1、阅读练习试卷 1及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 The following businesses in the region are offered for sale. A. Restaurant A large well-decorated restaurant in an excellent position near the city center. Open three years with annual turnover of 100,000. Regular trade and bookings for wedding Special occasions, etc. Av
2、ailable on 50-year lease. Price on request. B. Established Pottery Family business established for over fifty years in citys main commercial area. Small pottery currently employs twelve people producing china figure vases and other decorative items. Price includes premises plus equipment and raw mat
3、erials. Price 200,000. C. Vacant Shop Located in superb historic building on excellent city center site. Large premises recently renovated to a very high standard. Would suit a wide range of different trades. Available on limited (three-year) lease or longer if required. Short lease 15,000. D. Garag
4、e and Car Repair Small business with great potential for development. Garage with petrol station on main road between city and coast. Includes large workshop suitable for car repair business. Small three-bedroom house attached to workshop and room for further building. Whole property 190,000. E. Flo
5、wer Shop A small well-decorated flower shop in the downtown area. Open for two years and enjoy high reputation for its reasonable prices and good service. Available on limited (two-year) lease or for sale. Price on request. 1 The shop for sale includes bedrooms. 2 The shop is brought with reputation
6、 by its reasonable prices and good services. 3 The shop will be suitable to a variety of business. 4 The shop has a history of half a century. 5 The shop caters for banquets. 6 The shop has just been decorated. 7 The shop needs further furnishing. 8 The shop can be either rented or bought. 二、 PART T
7、WO 8 Chile has become one of Europes favorite sourcing countries for fruit and vegetables. In fact it has taken less than ten years for Chile to establish itself as Latin Americas largest exporter of fruit and vegetables, with Europe the largest consumer. Fresh produce exports are one of the country
8、s main growth sectors, 【 B1】 _ . Much of the countrys agriculture is carried out in the fertile Maipo Valley, 【 B2】_ . The Mediterranean climate and fertile soil provide ideal growing conditions, helped by a comparative absence of insects and disease. Being located in the southern hemisphere is anot
9、her advantage and, at certain times of the year, 【 B3】 _ . The Chileans recognize that investment is the key to continued success, and have invested heavily in food-processing and packaging technology in order to build up sales of value-added foods, 【 B4】 _ , in addition to the original juices and j
10、ams. Raspberries are their largest frozen fruit export. There has been a dramatic rise in the export sales of frozen fruit and vegetables, 【 B5】 _ . A very important player in this success story has been the Frutos del Maipo Corporation. Frutos del Maipo was formed in 1978, originally to provide fru
11、it for jam producers in Chile. Using both fresh and frozen fruit, it now supplies the national industry all year round, as well as the principal markets of Europe, the USA and Japan. Its sales last year reached 8,000 tons and were valued at US $12m, representing 30% of the Chilean market. The UK is
12、Chiles fourth largest European importer of frozen produce, 【 B6】_ . The distance between Santiago and the UK means that most of this fruit and vegetable cargo is transported by air. British airways has benefited from the dramatic increase in exports to the UK, adding a third direct weekly flight to
13、Santiago. BAs World Cargo Division has seen a 45% growth in the movement of fresh goods from Chile to the UK in the last year. According to Rodrigo Casal of British Airways World Cargo, this trade between Chile and the UK will continue to grow at a rapid rate. A. which have increased by as much as 4
14、000% in some cases B. importing over three million tons, valued at US $ 6m C. which is the largest importer in Asia D. which is also famous as a wine-growing area E. but Chile doesnt export bananas, apples and oranges F. such as frozen and tinned fruit and vegetables G. with over 36 million tons of
15、fruit and seven million tons of vegetables exported world-wide each year H. fruit such as grapes and certain vegetables can be obtained only from Chile 9 【 B1】 _ 10 【 B2】 _ 11 【 B3】 _ 12 【 B4】 _ 13 【 B5】 _ 14 【 B6】 _ 三、 PART THREE 14 How do you teach managers to manage? Henry Mintzberg, a professor
16、of management at McGill University in Montreal, has long held a contrary view to that proposed by most business schools. In this constantly stimulating book he divides his answer into two parts: first, he argues that the traditional qualification, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA), is the
17、 wrong way-he says it “prepares people to manage nothing“. Then he expounds what he believes is the right way: an imprecise mix of personal reflection and the sharing of experience. Mr Mintzberg finds fault with the emphasis that many MBA programs place on frenetic case studies which encourage stude
