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1、MBA 联考-英语-12 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Vocabulary(总题数：20，分数：10.00)1.She refused to tell us the _ of the news although we insisted that she should.A. source B. beginning C. birth D. origin（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.If the profits in one year are not sufficient to pay the dividend, the _ will be pa

2、id from the profits of later year.A. arrears B. debt C. difference D. margin（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3.The boy burned with _ to know what was in the letter addressed to his sister.A. interest B. curiosity C. desire D. wish（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.About 20 of the passengers who were injured in a plane crash are sa

3、id to be in _ condition.A. decisive B. urgent C. vital D. critical（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.Do you think the president will be able to _ his promise not to raise taxes?A. catch B. capture C. find D. keep（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.That couple has endured so many emotional and financial _. It is amazing that their m

4、arriage has lasted.A. issues B. crises C. subjects D. questions（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.7.The destruction of the twin towers _ shock and anger throughout the world.A. summoned B. tempted C. provoked D. stumbled（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.We aim to ensure that all candidates are treated fairly and that they have equa

5、l _ to employment opportunities.A. entrance B. entry C. access D. admission（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.The newspaper did not mention the _ of the damage caused by the fire.A. range B. level C. extent D. quantity（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.Successful learning is not a(n) _ activity but consists of four distinct stage

6、s in a specific order.A. only B. sole C. mere D. single（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.11.The firms promise to increase our pay was a reluctant _ to union demands, because the union would otherwise not go back to work.A. response B. reply C. reaction D. concession（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.None of us expected the chairma

7、n to _ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.A. turn in B. turn up C. turn over D. turn down（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.The newcomer was _ admittance to the classroom for not being properly dressed.A. rejected B. denied C. opposed D. refused（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.Picasso was an artist who fundament

8、ally changed the _ of art for later generations.A. philosophy B. concept C. viewpoint D. theme（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.15.They have wide connections with an annual _ of about 5 million dollars.A. levy B. exemption C. sale D. turnover（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.16.The shilpping company will give you a _ of freight if t

9、he goods are lost.A. renewal B. reminder C. receipt D. refund（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.In some underdeveloped areas of the world, sick people go to a witch or priest instead of doctors forA. treatment B. cure C. heal D. care（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.The population will be increasing very fast unless they _ with

10、 new methods to deal with it.A. come to B. come away C. come over D. come up（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.One of the reasons for his popularity in our village is that he _ almost everyone every time when he comes back from the big city.A. looks after B. cares for C. asks after D. runs for（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.A

11、t first everything went well with the project but recently we have had a number of _ with the machinery.A. disturbances B. setbacks C. outputs D. distortions（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、Section Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory, right? Dana Denis is just

12、 40 years old, but (21) shes worried about what she calls “my rolling mental blackouts.“ “I try to remember something and I just blank out,“ she says.You may (22) about these lapses, calling them “senior moments“ or blaming “early Alzheimers(老年痴呆症).“ Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get,

13、 the (23) you remember? Well, sort of. But as time goes by, we tend to blame age (24) problems that are not necessarily age-related.“When a teenager cant find her keys, she thinks its because shes distracted or disorganized,“ says Paul Gold “A 70-year-old blames her (25) .“ In fact, the 70-year-old

14、may have been (26) things for decades.In healthy people, memory doesnt worsen as (27) as many of us think. “As we (28) , the memory mechanism isnt (29) ,“ says psychologist Fergus Craik. “Its just inefficient.“The brains processing (30) slows down over the years, though no one knows exactly (31) Rec

15、ent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and (32) theres less activity in the brain. But, cautions Barry Gordon, “Its not clear that less activity is (33) . A beginning athlete is winded(气喘吁吁) more easily than a (34) athlete. In the same way, (35) the brain gets more skilled at a task,

16、 it expends less energy on it.There are (36) you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gears, though it (37) effort. Margaret Sewell says: “Were a quick-fix culture, but you have to (38) to keep your brain (39) shape. Its like having a good body. You cant go to the gym once a yea

17、r (40) expect to stay in top form./（分数：10.00）(1).A. almost B. seldom C. already D. never（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. joke B. laugh C. blame D. criticize（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. much B. little C. more D. less（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. since B. for C. by D. because（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5).A. memory B. mind C. trou

18、ble D. health（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. disorganizing B. misplacing C. putting D. finding（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A. swiftly B. frequently C. timely D. quickly（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8).A. mature B. advance C. age D. grow（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. broken B. poor C. perfect D. working（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. pattern

19、 B. time C. space D. information（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. why B. how C. what D. when（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. since B. hence C. that D. although（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. irregular B. better C. normal D. worse（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. famous B. senior C. popular D. trained（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. as B. t

20、ill C. though D. yet（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. stages B. steps C. advantages D. purposes（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A. makes B. takes C. does D. spends（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18).A. rest B. come C. work D. study（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19).A. to B. for C. on D. in（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. so B. or C. and D. if（分数：0.50）A.

