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　　SectionIUseofEnglish

　　Dnecclious:

　　Readthcfollowingtext．Choosethebcslword（s）foreachnumbcredblank．andmark[A]，[B]，[C]or[D]onANSWERSHEET1.（10points）

　　In1924American'NationalResearchCouncilsenttoengineertosuperviseaseriesofexperimentsatatelephone-partsfactorycalledtheHawhtorePlantnear

　　ChicagoIthopedtheywouldlearnhowstop-floorEgnting__1__workorsproductivityInstead，thestudiesended__2__givingtheirnametothe“Hawhthome

　　effect”theextremelyinflentlcelldeatheveey__3__tobemgexpenmenteduponchangedsubjects’behavior

　　Theideaarosebecauseofthe__4__behaviorofthewomenintheplato．Accordmgto__5__ofthecxpetmems．their．houriyoutputrosewhenhghtmgWaS

　　increased．butalsowhenitwasdimmed.Itdidnot__6__whatwasdoneintheexpenment.__7__sometmgwaschanged．produchntyroseA（n）__8__thatthey

　　werebemgexperimenteduponseemedtobe__9__t0alterworkers'bchamor__10__uself

　　Afterseveraldecades，thesaliledatawere__11__toeconometrictheanalysisHawthorneexperimentshasanothersurprisestorej2一thedescnpuonsonrecord，no

　　systematic__13__wasfoundthatlcvclsofproduchxntywererelatedtochangesinlighting

　　Itturnsoutthatpeculiarwayofconductingthec~enmentsmaybehaveletto__14__interpretationofwhathapped．__15__，tighringwasalwayschangedon

　　aSundayWhenworkstartedagainonMonday,output__16__rosecomparedwiththepreviousSaturdayand__17__toriseforthenextcoupleofdays__18__,，

　　acomparisonwithdataforweekswhentherewasnoexpenmentationshowedthatoutputalwayswentupOnMonday,workers__19__tobeduigentforthefirstfew

　　daysoftheweekinanycase，before__21__aplateauandthenslackeningoffThissuggeststhatthealleged”Hawthorneeffect“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]assements

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

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

　　8．[A]awarerress   [B]expectation[C]sentiment[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]Inconsequence[D]Asusual

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

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

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

　　SectionⅡReadingComprehension

　　PartA

　　Directions：

　　Readthefollowingfourtexts．Answerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosing[A]，[B]，[C]or[D]．MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1．（40points）

　　Text2

　　Overthepastdecade,thousandsofpatentshaveseengranledforwhatarecalledbusinessmethods．Amazoncomreceivedoneforits“one-click”onlinepayment

　　systernMerrillLynchgotlegalprotectionforanassetallocationstrategy．Oneinvenlorpatentedatochniqueforlyingabox

　　Nowthenation’stoppatentcourtappearscompletelyreadytoscalehackonbusiness-methodpatents,whichhavebeencontroversiale,versincetheywerefirst

　　authorized10yearsagoInamovethathasintellectual-propertylawyersabuzztheU.ScourtofAppealsforthefederalctrcuitsalditwoulduseaparticularcasetO

　　conductabroadreviewofbusiness-methodpatents.InreBijskl,asthecaseisknown,is“averybigdeal”,saysDermis'DCrouchoftheUniversityofMissoun

　　Schooloflaw．It“hasthepotentialtoelinateanentireclassofpatmts”

　　Curbsonbusiness-methodclaimswouldbeadramaticabout-facebecauseitwasthefederalcircuititselfthatintroducedsuchpatentswithis1998decisionintheso-calledstateStreetBankcase,approvingapatentonawayofpoolingmutual-fundassets.Thatrulingproducedanexplosioninbusiness-methodpatentfilings,initiallybyemerginginternetcompaniestryingtostakeoutexclusivepinhtstospecifictypesofonlinetransactions.Later,moveestablishedcompaniesracedtoaddsuchpatentstotheirfiles,ifonlyasadefensivemoveagainstrivalsthatmightbentthemtothepunch.In2005,IBMnotedinacourtfilingthatithadbeenissuedmorethan300business-methodpatentsdespitethafactthatitquestionedthelegalbasisforgrantingthem.Similarly,someWallStreetinvestmentfilmsarmedthemselveswithpatentsforfinancialproducts,evenastheytookpositionsincourtcasesopposingthepractice.

　　TheBilskicaseinvolvesaclaimedpatentonamethodforhedgingriskintheenergymarket.TheFederalcircuitissuedanunusualorderstatingthatthecasewouldbeheardbyall12ofthecourt’sjudges,ratherthanatypicalpanelofthree,andthatoneissueitwantstoevalusteiswetheritshould“reconsider”itsstatestreetBankruling.

