赵达裕2010年1月MBA、MPA真题(英语)

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2010年1月MBA真题（英语）
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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)

The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic
on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic __1__ by the World Health Organization in 41
years.
The heightened alert __2__ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled
after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising __3__ in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.
But the epidemic is ―__4__‖ in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization‘s
director general, __5__ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms
and a full recovery, often in the __6__ of any medical treatment.
The outbreak came to global __7__ in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noted an
unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths __8__ healthy adults. As much of Mexico
City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to __9__ in New York City, the southwestern
United States and around the world.
In the United States, new cases seemed to fade __10__ warmer weather arrived. But in late
September 2009, officials reported there was __11__ flu activity in almost every state and that
virtually all the __12__ tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) HINI, not seasonal flu. In
the U.S., it has __13__ more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more
than 6,000 hospitalizations.
Federal health officials __14__ Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began
__15__ orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different
from the annual flu vaccine, is __16__ ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were
to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those __17__ doses were of the Flu
Mist nasal spray type, which is not __18__ for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with
breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other __19__. But it was still possible to vaccinate
people in other high-risk groups: health care workers, people __20__ infants and healthy young
people.

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1. [A] criticized
2. [A]proceeded
3. [A] digits
4. [A]moderate
5. [A] with
6. [A]progress
7. [A]reality
8. [A] over
9. [A]stay up
10. [A] as










[B] appointed




[B]activated
[B] numbers
[B]normal
[B] in











[C]commented




[C]following
[C]amount
[C] unusual
[C] from
















[D] designated
[D]prompted
[D] sums
[D] extreme
[D] by
[D] favor
[D] notice
[D]to
[D]cover up
[D]until
[D] magnificent
[D] samples
[D] infected
[D] remained
[D] giving
[D] applicable
[D] initial
[D]introduced
[D]sufferings
[D]warding off
[B] absence
[B] for
[B]crop up
[B]if
[B] enormous
[B] examples
[B] immersed
[B] relayed
[B] delivering
[B] available
[B]principal
[B]restricted
[B]issued
[B]caring for
[C]presence
[C]concept
[C] among
[C]fills up
[C] unless
[C] significant
[C] patterns
[B]phenomenon
11. [A]excessive
12. [A]categories
13. [A] imparted
14. [A]released
15. [A] placing
16. [A] feasible




[C]injected
[C] relieved






[C]taking
[C]reliable
17. [A] prevalent
18. [A]presented
19. [A] problems
20. [A]involved in

[C].innovative
[C]recommended
[C]agonies
[C]concerned with
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the question below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.
Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 (40points)

Text 1
The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of
56 works by Damien Hirst Beautiful inside my head forever, at Sotheby‘s in London on September
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2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It
was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall
Street, Lehman brothers, filed for bankruptcy.
The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising
bewilderingly since2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $$ 65billion, reckons Clare
McAndrew; founder of Arts Economic, a research firm- double the figure five years earlier. Since
then it may have come down to $$50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size
because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way
matched by few other industries.
In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst‘s sale, spending of any sort became deeply
unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms.
Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by
nearly 90% in the year to November weeks the world‘s two biggest auction houses,

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Sotheby‘s and Christie‘s, had to pay out nearly $$200m in guarantees to clients who had placed
works for sale with them.
The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying
impressionists at the end of 1989. this time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their
peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie‘s chief
executive, says: ―I‘m pretty confident we‘re at bottom.‖
What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the
market. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem
at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds-death, debt
and divorce-still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is
keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.
21. In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst‘s sale was refereed to as ―a last victory‖ because______.
[A] the art market had witnessed a succession of victories
[B] the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids
[C] Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces
[D] it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis
22. By saying ―spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable‖ (Line 1-2, Para.3)
[A] collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctions
[B] people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleries
[C] art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent
[D] works of art in general has gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying
23. Which of the following statements in NOT true?
[A] Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to 2008
[B] The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.
[C] The art market generally went downward in various ways.
[D] Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come
24. The three Ds mentioned the last paragraph are______.
[A] auction house‘s favorites
[B] contemporary trends
[C] factors promoting artwork circulation
[D] styles representing impressionists
25. The most appropriate title for this text could be______.
[A] Fluctuation of Art Prices
[B] Up-to-date Art Auctions
[C] Art Market in Decline
[D] Shifted Interest in Arts

Text 2
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a women‘s group that
had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening, one man had been particularly talkative,
frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.
Toward the end of the evening, I commended that women frequently complain that their husbands
don‘t talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He gestured toward his wife and said,
―She‘s the talker in our family.‖ The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt.

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―It‘s true,‖ he explained. ―When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn‘t keep
the conversation going, we‘d spend the whole evening in silence.‖
This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women
in public situation, they often talk less at home. And his pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.
The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. sociologist
Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she
interviewed – not only a few of the man- gave lack of communication as the reason for their
divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in
the United States every year- a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.
In my own research, complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on
tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,
or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking and social
arrangements. Instead, they focused on communication: ―He doesn‘t listen to me.‖ ―He doesn‘t
talk to me.‖ I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be,
first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.
In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of
a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman
glares at the black of it, wanting to talk.
26. What is most wives‘ main expectation of their husbands?
[A] Talking to them
[B] Trusting them
[C] Supporting their career
[D] Sharing housework
27. Judging from the context, the phrase ―wreaking havoc‖ (Line3, Para.2) most probably
means______.
[A] generating motivation
[B] exerting influence
[C] causing damage
[D] creating pressure
28. All of the following are true EXPECT______.
[A] men tend to talk more in public than women
[B] nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation
[C] women attach much importance to communication between couples
[D] a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse
29. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?
[A] The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists
[B] Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities
[C] Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage
[D] Conversational pattern between man and wife are different
30. In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus
on______.
[A] a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk
[B] a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
[C] other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.

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