2010年MBA英语测试附答案（第三周）

　　1. He found it hard to ___ the temptation to get drunk.

　　A) resign B) resist C) refuse D) reserve

　　2. If you don't dry the knife, it will ___.

　　A)  ruin B) rust C) decay D) spoil

　　3. It's too late to change your mind now, so there's no point in ___ tears over it.

　　A) discarding B) streaming C) shedding D) flowing

　　4. She ___ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.

　　A)  slipped  B) skated C) spilt D) split

　　5. The children had been ___ of the danger, but had taken no notice.

　　A) warned  B) alerted  C) threatened D) persuaded

　　6. Franklin's ability to learn from observations and experience ___ greatly to his success in public life.

　　A) contributed  B) owed C) attached D) related

　　7. Half the students were ___ as they bored with the lessons.

　　A) yielding  B) yawning C) stooping D) straining

　　8. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely ___.

　　A) scattered B) separated  C) spaced D) divided

　　9.The car accident was ___ to the driver's violation of the traffic regulations.

　　A) assigned B) contributed C) attributed D) transferred

　　10. This meat is rather tough; you have to ___ it for a long time.

　　A) chew B) bite C) eat D) swallow

　　11. This terrorist attack has been ___ by the entire international community.

　　A) condemned B) scolded C) criticized D) blamed

　　12. What these young men were doing ___ a threat to the safety of the whole neighborhood.

　　A) constructed B) constituted  C) contracted  D) contributed

　　13. Natural gas can be used to power cars by ___ their engines.

　　A) converting B) condensing C) transferring D) transmitting

　　14. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ____it.

　　A) maintain B) persist C) endure D) sustain

　　15. The road was so icy that the drivers had trouble stopping their cars from ___.

　　A) drifting  B) cruising C) sliding D) sloping

　　16. Once we'd ___ the subject of Jill's wedding, we had nothing to say to each other.

　　A) exerted  B) executed C) exhausted D) explained

　　17. Despite the rescuers' strenuous（艰苦的） efforts, hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to____.

　　A) decrease B) fade C) loosen D) faint

　　18. Don't ___ to contact me if you need any more information.

　　A) hesitate B) pause C) postpone D) frighten

　　19. After a day's work, people may feel ___ to relax themselves by reading or watching TV.

　　A) inclined  B) intended C) declined D) subjected

　　20. This machine works very well so long as no one ___ with it.

　　A) disturbs B) upsets C) interrupts D) interferes

　　二、完形填空

　　The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases _1_ the trial of Rosemary West.

　　In a significant _2_of legal controls over the press. Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a _3_bill that will propose making payments to witnesses _4_and will strictly control the amount of _5_that can be given to a case _6_a trial begins.

　　In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine said he _7_with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not _8_sufficient control.

　　9_of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a _10_of media protest when he said the _11_of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges _12_ to Parliament.

　　The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which _13_the European Convention on Human Rights legally _14_in Britain, laid down that everybody was _15_ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

　　"Press freedoms will be in safe hands _16_our British judges," he said.

　　Witness payments became an _17_after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were _18_to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised _19_witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to _20_guilty verdicts.

　　1 A．as to B．for instance C．in particular D．such as

　　2 A．tightening B．intensifying C．focusing D．fastening

　　3 A．sketch B．rough C．preliminary D．draft

　　4 A．illogical B．illegal C．improbable D．improper

　　5 A．publicity B．penalty C．popularity D．peculiarity

　　6 A．since B．if C．before D．as

　　7 A．sided B．shared C．complied D．agreed

　　8 A．present B．offer C．manifest D．indicate

　　9 A．Release B．Publication C．Printing D．Exposure

　　10 A．storm B．rage C．flare D．flash

　　11 A．translation B．interpretation C．exhibition D．demonstration

　　12 A．better than B．other than C．rather than D．sooner than

　　13 A．changes B．makes C．sets D．turns

　　14 A．binding B．convincing C．restraining D．sustaining

　　15 A．authorized B．credited C．entitled D．qualified

　　16 A．with B．to C．from D．by

　　17 A．iMPAct B．incident C．inference D．issue

　　18 A．stated B．remarked  C．said D．told

　　19 A．what B．when C．which D．that

　　20 A．assure B．confide C．ensure D．guarantee

　　答案：

　　词汇

　　1答案：B

　　译文：他发现醉酒之后很难抵御住诱惑。

　　2答案：B

　　译文：如果你不让刀干了，他就会生锈。

　　3答案：C

　　译文：你现在改变主意已经太迟了，所以为此而伤心落泪是毫无用处的。

　　4答案：A

　　译文：她滑倒了，从楼梯最上边摔倒最低下。

　　5答案：A

　　译文：孩子们已经被警告有危险，但他们对此置之不理。

　　6答案：A

　　译文：弗兰克林从观察和经验中获取的能力大大有助于他在公众生活中的成功。

　　7答案：B

　　译文：一半的学生都厌倦了这堂课。

　　8答案：A

　　译文：在人群散布的地方，提供公交车服务是没有利润的。

　　9答案：C

　　译文：这起汽车事故归因于司机不遵守交通规则，野蛮驾驶。

　　解析：attribute… to  归因于 assign:  v. 分配,指派 contribute to:  vt. 有助于(贡献给) transfer to:  转入

　　10答案：A

　　译文：这肉太硬了，你得多嚼会。

　　bite  咬    eat 吃    swallow   吞

　　11答案：A

　　译文：恐怖袭击已被全世界所反对。

　　12答案：B

　　译文：这些年轻人所做的事情给整个邻里的安全构成了威胁。

　　13答案：A

　　译文：利用转换发动机，天然气可用于汽车。

　　14答案：C

　　译文：在热带的一些地区，湿度如此之大，以至于欧洲人难以适应。

　　15答案：C

　　译文：路太滑了，以至于司机刹车时会有麻烦。

　　16答案：C

　　译文：一旦我们用尽了Jill的婚礼的主题，我们就互无话可说了。

　　execute    执行       explain  解释

　　17答案：B

　　译文：尽管营救者付出了艰苦的努力，但找到失踪登山者的希望现在开始逐渐消失。

　　18答案：A

　　译文：如果你需要进一步的信息，不要犹豫，立即联系我。

　　19 答案：A

　　译文：一天的工作之后， 人们会乐于看看书，看看电视，放松自己。

　　20答案：D

　　译文：只要没有人打扰，这台机器工作良好。

　　完形填空

　　答案：1 D 2 A 3 D 4 B 5 A 6 C 7 D 8 B 9 B 10 A 11 B 12 C 13 B 14 A 15 C 16 A 17 D 18 C 19 D 20 C