【考研类试卷】MBA联考英语真题2007年及答案解析.doc

1、MBA联考英语真题 2007年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Vocab(总题数：20，分数：10.00)1.His wife has been _ a lot of pressure on him to change his job.（分数：0.50）A.takingB.exertingC.givingD.pushing2.It is estimated that, currently, about 50000 species become _ every year.（分数：0.50）A.extinctB.instinctC.distinctD.i

2、ntense3.John says that his present job does not provide him with enough _ for his organizing ability.（分数：0.50）A.scopeB.spaceC.capacityD.range4.Many _ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.（分数：0.50）A.probabilitiesB.realitiesC.necessitiesD.opportunities5.After his uncle

3、 died, the young man _ the beautiful estate with which he changed from a poor man to a wealthy noble.（分数：0.50）A.inhabitedB.inheritedC.inhibitedD.inhaled6.The manager is calling on a _ customer trying to talk him into signing the contract.（分数：0.50）A.prosperousB.preliminaryC.pessimisticD.prospective7.

4、In 1991, while the economies of industrialized countries met an economic _ , the economies of developing countries were growing very fast.（分数：0.50）A.revivalB.repressionC.recessionD.recovery8.The destruction of the twin towers _ shock and anger throughout the world.（分数：0.50）A.summonedB.temptedC.provo

5、kedD.stumbled9.About 20 of the passengers who were injured in a plane crash are said to be in _ condition.（分数：0.50）A.decisiveB.urgentC.vitalD.critical10.The interactions between China and the US will surely have a significant _ on peace and stability in the A sia-Pacific region and the world as a wh

6、ole.（分数：0.50）A.importanceB.impressionC.impactD.implication11.The poor countries are extremely _ to international economic fluctuations.（分数：0.50）A.inclinedB.vulnerableC.attractedD.reduced12.Applicants should note that all positions are _ to Australian citizenship requirements.（分数：0.50）A.subjectB.subj

7、ectiveC.objectedD.objective13.We aim to ensure that all candidates are treated fairly and that they have equal _ to employment opportunities.（分数：0.50）A.entranceB.entryC.accessD.admission14.Successful learning is not a(n) _ activity but consists of four distinct stages in a specific order.（分数：0.50）A.

8、onlyB.soleC.mereD.single15.The opportunity to explore and play and the encouragement to do so can _ the performance of many children.（分数：0.50）A.withholdB.preventC.enhanceD.justify16.All her hard work _ in the end, and she finally passed the exam.（分数：0.50）A.showed offB.paid offC.left offD.kept off17.

9、In order to live the kind of life we want and to be the person we want to be, we have to do more than just _ with events.（分数：0.50）A.put upB.set upC.turn upD.make up18.The team played hard because the championship of the state was _.（分数：0.50）A.at handB.at stakeC.at largeD.at best19.I dont think youll

10、 change his mind; once hes decided on something he tends to _ it.（分数：0.50）A.stick toB.abide byC.comply withD.keep on20.Tom placed the bank notes, _ the change and receipts, back in the drawer.（分数：0.50）A.more thanB.but forC.thanks toD.along with二、BSection Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Advancing age means losi

11、ng your hair, your waistline and your memory, right? Dana Denis is just 40 years old, but U(21) /U shes worried about what she calls “my rolling mental blackouts.“ “I try to remember something and I just blank out,“ she says.You mayU (22) /U about these lapses, calling them “senior moments“ or blami

12、ng “early Alzheimers(老年痴呆症).“ Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get, the U(23) /U you remember? Well, sort of. But as time goes by, we tend to blame age U(24) /U problems that are not necessarily age-related.“When a teenager cant find her keys, she thinks its because shes distracted or di

13、sorganized,“ says Paul Gold “A 70-year-old blames her U(25) /U.“ In fact, the 70-year-old may have been U(26) /U things for decades.In healthy people, memory doesnt worsen as U(27) /U as many of us think. “As we U(28) /U , the memory mechanism isnt U(29) /U,“ says psychologist Fergus Craik. “Its jus

14、t inefficient.“The brains processing U(30) /U slows down over the years, though no one knows exactly U(31) /U Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and U(32) /U theres less activity in the brain. But, cautions Barry Gordon, “Its not clear that less activity is U(33) /U . A beginn

