1、 / 45MB展語真題及答案詳解2006年MBA英語真題及答案詳解考生須知選擇題的答案須用2B鉛筆填涂在答題卡 上，其它筆填涂的或做在試卷或其它類型答題卡 上的答案無效。其他題一律用藍色或黑色鋼筆或圓珠筆 在答題紙上按規(guī)定要求作答，凡做在試卷上或未 做在指定位置的答案無效。交卷時，請配合監(jiān)考人員驗收，并請監(jiān)考 人員在準考證相應(yīng)位置簽字(作為考生交卷的憑 據(jù))。否則，所產(chǎn)生的一切后果由考生自負。2006年全國攻讀工商管理碩士研究生入 學(xué)考試英語試卷Section I Vocabulary (10 points)Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentence

2、s 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.In some countries girls are still ofa good education oA denied B declinedC denved D deprivedAs the years passed, the memories of h

3、er childhood away。A fadedB disappearedC flashed D firedBrierley s book has the ofbeing both informative and readable 。A inspirationB requirementsC mythD meritIf I have any comments to make ) I ll write them in the of the book I m readingA edgeB pageC marginD sideMy would really trouble me ifI wore a

4、 fur coat。A consciousnessB consequenceC constitutionD conscienceA emptyWhen the post fell。Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it 。D hareB vacantC hollowMother who takes care of everybody is usually the most person in each family。A considerate B considerableC consideringD constantFor ten years the Gree

5、ks the city of Troy to separate it from the outside 。A capturedB occupiedC destroyedDsurroundedOther guests at yesterday s opening)which was broadcastby the radioA livestation ) included Anne Melntosh and Mayor 。D livelyB aliveC living10. A NewZealand man wasrecently to life imprisonment for themurd

6、er of an English tourist ) Monica Cantwell。A punishedB accusedD putC sentenced11. The past 22 years have really been amazing) and every prediction we ve made about improvements have al comeA trulyB trueC TruthD truthfulThe teachers tried tothesestudents that they could solve the complicatedproblem)

7、however,they just didn t see thepoint oA convinceB encourageC consultD inclinedI，mto think that mostchildren would like their teachers to be theirfriends rather than their commanders 。A subjectedB supposedC declinedD inclined14. She is underthe impression that heisn t a person for he wouldn ttell he

8、r where and when he went to university 。A geniusB generousC genuineD geneticThe first glasses of Coca Cola were drunk in 1886。 The drink was first by aUS chemist called John PembertonA formedB madeC foundD doneThese two chemicals witheach other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which c

9、ould cause an explosion。C reactAinteractB attractD expelthey can get people in the organization to do what must he done ) they will not succeed。A SinceBUnlessC IfD WhetherOnce you have started a job) you should do it oA in practiceB in theoryC in earnest D in a hurryAlthough they new library service

10、 has been very successful) its future iscertain。A at any rateB by no meansC by all meansD at any cost20.To my surprise) at yesterday s meeting he again the planthat hadbeen disapproved a week before。A brought aboutB brought outC brought upD broughtdownSection II Cloze (10 points)Directions: Read the

11、 following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices, 21 hat businesses were still protecting consumers 22 the full brunt (沖 擊) 10 / 45 / 45of higher

12、 energy costs.The Producer Price Index 23 measures0.4 percent ?economists hada result of anwhat producers receive for goods and services ) 24 1 percent in July. The Labor Department reported yesterday. Double 25 economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding

13、 26 and energy. the core index of producer prices rose 27 than the 0.1 percent that28 . Much of that increase was29 increase in car and truck prices.saidandOn Tuesday, the Labor Department the 30 that consumers paid for goods services in July were 31 0.5 percent over energy.and up 0.1 percent ?exclu

14、ding food and32 the overall rise in both consumerand producer prices 33 caused by energycosts, which increased 4.4 percent n the month. (Wholesale food prices 34 0.3 percent in July. 35 July 2004)Wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent)the core rate 362.8 percent, itsfastest pace since 1995.Typically )

15、 increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index 37 businesses recoup (補 償) higher costs from customers. 38 for much of this expansion) which started 39 the end of 2001 ) that has not been the 40 . In fact) many businesses like automakers have been aggressively d

16、iscounting their products.A indicate B to indicate C indicating DindicatedA ofB toC byD from23. A thatB whichC itD thisAriseB rises C roseD raisedA thatB whatCwhich D thisA food B grain C crop DdietA lessB lower Chigher D moreA saidB reported Ccalculated D forecastA expectable B. unexpected C expect

