2019年MBA考试英语阅读试题及答案三

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2019MBA英语真题英语

2019MBA英语真题英语

2018年研究生入学统一考试试题(英语二)Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3.In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested students' willingness to 4 themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist?Half of the pens would 6 an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students who did not k now which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would 8 .Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the s ound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans,much the same as the basic drives for 11 or shelter ,says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct-it can 12 new scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such 13 can insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14 things is a profound curio sity is possible to 15 ,however. In a final experiment,participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 17 to see such an results su ggest that imagining the 18 of following through on one's curiosity ahead of time can help determi ne 19 it is worth the endeavor. Thinking about long-term 20 is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity."Hsee other words,don't read online comments.1. A. resolve B. protect C. discuss D. ignore. refuse B. wait C. seek D. regret. rise B. last C. mislead D. hurt. alert B. tie C. expose D .treat. message B. trial C. review D. concept. remove B. weaken C. deliver D. interrupt7. A. Unless B. If C. Though D. When8. A. happen B. continue C. disappear D. change9. A. rather than B. such as C. regardless of D. owing to10. A. disagree B. forgive C. forget D. discover11. A. pay B. marriage C. food D. schooling. begin with B. rest on C. learn from D. lead to. withdrawal B. inquiry C. persistence D. diligence. self-destructive B. self-reliant C. self-evident D. self-deceptive . resist B. define C. replace D. trace. predict B. overlook C. design D. conceal17. A. remember B. choose C. promise D. pretend18. A. relief B. plan C. outcome D. duty. whether B. why C. where D. how20. A .limitations B. investments C. strategies D. consequencesSection Ⅱ Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization, but practical. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain?As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schools in the family of vocational education “have that stereotype, that it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,” he says.On one hand, that viewpoint is a logi cal product of America’s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new principle. We want more for our kids, and rigitfully so.But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all -and the subtle devaluing of anything less-misses an important point: That’s not the only thing the American economy needs. Yes, a bachelor’s degree opens more doors. But even now, 54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren’t equipped to do them. Koziatek’s Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap. Koziatek’s school is a wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nation’s diversity of gifts.21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students’ lack of______.A. mechanical memorizationB. academic trainingC. practical abilityD. pioneering spirit22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who______.A. are financially disadvantagedB. are not academically successfulC. have a stereotyped mindD. have no career motivation23. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates______.A. are entitled to more “educational privilegesB. are reluctant to work in manufacturingC .used to have more job opportunitiesD. used to have big financial concerns24. The headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all_____.A. helps create a lot of middle-skill jobsB. may narrow the gap in working-class jobsC. is expected to yield a better-trained workforceD. indicates the overvaluing of higher education25. The author’s attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as_____.A. supportiveB. disappointedC. tolerantD. cautiousText2While fossil fuels- coal, oil, gas- still generate roughly 85 percent of the world's energy supply, it's clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted Business to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the stories about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source. In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While the rest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe, the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent of the power generated in the US ,reported the US Energy Information Administration.President Trump has underlined fossil fuels - especially coal - as the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source, But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state's electricity generation - and where tech giants like Microsoft are beingattracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.The question “what happens when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn'tshine?" has provid ed a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage-capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.While there's a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up perhaps: just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington does-or doesn't do- to promote alternative energy may mean less and less a time of a global shift in thought.26. The word "plummeting"(Line 3, is closest in meaning to ______A. stabilizingB. changingC. fallingD. rising27. According to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America ______A. is progressing notablyB. is as extensive as in EuropeC. faces many challengesD. has proved to be impractical28. It can be learned that in Iowa,______.A. wind is a widely used energy sourceB. wind energy has replaced fossil fuelsC. tech giants are investing in clean energyD. there is a shortage of clean energy supply29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6?A. Its application has boosted battery storage.B. It is commonly used in car manufacturing.C. Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.D. Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy _____.A. will bring the US closer to other countriesB. will accelerate global environmental changeC. is not really encouraged by the US governmentD. is not competitive enough with regard to its costText 3The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing —Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn’t have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users’ friendships and social lives.Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What political journalist, what party whip, would not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Theresa May’s enemies are currently plotting? It may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops of owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power. But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power. But there is a deeper conceptual problem, too. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don’t pay for them. The users of their services are not their customers. That would be the people who buy advertising from them — and Facebook and Google, the two virtual giants, dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertainment companies.The product they’re selling is data, and we, the users, convert our lives to data for the benefit of the digital giants. Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce wheto Paragraph1,Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its 。

全国mba联考真题带答案及解析

全国mba联考真题带答案及解析

全国mba联考真题带答案及解析全国MBA联考真题及解析引言:全国MBA联考是中国招收研究生管理类专业学位的重要考试之一,被广大考生视为考取MBA研究生学位的重要通道。

本文将围绕全国MBA 联考的真题及解析展开讨论,帮助考生更好地备考和应对考试。

第一部分:数学分析题第一题:一件商品2018年的价格比2017年上涨了20%,2019年的价格比2018年上涨了25%,若2019年这件商品的价格是10元,则2017年的价格是多少?解析:设2017年的价格为x元,则2018年的价格为1.2x元,2019年的价格为1.25 * 1.2x = 1.5x元。

根据题意,1.5x = 10,解得x = 10 / 1.5 = 6.67。

所以2017年的价格是6.67元。

第二题:一艘游轮的顶部有一个长方形的露天阳台,阳台的长度为12米,宽度为8米。

当阳台上满载了游客,按每平方米承载20人计算,阳台上最多可以承载多少人?解析:阳台面积为12 * 8 = 96平方米。

根据题意,阳台最多可以承载96 * 20 = 1920人。

第二部分:逻辑推理题第一题:假设甲、乙、丙三人在一个岛上,该岛上只有真话与假话两种,他们之间的对话如下:甲说:“我是诚实的。

”乙说:“丙是说谎者。

”丙说:“甲是说谎者。

”问他们中到底谁是诚实的?解析:假设甲是诚实的,则乙和丙都在说谎。

但若乙和丙都在说谎,则甲也不可能说真话,与题意矛盾。

假设乙是诚实的,则甲和丙都在说谎,与甲的说法相悖。

假设丙是诚实的,则甲和乙都在说谎,与乙的说法相悖。

综上所述,他们中没有人是诚实的。

第二题:下列哪一个图形继续[ ]内的序列?△、︵、Ο、[?]解析:观察前三个图形,可以发现它们依次变为下一个图形时,顶部的三角形顺时针旋转90°,右边的元素水平翻转,底部的圆圈顺时针旋转90°。

根据这个规律,[?]的图形应该是三角形向右旋转90°的形状,即<,所以答案是<。

2019年在职工商管理硕士MBA英语阅读练习及答案共13页word资料

2019年在职工商管理硕士MBA英语阅读练习及答案共13页word资料

2019年在职工商管理硕士(MBA)英语阅读练习及答案Swansea University has become the first in Wales to launch a new Master’s degree in Journalism and Media, where students study in three countries. The Er asmus Mundus Master’s degree is brought together by five leading journalism in stitutions and universities in Europe.Postgraduate students will spend the first year in the Danish School of Jou rnalism in Aarhus, Denmark, and in the University of Amsterdam and the second y ear in Swansea, Hamburg University or the City University in London. Representa tives from each of the Universities meet at Swansea University, campus to sign the agreement. Students will become familiar with contemporary issues and debat es in the area of European journalism and will be prepared for a career in the new, emerging global environment. Subjects covered will include European media, European society and politics and the impact of globalization.By learning and living in at least three different European countries,stud ents will be prepared for the challenge of working in a range of contexts in th e new global information society. Students will be have the opportunity to spec ialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism: war and conflict, business and finance, and citizenship. Those choosing to specialize in war and conflict will study at Swansea in their second year.Independent experts from the European Commission have described the newly c reated master’s course as quite unique, in so far as no other university offer s a course in Journalism that opens the possibility to study in at least three countries: Professor Kevin Williams, Head of Media Studies at Swansea Universit y said: “The aim is to create a graduate program in journalism that combines t he best of the European traditions of media science and journalism to create a degree that is European in origin and global in scope. We hope to produce alumn i who will shape the future of global journalism.”Deadline for application for both the masters to start in August 2019 and f or the Erasmus Mundus stipends(奖学金)for non-EU students is 1st March 2019.1. The Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in this passage is ______.A. a new Master’s degree in ChemistryB. first launched in WalesC. brought by five leading European journalism institutions and universitie sD. only launched in three European universities2. From the second paragraph, we can know that postgraduate students in the program ______.A. will study in three countriesB. will meet at Swansea University campus to sign the agreementC. will have to debate with each otherD. will mainly study in environmental problems3. Students can specialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism EXC EPT ______.A. war and conflictB. businessC. citizenshipD. global information4. It can be inferred from Kevin Williams’ remarks that ______.A. the new program will greatly widen the students’ knowledgeB. the new program is still in test and has not been launchedC. the work of graduates of the program is to shape the future of global jo urnalismD. the aim of the program is to create a world-recognized degree5. The best title for the passage can be ______.A. A New Master’s Degree in UniversityB. One Course, Three CountriesC. Postgraduate Study in EuropeD. The Erasmus Mundus Stipends答案:1. C。

