2012年MBA联考英语阅读练习及答案汇总
Postgraduate students will spend the first year in the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark, and in the University of Amsterdam and the second year in Swansea, Hamburg University or the City University in London. Representatives from each of the Universities meet at Swansea University, campus to sign the agreement. Students will become familiar with contemporary issues and debates in the area of European journalism and will be prepared for a career in the new, emerging global environment. Subjects covered will include European media, European society and politics and the impact of globalization.
By learning and living in at least three different European countries，students will be prepared for the challenge of working in a range of contexts in the new global information society. Students will be have the opportunity to specialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism: war and conflict, business and finance, and citizenship. Those choosing to specialize in war and conflict will study at Swansea in their second year.
Independent experts from the European Commission have described the newly created master’s course as quite unique, in so far as no other university offers a course in Journalism that opens the possibility to study in at least three countries: Professor Kevin Williams, Head of Media Studies at Swansea University said: “The aim is to create a graduate program in journalism that combines the best of the European traditions of media science and journalism to create a degree that is European in origin and global in scope. We hope to produce alumni who will shape the future of global journalism.”
Deadline for application for both the masters to start in August 2005 and for the Erasmus Mundus stipends（奖学金）for non-EU students is 1st March 2005.
1. The Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in this passage is ______.
A. a new Master's degree in Chemistry
B. first launched in Wales
C. brought by five leading European journalism institutions and universities
D. only launched in three European universities
2. From the second paragraph, we can know that postgraduate students in the program ______.
A. will study in three countries
B. will meet at Swansea University campus to sign the agreement
C. will have to debate with each other
D. will mainly study in environmental problems
3. Students can specialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism EXCEPT ______.
A. war and conflict
B. business
C. citizenship
D. global information
4. It can be inferred from Kevin Williams’ remarks that ______.
A. the new program will greatly widen the students’ knowledge
B. the new program is still in test and has not been launched
C. the work of graduates of the program is to shape the future of global journalism
D. the aim of the program is to create a world-recognized degree
5. The best title for the passage can be ______.
A. A New Master’s Degree in University
B. One Course, Three Countries
C. Postgraduate Study in Europe
D. The Erasmus Mundus Stipends
答案：
1. C。根据文章第一段中“The Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree is brought together by five leading journalism institutions and universities in Europe.”可知，此硕士学位是由五个主要欧洲新闻业的机构和大学提出的。故答案为C。
2. A。根据文章第二段第一句话可知，加人此项目的学生将在丹麦（Denmark）、荷兰（Amsterdam是其首都）和英国（Swansea和London都是英国城市）三个不同国家学习。故答案为A。
3. D。根据文章第三段中“… three distinct areas of journalism: war and conflict, business and finance, and citizenship.”可知，学生有机会专攻三个领域中某一新闻领域，即A、B. C三项。D项中全球信息（global information）过于宽泛，未涉及到。故答案为D。
4. A。根据第四段中的论述可知，Kevin说该项目结合了欧洲最好的传统新闻学，自欧洲起，尽览世界。其实正是扩大了学生的眼界。故答案为A。
5. B。B项点明了文章中最重要的意旨，即该学位要通过在三个国家学习才能完成，言简意赅。故答案为B。
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said. “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack On the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon” (乱放跑的人)
The Princess responded by brushing aside the Criticisms: “This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.”
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their Support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.”
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
1. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 _____.
A. to clarify the British government’s stand on landmines
B. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
2. What did Diana mean when she said “... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me” (Line 5, Para. 1)?
A. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
B. She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
C. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
D. Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
3. Some members of the British government criticized Diana because _____.
A. she had not consulted the government before the visit
B. she was ill-informed of the government’s policy
C. they were actually opposed to banning landmines
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
4. How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A. She made more appearances on TV.
B. She paid no attention to them.
C. She rose to argue with her opponents.
D. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
5. What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A. It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B. It had greatly promoted her popularity.
C. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
D. It had affected her relations with the British government.
答案：
1. D。由题干in 1997直接定位于文章第一句to support the Red Cross’s Campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines，D项是原文的同义改写。
2. D。本句中的figures，指的不是前面提到的统计数字，而是后面列举的小女孩Sandra等深受地雷伤害的人；另一个是bring sth. home这个短语是指“活生生的揭示，以强调的形式清楚的表示”。所以本句的意思是亲眼看到被地雷伤害的人使王妃深切感受到了事实。
3. C。由some members of the British government定位与第三段第一句，此处表明英国政府批评戴安娜的原因，即政府不支持禁雷。从第三段第二句可知，王妃的出访是得到了外交部的批准的，排除A，B和D是政府在媒体上对王妃的批评之辞，并没有说明真实的原因。
4. B。第四段第一句说明了王妃对政府对她的批评所持的态度。brush aside意思是“不理，漠视”，相当于pay no attentionto sth.
5. C。文章最后一段用王妃的话总结了她出访安哥拉的意义，即让她有机会贴近普通民众， C项是原文的同义转述。
Whenever advertisers want you to stop thinking about the product and to start thinking about something bigger, better, or more attractive than the product, they use that very popular wore "like". The word "like'' is the advertiser's equivalent of the magician's use of misdirection."Like" gets you to ignore the product and concentrate on the claim the advertiser is making about it.
"For skin like peaches and cream" claims the ad for a skin cream. What is this ad really claiming? It doesn't say this cream will give you peaches-and-cream skin. There is no verb in this claim, so it doesn't even mention using the product. How is skin ever like "peaches and cream" '?
Remember, ads must be read exactly according to the dictionary definition of words. This ad is making absolutely no promise for this skin cream. If you think this cream will give you soft, smooth, and youthful-looking skin, you are the one who has read the meaning into the ad.
