MBA聯(lián)考英語練習(xí)題

Directions:Thereare20incompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestCompletesthesentence.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithapencil.

1.Hedidn'tseemtomind TVwhilehewastryingtostudy.

A.theirwatchingB.themwatchC.theywatchingD.themtowatch

Itissaidthatmorethanonepersoninthisdepartment

goingtolosehisjob.

A.areB.wereC.willD.is

Whenshe allthemagazines,she’llcomebackhome.

A.hassoldB.willsellC.sellD.wouldsell4.Themanufacturerclaimedthatthisengineis the

Previousone.

A.astwicepOwerfd8SB.powerfulastwiceasC.twicepowerfulasD.twiceaspowerfu1as

Nowhereelseintheworld moreattractivescenerythaninSwitzerland.

A.arefoundB.havebeenfoundC.youcanfindD.canyoufind

1fhehadnotbeenillyesterday，he toclass.

A.goB.wouldgoC.wouldhavegoneD.went

scienceandtechnologyhe1pthesocietytoprogressisafactacceptedbymostpeople.

A.ModernB.ThatmodernC.TheremodernD.Itismodern

oneoftheleadingnovelistsinAmerica，AmyTaylorhasalsowrittenanumberofpoemsandplays.

A.ConsideredB.ConsideringC.HavingconsideredD.Beenconsidered

Thestreetsareallwet.1t duringthenight。

A.mustberainingB.hadtorainC.musthaverainedD.hadrained

England’schiefexportsarecoa1，carsandcottongoods，cars

themostimportantofthese.

A.havebeenB.areC.beD.being

EverythingwassoexpensiveduringthewarthatitwasHardly

tosaveapenny.

A.LikelyB.feasibleC.probableD.possible

Theautomationhasmadeitpossibleto greatchangesindustry。.

A.bringaboutB.bringdownC.bringoutD.bringup

Thepolicestoppedhimbecausehe thetrafficregulation.

A.damagedB.destroyedC.brokeD.corrupted

Alltoo itwastimetogobacktoschoolaftertheglorioussummerholidays.

A.fastB.soonC.quickD.often

Thechiefmanagerrefusedto ontherumorthathewasgoingtoretire.

A.explainB.commentC.speakD.talk

Mr·Browngradual1y aknowledgeofthesubject.

A.requiredB.inquiredC.achievedD.acquired

IfIamnot whenyoucometomyoffice，askformysecretary.

A.suitab1eB.availableC.comfortableD.proper

peasantssupp1yworkerswithfood，andworkers supplypeasantswithmanufacturedgoods.

A.inturnB.byturnC.forreturnD.byreturn

Let'sgooutduringthebreakto ourlegs。

A.stretchB.expandC.moveD.extend

Ihavejust abeautifulpoeminthatlittlebook.

A.cometoB.comethroughC.comeacrossD.comeupPARTⅡReadingComprehension(50%)SectionA

Directions：Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachthemofthemareforchoicesmarkedA,B,candD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithapencil.

Questions21to24arebasedonthefollowingpassage：Americansliketodobusinesswithoutleavingtheircars.You'll

seedrive-inbanks，drive-inrestaurants，drive-inchurchesand

drive-inmovies.

WhendrivingintheU.S.,it'sagoodideatohaveaninternationalriver'slicenseifyoudon'thaveastatelicense.Eachofthefiftystateshasitsowntrafficlaws。Getinformationwhenyoucrosstheborderintoastateatatouristinformationcenter.

Thereisanationalspeedlimitof55milesperhour.Americansaregenerallypoliteaboutlettingcarsenterbusystreets.Theyusuallystopforpeoplewhoarewalkingtoletthemcrossthestreet.Inmanystatesyoumayturnrightafterstoppingatacorner,evenifthereisaredlight.Onsomeroadstheremaybeaminimumspeed.

Ifyourentacar,askthecompanywhattodoincaseyourcarbreaksdown.Somecompanieswillaskyoutocallaspecialnumber.Otherswillwantyoutohavethe'carrepaired.Theywillpartlydeductthecostoftherepairfromyourbill.

Mileage''canmeantwothings.Itmaymeanthetotalnumberofmilesacarhasbeendriven.Wesay“Thiscaronlyhas10,000milesonit;ithaslowmileage.”O(jiān)ntheotherhand,“gasmileage”isthenumberofmilesacarcantravelononeU.S.gallonofgas.Forexample,abigcar

hatgets25milestothegallongetsverygoodmileage.Asmalleconomycarshouldgetatleast35milestothegallonwhenit'snew.

Ifyouhaveastatedriver'slicense, .

youcandriveanywhereintheU.S.

youdon'thavetoapplyforaninternationaldriver'slicense

Youcannotacrosstheborderinacar

youmustknowthetrafficlawsofanotherstatebeforeyouenterit.

Ifyourrentedcarbreaksdown,somecompanieswill

.

foryouwithfreetelephoneservice

payyouacertainamountofyourtotalcostoftherepair

payyouthetotalcostoftherepair

sendworkerstorepairthecar

“Aneconomycar”heremayrefertoacarthat .

canbeboughtataratherlowprice

iseasytooperate

usesonlyasmallamountofgaspermile

isspecial1ydesignedforasmallfami1y

Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

Americansareusuallywillingtowaitforanothercartoenterbusystreets.

