工商管理学位英语考试模拟题阅读理解题.docx

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工商管理学位英语考试模拟题阅读理解题

工商管理学位英语考试模拟题—阅读理解题

1.

TheEnglishhavethereputationofbeingverydifferentfromallothernationalities.ItisclaimedthatlivingonanislandseparatedfromtherestofEuropehasmuchtodowithit.Whateverthereasons,itmaybefairlystatedthattheEnglishmanhasdevelopedsomeattitudesandhabitsdistinguishinghimfromothernationalities.

　　Broadlyspeaking,theEnglishmanisaquiet,shy,andreservedpersonamongpeopleheknowswell.Beforestrangersheoftenseemsinhibited,evenembarrassed.Youhaveonlytowitnessarailwaycompartmentanymorningoreveningtoseethetruth.Serious-lookingbusinessmenandwomensitreadingtheirnewspapersordozing（打盹）inacorner,andnoonespeaks.AnEnglishwitoncesuggestedtooverseasvisitors,"Onenteringarailwaycompartmentshakehandswithallthepassengers."Needlesstosay,hewasnotbeingserious.Thereisanunwrittenbutclearlyunderstoodcodeofbehavior,which,ifbroken,makesthepersonimmediatelytheobjectofsuspicion.

　　ItiswellknownthattheEnglishseldomshowopenlyextremesofenthusiasm,emotionetc.Ofcourse,anEnglishmanfeelsnolessthananyothernationality.Imagineamancommentingonthegreatbeautyofayounggirl.Amanofmoreemotionaltemperamentmightdescribeheras"amarvelousjewel",whiletheEnglishmanwillflatlystate"Um,she'sallright."AnEnglishmanmayrecommendahighlysuccessfulandenjoyablefilmtofriendsbycommenting,"It'snotbad."Theoverseasvisitorsmustnotbedisappointedbythisapparentlackofinterest.Theymustrealizethat"allright","notbad"areveryoftenusedwiththesenseof"firstclass","excellent".ThisspecialuseoflanguageisparticularlycommoninEnglish.

　　1.OneexplanationforthedifferentcharacterofEnglishpeopleisthat________.

　　[A]theyaregeographicallyisolatedfromtheEuropeancontinent

　　[B]theyhavenothingtodowiththeotherEuropeans

　　[C]theyliketokeepquietamongtheiracquaintances

　　[D]theytendtobereservedbynature

　　2.Theword"inhibited"（Line2,Para.2）inthispassageprobablymeans________.

　　[A]unabletohavegoodmanners[C]abletoactproperly

　　[B]unabletoexpressandrelaxfreely[D]abletotalkfreely

　　3.Accordingtothepassage,onenteringarailwaycompartment,anoverseasvisitorisexpectedto________.

　　[A]inquireaboutthecodeofbehaviorinthetrain[C]shakehandswiththepersonheknows

　　[B]shakehandswithallthepassengers[D]behavelikeanEnglishman

　　4.TheEnglishwayofcommentingonsomethingorsomebodysuggeststhat________.

　　[A]theEnglisharemodestinmostcircumstances

　　[B]theEnglishfeelnolessthananyothernationality

　　[C]theEnglishtendtodisplaylessemotionthantheyfeel

　　[D]theEnglishdon'ttakeastronginterestinmakingcomment

　　5.Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?

　　[A]ThedifferencesbetweentheEnglishandtheotherEuropeans.

　　[B]ThedifferentcharacteroftheEnglishmananditsreason.

　　[C]ThereasonsforEnglishpeople'sshyness.

[D]ThecodeofbehaviorofthenationalitiesinEurope.

