1、MBA 联考英语-55 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Vocab(总题数：20，分数：10.00)1.The firms promise to increase our pay was a reluctant _ to union demands, because the union would otherwise not go back to work. A. response B. reply C. reaction D. concession（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.2.Everyone should be _ to a decent
2、 standard of living and an opportunity to be educated. A. attributed B. entitled C. identified D. justified（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.3.The population will be increasing very fast unless they _ with new methods to deal with it. A. come to B. come away C. come over D. come up（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.4.As a matter of r
3、ule, the scrap value of a vessel can hardly be at _ with the sound value. A. bearish B. par C. collapse D. rally（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.5.It is unimaginable for someone in such a high _ in the government to behave so badly in public. A. situation B. position C. profession D. appointment（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.6.T
4、o give praise _ the giver nothing but a moments thought and a moments effort. A. costs B. tells C. benefits D. prizes（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.7.Mobile telecommunications _ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies. A. potential B. possession C. im
5、pact D. capacity（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.8.None of us expected the chairman to _ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital. A. turn in B. turn up C. turn over D. turn down（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.9.In some underdeveloped areas of the world, sick people go to a witch or priest instead of doctors for A. treat
6、ment B. cure C. heal D. care（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.10.One of the reasons for his popularity in our village is that he _ almost everyone every time when he comes back from the big city. A. looks after B. cares for C. asks after D. runs for（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.11.According to a recent poll, 61 percent of Americ
7、an high school students admitted _ cheating on exams at least once. A. to B. on C. of D. for（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.12.If the value-added tax was done away with, it would act as a _ to consumption. A. progression B. prime C. stimulus D. stability（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.13.Robert seldom has the opportunity to date
8、 with her. Because her family _ her to stay out after darkness. A. stop B. hinder C. prohibit D. forbid（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.14.As a creative and imaginative man, Cooper wants to find a job that will give greater _ for his talent. A. space B. scope C. place D. sphere（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.15.She _ some importa
9、nt details in her account, which aroused the polices suspicion. A. left off B. left out C. left for D. left over（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.16.It is a (an) _ truth that man is the only animal that has the power to speak and reason. A. worthy B. virtual C. universal D. indefinite（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.17.The European
10、 Union countries were once worried that they would not have supplies of petroleum. A. pure B. efficient C. potential D. sufficient（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.18.The audience were so _that they forgot to applause after his wonderful lecture on international politics. A. carried out B. carried away C. carried on
11、 D. carried in（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.19.It is said that one hundred dollars can hardly _ one night at a top hotel in Shanghai. A. pay B. cover C. spend D. cost（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.20.Difficulties and hardships have _ the best qualities of the young scientist. A. brought forth B. brought up C. brought out D. b
12、rought about（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、BSection Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In the late 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointing U U 1 /U /Uthat a cluster of tall buildings in a city often o
13、verburdens public transportation and parking lotU U 2 /U /U.Skyscrapers are also enormous U U 3 /U /U, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition U U 4 /U /U17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the U U 5 /U /Udaily demand for electricity by
14、120,000 kilowatts- enough to U U 6 /U /Uthe entire city of Albany for a day. Glass-wailed skyscraper can be especially U U 7 /U /U. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten timesU U 8 /U /Uthrough a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen
15、the strain U U 9 /U /Uheating and air-conditioning equipment, U U 10 /U /Uof skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses U U 11 /U /Uwith silver or gold mirror films that reduce U U 12 /U /Uas well as heat gain. However, U U 13 /U /Uskyscrapers raise the tempe
16、rature of the surrounding air and U U 14 /U /Uneighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put severe pressure on a citys sanitation U U 15 /U /U, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year-as U U 16 /U /Uas a ci
17、ty the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a U U 17 /U /Uof more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also U U 18 /U /Uwith television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic.Still, people U U 19 /U /Uto build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them-personal ambiti
18、on and the U U 20 /U /Uof owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.（分数：10.00）(1). A. at B. to C. out D. towards（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2). A. power B. capacities C. potentials D. capabilities（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3). A. savers B. consumers C. losers D. spenders（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4). A. of B
19、. in C. to D. at（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5). A. point B. top C. summit D. peak（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6). A. distribute B. give C. supply D. donate（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7). A. thrifty B. economic C. prosperous D. wasteful（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8). A. that B. those C. which D. when（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9). A. to B. between C.
