1、MBA 联考-英语(二)-12 (1)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the wit
2、h a single line through the center.Its an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that U U 1 /U /Uevening youre burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, U U 2 /U /Uare throwing the books at kids. U U 3 /U /Uelementary school stude
3、nts are complaining of homework U U 4 /U /UWhats a well-meaning parent to do?As hard as U U 5 /U /Umay be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though youve got to get them to do it, U U 6 /U /Uhelping too much, or even examining U U 7 /U /Utoo carefully, you may keep them U U 8 /U /Udoing it by them
4、selves. “I wouldnt advise a parent to check every U U 9 /U /Uassignment,“ says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework. “Theres a U U 10 /U /Uof appreciation for trial and error. Let your children U U 11 /U /Uthe grade they deserve. “Many experts believe parents should gently
5、 look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their U U 12 /U /U. But “you dont want them to feel it has to be U U 13 /U /U,“ she says.Thats not to say parents should U U 14 /U /Uhomeworkfirst, they should monitor how much homework their kids U U 15 /U /U. Thirty minutes a day in t
6、he early elementary years and an hour in U U 16 /U /Ufour, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be “ U U 17 /U /Umore than an hour and a half,“ and two for high-school students. If your child U U 18 /U /Uhas more homework than this, you may want to check U U 1
7、9 /U /Uother parents and then talk to the teacher about U U 20 /U /Uassignment.（分数：10.00）(1). A. very B. exact C. right D. usual（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2). A. officials B. parents C. experts D. schools（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Also B. Even C. Then D. However（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4). A. fatigue B. confusion C.
8、duty D. puzzle（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5). A. there B. we C. they D. it（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6). A. via B. under C. by D. for（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7). A. questions B. answers C. standards D. rules（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8). A. off B. without C. beyond D. from（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9). A. single B. piece C. page D. other（分数：0
9、.50）A.B.C.D.(10). A. drop B. short C. cut D. lack（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11). A. acquire B. earn C. gather D. reach（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12). A. exercises B. defects C. mistakes D. tests（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13). A. perfect B. better C. unusual D. complete（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14). A. forget B. refuse C. miss D. igno
10、re（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15). A. have B. prepare C. make D. perform（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16). A. classes B. groups C. grades D. terms（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17). A. about B. no C. much D. few（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18). A. previously B. rarely C. merely D. consistently（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19). A. with B. in C. out D. up（分数
11、：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20). A. finishing B. lowering C. reducing D. declining（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BPart A/B(总题数：4，分数：40.00)Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D.Want a glimpse of the future of health care? Take
12、a look at the way the various networks of people involved in patient care are being connected to one another, and how this new connectivity is being exploited to deliver medicine to the patient-no matter where he or she may be.Online doctors offering advice based on standardized symptoms are the mos
13、t obvious example. Increasingly, however, remote diagnosis (telemedicine) will be based on real physiological data from the actual patient. A group from the university of Kentucky has shown that by using an off-the shelf (现成的) PDA (personal data assistance) such as a Palm Pilot plus a mobile phone,
14、it is perfectly feasible to transmit a patients vital signs over the telephone. With this kind of equipment in a first-aid kit (急救包), the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past.Other medical technology groups are working on applying telemedicine to rural
15、 care. And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster response-especially after earthquakes. Overall, the trend is towards providing global access to medical data and expertise.But there is one problem. Bandwidth is the limiting factor for transmitting complex medical images
16、around the world-CT scans being one of the biggest bandwidth consumers. Communications satellites may be able to cope with the short-term needs during disasters such as earthquakes, wars or famines. But medicine is looking towards both the second-generation internet and third-generation mobile phone
17、s for the future of distributed medical intelligence.Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis, training and telemedicine. With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should usher in (迎来) an era when telemedicine and the sharing of medical in
18、formation, expert opinion and diagnosis are common.（分数：10.00）(1).The basis of remote diagnosis will be _. A. standardized symptoms symptoms of a patient B. personal data assistance C. transmitted complex medical images D. real physiological complex medical（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The sentence “ the cry
19、asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past“ means _. A. now people probably would not ask if there is a doctor in the house B. patients used to cry and ask if there was a doctor in the house C. in the past people often cried and asked if there was a doctor in th
20、e house D. patients are now still asking if there is a doctor in the house（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).All the following statements are true EXCEPT that _. A. it is now feasible to transmit a patients vital signs over telephone B. flood is not among the disasters mentioned in the passage C. the trend in app
21、lying telemedicine is toward providing global access to medical data D. telemedicine is being used by many medical teams as a tool for disaster response（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The word “problem“ in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that _. A. there are not enough mobile phones for distributing me
22、dical intelligence B. CT scans are one of the biggest bandwidth consumers C. bandwidth is not adequate to transmit complex medical images around the world D. communications satellites can only cope with the short-term needs during disasters（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A proper title for the passage may be _
23、. A. Improvement in Communications B. The Online Doctor Is In Access C. Application of Telemedicine D. How to Make Remote Diagnosis（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Come on-Everybodys doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.
24、 It usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals imp
25、rove their lives and possibly the word.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention ini
26、tiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising, and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate
27、 a seriously flawed understanding of psychology. “ Dare to be different, please dont smoke!“ pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page fro
28、m advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive. Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The most
29、 glaring flaw of the social cure as its presented here is that it doesnt work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed.Theres no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influen
30、ce on our behavior. An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure : we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.Far less certain, however, is how s
31、uccessfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. Its like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And thats the problem with a social cu
32、re engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as _. A. a supplement to the social cure B. a stimulus to group dynamics C. an obstacle to school progress D. a cause of
33、undesirable behaviors（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Rosenberg holds that public advocates should _. A. recruit professional advertisers B. learn from advertisers experience C. stay away from commercial advertisers D. recognize the limitations of advertisements（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the authors view, Rosenber
34、gs book fails to _. A. adequately probe social and biological factors B. effectively evade the flaws of the social cure C. illustrate the functions of state funding D. produce a long-lasting social effect（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Paragraph 5 shows that our imitation of behaviors _. A. is harmful to our n
35、etworks of friends B. will mislead behavioral studies C. occurs without our realizing it D. can produce negative health habits（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is _. A. harmful B. desirable C. profound D. questionable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.A de
36、al is a deal-except, apparently, when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.Instead, the company has done prec
37、isely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermonts rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running. Its a stunning move.The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermo
38、nts only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plants license be subject t
39、o Vermont legislatures approval. Then, too, the company went along.Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didnt foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 2007 and the discovery of an undergroun
40、d pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankees safety and Entergys management-especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergys behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.Now the company is
41、suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclea
42、r power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the po
43、int.The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has nothing left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a public trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, in
44、cluding Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the companys application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are wor
45、th.（分数：10.00）(1).The phrase “reneging on“ (Line 3. para. 1) is closest in meaning to _. A. condemning B. reaffirming C. dishonoring D. securing（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to _. A. obtain protection from Vermont regulators B. seek favor from the federal
46、legislature C. acquire an extension of its business license D. get permission to purchase a power plant（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its _. A. managerial practices B. technical innovativeness C. financial goals D. business vision（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(
47、4).In the authors view, the Vermont case will test _. A. Entergys capacity to fulfill all its promises B. the mature of states patchwork regulations C. the federal authority over nuclear issues D. the limits of states power over nuclear issues（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _. A. Entergys business elsewhere might be affected B. the authority of the NRC will be defied C. Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application D. Vermonts reputation might be
