MBA英語真題和解析知識資料

1、【經典資料，WORD文檔，可編輯修改】 【經典考試資料，答案附后，看后必過，WORD文檔，可修改】 2015MB/英語真題和解析 Section 1 Use of Eninglish Directions : Millions of Americans and foreigners see GI.Joe as a mindless war toy ,the symbol of American military adventurism, but that s not how it used to be .To the men and women who 1 )in World War II a

2、nd the people they liberated ,the GI.was the 2) man grown into hero ,the pool farm kid torn away from his home ,the guy who 3) all the burdens of battle ,who slept in cold foxholes,who went without the 4) of food and shelter ,who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder .this was not a v

3、olunteer soldier ,not someone well paid ,5) an average guy ,up 6 )the best trained ,best equipped ,fiercest ,most brutal enemies seen in centuries 。 His name is not much.GI. is just a military abbreviation 7) Government Issue ,and it was on all of the article 8) to soldiers .And Joe? A common name f

4、or a guy who n ever 9) it to the top .Joe Blow ,Joe Magrac a work ing class n ame.The United States has 10) had a president or vicepresident or secretary of state Joe 。 GI .joe had a (11)career fighting German ,Japanese , and Korean troops . He appers as a character ,or a (12 ) of american personali

5、ties, in the 1945 movie The Story of GI. Joe, based on the last days of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle(13)portrayde themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the (14)side of the warl, writi ng about the dirt-s now an d-mud soldiers, not how many miles were(15)or w

6、hat tow ns were captured or liberated, His reports(16)the “willie ” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men( 17)the dirt and exhaustion of war, the (18)of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep. (19)

7、Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, G.l. Joe was any American soldier,(20)the most importa nt pers on in their lives 。 1. A performed Bserved Crebelled Dbetrayed 2. A actual Bcommo n Cspecial D normal 3. Abore Bcased Cremoved Dloaded 4. A n ecessities Bfacilitice Ccommodities Dpropertoes 5. A

8、and Bnor Cbut Dhence 6. Afor Binto C form Dagainst 7. Ameaning Bimplying Csymbolizing Dclaiming 8. Aha nded out Btur n over Cbrought back Dpassed dow n 9. Apushed Bgot Cmade Dma naged 10. Aever Bn ever Ceither Dn either 11. Adisguised Bdisturbed Cdisputed Ddist in guished 12. Acompany Bcollection Cc

9、ommunity Dcolony 13. Aemployed Bappointed Cinterviewed Dquestioned 14. Aethical Bmilitary Cpolitical Dhuma n 15. Aruined Bcommuted Cpatrolled Dgained 16. Aparalleled Bcounteracted Cduplicated Dcontradicted 17. Aneglected Bavoided Cemphasized Dadmired 18. Astages Billusions Cfragments Dadvancea 19. A

10、With BTo CAmong DBeyond 20. Aon the contrary B by this means Cfrom the outset Dat that point Section II Resdi ong Comprehe nsion Part A Directi ons: Read the following four texts. answer the question after each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text 1 Homew

11、orkhas never been terribly popular with students and even many parents, but in rece nt years it has bee n particularly scor ned. School districts across the coun try, most rece ntly Los An geles Un ified, are revisi ng their th in ki ng on his educati onal ritual. Unfortun ately, L.A. Un ified has p

12、roduced an in flexible policy which man dates that with the excepti on of some adva need courses, homework may no Ion ger count for more tha n 10% of a stude nt s academic grade。 This rule is meant to address the difficulty that stude nts from impoverished or chaotic homesmight have in completing th

13、eir homework. But the policy is unclear and contradictory. Certainly, no homeworkshould be assigned that students cannot do without expensive equipment. But if the district is essentially giving a pass to students who do not do their homework because of complicated family lives, it is going riskily

