新起点MBA辅导英语材料NO3
Part One Vocabulary and Structure:
1.He came back late, _______ which time all the guests had already left.
A) after B) by C) at D) during
2.I'm very sorry to have _______ you with so many questions on such an occasion.
A) interfered B) offended C) impressed D) bothered
3.If the whole operation _______ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have
been lost.
A) was not planned B) has not been planned
C) had not been planned D) were not planned
4.The price of beer _______ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.
A) altered B) ranged C) separated D) differed
5.His remarks left me _______ about his real purpose.
A) wondered B) wonder C) to wonder D) wondering
6.I have heard both teachers and students _______ well of him.
A) to speak B) spoken C) to have spoken D) speak
7.Our son doesn't know what to _______ at the university; he can't make up his mind
about his future.
A) take in B) take up C) take over D) take after
8.The house was very quiet, _______ as it was on the side of a mountain.
A) isolated B) isolating C) being isolated D) having been isolated
9.Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still
_______.
A) blank B) hollow C) vacant D) bare
10.Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of travelling _______heavy
schedules.
A) with regard to B) as to C) in relation to D) owing to
11.Tony is very disappointed _______ the results of the exam.
A) with B) for C) toward D) on
12.William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, _______ defended the right of every
citizen to freedom of choice in religion.
A) peculiarly B) indifferently C) vigorously D) inevitably
13.I hope all the precautions against air pollution, _______ suggested by the local
government, will be seriously considered here.
A) while B) since C) after D) as
14.When people become unemployed, it is _____ which is often worse than lack of wages.
A) laziness B) poverty C) idleness D) inability
15.I've never been to Beijing, but it's the place _______.
A) where I'd like to visit B) in which I'd like to visit
C) I most want to visit D) that I want to visit it most
16._______ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.
A) Dislike B) Unlike C) Alike D) Liking
17.This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, _______ both wind-resistant
and adapted to the same type of soil.
A) being B) been C) to be D) having been.
18._______ you are leaving tomorrow, we can eat dinner together tonight.
A) For B) Since C) Before D) While
19.Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up
wonderful _______ in the marker.
A) batteries B) bargains C) baskets D) barrels
20.We have been told that under no circumstances _______ the telephone in the office
for personal affairs.
A) may we use B) we may use C) we could use D) did we use
21.In previous times, when fresh meat was in short _______, pigeons were kept by many
households as a source of food.
A) store B) provision C) reserve D) supply
22.As Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, I have directed that all measures
_______ for our defense.
A) had been taken B) would be taken C) be taken D) to be taken
23.A thief who broke into a church was caught because traces of wax, found on his
clothes, _______ from the sort of candles used only in churches.
A) had come B) coming C) come D) that came
24.After the guests left, she spent half an hour _______ the sitting-room.
A) ordering B) arranging C) tidying up D) clearing away
25.I was _______ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.
A) to B) on C) at D) in
26.In no country _______ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in
the course of a single day.
A) other than B) more than C) better than D) rather than
27.A lorry _______ Jane's cat and sped away.
A) ran over B) ran into C) ran through D) ran down
28.The project _______ by the end of 2000, will expand the city's telephone network to
cover 1,000,000 users.
A) accomplished B) being accomplished
C) to be accomplished D) having been accomplished
29._______ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.
A) If being B) It is C) There is D) There being
30.Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply _______.
A) appreciated B) approved C) appealed D) applied
Part Two Short Answer Questions
Directions: In this part, there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: they must work to survive. Others face a hard decision.
Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics. One husband said, "Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance(奢侈) we couldn't afford." With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with baby-sitters(临时照看小孩 的人),transportation, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might actually end up with less.
Economic factors are usually the first to be considered, but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with t he emotional needs of each member of the family. It is in this area that husband s and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and conflicting feelings.
There are many women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel imprisoned(被囚) if they have to stay home with a young child or several children. On the other hand, there are women who think that homemaking gives them the deepest satisfaction.
