2006年北京大学MPA联考模拟考试专用

20062006 年北京大学年北京大学 MPAMPA 联考模拟考试专用联考模拟考试专用 公共管理硕士 公共管理硕士 MPAMPA 专业学位联考考试标准化试卷 专业学位联考考试标准化试卷 英英 语语 模拟试卷 一 模拟试卷 一 测试时间 测试时间 2006 年年 10 月月 14 30 17 00 试卷说明试卷说明 本试卷是由多年从事考试命题研究专家 严格按照国务院学位委员会办公室组织编写 的 在职攻读硕士学位全国联考英语考试大纲 的要求命制 本试卷为模拟试卷 具有极强的信息性 高度的针对性 全面覆盖考试等特点 考生 在真考前两周时认真研习此试卷 会使真考有意想不到的收获 建议模拟考试及自我测试严格按照真考时间进行 时间 150 分钟 总分口语交际 词汇与语 法结构 阅读理解完型填空英译汉短文写作 卷面分100151040101015 自测分 失 分 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 232 模拟试题 一 模拟试题 一 Part I Dialogue Communication 15 minutes 15 points Section A Dialogue Completion Directions In this section you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers each followed by four choices marked A B C and D Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 1 Ivan Can you cover for me on Sunday I m supposed to teach the high school class Lisa Sure Ivan We re going to the beach for the weekend Lisa Well don t worry I will take good care of Sunday school A What s in B What s the thing C What s up D What s down 2 Harold guest That was a delicious dinner Mrs Willis hostess Would you like to go to the living room now It s more comfortable there A Thank you Don t mention it B You re welcome C Not so delicious I m afraid D I m glad you enjoyed it 3 Salesman Good morning Planning to buy a new car today Customer Salesman What kind of car are you looking for Customer Something that has enough room for my family A I m just looking around B I m just looking everywhere C I m just looking here and there D I m just looking all the cars 4 Phone caller Hello Could I please speak to Helen Helen A Speaking B I am Helen C It s me D This is me 5 Tony Will you please pass me the saltshaker Bill Bill Sure Tony Thank you A Give it to you B Take it C Here you are D Hold it Section B Dialogue Comprehension Directions In this section you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A B C and D Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 233 6 M What happened to you You are so late W The bus I took broke down in front of the hospital I had to walk from there Q Why was the woman so late A Something went wrong with the bus B She took somebody to hospital C Something prevented her from catching the bus D She came on foot instead of taking a bus 7 M I think it s high time we turned our attention to the danger of drunk driving now W I can t agree with you better You see countless innocent people are killed by drunk drivers each year Q What does the woman mean A Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers B She does not agree with the man C Drunk drivers are not guilty D People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving 8 W If I were you I would have accepted the job M I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family Q Why didn t the man accept the job A He doesn t enjoy business trips as much as he used to B He doesn t think he is capable of doing the job C He thinks the pay is too low to support his family D He wants to spend more time with his family 9 Man Did you make a reservation on the 9 00 flight for me Woman I thought you wanted to take the 8 30 one It s too late to change now Question What s the problem A The woman made no reservation B The woman misunderstood the man C The woman made the reservation for the 9 00 flight D The woman changed the reservation 10 Man Didn t you advise Frank against smoking Woman Yes but whatever I say to him goes in one ear and out the other Question What does the woman mean A Frank never smokes B Frank goes out before she says anything to him C Frank can t hear very well D Frank never listens to her Part II Vocabulary and Structure 20 minutes 10 points Directions There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that best completes the sentence Mark 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 234 your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center 11 They fulfilled the plan much earlier than they A have expected B are expected C were expected D had expected 12 He gave the order that nothing until the police arrived A was touched B is touched C be touched D could be touched 13 Every man and every woman working here with me A is getting along well B are getting along well C is got along well D are got along well 14 I was overjoyed at the news of my county so much progress A to make B to have made C made D having made 15 He was said a gift from her knowing that it meant a bribe A to be refusing B to have refused C to be refused D to have been refused 16 The equipment out of order the experiment has to be put off A has been B beingC is D be 17 Under no circumstances anything that will benefit ourselves but at the same time harm the interests of others A should we do B we should doC would do we D we would do 18 You should not have driven that car with its brakes out of order You a serious accident A might have B might have hadC should have D should have had 19 The local textile mill has 800 workers 700 are women A whose B whomC of whom D of which 20 He has made another wonderful discovery of great importance to science A which I think is B in which I think it is C which I think it is D of which I think it is 21 As far as she is concerned one piece of music is very much like A another B the otherC other D any other 22 The manager gave her his that the complaint would be investigated 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 235 A admission B allowanceC assurance D insurance 23 He is very and well qualified so he should reach the top of this profession A ambitious B urgentC proud D jealous 24 He read the story for everybody present to hear A loud B noisyC aloud D loudly 25 You ve only got a slight cold You ll it in a day or two A get at B get intoC get in D get over 26 To begin some