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2001年全国攻读工商管理硕士研究生入学考试英语试题Section I V ocabulary(10 points)Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentencesin this section.Foreach senten ce there are fourchoicesmarked A,B, C and D. Choose theone thatbest completes the sentence and mark youranswerson ANSWERSHEET 1.1.Theannual------of the departmentstore starts tomorrow.A stocking.B stocktakingC stockpiling. Dstockholding.2.Remember to ask fora------of qualityforthesegoods;otherwise they will not offer any maintenance.A warranty.B promiseCcertificate.D recejpt.3.In manycountries tobacco andmedicinearegovernment------.A control.B monopolyC business.D belongings.4.Bank notes are not usually------into gold nowadays.A inverted.B revertibleCconvertible.D diverting.5.I------youthat the goods will bedeliverednext week.Ainsist.B confirmCassure. Densure.6.The managerjust------his resignation to theboard meeting y esterday and today another one took hisplace.A sentup.Bsent offCsent out. Dsent in.7.Lets not------over such atrifle!A fallthrough.BfalloutC fall off.Dfallback.8.The cultures of China and Japanhave sharedmany features,but each has usedthem according to its national------.A personality. BtemperamentC interest.D destiny.9.Our journeywas slow because the train stopped------atdifferent villages.Agradually. B continuouslyCconstantly.D continually.10.Whenhe realizedthe police had spottedhim,the man------the e xit as quickly as possible.A madefor.Bmade outC made up to.D made way.11.The goods------when we arrived atthe airport.A werejust unloaded.B werejust being unloadedC were just beenunloaded.D hadjust unloaded.12.Theprofessor can hardly find sufficient grounds------his argument in favor of thenewtheory.A which to baseon.B on which to baseCto base on which. Dwhichtobe basedon.13.I think yourwords carrymore weight than------.A anybody elses.Bthat of anybodysCanybody else. D else anybody s.14.The secondbook was------byAugust 1996,but two years later,the end was stillnowhere in sight.A to complete.B completedCto have been completed.Dtohave completed.15.I wouldhavegone tovisit himin the hospital hadit been at all possible,butI------fullyoccupiedthe whole of last week.Awere.BwasC had been.D have been.16.No difficultyandno hardship------discouragedhim.Ahas.B haveChas been.D have been.17.I always keep candlesin the house------there isapowercut.Aif. B in caseCon conditionthat.D when.18.Somemodern children sfiction deals with serious problemsandsituations witha realismseldom------in earlier books.A attempted.B attemptingCbeing attempted. Dhaving attempted.19.Written in a hurry,------.Ahe made many mistakes in the paper.Bthere were a lot ofmistakes in the paper.C we found plentyoferrors in herpaperDthe paper wasfullof errors.20.Some student prefer a strictteacher whotellsthem exactly what todo.Others prefer------to workon their own.A leaving.B to leaveC having beenleft.D tobe left.Section II Cloze(10 points)Directions: Read the following text.Choose the bestword(s)for each n umbered blank and markA,B,Cor D onANSWER SHEET1.It is difficult to imagine what lifewould belike without memory.The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions,thebases 21thedecisionswe make,and the roots of our habitsandskillsare to be22in our past experiences,which are broughtsintosthe present23memory.Memory can be defined as thecapacity tokeep 24 available for later use.It includes not only"remembering"thinglike arithmetic or historical facts,but also any changein the way ananimal typicallybehaves.Memoryis25when a ratgives upeating grain because he has snif fed something suspicious in the grainpile.Memory is also involvedwhen a sixyear old child learns to swing a baseball bat.Memory26not only in humans and animals butalso insomephysical objects and puters,for example,contain devices forstoring d ata for later use.Itisinteresting to comparethememorystorage capaci ty of a computer27thatof a human being.The instant access memory ofa large computer mayhold up to100,000"words"readyfor28 use.A naverage Americanteenagerprobably recognizes the meanings of about 100,000 words of English.However,this is but a fractionof thetotal29of information which the teenagerhasstored.Consider,forexample,thenumber offacts and placesthat the teenager can recognize on sight.Theuse ofwords is the basis ofthe advanced problemsolvingintelligence of