2011年在职MPA复习之MPA英语知识运用解析

　　1.According to a recent survey, Americans also change their eating patterns to meet the needs of different situations. They have certain ideas about which　foods will make them __for business meetings, or put them in the mood for　romance.

　　[A] attentive

　　[B] shrewd

　　[C] acute

　　[D] alert

　　解析：alert 表示思维敏锐，思想高度集中，能注视周围发生的一切。[A]attentive只是集中精力;[B]shrewd“(生意人)精明的”;[C]acute“尖锐的，锋利的”。

　　2. _ some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not　develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been isolated from other　human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that interaction with　other human beings in necessary for proper language development.

　　[A] Because

　　[B] In case

　　[C] Although

　　[D] Whether

　　解析：从句“语言的某些方面毫无疑问是先天的”与主句“语言不会… …自行发展”在逻辑 上是 矛盾 的， 故应 选 表示 转折 关系 的连 词 Although (尽 管， 虽然 )A]Because 表因果关系;[B] In case“万 一， 一旦 ”，引 导 条件 从句 ;[D]Whether“无论是否”。

　　3.The antiwar movement in the 1960s, the _ Rights Movement that　emerged strongly in the 1950s, and the antiabortion movement of the 1980s　are all examples of social movement in America that have involved both legal　and illegal activities to achieve their goals.

　　[A] Civil

　　[B] Liberty

　　[C] Humanity

　　[D] privacy

　　解析：civil 有“公民的，国内的”之义，the civil rights movement 即人权运动，符合文意。[B] liberty“自由”;[C] humanity“人类，人性”;[D] privacy“隐私”。

　　4.Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to　listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have　________of between two million and six million dollars per year.

　　[A] revenues

　　[B] salaries

　　[C] wages

　　[D] incomes

　　解析：income“收入”。[A]revenue 尤指国家的税收;[B]salary 多指固定按月支付的薪水;[C]wage 常指按周计算的工钱，多指体力劳动。

　　5.For some years now a research team at Vienna Technical University, headed　by Drs. Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, in cooperation with Professor Kurt　Burian of the Medical Faculty of Vienna University, have pioneered the　development of a hearing aid for the totally deaf in both ears. The device, which　is already in production, is capable of enabling the totally deaf to achieve the　level of speech understanding of those with moderately severe hearing　_________—a breakthrough of considerable social and economic importance.

　　[A] ability

　　[B] aids

　　[C] defects

　　[D] organ

　　解析：defect“缺陷”。句意：“…… 这种助听器能帮助患者达到理解中度听觉缺陷者的言语水平”。[A] ability“能力”;[B] aid“辅助”;[D] organ“器官”都不准确。

　　6.The latter may commit crimes _lack of adequate parental control. All　theories, however, are tentative and are subject to criticism.

　　[A] on

　　[B] in

　　[C] for

　　[D] with

　　解析：for 可以作为前置词，表示原因。lack of adequate parental control(缺乏父母管教)与前文 commit crimes 存在原因关系，故选[C]。

　　7.The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high at its center; thus, the　air over the Antarctic is far more refrigerated than it is over the Arctic regions.　This cold air cascades off the land with such that it makes the nearby　seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable those regions whose　counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are inhabited.

　　[A] force

　　[B] roughness

　　[C] influence

　　[D] coldness

　　解析：cascade 本意指“瀑布般地流下，泻下”，这里就是指冷空气来势凶猛，力量很大，所以正确答案是 force。

　　8.But at the beginning of this century, the tango was refined, so that it lost its　erotic features. It was preformed in fashionable casino ballrooms. The tango, in　its sophisticated European , became popular in England and in the USA.

　　[A] shape

　　[B] form

　　[C] format

　　[D] contour

　　解析：根 据上下 文辨别 词意： [A] shape“外形 ，形状 ”; [B] form“形 式，种 类”;[C]format“样式”;[D] contour“轮廓，外形”。显然，正确的选项是[B]。