全国MBA入学考试英语试题.docx

1、全国MBA入学考试英语试题2001年全国MBA入学考试英语试题PARTVocabulary and Structure（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 the Answer Sheet wit

2、h a pencil.d1The annualof the department store starts tomorrow.Astocking.BstocktakingCstockpiling. Dstockholding.a2Remember to ask for a of quality for these goods；otherwise they will not offer any maintenance.Awarranty.BpromiseCcertificate. Drecejpt.b3In many countries tobacco and medicine are gove

3、rnment。Acontrol. BmonopolyCbusiness.Dbelongings.c4Bank notes are not usuallyinto gold nowadays.Ainverted. BrevertibleCconvertible.Ddiverting.c5Iyou that the goods will be delivered next week.Ainsist. BconfirmCassure. Densure.a6The manager justhis resignation to the board meeting yesterday and today

4、another one took his place.Asent up. Bsent offCsent out.Dsent in.b7Lets notover such a trifle！Afall through.Bfall outCfall off.Dfall back.a8The cultures of China and Japan have shared many features，but each has used them according to its national。Apersonality. BtemperamentCinterest.Ddestiny.c9Our jo

5、urney was slow because the train stoppedat different villages.Agradually. BcontinuouslyCconstantly.Dcontinually.c10When he realized the police had spotted him，the manthe exit as quickly as possible.Amade for. Bmade outCmade up to. Dmade way.b11The goodswhen we arrived at the airport.Awere just unloa

6、ded. Bwere just being unloadedCwere just been unloaded.Dhad just unloaded.a12The professor can hardly find sufficient groundshis argument in favor of the new theory.Awhich to base on. Bon which to baseCto base on which. Dwhich to be based on.a13I think your words carry more weight than。Aanybody else

7、s. Bthat of anybodysCanybodyelse. Delse anybodys.c14The second book wasby August 1996，but two years later，the end was still nowhere in sight.Ato complete. BcompletedCto have been completed.Dto have completed.c15I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible，but Ifully occ

8、upied the whole of last week.Awere. BwasChad been. Dhave been.a16No difficulty and no hardshipdiscouraged him.Ahas.BhaveChas been. Dhave been.b17I always keep candles in the housethere is a power cut.Aif. Bin caseCon condition that.Dwhen.b18Some modern childrens fiction deals with serious problems a

9、nd situations with a realism seldomin earlier books.Aattempted. BattemptingCbeing attempted. Dhaving attempted.d19Written in a hurry，。Ahe made many mistakes in the paper.Bthere were a lot of mistakes in the paper.Cwe found plenty of errors in her paperDthe paper was full of errors.c20Some student pr

10、efer a strict teacher who tells them exactly what to do.Others preferto work on their own.Aleaving. Bto leaveChaving been left.Dto be left.PART Cloze （10%） Directions：For each mumbered blank in the following passage，there are four choices marked A，B，C，and D Choose the best one and mark your answer o

11、n the Answer SheetIt is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory.The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions，the bases 21the decisions we make，and the roots of our habits and skills are to be 22in our past experiences，which are brought into the present23memory.Memory can be

12、defined as the capacity to keep 24 available for later use.It includes not only“remembering”thing like arithmetic or historical facts，but also any change in the way an animal typically behaves.Memory is25when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile.M

13、emory is also involved when a sixyearold child learns to swing a baseball bat.Memory26not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines.Computers，for example，contain devices for storing data for later use.It is interesting to compare the memorystorage capacity of a comput

14、er27that of a human being.The instantaccess memory of a large computer may hold up to 100，000“words”ready for28use.A naverage American teenager probably recognizes the meanings of about 100，000 words of English.However，this is but a fraction of the total29of information which the teenager has stored

15、.Consider，for example，the number of facts and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problemsolving intelligence of human beings.A large part of a persons memory is in terms of words and30of words.d21Aof. Bto. Cfor. Dona22Akept. Bfound. Csought.

