1、MBA（英语）阅读理解练习试卷 4 及答案与解析一、Section III Reading ComprehensionDirections: Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.0 Professor Smith recently persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, to keep a diary of all thei
2、r absent-minded actions for a fortnight. When he came to analyze their embarrassing lapses(差错)in a scientific report, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groupings. Nor did the lapses appear to be entirely random. One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for
3、work one morning threw her dog her earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,“ explains the professor. “People program themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the womans custom every morning to throw her dog two b
4、iscuits and then put on her earrings. But somehow the action got reversed in the program.“ About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these“program assembly failures“. Altogether the volunteers logged 433 unintentional actions that they found themselves doing-an average of twe
5、lve each. There appear to be peak periods in the day when we are at our zaniest (荒谬可笑的) . These are two hours some time between eight a.m. and noon, between four and six p.m. with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m. “Among men the peak seems to be when a changeover in brain programs occurs, as
6、 for instance between going to and from work.“ Women on average reported slightly more lapses-12.5 compared with 10.9 for men-probably because they were more reliable reporters. A startling finding of the research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we are skilled
7、. Normally, you would expect that skill reduces the number of errors we make. But trying to avoid silly slips by concentrating more could make things a lot worse-even dangerous.1 In his study, Professor Smith asked the subjects（A）to keep track of people who tend to forget things.（B） to report their
8、embarrassing lapses at random.（C） to analyze their awkward experiences scientifically.（D）to keep a record of what they did unintentionally. 2 Professor Smith discovered that（A）certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidents.（B） many people were too embarrassed to admit their absent-mind
9、edness.（C） men tend to be more absent-minded than women.（D）absent-mindedness is an excusable human weakness. 3 “Program assembly failures“ (Para. 2) refers to the phenomenon that people（A）often fail to program their routines beforehand.（B） tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurry.（C） unconscio
10、usly change the sequence of doing things.（D）are likely to mess things up if they are too tired. 4 We learn from the third paragraph that（A）absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the day.（B） women are very careful to perform actions during peak periods.（C） women experience more peak
11、 periods of absent-mindedness.（D）mens absent-mindedness often results in funny situations. 5 It can be concluded from the passage that（A）people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapses.（B） hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good at.（C） people should be car
12、eful when programming their actions.（D）lapses cannot always be attributed to lack of concentration. 5 New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. Its now a “global village“ where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability
13、 to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modem business people who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modem markets, success overseas often h
14、elps support domestic business efforts. Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being “out of sight and out of mind.“ He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to th
15、e companys plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and forei
16、gn language issues are becoming more and more prevalent. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. English is still the international language of business. Bu
