2012年在职工商管理硕士(MBA)英语模拟试题及答案(一).doc

青年人工商管理硕士MBA考试网：/stu/mba/2012年在职工商管理硕士(MBA)英语模拟试题及答案(一)PART I Structure and Vocabulary (10% ) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part.For eachsentence there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the ONEanswer that best Completes the sentence. Then blacken the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. 1 . He didnt seem to mind _ TV while he was trying to study. A. their watching B. them watch C. they watching D. them to watch 2. It is said that more than one person in this department _ going to lose his job. A. are B. were C. will D. is 3. When she _ all the magazines, shell come back home . A. has sold B. will sell C. sell D. would sell 4.Themanufacturer claimed that this engine is _ the Previous one. A. as twice pOwerfd8S B. powerful as twice as C. twice powerful as D.twice as powerfu1 as 5. Nowhere else in the world_ more attractive scenery thanin Switzerland. A. are found B. have been found C. you can find D. can you find 6. 1f he had not been ill yesterday， he _to class. A. go B. would go C. would have gone D. went 7. _ science and technology he1p the society to progress is a fact accepted by most people. A. Modern B. That modern C. There modern D. It is modern 8. _ one of the leading novelists in America，Amy Taylor has also written a number of poems and plays. A. Considered B. Considering C. Having considered D. Been considered 9. The streets are all wetlt_during the night。 A. must be raining B. had to rain C. must have rained D. had rained 10. Englands chief exports are coa1， cars and cotton goods，cars _the most important of these. A. have been B. are C. be D. being 11. Everything was so expensive during the war that it was Hardly _to save a penny ALikely B feasible Cprobable D possible 12The automation has made it possible to_ great changes in dustry。 A bring about B bring down C bring out Dbring up 13The police stopped him because he_ the traffic regulation A damaged B destroyed C broke D corrupted 14All too_ it was time to go back to school after the glorioussummer holidays A fast B soon C quick D often 15The chief manager refused to_ on the rumor that he was going to retire A explain B comment C speak D talk 16MrBrown gradual1y_aknowledge of the subject A required B inquired C achieved D acquired 17If I am not _ when you come to my office，ask for my secretary A suitab1e B available C comfortable D proper 18peasants supp1y workers with food， and workers_ supply peasants with manufactured goods A in turn B by turn Cfor return Dby return 19Lets go out during the break to_ our legs。 A stretch B expand C move D extend 20I have just_abeautiful poem in that little book. A come to B come through C come across D come up PART Reading Comprehension （50%） Section A Directions ：There are 4 passages in this partEach passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements For each them of them are for choices marked A , B, c and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following passage ： Americans like to do business without leaving their cars. Youll see drive-in banks，drive-in restaurants， drive-in churches and drive-in movies. When driving in the U.S., its a good idea to have an international rivers license if you dont have a state license. Each of the fifty states has its own traffic laws。 Get information when you cross the border into a state at a tourist information center There is a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Americans are generally polite about letting cars enter busy streets. They usually stopfor people who are walking to let them cross the street. In many states you may turn right after stopping at a corner, even if there is a red light. On some roads there may be a minimum speed. If you rent a car, ask the company what to do in case your car breaksdown. Some companies will ask you to call a special number. Others will want you to have the car repaired. They will partly deduct the cost of the repair from your bill. Mileage can mean two things. It may mean the total number of miles a car has been driven. We say “This car only has 10, 000 miles on it; ithas low mileage.” On the other hand, “gas mileage” is the number of miles a car can travel on one U. S. gallon of gas. For example, a big carhat gets 25 miles to the gallon gets very good mileage. A small economy car should get at least 35 miles to the gallon when its new. 21. If you have a state drivers license,_ . A. you can drive anywhere in the U. S. B. you dont have to apply for an international drivers license C. You cannot across the border in a car D. you must know the traffic laws of another state before you enter it . 22. If your rented car breaks down, some companies will _. A for you with free telephone service B pay you a certain amount of your total cost of the repair C. pay you the total cost of the repair D send workers to repair the car 23“An economy car”here may refer to a car that _. A. can be bought at a rather low price B. is easy to operate C. uses only a small amount of gas per mile D. is special1y designed for a small fami1y 24Which of the following statements is true？ A. Americans are usually willing to wait for another car to enter busy streets. B. Americans car do anything without leaving their cars. C. American drivers can ignore a red light when they want to turn right. D. Americans can drive at 55 miles per hour everywhere in their country. Questions 25 to 28 are based on the following passage ： There are robots all around us， Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains。 