2019年MBA考研英语真题及答案

2019年MBA考研英语真题及答案

2019年MBA/MPA考研英语(二)真题及答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Weighing yourself regularly is a wonderful way to stay aware of any significant weight fluctuations. 1 ,when done too often, this habit can sometimes hurt more than it 2 .As for me, weighing myself every day caused me to shift my focus from being generally healthy and physically active to focusing 3 on the scale. That was bad to my overall fitness goals. I had gained weight in the form of muscle mass, but thinking only of 4 the number on the scale, I altered my training program. That conflicted with how I needed to train to 5 my goals.I also found that weighing myself daily did not provide an accurate 6 of the hard work and progress I was making in the gym. It takes about three weeks to a month to notice any significant changes in your weight 7 altering your training program. The most 8 changes will be observed in skill level,strength and inches lostFor these 9 , I stopped weighing myself every day and switched to a bimonthly weighing schedule 10 . Since weight loss is not my goal, it is less important for meto_ 11 _ my weight each week. Weighing every other week allows me to observe and 12 any significant weight changes. That tells me whether I need to 13 my training program.I use my bimonthly weigh-in 14 to get information about my nutrition as well. If my training intensity remains the same, but I'm constantly 15 and dropping weight, this is a 16 that I need to increase my daily caloric intake.The 17 to stop weighing myself every day has done wonders for my overall health, fitness and well-being. I'm experiencing increased zeal for working out since I no longer carry the burden of a 18 morning weigh-in. I've also experienced greater success in achieving my specific fitness goals, 19 I'm training according to those goals, not the numbers on a scale.Rather than 20 over the scale, turn your focus to how you look, feel how your clothes fit and your overall energy level.1. [A] Besides [B] Therefore [C]Otherwise [D] However2. [A] helps [B]cares [C]warns [D] reduces3. [A] initially [B] solely [C] occasionally [D] formally4. [A] recording [B] lowering [C] explaining [D] accepting5. [A] modify [B] set [C]review [D] reach6. [A] definition [B] depiction [C] distribution [D] prediction7. [A] due to [B]regardless of [C] aside from [D] along with8. [A] orderly [B] rigid [C] precise [D] immediate9. [A] claims [B]judgments [C] reasons [D] methods10. [A] instead [B]though [C]again [D]indeed11. [A] report [B] share [C] share [D] share12. [A] depend on [B]approve of [C]hold onto [D]account for13. [A] prepare [B]share [C]share [D] share14. [A] results [B]features [C]rules [D]tests15. [A] bored [B]anxious [C]hungry [D] sick16. [A] principle [B]secret [C]belief [D]sign17. [A] request [B]necessity [C]decision [D]wish18. [A] disappointing [B]surprising [C]restricting [D]consuming19. [A] if because [B]unless [C]until [D]consuming20. [A] obsessing [B]dominating [C]puzzling [D]triumphing1-20参考答案:CDAAC ADCBD ACBDB CBDADSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child’s growing grasp of social and moral norms. Children aren’t born knowing how to say “I’m sorry”; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends -- and their own consciences. This is why researchers generally regard so-called moral guilt, in the right amount, to be a good thing.In the popular imagination, of course, guilt still gets a bad rap. It is deeply uncomfortable-- it's the emotional equivalent of wearing a jacket weighted with stones. Yet this understanding is outdated. “There has been a kind of revival or a rethinking about what guilt is and what role g uilt can serve,” says Amrisha Vaish, a psychology researcher at the University of Virginia, adding that this revival is part of a larger recognition that emotions aren’t binary -- feelings that may be advantageous in one context may be harmful in another. Jealousy and anger, for example, may have evolved to alert us to important inequalities. Too much happiness can be destructive.And quilt , by prompting us to think more deeply about our goodness, can encourage humans to make up for errors and fix relationships. Guilt, in other words, can help hold a cooperative species together. It is a kind of social glue.Viewed in this light, guilt is an opportunity. Work by Tina Malti , a psychology professor at the University of Toronto ,suggests that guilt may compensate for an emotional deficiency. In a number of studies, Malti and others have shown that guilt and sympathy may represent different pathways to cooperation and sharing. Some Kids who are low in sympathy may make up for that shortfall by experiencing more guilt, which can rein in their nastier impulses. And vice versa : High sympathy can substitute for low guilt.In a 2014 study, for example, Malti looked at 244 children. Using caregiver assessments and the children’s self-observations, she rated each chil d’s overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after moral transgressions. Then the kids were handed chocolate coins, and given a chance to share them with an anonymous child. For the low-sympathy kids, how much they shared appeared to turn on how inclined they were to feel guilty. The guilt-prone ones share more, even though they hadn’t magically become more sympathetic to the other child’s deprivation.“That’s good news,” Malti says, “We can be prosocial because we caused har m and we feel regret.”21. Researchers think that guilt can be a good thing because it may help _______.A. regulate a child’s basic emotionsB. improve a child’s intellectual abilityC. foster a child’s moral developmentD. intensify a child’s positive fe elings22. According to Paragraph 2, many people still consider guilt to be _______.A. deceptiveB. burdensomeC. addictiveD. inexcusable23. Vaish holds that the rethinking about guilt comes from an awareness that _______.A. emotions are context-independentB. emotions are socially constructiveC. emotional stability can benefit healthD. an emotion can play opposing roles24. Malti and others have shown that cooperation and sharing _______.A. may help correct emotional deficienciesB. can result from either sympathy or guiltC. can bring about emotional satisfactionD. may be the outcome of impulsive acts25. The word “transgressions” (Line 4, Para. 5) is closest in meaning to _______.A. teachingsB. discussionsC. restrictionsD. wrongdoings21-25参考答案:CBDBDText 2Forests give us shade, quiet and one of the harder callenges in the fight against climate change. Even as we humans count on forests to soak up a good share of the carbon dioxide we produce, we are threatening their ability to do so.The climate change we are hastening could one day leave us with forests that emit more carbon than they absorb.Thankfully, there is a way out of this trap - but it involves striking a subtle balance. Helping forests flourish as valuable "carbon sinks" long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now. Califormia is leading the way, as it does on so many climate efforts, in figuring out the details.The state's proposed Forest Carbon Plan aims to double efforts to thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest. This temporarily lowers carbon-carrying capacity. But the remaining trees draw a greater share of the available moisture, so they grow and thrive, restoring the forest's capacity to pull carbon from the air. Healthy trees are also better able to fend off insects. The landscape is rendered less easily burnable. Even in the event of a fire, fewer trees are consumed.The need for such planning is increasingly urgent. Already, since 2010,drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.California plans to treat 35,000 acres of forest a year by 2020, and 60,000 by 2030 - financed from the proceeds of the state' s emissions- permit auctions. That's only a small share of the total acreage that could benefit, about half a million acres in all, so it will be vital to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fire or drought.The strategy also aims to ensure that carbon in woody material removed from the forests is locked away in the form of solid lumber or burned as biofuel in vehicles that would otherwise run on fossil fuels. New research on transportation biofuels is already under way.State governments are well accustomed to managing forests, but traditionally they've focused on wildlife, watersheds and opportunities for recreation. Only recently have they come to see the vital part forests will have to play in storing carbon. Califormia's plan, which is expected to be finalized by the governor next year, should serve as a model.26. By saying “one of the harder challenges ,”the author implies that_________.A. global climate change may get out of controlB. people may misunderstand global warmingC. extreme weather conditions may ariseD. forests may become a potential threat27. To maintain forests as valuable “carbon sinks," we may need to__________.A. preserve the diversity of species in themB. accelerate the growth of young treesC. strike a balance among different plantsD. lower their present carbon-absorbing capacity28. California's Forest Carbon Plan endeavors to_______.A. cultivate more drought-resistant treesB. reduce the density of some of its forestsC. find more effective ways to kill insectsD. restore its forests quickly after wildfires29.What is essential to California's plan according to Paragraph 5?A. To handle the areas in serious danger first.B. To carry it out before the year of 2020.C. To perfect the emissions-permit auctions.D. To obtain enough financial support.30. The author's attitude to California's plan can best be described as________.A. ambiguousB. tolerantC. supportiveD. cautious26-30参考答案:DDBACText 3American farmers have been complaining of labor shortages for several years now. Given a multi-year decline in illegal immigration, and a similarly sustained pickup in the U.S. job market, the complaints are unlikely to stop without an overhaul of immigration rules for farm workers.Efforts to create a more straightforward agricultural-workers visa that would enable foreign workers to stay longer in the U.S. and change jobs within the industry have so far failed in Congress. If this doesn’t change, American businesses, communities and consumers will be the losers.Perhaps half of U.S. farm laborers are undocumented immigrants. As fewer such workers enter the U.S., the characteristics of the agricultural workforce are changing. Today’s farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled, rather than migrating, and more likely to be married than single. They are also aging. At the