2005-2010年考研英语完形填空真题解析2008年考研英语完形填空真题解析Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best words for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 10 pointsThe idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird, a scientist who works independently 3 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.5 he, however, might tremble at the6 of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only7 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in8 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists,13 hey also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14 ave previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 social effects, such as a strong tradition of 16 ucation. The latter was seen as a an 17 genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately18 is argument is that the unusual history of these peoplehas 19 em to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 ate of affairs.1.A selected B prepared C obliged D pleased2.2. A unique B particular C special D rare3.3. A of B with C in D against4.4. A subsequently B presently C previously D lately5.5. A Only B So C Even D Hence6.6. A thought B sight C cost D risk7.7. A advises B suggests C protests D objects8.8. A progress B fact C need D question9.9. A attaining B scoring C reaching D calculating10.10. A normal B common C mean D total11. A unconsciouslyB disproportionatelyC indefinitelyD unaccountably12. A missionsB fortunesC interestsD careers13. A affirm B witness C observeD approve14. A moreover B therefore C however D meanwhile15. Agiven up B got over C carried on D put down16. A assessing B supervising C administering D valuing17. A development B originC consequenceD instrument18. A linked B integrated C woven Dcombined19. A limited B subjected C converted D directed20. A paradoxical B incompatible C inevitable D continuous全文翻译某些族群的人比其它族群的人聪明;这个观点是不敢说出名字的假说之一;但Gregory Cochran无论如何打算说出来;他是个稀有人物独立于机构搞研究的科学家他协助传播一个观点：某些疾病人们以前认为不是由细菌引起的,实际上传染病,这个观点一出现就引起了争议;然而,即使他对于所做的事情心有余悸;他与另外两位科学家共同发表一篇论文,论文不仅指出一个族群比另一族群聪明,而且还解释了导致这个结果的过程;所谈论的这个族群是起源于中欧洲的一个特定的民族;过程是自然选择;这个族群通常在IQ测试中得分高,高出平均分 10012-15个点,且对西方的知识和文化生活有异常的贡献;这得到了精英人物包括几位着名的科学家所取得的成就的验证;他们也比大多数人更易患某些讨厌的遗传病,例如乳腺癌;然而,这些事实以前没有被认为有联系;前者被归结到社会作用,例如价值教育的后强烈传统;后者被看作是基因隔离的结果; Dr. Cochran认为智能与疾病有紧密联系;他的观点是这些民族异常的历史使他们经历了独特的进化压力,这导致了这个似非而是的状况;1、答案：B解析：本题测试语义逻辑衔接; “ selected” 意为“挑选”; “prepared”意为“准备”；“obliged”意为“迫使,责成”；“pleased”意为“高兴地,满足地”, 前一句“人们不敢说”,本句中由“but ”一词可推出意思与上句相反,即“Cochran 准备说”, 所以选B.2、答案：D解析：本题测试词义辨析;“unique”意为“唯一的, 独特的”；“particular”意为“特殊的, 独特的”；“special”意为“特别的, 特殊的”；“rare”意为“稀罕的,珍贵的”,rare bird 意为“稀有的人”,空格相关意思是“只有Cochra准备说”, 而且“rare bird” 是固定搭配,所以选D3、答案：A解析：本题测试介词的语意搭配, independently of 意为“不依赖于, 独立”,所以选A4、答案：C解析：本题测试词义辨析;由“actually”推出本句是对现在和以前对疾病看法的对比,所以选C5、答案：C解析：本题测试副词的用法及语段的连贯性;Even 做程度副词,表示递进关系,意为“即使他自己也…”.