MBA聯(lián)考英語真題附解析

1、【經(jīng)典資料，WORD文檔，可編輯修改】【經(jīng)典考試資料，答案附后，看后必過，WORD文檔，可修改】15年MBA聯(lián)考英語真題（附解析）Section A Vocabulary? 1. Oil is an important_material which can be processed into many different products, including plastics.? A raw? B bleak? C flexible? D fertile? 2. The high living standards of the US cause its present population

2、to_25 persent of the worlds oil.? A assume? B consume? C resume? D presume? 3. You shouldnt be so_-I didnt mean anything bad in what i said.? A sentimental? B sensible? C sensitive? D sophisticated? 4.Picasso was an artist who fundamentally changed the_of art for later generations.? A philosophy? B

3、concept? C viewpoint? D theme? 5.Member states had the opinion to_from this agreements with one years notice.? A deny? B object? C suspect? D withdraw? 6. The two countries achieved some progress in the sphere of trade relations, traditionally a source of_irritaion.? A mutual? B optional? C neutral?

4、 D parallel? 7.Williams had not been there during the_moments when the kidnapping had taken place.? A superior? B rigorous? C vital? D unique? 8.Travel around Japan today, and one sees foreign residents a wide_of jobs.? A range? B field? C scale? D area? 9.Modern manufacturing hasa global river of m

5、aterials into a stunning array? A tra nslated? B tra nsformed? C tran sferred? D tran sported? 1O.Light ning had bee n the sec ond largest storm killer in the US over the past 40 years andisonly by flood.? A exceeded? B excelled? C excluded? D exte nded? 11.Voices wereas the argume nt betwee n the t

6、wo motorists became more bad-tempered.? A swolle n? B in creased? C developed? D raised? 12.Some sufferers will quickly be restored to perfect health,other will take a longertime.? A which? B where? C whe n? D whereas? 13.My brother likes eati ng very much but he isnt veryabout the food he eats.? A

7、special? B peculiar? C particular? D un usual? 14. Brita in might still be part of France if it werenta disastrous flood? 200.000 yearsago, according to scientists from Imperial College in? London.? A upo n? B with? C in ? D for? 15.The water prize is an in ter nati onalaward thatoutsta ndingcon tri

8、buti onsglobal water problems.? A recog ni zes? B requires? C releases? D relays? 16.ln its 14 years of, the European union has earned the scorn of its citizensfrom the Unied States.? A en dura nee? B emerge nee? C existe nee? D eminence? 17. His excuse for being late this morning was his car hadin

9、the snow.of new products.towards solvingand skepticism? A started up? B got stuck? C set back? D stood by? 18.widespread belief cockroaches(螳螂 ) would not take over the world if there were noarou nd to step on them.? A In view of? B Tha nks to? C In case of? D Con trary to? 19.Consciously or not, or

10、dinary citizens and government bureaucrats stillthe notion thatJapa nese society is a uni que culture.? A fit in with? B look down on? C cling to? D hold back? 2O.As you can see by yourself, thingsto be exactly as the professor had foresee n.? A turned in? B turned out? C turned up? D turned downn e

11、xt? Sectio n2 Cloze? Olympic Games are held every four years at a different site, in which atheletes_21_differentnations compete against each other in a _22_ of sports. There are two types of Olympics, the Summer Olympics and the Win ter Olympics.? In order to _23_ the Olympics, a city must submit a

12、 proposal to the In ter nati onal OlympicCommittee(IOC). After all proposals have been _24_, the IOC votes. If one city is successful ingaining a majority in the first vote, the city with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votingcon ti nues with _25_ roun ds, un til a majority winner is determ in e

13、d. Typicallythe Gamesare awardedseveral years in adva nce,_26_the winning city time to prepare for the Games. In select ing the_27_of the Olympic Games, the IOC con siders a n umber of factors, chief among them which city has, or promises to build, the best facilities, and which organizing committee

