MBA联考英语模拟试题及参考答案

1、MBA联考英语模拟试题及参考答案文档编制序号：KK8UY-LL9IO69-TTO6M3-MTO【经典资料，WO RD文档，可编辑修改】【经典考试资料，答案附后，看后必过，WORD文档，可修改】2015年MBA联考英语模拟试题及参考答案作者：吴克明(华杰MBA英语特邀辅导专家，1999年-2002年MBA联考英 语命题组组长，南京大学英语教授。)Section I Vocabulary (10 points)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four

2、choices marked A. B. C, and D.Choose the ONE (answer that best completes the sentence and your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)1. The boy is telling a lie. His face has given himA. off B. up C. away D. out2. It is in the regulations that you can take 80 kilos of luggage with you.A. laid out B.

3、 laid down C. laid up D. laid off3. People ill some regions of Scotland weave wool into Scottish tweed, which much money in foreign trade.A. gets in B. brings in C. turns in D. hands in4. The stolen car was Finally recovered last Sunday in a country cottage, but the robbers are still.A. on the go B.

4、 at large C. out of sight D. beyond control5. If only he works hard. I don't when he finishes the book report.A. expect B. mind C. hope D. regret6. It was snowing. So I drove with , as the road was slippery.A. safety B. caution C. protection D. attention7. Anybody who wants to start a business m

5、ust have someA. capital B. wealth C. income D. currency8. He lifted the heavy weight, but it was the greatest he had ever made.A. strength B. force C. effort D. energy9. With a car, many people can make trips to the country or seaside at weekends, instead of being to their immediate neighborhood.A.

6、limited B. restricted C. confined D. subjected10. If no importance is attached to colleting information, we cannot survive in such a (an) competitive society, because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.A. powerfully B. forcefully C. intensely D. intensively11. I remember seeing him some

7、years ago, but I can't where it was.A. remind B. recognize C. recall D. memorize12. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man the exit as quickly as possible.A. made off B. made out C. made for D. made toward13. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pic

8、k up wonderful in the market.A. batteries B. baskets C. bargains D. barrels14. The fake painting is obviously interior the original.A. below B from C. to D. under15. The taxi driver pulled up Ins car a pedestrian waving to him.A. in the sight of B. at the sight C. on the sight of D. the sight of16.

9、Because of the strike. British Rail has been forced to all the trains to London.A. cancel B. abandon C. postpone . D. refer17. They have asked us to in the negotiations.A. involve B. present C. participate D. attend18. They are the costs of production precisely.A. counting B. calculating C. figuring

10、 D. numbering19. It is said that the math teacher seems toward bright students.A. partial B. preferable C. beneficial D. liable20. This hotel $ 60 for a single room with bath.A. claims B. demands C. requires D. chargesSection II ClozeDirections： Read the following passage. For each numbered blank th

11、ere are four choices marked A, B. C. and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (15 points)The statement that： We must balance our energy and environmental needs" is almost a cliche by now. But the more our appetite for energy expands, _21_ impossible that "balance

12、“ becomes to _22_.Each one of the energy supply options _23_ today to meet the nation's increased consumption of energycomes attached with an environmental price _24_. But the problem is that we live in a high-energy civilization. _25_the unenviable task for us is to decide which energy _26_ is

13、least bad.Underground coal mining _27_ a terrible human price-explosions and black_28_disease-and it alsoresults in the_29_of the surface above. The most potent environmental issue _30_ with coal is the air pollution that occurs in trying to bum it. Air pollution is really a public health _31_.In co

14、ntrast to the very immediate environmental_32_of coal, the risks linked to nuclear power plants seem _33_ but more terrifying. To weigh and compare the environmental _34_ and benefits of nuclear versus fossil fuels is almost _35_on the basis of present knowledge.21. A. much more B. the more C. it is

15、 more D. more and more22. A. attain B. extract C. impose D. strive23. A. is promoted B. are promoted C. to be promoted D. being promoted24. A. log B strap C. tag D. tablet25. A. Thus B. Otherwise C. Thereafter D. Nevertheless26. A. source B. consumption C. exploration D. merchandise27. A. decides B.

16、 develops C. demands D. delivers28. A. limb B. liver C. lung D. tongue29. A. rising B. sinking C. moving D. losing30. A. disregarded B. submerged C. intervened D. associated31. A. issue B. topic C. project D. discussion32. A. dispute B. hazards C. impurity D. uncertainty33. A. hostile B. remote C. t

17、urbulent D. threatening34. A. issues B. costs C. harm D. advantages35. A. impossible B. important C. imposing D. imperfectSection III Reading ComprehensionDirections: Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A. B. C or D. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET

18、1. (40 points)1At 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 can't go to Africa. You're a girl.Goodall says. "But my mother used to sa

19、y, if you really want to, there's nothing you can't 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 ashis assistant. She went with him on many trip

20、s 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

21、 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

22、 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 England's Cambridge University. Now she travels around the world raisi