start of this century, about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35. Now, more than half are. And crop picking is hard on older bodies.One oft-debated cure for this labor shortage remains as implausible as it has been all along: Native U.S. workers won’t be returning to the farm.Mechanization is not the answer either — not yet at least. Production of corn, cotton, rice, soybeans and wheat have been largely mechanized, but many high-value, labor-intensive crops, such as strawberries, need labor. Even dairy farms, where robots currently do only a small share of milking, have a long way to go before they are automated.As a result, farms have grown increasingly reliant on temporary guest workers using the H-2A visa to fill the gaps in the agricultural workforce. Starting around 2012, requests for the visas rose sharply; from 2011 to 2016 the number of visas issued more than doubled.The H-2A visa has no numerical cap, unlike the H-2B visa for nonagricultural work, which is limited to 66,000 annually. Even so, employers frequently complain that they aren’t allotted all the workers they need. The process is cumbersome, expensive and unreliable. One survey found that bureaucratic delays led H-2A workers to arrive on the job an average of 22days late. And the shortage is compounded by federal immigration raids, which remove some workers and drive others underground.In a 2012 survey ,71 percent of tree-fruit growers and nearly 80 percent of raisin and berry growers said they were short of labor. Some western growers have responded by moving operations to Mexico. From 1998-2000, 14.5 percent of the fruit Americans consumed was imported. Little more than a decade later, the share of imported fruit had increased to 25.8 percent.In effect, the U.S. can import food or it can import the workers who pick it.31.What problem should be addressed according to the first two paragraphs?A.Discrimination against foreign workers in the U.S.B.Biased laws in favor of some American businesses.C.Flaws in U.S. immigration rules for farm workers.D. Decline of job opportunities in U.S. agriculture.32. One trouble with U.S. agricultural workforce is_______.A.the rising number of illegal immigrantsB.the high mobility of crop workersC.the lack of experienced laborersD.the aging of immigrant farm workers33. What is the much-argued solution to the labor shortage in U.S. farming?A. To attract younger laborers to farm work.B. To get native U.S. workers back to farming.C. To use more robots to grow high-value crops.D. To strengthen financial support for farmers.34. Agricultural employers complain about the H-2A visa for its ___.A. slow granting proceduresB. limit on duration of stayC. tightened requirementsD. control of annual admissions35.Which of the following could be the best title for this text?A. U.S. Agriculture in Decline?B. Import Food or Labor?C. America Saved by Mexico?D. Manpower vs. Automation?31-35参考答案:CDBABText 4Amold Schwarzenegger, Dia Mirza and Adrian Grenier have a message for you: It's easy to beat plastic. They're part of a bunch of celebrities starring in a new video for World Environment Day —encouraging you, the consumer, to swap out your single-use plastic staples like straws and cutlery to combat the plastics crisis.The key messages that have been put together for World Environment Day do include a call for governments to enact legislation to curb single-use plastics. But the overarching message is directed at individuals.My concern with leaving it up to the individual, however, is our limited sense of what needs to be achieved. On their own, taking our own bags to the grocery store or quitting plastic straws, for example, will accomplish little and require very little of us. They could even be detrimental, satisfying a need to have "done our bit" without ever progressing onto bigger, bolder, more effective actions — a kind of "moral licensing" that allays our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge.While the conversation around our environment and our responsibility toward it remains centered on shopping bags and straws, we're ignoring the balance of power that implies that as "consumers" we must shop sustainably, rather than as "citizens" hold our governments and industries to account to push for real systemic change.It's important to acknowledge that the environment isn't everyone's priority –or even most people's. We shouldn't expect it to be. In her latest book, Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things, Wellesley College professor Elizabeth R. DeSombre argues that the best way to collectively change the behavior of large numbers of people is for the change to be structural.This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether. India has just announced it will "eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022." There are also incentive-based ways of making better environmental choices easier, such as ensuring recycling is at least as easy as trash disposal.DeSombre isn't saying people should stop caring about the environment. It's just that individual actions are too slow, she says, for that to be the only, or even primary, approach to changing widespread behavior.None of this is about writing off the individual. It's just about putting things into perspective. We don't have time to wait. We need progressive policies that shape collective action (and rein in polluting businesses), alongside engaged citizens pushing for change.36. Some celebrities star in a new video toA. demand new laws on the use of plasticsB. urge consumers to cut the use of plasticsC. invite public opinion on the plastics crisisD. disclose the causes of the plastics crisis37. The author is concerned that “moral licensing” mayA. mislead us into doing worthless thingsB. prevent us from making further effortsC. weaken our sense of accomplishmentD. suppress our desire for success38. By pointing out our identity as “citizens,”,the author indicates thatA: our focus should be shifted to community welfareB: our relationship with local industries is improvingC: We have been actively exercising our civil rightsD: We should press our government to lead the combat39. DeSombre argues that the best way for a collective change should beA: a win-win arrangementB: a self-driven mechanismC: a cost-effective approachD: a top down process40. The author concludes that individual effortsA: can be too aggressiveB: can be too inconsistentC: are far from sufficientD: are far from rational36-40参考答案:AACCBPart BDirections:You are going to read a list of headings and a text. Choose the most suitable headingfrom the list A-G for each numbered paragraph (41-45). Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Five ways to make conversation with anyoneIn choosing a new home, Camille McClain’s kids have a single demand: a backyard.McClain’s little ones aren’t the only kids who have an opinion when it comes to h ousing, and in many cases youngsters’ views weigh heavily on parents’ real estate decisions, according to a 2018 Harris Poll survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults.While more families buck an older-generation proclivity to leave kids in the dark about real estate decisions, realty agents and psychologists have mixed views about the financial, personal and long-term effects kids’ opinions may have.The idea of involving children in a big decision is a great idea because it can help them feel a sense of control and ownership in what can be an overwhelming process, said Ryan Hooper, a clinical psychologist in Chicago.“Children may face serious difficulties in coping with significant moves, especially if it removes them from their current school or support syst em,” he said.Greg Jaroszewski, a real estate brokers with Gagliardo Realty Associates, said he’s not convinced that kids should be involved in selecting a home --- but their opinions should be considered in regards to proximity to friends and social activities, if possible.Younger children should feel like they’re choosing their home --- without actually getting a choice in the matter, said Adam Bailey, a real estate attorney based in New York.Asking them questions about what they like about the backyard of a potential home will make them feel like they’re being included in the decision-making process, Bailey said.Many of the aspects of homebuying aren’t a consideration for children, said Tracey Hampson, a real estate agent based in Santa Clarita, Calif. And placing too much emphasis on their opinions can ruin a fantastic home purchase.“Speaking with your children before you make a real estate decision is wise, but I wouldn’t base the purchasing decision solely on their opinions.” Hampson said.The other issue is that many children - especially older ones - may base their real estate knowledge on HGTV shows, said Aaron Norris of The Norris Group in Riverside ,Calif .“They love Chip and Joanna Gaines just as much as the rest of us,” he said. “HGTV has ser iously changed how people view real estate. It’s not shelter , it’s a lifestyle. With that mindset change come some serious money consequences.”Kids tend to get stuck in the features and the immediate benefits to them personally, Norris said.Parents need to remind their children that their needs and desires may change over time, said Julie Gurner, a real estate analyst with .“Their opinions can change tomorrow,” Gurner said. “Harsh as it may be to say, that decision should likely not be made contingent on a child’s opinions, but rather made for them with great consideration into what home can meet their needs best - and give them an opportunity to customize it a bit and make it their own.”This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.41-45参考答案:ADCGFSection III Translation46.Directions:Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)It is easy to underestimate English writer James Heriot. He had such a pleasant, readable style that one might think that anyone could imitate it. How many times have I heard people say "I could write a book. I just haven't the time." Easily said. Not so easily done. James Herriot, contrary to popular opinion, did not find it easy in his early days of, as he put it,“having a go at the writing game”. While he obviously had an abundance of natural talent, the final, polished work that he gave to the world was the result of years of practising. re-writing and reading. Like the majority of authors, he had to suffer many disappointments and rejections along the way, but these made him all the more determined to succeed. Everything he achieved in life was earned the hard way and his success in the literary field was no exception.46参考答案:【全文翻译】我们很容易低估英国作家吉米·哈利。

