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1、12010年年1月月MBA真题（英语）真题（英语）考生须知考生须知1考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则。 2答题前，考生将答题卡上的“考生姓名”、 “报考单位”、 “考生编号”等信息填写清楚， 并与准考证上的一致。 3答案必须按要求填涂或写在指定的答题卡上。 4答题卡严禁折叠。考试结束后，将答题卡 1 和答题卡 2 一起放入原试卷袋中，试卷 交给监考人员。 Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B,
2、 C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic _1_ by the World Health Organization in 41 years. The heightened alert _2_ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Ge
3、neva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising _3_ in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere. But the epidemic is “_4_” in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organizations director general, _5_ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a
4、full recovery, often in the _6_ of any medical treatment. The outbreak came to global _7_ in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths _8_ healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to _9_ in N
5、ew York City, the southwestern United States and around the world. In the United States, new cases seemed to fade _10_ warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was _11_ flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the _12_ tested are the new swine flu
6、, also known as (A) HINI, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it has _13_ more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations. Federal health officials _14_ Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began _15_ orders from the states for the new sw
7、ine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is _16_ ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those _17_ doses were of the Flu Mist nasal spray type, which is not _18_ for pregnant women,
8、 people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other _19_. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk groups: health care workers, people _20_ infants and healthy young people. 21. A criticized B appointed CcommentedD designated 2. Aproceeded Bac
9、tivated CfollowingDprompted 3. A digits B numbers CamountD sums 4. Amoderate Bnormal C unusualD extreme 5. A with B in C fromD by 6. Aprogress B absence CpresenceD favor 7. Areality Bphenomenon CconceptD notice 8. A over B for C amongDto 9. Astay up Bcrop up Cfills upDcover up 10. A as Bif C unlessD
10、until 11. Aexcessive B enormous C significantD magnificent 12. Acategories B examples C patternsD samples 13. A imparted B immersed CinjectedD infected 14. Areleased B relayed C relievedD remained 15. A placing B delivering CtakingD giving 16. A feasible B available CreliableD applicable 17. A preva
11、lent Bprincipal C.innovativeD initial 18. Apresented Brestricted CrecommendedDintroduced 19. A problems Bissued CagoniesDsufferings 20. Ainvolved in Bcaring for Cconcerned withDwarding offSection Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the question below each te
12、xt by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 (40points)Text 1 The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst Beautiful inside my head forever, at Sothebys in London on September 15th 2008. All but two piece
13、s sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman brothers, filed for bankruptcy. The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising
14、bewilderingly since2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $ 65billion, reckons Clare McAndrew; founder of Arts Economic, a research firm- double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it bring
15、s together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirsts sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008.within weeks the worlds two biggest auction houses, 3Sothebys and Christies, had to pay out nearly $200m i
