（企管 MBA）MBA 英语联考
真题及答案
2007年 1月 MBA英语联考真题及答案
lSectionIVocabulary(10points)
Directions：
Thereare20inpletesentencesinthissection．Foreachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarke
dA， B， C，
andD．ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestpletesthesentence．Thenblackenthecorrespondinglet
terontheANSWERSHEETwithapencil．
1．Hiswifehasbeen_______alotofpressureonhimtochangehisjob．
A．takingB．exerting
C．givingD．pushing
2．Itisestimatedthat，currently,about50，000speciesbee_____everyyear．
A．extinctB．instinct
C．distinctD．intense
3．Johnsaysthathispresentjobdoesnotprovidehimwithenough______forhisorganizingabi
lity．
A．scopeB．space
C．capacityD．range
4．Many_______willbeopenedupinthefutureforthosewithauniversityeducation．
A．probabilitiesB．realities
C．necessitiesD．opportunities
5． Afterhisuncledied，
theyoungman_____thebeautifulestatewithwhichhechangedfromapoormantoawealthynoble．
A．inhabitedB．inherited
C．inhibitedD．inhaled
6．Themanageriscallingona______customertryingtotalkhimintosigningthecontract．
A．prosperousB．preliminary
C．pessimisticD．prospective
7． In1991， whilet11eeconomiesofindustrializedcountriesmetaneconomic_____，
theeconomiesofdevelopingcountriesweregrowingveryfast．
A．revivalB．repression
C．recessionD．recovery
8．Thedestructionofthetwintowers_________shockandangerthroughouttheworld．
A．summonedB．tempted
CprovokedD．stumbled
9．About20ofthepassengerswhowereinjuredinaplanecrasharesaidtobein_____condition．
A．decisiveB．urgent
C．vitalD．critical
10．TheinteractionsbetweenChinaandtheUSwillsurelyhaveasignificant_______on
peaceandstabilityintheAsia—Pacificregionandtheworldasawhole．
A．importanceB．impression
C．impactD．implication
11．Thepoorcountriesareextremely_______tointernationaleconomicfluctuations-
A．inclinedB．vulnerable
C．attractedD．reduced
12．Applicantsshouldnotethatallpositionsare——toAustraliancitizenshiprequiremen
ts．
A．subjectB．subjective
C．objectedD．objective
13．Weaimtoensurethatallcandidatesaretreatedfairlyandthattheyhaveequal______toem
ploymentopportunities．
A．entranceB．entry
C．accessD．admission
14．Successfullearningisnota(n)________activitybutconsistsoffourdistinctstagesin
aspecificorder
A．onlyB．sole
C．mereD．single
15．TheopportunitytoexploreandplayandtheencouragementtodosoCan________theperform
anceofmanychildren．
A．withholdB．prevent
C．enhanceD．justify
16．Allherhardwork__________intheend，andshefinallypassedtheexam．
A．showedoffB．paidoff
C．1eftoffD．keptoff
17．Inordertolivethekindoflifewewantandtobethepersonwewanttobe，wehavetodo
morethanjust________withevents．
A．putsupB．setup
C．turnupD．makeup
18．Theteamplayedhardbecausethechampionshipofthestatewas______.
A．athandB．atstake
C．atlargeD．atbest
19． Idon’ tthinkyou'llchangehismind； oncehe’
sdecidedonsosomethinghetendsto_____it.
A．sticktoB．abideby
C．plywithD．keepon
20．Tomplacedthebanknotes，_________thechangeandreceipts，backinthedrawer．
C．
Section1ICloze(10points)
Directions：
Foreachnumberedblankinthefollowingpassage．therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,
oosethebestoneandmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETwithapencil．
Advancingagemeanslosingyourhair,yourwaistlineandyourmemory，
right?DanaDenisisjust40yearsold， but21she’ sworriedaboutwhatshecalls’
myrollingmentalblackouts.””ItrytoremembersomethingandIjustblankout，”shesays
Youmay22abouttheselapses，callingthem”seniormoments”orblaming"earlyAlzheimer’
s(老 年 痴 呆 症 )． ” Isitaninescapablefactthattheolderyouget，
the23youremember?Well,sortof．Butastimegoesby,wetendtoblameage24problemsthataren
otnecessarilyage—related．
“ Whenateenagercan’ tfindherkeys， shethinksit'sbecauseshe’
sdistractedordisorganized，” saysPaulGold．“ A70-year-oldblamesher25．” Infact，
the70-year-oldmayhavebeen26thingsfordecades．
Inhealthypeople， memorydoesn’ tworsenas27asmanyofusthink． “ Aswe28，
thememorymechanismisn’t29，”sayspsychologistFergusCraik．”It’sjustinefficient．”
Thebrain’ sprocessing30slowsdownovertheyears，
32there’ slessactivityinthebrain． But， cautionsBarryGordon， ”
It'snotclearthatlessactivityis33． Abeginningathleteiswinded（ 气 喘 吁 吁 ）
moreeasilythana34athlete． Inthesameway,35thebraingetsmoreskilledatatask，
itexpendslessenergyonit.”
