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2007年1月MBA英语联考真题及答案

lSectionIVocabulary(10points)

Directions：Thereare20incompletentencesinthisction．Foreachntence

therearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，C，andD．ChootheONEanswerthatbestcompletes

thentence．ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERSHEETwithapencil．

1．Hiswifehasbeen_______alotofpressureonhimtochangehisjob．

A．takingB．exerting

C．givingD．pushing

2．Itistimatedthat，currently,about50，000speciesbecome_____everyyear．

A．extinctB．instinct

C．distinctD．inten

3．Johnsaysthathisprentjobdoesnotprovidehimwithenough______forhis

organizingability．

A．scopeB．space

C．capacityD．range

4．Many_______willbeopenedupinthefutureforthowithauniversityeducation．

A．probabilitiesB．realities

C．necessitiesD．opportunities

5．Afterhisuncledied，theyoungman_____thebeautifulestatewithwhichhechanged

fromapoormantoawealthynoble．

A．inhabitedB．inherited

C．inhibitedD．inhaled

6．Themanageriscallingona______customertryingtotalkhimintosigningthe

contract．

A．prosperousB．preliminary

C．pessimisticD．prospective

7．In1991，whilet11eeconomiesofindustrializedcountriesmetaneconomic_____，

theeconomiesofdevelopingcountriesweregrowingveryfast．

A．revivalB．repression

C．recessionD．recovery

8．Thedestructionofthetwintowers_________shockandangerthroughouttheworld．

A．summonedB．tempted

CprovokedD．stumbled

9．About20ofthepasngerswhowereinjuredinaplanecrasharesaidtobein

_____condition．

A．decisiveB．urgent

C．vitalD．critical

10．TheinteractionsbetweenChinaandtheUSwillsurelyhaveasignificant_______on

peaceandstabilityintheAsia—Pacificregionandtheworldasawhole．

A．importanceB．impression

C．impactD．implication

11．Thepoorcountriesareextremely_______tointernationaleconomicfluctuations-

A．inclinedB．vulnerable

C．attractedD．reduced

12．Applicantsshouldnotethatallpositionsare——toAustraliancitizenship

requirements．

A．subjectB．subjective

C．objectedD．objective

13．Weaimtoensurethatallcandidatesaretreatedfairlyandthattheyhaveequal

______toemploymentopportunities．

A．entranceB．entry

C．accessD．admission

14．Successfullearningisnota(n)________activitybutconsistsoffourdistinct

stagesinaspecificorder

A．onlyB．sole

C．mereD．single

15．TheopportunitytoexploreandplayandtheencouragementtodosoCan________the

performanceofmanychildren．

A．withholdB．prevent

C．enhanceD．justify

16．Allherhardwork__________intheend，andshefinallypasdtheexam．

A．showedoffB．paidoff

C．1eftoffD．keptoff

17．Inordertolivethekindoflifewewantandtobethepersonwewanttobe，

wehavetodo

morethanjust________withevents．

A．putsupB．tup

C．turnupD．makeup

18．Theteamplayedhardbecauthechampionshipofthestatewas______.

A．athandB．atstake

C．atlargeD．atbest

19．Idon’tthinkyou'llchangehismind；oncehe’sdecidedonsosomethinghe

tendsto_____it.

A．sticktoB．abideby

C．complywithD．keepon

20．Tomplacedthebanknotes，_________thechangeandreceipts，backinthedrawer．

C．ith

Section1ICloze(10points)

Directions：Foreachnumberedblankinthefollowingpassage．therearefourchoices

markedA,B,thebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEET

withapencil．

Advancingagemeanslosingyourhair,yourwaistlineandyourmemory，right?

