大学英语测试题2及答案

Test Three (A)

I Reading Comprehension

Passage One

The man who, legend has it, escaped from an early grave when his uncle pulled him from

drowning in a dirty pond is notorious for his dirty deeds but that what cannot be forgotten are

his achievements in the 1986 World Cup.

Forget the handball against England, feel the quality of his 50-yard solo goal in the same

game and the near repeat performance in the semi-final against Belgium. The Argentina side

of the 1986 was functional and hard-working but it was Maradona who fired them to the final

and then set up two of the goals in their 3-2 win over West Germany in the final.

In 1990, a barely-fit Maradona fought his way to the final where the Germans took their

revenge. Few people shared Diego’s post-match tears. In fact many rejoiced that such an ugly

brute of a team had lost.

Eight years before, in Spain, Maradona , then newly arrived at Barcelona, disgraced

himself by being sent off in a Second Phase game with Brazil. Even four years before that

the 18-year-old Maradona was a source of great controversy when he was left out of the

victorious squad that won on home ground.

USA 1994 was the end for Maradona as a player. Right after the Nigeria game, he was

picked for drugs-screening and tested positive for banned stimulant ephedrine (麻黄硷). He

was banned from the rest of the tournament and the team fell apart, going out in the second

round to Romania.

21. How many World Cups are mentioned in the passage?

A) Three. B) Four. C) Five D) Six.

22. Which country won the 1990 World Cup?

A) Argentina B) West Germany C) Romania D) England

23. Maradona won the World Cup .

A) once B) twice

C) three times D) four times

24. When in 1994, Maradona was driven out of the World Cup, he was close

to .

A) 18 B) 24 C) 26 D) 31

25. According to the passage, Maradona is a man .

A) full of ideas B) with cruel behaviors

C) having good luck D) of great controversy

Passage Two

Many companies have run into serious troubles trying to coordinate their sales and

promotional efforts. For example, one firm authorized a large promotional drive to introduce

a new product in Latin America. The promotion ran smoothly, but someone forgot to

coordinate product delivery — ship the product. Consumers were confused and money was

wasted when the promoted product was not available.

To avoid such occurrences, all plans should be in writing and someone should be

responsible for central coordination. Hence, risks are lessened and opportunities to save

money may arise. Coca-cola, for instance, requires that all overseas marketing plans be submitted to the central office well in advance. This gives the company a chance to examine

the concepts. Previous experiences with similar plans can be viewed and necessary changes

can be suggested. Sometimes central company managers’ ventures have failed in the past.

Minor improvements tried overseas with success should also be reported. There is no need to

reinvent the wheel. Coordination not only reduces the chance of errors, it also provides

opportunities to learn improved methods.

With so many details to consider, it is rather easy to understand how so many firms

have blundered. Nevertheless, their errors illustrate the importance of paying attention to

detail.

26. In the example in the first paragraph, the firm failed because __________.

A) its home office didn’t back them up

B) it didn’t inform its home office of its plan

C) very few customers responded to its efforts

D) it abused much money

27. Coca-cola requires that __________.

A) all overseas firms follow the orders by the central office

B) all overseas firms turn in plans to the central office before carrying out them

C) all minor improvements be reported to the central office

D) all failures be recorded in the files in the central office

28. According to the passage, coordination involves __________.

A) preventing the company from committing the same error

B) passing on orders from the central office

C) training personnel from the overseas firms

D) helping overseas firms make overseas firms

29. In the passage, coordination can be compared to __________.

A) a bridge between the central office and overseas firms

B) a passage through which the orders by the central office can reach its overseas firms

C) a trial-and-error lab to avoid similar errors

D) a file recording all cases in the history of the company

30. “Blundered” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by “__________”.

A) been done with B) gone bankrupt C) made success D) done wrong