From my own experience, I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to is made in too much haste. There are few decisions that I now regret more. I wasn't mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. I wish I had allowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girl's eves.
Questions:(注意：答题尽量简短，每条横线限写一个英语单词，标点符号不占格。)
S1. Which word in the first two paragraphs best explains why many women have to work?
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S2. Why did Marge and her husband think it an extravagance for Marge to go back to
work?
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
S3. What are the two major considerations in deciding whether women should go out to
work?
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
S4. Some women would rather do housework and take care of their children than pursue a
career because they feel______ .
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
S5. If given a second chance, the writer would probably choose to ______ .
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Part Three Reading Comprehension
Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
In department stores and closets all over the world, they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors. But they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the fashion industry today. What are they? They are high heels — a woman’s worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). High heel shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high heel industry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering.
For the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels. First, heels are excellent for aerating（使通气）lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip around the yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies, who can easily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories.
Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one’s physical health. Talk to any podiatrist（足病医生）, and you will hear that the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearing women. High heels are known to cause problems such as deformed feet and torn toenails. The risk of severe back problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a high heel wearer than for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate（阴沟栅）and being thrown to the ground—possibly breaking a nose, back, or neck. And of course, after wearing heels for a day, any woman knows she can look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.
1.. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?
A) The multi-functional use of high heels.
B) Their attempt to show off their status.
C) The rich variety of high heel styles.
D) Their wish to improve their appearance.
2. The author’s presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant ______________.
A) to be ironic
B) to poke fun at women
C) to be fair to the fashion industry
D) to make his point convincing
3. The author uses the expression “those babies” (Line 3, Para.2) to refer to high heels __________.
A) to show their fragile characteristics
B) to indicate their feminine features
C) to show women’s affection for them
D) to emphasize their small size
4. The author’s chief argument against high heels is that ____________.
A) they pose a threat to lawns
B) they are injurious to women’s health
C) they don’t necessarily make women beautiful
D) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense
5. It can be inferred from the passage that women should _______________.
A) see through the very nature of fashion myths
B) boycott the products of the fashion industry
C) go to a podiatrist regularly for advice
D) avoid following fashion too closely
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Navigation computers, now sold by most car-makers, cost $2,000 and up. No surprise, then, that they are most often found in luxury cars, like Lexus, BMW and Audi. But it is a developing technology — meaning prices should eventually drop — and the market does seem to be growing.
Even at current prices, a navigation computer is impressive. It can guide you from point to point in most major cities with precise turn-by-turn directions — spoken by a clear human- sounding voice, and written on a screen in front of the driver.
The computer works with an antenna (天线) that takes signals from no fewer than three of the 24 global positioning system (GPS) satellites. By measuring the time required for a signal to travel between the satellites and the antenna, the car’s location can be pinned down within 100 meters.
The satellite signals, along with inputs on speed from a wheel-speed sensor and direction from a meter, determine the car’s position even as it moves. This information is combined with a map database. Streets, landmarks and points of interest are included.
Most systems are basically identical. The differences come in hardware — the way the computer accepts the driver’s request for directions and the way it presents the driving instructions. On most systems, a driver enters a desired address, motorway junction or point of interest via a touch screen or disc. But the Lexus screen goes a step further: you can point to any spot on the map screen and get directions to it.
BMW’s system offers a set of cross hairs (瞄准器上的十字纹) that can be moved across the map (you have several choices of map scale) to pick a point you’d like to get to. Audi’s screen can be switched to TV reception.
Even the voices that recite the directions can differ, with better systems like BMW’s and Lexus’s having a wider vocabulary. The instructions are available in French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian, as well as English. The driver can also choose parameters for determining the route: fastest, shortest or no freeways (高速公路), for example.
