1、MBA 联考英语-8 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.Whenever a big company _ a small one, the product almost always gets worse.（分数：0.50）A.gets on withB.cuts downC.takes overD.puts up with2.Everyone should be _ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.（分数：
2、0.50）A.attributedB.entitledC.identifiedD.justified3.Thanks for the advice, but this is something I have to _ out myself.（分数：0.50）A.fulfillB.identifyC.figureD.claim4.The twin sisters are so much alike that nobody could tell the difference them.（分数：0.50）A.amongB.withinC.betweenD.from5.The newspaper di
3、d not mention the _ of the damage caused by the fire.（分数：0.50）A.rangeB.levelC.extentD.quantity6.The old worker has been on the _ in this factory for nearly 20 years.（分数：0.50）A.pay packetB.payoffC.payrollD.payment7.Scientists have spent years into the effects of certain chemicals on the human brain,
4、but with no result.（分数：0.50）A.studyingB.researchingC.investigatingD.inspecting8.It is not easy to _ oneself of his bad habits, just as the proverb says, “Old habits die hard“.（分数：0.50）A.removeB.killC.dismissD.rid9.His actions were more _ of his real purpose than were his words.（分数：0.50）A.magnificent
5、B.significantC.splendidD.superb10.It is not easy to learn English well but if you _, you will succeed in the end.（分数：0.50）A.hang upB.hand aboutC.hang inD.hang on to11.At first everything went well with the project but recently we have had a number of _ with the machinery.（分数：0.50）A.disturbancesB.set
6、backsC.outputsD.distortions12.He bought his house on the _ plan, paying a certain amount of money each month.（分数：0.50）A.divisionB.premiumC.installmentD.investment13.The trouble is that there are not many among students who really know how to make use of their time to its best _.（分数：0.50）A.benefitB.a
7、dvantageC.valueD.profit14.Tom was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to _ storming into the bosss office.（分数：0.50）A.avoidB.prohibitC.restrictD.prevent15.The older view is that the laws of Nature are absolute, though they may have been inaccurately _.（分数：0.50）A.overestimatedB.accessedC.calculate
8、dD.formulated16.Falling sales and rising overheads have obliged the company to review each customers _ limit.（分数：0.50）A.creditB.currencyC.checkD.certificate17.The bill was passed in the parliament by a majority of 200 votes _ 30.（分数：0.50）A.overB.thanC.againstD.above18.We have received the remittance
9、, but have to point out that 600 U.S. dollars is still _.（分数：0.50）A.dueB.expectedC.deservedD.scheduled19.Most people cant _ the day without at least one cup of tea or coffee.（分数：0.50）A.get throughB.get onC.get atD.get by20.In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are _ enough to get i
10、nto universities.（分数：0.50）A.ambitiousB.fortunateC.aggressiveD.substantial二、BSection Cloze(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BDirections:/BRead the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.The role of governments
11、in environmental management is difficult but inescapable. Sometimes, the state tries to manage the resources it owns, and does so badly. Often, U(21) /U, governments act in an even more harmful way. They actually subsidize the exploitation and U(22) /U of natural resources. A whole U(23) /U of polic
12、ies, from farm-price support to protection for coal-mining, do environmental damage and (often) U(24) /U no economic sense. Scrapping them offers a two-fold U(25) /U: a cleane r environment and a more efficient economy. Growth and environmentalism can actually go hand in hand, if politicians have th
13、e courage to U(26) /U the vested interest that subsidies create.No activity affects more of the earths surface than farming. It shapes a third of the planets land area, not U(27) /U Antarctica, and the proportion is rising. World food output per head has risen by 4 per cent between the 1970s and 198
14、0s mainly as a result of increases in U(28) /U from land already in U(29) /U, but also because more land has been brought under the plough. Higher yields have been achieved by increased irrigation, better crop breeding, and a U(30) /U in the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in the 1970s an
15、d 1980s.All these activities may have U(31) /U environmental impacts. For example, land clearing for agriculture is the largest single U(32) /U of deforestation; chemical fertilizers and pesticides may U(33) /U water supplies; more intensive farming and the abandonment of fallow periods U(34) /U exa
16、cerbate soil erosion; and the spread of monoculture and use of high-yielding varieties of crops have been accompanied by the U(35) /U of old varieties of food plants which U(36) /U some insurance against pests or diseases in future. Soil erosion threatens the productivity of land in both rich and po
17、or countries. The United States, U(37) /U the most careful measurements have been done, discovered in 1982 that about one-fifth of its farmland was losing topsoil at a rate U(38) /U to diminish the soils productivity. The country subsequently U(39) /U a program to convert 11 per cent of its cropped
18、land to meadow or forest. Topsoil in India and China is U(40) /U much faster than in America.（分数：10.00）A.howeverB.thereforeC.butD.henceA.conjunctionB.compensationC.consumptionD.constitutionA.areaB.rangeC.scopeD.fieldA.takeB.holdC.loseD.makeA.profitB.bonusC.benefitD.prizeA.confrontB.confineC.conformD
19、.confuseA.thinkingB.consideringC.longingD.countingA.outputsB.suppliesC.yieldsD.outcomesA.revolutionB.civilizationC.reservationD.cultivationA.doublingB.reducingC.dismissingD.repeatingA.destroyingB.damagingC.injuringD.ruiningA.excuseB.justificationC.causeD.groundA.purifyB.cleanC.dirtyD.contaminateA.co
20、me toB.bring toC.tend toD.stand toA.disappearanceB.discoveryC.dispositionD.disturbanceA.must have been providedB.might have providedC.must have providedD.might have been providedA.whenB.whileC.whichD.whereA.probableB.capableC.likelyD.hopefulA.set upB.take upC.build upD.make upA.vanishingB.stayingC.a
21、ppearingD.dissolving三、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：40.00)BDirections:/BRead the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.BPassage One/BFor the first time, stem cells purified from fat have been used to heal an injury in
22、 a living animal. Michael Longaker of Stanford University in California and his team showed in mouse experiments that so-called adipose derived adult stromal (ADAS) cells purified from a rodents belly fat could be coaxed to heal a skull fracture too large to mend by itself.The power of ADAS cells to
