MBA联考英语二模拟试题附答案详解(二)

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Passage Two
    Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act
of stealing or an even cleverer cheat (诈骗). Either way, it could be the perfect
crime (犯罪), because the criminals are birds-horning pigeons!
    The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if
you want the car back, pay up then. The car owner is directed to a park, told
where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon
inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
    There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at
first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in
fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind-one that
avoids (避免)not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first
place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has played a double
trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing
cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad
(启事) in the newspaper asking for help.
    The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars
have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese
dollars-seems too little for a car worth many times more.
    Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported
the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the
criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.
    26. After the car owner received a phone call, he .
    A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
    B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
    C. sent some money to the thief by mail
    D. told the press about it
    27. The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to .
    A. the car thief who stays at home
    B. one of those who put the ads in the paper
    C. one of the policemen in Changwa
    D. the owner of the pigeons
   
                    

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    28. The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been
returned” to show .
    A. how easily people get fooled by criminals
    B. what Chen thinks might be correct
    C. the thief is extremely clever
    D. the money paid is too little
    29. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to .
    A. criminals B. pigeons
    C. the stolen cars D. demands for money
    30. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car
owners because .
    A. he reads the ads in the newspaper
    B. he lives in the same neighborhood
    C. he has seen the car owners in the park
    D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them
    Passage Three
    Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their
17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas
family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a
university that offered the teenager’s intended major, one located near a large
city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe.
    “The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered
he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar
concerns, and the same question was always asked: what about crime? But when
college officials always gave the same answer-“That’s not a problem here,”
Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
    “No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today. “I just don’t buy it. ” Nor
should he: in 1999 the U. S. Department of Education had reports of nearly
400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand
that times have changed since they went to college,” says David Nichols, author
of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation. ”
    But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime
statistics by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the
honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be obvious,” warns S.
Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc, the nation’s leading campus safety
watchdog group.
    To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to
experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective
solutions.
    31. The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August .
    A. to express the opinions of many parents
    B. to choose a right one for their daughter
    C. to check the cost of college education
    D. to find a right one near a large city
   
                    

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    32. It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime
because some colleges .
    A. receive too many visitors
    B. mirror the rest of the nation
    C. hide the truth of campus crime
    D. have too many watchdog groups
    33. The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means .
    A. mind B. admit
    C. believe D. expect
    34. We learn from the text that “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph
most probably refers to colleges .
    A. that are protected by campus security
    B. that report campus crime by law
    C. that are free from campus crime
    D. that enjoy very good publicity
    35. What is the text mainly about?
    A. Exact campus crime statistics.
    B. Crimes on or around campuses.
    C. Effective solutions to campus crime.
    D. Concerns about kids’ campus safety.
    Passage Four
    One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch
suspected (可疑的) police killer David Bieber—and was thanked with flowers by the
police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to the
￡30,000 reward money.
    Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide
manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her
terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him
secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to
storm the building.
    She said: “I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20
armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there. ”
    The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious (怀疑) of the guest
who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and
wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: “He didn’t
seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact (接触). ” Vicki, the only
employee on duty, called her boss Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who
phoned the police at 11 pm.
   
                    

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    Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston,
Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then
they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.
    “It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a
policeman said ’Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers
outside?’ My heart missed a beat. ”
    Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases
to the top floor room and handed over the key.
    “I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I
went to watch. I could not see into the man’s room, but I could see the passage.
The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then
suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he
was handcuffed (带上手铐). ”
    36. The underlined phrase “be in line for” (paragraph 1) means .
    A. get B. be paid C. ask for D. own
    37. Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because .
    A. the police called her
    B. he looked very strange
    C. he came to the hotel with little luggage
    D. he came to the hotel the day before New Year’s Eve
    38. Vicki’s heart missed a beat because .
    A. the phone went again
    B. she would be famous
    C. the policemen had already arrived
    D. she saw 20 policemen in the car park
    39. David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in .
    A. the passage B. the man’s room
    C. Vicki’s bedroom D. the top floor room
    40. The whole event probably lasted about hours from the moment Bieber came
to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.
    A. 6 B. 8 C. 11 D. 14