14、close to the implication that standards need to be lowered for poor childre n 。 District administrators say that homework will still be a pat of schooling: teachers are allowed to assign as muchof it as they want. But with homeworkcounting for no more than 10%of their grades, students can easily ski

15、p half their homework and see vey little difference on their report cards. Some students might do well on state tests without complet ing their homework, but what about the stude nts who performed well on the tests and did their homework? It is quite possible that the homework helped. Yet rather tha

16、 n empoweri ng teachers to find what works best for their stude nts, the policy imposes a flat, across-the-board rule 。 At the sametime, the policy addresses none of the truly thorny questions about homework. If the district finds homework to be uni mporta nt to its stude nts academic achieveme nt,

17、it should move to reduce or elim in ate the assig nmen ts, not makethem count for almost nothing. Conversely, if homeworkdoes nothing to ensure that the homework stude nts are not assig ning more tha n they are willi ng to review and correct 。 The homework rules should be put on hold while the schoo

18、l board, which is resp on sible for sett ing educatio nal policy, looks into the matter and con ducts public hearings. It is not too late for L.A. Unified to do homework right 21.lt is implied in paragraph 1 that no wadays homework _ 。 A is recei ving more criticism B is no Ion ger an educati onal r

19、itual C is not required for adva need courses D is gai ning more prefere nces A te nd to have moderate expectati ons for their educati on B have asked for a differe nt educati onal sta ndard C may have problems fin ishi ng their homework D have voiced their compla ints about homework 23. _ Accordi n

20、g to Paragraph 3,one problem with the policy is that it may _ A discourage stude nts from doing homework B result in stude nts in differe nee to their report cards C undermine the authority of state tests D restrict teachers power in educatio n 24. As men ti oned in Paragraph 4, a key questi on unan

21、 swered about homework is whether _ . A it should be elim in ated B it counts much in schooli ng C it places extra burde ns on teachers D it is importa nt for grades 25. A suitable title for this text could be _ 。 A Wro ng In terpretati on of an Educati onal Policy B A Welcomed Policy for Poor Stude

22、 nts C Thorny Questi ons about Homework D A Faulty Approach to Homework Text2 Pretty in pink: adult women do not rememer being so obsessed with the colour, yet it is pervasive in our young girls lives. Tt is not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rain bow and, though

23、it maycelebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuses girls identity to a ppearanee. The n it prese nts that conn ecti on, eve n among two-year-olds, betwee n girls as not only innocent but as evide nee of innocen ce. Look ing aroun d, I despaired at the sin gular lack of imag in

24、atio n about girls lives and in terests 。 Girls attraction to pink mayseemunavoidable, somehowencoded in their DNA, but according to Jo Paoletti, an associate professor of American Studies, it is not. Childre n were not colour-coded at all un til the early 20th cen tury: in the era before domestic w

25、ash ing mach ines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them. What s more, both boys and girls wore what were thought of as gender-n eutral dresses.Whe n nu rsery colours were in troduced, pink was actually con sidered the more masculi n

26、e colour, a pastel version of red, which was associated with strength. Blue, with its intimations of the Virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolised femininity. It was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children s marketing strategy, that pink

27、fully came into its own, when it bega n to seem in here ntly attractive to girls, part of what defi ned them as female, at least for the first few critical years 。 I had not realised how profoundly marketing trends dictated our perception of what is n atural to kins, in clud ing our core beliefs abo

28、ut their psychological development. Take the toddler. I assumedthat phase was something experts developed after years of research into children s behaviour: wrong. Turns out, acdording to Daniel Cook, a historia n of childhood con sumerism, it was popularised as a marketi ng trick by clothi ng manu

29、facrurers in the 1930s 。 Trade publicati ons coun selled departme nt stores that, in order to in crease sales, they should create a “third stepping stone ” between infant wear and older kids clothes. Tt was only after “toddler ” becamea commonshoppers term that it evolved in to a broadly accepted de

