MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(23)

2011年阅读真题解析（MBA英语）2011年阅读真题讲解Passage One生词释义1. Goldman Sachs' board: 高盛公司的董事会2. outside director: 外部董事3. to manage: （成功地）设法做到与fail to do 正好相反# manage to do sth: 设法做到sth# manage sth: 设法（做到）sth* How do you manage to stay so slim? 你是如何做到保持这么苗条的？* We somehow managed to persuade him。

我们设法说动了他。

* Tom managed two goals in the last ten minutes. Tom在最后十分钟之内设法进了两个球。

* I don't know how I'll manage it, but I'll be there. 我不知道如何应对，但是我会到达那里的。

* to manage two roles: 设法应对好两个角色4.criticism: （名词）批评to criticize: (动词）5.be under fire for sth : 因为sth受到谴责= be criticized for6.to sit on/in: 在（机构中）担任成员* He was the first journalist to sit in parliament. 他是第一个在国会中任职的记者。

* to sit on the committee: 在委员会中任职/doc/ab7674201.html,pensation: (名词）1) 补偿2）（文中含义）薪酬/doc/ab7674201.html,mittee: 委员会9.bonus: 奖金10.payout: 付出的巨款11.to remark: 说，评论*'This house must be very old,' he remarked.# remark that*Anderson left the table, remarking that he had some work to do.安德森离开桌子，说他有些事情要做。

MBA（英语）阅读理解练习试卷23(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and respectable occupations. Personal consultants give better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告). But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to account for their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Increasingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than was that of attractive overnight successes. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine (女性的) and an attractive man more masculine (男性的) than the less attractive ones. Thus an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities required. This is true even in politics. “When the one clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,”says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduates to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.1．The word “liability (Line 4, Para. 1)” most probably means “______.”A．misfortuneB．instabilityC．disadvantageD．burden正确答案：C解析：此题为释义题。

MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（20）Passage Twenty (The Law to Keep the Oil Industry under Control)The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As on Norwegian politician said last week: “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.1. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to[A] provide more jobs for foreign workers.[B] slow down the rate of its development.[C] sell the oil it is producing abroad.[D] develop more quickly than at present.2. The Norwegian Government has tried to[A] encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources.[B] prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway.[C] help the oil companies solve many of their problems.[D] keep the oil industry to something near its present size.3. According to the passage, the oil industry might lead northern Norway to[A] the development of industry.[B] a growth in population.[C] the failure of the development programme.[D] the development of new towns.4. In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be[A] a large reduction on unemployment.[B] a growth in the tourist industry.[C] a reduction in the number of existing industries.[D] the development of a number of service industries.5. Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because[A] they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal.[B] their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal.[C] their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society.[D] they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life.V ocabulary1. Norwegian 挪威的；挪威人2. coastline 海岸线3. recognition 承认；认识；赞赏4. countryside 乡下；乡民难句译注1. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.【结构简析】用两个分号连接三句句子。

2019年在职工商管理硕士(MBA)英语阅读练习及答案Swansea University has become the first in Wales to launch a new Master’s degree in Journalism and Media, where students study in three countries. The Er asmus Mundus Master’s degree is brought together by five leading journalism in stitutions and universities in Europe.Postgraduate students will spend the first year in the Danish School of Jou rnalism in Aarhus, Denmark, and in the University of Amsterdam and the second y ear in Swansea, Hamburg University or the City University in London. Representa tives from each of the Universities meet at Swansea University, campus to sign the agreement. Students will become familiar with contemporary issues and debat es in the area of European journalism and will be prepared for a career in the new, emerging global environment. Subjects covered will include European media, European society and politics and the impact of globalization.By learning and living in at least three different European countries，stud ents will be prepared for the challenge of working in a range of contexts in th e new global information society. Students will be have the opportunity to spec ialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism: war and conflict, business and finance, and citizenship. Those choosing to specialize in war and conflict will study at Swansea in their second year.Independent experts from the European Commission have described the newly c reated master’s course as quite unique, in so far as no other university offer s a course in Journalism that opens the possibility to study in at least three countries: Professor Kevin Williams, Head of Media Studies at Swansea Universit y said: “The aim is to create a graduate program in journalism that combines t he best of the European traditions of media science and journalism to create a degree that is European in origin and global in scope. We hope to produce alumn i who will shape the future of global journalism.”Deadline for application for both the masters to start in August 2019 and f or the Erasmus Mundus stipends（奖学金）for non-EU students is 1st March 2019.1. The Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in this passage is ______.A. a new Master’s degree in ChemistryB. first launched in WalesC. brought by five leading European journalism institutions and universitie sD. only launched in three European universities2. From the second paragraph, we can know that postgraduate students in the program ______.A. will study in three countriesB. will meet at Swansea University campus to sign the agreementC. will have to debate with each otherD. will mainly study in environmental problems3. Students can specialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism EXC EPT ______.A. war and conflictB. businessC. citizenshipD. global information4. It can be inferred from Kevin Williams’ remarks that ______.A. the new program will greatly widen the students’ knowledgeB. the new program is still in test and has not been launchedC. the work of graduates of the program is to shape the future of global jo urnalismD. the aim of the program is to create a world-recognized degree5. The best title for the passage can be ______.A. A New Master’s Degree in UniversityB. One Course, Three CountriesC. Postgraduate Study in EuropeD. The Erasmus Mundus Stipends答案：1. C。

MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（9）Passage Nine(Holmes’ Knowledge)His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done. My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar system. “You appear to be astonished, ” Holmes said, smiling at my expression. “Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it. You see, I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose: A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has difficulty in laying his hand upon it. It is a mistake to think that the little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it, there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you know before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”“But the Solar System! ” I protested.“What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently.One morning, I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast. One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it.Its somewhat ambitious title was “The Book of Life, ” and it attempted to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came in his way. It struck me as being a remarkable mixture of shrewdness and of absurdity. The reasoning was close and intense, but the deduction appeared to me to be far-fetched and exaggerated. The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thought. Deceit,according to him, was impossibility in the case of one trained to observation and analysis. His conclusions were as infallible as so many propositions of Euclid. So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.“From a drop of water, ”said the writer, “a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can be acquired by long and patient study, nor is life long enough to allow any mort al to attain the highest possible perfection in it. ”This smartly written piece of theory I could not accept until a succession of evidences justified it.1. What is the author’s attitude toward Holmes?[A]Praising.[B]Critical.[C]Ironical.[D]Distaste.2. What way did the author take to stick out Holmes’ uniqueness?[A]By deduction.[B]By explanation.[C]By contrast.[D]By analysis.3. What was the Holmes’ idea about knowledge-learning?[A]Learning what every body learned.[B]Learning what was useful to you.[C]Learning whatever you came across.[D]Learning what was different to you.4. What did the article mentioned in the passage talk about?[A]One may master the way of reasoning through observation.[B]One may become rather critical through observation and analysis.[C]One may become rather sharp through observation and analysis.[D]One may become practical through observation and analysis.V ocabulary1. Thomas Carlyle 托马斯•卡莱尔1795-1881美国作家、历史家、哲学家2. jumble (up) 搞乱，使混乱3. lay hand on (upon) sth. 抓住，找到4. at best 最好的情况下5. elbow out (off) 用胳膊肘挤出，推出6. deuce = devilwhat the deuce is it to me? 这里表示福尔摩斯的厌恶心理。

MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（31）Passage Thirty One (The Affect of Electricity on Cancer)Can electricity cause cancer? In a society that literally runs on electric power, the very idea seems preposterous. But for more than a decade, a growing band of scientists and journalists has pointed to studies that seem to link exposure to electromagnetic fields with increased risk of leukemia and other malignancies. The implications are unsettling, to say the least, since everyone comes into contact with such fields, which are generated by everything electrical, from power lines and antennas to personal computers and micro-wave ovens. Because evidence on the subject is inconclusive and often contradictory, it has been hard to decide whether concern about the health effects of electricity is legitimate—or the worst kind of paranoia.Now the alarmists have gained some qualified support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In the executive summary of a new scientific review, released in draft form late last week, the EPA has put forward what amounts to the most serious government warning to date. The agency tentatively concludes that scientific evidence “suggests a casual link” between extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields—those having very longwave-lengths—and leukemia, lymphoma and brain cancer, While the report falls short of classifying ELF fields as probable carcinogens, it does identify the common 60-hertz magnetic field as “a possible, but not proven, cause of cancer in humans.”The report is no reason to panic—or even to lost sleep. If there is a cancer risk, it is a small one. The evidence is still so controversial that the draft stirred a great deal of debate within the Bush Administration, and the EPA released it over strong objections from the Pentagon and the Whit House. But now no one can deny that the issue must be taken seriously and that much more research is needed.At the heart of the debate is a simple and well-understood physical phenomenon: When an electric current passes through a wire, tit generates an electromagneticfield that exerts forces on surrounding objects, For many years, scientists dismissed any suggestion that such forces might be harmful, primarily because they are so extraordinarily weak. The ELF magnetic field generated by a video terminal measures only a few milligauss, or about one-hundredth the strength of the earth’s own magnetic field, The electric fields surrounding a power line can be as high as 10 kilovolts per meter, but the corresponding field induced in human cells will be only about 1 millivolt per meter. This is far less than the electric fields that the cells themselves generate.How could such minuscule forces pose a health danger? The consensus used to be that they could not, and for decades scientists concentrated on more powerful kinds of radiation, like X-rays, that pack sufficient wallop to knock electrons out of the molecules that make up the human body. Such “ionizing” radiations have been clearly linked to increased cancer risks and there are regulations to control emissions.But epidemiological studies, which find statistical associations between sets of data, do not prove cause and effect. Though there is a body of laboratory work showing that exposure to ELF fields can have biological effects on animal tissues, a mechanism by which those effects could lead to cancerous growths has never been found.The Pentagon is for from persuaded. In a blistering 33-page critique of the EPA report, Air Force scientists charge its authors with having “biased the entire document” toward proving a link. “Our reviewers are convinced that th ere is no suggestion that (electromagnetic fields) present in the environment induce or promote cancer,” the Air Force concludes. “It is astonishing that the EPA would lend its imprimatur on this report.” Then Pentagon’s concern is understandable. There is hardly a unit of the modern military that does not depend on the heavy use of some kind of electronic equipment, from huge ground-based radar towers to the defense systems built into every warship and plane.1. The main idea of this passage is[A]. studies on the cause of cancer[B]. controversial view-points in the cause of cancer[C]. the relationship between electricity and cancer.[D]. different ideas about the effect of electricity on caner.2. The view-point of the EPA is[A]. there is casual link between electricity and cancer.[B]. electricity really affects cancer.[C]. controversial.[D].low frequency electromagnetic field is a possible cause of cancer3. Why did the Pentagon and Whit House object to the release of the report? Because[A]. it may stir a great deal of debate among the Bush Administration.[B]. every unit of the modern military has depended on the heavy use of some kind of electronic equipment.[C]. the Pentagon’s concern was understandable.[D]. they had different arguments.4. It can be inferred from physical phenomenon[A]. the force of the electromagnetic field is too weak to be harmful.[B]. the force of the electromagnetic field is weaker than the electric field that the cells generate.[C]. electromagnetic field may affect health.[D]. only more powerful radiation can knock electron out of human body.5. What do you think ordinary citizens may do after reading the different arguments?[A].They are indifferent. [B]. They are worried very much.[C]. The may exercise prudent avoidance. [C]. They are shocked. Vocabulary1. preposterous 反常的，十分荒谬的，乖戾的2. leukemia 白血病3. malignancy 恶性肿瘤4. legitimate 合法的，合理的5. paranoia 偏执狂，妄想狂。

MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（27）Passage Twenty Seven (The Most Important of All Human Qualities is a Sense of Humor)Biologically, there is only one quality which distinguishes us from animals: the ability to laugh. In a universe which appears to be utterly devoid of humor, we enjoy this supreme luxury. And it is a luxury, for unlike any other bodily process, laughter does not seem to serve a biologically useful purpose. In a divide world, laughter is a unifying force. Human beings oppose each other on a great many issues. Nations may disagree about systems of government and human relations may be plagued by ideological factions and political camps, but we all share the ability to laugh. And laughter, in turn, depends on that most complex and subtle of all human qualities: a sense of humor Certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal. This can best be seen from the world-wide popularity of Charlie Chaplin’s early films. The little man at odds with society never fails to amuse no matter which country we come from. As t hat great commentator on human affairs, Dr. Samuel Johnson, once remarked, ‘Men have been wise in very different modes; but they have always laughed in the same way.’A sense of humor may take various forms and laughter may be anything from a refined tingle to an earth quaking roar, but the effect is always the same. Humor helps us to maintain a correct sense of values. It is the one quality which political fanatics appear to lack. If we can see the funny side, we never make the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously. We are always reminded that tragedy is not really far removed from comedy, so we never get a lop sided view of things.This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony. Human pain and suffering are so grim; we hover so often on the brink of war; political realities are usually enough to plunge us into total despair. In such circumstances, cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress the balance. They take the wind out of pompous and arrogant politicians who have lost their sense of proportion. They enable us to see thatmany of our most profound actions are merely comic or absurd. We laugh when a great satirist like Swift writes about war in Gulliver’s Travels.The Lilliputians and their neighbors attack each o ther because they can’t agree which end to break an egg. We laugh because we meant to laugh; but we are meant to weep too. It is too powerful a weapon to be allowed to flourish.The sense of humor must be singled out as man’s most important quality becau se it is associated with laughter. And laughter, in turn, is associated with happiness. Courage, determination, initiative – these are qualities we share with other forms of life. But the sense of humor is uniquely human. If happiness is one of the great goals of life, then it is the sense of humor that provides the key.1. The most important of all human qualities is[A] a sense of humor.[B] A sense of satire.[C] A sense of laughter.[D] A sense of history.2. The author mentions about Charlie Chap lin’s early films because[A] they can amuse people.[B] Human beings are different from animals.[C] They show that certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal.[D] They show that people have the same ability to laugh.3. One of the chief functions of irony and satire is[A] to show absurdity of actions.[B] to redress balance.[C] to take the wind out of politicians.[D] to show too much grimness in the world.4. What do we learn from the sentence ‘it is too powerful a weapon to be allowed to flourish in totalitarian regimes?’[A] It can reveal the truth of political events with satire.[B] It can arouse people to riot.[C] It shows tragedy and comedy are related.[D] It can make people laugh.5. Who is Swift?[A] A novelist.[B] A poet.[C] A dramatist.[D] A essayist.V ocabulary1. devoid 没有，缺乏2. plague n.瘟疫，惹人烦恼的人和事v.给……造成麻烦，痛苦，困难3. faction 派别4. comic stereotype 可笑/滑稽的模式5. commentator （集注）作者，评论员，解说员6. tinkle n.一连串的丁零声，电话声，v.使发出丁零声7. fanatic 狂热者（尤指宗教、政治的狂热）8. lop-sided 不均匀的9. hover 翱翔，盘旋；彷徨10. somber 低沉的，暗淡的，严峻的11. redress 纠正，补偿12. pompous 自大的，浮夸的13. arrogant 傲慢的14. proportion 均衡，匀称，平衡，比例15. Lilliputian 微型的，极小的，源自《格列佛游记》中的小人国里的人16. totalitarian 极权主义的17. regime 政体，政权，统治方式或制度难句译注1．In a divided world, laughter is a unifying force.【参考译文】在分裂的世界中，笑是一种促成一致（团结）的力量。

MBA英语阅读理解提问方式及解题技巧2023年MBA英语阅读理解提问方式及解题技巧阅读理解在MBA英语考试中所占据分值很大，但总体得分率并不高。

如何才能把分数提上去呢?下面是店铺为大家搜索整理了关于英语阅读理解提问方式及解题技巧，希望对大家备考有所帮助!一、阅读理解题型及其提问方式1、主旨题考查考生归纳文章中心思想或判断作者写作意图的能力。

题型包括概括文章中心思想及判断写作意图。

主旨题常见提问方式：What is the main idea/topic/subject/purpose of the passage?What is the passage mainly about/concerned with?What does the passage mainly discuss/talk about?What is the point the author makes in the passage?The passage is meant/intended to__________.Which of the following would be the best/most appropriate title for the passage?Which of the following could best summarize the passage?The main idea of the second paragraph is________.2、细节题考查考生理解有关细节具体内容或确切意义或判断有关细节在文中所起作用的能力。

题型包括细节理解及细节语篇功能的判断。

细节题常见提问方式：According to the passage, when(where,why,who,which,how)?because_______.The reason for is that_______.The example in the second paragraph is used to illustrate____.The author wants to prove with the example of that_______.3、语义题考查考生根据上下文判断单词、词组或句子的意义或含义的能力。