23、ng money to preserve wildlife. I love living in the forest with the chimpanzees, she says. I'd much rather be there than traveling around from city to city. 36. What was Goodall's childhood dream?A.Shedreamedofgoing to college.B.Shedreamedofbecoming a famous scientist.C.Shedreamedofstudying

24、animals in Africa.D.Shedreamedoftraveling all around the world.37. Goodair s most important discovery is thatA.animals have emotionsB.some animals use toolsC.chimpanzees could attack each other violentlyD.termites are chimpanzees' favorite food38. Goodair s success is chiefly due toA. her except

25、ional talentsB. determination and patienceC. secretary trainingD. her education and good work39. 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. de

26、gree.40. In line 11. “came close to giving up means A. coming near the animal preserveB. recording the animals' behavior and interactionsC. thinking about stop doing her jobD. making friend with the chimpanzees2Chinese businesses are being urged to get ready for a new global standard on electron

27、ic trade after China joins World Trade Organization (WTO).E-business analysts at the ETrade 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, althoug

28、h 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 Informati

29、on Economy Institute.Fan, also president of Mytong Technology Co. Ltd. one of China's leading trade information companies, said Thursday that Chinese firms still underestimate what e-trade could do for their business.z，Bricks-and-mortar firms still have a wait-and-see attitude to e-trade. Most o

30、f the Finns 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 busin

31、ess on their agenda.z，Chinese firms also tail foreign players in adopting new business models, which has cut their global competitiveness, said Michael Kleist, president of e-trade agent meet china, corn,s China operation.41. The E-trade 2000 Forum was most likely held in A. Bangkok B. Shanghai C .

32、New York D. Tokyo42. E-business refers to .A. business with EU. B. electricity trade.C. ignoring the Internet as a means of trade D. none of the above43. What attitude do bricks-and-mortar firms hold to e-trade?A. Active. B. Pessimistic. C. Like a spectator. D. Ignoring.44. According to Kleist, what

33、 has cut Chinese fines' global competitiveness?A. Independent development. B. Adopting old business models.C. ,Tailing foreign Firms. D. Ignoring new business models.45. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?A. Opening a webpage and making an e-mail system is en

34、ough for doing e-trade.B. WTO is working towards a uniform standard on e-trade.C. Many Chinese firms still don't know the advantages of e-trade.D. Internet is an important means of doing business nowadays.3Historians have only recently begun to note the increase in demand for luxury goods and se

35、rvices that took place in eighteenthcentury England. McKendrick has explored the Wedgewood Firm's remarkable success in marketing luxury pottery. Plumb has written about the proliferation of provincial theaters, musical festivals and children's toys and books. While the fact of this consumer

36、 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 luxuriesAn answer to the first of these has been difficult to obtain. Although it has been possible to infer from the goods and service actually

37、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 c

38、onsumer 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 cons

39、umerism 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

40、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

41、 set by the rich. Again, we may wonder whether this explanation is sufficient. Do not people enjoy buying things as a form of self-gratificationIf so, consumerism could be seen as a product of the rise of new concepts of individualism and materialism, but notnecessarily of the frenzy for conspicuous

42、 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 potterv and leys have to do with the developmen

43、t 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

44、： the insatiable demand in eighteenth-centuryEngland for frivolous as well as useful goods and services foreshadows our own world.46. 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-

45、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 ineighteenth-century England.D. support the contention that key questions about eighteenthcentu

46、ry consumerism remain to be answered.47. 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. Hostility48. According to the passage, eighteenth-centur

47、y England and the contemporary world of the passage's readers are .A. dissimilar in the extent to which luxury consumerism could be said to be widespread among the socialclassesB. dissimilar in the extent to which luxury goods could be said to be a stimulant of industrialdevelopmentC. similar in

48、 their strong demand for a variety of goods and servicesD. similar in the extent to which a middle class could be identified as imitating the habits of awealthier class49. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would most probably agree with which of the following statements about the r

49、elationship 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 deman

50、d for luxury goods and services.C. Although the demand for luxury goods may have helped bring about the Industrial Revolution, the demandfor luxury services did not.D. There is no reason to believe that the Industrial Revolution was directly driven by a growing demand forluxury goods and services.50

51、. What does it refer to in the sentence it goes a long way toward explaining the coming of the Industrial Revolution. in the lust paragraph bill one?A. This consumer demand B. The consequencesC. Luxuries D. The Industrial Revolution4Since World War II. there has been a clearly discernible trend, esp

52、ecially 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 clucki

53、ng 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 a

54、n 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 one's problems

55、： 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

56、 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 life's meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially Utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tr

57、agic disillusionment is often bound to followShall 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 matur

58、ity 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.51. According to the article the trend toward early marriagesA. cannot be easily determinedB. is one that can be clearly seenC. is an outgrowth of the moral laxity brought abut by World WarIID. occurs after every major war52. According to the article, successful marriages aredete