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2010年1月MBA联考英语阅读1 Dr Clare McAndrew has a PhD in economics from Trinity College Dublin. She worked as chief economist at Kusin and Company in the US for four years, an institutional economic research firm specialising in art investment, while also writing for publications such as the FT. Since returning to Ireland in 2005, she has pursued a portfolio career in media, broadcasting and economic and financial consultancy. Clare is also the editor of Wealth magazine. * Damien Steven Hirst[1] (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent[2] member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s.[3] He is internationally renowned,[4] and is reportedly Britains richest living artist, with his wealth valued at ￡215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. * Death is a central theme in Hirsts works.[8][9] He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved—sometimes having been dissected—in formaldehyde. * come down to 1.屈尊做某事 He had come down to begging when his father found him. 他父亲找到他时, 他已沦为乞丐。 2.归结起来(为…) Their quarrel comes down to money. 他们的吵架说到底是为钱。 * 常用词组 size up 1. 估计：做出一种估计、看法或判断 She sized up her opponent. 她评估她的对手 of a size （两个或多个人或物）同样大小的 of some size 1. 相当大的 thats about the size of it 1. (非正式)（尤指确认某人对某个被认为不好的情况所做的评价）大概是这样 to size 按所需的尺寸 The PVC sheet is easily cut to size. PVC板很容易按所需的尺寸切割。 * inadequacy(text 4) 1.不充分, 不足, 不胜任 The failure is due to the inadequacy of preparations. 这次失败是由于准备不足造成的。 2.毛病, 缺陷, 弱点 She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument. 她准确地指出这个论点的不足之处。 * What is a knot? What is a nautical mile? The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile (which is defined as 1.852 km) per hour, approximately 1.151 mph. Knots and Nautical miles are good old navy terms. The nautical mile was based on the circumference