Americanscardoanythingwithoutleavingtheircars.

Americandriverscanignorearedlightwhentheywanttoturnright.

Americanscandriveat55milesperhoureverywhereintheircountry.

Questions25to28arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Therearerobotsallaroundus，Somedoverycomplicatedjobslikeflyingairplanesanddrivingsubwaytrains。Andsomedoasimplejob.Whenanautomaticwashingmachineisswitchedon，waterpoursin.Themachinewaitsuntilthewaterishotbeforewashingtheclothes.

Itdoesthisby“feedback.”InformationaboutWhatishappeningis“feedback”intotherobottote11itwhattodonext.

Oureyes，earsandothersensesareourfeedback.Theytelluswhatisgoingonaroundus.Sorobotsarelikepeopleintwoways，Theyworkandtheyhavefeedback.

Therearerobotsallaround，makingourliveseasier.Someofthem，likethepocketcalculator，canworkmuchmorequick1ythanhumanbeingscan.Andtheyrarelymakemistakes.

Insomewaysrobotsarebetterthanpeople.Theyworkquick1y，butdonotmakemistakes，Theydonotgetboreddoingthesamejob

overand

overagain。Andtheynevergettired.

Robotsareveryusefulinfactories.Theycanbetaughttodomanydifferentjobs.Firsttheirelectronicbrainsmustbeshownhowthejobisdone.Apersonmovestherobot’s“arm”and“hand”througheachpartofthejob.Therobot’sbrainrememberseachmove。Whentherobotisputtoworkonitsown，itsbraincontrolstherods，wheelsandmotorswhichmoveitsarm.

Whentherobotisneededforanewjob，itselectronicmemoryis“wipedclean.”Thenitistaughthowtodoitsnewtask.

Iftherobot’shandstopsworking，orifsomethinggetsintheway，itcannotdothenextpartofthejob.Soitstopsandsignalsforhelp，Thenahumanengineerrepairsit.

Themost“intelligent”robotscanmoveandsee.Theireyesarecameras.Theirmetalfingerscanfeelshapesandevenfindouthowhotandcoldobjectsare.Theserobotshavecomputerbrains，linkedtotheireyesandfingers，whichcontroltheiractions.

Inthisstorytheauthortellsusthat .

therearevervfewrO6ots

weseerobotsonlyatcertaintines

robot5aresomethingnewinourlife

ro6otsareallaroundus

Inthisstorywearetoldthat .

wegetfeedbackthroughoureyesandears

wegetfeedbackthroughtherobots

onlyrobotsgetfeedback

robotsarenotintelligentbecauseofthefeedback

Whatdoestheauthorofthisstorywantyoutofeelaboutrobots?

Theywillprobab1ytakeoverinthefuture.

Theyareveryhelpfulandusefultohumans.

Theyaremachinesthatareoftenoutoforder.

Theyarenotfriendsofhumanbeings.

Sincepeoplelikewhatrobotsdo，whatdoyouthinkthismeansforthefuture?

A，Moreandbetterrobotswillbebuilt.

B.Peoplewillstopmakingrobots.

C.Therewillbelawsagainstusingrobots.

D.Robotswillbenefitnobody.

Questions29to32arebasedonthefollowingpassage：TestsconductedattheUniversityofPennsylvania'sPsycho1icalLaboratoryshowedthatangerisoneofthemostdifficultEmotionstofindoutfromfacialexpressions.ProfessorDallasE.Buzbyconfronted716studentswithpicturesofextreme1yangrypersons，andaskedthemtoidentifytheemotionfromthefacialexpression。Onlytwopercentmadecorrectjudgments.Angerwasmostfrequentlyjudgedas“pleased”.

Andatypicalreactionofastudentconfrontedwiththepictureofamanwhowasmadwastoclassifyhisexpressionaseither

‘bewildered’，‘quizzical’，orsimply‘a(chǎn)mazed’.Otherstudiesshowedthatitisextremelydifficulttotellwhetheramanisangryornotjustbylookingathisface.Theinvestigatorsfoundfurtherthatwomenarebetteratfindingoutangerfromfacia1expressionsthanmenare.Paradoxically，theyfoundthatpsychologicaltrainingdoesnotimproveone’sabilitytojudgeaman’semotionsbyhisexpressionsbutactuallyhindersit.Forintheuniversitytests，themorecoursesthestudenthadtakeninpsychology，thepoorerjudgmentscoreheturnedin.