And some do a simple job. When an automatic washing machine is switched on，water pours in. Themachine waits until the water is hot before washing the clothes. It does this by“feedback”Informationabout What is happening is“feedback”into the robot to te11 it what to do next. Our eyes， ears and other senses are our feedback They tell us whatis going on around us. So robots are like people in two ways，They work and they have feedback. There are robots all around， making our lives easier. Some of them，like the pocket calculator， can work much more quick1y than human beingscan. And they rarely make mistakes. In some ways robots are better than people. They work quick1y， but do not make mistakes， They do not get bored doing the same job over and over again。 And they never get tired. Robots are very useful in factories. They can be taught to do many different jobs First their electronic brains must be shown how the job is done. A person moves the robots“arm” and“hand”through each part of the job The robots brain remembers each move。 When the robot is put to work on its own， its brain controls the rods， wheels and motors which move its arm. When the robot is needed for a new job， its electronic memory is“wiped clean.”Then it is taught how to do its new task. If the robots hand stops working， or if something gets in the way， it cannot do the next part of the jobSo it stops and signals for help，Then a human engineer repairs it. The most“intelligent”robots can move and see. Their eyes are cameras. Their metal fingers can feel shapes and even find out how hot and cold objects are. These robots have computer brains，linked to their eyes and fingers， which control their actions. 25In this story the author tells us that_. A. there are vervfewrO6ots B. we see robots only at certain tines C. robot5are something new in our life D. ro6ots are all around us 26In this story we are told that_. A. we get feedback through our eyes and ears B. we get feedback through the robots C. only robots get feedback D. robots are not intelligent because of the feedback 27What does the author of this story want you to feel about robots? A. They will probab1y take over in the future. B. They are very helpful and useful to humans. C. They are machines that are often out of order. D. They are not friends of human beings. 28Since people like what robots do， what do you think this means for the future？ A，More and better robots will be built . B. People will stop making robots. C. There will be laws against using robots. D. Robots will benefit nobody. Questions 29 to 32 are based on the following passage： Tests conducted at the University of Pennsylvanias Psycho1ical Laboratory showed that anger is one of the most difficult Emotions to find out from facial expressions. Professor Dallas E. Buzby confronted 716 students with pictures of extreme1y angry persons， and asked them to identify the emotion from the facial expression。 Only two percent made correct judgments. Anger was most frequently judged as“pleased”. And a typical reaction of a student confronted with the picture of aman who was mad was to classify his expression as either bewildered，quizzical，or simplyamazedOther studies showed that it is extremely difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not just by looking at his face. The investigators found further that women are better at finding out anger from facia1 expressions than men are. Paradoxically，they found that psychological training does not improve ones ability tojudge a mans emotions by his expressions but actually hinders it For in the university tests， the more courses the student had taken in psychology， the poorer judgment score he turned in. 29The information in this passage centers around_. A. the re1ation between anger and other emotions B. the differences between men and women with respect to emotion C. the influence of psychology on human emotions D. the discovery of anger from facial expressions 30when tested， students with psychological training_. A. marked less than two percent of their possible choices correctly B. did better than the average student in the group C. seemed less able to judge correctly than the average student D. performed in a manner not specified in the passage 31To achieve the greatest success in finding out anger from facial expressions，it would be best to_. A. use adults rather than students as judges B. ask women who do not study psychology to judge it C. ask men rather than women to judge it D. be satisfied with a two percent success，if such a percentage is guaranteed 32The last two sentences in the second paragraph show that_. A. such training has not resulted in better scores B. we have really achieved the anticipated results C. the judgment is similar to what we have expected D.we can expect such training to have the effect stated Questions 33 to 36 are based on the following passage： Wouldnt it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away？ Well, you Can. The forecast is written in c1ouds. If you can read that writing，you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice， you can become a pretty good weather forecasterWho knows，you might even do as well as meteorologists. Meteorologists use much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecastThey collect data from all over the world Then they put it into powerful，high-speed computers. This does give meteorologists an advantage，because they can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country. But you have an advantage，too.You can look at the sky and get your data directlyA meteorologist uses a computer forecast thats several hours old to make a 1ocal forecast. What are you seeing when you look at a cloud？”