1、管理类专业学位联考（英语）模拟试卷 4 及答案与解析一、Section II ClozeDirections: Read the 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 1.0 The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other
2、industrialized countries. The current annual marriage【1】in the United Statesabout 9 new marriages for every 1,000 peopleis【2】higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is【3】as widespread as it was several decades ago.【4】of American adults who are married 【5】from 72 percen
3、t in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried【6】their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some【7】in their lives. Experts【8】that about the same proportion of todays young adults will eventually marry.The
4、 timing of marriage has varied【9】over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the【10】of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry【11】the first time at an average of five years later than people.【12】in
5、 the 1950 s.【13】, young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous【14】in U.S. history. Todays later age of marriage is【15】the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940.【16】, a greater proportion of the population was married(95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before【17】. Expert
6、s do not agree on【18】the “marriage rush“ of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a【19】to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic【20】and war.（A）ratio（B） rate（C） percentage（D）poll （A）potentially（B） intentionally（C） su
7、bstantially（D）randomly （A）not any longer（B） no more（C） not any more（D）no longer （A）The proportion（B） A proportion（C） The number（D）A number （A）deteriorated（B） declined（C） deduced（D）demolished （A）past（B） passing（C） throughout（D）through （A）period（B） level（C） point（D）respect （A）project（B） plan（C） promis
8、e（D）propose （A）unexpectedly（B） irregularly（C） flexibly（D）consistently （A）time（B） year（C） stage（D）age （A）at（B） in（C） of（D）for （A）do（B） did（C） marry（D）married （A）Besides（B） However（C） Whereas（D）Nevertheless （A）descendants（B） ascendants（C） generation（D）population （A）in line with（B） according to（C） base
9、d on（D）caused by （A）Moreover（B） Likewise（C） Similarly（D）Therefore （A）and after（B） or after（C） ever since（D）or since （A）why（B） how（C） when（D）what （A）refusal（B） realization（C） reality（D）response （A）repression（B） aggression（C） depression（D）restriction 二、Section III Reading ComprehensionDirections: Read
10、 the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.20 Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by compumation. Word processors and typists will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secreta
11、rial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC Today, many executives type their own memos and carry their “secretaries“ in the palms of their hands. Time is also hard for stock clerks, whose ranks are expected to decrease by 68,000. And employees in manufacturing firms and wholesalers are being replaced with
12、computerized systems.But not everyone who loses a job will end up in the unemployment line. Many will shift to growing positions within their own companies. When new technologies shook up the telecomm business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued retraining. She is now a communications technic
13、ian, earning about $64,000 per year. Of course, if youve been a tollbooth collector for the past 30 years, and you find yourself replaced by an E-ZPass machine, it may be of little consolation(安慰) to know that the telecomm field is booming.And thats just it: The service economy is fading; welcome to
14、 the expertise economy. To succeed in the new job market, you must be able to handle complex problems. Indeed, all but one of the 50 highest-paying occupations-air-traffic controller-demand at least a bachelors degree.For those with just a high school diploma, its going to get tougher to find a well
15、-paying job. Since fewer factory and clerical jobs will be available, whats left will be the jobs that compumation cant kill: Computers cant clean offices, or care for Alzheimers patients(老年痴呆病人). But, since most people have the skills to fill those positions, the wages stay painfully low, meaning c
16、ompumation could drive an even deeper wedge(楔子)between the rich and poor. The best advice now: Never stop learning, and keep up with new technology.For busy adults, of course, that can be tough. The good news is that the very technology thats reducing so many jobs is also making it easier to go back
17、 to schoolwithout having to sit in a classroom. So-called Internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled, and its gaining credibility with employers.Are you at risk of losing your job to a computer? Check the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupationa
18、l Outlook Handbook, which is available online at bls.gov.21 From the first paragraph we can infer that all of the following persons are easily thrown into unemployment EXCEPT（A）secretaries.（B） stock clerks.（C） managers.（D）wholesalers. 22 In the second paragraph the author mentions the tollbooth coll
19、ector to（A）mean he will get benefits from the telecomm field.（B） show he is too old to shift to a new position.（C） console him on having been replaced by a machine.（D）blame the PC for his unemployment. 23 By saying “compumation could drive an even deeper wedge between the rich and poor“(Line 5, Para
20、.4 ) the author means（A）people are getting richer and richer.（B） there will be a small gap between rich and poor.（C） the gap between rich and poor is getting larger and larger.（D）its time to close up the gap between the rich and poor. 24 What is the authors attitude towards computers?（A）positive（B）
21、negative（C） neutral（D）prejudiced 25 Which of the following might serve as the best title of the passage?（A）Blaming the PC（B） The booming telecomm field（C） Internet distance learning（D）Keeping up with compumation 25 Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless d
22、iplomas. These diplomas wont look any different from those awarded their luckier classmates. Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover that these graduates are semiliterate(半文盲).Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational-repair shopsadult-literacy prog
23、rams, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduates and high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school. They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.I will ne