所以选C6、答案：A解析：本题测试词义搭配;空格相关意思是“一想到他即将要做的,即使他自己也….” “At thought of ”意为“一看到…”； at sight of意为年“一看见”；at cost of 意为“以…的代价”；at risk of意为“冒着….的危险”,所以选A7、答案：B解析：本题测试动词辨析;advice意为“建议”； suggest意为“建议,提出’”；protest“主张,断言”；object“反对”,此句指“在论文中, 他建议…”,所以选B8、答案：D解析：本题测试词组搭配,in progress 意为“进行中”；in fact 意为“事实上”； in need意为“在危难中”； in question 意为“正在被讨论的”,前一句正在谈论“ group群体” ,本句衔接上一句表达“正在被讨论的这个群体”,所以选D9. 答案：B解析：本题考查动词辨析;从该句中的12-15 points 可知,前面的动词是与分数相关的;score的意思是得分,打分,而其他三项没有这层意思;故答案为B;10. 答案：C解析：本题考查形容词辨析;文中提到这组人IQ测试得分比100分高12-15分,按照常识,100分是平均分,mean的意思是平均的;所以答案为C;11. 答案：B解析：本题考查上下文的逻辑关系和副词辨析;disproportionately 的意思是不成比例地,不相称地,比例太大或太小的;这句话要传达的意思是这组人做贡献的比例非常大,故答案选B;12. 答案：D解析：本题考查上下文的逻辑关系和名词辨析;as引导的状语从句用一些精英包括科学家的职业证明前面提到的这组人所做的贡献非常大,career的意思是职业,事业,符合此意,故选D;13. 答案：A解析：本题考查动词辨析;选项Aaffirm意为确认,肯定,符合题意;而Bwitness常用作及物动词,表示见证,表明；Cobserve, 表示观察,评论,以人作主语；D意思为批准,通过的意思,也是人作主语;故答案为A;14. 答案：C解析：本题考查逻辑关系;前文同时叙述了关于这组人的两种现象,这两种现象明显是有关联的,但是这句话说到先前人们认为两者没有关系,上下文构成转折关系,故选C;15. 答案：D解析：本题考查固定搭配;get down to的意思是归因于,符合句意;而give up to的意思是让给,get over to的意思是让某人明白某事,carry on的意思是继续开展,坚持,均不合题意;故答案为D;16. 答案：D解析：本题考查动词辨析;此处要传达的意思是重视教育的传统,只有Dvaluing符合题意;17. 答案：C解析：本题考查名词辨析;此句的意思是后者是由genetic isolation 导致的结果,consequence的意思是结果,后果,故答案为C;18. 答案：A解析：本题考查动词辨析;此句Dr. Cochran的观点是这两者是密切关联的;link表示两者之间的关联或联系；integrate表示两者结合为一个整体；wave表示两者交织在一起；combine表示两者结合;只有link符合题意;故选A;19. 答案：B解析：本题考查动词辨析;subject to意为使…经受或遭受；limit to 表示限制；convert to表示转变；direct to表示指向;本句的意思是说这些人不同寻常的历史使他们经受了独特的进化压力,只有B符合题意;20. 答案：A解析：本题考查形容词辨析;此处要传达的意思是独特的进化压力导致了这种似乎矛盾的状况;paradoxical 表示似乎矛盾的,似是而非的；incompatible表示不兼容的,不协调的；inevitable表示不可避免的；continuous表示连续的; 只有A符合题意;2009年考研英语完形填空真题解析Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are. 1 the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer's piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. 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 an 4 in not being too terrifically 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 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. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance 10 at all the species we've left in the dust it implicitly asks what the real 11 of our own intelligence might be. This is 12 the mind of every animal I've ever met.Research on animal intelligence also makes me 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, ourmemory for terrain. 