6. We learn from the passage that navigation computers ________.
A) will greatly promote sales of automobiles
B) may help solve potential traffic problems
C) are likely to be accepted by more drivers
D) wills soon be viewed as a symbol of luxury
7. With a navigation computer, a driver will easily find the best route to his destination ________.
A) by inputting the exact address
B) by indicating the location of his car
C) by checking his computer database
D) by giving vocal orders to the computer
8. Despite their varied designs, navigation computers used in cars ________.
A) are more or less the same price
B) provide directions in much the same way
C) work on more or less the same principles
D) receive instructions from the same satellites
9. The navigation computer functions ________.
A) by means of a direction finder and a speed detector
B) basically on satellite signals and a map database
C) mainly through the reception of turn-by-turn directions
D) by using a screen to display satellite signals
10. The navigation systems in cars like Lexus, BMW and Audi are mentioned to show ________.
A) the immaturity of the new technology
B) the superiority of the global positioning system
C) the cause of price fluctuations in car equipment
D) the different ways of providing guidance to the driver
Passage Three
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
“The word’s environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss.” If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog (烟雾) to global climate change, from the felling (砍伐) of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how good things are, not how bad.
After all, the world’s population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 (or 1950, or indeed 1980), the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous.
But they don’t. The reasons why they don’t, and why the environment has not been ruined, have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure. That is why today’s environmental problems in the poor countries ought, in principle, to be solvable.
Raw materials have not run out, and shown no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the material, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms during the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long- term trend has been downwards.
It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign (良性的) trend begins to stumble, and the genuine problems arise. Markets cannot always keep the environment healthy. If no one owns the resource concerned, no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it: fish is the best example of this.
11. According to the author, most students ________.
A) believe the world’s environment is in an undesirable condition
B) agree that the environment of the world is not as bad as it is thought to be
C) get high marks for their good knowledge of the world’s environment
D) appear somewhat unconcerned about the state of the world’s environment
12. The huge increase in world production and population ________.
A) has made the world a worse place to live in
B) has had a positive influence on the environment
C) has not significantly affected the environment
D) has made the world a dangerous place to live in
13. One of the reasons why the long-term trend of prices has been downwards is that ________.
A) technological innovation can promote social stability
B) political instability will cause consumption to drop
C) new farming and crop technology can lead to overproduction
D) new sources are always becoming available
14. Fish resources are diminishing because ________.
A) no new substitutes can be found in large quantities
B) they are not owned by any particular entity
C) improper methods of fishing have ruined the fishing grounds
D) water pollution is extremely serious
15. The primary solution to environmental problems is ________.
A) to allow market forces to operate properly
B) to curb consumption of natural resources
C) to limit the growth of the world population
D) to avoid fluctuations in prices
Passage Four
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:
About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in seeing to it that all children, whatever their background, were fairly treated, intelligence testing became unpopular.
Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades such testing has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it.
However, paradoxically, just recently a group of black parents filed a lawsuit (诉讼) in California claiming that the state’s ban on IQ testing discriminates against their children by denying them the opportunity to take the test. (They believed, correctly, that IQ tests are a valid method of evaluating children for special education classes.) The judge, therefore, reversed, at least partially, his original decision.
And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even facilitating, such testing. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause.
What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is not discriminative to evaluate either a child’s physical condition or his intellectual level.
Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other than intelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children. It was considered discriminative not to do so.
And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became generally unpopular, and social agencies felt that black children should go to black families only. It is hard to say what are the best procedures. But surely good will on the part of all of us is needed.
As to intelligence, in our opinion, the more we know about any child’s intellectual level, the better for the child in question.
16. Why did the intelligence test become unpopular in the past few decades?
A) Its validity was challenged by many communities.
B) It was considered discriminative against minority children.
C) It met with strong opposition from the majority of black parents.
D) It deprived the black children of their rights to a good education.
