2013年MBA联考英语模拟试卷（三）.docVIP

2013年MBA联考英语模拟试卷（三） Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEETI.(10points) Humans are unique in the extent to which they can reflect on themselves and others. Humans are able to __1__, to think in abstract terms, to reflect on the future. A meaningless, __2__ world is an insecure world. We do not like extensive insecurity. When it __3__ to human behavior we infer meaning and __4__ to make the behavior understandable. __5__ all this means is that people develop quasi theories of human behavior, that is, theories that are not developed in a(an) __6__, scientific manner. When doing so, people believe they know __7__ humans do the things they do. Lets consider an example. In the United States people have been __8__ with the increasing amount of crime for several years. The extent of crime bothers us; we ourselves could be victims. But it __9__ bothers us that people behave in such ways. Why can such things happen? We develop quasi theories. We __10__ concerned about the high crime rate, but we now believe we __11__ it: our criminal justice system is __12__; people have grown selfish and inconsiderate as our moral values weaken __13__ the influence of liberal ideas; too many people are __14__ drugs. These explanations suggest possible solutions. __15__ the courts; put more people in jail as examples to other lawbreaker. There is now hope that the problem of crime can be solved if only we __16__ these solutions. Again, the world is no longer meaningless nor __17__ so threatening. These quasi theories __18__ serve a very important function for us. But how accurate are they? How __19__ will the suggested solutions be? These questions must be answered with __20__ to how people normally go about developing or attaining their quasi theories of human behavior. 1．A．reason B．consider C．understand D．regard 2．A．unbelievable B．uni