DanaDenisisjust40yearsold，but21she’sworriedaboutwhatshecalls’

myrollingmentalblackouts.””ItrytoremembersomethingandIjustblankout，”

shesays

Youmay22aboutthelaps，callingthem”niormoments”orblaming

"earlyAlzheimer’s(老年痴呆症)．”Isitaninescapablefactthattheolderyouget，

the23youremember?Well,sortof．Butastimegoesby,wetendtoblameage24

problemsthatarenotnecessarilyage—related．

“Whenateenagercan’tfindherkeys，shethinksit'sbecaushe’sdistracted

ordisorganized，”saysPaulGold．“A70-year-oldblamesher25．”Infact，the

70-year-oldmayhavebeen26thingsfordecades．

Inhealthypeople，memorydoesn’twornas27asmanyofusthink．“Aswe28，

thememorymechanismisn’t29，”sayspsychologistFergusCraik．”It’sjust

inefficient．”

Thebrain’sprocessing30slowsdownovertheyears，thoughnooneknowxactly

rearchsuggeststhatnervecellsloefficiencyand32there’sless

activityinthebrain．But，cautionsBarryGordon，”It'snotclearthatlessactivity

is33．Abeginningathleteiswinded（气喘吁吁）moreeasilythana34athlete．In

thesameway,35thebraingetsmoreskilledatatask，itexpendslesnergy

onit.”

Thereare36youcantaketocompensatefornormalslippageinyourmemorygears，

thoughit37effort．MargaretSewellsays：”We’reaquick-fixculture,butyouhave

to38tokeepyourbrain39shape．It’slikehavingagoodbody．YouCan’tgo

tothegymonceayear40expecttostayintopform.”

21．

22．ize

23．

24．e

25．

26．g

27．y

28．A．

29．g

30．ation

31．

32．gh

33．

34．d

35．

36．es

37．

38．

39．

40．

SectionⅢReadingComprehension(40points)

Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart,Eachpassageisfollowedbysome

hofthemtherearefourchoicesmarked

A,B,C,ulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorresponding

letterontheANSWERSHEETwithapencil.

Questions41to45arebadonthefollowingpassage:

Priortothe20thcentury,manylanguageswithsmallnumbersofspeakers

reasinglyinterconnectedmodernworldmakesitmuch

moredifficultforsmalllanguagecommunitiestoliveinrelativeisolation,akey

factorinlanguagemaintenanceandprervation.

Itremainstobeenwhethertheworldcanmaintainitslinguisticandcultural

werfulforcesappeartoworkagainst

it:populationgrowth,whichpushesmigrantpopulationsintotheworld’slast

isolatedlocations;masstourism;globaltelecommunicationsandmassmedia;andthe

heforcesappeartosignifya

futureinwhichthelanguageofadvertising,popularculture,andconsumerproducts

yEnglishandafewothermajortongueshaveemergedasglobal

yoftheworld’speoples,learning

oneofthelanguagesisviewedasthekeytoeducation,economicopportunity,and

abetterwayoflife.

Onlyabout3,000languagesnowinuareexpectedtosurvivethecomingcentury.

Aremostoftherestdoomedinthecenturyafterthat?

Whethermostofthelanguagessurvivewillprobablydependonhowstrongly

c

sowillrequireanemphasisonbilingualism（masteryoftwolanguages）.Bilingual

speakerscouldutheirownlanguageinsmallerspheres---athome,amongfriends,

incommunityttings---andagloballanguageatwork,indealingswithgovernment,

way,manysmalllanguagescouldsustaintheir

culturalandlinguisticintegrityalongsidegloballanguages,ratherthanyieldto

thehomogenizing（同化的）forcesofglobalization.

Ironically,thetrendoftechnologicalinnovationthathasthreatenedminority

mple,someexpertspredictthatcomputer

softwaretranslationtoolswillonedaypermitminoritylanguagespeakerstobrow

stsarecurrentlyusing

computer—aidedlearningtoolstoteachavarietyofthreatenedlanguages.

Formanyendangeredlanguages,thelinebetweenrevivalanddeathixtremelythin.

Languageisremarkablyresilient（有活力的）,tjustatoolfor

communicating,butalsoapowerfulwayofparatingdifferentgroups,orof

digenous（原生的，土著的）communitieshaveshown

thatitispossibletoliveinthemodernworldwhilereclaimingtheirunique

identitiesthroughlanguage.

tylanguagescanbebestprervedin__________.

A．anincreasinglyinterconnectedworld

B．maintainingsmallnumbersofspeakers

C．relativelyisolatedlanguagecommunities

D．followingthetraditionofthe20thcentury

ingtoParagraph2,thattheworldcanmaintainitslinguisticdiversity

inthefutureis_______.

