2023年工商管理學位英語考試模擬題閱讀理解題

工商管理學位英語考試模擬題—閱讀理解題1.TheEnglisｈhaｖetherepｕtａt(yī)ionofｂeiｎｇvｅrydifferｅntfrｏｍallotｈernatｉoｎａlｉtｉes.ItisclａimedthatｌivｉngoｎanｉslaｎdseparatedfromtherestofＥuｒoｐehasｍuｃｈｔｏdoｗithiｔ．Wｈatｅｖerｔhｅreａｓｏｎs,ｉｔmayｂｅfairlyｓtａt(yī)edtｈａt(yī)thｅEｎglisｈmanhasdeveｌｏpｅdsoｍeattitudesandｈaｂitsdiｓtiｎｇuｉsｈinｇhiｍfｒomothernatioｎａlｉtieｓ．Bｒｏadlyspeaｋing，theEnｇｌisｈmaｎisａquiet，shｙ，aｎdreseｒvedｐersonamｏngpeoｐlｅhｅkｎowｓｗell.Beforestranｇershｅoftenｓeemsinｈibｉted,ｅveｎemｂarrassed．Yｏｕｈaｖeonlytowｉｔnesｓaraiｌwａycｏmpartmenｔａnymｏrｎingorｅvenｉｎgtoｓｅethetruｔh．Seriouｓ-lookingbusinessmenａndwomｅnsｉtrｅａdingtｈeｉrnewsｐａpersoｒｄozｉｎg(打盹)ｉnaｃornｅr,anｄｎｏｏneｓpｅakｓ.ＡnEnglisｈｗitｏｎcesｕggeｓｔｅdｔｏoversｅasvｉｓiｔors，"Onｅnｔerｉnｇapartｍeｎｔｓhakeｈaｎdswiｔｈａlｌthｅpassｅｎgｅrs."Nｅedlesstoｓａy,hewaｓｎotｂｅingsｅrｉous.Therｅiｓanｕｎｗrｉttenbuｔcｌearlｙｕｎderstoodｃodｅofbehavior,which,ｉｆbrokｅn,ｍａkeｓｔｈeｐeｒsoｎiｍｍeｄiａt(yī)elytheobjectofsusｐicion.Itiｓｗeｌlkｎoｗnｔｈａt(yī)ｔheＥnｇｌiｓhseldomｓｈｏｗoｐｅｎｌyｅｘtｒｅｍesofeｎthusｉaｓｍ，emｏtioneｔｃ.Ofcｏurse,ａnＥｎglisｈmanfeelsnoｌessthａnanyoｔheｒnationality.Imagｉneaｍancommentingｏnｔheｇrｅatbeautyofayｏｕｎggirｌ．Aｍａｎofmoreeｍotiｏnalｔｅｍpｅrａmeｎtｍiｇｈtdesｃribehｅras"aｍａrvelｏuｓjewel",wｈiletｈeEngｌiｓｈmａnwillflａｔｌyｓtaｔe"Ｕｍ，shｅ'ｓａlｌriｇｈt."AnEnglｉshmaｎｍayrecomｍｅnｄaｈigｈlyｓuccessfuｌaｎdｅnjoyablｅfiｌｍtofｒieｎｄsｂycｏmmenｔing，＂It'ｓnotbａｄ.＂Theｏｖerseａsvisitoｒｓmｕｓtnoｔbｅdisaｐpointeｄbythiｓａppａrｅｎｔｌackofｉnteresｔ.Theyｍuｓtrealｉzethａt(yī)＂aｌlright","ｎoｔbaｄ＂aｒeveryofｔｅｎｕsedwitｈtheｓenｓｅof"firstclａss",＂excellent"．ThisspecialuseoｆｌaｎgｕaｇeispartｉcｕlａrlｙcomｍoninEｎglisｈ.1．OneｅxplaｎatｉonforthedifferenｔchａractｅroｆEnglｉｓhpｅopleｉｓｔｈａt(yī)________.[A］ｔheyaｒｅgeogrａphicaｌlyisoｌateｄfｒoｍthｅEuｒopｅaｎcontｉnent[B］tｈeyhａvｅnｏtｈiｎgtoｄｏwitｈthｅｏtheｒEuｒoｐｅaｎs[C]theylikｅtokeｅpquｉｅｔamongtｈeｉracｑuaintanｃes[D］theytｅnｄｔoｂｅreｓｅrvedbｙnature2.Ｔhｅｗorｄ"iｎｈｉbited"(Linｅ2，Ｐara.2)iｎｔhispassａgeproｂablｙmeans________.[Ａ]ｕｎablｅｔoｈavｅgoｏdmanｎers[Ｃ］aｂletoactpropｅrlｙ[B]ｕｎａblｅtoeｘｐressandrelａxfrｅely[D]abletoｔalkfrｅely3.Acｃordingtotｈｅpassaｇｅ,ｏｎeｎtｅrｉngaraiｌwayｃｏmｐartｍｅnt,aｎoverｓｅａsvisｉｔｏrisexpectedto____＿_＿_.[Ａ]iｎquireaｂoｕtｔｈｅｃoｄeoｆbehａvｉorｉnthetrain[C]ｓhakeｈanｄswiｔhtｈeｐersｏnｈeknoｗs[B］sｈａｋehaｎdsｗithallthｅpaｓsengeｒs[D]ｂehavelikｅanEnglishmaｎ4.TheEｎgｌisｈwaｙofcommeｎtingｏnsｏmetｈｉngorsomeboｄｙsugｇeｓｔstｈat_＿＿____＿.［A]ｔｈｅEｎｇｌisharｅｍｏdestiｎmostciｒcuｍstances［Ｂ]theEnglｉshfｅeｌnolessｔhanaｎyｏtｈeｒnatｉonaｌiｔy[C]tｈeEnglishtendtoｄisplaｙleｓsemotionthanｔhｅｙfeeｌ[D]thｅEnglｉsｈdon'ttａkeａｓtrｏngiｎterestiｎmaｋｉngcｏmｍeｎt5.Whaｔdoesthepassaｇeｍａinｌydiscuss？[A］ＴhｅdiffereｎcｅsｂetweentｈeＥnglｉshandｔｈｅotherEuroｐｅaｎs.[B]ThediffｅｒentchaｒacteｒｏftheEｎglｉshｍananditsreasｏn.［Ｃ］TｈerｅａｓoｎsｆorEnｇｌｉshpeｏple＇sshyｎeｓs．［Ｄ]ＴhecodeofbｅhaｖｉorｏftｈenatｉonaliｔｉesinＥuropｅ．答案及解析：１.A細節(jié)題。文章第一段第二句指出，據(jù)稱英國人與其他國家的人性格之所以不同，與他們居住在一個與其他歐洲國家隔絕的孤島有很大關系，所以A對的。２.B語義題。結合上文的tｈeEnglisｈmanｉsaquiet,ｓhy，resｅｒveｄpersonaｍoｎｇpeｏpleheknowsｗell可知,在熟人面前英國人都是安靜、害羞、少言寡語的,由此推斷,他們見到陌生人，更回感到拘束和緊張,所以B對的。3.D推斷題。結合文章第二段引述的進入車廂時應當和所有乘客握手和Needｌeｓstｏsaｙ，heｗasnotbeingsｅrｉｏuｓ可知,引述部分只是一句戲言，作者真正想要表達的意思是,外國人不能違反英國人那一套行為規(guī)則,所以Ｄ對的。4．C推斷題。文章第三段指出,英國人很少公開表露極端的熱情和情感,盡管英國人的感受并不比其別人的少，隨后列舉的英國人謙虛、冷漠的表達方式都表每年感了英國人對情感的表現(xiàn)很節(jié)制,所以C對的。5.B主旨題。文章重要要談了英國人沉默、情感不外露的性格特性及其形成的因素,所以B對的。2．Brazilｈasｂeｃｏｍeonｅｏfｔhｅdevelopingｗｏrlｄ’sgｒeatｓuｃcessesatredｕcinｇpｏｐulationｇｒowthbutmｏｒebyａccidentｔｈatdesigｎ．WhilecountｒiｅsｓuｃｈaｓInｄiａhaveｍadeｊoiｎteffortsｔｏreducebiｒｔｈｒaｔｅｓ,Braｚiｌｈashadｂeｔterresｕltｗｉｔhoutreaｌlytrｙinｇ,sayｓGeorgeMaｒtｉneatHarvard.

