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2018年MBA联考英语阅读理解专项练习题

　　Text 1

　　New global estimates, based on improved data, show about 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, including an estimated 2.5 million children under 15 years old. About 5 million people were infected in 2003 and more than 3 million have died.

　　Peter Piot, head of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, (UNAIDS) said: "The AIDS epidemic continues to expand; we haven't reached the limit yet. More people have become infected this year than ever before and more people have died from AIDS than ever before. It is the first cause of death in Africa and the fourth cause of death worldwide."

　　China has stepped up its battle against HIV/AIDS in recent months, pledging free drugs to people in the countryside and poor urban residents who have the disease. China's ministry of health has warned that if stronger HIV/AIDS prevention measures are not taken, 10 million people could be HIV-positive by 2010.

　　According to the UNAIDS, as much as 40 per cent of the population - approximately five-hundred million persons - don't know how to protect themselves against the virus. In some areas, up to 10 per cent were HIV-positive and they estimated that 8.5 million people have sexually transmitted infections in the same year. 206

　　1. Which of the following accounts for the biggest amount of HIV/AIDS?

　　A. Children under 15.

　　B. Adults.

　　C. People were infected in 2003.

　　D. The died.

　　参考答案：C

　　2. From Peter Piot remark we know that the AIDS epidemic

　　A. continues to expand in Africa.

　　B. will continues to expand worldwide.

　　C. is the first cause of death worldwide.

　　D. can never be stopped.

　　参考答案：B

　　3. What does “step up” mean? (Para. 3)

　　A. walk close to

　　B. come up with

　　C. increase in size or speed

　　D. climb onto

　　参考答案：C

　　4. “The population” in the last paragraph refer to

　　A. the world population

　　B. the Chinese population

　　C. the HIV/AIDS population

　　D. five-hundred million persons

　　参考答案：C

　　5. What is the tone of the passage?

　　A. optimistic

　　B. pessimistic

　　C. subjective

　　D. objective

　　参考答案：D

　　Text 2

　　More cotton-padded tents are badly in need in Zhangye city in northwestern Gansu province, which was hit by twin tremors Saturday night, as most of the quake victims are now huddling in makeshift shelters in jolted areas where temperature drops to five degrees below zero Celsius at night.

　　A total of 1,000 cotton-padded tents transported from the city of Changsha in central-south Hunan province by the Ministry of Civil Affairs are on the way and will arrive at the destinations within the next two to three days.

　　The twin quakes, measuring 6.1 and 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale, jolted areas between Minle and Shandan counties of Zhangye city in Gansu at 20:41 and 20:48 hours on Saturday. The two counties are a direct distance of 33 km from Lanzhou, capital of the province.

　　By Sunday afternoon, nine people were confirmed dead form the quakes, and six were injured seriously wounded and 37 slightly.

　　According to preliminary statistics from Zhangye city, the quakes have caused an economic loss of 327 million yuan in 175 villages, flattening 14,322 houses, killing or injuring 16,219 heads of livestock and destroying 5,800 hectares of farmland. 191

　　1. What happened in northwestern Gansu province?

　　A. It was hit by twin terrorists

　　B. Most people became the quake victims

　　C. It was hit by two successive quakes.

　　D. It was five degrees below zero Celsius.

　　参考答案:C

　　2. How many cotton-padded tents are needed there?

　　A. A total of 1,000

　　B. About 1000

　　C. More than 1000

　　D. The more, the better.

　　参考答案:C

　　3. Where is the specific spot of the quake?

　　A. Zhangye city

　　B. jolted areas between Minle and Shandan counties

　　C. 175 villages

　　D. 33 km from Lanzhou

　　参考答案:B

　　4. How many people became victims of the quake?

　　A. Within one hundred.

　　B. Thousands.

　　C. Tens of thousands.

　　D. Millions.

　　参考答案:C

　　5. Which of the following is in charge of tents transporting?

　　A. Changsha City

　　B. Hunan Province

　　C. the Ministry of Civil Affairs

　　D. Lanzhou, capital of the province

　　参考答案:C

　　Text 3

　　The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are as closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed inselling a product without first investigating the market.

　　In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting(报价), what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercial counselor's offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.

　　Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course, there are some other ways of making market investigations.

　　1. In making market investigation, one should ______.

　　A. get enough information concerned

　　B. advertise his products

　　C. produce high quality goods

　　D. none of the above

　　参考答案：A

　　2. The word "indispensable" in the first line means ______.

　　A. impossible

　　B. essential

　　C. advisable

　　D. available

　　参考答案：B

　　3. Which of the following statements is not true?

　　A. The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and teeth.

　　B. It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation.

　　C. There are various ways of making market investigation.

　　D. Production goes before market investigation.

　　参考答案：C

　　4. Making market investigation is very important because ______.

　　A. in market, goods on sale are numerous

　　B. every producer is facing keen competition

　　C. it can greatly promote sales

　　D. all of the above

　　参考答案：D

　　5. All the following are channels to get market information except ______.

　　A. to have commercial counsellor's office of our embassies stationed abroad

　　B. to promote the quality of our own products

　　C. to send trade groups abroad every now and then

　　D. to have face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen

　　参考答案：B

　　Text 4

　　Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.

　　In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. W

　　ith a TV set in the family people don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera. All they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. some people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part.

　　Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one’s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. We get so used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures, that it begins to control our lives. People are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and that they have actually begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn’t it?

　　There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.

　　1. What is the major function of paragraph 1?

　　A. To arouse the reader’s concern

　　B. To introduce the theme of the whole passage

　　C. To summarize the whole passage

　　D. To sate the primary uses of TV

　　参考答案：B

　　2. Television, as a source of entertainment, is ____.

　　A. not very convenient

　　B. very expensive

　　C. quite dangerous

　　D. relatively cheap

　　参考答案：D