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下面是2007年研究生入学考试mba英语真题
2007年全国攻读工商管理硕士研究生入学考试
英语试题
Section I Vocabulary (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.
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.
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
"early 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.
“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 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
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 and 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.
41.Minority languages can be best preserved in __________.
A.an increasingly interconnected world
B.maintaining small numbers of speakers
C.relatively isolated language communities
D.following the tradition of the 20th century
42.According to Paragraph 2, that the world can maintain its linguistic
diversity in the future is _______.
A.uncertain B.unrealistic C.foreseeable D.definite
43.According 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
44.Computer 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
45.In 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 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.
46.Health problems mentioned in the passage include all the following
EXCEPT_________.
A. poor hospital conditions in U.K.
B. Angela Merkel under attack
C. health financing in Germany
D. long waiting lines in Canada
47.Ford’s announcement of cutting up to 30,000 jobs by 2012 indicates that
Ford_________.
A. has the biggest health problem of the car industry
B. has made profits from its health-care legacy
C. has accumulated too heavy a health-care burden
D. owes a great deal of debt to its employees
48.In the author’s opinion, America’s health system is _________.
A. inefficient B. feasible C. unpopular D. successful
49.It is implied in the passage that_________.
A. America’s health system has its strengths and weaknesses
B. the US government pays medical bills for the poor and the elderly
C. some 46 million Americans do not have medical insurance
D. Europeans benefit a lot from America’s medical research
50.from the last paragraph we may learn that the “socialized medicine”
is____________.
A. a practice of Canada and Europe
B. a policy adopted by the US government
C. intended for the retiring baby-boomers
D. administered by private enterprises
Passage Three
When Thomas Keller, one of America’s foremost chefs, announced that on
Sept. I he would abolish the practice of tipping at Per Se. his luxury
restaurant in New York City, and replace it with European-style service charge,
I knew three groups would be opposed: customers, servers and restaurant owners.
These three groups are all committed to tipping——as they quickly made clear on
Web sites. To oppose tipping , it seems, is to be anticapitalist , and maybe
even a little French..
But Mr. Keller is right to move away from tipping—and it’s worth exploring
why just about everyone else in the restaurant world is wrong to stick with the
practice.
Customers believe in tipping because they think it makes economic
sense.“Waiters know that they won’t get paid if they don’t do a good job”is how
most advocates of the system would put it. To be sure, this is a tempting,
apparently rational statement about economic theory, but it appears to have
little applicability to the real world of restaurants.
Michael Lynn, an associate professor of consumer behavior and marketing at
Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, has conducted dozens of students of
tipping and has concluded that consumers assessments of the quality of service
correlate weakly to the amount they tip.
Rather, customers are likely to tip more in response to servers touching
them lightly and leaning forward next to the table to make conversation than to
how often their water glass is refilled——in other words, customers tip more when
they like the server, not when the service is good. Mr. Lynn’s studies also
indicate that male customers increase their tips for female servers while female
customers increase their tips for male servers,.
What’s more,. consumers seem to forget that the tip increases as the bill
increases. Thus, the tipping system is an open invitation to what restaurant
professionals call “upwelling”: every bottle of imported water, every espresso
and every cocktail is extra money in the server’s pocket. Aggressive upwelling
for tips is often rewarded while low-key, quality service often goes
unrecognized.
In addition , the practice of tip pooling , which is the norm in
fine-dining restaurants and is becoming more in every kind of restaurant above
the level of a greasy spoon , has ruined whatever effect voting with your tip
might have had on an individual waiter . In an unreasonable outcome , you are
punishing the good waiters in the restaurant by not tipping the bad one . Indeed
, there appear to be little connection between tipping and good service .
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage: 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 and 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.
51.It may be inferred that a European-style service______.
A . is tipping-free B .charges little tip
C .is the author’s initiative D .is offered at Per-se
52.Which of the following is NOT true according to the author .
A .Tipping is a common practice in the restaurant world.
B .Waiters don’t care about tipping
C .Customers generally believe in tipping.
D .Tipping has little connection with the quality of service.
