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MBA 联考英语模拟考试试题 (阅读理解部分) 5 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. (40 points) 1 At 26, Jane Goodall had no college education or science training. But since childhood, she had been dreaming of working closely with animals in Africa. All through my childhood people said you cant go to Africa. Youre a girl. Goodall says. But my mother used to say, if you really want to, theres nothing you cant do. In 1957, the 26-year-old Goodall went to Kenya to work as a secretary. She also arranged to meet the famous scientist Louis Leakey, who was so impressed by her enthusiasm that he hired her as his assistant. She went with him on many trips to the African jungle and in 1960 Leakey sent Goodall to live among chimpanzees (黑猩猩) in a remote animal preserve, recording the animals behavior and interactions. For three months Goodall made little progress. But she says, I never came close to giving up. Her breakthrough came one day when she saw a male chimpanzee stick a piece of grass into a termite hill, then put the grass in his mouth. Afterward she came to the hill and did the same. Pulling the grass out, she discovered dozens of termites on it. The discovery - that some animals use tools - was unknown to most scientists at the time. Goodall saw chimpanzees show human-like emotions, such as jealousy and love. But she also discovered they were capable of violent attacks against each other. Goodall received her Ph.D. in the study of animal behavior at Englands Cambridge University. Now she travels around the world raising money to preserve wildlife. I love living in the forest with the chimpanzees, she says. Id much rather be there than traveling around from city to city.41. What was Goodalls childhood dream? A. She dreamed of going to college. B. She dreamed of becoming a famous scientist. C. She dreamed of studying animals in Africa. D. She dreamed of traveling all around the world. 42. Goodalls most important discovery is that _. A. animals have emotions B. some animals use tools C. chimpanzees could attack each other violently D. termites are chimpanzees favorite food 43. Goodalls success is chiefly due to_. A. her exceptional talents B. determination and patience Csecretary training D. her education and good work 44. What is Goodall doing now? A. Studying animal behavior at Cambridge University. B. Observing chimpanzees in African jungles. C. Raising funds for the preservation of wildlife. D. Working hard for a Ph.D. degree. 45. In line 11. came close to giving up means _. A. coming near the animal preserve B. recording the animals behavior and interactions C. thinking about stop doing her job D. making friend with the chimpanzees 2 Chinese businesses are being urged to get ready for a new global standard on electronic trade after China joins World Trade Organization (WTO).E-business analysts at the E-Trade 2000 forum warned that many domestic firms may be pushed to the sidelines of profitable global trade if they continue to ignore the Internet as a means of doing business.A uniform standard on e-trade, although not yet available, would become a top WTO priority, analysts said. Developed countries may play the upper hand and adopt a new standard on e-trade. It will create big challenges to domestic enterprises which are far away from global rules. said Fan Yueying, deputy director of China Information Economy Institute. Fan, also president of Mytong Technology Co. Ltd., one of Chinas leading trade information companies, said Thursday that Chinese firms still underestimate what e-trade could do for their business. Bricks-and-mortar firms still have a wait-and-see attitude to e-trade. Most of the firms just think that opening a webpage and making an e-mail system is enough for cyber deals. That is far from enough, said Fan. A recent poll by Beijing Internet Development Centre found only 4.5 per cent of trade firms in China did online trade, while 23.6 per cent had not put online business on their agenda. Chinese firms also tail foreign players in adopting new business models, which has cut their global competitiveness, said Michael Kleist, president of E-trade Agents Association, China. 46. The E-trade 2000 Forum was most likely held in _. A. Bangkok B. Shanghai C. New York D. Tokyo 47. E-business refers to _. A. business with EU. B. electricity trade. C. ignoring the Internet as a means of trade D. none of the above 48. What attitude do bricks-and-mortar firms hold to e-trade? A. Active. B. Pessimistic. C. Like a spectator. D. Ignoring. 49. According to Kleist, what has cut Chinese firms global competitiveness? A. Independent development. B. Adopting old business models. C. Tailing foreign Firms. D. Ignoring new business models. 50. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true? A. Opening a webpage and making an e-mail system is enough for doing e-trade. B. WTO is working towards a uniform standard on e-trade. C. Many Chinese firms still dont know the advantages of e-trade. D. Internet is an important means of doing business nowadays. 3 Historians have only recently begun to note the increase in demand for luxury goods and services that took place in eighteenth-century England. McKendrick has explored the Wedgewood Firms remarkable success in marketing luxury pottery. Plumb has written about the proliferation of provincial theaters, musical festivals and childrens toys and books. While the fact of this consumer revolution is hardly in doubt, three key questions remain: Who were the consumers? What were their motives? And what were the effects of the new demand for luxuries? An answer to the first of these has been difficult to obtain. Although it has been possible to infer from the goods and service actually produced what manufacturers and servicing trades thought their customers wanted, only a study of relevant personal documents written by actual consumers will provide a precise picture of who wanted what. We still need to know how large this consumer market was and how far down the social scale the consumer demand for luxury goods penetrated. With regard to this last question, we might note in passing that Thompson, while rightly restoring laboring people to the stage of eighteenth-century English history, has probably exaggerated the opposition of these people to the inroads of capitalist consumerism in general: for example, laboring people in eighteenth-century England readily shifted from home-brewed beer to standardized beer produced by huge, heavily capitalized urban breweries. To answer the question of why consumers became so eager to buy, some historians have pointed to the ability of manufacturers to advertise in a relatively uncensored press. This, however, hardly seems a sufficient answer. McKendrick favors a Veblen model of conspicuous consumption stimulated by competition for status. The middling sort bought goods and services because they wanted to follow fashions set by the rich. Again, we may wonder whether this explanation is sufficient. Do not people enjoy buying things as a form of self-gratification? If so, consumerism could be seen as a product of the rise of new concepts of individualism and materialism, but not necessarily of the frenzy for conspicuous competition. Finally, what were the consequences of this consumer demand for luxuries? McKendrick claims that it goes a long way toward explaining the coming of the Industrial Revolution. But does it? What for example, does the production of high-quality pottery and leys have to do with the development of iron manufacture or textile mills? It is perfectly possible to have the psychology and reality of consumer society without a heavy industrial sector. That future exploration of these key questions is undoubtedly necessary should not, however, diminish the force of the conclusion of recent studies: the insatiable demand in eighteenth-century England for frivolous as well as useful goods and services foreshadows our own world.51. In the first paragraph, the author mentions McKendrick and Plumb most probably in order to_. A. contrast their views on the subject of luxury consumerism in eighteenth-century England. B. indicate the inadequacy of historiographical approaches to eighteenth-century English history. C. give examples of historians who have helped to establish the fact of growing consumerism in eighteenth-century England. D. support the contention that key questions about eighteenth-century consumerism remain to be answered. 