humanbeings.Alarge part of apersonsmemory is in termsof wordsand30of words.21A of.B to.C for. Don22Akept. Bfound.C sought.D stored23A by. B from. Cwith. D in24.Aexperiences.B bases C observations.D information.25A called. B taken.Cinvolved. Dincluded26Aexists. B appears. C affects.Dseems27Ato.Bwith.C against.D for28.A progressive. Binstructive C instant.D protective.29A deal. Bnumber.C mount. D amount30.A combinations.B corrections Ccoordinations.Dcollections.SectionIII Reading comprehension (40points)Section ADirections:.Thereare5passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements.For each of them there arefour choices marked A,B,C,and D.You shoulddecideonthe bestchoice andblacken the corresponding letteron the AnswerSheet with a pencil..Questions31 to34 are based on the following passage:The stability of the U.S.bankingsystem is maintained by means ofsu pervisionand regulation,inspections,depositinsurance,and loans to troubled banks.For over50years,these precautionshave prevented banking panics.However,there have been someclose calls.The collapse of Continental lllinois Bank & Trusted Company of Chicago in 1984 did notbringdown the banking system,but itcertainly rattled some windows.In the late1970s,Continentalsoared toaleadership position amon gMidwestern banks.Parts of itsgrowth strategy were risky,however.It mad emanyloansinthe energy field,including billionthat it took overfrom PennSquareBand of Oklahoma City.To obtain the fundsitneeded to maketheseloans,Continental reliedheavily onshort termborrowing fromother banks and large,30day certificates ofdeposit-"hot money",in bankingjargon.At least one Continentalofficer saw danger signs and wrote a warningmemotoher superiors,but the memowent unheede d.Althoughthe Comptroller of theCurrency inspectedContinental on a regular basis,it failedtoseelow serious its problemsweregoing to be.Penn Square Bankwas closed byregulatorsin July1982.When energy prices began to slip,most ofthe billion in loans that Continental hadtaken over from thesmaller banksturned outto behad.Other loans to troubled companies suchChrysler,lnternational Harvester,and Branifflooked questionable.Seeing theseproblem,"hotmoney"owners beganto pull their funds out of Continental.By the springof1984,a run on Continentalhadbegun.In May,t he bank had toborrow .5 billionfrom the Fedtoreplace overnight funds itbad lost.Butthis wasnot enough.Totry to stem the outflow ofdeposits from Continemtal,theFDICagreed toguarantee not justthefirst ,000 of each depositor s moneybutall ofit.Nevertheless,theruncontinued.Federalregulators tried hard tofind a sound bank that could takeover Continental-acommon wayof rescuing failingbanks.But Continentalwasjusttoo big for anyone to buy.By July,allhope of a private sector rescuewasdashed.Regulators faceda stark choice:Let Continental collapse,or take itover themselves.Letting the bank fail seemed too risky.Itwasestimated that more than 100 other bankshad placedenough funds inContinental toput them at risk ifContinental failed.Thus,on a rainy Thursdayat theendofJu ly,the FDIC in effectnationalizedContinentalIllinois at a cost of .5 billion.This kept thebanksdoors open and preventeda chain reaction.However,in all but a technical sense,Continental hadbecome the biggestbankfailure in U.S.history.31.In thespring of 1984,Continental experienced------.A a fast growth period.B a stability periodC a run. Danoil price decrease.32.By July,allhopeof aprivate sectorrescuewas------.Adestroyed. B absurdCdesperate. D damaged.33.The nationalizatin ofContinental------.Asaved itB made"hot money"ownerscontinue to pull theirfunds out of Continental.C almost brought down the banking systemDfired many high ranking officers.34.Banking panicsmay beprevented bymeans of------.Adeposit insurance.BgrowthstrategyC longtermborrowing.Dwarning memo.Questions 35to 38 arebased onthe followingpassage:Ifsustainable competitive advantage depends on work force skills,Americanfirmshave a problem.Human resource managementis nottraditionallyseenascentraltothe competitivesurvivalof the firm in the UnitedStates.Skillacquisition isconsidered as an individual responsibility.Labor is simply another factor of production tobe hired-rentedat the lowest possible cost-much as onebuys raw materials oreq uipment.The lackof importance attached to humanresource management can be seenin thecorporation hierarchy.In an American