中国留学之家 2009年-MBA联考英语模拟试题(5)

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Section A

　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

　　About 16 million people in ale United States have lost some of their hearing. About two million others are extremely or completely deaf. They cannot hear speech or most other sounds in their everyday life, even with a hearing aid to make sounds louder.

　　There are several kinds of hearing loss. The first kind results from disease or injury to the outer or middlepart of the ear. The damage prevents sound waves from reaching the inner ear. Usually, this form of hearing loss is not extreme. And a hearing aid or medical treatment call often restore hearing. A second kind of hearing loss involves the nerves. It is caused by damage to the inner ear. A loud noise or disease may destroy some of the tiny nerve cells that carry sound. People suffering this kind of damage may lose the ability to hear some sounds, high or low. The third kind of deafness is called a central hearing loss. It is caused by damage to the hearing nerves leading to the brain or in the brain itself.

　　Deafness is the most common bodily disability in America. Often nothing can be done to stop it. But manycases can be prevented. One simple thing is responsible for most hearing loss. That one thing is noise. Telephone bells, loud music, machines. In industrial countries, especially, these things make the world very noisy. Studies have shown that old men in quiet African villages have much better hearing than young people in America. Other sources of deafness include accidents, drugs and illnesses.

( ) 11. What kind of hearing loss mentioned in the passage is the most serious?

A) The first kind. B) The second kind. C) The third kind. D) None.

( )12. Hearing loss caused by damage to can often be restored.

A) the outer ear B) the inner ear C) the nerves D) the brain

( )13. Which of the following is NOT a source of deafness?

A) loud music B) bodily disability C) accidents D) some drugs

( )14. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A) developed countries are more noisy

B) nothing can be done to prevent loss of hearing

C) old people suffer less from hearing loss

D) 16 million Americans have lost their hearing

( )15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A) Deafness is very common in America

B) Hearing nerves are most important to one's hearing.

C) There are different causes to hearing loss.

D) Hearing aids can help deaf people hear clearly.

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Quotations 16 to 20 based on the following passage:

　　At the end of the 7 weeks, the step-test was again given to both groups of subjects, and their pulses taken. he post-exercise pulse rates of subjects in the experimental group were found to have decreased an average of 30 heart beats per minute, with the lowest deceased 28 and the highest decrease 46. The pulse rate of subjects in the control group remained the same or changed no more than 4 beats, with an average difference between the initial and final tests of zero.

( ) 16. The step-test was given

A) after each exercise period

B) at the beginning and at the end of the seven week period

C) only once, at the beginning of the seven week period

D) twice to the men in Group A and once to the men in Group B

( ) 17. When were pulse rates taken?

A) After every exercise period.

B) Every day.

C) After the step-tests.

D) Every time the ratio of active riding was increased.

( ) 18. The exercise schedule was planned so that the amount of active riding

A) increased every few days

B) varied from day to day

C) increased until the third week and then was kept constant

D) increased every exercise period

( ) 19. What did Group A do in their program?

A) They stepped up and down on a bench each day

B) They pushed and pulled on exercise handles every day

C) They refrained from any exercise

D) They rode on an Exercycle every day

( ) 20. This paragraph implies that

A) most people do not get enough exercise

B) a high pulse rate is desirable

C) regular exercise can strengthen your heart

D) everyone should exercise 15 minutes a day

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Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　Perhaps the most startling theory to come out of kinetics, the study of body movement, was suggested by

( ) 21. Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance .

A) has little to do with culture B) can be influenced by culture

C) is never changing D) varies from place to place

( ) 22. According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed .

A) before birth B) as soon as one's teeth are permanently set

C) sometime after permanent teeth are set D) around 15 years old

( ) 23. Ray Birdwhistell can tell what region of the United States a person is from by .

A) how much he or she laughs B) how he or she raises his or her eyebrows

C) what he or she likes best D) the way he or she talk

( ) 24. People who live are more friendly.

A) in densely populated areas B) in the country

C) in New York City D) in the North

( ) 25. This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with

A) physics B) chemistry

C) biology D) none of the above

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Part III Cloze Test (1O%)

　　Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked .A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the .Answer Sheet by blackening the corresponding letter in The bracket.

　　Historians can't tell us when or where or (l) the 8rst food was cooked. In earliest (2), people had eaten their food (3), and fire was used only to provide heat and light. The first primitive cooks were (4) women, (5) preparing food and making clothing were considered women's work. (6) most of the great chefs (厨师 ) in history have been men. This might have been because chefs learned (7)work in the kitchens of rich families (8) in restaurants and women didn't often take jobs outside their homes, or it might have been because kitchen equipment was so heavy and difficult to work with (9) only strong men could do it. In modem times, great female chefs have become known, and some of the best cook books (l0) by women.

( )26. A) who B) which C) how D) what

( ) 27. A) time B) times C) ages D) period

( )28. A) uncooked B) being uncooked C) uncooking D) to be uncooked

( )29. A) probable B) possible C) probably D) likewise

( )30. A) while B) since C) so that D) unless

( )31. A) But B) Therefore C) And D) Moreover

( )32. A) his B) its C) their D) theirs

( )33. A) as well B) either C) both D) or

( )34. A) as B) such C) so D) that

( )35. A) have written B) have been written C) were written D) are written

1、C 2、A 3、D 4、C 5、D　6、C 7、B 8、A

9、C 10、B　11、C 12、A 13、B 14、A 15、D　

16、B 17、C 18、A 19、D 20、C　21、B 22、C

23、A 24、B 25、D　26、C 27、B 28、A 29、C

30、B　31、A 32、C 33、D 34、D 35、B

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