A．uncertainB．unrealistic

C．foreeableD．definite

ingtotheauthor,bilingualismcanhelp_________.

A．smalllanguagesbecomeacceptableinworkplaces

B．homogenizetheworld’slanguagesandcultures

C．globallanguagesreachhomeandcommunityttings

D．speakersmaintaintheirlinguisticandculturalidentity

ertechnologyishelpfulforprervingminoritylanguagesinthat

it_________.

A．makeslearningagloballanguageunnecessary

B．facilitatesthelearningandusingoftholanguages

C．raispublicawarenessofsavingtholanguages

D．makesiteasierforlinguiststostudytholanguages

uthor’sview,manyendangeredlanguagesare________.

A．remarkablywell-keptinthismodernworld

B．exceptionallypowerfultoolsofcommunication

C．quitepossibletoberevivedinsteadofdyingout

D．auniquewayofbringingdifferentgroupstogether

Questions46to50arebadonthefollowingpassage:

Everyone，items，hasahealthproblem。Afterpouringbillionsintothe

NationalHealthService，Britishpeoplemoanaboutdirtyhospitals，longwaitsand

anythenewchancellor,AngelaMerkel,isunderfirefor

’snewConrvative

PrimeMinister,StephenHarper,madeabigfussduringtheelectionaboutreducing

thecountry’therichworld,affluence,ageingand

advancingtechnologyaredrivinguphealthspendingfasterthanincome.

gmedicalbills

aresqueezingwages,swellingtheranksoftheuninsuredandpushinghugefirmsand

’sannouncementthisweekthat

itwouldcutupto30.000jobsby2012wasasmuchasignofit’s“legacy”health

–bypollsthatshowhealth

careisoneofhismaindomesticproblemsandbyforecastsshowingthattheretiring

baby-boomers(生育高峰期出生的人)willcrushthegovernment’sfinances,GeorgeBush

istounveilareform;planinnextweek’sstate-of–the–unionaddress.

America’teStatesspends16%ofits

GDPonhealth,aroundtwicetherich-countryaverage,equivalentto$6,280forevery

stheonlyrichcountrythatdoesnotguaranteeuniversal

toanaccidentofhistory,mostAmericansreceivehealth

insurancethroughtheiremployer,withthegovernmentpickingupthebillforthe

poorandtheelderly.

Thiscurioushybrid（混合物）anshavemorechoice

thananybodyel,ans’

billscouldbemuchhigherifAmericanmedicinewerenotdoingmuchoftheirRearch

andDevelopment（R&D）most

oftencited—especiallybyforeigners—46million

casthatisoutofchoiceand,iftheyfall

riouslyill,

therearealsoshockinginefficiencies:bysomemeasures,30%ofAmericanhealth

spendingiswasted.

ericansdisapproveof

the“socializedmedicine”,evenifmuchofthe

administrationisdoneprivately,around60%ofAmerica’sheath-carebillendsup

tionately,theAmericanstatealreadyspendsas

muchonhealthastheOECD（OrganizationofEconomicCooperationandDevelopment）

average,andthatshareisttogrowasthebaby-boomersrunuptheirMedicare

ais,

ineffect,headingtowardsaversionofsocializedmedicinebydefault.

problemsmentionedinthepassageincludeallthefollowing

EXCEPT_________.

spitalconditionsinU.K.

Merkelunderattack

financinginGermany

itinglinesinCanada

’sannouncementofcuttingupto30,000jobsby2012indicatesthat

Ford_________.

biggesthealthproblemofthecarindustry

eprofitsfromitshealth-carelegacy

umulatedtooheavyahealth-careburden

reatdealofdebttoitmployees

uthor’sopinion,America’shealthsystemis_________.

le

sful

pliedinthepassagethat_________.

a’shealthsystemhasitsstrengthsandweakness

overnmentpaysmedicalbillsforthepoorandtheelderly

46millionAmericansdonothavemedicalinsurance

ansbenefitalotfromAmerica’smedicalrearch

elastparagraphwemaylearnthatthe“socializedmedicine”

is____________.