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 19 question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in20 the results are inconclusive.1. A SupposeB ConsiderC ObserveD Imagine2. A tendedB fearedC happenedD threatened3. A thinnerB stablerC lighterD dimmer4. A tendencyB advantageC inclinationD priority5. A insists onB sums upC turns outD puts forward6. A offB behindC overD along7. A incredibleB spontaneousCinevitableD gradual8. A fightB doubtC stopD think9. A invisibleB limitedC indefiniteD different10. A upwardB forwardC afterwardD backward11. A featuresB influencesC resultsD costs12. A outsideB onC byD across13. A deliverB carryC performD apply14. A by chanceB in contrastC as usualD for instance15. A ifB unlessC asD lest16. A moderateB overcomeC determineD reach17. A atB forC afterD with18. A Above allB After allC HoweverD Otherwise19. A fundamentalB comprehensiveC equivalentD hostile20. A By accidentB In timeC So farD Better still文章背景本文是一篇讲述动物智能、偏重科技的文章;此文章最先刊登在2008年5月7日的纽约时报上,原文的标题是 The Cost of Smarts,翻译过来是"聪明的代价";文中通过对"果蝇"的试验研究得出"聪明是要付出代价"的结论,最后提出引人深思的问题--人类是否真正意识到自己所生存的世界;文章结构本文采用了对比的方式展开文章,叙述了人类智慧发展的代价;第一二三段围绕人类对动物智能的研究对动物以及人类自己造成的影响;文章的最后一段作者展开丰富的联想,如果动物对人类做实验的话,它们想从人类身上获取什么信息呢答案详解1.解析B 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择动词,放在祈使句句首;选项A. suppose认为,假定;B. consider考虑;C. observe 观察;D. imagine 想象;文章开篇指出：Research on animal intelligence always makes us wonder just how smart humans are."对动物智慧的研究总是让我对人类到底有多聪明感到好奇",接着举了果蝇的例子,该句要选择的动词应与上句在语义上衔接;用consider意为"让读者考虑一下果蝇实验",从而引出下文,其他选项均不符合题意;2.解析A 语义衔接/固定搭配题;本题目选择动词过去式,与介词"to"构成动词短语,在句子中充当谓语;选项A. tended to易于,往往会……;B. feared to 害怕做某事;C. happened to 碰巧做某事;D. threatened to 威胁要做某事;Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit flyto live shorter lives. 原文讲述的是在实验中经常发生的一种情况,即"通过训练变得更聪明的果蝇,其寿命往往比普通果蝇短";故选A;3.解析D 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择形容词比较级,在句中作定语修饰bulbs;This suggests thatbulbs burn longer, …"这让人想起……的灯泡照明时间比较长……;"上句讲到"聪明的果蝇寿命往往较短",这句接着用灯泡作类比,承接上句语义,应该是越不亮的灯泡用的时间越长,所以选D. dimmer 较暗的;选项C. lighter更亮的,与前文意思相悖;A. thinner 更薄的,更瘦的;B. stable 更稳定的;该两项均不符合题意;4.解析B 词汇辨析/固定搭配题;本题目选择名词,并与in搭配;选项A. tendency 趋势,倾向,后面常接介词for或动词不定式,如：a tendency for sth.或a tendency to do sth.做某事的倾向;B. advantage 优势,后常接介词in,即an advantage in sth. 在某方面具有优势;C. inclination倾向,意愿,倾斜度,后常接介词for或动词不定式,即an inclination for sth.或an inclination to do sth.想做某事;D. priority 优先权,后常接over,如：take priority over sth./sb. 比某事/某人具有优先权;且从上下文语义来看,前面说聪明的果蝇寿命短,越不亮的灯泡用的时间越长,所以这里语义应为"不太聪明灯泡不太亮是有优势的",故B 为正确选项;注意,bright在此处是一语双关,既可表示"灯泡不那么亮",也可表示"人不那么聪明";5.