2012年MBA MPA MPCC聯(lián)考英語(yǔ)二閱讀理解精講篇(三)

更多MBA資料下載請(qǐng)進(jìn)MBA/MPA/MPACC備考QQ群79306850MBA/MPA/MPACC備考QQ群793068502012年MBAMPAMPCC聯(lián)考英語(yǔ)二閱讀理解精講篇（三）You’rebusyfillingouttheapplicationformforapositionyoureallyneed.Let’sassumeyouonceactuallycompletedacoupleofyearsofcollegeworkoreventhatyoucompletedyourdegree.Isn’tittemptingtoliejustalittle,toclaimontheformthatyourdiplomarepresentsaHarvarddegree?OrthatyoufinishedanextracoupleofyearsbackatStateRegistrarsatmostwell-knowncollegessaytheydealwithdeceitfulclaimsliketheseattherateofaboutoneperweek.Personnelofficersdocheckupondegreeslistedonapplicationforms,then.Ifitturnsoutthatanapplicantislying,mostcollegesarereluctanttoaccusetheapplicantdirectly.OneIvyLeagueschoolcallsthem“impostors(騙子)”;anotherreferstothemas“specialcases”.Onewell-knownWestCoastschool,inperhapsthemostdelicatephraseofall,saysthattheseclaimsaremadeby“nosuchpeople”.Toavoidoutright(徹底的)lies,somejob-seekersclaimthatthey“attended”or“wereassociatedwith”acollegeoruniversity.Aftercarefullychecking,apersonnelofficermaydiscoverthat“attending”meansbeingdismissedafteronesemester.Itmaybethat“beingassociatedwith”acollegemeansthatthejob-seekervisitedhisyoungerbrotherforafootballweekend.Oneschoolthatkeepsrecordsoffalseclaimssaysthatthepracticedatesbackatleasttotheturnofthecentury—that’swhentheybegankeepingrecords,anyhow.Ifyoudon’twanttolieorevenstretchthetruth,therearecompaniesthatwillsellyouaphonydiploma.Onecompany,withofficesinNewYorkandontheWestCoast,willputyournameonadiplomafromanynumberofnonexistentcolleges.Thepricebeginsataroundtwentydollarsforadiplomafrom“SmootStateUniversity”.Thepricesincreaserapidlyforadegreefromthe“UniversityofPurdue”.AsthereisnoSmootStateandtherealschoolinIndianaisproperlycalled1.Themainideaofthispassageisthat______.A.employersarecheckingmorecloselyonapplicantsnowB.lyingaboutcollegedegreeshasbecomeawidespreadproblemC.collegedegreescannowbepurchasedeasilyD.employersarenolongerinterestedincollegedegrees2.Accordingtothepassage,“specialeases”referstocasesthat______.A.studentsattendaschoolonlypart-timeB.studentsneverattendedaschooltheylistedontheirapplicationC.studentspurchasefalsedegreesfromcommercialfirmsD.studentsattendedafamousschool3.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat______.A.performanceisabetterjudgeofabilitythanacollegedegreeB.experienceisthebestteacherC.pastworkhistoriesinfluencepersonnelofficersmorethandegreesdoD.adegreefromafamousschoolenablesanapplicanttogainadvantageoverothersinjobcompetition4.Thispassageimpliesthat______.A.buyingafalsedegreeisnotmoralB.personnelofficersonlyconsiderapplicantsfromfamousschoolsC.mostpeoplelieonapplicationsbecausetheyweredismissedfromschoolD.societyshouldbegreatlyresponsibleforlyingonapplications5.Theword“phony”(Para.2)means______.A.thoroughC.falseB.ultimateD.decisive答案：1.B。文章第一段簡(jiǎn)要概述了求職人員在求職過程中對(duì)自己的學(xué)歷弄虛作假這一社會(huì)現(xiàn)象，然后在第二、三段分別給出一些具體的例子進(jìn)行說明，所以B正確。，2.B。由第二段中前半部分的Ifitturnsoutthatanapplicantislying…schoolcallsthem“impostors”；anotherreferstothemas“specialcases”可知，imposters和specialcases指的都是編造虛假學(xué)歷，所以B正確。3.D。由文章第一段倒數(shù)第二句中的forpersonnelofficers，likemostAmericans，valuedegreesfromfamousschools可知，名牌大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生在求職過程中比其他人有優(yōu)勢(shì)，所以D正確。4.D。文章講述的是在簡(jiǎn)歷中對(duì)學(xué)歷弄虛作假這一問題