MBA联考英语模拟试题及答案(1)

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Section I Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. 1 the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are 2 . Paper is also bio-degradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. 3 45 out of every 100 tons of wood fiber used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fiber from forests and plantations. By world standards this is a good 4 since the world-wide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and 5 schemes and at the same time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have 6 even greater utilization of used fiber. 7 , industry’s use of recycled fibers is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fiber over the coming years.

Already, waste paper 8 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology 9 to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled 10 in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also 11 . We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; 12 stationery may be less white and 13 a rougher texture. There also needs to be 14 from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper 15 to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous 16 .

There are technical 17 to the amount of paper which can be recycled and some paper products cannot be collected for reuse. These include paper 18 books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly contaminated. The four most common 19 of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material 20 goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may also incur the collection cost.

1.A.Despite B.Unlike C.With D.Even

2.A.replaceable B.removable C.respectable D.responsible

3.A.While B.When C.If D.Because

4.A.function B.quality C.consequence D.performance

5.A.tidying B.classifying C.placing D.selecting

6.A.given rise to B.thrown light on C.paved the way for D.made use of

7.A.As a result B.In the end C.All in all D.In conclusion

8.A.consumes B.consults C.constructs D.constitutes

9.A.inquired B.required C.resorted D.indicated

10.A.contest B.contact C.content D.contend

11.A.contribute B.pay C.award D.reward

12.A.such as B.just as C.other than D.for example

13.A.by B.in C.of D.for

14.A.encouraged B.supported C.defended D.bred

15.A.available B.compatible C.durable D.negligible

16.A.compounds B.compositions C.mixtures D.items

17.A.requests B.needs C.limitations D.problems

18.A.in the form of B.in the light of C.in the case of D.in the name of

19.A.materials B.resources C.substances D.sources

20.A.to which B.in which C.by which D.through which

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Text 1

What exactly was the historical significance of Nov. 9, 1989? Having spent much of the summer of that year in Berlin, I have long bitterly regretted that I was not there to join in the party the night the wall came down. I mean, what kind of an aspirant historian misses history being made?

But two Berlin friends recently made me feel better by confessing that, despite being in the right city on the right date, they too missed the fall of the wall. One simply slept through the tumultuous events that unfolded after an East German official casually stated that the border was open. Her brother tried to rouse her, but she assumed he was joking when he shouted through her bedroom door: "The wall's coming down!" My other friend deliberately went to bed early to be fresh for a morning yoga class. It took her a while the next morning to work out why she was the only one to show up.

That set me thinking. Could it be that my friends and I didn't in fact miss an event of world-historical importance? Was the fall of the Berlin Wall not really History with a capital H, but just news with a lower-case n—a wonderful story for journalists but, 20 years on, actually not that big a deal? Could it be that what happened 10 years earlier, in the annus mirabilis 1979, was the real historical turning point?

Sure, it was nice for East Germans, Czechs, Hungarians, and Poles—not to mention the peoples of the Baltics, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the Caucasus—that they got rid of dreary communism and discovered the pleasures (and occasional pains) of free markets and free elections. What the British historian and eye-witness Timothy Garton Ash has called the "refolution" (reform plus revolution) that swept Central and Eastern Europe was a splendid thing, not least because the communist regimes were toppled with amazingly little bloodshed. Only in Yugoslavia, where the communists clung to power in the guise of Serbian nationalists, was there the kind of celebration that usually accompanies the end of empire—and Yugoslavia, paradoxically, was the Eastern European country that had been the first to break free of Moscow, and the first to introduce market reforms.

It may seem perverse to question the historical significance of the collapse of the Soviet empire in Mitteleuropa, and then the collapse of the Soviet Union itself. I suspect most Americans today share the Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis's view that 1989 saw the triumphant end of the Cold War, a victory achieved above all by President Ronald Reagan, though nobly assisted by Margaret Thatcher—despite her deep reservations about the unintended consequences of German reunification—and the Polish Pope John Paul II.