iceofCanadaandEurope

yadoptedbytheUSgovernment

edfortheretiringbaby-boomers

steredbyprivateenterpris

Questions51to55arebadonthefollowingpassage:

WhenThomasKeller,oneofAmerica’sforemostchefs,announcedthatonSept.

uryrestaurantinNew

YorkCity,andreplaceitwithEuropean-stylervicecharge,Iknewthreegroups

wouldbeoppod:customers,hreegroupsare

allcommittedtotipping——

tipping,items,istobeanticapitalist,andmaybeevenalittleFrench..

isrighttomoveawayfromtipping—andit’sworthexploringwhy

justabouteveryoneelintherestaurantworldiswrongtostickwiththepractice.

Customersbelieveintippingbecautheythinkitmakeconomicn.“Waiters

knowthattheywon’tgetpaidiftheydon’tdoagoodjob”ishowmostadvocates

re,thisisatempting,apparentlyrational

statementabouteconomictheory,butitappearstohavelittleapplicabilitytothe

realworldofrestaurants.

MichaelLynn,anassociateprofessorofconsumerbehaviorandmarketingat

Cornell’sSchoolofHotelAdministration,hasconducteddozensofstudentsof

tippingandhasconcludedthatconsumersasssmentsofthequalityofrvice

correlateweaklytotheamounttheytip.

Rather,customersarelikelytotipmoreinrespontorverstouchingthemlightly

andleaningforwardnexttothetabletomakeconversationthantohowoftentheir

waterglassisrefilled——inotherwords,customerstipmorewhentheylikethe

rver,’sstudiesalsoindicatethatmale

customersincreatheirtipsforfemalerverswhilefemalecustomersincrea

theirtipsformalervers,.

What’smore,.consumersemtoforgetthatthetipincreasasthebillincreas.

Thus,thetippingsystemisanopeninvitationtowhatrestaurantprofessionalscall

“upwelling”:everybottleofimportedwater,everyespressoandeverycocktail

ixtramoneyintherver’siveupwellingfortipsisoften

rewardedwhilelow-key,qualityrviceoftengoesunrecognized.

Inaddition,thepracticeoftippooling,whichisthenorminfine-dining

restaurantsandisbecomingmoreineverykindofrestaurantabovethelevelofa

greasyspoon,hasruinedwhatevereffectvotingwithyourtipmighthavehadon

reasonableoutcome,youarepunishingthegoodwaiters

,thereappeartobelittle

connectionbetweentippingandgoodrvice.

einferredthataEuropean-stylervice______.

slittletip

uthor’redatPer-

fthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtotheauthor.

gisacommonpracticeintherestaurantworld.

sdon’tcareabouttipping

ersgenerallybelieveintipping.

ghaslittleconnectionwiththequalityofrvice.

ingtoMichaelLynn’sstudies,waiterswilllikelygetmoretipsif

they______

rformedgoodrvice

ntlyrefillcustomers’waterglass

tomers’favor

ustomersofthesamex

nferfromthecontextthat“upwelling”(Line2,Para6)probablymeans

________

gsomethingup

gsomethingfancy

gsomethingunnecessary

gsomethingmoreexpensive

ssageismainlyabout__________

stoabolishthepracticeoftipping

icnoftipping

ers’attitudestowardstipping

gforgoodrvice

Questions56to60arebadonthefollowingpassage:

“Ipromi.”“Isweartoyouit’llneverhappenagain.”“Igiveyoumy

word.”“eme.”Sure,?IteachEnglishcomposition

ystudents’

essays,mesterprogress,

plagiarism（剽窃）yismyintelligenceinsultedasoneassumesI

won’tdetectapolishedpieceofprofromanotherwi-averagewriter,butIfeel

shave

styleslikefingerprintsandafterveralassignments,Icanmatchastudent’s

workwithhisorhernameevenifit’smissingfromtheupperleft-handcorner.

Whyislearninglessimportantthanahighergrade-pointaverage（GPA）?When

we’rethreatenedorsick,wemakeconditionalpromis.“Ifyouletmepassmath

Iwill….”“Lord,ifyougetmeoverthisbeforethebighomecominggameI’

ll….”Oncethesituationisbehindus,ature?Perhaps,

butwedouthatcliché（陈词滥调）

interferenceduringdistressisasked;ll,fewfulfill

thecontract,?