activity is to doing it A set down B set upC set about D set off 27 How can you and watch the country go to ruin A stand byB stand forC stand up D stand up for 28 Edison tested more than one thousand materials to see if they could electric current and glow A bring B makeC carry D produce 29 In most countries the metric system has been for all measurement A admitted B adaptedC applied D adopted 30 The little girl is ignorant the basic rules of English grammar A for B ofC with D against Part III Reading Comprehension 40 minutes 40 points Directions There are 4 passages in this part Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are 4 choices marked A B C and D Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center Passage One The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing I could ever have imagined for me or my children We are living in an environmental crisis an air pollution emergency of unprecedented severity What it really means is that just to breathe here is to play a dangerous game with your health As parents what terrorizes us most are reports that children are at higher risk because they breathe more times per minute What more can we do to protect them and ourselves Our 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 236 pediatrician s 儿科医师的 medical recommendation was simple abandon the city permanently We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave We are here because of my husband s work We are fascinated by Mexico its history and rich culture We know that for us this is a temporary danger However we cannot stand for much longer the fear we feel for our boys We cannot stop them from breathing But for millions there is no choice Their lives their jobs their futures depend on being here Thousands of Mexicans arrive each day in this city Desperate for economic opportunities Thousands more are born here each day Entire families work in the streets and practically live there It is a familiar sight as parents hawk goods at stoplights their children play in the grassy highway dividers breathing exhaust fumes I feel guilty complaining about my personal situation we won t be here long enough for our children to form the impression that skies are colored only gray And yet the government cannot do what it must to end this problem For any country especially a developing Third World economy like Mexico s the idea of barring from the capital city enough cars closing enough factories and spending the necessary billions on public transportation is simply not an option So when things get bad as in the current emergency Mexico takes half measures prohibiting some more cars from circulating stopping some factories from producing that even its own officials concede aren t adequate The word emergency implies the unusual But when daily life itself is an emergency the concept loses its meaning It is human nature to try to adapt to that which we cannot change Or to mislead ourselves into believing we can adapt 31 According to the passage the current emergency in Mexico City refers to A serious air pollutionB economic crisis C unemploymentD natural disaster 32 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage A Kids are in greater danger than grown ups in Mexico City B The author is not a native Mexican C The author s husband is a pediatrician D The Mexican history and culture appeal to the author 33 The word hawk Paragraph 3 most probably means 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 237 A sellB transportC placeD deliver 34 The Mexican government takes half measures to solve the pollution problem because A Mexican economy depends very much on cars and factories B it is not wise enough to come up with effective measures C Mexicans are able to adapt themselves to the current emergency D Mexicans enjoy playing dangerous games with their health 35 The purpose of the passage is to A describe the harmful air pollution B explain the way to prevent air pollution C show the worries about the air pollution D recommend a method to avoid air pollution Passage Two In 1998 consumers could purchase virtually anything over the Internet Books compact discs and even stocks were available from World Wide Web sites that seemed to spring up almost daily A few years earlier some people had predicted that consumers accustomed to shopping in stores would be reluctant to buy things that they could not see or touch in person For a growing number of time starved consumers however shopping from their home computer was proving to be a convenient alternative to driving to the store A research estimated that in 1998 US consumers would purchase 7 3 billion of goods over the Internet double the 1997 total Finding a bargain was getting easier owing to the rise of online auctions and Web sites that did comparison shopping on the Internet for the best deal For all the consumer interest retailing in cyberspace was still a largely unprofitable business however Internet pioneer Amazon Com which began selling books in 1995 and later branched into recorded music and videos posted revenue of 153 7 million in the third quarter up from 37 9 million in the same period of 1997 Overall however the company s loss widened to 45 2 million from 9 6 million and analysts did not expect the company to turn a profit until 2001 Despite the great loss Amazon Com had a stock market value of many billion reflecting investors optimism about the future of the industry Internet retailing appealed to investors because it provided an efficient means for reaching 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 238 millions of consumers without having the cost of operating conventional stores with their armies of salespeople Selling online carried its own risks however