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2015年考研英语真题

SectionIUofEnglish

Dnecclious:

thebcslword(s)foreach

k[A]，[B]，[C]or[D]onANSWERSHEET

1.(10points)

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engineertosuperviariesofexperimentsatatelephone-

partsfactorycalledtheHawhtorePlantnear

ChicagoIthopedtheywouldlearnhowstop-floorEgnting

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givingtheirnametothe“Hawhthome

effect”theextremelyinflentlcelldeatheveey__3__tobemg

expenmenteduponchangedsubjects’behavior

Theideaarobecauofthe__4__behaviorofthewomenin

mgto__5__

outputrowhenhghtmgWaS

ot__6__what

wasdoneintheexpenment.__7__sometmgwas

hntyroA(n)__8__thatthey

werebemgexperimenteduponemedtobe__9__t0

alterworkers'bchamor__10__ulf

Afterveraldecades，thesaliledatawere__11__to

econometrictheanalysisHawthorneexperimentshasanother

surpristorej2一thedescnpuonsonrecord，no

systematic__13__wasfoundthatlcvclsofproduchxnty

wererelatedtochangesinlighting

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maybehaveletto__14__interpretationofwhathapped.__15__，

tighringwasalwayschangedon

aSundayWhenworkstartedagainonMonday,output

__16__rocomparedwiththepreviousSaturdayand__17__to

riforthenextcoupleofdays__18__,，

acomparisonwithdataforweekswhentherewasno

expenmentationshowedthatoutputalwayswentupOnMonday,

workers__19__tobeduigentforthefirstfew

daysoftheweekinanyca，before__21__aplateauand

thenslackeningoffThissuggeststhatthealleged”Hawthorne

effect“ishardtoptndown

1.[A]affected[B]achieved[C]exlracted[D]restored

2[A]at[B]up[C]with[D]Off

3[A]Wuth[B]sight[C]act[D]proof

4.[A]conVoversial[B]perplexing[c]mischieous[D]ambiguous

5.[A]reqtttrents[B]cxplanalions[C]accounts[D]asments

6[A]conclude[B]matter[C]indicate[D]work

7[A]asfaras[B]forfearthat[C]incathat[D]solongas

8.[A]awarerre[B]expectation[C]ntiment[D]illusion

9.[A]suitale[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]pealliarto

13.[A]evidence[B]guidance[C]implication[D]source

14.[A]disputable[B]enlightening[C]retiable[D]wasleadmg

15.[A]Incontast[B]Forexample[C]Inconquence[D]As

usual

16.[A]duly[B]accidentally[C]unpredictably[D]suddenly

17.[A]failed[B]cead[C]started[D]continued

20.[A]breaking[B]chrnbing[C]surpassmg[D]hiting

SectionⅡReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions：

thequestionsbelow

eachtextbychoosing[A]，[B]，[C]or[D].Markyouranswerson

ANSWERSHEET1.(40points)

Text2

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com

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systernMerrillLynchgotlegalprotectionforanast

enlorpatentedatochniqueforlyinga

box

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readytoscalehackonbusiness-methodpatents,whichhave

beencontroversiale,versincetheywerefirst

authorized10yearsagoInamovethathasintellectual-

ofAppealsforthefederal

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CrouchoftheUniversityofMissoun

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patmts”

Curbsonbusiness-methodclaimswouldbeadramatic

about-facebecauitwasthefederalcircuititlfthatintroduced

suchpatentswithis1998decisionintheso-calledstateStreet

Bankca,approvingapatentonawayofpoolingmutual-fund

lingproducedanexplosioninbusiness-method

patentfilings,initiallybyemerginginternetcompaniestryingto

stakeoutexclusivepinhtstospecifictypesofonlinetransactions.

Later,moveestablishedcompaniesracedtoaddsuchpatentsto

theirfiles,ifonlyasadefensivemoveagainstrivalsthatmight

2005,IBMnotedinacourtfilingthat

ithadbeenissuedmorethan300business-methodpatents

despitethafactthatitquestionedthelegalbasisforgranting

rly,someWallStreetinvestmentfilmsarmed

themlveswithpatentsforfinancialproducts,evenastheytook

positionsincourtcasopposingthepractice。

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