MBA联考英语阅读解析真题汇编.docx

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MBA联考英语阅读解析真题汇编

MBA联考英语阅读解析

2013 真题

Text1

Inanessay,entitled“MakingItinAmerica,”inthelatestissueofTheAtlantic,theauthorAdamDavidsonrelatesajokefromcottoncountryaboutjust howmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:

Theaveragemillhasonlytwoemployeestoday,“amanandadog.Themanistheretofeedthedog,andthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.” 

Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbornlyhighunemploymentandsaggingmiddle-classincomestodayislargelybecauseofthebigdropindemandbecauseoftheGreatRecession,butitisalsobecauseofthequantumadvancesinbothglobalizationandtheinformationtechnologyrevolution,whicharemorerapidlythaneverreplacinglaborwithmachinesorforeignworkers.

Inthepast,workerswithaverageskills,doinganaveragejob,couldearnanaveragelifestyle.But,today,averageisofficiallyover.Beingaveragejustwon’tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan’twhensomanymoreemployershavesomuchmoreaccesstosomuchmoreaboveaveragecheapforeignlabor,cheaprobotics,cheapsoftware,cheapautomationandcheapgenius. Therefore,everyoneneedstofindtheirextra—theiruniquevaluecontributionthatmakesthemstandoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment.Averageisover. 

Yes,newtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsforever,andalwayswill.Astheysay,ifhorsescouldhavevoted,thereneverwouldhavebeencars.Butthere’sbeenanacceleration.AsDavidsonnotes, “Inthe10yearsendingin2009,[U.S.]factoriesshedworkerssofastthattheyerasedalmostallthegainsoftheprevious70years;roughlyoneoutofeverythreemanufacturingjobs-about6millionintotal-disappeared.”

Therewillalwaysbechange-newjobs,newproducts,newservices.ButtheonethingweknowforsureisthatwitheachadvanceinglobalizationandtheI.T.revolution,thebestjobswillrequireworkerstohavemoreandbettereducationtomakethemselvesaboveaverage.HerearethelatestunemploymentratesfromtheBureauofLaborStatisticsforAmericansover25yearsold:

thosewithlessthanahighschooldegree,13.8percent;thosewithahighschooldegreeandnocollege,8.7percent;thosewithsomecollegeorassociatedegree,7.7percent;andthosewithbachelor’sdegreeorhigher,4.1percent.

Inaworldwhereaverageisofficiallyover,therearemanythingsweneedtodotobuttress（support）employment,butnothingwouldbemoreimportantthanpassingsomekindofG.I.Billforthe21stcenturythatensuresthateveryAmericanhasaccesstopost-highschooleducation.

21.ThejokeinParagraph1isusedtoillustrate_________

[A]theimpactoftechnologicaladvances

[B]thealleviationofjobpressure

[C]theshrinkageoftextilemills

[D]thedeclineofmiddle-classincomes

【分析】

第一段第二行指出笑话是关于纺织厂自动化程度的，后一句具体说明了笑话的内容：

工厂平均每天只有两个人，一人一狗。

人的工作是喂狗，狗的工作是看机器，暗示了工厂所有的生产工作都是由机器自动完成的。

因此，这个笑话是用来说明技术进步的影响，故选A。

22.AccordingtoParagraph3,tobeasuccessfulemployee,onehasto__________

[A]workoncheapsoftware

[B]askforamoderatesalary

[C]adoptanaveragelifestyle

[D]contributesomethingunique

【分析】

事实细节题，通过题干，我们首先可以定位到文章第三段，由第三段的最后一句话“Therefore,everyoneneedstofindtheirextra-theiruniquevaluecontributionthatmakesthemstandoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment.”意思是“因此，人人都需要有另外的价值，异于常人的独特价值能够让他们在各自的雇佣市场上脱颖而出”，我们可以得出，题干中“tobeasuccessfulemployee”与第三段的最后一句话中的“thatmakesthemstandoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment”是同义替换，“everyoneneedstofindtheirextra-theiruniquevaluecontribution”与D选项中的“contributesomethingunique”是同义替换，所以D选项正确。