目录MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（1） (2)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（2） (4)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（3） (7)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（4） (10)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（5） (13)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（6） (16)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（7） (19)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（8） (22)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（9） (24)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（10） (27)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（11） (30)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（12） (33)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（13） (35)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（14） (38)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(15) (40)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(16) (42)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(17) (45)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（18） (48)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(19) (51)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(20) (54)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(21) (58)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹(22) (62)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（23） (65)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（24） (68)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（25） (72)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（26） (75)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（27） (79)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（28） (83)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（29） (87)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（30） (91)MBA英语阅读精讲汇粹（1）The only way to travel is on footThe past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ‘ Palaeolithic Man’, ‘Neolithic Man’, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‘Legless Man’. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‘in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. ’The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world – or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: ‘I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.’ The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ‘I’ve been there. ’ You me ntion the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‘I’ve been there’ –meaning, ‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ’When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.1.Anthorpologists label nowaday’s men ‘Legless’ because[A] people forget how to use his legs.[B] people prefer cars, buses and trains.[C] lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.[D] there are a lot of transportation devices.2. Travelling at high speed means[A] people’s focus on the future.[B] a pleasure.[C] satisfying drivers’ great thrill.[D] a necessity of life.3. Why does the author say ‘we are deprived of the use of our eyes’ ?[A] People won’t use their eyes.[B] In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.[C] People can’t see anything on his way of travel.[D] People want to sleep during travelling.4. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?[A] Legs become weaker.[B] Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.[C] There is no need to use eyes.[D] The best way to travel is on foot.5. What does ‘a bird’s-eye view’ mean?[A] See view with bird’s eyes.[B] A bird looks at a beautiful view.[C] It is a general view from a high position looking down.[D] A scenic place.Vocabulary1. Palaeolithic 旧石器时代的2. Neolithic 新石器时代的3. escalator 自动电梯，自动扶梯4. ski-lift 载送滑雪者上坡的装置5. mar 损坏，毁坏6. blur 模糊不清，朦胧7. smear 涂，弄脏，弄模糊（尤指画面、轮廓等）8. evocative 引起回忆的，唤起感情的9. El Dorado (由当时西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)黄金国，宝山，富庶之乡10. Kabul 喀布尔（阿富汗首都）11. Irkutsk 伊尔库茨克（原苏联亚洲城市）难句译注1. The only way to travel is on foot.【参考译文】旅游的唯一方法是走路。

MBA联考英语阅读解析MBA联考英语阅读题解析一、理论内容：（1）命题原则：-掌握所读材料旳主旨大意、中心思想-掌握文章中旳详细事实与细节-理解作者旳态度、观点、意图-根据上下文推断生词或词组含义-理解文章句子、段落之间旳逻辑构造，并据此进行判断和推理。

-可以运用材料中提供旳信息分析问题，也可以运用生活常识解题。

（2）题目类型：a) 理解主旨要义：此类题型用以考察对文章主题或者中心思想旳领会和理解能力，以主题或标题提出问题。

如：A suitable title for this text could be…..It can be concluded that….Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?此类题型解题旳关键在于找到段落中旳主题句，一般在段落旳第一句话，有时也会在段中或者段尾。

而为文章选定题目，则要记住“精、准、全”三个原则，即语言要精练，观点要精确和全面。

b) 理解文中详细信息：常用旳句型：By saying "it is...the rainbow"(Line 3, Para.1)，the author means pink______此类题型是对文章中某句话、某段或者某一细节进行提问，做好此类题目旳要领是：-明确题意，顺藤摸瓜；-精确定位，找到与题干最匹配旳原文语言重现；-找准关键词，明白其暗含旳意思；-多读文章，对旳使用排除法。

c) 推理判断题：此类题目往往规定考生通过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含旳意义，对文章细节旳发展做对旳旳是非判断。

