2014经管类专升本入学考试题目阅读理解4(含答案)

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Passage One

“The public can have this car in any color they like as long as it is black.” Henry Ford, the first of the world’s great car makers, said those famous words back in 1911. Since then everyone has tried to show that he was wrong. The development of the car economy has resulted in a move away from standardization.

Marketing professionals often use car ownership as a kind of shorthands for different social or economic groups. The “Sierra man” is a young junior executive. He is sales oriented, very ambitious and likes sports. He drives a large, powerful Ford Sierra. The “Galaxy man” has fulfilled most of his career ambitions. His home and family are the most important things in his life, so he drives a Ford Galaxy, an MPV.

The ability to make these statements is naturally limited by spending power. Some car makers like BMW and Mercedes concentrate on the upper income ranges. Others, like Ford, Toyota and V olkswagen develop large families of cars to cover different tastes in the mass market.

Originally, car ownership was limited to the head of the family, nearly always the father. As women have become increasingly financially independent, car makers have begun to produce cars for this market too.

Questions 1 – 5: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

1.What does the speaker think of Henry Ford's standardization in making cars?

A.It is still the most modern method in the industry.

B.People are wrong to prove that Ford was wrong.

C.It was possibly acceptable in the 1910s but is out of date now.

D.Black is still one of the most popular car colors.

2.What is a typical “Sierra man” ?

A.A young and powerful man.

B. A young and ambitious junior manager.

C. A man who has fulfilled his career ambitions.

D.A family man who likes sports.

3.What is a typical “Galaxy man”?

A.He pays more attention to his work than his family.

B.He has not completely realized his ambition yet.

C.He pays equal attention to his work and his family.

D.He pays more attention to his family than his work.

4.Which of the following makers aims at the rich and wealthy?

A.Ford.

B.V olkswagen.

C.Toyota.

D.BMW.

5.When cars first became popular, who was the normal owner of a car in the

family?

A.The eldest son.

B.The wife.

C.The daughter.

D.The father.

Passage Two

The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question. “Which is more important, justice or mercy?”

Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China. These questions are the result of a problem with the interview process.

Employers want staff who are skilled, enthusiastic and committed. So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and reveal the applicant’s true personality.

The question at the beginning comes from a test. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude testing.

According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she tends to think there is a right answer, and they may well fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma. Applicants are trying to act rationally in their own interests. But they fail because they don’t understand what the

interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer.

Questions 6 – 10: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

6.Why do companies increasingly ask applicants strange questions in interviews?

A.To test the applicant’s range of knowledge.

B.To find out the applicant’s IQ.

C.To find out the applicant’s true personality.

D.To confirm the applicant’s qualifications.

7.What is the correct answer to the question in an aptitude test?

A.A smart answer.

B. A funny answer.

C.An honest answer.

D.A cunning answer.

8.According to the article, what is the problem with the interview process?

A.It is unable to show whether the applicant is really skilled.

B.It is easy for the applicant to demonstrate his personality.

C.It is difficult for the interviewers to think up different questions.

D.It is easy for the applicant to guess what the interviewer wants.

9.Increasing number of companies in China are starting to use aptitude test to

discover_______.

A.how the applicant solves problems

B.what the applicant knows about life

C.how skilled the applicant is at his job

D.how committed the applicant is to his work

10.According to the article, many Chinese applicants fail in the aptitude test

because _________.

A.they tend to think there is a right answer

B.they do not know the right answer

C.they think the question is a trick

D.they are unable to understand the question

Passage Three

A good illustration of an ecological upset comes from Australia. In 1859, Mr. Thomas Austin let 24 wild English rabbits loose on his land. At the time, they were probably the only rabbits in the whole country. Within ten years, Mr. Austin had

killed 20,000 rabbits. Even so, he figured there were still 10,000 on or near his land.

Before 1900, this small army of rabbits had conquered half the continent. In a desperate attempt to keep rabbits out of Western Australia, the government of the state set about erecting a wire-mesh fence, at a cost of roughly $2 million. Before the fence was finished, some rabbits were already on the wrong side of it.

In 1950, the Australian government officials estimated rabbits were eating as much food as 25 or 30 million sheep. Worse, their burrowing yearly turned thousands of acres of sheep-ranching land into a dust bowl.

The moral of the story is clear. People ought to think long and hard before introducing foreign animals into a country. It often takes only a few small animals to upset nature’s ecological balance.

Questions 11 – 15: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

11.We can infer from the text that ___________.

A.there were no rabbits in Australia before 1859

B.there were only a few rabbits in Australia before 1859

C.Australia was not a good place for rabbits before 1859

D.all the rabbits in Australia had died out before 1859

12.Mr. Thomas Austin ___________.

A.brought some wild rabbits from England and raised them on his

farm

B.let loose 24 wild rabbits from England not expecting them to

increase so rapidly

C.raised wild rabbits from England and was pleased that they

increased

D.killed many rabbits and he made a fortune out of them

13.Rabbits are bad for the soil because they _________.

A.eat all the goodness from it

B.make the soil very wet

C.dig the soil into heaps

D.dig lots of holes in the soil

14.We can tell from the text that Mr Austin’s farm was___________.

A.not a very large farm

B.not in the west of Australia

C.not a farm for rearing sheep

D.not on the coast of Australia

15.The best title for this passage would be_______.

A.How rabbits upset nature’s balance

B.How Australian farmers defeated the rabbit

C.How the rabbit was introduced to Australia

D.How rabbits are farmed in Australia

Passage Four

Switzerland is a small country in the middle of Europe, famous for its beautiful scenery, its unique banking facilities, and the excellence of its manufactured products, especially watches and clocks. The country is a federal republic and is officially known as the Swiss Confederation. Its total area is 15,940 square miles, and the population in 1995 was 6,905,000. It is bounded on the north by Germany, on the east by Austria and Liechtenstein, on the south by Italy, and on the west by France. The capital city is Berne.

The people of Switzerland fall into four distinct groups, each speaking a separate language and generally following different religious practices: the German Swiss, the French Swiss, the Italian Swiss, and the Rhaeto-Roman Swiss. However, the good will that exists among them enables them to live and work together. The statistics show that about 5 percent of the population was foreign-born, but this has not prevented the formation of a type of person that can be recognized as the typical Swiss: rather short, with brown or blond hair, and dark or gray eyes. The Swiss are known all over the world for their devotion to work, their efficiency, and their keen business sense. They love to travel, and many of them live outside of Switzerland without giving up their Swiss nationality. Now over 160,000 of them are living abroad, mainly in France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.

Questions 16 – 20: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A, B, C, D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。

16.What is the location of Switzerland in Europe?

A.In Western Europe.

B.In Southern Europe.

C.In Eastern Europe

D.In Central Europe.

17.What is Switzerland famous for?

A.Beautiful scenery, unique bank service, and high-quality products.

B.Beautiful scenery, unique bank service, and four groups of people.

C.Beautiful scenery, unique bank service, and international organizations.

D.Beautiful scenery, high-quality products, four groups of people.

18.What is the official name of Switzerland?

A.Swiss Federation

B.Federal Republic of Switzerland

C.Swiss Confederation

D.Republic of Switzerland

19.Which is the neighboring country of Switzerland on the east?

A.Italy

B.Germany

C.France

D.Austria

20.Which of the following is a feature of a typical Swiss?

A.Tall and strong.

B.Brown or blond hair.

C.Blue or green eyes.

D.keen sense of humour.

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1. C 6. C 11. A 16. D

2. B 7. C 12. B 17. A

3. D 8. D 13. D 18. C

4. D 9. A 14. B 19. D

5. D 10. A 15. A 20. B