| MBA易错题（2019/1/2） |
| 第1题：{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} This episode crystallizes the irony that althoughAmerican men tend to taXk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home.And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage. The pattern was observed by political scientistAndrew Hacker in the late 1970s. SociologistCatherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new bookDivorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed-but only a few of the men-gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year-a virtual epidemic of failed conversation. In my own research, complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his, or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking and social arrangements. Instead, they focused on communication: "He doesn’t listen to me. " "He doesn’t talk to me. " I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives. In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of 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. |
| 第2题：The invention of both labor-saving tools and tools of intelligence is rarely accidental. Instead, it is usually the product of human need; (21) is truly the mother of invention. People usually devise tools to (22) for natural deficiencies. For example, people invented weapons to defend (23) from physically superior (24) .But (25) is only one incentive for inventions. People also invent (26) tools to (27) certain established tasks more efficiently. For instance, people developed the bow and arrow from the (28) spear or javelin in order to shoot (29) and strike with greater strength. (30) civilizations developed, greater work efficiency came to be demanded, and (31) tools became more (32) .A、tool would (33) a function until it proved (34) in meeting human needs, at which point an improvement would be made. One impetus for invention has always been the (35) for speed and high-quality results--provided they are achieved (36) reasonable costs. Stone pebbles were sufficient to account for small quantities of possessions, (37) they were not efficient enough for performing sophisticated mathematics. However, beads arranged systematically evolved into the abacus. The (38) of this tool can be (39) to the development of commerce in theEast around 3000B、C、, and the abacus is known (40) by the ancientBabylonians,Egyptians,Chinese, etC、 A、farB、furtherC、fartherD、furthest |
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| 第3题：Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Working at nonstandard times--evenings, nights or weekends--is taking its toll onAmerican families, One-fifth of all employedAmericans work variable or rotating shifts, and one-third work weekends, according to Harriet B、Presser sociology professor at the University of Maryland The result is stress on familial relationships,which is likely to continue in corning decades. The consequences of working irregular hours vary according to gender economic level, mad whether or not children are involved Single mothers are more likely to work nights and weekends than married mothers, Women in clerical, sales, or other low, paying jobs participate disproportionately in working late and graveyard shifts Married-couple households with children are increasingly becoming dual-earner households generating ore split-shift couples, School-aged children, however, may benefit from parents’ nonstandard work schedules because of the greater likelihood that a parent will be home before or after school. On the other hand, a correlation exists between nonstandard work schedules and both marital instability and a decline in the quality of marriages. Nonstandard working hours mean families spend less time together for diner but more time together for breakfast One-on-one interaction between parents and children varies, however, based on parent, shift, and age of children. There is also a dearer reliance on child care by relatives and by professional providers Working nonstandard hours is less a choice of employees and more a mandate of employer, Presser believes that the need for swing shifts and weekend work mill continue to rise in the coming decades She reports that in someEuropean countries thee for employees working irregular hours-sometimes as much as 50% higher The convenience of having services available 24 hours a day continues to drive this trend Unfortunately, says Presser, the issue is virtually absent from public discourse She emphasizes the need for focused studies on costs and benefits of working odd hours the physical and emotional health of people working nights and weekends, and the reasons behind the necessity for working thee hours "Nonstandard work schedules not only art highly prevalent amongAmerican families but also generate a level of complexity in family functioning that needs greater attention," she sags.Who would be in favor of the practice of working nonstandard hours A、Children B、Parents C．Employees D．Professional child providers |
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| 第4题：The invention of both labor-saving tools and tools of intelligence is rarely accidental. Instead, it is usually the product of human need; (21) is truly the mother of invention. People usually devise tools to (22) for natural deficiencies. For example, people invented weapons to defend (23) from physically superior (24) .But (25) is only one incentive for inventions. People also invent (26) tools to (27) certain established tasks more efficiently. For instance, people developed the bow and arrow from the (28) spear or javelin in order to shoot (29) and strike with greater strength. (30) civilizations developed, greater work efficiency came to be demanded, and (31) tools became more (32) .A、tool would (33) a function until it proved (34) in meeting human needs, at which point an improvement would be made. One impetus for invention has always been the (35) for speed and high-quality results--provided they are achieved (36) reasonable costs. Stone pebbles were sufficient to account for small quantities of possessions, (37) they were not efficient enough for performing sophisticated mathematics. However, beads arranged systematically evolved into the abacus. The (38) of this tool can be (39) to the development of commerce in theEast around 3000B、C、, and the abacus is known (40) by the ancientBabylonians,Egyptians,Chinese, etC、 A、deserted B、existing C、withering D、outdated |
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| 第5题：The invention of both labor-saving tools and tools of intelligence is rarely accidental. Instead, it is usually the product of human need; (21) is truly the mother of invention. People usually devise tools to (22) for natural deficiencies. For example, people invented weapons to defend (23) from physically superior (24) .But (25) is only one incentive for inventions. People also invent (26) tools to (27) certain established tasks more efficiently. For instance, people developed the bow and arrow from the (28) spear or javelin in order to shoot (29) and strike with greater strength. (30) civilizations developed, greater work efficiency came to be demanded, and (31) tools became more (32) .A、tool would (33) a function until it proved (34) in meeting human needs, at which point an improvement would be made. One impetus for invention has always been the (35) for speed and high-quality results--provided they are achieved (36) reasonable costs. Stone pebbles were sufficient to account for small quantities of possessions, (37) they were not efficient enough for performing sophisticated mathematics. However, beads arranged systematically evolved into the abacus. The (38) of this tool can be (39) to the development of commerce in theEast around 3000B、C、, and the abacus is known (40) by the ancientBabylonians,Egyptians,Chinese, etC、 A、trailedB、tracedC、trappedD、tested |
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