Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago. In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and you’ll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women——the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female. You will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.
It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent diversity is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the
A. Age and educational background.
B. Social and professional experience.
C. Attitude and approach to business.
D. Ethnic origin and gender.
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the following passage. In most aspects of medieval life, the closed corporation prevailed. But compared to modern life, the medieval urban family was a very open unit: for it included, as part of the normal household, not only relatives by blood but a group of industrial workers as well as domestics whose relation was that of secondary members of family. This held for all classes, for young men from the upper classes got their knowledge of the world by serving as waiting men in a noble family: what they observed and overheard at mealtime was part of their education. Apprentices lived as members of the master craftsman’s family. If marriage was perhaps deferred longer for men than today, the advantages of home life were not entirely lacking, even for the bachelor. The workshop was a family; likewi A. They were taught in their own homes. B. They received training in practical skills. C. They were sent to other households. D. They were educated with other young men. [单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage. During his senior year, no graduate school would accept Rod because of A. the unfinished questions in his exams. B. his slowness in answering questions. C. his slowness and his low marks. D. his stupidity. [填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
China is casting such a huge shadow on the United States that many Americans are trying hard to learn the Chinese language with an effort to keep their competitive edge. "Interest in learning Chinese among American youth and their parents has grown (47) in the past five years," said Vivien Stewart, vice president at the Asia Society, a US group trying to bridge the (48) between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. China’s rapid progress is driving the interest to (49) the language, experts say. "The Chinese rich cultural traditions and (50) economy mean that it is now essential for all of our students to be better prepared to engage them and seize opportunities together," said Michael Levine, Asia Society’s executive director of education. A 2004 College Board survey found that 2400 high schools--an (51) number--would b [单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Today, cigarette smoking is a common habit. About forty-three percent of the adult men and thirty-one percent of the adult women in the United States smoke cigarettes regu-larly. It is encouraging to see that millions of people have given up smoking. It is a fact that men as a group smoke more than women. Among both men and women the age group with the highest portion of smokers is 24-44. Income, education, and occupation all play a part in determining a person’s smoking habit. City people smoke more than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high in-comes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes. On the other hand, he is likely to smoke packs of cigarettes per day. This situation is somewhat different for women. (80) There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family income and higher education than among the lower in-come and lo A. B．There are more smoking women than smoking men in US [单项选择] Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage. What, in Dr. Richard Perelman’s opinion, is not a good idea to take care of children A. Leave them to a baby-sitter. B. Leave them in a day-care center. C. Leave them with other children with a care of an adult. D. Leave them in a kindergarten. [单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Why does the narrator cherish the china A. It’s also old and chipped. B. It is an heirloom to her. C. It has a gold rim and a band of roses. D. It keeps her in touch with her mother. [单项选择] Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage.
At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now listen to the passage How far does the Arab look back for his own origins A. Twenty thousand years, B. Two to six thousand years, C. A thousand years. D. Hundreds of years. [填空题] Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Electricity was born at the dawn of the last century. From then on, households have been inundated with a flood of home electric goods. What is the impact of this home electric goods revolution It is argued here that the home electric goods revolution may liberate women from the home. And it is true that many households never hesitate a second to adopt this new technology or that, however, in fact many of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating the modem woman tend to have the opposite effect, because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value, like toys for adults. It is certainly less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really amount to much the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted out first, stains removed by hand, buttons pushed and water changed, clothes tak [单项选择]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of
the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage Usually waiters and waitresses expect their tip to be ______. A. 25% of the bill B. 15% of the bill C. 50% of the bill D. 20% of the bill [单项选择]Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage. How much of the time did the gold medal winners smile during the medal ceremonies A. 10%. B. 20%. C. 70%. D. 30%. 我来回答: 提交
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