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1、資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢Part One What is required of our reading out of a text?一個(gè)例子！Passage Four(2012)The great recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults. And ultimately, it is li

2、kely to reshape our politics, our culture, and the character of our society for years.No one tries harder than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster. Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways; they had become less materialist

3、ic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others. In limited respects, perhaps the recession will leave society better off. Atthe very least, it has awoken us from our national fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses,and put a necessary end to an era of recklessa

4、l spending.But for the most part, these benefits seem thin, uncertain, and far off. In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U.S. ,lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society m

5、ore mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms. Anti-immigrant sentiment typically increases, as doesbetween races and classes.Income inequality usually falls during a recession, but it has not shrunk in this one,., this period of econom

6、ic weakness may reinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them- especially for young people. The research of Till Von Wachter, the economist in Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elit

7、e universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind.In the internet age, it is particularly easy to see the resentment that has always been hidden within American society. More diffic

8、ult, in the moment, is discerning precisely how these lean times are affecting societys character. In many respects, the U.S. was more socially tolerant entering this recession than at any time in its history, and a variety of national polls on social since then have shown mixed results. We will hav

9、e to wait and see exactly how thesehard times will reshape our social fabric. But they certainly will reshape it, and all the more so the longer they extend.36. By saying “to find silver linings”(Line 1,Para.2)the author suggest that the jobless try to Aseek subsidies from the governmentBexplore rea

10、sons for the unemployment Cmake profits from the troubled economyDlook on the bright side of the recession太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)1 / 20資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢37. According to Paragraph 2,the recession has made people Arealize the national dreamB struggle against each other Cchallenge their lifestyle Dreconsider their lif

11、estyle38. Benjamin Friedman believe that economic recessions may Aimpose a heavier burden on immigrantsB bring out more evils of human natureC Promote the advance of rights and freedomsDeases between races and classes39. The research of Till Von Wachther suggests that in recession universities tend

12、to A lag behind the others due to decreased opportunities Bcatch up quickly with experienced employees Csee their life chances as dimmed as the others Drecover more quickly than the others40. The author thinks that the influence of hard times on society is graduatesfromeliteAcertainBpositiveCtrivial

13、Ddestructive21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for.Againing excessive profitsCrefusing to make compromisesBfailing to fulfill her dutyDleaving thin tough times22.We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be.Agenerous investorsCshare price forecastersBunbi

14、ased executivesDindependent advisers23. According to the researchers from Ohio University after an outside directors surprisedeparture, the firm is likely to.Abecome more stableCdo less well in the stock marketBreport increased earningsDperform worse in lawsuits24. It can be inferred from the last p

15、aragraph that outside directors. Amay stay for the attractive offers from the firmB have often had records of wrongdoings in the firmC are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)2 / 20幾個(gè)提問(wèn)規(guī)則：1 提示規(guī)則2 錯(cuò)位規(guī)則3 題序規(guī)則專注那些問(wèn)題！資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢Dwill decline incentives from the firm25. The authors att

16、itude toward the role of outside directors is.ApermissiveBpositiveCscornfulDcritical26. By saying“Newspapers like their own doom” (Lines 3-4, Para. 1), the author indicates that newspaper.A neglected the sign of crisis Bfailed to get state subsidies Cwere not charitable corporations Dwere in a despe

17、rate situation27. Some newspapers refused delivery to distant suburbs probably because. Areaders threatened to pay lessBnewspapers wanted to reduce costs Cjournalists reported little about these areas Dsubscribers complained about slimmer products28. Compared with their American counterparts, Japane

18、se newspapers are much more stable because they.A have more sources of revenue Bhave more balanced newsrooms Care less dependent on advertising Dare less affected by readership29. What can be inferred from the last paragraph about the current newspaper business? ADistinctiveness is an essential feat

19、ure of newspapers.BCompleteness is to blame for the failure of newspaper. CForeign bureaus play a crucial role in the newspaper business. DReaders have lost their interest in car and film reviews.30. The most appropriate title for this text would be. AAmerican Newspapers: Struggling for Survival BAm

20、erican Newspapers: Gone with the Wind CAmerican Newspapers: A Thriving Business DAmerican Newspapers: A Hopeless Story31. The postwar American housing style largely reflected the Americans. Aprosperity and growthB efficiency and practicality Crestraint and confidence Dpride and faithfulness32. Which

21、 of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about Bauhaus? AIt was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.B Its designing concept was affected by World War II.C Most American architects used to be associated with it.太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)3 / 20資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢DIt had a great influence upon American architectu

22、re.33. Mies held that elegance of architectural design. Awas related to large spaceB was identified with emptinessC was not reliant on abundant decoration Dwas not associated with efficiency34. What is true about the apartments Mies building Chicagos Lake Shore Drive? AThey ignored details and propo

23、rtions.B They were built with materials popular at that time. CThey were more spacious than neighboring buildings. DThey shared some characteristics of abstract art.35. What can we learn about the design of the“Case Study House”? AMechanical devices were widely used.B Natural scenes were taken into

24、consideration CDetails were sacrificed for the overall effect. DEco-friendly materials were employed.36. The EU is faced with so many problems that.A it has more or less lost faith in marketsB even its supporters begin to feel concernedC some of its member countries plan to abandon euroD it intends

