1、MBA联考英语考试样题2000年MBA联考英语考试样题全国工商管理硕士入学考试研究中心答案PARTIStructureandVocabulary(10%)Directions:Thereare20incompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestCompletesthesentence.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithapencil.1.Hedidntseemt
2、omind_TVwhilehewastryingtostudy.A.theirwatchingB.themwatchC.theywatchingD.themtowatch2.Itissaidthatmorethanonepersoninthisdepartment_goingtolosehisjob.A.areB.wereC.willD.is3.Whenshe_allthemagazines,shellcomebackhome.A.hassoldB.willsellC.sellD.wouldsell4.Themanufacturerclaimedthatthisengineis_thePrev
3、iousone.A.astwicepOwerfd8SB.powerfulastwiceasC.twicepowerfulasD.twiceaspowerfu1as5.Nowhereelseintheworld_moreattractivescenerythaninSwitzerland.A.arefoundB.havebeenfoundC.youcanfindD.canyoufind6.1fhehadnotbeenillyesterday，he_toclass.A.goB.wouldgoC.wouldhavegoneD.went7._scienceandtechnologyhe1pthesoc
4、ietytoprogressisafactacceptedbymostpeople.A.ModernB.ThatmodernC.TheremodernD.Itismodern8._oneoftheleadingnovelistsinAmerica，AmyTaylorhasalsowrittenanumberofpoemsandplays.A.ConsideredB.ConsideringC.HavingconsideredD.Beenconsidered9.Thestreetsareallwet1t_duringthenight。A.mustberainingB.hadtorainC.must
5、haverainedD.hadrained10.Englandschiefexportsarecoa1，carsandcottongoods，cars_themostimportantofthese.A.havebeenB.areC.beD.being11.EverythingwassoexpensiveduringthewarthatitwasHardly_tosaveapennyALikelyBfeasibleCprobableDpossible12Theautomationhasmadeitpossibleto_greatchangesinindustry。AbringaboutBbri
6、ngdownCbringoutDbringup13Thepolicestoppedhimbecausehe_thetrafficregulationAdamagedBdestroyedCbrokeDcorrupted14Alltoo_itwastimetogobacktoschoolaftertheglorioussummerholidaysAfastBsoonCquickDoften15Thechiefmanagerrefusedto_ontherumorthathewasgoingtoretireAexplainBcommentCspeakDtalk16MrBrowngradual1y_a
7、knowledgeofthesubjectArequiredBinquiredCachievedDacquired17IfIamnot_whenyoucometomyoffice，askformysecretaryAsuitab1eBavailableCcomfortableDproper18peasantssupp1yworkerswithfood，andworkers_supplypeasantswithmanufacturedgoodsAinturnBbyturnCforreturnDbyreturn19Letsgooutduringthebreakto_ourlegs。Astretch
8、BexpandCmoveDextend20Ihavejust_abeautifulpoeminthatlittlebook.AcometoBcomethroughCcomeacrossDcomeupPARTReadingComprehension（50%）SectionADirections：Thereare4passagesinthispartEachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatementsForeachthemofthemareforchoicesmarkedA,B,candD.Youshoulddecideonthebe
9、stchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithapencil.Questions21to24arebasedonthefollowingpassage：Americansliketodobusinesswithoutleavingtheircars.Youllseedrive-inbanks，drive-inrestaurants，drive-inchurchesanddrive-inmovies.WhendrivingintheU.S.,itsagoodideatohaveaninternationaldriversl
10、icenseifyoudonthaveastatelicense.Eachofthefiftystateshasitsowntrafficlaws。GetinformationwhenyoucrosstheborderintoastateatatouristinformationcenterThereisanationalspeedlimitof55milesperhour.Americansaregenerallypoliteaboutlettingcarsenterbusystreets.Theyusuallystopforpeoplewhoarewalkingtoletthemcross
11、thestreet.Inmanystatesyoumayturnrightafterstoppingatacorner,evenifthereisaredlight.Onsomeroadstheremaybeaminimumspeed.Ifyourentacar,askthecompanywhattodoincaseyourcarbreaksdown.Somecompanieswillaskyoutocallaspecialnumber.Otherswillwantyoutohavethecarrepaired.Theywillpartlydeductthecostoftherepairfro
12、myourbill.Mileagecanmeantwothings.Itmaymeanthetotalnumberofmilesacarhasbeendriven.Wesay“Thiscaronlyhas10,000milesonit;ithaslowmileage.”Ontheotherhand,“gasmileage”isthenumberofmilesacarcantravelononeU.S.gallonofgas.Forexample,abigcarthatgets25milestothegallongetsverygoodmileage.Asmalleconomycarshould
13、getatleast35milestothegallonwhenitsnew.21.Ifyouhaveastatedriverslicense,_.A.youcandriveanywhereintheU.S.B.youdonthavetoapplyforaninternationaldriverslicenseC.YoucannotacrosstheborderinacarD.youmustknowthetrafficlawsofanotherstatebeforeyouenterit.22.Ifyourrentedcarbreaksdown,somecompanieswill_.Aforyo
