2004年MBA英语考试样题及答案

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2004年MBA英语考试样题及答案

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Questions 49 to 52 are based on the following passage: 　　Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well, you can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows, you might even do as well as meteorologists. Meteorologists use much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecast. They collect data from all over the world. Then they put it into powerful, high-speed computers. This does give meteorologists an advantage, because they can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country. But you have an advantage, too. You can look at the sky and get your data directly. A meteorologist uses a computer forecast that's several hours old to make a local forecast. What are you seeing when you look at a cloud? "A picture of what moisture is doing in the atmosphere," says meteorologist Peter Leavit. There's moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you don't see it, because it's in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor. Sometimes, the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to change to liquid water. That's called condensation, and we see it happen all the time (for example, when humid air from the shower hits the cold glass of a mirror). When enough water vapor condenses, droplets form in the air. These droplets scatter light. A cloud is seen. Watching clouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come. Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere. You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds, following each other in order, can signal an approaching storm. But don't take our word for it, see for yourself. 49. This passage mainly tells us about how 　　A. to become a meteorologist 　　B. to keep an eye on the weather 　　C. to be an assistant to a meteorologist 　　D. to change water vapor to liquid water 　　50. According to the passage, an ordinary person might do as well as a meteorologist in weather forecast 　　A. with the help of the high-speed computers 　　B. through a complex process of calculation 　　C. with some simple practice looking up at the sky 　　D. consulting a weather station 　　51. Meteorologists make their weather forecast 　　A. by collecting data from all over the world 　　B. by putting this date into powerful, high-speed computers 　　C. by calculating and analyzing this data 　　D. all above 　　52. Your advantage in weather forecasts, is that 　　A. you have more powerful computers at home 　　B. your brain works as well as a high-speed computer 　　C. you observe the sky and obtain your data directly 　　D. meteorologists give their data to you as soon as they get them 　　Questions 53 to 55 are based on the following passage: 　　Security and commodity exchanges are trading posts where people meet who wish to buy or sell. The exchanges themselves do no trading; they merely provide a place where prospective buyers and sellers can meet and conduct their business. Wall street, although the best known, is not the only home of exchanges in the United States. There are cotton exchanges in New Orleans and Chicago; the Mercantile Exchange, which deals in many farm products, in Chicago; and grain exchanges in many of the large cities of the Midwest. Some exchanges, like the Chicago Board of Trade, provide market services for several kinds of products. These trading posts where products may be bought or sold are called commodity exchanges. The security exchanges, on the other hand, are meeting places where stocks and bonds are traded. Like the commodity exchanges, they help serve the economic life of the country. But when their operations get out of hand, they may become very dangerous. In 1929, the security exchanges, or stock market, contributed to a crash a sudden, sharp decline in the value of securities. Many people lost fortunes; many corporations were bankrupted; many workers lost their jobs. The Crash of 1929 has been attributed to many causes, among them wild and unwise speculation by many people and dishonest practices on the part of some businessmen and of some members of the exchanges. Today, however, investing through security exchanges and trading on commodity exchanges has been made safer by regulations set up by the exchanges themselves and by regulations of the United States government. In 1922, the government instituted the Commodity Exchange Commission which operated through the Department of Agriculture; and in 1934, the Securities and Exchanges Commission, to protect investors and the public against dishonest practices on the exchanges. 53. Among the reasons for the Crash of 1929 were 　　A. unwise speculation by many people 　　B. dishonest practices by some businessmen 　　C. strict regulations of the Commodity Exchange Commission 　　D. both A and B 　　54. Investing in securities has been made safer by 　　A. the Securities and Exchange Commission 　　B. the Commodity Exchange Commission 　　C. Chicago Board of Trade 　　D. Chicago Mercantile Exchange 　　55. Implies but not stated: 　　A. Some exchanges provide market services for several kinds of products 　　B. The role of the government has been an important factor in curbing dishonest practices on the exchanges 　　C. Investing in securities is unwise 　　D. Buying and selling securities is dishonest 　　Part B 　　Directions: Read the following passage and then give short answers to the five questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 　　Hunting was originally a means of providing food, but it has now become a sport. Though in some parts of the word there are still people who hunt wild animals to provide themselves with food, in England, hunting is as much a social activity as anything else. A great many years ago, fishermen in Japan used birds to catch fish. This art of fishing is said to be at least a thousand years old and is mentioned in Japanese plays. Today, however, fishing in this way has simply become a sport, for the fishermen are not seriously interested in catching fish. On summer nights the fishing boats set out on rivers in various parts of the country. At the front of each boat there is an iron basket in which a wood fire kept burning. As the graceful curved boats float past carried along by the current, these fires, dotted here and there, make bright patterns on the water. Steering down the river, the fishermen beat the sides of the boat to encourage the birds, and people out for an evening's entertainment either sit or lie on the floor of the boats drinking beer and sometimes even cooking a meal for themselves over the flames of the fire. This method of fishing demands great skill, for the fisherman has to handle three or four birds in one hand. A long piece of string is tied round the neck of each bird and the fisherman must take care to keep the birds separate from each other. Every so often, the birds are set free and they fly close to the water in search of fish. The moment a bird catches a fish in its beak, it is pulled back on to the boat. The string is held tightly round the bird's throat to prevent it from swallowing the fish it has caught. 　　 When there do not seem to be many fish in the river, the fishermen can sometimes be seen secretly throwing dead fish into the water for the birds to catch. No one really objects to this practice, as it is all part of this unusual sport. 56. What was the original purpose of hunting? 　　57. In which season of the year do the fishing boats set out ? 　　58. What do the fishermen do to encourage the birds? 　　59. What is tied round the neck of each bird? 　　60. What does the fisherman do after the bird catches a fish?

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