Sixyearsago,urnedinanessaywith

lthattime,bothhis

out-of-classandin-classworkwereborderlinepassing.

IquestionedthepersonregardinghissayandhesworeitI’dunderstandthis

copywouldnothavethetimeandattentionanout-of-classpaperisgiven,buthe

nehour,then

ontedhim

withbothessays.“Ipromi….,I’toyouthatIwrotethe

essay.I’mjustnervoustoday.”

TheheadoftheEnglishdepartmentagreedwithmyfinding,andthemeetingwith

thedeanhadtheboy’nhourofdiscussion,touchingon

eightoftheboy’sprevioussaysandhisgrade-pointaverage,whichindicated

hewasalreadyonacademicprobation（留校察看）,thedeanagreedthatthestudent

entsprotested,“He’sonlyachild”andweinstructors

epeoplearenotreallychildrenand

mosttimeswouldrentbeinglabeledassuch….Exceptinthisuncomfortable

circumstance.

ingtotheauthor,studentscommitplagiarismmainlyfor_____.

A．moneyB．degreeC．higherGPAD．reputation

tence“Oncethesituationisbehindus,soarethepromis’implies

that_________.

A．studentsusuallykeeptheirpromis

B．somestudentstendtobreaktheirpromis

C．thepromisarealwaysbehindthesituation

D．wecannotjudgethesituationinadvance,aswedotothepromis

“borderlinepassing”（Line3,Para.3）probablymeans____________.

A．fairlygoodB．extremelypoor

C．aboveaverageD．belowaverage

’sparentsthoughttheirsonshouldbeexcudmainly

becau_______________.

A．teachersshouldbecompassionate

B．hewasonlyachild

C．instructorswerewir

D．hewasthreatened

fthefollowingmightrveasthetitleofthispassage?

A．HumanNatureB．ConditionalPromis

C．HowtoDetectCheatingD．TheSadnessofPlagiarism

SectionIVTranslation(20points)

Directions:InthisctionthereisapassageinEnglishTranslatethepassageinto

ChineandwriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.

Poweringthegreatongoingchangesofourtimeistheriofhumancreativity

vityhascometobevalued,becau

newtechnologies,result,our

rcommitmentto

creativityinitsvarieddimensionsthatformstheunderlyingspiritofourage.

Creativityisntialtothewayweliveandworktoday,andinmanyns

advancesinstandardofliving–-nottomentionthebig

competitiveadvantagesinthemarketplace--alwayshavecomefrom”betterrecipes,

notjustmorecooking.”Onemightarguethat’htpoint

out,forinstance,thatduringthelongperiodfromtheearlydaysontheIndustrial

Revolutiontomoderntimes,muchofthegrowthinproductivityandmaterialwealth

intheindustrialnationscamenotjustfromcreativeinventionslikethesteam

engine,butfromthewidespreadapplicationof“cookinginquantity”business

methodslikemassivedivisionoflabor,concentrationofasts,vertical

methodsthemlveswerecreative

developments.

参考答案

人类创造力的提升，作为经济生活所定义的特征，为我们这个时代正在发生的巨大变化，提

供了巨大的动力。因为新的技术，新的工业，新的财富都伴随着创造力产生，创造力逐渐受

到重视。所以，我们的生活中和社会中，开始回响着创造性的思想。正是我们在各个方面对

创造力的认同，形成了我们这个时代潜在的精神。

创造力对于我们今天的生活和工作是致关重要的，从许多意义上来说曾经也是。在不设

计大市场中大的竞争优势的情况下，生活水平的大幅度提高总是来自更好的食谱，而不是更

多的烹饪。也许会有人提出这并不完全正确。有人也许会举例指出，从早期的工业革命到现

代化时代这么长的时期内，在工业领域中，许多生产效率的进步和物质财富的增长并不仅仅

来源煜创造性的发明，如蒸气机，还来源于讲求量的商业方法的广泛应用，比如大规模的劳

动力划分，资本集中，纵向联合和经济规模。但是这些方法本身就是创造性的发展。

SectionVWriting(20points)

