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1、精品学习资源2021 年 MBA 全国考试英语真题和解读Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwordsforeachnumberedblankand markA,B,C,D on answer sheet110pointsThe outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2021. It is the first worldwide epidemic 1 by the Word Heal

2、th Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert2an emergency meeting withflu experts in Geneva thatassembledafter a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising3in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is ” 4 ” in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization s director gene

3、ral, 5 the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the 6 of any medicaltreatment.The outbreak came to global 7 in late April 2021, when Mexican authorities noted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths 8 healthy adults. As much

4、 of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to 9 in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade10warmer weather arrived. But in lateSeptember 2021,officialsreported there was11flu activityin almost every state

5、and that virtuallyall the12tested are the new swine flu,alsoknownasAH1N1,not seasonal flu. In the U.S, it has13more than one million people,and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials 14Tamiflufor childrenfromthe national stockpileandbegan15orders fr

6、om the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is16ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2021, though most of those17dose were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not18for p

7、regnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other19. But it was still possible tovaccinate people in other high-riskgroup， health care workers, people20infantsandhealthy young people.1. AcriticizedBappointedCcommentedDdesignated2. AproceededBactivated

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10、uced19. AproblemsBissuesCagoniesDsufferings20. Ainvolved inBcaring forCconcerned withDwarding offSection Reading comprehension Part ADirections:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A,欢迎下载精品学习资源B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.40 points

11、Text1The 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 Sotheby s in London onSeptember 15th 2021 see picture. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record fora sale by a singl

12、e artist. It was a last hurrah. 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 vertiginously since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some

13、$65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, 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 itssize because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and contro

14、versy in a way matched by few other industries. MBA 加油站In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financialdemise of many art-buy

15、ing investors. 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 for Chinese contemporary art they were down bynearly 90% in th e year to November 2021. Within weeks the world s two bigges

16、t auction houses,欢迎下载精品学习资源Sotheby ansd Christiehasd, works for sale with them.MBA 加油站编辑to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed欢迎下载精品学习资源The current downturnin the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started

17、 the most serious contraction in the market since the second world war. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on theirpeak on average, thoug h some have been far more volatile. But Edward Dolman, Christie s chiefexecutive, says:“ I m pretty confident we re at the bottom.”What makes

18、 this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie s revenues in the first half of 2021 were still higher than in the first hal

19、f of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special reportsaid that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds death, debt and divorce still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping aw

20、ay, waiting for confidence to return.21. In the firstparagraph,Damien Hirsts sale was referred to as “ a last victory ” because -.欢迎下载精品学习资源A. the art market hadwitnessed a succession of victoryiesB. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids C.Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won

21、 over all masterpieces D.it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22. By saying “ spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable ” Line1-2,Para.3,theauthor suggests that.MBA 加油站编辑A . collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB .people stopped every kin

22、d of spending and stayed away from galleries C.art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying 23.Which of the following statements is NOT ture.A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to

23、 2021. B.The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.C. The market generally went downward in various ways.D. Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come. 24.The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are A.auction houses favorites B.contemporary trends MBA 加油站编辑C.factors

24、promoting artwork circulationD.styles representing impressionists欢迎下载精品学习资源25. The most appropriate title for this text could be A.Fluctuation of Art Prices B.Up-to-date Art Auctions C.Art Market in DeclineD.Shifted Interest in ArtsText2MBA 加油站编辑I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virgi

25、nia living room- a womens group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative frequentlyofferingideas and anecdotes whilehis wifesat silentlybeside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that thei

26、r husbands dont talk to them. This man quickly concurred. He gestured toward his wife and said Shes the talker in our family. The room burst into laughter； the man looked puzzled and hurt. Its truehe explained. WhenI come home fromworkI have nothing to say. Ifshe didntkeep theconversation going wed

27、spend the whole evening in silence.This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late

28、 70s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed - but only a few of the men - gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent that amounts to millions of cases in

29、the United States every year - a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doingfarmore than their share ofdailyl

30、ife-supportworklikecleaningcookingsocial arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: He doesnt listen to me He doesnt talk to me. I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbandsto be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share th

31、is expectation of theirwives.In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face while a woman glares at the back of it wanting to talk.26. What is most wives main expectat

32、ion of their husbands.欢迎下载精品学习资源A. Talking to them.B. Trusting them.C. Supporting their careers.D. Shsring housework.27. Judging from the context ,the phrase “wreaking havoc” Line 3,Para.2most probably means.A generating motivation.B.exerting influenceC.causing damage Dcreating pressure28. All of th

33、e following are true EXCEPT A. men tend to talk more in public tan womenB. nearly 50percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversationC. women attach much importance to communication between couples Da female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse29. Which of the following can

34、best summarize the mian idea of this text .A. The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists .B. Marriage break_up stems from sex inequalities.C. Husband and wofe have different expectations from their marriage. D.Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.30. In the follo

35、wing part immediately after this text,the author willmost probably focus onA.a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk欢迎下载精品学习资源B.a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon C.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.D a brief introduction to the political scientist Andre

36、w Hacker Txet3over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors habits among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a care

37、fully designed set of daily cues.“There are fundamental public health problems, like hand washing with soap, that remain killers only because we can t figureout how to change people s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “ We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automat

38、ically.”The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.Ifyou lookhard enough, you ll find that many of the products

39、we use every day chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants,colognes,teethwhiteners,fabricsofteners,vitaminsareresultsof manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day.Today,

40、because of canny advertising and publichealth campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.A few decades ago, many people didn t drinkwater outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started

41、bottling the production of far-off springs,and now office workers unthinkinglysip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser foruse after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part o

42、f morning beauty rituals,slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup.“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns, ” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billionof Tide, Crest and other

43、 products last year. “ Creating positive habits is a huge part ofimproving our consumers lives, and it s essential to making new products commercially viable.Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitua

44、l cues through relentless advertising. As thisnew science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to欢迎下载精品学习资源sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.31. According to Dr.Curtis,habits like hand washing with soap.A should be further cultivatedB shou

45、ld be changed graduallyC are deepiy rooted in historyD are basically private concerns32. Bottledwater,chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to A reveal their impact on people habitsB show the urgent need of daily necessities Cindicate their effect on people buying powe

46、r Dmanifest the significant role of good habits33. which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create peoples habits. ATideBCrest CColgate DUnilver34. From the text wekonw that some of consumer s habits are developed due to Aperfected art of products Bautomatic behavior creation Ccommercial promotions Dscientific experiments35. the author sattitude toward the influence of advertisement on peop