2013MBA聯考英語模擬試題及答案

1、2013MBA聯考英語模擬試題及答案PANT I Structure and Vocabulary (10 % )Directions : There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part . For each sentence there are four choices marked A , B , C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blarken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet wi

2、th a pencil .1 . He didn't seem to mind_ TV while he was trying to study .A. their watchingB. them watchC. they watchingD. them to watch2 . It is said that more than one person in this department _ going to lose his job.A. areB. wereC. willD. is3 . When she_ all the magazines ,she'11 come ba

3、ck home.A. has soldB. will sellC. sellD. would sell4 . The manufacturer claimed that this engine is_ the previous one .A. as twice powerful asB. powerful as twice asC. twice powerful asD. twice as powerful as5 . Nowhere else in the world_ more attractive scenery thanin Switzerland .A. are foundB. ha

4、ve been foundC. you can findD. can you find6. If he had not been ill yesterday , he_ to class.A. goB. would goC. would have goneD. went7. _ science and technology help the society to progress is a fact accepted by most people.A. ModernB. That modernC. There is modernD. It is modern8. _ one of the le

5、ading novelists in America , Amy Taylor has also written a number of poems and plays.A. ConsideredB. ConsideringC. Having consideredD. Been considered9.The streets are all wet. It_ during the night.A. must be rainingB. had to rainC. must have rainedD. had rained10.England's chief exports are coa

6、l , cars and cotton goods , cars _ the most important of these.A. have beenB. areC. beD. being11.Everything was so expensive during the war that it was hardly_ to save penny.A. likelyB. feasibleC. probableD. possible12.The automation has made it possible to_ great changes in industry.A. bring aboutB

7、. bring downC. bring outD. bring up13.The police stopped him because he_ the traffic regulation .A. damagedB. destroyedC. brokeD. corrupted14.All too_ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.A. fastB. soonC. quickD. often15.The chief manager refused to on the rumor that h

8、e was going to_retire .A. explainB. commentC. speakD. talk16.Mr. Brown gradually_ a knowledge of the suhJect.A. requiredB. inquireC. achievedD. acquired17.If I am not_ when you come to my office , ask for my secretary .A. suitableB. availableC. comfortableD. proper18.Peasants supply workers with foo

9、d , and workers_ supply peasants with manufactured goods.A. in tumB. by tumC. for retumD. bv retnm19.Let , s go out during the break to_ our legs.A. tretchB. expandC. moveD. extend20.I have just_ a beautiful poem in that liule hook.A. come toB.come thioughC.come acrasD.come up PART 11 Reading Compre

10、hension (50 % )Section ADirections : There are 4 passages in this part . Each passage is followed by some questzons or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A , B , C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet

11、with a pencil.Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following passage:Americans like to do business without leaving their cars. You'11 see drive - in banks, drive-in restaurants, drive in churches and 4rive - in movies .When driving in the U. S. , its a good idea to have in international driver

12、9;s license if you don' t have a state license . Each of the fifty states has its own traffic laws. Get information when youcross the border into a state at a tourist information center.There is a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Americans are generally polite about lettingcars enter b

13、usy streets. They usually stop for people who are walking to let them cross the street. Inmany states you may turn right after stopping at a corner, even if there is a red light. On some roadsthere may be a minimum speed.If you rent a car, ask the company what to do in case your car breaks down. Som

14、e companies will ask you to call a special number. Others will want you to have the car repaired. They will partly deduct the cost of the repair from your bill."Mileage" can mean two things. It may mean the total number of miles a car has been driven. We say "This car only has 10 ,000

15、 miles on it; it has low mileage." On the other hand , "gas mileage" is the number of miles a car can travel on one U. S. gallon of gas. For example , a big car that gets 25 miles to the gallon gets very good mileage. A small economy car should get at least 35 miles to the gallon when

16、 it's new.21.If you have a state driver's license_.A. you can drive anywhere in the U. S .B. you don't have to apply for an international driver's licenseC. you cannot across the border in a carD.you must know the traffic laws of another state before you enter it22 . If your rented c

17、ar breaks down , some companies will_.A. provide you with free telephone serviceB. pay you a certain amount of your total cost of the repairC. pay you the total cost of the repairD.send workers to repair the car23 ."An economy car" here may refer to a car that_.A. can be bought at a rather

18、 low priceB. is easy to operateC.uses only a small amount of gas per mileD.is specially designed for a small family24 .Which of the following statements is true?A.inericans are usually willing to wait for another car to enter busy streets.B. Americans can do anything without leaving their cars.C. Ai

19、nerican drivers can ignore a red light when they wantto turn right.D. Americans can drive at 55 miles per hour everywhere in their country. Questions 25 to 28 are based on the following passage :There are robots all around us. Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway tr

20、ains. And some do a simple job.When an automatic washing machine is switched on, water pours in. The machine waits until the water ishot before washing the clothes. It does this by"feedback."Information about whatishappening is "feedback"into the robot to tell it what to do next.