Theinformationinthispassagecentersaround .

there1ationbetweenangerandotheremotions

thedifferencesbetweenmenandwomenwithrespecttoemotion

theinfluenceofpsychologyonhumanemotions

thediscoveryofangerfromfacialexpressions

whentested，studentswithpsychologicaltraining .

markedlessthantwopercentoftheirpossiblechoicescorrectly

didbetterthantheaveragestudentinthegroup

seemedlessabletojudgecorrectlythantheaveragestudent

performedinamannernotspecifiedinthepassage

Toachievethegreatestsuccessinfindingoutangerfromfacialexpressions，itwouldbebestto .

useadultsratherthanstudentsasjudges

askwomenwhodonotstudypsychologytojudgeit

askmenratherthanwomentojudgeit

besatisfiedwithatwopercentsuccess，ifsuchapercentageisguaranteed

Thelasttwosentencesinthesecondparagraphshowthat .

suchtraininghasnotresultedinbetterscores

wehavereallyachievedtheanticipatedresults

thejudgmentissimilartowhatwehaveexpected

wecanexpectsuchtrainingtohavetheeffectstatedQuestions33to36arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Wouldn'titbegreatifyoucouldjustlookupattheskyandreadtheweatherforecastrightaway?

Well,youCan.Theforecastiswritteninc1ouds.Ifyoucanreadthatwriting，youcantellsomethingabouttheatmosphere.Withsomepractice，youcanbecomeaprettygoodweatherforecaster.Whoknows，youmightevendoaswellasmeteorologists.

Meteorologistsusemuchmoreinformationthanjusttheappearanceofthecloudstomaketheirforecast.Theycollectdatafromallovertheworld.Thentheyputitintopowerful，high-speedcomputers.

Thisdoesgivemeteorologistsanadvantage，becausetheycantrackweatherpatternsastheymovefromwesttoeastacrossthecountry.

Butyouhaveanadvantage，too.Youcanlookattheskyandgetyourdatadirectly.Ameteorologistusesacomputerforecastthat’sseveralhoursoldtomakea1ocalforecast.Whatareyouseeingwhenyoulookatacloud?”Apictureofwhatmoistureisdoingintheatmosphere,”saysmeteorologistPeterLeavit.There’smoisturethroughouttheatmosphere.Mostofthetimeyoudon'tseeit，becauseit'sintheformofaninvisiblegascalledwatervapor.

Sometimes，thetemperatureoftheairgetscoldenoughtocausethewatervaportochangetoliquidwater.That’scalledcondensation，andweseeithappenallthetime(forexample，whenhumidairfromtheshowerhitsthecoldglassofamirror).Whenenoughwatervaporcondenses，dropletsformintheair.Thesedropletsscatterlight.Acloudisseen.

Watchingc1oudsoveradayortwotellsyoualotmorethanasing1ecloudabouttheweathertocome，Changesincloudsshowchangesintheatmosphere.

Youshouldbegintonoticepatterns.Certainclouds，fol1owingeachotherinorder，cansignalanapproachingstorm.Butdon’ttakeourwordforit;seeforyourself.

Thispassagemain1ytellsusabouthow .

tobecomeameteorologist

tokeepaneyeontheweather

tobeanassistanttoameteorologist

tochangewatervaportoliquidwater

Accordingtothepassage，anordinarypersonmightdoaswellasameteorologistinweatherforecast .

withthehelpofthehigh-speedcomputers

throughacomplexprocessofcalculation

withsomesimplepracticelookingupatthesky

consultingaweatherstation

Meteorologistsmaketheirweatherforecast .

bycollectingdatafromallovertheworld

byputtingthisdateintopowerfu1，high·speedcomputers

byca1culatingandana1yzirigthisdata

allabove

Youradvantageinweatherforecastsisthat .

youhavemorepowerfulcomputersathome

yourbrainworksaswellasahigh-speedcomputer

youobservetheskyandobtainyourdatadirectly

meteorologistsgivetheirdatatoyouassoonastheygetthemQuestions37to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Securityandcommodityexchangesaretradingpostswherepeoplemeetwhowishtobuyorsell.Theexchangesthemselvesdono

trading;theymerelyprovideaplacewhereprospectivebuyersandsellerscanmeetandconducttheirbusiness.

WallStreet，althoughthebestknown，isnottheonlyhomeofexchangesintheUnitedStates.TherearecottonexchangesinNewOrleansandChicago;theMercantileExchange，whichdealsinmanyfarmproducts，inChicago;andgrainexchangesinmanyofthelargecitiesoftheMidwest.homeexchanges，liketheChicagoBoardofTrade，providemarketservicesforseveralkindsofproducts.Thesetradingpostswhereproductsmaybeboughtorsoldarecalledcommodityexchanges.

Thesecurityexchanges，ontheotherhand,aremeetingplaceswherestocksandbondsaretraded.Likethecommodityexchanges，theyhelpservetheeconomiclifeofthecountry.Butwhentheiroperationsgetoutofhand，theymaybecomeverydangerous.Inl929，thesecurityexchanges，orstockmarket，contributedtoacrashasudden，sharpdeclineinthevalueofsecurities.Manypeoplelostfortunes;manycorporationswerebankrupted;manyworkerslosttheirjobs.TheCrashofl929hasbeenattributedtomanycauses，amongthemwildandunwisespeculationbymanypeopleanddishonestpracticesonthepartofsomebusinessmenandofsomemembersoftheexchanges.

Today，however，investingthroughsecurityexchangesandtradingoncommodityexchangeshasbeenmadesaferbyregulationss