| MBA易错题（2019/3/5） |
| 第1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、imaginationB、creativity C、necessity D、illusion |
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| 第2题： Excitement, fatigue, and anxiety can all be detected from someone’s blinks, according to psychologist John Stern {{U}} (1) {{/U}} Washington University in St. Louis. Stern specialized in the study on these tiny twitches, using them as sensitive {{U}} (2) {{/U}} of how the brain works. "I use blinks as a psychological measure to make {{U}} (3) {{/U}} about thinking because I have very little {{U}} (4) {{/U}} in what you tell me about what you ,are thinking." He says. "If I ask you the question, ’what does the phrase a rolling stone gathers no moss mean ’ you can’t tell me {{U}} (5) {{/U}} you’ve started looking for the answer.But I can, by watching your eyes." Blinks also tell Stem when you have understood his question--often long before he’s finished asking it--and when you’ve found an answer or part of {{U}} (6) {{/U}}. "We blink at times {{U}} (7) {{/U}} are psychologically important." He says. "You have listened to a question, you understand it, {{U}} (8) {{/U}} you can take time out for a blink.Blinks are {{U}} (9) {{/U}} marks. Their timing is tied to what is going on in your {{U}} (10) {{/U}}." Stem has found that {{U}} (11) {{/U}} suppress blinks when they are absorbing or anticipating {{U}} (12) {{/U}} but not when they’re reciting it. People blink later, for example, {{U}} (13) {{/U}} they have to memorize six numbers instead of two. "You don’t blink," he says, "until you have {{U}} (14) {{/U}} the information to some short-term memory store."And if subjects are cued {{U}} (15) {{/U}} the set of numbers is coming, say, five seconds, they’ll curb their blinks until the task is {{U}} (16) {{/U}} Similarly, the more important the information that people are taking in, the more likely they are to put their blinks on hold for {{U}} (17) {{/U}}. Pilots blink less when they’re {{U}} (18) {{/U}} for flying a plane than when they {{U}} (19) {{/U}} their eyes from the road to the rearview mirror.But if they see the flashing lights of a state trooper behind them, their {{U}} (20) {{/U}} will move fast unmoistened to the speedometer and back to the mirror. |
| 第3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、convenientB、sophisticatedC、elaborate D、comprehensive |
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| 第4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.\ It implies in the passage that ______. A、the U.S. government has been helping Pakistan’s economic development B、the U.S. approved Pakistan’s detonating nuclear bomb C、the Pakistan government is corrupt D、the Pakistan government didn’t pay much attention to family planning |
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| 第5题：认为自己在高中的学习不会成功的学生经常中途辍学去参加工作，然而，去年本市的高中生辍学率明显低于前年。这令人鼓舞地表明两年前实行的提高士气的教育项目已开始见效并降低了辍学率。 以下哪项如果为真，最强地削弱了上文的论述 A．经济危机导致本市失业率的急剧上升。 B．辍学学生的士气在没有进入高中以前就已经十分低沉了。 C．去年，在高中继续学习的学生多于辍学的学生。 D．本市的高中建立了分配办公室以帮助其毕业生就业。 E．防止辍学的教育项目主要是针对那些辍学率最高的高中的。 |
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