　　TheFederalCircuit’sactioncomesinthewakeofaseriesofrecentdecisionsbythesupreme.Countthathasnurrowedthescopeofprotectionsforpatentholders.LastApril,forexamplethejusticessignaledthattoomanypatentswerebeingupheldfor“inventions”thatareobvious.ThejudgesontheFederalcircuitare“reactiontotheanti_patenttrendatthesupremecourt”saysHaroleCwegner,apartendattorneyandprofessorataeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool.

　　26.Business-methodpatentshaverecentlyarousedconcernbecauseof

　　[A]theirlimitedvaluetobusiness

　　[B]theirconnectionwithassetallocation

　　[C]thepossiblerestrictionontheirgranting

　　[D]thecontroversyoverauthorization

　　27.WhichofthefollowingistrueoftheBilskicase?

　　[A]Itsrullingcomplieswiththecourtdecisions

　　[B]Itinvolvesaverybigbusinesstransaction

　　[C]IthasbeendismissedbytheFederalCircuit

　　[D]ItmaychangethelegalpracticesintheU.S.

　　28.Theword“about-face”（Line1,Paro3）mostprobablymeans

　　[A]lossofgoodwill

　　[B]increaseofhostility

　　[C]changeofattitude

　　[D]changeofauiuled

　　29．Welearnfromthelasttwopamgraphsthatbusiness-meihodPateats

　　[A]areimmunetolegalchallenges

　　[B]areoftenunnecessarilyissued

　　[C]lowertheesteemforpateatholders

　　[D]increasetheincidenceofrisks

　　30．Whichofthefollowingwouldbethesubjectofthetext?

　　[A]Aloomingthreattobvamess-melhcdpatents

　　[B]Protectionforbusiness-methodpatentholders

　　[C]Alegalcaseregardingbusiness-methodpatents

　　[D]Aprevailingtreadagainstbusiness-methodpatents

　　Text3

　　InhisbookTheTippingPoinlMalcohnaladuellalouesthatsocialepidemicsaredliveninlargepartbytheactingofatinyminorityofspecial

　　individuals,oftencalledinfluentialswhoareunusuallinformed,persuasive,orweconnectTheideaisintuitivelycompellingbutitdoesn'texplainhowideasactuallyspread.

　　Thesupposedimportanceofinftuentialsderivesfromaplansiblesoundingbutlargelyuntestedtheoryuntestedthelrycalledthe"tow-stepflowofcommunication"Information

　　llowsfromthemediatotheinftuentialsandfromthentoereryoneelse.Marketershaveembracedthetwo-stepflowbecameitsuggeststhatiftheycanjustfindand

　　influencetheinfluentials,thoseselectpeoplewilldomostoftheworkforthemThetheoryalsoseemstoexplainthesuddenandunexpectedpopularityofpeoplewas

　　wearingpromotingordevelopingwhaterveritisbeforeanyoneelsepaidattentionAnecdotalevidenceofthiskindfitsnicelywiththeideathatonlycertainspecial

　　peoplecalldrivetrends

　　IntheirrecentworkhoweyersomeresearchershavecomeupwiththefindingthatinfluentialshavefarlessimpactonsocialepidemicsthanisgenetallysupposedIn

　　facttheydon’tseemtoberequiredofall

　　Theresearchers'argumentstemsfromasimpleobserratingaboutsocialinfluencewiththeexceptionofafewcelebritieslikeOprahWinfrey-whoseoutsizepresenceisprimanrillyafunctionofmedianotinterpersonalinfluence-enenthemostinfluentialmembersofapopulationsimplydon'tinteractwiththatmanyothersYetitispreciselythesenon-celebringinfluentialswhoaccordingtothetwo-step-flowtheoryaresupposedtodrivesocialenidemicsbyinflucencinytheirfriendsandcolleaguesdirectly.Forasocialepidemictooccurhowevereachpersonsosffectedmusttheninflucencehisorherownacquaintances,whomustinturninfluencetheirsandsoonandjusthowmanyotherspayattentiontoeachofthesepeoplehaslittletodowiththeinitialinfluential.Ifpeopleinthenetworkjusttwodegreesremovedfromtheinitialinfluentialproveresistantforexamplefromtheinitialinfluentialproveresistant,forexamplethecasecadeofchangewon'tpropagateveryfaroraffectmanypeople.

　　Buildingonthebasictruthaboutinterpersonalinfluencetheresearchersstudiedthedynamicsofpopulationsmanipulatinganumberofvariablesrelatingofpopulationsmanipulatinganumberofvariablesrelatingtopeople’sabilifytoinfluenceothersandtheirtendencetobe

　　31.BycitingthebookTheTippingPointtheauthorintendsto

　　[A]analyzetheconsequencesofsocialepidemics

　　[B]discussinfluentials’funcitioninspreadingideas

　　[C]exemplifypeople’sintuitiveresponsetosocialepidemics

　　[D]describetheessentialcharacteristicsofinfluentials

　　32.Theauthorsuggeststhatthe“two-step-flowtheory”

　　[A]servesasasolutiontomarketingproblems

　　[B]hashelpedexplainc