2012年在職MBA英語(yǔ)模擬試題及答案（第一套）

 PART I Structure and Vocabulary (10% )

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part.For eachsentence there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the ONEanswer that best Completes the sentence. Then blacken the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

1 . He didn't seem to mind ___________ TV while he was trying to study.

A. their watching

B. them watch

C. they watching

D. them to watch

2. It is said that more than one person in this department ___________ going to lose his job.

A. are

B. were

C. will

D. is

3. When she ___________ all the magazines, she’ll come back home .

A. has sold

B. will sell

C. sell

D. would sell

4.Themanufacturer claimed that this engine is ___________ the Previous one.

A. as twice pOwerfd8S

B. powerful as twice as

C. twice powerful as

D.twice as powerfu1 as

5. Nowhere else in the world________________ more attractive scenery thanin Switzerland.

A. are found

B. have been found

C. you can find

D. can you find

6. 1f he had not been ill yesterday， he ________to class.

A. go

B. would go

C. would have gone

D. went

7. __________ science and technology he1p the society to progress is a fact accepted by most people.

A. Modern

B. That modern

C. There modern

D. It is modern

8. ________ one of the leading novelists in America，Amy Taylor has also written a number of poems and plays.

A. Considered

B. Considering

C. Having considered

D. Been considered

9. The streets are all wetlt_________during the night。

A. must be raining

B. had to rain

C. must have rained

D. had rained

10. England’s chief exports are coa1， cars and cotton goods，cars _______the most important of these.

A. have been

B. are

C. be

D. being

11. Everything was so expensive during the war that it was Hardly __________to save a penny．

A．Likely

B． feasible

C．probable

D． possible

12．The automation has made it possible to_______ great changes in dustry。．

A． bring about

B． bring down

C． bring out

D．bring up

13．The police stopped him because he_____ the traffic regulation．

A． damaged

B． destroyed

C． broke

D． corrupted

14．All too________ it was time to go back to school after the glorioussummer holidays．

A． fast

B． soon

C． quick

D． often

15．The chief manager refused to_________ on the rumor that he was going to retire．

A． explain

B． comment

C． speak

D． talk

16．Mr·Brown gradual1y_________aknowledge of the subject．

A． required

B． inquired

C． achieved

D． acquired

17．If I am not _________ when you come to my office，ask for my secretary．

A． suitab1e

B． available

C． comfortable

D． proper

18．peasants supp1y workers with food， and workers________ supply peasants with manufactured goods．

A． in turn

B． by turn

C．for return

D．by return

19．Let's go out during the break to_________ our legs。

A． stretch

B． expand

C． move

D． extend

20．I have just___________abeautiful poem in that little book.

A． come to

B． come through

C． come across

D． come up

PART Ⅱ Reading Comprehension （50%）

Section A

Directions ：There are 4 passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements． For each them of them are for choices marked A , B, c and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following passage ：

Americans like to do business without leaving their cars. You'll see drive-in banks，drive-in restaurants， drive-in churches and drive-in movies.

When driving in the U.S., it's a good idea to have an international river's license if you don't have a state license. Each of the fifty states has its own traffic laws。 Get information when you cross the border into a state at a tourist information center．

There is a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Americans are generally polite about letting cars enter busy streets. They usually stopfor people who are walking to let them cross the street. In many states you may turn right after stopping at a corner, even if there is a red light. On some roads there may be a minimum speed.

If you rent a car, ask the company what to do in case your car breaksdown. Some companies will ask you to call a special number. Others will want you to have the 'car repaired. They will partly deduct the cost of the repair from your bill.

Mileage'' can mean two things. It may mean the total number of miles a car has been driven. We say “This car only has 10, 000 miles on it; ithas low mileage.” On the other hand, “gas mileage” is the number of miles a car can travel on one U. S. gallon of gas. For example, a big car　hat gets 25 miles to the gallon gets very good mileage. A small economy car should get at least 35 miles to the gallon when it's new.

21. If you have a state driver's license,_________ .

A. you can drive anywhere in the U. S.

B. you don't have to apply for an international driver's license

C. You cannot across the border in a car

D. you must know the traffic laws of another state before you enter it .

22. If your rented car breaks down, some companies will ____________.

A． for you with free telephone service

B． pay you a certain amount of your total cost of the repair

C. pay you the total cost of the repair

D． send workers to repair the car

23．“An economy car”here may refer to a car that ____________.