23、 transform into bone, cartilage and even neurons has been studied for years in test tubes. But Jeffrey Gimble, who studies human ADAS cells at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge says Longakers report is an important step forward. “Actually repairing a defect in an animal model had never been
24、done. This is an excellent study.“ If the same technique works in humans, these cells could be coaxed to mend broken bones and correct other defects in tens of thousands of surgical procedures each year in which bone grafts and prosthetics are now necessary.Longakers group tested the ability of ADAS
25、 cells to heal four-millimetre-long fractures surgically-induced in the skulls of mice. In 12 weeks, the cells filled 70 to 90 per cent of the defects, while untreated animals had only unorganized bone formation in less than 10 per cent of the fractures. No extreme genetic manipulation or treatment
26、of the cells was necessary. ADAS cells began manufacturing bone when they were simply laid onto a biodegradable polymer that contained apatite, a compound that naturally occurs in bone. Furthermore, the ADAS cells performed as well as bone marrow stromal cells, which would seem to be more natural ar
27、chitects of bone. It remains to be seen whether human ADAS cells will build bone as effectively. But researchers are excited about the prospects. Human bone marrow stromal cells are already being used in clinical trials as sources of skeleton-building material, but the ADAS cells may have some signi
28、ficant advantages.Longaker reports that ADAS cells grow seven times faster than the bone marrow cells in the laboratory. And it is relatively easy to harvest more than a litre of fat tissue, even from patients who are not obese. Bone marrow is much less plentiful and must be removed in a painful sur
29、gical procedure. Of course, liposuction itself is not a pleasant operation. But according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 300,000 people volunteered to have the procedure in 2003 simply for cosmetic reasons. “If the procedure was the first step to healing broken bones or repla
30、cing other tissue its popularity could only grow,“ says Gimble. “Just think of that.“（分数：10.00）(1).Gimble speaks highly of Longaker in that _.（分数：2.00）A.his work made an unprecedented achievement in the fieldB.he proved that ADAS cells contributed a lot to cell therapyC.his work paved way for ADAS c
31、ell application in clinical trialsD.he cured an animal defect that had never been repaired before(2).As to ADAS cells, which of the following is NOT localized in laboratory?（分数：2.00）A.They are easy to operate.B.Their abstraction causes no pains.C.They grow fast.D.Their yields are large.(3).We can in
32、fer from Paragraph 3 that _.（分数：2.00）A.ADAS cells are efficient in clinical applicationB.ADAS cells act as naturally as marrow cellsC.ADAS cells can build bone formation orderlyD.ADAS cells therapy will replace genetic treatment(4).According to Gimble, liposuction will probably be used for _.（分数：2.0
33、0）A.losing weightB.keeping fitC.abstracting ADAS cellsD.transplanting organ(5).The best title for the passage might be _.（分数：2.00）A.Bright Future of ADAS CellsB.A Potential Repairing TechniqueC.Advantaged ADAS CellsD.Application of ADAS CellsBPassage Two/BIn some countries where racial prejudice is
34、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 countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Imp
35、ortant 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 frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch,
36、 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 documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violen
37、ce 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 ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are findi
38、ng 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 that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up t
39、he 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 mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to
40、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 possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.Before we can even begin to contemplate pea
41、ceful 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, talk,“ the advocates of violence say, “all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.“ Its r
42、ather 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. “Possibly, my Lord,“ the barrister replied, “none the wiser, but surely far better informed.“ Kn
43、owledge 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?（分数：2.00）A.Advocating Violence.B.Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice.C.Important People on Both Sides See Violence
44、As a Legitimate Solution.D.The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty for Violence.(2).According to the passage, recorded history has taught us _.（分数：2.00）A.violence never solves anythingB.nothingC.the bloodshed means nothingD.everything(3).It can be inferred that truly reasonable men _.（分数：2.00）A.cant
45、 get a hearingB.are looked down uponC.are persecutedD.have difficulty in advocating law enforcement(4).The sentence “He was none the wiser“ (Paragraph 3) probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.he was not at all wise in listeningB.he was not at all wiser than nothing beforeC.he gains nothing after listeningD.he
46、 makes no sense of the argument(5).According to the author the best way to solve race prejudice is _.（分数：2.00）A.law enforcementB.knowledgeC.nonviolenceD.mopping up the violent messBPassage Three/BWhen it comes to the economy, pessimism is in and good old American optimism is out. From the headlines
47、in the newspapers to the coffee shop chatter, it seems that there is little good to say about the economy. Bad enough that the news about Iraq, winter storms and the escalation of terror alerts continue to keep people on edge. Reports of state budget deficits and threats of major cutbacks in service
48、s such as education, health care and police also make people nervous.The latest USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll reflects the new pessimism. Asked early this past week how they would rate economic conditions in the country today, just one in three-34%-said they consider it good. Thats down 10 percentage points from December, when 44% rated the economy good and 20 points lower than September when 54% said they thought economic conditions were good. Moreover, when asked to look ahead a year from now, those people willing to say things wi
