【2019年MBA考試《英語(yǔ)》備考鞏固習(xí)題【15】】2019年春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會(huì)

1、【2019年MBA試英語(yǔ)備考鞏固習(xí)題【152019年春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會(huì)【導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】天高鳥(niǎo)飛，海闊魚(yú)躍;考試這舞臺(tái)，秀出你獨(dú)特的精彩;一宿好的睡眠，精神能百倍;一顆淡定的平常心，沉著應(yīng)對(duì)，努力備考，考入理想院校！以下是大為大家的2019年MBA試英語(yǔ)備考鞏固習(xí)題【1-5】供您查閱。RepresentativesofCallahanMediaAssociates(CMAannouncedtodaythatthenewsagencywouldattempttobuytheNationalBroadcastingSystem(NBS),thesecondlargesttelevisionandradiowork

2、intheUnitedStates.RonaldCallahan,sonofJessicaCallahan,whostartedCMA,toldreportersthatheexpectshispany"sofferingpricetobehighenoughtowinoutoverotheroffers.HeindicatedthatNBSexecutiveshadalreadydiscussedreorganizationplansthatmightresultfromaCMAtakeover.AnativeoftheUnitedKingdom,JessicaCallahanbe

3、gantobuynewspapers,magazines,andradiostationsintheUnitedStateseightyearsago,andCMAnowownsorcontrolsmorethanfifteennewsorganizationshere.Beforeshebecamealeaderinmediainthiscountry,shehadestablishedherfamily-ownedpanyasoneofthemostimportantforcesinBritishTVandnewspapers.Callahanstartedhernewscareermor

4、ethantwenty-fiveyearsago,andshehadworkedasareporteronthreedifferentpaperswhenshetookthejobofeditorofEngland"sBirminghamHerald（伯明漢先驅(qū)報(bào)）,anewspaperthathadbeenexperiencingfinancialdifficultiesforseveralyears.HersuessinraisingthenewsreportingstandardsaswellasmakingtheHeraldintoaprofitablebusinessgai

5、nedCallahantheattentionandrespectoftheBritishnewsestablishment.Bythetimeshewas35,shehadbeeapublisherandstartedCMA,whichisnowoneofthelargestmediaorganizationsintheworld.CallahanhadnevervisitedtheUnitedStatesbeforeshecametoMiamiandbecamethepublisheroftheMiamiJournalalmosteightyearsago,butshehadbeenrea

6、dingthenewspaperforseveralyears,andshesaidthatshelikedthepaper"sstyle.AftershehadownedtheJournalforjustoverayear,sheboughtasmallradiostationinGeorgia,andinthenextfiveyearsshewentontoacquirenewsorganizationsinseveraldifferentpartsofthecountry.IfCMAbeestheownerofNBS,forthefirsttimeitwillhavecontr

7、oloveranationwideTVwork.Inaninterviewlastweek,PhilipRosen,thepresidentofNBS,saidthathewasnotveryhappyaboutthepurchase.HeagreedthatCallahanandCMAhaddonealottohelpAmericannewspapersbeemorefinanciallysecure,butheexpressedfearsthatthenewmanagementwasgoingtomakenewscoverageonNBSirresponsible.Hestatedthat

8、hehopedhecouldremainwithNBSbutsaidthatthismightnotbepossible.1.ThewriterthinsthatCMA"soffertobuytheNationalBroadcastingSystemisprobably.A theonlyoneB agoodoneC unaeptablylowD ofgreatpetition2. JessicaCallahancapturedtheconfidenceofthepressaftershebecametheeditorofBirminghamHeraldbecauseA shewas

9、experiencedB shehadstrongfinancialbackgroundC sincethenitstartedtomakemoneyD sheenjoyedgoodpopularity3. JessicaCallahanhasneverA visitedtheUnitedStatesB ownedanationalTVworkC workedasaneditorD readtheMiamiJournal4. TheattitudeofNBStopexecutivetotheCMAtakeoverwasthat.A hewasopposedtothepurchaseB heho

10、pedthetakeoverwouldbotaffectthesystem"sfameC hewasafraidNBSwouldsufferseriousfinanciallossD hecouldnotleavehispresentposition5. Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthispassage?A JessicaCallahan-aSuessfulWomanB CMA-fromBritishtoUSAC CMABuyingNBS?D CMA"sAttractiveOffertoNBS參考答案：DCCBBWhens

11、choolofficialsinKalkaska,Michigan,closedclasseslastweek,themediaflockedtothestory,portrayingthetown"s2,305studentsasvictimsofstingy（吝嗇的）taxpayers.Thereissometruthtothat;theproperty-taxratehereisone-thirdlowerthanthestateaverage.ButshuttingtheirschoolsalsoallowedKalkaska"seducatorsandthesta