25、to deny the possibility of devaluation37. The debate over the EUs single currency is stuck because the dominant powers.A are competing for the leading positionB are busy handling their own crisesC fail to reach an agreement on harmonizationD disagree on the steps towards disintegration38. To solve t

26、he euro problem ,Germany proposed that.A EU funds for poor regions be increasedB stricter regulations be imposedC only core members be involved in economic co-ordinationD voting rights of the EU members be guaranteed39. The French proposal of handling the crisis implies that.Apoor countries are more

27、 likely to get fundsBstrict monetary policy will be applied to poor countriesCloans will be readily available to rich countriesDrich countries will basically control Eurobonds40. Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel.ApessimisticBdesperateCconceitedDhopeful太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)4 / 20資料

28、請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢Part II 句子與選項(xiàng)1. The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good-natured, cooperative creatures, and they share their food readily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “good

29、s and services” than males.Question: Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are B. attentive to researchers instructions.C. nice in both appearance and temperament.D. more generous than their male companions.2. At the end of the day, theres probably little re

30、ason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or “we wake up in panic,” Cartwright says. Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased peoples anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. F

31、or the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings. Sleepor rather dreamon it and youll feel better in the morning.Question: What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have bad dreams?B. Seek professional help.C. Exercise conscious control.D. Avoid anxiety in the

32、 daytime.3. In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of

33、consumption”launched by the century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant19thatmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democra

34、tic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Question: According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century B. became intimate shops for common consumers.C. satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.D. owed its emergence to the culture of cons

35、umption.4. Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database onthe Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “al search agent”. Its aninteractive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and

36、 salary, then sthem when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectualproperty, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struckgold,” says Redmon, whoed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-h

37、ouse counsel太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)5 / 20資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢for a company.Question: How did Redmon find his job?A. By searching openings in a job database.B. By posting a matching position in a database.D. Bying his resume to a database.5. Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who bu

38、ilt the Office of Strategic Services in World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionagespying as a “profession”. These days the Net, which has already remade such everyday pastim

39、es as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovans vocation as well.Question: The emergence of the Net has A. received support from fans like Donovan.C. restored many common pastimes.D. revived spying as a profession.6. While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japane

40、se education tends to stress testtaking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression. “Those things that dont show up inthe test scoresality, ability, courage or humaare completely ignored,” says Toshiki Kaifu,chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Partys education committee. “Frus

41、tration against this kind of thing leads kids to drop out and run wild.” Last year Japan experienced 2,125 incidents of school violence, including 929 assaults on teachers. Amid the outcry, many conservative leaders are seeking a return to the prewar emphasis on moral education. Last year Mitsuo Set

42、oyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakened the “Japanese morality of respect for parents.”Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?A. Japanese ed

43、ucation is praised for helping the young climb the social ladderB. Japanese education is characterized by mechanical learning as well as creativityD. Dropping out leads to frustration against test taking7. When I decided to quit my full-time employment，it never occurred to me that I might become a p

44、art of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”. Qu

45、estion: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Full-time employment is a new international trend.C. “A lateral move” means stepping out of full-time employment.D. The writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family.太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)6 / 20資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢8. Supporters of the n

46、ew supersystems argue that these mergers will allow for substantial cost reductions and better coordinated service. Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks. But many shippers complain that for heavy bull commodities traveling long distances, such as coal, che

47、micals, and grain, trucking is too costly and the railroads therefore have them by the throat. Question: According to those who support mergers, railway monopoly is unlikely becauseA. cost reduction is based on competition.B. services call for cross-trade coordination.D. shippers will have the railw

48、ay by the throat.9. Anyway, the townsfolk cant understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year theyll do better.) The reason, of course, i

49、s that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.Question: According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because A. ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending.B. the company is financially ill-managed.C. the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable.10. Just thre

50、e weeks before the Courts ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that

51、 may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.Question: According to the NASs report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is .A. prolonged medical procedures.C. systematic drug abuse.D. insufficient hospital care.11. Dr. Myers and Dr Worm argue that

52、 their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account. They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists, that of the “shifting baseline”. The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changeswhich have happened in the ocean be

53、cause they have been looking back only a relatively short timeinto the past. That matters because theory suggests that theum sustainable yield that can becropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels.Most fisheries are well below that, which is

54、 a bad way to do business.Question: Dr Myers and other researchers hold that.A. people should look for a baseline that cant work for a longer time.B. fisheries should keep the yield below 50% of the biomass.太奇 MBA 網(wǎng)中國(guó) MBA 網(wǎng)7 / 20資料請(qǐng)加唯一咨詢C. the ocean biomass should restore its original level.12. Dr.

55、Yehuda notes another difference between the sexes. “I think that the kinds of things thatwomen are exposed to tend to be in a chronic or repeated nature. Men go to war and are exposed to combat stress. Men are exposed to more acts of random physical violence. Thekinds of interal violence that women are exposed to tend to be in domestic situations,by, unfortunately, parents or other family members, and they tend not to be one-shot deals. The wear-and-tear that comes from these longer relationships can be quite devastating.” Question: According to Paragraph 4, the stress women confront tends t