firmthechief fi nancial officeris almost alwayssecond incommand.The post of head of human resource managementsis usually a specialized job,off at theedge ofthe corporatehierarchy.The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategicdecisions and has nochanceto move up to Chief ExecutiveOfficer(CEO).Byway of contrast,in Japan thehead ofhumanresource managementis central-usuallythe secondmost importantexecutive,after the CEO,inthe firm s hierarchy.While American firmsoften talk aboutthevast amounts spenton trai ningtheir work forces,in factthey invest less in the skill of their em ployees than do theJapanese orGermanfirms.Themoney they do invest is also morehighly concentratedon professionaland managerial employees.And the limited investments that are made intrainingworkers are alsomuch morenarrowly focusedonthespecific skillsnecessary to dothe next job rather thanon the basicbackgrou nd skills that makeitpossibleto absorb new technologies.Asaresult,problems emergewhen new breakthrough technologies arrive.If American workers,for example,take muchlongerto learn how tooperatenew flexible manufacturing stations thanworkers inGermany(asthey do),the effective cost of those stationsislower in Ge rmanythan it is in the United Stated.More time is required beforeequipmentisupand running at capacity,and theneed for extensive retraining generates costs andcreates bottlenecks that limit thespeed withwhich new equipmentcan be employed.Theresult is a slower pace of techno logical change.Andin the endthe skills of the bottomhalfof the population affect thewages ofthe top half.If the bottom half canteffectively staffthe processes thathave to beoperated,the management an dprofessional jobs that go with these processes willdisappear.35.Which of thefollowing applies tothe management of humanresources in Americancompanies?A.They hire peopleat the lowest cost regardless of their skills.B.They seethe gainingof skills as their employees own business.C.They attachmoreimportanceto workers than toequipment..D.They only hire skilled workersbecause of keen competition.36.What is the position of the head of human resource managementinanAmerican firm?A.Heisoneofthe mostimportantexecutivesin the firm..B.His post is likely to disappear when new technologies are introduced. C.He is directly under thechief financial executive.D.He hasnoauthority in making important decisions in the firm..37.The money most American firms spendin trainingmainlygoes to----.Aworkers who canoperatenewequipmentB technologicalandmanagerial staffCworkers wholackbasicbackgroundskillsD topexecutives.38.What is themain ideaofthepassage?A.American firms are different fromJapaneseandGermanfirm sin human resourcemanagement.B.Extensiveretraining isindispensableto effective humanresource ma nagement.C.The head ofhumanresource management must be inthecentral position in a firm s hierarchy..D.The human resource managementstrategiesof Americanfir msaffect their competitive capacity...Questions 39to 42arebasedon the following passage:Internetis a vast networkof computers that connects many of theworld s businesses,institutions,and individuals.The internet,which mean sinterconnected networkof networks,links tensofthousandsof smaller computer networks.These networkstransmithugeamounts of information in the formof words,images,andsounds.The Internet was informationon virtually every topic.Networkusers can s earchthrough sources ranging from vast databases to small electronic"bulletinboards ,"where usersform discussion groups around commo ninterests.Much of the Internet s traffic consistsof messagessent from one computer userto another.These messages are calledelectronic mail or e mail.Internetusers have electronicaddresses thatallow them to sendand receive e mail.Otheruses of the network includ eobtaining news,joining electronicdebates,and playing electronicgames.One feature of the Internet,knownasthe World Wide Web,provides gra phics,audio,and video toenhancethe information initsdocuments.Thesedocuments cover a vast number of topics.People usually access the Internetwith a device called a modem.Modems connect computersto thenetworkthroughtelephone lin es.Much of the Internet operates through worldwidetelephone networksof fiber opticcables.Thesecables contain hair thin strands ofglassthat carrydata as pulses oflight.They can transmit thousands of times more data than local phone