2001年MBA英语真题及答案
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2001年全国攻读工商管理硕士研究生入学考试
英语试题
Section I Vocabulary (10 points)
Directions:
There are 20 inplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best pletes the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
1.The annual------of the department store starts tomorrow.
A stocking.
B stocktaking
C stockpiling.
D stockholding.
2.Remember to ask for a ------of quality for these goods;otherwise they will not offer any maintenance.http://.mbajyz.
A warranty.
B promise
C certificate.
D recejpt.
3.In many countries tobacco and medicine are government------.
A control.
B monopoly
C business.
D belongings.
4.Bank notes are not usually------into gold nowadays.
A inverted.
B revertible
C convertible.
D diverting.
5.I------you that the goods will be delivered next week.
A insist.
B confirm
C assure.
D ensure.
6.The manager just------his resignation to the board meeting yesterday and today another one took his place.http://.mbajyz.
A sent up.
B sent off
C sent out.
D sent in.
7.Let s not------over such a trifle!
A fall through.
B fall out
C fall off.
D fall back.
8.The cultures of China and Japan have shared many features,but each has used them according to its national------.
A personality.
B temperament
C interest.
D destiny.
9.Our journey was slow because the train stopped------at different villages.
A gradually.
B continuously
C constantly.
D continually.
10.When he realized the police had spotted him,the man------the exit as quickly as possible.
A made for.
B made out
C made up to.
D made way.
11.The goods------when we arrived at the airport.
A were just unloaded.
B were just being unloaded
C were just been unloaded.
D had just unloaded.
12.The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds------his argument in favor of the new theory.http://.mbajyz.
A which to base on.
B on which to base
C to base on which.
D which to be based on.
13.I think your words carry more weight than------.
A anybody else s.
B that of anybody s
C anybody else.
D else anybody s.
14.The second book was------by August 1996,but two years later,the end was still nowhere in sight.
A to plete.
B pleted
C to have been pleted.
D to have pleted.
15.I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible,but I------fully occupied the whole of last week.
A were.
B was
C had been.
D have been.
16.No difficulty and no hardship------discouraged him.
A has.
B have
C has been.
D have been.
17.I always keep candles in the house------there is a power cut.
A if.
B in case
C on condition that.
D when.
18.Some modern children s fiction deals with serious problems and situations with a realism seldom------in earlier books.
A attempted.
B attempting
C being attempted.
D having attempted.19.Written in a hurry,------. http://.mbajyz.
A he made many mistakes in the paper.
B there were a lot of mistakes in the paper.
C we found plenty of errors in her paper
D the paper was full of errors.
20.Some student prefer a strict teacher who tells them exactly what to do.Others prefer------to work on their own.
A leaving.
B to leave
C having been left.
D to be left.
Section II Cloze (10 points)
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory.The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions,the bases 21the decisions we make,and the roots of our habits and skills are to be 22in our past experiences,which are broughtsintosthe present23memory.
Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep 24 available for later use.It includes not only"remembering"thing like arithmetic or historical facts,but also any change in the way an animal typically behaves.Memory is25when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile.Memory is also involved when a six year old child learns to swing a baseball bat.
Memory26not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and
machines.puters,for example,contain devices for storing data for later use.It is interesting to pare the memory storage capacity of a puter27that of a human being.The instant access memory of a large puter may hold up to 100,000"words"ready for28use.A naverage American teenager probably recognizes the meanings of about 100,000 words of English.However,this is but a fraction of the total29of information which the teenager has stored.Consider,for example,the number of facts and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings.A large part of a person s memory is in terms of words and30of words.
21A of. B to. C for. D on
22A kept. B found. C sought. D stored
23A by. B from. C with. D in
24.A experiences. B bases C observations. D information.
25A called. B taken. C involved. D included
26A exists. B appears. C affects. D seems
27A to. B with. C against. D for
28.A progressive. B instructive C instant. D protective.
29A deal. B number. C mount. D amount
30.A binations. B corrections C coordinations. D collections.
Section III Reading prehension (40 points)
Section A
Directions:.There are 5 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 and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil..
Questions 31 to 34 are based on the following passage:
The stability of the U.S. banking system is maintained by means of supervision and regulation,inspections,deposit insurance,and loans to troubled banks.For over 50 years,these precautions have prevented banking panics.However,there have been some close calls.The collapse of Continental lllinois Bank & Trusted pany of Chicago in 1984 did not bring down the