1、MBA（英语）模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 一、 Section I Vocabulary Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 1 Any salesperson who sells more than the
2、 weekly _ will receive a bonus. （ A） ratio （ B） quota （ C） allocation （ D） portion 2 Susan has _ the elbows of her sons jacket with leather patches to make it more durable. （ A） reinforced （ B） sustained （ C） spread （ D） confirmed 3 If the profits in one year are not sufficient to pay the dividend,
3、the _ will be paid from the profits of later year. （ A） arrears （ B） debt （ C） difference （ D） margin 4 Modern medicine and new methods of food production allow adults to live longer and babies to _ easier. （ A） exist （ B） extinct （ C） survive （ D） revive 5 Women are entitled to _ status with men in
4、 private and professional life. （ A） identical （ B） equal （ C） same （ D） alike 6 The nation-wide economic slowdown worsened the _ between employer and employee. （ A） connection （ B） relationship （ C） association （ D） acquaintance 7 We shall send you commercial invoice, bills of lading and insurance
5、certificates so that you can _ the goods on a D/P basis. （ A） consume （ B） complain （ C） concern （ D） claim 8 The U.S. government places rigid restrictions _ the type of high-technology products that can be exported to China. （ A） for （ B） in （ C） to （ D） on 9 Cancer is a group of diseases in which
6、there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of _ cells. （ A） controversial （ B） abnormal （ C） inferior （ D） irrelevant 10 This research has attracted wide _ coverage and has featured on BBC television s Tomorrow s World. （ A） message （ B） information （ C） media （ D） data 11 Some useful ideas were su
7、ggested while the social committee was _ about the clubs program for the coming season. （ A） discussing （ B） quarrelling （ C） arguing （ D） disputing 12 When he was a student, his father gave him a monthly _ to cover his expenses. （ A） salary （ B） permission （ C） allowance （ D） wage 13 The doctor had
8、 almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally _. （ A） pulled out （ B） pulled through （ C） pulled up （ D） pulled over 14 According to the weather forecast, which is usually _, it will snow this afternoon. （ A） accurate （ B） precise （ C） exact （ D） perfect 15 We should make a clear _ between
9、 the two scientific terms for the purpose of our discussion. （ A） distinction （ B） discrimination （ C） deviation （ D） separation 16 We find it extremely difficult to _ the meaning of what he has just said. （ A） get into （ B） get over （ C） get across （ D） get at 17 Even though leather gloves are much
10、 more expensive, they are more _ than vinyl. （ A） resistant （ B） persistent （ C） permanent （ D） durable 18 I asked the tailor to make a small _ to my trousers because they were too long. （ A） change （ B） variation （ C） revision （ D） alteration 19 If people feel hopeless, they dont bother to _ the sk
11、ills they need to succeed. （ A） adopt （ B） acquire （ C） accumulate （ D） assemble 20 Lame as he is, he is interested in so many things and enjoys reading about them so much that he is _ unhappy. （ A） anything but （ B） nothing but （ C） rather than （ D） more than, 二、 Section II Cloze Directions: Read t
12、he following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choices the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 21 The role of governments in environmental management is difficult but inescapable. Sometimes, the state tries to manage the resources it owns, an
13、d does so badly. Often, (21) , governments act in an even more harmful way. They actually subsidize the exploitation and (22) of natural resources. A whole (23) of policies, from farm-price support to protection for coal-mining, do environmental damage and (often) (24) no economic sense. Scrapping t
14、hem offers a two-fold (25) : a cleaner environment and a more efficient economy. Growth and environmentalism can actually go hand in hand, if politicians have the courage to (26) the vested interest that subsidies create. No activity affects more of the earths surface than farming. It shapes a third
15、 of the planets land area, not (27) Antarctica, and the proportion is rising. World food output per head has risen by 4 per cent between the 1970s and 1980s mainly as a result of increases in (28) from land already in (29) , but also because more land has been brought under the plough. Higher yields
16、 have been achieved by increased irrigation, better crop breeding, and a (30) in the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in the 1970s and 1980s. All these activities may have (31) environmental impacts. For example, land clearing for agriculture is the largest single (32) of deforestation; ch