17、ation D expectingA prices B costsCcharges D values31. A downB fromC toD upA MuchB MostCMost of D Much ofA wasB wereC isD areA fallB fellC fallsD has fallenA ComparingwithB IncomparisonC Compared with D Compare toA droppedBdeclinedClifted D climbedA asBsoCwhile D when38. A AndB ButC YetD StillA atB b

18、yC inD toA condition B situation C matter D case41.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 OneOffice jobs are among the positions hardest h

19、it by compumation (計算機自動 化).Word processors and typists will lose about 93)000 jobs over the next few years ) while 57) 000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today) many executives type their own memos and carry there secretaries in the palms of their hands. Time is also hard for stock cle

20、rks ) whose ranks are expected to decrease by 68)000. And employees in manufacturing firms and wholesalers are being replaced with computerized systems.But not everyone who loses a job will end up in the unemployment line. Many will shift to growing positions within their own companies. When new tec

21、hnologies shook up the telecomm business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued retraining. She is now a communications technician ) earning about $ 64)000 per year. Of course) if you ve been a tollbooth collector for the past 30 years, and you find yourself replaced by an E ZPass machine） it ma

22、y be of little consolation（ 安慰）to know that the telecom field is booming.And that s just it: The service economy is fading: welcome to the expertise（專門知識 ） economy. To succeed in the new job market ） you must be able to handle complex problems. Indeed） all but one of the 50 highest-paying occupation

23、sair-traffic controllerdemand at least a bachelor s degree.For those with just a high school diploma（畢業(yè)證書）.It s going to get tougher to find a well-paying job. Since fewer factory and clerical jobs will be available .what s left be the jobs that compumations can t kill） computers cant clean offices

24、） or for Alzheimer s patients（老年癡呆 病人）.But ） since most people have the skills to fill those positions ） the wages stay painfully low ） meaning compumation could drive an even deeper wedge （楔 子）between the and poor） The best advicenow)Never stop learning )and keep up with new technology.For busy adu

25、lts of course that can be tough ) The good news is that very technology that s reducing so many jobs is a making it easier to go back to school without having to sit in a classroom. So called internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled ) and it s gaini

26、ng credibility with employers.Are you at risk of losing your job to a computer ? Check the federal Bureau of LaborStatistics Occupational Outlook Handbook ? which is available online at .Prom the first paragraph we can infer that all of the following persons are easily thrown into unemployment EXCEP

27、T.A secretariesB stock clerksC managersD wholesalers42、In the second paragraph the anther mentions the tollbooth collector toA mean he will get benefits from the telecomm fledB show he is too old to shift to a new positionC console him on having been replaced by a machineD blame the PC for his unemp

28、loyment.By saying “ compumation could drive an even deeper wedge between the rich and poor (line 5. Para 4 )the author meansA people are getting richer and richerB there will be a small gap between rich and poorC the gap between rich and poor is getting larger an largerD it s time to close up be gap

29、 between the rich and poor. What is the author s attitude towards computers ?A positiveB negative Cneutral D prejudiced. Which of the following might serve as the best title of passage?A Blaming the PCB The booming telecomm fieldC Internet distance leaningD Keeping up with compumationPassage TwoTens

30、 of thousands of 18 year olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas .These diplomas won t look any different from awarded their luckier classmates Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover the these graduates are semiliterate（半文盲）Eventually a fortunate

31、 few will find their way into educational - repair - adult - literacyPrograms)such as the one where I teach grammar and writing .There ) high school graduates and high school dropouts pursuing graduate equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school ) They will disc

32、over they have been cheated by our educational system.I will never forget a teacher senior when be had her for English . He site in the back ofthe room talking to his friends .she told me J Why don t you move him to the front row ?I urged believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down ) Mr

33、s. Stifter said )I don t move seniors. I think (使 一不 及 格)them. Our son s academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good this .It was a radical approach for these times ) but well. Why not ? She s going to flunk you “ I told

34、my son.I did not discuss it any further.Suddenly English became a priorty (頭 等重 要)in his life.He finished out the semester with an A.I know one example doesn t make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to k

35、eep up.Of average intelligence or better)they eventually quit school)concluding they were too dumb to finish. I should have been held back is a comment I hear frequently.Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class. I don t know how I ever got

36、 a high-school diploma. ”Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills.We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can t learn if they come from terribleenvironments.No one seems to stop to think that most kids don put sc

37、hool first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk.They rather be sailing.Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority.They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they ve got.They have a healthy fear of failure.People

38、of all ages can rise above their problems)but they need to have a reason to do so.Yong people generally don t have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it.But fear of failure can motivate both.What is the subject of this essay ?A view point on learningB a qualified