20、 on D. both（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10). A. founders B. consumers C. builders D. suppliers（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11). A. covered B. filled C. powdered D. stained（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12). A. brightness B. light C. glare D. gaze（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13). A. glass-walled B. plastic-walled C. concrete-walled D. mirror-wal
21、led（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14). A. affect B. assist C. protect D. benefit（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15). A. decorations B. furniture C. facilities D. appliances（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16). A. many B. much C. few D. little（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17). A. population B. people C. mankind D. race（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(18). A. intervene
22、 B. interfere C. interrupt D. obstacle（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19). A. stop B. pause C. continue D. terminate（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20). A. wish B. desire C. secret D. promise（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.三、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、BPassage One/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Because agriculture is so important to a nations well-bei
23、ng, governments have always been concerned with it. For example, the United States and Canada have long produced surpluses that complicate their economies. Surpluses tend to lower prices to farmers and seriously endanger the agriculture industry. Governments have instituted systems of price supports
24、 to maintain a fair price when surpluses cause prices to drop. The system in the United States is a good example. A government program supports the prices paid to farmers for grains, and other agricultural products.Support prices are based on parity, which is the ratio between the prices farmers rec
25、eive for their crops and the prices they must pay for things they need. The government selected the period from 1910 to 1914 as a time when farm prices were in a fair ratio with farming costs. This is the base period now used to determine parity prices.The idea is to assure farmers that what they ge
26、t for a bushel of wheat will buy the same amount of, say, seed as it did in the years of the base period; if prices drop too far below this ideal the government can help in a number of ways. For example, it may buy much of a surplus at parity prices. Governments have instituted a wide variety of oth
27、er controls for prices and, also, for farm output, mainly at the request of the farmers themselves. Farm prices tend to fluctuate more than other prices do, and the incomes of farmers fluctuate along with farm prices.Various measures for maintaining farm prices and incomes include tariff or import l
28、evies, import quotas, export subsidies, direct payment to farmers, and limitations on production. All of these measures are useful and are used to some extent by most developed countries. An important example of such a program is the soil-bank plan, which aimed at limiting production while improving
29、 farmland.The European Economic Community (EEC) established a common agricultural policy (CAP) for its member nations, called the Common Market countries. The aim is to create free trade for individual commodities within the community. When production of a commodity exceeds EEC consumption, the EEC
30、may buy the excess for storage, pay to have it reprocessed, or export it to countries outside the Common Market. In this way the EEC can maintain its members farm prices at levels equal to or even higher than those in such market-competitive nations as the United States and Canada.（分数：10.00）(1).By s
31、aying that a countrys agricultural surpluses often “complicate“ its economy, the author means _. A. they throw the country into great disorder B. they entail more expenditure on the part of the government C. they usually involve direct governmental support price D. the government has to set up speci
32、al pricing systems（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, the parity system is used to _. A. encourage farmers to produce more grains in the future B. lower the cost of producing agricultural product C. determine the prices below which grains will not be sold D. ensure that the farmers intere
33、st is properly protected（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The governments impose many kinds of control for farm prices and output because _. A. farm crops are their main sources of export B. the prices of different farm crops vary greatly C. they are fully aware of the importance of them D. farm prices and outpu
34、t are very unstable（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).It can be inferred that the common agricultural policy aims to _. A. avoid competition among its member nations B. limit production and improve farmland C. ensure a balance between production and consumption D. encourage free competition among its member natio
35、ns（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Why do governments show special concern for agriculture? A. Because farm prices go up and down constantly. B. Because farmers usually earn less than other income groups. C. Because there is not much arable farmland left. D. Because farmers are confronted with fiercer competiti
36、on.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPassage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are co
37、untries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence-as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frigh
38、tening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instinct remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious d
39、ocumentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering means nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking
40、ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy
41、 that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the
42、mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social program. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possibl
43、e, providing we work within the framework of the law.Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each others problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. “Talk, talk, t
44、alk,“ the advocates of violence say, “all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.“ Its rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser.
45、“Possibly, my Lord,“ the barrister replied, “none the wiser, but surely far better informed.“ Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.（分数：10.00）(1).What is the best title for this passage? A. Advocating Violence. B. Violen
46、ce Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice. C. Important People on Both Sides See Violence As a Legitimate Solution. D. The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty for Violence.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, recorded history has taught us _. A. violence never solves anything B. nothing
47、 C. the bloodshed means nothing D. everything（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It can be inferred that truly reasonable men _. A. cant get a hearing B. are looked down upon C. are persecuted D. have difficulty in advocating law enforcement（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The sentence “He was none the wiser“ (Paragraph 3) probably means _. A. he was not at all wise