21、Our eyes , ears and other senses are our feedback . They tell us what is going on around us. So robots are like people in two ways. They work and they have feedback.There are robots all around, making our lives easier. Some of them , like the pocket calculator, can work much more quickly than human

22、beings can. And they rarely make mistakes.In some ways robots are better than people. They work quickly, but do not make mistakes. They do not get bored doing the same job over and over again. And they never get tired .Robots are very useful in factories. They can be taught to do many different jobs

23、. First their electronic brains must be shown how the job is done . A person moves the robot'"arm"and"hand"through each part of the job. The robot's brain remembers each move. When the robot is put to work on its own , its brain controls the rods , wheels and motors which

24、 move its arm.When the robot is needed for a new job, its electronic memory is "wiped clean."Then it is taught how to do its new task.If the robot's hand stops working, or if something gets in the way, it cannot do the next part of the job. So it stops and signals for help. Then a huma

25、n engineer repairs it.The most intelligent'' robots can move and see. Their eyes are cameras. Their metal fingers can feel shapes and even find out how hot and cold objects are . These robots have computer brains ,linked to their eyes and fingers , which control their actions.25 . In this st

26、ory the author tells us that_.A. there are very few robotsB. we see robots only at certain timesC. robots are something new in our lifeD. robots are all around us26 . In this story we are told that_.A. we get feedback through our eyes and earsB. we get feedback through the robotsC. only robots get f

27、eedbackD. robets are not intelligent because of the feedback27. What does the author of this story want you to feel about robots?A. They will probably take over in the future.B. They are very helpful and useful to humans.C. They are machines that are often out of order.D. They are not friends of hum

28、an beings.28. Since people like what robots do, what do you think this means for the future?A. More and better robots will be built.B. People will stop making robots.C. There will be laws against using robots.D. Robots will benefit nobody. Questions 29 to 32 are based on the following passage:Tests

29、conducted at the University of Pennsylvania' s Psychological Laberatory showed that anger is one of the most difficult emotions to Find out from facialexpressions.Professor Dallas E. Buzby confronted 716 students with pictures of extremely angry persons , and asked them to identify the emotion f

30、rom the facial expression. Only two percent made correct judgments. Anger was most frequently judged as"Fleased".And a typical reaction of a student confronted with the picture of a man who was mad was to classify his expression as either"bewildered" , "quizzical" , or

31、simply"amazed" . Other studies showed that it is extremely difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not just by looking at his face. The investigators found further that women are better at finding out anger from facial expressions than men are. Paradoxically , they found that psycholog

32、ical training does not improve one's ability to judge a man' s emotions by his expressions but actually hinders it . For in the university tests ,the more courses the student had taken in psychology , the poorer judgment score he turned in .29. The information in this passage centers around_

33、.A. the relation between anger and other emotionsB. the differences between men and women with respect to emotionC. the influence of psychology on human emotionsD. the discovery of anger from facial expressions30 . When tested,students with psychological training_.A. marked less than two percent of

34、their possible choices correctlyB. did better than the average student in the groupC. seemed less able to judge correctly than the average studentD. performed in a manner not specified in the passage31 . To achieve the greatest success in finding out anger ftoiii facial expressions ,it would be best

35、 to_.A. use adults rather than students as judgesB. ask women who do not study psycholsy to judge itC. ask men rather than women to judge itD. be satisfied with a two percent success, if such a perceotage is guaranteed32. The last two sentences in the second paragraph show that-.A. such training has

36、 not resulted in better scoresB. we have really achieved the anticipated resultsC. the judgment is similar to what we have expectedD. we can expect such training to have the effect stated Questions 33 to 36 are based on the following passage:Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the

37、sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well,you can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows , you might even do as well as meteorologists.Meteo

