1、BFT（阅读）模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 一、 Part 1 0 Read the article below. Choose the best sentence from the list on the next page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(18)mark one letter(AH)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. Management It is strange that the number of British institutions offering M
2、BA courses should have grown by 256 percent during a period when the economy had been sliding into deeper recession. Optimists, or those given to speedy assumptions, might think it marvelous to have such a resource of business school graduates ready for the recovery. 【 R1】 _ What was taken some year
3、s ago as a ticket of certain admission to success is now being exposed to the examination of cost-conscious employers who feel that academia has not been sufficiently appreciative of the needs of industry or of the employers possible contribution. It is curious, given the name of the degree, that th
4、ere should be no league table for UK business schools; no agreement about what the degree should include; and no agreed system of accreditation. Surely there is something wrong. 【 R2】 _ Perhaps companies that made large investments would have been wiser to invest In already existing managers, perche
5、d anxiously on their own internal ladders. The Institute of Managements survey, which revealed that eighty-one percent of managers thought they would be more effective if they received more training, suggests that this might be the case.【 R3】 _They need the inherent qualification of character; a deg
6、ree of self-subjugation; and, above all, the ability to communicate and lead; more so now, when empowerment is a buzzword that is at least generating obedience, if not total conviction. 【 R4】 _We may therefore, not need to be too concerned about the fall in applications for business school places, o
7、r even the doubt about MBAs.【 R5】 _If the Management Charter Initiative, now exploring the introduction of a senior management qualification, is successful, there will be a powerful corrective. 【 R6】 _One hopes there will be some of that in the relationship between management and science within indu
8、stry, currently causing concern and which is overdue for attention. No one doubts that we need more scientists and innovation to give us an edge in an increasingly competitive world. If scientists feel themselves undervalued and under-used, working in industrial slums, that is not a promising sign f
9、or the future. 【 R7】 _ Above all, we have to make sure that management is not itself too proud of its status and that it does not issue mission statements about communication without realizing that the essence of it is a dialogue. 【 R8】 _ A. One wonders where all the tutors for this massive infusion
10、 of business expertise came from and why all this mushrooming took place. B. Unfortunately, there is now much doubt about the value of the degree. C. We believe now that management is all about change. D. It seems we have to resolve these misapprehensions between science and industry. E. More empowe
11、rment is required and we should strive to achieve it. F. The surge and subsequent questioning may have been an inevitable evolution. G. There is, too, the fact that training alone does not make successful managers. H. One can easily think of people, some comparatively uneducated, who are now lauded
12、captains of industry. 1 【 R1】 2 【 R2】 3 【 R3】 4 【 R4】 5 【 R5】 6 【 R6】 7 【 R7】 8 【 R8】 二、 Part 2 8 Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page. The New Colour of British Army 1 It took scientists a year to get the right shade - and if truth be told, it might take several mor
13、e for soldiers to get used to it - but after more than sixty years bearing the same dark yellow colour, the British military is to adopt a new Army Brown. In what is likely to be one of the biggest make-over the forces have undertaken, the armys fleet of desert vehicles is being repainted, replacing
14、 the previous Light Stone camouflage that has adorned tanks and troops carriers since before the Second World War. 2 Some of the new Foxhound patrol vehicles being used in Afghanistan have already been re-sprayed with up to 30 litres of the new colour per vehicle, hinting at the scale of the paint j
15、ob required over the coming years. The army has around 5,000 combat vehicles - and all conflicts over the last 20 years have taken place in sandy environments. 3 The scientists who developed it insist Army Brown is the colour of the future, and the paint is clever too. They are working on a formula
16、which will turn it into a different shade when chemicals have been detected to warn troops of the dangers around them. “The new colour is a tan brown whereas the old was a dark yellow,“ said Andrew Richardson from AkzoNobel, the firm which developed it. “It is a dirt colour as opposed to a sand colo
17、ur. When you are close up there is a significant difference.“ Richardson claimed it was the most advanced paint the military had ever used, and is similar to the colours used by the US and Australian militaries. 4 The Ministry of Defence decided it wanted a change of hue last year, with officers say
18、ing they needed something that could work in places such as Afghanistan, but blend in easily in other hot and dusty environments. Defence officials gather: red rock and soil samples back from Afghanistan for a team at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, which came up with the ideal new co
19、lour. AkzoNobel then turned it into a camouflage paint that “will replace the sand colour that has been used on army vehicles since before the Second World War.“ 5 Though Richardson said the “new paint colour has been specifically designed of the desert-like environment where most operations current
20、ly take place“, he insisted it would work elsewhere. “It was designed to provide a better balance between desert-like areas and the green zone.“ The Ministry of Defence said the new colour added to the basic range used by the military. Green is used for colder climates - and pink has been used in pl
21、aces such as Saudi Arabia, to help military planes blend in. However, brown is very much de rigueur for the British military at the moment; after extensive trials involving 3,500 personnel, the army has plumped For a dark chocolate colour for its new combat boots. Questions 9-13(10 marks) For questi
22、ons 9-13, choose the best title for each paragraph from the box below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(AG)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. The advantage of the new colour and the paint B. The differences between the new and the old colours C. The biggest make-
23、over of the British military D. The Ministrys comments on the new colour E. The heavy workload of the repainting job F. The design and development of the new colour G. The basic ranee of colours of the world military 9 Paragraph 1_ 10 Paragraph 2_ 11 Paragraph 3_ 12 Paragraph 4_ 13 Paragraph 5_ 13 U
24、sing the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(AG)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. it suits non-desert-like areas as well. B. they had borne the old colour for more than sixty year