考生应当站在作者旳角度去考虑，不要固守自己旳观点。

它常以如下句式发问：It is implied in paragraph 1 that。

此类题是阅读中比较难旳，要做好这样旳题，重要是在阅读是可以在把握文章主题和细节旳基础上，分析文章构造，根据上下文旳内在联络来发掘文章旳深层含义。

MBA英语阅读理解（精读精解）The marvelous telephone and television network that has now enmeshed the whole world, making all men neighbours, cannot be extended into space. It will never be possible to converse with anyone on another planet. Even with today's radio equipment, the messages will take minutes-sometimes hours-on their journey, because radio and light waves travel at the same limited speed of 186, 000 miles a second.Twenty years from now you will be able to listen to a friend on Mars, but the words you hear will have left his mouth at least three minutes earlier, and your reply will take a corresponding time to reach him. In such circumstances, an exchange of verbal messages is possible-but not a conversation.To a culture which has come to take instantaneous communication for granted, as part of the very structure of civilized life, this "time barrier" may have a profound psychological impact. It will be a perpetual reminder of universal laws and limitations against which not all our technology can ever prevail. For it seems as certain as anything can be that no signal-still less any material object-can ever travel faster than light.The velocity of light is the ultimate speed limit, being part of the very structure of space and time. Within the narrow confines of the solar system, it will not handicap us too severely. At the worst, these will amount to twenty hours-the time it takes a radio signal to span the orbit of Pluto, the outer-most planet.It is when we move out beyond the confines of the solar system that we come face to face with an altogether new order of cosmic reality. Even today, many otherwise educated men-like those savages who can count to three but lump together all numbers beyond four-cannot grasp the profound distinction between solar and stellar space. The first is the space enclosingour neighbouring worlds, the planets; the second is that which embraces those distant suns, the stars, and it is literally millions of times greater. There is no such abrupt change of scale in the terrestrial affairs.Many conservative scientists, appalled by these cosmic gulfs, have denied that they can ever be crossed. Some people never learn; those who sixty years ago scoffed at the possibility of flight, and ten years ago laughed at the idea of travel to the planets, are now quite sure that the stars will always be beyond our reach. And again they are wrong, for they have failed to grasp the great lesson of our age-that if something is possible in theory, and no fundamental scientific laws oppose its realization, then sooner or later it will be achieved.One day we shall discover a really efficient means of propelling our space vehicles. Every technical device is always developed to its limit and the ultimate speed for spaceships is the velocity of light. They will never reach that goal, but they will get very near it. And then the nearest star will be less than five years voyaging from the earth.［514 words］11.For light to travel across the solar system, it will take_______.［A］ a year ［B］nearly a day［C］two months ［D］thirty minutes12.The fact that it will never be possible to converse with someone on another planet shows that________［A］radio messages do not travel fast enough［B］no object can ever travel faster than light［C］western culture has a special idea of communication［D］certain universal laws cannot be prevailed against13.Confronted with the new order of cosmic reality, many educated men________.［A］become ignorant savage again ［B］find the "time barrier" unbearable［C］will not combine solar and stellar space［D］cannot adapt to the abrupt change of scale 14.Conservative scientists who deny that cosmic gulfs can ever be crossed will________ ［A］laugh at the very idea of flight ［B］learn a lesson as they did ten years ago［C］find space travel beyond their reach［D］oppose the fundamental scientific laws 15.The author of the passage intends to show__________.［A］the limitations of our technology ［B］the vastness of the cosmic reality［C］the prospect of planetary travel ［D］the psychological impact of time and space核心词汇enclose vt. *①［常用被动态］to surround sth., especially with a fence or wall, in order to make it separate(尤指用篱笆或围墙)围起来例：A high wall enclosed the courtyard. 一堵高墙把院子围了起来。

MBA英语历年真题阅读理解及参考答案详解Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs's board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on GoLd man's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked? By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. Theposition was taking up too much time, she said.Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpfuL, yet less biased, advisers on a firm's board.Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive's proposals. If the sky, and the share price, is falling, outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.The researchers from Ohio University used a database that covered more than 10,000 firms and more than 64,000 different directors between 1989 and 2004. Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy statement to the next. The most LikeLy reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those "surprise" departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. The effect tended to be larger for larger firms. Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors arealways jumping off a sinking ship. Often they "trade up," leaving riskier, smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easiertime of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred. Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough time may have to create incentives. Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms. Simmons, once again very popular on campus.21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticizedfor_______.A. gaining excessive profitsB. failing to fulfill her dutyC. refusing to make compromisesD. leaving the board in tough times22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be _______.A. generous investorsC. share price forecastersB. unbiased executivesD. independent advisers23. According to the researchers from Ohio University, after an outside director's surprise departure, the firm i8 likely to _______.A. become more stableB. report increased earningsC. do less well in the stock marketD. perform worse in lawsuits.24.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors_______.A. may stay for the attractive offers from the firmB. have often had the records of wrong doings in the firmC. are accustomed to stress-free work in the firmD. will decline incentives from the firm25. The author's attitude toward the role of outside directors is _______.A. permissiveB. positiveC. scornfulD. critical参考答案21.答案 B.本题信息点是Ms. simmons was criticized (Simmons 受到批评)，该信息出现在第一段第三句话…simmons was under fire. . 中，其中under fire 意为“受到攻击”，即“受到批评”之意。