Bｒaziｌ’spopulationgｒowｔhｒaｔeｈasdｒoppｅdｆｒoｍ2.99%ayearｂeｔweｅn19５1anｄ1960to１.93%ayeaｒbetween198１and1990,ａｎdＢrａziｌianwomennowhavｅonly２.7ｃｈildrenonaverage.Martineｓayｓtｈiｓfigureｍａyhａvefalleｎstｉlｌｆuｒｔheｒsinｃe1９9０,aｎaｃｈｉｅｖeｍeｎtthatmakesittｈeｅnvyｏfmaｎyotｈeｒThirdWorldcountrｉes.?Martｉnｅｐutsitｄownｔo，ａｍoｎgotheｒthiｎｇs,ｓoapopｅｒas(通俗電視連續(xù)劇)andｉnstａlment(分期付款）plａnsｉntｒoducedｉnthe１9７0s.Bothplayｅｄａnimpｏrtaｎt,ａltｈoughｉndirect,roleiｎlowerｉngｔhebirｔhrａt(yī)e.Ｂrａｚilisonｅofthｅｗorｌd’sbigｇestpｒoｄｕceersofsoaｐｏpｅrａｓ.Ｇlobl,Bｒａziｌ’ｓmｏｓtｐｏpulartelevisionnetworｋ,showsthｒeehｏｕrｓofｓoａpsｓixnighｔsａｗeek,whilethrｅeotｈersshowaｔleasｔｏｎehｏurａnｉght.Mostｓoaｐsarebasｅｄonweａlthｙcｈaracteｒsｌiｖinｇtheｈｉｇhliｆｅinｂigcitiｅｓ.

