在职mba联考英语模拟试题强化.doc

2012年在职MBA联考英语模拟试题强化练习及答案一 　考生注意事项 　　1. 考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则。 　　2. 答题前，考生应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。 　　（1） 综合填空、阅读理解的答案填涂在答题卡（一）上，英译汉的答案和作文的写在答题卡（二）上。 　　（2） 填涂部分应该按照答题卡上的要求用2B铅笔完成。如要改动，必须用橡皮擦干净。书写部分（英译汉的答案和作文）必须用蓝（黑）色字迹钢笔、圆珠笔或签字笔在答题卡上作答。 　　4. 答题卡严禁折叠。考试结束后，将答题卡（一）和答题卡（二）一起放入原试卷袋中， 　　试卷交给监考人员。否则，所产生的一切后果由考生本人负责。 　　Section I Use of English 　　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. (10 points) 　　Imagine fishermen walking down to the seashore, ready to carry out their early morning routine of preparing their boats and net. _1_ they hope for a good catch of fish. But to their _2_, a horrible sight meets their still sleepy eyes. Thousands of fish have been washed _3_ dead. The cause of this mass destruction? A red tide! 　　Red tides are a global _4_. They have been observed on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada. They have also _5_ in many other places. Though relatively few people are _6_ them, red tides are not new. 　　In the Philippines, a red tide was first seen in the province of Bataan in 1908. Since then, red tides have been seen in many other _7_. A Philippines red tide expert told us that _8_ the fish kills, the Philippines has documented 1,926 cases of dead shellfish poisoning caused by red tides. 　　The term red tide _9_ the discoloration of water that sometimes occurs in certain areas of the ocean or sea. Although the color is often red, it may also be _10_ of brown or yellow. The World Book Encyclopedia reports that the discolored areas may range from _11_ a few square yards to more than 2, 600 square kilometers. 　　What causes such discoloration? Red tides are generally caused by several _12_ of single-celled organisms. These tiny organisms have hair-like projections which they use to _13_ themselves in water. There are about 2,000 varieties of these organisms, 30 of which carry poisonous _14_. These minut