With so many companies competing for consumers attention price competition was intense and profit margins thin or nonexistent One video retailer sold the hit movie Titanic for 9 99 undercutting 削价 the 19 99 suggested retail price and losing about 6 on each copy sold With Internet retailing still in its initial stage companies seemed willing to absorb such losses in an attempt to establish a dominant market position 36 Which of the following is TRUE according to the writer A Consumers are reluctant to buy things on the Internet B Consumers are too busy to buy things on the Internet C Internet retailing is a profitable business D More and more consumers prefer Internet shopping 37 Finding a bargain on the Internet was getting easier partly because A there were more and more Internet users B there were more and more online auctions C the consumers had more money to spend D there were more goods available on the Internet 38 For all the consumer interest Paragraph 3 means A to the interest of all the consumers B for the interest of all the consumers C though consumers are very much interested D all the consumers are much interested 39 It can be inferred from the passage that Amazon Com A will probably make a profit in 2001 B is making a profit now C is a company that sells books only D suffers a great loss on the stock market 40 Investors are interested in Internet retailing because A selling online involves little risk B Internet retailing is in its initial stage 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 239 C It can easily reach millions of consumers D They can make huge profits from it Passage Three It is all very well to blame traffic jams the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modern life but manners on the roads are becoming horrible You might tolerate the rude and inconsiderate driver but nowadays the well mannered motorist is the exception to the rule Perhaps the situation calls for a Be Kind to Other Drivers campaign otherwise it may get completely out of hand Road politeness is not only good manners but good sense too It takes the most cool headed and good tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to uncivilized behaviors On the other hand a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of goodwill and tolerance so necessary in modern traffic conditions But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today Many drivers nowadays don t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it However improper politeness can also be dangerous A typical example is the driver who waves a child across a crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to A veteran driver whose manners are faultless told me it would help if motorists learn to filter correctly into traffic streams without causing the total blockages 堵塞 that give rise to bad temper Unfortunately modern motorists can t even learn to drive let alone be well mannered on the road Years ago the experts warned us that the car ownership explosion would demand a lot more give and take from all road users It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart 41 According to this passage troubles on the road are primarily caused by A people s attitude towards drivers B the rhythm of modern life C traffic conditions D the behavior of the driver 42 The sentence You might tolerate the rude and inconsiderate driver but nowadays the well 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 2310 mannered motorist is the exception to the rule implies that A our society is unjust towards well mannered motorists B rude drivers can be met only occasionally C nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists D the well mannered motorist cannot tolerate the rude driver 43 By good sense Paragraph 2 the writer means A the driver s prompt response to difficult conditions B the driver s ability to understand and react reasonably C the driver s tolerance of bad road conditions D the driver s acknowledgement of politeness and regulations 44 Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car ownership explosion A drivers should be ready to yield to one another B road users should make more sacrifices C drivers should have more communication among themselves D drivers will suffer a great loss if they pay no respect to others 45 In the writer s opinion A drivers should apply road politeness properly B strict traffic regulations are badly needed C rude and inconsiderate drivers should be punished D drivers should try their best to avoid traffic jams Passage Four The most noticeable trend among today s media companies is vertical integration an attempt to control several related aspects of the media business at once each part helping the other Besides publishing magazines and books Time Warner for example owns Home Box Office HBO Warner movie studios various cable TV systems throughout the United States and CNN as well The Japanese company Matsushita owns MCA Records and Universal Studios and manufactures broadcast production equipment To describe the financial status of today s media is also to talk about acquisitions The media are buying and selling each other in unprecedented numbers and forming media groups to position 2006 年北京大学 MPA 考前辅导班专用模拟试卷 英语 010 62698925 2311 themselves in the marketplace to maintain and increase their profits In 1986 the first time a broadcast network had been sold two networks were sold that year ABC and NBC Media acquisitions have skyrocketed since 1980 for two reasons The first is that most big corporations today are publicly traded companies which means that their stock is traded on one of the nation s stock exchanges This makes acquisitions relatively easy A media company that wants to buy a publicly owned company ca