17、emical fertilizers and pesticides may (33) water supplies; more intensive farming and the abandonment of fallow periods (34) exacerbate soil erosion; and the spread of monoculture and use of high-yielding varieties of crops have been accompanied by the (35) of old varieties of food plants which (36)
18、 some insurance against pests or diseases in future. Soil erosion threatens the productivity of land in both rich and poor countries. The United States, (37) the most careful measurements have been done, discovered in 1982 that about one-fifth of its farmland was losing topsoil at a rate (38) to dim
19、inish the soils productivity. The country subsequently (39) a program to convert 11 percent of its cropped land to meadow or forest. Topsoil in India and China is (40) much faster than in America. （ A） however （ B） therefore （ C） but （ D） hence （ A） conjunction （ B） compensation （ C） consumption （ D
20、） constitution （ A） area （ B） range （ C） scope （ D） field （ A） take （ B） hold （ C） lose （ D） make （ A） profit （ B） bonus （ C） benefit （ D） prize （ A） confront （ B） confine （ C） conform （ D） confuse （ A） thinking （ B） considering （ C） longing （ D） counting （ A） outputs （ B） supplies （ C） yields （ D）
21、outcomes （ A） revolution （ B） civilization （ C） reservation （ D） cultivation （ A） doubling （ B） reducing （ C） dismissing （ D） repeating （ A） destroying （ B） damaging （ C） injuring （ D） ruining （ A） excuse （ B） justification （ C） cause （ D） ground （ A） purify （ B） clean （ C） dirty （ D） contaminate （
22、A） come to （ B） bring to （ C） tend to （ D） stand to （ A） disappearance （ B） discovery （ C） disposition （ D） disturbance （ A） must have been provided （ B） might have provided （ C） must have provided （ D） might have been provided （ A） when （ B） while （ C） which （ D） where （ A） probable （ B） capable （
23、C） likely （ D） hopeful （ A） set up （ B） take up （ C） build up （ D） make up （ A） vanishing （ B） staying （ C） appearing （ D） dissolving 三、 Section III Reading Comprehension Directions: Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers
24、 on ANSWER SHEET 1. 41 In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. Although much has been accomplished for the modern period, premodern cultures have
25、proved more difficult: sources are restricted in number, fragmentary, difficult to interpret, and often contradictory. Thus it is not particularly surprising that some earlier scholarship concerning such cultures has so far gone unchallenged. An example is Johanna Bachofens 1861 treatise on Amazons,
26、 women-ruled societies of questionable existence contemporary with ancient Greece., Starting from the premise that mythology and legend preserve at least a nucleus of historical fact, Bachofen argued that women were dominant in many ancient societies. His work was based on a comprehensive survey of
27、references in the ancient sources to Amazonian and other societies with matrilineal customs-societies in which descent and property rights are traced through the female line. Some support for his theory can be found in evidence such as that drawn from Herodotus, the Greek “historian“ of the fifth ce
28、ntury B.C., who speaks of an Amazonian society, the Sauromatae, where the women hunted and fought in wars. A woman in this society was not allowed to marry until she had killed a person in battle. Nonetheless, this assumption that the first recorders of ancient myths have preserved facts is problema
29、tic. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact-real Amazonian societies-but rather to offer “moral lessons“ on the supposed outcome of women rule in their o
30、wn society. The Amazons were often characterized, for example, as the equivalents of giants and centaurs, enemies to be slain by Greek heroes. Their customs were presented not as those of a respectable society, but as the very antitheses of ordinary Greek practices. Thus, I would argue, the purpose
31、of accounts of the Amazons for their male Greek recorders was didactic to teach both male and female Greeks that all-female groups, formed by withdrawal from traditional society, are destructive and dangerous. Myths about the Amazons were used as arguments for the male-dominated status quoin, in whi
32、ch groups composed exclusively of other sex were not permitted to segregate themselves permanently from society. Bachofen was thus misled in this reliance on myths for information about the status of women. The sources that will probably tell contemporary historians most about women in the ancient w
33、orld are such social documents as gravestones, wills, and marriage contracts. Studies of such documents have already begun to show how mistaken we are when we try to derive our picture of the ancient world exclusively from literary sources, especially myths. 41 The primary purpose of the passage is