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Meanwhilｅ，ｔｈeiｎｓｔaｌｍentｐlanstriedtｏencouraｇetｈepoortobｅcomeconｓｕｍers."Tｈｉｓledtoａneｎormouｓchａngein?consｕmｐtionｐatｔernｓandconsumptionｗaｓincoｍpatｉble(不相容的）withuｎlｉｍiteｄreproducｔｉon．"saysＭaｒtine.?1.Accordingｔｏthｅpasｓage，Ｂrａziｌｈascuｔbaｃｋitsｐopuｌaｔｉonｇrｏwｔh＿_＿____.

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2.Acｃｏrdingtｏｔｈepaｓｓage,manyＴhiｒdWoｒldcouｎtｒiｅｓ_______．

A)haven’ｔatｔacｈedｍuchiｍpｏrtａnceｔobiｒthconｔrｏl?B)wouldsoonjoinBｒａzilｉｎcontroｌlingtheiｒbiｒtｈrａt(yī)ｅ?Ｃ)ｈaｖｅn’ｔyｅtfoｕndaneffectｉvemeasuｒeｔocontroltheirpopulation?D)negｌectedtheｒoleofTＶpｌａysinfamｉlyｐｌanning?3.Ｔhepｈrase"putｓitdownｔo＂(Ｌｉnｅ1，Pａrａ．３)iｓclosｅｓｔiｎmeａｎiｎgto"______＿"

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D)compareｓitｔo

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B)thｅyhａｖegｒaｄｕａｌlychanｇｅｄｐeｏｐｌe’swａyｏfｌife?C）pｅoｐleareｄrawntotheirattｒactivｅpａckage?Ｄ)theypopuｌariｚebirtｈｃoｎtrｏlmeasures

5.WhatiｓMarｔine’sｃoncｌusionaboｕtBraziｌ’spoｐulatiｏｎgrｏｗth？?A)Theincrｅaｓｅｉｎbｉrthrateｗilｌpｒomoteconｓumption.

B）Thedesireforconsumpｔionｈeｌｐstoredｕcebirthrate.

C)Coｎsumpｔｉonpatteｒｎｓandｒepｒoduｃｔｉonpatteｒnｓareｃｏntradicｔory.

D)Acouｎtｒy’ｓpｒodｕｃｔionislimitｅdbｙiｔspoｐｕlatｉongｒｏwtｈ.?答案及解析：?這是一篇關于巴西人口增長率下降因素分析的說明文。短文開門見山提出主題：巴西人口增長率下降重要是意外的因素(bｙａccideｎｔ);第二段列舉人口增長率下降的數(shù)據(jù);而后用三段篇幅剖析兩大特殊因素:通俗電視連續(xù)劇和分斯付款計劃，第三段第三句至第四段剖析連續(xù)劇導致人口增長率下降的機理,第五段講分期付款帶來的消費模式的改變及其與人口繁殖的關系。

1.(A）主題句理解。短文第一句中mｏｒｅbyacｃidｅｎtthandesign相稱于moreｂyｃｈancethａｎonpurposｅ.

2.(D)要點定位推斷。短文中兩處提到TｈirdＷorｌdcountrieｓ:①第一段第二句“cｏunｔｒｉessuchasInｄiａ”;②第二段最后一句“aｎachievementｔhａt(yī)ｍaｋesitｔｈeenvyoｆmanｙｏthｅrTｈｉrdWｏrｌdcoｕntriｅｓ”。兩句都考（試^＊大暗示這些國家做得不如巴西成功。

３．(D)詞語理解。由上下文擬定pｕtitdowｎto中的iｔ指上文巴西成功減少人口增長率的事實,句中tｏ后接的是導致這一事實的兩大因素(電視劇和分期付款計劃)，前后顯然是一種因果關系。?4.(A)要點定位歸納。本題指向第三、四兩段關于電視連續(xù)劇影響人口出生率的要點:電視劇中把上層階級行為模式和價值觀包裝得十分誘人，傳遞到巴西的各個地方，影響著各個階層的生活方式。少生孩子就是這一生活方式的一大特點。

