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MBA考试英语真题和答案
PartIVocabularyandStructure（10%）
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Thereare20incompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithapencil.
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4.Itookthemedicine10minutesago,butthebitternessisstill?
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5.Sincethe?
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7.Imustleavenow,?
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8.Mymotherisalightsleeper,?
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9.Thenewlybuiltfactoryisinurgentneedofanumberofskilledand?
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10.Asanoutstandingscholar,hehasbecome?
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12.Workingfarawayfromhome,Jerryhadto?
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13.Thefinanceministerhasnotbeenso?
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16.Johnwasveryupsetbecausehewas?
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17.Davidlikescountrylifeandhasdecided?
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18.Jenniferhasneverreally?
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19.Anationaldebateisnow?
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20.Whenapsychologistdoesageneralexperimentaboutthehumanmind,heselectspeople
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thesecountriesoftheirbesthopefordevelopment.Andoilisfuelingenormousinvestmentfundsrunbyforeigngovernments,?
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PartIIIReadingComprehension（40%）
Direction:
Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.ThenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithapencil.
PASSAGE1.
HenricIbsen,authoroftheplay"ADoll'sHouse",inwhichapretty,helplesshousewifeabandons
Herhusbandandchildrentoseekamoreseriouslife,wouldsurelyhaveapproved..FromJanuaryIst,
2008,allpubliccompaniesinNorwayareobligedtoensurethatatleast40%oftheirboarddirectorsare
women.Mostfirmshaveobeyedthelaw,whichwaspassedin2003.Butabout75outofthe480orso
companiesitaffectsarestilltoomaleforthegovernment'sliking.Theywillshortlyreceivealetter
informingthemthattheyhaveuntiltheendofFebruarytoact,orfacethelegalconsequences---which
couldincludebeingdissolved.
Beforethelawwasproposed,about7%ofboardmembersinNorwaywerefemale,accordingtotheCentreforCorporateDiversity.Thenumberhassincejumpedto36%.Thatisfarhigherthantheaverageof9%forbigcompaniesacrossEuropeorAmerica's15%fortheFortune500.Norway'sstockexchangeanditsmainbusinesslobbyopposethelaw,asdomanybusinessmen."Iamagainstquotasforwomenormenasamatterofprinciple,"saysSverreMunck,headofinternationaloperationsatamediafirm."Boardmembersofpubliccompaniesshouldbechosensolelyonthebasisofmeritandexperience,"besays.Severalfirmshaveevengivenuptheirpublicstatusinordertoescapethenewlaw.
Companieshavehadtorecruitabout1,000womeninfouryears.Manycomplainthatithasbeen
Difficulttofindexperiencedcandidates.Becauseofthis,someofthebestwomenhavecollectedasmanyas25-35directorshipseach,andareknowninNorwegianbusinesscirclesasthe"goldenskirts".OnereasonforthescarcityisthattherearefairlyfewwomeninmanagementinNorwegiancompanies---theyoccupyaround15%ofseniorpositions.Ithasbeenparticularlyhardforfirmsintheoil,technologyandfinancialindustriestofindwomenwithaenoughexperience.
Somepeopleworrythattheirrelativelackofexperiencemaykeepwomenquietonboards,andthat
Inturncouldmeanthatboardsmightbecomelessabletoholdmanagerstoaccount.RecenthistoryinNorway,however,suggeststhattherightwomencanmakestrongdirectors."Womenfeelmorecompelledthanmentodotheirhomework,"saysMsRekstenSkaugen,whowasvotedNorway'schairmanoftheyearfor2007,"andwecanaffordto
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