30、velopme ntal stage. Splitti ng kids, or adults,i nto ever-ti nier categories has proved a sure-fire way to boost profits. And one of the easiest ways to segme nt a market is to magnify gen der differe nces -or invent them where they did not previously exist 。 26. By saying it is.the rainbow(Line 3,

31、Para.1) , the author means pink _ 。 A should not be the sole represe ntati on of girlhood B should not be associated with girls innocence C ca nnot explai n girls lack of imag in ati on D ca nnot in flue nce girls lives and in terests 27. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is true of c

32、olours? A Colours are en coded in girls DNA 。 B Blue used to be regarded as the colour for girls 。 C P ink used to be a n eutral colour in symbolis ing gen ders 。 D White is prefered by babies 。 28. The author suggests that our perception of childrens psychological developme nt was much in flue need

33、 by _ 。 A the market ing of products for childre n B the observati on of childre ns n ature C researches into childre ns behavior D studies of childhood con sumpti on 29. _ We may learn from Paragraph 4 that department stores were advised to _ 。 A focus on infant wear and older kids clothes B attach

34、 equal importa nee to differe nt gen ders C classify con sumers into smaller groups D create some com mon shoppers terms 30.lt can be con cluded that girls attracti on to pink seems to be_ 。 A clearly expla ined by their inborn tendency B fully un derstood by clothi ng manu facturers C mainly impose

35、d by profit-drive n bus in essme n D well in terpreted by psychological experts Text3 In 2010. a federal judge shook Americas biotech industry to its core. Companies had won pate nts for isolated DNA for decades-by 2005 some 20% of huma n genes were parented. But in March 2010 a judge ruled that gen

36、es were unpatentable. Executives were viole ntlyagitated. The Biotech no logy In dustry Orga ni sati on (BIO), a trade group, assured membersthat this was just a “ prelim inary step ” in a Ion ger battle. On July 29th they were relieved, at least temporarily. A federal appeals court overtur ned the

37、prior decisi on ,ruli ng that Myriad Gen etics could in deed holb pate nts to two genss that help forecast a womans risk of breast cancer. The chief executive of Myriad, a companyin Utah,said the ruling was a blessing to firms and patients alike. But as companies continue their attempts at personali

38、sed medicine, the courts will rema in rather busy. The Myriad case itself is probably not over Critics make three main argume nts aga inst gene pate nts: a gene is a product of n ature, so it may not be pate nted; gene pate nts suppress inno vati on rather tha n reward it; and pate nts mono polies r

39、estrict access to gen etic tests such as Myriads. A grow ing nu mber seem to agree.Last year a federal task-force urged reform for pate nts related to genetic tests. In October the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolated DNA molecule “ is no less a product of

40、 n ature. tha n are cott on fibres that have bee n separated from cott on seeds. ” Despite the appeals courts decisi on, big questi ons rema in unan swered. For example, it is unclear whether the sequencing of a whole genomeviolates the patents of in divi dual genes withi n it. The case may yet reac

41、h the Supreme Court. As the industry advances ,however,other suits may have an even greater panies are unlikely to file many more patents for human DNA molecules-most are already patented or in the public domain .firms are nowstudying how genes intcract,looking for correlations that might be used to

42、 determine the causes of disease or predict a drug s efficacy,companies are eager to win patents for connecting the dits ,expaains hans sauer,alawyer for the BIO 。 Their success may be determ ined by a suit related to this issue, brought by the MayoClinic, which the SupremeCourt will hear in its nex

43、t term. The BIO rtcently held a convention which included seddions to coach lawyers on the shifting Iandscape for pate nts. Each meeti ng was packed 。 31.it canbe learned from paragraph I that the biotech companies would like - A. their executives to be active B. judges to rule out gene pate nting C

44、. ge nes to be patc ntablc D. the BIO to issue a warni ng 32. those who are aga inst gene pate nts believe that- A. ge netic tests are not reliable B. o nly man-made products are pate ntable C. pate nts on genes depe nd much on inno vatia on D. courts should restrict access to gene tic tests 33. acc

