2005年MBA联考英语习题详解

Section II Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 points)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken 'the corresponding Letter on the ANSWER SHEET I with wa pencil.

21. This is not a good plant for your garden________its seeds are poisonous.
A. like that B. in that
C. so that D. now that

22. It is politely requested by the hotel management that 'radios__________after ll o'clock at night.
A. were not played B. not be played
C. not to play D. did not play

23. That he__________speak to you like that is quite astonishing.
A. shall B. should
C. would D. could

24. Had I remembered __ the windows, the bag would not have been taken away.
A. to close B. closing
C. to have closed D. having closed

25. Helen was much kinder to her younger child than she was to the others,__________, of course,made the others jealous.
A. with B. that
C. what D. which

26. He insisted on the windows_________open while he was sleeping.
A. left B. being left
C. leaving D. be left

27. Romeo and Juliet is a story told by many writers before Shakespeare but never__________in this play.
A. good enough as B. as good as
C. hardly good as D. as well as

28. Cancer is second only__________ heart disease as a cause of death.
A. of B. to
C. with D. from

29. I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave__________ something occurred which attracted my attention.
A. unless B. until
C. when D. while ,

30. Only under special circumstances___________to take make-up tests.
A. are freshmen permitted B. permitted are freshmen C. freshmen are permitted D. are permitted freshmen

31. The price of beer__________ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.
A. ranged B. differed
C. altered D. separated

32. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man__________the exit as quickly as possible.
A. made off B. made for
C. made out D. made up.

33. These goods are___________for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market.
A. essentially B. completely
C. necessarily D. remarkably

34. The war was just over, so throughout the country clothing was the_______of greatest complaint, housing followed, and food was last.
A. resource B. source
C. cause D. problem

35. Each year in this factory tons of wastes materials have to be____________of, which causes pollution of the land, sea and air.
A. thrown away B. deserted
C. disposed D. detached

36. I was_________on my way home last night, and all the money was taken away.
A. held on ' B. held up
C. held off D. held back

37. The two companies are trying to__________the serious problems created by the economic crisis.
A. put up with B. submit to
C. yield to D. cope with

38. The headmaster asked his secretary to__________a hundred copies of this article on the duplicating machine.
A. run down B. run into
C. run over D. mn off

39. By producing an excess amount of some household articles, a New England colonial family could__________with other families.

A. barter B. share
C. sell D. purchase

40. More responsibility and higher salaries are________for on-the-job training.
A. implicitness B. incentives
C. privileges D. application