14、 seems most likely to_28_ the Games effectively.? The IOC also _29_which parts of the world have n ot yet hosted the Games. _30_, Tokyo, Japa n,the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and Mexico city, Mexico, the host of the 1968 Summer Games,were chosen _31_ to popularize the Olympic movement in Asia an

15、d in Latin America.? _32_the growing importance of television worldwide, the IOC in recent years has also takeninto _33_the host citys time zone.? _34_the Games take place in the United States or Canada,for example,America n televisi on n etworks arewilli ng to pay? _35_higher amou nts for televisi

16、onrights because they can broadcast popular events _36_, in prime viewing hours.corperate? _37_the Games have been awarded. It is the responsibility of the local organizing committeeto finance them. This is often done with a portionof the Olympic television_38_andwithspon sorships, ticket sales, and

17、 other smaller reve nue sources. In many _39_there is also direct gober nment support.? Although many cities have achieved a financial profit by hosting the Games, the Olympics can be finan cially _40_.Whe n the reve nues from the Games were less that expected, the city was left with large debts.? 2

18、1 A in? B for? C of? D from? 22.A lot? B number? C variety? D series? 23.A host? B take? C run ? D organize? 24.A supported? B submitted? C substituted? D subordi nated? 25.A suggestive? B successful? C successive? D succeedi ng? 26.A lett in g? B sett in g? C permitti ng? D allowi ng? 27.A site? B

19、spot? C locatio n? D place? 28.A state? B stage? C start? D spo nsor? 29.A thinks? B reckons? C considers? D calculates? 30.A For instanee? B As a result? C In brief? D On the whole? 31.A in time? B in part? C in case? D in common? 32.A Sin ce? B Because? C As for? D Because of? 33.A amou nt? B acco

20、u nt? C accord? D acclaim? 34.A However? B Whatever? C Whe never? D Wherever? 35.A greatly? B han dsomely? C mea nin gfully? D sig ni fica ntly? 36.A live? B living? C alive? D lively? 37.A Un til? B Unl ess? C Whether? D Once? 38.A in comes? B in terests? C reve nues? D returns? 39.A cases? B con d

21、itio ns? C cha nces? D circumsta nces? 40.A safe? B risky? C tempting? D feasible? Secti on3 Readi ng Comprehe nsion(40 point)? Directions: There are four passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,

22、B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the correspondingletter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.? Questi on 41 to 45 are based on the follow ing passage? Last weekend Kyle MacDonald in Montreal threw a party to celebrate the fact that he got his new home in exchange for a red

23、paper clip. Starting a year ago, MacDonald bartered the clip for increasingly valuable staff, including a camp stove and free rent in a Phoenix flat. Having announ ced his aim(the house)i n adva nee, MacD on ald likely got a boost from techies eager to see the Internet pass this daring test of its n

24、etworking power. My whole motto(座右銘)was startsmall, think big, and have fun, says MacDonald, 26, I really kept my effort on the creative side rather tha n the bus in ess side.? Yet as odd as MacD on ald excha nge was, barter is now big bus in ess on the Net. This year morethan 400,000 compa nies wor

25、ldwide will excha nge some $10 billi on worth of goods and services ona growing number of barter sites. These Websites allow companies to trade products for a virtualcurrency, which they can use to buy goods from other members. In Iceland, garment-maker Kapusalan sells a third of its output on the b

26、oo ming Vidskipta netid excha nge, ear ning virtual money thatit uses to buy machinery and pay part of employee salaries. The Troc-Services exchange in France offers more tha n 4,600 services, from math less ons to ironing.? This is not a primitive barter system. By creating currencies, the Internet

27、 removes a major barrier-what Bob Meyer, publisher of BarterNews, calls the double coincidence of wants. That is, two parties once not only had to find each other, but also an exchange of goods that both desired. Now, they can price the deal in virtual currency.? Barter also helps firms make use of

28、idle capacity. For example, advertising is hugely barteredbecause many media, particularly on the Web can supply new ad space at little cost. Moreover, In ter net ads dont register in in dustry-growth statistics, because many excha nges are arra nged outside the formal excha nges.? Like eBay, most b

