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2010年管理类专业学位全国联考
英语（二）真题
Section I Use of English
Directions: Read the following text Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark
on City is doses or infants and healthy young people .
1. A. criticized
2. A. proceeded
3. A. digits
4. A. moderate
B. appointed B. activated B. numbers B. normal C. commented C. followed C. amounts C. unusual D. designated D. prompted D. sums D. extreme
5. A. with
6. A. progress
7. A. reality
8. A. over
9. A. stay up
10.A. as
11.A. excessive
12.A. categories
13.A. imparted
14.A. released
15.A. placing
16.A. feasible
17.A. prevalent
18.A. presented
19.A. problems
20.A. involved in
B. in B. absence B. phenomenon B. for B. crop up B. if B. enormous B. examples B. immersed B. relayed B. delivering B. available B. B. C. from C. presence C. concept C. among C. fill up C. unless C. significant C. patterns C. C. C. C. C. C. C. D. by D. favor D. notice D. to D. cover up until remained D. giving D. applicable D . initial D. introduced D. sufferings D. warding off
Part A
Directions:
B, C, D.
Text 1
56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New Yore one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lchman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.
The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm double the figure five years ealier. Since
then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.
In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90%in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world’s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.
The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the buying inpressionists at the end of 1989. This time expects reckon on chief executive, says:＂
What makes this slump different from the last, is buyers in the market. Almost everyone who was interviewed for special report that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of of good work to sell. The three
21. In the first parag
[C]
-2,Para,3), the author [C] art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent
23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
[A] Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008
[B] The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.
[C] The art market generally went downward in various ways.
[D] Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.
24. The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____.
[A] auction houses’ favorites [B] contemporary trends
[C] factors promoting artwork circulation [D] styles representing impressionists
25. The most appropriate title for this text could be ____.
[A] Fluctuation of Art Prices [B] Up-to-date Art Auctions
[C] Art Market in Decline [D] Shifted Interest in Arts
Text 2
that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening, one particularly husbands don’t talk to them.a
This episode crystallizes the irony tend to talk more than marriage.
that most of the women she interviewed –– support work like cleaning，cooking and ，they focused on communication: ―He doesn’t listen to me.‖ ―He doesn’t talk to me.I as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share expectation of their wives.
a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.
26. What is most wives’ main expectation of their husbands?
A. Talking to them B. Trusting them
C. Supporting their careers D. Sharing housework
27. Judging from the context, the phrase ―wreaking havoc‖ (Line 3, Para 2) most probably
means___.
A. generating motivation B. exerting influence
C. causing damage D. creating pressure
28. All of the following are true ECXEPT
A. men tend to talk more in public than women
B. nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation
C. women attach much importance to communication between couples
D. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse
B. Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities.
said Dr. Curtis, the director of the Hygiene Center at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. ―We
The Dr. Curtis turned to –Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever- had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.
If you look hard enough, you’ll find that many of the products we use every day— chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins—are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of shrewd advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a
cavity—preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.
A few decades ago, many people didn’t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup.
―Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,‖ said Carol viable.‖
Through experiments and observation, social Dr. learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual through As this
32. _____
A.
C. buying power
33.
A. Tide. B. Crest. C. Colgate. D. Unilever.
34. some of consumers’ habits are developed due to ______
A. perfected art of products B. automatic behavior creation
C. commercial promotions D. scientific experiments
35. The author’s attitude toward the influence of advertisement on people’s habits is ______.
A. indifferent B. negative C. positive D. biased
Text 4
Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin: that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.
intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early the West Virginiaaround this and other antidiscrimination laws.
The system also failed to regularly juries until the mid-20th century. majority of states made women for jury several states automatically In 1968, the States the Jury Selection and Service Act, the entire In the landmark decision Taylor v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court
36. From the principles of the US jury system, we learn that ________.
C. no age limit should be imposed for jury service
D. judgment should consider the opinion of the public
37. The practice of selecting so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed________.
A. the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws
B. the prevalent discrimination against certain races
C. the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures
D. the arrogance common among the Supreme Court judges
38. Even in the 1960s, women were seldom on the jury list in some states because__________.
A. they were automatically banned by state laws
B. they fell far short of the required qualifications
C. they were supposed to perform domestic duties
D. they tended to evade public engagement
39. After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed,_________.
A. its nature and problems C. its problems and their solutions
Part B
Direction:
points.)
buy new aircraft.
The answer, says Dr Kroo, lies with birds. Since 1914, scientists have known that birds flying in V-shape-expend less energy. The air flowing over a bird’s wings curls experiences reduced drag, and spend less energy propelling themselves. Peter Lissaman, an aeronautics expert who was formerly at Caltech and the University of Southern California, has suggested that formation of 25 birds might enjoy a range increase of 71%.
When applied to aircraft, the principles are not substantially different. Dr Kroo and his team modelled what would happen if three passenger jets departing from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas were to assemble over Utah, assume an inverted V-formation, occasionally change places so all could have a turn in the most favourable positions, and proceed to London. They
found that the aircraft consumed as much as 15% less fuel (coupled with a reduction in carbon-dioxide output). Nitrogen-oxide emissions during the cruising portions of the flight fell by around a quarter.
There are, of course, knots to be worked out. One consideration is safety, or at least the perception of it. Would passengers feel comfortable travelling in companion? Dr Kroo points out that the aircraft could be separated by several nautical miles, and would not be in the intimate groupings favoured by display teams like the Red Arrows. A passenger peering out of the window might not even see the other planes. Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter, although a group at the International Civil Aviation Organisation has included the possibility flying in a blueprint for new operational guidelines.
Defence Advanced Research to pay Boeing to investigate formation flight, though the has yet begin. There are reports that some military aircraft flew in formation they were on during the Second World War, but Dr
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42. 43. 44. 45. It has been documented that during World War Ⅱ, America’s armed forces once tried
46. Directions
In this section there is a text in English. Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on
ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)
―Sustainability‖ has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed through everyday action and choice.
Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. He’d been through the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Bounder agency.
It didn’t go well. ―It was a really bad move because that’s not my passion,‖ says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. ―I was miserable. I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone said, ―Just wait, you’ll turn the corner, give it some time.‖
SectionⅣ Writing
Part A
47.Directions：
You have just come back from the U.S. as a member of a program. Write a letter to your American colleague to
1) express your thanks for his/he warm reception;
2) welcome him/her to visit china in due course.
DO not write your address.(10 points)
Part B
48.Directions：
should
1) 2)
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