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工商管理硕士考试英语备考练习题及答案（六）



Section I

V
ocabulary (10 points)



Directions:



There
are
20
incomplete
sentences
in
this
section.
For
each
sentence
there
are
four
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark your
answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.



1
．
His wife has been _______a lot of pressure on him to change his job
．




A
．
taking










B
．
exerting









C
．
giving










D
．
pushing



2
．
It is estimated that
，
currently, about 50
，
000 species become _____every year
．




A
．
extinct
















B
．
instinct







C
．
distinct
















D
．
intense



3
．
John
says
that
his
present
job
does
not
provide
him
with
enough
______for
his
organizing ability
．




scope
















B
．
space







C
．
capacity













D
．
range



4
．
Many _______will be opened up in the future for those with a university education
．




A
．
probabilities

















B
．
realities







C
．
necessities
















D
．
opportunities



5
．
After his uncle died
，
the young man _____the beautiful estate with which he changed
from a poor man to a wealthy noble
．




A
．
inhabited
















B
．
inherited







C
．
inhibited

















D
．
inhaled



6
．
The
manager
is
calling
on
a______
customer
trying
to
talk
him
into
signing
the
contract
．




A
．
prosperous


















B
．
preliminary








C
．
pessimistic
















D
．
prospective



7
．
In 1991
，
while t11e economies of industrialized countries met an economic_____
，
the

economies of developing countries were growing very fast
．


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A
．
revival

















B
．
repression







C
．
recession

















D
．
recovery



8
．
The destruction of the twin towers _________shock and anger throughout the world
．




A
．
summoned















B
．
tempted







C
provoked

















D
．
stumbled



9
．
About
20
of
the
passengers
who
were
injured
in
a
plane
crash
are
said
to
be
in
_____condition
．




A
．
decisive















B
．
urgent







C
．
vital















D
．
critical



10
．
The interactions between China and the US will surely have a significant _______on

peace and stability in the Asia
—
Pacific region and the world as a whole
．




A
．
importance
















B
．
impression







C
．
impact















D
．
implication



11
．
The poor countries are extremely _______to international economic fluctuations-



A
．
inclined















B
．
vulnerable







C
．
attracted














D
．
reduced



12
．
Applicants
should
note
that
all
positions
are
—
—
to
Australian
citizenship
requirements
．




A
．
subject















B
．
subjective






C
．
objected

















D
．
objective



13
．
We
aim
to
ensure
that
all
candidates
are
treated
fairly
and
that
they
have
equal
______to

employment opportunities
．




A
．
entrance















B
．
entry






C
．
access
















D
．
admission



14
．
Successful learning is not a(n)________activity but consists of four distinct stages in
a

specific order



A
．
only


















B
．
sole






C
．
mere

















D
．
single



15
．
The
opportunity
to
explore
and
play
and
the
encouragement
to
do
so
Can
________the

performance of many children
．

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A
．
withhold













B
．
prevent







C
．
enhance














D
．
justify



16
．
All her hard work __________in the end
，
and she finally passed the exam
．




A
．
showed
off














B
．
paid
off







C
．
1eft
off
















D
．
kept off



17
．
In order to live the kind of life we want and to be the person we want to be
，
we have
to do more than just ________with events
．




A
．
put
sup














B
．
set
up







C
．
turn
up

















D
．
make up



18
．
The team played hard because the championship of the state was______.



A
．
at
hand
















B
．
at
stake









C
．
at
large
















D
．
at best



19
．
I don
’
t think you'll change his mind
；
once he
’
s decided on so something he tends
to _____it.



A
．
stick
to














B
．
abide
by







C
．
comply
with
















D
．
keep on



20
．
Tom placed the bank notes
，
_________the change and receipts
，
back in the drawer
．




A. more than










B. but for







C
．
thanks to











D. along with



Section II

Cloze (10 points)



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.



Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory
，
right ? Dana
Denis
is
just
40
years
old
，
but
21
she
’
s

worried
about
what
she
calls
’

my
rolling
mental
blackouts.
”

”
I try to remember something and I just blank out
，
”
she says



You may

22

about these lapses
，
calling them
”

senior moments
”
or blaming
Alzheimer
’
s
(
老年痴呆症
)
．
”
Is
it
an
inescapable
fact
that
the
older
you
get
，
the

23

you
remember? Well, sort of
．
But as time goes by, we tend to blame age

24

problems that are not
necessarily age
—
related
．


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“
When a teenager can
’
t find her keys
，
she thinks it's because she
’
s distracted or
disorganized
，
”
says Paul Gold
．
“
A 70-year-old blames her

25

．
”
In fact
，
the 70-year-old may
have been

26

things for decades
．




In
healthy
people
，
memory
doesn
’
t
worsen
as

27

as
many
of
us
think
．
“
As
we

28

，
the
memory
mechanism
isn
’
t

29
，
”
says
psychologist
Fergus
Craik
．
”
It
’
s
just
inefficient
．
”




The brain
’
s processing

30

slows down over the years
，
though no one knows exactly

31. Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and

32

there
’
s less activity in the
brain
．
But
，
cautions Barry Gordon
，
”
It's not clear that less activity is

33
．
A beginning athlete
is winded
（气喘吁吁）
more easily than a

34

athlete
．
In the same way,

35

the brain gets
more skilled at a task
，
it expends less energy on it.
”




There are

36

you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gears
，
though it 3 7 effort
．
Margaret Sewell says
：
”
We
’
re a quick-fix culture, but you have to

38

to
keep your brain.



3 9 shape
．
It
’
s like having a good body
．
You Can
’
t go to the gym once a
year


40

expect to stay in top form.”




21
．
A.
almost

















B.
seldom

















C.
already

















D. never



22
．
A.
joke




















B.
laugh



















C.
blame

















D. criticize



23
．
A.
much


















B.
little





















C.
more

















D. less



24
．
A.
since



















B.
for
























C.
by

















D. because



25
．
A.
memory














B.
mind





















C.
trouble

















D. health



26
．
A.
disorganizing








B.
misplacing













C.
putting

















D. finding



27
．
A.
swiftly

















B.
frequently













C.
timely

















D. quickly



28
．
A
．
mature















B.
advance
















C.
age

















D. grow



29
．
A.
broken

















B.
poor




















C.
perfect

















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D. working



30
．
A.
pattern

















B.
time




















C.
space

















D. information



31
．
A
.
why




















B.
how




















C.
what

















D. when



32
．
A.
since



















B.
hence


















C.
that

















D. although



33
．
A.
irregular














B.
better



















C.
normal

















D. worse



34
．
A.
famous
















B.
senior


















C.
popular

















D. trained



35
．
A.
as























B.
till























C.
though

















D. yet



36
．
A.
stages


















B.
steps




















C.
advantages













D. purposes



37
．
A.
makes

















B.
takes




















C.
does

















D. spends



38
．
A.
rest





















B.
come




















C.
work

















D. study



39
．
A.
to























B.
for























C.
on

















D. in



40
．
A.
so






















B.
or
























C.
and

















D. if



Section III

Reading comprehension (40 points)



Directions:



Read
the
following
four
passages.
Answer
the
questions
below
each
passage
by
choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.



Passage One

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Prior to the 20th

century, many languages with small numbers of speakers survived for
centuries. The increasingly interconnected modern world makes it much more difficult for small
language
communities
to
live
in
relative
isolation,
a
key
factor
in
language
maintenance
and
preservation.



It remains to be seen whether the world can maintain its linguistic and cultural diversity
in the centuries ahead. Many powerful forces appear to work against it :population growth, which
pushes
migrant
populations
into
the
world
’
s
last
isolated
locations;
mass
tourism;
global
telecommunications and mass media; and the spread of gigantic global corporations. All of these
forces
appear
to
signify
a
future
in
which
the
language
of
advertising,
popular
culture,
and
consumer products become similar. Already English and a few other major tongues have emerged
as global languages of commerce an
d communication. For many of the world’s peoples, learning
one of these languages is viewed as the key to education, economic opportunity, and a better way
of life.



Only about 3,000 languages now in use are expected to survive the coming century. Are
most of the rest doomed in the century after that?



Whether most of these languages survive will probably depend on how strongly cultural
groups
wish
to
keep
their
identity
alive
through
a
native
language.
To
do
so
will
require
an
emphasis on bilingualism
（
mastery of two languages
）
. Bilingual speakers could use their own
language
in
smaller
spheres---at
home,
among
friends,
in
community
settings---and
a
global
language
at
work,
in
dealings
with
government,
and
in
commercial
spheres.
In
this
way,
many
small
languages
could
sustain
their
cultural
and
linguistic
integrity
alongside
global
languages,
rather than yield to the homogenizing
（同化的）
forces of globalization.



Ironically, the trend of technological innovation that has threatened minority languages
could also help save them. For example, some experts predict that computer software translation
tools
will
one
day
permit
minority
language
speakers
to
browse
the
Internet
using
their
native
tongues.
Linguists
are
currently
using
computer
—
aided
learning
tools
to
teach
a
variety
of
threatened languages.