15、ing athlete is winded(气喘吁吁) more easily than a U(34) /U athlete. In the same way, U(35) /U the brain gets more skilled at a task, it expends less energy on it.There are U(36) /U you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gears, though it U(37) /U effort. Margaret Sewell says: “Wer

16、e a quick-fix culture, but you have to U(38) /U to keep your brain U(39) /U shape. Its like having a good body. You cant go to the gym once a year U(40) /U expect to stay in top form.“（分数：10.00）A.almostB.seldomC.alreadyD.neverA.jokeB.laughC.blameD.criticizeA.muchB.littleC.moreD.lessA.sinceB.forC.byD

17、.becauseA.memoryB.mindC.troubleD.healthA.disorganizingB.misplacingC.puttingD.findingA.swiftlyB.frequentlyC.timelyD.quicklyA.matureB.advanceC.ageD.growA.brokenB.poorC.perfectD.workingA.patternB.timeC.spaceD.informationA.whyB.howC.whatD.whenA.sinceB.henceC.thatD.althoughA.irregularB.betterC.normalD.wo

18、rseA.famousB.seniorC.popularD.trainedA.asB.tillC.thoughD.yetA.stagesB.stepsC.advantagesD.purposesA.makesB.takesC.doesD.spendsA.restB.comeC.workD.studyA.toB.forC.onD.inA.soB.orC.andD.if三、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：40.00)Prior to the 20th century, many languages with small numbers of speakers survived fo

19、r centuries. The increasingly interconnected modern world makes it much more difficult for small language communities to live in relative isolation, a key factor in language maintenance and preservation.It remains to be seen whether the world can maintain its linguistic and cultural diversity in the

20、 centuries ahead. Many powerful forces appear to work against it: population growth, which pushes migrant populations into the worlds last isolated locations; mass tourism; global telecommunications and mass media; and the spread of gigantic global corporations. All of these forces appear to signify

21、 a future in which the language of advertising, popular culture, and consumer products become similar. Already English and a few other major tongues have emerged as global languages of commerce and communication. For many of the worlds peoples, learning one of these languages is viewed as the key to

22、 education, economic opportunity, and a better way of life.Only about 3000 languages now in use are expected to survive the coming century. Are most of the rest doomed in the century after that?Whether most of these languages survive will probably depend on how strongly cultural groups wish to keep

23、their identity alive through a native language. To do so will require an emphasis on bilingualism (mastery of two languages). Bilingual speakers could use their own language in smaller spheresat home, among friends, in community settingsand a global language at work, in dealings with government, and

24、 in commercial spheres. In this way, many small languages could sustain their cultural and linguistic integrity alongside global languages, rather than yield to the homogenizing (同化的) forces of globalization.Ironically, the trend of technological innovation that has threatened minority languages cou

25、ld also help save them. For example, some experts predict that computer software translation tools will one day permit minority language speakers to browse the Internet using their native tongues. Linguists are currently using computer-aided learning tools to teach a variety of threatened languages.

26、For many endangered languages, the line between revival and death is extremely thin. Language is remarkably resilient (有活力的), however. It is not just a tool for communicating, but also a powerful way of separating different groups, or of demonstrating group identity. Many indigenous (原生的，土著的) commun

27、ities have shown that it is possible to live in the modern world while reclaiming their unique identities through language.（分数：10.00）(1).Minority languages can be best preserved in _.（分数：2.00）A.an increasingly interconnected worldB.maintaining small numbers of speakersC.relatively isolated language

28、communitiesD.following the tradition of the 20th century(2).According to Paragraph 2, that the world can maintain its linguistic diversity in the future is _.（分数：2.00）A.uncertainB.unrealisticC.foreseeableD.definite(3).According to the author, bilingualism can help _.（分数：2.00）A.small languages become

29、 acceptable in work placesB.homogenize the worlds languages and culturesC.global languages reach home and community settingsD.speakers maintain their linguistic and cultural identity(4).Computer technology is helpful for preserving minority languages in that it _.（分数：2.00）A.makes learning a global l

30、anguage unnecessaryB.facilitates the learning and using of those languagesC.raises public awareness of saving those languagesD.makes it easier for linguists to study those languages(5).In the authors view, many endangered languages are（分数：2.00）A.remarkably well-kept in this modern worldB.exceptional

31、ly powerful tools of communicationC.quite possible to be revived instead of dying outD.a unique way of bringing different groups togetherEveryone, it seems, has a health problem. After pouring billions into the National Health Service, British people moan about dirty hospitals, long waits and wasted