53.According to Michael Lynn’s studies, waiters will likely get more tips
if they______
A. have performed good service
B. frequently refill customers’ water glass
C. win customers’ favor
D. serve customers of the same sex
54.We may infer from the context that “upwelling”(Line 2, Para 6) probably
means ________
A. selling something up
B. selling something fancy
C. selling something unnecessary
D. selling something more expensive
55.This passage is mainly about __________
A. reasons to abolish the practice of tipping
B. economic sense of tipping
C. consumers’ attitudes towards tipping
D. tipping for good service
Passage Four
“I promise.” “ I swear to you it’ll never happen again.” “I give you my
word.” “Honestly. Believe me.” Sure, I trust. Why not? I teach English
composition at a private college. With a certain excitement and intensity. I
read my students’ essays, hoping to find the person behind the pen. As each
semester progresses, plagiarism(剽窃)appears. Not only is my intelligence insulted
as one assumes I won’t detect a polished piece of prose from an
otherwise-average writer, but I feel a sadness that a student has resorted to
buying a paper from a peer. Writers have styles like fingerprints and after
several assignments, I can match a student’s work with his or her name even if
it’s missing from the upper left-hand corner.
Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average(GPA)? When
we’re threatened or sick, we make conditional promises. “If you let me pass math
I will ….” “Lord, if you get me over this before the big homecoming game I’ll….”
Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises. Human nature? Perhaps, but
we do use that cliché(陈词滥调)to get us out of uncomfortable bargains. Divine
interference during distress is asked; gratitude is unpaid. After all, few
fulfill the contract, so why should anyone be the exception. Why not ?
Six years ago, I took a student before the dean. He had turned in an essay
with the vocabulary and sentence structure of PhD thesis. Up until that time,
both his out-of-class and in-class work were borderline passing.
I questioned the person regarding his essay and he swore it I’d understand
this copy would not have the time and attention an out-of-class paper is given,
but he had already a finished piece so he understood what was asked. He sat one
hour, then turned in part of a page of unskilled writing and faulty logic. I
confronted him with both essays. “I promise…., I’m not lying. I swear to you
that I wrote the essay. I’m just nervous today.”
The head of the English department agreed with my finding, and the meeting
with the dean had the boy’s parents present. After an hour of discussion,
touching on eight of the boy’s previous essays and his grade-point average,
which indicated he was already on academic probation(留校察看), the dean agreed that
the student had plagiarized. His parents protested, “He’s only a child” and we
instructors are wiser and should be compassionate. College people are not really
children and most times would resent being labeled as such…. Except in this
uncomfortable circumstance.
56.According to the author, students commit plagiarism mainly for_____.
A.money B.degree C.higher GPA D.reputation
57.the sentence “ Once the situation is behind us , so are the promises’
implies that_________.
A.students usually keep their promises
B.some students tend to break their promises
C.the promises are always behind the situation
D.we cannot judge the situation in advance, as we do to the promises
58.The “borderline passing”(Line 3,Para.3)probably means____________.
A.fairly good B.extremely poor
C.above average D.below average
59.The boy’s parents thought their son should be excused mainly
because_______________.
A.teachers should be compassionate
B.he was only a child
C.instructors were wiser
D.he was threatened
60.Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage?
A.Human Nature B.Conditional Promises
C.How to Detect Cheating D.The Sadness of Plagiarism
Section IV Translation (20 points)
Directions:
In this section there is a passage in English. Translate the five sentences
underlined into Chinese and write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Powering the great ongoing changes of our time is the rise of human
creativity as the defining feature of economic life. Creativity has come to be
valued, because new technologies, new industries and new wealth flow from it.
And as a result, our lives and society have begun to echo with creative ideas.
It is our commitment to creativity in its varied dimensions that forms the
underlying spirit of our age.
Creativity is essential to the way we live and work today, and in many
senses always has been. The big advances in standard of living –-not to mention
the big competitive advantages in the marketplace--always have come from” better
recipes, not just more cooking.” One might argue that’s not strictly true. One
might point out, for instance, that during the long period from the early days
on the Industrial Revolution to modern times, much of the growth in productivity
and material wealth in the industrial nations came not just from creative
inventions like the steam engine, but from the widespread application of
“cooking in quantity” business methods like massive division of labor
,concentration of assets, vertical integration and economies of scale. But those
methods themselves were creative developments.
Section V Writing (20 points)
Directions:
In this part, you are asked to write a composition according to the
information below. You should write more than 150 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET
2.
Accidents in a Chinese City (2005)
in 2005
Main accident causes
Number of accidents
Percentage rise (+) or fall (-)
Drivers training left without due care
608
+10%
Drivers turning too close to other vehicles
411
+9%
pedestrians crossing roads carelessly
401
+12%
Drivers driving under the influence of alcohol
281
+15%
Drivers failing to give a signal
264
-5%
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