17、t there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isnt generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal. The employee posted abroad who speaks the countrys princi
18、pal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.6
19、What is the authors attitude toward high-tech communications equipment?（A）Critical.（B） Prejudiced.（C） Indifferent.（D）Positive. 7 With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, business people（A）have to get familiar with modem technology.（B） are gaining more economic benefits from dome
20、stic operations.（C） are attaching more importance to their overseas business.（D）are eager to work overseas. 8 In this passage, “out of sight and out of mind“ (Para. 3) probably means（A）being unable to think properly for lack of insight.（B） being totally out of touch with business at home.（C） missing
21、 opportunities for promotion when abroad.（D）leaving all care and worry behind. 9 According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today?（A）Connections with businesses overseas.（B） Ability to speak the clients language.（C） Technical know-h
22、ow.（D）Business experience. 10 The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can（A）better control the whole negotiation process.（B） easily find new approaches to meet market needs.（C） fast-forward their proposals to headquarters.（D）easily make friends with businesspeople abro
23、ad. MBA（英语）阅读理解练习试卷 4 答案与解析一、Section III Reading ComprehensionDirections: Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.【知识模块】 阅读理解1 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 细节题。文章开篇就指出，Smith 成功说服了 35 人记录他们在 14天内的走神行为，这正是 D 项表达的意思。走神并不是
24、 tend to forget things，所以 A 不对；文中说的是记录，并不是 report，况且 embarrassing lapses 也并不一定是走神行为，所以 B 也不对；analyze their awkward experiences 并不是受试者所做的事情，而是 Smith 的行为，所以 C 也不对。 【知识模块】 阅读理解2 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 细节题。文章第一段指出：“nearly all of them fell into a few groupings.”，并不是随机分布。这说明，存在某种规律性。这与 A 项中的 certain patterns 相对应，
25、所以 A 正确。Smith 研究的是走神行为，并不是研究人们对承认走神是否尴尬，所以 B 不对；文中指出，研究结果表明，女人走神稍多于男人，Smith 推测，女人是 more reliable reporters，这说明研究结果存在一定的问题，也就是说，文章并没有确定究竟是男人还是女人容易走神，这说明 C 不对；第二段指出，“brain is like a computer”，而且“somehow the action got reversed in the program.”，这并不能得出 D 的意思。 【知识模块】 阅读理解3 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 词义题。根据例子中那位女士的情况
26、，不难理解 program assembly failures 是指行为颠倒之意，正好与 C 项中的 change the sequence 相符。文中并没有说 fail to program their routines beforehand 的行为是经常发生的，所以 A 不对；B 和 D 符合人们的一般常识，但是文章并未提起，所以不对。 【知识模块】 阅读理解4 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 归纳题。总结第三段可知，A 与文章的意思相符。 B 与第三段的意思不符；调查结果表明，女人更容易走神，但是无法得出 women experience more peak periods 的结论，并且结
27、果的可靠性还有待证实，所以 C 不对；第三段第二句是说，走神的错误看起来荒谬可笑，而并非走神会导致可笑的情形，所以 D 也不对。 【知识模块】 阅读理解5 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 归纳题。文章最后指出，靠专心避免失误可能让情况更加糟糕。这说明，失误不能归咎于不集中精力。这与 D 的意思相符。文章并没有认为失误同doing important things 的时机选择有关，所以 A 不对； B 与文章最后一段第一句话的意思矛盾；文章并没有说明认真仔细可以减少失误，所以 C 也不对。 【知识模块】 阅读理解【知识模块】 阅读理解6 【正确答案】 D【试题解析】 态度题。文章指出：新技术将这个
28、世界前所未有地联系在一起了；由于许多比较廉价的通讯工具应用于商业，在美国，就连小公司也能投身到国际市场。这说明，作者对新技术的态度是肯定的。这与 D 的意思相符。A 、B、C 的意思都与文章的意思不符。 【知识模块】 阅读理解7 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 细节题。根据第二段，尤其是第一句话中的定语从句“who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad.”，可知，C 正确。文中没有提到 A 的意思；B 在文中说的是 oversea(海外的，国外的)，而 B 中用的是 domestic(国内的)
29、，所以不对；文中只是说公司管理层不必再担心因在海外工作而成绩不为公司总部所知，并没有说他们热切地希望去海外工作，并且 business people 并不等同于 the executive，所以 D 不对。 【知识模块】 阅读理解8 【正确答案】 C【试题解析】 词义题。根据第三段中的“He or she can be surean assignment abroad.”以及 “If an employee can succeedmore prevalent.”可知，C 项正确。文中没有提到 A 的意思；B 的表述不确切；D 没有正确反映文章的原意。 【知识模块】 阅读理解9 【正确答案】 B
30、【试题解析】 细节题。文章指出：在美国，人们越来越多地考虑文化多元化以及外语问题；英语仍然是国际性商业语言，但是对掌握其他语言的人才需求日益增大。这说明 B 项正确。A 项所说的是 high-tech communications equipment 带来的好处，并不是题目问题的答案；文中没有提到 C、D 的意思。 【知识模块】 阅读理解10 【正确答案】 A【试题解析】 细节题。文章最后一段第一句话说“has an fast-forward certain negotiation and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly”，指出了熟悉当地语言的人所具有的优势。A 正是对这句话的概括。B、C、D 都与文章的意思不符。 【知识模块】 阅读理解
