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In 1924 American National Research Council sent two engineer to supervise a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting (1) workers productivity. Instead, the studies ended (2) giving their name to the "Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very (3) of being experimented upon changed subjects’ behavior.
The idea arose because of the (4) behavior of the women in the plant. According to (5) of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not (6) what was done in the experiment; (7) something was changed, productivity rose. A(n) (8) that they were being experimented upon seemed to be (9) to alter workers’ behavior (10) itself.
After several decades, the same data were(11) to econometric the analysis. Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store (12) the descri
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Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It’s the one (1) the teacher standing in the schoolroom door (2) goodbye to students for the summer and calling (3) them, "By the way, we won World War II."
The problem with the joke, of course, is that it’s (4) funny. The recent surveys on (5) illiteracy (无知) are beginning to numb (令人震惊): nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannot even (6) which countries the United States (7) against in that war. One third have no (8) when the Declaration of Independence was (9) . One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly (10) the Civil War between 1850 and 1900.(11) when they get the answers right, some are (12) guessing. Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be (13) connected to loss of international (14) But it does affect our future (15) a democratic nation and as individuals.
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Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
(46) U.S. farmers are planting more acres of crops using soil building and pollution fighting faming systems than traditional methods that rely on the plow or intensive tillage, according to a report due to be released early next month.
The report, titled "National Crop Residue Management Survey," shows a 6 million acre gain for environmentally friendly farming systems this year.
(47) It also shows traditional farming methods, which result in greater soil erosion and run off from fields, declined by 4 million acres.
(48) The survey, conducted on a county-by-county basis by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates that farmers in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Kansas, and Indiana contributed the most to the increase in acres grown wi
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