29、arter sites allow memebers to grade trading partners for honestry qualityand so on. Barter excha nges can allow firms in cou ntries with hyperi nflati on or non tradable curre ncies to en ter global trades. Next year, a non profit excha nge called Quick Lift Two(QL2) plans to open in Nairobi, offeri

30、ng barter deals to 38,000 Kenyan farmers in remote areas. Two small pla nes will deliver the goods. QL2 director Gacci Waciuma says the farmers are excited to be liberated from corrupt middlemen. For them, barter evokes a bright future, not a precapitalist past.? 41. The wordtechies(L ine 4, Para1)

31、probably refers to those who are.? A. afraid of tech nology? B. skilled in tech nology? C. ig norant of tech no logy? D. in compete nt in tech no logy? 42. Many people may have deliberately helped Kyle because they.? A. were impressed by his creativity? B. were eager to ide ntify with his motto? C.

32、liked his goal announ ced in adva nee? D. hoped to prove the power of the Internet? 43. The In ter net barter system relies heavily on.? A. the size of barter sites? B. the use of virtual curre ncy? C. the quality of goods or services? D. the locati on of trad ing compa nies? 44. It is implies that

33、Internet advertisements can help.? A. compa nies makes more profit? B. compa nies do formal excha nges? C. media register in statistics? D. media grade barter sites? 45. Which of the followi ng is true of QL2 accord ing to the author? A. It is criticized for doing bus in ess in a primitive way.? B.

34、It aims to deal with hyperinflation in some countries.? C. It helps get rid of middlemen in trade and exchange.? D. It is intended to evaluate the performance of trading partners.n ext? Questi on 46 to 50 are based on the follow ing passage? The lives of very few Newark residents are untouched by vi

35、olence: New Jerseys biggest city has see n it all. Yet the murder of three you ng people, who were forced to kn eel before being shot in the back of the head in a school playgrou nd on August 4th, has shake n the city. A fourth, who survived, was stabbed and shot in the face. The four victims were b

36、y all accou nts good kids, all enrolled in college, all with a future.But the cruel murder, it seems, has at last forced Newarkerto say they have had eno ugh.? Grassroots orga ni zati ons,like Stop Shoot in,have bee n flooded with offers of help and supportsince the killings.Yusef Ismail, its co-fou

37、nder,saysthe group has been going door-to-dooraskingpeople to sig n a pledge of non-viole nce. They hope to get 50,000 to promise to stop shooti n, start thi nkin, and keepliv in.The Newark Commu nity Fou ndati on, which was lau nched last mon th,announced on August 14th that it will help pay for Co

38、mmunity Eye, a surveillance（監(jiān)視）systemtailored towards gun crime.? Cory Booker who became mayor 13 mon ths ago with a missi on to revitalize the city, believes the surveillance program will be the largest camera and audio network in any American city. More than 30 cameras were in stalled earlier this

39、 summer and a further 50 will be in stalled soon in a seven-squaremile area where 80% of the citysrecent shootings have occured. And more? camerasare pla nn ed.tech no logyMr. Booker? When a gun shot is detected, the surveilla neecamera zooms in on that spot. Similarin Chicago has in creased arrests

40、 and decreased shooti ngs. Mr. Booker pla ns to announce a comprehe nsive gun strategy later this week.? Mr. Booker, as well as church leaders and others, believes(or hopes) that after the murder the city will no lon ger sta nd by in cold ness. For gen erati ons, Newark has bee n paralyzed by povert

41、y-almost one in three people lives below the poverty line-and growing indifference to crime.? Some are skeptical. Steven Malanga of the conservative Manhattan Institute notes that Newark has deep social peoblems:over 60% of childre n are in homes without fathers. The school system, taken over by the

42、 state in 1995, is a mess. But there is aslo some cause for hope. Since was elected, there has bee n a rise in in vestme nt and re-z oning for developme nt. Only arou nd 7% of nearby Newark airport workers used to come from Newark; now, a year, the figure is 30%. Mr.Booker has launched a New York-st

