2009年12月英語六級閱讀理解全真模擬題(四)

　　21. According to Paragraph 2, what is the general attitude towards business on campuses dominated by purer disciplines? �� A) Envious.��

　　B) Scornful.��

　　C) Realistic.��

　　D) Appreciative.

　　22. It seems that the controversy over the values of MBA degrees has been fueled mainly by .�� A) the success of many non-MBAs �� B)the complaints from various employers �� C)the poor performance of MBAs at work �� D)the criticism from the scientists of purer disciplines

　　23. What is the major weakness of MBA holders according to The Harvard Business Review?�� A) They are not good at dealing with people. �� B) They keep complaining about their jobs. �� C) They are usually self-centered. �� D) They are aggressive and greedy.

　　24. From the passage we know that most MBAs . �� A) can climb the corporate ladder fairly quickly �� B) cherish unrealistic expectations about their future �� C) quit their jobs once they are familiar with their workmates �� D) receive salaries that do not match their professional training

　　25. What is the passage mainly about? �� A) A debate held recently on university campuses. �� B) Doubts about the worth of holding an MBA degree. �� C) Why there is an increased enrollment in MBA programs. �� D) The necessity of reforming MBA programs in business schools. �お�

　　Passage Two ��

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.�オ�

　　German Chancellor (首相)Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy (遣產(chǎn)) includes many of today's social insurance programs During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christian compassion(憐憫)for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the world's first workers' compensation law in 1884.�� By 1908,the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers' compensation insurance. America's injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers' compensation law in this country was passed in 1911,and the program soon spread throughout the nation.�� After World War Ⅱbenefit payments to American workers did not keep up with the cost of living.�� In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s,and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970,President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers' compensation. Two years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, including one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to 100 percent of the states' average weekly wages.�� In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55 percent of the states' average weekly wages in 1972 to 97 percent today. But, as most studies show, every 10 percent increase in compensation benefits results in a 5 percent increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers' compensation system, it's not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie.��