2017年MBA英语阅读理解专项试题及答案

　　阅读理解

　　text 1

　　The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn't heard of the Middle Kingdom's startling economic growth (8 percent annually), its enormous consumer market (1.2 billion people), the investment ardor of foreign suitors ($40 billion in foreign direct investment last year alone)? China is an economic marvel. According to Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, "No country has expanded its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over a 20-year period; China's foreign trade as quintupled. They've become the main producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world."

　　But there's been something missing from the dazzling China growth story—namely, the Chinese multinational. No major Chinese companies have yet established themselves, or their brands, on the global stage. But as Haier shows, that is starting to change. After 100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to make a mark on the world. (170 words)

　　1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

　　A. the startling Middle Kingdom

　　B. China’s economic growth

　　C. China’s economic marvel

　　D. the increase of China's foreign trade

　　2. What does “suitor” in the first paragraph mean?

　　A. A man who is courting a woman.

　　B. A person who makes a petition or request.

　　C. A person who sues in court.

　　D. A person or group seeking to purchase.

　　3. What does Nicholas Lardy’s remark mean?

　　A. China has succeeded economically over the last 20 years.

　　B. China did better than Japan in economy.

　　C. China’s foreign trade developed the fastest in the world.

　　D. China is the main producer of in the world.

　　4. By the phrase “something missing”, the author refer to

　　A. the less dazzling achievements

　　B. the Chinese multinational

　　C. lack of world famous brand

　　D. Haier company

　　5. Why is Haier cited in the 2nd paragraph?

　　A. To show it is starting to change.

　　B. To show an example of a large company.

　　C. To show a Chinese company of world fame.

　　D. To show a change in Chinese industrial companies.

　　参考答案：CDCCC

　　text 2

　　China is already the world's third largest producer of electronics, and becoming a player in the global appliance market. Twenty years ago, U.S., European and Japanese companies started moving into China to supply the local market with household goods. Now those same companies are getting whipped by Chinese competitors. Over the past six years, the market share of foreign TV makers in China has dropped from 70 percent to less than 20 percent. Matsushita opened the first microwave-oven plant in China in 1995. Two years later the Chinese company Galanz started making microwaves and selling them for half Matsushita's price.

　　Chinese companies now make more than 43 million TVs yearly. Konka, one of China's largest TV makers, sells its branded TVs in the United States, and has set up factories in Mexico to service the American market; While TCL, another major TV maker, exported 11 million units from its Chinese factories last year. It has more Southeast Asian factories than any other Chinese company. (164 words)

　　1. This passage is primarily concerned with

　　A. the world's third largest producer of electronics

　　B. Chinese electronic companies

　　C. China's largest TV makers

　　D. the increase of China's electronics

　　2. What do “whipped” mean?

　　A. beat with a whip

　　B. won

　　C. defeated

　　D. suffered

　　3. What is the decreased rate of the market share of foreign TV makers in China?

　　A. 70%

　　B. 20%

　　C. 50%

　　D. 20%--70%

　　4. When did Galanz start making and selling microwaves?

　　A. 1993

　　B. 1994

　　C. 1995

　　D. 1997

　　5. Which of the following produces more TV sets?

　　A. Galanz

　　B. Konka

　　C. TCL

　　D. Unknown

　　参考答案：DCCDD

　　text 3

　　China's central authorities have outlined a series of new guidelines on improving the country's market economic mechanism. These measures are contained in a communiqué issued on Tuesday at the end of a plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee.

　　One way of doing so is to perfect a market economy of public, collective and private ownership, with public ownership still as the main pillar. But the communiqué also stipulates that the share-holding system should be the main form in realizing public ownership so as to revitalize the state sector. Private capital will be allowed in infrastructure construction.

　　Another step is to build an integrated nationwide market to encourage the free flow of capital and commodities.

　　During the four-day meeting, more than 300 Central Committee members and alternative members examined and approved a work report by the Political Bureau on its work during the past year.

　　They also approved a draft proposal with regard to amendments to the state constitution. 161

　　1. What does “communiqué” in the 1st passage probably mean?

　　A. commune

　　B. communication

　　C. official report to the public

　　D. declaration or statement

　　2. According to the 2nd paragraph, “doing so” may refer to

　　A. outlining a series of new guidelines.

　　B. improving the country's market economic mechanism.

　　C. containing measures in a communiqué

　　D. issuing it on Tuesday.

　　3. According to the passage, which of the following is the major force in a market economy?