MBA联考英语词汇语法专项习题附答案

1、学习好资料欢迎下载2011 年 MBA 联考英语词汇语法专项习题附答案Translate these words into ChineseLoan limitation liable lest leak landscape lag decline budget broomChoose words1. As soon as Charles had_a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.A. recoveredB. discoveredC. dissolvedD. absorbed2. During the war

2、,the government_many soldiers from workers and farms.A. adoptedB. collectedC. recruitedD. integrated3. As long as you own the VIP card ,you could buy these books at a_of 10 percent.A. reductionB. recreationC. reflectionD. relation4didn t know the word, I had to_refer to the dictionary.A. look outB.

3、make outC. refer toD. go over学习好资料欢迎下载5. A man s actions_ his thoughts.A. refineB. reformC. reflectD. refresh答案：一、 贷款；限制；有责任的；以防万一；漏；风景；落后；谢绝；预算；繁荣二、 1B 2C3A4C 5DReading ComprehensionHere s my simple test for a product of today s technology: I go to the bookstore andcheck the shelves for remedial bo

4、oks. The more books, the more my suspicions are raised. If computers and computerprograms supposedly are getting easier to use, why are so many companies still making a nice living publishing books onhow to use them?Computers manipulate information, but information is invisible. There s nothing to s

5、ee ortouch. The programmer decides what you see on the screen. Computers don t have knobslike old radios. They don t have buttons, not real buttons. Instead, more and more programs display pictures of buttons,moving even further into abstraction and arbitrariness. I like computers, but I hope they w

6、ill disappear, that they will seem asstrange to our descendantsas the technologies of our grandparents appear to us. Today s computers are indeed gettingeasier to us, but look where they started: so difficult that almost any improvement was welcome.Computer have the power to allow people within a co

7、mpany, caress a nation or evenaround the world to work together. But this power will be wasted if to-morrow s computersaren t designed around the needs and capabilities of the human beings who must use them a people-centered philosophy,in other words. That means retooling computers to mesh withhuman

8、 strengths observing, communicating and innovatinginstead of asking people toconform to the unnatural behavior computers demand. That just leads to error.Many of today s machines try to do too much. When a complicated word processorattempts to double as a desktop pulsing program or a kitchen applian

9、ce comes with half a dozen attachments, the product isbound to be unwieldy and burdensome. My favoriteexample of a technological product on just the right scale an electronic dictionary. It can be made smaller, lighter and far学习好资料欢迎下载easier to use than a print version, not only giving meanings but

10、even pronouncing the words. Today s electronicdictionaries, with their tiny keys and barelylegible displays, are primitive butthey re on the right track.1. The reason why the author often checks the remedial books is that_.A. he is interested in reading booksB. he wants to find out whether they are

11、helpful to readersC. he intends to test a new technological productD. he tries to make it clear why there are so many remedial books2. In the author s view, the picture of button on the computer screen_.A. has the same function as knobs of a radioB. cause more complexity and ambiguityC. will certain

12、ly disappear in the near futureD. presents the development in technology3. The main idea of the 3rd paragraph is_ .A. computers will enable people work more efficientlyB. there will be a wide gap between computers and their usersC. computers should he re-designed so as to make them able to observe,

13、communicateand innovate like manD. computers should abide by the people-phi1osophy4. Machine in the 4th paragraph refers to_ .A. computersB. a word processor and a kitchen applianceC. technological devicesD. electric dictionaries5. Concerning the author s attitude towards computers, which of the fol

14、lowing is most suitable?A. He doubts the convenience of computers学习好资料欢迎下载B. He loves them, but proposes to change them.C. He doesn t like them at all, but has to rely on it for his job.D. He is dissatisfied with nowadays-technological development.答案：CBDABReading ComprehensionChildren display an ama

15、zing ability to become fluent speakers of any languageconsistently spoken around them. Every normal child, not brought up in virtual isolation from language, soon comes to speakone or more languages natively.The child s acquisition of his or her native language is not dependent on any specialtutorin

16、g Parents may spend many hours reinforcing every recognizable bit of their childverbal activity with a smile or some other reward. But there is no particular reason to believethat such activity affects the child s ultimate success in becoming a native speaker of hisparents language. Children can pic

17、k up a language by playing with other children who happen to speak it just as well asthey can through the concentrated efforts of doting parents.All they seem to need is sufficient exposure to the language in question.This capacity for acquiring language is remarkable for a number of reasons. It isr

18、emarkable firstly because of its uniformity across culture. There are simply no cases ofnormal children who, when they are given the chances, fail to acquire a native language. By way of comparison, it is not at allunusual for a child to fail to master arithmetic, reading, swimming, or gymnastics de

19、spite a considerable amount of instruction.Language acquisition, in other words, is inherently human” . It is also specific.Every normal person learns a human language but no other animals, not even the mostintelligent apes, has been shown to be capable of making the slightest progress in this direc

20、tion although some animals canlearn to solve problems, use tools and so on. Language acquisition thus appears to be different in kind from acquisition of theother skills mentioned.The progress is further remarkable for its comparative speed and perfection When weactually attempt to take a language a

21、part to see how it works we find it is extraordinarily complex and that it involves highlyabstract organizational principles. Yet, within the first few years of his life every child has succeeded in mastering at least onesuch system.Furthermore, the linguistic system that the child masters is identi

22、cal to the one employed bythe people around him or her. If a child is regularly exposed to two languages, he will veryprobably learn both. Moreover, they will succeed in keeping the two linguistic systemsseparate, which is a considerable achievement.1. What is most important in native language acqui

23、sition?学习好资料欢迎下载A. Tutoring.B. Reinforcement.C. Exposure.D. Concentration.2. Which of the following is easier to learn for normal children?A. Native language.B. Arithmetic.C. Swimming.D. Gymnastics.3. When the author says that language is“inherently human, he means that_ ,A. human beings learn langu

24、age faster than animalsB. all human beings share the same linguistic systemC. all human beings are capable of language acquisitionD. the principles of different languages are the same4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Apes have no intelligence whatsoever.B. Apes can make s

25、low progress in language learning.C. Language learning is beyond even the most intelligent ape.D. Some species of apes have their own specific language.5. Since language is complex, it is remarkable that children_ .A. are exposed to several language at the same timeB. learn their native language so

26、quickly and so wellC. can successfully combine separate linguistic systemsD. can achieve speed and perfection in language learning答案：CAC C B学习好资料欢迎下载Reading ComprehensionIn ancient time the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome,testing usuall

27、y consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discussquestions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject This custom exists today as part ofthe process

28、 of testing candidates for the doctors degree.Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on thesame questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increasein population and

29、 the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by aelectric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly,during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like ma chines.One type of test is sometimes called objective test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make upan objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along wi