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2002年12月英语六级考试阅读理解真题(1)

考研英语  时间: 2019-04-08 14:12:15  作者: 匿名 

  Passage One
  Bill Gates,the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree,is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business world's favorite academic title;the MBA(Master of Business Administration).
  The MBA,a 20thcentury product,always ha borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed (贪婪) on the treelined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature.But even with the recession apparently cutting into the hiring of business school graduates,about 79,000 people are expected to receive MBAs in 1993.This is nearly 16 times the number of business graduates in 1960,a testimony to the widespread assumption that the MBA is vital for young men and women who want to run companies some day.“If you are going into the corporate world it is still a disadvantage not to have ont to have one,”saidDonald Morrison,professor of marketing and management science.“But in the last five years or so,when someone says,`Should I attempt to get an MBA,'the answer a lot more is:It depends.”
  The success of Bill Gates and other nonMBAs,such as the late Sam Walton of WalMart Stores Inc.has helped inspire seifconscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of a business degree and whther management skills can be taught.
  The Harvard Business Review printed a lively,fictional exchange of letters to dramatize complaints about business degree holders.The article called MBA hires “extremely disappointing”and said “MBAs wans to move up too fast,they don't understand politics and people, and they aren't able to function as part of a team until their third year.But by then,they're out looking for other jobs.”The problem,most participants in the debate acknowledge,is that the MBA has acquired an aura (光环) of future riches and power for beyond its actual importance and usefulness.
  Enrollemnt in business schools exploded in the 1970s and 1980s and created the assumption that no one who pursued a business career could do with out one.The growth was fueled by a backlach(反冲)against the antibusiness values of the 1960s and by the women's movement.
  Business people who have hired or worked with MBAs say those with the degrees often know how to analyze systems but are not so skillful at motivating people.“They don't get a lot of grounding in the people side of the business,”said James Shaffer ,vicepresident and principal of the Towers Perrin managment consulting firm.

  21.According to Paragraph 2,what is the general attitude towards business on campuses dominated by purer disciplines?
  A)Envious.
  B)Scornful.
  C)Realistic.
  D)Appreciative.

  22.It seems that the controversy over the valus of MBA degrees has been fueled mainly by ______.
  A)the success of many nonMBAs
  B)the complaints from various employers
  C)the prro performance of MBAs at work
  D)the criticism from the scientists of purer disciplines

  23.What is the major weakness of MBA bolders according to The Harvard Business Review?
  A)They are not good at dealing with people.
  B)THey keep complaining about their jobs.
  C)They are usually selfcentered.
  D)Thay are aggressive and greedy.

  24.From the passage we know that most MBAs_________ .
  A)can climb the corporate ladder fairly quickly
  B)cherish unrealistic expectations about their future
  C)quit their jobs once they are familiar with their workmates
  D)receive salaries that do not match their professional training

  25.What is the passage mainly about?
  A)A debate held recently on university campuses.
  B)Doubts about the worth of hodding an MBA degree.
  C)Why there is an increased enrollment in MBA programs.
  D)The necessity of reforming MBA programs in business schools.

  

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