A. can be bought at a rather low price

B. is easy to operate

C. uses only a small amount of gas per mile

D. is special1y designed for a small fami1y

24．Which of the following statements is true？

A. Americans are usually willing to wait for another car to enter busy streets.

B. Americans car do anything without leaving their cars.

C. American drivers can ignore a red light when they want to turn right.

D. Americans can drive at 55 miles per hour everywhere in their country.

Questions 25 to 28 are based on the following passage ：

There are robots all around us， Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains。 And some do a simple job.

When an automatic washing machine is switched on，water pours in. Themachine waits until the water is hot before washing the clothes. It does this by“feedback．”Information　about What is happening is“feedback”into the robot to te11 it what to do next.

Our eyes， ears and other senses are our feedback． They tell us whatis going on around us. So robots are like people in two ways，They work and they have feedback.

There are robots all around， making our lives easier. Some of them，like the pocket calculator， can work much more quick1y than human beingscan. And they rarely make mistakes.

In some ways robots are better than people. They work quick1y， but do not make mistakes， They do not get bored doing the same job over and over again。 And they never get tired.

Robots are very useful in factories. They can be taught to do many different jobs． First their electronic brains must be shown how the job is done. A person moves the robot’s“arm” and“hand”through each part of the job． The robot’s brain remembers each move。 When the robot is put to work on its own， its brain controls the rods， wheels and motors which move its arm.

When the robot is needed for a new job， its electronic memory is“wiped clean.”Then it is taught how to do its new task.

If the robot’s hand stops working， or if something gets in the way， it cannot do the next part of the job．So it stops and signals for help，Then a human engineer repairs it.

The most“intelligent”robots can move and see. Their eyes are cameras. Their metal fingers can feel shapes and even find out how hot and cold objects are. These robots have computer brains，linked to their eyes and fingers， which control their actions.

25．In this story the author tells us that______________.

A. there are vervfewrO6ots

B. we see robots only at certain tines

C. robot5are something new in our life

D. ro6ots are all around us

26．In this story we are told that____________.

A. we get feedback through our eyes and ears

B. we get feedback through the robots

C. only robots get feedback

D. robots are not intelligent because of the feedback

27．What does the author of this story want you to feel about robots?

A. They will probab1y take over in the future.

B. They are very helpful and useful to humans.

C. They are machines that are often out of order.

D. They are not friends of human beings.

28．Since people like what robots do， what do you think this means for the future？

A，More and better robots will be built .

B. People will stop making robots.

C. There will be laws against using robots.

D. Robots will benefit nobody.

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the following passage：

Tests conducted at the University of Pennsylvania's Psycho1ical Laboratory showed that anger is one of the most difficult Emotions to find out from facial expressions. Professor Dallas E. Buzby confronted 716 students with pictures of extreme1y angry persons， and asked them to identify the emotion from the facial expression。 Only two percent made correct judgments. Anger was most frequently judged as“pleased”.

And a typical reaction of a student confronted with the picture of aman who was mad was to classify his expression as either ‘bewildered’，‘quizzical’，or simply‘amazed’．Other studies showed that it is extremely difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not just by looking at his face. The investigators found further that women are better at finding out anger from facia1 expressions than men are. Paradoxically，they found that psychological training does not improve one’s ability tojudge a man’s emotions by his expressions but actually hinders it． For in the university tests， the more courses the student had taken in psychology， the poorer judgment score he turned in.

29．The information in this passage centers around___________.

A. the re1ation between anger and other emotions

B. the differences between men and women with respect to emotion

C. the influence of psychology on human emotions

D. the discovery of anger from facial expressions

30．when tested， students with psychological training_________.

A. marked less than two percent of their possible choices correctly

B. did better than the average student in the group

C. seemed less able to judge correctly than the average student

D. performed in a manner not specified in the passage

31．To achieve the greatest success in finding out anger from facial expressions，it would be best to__________.

A. use adults rather than students as judges

B. ask women who do not study psychology to judge it

C. ask men rather than women to judge it

D. be satisfied with a two percent success，if such a percentage is guaranteed

32．The last two sentences in the second paragraph show that__________.

A. such training has not resulted in better scores

B. we have really achieved the anticipated results

C. the judgment is similar to what we have expected

D.we can expect such training to have the effect stated

Questions 33 to 36 are based on the following passage：

Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away？

Well, you Can. The forecast is written in c1ouds. If you can read that writing，you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice， you can become a pretty good weather forecaster．Who knows，you might even do as well as meteorologists.

Meteorologists use much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecast．They collect data from all over the world． Then they put it into powerful，high-speed computers.

This does give meteorologists an advantage，because they can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country.