A picture of what moisture is doing in the atmosphere,” says meteorologist Peter Leavit Theres moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you dont see it，because its in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor. Sometimes，the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to change to liquid waterThats called condensation， and we see it happen all the time (for example，when humid air from the shower hits the cold glass of a mirror). When enough water vapor condenses，droplets form in the air.These droplets scatter lightA cloud is seen. Watching c1ouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a sing1e cloud about the weather to come， Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere. You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds， fol1owing each other in order， can signal an approaching storm. But dont take our word for it； see for yourself. 33This passage main1y tells us about how_. A. to become a meteorologist B. to keep an eye on the weather C. to be an assistant to a meteorologist D. to change water vapor to liquid water 34According to the passage，an ordinary person might do as well as a meteorologist in weather forecast_. A. with the help of the high-speed computers B. through a complex process of calculation C. with some simple practice looking up at the sky D. consulting a weather station 35Meteorologists make their weather forecast_. A. by collecting data from all over the world B. by putting this date into powerfu1， highspeed computers C. by ca1culating and ana1yzirig this data D. all above 36.Your advantage in weather forecasts is that_. A. you have more powerful computers at home B. your brain works as well as a high-speed computer C. you observe the sky and obtain your data directly D. meteorologists give their data to you as soon as they get them Questions 37 to 40 are based on the following passage： Security and commodity exchanges are trading posts where people meet who wish to buy or sell The exchanges themselves do no trading；they merely provide a place where prospective buyers and sellers can meet and conduct their business. Wall Street， although the best known， is not the only home of exchanges in the United States. There are cotton exchanges in New Orleans and Chicago； the Mercantile Exchange， which deals in many farm products， in Chicago； and grain exchanges in many of the large cities of the Midwest. home exchanges， like the Chicago Board of Trade， provide market services for several kinds of products. These tradingposts where products may be bought or sold are called commodity exchanges. The security exchanges， on the other hand, are meeting places where stocks and bonds are traded Like the commodity exchanges ， they help serve the economic life of t he country. But when their operations get out of hand， they may become very dangerousIn l929， the security exchanges，or stock market， contributed to a crash a sudden， sharp decline in the value of securities. Many people lost fortunes；many corporations were bankrupted； many workers lost their jobs. The Crash of l929 has been attributed to many causes， among them wild and unwise speculation by many people and dishonest practices on the part of some businessmen and of some members of the exchanges. Today，however，investing through security exchanges and trading on commodity exchanges has been made safer by regulations set up by the exchanges themselves and by regulations of the United States government， In l922，the government instituted the Commodity Exchange Commission which operated through the Department of Agriculture； and in l934，the Securities and Exchanges Commission， to protect investors and the public against dishonest practices on the exchanges. 37Security and commodity exchanges are meeting places for buyers and sellers of_. A. stocks B. grain C. securities D. all of these 38. Among the reasons for the Crash of 1929 were_. A. unwise speculation by many people B. dishonest practices by some businessmen C. strict regulations of the Commodity Exchange Commission D. both A and B 391nvestinR in securities has been made safer by_. A. the Securities and Exchange Commission B. the Commodity Exchange Commission C. Chicago Board of Trade D. Chicago Mercantile Exchange 40Implies but not stated :_. A. Some exchanges provide market services for several kinds of products B. The role of the government has been an important factor in curbing dishonest practices on the exchanges C. Investing in securities is unwise D. Buying and selling securities is dishonest Section B Directions：Read the following passage and then give short answers to the five questions Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Hunting was origina11yameans of providing food， but it has now become a sport. Though in some parts of the world there are stil1 people who hunt wild animals to provide them selves with food， in England, hunting is as much a social activity as anything else. A great many years ago， fishermen in Japan used birds to catch fish This art of fishing is said to be at least a thousand years old and is mentioned in Japanese plays. Today， however， fishing in this way has simply become a sport，for the fisher men are