43、yle war on crime. So far this year, crime has fallen 11% and shootings are dowm 30%(through the murder rate looks likely to match last years high).? 46. What happe ned in Newark, New Jersey on August 4th? A. The Newark reside nts wit nessed a murder.? B. Four you ng people were killed in a school pl

44、aygrou nd.? C. The new mayor of Newark took office.? D. Four college stude nts fell victim to viole nce.? 47. Judgi ng from the con text, the Commu nity Eye(L in e5, Pare2)is.? A. a watch ing system for gun crime? B. a n eighborhood protecti on orga ni zati on? C. an un profitable commu nity bus in

45、ess? D. a grassroots orga ni zati on? 48. We learn from the passage that Newark has all the followi ng problems EXCEPT.? A. viole nce? B. flood? C. poverty? D. i ndiffere nce? 49. Mayor Bookers effort aga inst crime seem to be.? A. idealistic? B. impractical? C. effective? D. fruitless? 50. The best

46、 title for the passage may be.? A. Stop Shootin, Start Thinkin, and Keep Livin? B. Efforts to Fight agai nst Gun Crime? C. A Mission to Revitalize the City? D. Viole nt Murders in Newark? Questi on 51 to 55 are based on the follow ing passage? Accord ing to a rece nt survey on money and relati on sh

47、ips, 36 perce nt of people are keep ing a bank account from their partner. While this financial unfaithfulness may appear as distrust in a relati on ship, in truth it may just be a form of finan cial protecti on.? With almost half of all marriages ending in divorce, men and women are realizing they

48、need to be finan cially savvy, regardless of whether they are in a relati on ship.? The financial hardship on individuals after a divorce can be extremely difficult, even more so whe n childre n are in volved. The lack of perma nency in relati on ships, job and family life may be the cause of a grow

49、ing trend to keep a secret bank account hidden from a partner, in other words, an “escape fund ”.? Margaret s story is far from unique. She is a representative of a growing number of womenin lon g-term relati on ships who are beco ming protective of their own earnin gs.? Every month on pay day, she

50、banks hun dreds of dollars into a sav ings accou nt she keeps from her husba nd. She has bee n doing this throughout their six-year marriage and has built a n est egg worth an in credible $100,000 on top of her pension.? Margaret says if her husband found about her secret savings he d hurt and would

51、 interpretthis as a sign she wasn t sure of the marriage.“ He d think it was my escape fun so thatfinan cially I could afford to get out of the relati on ship if it went wron g. I know you should appro ach marriage as being forever and I hope ours is, but you can never be sure.”? Like many of her fe

52、llow secret savers, Margaret was stu ng in a former relati on ship and has since bee n very guarded about her own mon ey.? Coming clean to your partnerabout being a secret saver may not be all that bad. Taken Colleenfor example, who had bee n sav ing secretly for a few years before she con fessed to

53、 her part ner.“ I decided to ope n a sav ings accou nt and start build ing a n est egg of my own. I wan ted to proveto m yself that I could put money in the bank and leave it there for a rainy day.”? “ When Joh n found out about my secret sav in gs, he was a little suspicious of my motives. I reassu

54、red him this was certa inly not an escape fund that I feel very secure in our relati on ship. I have to admit that it does feel good to have my own money on reserve if ever there are rainy days in the future. It s sensible to build and protect your personal financial security.”? 51. The tre nd to ke

55、ep a secret bank accou nt is grow ing because.? A. “escape fund ” helps one through rainy days? B.days are gett ing harder and harder? C.wome n are money sen sitive? D.financial conflicts often occur? 52. The word “savvy” (Line2, Para2) probably means.? A. suspicious? B. secure? C. shrewd? D. simple

56、? 53. Which in fere nee can we make about Margaret? A. she is a uni que woma n.? B. she was once divorced.? C. she is going to retire.? D. she has many childre n.? 54. The author mentions Colleen s example to show.? A. any couple can avoid marriage con flicts? B. privacy within marriage should be respected? C. every on e can save a fortu ne with a happy marriage? D. finan cial discl