2019年mba联考英语真题试卷及答案

2019年mba联考英语真题试卷及答案

2019年管理类专业硕士学位联考英语真题及答案SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmark,orDonANSWERSHEET.(10p oints) Weighingyourselfregularlyisawonderfulwaytostayawareofanysignificantweightfluctuations.1,wh endonetoooften,thishabitcansometimeshurtmorethanit2.Asforme,weighingmyselfeverydaycausedmetoshiftmyfocusfrombeinggenerallyhealthyandphysically activetofocusing3onthescale.Thatwasbadtomyoverallfitnessgoals.Ihadgainedweightintheformofm usclemass,butthinkingonlyof4thenumberonthescale,Ialteredmytrainingprogram.That conflictedwithhowIneededtotrainto5mygoals.Ialsofoundweighingmyselfdailydidnotprovideanaccu rate6ofthehardworkandprogressIwasmakinginthegym.Ittakesaboutthreeweekstoamonthtonoticesign ificantchangesinweight7alteringyourtrainingprogram.Themost8changeswillbeobservedinskilllev el,strengthandincheslost.Forthese9,Istoppedweighingmyselfeverydayandswitchedtoabimonthlyweighingschedule10.Sinceweightlossisnotmygoal, itislessimportantformeto11myweighteachweek.Weighingeveryotherweekallowsmetoobserveand12anysignificantweightchanges.ThattellsmewhetherIneed to13mytrainingprogram.Ialsousemybimonthlyweigh-in14togetinformationaboutmynutri tionaswell.Ifmytrainingintensityremainsthesame,butI’mconsta ntly15anddroppingweight,thisisa16thatIneedtoincreasemydailycaloricintake.The17tostopweighingmyselfeverydayhasdonewondersformyoverallhealth,fitnessandwell-being.IamexperiencingincreasedzealforworkingoutsinceInolongercarrytheburdenofa18morningwei i’vealsoexperienc greatersuccessigh-n.I ed nachievingmyspecificfitnessgoals ,19I’mtrainingaccording tothosegoals,insteadofnumbersonascale.Ratherthan20overthescale,turnyourfocustohowyoulook,feel,howyourclothesfitandyouroveral lenergylevel.1.2.A.cares3.4.5.6.7.of from with to8.9.10.11.12.of onto for on13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.SectionIIReadingComprehensionPartADirections:Readthefollowingbeloweachpassagebychoosing fourA,B,passages.Cor D.AnswertheMarkyourquestionsanswersonANSWERSHEET.(40points)Text1Unlikeso-calledbasicemotionssuchassadness,fear,andanger,guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child’sgrowinggraspofsocialandmoralnorms.Childrenaren’tbornknowinghowtosay“I’msorry”;rather,theylearnovertimethat suchstatementsappeaseparentsandfriends–andtheirownconsciences.Thisiswhyresearchersgenerallyregardso-calledmoralguilt,intherightamount,tobeagoodthing.Inthepopularimagination,ofcourse,guiltstillgetsabadrap.I tis deeplyuncomfortable—it’stheemotionalequivalentofwear ingjacketweightedwithstones.Yetthisunderstandingisoutdated.“Therehasbeenakindofrevival rarethinkingaboutw hatguilt sandwhatroleguiltcanserve,”saysAmrishVaish,addi ngthatthisrevivalispartof alargerrecognitionthatemot ionsaren’tbinary—feelingsthatmaybeadvantageousinonecontextmaybeharmfulin another.Jealousyandanger,forexample,mayhav eevolvedtoalertustoimportantinequalities.Toomuchhappiness(thinkmania)canbedestructi ve.A ndguilt,bypromptingustothinkmoredeeplyaboutourgoodne ss,canencouragehumanstomakeupforerrorsandfixrelation ships.Guilt,inotherwords,canhelphold acooperativespeciestogether.Itisakindofsocialgl ue.Vie wed nthislight,guiltisanopportunity.WorkbyTinaMalt i,psychologyprofessorattheUniversityofToronto,sugg eststhatguilt maycompensatefor anemotionaldeficiency.Inanumbe rofstudies,Maltiandothershaveshownthatguiltandsympathymayrepresentdifferentpathwaystocooperationan dshar ing.Somekidswhoarelowinsympathymaymakeupforthatshortfallbyexperiencing moreguilt,whichcanreinintheirnastierimpulses.Andv iceversa:Highsympathycansubstituteforlowguilt.Ina2014study,forexample,Maltiandacolleaguelookedat244children,ages4,8,ingcaregiverassessmentsandthechildren’sself-observations,theyratedeach child’soverallsympat hylevel andhisorhertendencytofeelnegativeemotions( likeguiltandsadness)aftermoraltransgressions.Thenthekidswerehandedstickersandchocolatecoins,andgivenachancetosharethemwith ananonymouschild. For the low-sympathy kids, howmuch they shared appeared to turn on how inclined they were to feelguilty. Theguilt-prone ones shared more, eventhoughtheyhadn ’t magicallybecomemoresympathetictotheother child’sdeprivation.“That’sgoodnews,”Maltisays.“Wecanbeprosocialbecause ofourempatheticproclivity,orbecausewecausedharmandwefeelregret. ”21.Researchersthinkthatguiltcanbeagoodthingbecauseitmayhelp.A.regulateachild’sbasicemotionsB.improveach ild ’sintellectual abilityC.intensifyachild’spositive feelingsD.fosterachild’smoraldevelopment22.AccordingtoParagraph2,manypeoplestillguilttobe .A.deceptiveB.addictive C.burdensomeD.inexcusable23.Vaishholdsthattherethinkingaboutguiltcomesfromanawarenessthat. anemotioncanplayopposingroles emotionsaresociallyconstructive emotionalstabilitycanbenefithealthemotionsarecontext-independent24.Maltiandothershaveshownthatcooperationandsharing . mayhelpcorrectemotionaldeficiencies canbringaboutemotionalsatisfaction canresultfromeithersympathyorguiltA.maybetheoutcomeofimpulsiveacts25.The word“transgressions”(line4para5)isclosestinmeaning .A .wr ong doings B.discussions C.restrictions D.teachingstoText2Forestsgiveusshade,quietandoneoftheharderchallengesinthe fight against climate change. Even as we humanscount on foreststosoakupagoodshareofthecarbondioxideweproduce,weare threatening their ability to doso. The climate changeweare hasteningcouldonedayleaveuswithforeststhatemitmorecarbon thantheyabsorb.Thank fully,thereis awayoutofthistrap--butitinvo lvesstriking asubtlebalance.Helpingforestsflourishasvalu able"carbonsinks"longintothefuturemayrequirereducingtheircapacitytosequestercarbonnow.Californiaisleadingtheway,asitdoesonsomanyclimateefforts,infiguringoutthedetails.T he state’sproposedForestCarbonPlanaimstodoubleeffortst o thinoutyoungtreesandclearbrush npartsoftheforest.T histemporarilylowers carbon-carryingcapacity.Buttheremainingt reesdrawgreatershareoftheavailablemoisture,sotheygrowandthrive,restoringtheforest'scapacitytopullcarbonfr omthea ir.Healthytreesarealsobetterabletofendoffinsects.Thelandsca peisrenderedlesseasilyburnable.Evenintheeventofafire,fewertreesareconsumed.Theneedforsuchplanningisincreasinglyurgent.Already,since2 010,droughtandinsectshavekilledmorethan100milliontreesi n California,mostofthemin2016alone,andwildfires havescorchedhundredsofthousandsofacre s.Calif ornia’splanenvisionstreating35,000acresofforest ay earby2020,and60,000by2030--financedfromtheproceedsofthestate'semissions-permitauctions.That'sonlyasmallshare ofthetotalacreagethatcouldbenefit,anhalfamillionacresi nall,soitwillbeimportanttoprioritizeareasatgreatestrisk offireordrought.T he strategyalsoaims oensurethatcarboninwoodymaterialremovedfrom theforestsislockedawayintheformofsolidlumberorburnedasbiofuelinvehic lesthatwouldotherwiserunonfo ssilf uels,orusedincompostoranimalfeed.Newresearchontransportationbiofuelsisalreadyunderway.State governments are well accustomedto managingforests, buttraditionally they've focused on wildlife, watersheds and opportunitiesforrecreation. Onlyrecentlyhavetheycometoseethe vital part forests will have to play in storing carbon. California's plan, which is expected to be finalized by the governorearlynextyear,shouldserveasamodel.26.Bysaying“oneoftheharderchallenge s,”theauthorimpliesthat.A.forestsmaybecomeapotentialthreatB.peoplemaymisunderstandglobalwarmingC.extremeweatherconditionsmayariseD.globalclimatechangemaygetoutofcontrol27.Tomaintainforestsasvaluable “carbonsinks,”wemayneed to.lowertheirpresentcarbon-absorbingcapacitystrikeabalanceamongdifferentplantsacceleratethegrowthofyoungtreespreservethediversityofspeciesinthem28.California ’sForestCarbonPlanendeavors tocultivatemoredrought-resistanttreesfindmoreeffectivewaystokillinsectsreducethedensityofsomeofitsforestsrestoreitsforestsquicklyafterwildfires29.Whatis essentialtoCalifornia ’splanaccordingtoparagraph 5Tocarryitoutbeforetheyearof2020TohandletheareasinseriousdangerfirstToperfecttheemissions-permitauctionsA.Toobtainenoughfinancialsupport30.Theauthor’sattitudetoCaliforniadescribedas’splancanbestbe.A.ambiguousB.tolerantC.cautiousD.supportiveText3Americanfarmershavebeencomplainingoflaborshortagesforseveralyearsnow.Thecomplaintsareunlikelytostopwithoutanoverhaulofimmigrationrulesforfarmworkers.Efforts to create a more straightforward agricultural-workersvisa thatwould enable foreign workers to stay longer in the. and changejobs within the industry. If this doesn’t change, American businesses,communitiesandconsumerswillbethelosers.Per hapshalfof.farmlaborersareundocumentedimmigrants.Asfew ersuchworkersenterthecountry,thecharacteristicsoftheagricu lturalworkforcearechanging.Today’sfarmlaborers,whilestillpredominantlyborninMexico ,aremorelikelytobesettled,rat herthanmigrating,andmorelikelytobemarried thansingle.Theyarealsoaging.Atthestartofthiscentury,aboutone-thirdofcropwork erswereovertheageof35.Now,morethanhalfare.Andcroppickingishardonolderbodies.Oneoft-debatedcureforthislab orshortageremainsasimplausibleasithasbeenallalong:Native.workerswo n’tbe returningtothefarm.Mechaniza tionisnottheanswereither—notyetatleast.Produc tionofcorn,cotton,rice,soybeansandwheathavebeenlargelymechanized,butmanyhigh-value,labor-intensivecrops,sucha s strawberries,needlabor.Evendairyfarms,whererobotscurren tlydoonlyasmallshareofmilking,have alongwaytogobeforetheyareautomat ed.A saresult,farmshavegrownincreasinglyreliantontemporaryguestworkersusingtheH-2Avisatofillthegapsintheworkforce.Sta rtingaround2012,requestsforthevisasrosesharply;from2011to2016thenumberofvisasissuedmorethandoubled.TheH-2Avisahasnonumericalcap,unliketheH-2Bvisafornonagricultur