16、 Dstoredb23Aby. Bfrom. Cwith. Dind24Aexperiences. BbasesCobservations. Dinformation.c25Acalled. Btaken. Cinvolved. Dincludeda26Aexists. Bappears. Caffects. Dseemsb27Ato. Bwith. Cagainst. Dfora28Aprogressive. BinstructiveCinstant. Dprotective.d29Adeal. Bnumber. Cmount. Damountc30Acombinations. Bcorre

17、ctionsCcoordinations. Dcollections.PARTReading Comprehension （50%）Section ADirections：There are 5 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

18、corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencilQuestions 31 to 34 are based on the following passage： The stability of the U.S. banking system is maintained by means of supervision and regulation，inspections，deposit insurance，and loans to troubled banks.For over 50 years，these precautions hav

19、e prevented banking panics.However，there have been some close calls.The collapse of Continental lllinois Bank & Trusted Company of Chicago in 1984 did not bring down the banking system，but it certainly rattled some windows. In the late 1970s，Continental soared to a leadership position among Midweste

20、rn banks.Parts of its growth strategy were risky，however.It made many loans in the energy field，including $1 billion that it took over from Penn Square Band of Oklahoma City.To obtain the funds it needed to make these loans，Continental relied heavily on shortterm borrowing from other banks and large

21、，30day certificates of deposit-“hot money”，in banking jargon.At least one Continental officer saw danger signs and wrote a warning memo to her superiors，but the memo went unheeded .Although the Comptroller of the Currency inspected Continental on a regular basis，it failed to see low serious its prob

22、lems were going to be.Penn Square Bank was closed by regulators in July 1982.When energy prices began to slip，most of the $1 billion in loans that Continental had taken over from the smaller banks turned out to be had.Other loans to troubled companies such Chrysler，lnternational Harvester，and Branif

23、f looked questionable.Seeing these problem，“hot money”owners began to pull their funds out of Continental.By the spring of 1984，a run on Continental had begun.In May，the bank had to borrow $3.5 billion from the Fed to replace overnight funds it bad lost.But this was not enough.To try to stem the out

24、flow of deposits from Continemtal，the FDIC agreed to guarantee not just the first $100，000 of each depositors money but all of it.Nevertheless，the run continued.Federal regulators tried hard to find a sound bank that could take over Continental-a common way of rescuing failing banks.But Continental

25、was just too big for anyone to buy.By July，all hope of a private sector rescue was dashed.Regulators faced a stark choice：Let Continental collapse，or take it over themselves.Letting the bank fail seemed too risky.It was estimated that more than 100 other banks had placed enough funds in Continental

26、to put them at risk if Continental failed.Thus，on a rainy Thursday at the end of July，the FDIC in effect nationalized Continental Illinois at a cost of $4.5 billion.This kept the banks doors open and prevented a chain reaction.However，in all but a technical sense，Continental had become the biggest b

27、ank failure in U.S.history.c31In the spring of 1984，Continental experienced。Aa fast growth period.Ba stability periodCa run. Dan oil price decrease.a32By July，all hope of a private sector rescue was。Adestroyed. BabsurdCdesperate. Ddamaged.c33The nationalizatin of Continental。Asaved itBmade“hot money

28、”owners continue to pull their funds out of Continental.Calmost brought down the banking systemDfired many highranking officers.a34Banking panics may be prevented by means of。Adeposit insurance.Bgrowth strategyClongterm borrowing.Dwarning memo.Questions 35 to 38 are based on the following passage： I

29、f sustainable competitive advantage depends on workforce skills，American firms have a problem.Humanresource management is not traditionally seen as central to the competitive survival of the firm in the United States.Skill acquisition is considered as an individual responsibility.Labor is simply ano

30、ther factor of production to be hired-rented at the lowest possible cost-much as one buys raw materials or equipment.The lack of importance attached to humanresource management can be seen in the corporation hierarchy.In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in command

31、.The post of head of humanresource managements is usually a specialized job，off at the edge of the corporate hierarchy.The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer（CEO）。By way of contrast，in Japan the head of humanresource management is central-usually the second most important executive，after the CEO，in the firms hierarchy.While American firms often ta