34、to _. （ A） compare competing new approaches to understanding the role of women in ancient societies （ B） investigate Bachofens theory about the dominance of women in ancient societies （ C） analyze the nature of Amazonian society and uncover similarities between it and the Greek （ D） criticize the va
35、lue of ancient myths in determining the status of women in ancient societies 42 The author suggests that the main reason for the persisting influence of Bachofens work is that _. （ A） feminists have shown little interest in ancient societies （ B） Bachofens knowledge of Amazonian culture is unparalle
36、led （ C） reliable information about the ancient world is difficult to acquire （ D） historians have been primarily interested in the modern period 43 The following problems are thought to be connected with the Sources for knowledge of premodern cultures EXCEPT _. （ A） partial completeness （ B） restri
37、cted accessibility （ C） limited quantity （ D） difficulty of interpretation 44 The authors attitude toward Bachofens treatise is best described as one of _. （ A） qualified approval （ B） profound ambiguity （ C） studied neutrality （ D） pointed disagreement 45 The author cites the case of Johann Bachofe
38、n mainly to _. （ A） show the value of studies on premodern womens status （ B） justify the unchallenging works of earlier scholars （ C） present to readers an ancient women-ruled community （ D） prove the difficulty in the research of premodern cultures 46 The Africans interest is to guard preferential
39、 export rules enshrined in the temporary African Growth and Opportunity Act, passed by Congress in 2,000. Tariff-free exports of some 6,000 goods from Africa to the United States are boosting trade and investment in southern Africa. Lesothos fast-growing textile industry depends almost entirely on C
40、hinese investment in factories to make clothes for sale in the United States. The region also wants more access to Americas markets for fruit, beef and other agricultural goods. American interest lies mainly in South Africa, by far the largest economy in the region. Services account for 60% of its G
41、DP, and it increasingly dominates the rest of Africa in banking, information technology, telecom, retail and other areas. Just as British banks, such as Barclays, have moved their African headquarters to South Africa over the past year, American investors see the country as a platform to the rest of
42、 the continent. Agreeing investment rules and resolving differences on intellectual property rights are the most urgent issues. American drug firms want to be part of the fast expansion in South Africa of production of anti-retroviral drugs, used against AIDS. By 2007 South Africa alone expects 1.2m
43、 patients to take the drugs daily. The country might be the worlds biggest exporter of anti-AIDS drugs within a few years. Striking a bilateral deal now should make American investments easier. But Mr. Zoellicks greater concern is for multilateral trade talks that stalled in Cancun, Mexico, in Septe
44、mber. Alec Erwin, his South African counterpart, helped to organize the G20 group of poor and middle-income countries that opposed joint American-EU proposals there; he is widely tipped to take over as head of the World Trade Organization late next year, and would be a useful ally. So Mr. Zoellick i
45、s trying to charm his African partner by agreeing to drop support for most of a group of issues (known as “Singapore“ issues) that jammed up the talks at Cancun, and were opposed by poor countries; he says he also favors abolishing export subsidies in America-though only if Japan and the EU agree to
46、 do the same. That would please African exporters who say such subsidies destroy markets for their goods. Mr. Zoellicks efforts to make more friends may be paying off. Even though America has treated Africa very shabbily on trade in the past, Mr. Erwin hints it is easier doing business with America
47、than with Europe or Japan. A small sign, but perhaps a telling one. 46 It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _. （ A） 6,000 goods from Africa are tariff-free to American countries （ B） preferential export rules are interesting to southern Africans （ C） most clothes found in the U.S. are ac
48、tually made by Chinese （ D） Lesotho is willing to export more agricultural goods to the U.S. 47 British banks move their headquarters to South Africa because _. （ A） South Africa is a safer country compared with others in Africa （ B） South Africa is gradually becoming a financial center in Africa （
49、C） South Africa offers preferential banking terms to foreign banks （ D） South Africa is a platform in Africa for the American investors 48 American drug makers want to get a share in the anti-AIDS drug production in South Africa in that _. （ A） the U.S. domestic anti-AIDS drug market is shrinking quickly （ B） American drug makers have a lot of extra capital to invest （ C） the bilateral deal has made U.S. investments much e