45、ord ing to hans sauer ,compa nies are eager to win pate nts for- A. establishi ng disease comelati ons B. discoveri ng gene in teractio ns C. draw ing pictures of genes D. ide ntifyi ng human DNA 34. By saying “each meeting waspacked” (line4,para6)the author meansthat - A. the supreme court was auth

46、oritative B. the BIO was a powerful orga ni zati on C. ge ne pate nti ng was a great concern D. l awyers were kee n to atte nd conven ti ongs 35. generally speaking ,the author s attitude toward gene patenting is- A. critical B. supportive C. scornful D. objective Text 4 The great recessi on may be

47、over, but this era of high jobless ness is probably begi nning. Before it en ds, it will likely cha nge the life course and character of a gen eratio n of young adults. And ultimately, it is likely to reshape our politics,our culture, and the character of our society for years 。 No one tries harder

48、than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster. Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in someways; they had becomeless materialistic and more financially prude nt; they were more aware of the struggles of others. I n limited respects, per

49、haps the recession will leave society better off. At the very least, it has awoken us from our n atio nal fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a n ecessary end to an era of reckless pers onal spe nding 。 But for the most part, these ben efits seem thi n, un certa in, and far off. In

50、 The Moral Consequencesof Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both in side and outside the U.S. ,le ngthy periods of econo mic stag nati on or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the adv

51、anee of rights and freedoms. An ti-immigra nt sen time nt typically in creases, as does con flict betwee n races and classes。 In come in equality usually falls duri ng a recessi on, but it has not shr unk in this on e,. I ndeed, this period of econo mic weak ness may rein force class divides, and de

52、crease opport un ities to cross them- especially for young people. The research of Till Von Wachter, the econo mist in Columbia Un iversity, suggests that not all people graduati ng into a recessi on see their life cha nces dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly t

53、o where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left beh ind 。 In the internet age, it is particularly easy to see the rese ntme nt that has always bee n hidde n win thin America n society. More difficult, in the mome nt , is disce

54、rning precisely how these lean times are affecting society s character. In many respects, the U.S. was more socially tolerant entering this resession than at any time in its history, and a variety of national polls on social conflict since then have shown mixed results. We will have to wait and see

55、exactly how these hard times will reshape our social fabric. But they certainly it, and all the more so the Ion ger they exte nd 。 36. By saying “ to find silver linings ” (Line 1,Para.2)the author suggest that the jobless try to _ 。 A seek subsidies from the govemme nt B explore reas ons for the un

56、 ermployme nt C make profits from the troubled economy D look on the bright side of the recessi on 37. Accordi ng to Paragraph 2,the recessi on has made people _ 。 A realize the n ati onal dream B struggle against each other C challe nge their lifestyle D rec on sider their lifestyle 38. _ Be njamin

57、 Friedma n believe that econo mic recessi ons may _ A impose a heavier burde n on immigra nts B bri ng out more evils of huma n n ature C Promote the adva nee of rights and freedoms D ease con flicts betwee n races and classes 39. The research of Till Von Wachther suggests that in recession graduate

58、s from elite uni versities tend to _ 。 A lag behi nd the others due to decreased opport un ities B catch up quickly with experie need employees C see their life chances as dimmed as the others D recover more quickly tha n the others 4O.The author thinks that the in flue nce of hard times on society

59、is _ A certa in B positive C trivial D destructive Part B Directi ons: Read the follow ing text and an swer the questi ons by finding in formati on from the left column that corresponds to each of the marked details given in the right column. There are two extra choices in the right column. Mark you

60、r answers on ANSWER SHEERT 1.(10 poi nts) Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Menwhohave worked here, ” wrote the Victorian sage Thomas Carlyle. Well, not any more it is not 。 Suddenly, Britain looks to have fallen out with