答案及解析：

1.A细节题。

文章第一段第二句指出，据称英国人与其他国家的人性格之所以不同，与他们居住在一个与其他欧洲国家隔绝的孤岛有很大关系，所以A正确。

2.B语义题。

结合上文的theEnglishmanisaquiet,shy,reservedpersonamongpeopleheknowswell可知，在熟人面前英国人都是安静、害羞、少言寡语的，由此推断，他们见到陌生人，更回感到拘束和紧张，所以B正确。

3.D推断题。

结合文章第二段引述的进入车厢时应该和所有乘客握手和Needlesstosay,hewasnotbeingserious可知，引述部分只是一句戏言，作者真正想要表达的意思是，外国人不能违背英国人那一套行为规则，所以D正确。

4.C推断题。

文章第三段指出，英国人很少公开表露极端的热情和情感，尽管英国人的感受并不比其他人的少，随后列举的英国人谦虚、冷漠的表达方式都表每年感了英国人对情感的表现很节制，所以C正确。

5.B主旨题。

文章主要要谈了英国人缄默、情感不外露的性格特征及其形成的原因，所以B正确。

2.

Brazilhasbecomeoneofthedevelopingworld’sgreatsuccessesatreducingpopulationgrowthbutmorebyaccidentthatdesign.WhilecountriessuchasIndiahavemadejointeffortstoreducebirthrates,Brazilhashadbetterresultwithoutreallytrying,saysGeorgeMartineatHarvard.

　　Brazil’spopulationgrowthratehasdroppedfrom2.99％ayearbetween1951and1960to1.93％ayearbetween1981and1990,andBrazilianwomennowhaveonly2.7childrenonaverage.Martinesaysthisfiguremayhavefallenstillfurthersince1990,anachievementthatmakesittheenvyofmanyotherThirdWorldcountries.

　　Martineputsitdownto,amongotherthings,soapoperas（通俗电视连续剧）andinstalment（分期付款）plansintroducedinthe1970s.Bothplayedanimportant,althoughindirect,roleinloweringthebirthrate.Brazilisoneoftheworld’sbiggestproduceersofsoapoperas.Globl,Brazil’smostpopulartelevisionnetwork,showsthreehoursofsoapssixnightsaweek,whilethreeothersshowatleastonehouranight.Mostsoapsarebasedonwealthycharacterslivingthehighlifeinbigcities.

　　"Althoughtheyhaveneverreallytriedtoworkinamissagetowardstheproblemsofreproduction,theydescribemiddleandupperclassvaluesnotmanychildren,differentattitudestowardssex,womenworking,"saysMartine."TheysentthisimagetoallpartsofBrazilandmadepeopleconsciousofotherpatternsofbehaviourandothervalues,whichwereputintoaveryattractivepackage."

　　Meanwhile,theinstalmentplanstriedtoencouragethepoortobecomeconsumers."Thisledtoanenormouschangein

　　consumptionpatternsandconsumptionwasincompatible（不相容的）withunlimitedreproduction."saysMartine.

　　1.Accordingtothepassage,Brazilhascutbackitspopulationgrowth_______.

　　A）byeducatingitscitizens

　　B）bycarefulfamilypanning

　　C）bydevelopingTVprogrammes

　　D）bychance

　　2.Accordingtothepassage,manyThirdWorldcountries_______.

　　A）haven’tattachedmuchimportancetobirthcontrol

　　B）wouldsoonjoinBrazilincontrollingtheirbirthrate

　　C）haven’tyetfoundaneffectivemeasuretocontroltheirpopulation

　　D）neglectedtheroleofTVplaysinfamilyplanning　　

　　3.Thephrase"putsitdownto"（Line1,Para.3）isclosestinmeaningto"_______"

　　A）attributesitto

　　B）sumsitupas

　　C）findsitareasonfor

　　D）comparesitto　　

　　4.SoapoperashavehelpedinloweringBrazil’sbirthratebecause_______.

　　A）theykeeppeoplesittinglonghourswatchingTV

　　B）theyhavegraduallychangedpeople’swayoflife

　　C）peoplearedrawntotheirattractivepackage

　　D）theypopularizebirthcontrolmeasures

　　5.WhatisMartine’sconclusionaboutBrazil’spopulationgrowth?

　　A）Theincreaseinbirthratewillpromoteconsumption.

　　B）Thedesireforconsumptionhelpstoreducebirthrate.

　　C）Consumptionpatternsandreproductionpatternsarecontradictory.

　　D）Acountry’sproductionislimitedbyitspopulationgrowth.