lines,most of whichconsist of copperwires.Thehistory of theInternetbegan inthe 1960s.At thattime,t he Advanced ResearchProjectsAgency(ARPA)ofthe United States Departmentof Defense developeda networkofcomputers call edARPAnet.Originally,ARPAnetconnected onlymilitaryand government computer systems.Itspurpose was tomakethesesystems securein the eventofadisasterorwas.Soonafter the creation of ARPAnet,universities andotherinstitutions developed their own compute rnetworks.These networks eventually were mergedwith ARPAnetto for mthe Internet.By the1990s,anyone with a computer,modem,and Interne tsoftware couldlink up tothe Internet.Inthe future,the Internet will probably grow moresophisticated as computer technology becomesmore powerful.Many experts believe theInternetmaybecome part of alargernetwork called the informati on superhighway.This network,still under development,wouldlink computers with telephone companies,cabletelevisionstations,and other communicationsystems.Peoplecould bank,shop,watchTV,and perform manyotheractivitiesthrough the network.39.This passage isabout the------ofthe Internet.A future.B general introductionCuse.Dhistory.40.Which of the following statementsabout the Internet is true?A.ARPA wasthe first net usedby American universities and inst itutions.B.The history ofthe Internetcanbetracedback tofifty years ago.C.The purposeofthe Internetis to protect theworld inthe event ofwar.D.ARPAnet formed the foundation of the Internet nowadays...41.The Internetenablespeople to do all the followingthings EXCEPT----.A sendingemail.Bobtaining newsCexchanging modem.D internet related chat(IRC).42.According to the last paragraph,inthe future------.A.in may behardtopredict the development of the Internet.B.the Internet will become anindispensablesuperhighway.C.the Internetwill be appliedmore.D.theInternet willcombine cable stations.Questions 43 to46arebasedonthe following passage:Sex prejudices arebased onand justifiedbytheideology that biology i sdestiny.According to thisideology,basic biological and psychological differencesexist between the sexes.These differencesrequireeachsex toplay a separate role in social life.Women are the weaker sexbothphysically and emotionally.Thus,they are naturallysuited,much more sothanmen,to the performanceof domestic duties.A woman s place,undernormal circumstances,is within theprotectiveenvironment ofthe home.Na ture hasdeterminedthatwomenplaycaretaker roles,such as wifea nd motherandhomemaker.On the other hand,men are best suitedto go outsintosthe competitive world ofwork andpolitics,where seriousresponsibilities must betaken on.Men areto be theproviders;women and children are"dependents."Theideology alsoholds thatwomen whowish to work outside the householdshouldnaturally fill these jobs that are in linewith thespecial capabilitiesof theirsex.It is thus appropriate for women,not men,to beemployed asnurses,social workers,elementaryschoolteache rs,household helpers,and clerks and secretaries.These positions are simply an extension of womens domestic role.Informaldistinctions between"women s work"and"men s work"inth elabor force,according totheideology,are simply a functional reflection of the basic differences betweenthe sexes.http://Finally,the ideologysuggests that nature has worked her will in another significant way.For the human species to surviveover time,itsmem bers mustregularly reproduce.Thus,women must,whether at homeorin thelaborforce,make the mostoftheir physical appearance.So goesthe ideology.Itis,of course,not true that basicbiological andpsychological differences between the sexesrequire each to play sexdefined rolesinsocial life.There isample evidence that sexrolesvary from societytosociety,and those role differences that to exist are largely learned.But to the degreepeople actually believethat biology isdestinyand thatnatureintended for men and women to make differentcontributions to society,sexdefined roleswillbe seenastotally acceptable.43.Women s place,some people think,iswithin the protective envir onment of thehomebecause------.A.womencan provide better care for thechildren.B.womenaretooweak todo any agriculturalworkatall.C.women arebiologically suited to domestic jobs.D.women can not compete with men inany field.44.According to theauthor,sexroles------.Aare socially determinedB.are emotionally and physically determined.C.can only be determined by what education