38、rologists use much more information than just the appear. ance of the clouds to make their forecast. They collect data from all over the world. Then they put it into powerful, high - speed computers.This does give meteorologists an advantage , because they can track weather patterns as they move fro

39、m west to east across the country.But you have an advantage,too. You can look at the sky and get your data directly. A meteorologist uses a computer forecast that's several hours old to make a local forecast .What are you seeing when you look at a cloud?" A picture of what moisture is doing

40、 in the atmosphere" says meteorologist Peter Leavit . There's moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you don't see it , because it's in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor .Sometimes, the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to c

41、hange to liquid water. That's called condensation , and we see it happen all the time( for example , when humid air from the hower hits the cold glass of a mirror) . When enough water vapor condenses, droplets form in the air. These droplets scatter light. A cloud is seen.Watching clouds over a

42、day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come. Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere.You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds, following each other in order, can singal an approaching storm. But don't take our word for it; see for yourself.33

43、 . This passage mainly tells us about how_.A. to become a meteorologistB. to keep an eye on the weatherC. to be an assistant to a meteorologistD. to change water vapor to liquid water34.Acording to the passage , an ordinary person might do as well as a meteorologist in weather forecast-.A. with the

44、help of the high - speed computers.B. through a complex process of calculationC. with some simple practice looking up at the skyD.consulting a weather station.35 . Meteorologists make their weather forecast-.A. by collecting data from all over the worldB. by putting this data into powerful , high -

45、speed computersC. by calculating and analyzing this dataD.all above.36 . Your advantage in weather forecasts is that-.A. you have more powerful computers at homeB. your brain works as well as a high speed computerC. you observe the sky and obtain your data directlyD.teorologists give their data to y

46、ou as soon as they get them Questions 37 to 40 are based on the following passage:Security and commodity exchanges are trading posts where people meet who wish to buy or sell. The exchanges themselves do no trading,they merely provide a place where prospective buyers and sellers can meet and conduct

47、 their business.Wall Street , although the best known , is not the only home of ex- changes in the United States. There are cotton exchanges in New Or- leans and Chicago , the Mercantile Exchange , which deals in many farm products , in Chicago , and grain exchanges in many of the large cities of th

48、e Midwest . Some exchanges , like the Chicago Board of Trade , provide market services for several kinds products.These trading posts where products may be bought or sold are called commodity exchanges .The security exchanges, on the other hand, are meeting places where stocks and bonds are traded.

49、Like the commodity exchanges, they help serve the economic life of the country. But when their opera- tions get out of hand, they may become very dangerous. In 1929, the security exchanges, or stock market , contributed to a crash a sudden , sharp decline in the value of securities . Many people los

50、t fortunes , many corporations were bankrupted , many workers lost their jobs. The Crash of 1929 has been attributed to many causes ,among them wild and unwise speculation by many people and dishonest practices on the part of some businessmen and of some members of the exchanges.Today , however , in

51、vesting through security exchanges and trading on commodity exchanges has been made safer by regulations set up by the exchanges themselves and by regulations of the United States government. In 1922, the government instituted the Commodity Exchange Commission which operated through the Department o

52、f Agriculture , and in 1934 , the Securities and Exchanges Commission , to protect investors and the public against dishonest practices on the exchanges .37. Security and commodity exchanges are meeting places for buyers and sellers of- .A. stocksB. grainC.securitiesD. all of these38 . Among the rea

53、sons for the Crash of 1929 were.A. unwise speculation by many peopleB. dishonest practices by some businessmenC. strict regulations of the Commodity Exchange CommissionD.both A and B.39.Investing insecurities has been made safer by.-A. the Securities and Exchange CommissionB. the Commodity Exchange

54、CommissionC.Chicago Board of TradeD. Chicago Mercantile Exchange40 . Implies but not stated- :.A. Some exchanges provide market services for several kinds of productsB. The role of the government has been an important factor in curbing dishonest practices on the ExchangesC. Investing in securities i

55、s unwiseD. Buying and selling securities is dishonest. Directions : Read the following passage and then give short answers tothe five questions. Write pour answers on the AnswerSheet .Hunting was originally a means of providing food, but it has now become a sport. Though in some parts of the world there are still people who hunt wild animals to provide themselves with food, in England, hunting is as much a social activity as anything else.A great many years ago, f