Section I：Listening Comprehension (20 points)
Directions:
This Section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the ques
tions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C.
Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1. (20 points)
Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
Directions: For Questions 1—5, you will hear a talk about American education. 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 hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. (5 points)
American Education
schools organized by1
general compulsory education continues to___ (years old)2
the age formal school begins___ (years old)3
the length of time in high school in rural areas___ (years)4
the aim of US educationprovide equal ___ for all5
Part B
Directions: For questions 6—10, you will hear a talk about a travel on the Angeles Mountains. 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)
The group of people left Los Angeles on6
The people were looking forward to a week of7
The peak of the next mountain was covered8
They could only travel a few miles an hour because of the9
They spent a wonderful day10
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 answers. You will hear each piece once only. (10 points)
Questions 11—13 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11—13.
11. The two aspects of music mentioned in the talk are ______.
A. sedative-stimulative musicB. stimulative-rock music
C. stimulative-jumpy musicD. sedative-smooth music
12. A synonym for “stimulate” in this talk is ______.
A. sedateB. calmC. energizeD. raise
13. What kind of music would the speaker recommend for a nervous person?
A. Rock and roll music.B. Irregular harmonies.
C. Repeated rhythms.D. Disjunct melodies.
Questions 14—16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14—16.
14. Why don’t the people in some rural areas get the news and information by radio?
A. Because it is too expensive to listen to the radio.
B. Because some rural parts of the world have no electricity.
C. Because the news or information from the outside world is not important.
D. Because they don’t enjoy it.
15. What’s the trouble for the poor people?
A. Batteries are very expensive.B. Batteries aren’t available.
C. Batteries are not convenient.D. They can’t afford the electricity.
16. How long will the clockwork radio play?
A. For an hour and a half.B. For an hour.
C. For two hours.D. For half an hour.
Questions 17—20 are based on the following monologue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17—20.
17. What is the purpose of the broadcast?
A. To make recommendations on sensible dieting.
B. To report the latest advances in physical therapy.
C. To relate an experiment combining sleep and exercise.
D. To offer advice about sleeping problems.
18. According to the speaker, what happens when you toss and turn to get comfortable?
A. Your heart rate is lowered.B. It becomes harder to relax.
C. You become too tired to sleep.D. Sleep rhythms are disrupted.
19. According to the speaker, what sometimes causes people to have trouble sleeping?
A. Failure to rest during the day.B. Lack of sleep on weekends.
C. Vigorous exercise in the evening.D. Eating cheese before going to bed.
20. What does the speaker say about sleeping pills?
A. They might eventually cause you to close sleep.
B. They help produce a neurotransmitter in the brain.
C. You must not drink milk if you take them.
D. They make it unnecessary to take naps.
You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET.
THIS IS THE END OF SECTION I
Section II: Vocabulary and Structure (10 points)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. 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 1 with a pencil.
21. Most people chose him as one of ______ statesmen of that year.
A. popularB. favoredC. favoriteD. favorable
22. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ______.
A. abilityB. future C. possibilityD. opportunity
23. The complier ______ the article to make it fit the space available in a magazine.
A. turns down B. cuts downC. pulls downD. runs down
24. The bank extends long-term ______ at favorable rate to foreign buyers, thus financing the purchase of US goods and services.
A. mortgages B. securities C. loans D. insurances
25. He tried to ______ his involvement in this scheme but he finally gave in and confessed.
A. declineB. reject C. refuseD. deny
26. Through teaching, man is able to build his basic abilities into new and more ______ skills.
A. complicated B. complex C. confusedD. confined
27. Those two will never co-operate while there’s such a basic ______ of interest between them.
A. confusionB. contradiction C. contrastD. conflict
28. All I’m trying to do is to ______ why your condition has not been improved.
A. look forB. find outC. search forD. get in
29. My brother likes eating very much but he isn’t very ______ about the food he eats.
A. specialB. peculiarC. particularD. unusual
30. The detective had found a few ______ towards the murder, but still, he had no idea who the murderer was.
A. guidesB. indicationsC. cluesD. hints
31. It is not always possible to foresee the obstacles ______ your way towards an ambitious goal.
A. blockedB. blocking C. to blockD. to blacking
32. We can share what we know, ______, with someone who has need of that knowledge or skill.
A. however little it might beB. though little it might be
C. however it might be littleD. as little it might be
33. It is time the nations of the world ______ a halt to the manufactures of nuclear weapons.
A. would callB. callC. calledD. will call
34. The teacher said the essays were mostly very good, but ______ of Jane’s and Tom’s there was much room for improvement.
