MBA联考英语试卷参考试卷及答案

2006 MBA联考英语试卷

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 ANSWER SHEET 1.on

1. In some countries girls are still_____ of a good education.

A. denied

B. declined

C. denved

D. deprived

2. As the years passed, the memories of her childhood ______ away.

D. fired

B. disappeared A. faded

C. flashed

.

3. Brierley's book has the_______ of being both informative and readableD. merit

B. requirements

C. myth A. inspiration

. I'll write them in the ______of the book I'm reading4. If I have any comments to make, D. side

A. edge

B. page

C. margin

5. My _____ would really trouble me if I wore a fur coat.

D. conscience A. consciousness B. consequence C. constitution

6. When the post fell_______. Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.

D. hare

A. empty

B. vacant

C. hollow

7. Mother who takes care of everybody is usually the most _________person in each family.

D. constant

A. considerate

B. considerable

C. considering

8. For ten years the Greeks _______the city of Troy to separate it from the outside.

D. surrounded

A. captured

B. occupied

C. destroyed

, which was broadcast______ by the radio station,

9. Other guests at yesterday's openingincluded Anne Melntosh and Mayor.

D. lively

A. live

B. alive

C. living

10. A New Zealand man was recently ______ to life imprisonment for the murder of an English tourist, Monica Cantwell.

D. put

A. punished

B. accused

C. sentenced

11. The past 22 years have really been amazing, and every prediction we've made aboutimprovements have al come________.

D. truthful

A. truly

B. true

C. Truth

problem,

to tried The 12. teachers could they that ______these students the solve complicated

. they just didn't see the pointhowever,

D. inclined

A. convince

B. encourage

C. consult

rather

______ 13. I'mtheir like children most that think to would be to teachers their friends than their commanders.

D. inclined

A. subjected

B. supposed

C. declined

person for he wouldn't tell her

_________ 14. She is under the impression that he isn't awhere and when he went to university.

D. genetic

A. genius

B. generous

C. genuine

chemist

US a by _____ first was drink The 1886. in drunk were Cola Coca of glasses first The 15. called John Pemberton.

A. formed

B. made

C. found

D. done

16. These two chemicals _________with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.

C. react

A. interact

B. attract D. expel

17. _________they can get people in the organization to do what must he done, they will not succeed.

C. If

A. Since

B. Unless

D. Whether

18. Once you have started a job, you should do it__________.

D. in a hurry

C. in earnest

A. in practice

B. in theory

19. Although they new library service has been very successful, its future is ______certain.

C. by all means

D. at any cost

A. at any rate

B. by no means

_________the plan that had been disapproved a at yesterday's meeting he againmy surprise, week before.

D. brought down A. brought about B. brought out C. brought up

Section II Cloze

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices, 21 hat businesses were still protecting consumers 22 the full brunt (冲击) of higher

energy costs.

The Producer Price Index 23 measures what producers receive for goods and services,

24 1 percent in July. The Labor Department reported yesterday. Double 25 economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding 26 and energy. the core index of producer prices rose percent, 27 than the percent that economists had 28 . Much of that increase was a result of an 29 increase in car and truck prices.

On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the 30 that consumers paid for goods and services in July were 31 percent over all, and up percent, excluding food and energy.

32 the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices 33 caused by energy costs, which increased percent n the month. Wholesale food prices 34 percent in July. 35 July

2004,Wholesale prices were up percent, the core rate 36 percent, its fastest pace since

1995.

Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index 37 businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers. 38 for much of this

expansion, which started 39 the end of 2001, that has not been the 40 . In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.

21. A indicate B to indicate C indicating

D indicated

C by

D from 22. A of B to

C it

D this 23. A that B which

C rose 24. A rise B rises

D raised

C which

D this 25. A that B what

C crop B grain 26. A food

D diet

C higher B lower

D more 27. A less

C calculated 28. A said B reported

D forecast

C expectation

D expecting 29. A expectable B. unexpected

C charges

D values B costs 30. A prices

D up C to B from

31. A down

32. A Much B Most C Most of D Much of

C is B were

D are 33. A was

C falls B fell

34. A fall

D has fallen

C Compared with B In comparison 35. A Comparing with

D Compare to

B declined

C lifted

D climbed 36. A dropped

C while B so

D when 37. A as

C Yet B But

D Still 38. A And

C in B by 39. A at

D to

C matter 40. A condition B situation

D case

Section III Reading comprehension

Directions:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A,B,C and

.ANSWER SHEET 1D. Mark your answers on Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage: Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by compumation (计算机自动化). Word processors and typists will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today, many executives type their own memos and carry there” 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 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 technician, earning about $ 64,000 per year. Of course, if you've 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 telecom field is booming.