18、nts to come up with rapid answers based on meagre data. But more than that, he criticizes them for their concentration on dry analysis. Such courses, he says, enable their graduates to “speak convincingly in a group of 40 to 90 people“, and make them believe they can leapfrog over experience. That,
19、though, is not the sum total of what is required to manage a complex commercial organization. Synthesis, not analysis, argues Mr Mintzberg, “is the very essence of management“. On several occasions he cites Robert McNamara, once president of the Ford Motor Company and a United States secretary of de
20、fense in the 1960s, as the archetypal MBA, a man who thought that even in Vietnam “generic analysis could substitute for situational knowledge“. More recently, the qualification has been thrown into deeper disrepute by the heavy dependence of companies such as Enron on MBA recruits. Its former chief
21、 executive Jeffrey Skilling, currently awaiting trial on 36 charges of fraud and insider trading, liked to boast that he came in the top 5% of his MBA class at the Harvard Business School. And yet, if the MBA is so bad at teaching management, how come America has far more successful businesses than
22、Europe and Japan, areas of the world that are significantly less enthusiastic about such methods of learning? Leaving aside the unprovable rejoinder that American firms would have done even better without the MBA, Mr Mintzberg argues that any list of Americas most admired corporate leaders is heavil
23、y loaded with people who dont have the qualification: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jack Welch, Michael Dell and Andy Grove, to name but a few. The fact that some 40% of the bosses of Americas biggest companies today have an MBA is, he claims, largely due to the fact that the system is self-perpetuati
24、ng. “Enabling Harvard to place so many people at the top is the fact that Harvard already has so many people at the top.“ Mr Mintzberg is not alone these days in questioning the value of the traditional MBA. Leading consultants such as McKinsey and Mercer are spreading their recruitment net much mor
25、e widely. Mercers London office says that one years in-house training enables young graduates to “run circles round newly minted MBAs“. In its February issue, the Harvard Business Review (no less) said that “an arts degree is now perhaps the hottest credential in the world of business“, with corpora
26、te recruiters trawling places such as the Rhode Island School of Design. “Managers not MBAs“ throws a stone into the often complacent world of management education. It should be required reading for anyone who has the qualification, wants one, or just wonders what all the fuss is about. 15 Whats the
27、 topic of this passage? （ A） How to teach managers to manage. （ B） MBAs are not all proper managers. （ C） Mr. Mintzbergs research on MBAs. （ D） MBA study is a good way to cultivate managers. 16 We can guess that this passage is probably a _. （ A） TV commentary （ B） news report （ C） book review （ D）
28、newspaper article 17 Why does Mr. Mintzberg think that MBA course “prepare people to manage nothing“? （ A） Because it doesnt teach any knowledge at all. （ B） Because it only teaches with some case studies. （ C） Because it doesnt emphasize on synthesis. （ D） Because it doesnt teach students how to ma
29、nage a real company. 18 Why does Mr. Mintzberg cite Jeffrey Skilling? （ A） Because he% awaiting trial on 36 charges. （ B） Because he came in the top 5% of his MBA class at Harvard. （ C） Because such MBA as he caused disrepute on MBA. （ D） Because hes such an MBA that doesnt know management. 19 Which
30、 best describes what Mr. Mintzberg believes? （ A） MBA isnt so bad at teaching management. （ B） Good managers may be MBAs while MBAs dont equal good managers. （ C） MBA course is useless as there are several admired managers who dont have this qualification. （ D） American firms would have done better
31、without the MBA. 20 Whats the main idea of Para 5? （ A） Mr. Mintzbergs idea is supported by others. （ B） McKinsey and Mercer are spreading their recruitment net. （ C） Others idea on traditional MBA. （ D） Details of the Rhode Island School of Design. 阅读练习试卷 1答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 【知识模块】 阅读 1 【正确答案】 D 【知识
32、模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 8 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 阅读 二、 PART TWO 【知识模块】 阅读 9 【正确答案】 G 【知识模块】 阅读 10 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 11 【正确答案】 H 【知识模块】 阅读 12 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 阅读 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 14 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 三、 PART THREE 【知识模块】 阅读 15 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 16 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 17 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 18 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 19 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 20 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读