A. in caseB. for the sake of C. in orderD. in the case
35. All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.
A. had been fulfilledB. were fulfilled
C. having been fulfilledD. been fulfilled
36. No one is sure ______ damage the cosmic rays can do to a human being, but scientists feel that brief exposure is probably not very harmful.
A. that B. whatC. whetherD. which
37. Someone of us had told Smith about ______ a lecture the following day.
A. there beingB. there be C. there would beD. there was
38. One investigation showed that forty percent of those killed in auto accidents ______ if they had been wearing seat belt.
A. would have been savedB. could have been saved
C. should have been savedD. might have been saved
39. The pressure of a gas plays ______ important a part than that of a liquid.
A. no lessB. none lessC. none the lessD. not the less
40. Many a time ______ me good advice, but I refused to follow it.
A. my teacher has givenB. has my teacher given
C. my teacher had givenD. had my teacher given
Section III: Cloze (5 points)
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 1.
Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. This is the famous equation of Albert Einstein. It 41 to the category of the theory of relativity, and it equates energy with mass. All things are made up of atoms. When 42 of an atom travels at almost the speed of light, and we put more energy into it to 43 the speed, it begins to increase in mass. The energy that makes it travel fast cannot make it travel beyond the speed of light—nothing 44 light can travel that fast—so the energy goes into the thing itself and increases its mass. Energy 45 into mass.
Why is the theory called the theory of relativity? A thing that is relative depends upon something else to identify it or to define it. In relativity theory we identify or define mass, time, and length 46 to the speed of light.
When something is at rest, it looks ordinary in length. However, when it travels at almost the speed of light, it becomes 47 . Time also changes. However, the change in time is 48 to the change in length. The length of a thing becomes short but time becomes long.
If you want to 49 young, relative to a friend, take a trio in a spaceship that travels at almost the speed of light. And, although time and heartbeat 50 ordinary to you in the spaceship, when you return, look at your friend: Relative to you, he or she is old.
41. A. prefersB. relatesC. belongsD. adheres
42. A. partB. formC. portionD. fraction
43. A. increaseB. reduceC. decreaseD. shrink
44. A. thatB. whichC. butD. thus
45. A. changesB. becomesC. shiftsD. turns
46. A. relatedB. relationC. relativeD. relationship
47. A. low B. shortC. wideD. long
48. A. equalB. similarC. oppositeD. subject
49. A. keepB. stayC. remainD. reserve
50. A. takeB. showC. appearD. seem
Section IV: Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Part A
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are for choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET 1 with a pencil.
Questions 51 to 54 are based on the following passage:
Rich or poor, we all have problems: that unfaithful mate, that irritating colleague, that persistent disease, the investment that is turning into a huge loss.
How do we remain calm, positive and even elegant in the face of all these difficulties of life ?
The following suggestions may help.
It comes with the pay. I have a friend who used to complain about her dead-end job and unreasonable boss. Sound familiar? One day I told her, “Look at it this way. You are getting paid for the annoyance as well as the work. It comes with the pay.”
This has become my favorite saying for work-related frustrations. “Take every day as a bonus.” When we learn to treasure every moment of what we have, we begin to see life in a whole new perspective.
It’s all in the mind. Sure, the psychologists tell us it is important we work at resolving problems. But they also say if you try to resolve a problem that would not go away, it would only compound the frustration.
If you tell yourself there isn’t a problem, there won’t be one. It’s all in the mind.
Stop thinking about your own problem—help others instead. A lady who is combating a life-threatening disease revealed she coped with her illness by making herself useful, by offering help to others in a similar situation.
She has spoken to at least five other women with breast cancer. She says that the sharing has helped her to find fresh meaning in her own life.
Never give up on your dream. Why do we give in and give up when we meet difficulties? Is it because we have no confidence in our cause and no commitment for what we pursue?
It was said that Albert Einstein’s last request on his death bed was to be given his equations and his unfinished statement declining the presidency of Israel.
Einstein first picked up his equations and lamented to his son, “If only I had more mathematics!” What a great persistent spirit!
