mba英语---20xx年mba联考英语试题(编辑修改稿)

mba英语---20xx年mba联考英语试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

he w orki ng of the great Egyptian and Mesopotamian import and export firms„ to Hannibal’ s remarkable feat of crossing the Alps in 218 . w ith 90,000 foot soldiers, 12,000 horse me n a nd a “ conve yor belt” of 40 elepha nts„ or to the early C hristian C hurc h, w ith its w orldshaking concepts of individual freedom and equality. These ancient innovators w ere deeply involved in the problems of authority, divisions of labor, discipline, unity of mand, clarity of direction and the other basic factors that are so meaningful to manageme nt to day. But the real impetus to ma na ge me nt as an e mer ging profession w as the Ind us trial Revolution. Origi nati ng in 18century England, it w as triggered by a series of classic inventions and new processes。 among them John Kay’ s flying Shuttle in 1733. James Ha rgrove’ s’ Spinning Jenny in 1770, Samuel Compton’ s Mule Spinner in 1779 and Edmund Cartw right’ s Pow er Loom in 1785. 51. The anecdote about Michael Faraday indicates that A. politicians tax everything B. people are skeptical about the values of pure research C. government should support scientists D. he w as rejected by his government 52. Management is defined as A. the creator of the Industrial Revolution B. supervising subordinates C. the art of getting things done D. an emerging profession 53. Management came into its ow n A. in the Egyptian and Mesopotamian import and export firms B. in Hannibal’ s famous trip across the Alps C. in the development of earl y Christian Church D. in the eighteenth century 54. A problem of management NOT mentioned in this passage is A. the problem of mand B. division of labor C. control by authority D. petition Que stions 55 to 58 are base d on the following pass age : By education, I mean the influence of the environment upon the individual to produce a permanent change in the habits of behavior, of thought and of attitude. It is in being thus susceptible(容易受影响的 )to the environment that man differs from the ani mals , a nd the hi gher ani mals fro m the low er. The low er ani mals are influe nced by the enviro nme nt b ut no t i n the direction o f c ha nging their habits. T heir insti nctive responses are few and fixed by heredity(遗传；继承 ). When transferred to an unnatural situa tion, s uc h a n a ni mal is led astray by its insti ncts. T hus the “ antlion” w hose instinct implies it to bore into loose sand by pushing backw ards w ith abdome n(腹部 )， goes backw ards on a plate o f glass as soon as da nger threate ns, a nd endeavors, w ith the utmos t e xertions to bore into it . It know s no o ther mode of flight, “ or if such a lo nely a ni mal is enga ged upo n a c hain o f actions a nd is interrup ted, it either goes o n vai nly w ith the re maini ng actio ns(as useless as cultivating a n unsow n field)or dies in helpless inactivity” . Thus a making spider w hich digs a burrow and rims it w ith a bastion(堡垒 )of gravel and bits of w ood, w hen removed from a half finished home, w ill not begin again, though it w ill continue another burrow , even one made w ith a pencil. Advance i n the scal e of evolution alo ng s uch li nes as these co uld onl y be made b y the emergence of creatures w ith more and more plicated instincts. Such beings w e know in the a nts a nd spiders. But a no ther line of advance w as destined to ope n out a much more far reaching possibility of w hich w e do not see the end perhaps even in ma n. Habits, ins tead of being bor n ready made(w he n the y are called instincts a nd no t habits at all )w ere left more and more to the for ma tive infl ue nce of the e nvironme nt, of w hich the most important factor w as the parent w ho now cared for the young animal during a period of infancy in w hich vaguer instincts than those of the insects w ere molded to suit surroundings w hich might be considerably changed w ithout harm. This means, one might at first imagine, that gradually heredity bees less and environment more important. But this is hardly the truth and certainly not the w hole truth. For although fixed automatic responses like those of the insect like creatures are no longer inherited, although selec tion for purification of that sort is no longer going on, yet selection for educability is very definitely still of importance. The ability to acquire habits can be conceivably inherited just as much as can definite re responses to narrow situations. Besid es, since a mechanismis now , for the first time, created by w hich the individual (in contradiction to the species) can be fitted to the environment, the latter bees, in another sense, less not more important. And finally, less not the higher animals w ho possess the pow er of changing their environment by engineering feats and the like, a pow er possessed to some extent even by the beaver (海狸 ),and preeminently(卓越地 )by man. Environment and heredity are in no case exclusive but5 alw ays supplementary factors . 55. Which of the follow ing is the most suitable title for the passage? A. The Evolution of Insects B. Environment and Heredity C. Education: The Influence of the Environment D. The Instincts of Animals 56. What can be inferred from the example of t he antlion in the first paragraph? A. Instincts of animals can lead to unreasonable reactions in strange situations. B. When it is engaged in a chain actions it cannot be interrupted. C. Environment and heredity are tw o supplementary factors in the evo lution of insects. D. Along the lines of evolution heredity bees less and environment more important. 57. Based on the example provided in the passage, w e can tell that w hen a spider is removed to a new position w here half of a has been made, it w ill probably. A. begin a pletely new B. destroy the half C。