alwork,whichislimitedto66,000year.Evenso,employerscomplainthatt heyaren’tgivenalltheworkerstheynee d.Theprocessiscumbersome,expensiveandunreliable.Onesurveyfoundt hat bureaucraticdelaysledH-2Aworkerstoarriveonthejobanaverageo f22dayslate.Andtheshortageiscompoundedbyfederalimmigrat ionraids,whichremovesome workersanddriveothersundergro und.I n2012surveyby,71percentoftree-fruitgrowersandnea rly8percentofraisinandberrygrowerssaidtheywereshortoflabor.SomewesterngrowershaverespondedbymovingoperationstoMexico.In1998-2000,percentofthefruitAmericansconsumedwasimported.Littlemorethanadecadelater,theshareofim portedfruithadincreasedtopercent.31.Ineffect,the.canimportfoodoritcanimporttheworkerswhopickit.WhatproblemshouldbeaddressedaccordingtothefirsttwoparagraphsDiscriminationagainstforeignworkersinthe.BiasedlawsinfavorofsomeAmericanbusinesses.Flawsin.immigrationrulesforfarmworkers.Declineofjobopportunitiesin.agriculture.32.Onetroublewith.agriculturalworkforceis.A.therisingnumberofillegalimmigrantsB.thehighmobilityofcropworkersC.thelackofexperiencedlaborersD.theagingofimmigrantfarmw orkersWhatisthemuch-arguedsolutiontothelaborshortagein.farming Toattractyoungerlaborerstofarmwork.Togetnative.workersbacktofarming.Tousemorerobotstogrowhigh-valuecrops.Tostrengthenfinancialsupportforfarmers.34.AgriculturalemployerscomplainabouttheH-2Avisaforits .slowgrantingprocedureslimitondurationofstay35.tightenedrequirementsofannualadmissionsWhichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleforthistextA..AgricultureinDeclineB.ImportFoodorLaborC.AmericaSavedbyMexicoD.Manpowervs.AutomationText 4ArnoldSchwarzenegger,DiaMirzaandAdrian Grenierhavemessagefo ryou:It’seasytobeatplastic.They’repartofb unchofcelebritiesstaringin anewvideoforWorldEnvironmentDay-encouragingyou,theconsumer,toswapoutyoursingle-usePlasticstaplestocombattheplasticcri sis.T hekey messagesthathavebeenput togetherforWorldEnvironme ntDaydoinclude acallforgovernmentstoenactlegis lationtocurbsingle-usplastics.Buttheoverarchingmessageisdirectedatindividuals.Myconcernwithleavingituptotheindividual,however,isourlimitedsense ofwhatneedstobeachieved.Ontheirown,takingourownbagstothegrocerystoreorquittingplasticstraws,forexample ,w illaccomplishlittleandrequireverylittleofus.Theycoulde venbedetrimental,satisfying aneedtohave“doneourbit”wit houteverprogressingontobigger,bolder,moreeffectiveact ions—akindof“morallicensing”thatallaysourconcernsandstopsusdoingmoreandaskingmoreofthoseincharge.W hiletheconversationaroundourenvironmentandourresponsibil itytowarditremainscenteredonshoppingbagsandstr aws,we’reignoringthebalanceofpowerthatimpliesthatas“consumers”wemustshopsustainably,ratherthanas“citizens”h oleourgovernmentsandindustries oaccount opushforrealsystemiccha nge.It’simportanttoacknowledgethatthe environmentisn’teveryone’spriority -orevenmostpeople’s.Weshouldn’texpecti t tobe.Inherlatestbook,WhyCouldPeopleDoBadEnvironment al Things.ElizabethR.DeSombrearguesthatthebestwaytocollectivelychangethebehavioroflargenumbersofpeoplei sforthechangetobestructural.This mightmeanimplementingadds a cost toenvironmentallysingle-use plastics altogether. “eliminate all single-use plastic are also incentive-based ways choices easier, such asensuringtrashdisposal.policy suchasaplastic tax that problematic action, or banningIndia has just announced it will in the country by 2022.”Thereof making better environmental recycling is at least aseasy asDeSombreisn’tsaying people should stop caring about the environment. It’s just that individual actions are too slow, she says,forthattobetheonly,orevenprimary,approachtochangingwidespreadbehavior.Noneof thisis aboutwritingofftheindividual.t’sjustaboutputtingthingsintoperspective.Wedon’thavetimetowait.Weneedprogressive policiesthat shapecollectiveaction,alongsideengagedcitizenspushingforchan ge.36.Somecelebritiesstarinanewvideoto . demandnewlawsontheuseofplastics urgeconsumerstocuttheuseofplastics invitepublicopiniononthe plasticscrisisthecausesoftheplasticscrisis37.concernedthat“morallicensing ”mayTheauthoris.A.misleadusintodoingworthlessthingsB.preventusfrommakingfurthereffortsC.weakenoursenseofaccomplishmentD.suppressourdesireforsuccess38.Bypointingoutouridentity“citizens”,theauthorindicatesthat. ourfocusshouldbeshiftedtocommunitywelfareourrelationshipwithlocalindustriesisimprovinghavebeenactivelyexercisingourcivilrightsshouldpressourgovernmentstoleadthecombat39.DeSombrearguesthatthebestwayforacollectivechangeshouldbe.A.awin-winarrangementB.aself-drivenmechanismC.acost-effectiveapproachD.atopdownprocess40.Theauthorconcludesthatindividualefforts.canbetooaggressiveA.canbetooinconsistentarefarfrom sufficientfarfromrationalPartBDirect ions:Youaregoingtoreadlistofheadingsandatext.Choo sethemostsuitableheadingfromthelist A-Gforeachnumberedparagrap h (41-45).Markyouranswerson ANSWERSHEET(.10points)Howseriouslyshouldparentstakekids’opinionswhensearching forahomenchoosingnewhome,CamilleMcClain’skidshavesingledemand:abackyard .McClain’slittleon earen’ttheonlykids whohaveanopinionwh enitcomestohousing,andinmanycases youngsters’viewswe ighheavilyonparents’realestatedecisions,accordingtoa2018HarrisPollsurveyofmorethan2,000.adults .Whilemorefamiliesbuckanolder-generationproclivitytoleavekidsinthedarkaboutrealestatedecisions,realty agentsandpsycholo h mi vie ab t financia perso agists ave xed ws out he l,nal ndlong-termeffectskids’opinionsmayhave.Theideaofinvolvingchildreninabigdecisionisagreatideabeca use tcanhelpthemfeel asenseofcontrolandownershipinwhatcanbeanoverwhelmin g process,saidRyanHooper,aclinicalpsychologistinChi cago.“Childr enmayfaceseriousdifficultiesincopingwithsignif icant moves,especiallyifitremovesthemfromtheircurrentscho olorsupportsystem,”hesaid.GregJaroszewski,realestatebrokerswithGagliardoRealtyAssociates,saidhe’snotconvincedthatkidsshouldbeinvolvedinselectingahome—buttheiropinionsshouldbeconsideredinregardstoproximitytofriendsan dsocialactivities,ifpossible.Youngerchildrenshouldfeellikethey’rechoosingtheirhome withoutac tuallygettingachoiceinthematter,saidAdamBailey,arealestateattorneyb asedinNewYork.—Askingthemquestionsaboutwhattheyofapotentialhomewillmakethemfeellikethey likeaboutthebackyard’rebeing includedinthedecision-making process,Baileysaid.M any ftheaspectsofhomebuyingaren’tconsiderationforchi ldren,said TraceyHampson,arealestateagentbasedinSantaClarita,Calif.Andplacing toomuchemphasisontheiropinionscanruinafantastichomepurchase.“Speaki ngwithchildrenbeforeyoumake arealestatedec isioniswise,but Iwouldn’tbasethepurchasingdecisionsolelyontheiropinions.”Hampsonsaid.Theotherissueisthatmanychildren-especiallyolderones-mayb asetheir realestateknowledgeonHGTVshows,saidAaronNorrisofTheNorrisGrou p inRiverside,Calif.“T heyloveChipandJoannaGainesjustasmuchastherestofus,”he said.“HGTVhasseriouslychangedhowpeopleviewr ealestate.It’snotshelter,it’salifestyle.Withthatmindsetchangecomesomeseriousmoney consequences.”Kidstendtogetstuckinthefeaturesandtheimmediatebenefitst o them personally,Norrissaid,Parentsneed toremindtheirchi ldrenthattheirneedsanddesiresmaychangeovertime,saidJ ulieGurner,realestate analystwith.“T heiropinionscanchange tomorrow,”Gurnersaid.“Harshasitmay be osay,thatdecisionshouldlikelynotbemadecontingenton a child’sopinions,butrathermadeforthemwithgreatconsiderationintowhathomecanmeettheirneedsbest-andgivethemanopportunitytocustomizeitabitandmakeittheir own.”Thisadviceismorerelevantnowthaneverbefore,evenasmore parentswanttoembracetheideasoftheirchildren,despitethecurrenthousingcrunch.thatsignificantmovesmayposechallengestochildren.thatitiswisetoleavekidsinthedarkHooperaboutrealestatedecisions.C.advisesthathomepurchasesshouldnotbeBailey’sopini ons.basedonlyonchildr enD.thinksthatchildrenshouldbegive na43.TraceyHampsonsenseofinvolvementinhomebuyingdecision s.E.notesthataspectslikechildren’s44.AaronNorrissocialactivitiesshouldb efriends andF.believesthathomebuyingdecisionsshou ldGurner’s needsratherthanbebasedonchildrenG.assumesthatmanychildren’sviewsonrealestateareinfluencedbythemedia.46.SectionIIITranslationDirection:InthissectionthereisatestinEnglish.TranslateitintoChines e.Wr iteyourtranslationon ANSWERSHEET(15points).t seasytounderestimate EnglishwriterJameshadsuch apleas ant,readablestylethataremightthinkthatanyonecouldimitateit.Howmanytime shaveIheardpeoplesay,“1couldwriteabook ,Ijusthaven'tthetime”Easilysaid.Notsoeasilydone.JamesHerri ot,contrarytopopularopiniondidnotfinditeasyinh is earlydaysof,asheputit,“having agoatthewritinggame”.Whi leheobviouslyhadanabundanceofnaturaltalent,thef inalpolishedworkthathehavetotheworld wastheresultofye arsofpracticing,re-writingandreading.Likethemajorityofauthors,hehadtosuffermanydisappointmentsandrejectionsalongt he way,butthesemadehimallthemoredeterminedtosucceed.Every achieve i l wasearnethehardwayandhissuccessthing d n ifdeintheliteracyfieldwasnoexception.SectionIVWritingPartA47. Directions:SupposeprofessorSmithaskedyoutoplanadebateonthethemeofcitytraffic.Writehimanemailto suggestaspecifictopicwithyourreasons,andtellhimyourarrangement.Youshouldwriteabout100wordsontheANSWERSHEET.Donote“LiMing”instead. Donot writeyouraddress.(10points)PartBDirections:Writeanessaybasedonthechartbelow.Inyourwriting,youshould interpretthechart,andgiveyourcomments.Youshouldwriteabout150wordsontheANSWERSHEET.(15points)2019年全国硕士研究生入学一致考试管理类专业硕士学位联考英语试卷二答案速查表SectionIUseofEnglish1234567891 0C D A A C A D C B D1 112131415161718192A CB D BC BD A BSectionIIReadingComprehensionPartA2122232425262728293 0D C A C A A A C B D3132333435363738394 0C D B A B B B D D B PartB41 D 42G43F44C45BSectionIII(参照译文)人们很简单低估英国作家詹姆斯.赫里奥尔。

