2010年MPA全国联考真题英语(A卷)(七)

　　48. According to the author, buying, new objects on borrowed money is .

　　A. unwise

　　B. shameful

　　C. understandable

　　D. impressive

　　49. "Smart people" in the last paragraph refer to .

　　A. clever businessmen

　　B. people with high IQs .

　　C. fashionable wealthy people

　　D. people good at money management

　　50. The purpose of this passage is to .

　　A. show sympathy with poor consumers

　　B. criticize consumption of luxuries

　　C. advise people to become money-smart

　　D. persuade people to keep off fashions

　　Part IV Cloze Test ( 15 minutes, 10 points )

　　Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　There is one lairly standard reason why some thinkers regard the meaning-of-life question as being itself meaningless. They argue 51 meaning is a matter of language not objects. It is a 52 of the way we talk about things not a teature of things themselves 53 shape weight or colour .A cabbage or a computer is not meaningful in itself ; it become 54 only by being caught up in our conversations. On this theory we can make life 55 by our talk about it ; but it cannot have a meaning in itself 56 than a cloud can . It would not 57 sense for example to speak of a cloud as being true or false 58 truth and falsehood are functions of our human judgments about clouds . However there are problems with this argument 59 there are with most philpsophical arguments . We shall be 60 a few of them later on .

　　51. A that B how C if D when

　　52. A means B question C problem D method

　　53. A with B for C like D as

　　54. A this B that C such D so

　　55. A rich B important C meaningful D colourful

　　56. A not more B far more C much more D any more

　　57. A make B bring C take D give

　　58. A Hence B Rather C Still D Therefore

　　59. A when B since C as D for

　　60. A writing about B hunting for

　　C listening to D looking at

　　英 语 试 卷 Ⅱ

　　Part V Translation (30 minutes，10 points)

　　Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET

　　Human friend may come and go . but a horse could be one of your most loyal.long-term friends if you treat it right . Horses understand words better than expected , since horses can hear the humanvoice better than even hogs can , due to their particular range of hearing . And scientists prcdict that trainers could have greater success if they use more verbal

　　commands in their horse training programs. Horses possess excellent memories , which allow horse to not only recall their human friends after a long period of sepaiation but also to remember some complex human instructions for ten year or more . The bonds with humans are likely an extension of horse behavion in the wild , since horses value their own horses relatives and friends ,and are also open to new , non-threatening acquaintances . Horses maimoin long-term with memners of their family group . but they also internct temporarily with meminers of other groups when forming herds.

　　Part VI Writing (30 minutes，15 points)

　　Directions: You are to write in no less than 120 words on the topic “Harmfulness of Fake

　　Commodities”. Your composition should be based on the Chinese clues given below.

　　Outlines:

　　1. 如果有机会到国外度假两周，你会选择哪个国家?

　　2. 请至少给出三个理由!