5.(B)要點結論歸納。coｎclusｉｏｎ必然在短文最后一段,由cｏｎｓumｐｔionwａｓincｏｍpaｔiblewiｔhuｎｌimitedreprodｕction即可歸納結論Ｂ。3．ＷheｎＭiｋeKellyfirstsetouｔtobuildhisｏｗnｐrivatespａcｅ-ferryseｒvice,hefiguredhｉsbreａｄ-ａnd-buttｅrbｕsｉnesswoｕldbｅlｏfｔｉnｇsatelliteｓinｔohiｇｈ－Eartｈｏrbｉt．Noｗhetｈiｎｋshｅｍayhaｖefigｕredｗrong."Peoplewerealwａｙsaｓｋingmewhentheycoulｄgｏ,＂saｙｓKelｌy,wｈoｒｕnsKｅｌlySｐａcｅ&TeｃhnoｌogｙoｕtｏｆSaｎＢｅrnardino,Aｃcoｒdingtｏprｅｌiｍinaryｍaｒketsurveｙs，thereaｒe10,000wouldｂｅｓｐａｃetｏurｉstsｗillingｔosｐend＄1miｌｌｉoneaｃhtoｖｉsittｈefinalfrｏｎｔieｒ．ＳpaceＡdvｅntureiｎAｒlingtoｎ，VｉｒgiｎｉaThｉｓmayalｌsｏundgreａt(yī),ｂutthereaｒeaｆｅwhｕｒdleｓ.Puｔtingasimplesatelｌiteｉntｏorbiｔ-witｈｎoｏxygen,ｌifｅｓuｐｐortorrｅturｎｔrｉpｎｅceｓsａrｙ-alｒeａdyｃostｓanastronｏｍiｃal＄22,０００/kｇ.Ａｎdthatｄｏeｓn'tｉncludeｔheｃoｓtofｉｎsｕringrichandpossiblylitigｉouspassengeｒ．JohnPikｅｏfｔｈeFederaｔｉonofAmｅrｉｃaｎSciｅntistｓａceｒbiｃaｌｌｙsuｇgｅｓtsthatthｅentiregroｕpofｅnｔreprｅnｅuｒstryｉngtocoｒneｒtｈｅsｐace－tourismmarｋetｈａvebetwｅｅｎtｈeｍ"justenｏughmoneytoblowｕponｅrｏcｋｅt．"ＴheU．Ｓ．ｓpaceａgｅnｃｙhａspｌｅｎtyofmｏｎeｙｂutzerointerｅstiｎmaｋingｓpacelessｅｘpensｉｖeforthelittlｅｇuyｓ.Soｔhelittleguysａreraciｎgｔoｄowhａｔｔheｇｏvernmeｎthasｆailedｔoｄo:desｉｇｎarｅuｓaｂlelauｎchsystemtｈａｔ'ｓｉnexｐｅnsiｖe，saｆeａndrｅliａble．KｅllySpaｃｅ'ｓprotｏｔypｅｌooksｌiｋeaplａnethathasspｒoutedｒoｃkｅtenｇines.RotaｒyＲoｃketｉｎRedwｏodＣity,Calｉｆoｒniａ,hasａboｏsterwithrotoｒsmａkeaheliｃopter-stylerｅturｎtoEａｒtｈ;KｉstｌeｒＡeroｓpａcｅinKirｋland，Ｗａshｉnｇｔｏｎ,ispieｃingｔogethｅｒｉtsversionsfromｏlｄSovieｔengines，shuttｌe-stｙlｅthｅｒmalｐrｏtｅctiontilｅsanｄanelaｂorateparachuteｓystem.Thｅｆirsｔpaｓsengerｃountｄｏｗｎsareｓtillyearsaｗay，ｂuｔbureaｕcratsatｔheFederalＡviationAdｍinistｒａｔioｎinForthosewhoareｉntenｔｏｎjoｉningthe100-mｉlｅhighcｌｕb,ＨiltonａｎdBuｄgｅtarｅploｔtinｇtｏbｕildspacehｏtels.BｅforetheRussiａnspaｃeMircameｄown，someｐｅｏｐlｅweretalkｉｎgａｂoutｕsｉngitasａｌow-rentspacemotｅltoｒｅducethecosｔ.Ifaspacｅhoｔeliｓfiｎalｌybuiltinｓｐａce,aｎdifyoｕ'rｅtｈinkｉｎgofstａyingｉnｉt,ｙoｕmａywanｔtoｃhecｋtheMichｅlｉnｒatinｇsbeforebｏokingyoｕrsｅlfasuite.１．Ｗｈｉcｈｏfｔｈｅfｏｌloｗｉｎgｉｓthebｅsttitleｆorthepassａｇe？

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