Thereare36youcantaketopensatefornormalslippageinyourmemorygears，
thoughit37effort． MargaretSewellsays： ” We’
reaquick-fixculture,butyouhaveto38tokeepyourbrain39shape． It’
slikehavingagoodbody．YouCan’tgotothegymonceayear40expecttostayintopform.”
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SectionⅢReadingComprehension(40points)
Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart,Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorun
,B,C,
cideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERSHEETwithapencil.
Questions41to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Priortothe20thcentury,manylanguageswithsmallnumbersofspeakerssurvivedforcenturi
uagemunitiestoliveinrelativeisolation,akeyfactorinlanguagemaintenanceandpreserv
ation.
Itremainstobeseenwhethertheworldcanmaintainitslinguisticandculturaldiversityint
:populationgrowth,which
pushesmigrantpopulationsintotheworld’slastisolatedlocations;masstourism;global
telemunicationsandmassmedia;
forcesappeartosignifyafutureinwhichthelanguageofadvertising,popularculture,andc
’speoples,learningoneofthes
elanguagesisviewedasthekeytoeducation,economicopportunity,andabetterwayoflife.
Onlyabout3,
stdoomedinthecenturyafterthat?
Whethermostoftheselanguagessurvivewillprobablydependonhowstronglyculturalgroups
nbilingualism
（ masteryoftwolanguages） .Bilingualspeakerscouldusetheirownlanguageinsmallersph
eres---athome,amongfriends,inmunitysettings---andagloballanguageatwork,indealin
gswithgovernment,,manysmalllanguagescouldsustainth
eirculturalandlinguisticintegrityalongsidegloballanguages,ratherthanyieldtotheh
omogenizing（同化的）forcesofglobalization.
Ironically,thetrendoftechnologicalinnovationthathasthreatenedminoritylanguagesc
,someexpertspredictthatputersoftwaretranslationt
oolswillonedaypermitminoritylanguagespeakerstobrowsetheInternetusingtheirnative
—aidedlearningtoolstoteachavarietyofthr
eatenedlanguages.
Formanyendangeredlanguages,
eisremarkablyresilient（ 有 活 力
的）,,butalsoapowerfulwayofseparatingdiffer
entgroups,（ 原 生 的 ， 土 著 的 ）
munitieshaveshownthatitispossibletoliveinthemodernworldwhilereclaimingtheiruniq
ueidentitiesthroughlanguage.
__________.
A．anincreasinglyinterconnectedworld
B．maintainingsmallnumbersofspeakers
C．relativelyisolatedlanguagemunities
D．followingthetraditionofthe20thcentury
,thattheworldcanmaintainitslinguisticdiversityinthefutu
reis_______.
A．uncertainB．unrealistic
C．foreseeableD．definite
,bilingualismcanhelp_________.
A．smalllanguagesbeeacceptableinworkplaces
B．homogenizetheworld’slanguagesandcultures
C．globallanguagesreachhomeandmunitysettings
D．speakersmaintaintheirlinguisticandculturalidentity
_________.
A．makeslearningagloballanguageunnecessary
B．facilitatesthelearningandusingofthoselanguages
C．raisespublicawarenessofsavingthoselanguages
D．makesiteasierforlinguiststostudythoselanguages
’sview,manyendangeredlanguagesare________.