2019年MBA考试英语阅读理解真题及答案

2019年MBA考试英语阅读理解真题及答案

2019年MBA考试英语阅读理解真题及答案Dcan be employed. The result is a slower pace of technological change, And in the end the skills of the bottom half of the population affect the wages of the top half. If the bottom half can't effectively staff the processes that have to be operated, the management and professional jobs that go with these processes will disappear.1. Which of the following applies to the management of human resources in American companies?A. They hire people at the lowest cost regardless of their skills.B. They see the gaining of skills as their employees' own business.C. They attach more importance to workers than to equipment.D. They only hire skilled workers because of keen competition.2. What is the position of the head of human-resource management in an American firm?A. He is one of the most important executives in the firm.B. His post is likely to disappear when new technologies are introduced.C. He is directly under the chief financial executive.D. He has no say in making important decisions in the firm.3. The money most American firms put in training mainly goes to .A. workers who can operate new equipmentB. technological and managerial staffC. workers who lack basic background skillsD. top executives4. According to the passage, the decisive factor in maintaininga firm's competitive advantage is .A. the introduction of new technologiesB. the improvement of workers' basic skillsC. the rational composition of professional and managerial employeesD. the attachment of importance to the bottom haft of the employees5. What is the main idea of the passage ?A. American firms are different from Japanese and German firms in human-resource management.B. Extensive retraining is indispensable to effectivehuman-resource management.C. The head of human-resource management must be in the central position in a firm' s hierarchy.D. The human-resource management strategies of American firms affect their competitive capacity.参考答案:B D B B DText 2"Welcome to the U. S. A. I Major Credit cards accepted !"By the millions they are coming—no longer the tired, the poor, the wretched masses longing for a better living. These are the wealthy. "We don't have a budget," says a biologist from Brazil, as she walks with two companions through New York City's South Street. "We just use our credit cards."The U. S. has long been one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, but this year has been exceptional. First there was the World Cup, which drew thousands from every corner of the globe; then came the weakening of the U.S. dollar against major currencies. Now the U. S., still the world's superpower, can also claim to be the world's bargain basement (廉价商品部) . Nobody undersells America these days on just about everything, fromconsumer electronics to fashion clothes to tennis rackets. Bottom retail prices— anywhere from 30% to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia—have attracted some 47 million visitors, who are expected to leave behind $ 79 billion in 1994. That's up from $ 74 billion the year before.True, not everyone comes just for bargains. There remains an undeniable fascination in the rest of the world with all things American, nourished by Hollywood films and U. S. television series. But shopping the U. S. A. is proving irresistible. Every week thousands arrive with empty suitcases ready to be filled; some even rent an additional hotel room to hold their purchases. The buying binge (无节制) has become as important as watching Old Faithful Fountains erupt in Yellowstone Park or sunbathing on a beach in Florida.The U.S. has come at last to appreciate what other countries learned long ago: the pouring in of foreign tourists may not always be convenient, but it does put money in the bank. And with a trade deficit at about $130 billion and growing for the past 12 months, the U.S. needs all the deposits it can get. Compared with American tourists abroad, visitors to the U.S. stay longer and spend more money at each stop; an average of 12.2 night and $1624 a traveler versus the Americans' four night and $ 298.1. From what the Brazilian biologist says, we know that tourists like her .A. are reluctant to carry cash with themB. simply don't care how much they spendC. are not good at planning their expenditureD. often spend more money than they can afford2. The reason why 1994 was exceptional is that .A. it saw an unusually large number of tourists to the U. S.B. it witnessed a drop in the number of tourists to the U. S.C. tourism was hardly affected by the weakening of the U.S. dollar that yearD. tourists came to the U.S. for sightseeing rather than for bargains that year3. By saying "nobody undersells America" (Line 4, Para. 3), the author means that .A. no other country underestimates the competitiveness of American productsB. nobody expects the Americans to cut the prices of their commoditiesC. nobody restrains the selling of American goodsD. no other country sells at a lower price than America4. Why does the author assert that all American things are fascinating to foreigners?A. Because they have gained much publicity through the American media.B. Because they represent the world's latest fashions.C. Because they embody the most sophisticated technology.D. Because they are available at all tourist destinations.5. From the passage we can conclude that the U.S. has come to realize .A. the weakening if the U.S. dollar can result in trade deficitsB. the lower the retail prices, the greater the profitsC. tourism can make great contributions to its economyD. visitors to the U.S. are wealthier than U.S. tourists abroad参考答案:B A D A C。