39、 teacherC the importance of examinationD the generation gap.How did Mrs.Sifter get the attention of one of the author s children ?A flunking himB moving his seatC blaming himD playing card with him.The author believes that most effective way for a teacher is toA purify the teaching environments .B s

40、et up cooperation between teachers and parents.C hold back student.D motivate student. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors attitude toward flunking isA negativeB positiveC biasedD indifferent. Judging from the content ) this passage is probably written forA administratorsB s

41、tudentsC teachersD parentsPassage ThreeNames have gained increasing importance in the competitive world of higher education. As colleges strive for market share ) they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. Trenton.State College) for example)

42、 became the College of New Jersey nine years ago when it began raising admissions standards and appealing to students from throughout the state.All I hear in higher education is )“ Brand ) brand ) brand ) ” said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding and is managing director of Lipman Hearne )

43、a marketing firm based in Chicago that works with universities and other nonprofit organizations. There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.Not all efforts at name changes are successful,ofcourse . In 1997 ) the NewSchool for Soc

44、ial Research became New Schoo University to reflect its growth into a collection of eight colleges) offering a list of majors that includes psychology)music)urban studies and management. But New Yorkers continued to call it the NewSchool .Now) after spending an undisclosed sum on an online survey an

45、d a marketing consultant; s creation of “haming structures. ” “ brand architecture ” and “ identitysystems, “ the university has come up with a new name: the New School.Beginning Monday ) it will adopt new logon (標 識) banners, business cards and even new names for the individual colleges, all to inc

46、lude the words “the New School.”Changes in names generally revea significant shifts in how a college wants to be perceived. In altering its name from CalState. Hayward) to Cal State) East Bay) the university hoped to project its expanding role in two mostly suburban countries east of San Francisco.T

47、he University of Southern Colorado ) a state institution ) became Colorado State University at Pucblo two years ago ) hoping to bighight many internal changes, including offering more graluate programs and setting higher admissions standards.Beaver College turned itself into ArcadiaUniversity in 200

48、1 for several reasons: to breaktelevision andthe connection with its past as a women s college) to promote its growth into a full-fledged(完全成熟的)university and officials acknowledged ) to climinate some jokes about the college old name on late-nightmoring zoo radio shows.changing asubstantialMany col

49、lege officials said name and image could produce results. At Arcadia)in addition to the rise in applications)the average student; s test score has increased by 60 points, Juli Roebeck, an Arcadia spokeswoman said. which of the following is NOT thereason for colleges to change their names ?A They pre

50、fer higher educationcompetitionB They try to gain advantage in marketshare.C They want to project their image.D They hope to make some changes. It is implied that one of the most significant changes in highter education in the past decade isA the brand.B the college namesC the concept of marketingD

51、list of majors.The thrase come up with(Line 3 Para 4)probably meansA catch up withB deal withC put forwardD come to the realizatoin54 The case of name changing from Cal State Hayward to CalState indicates that the universityA is perceived by the societyB hopes to expand its influenceC prefers to ref

52、orm its reaching programsD expects to enlange its campus55.According to the spokeswoman thename change of BeaverCollegeA turns out very successfulB fails to attain its goalC has eliminated some jokesD has transformed its statusPassage Fourit looked just like another aircraft fromthe outside The pilo

53、ttold his young passengethat it was builtin1964.Butapperancesdeceptive and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aiecraft were in for the fligt of their lives.Inside the area that normally had seatshad become a long white tunnel.Heavily padded（填塞）from floor to ceiling it looked abi

54、tstrange. There were almost no windows )but ligts along the padded walls illuminated it.Most of the seats had been taken out apart from afew at the back where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear.For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to

55、 win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency .the challenge had been to suggest imaginative experments to be conducted in weightless condtions.For the next two hours the flight resembled that of an onormous bird which had lose its reson, shooting upwards towards the heav

56、ens before rushing towards Earth.The invention was to Achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.The aircraft took off smoothly enough. But any feelings that I and the young scientistshad that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in

57、to a 45 degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut our and we became weightless. Everything become confused and left or right. Up or down no longer had any meaning. after ten seconds of free fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity

58、was less immediate than its loss. but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump.Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless. A new team conduct it experience. First it was the Ducth who wanted to discover how it is that cats always land on their feet

59、. then the German team who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if could be used for building a futher space station .the Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by 35 / 45 / 45satellites.After two hours of going up and down in the lane doi

60、ng their experiments ) the predominate feeling was one of excitement rather than sickness. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.56、what did the writer say about the plane?.A It had no seats.B It was painted white.C It had no windows.D T