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1、Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmark[A],[B],[C]or[D]onANSWERSHEET1.(10points)In1924America'sNationalResearchCouncilsenttwoengineerstosuperviseaseriesofindustrialexperimentsatalargetelephone-partsfactorycalledtheHawthornePlantnearChicago.Ithopedthey
2、wouldlearnhowstop-floorlighting]workers1productivity.Instead,thestudiesended2givingtheirnametotheHHawthorneeffect”,theextremelyinfluentialideathatthevery3tobeingexperimenteduponchangedsubjects1behavio匚Theideaarosebecauseofthe4behaviorofthewomenintheHawthorneplant.Accordingto5oftheexperiment
3、s,theirhourlyoutputrosewhenlightingwasincreased,butalsowhenitwasdimmed.Itdidnot6whatwasdoneintheexperiment;7somethingwaschanged,productivityrose.A(n)8thattheywerebeingexperimenteduponseemedtobe9toalterworkers1behavior10itselfAfterseveraldecades,thesamedatawere11toeconometrictheanalysis.Hawt
4、horneexperimentshasanothersurprisestore12thedescriptionsonrecord,nosystematic13wasfoundthatlevelsofproductivitywererelatedtochangesinlighting.Itturnsoutthatpeculiarwayofconductingtheexperimentsmaybehaveletto14interpretationofwhathapped.15lightingwasalwayschangedonaSunday.Whenworkstartedagai
5、nonMonday,output16rosecomparedwiththepreviousSaturdayand17toriseforthenextcoupleofdays.18,acomparisonwithdataforweekswhentherewasnoexperimentationshowedthatoutputalwayswentuponMonday,workers19tobediligentforthefirstfewdaysoftheweekinanycase,before20aplateauandthenslackeningoff.Thissuggestst
6、hatthealleged"Hawthorneeffect11ishardtopindown.1.[A]affected[B]achieved[C]extracted[D]restored2.[A]at[B]up[CJwith[D]off3.[A]truth[B]sight[C]act[D]proof4.[A]controversial[B]perplexing[C]mischievous[D]ambiguous5.[A]requirements[B]explanations[C]accounts[D]assessments6.[A]conclude[B]matterfC]i
7、ndicate[D]work7.[A]asfaras[BJforfearthat[C]incasethat[D]solongas8.[A]awareness[B]expectation[C]sentiment[D]illusion9.[A]suitablefB]excessive[C]enough[D]abundant10.[A]about[B]for[C]on[D]by11.[A]compared[B]shownfC]subjected[D]conveyed12.[A]contraryto[BJcon