考研英语（旧卷） 2009年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）试卷排版
考研英语（旧卷）2009年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）：共 20 题、卷面 10 分（满分 100，每题 0.5 分）、卷面选文共 277 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
试卷原卷
考研真题(2009)
Section I
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Research on animal intelligence always makes us wonder just how smart humans are. 1 the fruit-fly experiments described by Carl Zimmer in the Science Times. 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 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(n) 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. 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 us 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 locations. 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(n) 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
选文出处：The New York Times《纽约时报》2008.05.07 一篇题为 The Cost of Smarts（聪明的代价）的文章。