32、 money. In Germany the new chancellor, Angela Merkel, is under fire for suggesting changing the financing of its health system. Canadas new Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, made a big fuss during the election about reducing the countrys lengthy medical queues. Across the rich world, affl

33、uence, ageing and advancing technology are driving up health spending faster than income.But nowhere has a bigger health problem than America. Soaring medical bills are squeezing wages, swelling the ranks of the uninsured and pushing huge firms and perhaps even the government towards bankruptcy. For

34、ds announcement this week that it would cut up to 30000 jobs by 2012 was as much a sign of its “legacy“ health-care costs as of the ills of the car industry. Pushed by polls that show health care is one of his main domestic problems and by forecasts showing that the retiring baby-boomers (生育高峰期出生的人)

35、 will crush the governments finances, George Bush is expected to unveil a reform plan in next weeks state-of-the-union address.Americas health system is unlike any other. The United States spends 16% of its GDP on health, around twice the rich-country average, equivalent to $6280 for every American

36、each year. Yet it is the only rich country that does not guarantee universal health coverage. Thanks to an accident of history, most Americans receive health insurance through their employer, with the government picking up the bill for the poor and the elderly.This curious hybrid (混合物) certainly has

37、 its strengths. Americans have more choice than anybody else, and their health-care system is much more innovative. Europeans bills could be much higher if American medicine were not doing much of their Research and Development (R gratitude is unpaid. After all, few fulfill the contract, so why shou

38、ld anyone be the exception. Why not?Six years ago, I took a student before the dean. He had turned in an essay with the vocabulary and sentence structure of a PhD thesis. Up until that time, both his out-of-class and in-class work were Uborderline passing/U. I questioned the person regarding his ess

39、ay and he swore it was his own work. I gave him the identical assignment and told him to write it in class, and that Id understand this copy would not have the time and attention an out-of-class paper is given, but he had already a finished piece so he understood what was asked. He sat one hour, the

40、n turned in part of a page of unskilled writing and faulty logic. I confronted him with both essays. “I promise , Im not lying. I swear to you that I wrote the essay. Im just nervous today.“The head of the English department agreed with my findings, and the meeting with the dean had the boys parents

41、 present. After an hour of discussion, touching on eight of the boys previous essays and his grade-point average, which indicated he was already on academic probation (留校查看), the dean agreed that the student had plagiarized. His parents protested, “Hes only. a child“ and we instructors are wiser and

42、 should be compassionate. College people are not really children and most times would resent being labeled as such except in this uncomfortable circumstance.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the author, students commit plagiarism mainly for _.（分数：2.00）A.moneyB.degreeC.higher GPAD.reputation(2).The sentence

43、 “Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises“ implies that _.（分数：2.00）A.students usually keep their promisesB.some students tend to break their promisesC.the promises are always behind the situationD.we cannot judge the situation in advance, as we do to the promises(3).The phrase “borderli

44、ne passing“ (Line 3, Para. 3) probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.fairly goodB.extremely poorC.above averageD.below average(4).The boys parents thought their son should be excused mainly because _.（分数：2.00）A.teachers should be compassionateB.he was only a childC.instructors were wiserD.he was threatened(5).

45、Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage?（分数：2.00）A.Human NatureB.Conditional PromisesC.How to Detect CheatingD.The Sadness of Plagiarism四、BSection Trans(总题数：1，分数：20.00)21.Powering the great ongoing changes of our time is the rise of human creativity as the defining feature of

46、 economic life. Creativity has come to be valued, because new technologies, new industries and new wealth flow from it. And as a result, our lives and society have begun to echo with creative ideas. It is our commitment to creativity in its varied dimensions that forms the underlying spirit of our a

47、ge. Creativity is essential to the way we live and work today, and in many senses always has been. The big advances in standard of livingnot to mention the big competitive advantages in the marketplacealways have come from “better recipes, not just more cooking.“ One might argue thats not strictly t

48、rue. One might point out, for instance, that during the long period from the early days on the Industrial Revolution to modern times, much of the growth in productivity and material wealth in the industrial nations came not just from creative inventions like the steam engine, but from the widespread application of “cooking in quantity“ business methods like massive division of labor, concentration of assets, vertical integration and economies of scale. But those methods themselves were creative developments.（分数：20.00）_