peopletake.D.are biologically and psychologically determined.45.The author points out that the assignmentsofwomen s roles inw ork------.A.are determinedbywhat they are better suited to.B.grow outof their positioninside thehome.C.reflect a basicdifference between men and women.D.are suitableto them,butnot to men.46.Which ofthefollowingis NOTtrueaccordingto the passage?A.The division of sex definedroles is completely unacceptable..B.Womens roles inwork are too limited at present..C.In one society,men might perform whatis considered women s dut ies by another.D.Someof the womensroles indomestic duties can not be taken over bymen.Questions 47 to 50 are based on the following passage:In a sense,the new protectionismis not protectionism at all,at leastnot in thetraditional sense of the term.Theold protectionis mreferredonly totraderestricting and trade expanding devices,su ch as thetariff or export subsidy.Thenewprotectionismismuchbroader thanthis;itincludesinterventionssintosforeign trade but is not limitedto them.The new protectionism,in fact,refers tohow thewhole of government interventionsintosthe private economy affects internati onal trade.Theemphasison trade is stillthere,thus came thete rm"protection."But whatisnew is therealization that virtuallyallgovernment activitiescan affect internationaleconomic relations.Theemergenceofthe new protectionism in theWestern worldrefl ectsthevictory of the interventionist,or welfare economy overthe market economy.Jab Tumiler writes,"The old protectionism…coexisted,witho ut any apparent intellectual difficulty with the acceptance of themarket as a n ational as well asan international economic distribution mechanism-indeed,protectionists as well as(if notmore than)free traders stood for laissez faire(放任政策).Now,as inthe 1930s,protectionismis an exp ressionof a profound skepticismas to the abilityofthe marketto distribute resourcesand incomes tosocieties satisfaction."Itis preciselythis profoundskepticism ofthe market economythatis responsiblefor the protectionism.In a market economy,economic change of variouscolors implies redistribution of resourcesand incomes.Thesame opinionin many communitiesapparently is that such redistributions often are notproper.There fore,the government intervenes(干涉;干预)tobring about amore desired result.The victory ofthe welfare state is almost complete in northern Europe.In Sweden ,Norway,Finland,Denmark,and theNetherlands,government intervention inalmost allaspects of economicandsociallife is considered normal.In GreatBritainthis is only somewhat lesstrue.Government traditionallyhas played a very active roleineconomic life in Franceand continued todo so.Only West Germany dares togoagainstthe tide towards excessive interventionism in Western Europe.Italsohappens tobethe most successful Western European economy.Thewelfarestate has madesignificantprogress in theUnitedStatesas wellas in WesternEurope.Social security,unemployment insura nce,minimum wage laws,and rentcontrolareby now traditional welf are state elements on the American scene.47.This passage is primarily concerned with discussing------.A.thedefinitionof the new protectionism.B.the difference betweennew andoldprotectionism.C.the emergence of the new protectionism in the Westernworld.D.the significanceof the welfare state.48.Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of a welfarestatementionedin this passage?AFree education is available to achild.B Laws aremade to fix the minimum wage.CAjobless personcanbe insured.DThereare regulations for rent.49.Which of the following inferences istrue,according to this passage?A.The economydevelopedfaster in welfare statesthan in nonwelfare states.B.In the1930s,protectionism beganto rise.C.The new protectionismis so called mainly because it isthe latest.D.Governmentplays a more activerole in economic life in NorthernEurope thaninGreatBritain...50.The passagesuppliesinformation for answering whichoft hefollowingquestions?AWhen did the newprotectionism arise?B.Whyis thenew protectionism sopopularin northern European countries?.C.Does the American government play a moreactive role in economiclife than the British government?.D.Why does the governmentintervene in economiclife?.Section BDirections:.Readthe following passagecarefully and then give short answer sto the five questions.Write youranswers on theAnswer Sheet..In a television