But you have an advantage，too.You can look at the sky and get your data directly．A meteorologist uses a computer forecast that’s several hours old to make a 1ocal forecast.

What are you seeing when you look at a cloud？”A picture of what moisture is doing in the atmosphere,” says meteorologist Peter Leavit ． There’s moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you don't see it，because it's in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor.

Sometimes，the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to change to liquid water．That’s called condensation， and we see it happen all the time (for example，when humid air from the shower hits the cold glass of a mirror). When enough water vapor condenses，droplets form in the air.These droplets scatter light．A cloud is seen.

Watching c1ouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a sing1e cloud about the weather to come， Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere.

You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds， fol1owing each other in order， can signal an approaching storm. But don’t take our word for it； see for yourself.

33．This passage main1y tells us about how__________.

A. to become a meteorologist

B. to keep an eye on the weather

C. to be an assistant to a meteorologist

D. to change water vapor to liquid water

34．According to the passage，an ordinary person might do as well as a meteorologist in weather forecast_____________.

A. with the help of the high-speed computers

B. through a complex process of calculation

C. with some simple practice looking up at the sky

D. consulting a weather station

35．Meteorologists make their weather forecast__________.

A. by collecting data from all over the world

B. by putting this date into powerfu1， high·speed computers

C. by ca1culating and ana1yzirig this data

D. all above

36.Your advantage in weather forecasts is that____________.

A. you have more powerful computers at home

B. your brain works as well as a high-speed computer

C. you observe the sky and obtain your data directly

D. meteorologists give their data to you as soon as they get them

Questions 37 to 40 are based on the following passage：

Security and commodity exchanges are trading posts where people meet who wish to buy or sell． The exchanges themselves do no trading；they merely provide a place where prospective buyers and sellers can meet and conduct their business.

Wall Street， although the best known， is not the only home of exchanges in the United States. There are cotton exchanges in New Orleans and Chicago； the Mercantile Exchange， which deals in many farm products， in Chicago； and grain exchanges in many of the large cities of the Midwest. home exchanges， like the Chicago Board of Trade， provide market services for several kinds of products. These tradingposts where products may be bought or sold are called commodity exchanges.

The security exchanges， on the other hand, are meeting places where stocks and bonds are traded． Like the commodity exchanges ， they help serve the economic life of t he country. But when their operations get out of hand， they may become very dangerous．In l929， the security exchanges，or stock market， contributed to a crash a sudden， sharp decline in the value of securities. Many people lost fortunes；many corporations were bankrupted； many workers lost their jobs. The Crash of l929 has been attributed to many causes， among them wild and unwise speculation by many people and dishonest practices on the part of some businessmen and of some members of the exchanges.

Today，however，investing through security exchanges and trading on commodity exchanges has been made safer by regulations set up by the exchanges themselves and by regulations of the United States government， In l922，the government instituted the Commodity Exchange Commission which operated through the Department of Agriculture； and in l934，the Securities and Exchanges Commission， to protect investors and the public against dishonest practices on the exchanges.

37．Security and commodity exchanges are meeting places for buyers and sellers of__________.

A. stocks

B. grain

C. securities

D. all of these

38. Among the reasons for the Crash of 1929 were__________.

A. unwise speculation by many people

B. dishonest practices by some businessmen

C. strict regulations of the Commodity Exchange Commission

D. both A and B

39．1nvestinR in securities has been made safer by__________.

A. the Securities and Exchange Commission

B. the Commodity Exchange Commission

C. Chicago Board of Trade

D. Chicago Mercantile Exchange

40．Implies but not stated :______________.

A. Some exchanges provide market services for several kinds of products

B. The role of the government has been an important factor in curbing dishonest practices on the exchanges

C. Investing in securities is unwise

D. Buying and selling securities is dishonest

Section B

Directions：Read the following passage and then give short answers to the five questions． Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

Hunting was origina11yameans of providing food， but it has now become a sport. Though in so－me parts of the world there are stil1 people who hunt wild animals to provide them selves with food， in England, hunting is as much a social activity as anything else.

A great many years ago， fishermen in Japan used birds to catch fish． This art of fishing is said to be at least a thousand years old and is mentioned in Japanese plays. Today， however， fishing in this way has simply become a sport，for the fisher men are not serious1y interested in catching fish.

