MBA习题练习

A．when
B．while
C．which
D．where
【单选题】： A     B     C     D  

第3题：September 11 should have driven home a basic lesson for theBush administration about life in an interconnected world: misery abroad threatens security at home. It is no coincidence that OsamaBin Laden found warm hospitality in the Taliban’sAfghanistan, whose citizens were among the most impoverished and oppressed on earth. If the administration took this lesson seriously, it would dump the rules of realpolitik that have governed U.S. foreign aid policy for 50 years. Instead, it is pouring money into an ally of convenience, Pakistan, which is ultimately likely to expand the ranks of anti-American terrorists abroaD、 To enlist Pakistan in the fight against the Taliban, theBush administration resurrected theCold War tradition of propping up despotic military regimes in the name of peace and freedom. Its commitment of billions of dollars to Pakistan since September 11 will further entrench the sort of government that has made Pakistan both a development failure and a geopolitical hotspot for decades. Within Pakistan, the aid may ultimately create enough angry young men to make upA1 Qaeda’s losses inAfghanistan. In SouthAsia as a whole, the cash infusion may accelerate a dangerous arms race with Indi A、 Historically, the U.S. government has cloaked aid to allies such as Pakistan in the rhetoric of economic development.As aCold War ally, Pakistan received some $ 37 billion in grants and loans from the West between 1960 and 1990, adjusting for inflation.And since September 11, the U.S. administration has promised more of the’ same. It has dropped sanctions imposed after Pakistan detonated a nuclear bomb in 1998, pushed through a $1.3 billion IMF loan for Pakistan, and called for another $2 billion from the WorldBank and theAsianDevelopmentBank. TheBush administration is also, ironically, pressing allies to join it in canceling or rescheduling billions of dollars of old (and failed) loans that were granted in past decades in response to similar arm-twisting. Despite--even because of--all this aid, Pakistan is now one of the most indebted, impoverished, militarized nations on earth. The causes of Pakistan’s poverty are sadly familiar. The government ignored family planning, leading to population expansion from 50 million in 1960 to nearly 150 million today, for an average growth rate of 2.6 percent a year. Foreign aid meant to pave rural roads went into unneeded city highways--or pockets of top officials.And the military grew large, goaded by a regional rivalry with India that has three times bubbled into war. The result is a government that, as former WorldBank economist WilliamEasterly has observed, "cannot bring off a simple and cheap measles (麻疹) vaccination (预防接种) program, and yet...can build nuclear weapons.\ All of the following can be learned from the passageEXCEPT ______. A、realpolitik has a long history in U.S. foreign aid policy B、in theCold War, the U.S. supported some military regimes inAsia C、the Pakistan government has intensified the tension in SouthAsia D、the Pakistan government won’t spend foreign aid on developing nuclear weapons in future

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第4题：Comparisons were drawn (1) the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened 21.As was discussed before, it was not (2) the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic (3) , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (4) of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution (5) up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading (6) through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (7) the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in (8) . It is important to do so. It is generally recognized, (9) , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, (10) by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, (11) its impact on the media was not immediately (12) .As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as (13) , with display becoming sharper and storage (14) increasing. They were thought of, like people, (15) generations, with the distance between generations much (16) . It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the (17) within which we now live. The communications revolution has (18) both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been (19) views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed (20) "harmful" outcomes.And generalizations have proved difficult. A、gatheredB、speededC、workedD、picked

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第5题：Over the past decade, thousands of patents have seen granted for what are called business methods.Amazon. corn received one for its "one-click" online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box. Now the nation’s top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S.Court ofAppeals for the FederalCircuit said it would use particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In reBilski, as the case is known, is "a very big deal", saysDernnis D、Crouch of the University of Missouri School of Law. It "has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents". Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the FederalCircuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State StreetBank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging Internet companies trying to stake out exclusive pints to specific types of online transactions. Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment firms armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice. TheBilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The FederalCircuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should "reconsider" its State StreetBank ruling. The FederalCircuit’s action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the SupremeCount that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. LastApril, for example, the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for "inventions" that are obvious. The judges on the FederalCircuit are "reaction to the anti-patent trend at the supreme court", says HaroldC、Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of ______. [A] their limited value to business [B] their connection with asset allocation [C] the possible restriction on their granting [D] the controversy over authorization

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第6题：人的脑细胞总数愈300亿个，参与人的正常智力活动的仅是其中的一小部分。要有效地开发青少年的智力，有两个必要条件：第一，必须使他们勤于思考，这样才能激活更多的脑细胞；第二，必须使他们摄入足够的脑细胞生长所需要的营养素，这样才能促进脑细胞的正常分裂。“125健脑素”具有青少年大脑发育所需要的各种营养素。据在全国范围内对服用该营养品的约10万名青少年的调查显示，“125健脑素”对促进青少年的大脑健康发育并继而有利于开发他们的智力，具有无可争议的作用。如果上述断定是真的，则以下有关一群小学生的推断中，哪项成立 Ⅰ．张泉勤于思考并服用了足量的“125健脑素”，因此，他的智力一定得到了有效的开发。Ⅱ．李露的智力得到了有效的开发但未服用“125健脑素”，因此，他一定勤于思考。Ⅲ．王琼勤于思考但智力并未得到有效的开发，因此，他一定没有摄入足够的脑细胞生长所需要的营养素。 A、仅Ⅰ。 B．仅Ⅱ。 C．仅Ⅲ。 D．仅Ⅱ和Ⅲ。 E．Ⅰ、Ⅱ和Ⅲ。