Inthisction,youareaskedtowriteanessaybadonthefollowingtable.

uldwriteatleast150wordson

theANSWERSHEET

AccidentsinaChineCity(2005)

Mainaccidentcaus

Numberofaccidents

in2005

Percentageri(+)orfall(-)

Driverstrainingleftwithoutduecare

608

+10%

Driversturningtooclotoothervehicles

411

+9%

pedestrianscrossingroadscarelessly

401

+12%

Driversdrivingundertheinfluenceofalcohol

281

+15%

Driversfailingtogiveasignal

264

-5%

2007年MBA英语联考真题参考答案

SectionIVocabularyandStructure(20x0.5=10points)

1--5:BAADB6--10:DCCDC

11--15:BACCC16--20:BABAD世纪考试网版权所有

SectionIICloze(15x1=15points)

21--25CADBA26—30BDCABB

31--35ABDBA36—40BBCDC

SectionIIIReadingComprehension(20x2=40points)

41--45:CADBC46--50:BCADA

51--55:ABCCA55--60:CBDBD

SectionIVTranslation(20x1=20points)(参考译文)

作为经济生活所表明的特征，人类社会创造力的提升为我们这个时代正在发生的巨大的

变化提供了巨大的动力。由于许多新的技术，新兴的工业以及新的财富都源自于创造力，所

以，它的价值业已凸现出来。因此，各种创新的观念开始在我们的生活和社会中传播开来。

正是人们在各个领域对创造力的认同才形成了我们这个时代精神的基础。

创造力对我们当今的生活和工作方式至关重要，而且在许多方面始终如此。生活水平的

大幅度提高总是来源于更好的食谱，而不只是烹饪更多的食品，更不用说在市场条件下那些

大的竞争优势了。然而，有人则会认这并不完全正确。比如说，有人也许会指出从早期的工

业化时代到现代这么长的时期里，一些工业国家的生产力的大幅度提高和物资财富的大量增

长并不仅仅是来自于象蒸气机这样的创造性的发明；而且还得益于“大量烹饪”商业模式的

广泛使用。如大规模的劳动力的分工，资产的集中，纵向联合以及规模经济等，但是所有这

些模式本身就是创造性的发展。

范文

Ascanbeenfromtheabovetable,comparingtothepast,in2005,thetraffic

accidentsinChinecitywerestillignoredbybothdriversandpedestrians.

Recordsshowthatsomebadlychangeshadtakenplaceinthefollowingaspects.

Intheyearof2005,accidentsinaChinecitycaudbydriverstrainingleft

withoutduecaregrew10%,versturningtoocloto

othervehiclescauthenumberofaccidentstobe411,whichis9%addedcomparing

ghtherewasonly281accidentsrelatedwithdriversdrivingunder

theinfluenceofalcohol,itstillincread15%whichwasthegreatestchangeof

sthedrivers,thetablealsotellsusthopedestrianscrossingroads

carelesslycan’tbeignored,withwhichthenumberofaccidentsis401associated.

Itisnodifficultjobforustocomeupwithsomepossiblefactorsthatare

thing,thegovernmentisstillnotawareof

vernmentofficers’failing

ther,

ivervendrive

undertheinfluenceofalcohol;somedriversturntooclotoanothervehiclesor

overtakeanothervehiclesinfrontinordertocatchpleasantnsationforamoment.

Besides,animportantfactorworthourconcernisthatourpedestriansalwayscross

tizenvenviolatetrafficrulesinorderforconvenient.

Consideringthecurrentissueandworningsituation,weshouldcallforsome

rwords,ourgovernmentofvariouslevelsmustmake

s,

thegeneralpublicshouldalsobemadeawarethatanypromptsolutionisofbenefit

toall.

Therefore,it’sthedutyofordinarypeopletoactivelyparticipateintheaction.

Asadriver,weshoulddrivehiscarcarefully,especiallywhentheweatherisbad;

asapedestrian,weshouldnotcrossaroadwhenthetrafficlightsdonotpermit

themto.