For many endangered languages, the line between revival and death is extremely thin.
Language is remarkably resilient
（
有活力的）
,however. It is not just a tool for communicating, but
also
a
powerful
way
of
separating
different
groups,
or
of
demonstrating
group
identity.
Many
indigenous
（原生的，土著的）
communities have shown that it is possible to live in the modern
world while reclaiming their unique identities through language.



ty languages can be best preserved in __________.



A
．
an increasingly interconnected world



B
．
maintaining small numbers of speakers

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C
．
relatively isolated language communities



D
．
following the tradition of the 20th

century



ing to Paragraph 2, that the world can maintain its linguistic diversity in the
future is _______.



A
．
uncertain








B
．
unrealistic







C
．
foreseeable












D
．
definite



ing to the author, bilingualism can help_________.



A
．
small languages become acceptable in work places



B
．
homogenize the world
’
s languages and cultures



C
．
global languages reach home and community settings



D
．
speakers maintain their linguistic and cultural identity



er
technology
is
helpful
for
preserving
minority
languages
in
that
it_________.



A
．
makes learning a global language unnecessary



B
．
facilitates the learning and using of those languages



C
．
raises public awareness of saving those languages



D
．
makes it easier for linguists to study those languages



the author
’
s view, many endangered languages are________.



A
．
remarkably well-kept in this modern world



B
．
exceptionally powerful tools of communication



C
．
quite possible to be revived instead of dying out



D
．
a unique way of bringing different groups together



Passage Two



Everyone
，
it seems
，
has a health problem
。
After pouring billions into the National Health
Service
，
British people moan about dirty hospitals
，
long waits and wasted money. In Germany the
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new chancellor, Angela Merkel, is under fire for suggesting changing the financing of its health
system. Canada’s new Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, made a big fuss during the
election
about
reducing
the country’s
lengthy
medical
queues. Across
the
rich
world,
affluence,
ageing and advancing technology are driving up health spending faster than income.



But
nowhere
has
a
bigger
health
problem
than
America.
Soaring
medical
bills
are
squeezing wages, swelling the ranks of the uninsured and pushing huge firms and perhaps even
the
government
towards
bankruptcy.
Ford
’
s
announcement
this
week
that
it
would
cut
up
to
30.000 jobs by 2012 was as much a sign of it
’
s
“
legacy
”

health
–
care costs as of the ills of the
car industry. Pushed by polls that show health care is one of his main domestic problems and by
forecasts
showing
that
the
retiring
baby-boomers
(
生育高峰期出生的人
)
will
crush
the
government
’
s finances, George Bush is to unveil a reform plan in next week
’
s state-of
–
the
–
union address.



America
’
s health system is unlike any other. The Unite States spends 16% of its GDP
on health, around twice the rich- country average, equivalent to $$6,280 for every American each
year. Yet it is the only rich country that does not guarantee universal health coverage. Thanks to an
accident
of
history,
most
Americans
receive
health
insurance
through
their
employer,
with
the
government picking up the bill for the poor and the elderly.



This curious hybrid
（混合物）

certainly has its strengths. Americans have more choice
than anybody else, and their health-care system is much more innovative. Europeans
’

bills could
be much higher if American medicine were not doing much of their Research and Development
（
R&D
）
for them. But there are also huge weaknesses. The one most often cited
—
especially by
foreigners
—
is
the
army
of
uninsured.
Some
46
million
Americans
do
not
have
cover.
In
many
cases that is out of choice and ,if they fall seriously ill, hospitals have to treat them. But it is still
deeply unequal. And there are also shocking inefficiencies: by some measures,30% of American
health spending is wasted.



Then
there
is
the
question
of
state
support.
Many
Americans
disapprove
of
the
“
socialized medicine
”

of Canada and Europe. In fact, even if much of the administration is done
privately,
around
60%
of
America
’
s
heath-care
bill
ends
up
being
met
by
the
government.
Proportionately, the American state already spends as much on health as the OECD
（
Organization
of
Economic
Cooperation
and
Development
）
average,
and
that
share
is
set
to
grow
as
the
baby-boomers run up their Medicare bills and ever more employers avoid providing health-care
coverage. America is , in effect, heading towards a version of socialized medicine by default.




problems
mentioned
in
the
passage
include
all
the
following
EXCEPT_________.



A. poor hospital conditions in U.K.



B. Angela Merkel under attack

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