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2003年MBA英语模拟试题 3
Section I Listening Comprehension (20%)
Part A
Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will heat an airliner announcer introducing something about Sydney. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you’ve heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box. You will bear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. (5 points)
Announcement
Distance from the airport to the center of Sydney approximately
(km.)
1
Cost of the taxi trip to the city (Australian $)
2
Cost of coach service to the city for children ($)
3
______ facilities are available outside the customs Hall.
4
Departure tax ($)
5
Part B
Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a story about Ted Sweeney and his tragic experiences. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and questions below. (5 points)
6
With the money he got from the railroad damages
Ted Sweeney bought
7
In Detroit Ted Sweeney started a company which
made parts for
8
What tragedy happened to Ted’s family?
9
Where did Ted move six months after the death of
his wife and daughters? (city)
10
How much money did Ted leave behind after his
death? ($)
Part C
Directions: You will hear three pieces of recorded material. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it, While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will hear each piece once only.
Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk about John Smith, an unusual millionaire. You mow have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.
11. What is John Smith?
A. He is a liar. B. He is a poor man.
C. He is a cheater. D. He is a millionaire.
12. What is the speaker’s attitude towards John Smith?
A. He likes John Smith. B. He dislikes John smith.
C. He makes fun of John Smith. D. He looks down upon John Smith.
13. In what way is John Smith different from millionaires?
A. He has no friends. B. He never uses his money.
C. He is rich in peace of mind. D. He is a slave of his money.
Questions 14-16 are based on the following talk about children learning things. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.
14. Which of the following does the speaker think teachers should not do?
A. Give children correct answers. B. Allow children to make mistakes.
C. Let children mark their own work. D. Point out children’s mistakes to them.
15. According to the speaker, what is the best way for children to learn things?
A. Asking others questions. B. Doing what other people do.
C. Having their mistakes corrected D. Listening to skilled people’s advice.
16. According to the speaker, what should the teachers in school do first?
A. Give children more book knowledge.
B. Point out children’s mistakes whenever found.
C. Let children correct their mistakes on their own.
D. Correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible.
Questions 17-20 are based on the following talk about the reasons for people to travel. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.
17. Why do people leave home to travel according to the speaker?
A. To look for a different lifestyle. B. To enjoy themselves.
C. For adventure. D. For education.
18. What do we learn from the talk about Paris?
A. There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.
B. It has a dense population.
C. There are many museums and palaces.
D. It has many towering buildings.
19. What impression will a tourist get of Hong Kong?
A. It is a city of contrasts.
B. It possesses many historical sites.
C. It is an important industrial center.
D. It has many big and beautiful parks.
20. What does the speaker tell us about travelling?
A. It helps develop our personalities.
B. It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge.
C. It makes our life more interesting.
D. It brings about changes in our lifestyle.
You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.
Section Ⅱ Structure and Vocabulary (10%)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.
21. The prisoner has been __________of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.
A. ensured B. informed C. deprived D. convinced
22. The _______ will be presenting the accounts at the annual meeting of the corporation.
A. guarantee B. subordinate C. haggle D. treasurer
23. There is a traffic sign ahead, saying that drivers should pay a ____ to cross the bridge.
A. toll B. tip C. halt D. hypothecation
24. We have instructed our bank to ______ that amount of money by telegraphic transfer to your company.
A. hover B. huckster C. manipulate D. remit
25. The lake water passes through this equipment to be ______before piped to homes.
A. filtered B. undergone C. trembled D. flourished
26. Our son doesn’t know what to at the university; he can’t make up his mind about his future.
A. take back B. take in C. take after D. take up
27. The housing association hopes to receive a government _____ in order to cover its debt in the last year’s business.
A. miracle B. minimum C. subsidy D. mortgage
28. It has been reported that all small-sized oil companies are likely candidates for _______.
A. markdown B. takeover C. markup D. monopoly
29. He has paid too much income tax and received a ______ from the tax bureau.
A. ransom B. rebate C. ration D. recession
30. In this country, service occupations are classed as _______ industry occupations.
A. tertiary B. moonlighting C. notary D. obstacle
31. He came back late, which time all the guests had already left.
A. at B. after C. by D. during
32. I hope all the precautions against air pollution, suggested by the local government, will be seriously considered here.