解析C 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目要选择动词短语,使插入语完整;从上文可知,"聪明的果蝇寿命往往较短",以及"不太聪明是有优势的",由此推出的结果是：聪明也是要付出代价的;C. turn out意为"结果是……",把it turns out用作插入语,使该句与上段内容紧紧联系起来,因此选C;A. insist on坚持;B. sum up总计,总结;D. put forward提出;这三项均不符合题意;6.解析A 语义衔接题;本题目选择介词,体现与the starting line起跑线的逻辑关系;选项B. behind和C. over可以首先排除,因为这里没有涉及空间位置关系;若选D. along则是"沿着起跑线徘徊"之意,这与后面的process意思不符;选项A. off 有"离开"之意,slow off the starting line表示"离开起跑线慢了",即"起步慢了",但仍在进步,与后文逻辑一致,故选A;7.解析D 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择形容词,做process的定语;破折号表示对前面内容即learning的解释;这里把learning学习与instinct本能作对比,结合前文的slow,以及学习自身的特点可知,只有gradual"渐进的" 符合题意;其他三项A. incredible 难以置信的;B. spontaneous 自发的;C. inevitable 不可避免的;均不符合题意,故本题答案为D;8. 解析C 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they've apparently learned is when to."许多其他物种都能够学习,它们显然已经学会的一件事就是什么时候……学习;"由上文可知,聪明需要学习,很多物种都能够学习,但都没有变聪明,这是因为它们还学会了适时停止学习;因此选C;其他三项在语义上均不通;9. 解析B 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择形容词,作定语修饰intelligence;由上文可知,智慧越多,付出的代价越多,因此智慧肯定是有限的,而且根据value也可以推断这里是关于intelligence多少的问题;选项看不见的;C. indefinite 不确定的;D. different 不同的;均与数量多少无关,只有limited"有限的,不多的"符合题意,故选B;10. 解析D 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择副词以表明逻辑关系;"we've left in the dust .wise"是定语从句,修饰the species;cast a glance at…意为"对……投以目光";"leave sb. in the dust"是固定搭配,"将某人远远抛在后面"的意思;.wise是派生词,后缀wise表示方式,意为"在.方面";这句话是说"该研究不是要我们对那些在智力方面已被人类远远抛在后面的物种投以悲怜的眼光;"人类看这些被抛在后面的物种,自然是往后看了,所以D. backward为正确选项,A. upward向上;B. forward向前;C. afterward 之后,后来表时间;该三项均不符合题意;11.解析D 语义衔接/词义辨析题;本题目选择名词,做宾语从句的主语;…it implicitl y asks what the realof our own intelligence might be. "这项实验含蓄地提出一个问题：人类智慧的真正……可能是什么;"前文已经提到Intelligence…is a high priced option,因此应选;选项特征; 影响; 结果,均不符合题意;12.解析B 固定搭配题;本题目选择介词,与mind搭配;on one's mind 或on the mind of sb. 是固定短语,意为"有心事,总是想着",其他三项均不能与mind构成固定搭配;13.解析C 固定搭配题;本题目选择动词,作为wonder引导的宾语从句的谓语;选择的动词应与experiments搭配;选项A. deliver 递送;D. apply 应用;两者均不能与experiments搭配;若用carry,则为carry out experiments,故只能选C. perform 执行,perform experiments意为"做实验";14. 解析D 词汇辨析题;本题目选择介词短语在句中做插入语,表明逻辑关系;前文已经讲到作者很好奇,如果动物有机会的话,会对人类进行何种实验;本句接着说Every cat with an owner,, is running a small scale study in operant conditioning."每一只有主人的猫都在进行一项有关操作性条件反射的小规模研究;"这是以cat为例进一步论述动物对人进行实验,因此应选择表示举例的介词短语,故选D. for instance 例如;选项A. by chance 偶然;B. in contrast与……相比;C. as usual像往常一样;均不符合题意;15.解析A 逻辑衔接题;本题目选择连词,体现句子之间的逻辑关系;由ran,would可知,本句使用了虚拟语气,是对动物可能对人类进行实验进行了假设,故选A;选项B. unless 除非;C. as因为;D lest 唯恐,均不符合题意;16.解析C 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择动词,与limits搭配,作为test的目的;选项A. moderate 缓和;B. overcome克服;D. reach 达到;既然作为测试的目的,应为确定某些内容,故选C. determine,这里是"查明,测定"的意思;17.