25、s. C. the new colour is exactly what the military needs at the moment. D. it has various shades and can warn of dangers. E. it has rock and soil from desert-like areas as samples. F. the military needs to adapt to the new environments of operations. G. there is a significant difference between a dir
26、t colour and a sand color. 14 It might take a long time for soldiers to get used to the new colour because _. 15 The scientists think the new paint is the most advanced in that _. 16 The reason for the Ministry of Defence to change the colour is that _. 17 The new colour isnt limited to desert-like
27、environments because _. 18 The phrase “de rigueur“ in the last paragraph indicates that _. 三、 Part 3 18 Read the following article and answer questions 19-25. For questions 19-25, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on your Answer Sheet. Facts about Aging The overall difference
28、in life expectancy at birth in the United States is about 7 years(i.e.72 for men vs. 79 for women); and at every age women, on average, can expect to live longer than men. Interestingly, older women are more likely to suffer from debilitating illnesses than men. However, this difference seems to ref
29、lect the fact that women typically have less wealth and education than men - two factors that are associated with shorter life expectancies for both sexes. When the effects of poverty and education are removed in the relevant statistical analyses, these sex differences in rates of disability disappe
30、ar. The elderly generally show very high interest in associating with friends and close family members. What they show less interest in than younger adults is the expansion of their social networks to make new friends. About one-third of problem drinkers develop their alcohol abuse problem late in l
31、ife, and this problem of alcoholism among the aged is indeed more acute for women than men. Overuse of drugs may result from the tendency of some doctors to automatically prescribe drugs rather than search for underlying physical or psychological causes of symptoms, especially when the patients are
32、elderly women. It may also reflect the fact that women are more likely to be facing the loneliness and stress associated with the loss of a spouse than men, and are generally more likely to seek help from a doctor. Alzheimers disease, the much-dreaded form of dementia associated with profound memory
33、 loss and other increasingly devastating symptoms, is a condition that strikes a significant number of elderly people. Nevertheless, most elderly people will never suffer such memory loss. In fact, contemporary estimates suggest that moderate to severe memory loss is found in only 4 to 6 percent of
34、adults over age 65. The most important point to be aware of is that while memory(especially short term memory)does deteriorate somewhat as we get older, profound memory loss is not a “natural“ consequence of the aging process. It is a product of disease. Evidence of profound memory loss should promp
35、t a visit to a physician who specializes in such problems. After age 80 the ratio of widows to widowers in the U.S. is about 5 to 1. This statistic reflects the fact that women have a longer life expectancy than men, and the fact that women typically marry men older than themselves. Differences in w
36、ealth may also make it easier for marriage-minded widowers to find mates than widows, since elderly women are more likely to be living in poverty than elderly men. The stereotype of depressed lonely old people is a pervasive one, but it is not supported by the facts. While social isolation is a prob
37、lem for many older people, it is also a problem for many young people as well. Surveys consistently show that, in the absence of serious illness, older people generally report higher levels of happiness or life satisfaction than young people. One reason for this is that as people age they seem to de
38、vote increasing attention to the task of managing their affective states and avoiding sadness or anxiety. Although there is considerable variability in the degree of loss, sensory decline is fairly inevitable. These losses, it should be noted, have important implications for environmental design in
39、the care of the elderly. For example, greater use of acoustical tile to absorb background noise, use of non-slippery floor surfaces to provide additional traction, and use of non-glare surfaces and clearly marked boundaries can all increase comfort and safety. 19 What are the two factors that contri
40、bute to longer life expectancies for people? （ A） Poverty and poorer health. （ B） Poverty and less education. （ C） Better health and more wealth. （ D） More wealth and better education. 20 Which of the following statements is true of elderly people? （ A） They are interested in joining close family me
41、mbers. （ B） They are enthusiastic for making new friends. （ C） Many of them suffer from serious illnesses. （ D） Many of them live in poverty. 21 Many elderly women face the problem of overusing drugs because_. （ A） they believe that drugs can cure their diseases （ B） some doctors tend to let them ta
42、ke more drugs （ C） doctors cannot find the real causes of their diseases （ D） taking drugs is a way for them to be away from loneliness 22 According to Para. 4, it is true that_. （ A） profound memory becomes worse as people get older （ B） Alzheimers disease is associated with short term memory loss
43、（ C） most elderly people over the age of 65 suffer from severe memory loss （ D） a person should go to the doctor when showing symptoms of profound memory loss 23 It is easier for elderly widowers than widows to find mates because the widowers_. （ A） tend to marry women younger than themselves （ B） h
44、ave a greater desire to get married （ C） generally have more wealth （ D） usually feel more lonely 24 Compared with young people, older people are more likely to_. （ A） fall ill （ B） feel depressed （ C） experience satisfaction （ D） isolate themselves from society 25 The authors tone about aging is_.
45、（ A） humorous （ B） objective （ C） doubtful （ D） negative 四、 Part 4 25 Read the following passage and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 2645, mark one letter A, B, C or D on the Answer Sheet. The “standard of living“ of any country means the【 C1】 _persons share of the goods and
46、services which the country produces. A countrys standard of living, therefore depends【 C2】 _and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. “Wealth“ in this【 C3】 _is not money, for we do not live on money【 C4】 _on things that money can buy: “goods“ such as food and clothing, and “services“ such as【
47、C5】_and “entertainment“. A countrys capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect【 C6】 _one another. Wealth depends【 C7】 _a great extent upon a countrys natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a【 C8】 _soil a
48、nd a favorable climate; other regions【 C9】 _none of them. Next to natural resources【 C10】 _the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from【 C11】 _and external wars, and for this and other reasons was incapable【 C12】_her
49、resources. Sound and【 C13】 _political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country【 C14】 _well served by nature but less well ordered. A countrys standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and【 C15】 _within its own borde