A. as B. while C. after D. since
33. I’ve never been to Beijing, but it’s the place .
A. that I want to visit it most B. where I’d like to visit
C. in which I’d like to visit D. I most want to visit
34. This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, both wind-resistant and adapted to the same type of soil.
A. been B. to be C. being D. having been
35. We have been told that under no circumstances the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A. did we use B. may we use C. we may use D. we could use
36. As Commander-in-Chief on the armed forces, he has directed that all measures for the defense.
A. be taken B. would be taken C. to be taken D. had been taken
37. The project by the end of 2005, will expand the city’s telephone network to cover 1, 000,000 users.
A. being accomplished B. to be accomplished
C. accomplished D. having been accomplished
38. evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.
A. It is B. There is C. It being D. There being
39. I don’t mind the decision as long as it is not too late.
A. your delaying to make B. you delay to make
C. your delaying making D. you to delay making
40. Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it __ in Cuba.
A. having cultivated B. being cultivated
C. been cultivated D. cultivating
Section III Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: There are 4 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 41 to 44 are based on the following passage:
Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth----but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and installment plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, Globo, Brizil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values----not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible with unlimited reproduction, ” says Martine.
41. According to the passage Brazil has cut back its population growth .
A. by chance B. by careful family planning
C. by educating its citizens D. by developing TV programs
42. According to the passage, many Third World countries .
A. neglected the role of TV plays in family planning.
B. haven’t attached much importance to birth control.
C. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate.
D. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population.
43. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because .
A. they have gradually changed people’s way of life.
B. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV.
C. people are drawn to their attractive package.
D. they popularize birth control measures.
44. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.
B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
C. A country’s production is limited by its population growth.
D. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory.
Questions45 to 48. are based on the following passage:
Amtrak (美国铁路客运公司) was experiencing a downswing in ridership (客运量) along the lines comprising its rail system. Of major concern to Amtrak and its advertising agency DDB Needham, were the long-distance western routes where ridership had been declining significantly.
At one time, trains were the only practical way to cross the vast areas of the west. Trains were fast, very luxurious, and quite convenient compared to other forms of transportation existing at the time. However, times change and the automobile became America's standard of convenience. Also, air travel had easily established itself as the fastest method of traveling great distances. Therefore, the task for DDB Needham was to encourage consumers to consider other aspects of train travel in order to change their attitudes and increase the likelihood that trains would be considered for travel in the west.
Two portions of the total market were targeted: 1) anxious fliers----those concerned with safety, relaxation, and cleanliness and 2) travel-lovers----those viewing themselves as relaxed, casual, and interested in the travel experience as part of their vacation. The agency then developed a campaign that focused on travel experiences such as freedom, escape, relaxation, and enjoyment of the great western outdoors. It stressed experiences gained by using the trains and portrayed western train trips as wonderful adventures.
Advertisements showed pictures of the beautiful scenery that could be enjoyed along some of the more famous western routes and emphasized the romantic names of some of these trains (Empire Builder, etc.). These ads were strategically placed among family-oriented TV shows and programs involving nature and America in order to most effectively reach target audiences. Results were impressive. The Empire Builder, which was focused on in one ad, enjoyed a 15 percent increase in profits on its Chicago to Seattle route.
45. What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A. To show the inability of trains to compete with planes with respect to speed and convenience.
B. To illustrate the important role of persuasive communication in changing consumer attitudes.
C. To stress the influence of the automobile on America's standard of convenience.
D. To emphasize the function of travel agencies in market promotion.
46. To encourage consumers to travel by train, DDB Needham emphasized .
A. the freedom and convenience provided on trains.
B. the safety and cleanliness of train trips.
C. the practical aspects of train travel.
D. the adventurous aspects of train trips.
47. The train ads were placed among family-oriented TV programs involving nature and America because .
A. they could focus on meaningful travel experiences.
B. their profits could be increased by some 15 percent.
C. they could increase the effectiveness of the TV programs.
D. most travel-lovers and nervous filers were believed to be among the audiences.
48. According to the passage, the Empire Builder enjoyed an increase in ridership and profits because .
A. it was widely advertised in newspapers and magazines in Chicago and Seattle.
B. its passengers could enjoy the great western outdoors.
C. the attractiveness of its name and route was effectively advertised.
D. it provided an exciting travel experience.
Questions 49 to 52 are based on the following passage:
Cynthia Denton is not a computer expert. In fact, she knows little about computer technology. What she cares about is teaching 10 teenagers in the small mountain town of Elk City, Idaho, U.S.A. And for that Denton has become a regular member of the huge team working on the electronic frontier.
Denton is one of many ordinary people who are living for the future today. Before long, the flow of information now coming into homes, businesses and universities through telephone lines, cables and many other connections will be combined into a single two-way torrent of voice, images, motion picture and text. This fall, the Clinton administration announced a general proposal to fund basic research and promote changes to help private industry create an “information superhighway” that will send and receive huge amount of information around the world at lightening speed.
