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48416GRE语文机经语文机经2016年GRE预测机经汇总 Peer-reviewedjournalsareasacredcowofmostscientificrationalists,butstudieshaveshownthatthepremiseofimpartialityis asresultstendtobecoloredbythe alproclivitiesandsuppositionsoftheexperimenters. Thedescriptionoftherestaurantasagardenof delightsisfairenough,asChefMarcelconjuresupa oftextureandtastethatinterrogatesoneverynotionofwhatconstitutesameal. Inhiscritiqueofthestudent'sessay,thewritinginstructormostlyfocusedondetails,leadingmanyintheclasstobelievehewaseitheroblivioustothesubtletiesofthepieceorsimplyenviousofthestudent.BlankBlankA.D.B.C.E.F. HeinrichFeyermahn,ininsistingthatGalileodidnotfullyupholdthetenetsofscientificrationalism,doesnot theItalianastronomer,butrathertheveryedificeofWesternthought.ForifGalileoisthepurportedexemplarofrationalthinking,andyetis ,thenthehistoryofsciencecannotbeunderstoodasanendlesssuccessionofscientistscarryingouttheirworkfreeofall-too-humanbiases.Thus,Feyermahnadmonishes,infaithfullychroniclingthesweepofscienceinthelast300years,historiographerswouldbetonotincludethehumanfoiblesthatwerepartofeventhemostApollonianBlankBlankBlankfoundpartiallyfully

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Favoringtyoversubstance,manyamateurwriterslaborunderthedelusionthatthemore thesentencestructurethemorethethoughtbeingBlank Blank By1950,theresultsofattemptstorelatebrainprocessestomentalexperienceappearedratherdiscouraging.Herringsuggestedthatdifferentmodesofsensation,suchaspain,taste,andcolor,mightbecorrelatedwiththedischargeofspecifickindsofnervousenergy.However,subsequentlydevelopedmethodsofrecordingand yzingnervepotentialsfailedtorevealanysuchqualitativediversity.Althoughqualitativevarianceamongnerveenergieswasneverrigidlydisproved,thedoctrinewasgenerallyabandonedinfavoroftheopposingview,namely,thatnerveimpulsesareessentiallyhomogeneousinqualityandaretransmittedascommoncurrencythroughoutthenervoussystem.Accordingtothistheory,itisnotthequalityofthesensorynerveimpulsesthatdeterminesthediverseconscioussensationstheyproduce,butratherthedifferentareasofthebrainintowhichtheydischarge,andthereissomeevidenceforthisview.Inoneexperiment,whenanelectricstimuluswasappliedtoagivensensoryfieldofthecerebralcortexofaconscioushumansubject,itproducedasensationoftheappropriatemodalityforthatparticularlocus,thatis,avisualsensationfromthevisualcortex,anauditorysensationfromtheauditorycortex,andsoon.However,corticallocus,initself,turnedouttohavelittleexplanatoryvalue.Theauthormentionscommoncurrencyprimarilyinordertoemphasizelackofdifferentiationamongnerveimpulsesinhumansimilarityofthesensationsthatallhumanbeingssimilaritiesintheviewsofscientistswhohavestudiedthehumannervouscontinuouspassageofnerveimpulsesthroughthenervousrecurrentquestioningbyscientistsofanacceptedexplanationaboutthenervoussystem Thedescriptionofanexperimentinwhichelectricstimuliwereappliedto soryfieldsofthecerebralcortextendstosupportthetheorythatthesimplepresenceofdifferentcorticalareascannotaccountforthediversityofmentalexperiencevariationinspatiotemporalpatterningofnerveimpulsescorrelateswithvariationinsubjectiveexperiencenerveimpulsesareessentiallyhomogeneousandarerelativelyunaffectedastheytravelthroughthenervoussystemthementalexperiencesproducedbysensorynerveimpulsesaredeterminedbythecorticalareaactivatedvariationinneurontypesaffectsthequalityofnerve Whichofthefollowingbestsummarizestheauthor‘sopinionofthesuggestionthatdifferentareasofthebraindetermineperceptionsproducedbysensorynerveimpulses?Itisaplausibleexplanation,butithasnotbeen yItisthebestexplanationofbrainprocessescurrentlyItisdisprovedbythefactthatthevariousareasofthebrainarephysiologicallyverysimilar.Thereissomeevidencetosupportit,butitfailstoexplainthediversityofmentalexperience.Thereisexperimentalevidencethatconfirmsits “Bluesisforsinging,”writesfolkmusicologistPaulOliver,and“isnotaformoffolksongthatstandsupparticularlywellwhenwrittendown.”Apoetwhowantstowritebluescanattempttoavoidthisproblembypoeticizingtheform—butliterarybluestendtoreadlikebadpoetryratherthanlikerefinedfolksong.ForOliver,thetruespiritofthebluesinevitablyeludestheself-consciousimitator.However,LangstonHughes,thefirstwritertograpplewiththesedifficultiesofbluepoetry,infactsucceededinproducingpoemsthatcapturethequalityofgenuine,performedblueswhileremainingeffectiveaspoems.Ininventingbluespoetry,Hughessolvedtwoproblems:first,howtowriteblueslyricsinsuchawaythattheyworkontheprintedpage,andsecond,howtoexploitthebluesformpoeticallywithoutlosingallsenseofauthenticity.Therearemanystylesofblues,butthedistinctionofimportancetoHughesbetweenthegenresreferredtoas“folkblues”and“classicblues.”Folkbluesandclassicbluesaredistinguishedfromoneanotherbydifferencesinperformers(localtalentsversustouringprofessionals),patronage(localcommunityversusmassaudience),creation(improvisedversuscomposed),andtransmission(oralversuswritten).IthasbeenacommonplaceamongcriticsthatHughesadoptedtheclassicbluesastheprimarymodelforhisbluespoetry,andthathewriteshisbestbluespoetrywhenhetriesleasttoimitatethefolkblues.Inthisview,Hughes’attemptstoimitatethefolkbluesaretooself-conscious,toodeterminedtoromanticizetheAfricanAmericanexperience,toointentonreproducingwhathetakestobethequainthumorandnaïvesimplicityofthefolkbluestobesuccessful.Butamorerealisticviewisthatbyconveyinghisperceptionsasafolkartistoughtto—throughanaccumulationofdetailsoverthespanofhisbluesoeuvre,ratherthanbyoverloadingeachpoemwithquaintnessandnaivety–Hughesmadehismostimportantcontributionstothegenre.Hisbluespoemsareinfactcloserstylisticallytothefolkbluesonwhichhemodeledthemthantothecultivatedclassicblues.ArnoldRampersadhasobservedthatvirtuallyallofthepoemsinthe1927collectioninwhichHughesessentiallyoriginatedbluespoetryfalldeliberativelywithinthe“rangeofutterance”ofcommonfolk.Thissurelyappliesto“YoungGal’sBlues,”inwhichHughesavoidstheconventionally“poetic”languageandimagesthatthesubjectsofdeathandlovesometimeselicitinhisordinarylyricpoetry.ToseewhatHughes’bluespoetrymighthavebeenlikeifhehadtrulyadoptedtheclassicbluesashismodel,oneneedonlylookto“GoldenBrownBlues,”asonglyricHugheswroteforcomposerW.C.Handy.Itsimages,allusions,anddictionareconspicuouslyremotefromthecommon“rangeofutterance.”TheprimarypurposeofthepassageisdescribetheinfluenceoffolkandclassicbluesonbluesyzetheeffectofAfricanAmericancultureonbluesdemonstratethatthelanguageusedinHughes’bluespoetryisdefendHughes’bluespoetryagainstcriticismthatitisrefuteanacceptedviewofHughes’bluespoetry Theauthorofthepassageusesthehighlightedquotationprimarilyindicatehowbluespoetryshouldbehighlightthedifficultiesfacedbywritersofbluessupporttheideathatbluespoetryisagenredoomedtoillustratetheobstaclesthatbluespoetryisunable suggestthatwrittenformsofbluesarelessauthenticthansung Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat,ascomparedwiththelanguage“GoldenBrownBlues,”thelanguageof“YoungGal’sBlues”moremoremarkedbymoremoretypicalofclassicbluessong Accordingtothepassage,Hughes’bluespoetryandclassicbluesaresimilarinwhichofthefollowingways?BothareBotharewrittenBothareintendedforthesame Calledbysomethe“islandthattimeforgot,”Madagascarishometoavastarrayofunique,exoticcreatures.Onesuchanimalistheaye-aye.Firstdescribedbywesternsciencein1782,itwasinitiallycategorizedasamemberoftheorderRodentia.Furtherresearchthenrevealedthatitwasmorecloselyrelatedtothelemur,amemberoftheprimateorder.Sincetheaye-ayeissodifferentfromitsfellowprimates,however,itwasgivenitsownfamily:Daubentoniidae.Theaye-ayehasbeenlistedasanendangeredspeciesand,asaresult,the ernmentofMadagascarhasdesignatedanislandoffthenortheasterncoastofMadagascarasaprotectedreserveforaye-ayesandotherwildlife.LongbeforeWesternsciencebecameenthralledwiththisnocturnaldenizenofMadagascar'sjungles,theaye-ayehaditsownreputationwiththelocalpeople.Theaye-ayeisperhapsbestknownforitslarge,roundeyesandlong,extremelythinmiddlefinger.Theseadaptationsarequitesensible,allowingtheaye-ayetoseewellatnightandre