52. According to the passage, Thompson attributes to laboring people in eighteenth-century England which of the following attitudes toward capitalist consumerism? A. Enthusiasm B. Curiosity C. Ambivalence D. Hostility 53. According to the passage, eighteenth-century England and the contemporary world of the passages readers are _. A. dissimilar in the extent to which luxury consumerism could be said to be widespread among the social classes B. dissimilar in the extent to which luxury goods could be said to be a stimulant of industrial development C. similar in their strong demand for a variety of goods and services D. similar in the extent to which a middle class could be identified as imitating the habits of a wealthier class 54. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would most probably agree with which of the following statements about the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the demand for luxury goods and services in eighteenth-century England. A. The growing demand for luxury goods and services was a major factor in the coming of the Industrial Revolution. B. The Industrial Revolution exploited the already existing demand for luxury goods and services. C. Although the demand for luxury goods may have helped bring about the Industrial Revolution, the demand for luxury services did not. D. There is no reason to believe that the Industrial Revolution was directly driven by a growing demand for luxury goods and services. 55. What does it refer to in the sentence .it goes a long way toward explaining the coming of the Industrial Revolution. in the last paragraph but one? A. This consumer demand B. The consequences C. Luxuries D. The Industrial Revolution 4 Since World War II, there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence, go steady though high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying hair and clucking of middle-aged people over the ways of wild youth. However, emotional maturity is no respecter of birthdays: it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten. Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. And it can almost be put down as true that any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves ones problems: more often, it accentuates them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home as an institution is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it: one might say in theological terms, that they are giving up one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the ultimate good, but they erroneously believe that they themselves have found the true center of lifes meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially Utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment is often bound to follow Shall we, then, join the chorus of Misereres over early marriages? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by chronology, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically feasible, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones. 56. According to the article the trend toward early marriages _. A. cannot be easily determined B. is one that can be clearly seen C. is an outgrowth of the moral laxity brought about by World War II D. occurs after every major war 57. According to the article, successful marriages are determined by the emotional maturity of the partners and not by _. A. financial considerations B. parental consent C. educational background D. chronological age 58. The author suggests that many of todays early marriages are a result of_. A. escapism B. theological dictum C. lack of formal education D. convenience 59. The author states that the home as an institution is _. A. unworthy of worship B. overrated C. probably not capable of being what many young people expect it to be D. incapable of being the basic unit of society 60. Which of the following statements would the author not agree with? A. All early marriages are not bad. B. Bad marriages can he made from sixteen to sixty. C. Satisfactory marriages are determined by chronology. D. All later marriages are not good.MBA 联考英语模拟考试试题 (阅读理解部分) 6 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. (40 points) 1 Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child in a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent. All the infants died before the first year. But, clearly there was more than lack of language here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected. Today no such lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most of the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the right time, but the process is slow and once the critical stage has passed. Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve weeks baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words and understand simple commands; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to fifty words. At three he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar. Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about mans brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy-bear”. And even more incredible is the young brains ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways. But speech has to be induced, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child , where the mother recognizes the signals in the childs babbling, grasping and smiling, and responds to them. Sensitivity to the childs non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development of language. 41. The purpose of Frederick s experiment was to _.A. prove that children are born with the ability to speak B. discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speech C. find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching child to speak D. prove that a child be damaged without learning a language42. What does the sentence “A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the right time”(L.4, para.3) mean? A. A bird learns to sing and fly when at twelve weeks. B. An infant learns to smile and make vowel-like sounds at twelve weeks. C. A bird learns to sing and fly when it is old enough. D. A bird learns to sing and fly fast at a certain stage. 43. The reason some children are backward in speaking is most probably that_.A. they are incapable of learning language rapidly B. they are exposed to too much language at onceC. their mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speakD. their mothers are not intelligent about a child 44. What is exceptio