And that's just it: The service economy is fading: welcome to the expertise(专门知识) 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---demands at least a bachelor's degree.

For those with just a high school diploma(毕业证书).It's going to get tougher to find

a well-paying job. Since fewer factory and clerical jobs will be available .what's left be the jobs that compumations can't kill, computers cant clean offices, or for Alzheimer's patients(老年痴呆病人). But, since most people have the skills to fill those positions, the wages stay painfully low, meaning compumation could drive an even deeper wedge (楔子) between the 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 very technology

that's reducing so many jobs is a making it easier to go back to school without having to

sit in a classroom. So called internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled, and it's gaining credibility with employers. Are you at risk

of losing your job to a computer？ Check the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is available online at .

41. Prom 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

42. In the second paragraph the anther mentions the tollbooth collector to

A. mean he will get benefits from the telecomm fled

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“(line poor the rich and an even deeper wedge between saying

43. By “compumation could drive

5. Para 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 an larger

etween the rich and poor D. it's time to close up be gap b What is the author's attitude towards computers？44.

A. positive

B. negative

C. neutral

D. prejudiced ？45. Which of the following might serve as the best title of passageA. Blaming the PC

B. The booming telecomm field

C. Internet distance leaning

D. Keeping up with compumation Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:Tens of thousands of 18 year olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless

diplomas .These diplomas won't look any different from awarded their luckier classmates Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover the these graduates are semiliterate(半文盲).

Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational – repair – adult

– literacy

Programs, such as the one where I teach 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 discover they have been cheated by our educational system.

I will never forget a teacher senior when be had her for English “He site in the back

of the room talking to his friends “.she told me, ” Why don't you move him to the front row?

I urged believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down, Mrs. Stiffer said, I

don't move seniors. I flunk them.” Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good this .It was a radical approach for these times, but well. Why not? She's going to flunk you “I told my son.

I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.

I know one example doesn't 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 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 don't know how I ever got a high-school diploma.”

Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can't learn No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't

if they come from terrible environments.

put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing.

Many students I see at night 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 they've 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. Yong people generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.

46. 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

47. How did get the attention of one of the author's children？

A. flunking him

B. moving his seat

C. blaming him

D. playing card with him

48. The author believes that 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 student.

49. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors' attitude toward flunking

is

A. negative

B. positive

C. biased

D. indifferent

50. Judging from the content, this passage is probably written for

A. administrators

B. students

C. teachers

D. parents

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:

Names have gained increasing importance 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 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 nonprofit 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 collection studies urban psychology, music, of majors that includes of eight colleges, offering a list

and management. But New Yorkers continued to call it the New School.

marketing and a on an online survey Now, after spending an undisclosed sum

“brand architecture” and “identity consultant's creation of “haming structures”, Beginning Monday, systems,” the university has come up with a new name: the New School.), banners, business cards and even new names for the it will adopt new logon (标识individual colleges, all to include the words “the New School.”

Changes in names generally reveal significant 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 countries east of

San Francisco.

The University of Southern Colorado, a state institution, became Colorado State highlight many internal changes, including hoping to ago, University at Pucblo two years offering more graduate programs and setting higher admissions standards.

reasons: several in 2001 for College turned itself into Arcadia University Beaver to break the connection with its past as a women's college, to promote its growth into jokes some to eliminate ) university and officials acknowledged, a full-fledged(完全

成熟的 night television and “moring zoo” radio shows. about the college's old name on late- Many college officials said changing a name and image could produce substantial

test average student's in applications, the the results. At Arcadia, in addition to rise score has increased by 60 points, Juli Roebeck, an Arcadia spokeswoman said.51. 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 in market share.

C. They want to project their image.

D. They hope to make some changes.

52. It is implied that one of the most significant changes in highter education in the past decade is

A. the brand.

B. the college names

C. the concept of marketing

D. list of majors.

53. The phrase come up with(Line 3 Para 4)probably means

A. catch up with

B. deal with

C. put forward

D. come to the realization

54. 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 reaching programs

D. expects to enlarge its campus

55. According to the spokeswoman the name change of Beaver College