2000年全国MBA联考英语真题

　　Directions：Read the following passage carefully and then give short answers to the five questions .Write your answers on

　　the Answer Sheet .

　　The economic costs to society of noise are several .Airports are currently operating at less than capacity because of noise

　　regulations which restrict their hours of operation. For instance ，at Washington‘s National Airport no jet traffic is allowed

　　from 11 7a.m .Other airports restrict the use of certain runways .One estimate is that noise restrictions

　　reduce possible airport use by 20 per cent . the profitable cargo trade is especially affected by night restrictions.

　　In the case of airports ， jet engines may be modified to reduce their noise level ， or insulation （隔离）from air traffic

　　noise may be provided by the purchase of land around airports or the insulation of buildings . One estimate is that $5.7 billion

　　would be required to equip all existing jet engines with noise control devices .However， considering the current state of the art

　　，even aking this step will not reduce noise levels at all points to acceptable values .Some combination of methods is probably

　　necessary .

　　If all aircraft were made quieter by existing methods ， there would be a mumber of economic benefits .A decrease in the right-

　　of-way （通行权） needed for airports would be possible ， and an increase in airport capacity would occur. Property values near

　　airports might rise .Transportation costs to and from airports could be reduced since the airports now could be located closer to

　　population centers .

　　Much research still needs to be done on the economic aspects of noise decrease and noise effects . Although some of the effects

　　of noise pollution are known ， more must be discovered about its effects on health ， productivity ， property values and the

　　quality of life .Further more ， the cost of noise pollution control to the economy as a whole as a whole needs to be illuminated .

　　The public must be alerted to the dangers and economic costs of noise pollution so that people may make intelligent choices

　　and exert appropriate pressures .

　　41.Why is jet traffic not allowed to operate at Washington‘s National Airport from 11 7a.m.？

　　42.What does the word “art ”mean in the second paragraph？ It means_____.

　　43.Give one of the main results of the rise of property values near airports .

　　44.According to the passage ， have we had a thorough understanding of the problem of noise pollution？

　　45.A suitable title for this passage would be ______.

　　PARTⅢCloze （10%）

　　Directions：Choose the right word for each bland from the list given below .Make changes ，if necessary.

　　Write your answers on the Answer Sheet .

　　argue continue draw gently power

　　prove show smoothly tearing tight

　　use walk what whichever within

　　The North Wind and the Sun were having an 46 one day over which of them was the more 47.They realized that

　　their talk wouldn‘t 48 anything ，so they decided upon a contest.49 could get the jacket off a man 50 up the road would be the

　　victor .

　　The North Wind tried first and blew a blast of cold air .The man ‘s jacket was blown open with the gust of wind ， but he

　　grasped it with his hands and drew it 51 around him. Once again the North Wind sent a cold blast to the man ，

　　and once again the man bent forward into the wind and 52 his jacket tighter around him .This continued for quite some time

　　the North Wind 53 at the jacket with extreme madness .But with every icy blast the man grew more deterined to grasp his jacket .

　　Finally ，the North Wind submitted to the Sun. The Sun shone 54 on the man. After a few moments the man smoothly moved his coat

　　and put it over his shoulder ，and then continued happily on his way .

　　The next time the urge to violence comes over you ，remember the frustration of the North Wind .Try 55 the Sun ‘s method ，

　　a little human warmth.

　　PARTⅣEnglish-Chinese Translation （15%）

　　Directions ：Read the following passage carefully. Then translate it into Chinese .Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

　　Many companies may be cutting expenses as much as possible ，but arts sponsorship is doing better than ever .

　　The trend is steadily upwards .Sponsorship overall now takes up perhaps #50 million ，or three times as much as

　　it did five years ago . Most of that may to on sport——but the spending on arts has risen the fastest of all and may now

　　be worth $4 million a year .

　　The extra help is easy to explain .Banks ，insurance companies ，the oil industry and tobacco firms provide three quarters of

　　funds going into arts sponsorship .All four groups tend to be unpopular——which makes them all the keener to display their social

　　concern and so build up some good will .

　　PARTⅤWriting （15%）

　　Directions：For this part ，you are asked to write an inquiry of Web-page making and publicizing to the net service
company and send it by E-mail .The company‘s and your own addresses are as follows： webadmin@@ . You are given the outline in Chinese .Your composition should be
about 120 words，Remember to write clearly .You should write this composition on the Answer Sheet .

　　1.你是一家合资企业的信息部经理李明，希望委托某网络公司为你的企业建立网上主页。

　　2.说明选择该公司的理由。

　　3.请该公司提供初步报价单，包括：服务内容、完成时间以及项目费用等。

　　4.约定网页有效期限。