21. In the very beginning, the author’s experience is mentioned to _____.

A. reveal his status of being a historian

B. introduce the topic of this essay

C. call attention to the historical event

D. take pride in his being a witness

22. According the second paragraph, which of the following is TRUE?

A. two Berlin residents accompanied the writer to the fall of the wall

B. the event was started first on the western side of the famous wall

C. one friend was warming up for a yoga class for that special night

D. most people were absent from the class the day after the fall-down

23. By ‘paradoxically”, the author means ______.

A. the last communist regime turned out to be the first one against communism

B. Yugoslavia remained a communist loyalty even after the Soviet collapse

C. A British scholar created a funny word which was really splendid in Europe

D. The fact that little blood was spilled over this revolution surprised most scholars

24. In the view of J.L.Gaddis, the end of Cold War _____.

A. was brought about by the collapse of the Soviet Union

B. was accomplished with the assistance of Germans

C. was notably attributed to the leadership of Reagan

D. was deeply doubted by the British prime minister

25. The author seems to be mainly concerned with ______.

A. significance of historical events

B. story of the toppled Berlin wall

C. reporting of some witnesses

D. suspicion of historians

Text 2

On Wednesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 in a house pet, a 13-year-old domestic shorthaired cat. The animal likely contracted the virus from its owners, veterinarians say, since two of the three family members living in the cat's household had recently suffered from influenza-like illness. Late last week, when the cat came down with flu-like symptoms — malaise, loss of appetite — its owners brought it to Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine for treatment. The family mentioned to the vet that they had also recently battled illness, which led to testing the pet for H1N1.

It's not yet clear how vulnerable cats, dogs and other household animals may be to the new virus, but the Iowa cat's case reinforces just how different H1N1 is from seasonal flu viruses. Although some household cats and certain wild cats in zoos have gotten ill with avian influenza, and dogs have their own canine version of the flu virus, pets don't normally get sick with the regular human flu. "There has never been a report of human seasonal influenza affecting cats or dogs," says Dr. Julie Levy, director of Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Florida.

It's possible that the Iowa cat's case may be a bellwether of future pet disease, but it's also possible it was just a fluke event. At the cat's advanced age, its immune system may not have been as adept at fending off influenza as that of a younger animal — similar to the vulnerability seen in aging humans. Still, says Dr. Ann Garvey, state public-health vet at the Iowa Department of Public Health, "We just don't know. We really don't."

Garvey notes that despite nearly 25,000 cases of positive, lab-confirmed H1N1 in people reported in the U.S. since last spring, the Iowa cat is the first pet to be documented with the virus. But before pet owners start suspecting Fido and Fluffy of being H1N1 hotbeds, Garvey stresses that so far, no cases of influenza of any kind in pets — including cases of bird flu — are known to have moved from animals into people. And even among the animals, the virus does not appear to spread easily, which may further suggest that pets are not ideal reservoirs for influenza.

That's good news for pet lovers and flu worriers. And so is the fact that the cat seems to be recovering well from its bout with H1N1. "Both the owners and the cat are recovering," says Garvey. As for anyone else who is worried about spreading H1N1 flu to their pets, vets recommend following the same guidelines that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest for protecting family members — wash your hands frequently, cover your coughs and try to avoid close contact with your furry friends until you're well.