One strong-hearted lady was the late head of the tragic Kennedy family, Rose Kennedy. She said this on nationwide television one week after losing yet another son to an assassin’s bullet—Boddy Kennedy: “And we go on our way with no regrets not looking backwards to the past, but we shall carry on with courage.”
Not the end of the world. Do you know something else? I’ve learned that care as you might, love as you might, some people just don’t care back.
And it’s not the end of the world. After all, it’s not the event that makes a person, is it? It’s what we do about that happens to us.
51. The appropriate title for the passage might be ______.
A. How to Face Problems.B. How to Resolve Problems.
C. How to Hold on to Your Dream. D. How to Remain Cheerful.
52. “Take every day as a bonus” (Para. 5) is most likely to mean ______.
A. we should see life from a new perspective
B. we should treasure every day in our life
C. we should regard every day as the last day in our life
D. we should enjoy ourselves every day
53. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author?
A. We should not be overwhelmed by problems in our life.
B. We can learn to see life from a fresh light.
C. We should have confidence in our cause so that we won’t give in easily.
D. Helping others will make it easier for us to solve our own difficulties.
54. The author seems not to believe that ______.
A. everyone living in this world, poor or rich, has some problems
B. we should not give in and give up in the face of difficulties
C. we must work hard at solving some problems which can’t be solved easily
D. we should remain calm and positive when confronted with problems
Questions 55 to 58 are based on the following passage:
Most of all, America is inescapable. It is the world’s 900-pound gorilla: basically amiable and well-meaning, crushing through the underbrush, dominating the landscape, altering the scenery, impossible either to shoo away or ignore. Its fads, fashions, folk-ways and fast food sweep around the globe; its brandishing of missiles scares even its allies. It is a standard for the world’s successes and a scapegoat for the world’s failures.
There has always been ambivalence about the United States. Throughout the country’s meteoric history, people have admired its energy, riches and opportunity—and envied and resented its power and success. Since World War II, however, that ambivalence has become even more pronounced, and today the world sees America as a curious paradox: a country whose military, diplomatic and economic prestige has been waning in a period when its cultural influence has never been stronger. The jarring discordance in feelings about American politics and culture takes some odd and comic forms: on Nicaragua’s state-run television network, for instance, American programs like “Barnaby Jones” are interspersed with “commercials” demonstrating how to throw grenades in the event of Yankee invasion.
The key distinction is simply between the American people—who are seen as warm, friendly and ingenuous—and the U.S. government. That was underlined in a poll conducted for Newsweek International in six countries around the world. In the countries surveyed—France, Japan, Great Britain, West Germany, Brazil and Mexico—most respondents expressed approval for the American people, but a plurality said they disapproved of U.S. government policy. Moreover, the poll found people inclined to think that a strong American military presence increases the chances for war instead of safeguarding peace. That finding represents a significant change from the early postwar years: a similar survey taken by the U.S. Information Agency in the early fifties showed broad approval for the role of American troops. American influence in the world is seen as actually increasing—a perception that may be due largely to the strong impact America has on movies, television and music around the world.
Some images of America remain constant. The United States is still regarded as a country of great affluence that rewards initiative and industriousness, a place where educational background and social class are not barriers to success. The Italian slang for striking it rich or lucky is “ha trovato l’america”—“he found America”; the Chinese have no word for America other than mei guo—the beautiful country. “My students see America as a land of social mobility and self-made men,” says Prof. David Adams, head of the American Studies Department at Britain’s University of Keele. “Ronald Reagan is the norm, not the exception.”
55. According to the passage, America should not be neglected because ______.
A. American people are very kind and friendly
B. America influences the world in many aspects
C. America’s military force is dominating the world
D. America is the standard for the world’s success
56. The word “ambivalence” (Para. 2 ) most probably means ______.
A. the American paradox B. anger and jealousy
C. mixed feelings of love and hatred D. admiration and displeasure
57. Which of the following is NOT true of the poll conducted for Newsweek International?
A. It shows that most respondents made a distinction between the American people and the U.S. government.
B. It shows that many people disapprove of a strong American military presence.
C. It shows that most respondents regard the American people as warm, friendly and frank.
D. It shows that Reagan is regarded as a common president, not exceptionally outstanding.
58. According to the author, all the following statements are true EXCEPT that ______.
A. people in the world blame America for the world’s failures
B. there has been a change in people’s feeling towards U.S military presence since World War II
C. American military, diplomatic and economic prestige has grown together with its cultural influence
D. people admire America for its energy, riches and opportunities
Questions 59 to 62 are based on the following passage:
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people—especially young people—have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly chemical foods, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affectedbe best replaced by ______.