解析B 语义衔接/词义辨析题;本题目选择介词,体现逻辑关系;该句承接上一句,继续论述假设动物对人类进行实验的内容;选项A. at表示方位; C. after表示时间;D. with表示伴随,均不符合语义,只有B. for 表示目的,构成what…for符合语境,表明动物们想了解人类智慧是用来干什么的;18.解析A 逻辑衔接题;本题目选择逻辑关系词,体现前后句子之间的逻辑关系;前面两句解释了假设动物对人类进行实验会进行的的内容：它们想了解人类的某些极限,想知道人类智慧的用途;本句与前两句构成并列排比,they would hope to study aquestion"它们希望研究一个问题",与前两句应为顺承关系,表示强调或递进,所以B. After all毕竟;C. However但是;D. Otherwise 否则;三者均不符合题意,只有Above all"首先,尤其是"符合题意;19.解析A 语义衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择形容词,作定语修饰question;选项A. fundamental基本的;B. comprehensive 综合的;C. equivalent 相等的;D. hostile 敌对的;由下文可知,这个question是Are humans actually aware of the world they live in "人类是否真正了解他们生活的这个世界"这应该是个最基本的问题,故选A;20. 解析C 逻辑衔接/词汇辨析题;本题目选择短语体现与前面句子的逻辑关系;前面句子提出一个问题,本句讲the results are inconclusive……结果是不确定的;因此, 选项C. so far"迄今为止"最符合题意,A. By accident偶然;B In time 及时;D. Better still更好;三者都不符合语义;参考译文对动物智力的研究总是让我们思考人类到底有多聪明;让我们看一下卡尔·齐默周二发表在科学时代刊物上的文章所描述的果蝇试验;有些果蝇经过训练变得比普通果蝇聪明,但是寿命却缩短了;这表明暗淡的灯泡使用时间更长,暗淡是灯泡的一个优势;事实证明,智力是要付出昂贵的代价;它需要更多的保养、消耗更多的燃料,因为智力依靠的是学习,这是一个循序渐进的过程,而不是一种本能,所以离开起点时进展缓慢;许多其他的物种也有学习能力,很显然他们学到的东西之一就是知道何时停止;有限的智力是否有适应值呢这也是此项研究的课题;我对此很感兴趣;这个试验不是去回顾那些被我们划为低智商的物种,而是含蓄在问我们自己,智力的真正代价是什么;我们所遇到的每种动物也都在思考着个问题;对动物智力的研究也让我想,如果动物有机会的话,他们会对人类作什么样的实验;比如说,每只有主人的猫都在进行一个小型的操作性条件反射研究;我们认为如果动物也能进行试验的话,他们会测定我们的忍耐度,忠诚度,以及对地形的记忆力;他们会试图判定人类智力的实际用处,而不仅仅是判定人类智力的高低;最重要的是他们希望研究一个最基本的问题：人类是否真正意识到了自己所生存的世界对此,目前仍无定论;2010年考研英语完形填空真题解析Read the following text. Choose the best words for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 10 points In 1924 America's National Research Council sent two engineers to supervise a series of industrial experiments at a large telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting错误! workers' productivity. Instead, the studies ended 错误! giving their name to the "Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very 错误! to being experimented upon changed subjects' behavior.The idea arose because of the 错误! behavior of the women in the Hawthorne plant. According to 错误! of the experiments, their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not 错误! what was done in the experiment; 错误!something was changed, productivity rose. An 错误! that they were being experimented upon seemed to be 错误! to alter workers' behavior 错误! itself.After several decades, the same data were 错误! to econometric the analysis. Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store 错误! the descriptions on record, no systematic 错误! was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.It turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may be have let to 错误! interpretation of what happed. 