12、te"slargestteachers"union,theMichiganEducationAssociation,tomakeapoliticalpoint.TheiraimwastospurpassageoflegislationMichiganlawmakersaredebatingtoincreasethestate"sshareofschoolfunding.ItwasnocoincidencethatKalkaskashutitsschoolstwoweeksafterresidentsrejecteda28percentproperty-taxinc

13、rease.Theschoolboardarguedthatwithouttheincreaseitlackedthe$1.5millionneededtokeepschoolsopen.Buttheschoolsystemhadnotdoneallitcouldtokeeptheschoolsopen.Officialsdeclinedtoborrowagainstnextyear"sstateaid,theyrefusedtotrimextracurricularactivitiesandtheydidnotconsiderseekingasmallerperhapsmoreae

14、ptabletaxincrease.Infact,closingearlyiscostingKalkaskaasignificantamount,including$600,000inunemploymentpaymentstoteachersandstaffand$250,000inloststateaid.InFebruary,theschoolsystempromisedteachersandstafftwomonthsofretirementpaymentsincaseschoolsclosedearly,adealthatwillcostthedistrict$275,000more

15、.Othersignssuggestschoolauthoritieswereatleastaseagertomakeapoliticalstatementastokeepschoolsopen.TheMichiganEducationAssociation.hiredapublicrelationsfirmtostagearallymarkingtheschoolclosings,whichattracted14localandnationaltelevisionstationsandworks.ThepresidentoftheNationalEducationAssociation,th

16、eMEA"sparentorganization,flewfromWashington,D.C,fortheevent.Andtheuniontutoredschoolofficialsintheartoftelevisioninterviews.SchoolsupervisorDoyleDisbrowacknowledgesthedistrictcouldhavekeptschoolsopenbycuttingprogramsbutdeniesthemoveswerepoliticallymotivated.Michiganlawmakershavereactedangrilyto

17、theclosings.ThestateSenatehasalreadyvotedtoputthesystemintoreceivership（破產(chǎn)管理）andreopenschoolsimmediately;theMichiganHouseplanstoconsiderthebillthisweek.1. WelearnfromthepassagethatschoolsinKalkaska,Michigan,arefunded.A. mainlybythestategovernmentB. exclusivelybythelocalgovernmentC. bytheNationalEduc

18、ationAssociationD. byboththelocalandstategovernments2. Oneofthepurposesforwhichschoolofficialsclosedclasseswas.A. todrawtheattentionoflocaltaxpayerstopoliticalissuesB. toavoidpayingretirementbenefitstoteachersandstaffC. topressureMichiganlawmakersintoincreasingstatefundsforlocalschoolsD. tomakethefi

19、nancialdifficultiesoftheirteachersandstaffknowntothepublic3. Theauthorseemstodisapproveof.A. theshuttingofschoolsinKalkaskaB. theinvolvementofthemassmediaC. theMichiganlawmakers"endlessdebatingD. delayingthepassageoftheschoolfundinglegislation4. WelearnfromthepassagethatschoolauthoritiesinKalka

20、skaaremoreconcernedabout.A. makingapoliticalissueoftheclosingoftheschoolsB. theattitudeoftheMEA"sparentorganizationC. araiseintheproperty-taxrateinMichiganD. reopeningtheschoolsthereimmediatelyparents5.Aordingtothepassage,theclosingoftheschoolsdevelopedintoacrisisbecauseof.A. thestrongproteston

21、thepartofthestudentsB. thepoliticalmotivesonthepartoftheeducatorsC. theweakresponseofthestateofficialsD. theplexityoftheproblem參考答案：DCAABSectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Paperisdifferentfromotherwastep

22、roducebecauseitesfromasustainableresource:trees.1themineralsandoilusedtomakeplasticsandmetals,treesare2.Paperisalsobio-degradable,soitdoesnotposeasmuchthreattotheenvironmentwhenitisdiscarded.345outofevery100tonsofwoodfiberusedtomakepaperinAustraliaesfromwastepaper,therestesdirectlyfromvirginfiberfro

23、mforestsandplantations.Byworldstandardsthisisagood4sincetheworld-wideaverageis33percentwastepaper._shaveencouragedwastepapercollectionand5schemesandatthesametime,thepaperindustryhasrespondedbydevelopingnewrecyclingtechnologiesthathave6evengreaterutilizationofusedfiber.7,industrysuseofrecycledfibersi

24、sexpectedtoincreaseattwicetherateofvirginfiberovertheingyears.Already,wastepaper870%ofpaperusedforpackagingandadvancesinthetechnology9toremoveinkfromthepaperhaveallowedahigherrecycled10innewsprintandwritingpaper.Toachievethebenefitsofrecycling,themunitymustalso11.Weneedtoaeptachangeinthequalityofpap

