just two degrees removed from the initial influential prove resistant, for example from the initial influential, prove resistant, for example the cascade of change wont propagate very far or

30、affect many people。 building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of populations manipulating a number of variables relating of populations, manipulating a number of variables relating to peoples ability to influence others and their tendency to be。

31、31. by citing the book the tipping point the author intends to a analyze the consequences of social epidemics b discuss influentials function in spreading ideas c exemplify peoples intuitive response to social epidemics d describe the essential characteristics of influentials 32. the author suggests

32、 that the “two-step-flow theory” a serves as a solution to marketing problems b has helped explain certain prevalent trends c has won support from influentials d requires solid evidence for its validity 33. what the researchers have observed recently shows that a the power of influence goes with social interactions b