mba在职考试英语真题及答案解析

mba在职考试英语真题及答案解析

mba在职考试英语真题及答案解析MBA是“Master of Business Administration”的缩写,即工商管理硕士。

在当今竞争激烈的商业环境中,MBA学位被许多人认为是提升职业发展的有效途径。

然而,为了获得这一学位,学生需要通过一系列考试,其中英语考试是其中之一。

下面将讨论一些真题及其答案解析,帮助考生更好地准备考试。

第一题是阅读理解,题目为:“消费者行为分析对企业的重要性”。

这个题目考察了考生对市场营销领域的了解程度。

正确答案是选项B:“消费者行为分析可以帮助企业更好地理解和满足顾客需求,从而提高市场份额和盈利能力。

”这个答案强调了消费者行为分析在企业营销战略中的关键作用,帮助企业更好地把握市场机会。

接下来是逻辑推理题目:“如果公司要在市场上保持竞争优势,应该注重哪些因素?”正确答案是选项D:“产品质量、创新能力、市场营销策略和供应链管理。

”这个答案提供了多个关键因素,说明了保持竞争优势需要全方位的考虑。

第三题是语法题:“I wish I ________ more time to spend with my family.”正确答案是选项A:“had”。

这个题目考察了对虚拟语气的掌握,使用了“wish”从句的特殊结构。

第四题是写作题:“描述一个领导力的例子,并解释其重要性。

”这个题目要求考生运用自己的思考和经验,撰写一个关于领导力的例子,并解释其重要性。

考生可以描述一个自己亲身经历过的领导者,或者提到一个有影响力的领导者的例子,然后解释他们对组织或团队的重要作用。

这个题目展示了考生的思考能力和应用能力。

MBA在职考试英语部分的题目涵盖了从理论到实践的广泛领域,考察了考生的商业思维、语言运用和逻辑推理能力。

通过对这些真题及其答案的解析,考生可以更好地理解考试内容,有针对性地准备考试。

最后,值得注意的是,准备MBA考试不仅仅依赖于做题,还需要广泛阅读商业相关的书籍和文章,培养专业知识和商业思维能力。

2019年MBA联考英语真题9页word

2019年MBA联考英语真题9页word

2019年1月MBA考试英语真题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The Internet affords anonymity to its users, a blessing to privacy and freedom of speech. But that very anonymity is also behind the explosion of cyber-crime that has 1 across the Web.Can privacy be preserved 2 bringing safety and security to a world that seems increasingly 3 ?Last month, Howard Schmidt, the nation’s cyber-czar, offered the federal government a 4 to make the Web a safer place-a “voluntary trusted identity” system that would be the high-tech 5 of a physical key, a fingerprint and a photo ID card, all rolled 6 one. The system might use a smart identity card, or a digital credential 7 to a specific computer .and would authenticate users at a range of online services.The idea is to 8 a federation of private online identity systems. User could 9 which system to join, and only registered users whose identities have been authenticated could navigate those sy stems. The approach contrasts with one that would require an Internet driver’s license 10 by the government.Google and Microsoft are among companies that already have these“single sign-on”systems that make it possible for users to 11 just once but use many different services.12.the approach would create a “walled garden” n cyberspace, with safe “neighborhoods” and bright “streetlights” to establish a sense of a 13 community.Mr. Schmidt described it as a “voluntary ecosystem” in which “individua ls and organizations can complete online transactions with 14 ,trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure 15 which the transaction runs”.Still, the administration’s plan has 16 privacy rights activists. Some applaud the approach; others are concerned. It seems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push toward what would 17 be a compulsory Internet “drive’s license” mentality.The plan has also been greeted with 18 by some computer security experts, who worry that the “voluntary ecosystem” envisioned by Mr. Schmidt would still leave much of the Internet 19 .They argue that all Internet users should be 20 to register and identify themselves, in the same way that drivers must be licensed to drive on public roads.1.A.swept B.skipped C.walked D.ridden2.A.for B.within C.while D.though3.A.careless wless C.pointless D.helpless4.A.reason B.reminder Cpromise D.proposal5.Armation B.interference C.entertainment D.equivalent6.A.by B.into C.from D.over7.Aed B.directed C.chained Dpared8.A.dismiss B.discover C.create D.improve9.A.recall B.suggest C.select D.realize10.A.relcased B.issued C.distributed D.delivered11.A.carry on B.linger on C.set in D.log in12.A.In vain B.In effect C.In return D.In contrast13.A.trusted B.modernized C.thriving Dpeting14.A.caution B.delight C.confidence D.patience15.A.on B.after C.beyond D.across16.A.divided B.disappointed C.protected D.united17.A.frequestly B.incidentally C.occasionally D.eventually18.A.skepticism B.relerance C.indifference D.enthusiasm19.A.manageable B.defendable C.vulnerable D.invisible20.A.invited B.appointed C.allowed D.forcedSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points)Text 1Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000: a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much eroticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman’s compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked? By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. The position was just taking up too much time, she said.Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm’s board. Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive’s proposals. If the sky, and the share price is falling, outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.The researchers from Ohio University used a database hat covered more than 10,000 firms and more than 64,000 different directors between 1989 and 2019. Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy statement to the next. The most likely reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those “surprise” disappearances by d irectors under the age of 70. They fount that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increased by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. The effect tended to be larger for larger firms. Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a si nking ship. Often they “trade up.” Leaving riskier, smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred. Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives. Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms. Simmons, once again very popular on campus.21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for .[A]gaining excessive profits[B]failing to fulfill her duty[C]refusing to make compromises[D]leaving the board in tough times22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be .[A]generous investors[B]unbiased executives[C]share price forecasters[D]independent advisers23. According to the researchers from Ohio University after an outside director’s surprise departure, the firm is likely to .[A]become more stable[B]report increased earnings[C]do less well in the stock market[D]perform worse in lawsuits24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors .[A]may stay for the attractive offers from the firm[B]have often had records of wrongdoings in the firm[C]are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm[D]will decline incentives from the firm25. The author’s attitude toward the role of outside directors is.[A]permissive[B]positive[C]scornful[D]criticalText 2Whatever happened to the death of newspaper? A year ago the end seemed near. The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the internet. Newspapers like the Sa n Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom. America’s Federal Trade commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers. Should they become charitable corporations? Should the state subsidize them ? It will hold another meeting soon. But the discussions now seem out of date.In much of the world there is the sign of crisis. German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession. Even American newspapers, which inhabit the most troubled come of the global industry, have not only survived but often returned to profit. Not the 20% profit margins that were routine a few years ago, but profit all the same.It has not been much fun. Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard. The American Society of News Editors reckons that 13,500 newsroom jobs have gone since 2019. Readers are paying more for slimmer products. Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs. Yet these desperate measures have proved the right ones and, sadly for many journalists, they can be pushed further.Newspapers are becoming more balanced businesses, with a healthier mix of revenues from readers and advertisers. American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads. Fully 87% of their revenues came from advertising in 2019, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). In Japan the proportion is 35%. Not surprisingly, Japanese newspapers are much more stable.The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody, but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspaper are least distinctive. Car and film reviewers have gone. So have science and general business reporters. Foreign bureaus have been savagely cut off. Newspapers are less complete as a result. But completeness is no longer a virtue in the newspaper business.26. By saying “Newspapers like … their own doom” (Lines 3-4, Para. 1), the author indicates that newspaper .[A]neglected the sign of crisis[B]failed to get state subsidies[C]were not charitable corporations[D]were in a desperate situation27. Some newspapers refused delivery to distant suburbs probably because .[A]readers threatened to pay less[B]newspapers wanted to reduce costs[C]journalists reported little about these areas[D]subscribers complained about slimmer products28. Compared with their American counterparts, Japanese newspapers are much more stable because they .[A]have more sources of revenue[B]have more balanced newsrooms[C]are less dependent on advertising[D]are less affected by readership29. What can be inferred from the last paragraph about the current newspaper business?[A]Distinctiveness is an essential feature of newspapers.[B]Completeness is to blame for the failure of newspaper.[C]Foreign bureaus play a crucial role in the newspaper business.[D]Readers have lost their interest in car and film reviews.30. The most appropriate title for this text would be .[A]American Newspapers: Struggling for Survival[B]American Newspapers: Gone with the Wind[C]American Newspapers: A Thriving Business[D]American Newspapers: A Hopeless StoryText 3We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G. I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more. During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish.Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living. The phrase “less is more” was actually first po pularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War IIand took up posts at American architecture schools. These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture, but none more so that Mies.Mies’s signature phrase means that less decoration, properly organized, has more impact that a lot. Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance. Like other modern architects, he employed metal, glass and laminated wood-materials that we take for granted today buy that in the 1940s symbolized the future. Mies’s sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty.The apartments in the elegant towers Mies built on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, for example, were smaller-two-bedroom units under 1,000 square feet-than those in their older neighbors along the city’s Gold Coast. But the y were popular because of their airy glass walls, the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings’ details and proportions, the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time.The trend toward “less” was not entirely foreign. In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses-usually around 1,200 square feet-than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.The “Case Study Houses” commissioned from talente d modern architects by California Arts & Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the “less is more” trend. Aesthetic effect came from the landscape, new materials and forthright detailing. In his Case Study House, Ralph everyday life –few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers –but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.31. The postwar American housing style largely reflect ed the Americans’.[A]prosperity and growth[B]efficiency and practicality[C]restraint and confidence[D]pride and faithfulness32. Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about Bauhaus?[A]It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[B]Its designing concept was affected by World War II.[C]Most American architects used to be associated with it.[D]It had a great influence upon American architecture.33. Mies held that elegance of architectural design .[A]was related to large space[B]was identified with emptiness[C]was not reliant on abundant decoration[D]was not associated with efficiency34. What is true about the apartments Mies building Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive?[A]They ignored details and proportions.[B]They were built with materials popular at that time.[C]They were more spacious than neighboring buildings.[D]They shared some characteristics of abstract art.35. What can we learn about the design of the “Case Study House”?[A]Mechanical devices were widely used.[B]Natural scenes were taken into consideration[C]Details were sacrificed for the overall effect.[D]Eco-friendly materials were employed.Text 4Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the proje ct’s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a “Bermuda triangle” of debt, population decline and lower growth.As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Mar kets have lost faith that the euro zone’s economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.Yet the debate about how to save Europe’s single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zone’s dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonization within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonies.Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrow spending and competitiveness, barked by quasi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey. These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects and even the suspension of a countr y’s voting rights in EU ministerial councils. It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigour; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference.A “southern” camp headed by French wants something different: ”European economic government” within an inner core of euro-zone members. Translated, that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members, via cheaper borrowing for governments through common Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers. Finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, curo-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.It is too soon to write off the EU. It remains the world’s largest trading block. At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area. It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalization, and make capitalism benign.36. The EU is faced with so many problems that .[A] it has more or less lost faith in markets[B] even its supporters begin to feel concerned[C] some of its member countries plan to abandon euro[D] it intends to deny the possibility of devaluation37. The debate over the EU’s single currency is stuck because the dominant powers.[A] are competing for the leading position[B] are busy handling their own crises[C] fail to reach an agreement on harmonization[D] disagree on the steps towards disintegration38. To solve the euro problem ,Germany proposed that .[A] EU funds for poor regions be increased[B] stricter regulations be imposed[C] only core members be involved in economic co-ordination[D] voting rights of the EU members be guaranteed39. The French proposal of handling the crisis implies that __ __.[A]poor countries are more likely to get funds[B]strict monetary policy will be applied to poor countries[C]loans will be readily available to rich countries[D]rich countries will basically control Eurobonds40. Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel __ __.[A]pessimistic[B]desperate[C]conceited[D]hopefulPart BDirections:(7选5)In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions (41-45), choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Such a move could affect firms such as McDonald’s, which sponsors the youth coaching scheme run by the Football Association. Fast-food chains should also stop offering “inducements” such as toys, cute animals and mobile phone credit to lure young customers, Stephenson said.Professor Dinesh Bhugra, president of the Roy al College of Psychiatrists, said: “If children are taught about the impact that food has on their growth, and that some things can harm, at least information is available up front.”He also urged councils to impose “fast-food-free zones” around school an d hospitals-areas within which takeaways cannot open.A Department of Health spokesperson said: “We need to create a new vision for public health where all of society works together to get healthy and live longer. This includes creating a new ‘responsibility deal’ with business, built on social responsibility, not state regulation. Later this year, we will publish a white paper setting out exactly how we will achieve this.”The food industry will be alarmed that such senior doctors back such radical moves, especially theIn this section there is a text in English. Translate it into Chinese, write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15points)Who would have thought that, globally, the IT industry produces about the same volumes of greenhouse gases as the world’s airlines do-rough 2 percent of all CO2 emissions?Many everyday tasks take a surprising toll on the environment. A Google search can leak between 0.2 and 7.0 grams of CO2 depending on how many attempts are needed to get the “right” answer. To deliver results to its users quickly, then, Google has to maintain vast data centres round the world, packed with powerful computers. While producing large quantities of CO2, these computers emit a great deal of heat, so the centres need to be well air-conditioned, which uses even more energy.However, Google and other big tech providers monitor their efficiency closely and make improvements. Monitoring is the first step on the road to reduction, but there is much to be done, and not just by big companies.Section IV WritingPart A47 Directions:1. Suppose your cousin Li Ming has just been admitted to a university. Write him/her a letter to1) congratulate him/her, and2) give him/her suggestions on how to get prepared for university life.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Zhang Wei” instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)2. write a short essay baesd on the following chart.in your writing,you should:1)interpret the chart and2)give your commentsyou should write at least 150 wrodswrite your essay on answer sheet 2(15points)2019、2009年国内轿车市场部分【品牌份额示意图】2019年MBA/MPA/ MPACC英语参考答案完型填空:1-10 ACBDDBACCB11-20 DBACAADACD阅读PartA21-25 ADCBD26-30 DBCAA31-35 BDCDB36-40 ADBAD阅读Part B41-45EDCBG翻译部分:有谁会想到,在全球范围内,IT行业产生的温室气体跟全球航空公司产生的一样多?占二氧化碳总排量的2%.很多日常工作对环境造成了让人震惊的破坏作用。

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2019年MBA考试英语阅读试题及答案三
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said. “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”
The Princess concluded with a simple message:“We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack On the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon” (乱放跑的人)
The Princess responded by brushing aside the Criticisms:“This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I’m
trying to do is help.”
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their Support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s t rip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola
and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the m atter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.”
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
1. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 _____.
A. to clarify the British government’s stand on landmines
B. to establish her image as a friend of landmine
victims
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
2. What did Diana mean when she said “... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me” (Line 5, Para. 1)?
A. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
B. She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
C. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
D. Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
3. Some members of the British government criticized Diana because _____.
A. she had not consulted the government before the visit
B. she was ill-informed of the government’s policy
C. they were actually opposed to banning landmines
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the
situation in Angola
4. How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A. She made more appearances on TV.
B. She paid no attention to them.
C. She rose to argue with her opponents.
D. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
5. What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A. It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B. It had greatly promoted her popularity.
C. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
D. It had affected her relations with the British government.
答案:
1. D。

由题干in 1997直接定位于文章第一句to support the Red Cross’s Campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines,D项是原文的同义改写。

2. D。

本句中的figures,指的不是前面提到的统计数字,而是后面列举的小女孩Sandra等深受地雷伤害的人;另一个是bring sth. home这个短语是指“活生生的揭示,以强调的形式清楚的表示”。

所以本句的意思是亲眼看到被地雷伤害的人使王妃深切感受到了事实。

3. C。

由some members of the British government定位与第
三段第一句,此处表明英国政府批评戴安娜的原因,即政府不支持禁雷。

从第三段第二句可知,王妃的出访是得到了外交部的批准的,排
除A,B和D是政府在媒体上对王妃的批评之辞,并没有说明真实的原因。

4. B。

第四段第一句说明了王妃对政府对她的批评所持的态度。

brush aside意思是“不理,漠视”,相当于pay no attentionto sth.
5. C。

文章最后一段用王妃的话总结了她出访安哥拉的意义,即让她有机会贴近普通民众, C项是原文的同义转述。

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