26. Which of the following can be diagnosed as flu according to the passage?

A. constant cough B. running nose

C. decreased desire for eating D. loss of weight

27. Dr. Levy maintains that ______.

A. human virus is unlikely to pass on to household pets.

B. H1N1 can be treated likewise to regular seasonal flu.

C. wild cats can be particularly vulnerable to flu virus.

D. Canine version of the flu virus is shared among cats.

28. From paragraph 3, we may learn that ______.

A. H1N1 may not be the sole contributor to the Iowa cat’s condition

B. Smaller animals are more proficient to defeat the invasion of flu

C. The fact that aged people have higher risk is not proved true yet.

D. The immune system of the Iowa cat has already been destroyed

29. According to Dr. Garvey, the flu virus _____.

A. was first documented in the Iowa cat

B. could be easily transferred to human beings.

C. spread faster than any other type of bird flu

D. might be effortlessly fended off by various pets.

30. The tone used by the author seems to be_____.

A.neutral B.optimistic C.subjective D.worried

Text 3

Do you think you're more likely to look at an online ad if it contains 1) a picture, 2) an animation, or 3) just text? The answer: just text. Surprised? Well, now consider the man who was checking his e-mail when he came across a dating-service ad featuring a picture of a bikini-clad woman. He looked at the woman's face and chest once — and then at the surrounding text five times. The Internet has cracked open a brave new world for folks whose job it is to spend ad dollars. The ability to track where a Web-user clicks provides a sort of precision intelligence advertisers could have only dreamed of in decades past. But before a click comes a look, and according to new research, advertisers are often wrong about what attracts our attention.

The findings are presented in a chapter of a new book, Eyetracking Web Usability, by Jakob Nielen and Kara Pernice of the consultancy Nielsen Norman Group. Don't let the bland title fool you — what Nielsen and Pernice have done is track the eye movements of hundreds of people as they navigate Web sites, looking up advice on how to deal with heartburn, shopping for baby presents, picking cell-phone features, learning about Mikhail Baryshnikov. By bouncing infrared beams off a person's retinas and recording head movement with a camera, the researchers were able to deduce what sort of ads garner attention in real time — a methodology that runs laps around later asking people to recall what they saw.

Now, looking at an ad and being vaguely aware of it are two different things. Plenty passes through our peripheral vision, but because of the way the eye works, we only thoroughly see things that we stop at and observe deliberately. By that measure, people in the study saw 36% of the ads on the pages they visited — not a bad hit rate. The average time a person spent looking at an ad, though, was brief — one-third of a second.

Interestingly, people who were just browsing the Web only looked at 5% more ads than those trying to accomplish a specific task. Even when we're on a mission, we're still fairly willing to stop and look at an ad. Though there was one sort of web site where ads rarely registered: pages built around search boxes, Google's tribute to white space on its home page might be sleek design.

Then there was the result that most surprised the researchers: Text-only ads received the most looks. Part of that might be because we accidentally think text-only ads are part of the information we're looking for. But as Nielsen explains it, the nature of the Web itself might be coming into play, as well. Unlike television, which is a passive medium, the Web is all about taking action.

31. It can be inferred from the beginning that _____.

A. it takes longer for a man to observe a woman than to read the text ad.

B. the customer attention is more often than not ignored by advertisers.

C. Tracing back to the user used to be thought of as an impossibility.

D. A brave new world is open to those who enjoy spending money

32. Ordinary people browse the internet for the sake of ____

A. buying gifts for kids

B. offering professional advice

C. exchanging mobile phones

D. studying Russian history

33. “peripheral”(Paragraph 3) probably means _____.

A. accurate B.comprehensive C.misty D.intentional

34. It can be concluded that ads. attract the most attention because _____.

A. information tends to be disguised in text ads.

B. we’re willing to stop a task and to read ads.

C. search boxes are designed for catching attention.

D. the interactive Internet plays an undeniable role.

35. What is going to be discussed in the following paragraphs?

A. An example to show how Web works for text-only ads.

B. A summary of what those researchers have discovered.

C. An introduction to TV channels showing text ads.

D. A transition to online ads in the form of animation

Text 4

Depending on who you are, where you grew up, and, frankly, the color of your skin, you'll most likely react in one of two ways to Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire. The film tells the story of Claireece (Precious) Jones and her struggle to survive a life overfull with misery. Pregnant for the second time with a child fathered by her own father, abused physically, emotionally, and sexually by her mother, Precious is also illiterate, obese, and friendless. Precious is not an easy movie to watch, and there are people in the black community who wish that you wouldn't. They insist that it is yet another stereotypical, demonizing representation of black people. The other camp, however, is thrilled to see a depiction of a young African-American woman that, while heartbreaking, is a portrait of the black experience that has been overlooked on the sunny horizon that stretches from The Cosby Show to House of Payne. Unfortunately, both of those reactions miss the movie's most searing message.