23.ThequotationinParagraph4explainsthat__________

[A]gainsoftechnologyhavebeenerased

[B]jobopportunitiesaredisappearingatahighspeed

[C]factoriesaremakingmuchlessmoneythanbefore

[D]newjobsandserviceshavebeenoffered

【分析】

根据题干定位到第四段，第一句technologyhasbeeneatingjobs（技术使工作机会减少）也反映了该段的主旨。

而根据题干quotation一词，我们读到下划线部分有“shedworkers（解雇工人）”、“roughlyoneoutofeverythreemanufacturingjobs-about6millionintotal-disappeared（大约1/3的手工生产工作机会消失，总计6百万）”，可推断出B选项。

24.Accordingtotheauthor,toreduceunemployment,themostimportantis__________

[A]toacceleratetheITrevolution

[B]toensuremoreeducationforpeople

[C]toadvanceeconomicglobalization

[D]topassmorebillsinthe21st century

【分析】

细节题。

根据题干reduceunemployment减少失业，可以定位到文章中最后一段，这段出现了与之类似的表达“supportemployment”促进就业，而题干表述“themostimportant”与文章“nothingwouldbemoreimportantthan”相对应，指出促进就业最重要的是颁布类似于“G.I.Bill”的法案来保障人们接受高等教育的权利，选项C与之吻合，故正确。

A项加速信息技术产业变革，C项促进经济全球化，均未提及，故排除。

D项是干扰项，虽提及要颁布更多法案，但颁布法案的目的实际是为了保障教育，故也排除。

25.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostappropriatetitleforthetext?

[A]NewLawTakesEffect

[B]TechnologyGoesCheap

[C]AverageIsOver

[D]RecessionIsBad

【分析】

该题是主旨大意题，主要考查考生根据文章内容凝练主旨大意的能力。

从整个文章的脉络来看，第一段以亚当.大卫森一篇论文中关于现代工厂自动化与仅需要一人一狗两个员工的一则笑话，揭示了科技进步给人们带来的影响。

第二三段是科技的进步引起工厂自动化水平提高，普通员工如果没有竞争力和突出优势，就很容易失去工作，因此也对员工提出了更高的要求（extra-uniquevaluecontribution）。

倒数第二段就是员工只有不断地提高自己的教育水平，才能让自己脱颖而出（tohavemoreandbettereducationtomakethemselvesaboveaverage）。

最后一段点明主题，averageisofficiallyover。

由此可见，全文一直在围绕这一宏观主线展开，这一主线也统领全文，所以正确答案为C。

Text2

Acenturyago,theimmigrantsfromacrosstheAtlanticincludedsettlersandsojourners.AlongwiththemanyfolkslookingtomakeapermanenthomeintheUnitedStatescame thosewhohadnointentiontostay,andwhowouldmakesomemoneyandthengohome.Between1908and1915,about7millionpeoplearrivedwhileabout2milliondeparted.①AboutaquarterofallItalianimmigrants,forexample,eventuallyreturnedtoItalyforgood. Theyevenhadanaffectionatenickname,"uccellidipassaggio,"birdsofpassage.

Today,wearemuchmorerigidaboutimmigrants.③Wedividenewcomersintotwocategories:

legalorillegal,goodorbad.WehailthemasAmericansinthemaking,orbrandthemasaliensfitfordeportation（驱逐出境）.Thatframeworkhascontributedmightilytoourbrokenimmigrationsystemandthelongpoliticalparalysisoverhowtofixit.① Wedon’tneedmorecategories,butweneedtochangethewaywethinkaboutcategories. ② Weneedtolookbeyondstrictdefinitionsoflegalandillegal.Tostart,wecanrecognizethenewbirdsofpassage,thoselivingandthrivinginthegrayareas.Wemightthenbegintosolveourimmigrationchallenges.

Croppickers,violinists,constructionworkers,entrepreneurs,engineers,homehealth-careaidesandparticlephysicistsareamongtoday'sbirdsofpassage.Theyareenergeticparticipantsinaglobaleconomydrivenbytheflowofwork,moneyandideas.Theyprefertocomeandgoasopportunitycallsthem.Theycanmanagetohaveajobinoneplaceandafamilyinanother.

