1、MBA 联考-英语(二)-11 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)I remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart. I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was that strange hour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring homeward in the twili
2、ght. I marched among thousands of tired men and women whom the factory whistles had unyoked. They flowed in rivers through the clothing factory districts, then down along the avenues to the East Side. I met my father near Cooper Union. I recognized him, a hunched, frozen figure in an old overcoat st
3、anding by a banana cart. He looked so lonely; the tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with his sad, beautiful smileCharlie Chaplin“s smile. “Arch, it“s Mickey,“ he said. “So you have sold your papers! Come and eat a banana.“ He offered me one. I refused it. I felt it crucial that
4、 my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and coaxed and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow. “You haven“t sold many bananas today, pop,“ I said anxiously. He shrugged his shoulders. “What can I do? No one seems to want them. “ It
5、was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall street lamps were lit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains clattered by. Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father“s bananas. “I ought to yell,“
6、 said my father dolefully. “I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers, but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, I“m ashamed of yelling, it makes me feel like a fool.“ I had eaten one of his bananas. My sick conscience told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my fathe
7、r. “I“ll yell for you, pop,“ I volunteered. “Arch, no,“ he said, “go home; you have worked enough today. Just tell momma I“ll be late.“ But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke occasional words of praise, and said I was a wonderful yeller, Nobody else paid attention. The workers drifte
8、d past us wearily, endlessly; a defeated army wrapped in dreams of home. Elevated trains crashed; the Cooper Union clock burned above us; the sky grew black, the wind poured, the slush burned through our shoes. There were thousands of strange, silent figures pouring over the sidewalks in snow. None
9、of them stopped to buy bananas. I yelled and yelled, nobody listened. My father tried to stop me at last. “Nu,“ he said smiling to console me, “that was wonderful yelling, Mickey. But it“s plain we are unlucky today! Let“s go home.“ I was frantic, and almost in tears. I insisted on keeping up my des
10、perate yells. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.（分数：10.00）(1).“Unyoked“ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.sent outB.releasedC.dispatchedD.removed(2).Which of the following is intended to be a pair of contrast in the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Huge crowds and lon
11、ely individuals.B.Weather conditions and street lamps.C.Clattering trains and peddlers“ yells.D.Moving crowds and street traffic.(3).Which of the following words is NOT suitable to describe the character of the son?（分数：2.00）A.Compassionate.B.Responsible.C.Shy.D.Determined.(4).What is the theme of th
12、e story?（分数：2.00）A.The misery of the factory workers.B.How to survive in a harsh environment.C.Generation gap between the father and the son.D.Love between the father and the son.(5).What is the author“s attitude towards the father and the son?（分数：2.00）A.Indifferent.B.Sympathetic.C.Appreciative.D.Di
13、fficult to tell.Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK $ 3,000,000“s worth of goods are stolen from shops every week. This amounts to something like HK $150 million a year, and represents about 4 percent of the shops“ total stock.
14、As a result of this “shrinkage“ as the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices. Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories, the professionals, the deliberate amateur, and the people who just can“t help themselves. The professionals do not pose much of a problem for the
15、store detectives, who, assisted by closed circuit television, two-way mirrors and various other technological devices, can usually cope with them. The professionals tend to go for high value goods in parts of the shops where security measures are tightest. And, in any case, they account for only a s
16、mall percentage of the total losses due to shop-lifting. The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in training. Most of them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts. The real problem is the person who gives way to a sudden tempt
17、ation and is in all other respects an honest and law-abiding citizen. Contrary to what one would expect, this kind of shop-lifter is rarely poor. He does steal not because he needs the goods and cannot afford to pay for them. He steals because he simply cannot stop himself. And there are countless o
18、thers who, because of age, sickness or plain absent-mindedness, simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops. When caught, all are liable to prosecution and the decision whether to send for the police or not is in the hands of the store manager. In order to prevent the quite incredible gro
19、wth in ship-lifting offences, some stores, in fact, are doing their best to separate the thieves from the confused by prohibiting customers from taking bags into the store. However, what is most worrying about the whole problem is, perhaps, that it is yet another instance of the innocent majority be
20、ing penalized and inconvenienced because of the actions of a small minority. It is the aircraft hijack situation in another form. Because of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a weapon, the other 999,999 passengers must subject themselves to searches and delays.