17. The recent legal action taken by some black parents in California aimed to ________.
A) draw public attention to IQ testing
B) put an end to special education
C) remove the state’s ban on intelligence tests
D) have their children enter white schools
18. The author believes that intelligence testing ________.
A) may ease racial confrontation in the United States
B) can encourage black children to keep up with white children
C) may seriously aggravate racial discrimination in the United States
D) can help black parents make decisions abut their children’s education
19. The author’s opinion of child adoption seems to be that ________.
A) no rules whatsoever can be prescribed
B) white families should adopt black children
C) adoption should be based on IQ test results
D) cross-racial adoption is to be advocated
20. Child adoption is mentioned in the passage to show that ________.
A) good will may sometimes complicate racial problems
B) social surroundings are vital to the healthy growth of children
C) intelligence testing also applies to non-academic areas
D) American opinion can shift when it comes to sensitive issues
Part One Vocabulary and Structure:
1. She ought to stop work；she has a headache because she ______ too long.
A) has been reading B) had read C) is reading D) read
2. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ______ drawing millions of visitors every year.
A) attention B) attraction C) appointment D) arrangement
3. I don't mind ______ the decision as long as it is not too late.
A) you to delay making B) your delaying making
C) your delaying to make D) you delay to make
4. The hopes goals，fears and desires widely between men and women，between the rich
and the poor.
A) alter B) shift C) transfer D) vary
5. Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus
found it ______ in Cuba.
A) being cultivated B) been cultivated C) having cultivated D) cultivating
6. The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience _____ on benches，
chairs or boxes.
A) having seated B) seating C) seated D) having been seated
7. This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen ______ comfortably.
A) is worn B) wears C) wearing D) are worn
8Some diseases are _____ by certain water animals.
A) transplanted B) transformed C) transported D) transmitted
9. Wouldn't you rather your child _______ to bed early?
A) go B) went C) would go D) goes
10. Although Anne is happy with her success she wonders _____ will hap pen to her
private life.
A) that B) what C) it D) this
11. The words of his old teacher left a _____ impression on his mind. He is still
influenced by them.
A) long B) lively C) lasting D) liberal
12. Mike's uncle insists ______ in this hotel.
A) staying not B) not to stay C) that he would not stay D) that he not stay
13. We agreed to accept ______ they thought was the best tourist guide.
A) whatever B) whomever C) whichever D) whoever
14. It is our ______ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.
A) consistent B) continuous C) considerate D) continual
15. Between 1974 and 1997，the number of overseas visitors expanded ______ 27%.
A) by B) for C) to D) in
16. Although many people view conflict as bad，conflict is sometimes useful it forces
people to test the relative merits of their attitudes are behaviors.
A) by which B) to which C) in that D) so that
17. He is ______ about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Olympics next year.
A) optimistic B) optional C) outstanding D) obvious
18. Sometimes I wish I ______ in a different time and a different place .
A) be living B) were living C) would live D) would have lived
19. The director was critical ______ the way we were doing the work.
A) at B) in C)of D) with
20. In a sudden ______ of anger，the man tore up everything within reach.
A) attack B) burst C) split D) blast
21. ______ she realized it was too late to go home.
A) No sooner it grew dark than B) Hardly did it grow dark that
C) Scarcely had it grown dark than D) It was not until dark that
22. In Britain people ______ four million tons of potatoes every year.
A) swallow B) dispose C) consume D) exhaust
23. I'd ______ his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community，
and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
A) take into account B) account for C) make up for D) make out
24.It is essential that these application forms ______ back as early as possible.
A) must be sent B) will be sent C) are sent D) be sent
25. She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it ______ enough to eat.
A) mild B) slight C) light D) tender
26. We take our skin for granted until it is burned ______ repair.
A) beyond B) for C) without D) under
27. The computer revolution may well change society as ______ as did the Industrial
Revolution.
A) certainly B) insignificantly C) fundamentally D) comparatively
28. ______ in this way，the situation doesn't seem so disappointing.
A) To look at B) Looking at C) Looked at D) To be looked at
29. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ______ .
A) nuisance B) trouble C) worry D) anxiety
30. Some women ______ a good salary in a job instead of staying home，but they decided
not to work for the sake of the family.
A) must make B) should have made C) would make D) could have made |