　　答案及解析：

　　这是一篇关于巴西人口增长率下降原因分析的说明文。

短文开门见山提出主题：

巴西人口增长率下降主要是意外的原因（byaccident）;第二段列举人口增长率下降的数据;而后用三段篇幅剖析两大特殊原因：

通俗电视连续剧和分斯付款计划，第三段第三句至第四段剖析连续剧导致人口增长率下降的机理，第五段讲分期付款带来的消费模式的改变及其与人口繁殖的关系。

　　1.（A）主题句理解。

短文第一句中morebyaccidentthandesign相当于morebychancethanonpurpose.

　　2.（D）要点定位推断。

短文中两处提到ThirdWorldcountries:

①第一段第二句“countriessuchasIndia”;②第二段最后一句“anachievementthatmakesittheenvyofmanyotherThirdWorldcountries”。

两句都考（试^*大暗示这些国家做得不如巴西成功。

　　3.（D）词语理解。

由上下文确定putitdownto中的it指上文巴西成功降低人口增长率的事实，句中to后接的是导致这一事实的两大原因（电视剧和分期付款计划），前后显然是一种因果关系。

　　4.（A）要点定位归纳。

本题指向第三、四两段关于电视连续剧影响人口出生率的要点：

电视剧中把上层阶级行为模式和价值观包装得十分诱人，传递到巴西的各个地方，影响着各个阶层的生活方式。

少生孩子就是这一生活方式的一大特点。

　　5.（B）要点结论归纳。

conclusion必然在短文最后一段，由consumptionwasincompatiblewithunlimitedreproduction即可归纳结论B。

3.

WhenMikeKellyfirstsetouttobuildhisownprivatespace-ferryservice,hefiguredhisbread-and-butterbusinesswouldbeloftingsatellitesintohigh-Earthorbit.Nowhethinkshemayhavefiguredwrong."Peoplewerealwaysaskingmewhentheycouldgo,"saysKelly,whorunsKellySpace&TechnologyoutofSanBernardino,California."Irealizedthatrealmarketisinspacetourism."

Accordingtopreliminarymarketsurveys,thereare10,000wouldbespacetouristswillingtospend$1millioneachtovisitthefinalfrontier.SpaceAdventureinArlington,Virginia,hastakenmorethan130depositsforatwo-hour,$98,000spacetourtentatively（andsomewhatdubiously）settooccurby2005.GeneMeyersoftheSpaceIslandGroupsays:

"Spaceisthenextexoticvacationspot."

Thismayallsoundgreat,butthereareafewhurdles.Puttingasimplesatelliteintoorbit-withnooxygen,lifesupportorreturntripnecessary-alreadycostsanastronomical$22,000/kg.Andthatdoesn'tincludethecostofinsuringrichandpossiblylitigiouspassenger.JohnPikeoftheFederationofAmericanScientistsacerbicallysuggeststhattheentiregroupofentrepreneurstryingtocornerthespace-tourismmarkethavebetweenthem"justenoughmoneytoblowuponerocket."TheU.S.spaceagencyhasplentyofmoneybutzerointerestinmakingspacelessexpensiveforthelittleguys.Sothelittleguysareracingtodowhatthegovernmenthasfailedtodo:

designareusablelaunchsystemthat'sinexpensive,safeandreliable.KellySpace'sprototypelookslikeaplanethathassproutedrocketengines.RotaryRocketinRedwoodCity,California,hasaboosterwithrotorsmakeahelicopter-stylereturntoEarth;KistlerAerospaceinKirkland,Washington,ispiecingtogetheritsversionsfromoldSovietengines,shuttle-stylethermalprotectiontilesandanelaborateparachutesystem.Thefirstpassengercountdownsarestillyearsaway,butbureaucratsattheFederalAviationAdministrationinWashingtonarealreadyinformallydiscussingflightregulations.Afterall,youcan'tbetoopreparedforatriptothatgalaxyfar,faraway.

Forthosewhoareintentonjoiningthe100-milehighclub,HiltonandBudgetareplottingtobuildspacehotels.BeforetheRussianspaceMircamedown,somepeopleweretalkingaboutusingitasalow-rentspacemoteltoreducethecost.Ifaspacehotelisfinallybuiltinspace,andifyou'rethinkingofstayinginit,youmaywanttoch