21、Unless the situation in the shops improves, in ten years“ time we may all have to subject ourselves to a body-search every time we go into a store to buy a tin of beans!（分数：15.00）(1).Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops?（分数：3.00）A.There is “shrinkage“ in mar
22、ket values.B.Many goods are not available.C.Goods in many shops lack variety.D.There are many cases of shop-lifting.(2).The third group of people steal things because they _.（分数：3.00）A.are mentally illB.are quite absent-mindedC.can not resist the temptationD.can not afford to pay for goods(3).Which
23、of the following statements is NOT true about the main types of shop-lifting?（分数：3.00）A.A big percentage of the total losses are caused by the professionals.B.The deliberate amateurs will be punished severely if they get caught.C.People would expect that those who can“t help themselves are poor.D.Th
24、e professionals don“t cause a lot of trouble to the store detectives.(4).In author“s opinion, which one is the most worried thing?（分数：3.00）A.Countless consumer forget to pay.B.Incredible growth in shop-lifting.C.Separate thieves from normal customers.D.Innocent majority punished for minority“s actio
25、n.(5).The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that _.（分数：3.00）A.“the professionals do not pose much of a problem for the stores“B.some people “simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops“C.“the honest public has to pay higher prices“D.the third type of shop-lifters is dange
26、rous peopleNobody actually wants to cause offence but, as business becomes ever more international, it is increasingly easy to get it wrong. There may be a single European market but it does not mean that managers behave the same in Greece as they do in Denmark. In many European countries handshakin
27、g is an automatic gesture. In France good manners require that on arriving at a business meeting a man should shake hands with everyone present. This can be a demanding task and, in a crowded room, may require gymnastic ability if the farthest hand is to be reached. Handshaking is almost as popular
28、in some other countries, but Northern Europeans, such as the British and Scandinavians, are not quite so fond of physical demonstrations of friendliness. In Europe the most common challenge is not the content of the food, but the way you behave as you eat. Some things are just not done. In France it
29、 is not good manners to raise tricky questions of business over the main course. Business has its place, after the cheese course. Unless you are prepared to eat in silence you have to talk about somethingsomething, that is, other than the business deal which you are continually chewing over in your
30、head. In Germany, as you walk sadly back to your hotel room, you may wonder why your apparently friendly hosts have not invited you out for the evening. Don“t worry, it is probably nothing personal Germans do not entertain business people with quite the same enthusiasm as some of their European coun
31、terparts. The Germans are also notable for the amount of formality they bring to business. As an outsider, it is often difficult to know whether colleagues have been working together for 30 years or have just met in the lift. If you are used to calling people by their first names this can be a littl
32、e strange. To the Germans, titles are important. Forgetting that someone should be called Herr Doktor or Frau Direktorin might cause serious offence. It is equally offensive to call them by a title they do not possess. In Italy the question of title is further confused by the fact that everyone with
33、 a university degree can be called Doctorand engineers, lawyers and architects may also expect to be called by their professional titles. These cultural challenges exist side by side with the problems of doing business in a foreign language. Language, of course, is full of difficultiesdisaster may b
34、e only a syllable away. But the more you know of the culture of the country you are dealing with, the less likely you are to get into difficulties. It is worth the effort. It might be rather hard to explain that the reason you lost the contract was not the product or the price, but the fact that you
35、 offended your hosts in a light-hearted comment over an aperitif (开胃酒). Good manners are admired, they can also make or break the deal.（分数：15.00）(1).In which country are you not expected to shake hands with everyone you meet?（分数：3.00）A.France.B.Germany.C.Norway.D.Italy.(2).In which country people co
36、nsider it a serious offence not to call their titles?（分数：3.00）A.Britain.B.France.C.Scandinavians.D.Germany.(3).Which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：3.00）A.People in Britain shake hands just as many as people in France.B.In France people prefer talking about business during meals.C.Italian p
37、rofessionals expect to be called by their titles.D.German business people don“t like to be called by their surnames.(4).If you are not invited out for the evening by your business counterparts in Germany, that means _.（分数：3.00）A.they still haven“t taken you as their friend yetB.they want to keep a d
38、istance from youC.they are still hesitating whether to do business with you or notD.they don“t realize the need to invite you out(5).Which one below can NOT be a proper title for this passage?（分数：3.00）A.When in Rome.B.I Didn“t Mean to Be Rude.C.Doing Business in Europe.D.Good Manner, Successful Busi
39、ness.When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma“s generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best. But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stone
40、ware-and-stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times. Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced t
41、hat it is eliminating 1,000 jobsone-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier. Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, th
42、e layoffs is Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company “has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend“ to- ward casual dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are
43、 single or they eat in front of television. Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it“s better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect
44、 moment or a “real“ dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time? Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that children might once have learned at the table by observation
45、or instruction from parents and grandparents (“Chew with your mouth closed.“ “Keep your elbows off the table.“) must be picked up elsewhere. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be competent professionally but clueless socially.（分数：15.00）(1).The trend toward casual dinin
46、g has resulted in _.（分数：3.00）A.bankruptcy of fine china manufacturersB.shrinking of the pottery industryC.restructuring of large enterprisesD.economic recession in Great Britain(2).Which of the following may be the best reason for casual dining?（分数：3.00）A.Family members need more time to relax.B.Bus
47、y schedules leave people no time for formality.C.People want to practice economy in times of scarcity.D.Young people won“t follow the etiquette of the older generation.(3).It can be learned from the passage that Royal Doulton is _.（分数：3.00）A.a retailer of stainless steel tablewareB.a dealer in stone
48、wareC.a pottery chain storeD.a producer of fine china(4).Refined table manners, though less popular than before in current social life, _.（分数：3.00）A.are still a must on certain occasionsB.are bound to return sooner or laterC.are still being taught by parents at homeD.can help improve personal relati
49、onships(5).What“s the author“s attitude toward the change the phenomenon of casual dining?（分数：3.00）A.Objective.B.Positive.C.Negative.D.Indifferent.Since the earliest times in England, the traveler“s inn has always been a warm and hospitable place, a gathering place for voyagers to rest and recover. The tireless landlord, the local customers sharing drinks and food, the welcoming atmosphere, have all become part of the legend of the typical English country and city life. In later centuries, the English tavern took on the role of community gathering place,
