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[例文42] 2002年全国MBA入学联考英语试题阅读部分第四篇文章第四段及以后的内容 As you can imagine, changing a companys corporate culture can be very difficult. But some managers try to do just that when they feel the current culture is weak, or when the organizations objectives change and the old culture no longer fits. Sometimes the competitive situation of a company changes; electric utilities, which once had their profits guaranteed by public regulation, now face capitalist-style competition. Firms that were comfortably competing against other American companies now find themselves fighting competitors from overseas, too. Management expert Peter Drucker feels that, rather than trying to change culture, managers should focus on changing employees habits, as follows: - Define what results are needed. Specify in measurable terms what the organization (or department, or office) needs to achieve. * * MBA 联考阅读理解应试教程 A Course of MBA Reading Comprehension 三、词语释义题 词语释义题与一般的词汇测试题不同，它要求考生推测某个超纲词或某个基本词汇或短语、语句在具体语境中的特定含义。 考生要基于上下文来猜测它们的真正的含义。 词语释义题一般有两种类型：1）对某个单个的词或词组进行释义；2）就某个句子进行释义。 词语释义题在阅读理解试题中占的比例为5%左右。 解题步骤： 1）用查读法迅速在文章中找到要解释的词语或语句； 2）研读该词语或语句所在的句子和它的上下句子； 3）结合A，B，C和D选项的解释确定其在文中的特定含义。 [例33] 2002年全国MBA入学联考英语试题阅读部分第一篇文章 Shoppers who have flocked to online stores for their holiday shopping are losing privacy with every mouse click, according to a new report. The study by the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center scrutinized（仔细审查）privacy policies on 100 of the most popular online shopping sites and compared those policies with a set of basic privacy principles that have come to be known as “fair information practices.” The group found that none of the 100 sites met all of the basic criteria for privacy protection, which include giving notice of what information is collected and how it is used, offering consumers a choice over whether the information will be used in certain ways, allowing access to data that give consumers a chance to