The wine that claims "It's like taking a trip to France" wants you to think about a romantic evening in Paris as you walk along the street after a wonderful meal in an intimate craft. Of course, you don' t really believe that a wine can take you to France, but the goal of the ad is to get you to think pleasant, romantic thoughts about France and not about how the wine tastes or how expensive it may be. That little word "like" has taken you away from crushed grapes into a world of your own imaginative making. Who knows, maybe the next time you buy wine, you'll think those pleasant thoughts when you see this brand of wine, and you'll buy it.
How about the most famous "like" claim of all, "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should Ignoring the grammatical error here, you might want to know what this claim is saying.
Whether a cigarette tastes good or bad is a subjective judgment because what tastes good to one person may well taste horrible to another. There are many people who say that all cigarettes taste terrible, other people who say only some cigarettes taste all right, and still others who say all cigarettes taste good.
1. The word "like" in an ad often focuses the consumer's attention on ______.
A. what the advertiser says about the product
B. what magic the product really possesses
C. why the advertiser promotes the product
D. why the product is as good as promised
2. The author suggests that language in ads should be understood ______.
A. according to its dictionary definition
B. according to its contexts
C. imaginatively
D. impartially
3. To promote sales, advertisers often exploit consumers' ______.
A. economic status
B. practical need
C. emotional need
D. social status
4. Advertisers often use ambiguous language to ______.
A. promise excellent quality
B. cash in on grammatical errors
C. appeal to consumers' rational judgments
D. take advantage of consumers' imagination
5. The best title for the passage would be ______.
A. The Magic of "Like" in Advertising
B. The Promise of "Like" in Advertising
C. The Definition of "Like" in Advertising
D. The Application of "Like" in Advertising
答案：
1. A。细节题。由文章第一段第一段…Like gets you to ignore the product and concentrate on the claim the advertiser is making about it．"呵知．"like"一词将观众的注意力集中到了广告词上。
2. A。细节题。从文章第一段倒数第三句"Remember，ads must be read exactly according to the dictionary definition of words．"可见，作者认为观众应该根据字典的解释来看待广告词。
3. C。推理题。本题应从第二段推测，第二段主要意思是广告怎样使你沉浸在美好的想象中，且从文章的用词(pleasant，romantic．。．)我们可知，所产生的联想都是与精神和情绪有关的。
4. D。推理题。题于为"广告商通常使用暖昧、不明确的语言来…"，本文说的是广告词使观众产生联想，与此有关的选项是D。
5. D。主旨题。文章主要说的是"像"一词在广告词中的应用，B，C与文意无关…且从作者的语气我们可以判断作者对广告商的这种做法是持反对态度的，从而排除A。故选D。
Today only one person in five in the United States lives within 50 miles of his birthplace. Since the country was first settled, Americans have moved around a great deal, and are often far away from their parents. Because they have broken ties with their past at a young age, chosen their own occupations, established their own homes and developed their own lifestyles, few American children grow up closely surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins as they do in Italy, Nigeria, or India, for example. This along with the fact that modern American families do not have servants has made the “baby-sitter” a vital part of the American scene. A “sitter” is someone who is hired to care for children for a specific length of time—usually relatively short—while the parents are out for an evening, going to a party or a course of study for example. Sometimes the baby-sitter is also hired for longer period, perhaps when the parents are away for a weekend. In such cases the “sitter” is likely to be a mature and motherly woman. For short periods, teen-agers, college students, nursing students, and others are commonly employed on an hourly basis.From the point of view of convenience, the best sitters are often young people who live in your apartment building or close by in the neighborhood. This gives you a chance to meet the parents and see what they are like. If an emergency occurs, young sitters can call upon their parents quickly for help; you do not have to take them far to see them home at night or pay expensive taxi fares. Another advantage is that young people living close by can usually fill in quite readily on short notice or for short periods of time.
In an apartment house you can ask the superintendent for permission to post a notice for a baby-sitter by the mailboxes. This is often the best way to find out if there is anyone in the building who is interested in baby-sitting. Retired people as well as students are often glad to earn a little money in this way and can be found by such a note.
1. We can infer from the first paragraph that ______.
A. the American is a movable and independent nation
B. the Americans are often far away from their parents
C. the Children in Italy, Nigeria, or India doesn’t feel like living with their parents
D. the Americans broke ties with their past at a young age
2. A baby-sitter is a person who ______.
A. helps to do housework
B. is a cleaning woman
C. looks after children while their parents are out
D. takes care of babies and cooks for the family
3. Who can be a baby-sitter?
A. Women
B. Man
C. College student
D. All the above
4. It is advised that when you are out for short periods, you may hire ______ to be baby-sitters.
A. motherly women
B. retired people
C. young people
D. mature women
5. The best title for the passage is ______.
A. American Families
B. Baby-Sitters
C. A Way of Earning Money for Young Students
D. A Best Way to Find Baby-Sitters
答案：
1. A。根据题干中的“infer”可以排除B项和D项，因为这两项在文中有直接体现，而非读 者通过阅读之后“推断”出来的内容，C项表述错误。故答案为A。
2. C。根据理解以及短文第一段的说明“A ‘sitter’ is someone who is hired to care for children for a specific length of time—usually relatively short—while the parents are out … ”可以知 道，故答案为C。
3. D。短文中并没有提及对这一职业的性别限制，所以应该是全部都可以，故答案为D。
4. C。由第一段“For short periods, teen-agers, colleges students, nursing students, and others are commonly employed on an hourly basis.”可以知道，短期的保姆就雇佣青年人比较合适。
5. B。本题比较简单，B选项概括了短文的内容，而且比较简练。