I wish I could agree with those who say Precious is just one more movie that feeds our vision of ourselves as victims. Even that would have been better than what lies underneath: the fact that black people have begun to accept as unchangeable the lot of those stuck in the ghetto.

How else to explain that while the film is set in 1987, no one seems outraged that so little has changed in the inner city in the more than 20 years since? Precious is a period piece that feels like a documentary. The public-education system is still failing to raise graduation rates above 50 percent in the worst neighborhoods. The public-welfare system has yet to offer a real path out of poverty, and child-protection services is still struggling to protect children. While I agree that we've gotten too comfortable seeing ourselves on film as martyrs and underdogs, so what? The real devastation at the heart of this film is that it can't offer Precious a more concrete way out of her predicament. Yes, Precious is changed at the end of the movie, able not only to read and write but also to move toward a better life. But that isn't enough. I wanted just a hint that she would also escape the hell that was (is) urban poverty. Precious was lucky to find the alternative school that could help her. But that's fiction. In reality, there are far more Preciouses than there are teachers to help them. Movies such as this one allow us to forget that.

36. One reaction to Precious is that____.

A. it often ignored the black experience

B. there was a distorted image of blacks

C. the story exhibited too much misery

D. it broke the heart of American women

37. The basic attitude towards blacks in The Cosby Show can be described as ______.

A. typical B.positive C.indifferent D.objective

38. “lot”(Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to _____.

A.lottery B.hardship C.future D.destination

39. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.less than half of the students can graduate in some areas

B. poor people can’t receive enough support from the system

C. kids are still under-protected and prey to family abuse

D. Precious is more than fortunate to get rid of her misfortune

40. This piece of writing seems to be taken from _____.

A.a film review B.a book commentary

C.a newspaper clip D.a story report

Part B

Directions:

Read the following text and answer questions by finding a subtitle for each of the marked parts or paragraphs. There are two extra items in the subtitles. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

A Further Study

B Length of Courses

C High School

D Gender

E Student Source

F Educational Background

G Student Age

A recently published analysis of a major survey taken of international students in Australia is providing up-to-date data for teachers and marketers of English language training programs.

41._______________________________________________

The major regions of student representation in the survey were Asia with 73.4% of students, Europe 10.2%, Pacific 0.5%, and Other 7%. Japanese students formed the largest national group, representing 34% of the student population. Other national regional groups represented, in descending order, were Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, other European countries, China, and Iran. Increases in arrivals since the early 1990s have occurred from all China, with an increase of almost 50% form Western Europe.

42._______________________________________________

Approximately one-third of the students questioned, three-quarters were 25 and under, Only 8% were aged over 20 years and under, and almost 30, and fewer than 3% were over 35. Almost half of all students aged between 31 and 35 were students in Australia on student visas. As expected, a very high proportion (79%) of working holiday visa holders were aged between 21 and 25. Tourist visa holders ranged from under 20 to 31. The oldest students were from Iran, with 60% aged over 30 and 25% over 35. Students from China also tended to be older than other nationalities, with 25% in the over 30 age bracket. More than half the Korean students were in their early 20s, with only a few over 25. Students from Hong Kong were also predominantly young, with over half aged under 20. At least 20% of students from all major national groups, except Korea and China, were under 20 years of age. Indonesian students were the youngest, with over 60% under 20.

43._______________________________________________

Overall, female students outnumbered male students in the survey. However, there were more males than females from four countries: Iran, Indonesia, Korea, and, to a lesser extent, China. Females accounted for 60% of students from Taiwan, Switzerland, and Japan. Gender differences concerning the responses to questions were noticed, but varied widely according to nationality.