21、B.C.D.三、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Because agriculture is so important to a nations well-being, governments have always been concerned with it. For example, the United States and Canada have long produced surpluses that complicate their economies. Surpluses tend to

22、 lower prices to farmers and seriously endanger the agriculture industry. Governments have instituted systems of price supports to maintain a fair price when surpluses cause prices to drop. The system in the United States is a good example. A government program supports the prices paid to farmers fo

23、r grains, and other agricultural products.Support prices are based on parity, which is the ratio between the prices farmers receive for their crops and the prices they must pay for things they need. The government selected the period from 1910 to 1914 as a time when farm prices were in a fair ratio

24、with farming costs. This is the base period now used to determine parity prices.The idea is to assure farmers that what they get for a bushel of wheat will buy the same amount of, say, seed as it did in the years of the base period; if prices drop too far below this ideal the government can help in

25、a number of ways. For example, it may buy much of a surplus at parity prices. Governments have instituted a wide variety of other controls for prices and, also, for farm output, mainly at the request of the farmers themselves. Farm prices tend to fluctuate more than other prices do, and the incomes

26、of farmers fluctuate along with farm prices.Various measures for maintaining farm prices and incomes include tariff or import levies, import quotas, export subsidies, direct payment to farmers, and limitations on production. All of these measures are useful and are used to some extent by most develo

27、ped countries. An important example of such a program is the soil-bank plan, which aimed at limiting production while improving farmland.The European Economic Community (EEC) established a common agricultural policy (CAP) for its member nations, called the Common Market countries. The aim is to crea

28、te free trade for individual commodities within the community. When production of a commodity exceeds EEC consumption, the EEC may buy the excess for storage, pay to have it reprocessed, or export it to countries outside the Common Market. In this way the EEC can maintain its members farm prices at

29、levels equal to or even higher than those in such market-competitive nations as the United States and Canada.（分数：10.00）(1).By saying that a countrys agricultural surpluses often “complicate“ its economy, the author means _.A. they throw the country into great disorderB. they entail more expenditure

30、on the part of the governmentC. they usually involve direct governmental support priceD. the government has to set up special pricing systems（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, the parity system is used to _.A. encourage farmers to produce more grains in the futureB. lower the cost of pro

31、ducing agricultural productC. determine the prices below which grains will not be soldD. ensure that the farmers interest is properly protected（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The governments impose many kinds of control for farm prices and output because _.A. farm crops are their main sources of exportB. the p

32、rices of different farm crops vary greatlyC. they are fully aware of the importance of themD. farm prices and output are very unstable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).It can be inferred that the common agricultural policy aims to _.A. avoid competition among its member nationsB. limit production and improve far

33、mlandC. ensure a balance between production and consumptionD. encourage free competition among its member nations（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Why do governments show special concern for agriculture?A. Because farm prices go up and down constantly.B. Because farmers usually earn less than other income groups

34、.C. Because there is not much arable farmland left. D. Because farmers are confronted with fiercer competition.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Male chauvinism-the attitude that women are the passive and inferior servants of society and of men-sets women apart from the rest of the worki

35、ng class. Even when they do the same work as men, women are not considered workers in the same sense, with the need and right to work to provide for their families or to support themselves independently. They are expected to accept work at lower wages and without job security. Thus they can be used

36、as a marginal or reserve labor force when profits depend on extra low costs or when men are needed for war.Women are not supposed to be independent, so they are not supposed to have any “right to work“. This means, in effect, that although they do work, they are denied the right to organize and figh

37、t for better wages and conditions. Thus the role of women in the labor force undermines the struggles of male workers as well. The boss can break a union drive by threatening to hire lower paid women or blacks. In many cases, where women are organized, the union contract reinforces their inferior po

38、sition, making women the least loyal and militant union members. (Standard Oil workers in San Francisco recently paid the price of male supremacy. Women at Standard Oil have the least chance for advancement and decent pay, and the union has done little to fight this. Not surprisingly, women formed t

39、he core of the back to work move that eventually broke the strike.)In general, because women are defined as docile, helpless, and inferior, they are forced into the most demeaning and mind rotting jobs-from scrubbing floors to filing cards-under the most oppressive conditions where they are treated

40、like children or slaves. Their very position reinforces the idea, even among the women themselves, that they are fit for and should be satisfied with this kind of work.Apart from the direct, material exploitation of women, male supremacy acts in more subtle ways to undermine class consciousness. The

41、 tendency of male workers to think of themselves primarily as men (i.e., powerful) rather than as workers (i. e., members of an oppressed group) promotes a false sense of privilege and power, and an identification with the world of men, including the boss. The petty dictatorship which most men exerc

42、ise over their wives and families enables them to vent their anger and frustration in a way which poses no challenge to the system. The role of the man in the family reinforces aggressive individualism, authoritarianism, and a hierarchical view of social relations-values which are fundamental to the

43、 perpetuation (不朽) of capitalism. In this system we are taught to relieve our fears and frustrations by brutalizing those weaker than we are: a man in uniform turns into a pig; the foreman intimidates the man on the line; the husband beats his wife, child, and dog.（分数：10.00）(1).Unfair working status

44、 of women also produces negative effects on men in that _.A. men face the threat of being replaced by low wage womenB. men have to deal with womens complaints all the timeC. womens low income often irritate their husbandsD. womens inferior working condition worries their husbands（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2)

45、.The failure of the strike of Standard Oil workers shows that _.A. when women are involved, strikes are bound to failB. passive women involvement in strikes makes success unlikelyC. women are not often firm enough in organized strikesD. most women are loyal and militant members of work unions（分数：2.0

46、0）A.B.C.D.(3).Many women also think they deserve oppressive jobs because _.A. they are taught by society to believe soB. their husbands do not expect them to have better jobsC. their poor conditions strengthen their mental acceptanceD. they gradually begin to love those jobs they do（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.

47、(4).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.A. male workers are often treated as men instead of workers in companiesB. males anger and frustration are posing serious threat to our present systemC. it is quite natural for males to beat their wives, children and dogs for no reasonD. males do

48、minating role in families eventually helps the stability of capitalist system（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The best title for this passage might be _.A. Men and Women in CapitalismB. The Effects of Mens Supremacy on WomenC. Dictatorship and Women StrikeD. Womens Role in Work Union Successes（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六

49、、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you dont, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with t