On summer nights the fishing boats set out on rivers in various parts of the country， At the front of each boat there is an iron basket in which a wood fire is kept burning， As the graceful curved boats float past carried along by the current， these fires， dotted here and there， make bright patterns on the water. Steering down the river，the fishermen beat the sides of the boat to encourage the birds， and people out for an evening's entertainment either sit or lie on the floor of the boats drinking beer and sometimes even cooking a meal for themselves over the flames of the fire， This method of fishing demands great skill， for the fisherman has to handle three or four birds in one hand． A long piece of string is tied round the neck of each bird and the fisherman must take care to keep the birds separate from each other. Every so often， the birds are set free and they fly close to the water in search of fish． The moment a bird catches a fish in its beak it is pulled back on to the boat． The siring is held itght1y round the bird's throat to prevent it from swallowing the fish it has caught． When there do not seem to be many fish in the river， the fishermen can sometimes be seen secret1y throwing dead fish into the water for the birds to catch． No one really objects to this practice， as it is all part of this unusual sport.

41． What was the original purpose of hunting？

42. In which season of the year do the fishing boats set out？

43． What do the fishermen do to encourage the birds？

44. What is tied round the neck of each bird？

45．What does the fisherman do after the bird catches a fish？

PART Ⅲ cloze（10%）

Directions ： choose the right，word for each b1ank from the list giver below. Make changes， if necessary.

come rare anxiety alarm glimpse nervous behaviour horror about grateful supply satisfaction awake in sleep

The strange behaviour of sleepwalkers has puzzled the police and scientists for centuries. There is a sufficient 46 of stories about sleepwalkers， who have been said to solve mathematical problems， do shopping and take a swim. In 47 cases， sleep. walking is used as an excuse for some radical 48 .

Is the sleepwalker actual1y 49 or asleep？Scientists have decided that he is half-and-half．A sleepwalker can walk 50 his sleep， move around, and do other， but he does not think 51 what he is doing.

The only way to cure sleepwalking is to remove the worries and 52 that cause it． So far， no 53 explanations have ever been found． The simplest one is that it is the acting out of a dream. The dream usually54 from horror， terror， guilt， sorrow or 55 .

Although sleepwalking itself is nothing to become alarmed about，the problems that cause the sleepwalking may be very serious.

PART Ⅳ English-Chinese Translation（15%） Directions ：Read the fo11owing passage careful1y. Then translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

Real recreation is something which not only gives us pleasure， but also helps to renew, or recreate， mind and the body. Therefore， the kind of recreation we engage in is important to us all．It becomes increasingly important as machines take over more of our work． Today's man spends fewer hours earning his living than he did fifty or one hundred years ago. The trend toward shorter working hours continues，Thus，man finds himself with more and more time for recreation， If he pends his time wisely， he can greatly enrich his life. His recreation can help him to discover new talents and to improve himself both physically and mentally.

PART Ⅴ writing（15%）

Directions ：For this part， you are asked to write a 1etter about buying a book from publishing house. You are given the outline in Chinese。 Your part Of the composition should be about l20 words. Remember to write clearly. You should write this composition on the Answer Sheet.

1.此信是寫給美國(guó)一家著名出版社的。

2.要求購(gòu)買史密斯博士編寫的《21世紀(jì)的管理學(xué)》。

3.購(gòu)書原因。

4.付款主式。

5.寄書地址。

PART 1 Structure and Vocabulary （ 10%）

1.A 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D

11.D 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.B 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.A 20.C

PART Ⅱ Reading Comprehension （50%）

21.D 22.B 23.C 24.A 25.D 26.A 27.B 28.A 29.D 30.C

31.B 32.A 33.B 34.C 35.D 36.B 37.D 38.D 39.A 40.B

41.T0 provide food. 42.Summer. 43.Thev6eat the sides of string.

44.Along piece of string. 45.He pulls it back on to the boat.

PART Ⅲ cloze（10%）

46 .supply 47.rare 48.behaviour 49.awake 50.in

51.about 52.anxieties 53.satisfactory 54.comes 55.nervousness

PART Ⅳ Eng1ish-Chinese Translation（15%）

真正的休閑不僅給予我們樂(lè)趣，而且是一件有助于休養(yǎng)身心的事。因此，我們從事的那種休閑活動(dòng)，對(duì)于我們是很重要的。機(jī)器取代人力越多，休閑活動(dòng)就越重要。當(dāng)代人比五十年或一一百年前的人花費(fèi)在謀生上的時(shí)間要少。工作時(shí)間越來(lái)越短的趨勢(shì)還在繼續(xù)。因此，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)休閑時(shí)間越來(lái)越多。如果能夠明智地利用這些時(shí)間，人們便可以使生活更加充實(shí)。 休閑活動(dòng)可以幫助人們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的才能，并能提高其身心素質(zhì)。

PART Ⅴ Writing （15%）（省略）