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MBA联考英语试卷

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Direction: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

1. The poor lady was too and distressed to talk about the tragedy. A. engaged

B. exhausted

C. ignorant D. energetic 2. At fist , the B. gaze

famous painting doesn't impress the audience at all. A. glance

C. stare D. view 3. Delegates agree to the plan

D. nature 4. I took the medicine 10minutes ago, but

B. felling

C.

in , but there were some details they didn't approve. A. discipline B. theory C. principle

the bitterness is still in my mouth. A. scattering

maintaining D. lingering 5. Since the of human A. dusk B. dust C. twinkle D. Dawn 6. The eldest son all the family members to discuss how to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of their parents. A. Clustered

C. assembled

B. resembled

D. rendered 7. I must leave now, , if you

history, human beings have been asking questions like \

want that book I'll bring it you tomorrow. A. Accidentally B. Incidentally

C. Occasionally D. Subsequently 8. My mother is a light

B. acute C.

D. immune 9. The newly built

sleeper, to any sound even as low as the humming of mosquito. A. alert keen A. consistent

factory is in urgent need of a number of skilled and workers.

B. conscious C. confidential D. conscientious 10. As an

outstanding scholar, he has become to the research team. A. senior B. junior C. indispensible D. independent 11. Sixteen days after the earthquake, 40people, in their village, were rescued. A. trapped B. confined C. enclosed A. wander favorable A. situation convenient sentenced

12. Working far away from home, Jerry had to from downtown to his office everyday.

B. commute C. ramble D. motion 13. The finance C. popular D. preferable 14. It is B. position C. profession B. continuous

D. appointment

minister has not been so since he raised taxes to an unbearable level. A. famous B.

D. captured

unimaginable for someone in such a high in the government to behave so badly in public. 15. Information given to employees must be , clear and in easy-to-follow language. A.

C. constant D. concise 16. John

was very upset because he was by the police with breaking the law. A.

B. arrested C. accused D. charged 17. David

C. go along with

D. go through with 18.

likes country life and has decided farming. A. go in for B. go back on

Jennifer has never really her son's death. It's very hard to accept the face that she'll never have a child. A. come to terms with A. in the way

B. come up against C. come out with B. by the way

D. come down to

19. A national debate is now about whether we should replace golden weeks with paid Vacations.

C. under way D. out of the way

B.

20. When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people and asks them questions. A. at ease at random

C. in essence

D. in sum

Section II Cloze

Directions: Read 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. (10 points)

In1999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had 21 the $100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge 22 from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread 23 in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigeria’s delta region. Triple-digit oil prices have 24 the economic and political map of the world, 25 some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities, 26 major importers—including china and India, home to a third of the world’s population-- 27 rising economic and social costs.

Managing this new order is fast becoming a central 28 of global politics. Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to 29 scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, 30 how unpleasant, to do it .

In many poor nations with oil, the profits are being , lost to corruption, 31 these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments, 32 some in the west see as a new threat.

Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising oil 33 , a change reflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits, 34 costs, from higher prices. Consider Germany. 35 it imports virtually all its oil, it has prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exports to Russia 36 128 percent from 2001 to 2006.

In the United States, as already high gas prices rose 37 higher in the spring of 2008, the issue cropped up in the presidential campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama 38 for a federal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits began to 39 , as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems 40 the country reported a sharp increase in riders. 21. A. come 22. A. covered 23. A. intensity 24. A. drawn 25. A. fighting 26. A. and 27. A. confine 28. A. problem

B. gone B. discovered B. infinity B. redrawn B. struggling B. while B. conflict B. question

C. crossed C. arranged C. insecurity C. retained C. challenging C. thus C. conform C. matter

D. arrived D. instability

D. reviewed D. threatening

D. ranged

D. though D. event

D. confront

29. A. look for 30. A. no matter 31. A. abolishing 32. A. what 33. A. interests 34. A. as many as 35. A. Although 36. A. advanced 37. A. even 38. A. asking 39. A. change 40. A. for

B. lock up B. what if B. depriving B. that B. taxes B. as good as B. Because B. grew B. still B. requesting B. turn B. from

C. send out C. only if C. destroying C. which C. incomes C. as far as C. Since C. reduces C. rather C. calling C. shift C. across

D. keep off D. in spite of D. eliminating D. whom D. revenues D. As D. multiplied D. fairly D. demanding D. over

D. as well as

D. transform

Part III Reading Comprehension

Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C,and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:

Henric Ibsen, author of the play \Doll's House\in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons her husband and children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved.. From January 1st, 2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% of their board directors are women. Most firms have obeyed the law, which was passed in 2003.But about 75 out of the 480 or so companies it affects are still too male for the government's liking. They will shortly receive a letter informing them that they have until the end of February to act , or face the legal consequences---which could include being dissolved.

Before the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female, according to the Centre for Corporate Diversity .The number has since jumped to 36%. That is far higher than the average of 9% for big companies across Europe or America's 15% for the Fortune 500.Norway's stock exchange and its main business lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen.\says Sverre Munck, head of international operations at a media firm. \be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience, \says. Several firms have even given up their public status in order to escape the new law.

Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many complain that it has been difficult to find experienced candidates. Because of this, some of the best women have collected as many as 25-35 directorships each, and are known in Norwegian business circles as the \is that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian companies---they occupy around 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly hard for firms in the oil, technology and financial industries to find women with a enough experience.

Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that in turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recent history in Norway, however, suggests that the right women can make strong directors. \feel more compelled than men to do their homework,\says Ms Reksten Skaugen, who was voted Norway's chairman of the year for 2007, \we can afford to ask the hard questions, because women are not always expected to know the answers.\