25、erproducts;12stationerymaybelesswhiteand13aroughertexture.Therealsoneedstobe14fromthemunityforwastepapercollectionprograms.Notonlydoweneedtomakethepaper15tocollectorsbutitalsoneedstobeseparatedintodifferenttypesandsortedfromcontaminantssuchasstaples,paperclips,stringandothermiscellaneous16.Therearet

26、echnical17totheamountofpaperwhichcanberecycledandsomepaperproductscannotbecollectedforreuse.Theseincludepaper18booksandpermanentrecords,photographicpaperandpaperwhichisbadlycontaminated.Thefourmostmon19ofpaperforrecyclingarefactoriesandretailstoreswhichgatherlargeamountsofpackagingmaterial20goodsare

27、delivered,alsoofficeswhichhaveunwantedbusinessdocumentsandputeroutput,paperconvertersandprintersandlastlyhouseholdswhichdiscardnewspapersandpackagingmaterial.Thepapermanufacturerpaysapriceforthepaperandmayalsoincurthecollectioncost.1 .A.DespiteB.UnlikeC.WithD.Even2 .A.replaceableB.removableC.respect

28、ableD.responsible3 .A.WhileB.WhenC.IfD.Because4 .A.functionB.qualityC.consequenceD.performance5 .A.tidyingB.classifyingC.placingD.selecting6 .A.givenrisetoB.thrownlightonC.pavedthewayforD.madeuseof7 .A.AsaresultB.IntheendC.AllinallD.Inconclusion8 .A.consumesB.consultsC.constructsD.constitutes9 .A.in

29、quiredB.requiredC.resortedD.indicated10 .A.contestB.contactC.contentD.contend11 .A.contributeB.payC.awardD.reward12 .A.suchasB.justasC.otherthanD.forexample13 .A.byB.inC.ofD.for14 .A.encouragedB.supportedC.defendedD.bred15 .A.availableB.patibleC.durableD.negligible16 .A.poundsB.positionsC.mixturesD.

30、items17 .A.requestsB.needsC.limitationsD.problems18 .A.intheformofB.inthelightofC.inthecaseofD.inthenameof19 .A.materialsB.resourcesC.substancesD.sources20 .A.towhichB.inwhichC.bywhichD.throughwhich單項(xiàng)選擇題1 .Extensivereportingontelevisionhashelpedtointerestinawidevarietyofsportsandactivities.A)gatherB

31、)generateC)assembleD)yield答案：Bgenerateinterestinsth.意為“產(chǎn)生興趣”，其他搭配不正確。2 .Hemadesuchacontributiontotheuniversitythattheyarenamingoneofthenewbuildingsalterhim.A)genuineB)minimumC)modestD)generous答案：D句中contribution作“捐獻(xiàn)，捐助”解，按照此句的意思，這里應(yīng)選用表示“慷慨”的形容詞修飾contribution，閃此選項(xiàng)D)generous是答案.。genuine修飾事物時(shí)，意思是“真實(shí)的&qu

32、ot;。modest意為適中的，不過(guò)分的"。minimum意為“最少的，最低的”。3 .ThejewelerassuredMr.Whitethatthestonewasadiamondandnotanimitation.A)genuineB)gracefulC)glitteringD)genius答案：Agenuine真的，真正的(非假造的或虛假的);真實(shí)的，(感情)真誠(chéng)的。graceful優(yōu)美的，嫻雅的。glittering燦燦發(fā)光的，閃光的。genius天才;有天才的人。4 .Chinagavethiscountrytwopandasasoffriendship.A)gestur

33、eB)pictureC)patternD)shape答案：Agesture表明態(tài)度和姿態(tài)(通常是友好的)。5 .Hisfacewillnotwhathisbrainisseeing.A)drawinB)holdupC)turnoffD)giveaway答案：Dgiveaway泄露(機(jī)密)，暴露(自己的情況)。drawin吸進(jìn)來(lái)。holdup舉起。turnoff關(guān)上。6 .Youhavenothingtobyrefusingtolistentoouradvice.A)gainB)graspC)seizeD)earn答案：Again表示“收益，得到”，符合題意。抓住(B)，奪取(C)和掙得(D),

34、不符合題意。7 .Nowthebetweentherichandthepoorcountrieshasbeeevenwider.A)differentB)differC)gapD)distinction答案：Cdifferent不同的，為形容詞。differ與不同，差別，為動(dòng)詞。句中需要的是主語(yǔ)，故A、B均錯(cuò)。gap差異，差距。distinction區(qū)別。由rich與poor可知為貧富差異，應(yīng)選C，句意：現(xiàn)在貧國(guó)與富國(guó)間的差距已變得越來(lái)越大。8 .Thelittleboyhishidingplacewhenhecoughed.A)gaveawayB)gaveoffC)gaveupD)gavei

