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Passage 3
The Masters of Business Administration (MBA),the bestknown business school label,is an introduction to general management.The traditional MBA,Harvard style,has remained largely unaltered since the 1950s,and seeks to provide at horough knowledge of business functions through the case study—a feature incide ntally borrowed from law school.In an similar fashion to law school,the graduate management programs train students to think in a particula way,ultimately teaching future business leaders how to analyze problems quickly and contrive concise solutions.However business comprises more than merely manipulating numbers
or sourcing rational answers to problems.Today,both companies and schools are
increasingly aware that business is a human activity; its ultimately by and a bout people.
John Quelch is a businessschool insider who detects the limitations of the traditional syllabus.According to Quelch,leadership is an area that schools have not fully addressed.“The basic technical training managers need is more widespread.But leadership skills are in short supply.This could become a major constraint on the speed with which multinational companies can expand,” he says. Leadership is notoriously hard to teach,but programs do have the capacity to provide a grounding in nonbusiness areas and personal growth.“You want to
produce graduates who will be effective.To do this,they need to know their own skills.Our job is not only to cram finance down their throats,but help develop them as people,” explains Leo Murray,director of Cranfield School of Manage ment in the U.K. Cranfield uses philosophy in its core,which since 1997 has offered an evening lecture series encompassing both Aristotelian and presentday thinking.Self awareness is crucial at the school,which will grant the theme even more space .“These issues help people think,” states Murray.The better you understand y
ourself,goes the logic,the better you can manage others.The Said Business School (SBS) at Oxford University champions a more integrated approach.John Kay,SBS director,is keen to leverage the intellectual might of the wider university.Access to faculty from other disciplines including philosophy,politics and economics,he believes,could give SBS an edge over other school. These are surely steps in the right direction.But there is more.In future,developing a gut instinct for business may be as important as understanding the figures.To create an MBA to meet the challenges of the 21st century bschools will have to try harder,and they know it.
1.All of the following facts about traditional MBA programs are referred
to by the author EXCEPT the fact that ____.
A) MBA programs,like law school programs,use case study to teach
B) traditional MBA programs emphasize theoretical studies
C) traditional MBA programs has changed markedly
D) traditional MBA syllabus may check the growth of multinational companies
2.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
A) traditional MBA programs stress the candidates working experience
B) in todays business world technical training alone is far from adequat
e for business leaders
C) leadership can never be taught in MBA programs
D) a gut instinct for business is unreliable in decisionmaking
3.Cranfield offers evening lecture series on philosophy to ____.
A) teach philosophical implications of finance theories
B) promote the candidates personal growth
C) experiment with a more integrated approach to MBA education
D) to compete with the Said Business School
4.The word “champion” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ____.
A) triumph B) challenge C) advocate D) refute
5.Whats the passage mainly about?
A) The limitation of traditional MBA programs.
B) Philosophical education and the development of leadership.
C) Harvard style of MBA education.
D) Reforming the MBA to meet the challenges of the new century.
语言注释
Passage 3
1.contrive v.设计，以机智或灵巧的方法设计出；发明
2.encompass v.包含,包括
3.Aristotelian adj.亚里士多德的，亚里士多德学派的
4.…leadership is an area that bschools have not fully addressed.……在
商学
院的教育中，领导能力的培养未能得到足够的重视。address意为“处理”。
5.…is keen to leverage the intellectual might of the wider university.(约翰
· 凯教授)积极地开发利用牛津大学作为综合性大学的智力资源优势。leverage意为“通
过杠杆作用进行影响”。
6.Access to faculty from other disciplines including philosophy,politics and e
conomics,he believes,could give SBS an edge over other school.他相信，从事哲
学、政治和经济等其他学科研究的教师的参与会使SBS比其他学校更有竞争优势。give an e
dge over意为“比……更有优势”。
答案解析
Passage 3
1.C
本题是细节题，要求考生理解文中的具体信息。题中问及传统MBA教育的方方面面。由文
章第一段“The traditional MBA,Harvardstyle,has remained largely unaltered si
nce the 1950s”可知，正确答案为C。unalter意为“没有变化”。
2.B
本题是推断题，要求考生根据所获信息进行有关的推理判断。选项A是不相关的干扰项。
文中并为提及MBA教育与工作经验的关系。选项C言过其词，以第三段第一句为依据(Leader
ship is notoriously hard to teach,but…)即可排除。文中最后一段中肯定了直觉(gu
t instinct)的重要性，故D为错误答案。由一、三段末可推断出B是正确答案。
3.B
本题是细节题，要求读者理解文中的具体信息，并在此基础上进行合理归纳。由第四段
开头句可知正确答案为B。
4.C
本题是词汇题，要求读者根据上下文推测生词的词义。由keen to leverage the intellec
tual might of the wider university，access to faculty from other disciplines，gi
ve SBS an edge over等，可知作者表达了积极、肯定的含义。因此可排除refute(驳斥、
反驳)、triumph(赢得胜利)、challenge(挑战)三个选项。advocate意为“提倡、主张
”，符合题义。
5.D
本题是主旨题，要求读者概括全篇的中心思想。选项A、B、C都只谈到问题的某个方面，
没能概括全篇的主旨要义，因此被排除。本文分析了在新的社会形势下，传统的MBA教育的
局限性，进而用Cranfield和SBS两校为例，描述了在改革MBA教育的种种尝试。故正确答案
为D。
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