interview,Mr.DanielBrummage,President of the International OlympicsCommittee,is defending hisCommittees decisiontohold theGames againinfour years time.Eversince the modern Olympic Gamesbegan in1896,theyvehad their critics.Everyform of competitive activity attracts trouble.But part of the aimof the Games,when theywerefirst heldin ancientGreece,wasto discourage war between states by engagingthem in afriendli er kind of combat.My Committee and Iintend to seethat theygo on doing this.Thespiritofcompetition in the Gamesusesup alotof energy that couldbe more harmfully employed.Inmy opinion,it does a lot ofgood,getting people to forgettheirdifferences in a communalactivity.Anycompetitor orspectator at the Gamesorin the Olympic Village will tell you thatthe atmosphere of friendship thereis unforgettable:as if the world were onebig family.And the hostilitiesthat the press always likes toexaggerate,only existinafew quarters.What we suffer fromis bad publicity,not hadsportsmanship.These Gamesarethe biggestinternational gathering of anykind in the world.Notonlydo they bringsportsmentogether,but they unite aworldpublic.Isn´tthis a sufficient reasonforcontinuingthen?Of course,a few people aregoingto usethemas an occasion forpropaganda(宣传),but this isno reasonwhy the Games should be cancel ed.Whyshould every harmless activitybespoiled for themajority bythe minority?No!Aslong as themajority wants it,these Gameswill continue.This is sport,sir,not politics,andI intendthat it shouldremain so.51.Is thatright that all the people inthe worldagree tohold the Olympic Games?.52Whendid the modernOlympicGames begin?53.Whatis the purposeof the OlympicCommittee toholdthe Games?54.What does Mr.DanielBrummage criticize in hisspeech and Why?.55Willthe Games continue?Why?PARTⅣTranslation (15%)Directions:.Inthis part there is apassage in English.Translate the five sentences underlinedsintosChinese and writeyour translationon the An swer Sheet ..(56)The types of daydreams,whetherthey are pleasantand hopefulor filledwith despair takeshape in childhoodwheneveryone develops oneofthree basic daydreaming styles:positive negativeandscattered American Health reports.Although everyone lapses occasionallysintoseach of these types,positive daydreamersaremore likely to imagine happy,playful orentertaining of thesetypes, positivedaydreamers are morelikely to imagine happy,playfulorentertaining scenarios.(57)Negativedaydreamerstend to dwellon life s darker side.imaginingdangerous and/or lifethreatening situations,such asthe appearance of afatal or weakening disease orbecomingavictim of violence.Scattered day dreamers areeasily bored and distracted."Their mental images tend to be fleeting,repetitiveand shallow,likevariationson the same fairy tales,"explains Yale psychologist RoniTower.(58)While all threetypes arecommon,positive imaginationsare likeliest to serveas springboards(跳板)for problem solving,while negative andscattereddaydreams mayleave a personfeeling anxious.Negativedaydreamers arewaiting forthe othershoe"to fall."Their imaginations are often guiltriddenor obsessive.Thereare times when driftingaway can cause problems,according to Blodin."If daydreaming gets inthe way of daily function because theperso nis doing it all day,theperson wontbeveryproductive,"she say s."The amountof time and the frequencythat aperson daydreamsis what s important.It should not takeup allof your time.(59)If peoplefind theirdaydreaming is becomingexcessive(过多的),they shou ld take a realisticlook atwhat s goingon intheir lifeandask themselveswhat they are trying to avoid.Thenthey canassess what steps theyneed to take to correct the situation."(Anyonewhohasa hardtime discriminatingbetween reality and imagination or starts replacingreallife family and friends with imagined people shouldseek professional help.)http://(60)ProfessorSinger sums up theadvantages of daydreams tothe ave rageperson:"bysitting quietlyandlettingyour daydreams emerge instead of squelching(抑制)them,you may find there are parts of yourself you haven t beenlistening to.Insteadof fearing them,youll gainaccess totremendous rangeofinteresting,creative ideas."PARTⅤWriting (15%)Directions:.Write a composition accordingto theinformation given in t he followingoutline in Chinese.Your composition should be about120 words.Remember towriteclearly.You shouldwrite this composition on theAnswer Sheet..网络经济的新启示(new revelations)1网络经济被誉为新经济的代表。