35、n答案：Agiveaway"贈(zèng)送；泄露"。givesth.off"釋放，發(fā)出(氣味等)"。giveup“停止，放棄，辭去”。givein“認(rèn)輸，讓步，屈服;交上，呈上”。Therebelswereforcedtogivein.叛軍被迫投降。本句意為：小男孩的咳嗽聲暴露了他的藏身之處。9 .Thefloorwassorottenthatitalmostunderhisweight.A)gaveawayB)gaveoverC)gavewayD)gaveup答案：Cgiveaway"泄露；捐贈(zèng)"。giveover"停止；交付”，g

36、iveway"不能支持，塌下去"。giveup"放棄；辭去”。地板爛成這樣子，都快被他的體重壓塌了。10.Ecationhasbeentowardsproducingworkers.A)harnessedB)hatchedC)motivatedD)geared答案：Dgear(to)使適合：wehavetogearourlivestothenewchanges.harness控制和利用(自然力以發(fā)電)。hatch孵化;炮制，制定。motivate是的動(dòng)機(jī)，引起，驅(qū)使。11.InBritaintod

37、aywomen44%oftheworkforce,andnearlyhalfofthemotherswithchildrenareinpaidwork.A) buildupB) standforC) makeupD) conformto答案：Cmakeup表示“占的比例”。建立(A);表示(B);與一致(D),不合題意。12.Hetriedtoastorytocoverhisfaults,buttheteachersawhimin.A) makeinB) makeupC) makesenseD) makefor答案：Bmakeup編造，符合題意。13.Thedestructionofthese

38、treasureswasalossformankindthatnoamountofmoneycould.A) standuptoB) makeupforC) eupwithD) putupwith經(jīng)受，抗住，經(jīng)得答案：Bmakeupfor彌補(bǔ)。standupto起。Comeupwith提出(方案、建議、解決辦法等)。putupwith忍受，容忍。14.Hetriedtothelosttimestayinguplate.A) makeupwith,withB) makeupwith,byC) makeupfor,withD) makeupfor,by答案Dmakeupfor補(bǔ)償。15.Somet

39、imesitisgoodtoaskaladytogoinfrontofyou.A)mannersB)politenessC)mannerD)way答案：Agoodmanners：有禮貌，屬固定搭配。WhenschoolofficialsinKalkaska,Michigan,closedclasseslastweek,themediaflockedtothestory,portrayingthetown"s2,305studentsasvictimsofstingy(吝嗇的)taxpayers.Thereissometruthtothat;theproperty-taxrateher

40、eisone-thirdlowerthanthestateaverage.ButshuttingtheirschoolsalsoallowedKalkaska"seducatorsandthestate"slargestteachers"union,theMichiganEducationAssociation,tomakeapoliticalpoint.TheiraimwastospurpassageoflegislationMichiganlawmakersaredebatingtoincreasethestate"sshareofschoolfun

41、ding.ItwasnocoincidencethatKalkaskashutitsschoolstwoweeksafterresidentsrejecteda28percentproperty-taxincrease.Theschoolboardarguedthatwithouttheincreaseitlackedthe$1.5millionneededtokeepschoolsopen.Buttheschoolsystemhadnotdoneallitcouldtokeeptheschoolsopen.Officialsdeclinedtoborrowagainstnextyear&qu

42、ot;sstateaid,theyrefusedtotrimextracurricularactivitiesandtheydidnotconsiderseekingasmallerperhapsmoreaeptabletaxincrease.Infact,closingearlyiscostingKalkaskaasignificantamount,including$600,000inunemploymentpaymentstoteachersandstaffand$250,000inloststateaid.InFebruary,theschoolsystempromisedteache

43、rsandstafftwomonthsofretirementpaymentsincaseschoolsclosedearly,adealthatwillcostthedistrict$275,000more.Othersignssuggestschoolauthoritieswereatleastaseagertomakeapoliticalstatementastokeepschoolsopen.TheMichiganEducationAssociation.hiredapublicrelationsfirmtostagearallymarkingtheschoolclosings,whichattracted14localandnationaltelevisionstationsandworks.ThepresidentoftheNationalEducationAssociation,theMEA"sparentorganization,flewfromWashington,D.C,fortheevent.Andtheuniontutoredschoolofficialsintheartoftelevisioninterviews.SchoolsupervisorDoyleDisbrowacknowledgesthedistrictcould