【单选题】： A     B     C     D     E

第7题：One of the questions that is coming into focus as we face growing scarcity of resources of many kinds in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development community, the conventional wisdom has been that the 2 billion people living in poor countries could never expect to reach the standard of living that most of us in NorthAmerica enjoy, simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on.At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue super affluence as though there were no limits on how much we could consume. We make up 6 percent of the world’s people; yet we consume one-third of the world’s resources. As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from within our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter.But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, "outsiders" are going to have some say over the rate at which and terms under which we consume. We will no longer be able to think in terms of "our" resources and "their" resources, but only of common resources. AsAmericans consuming such a disproportionate share of the world’s resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super affluence in a world of scarcity. We are now reaching the point where we must carefully examine’ the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumeD、If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly enhanceD、But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn’t make that much difference. In the eyes of most of the world today,Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. People elsewhere are beginning to ask why. This is the question we’re going to have to answer, whether we’re trying to persuade countries to step up their exports of oil to us or trying to convince them that we ought to be permitted to maintain our share of the world fish catch. The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition for, the world’s resources requires that we reexamine the way in which we relate to the rest of the worlD、It means we find ways of cutting back on resource consumption that is dependent on the resources and cooperation of other countries. We cannot expect people in these countries to concern themselves with our worsening energy and food shortages unless we demonstrate some concern for the hunger, illiteracy and disease that are diminishing life for them. The writer gives the example of bread to show that ______. A、the United States has been much richer than any other countries B、the United States has acquired more than what it has contributed C、the United States has been too greedy in its pursuit of super affluence D、the United States is more capable of pursuing affluence than other countries

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第8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

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第9题：One of the questions that is coming into focus as we face growing scarcity of resources of many kinds in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development community, the conventional wisdom has been that the 2 billion people living in poor countries could never expect to reach the standard of living that most of us in NorthAmerica enjoy, simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on.At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue super affluence as though there were no limits on how much we could consume. We make up 6 percent of the world’s people; yet we consume one-third of the world’s resources. As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from within our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter.But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, "outsiders" are going to have some say over the rate at which and terms under which we consume. We will no longer be able to think in terms of "our" resources and "their" resources, but only of common resources. AsAmericans consuming such a disproportionate share of the world’s resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super affluence in a world of scarcity. We are now reaching the point where we must carefully examine’ the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumeD、If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly enhanceD、But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn’t make that much difference. In the eyes of most of the world today,Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. People elsewhere are beginning to ask why. This is the question we’re going to have to answer, whether we’re trying to persuade countries to step up their exports of oil to us or trying to convince them that we ought to be permitted to maintain our share of the world fish catch. The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition for, the world’s resources requires that we reexamine the way in which we relate to the rest of the worlD、It means we find ways of cutting back on resource consumption that is dependent on the resources and cooperation of other countries. We cannot expect people in these countries to concern themselves with our worsening energy and food shortages unless we demonstrate some concern for the hunger, illiteracy and disease that are diminishing life for them. By "common resources" (Paragraph 2), the author means that ______. A、the resources possessed by the United States should be shared by other countries B、Americans have the right to consume resources both from their home country and from abroad C、it is difficult to distinguish the resources possessed byAmerica from those possessed by other countries D、all the resources in the world should be shared by all the countries

【单选题】： A     B     C     D

第10题：TheAfricans’ interest is to guard preferential export rules enshrined in the temporaryAfrican Growth and OpportunityAct, passed byCongress in 2,000. Tariff-free exports of some 6,000 goods fromAfrica to the United States are boosting trade and investment in southernAfric A、Lesotho’s fast-growing textile industry depends almost entirely onChinese investment in factories to make clothes for sale in the United States. The region also wants more access toAmerica’s markets for fruit, beef and other agricultural goods. American interest lies mainly in SouthAfrica, by far the largest economy in the region. Services account for 60% of its GDP, and it increasingly dominates the rest ofAfrica in banking, information technology, telecom, retail’ and other areas. Just asBritish banks, such asBarclays, have moved theirAfrican headquarters to SouthAfrica over the past year,American investors see the country as a platform to the rest of the continent. Agreeing investment rules and resolving differences on intellectual property rights are the most urgent issues.American drug firms want to be part of the fast expansion in SouthAfrica of production of anti-retroviral drugs, used againstAIDS.By 2007 SouthAfrica alone expects 1.2m patients to take the drugs daily. The country might be the world’s biggest exporter of anti-AIDS drugs within a few years. Striking a bilateral deal now should makeAmerican investments easier. But Mr. Zoellick’s greater concern is for multilateral trade talks that stalled inCancun, Mexico, in September.AlecErwin, his SouthAfrican counterpart, helped to organize the G20 group of poor and middle-income countries that opposed jointAmerican-EU proposals there; he is widely tipped to take over as head of the World Trade Organization late next year, and would be a useful ally. So Mr. Zoellick is trying to charm hisAfrican partner by agreeing to drop support for most of a group of issues (known as "Singapore" issues) that jammed up the talks atCancun, and were opposed by poor countries; he says he also favors abolishing export subsidies inAmerica--though only if Japan and theEU agree to do the same. That would pleaseAfrican exporters who say such subsidies destroy markets for their goods. Mr. Zoellick’s efforts to make more friends may be paying off.Even thoughAmerica has treatedAfrica very shabbily on trade in the past, Mr.Erwin hints it is easier doing business withAmerica than withEurope or Japan. A、small sign, but perhaps a telling one. Mr. Zoellick is trying to establish a good relationship with Mr.Erwin because ______. A、Mr.Erwin is organizing a group of, poor and middle-income countries to opposeAmeric A、 B、Mr.Erwin is a very talented and tactful diplomat in the world political circle C、Mr.Erwin’s possible position in the coming future will be helpful toAmerican interests D、Mr.Erwin’s relationship with Japanese andEuropean leaders is useful to the U.S.

【单选题】： A     B     C     D