No one knows what the ultimate impact of this information revolution will be. But the experiences of people who are already using bits and pieces of this wired world in their daily lives suggest that it is likely to produce fundamental changes in our society. Even in preliminary form, the existing stretches of information superhighway are beginning to restate the normal sense of community, and the nature of knowledge itself.
The most basic change resulting from the new technology will be its ability to rub out the boundaries between “there” and “here” by tying people together in ways unimaginable even a decade ago. It eliminates the necessity for scientists to be in the same room with their equipment, says Jim Doll, a chemist at Brown University who uses the network to collaborate with a colleague in Hungary. “The machine can be on the far side of the moon for all we care.” Indeed, the new technology has become the primary means by which many of today’s scientists communicate with their colleagues.
49. Denton is mentioned in the passage because she is ___________.
A) a computer specialist B) a responsible teacher
C) a pioneer in the electronic field D) living in a border town
50. The biggest advantage of the “information superhighway” is that __________.
A) people can exchange information any time of the day.
B) it is a flow of voice, images, picture and text
C) messages can be sent from and received at home
D) large amount of information can be exchanged instantly
51. With the new technology, all the following are true except that scientists __________.
A) do not have to do the same experiment in one place
B) do not have to do experiments themselves
C) can keep in touch with the world anytime
D) can better communicate with their colleagues anywhere
52. Information superhighway will _____________.
A) lead American people to a political revolution
B) always remain a mystery to the ordinary people
C) change American people’s work and life profoundly
D) replace all other means of communication
Questions 53 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Wall Street is the financial center of the USA, exerting a significant influence upon the world’s economy. Hetty Green, who was born in 1835, was nicknamed the Wizard (奇才) of Wall Street. She became almost a legendary figure in Wall Street, because she made a lot of money buying and selling shares in companies.
Hetty Green began making money when her father died and she inherited all his money. By investing it wisely, she soon built up her fortune to over 100 million dollars. However, she hated spending money on herself or on her family. Actually, she hated spending money on everything except buying shares. She was so mean that when her son Edward broke his leg, she would not send for a doctor. She refused to send her son to a good hospital. Instead, she took the boy to a free, charity hospital. There he did not get very good treatment and, to save his life, he had to have his leg cut off. Still his mother would not pay for proper hospital treatment. She sent for a doctor who cut off the boy’s leg in her sitting room.
When Hetty Green grew older, she lived in a one-room apartment. She would not spend any money in heating it, and she ate only cold eggs and onions for food. Under her clothes she wore old newspapers to keep herself warm, because she would never buy any new ones to make herself a little more comfortable life.
For as long as she lived, her fortune grew rapidly. When she died in 1916, she left behind 125 million dollars! No one knows what this woman made money for. Maybe only for the increase of the number?
53. Wall Street is ____________.
A) the name of Chinatown in New York
B) the nickname of New York
C) the financial center of America
D) the tourist center of USA
54. Hetty Green was nicknamed the Wizard of Wall Street because she __________.
A) inherited a large sum of money
B) made a large sum of fortune with shares
C) built up a large company on shares
D) was very queer and cruel.
55. When her son broke his leg, Hetty Green ___________.
A) sent him to a large hospital
B) sent for a doctor
C) didn’t pay the bill for the doctor
D) took him to a charity hospital
Part B
Directions: Read the following passage and then give short answers to the five questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
I once knew a dog named Newton who had a unique sense of humor. Whenever I tossed out a Frisbee (飞碟) for him to chase, he'd take off in hot pursuit but then seem to lose track of it. Moving back and forth only a yard of two from the toy, Newton would look all around, even up into the trees. He seemed genuinely puzzled. Finally, I' d give up and head into the field to help him out. But no sooner would I get within l0 ft. of him than he would run invariably straight over to the Frisbee, grab it and start running like mad, looking over his shoulder with what looked suspiciously like a grin.
Just about every pet owner has a story like this and is eager to share it with anyone who will listen. On very short notice, TIME reporters came up with 25 stories about what each is convinced is the smartest pet in the world. Among them: the cat who closes the door behind him when he goes into the bathroom; the cat who uses a toilet instead of a litter box... and flushes it afterward; the dog who goes wild when he sees his owner putting on blue jeans instead of a dress because jeans mean it is time to play; and the cat who used to wait patiently at the bus stop every day for a little girl, then walk her the six blocks home. And so on.
