2009年1月MBA联考英语真题(三)

试卷结构及考题形式
在职攻读硕士学位全国联考英语考试试卷包括试卷一（客观题）和试卷二（主观题）两部分。试卷一和试卷二分段考试，全部考试时间为150分钟。其中试卷一占75%，考试时间为90分钟；试卷二占25%，考试时间为60分钟。本考试采用笔试方式，其考试试卷共分六个部分

29. A. look for        B. lock up         C. send out        D. keep off
    30. A. no matter       B. what if         C. only if         D. in spite of
    31. A. abolishing      B. depriving       C. destroying      D. eliminating
    32. A. what            B. that            C. which           D. whom
    33. A. interests       B. taxes           C. incomes         D. revenues
    34. A. as many as      B. as good as      C. as far as       D. as well as
    35. A. Although        B. Because         C. Since           D. As
    36. A. advanced        B. grew            C.  reduces        D.  multiplied
    37. A. even            B. still           C. rather          D. fairly
    38. A. asking          B. requesting      C. calling         D. demanding
    39. A. change          B. turn            C. shift           D. transform
    40. A. for             B. from            C. across          D. over

Part III Reading Comprehension (40%)
 Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You shoulddecide on the best choice. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
 
    PASSAGE1.
    Henric Ibsen ,author of the play"A Doll's House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons  Her husband and children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved.. From January Ist ,2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% of their board directors are  women. Most firms have obeyed the law, which was passed in 2003.But about 75 out of the 480 or so  mpanies it affects are still too male for the government's liking. They will hortly receive a letter  informing them that they have until the end of February to act , or face the legal consequences---which could include being dissolved.

Before the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female , according to theCentre for Corporate Diversity .The number has since jumped to 36%. That is far higher than the average of9% for big companies across Europe or America's 15% for the Fortune 500.Norway's stock exchange and itsmain business lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen." I am against quotas for women or men as amatter of principle," says Sverre Munck , head of international operations at a media firm. "Board members ofpublic companies should be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience,"be says. Several firms haveeven given up their public status in order to escape the new law.

Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many complain that it has been Difficult to find experienced candidates. Because of this, some of the best women have collected as manyas 25-35 directorships each, and are known in Norwegian business circles as the "golden skirts". One reasonfor the scarcity is that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian companies---they occupyaround 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly hard for firms in the oil, technology and financialindustries to find women with a enough experience.

Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that In turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recent history inNorway, however, suggests that the right women can make strong directors. "Women feel more compelledthan men to do their homework," says Ms Reksten Skaugen , who was voted Norway's chairman of the yearfor 2007, "and we can afford to ask the hard questions, because women are not always expected to know theanswers."