70. The tone of the passage is ______.
Section V: Translation (10points)
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.
How many really suffer as a result of labor market problems? This is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy questions. In many ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship. 71. Unemployment does not have the same dire (可怕的) consequences today as it did in the 1930’s when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, when income and earnings were usually much closer to the margin of subsistence; and when there were no countervailing social programs for those failing in the labor market. Increasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare protection have unquestionably mitigated the consequences of joblessness. Earnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority are from multiple-earner, relatively affluent families. 72. Most of those counted by the poverty statistics are elderly or handicapped or have family responsibilities which keep them out of the labor force, so the poverty statistics are by no means an accurate indicator of labor market pathologies.
Yet there are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market-related hardship. The unemployment counts exclude the millions of fully employed workers whose wages are so low that their families remain in poverty. Low wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment frequently interact to undermine the capacity for self-support. 73. Since the number experiencing joblessness at some time during the year is several times the number unemployed in any month, those who suffer as a result of forced idleness can equal or exceed average annual unemployment, even though only a minority of the jobless in any month really suffer. For every person counted in the monthly unemployment tallies, there is another working part-time because of the inability to find full-time work, or else outside the labor force but wanting a job. 74. Finally, income transfers in our country have always focused on the elderly, disabled and dependent, neglecting the needs of the working poor, so that the dramatic expansion of cash and in-kind transfers does not necessarily mean that those failing in the labor market are adequately protected.
75. As a result of such contradictory evidence, it is uncertain whether high levels of joblessness can be tolerated or must be countered by job creation and economic stimulus. There is only one area of agreement in this debate—that the existing poverty, employment, and earnings statistics are inadequate for their primary applications, measuring the consequences of labor market problems.
Section VI: Writing (15 points)
76. Directions: For this part, you are asked to write a composition. You should write at least 120 words and your composition should be based on the situation given below:
当前，人们认为MBA陷入到一场“寒流”中，许多人对MBA产生了怀疑——有人认为MBA名不副实；有人认为考MBA得不偿失。请你根据这种现象发表自己的观点。
2004年MBA模考卷英语答案
Section I: Listening Comprehension
Part A
1. states 2. 16 3. 64. 45. opportunities
Part B
6. a Saturday morning7. clean, clear air8. in a cloud
9. dense, thick fog10. next day
Part C
11. A12. C13. C 14. B15. A16. D
17. C18. A19. D20. D
Section II: Vocabulary and Structure
21. C22. A23. B24. C25. D26. A27. D28. B29. C30.C 31. B32. A33. C34. D35. C36. B37. A38. B39. A40.D Section III: Cloze
41. C42. A43. A44. C45. D46. C47. B48. C49. B50. B
Section IV: Reading Comprehension
Part A
51. A52. B53. D54. C 55. B56. C57. D58. C
59. D60. A61. C62. B 63. D64. C65. B
Part B
66. more equitable access to water or more drastic engineering solutions
67. The downstream ecology will be wrecked.
68. Because there is no market incentive.
69. troublesome 70. concerned
Section V: Translation
71. 失业并不像二十世纪三十年代那样产生了可怕的后果：当时，大部分失业者是家庭收入的主要提供者，所得的收入通常只能维持基本的生计。
72. 贫困统计表中统计的大部分是年老者，或是残疾者，或是需要承担家庭义务而不能工作者，所以贫困统计表根本不可能正确反映劳动力市场的问题
73. 因为一年中某个时段的失业人数是任何一个月失业人数的好几倍，所以，那些因被迫失业而蒙受损失的人可能等于或超过年平均失业人数，尽管任何一个月的失业者中只有少数人真正蒙受了损失。
74. 最后，我们国家的收入救济总是关注那些年老者、残疾者以及生活不能自理者，忽视了那些有工作的穷人的需求，所以，救济金和救济物的迅猛增长并不一定意味着那些劳动力市场的失业者得到了充分的保护。
75. 由于这些迹象相互矛盾，所以，还不能确定现在的高失业率是可以忍受还是必须通过创造工作机会、采用经济刺激手段来竭制它。
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