These behaviors are certainly clever, but what do they mean? Was Newton real1y deceiving? Can a cat really desire privacy in the toilet? In short, do household pets really have a mental and emotional life? Their owners think so, but until recently, animal-behavior, experts would have gone mad on hearing such a question. The worst sin in their moral vocabulary was anthropomorphism (拟人化), projecting human traits onto anima1s. A dog or a cat might behave as if it were angry, lonely, sad, happy or confused, but that was only in the eye of the viewer. What was going on, they insisted, was that the dog or cat had been conditioned, through a perhaps unintentional series of punishments and rewards, to behave certain way. The behavior was a mechanical result of the training.
56. What did Newton seem puzzled about ?
57. Why does the author say Newton had unique sense of humor?
58. What made it possible for the TIME reporters to come up with so many interesting stories about pets?
59. What belief about pet behavior was unacceptable to experts of animal behavior?
60. What was the explanation of animal-behavior experts for the ”clever" behavior of pets?
Part Ⅳ Cloze (5%)
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
The task of being accepted and enrolled in a university begins early for some students, long ____61____ they graduate from high school. These students take special courses to prepare for advanced study. They may also take one of more examinations that test how ___62___ prepared they are for the university. In the final year of high school, they ___63___ applications and send them, with their student records, to the universities which they hope to attend. Some high school students may be ___64____ to have an interview with representatives of the university. Neatly ___65____, and usually very frightened, they are determined to show that they have a good attitude and the ability to succeed.
When the new students are finally accepted, there may be one more step they have to take before registering for classes and __66___ to work. Many colleges and universities offer an orientation program for new students. _____67_____ these programs, the young people get to know the ____68___ for registration and student advising, university rules, the use of the library and all the other major services of the college or university.
Beginning a new life in a new place can be very confusing. The more knowledge students have ___69____ the school, the easier it will be for them to ____70____ to the new environment. However, it takes time to get used to college life.
61. A. as B. after C. since D. before
62. A. deeply B. widely C. well D. much
63. A. fulfill B. accomplish C. complete D. participate
64. A. acquired B. considered C. ordered D. required
65. A. decorated B. dressed C. coated D. worn
66. A. getting B. putting C. falling D. sitting
67. A. For B. Among C. In D. On
68. A. processes B. procedures C. projects D. provisions
69. A. before B. about C. on D. at
70. A. fit B. suit C. yield D. adapt
Part V English-Chinese Translation (10 %)
Directions: In this section there is a passage in English Translate the five sentences underlined into Chinese and write your translation on the Answer Sheet 2.
(71)The "standard of living" of any country means the average person's share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country's standard of living, therefore, depends mainly on its capacity to produce wealth. (72)"Wealth" in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment.
A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. (73)Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country's natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of these things, and some regions possess none of them.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. (74)China is perhaps as well off as the U. S. A. in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country's people. (75)Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsman and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day.
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
Section VI Writing (15%)
Directions On behalf of the organizing committee, you are asked to write a letter requesting information about conference facilities in about 120 words. Your letter should include:
1. 准备召开欧洲销售会议；
2. 寻求容纳50名会议代表的酒店，会期3天；
3. 有关细节（租金、设施租金、折扣、娱乐、位置等）
4. 回复期限
2004年清华大学MBA英语模拟试题３答案
Part I Listening (20%)
Part A:
1. 10 2. 12 3. 2.5 4. Banking 5. 10
Part B:
6. a small store 7. the car manufacturers 8. A traffic accident
9. New York 10. A hundred million
Part C:
11-20 B A C D B C D C A B
Part II (10%)
21-30 C D A D A D C B B A
31-40 C A D C B A B B C B
Part III (40%)
41-55 A D A B B D D C C D B C C B D
56.How to find the Frisbee
57.He knows how to pretend to lose his way.
58.The owners are eager to share the stories with other people.
59.anthropomorphism
60.The behavior was a mechanical result of the training.
Part IV close (5%)
61-70 D C C D B A C B B D
71. 任何一个国家的生活水平指的是这个国家生产和提供的商品和服务的人均份额。
72. 在这个意义上，“财富”不是指的钱，因为我们不是靠钱生活，而是靠钱买回的物品生活的，如食物，衣服以及像交通和娱乐这样的服务。
73. 财富在很大的程度上取决于这个国家的自然资源，如煤、黄金、以及其他金属，以及拥有肥沃的土地和适宜的气候。其它的地区也许只拥有其中的一种，还有些地区一种也不拥有。
74. 在自然资源上面中国同美国一样是丰富的，但是中国遭受多年内战以及外战，还有这种或那种原因而无法发展其资源。
75. 那些老国，在过去的几个世纪中培养了大批的技术工人，如熟练的手艺人和技术工人，在增加财富方面要比没有技术工人的国家处在更加有利的位置。
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