太奇2011MBA基础一班英语测试三

北京三民太奇教育科技有限公司 010-62138466 82865280 www.tqmba.com 太奇2011MBA基础班英语测试三 Section I Vocabulary and Structure (50 points) 1. Many a player who had been highly thought of has _____ from the tennis scene. A. disposed B. disappeared C. discouraged D. discarded 2. It is no use his ___ there ; the situation is hopeless now. A. to go B. to be going C. going D. have gone 3. Some plants are very _____ to light; they prefer the shade. A. sensible B. flexible C. objective D. sensitive 4. ___ David says sounds right to Helen. That’s why she has made up her mind to leave with him___ happens. A. Whatever; whatever B. No matter what; whatever C. No matter what; No matter what D. Whatever; however 5. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her____ attitude toward customers. A. impartial B. mild C. hostile D. opposing 6. Seventy percent of the students here ________from the countryside. A. is B. are C. comes D. has come 7. Time _____, the celebration will be held as scheduled. A. permit             B. permitting                C. permitted            D. permits 8. We can assign the task to ______ is capable and trustworthy. A. whomever        B. anyone             C. whom            D. whoever 9. What you’re _____ to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in. A. around B. ahead C. above D. about 10. Foolish _____ Tom is, he could not have done such a thing. A. who             B. as             C. that            D. like 11. The team can handle whatever _____. A. that needs handling B. which needs handling C. it needs handling D. needs to be handled 12. _____ both sides accept the agreement ___ a lasting peace be established in this region. A. Only if, will              B. If only, would            C. Should, will           D. Unless, would 13. He should_____ be allowed to get up until he has completely recovered from his illness. A. in case B. in any case C. in that case D. in no case 14. Applicants must show that they have $10,000 or more ______ for living expenses and approximately $10,000 for tuition. A. acceptable B. advisable C. available D. applicable 15. Arriving at the bus stop, ______ waiting there. A. a lot of people were B. he found a lot of people C. a lot of people            D. people were found 16. I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely _____ my ideas to prove your point. A. revising B. contradicting C. distorting D. distracting 17. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this ___ produces artificial cold surrounding it. A. absorption B. transition C. consumption D. interaction 18. A new system of quality control was ____to overcome the shortcomings in the firm’s products. A. invested B. reformed C. introduced D. instructed 19. Mary as well as her sisters ________Chinese in China. A. are studying B. have studied C. studies D. study 20. The test results are beyond ______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world. A. negotiation B. conflict C. bargain D. dispute 21. Because of a _____ engagement, Lora couldn't attend my birthday party last Saturday. A. pioneer B. premature C. prior D. past 22. Not having a good command of English can be a serious _____ preventing you from achieving your goals. A. obstacle B. fault C. offense D. distress 23. I must remember ____ John that the garden needs watering. A. reminded B. to remind C. reminding D. to be reminded of 24. Not until recent years  ___ a popular means of communication． A. e-mail became                   B. e-mail has become C. did e-mail become                D. will e-mail become 25. Hardly _____ when the bus suddenly pulled away. A. they had got to the bus stop B. they got to the bus stop C. did they get to the bus stop D. had they got to the bus stop Section II Reading Comprehension (20 points) Less than 40 years ago in the United States, it was common to change a one-dollar bill for a dollar's worth of silver（银）. That is because the coins were actually made of silver. But those days are gone. There is no silver in today's coins. When the price of the precious metal rises above its face value as money, the metal will become more valuable in other uses. Silver coins are no longer in circulation because the silver in coins is worth much more than their face value. A silver firm could find that it is cheaper to obtain silver by melting down coins than by buying it on the commodity markets. Coins today are made of an alloy of cheaper metals. Gresham's Law, named after Sir Thomas Gresham, argues that "good money" is driven out of circulation by "bad money". Good money differs from bad money because it has higher commodity value. Gresham lived in the 16th century in England where it was common for gold and silver coins to be debased. Governments did this by mixing cheaper metals with gold and silver. The governments could thus make a profit in coinage（铸币）by issuing coins that had less precious metal than the face value indicated. Because different mixings of coins had different amounts of gold and silver, even though they bore the same face value, some coins were worth more than others as commodities(商品). People who dealt with gold and silver could easily see the difference between the "good" and the "bad" money. Gresham observed that coins with a higher content of gold and silver were kept rather than being used in exchange, or were melted down for their precious metal. In the mid-1960s when the U.S. issued(发行) new coins to replace silver coins, Gresham's law went right in action. 1. Why was it possible for Americans to use a one-dollar bill for a dollar's worth of silver? A. Because there was a lot of silver in the United States. B. Because money was the medium of payment. C. Because coins were made of silver. D. Because silver was considered worthless. 2. Today's coins in the United States are made of ______. A. some precious metals B. silver and some precious metals C. various expensive metals D. some inexpensive metals 3.  What  is  the  difference  between  "good  money"  and  "bad  money"?   A.  They  are  circulated  in  different  markets.   B.  They  are  issued  in  different  face  values.   C.  They  are  made  of  different  amounts  of  gold  and  silver.   D.  They  have  different  uses.   4. What was the purpose of the governments issuing new coins by mixing cheaper metals with gold and silver in the 16th century? A. They wanted to reserve some gold and silver for themselves. B. There was neither enough gold nor enough silver. C. New coins were easier to be made. D. They could make money. 5. According to the passage, when did new coins made of an alloy of cheaper metals replace silver coins in the Unite States? A. In the 16th century B. Before 1960 C. Around 1965 D. After 1969 Section III Translation (30 points) 1. 采取有效措施来做某事 2. 适应社会的发展 3. 保障社会的稳定和繁荣 4. 在…方面发挥着日益重要的作用 5. the inevitable result of social development 6. people in favor of the former opinion 7. integrate theory with practice 8. Powering the great ongoing changes of our time is the rise of human creativity as the defining feature of economic life. 9. The lecture system reduces feedback to a minimum, so that the lecturer can neither judge how well students understand the material nor benefit from their questions or comments. 10. When I try to understand what it is that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one expects, it seems to me that there are two causes. PAGE 2