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历年真题精析——命题剖析及复习指导(立体书）(1)
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-priced 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 glance__10__at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real __11__of our own intelligence might be. This is__12__the mind of every animal we've ever met.
Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would__13__on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, __14__, is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning. We believe that__15__animals ran the labs, they would test us to__16__the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for terrain. They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really__17__, not merely how much of it there is. __18__, they would hope to study a__19__question: 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