The Discovery astronauts performed superbly during their two-week mission，and the shuttle looked better than ever in some respects.（62）space officials were justifiably happy that so much had gone well，despite daily worries over possible risks. the flight clearly achieved its prime objectives. The astronauts transferred tons of cargo to the international space station，which has been limping along overhead with a reduced crew and limited supplies carried up on smaller Russian spacecraft .（63）They replaced a broken device .repaired another and carted away a load of rubbish that had been left on the station，showing the shuttle can bring full loads back down from space. This was the most scrutinized shuttle flight ever. with the vehicle undergoing close inspection while still in orbit.（64）New sensing and photographic equipment to look for potentially dangerous damage to the sensitive external skin proved valuable .A new back flip maneuver allowed station astronauts to photograph the shuttle‘s underbelly .and an extra-long robotic arm enabled astronauts see parts of the shuttle that were previously out of sight . （65）The flood of images and the openness in discussing its uncertainties about potential hazards sometimes made it appear that the shuttle was about to fall apart，In the end the damage was clearly tolerable . A much-touted spacewalk to repair the shuttle‘s skin the first of its kind moved an astronaut close enough to pluck out some protruding material with his hand Preliminary evidence indicates that Discovery has far fewer nicks and gouges than shuttles on previous flights. perhaps showing that improvements to reduce the shedding of debris from the external fuel tank have had some success .

2006年MBA英语联考真题参考答案

Section I Vocabulary and Structure (20x0.5= 10 points )

1--5 D A D C D 6--10 B A D A C 11--15 B B D A B 16--20 A B C B C

Section II Cloze ( 15 x 1=15 points)

21--25 C D B C B 26--30 A C D B A 31--35 D D A B C 36--40 D A C A D

Section III Reading Comprehension ( 20x2=40 points )

41--45 C B C A D 46--50 A A D B C 51--55 A C C A C 56--60 A C A D A

Section IV Translation ( 20x1=20 points ) (参考译文) 61．航天部门被迫再次推迟飞行，直到找到问题的解决办法。似乎也没有人愿意揣测那要多久。 62．航空部官员理所当然感到庆幸，虽然他们每天担忧可能会出现什么样的危险，但结果却一切进展顺利。此次飞行完成了首要任务。 63．他们换掉了破损的设备，修好了另一个设备，清理掉太空站上的垃圾，表明航天飞机可以满载太空站上的物品，返回地球。 64．事实证明，用新的感应和照片拍摄设备来查找对敏感的外层表皮带来可能的损伤，这是非常有价值的。 65．大量的图像，以及公开谈论难以确定的潜在危险，有时让人觉得航天飞机马上会解体。最终，所造成的损伤明显是可以忍受的。

2007年全国攻读工商管理硕士研究生入学考试英语试题

Section II Cloze (10 points)

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory, right ? Dana Denis is just 40 years old, but 21 she’s worried about what she calls’ my rolling mental blackouts.” ”I try to remember something and I just blank out,” she says You may 22 about these lapses, calling them “ senior moments ”or blaming \老年痴呆症).”Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get, the 23 you remember? Well, sort of. But as time goes by, we tend to blame age 24 problems that are not necessarily age—related.

“When a teenager can’t find her keys, she thinks it's because she’s distracted or disorganized,” says Paul Gold. “A 70-year-old blames her 25 .”In fact, the 70-year-old may have been 26 things for decades.

In healthy people, memory doesn’t worsen as 27 as many of us think. “As we 28 ,the memory mechanism isn’t 29 ,”says psychologist Fergus Craik.”It’s just inefficient.”

The brain’s processing 30 slows down over the years, though no one knows exactly 31. Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and 32 there’s less activity in the brain. But, cautions Barry Gordon,” It's not clear that less activity is 33 .A beginning athlete is winded（气喘吁吁）more easily than a 34 athlete. In the same way, 35 the brain gets more skilled at a task, It expends less energy on it.”

There are 36 you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gears, though it 3 7 effort. Margaret Sewell says: ”We’re a quick-fix culture, but you have to 38 to keep your brain. 3 9 shape. It’s like having a good body. You Can’t go to the gym once a year 40 expect to stay in top form.”

21.A. almost 22.A. joke 23.A. much 24.A. since 25.A. memory 26.A. disorganizing 27.A. swiftly 28.A.mature 29.A. broken 30.A. pattern 31.A . why 32.A. since 33.A. irregular 34.A. famous 35.A. as 36.A. stages 37.A. makes 38.A. rest 39.A. to 40.A. so

B. seldom B. laugh B. little B. for B. mind B. misplacing B. frequently B. advance B. poor B. time B. how B. hence B. better B. senior B. till B. steps B. takes B. come B. for B. or

C. already C. blame C. more C. by C. trouble C. putting C. timely C. age C. perfect C. space C. what C. that C. normal C. popular C. though C. advantages C. does C. work C. on C. and

D. never D. criticize D. less D. because D. health D. finding D. quickly D. grow D. working D. information D. when D. although D. worse D. trained D. yet D. purposes D. spends D. study D. in D. if

Section III Reading comprehension (40 points) Directions:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET

1.

Passage One

Prior to the 20th century, many languages with small numbers of speakers survived for centuries. The increasingly interconnected modern world makes it much more difficult for small language communities to live in relative isolation, a key factor in language maintenance and preservation.

It remains to be seen whether the world can maintain its linguistic and cultural diversity in the centuries ahead. Many powerful forces appear to work against it :population growth, which pushes migrant populations into the world’s last isolated locations; mass tourism; global telecommunications and mass media; and the spread of gigantic global corporations. All of these forces appear to signify a future in which the language of advertising, popular culture, and