打印版MBA MPA MPACC管理类联考英语二真题及答案解析.docx

1、打印版MBA MPA MPACC管理类联考英语二真题及答案解析2013年1月管理类联考英语二真题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the

2、cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.1a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions have been 2for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon revolu

3、tionize the very 3of money itself, only to 4itself several years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so 5in coming?Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work 6the disappearance of the paper system. First,

4、it is very 7to set up the computer, card reader, and telecornmunications networks necessary to make electronic money the 8form of payment Second, paper checks have the advantage that they 9receipts, something thai many consumers are unwilling to 10. Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers sev

5、eral days of float - it takes several days 11a check is cashed and funds are 12from the issuers account, which means that the writer of the check can cam interest on the funds in the meantime. 13electronic payments arc immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth, electronic means of

6、payment may 14security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information 15there. The fact that this is not an 16 occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electron

7、ic payments systems and 17from someone elses accounts. The 18of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to19security issues. A further concern is that the use of e lectronic means of payment leaves an electronic 20that contains a large amount of personal

8、 data. There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.1. A However B Moreover C Therefore D Otherwise2. A off B back C over D around3. A power B concept C history D role4. A reward B resist C resume D reverse5. A silent

9、B sudden C slow D steady6. A for B against C with D on7. A imaginative B expensive C sensitive D productive8. A similar B original C temporaryD dominant9. A collect B provide C copy D print10. A give up B take overC bring back D pass down11. A before B after C since D when12. A kept B borrowed C rel

10、eased D withdrawn13. A Unless B Until C Because D Though14. A hide B expressC raise Dease15. A analyzed B shared C stored D displayed16. A unsafe B unnatural C uncommon D unclear17. A steal B choose C benefitD return18. A consideration B prevention C manipulation D justification19. A cope with B fig

11、ht againstC adapt to D call for20. A chunk B chip C path D trailSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In an essay entitled “Making It in Amer

12、ica”, the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill only two employees today,” a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.”Davidsons article is one of a number

13、of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor

14、with machines or foreign worker.In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job，could earn an average lifestyle ,But ,today ,average is officially over. Being average just wont earn you what it used to. It cant when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above

15、 average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and alwa

16、ys will. But theres been an acceleration. As Davidson notes,” In the 10 years ending in 2009, U.S. factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs-about 6 million in total -disappeared.There will always

17、be changed-new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.In a world where average is officially over, t

18、here are many things we need to do to support employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to poet-high school education.21. The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_A the impact of technologi

19、cal advances B the alleviation of job pressureC the shrinkage of textile mills D the decline of middle-class incomes22. According to Paragraph 3, to be a successful employee, one has to_A work on cheap software B ask for a moderate salaryC adopt an average lifestyle D contribute something unique23.

20、The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that _A gains of technology have been erased B job opportunities are disappearing at a high speedC factories are making much less money than beforeD new jobs and services have been offered24. According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is

21、_A to accelerate the I.T. revolution B to ensure more education for peopleC ro advance economic globalization D to pass more bills in the 21st century25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?A New Law Takes Effect B Technology Goes CheapC Average Is Over D Recessio

22、n Is BadText 2A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and 7millin people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of

23、 all Italian immigrants, for exanmle, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio,” birds of passage.Today, we are much more rigid about immigrants. We divide nemcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americ

24、ans in the making, or our broken immigrantion system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it. We dont need more categories, but we need to change the way we think about categories. We need to look beyond strick definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of

25、 passage, those living and thriving in the gray areas. We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges.Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers, entrepreneurs, engineers, home health-care aides and physicists are among todays birds of passage. They are energetic participants in a globa

26、l economy driven by the flow of work, money and ideas .They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them , They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need them to imagine the United

27、States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here and there and that they can belong to two nations honorably.Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both

28、 sides of the immigration battle .Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes. Including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system.2

29、6 “Birds of passage” refers to those who_A immigrate across the Atlantic. B leave their home countries for good.C stay in a foregin temporaily. D find permanent jobs overseas.27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration stystem in the US_A needs new immigrant categories. B has loosen

30、ed control over immigrants.C should be adopted to meet challenges. D has been fixeed via political means.28 According to the author, todays birds of passage want_A fiancial incentives. B a global recognition.C opportunities to get regular jobs. D the freedom to stay and leave.29 The author suggests that the birds of passage today should be treated _A as faithful partners. B with economic favors.C with regal tolerance. D as mighty rivals.30 选出最适合文章的标题A come and go: big mistake. B living and thriving : great risk.C with or without : great risk. D legal or illegal: big mistake