Withorwithoutpermission,theystraddle（叉开腿；跨坐；不表明态度）laws,jurisdictionsandidentitieswithease.WeneedthemtoimaginetheUnitedStatesasaplacewheretheycanbeproductiveforawhilewithoutcommittingthemselvestostayingforever.Weneedthemtofeelthathomecanbebothhereandthereandthattheycanbelongtotwonationshonorably.

Accommodatingthisnewworldofpeopleinmotionwillrequirenewattitudesonbothsidesoftheimmigrationbattle. Lookingbeyondtheculturewarlogicofrightorwrongmeansopeningupthemiddlegroundandunderstandingthatmanagingimmigrationtodayrequiresmultiplepathsandmultipleoutcomes,includingsomethatarenoteasytoaccomplishlegallyintheexistingsystem.

26.“Birdsofpassage”referstothosewho____________

[A]immigrateacrosstheAtlantic

[B]leavetheirhomecountriesforgood

[C]stayinaforeigncountrytemporarily

[D]findpermanentjobsoverseas

【分析】

答案为C.词义句意题。

根据题干，首先定位到首段末句。

在这句中，birdsofpassage是前面一句中①提到的意大利移民的昵称，他们只在美国居住了一段时间，但最终还是返回意大利。

A项的内容在首段首句有提及，但是它突出强调的是横跨大西洋的移民，这也是一世纪前的情况，而如今birdsofpassage可能来自世界各个角落，并非局限于大西洋两岸。

B项、D项与段意不符。

27.Itisimpliedinparagraph2thatthecurrentimmigrationsystemintheUS________

[A]needsnewimmigrantcategories

[B]hasloosenedcontroloverimmigrants

[C]shouldbeadoptedtomeetchallenges

[D]hasbeenfixedviapoliticalmeans

【分析】

答案为C.推理判断题。

根据题干，直接定位到第二段。

解题关键可定位到划线部分②“Weneedtolookbeyondstickdefinitionsoflegalandillegal.Tostart,wecanrecognizethenewbirdsofpassage,…Wemightthenbegintosolveourimmigrationchallenges.”大意是“我们需要突破合法和非法的严格限制。

首先承认短暂移民者的存在，然后开始解决移民问题面临的挑战。

”C项高度总结了以上几点。

A项与原文意思不符，第二段①很明显的与A相反。

B、D项在文中未提及。

28.Accordingtotheauthor,today’sbirdsofpassagewant________

[A]financialincentives

[B]aglobalrecognition

[C]opportunitiestogetregularjobs

[D]thefreedomtostayandleave

【分析】

答案为D。

事实细节题。

根据题干，可定位到第三段。

解题关键在于对“Theyprefertocomeandgoasopportunitycallsthem.Theycanmanagetohaveajobinoneplaceandafamilyinanother.”大意是“他们跟着机会走，来去自如。

他们可以在一个地方立业，在另一个地方成家”。

强调的根据工作机会而自由的来去。

D项是这句意思的高度概括。

A项是对原文的片面理解，吸引短暂移民者的不仅仅是来自金钱的激励（financialincentives），还有工作机会和工作理念。

B项在文中未提及。

C项中的regularjobs（有规律的工作）在文中未提及，也是对文意的曲解，文章显示的是jobopportunities。

29.Theauthorsuggeststhatthebirdsofpassagetodayshouldbetreated__________

[A]asfaithfulpartners

[B]witheconomicfavors

[C]withlegaltolerance

[D]asmightyrivals

【分析】

答案为C.推理判断题。

根据题干，可定位到第五段。

在本段中，作者写道我们应该“Lookingbeyondtheculturewarlogicofrightorwrongmeansopeningupthemiddlegroundandunderstandingthatmanagingimmigrationtodayrequiresmultiplepathsandmultipleoutcomes.Includingsomethatarenoteasytoaccomplishlegallyintheexistingsystem”，大意是“我们应该超越移民合法性方面的文化之争，重现看待中间地段，充分意识到当今的移民管理体系需要各种途径，从而取得多样化的结果，来解决现今移民体系下用法律手段很难解决的问题”，暗含了C项中的tolerance也就是对multiplepathsandmultipleoutcomes的改写。

A、B和D项在文中未提及。

30.Choosethebesttitle

[A]comeandgo:

bigmistake

[B]livingandthriving:

greatri