24、ver forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump card of failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by. Until Mrs. Stifter.Our son was a high-school senior when he had her for English. “He sits in
25、 the back of the room talking to his friends,“ she told me. “Why dont you move him to the front row?“ I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, “I dont move seniors. I flunk(使不及格) them.“ Our sons academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever th
26、reatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this. It was a radical approach for these times, but, well, why not? “Shes going to flunk you,“ I told my son. I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority(头等要事) in his life. He finished out the semester wit
27、h an A.I know one example doesnt make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish. “I should have
28、 been held back,“ is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class, “I dont know how I ever got a high-school diploma.“Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduat
29、es to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids cant learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids dont put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. Theyd rather be sailing.Many students I see at nig
30、ht have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one theyve got. They have a healthy fear of failure.People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally dont hav
31、e the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.26 What is the subject of this essay?（A）view point on learning（B） a qualified teacher（C） the importance of examination（D）the generation gap 27 How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of
32、one of the authors children?（A）flunking him（B） moving his seat（C） blaming him（D）playing card with him 28 The author believes that the most effective way for a teacher is to（A）purify the teaching environments.（B） set up cooperation between teachers and parents.（C） hold back student.（D）motivate studen
33、t. 29 From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors attitude toward flunking is（A）negative.（B） positive.（C） biased.（D）indifferent. 30 Judging from the content, this passage is probably written for（A）administrators.（B） students.（C） teachers.（D）parents. 30 Names have gained increasing i
34、mportance in the competitive world of higher education. As colleges strive for market share, they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. Trenton State College, for example, became the College of New Jersey nine years ago when it began raising
35、 admissions standards and appealing to students from throughout the state.“All I hear in higher education is, Brand, brand, brand,“ said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding and is managing director of Lipman Hearne, a marketing firm based in Chicago that works with universities and other non
36、profit organizations. “There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.“Not all efforts at name changes are successful, of course. In 1997, the New School for Social Research became New School University to reflect its growth into a co
37、llection of eight colleges, offering a list of majors that includes psychology, music, urban studies and management. But New Yorkers continued to call it the New School.Now, after spending an undisclosed sum on an online survey and a marketing consultants creation of “naming structures,“ “brand arch
38、itecture“ and “identity systems,“ the university has come up with a new name: the New School. Beginning Monday, it will adopt new logos(标识), banners, business cards and even new names for the individual colleges, all to include the words “the New School.“Changes in names generally reveal significant
39、 shifts in how a college wants to be perceived. In altering its name from Cal State, Hayward, to Cal State, East Bay, the university hoped to project its expanding role in two mostly suburban counties east of San Francisco.The University of Southern Colorado, a state institution, became Colorado Sta
40、te University at Pueblo two years ago, hoping to highlight many internal changes, including offering more graduate programs and setting higher admissions standards.Beaver College turned itself into Arcadia University in 2001 for several reasons: to break the connection with its past as a womens coll
41、ege, to promote its growth into a full-fledged(完全成熟的 ) university and, officials acknowledged, to eliminate some jokes about the colleges old name on late-night television and “morning zoo“ radio shows.Many college officials said changing a name and image could produce substantial results. At Arcadi
42、a, in addition to the rise in applications, the average students test score has increased by 60 points. Juli Roebeck, an Arcadia spokeswoman, said.31 Which of the following is NOT the reason for colleges to change their names?（A）They prefer higher education competition.（B） They try to gain advantage
43、 in market share.（C） They want to project their image.（D）They hope to make some changes. 32 It is implied that one of the most significant changes in higher education in the past decade is（A）the brand.（B） the college names.（C） the concept of marketing.（D）list of majors. 33 The phrase “come up with“(
44、Line 3, Para.4) probably means（A）catch up with.（B） deal with.（C） put forward.（D）come to the realization. 34 The case of name changing from Cal State, Hayward, to Cal State indicates that the university（A）is perceived by the society.（B） hopes to expand its influence.（C） prefers to reform its teaching
45、 programs.（D）expects to enlarge its campus. 35 According to the spokeswoman, the name change of Beaver College（A）turns out very successful.（B） fails to attain its goal.（C） has eliminated some jokes.（D）has transformed its status. 35 It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot tol
46、d his young passengers that it was built in 1964. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded(填塞) from floor to ceili
47、ng, it looked a bit strange. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear.For 12 months, science students from across the co
48、ntinents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.For the next two hours, the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shoot
49、ing upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth. The invention was to achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fal