A．remarkablywell-keptinthismodernworld
B．exceptionallypowerfultoolsofmunication
C．quitepossibletoberevivedinsteadofdyingout
D．auniquewayofbringingdifferentgroupstogether
Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Everyone， itseems， hasahealthproblem。
AfterpouringbillionsintotheNationalHealthService，
Britishpeoplemoanaboutdirtyhospitals，
,AngelaMerkel,isunderfireforsu
’snewConservativePrimeMini
ster,StephenHarper,madeabigfussduringtheelectionaboutreducingthecountry’slengt
,affluence,ageingandadvancingtechnologyaredri
vinguphealthspendingfasterthanine.
es,swellingtheranksoftheuninsuredandpushinghugefirmsandperhapseventhegovernment
’
wasasmuchasignofit’s“legacy”health–
hedbypollsthatshowhealthcareisoneofhismaindomesticproblemsandbyforecastsshowing
thattheretiringbaby-boomers(生 育 高 峰 期 出 生 的 人 )willcrushthegovernment’
sfinances,GeorgeBushistounveilareform;planinnextweek’
sstate-of–the–unionaddress.
America’%ofitsGDPonhealth,
aroundtwicetherich-countryaverage,equivalentto$6,
cidentofhistory,mostAmericansreceivehealthinsurancethroughtheiremployer,withthe
governmentpickingupthebillforthepoorandtheelderly.
Thiscurioushybrid（ 混 合 物 ）
,andtheirhealth-
’
billscouldbemuchhigherifAmericanmedicinewerenotdoingmuchoftheirResearchandDevel
opment（ R&D）
—especiallybyforeign
ers—
soutofchoiceand,iftheyfallseriouslyill,
:bysomemeasures,30%ofAmericanhe
althspendingiswasted.
“socializedme
dicine”,evenifmuchoftheadministrationisdoneprivately,a
round60%ofAmerica’,t
heAmericanstatealreadyspendsasmuchonhealthastheOECD
（ OrganizationofEconomicCooperationandDevelopment）
average,andthatshareissettogrowasthebaby-boomersrunuptheirMedicarebillsandeverm
,ineffect,headingtowards
aversionofsocializedmedicinebydefault.
_________.
.
’sannouncementofcuttingupto30,000jobsby2012indicatesthatFord_________.
-carelegacy
-careburden
’sopinion,America’shealthsystemis_________.
_________.
’shealthsystemhasitsstrengthsandweaknesses
’smedicalresearch
“socializedmedicine”is____________.
-boomers
Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
WhenThomasKeller,oneofAmerica’sforemostchefs,
,andreplaceitwith
European-styleservicecharge,Iknewthreegroupswouldbeopposed:customers,serversand
——astheyquicklymadeclea
,itseems,istobeanticapitalist,andmaybeevenalittleFre
nch..
—andit’sworthexploringwhyjustabouteve
ryoneelseintherestaurantworldiswrongtostickwiththepractice.
Customersbelieveintippingbecausetheythinkitmakeseconomicsense.“Waitersknowthat
theywon’tgetpaidiftheydon’tdoagoodjob”ishowmostadvocatesofthesystemwouldputi
,thisisatempting,apparentlyrationalstatementabouteconomictheory,butit
appearstohavelittleapplicabilitytotherealworldofrestaurants.
MichaelLynn,anassociateprofessorofconsumerbehaviorandmarketingatCornell’sSchoo
lofHotelAdministration,hasconducteddozensofstudentsoftippingandhasconcludedthat
consumersassessmentsofthequalityofservicecorrelateweaklytotheamounttheytip.
Rather,customersarelikelytotipmoreinresponsetoserverstouchingthemlightlyandlean
ingforwardnexttothetabletomakeconversationthantohowoftentheirwaterglassisrefill
ed——inotherwords,customerstipmorewhentheyliketheserver,notwhentheserviceisgoo
’sstudiesalsoindicatethatmalecustomersincreasetheirtipsforfemaleserve
rswhilefemalecustomersincreasetheirtipsformaleservers,.
What’smore,.,th
etippingsystemisanopeninvitationtowhatrestaurantprofessionalscall“upwelling”:
everybottleofimportedwater,everyespressoandeverycocktailisextramoneyintheserver
’-key,qualityserviceo
ftengoesunrecognized.
Inaddition,thepracticeoftippooling,whichisthenorminfine-diningrestaurantsandisb
eingmoreineverykindofrestaurantabovethelevelofagreasyspoon,hasruinedwhatevereff
,youar
,thereappear
tobelittleconnectionbetweentippingandgoodservice.