错误!, lighting was always changed on a Sunday. When work started again on Monday, output 错误!rose compared with the previous Saturday and 17 to rise for the next couple of days. 错误!, a comparison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation showed that output always went up on Monday, workers 错误! to be diligent for the first few daysof the week in any case, before 错误! a plateau and then slackening off. This suggests that the alleged "Hawthorne effect" is hard to pin down.1. A affected B achieved C extracted D restored2. A at B up C with 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 matter C indicate D work7. A as far as B for fear that C in case that D so long as8. A awareness B expectation C sentiment D illusion9. A suitable B excessive C enough D abundant10. A about B for C on D by11. A compared B shown C subjected D conveyed12. A contrary to B consistent withC parallel with D peculiar to13. A evidence B guidance C implication D source14. A disputable B enlightening C reliable D misleading15. A In contrast B For example C In consequence D As usual16. A duly B accidentally C unpredictably D suddenly17. A failed B ceased C started D continued20. A breaking B climbing C surpassing D hitting全文翻译：语言是人类用来交际的任意性的语音符号的体系;这是语言学家们普遍认同的定义;它包含四个重要概念：系统性,任意性,符号性以及语音性;语言是一个体系, 因为语言成分是有条理地而不是凌乱地拼凑在一起;因为语言有体系,使用者就有共同处,便于掌握和理解;说语言是任意性的,意思是,某个词如“狗”与它所指的物体之间通常没有本质的内在的固有的联系;援引莎氏的一句名言很能说明,“一朵玫瑰不管它叫什么名字,闻起来都是一样香;”所以,世界上有如此众多不同的语音和书面文图,其含义都略同或相同;说语言是符号,因为词语跟客观世界的物体,行动,想法等的联系是约定俗成的;换言之,人们用一定的音和语言形式去象征地表达和交流事物;语言是有声的,是因为语音或口头对于全人类的语言都是第一性的,文字是第二性的;这种观点可从下列事实得到证明：所有正常人都能讲一种语言,但并不一定能写它;解析：A项 affect 意思是"影响,感动"； B项 achieve意思是"达成,完成"； C项extract意思是"提取,榨出"；D项restore是"恢复,重建". 这句话的意思是：他们想通过实验探究车间照明是如何影响工人的生产率的,所以答案是A;解析：本题考查了固定短语end up 的用法,end up 意思是"最终成为……",end 和其它三个介词的搭配都无此意,故选B;解析：本句的大意为：研究最终总结为一个极具影响力的概念-"霍桑效应",也正是实验所研究的行为改变了工人们的表现;所以这里应选择C;解析：作者这里表达的意思是这个问题之所以引起大家的注意是因为工厂女工的行为令人费解;四个选项中perplexing意为"令人费解的",所以正确答案为B;解析：本句的含义是：根据研究描述,当照明灯变亮或变暗时,工人的时产量就会提高;四个选项中有描述含义的是C项 accounts;解析：这句话的意思是：实验中做什么并不重要; Do not matter 固定表达,故选B;解析：考查so long as 短语,意思是"只有",句子意思是：只要有改变,生产率就会上升;解析：A项awareness 意思是"意识",B项expectation意为"期望",C项sentiment 意为""观点,意见,D项illusion 为"幻觉",本句的大意是说：工人知到自己本身是被研究对象-这一意识就足以改变他们的行为;所以选A;解析：见第8题解析;解析：见第8题解析;解析：be subjected to表示"服从于,与……一致',为固定短语;解析：contrary to表示"与…相反";根据语境提示,空白处需要填写一个能表示转折意味的链接词;解析：只有evidence一词可与found呼应,表示"发现或找到证据";misleading"欺骗性,误导性的",意思上来看,符合语境所表达的意思;解析：for example与上句呼应,举例说明问题;解析：duly表示"准时地,在同一个时间地",填入句中后意思表达更精确;解析：与前句duly rose呼应,递进说明问题,故应选continue;解析：此句意思与上句相反,说明另一种情况,故应使用转折词but;解析：tend to do"倾向于做某事",说明一种常规的事实;解析：hit 能与a plateau搭配,意为"到达高地,触及顶点",句意才符合语境;。