14、uwithfreetelephoneserviceBpayyouacertainamountofyourtotalcostoftherepairC.payyouthetotalcostoftherepairDsendworkerstorepairthecar23“Aneconomycar”heremayrefertoacarthat_.A.canbeboughtataratherlowpriceB.iseasytooperateC.usesonlyasmallamountofgaspermileD.isspecial1ydesignedforasmallfami1y24Whichofthefo
15、llowingstatementsistrue？A.Americansareusuallywillingtowaitforanothercartoenterbusystreets.B.Americanscardoanythingwithoutleavingtheircars.C.Americandriverscanignorearedlightwhentheywanttoturnright.D.Americanscandriveat55milesperhoureverywhereintheircountry.Questions25to28arebasedonthefollowingpassag
16、e：Therearerobotsallaroundus，Somedoverycomplicatedjobslikeflyingairplanesanddrivingsubwaytrains。Andsomedoasimplejob.Whenanautomaticwashingmachineisswitchedon，waterpoursin.Themachinewaitsuntilthewaterishotbeforewashingtheclothes.Itdoesthisby“feedback”InformationaboutWhatishappeningis“feedback”intother
17、obottote11itwhattodonext.Oureyes，earsandothersensesareourfeedbackTheytelluswhatisgoingonaroundus.Sorobotsarelikepeopleintwoways，Theyworkandtheyhavefeedback.Therearerobotsallaround，makingourliveseasier.Someofthem，likethepocketcalculator，canworkmuchmorequick1ythanhumanbeingscan.Andtheyrarelymakemistak
18、es.Insomewaysrobotsarebetterthanpeople.Theyworkquick1y，butdonotmakemistakes，Theydonotgetboreddoingthesamejoboverandoveragain。Andtheynevergettired.Robotsareveryusefulinfactories.TheycanbetaughttodomanydifferentjobsFirsttheirelectronicbrainsmustbeshownhowthejobisdone.Apersonmovestherobots“arm”and“hand
19、”througheachpartofthejobTherobotsbrainrememberseachmove。Whentherobotisputtoworkonitsown，itsbraincontrolstherods，wheelsandmotorswhichmoveitsarm.Whentherobotisneededforanewjob，itselectronicmemoryis“wipedclean.”Thenitistaughthowtodoitsnewtask.Iftherobotshandstopsworking，orifsomethinggetsintheway，itcann
20、otdothenextpartofthejobSoitstopsandsignalsforhelp，Thenahumanengineerrepairsit.Themost“intelligent”robotscanmoveandsee.Theireyesarecameras.Theirmetalfingerscanfeelshapesandevenfindouthowhotandcoldobjectsare.Theserobotshavecomputerbrains，linkedtotheireyesandfingers，whichcontroltheiractions.25Inthissto
21、rytheauthortellsusthat_.A.therearevervfewrO6otsB.weseerobotsonlyatcertaintinesC.robot5aresomethingnewinourlifeD.ro6otsareallaroundus26Inthisstorywearetoldthat_.A.wegetfeedbackthroughoureyesandearsB.wegetfeedbackthroughtherobotsC.onlyrobotsgetfeedbackD.robotsarenotintelligentbecauseofthefeedback27Wha
22、tdoestheauthorofthisstorywantyoutofeelaboutrobots?A.Theywillprobab1ytakeoverinthefuture.B.Theyareveryhelpfulandusefultohumans.C.Theyaremachinesthatareoftenoutoforder.D.Theyarenotfriendsofhumanbeings.28Sincepeoplelikewhatrobotsdo，whatdoyouthinkthismeansforthefuture？A，Moreandbetterrobotswillbebuilt.B.
23、Peoplewillstopmakingrobots.C.Therewillbelawsagainstusingrobots.D.Robotswillbenefitnobody.Questions29to32arebasedonthefollowingpassage：TestsconductedattheUniversityofPennsylvaniasPsycho1icalLaboratoryshowedthatangerisoneofthemostdifficultEmotionstofindoutfromfacialexpressions.ProfessorDallasE.Buzbyco
24、nfronted716studentswithpicturesofextreme1yangrypersons，andaskedthemtoidentifytheemotionfromthefacialexpression。Onlytwopercentmadecorrectjudgments.Angerwasmostfrequentlyjudgedas“pleased”.Andatypicalreactionofastudentconfrontedwiththepictureofamanwhowasmadwastoclassifyhisexpressionaseitherbewildered，quizzical，orsimplyamazedOtherstudiesshowedthatitisextremelydifficulttotellwhetheramanisangryornotjustbylookingathisface.Theinvestigatorsfoundfurtherthatwomenarebetteratfindingoutangerfromfacia1expressionsthanmenare.Paradoxically，theyfoundthatpsychologicaltrainingdoesnoti