-styleservice______.
’-se
.
.
’tcareabouttipping
.
.
’sstudies,waiterswilllikelygetmoretipsifthey______
’waterglass
’favor
“upwelling”(Line2,Para6)probablymeans________
__________
’attitudestowardstipping
Questions56to60arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
“Ipromise.”“Isweartoyouit’llneverhappenagain.”“Igiveyoumyword.”“Honestl
.”Sure,
’essays,hopingtofindthepersonbehind
,plagiarism（ 剽 窃 ）
’
tdetectapolishedpieceofprosefromanotherwise-averagewriter,butIfeelasadnessthata
fterseveralassignments,Icanmatchastudent’sworkwithhisorhernameevenifit’smissi
ngfromtheupperleft-handcorner.
Whyislearninglessimportantthanahighergrade-pointaverage（ GPA） ?Whenwe’
rethreatenedorsick,wemakeconditionalpromises.“ IfyouletmepassmathIwill… .”
“ Lord,ifyougetmeoverthisbeforethebighomeinggameI’ ll… .”
Oncethesituationisbehindus,
liché （ 陈 词 滥 调 ）
;gratitud
,fewfulfillthecontract,
?
Sixyearsago,
,bothhisout-of-classandin-classwork
wereborderlinepassing.
IquestionedthepersonregardinghisessayandhesworeitI’dunderstandthiscopywouldnot
havethetimeandattentionanout-of-classpaperisgiven,buthehadalreadyafinishedpiece
,thenturnedinpartofapageofunskilledwriti
.“Ipromise….,I’
’mjustnervoustoday.”
TheheadoftheEnglishdepartmentagreedwithmyfinding,andthemeetingwiththedeanhadthe
boy’,touchingoneightoftheboy’sprevious
essaysandhisgrade-pointaverage,whichindicatedhewasalreadyonacademicprobation
（留校察看）,,“He’
sonlyachild”
andmosttimeswouldresentbeinglabeledassuch….Exceptinthisunfortablecircumstance.
,studentsmitplagiarismmainlyfor_____.
A．moneyB．degreeC．higherGPAD．reputation
“Oncethesituationisbehindus,soarethepromises’impliesthat_______
__.
A．studentsusuallykeeptheirpromises
B．somestudentstendtobreaktheirpromises
C．thepromisesarealwaysbehindthesituation
D．wecannotjudgethesituationinadvance,aswedotothepromises
“borderlinepassing”（Line3,）probablymeans____________.
A．fairlygoodB．extremelypoor
C．aboveaverageD．belowaverage
’sparentsthoughttheirsonshouldbeexcusedmainlybecause_______________.
A．teachersshouldbepassionate
B．hewasonlyachild
C．instructorswerewiser
D．hewasthreatened
?
A．HumanNatureB．ConditionalPromises
C．HowtoDetectCheatingD．TheSadnessofPlagiarism
SectionIVTranslation(20points)
Directions:InthissectionthereisapassageinEnglishTranslatethepassageintoChinesea
ndwriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.
Poweringthegreatongoingchangesofourtimeistheriseofhumancreativityasthedefiningf
,becausenewtechnologies,newindustr
,ourlivesandsocietyhavebeguntoechowithcre
gspiritofourage.
Creativityisessentialtothewayweliveandworktoday,
ebigadvancesinstandardofliving–-nottomentionthebigpetitiveadvantagesinthemarke
tplace--alwayshaveefrom”betterrecipes,notjustmorecooking.”Onemightarguethat’
,forinstance,thatduringthelongperiodfromtheear
lydaysontheIndustrialRevolutiontomoderntimes,muchofthegrowthinproductivityandma
terialwealthintheindustrialnationscamenotjustfromcreativeinventionslikethesteam
engine,butfromthewidespreadapplicationof“cookinginquantity”businessmethodslik
emassivedivisionoflabor,concentrationofassets,verticalintegrationandeconomiesof
.