44._______________________________________________

A very high proportion (87%) of students had completed senior high school or better. Just under one-third had completed a university degree, and 5% had completed a postgraduate degree. Over a third had at least completed high school, and over 20% had completed a technical diploma or junior college. Students with a maximum middle school education formed less than 7% of all respondents, and came predominantly from Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Iranian students were among the highest educated, with more than half having already completed a postgraduate degree. Koreans, Thais, and Chinese were also particularly well educated, with over 60% of each national group having completed at least a first a university degree. Almost half of the Japanese and more than half of the Swiss respondents had completed education to senior high school level or less.

45._______________________________________________

While student visa holders took either 10-29 week or 40 week courses, most students on working holiday and tourist visas took courses of less than 10 weeks, or from 10 to 19 weeks in length. More than 50% of all students were taking courses of between 10 and 29 weeks, with the proportion fairly evenly divided between the 10-19 week and 20-29 week ranges. A large proportion of students were taking courses of at least 40 weeks in length, and only a few students in dictated enrollment in courses shorter than 10 weeks. There were noticeable differences between nationalities, with Koreans, Japanese, and Taiwanese taking longer courses than other nationalities, and Swiss and other European students taking much shorter courses.

Section III Translation

Directions:

In this section there is a text in English. Translate the text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)

Graduating students from Harvard Business School are lining up in their droves to sign an oath which requires them to “create value responsibly and ethically”.

The oath is the brainchild of second-year Harvard MBA Maxwell Anderson, who hoped that 50 per cent of the Harvard class of 900 students would sign up to the oath by graduation this week. The oath was initiated just three weeks ago.

Harvard is not the first school to come up with the idea of an MBA oath or pledge. Thunderbird in Arizona instigated the scheme some years ago. And when MBAs from the Ivey school at the University of Western Ontario in Canada graduate they take the Ivey Pledge and wear the Ivey Ring, which signifies their lifetime commitment “to act honorably and ethically in all dealings, in the belief and knowledge that doing so will lead to a greater good and, above all, aspire to make a positive contribution to my society.”

Section IV Writing

Part A

Directions: Based on the situation below, you’re asked to read it carefully and then write a letter to suggestion in 80-100 words on ANSWER SHEET2. (10 points)

情景设计：由于去图书馆借书时，发现图书馆的电脑大部分键盘在操作上都有问题，并且购买新书或者订购学术性期刊的工作效率低下，同时，自习室的照明设备也不够明亮，希望能够提高图书馆的服务质量。

Part B

Directions: Read the following passage carefully, and write your essay in about 150 words. You should include your own opinion in the essay, and write on ANSWER SHEET2. (15 points)

年轻人喜欢的周杰伦;为国争光的跨栏健儿刘翔;05年超女冠军李宇春……除了在电视节目中一展他们的风采,在电视节目间隙中的广告时间也打下了一片天地.一时间,大街小巷随处可见,明星代言的广告铺天盖地,被耳濡目染的社会公众可谓是火眼金睛,并尖锐地指出了--利弊共存. 请讨论此现象, 并表达自己的观点.

客观题答案

Section 1 Use of English

B A A D B C A D B C (1---10)

A D C B A D C A D B (11---20)

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

B D A C A C A A D B (21 ---30)

C A C D A B B D D A (30---40)

Part B

41-45 E G D F B

翻译

哈佛商学院的毕业生们正在排着队，一批一批地在一项誓约上签名，这项誓约要求他们“有责任感和道德感地创造价值”。

这项誓约是由哈佛商学院第二届MBA毕业生Maxwell Anderson创作的，Maxwell Anderson希望在本届900名哈佛商学院毕业生中，能有50%的学生在本周毕业时签署该誓约。该誓约是在三星期前刚刚发起的。

哈佛并非第一所倡议MBA誓约或宣誓的学校。数年前，Arizona的Thunderbird学校制定了宣誓的方案。此外，加拿大Western Ontario大学Ivey学院的学生毕业时，会签署Ivey誓约，并戴上Ivey指环。这个指环象征着他们一生的承诺：荣誉而道德地为人处世，并坚信这样做会使自己成为一名更优秀的人，更重要地是，立志为社会做出积极的贡献。

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