2011年MBA联考《英语》词汇语法专项习题附答案
一 Translate these words into Chinese
Loan limitation liable lest leak landscape lag decline budget broom 二Choose words
1. As soon as Charles had ____a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away. A. recovered B. discovered C. dissolved D. absorbed
2. During the war ,the government _____many soldiers from workers and farms. A. adopted B. collected C. recruited D. integrated
3. As long as you own the VIP card ,you could buy these books at a ____ of 10 percent. A. reduction B. recreation C. reflection D. relation
4.I didn’t know the word, I had to _____refer to the dictionary. A. look out B. make out C. refer to
D. go over
5. A man’s actions ___ his thoughts. A. refine B. reform C. reflect D. refresh 答案：
一、贷款；限制；有责任的；以防万一；漏；风景；落后;谢绝；预算；繁荣 二、1B 2C 3A 4C 5D
Reading Comprehension
Here’s my simple test for a product of today’s technology: I go to the bookstore and check the shelves for remedial books. The more books, the more my suspicions are raised. If computers and computer programs supposedly are getting easier to use, why are so many companies still making a nice living publishing books on how to use them?
Computers manipulate information, but information is invisible. There’s nothing to see or touch. The programmer decides what you see on the screen. Computers don’ t have knobs like old radios. They don’ t have buttons, not real buttons. Instead, more and more programs display pictures of buttons, moving even further into abstraction and arbitrariness. I like computers, but I hope they will disappear, that they will seem as strange to our descendants as the technologies of our grandparents appear to us. Today’s computers are indeed getting easier to us, but look where they started: so difficult that almost any improvement was welcome.
Computer have the power to allow people within a company, caress a nation or even around the world to work together. But this power will be wasted if to-morrow’s computers aren’t designed around the needs and capabilities of the human beings who must use them — a people-centered philosophy, in other words. That means retooling computers to mesh with human strengths — observing, communicating and innovating — instead of asking people to conform to the unnatural behavior computers demand. That just leads to error. Many of today’s machines try to do too much. When a complicated word processor attempts to double as a desktop pulsing program or a kitchen appliance comes with half a
dozen attachments, the product is bound to be unwieldy and burdensome. My favorite example of a technological product on just the right scale an electronic dictionary. It can be made smaller, lighter and far easier to use than a print version, not only giving meanings but even pronouncing the words. Today’s electronic dictionaries, with their tiny keys and barely legible displays, are primitive but they’re on the right track.
1. The reason why the author often checks the remedial books is that _____________. A. he is interested in reading books
B. he wants to find out whether they are helpful to readers C. he intends to test a new technological product
D. he tries to make it clear why there are so many remedial books
2. In the author’s view, the picture of button on the computer screen ____________. A. has the same function as knobs of a radio B. cause more complexity and ambiguity C. will certainly disappear in the near future D. presents the development in technology
3. The main idea of the 3rd paragraph is ________. A. computers will enable people work more efficiently
B. there will be a wide gap between computers and their users
C. computers should he re-designed so as to make them able to observe, communicate and innovate like man
D. computers should abide by the people-phi1osophy
4. \www. kaoyee .com providing
A. computers
B. a word processor and a kitchen appliance C. technological devices
D. electric dictionaries
5. Concerning the author’s attitude towards computers, which of the following is most suitable?
A. He doubts the convenience of computers B. He loves them, but proposes to change them.
C. He doesn’t like them at all, but has to rely on it for his job. D. He is dissatisfied with nowadays-technological development. 答案：CBDAB
Reading Comprehension
Children display an amazing ability to become fluent speakers of any language
consistently spoken around them. Every normal child, not brought up in virtual isolation from language, soon comes to speak one or more languages natively.
The child’s acquisition of his or her native language is not dependent on any special tutoring Parents may spend many hours \verbal activity with a smile or some other reward. But there is no particular reason to believe that such activity affects the child’s ultimate success in becoming a native speaker of his parents’ language. Children can pick up a language by playing with other children who happen to speak it just as well as they can through the concentrated efforts of doting parents. All they seem to need is sufficient exposure to the language in question.
This capacity for acquiring language is remarkable for a number of reasons. It is remarkable firstly because of its uniformity across culture. There are simply no cases of normal children who, when they are given the chances, fail to acquire a native language. By way of comparison, it is not at all unusual for a child to fail to master arithmetic, reading, swimming, or gymnastics despite a considerable amount of instruction. Language acquisition, in other words, is \
Every normal person learns a human language but no other animals, not even the most intelligent apes, has been shown to be capable of making the slightest progress in this direction although some animals can learn to solve problems, use tools and so on. Language acquisition thus appears to be different in kind from acquisition of the other skills mentioned. The progress is further remarkable for its comparative speed and perfection When we actually attempt to take a language apart to see how it works we find it is extraordinarily
complex and that it involves highly abstract organizational principles. Yet, within the first few years of his life every child has succeeded in mastering at least one such system.
Furthermore, the linguistic system that the child masters is identical to the one employed by the people around him or her. If a child is regularly exposed to two languages, he will very probably learn both. Moreover, they will succeed in keeping the two linguistic systems separate, which is a considerable achievement.
1. What is most important in native language acquisition? A. Tutoring. B. Reinforcement. C. Exposure. D. Concentration.
2. Which of the following is easier to learn for normal children? A. Native language. B. Arithmetic. C. Swimming. D. Gymnastics.
3. When the author says that language is “inherently human\ A. human beings learn language faster than animals B. all human beings share the same linguistic system C. all human beings are capable of language acquisition D. the principles of different languages are the same 4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Apes have no intelligence whatsoever.
B. Apes can make slow progress in language learning.
C. Language learning is beyond even the most intelligent ape. D. Some species of apes have their own specific language.
5. Since language is complex, it is remarkable that children _________. A. are exposed to several language at the same time B. learn their native language so quickly and so well C. can successfully combine separate linguistic systems D. can achieve speed and perfection in language learning 答案：C A C C B
Reading Comprehension
In ancient time the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.
In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctor's degree.
Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by a electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like ma chines.
One type of test is sometimes called \personal opinions. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.
1. Which of the following statements is true about the students in the Middle Ages? A. They took objective tests. B. They specialized in one subject.
C. They were timed by electrical clocks. D. They usually took spoken tests.
2. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that _______. A. workers now take examinations B. the population had grown rapidly C. there are only written exams today D. examinations are now written and timed
3. During a(an) _______ test, students must select answers. A. personal B. objective C. spoken D. written
4. Modern industry must have developed ________. A. before the Middle Ages B. around the 19th century C. in Greece or Rome D. machines to take tests
5. It may he concluded from the passage that testing ________. A. should test only opinions B. should always be written
C. has changed since the Middle Ages D. is given only in factories 答案：D D B B C