参考答案
人类创造力的提升，作为经济生活所定义的特征，为我们这个时代正在发生的巨大变化，提
供了巨大的动力。因为新的技术，新的工业，新的财富都伴随着创造力产生，创造力逐渐受
到重视。所以，我们的生活中和社会中，开始回响着创造性的思想。正是我们在各个方面对
创造力的认同，形成了我们这个时代潜在的精神。
创造力对于我们今天的生活和工作是致关重要的，从许多意义上来说曾经也是。在不设计大
市场中大的竞争优势的情况下，生活水平的大幅度提高总是来自更好的食谱，而不是更多的
烹饪。也许会有人提出这并不完全正确。有人也许会举例指出，从早期的工业革命到现代化
时代这么长的时期内，在工业领域中，许多生产效率的进步和物质财富的增长并不仅仅来源
煜创造性的发明，如蒸气机，还来源于讲求量的商业方法的广泛应用，比如大规模的劳动力
划分，资本集中，纵向联合和经济规模。但是这些方法本身就是创造性的发展。
SectionVWriting(20points)
Inthissection,
AccidentsinaChineseCity(2005)
Mainaccidentcauses
Numberofaccidents
in2005
Percentagerise(+)orfall(-)
Driverstrainingleftwithoutduecare
608
+10%
Driversturningtooclosetoothervehicles
411
+9%
pedestrianscrossingroadscarelessly
401
+12%
Driversdrivingundertheinfluenceofalcohol
281
+15%
Driversfailingtogiveasignal
264
-5%
2007年 MBA英语联考真题参考答案
SectionIVocabularyandStructure(=10points)
1--5:BAADB6--10:DCCDC
11--15:BACCC16--20:BABAD世纪考试网版权所有
SectionIICloze(15x1=15points)
21--25CADBA26—30BDCABB
31--35ABDBA36—40BBCDC
SectionIIIReadingComprehension(20x2=40points)
41--45:CADBC46--50:BCADA
51--55:ABCCA55--60:CBDBD
SectionIVTranslation(20x1=20points)(参考译文)
作为经济生活所表明的特征，人类社会创造力的提升为我们这个时代正在发生的巨大的变化
提供了巨大的动力。由于许多新的技术，新兴的工业以及新的财富都源自于创造力，所以，
它的价值业已凸现出来。因此，各种创新的观念开始在我们的生活和社会中传播开来。正是
人们在各个领域对创造力的认同才形成了我们这个时代精神的基础。
创造力对我们当今的生活和工作方式至关重要，而且在许多方面始终如此。生活水平的大幅
度提高总是来源于更好的食谱，而不只是烹饪更多的食品，更不用说在市场条件下那些大的
竞争优势了。然而，有人则会认这并不完全正确。比如说，有人也许会指出从早期的工业化
时代到现代这么长的时期里，一些工业国家的生产力的大幅度提高和物资财富的大量增长并
不仅仅是来自于象蒸气机这样的创造性的发明；而且还得益于“大量烹饪”商业模式的广泛
使用。如大规模的劳动力的分工，资产的集中，纵向联合以及规模经济等，但是所有这些模
式本身就是创造性的发展。
范文
Ascanbeseenfromtheabovetable,paringtothepast,in2005,thetrafficaccidentsinChines
shadtakenplaceinthefollowingaspects.
Intheyearof2005,accidentsinaChinesecitycausedbydriverstrainingleftwithoutduecar
egrew10%,
erofaccidentstobe411,whichis9%
entsrelatedwithdriversdrivingundertheinfluenceofalcohol,itstillincreased15%whic
,thetablealsotellsusthosepedestrian
scrossingroadscarelesslycan’tbeignored,withwhichthenumberofaccidentsis401assoc
iated.
Itisnodifficultjobforustoeupwithsomepossiblefactorsthatareresponsibleforthechan
,thegovernmentisstillnotawareofthenecessaryofstricttrainingfordr
’
,diver
enceofalcohol;somedriversturntooclosetoanothervehiclesorovertakeanothervehicles
,animportantfactorworth
fficrulesinorderforconvenient.
Consideringthecurrentissueandworseningsituation,weshouldcallforsomeimmediateact
,ourgovernmentofvariouslevelsmustmakerelevantplansorrulestogua
,thegeneralpublicshouldalsobemade
awarethatanypromptsolutionisofbenefittoall.
Therefore,it’
r,weshoulddrivehiscarcarefully,especiallywhentheweatherisbad;asapedestrian,wesh
ouldnotcrossaroadwhenthetrafficlightsdonotpermitthemto.
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