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1、英语阅读选讲阅读总论一、 教学目标：实力+技巧1、进一步夯实语言基本功，力争把所学的知识点系统化，如英语句子的“十大结构”，解密英语的“四大黄金原则”、阅读文章的“十大意识”等（实力）。2、通过精研历年真题，了解MBA英语考试各个题型的特点，并找到破解之道，如词汇解题的“N大思路”，阅读理解的“N大常考处”，阅读理解干扰项的“N大设置手法”等（技巧）。3、要逐渐由背大纲词汇表一单一背词方式过渡到背词+做题+阅读理解相结合的综合模式。二、教学方式1、老师“精讲”讲义内容的一部分，作为“学”的对象，其它部分内容是课下“习”的对象，真正做到“学”+“习”，即学练结合。2、学生一定要对所学内容力争做到
2、预习+听课+复习+熟读（至少3遍以上），只有如此，方可做到融会贯通、举一反三、熟化成为能力。3、英语相对于其它学科而言，是一个需要长期积累并不断重复练习方可熟化成为能力的过程，所以在系统班我们会定期对所学内容进行测试，适当加压，加强学员们的学习热情。三、句子解密1、An invisible border divides those arguing for computers in the classroom on the behalf of students career prospects and those arguing for computers in the classroom fo
3、r broader reasons of radical educational refrom.2、As families move away from their stable community, their friends of many years their extended family relationships ,the informal flow of information is cut off ,and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be tru
4、stworthy and reliable.3、There is no sky in June so blue that it does not point forward to a bluer.4、The importance of studying English cannot be overemphasize5、Nothing is less instuctive than a machine.6、The robot has no more emotion than the car.7、Children of today do not automatically become more
5、sophisticated because they have access to more information than children of the past.8、A culture i which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and values is more likely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people than is aculture where citizens come from diverse backgrounds.四、篇章解密Pas
6、sage 1A little more than a century ago, Michael Faraday, the noted British physicist, managed to gain audience with a group of high government officials, to demonstrate an electro-chemical principle, in the hope of gaining support for his work.After observing the demonstrations closely, one of the o
7、fficials remarked bluntly, ”Tts a fascinating demonstration, young man, but just what practical application will come of this ?”“I dont know,” replied Faraday,”but I do know that 100 years from now youll be taxing them.”From the demonstration of a principle to the marking of products derived from th
8、at principle is often a long, involved series of steps.The speed and effectiveness with which these steps are thaken are closely related to the history of management, the art of getting things done.Just as management applies to the wonders that have evolved from Faraday and other inventors,so it app
9、lied some 4000 years ago to the working of the great Egyptian and Mesopotamian import and export firms.toHannibals remarkable feat of crossing the Alps in 218 B.C . with 90000 foot soldiers,12000 horsemen and a “conveyor belt” of 40 elephants.or to the early Christian Church,with its world-shaking c
10、oncepts of individual freedom and equality. These ancient innovators were deeply involved in the problems of authority ,divisions of labor,discipline ,unity of command,clarity of direction and the other basic factors that are so meaningful tomanagement today.But the real impetus to management ad an
11、emerging profssion was the Industrial Revolution. Oringinationg in 18-century England,it was triggered by a series of classie inventions and new processes ;among them John Kays flying Shuttle in 1933,James Hargroves Spinning Jenny in 1770,Samuel Comptions Mule Spinner in 1779 and Edmund Cartwrights
12、Power Loom in 1785.1、 The anecdote about Michael Faraday indicates that_.A politicians tax everythingB people are skeptical about the values of pure researchC government should support scientists D he was rejected by his government2、 Management is defined as _A the creator of the Industrial Revoluti
13、onB supervising subordinatesC the art of getting things doneD an emerging profession3、 Management came into its own_A in the Egyptian and Mesopotamian import and export firmsB in Hannibals famous trip across the Alps C in the development of early Christian ChurchD in the eighteenth century4、 A probl
14、em of management NOT mentioned in this passage is _A the problem of command B division of labor C control by authorityD competitionPassage 2Just over a year ago ,I foolishly locked up my biycle outside my office but forgot to remove the pannier.When I returned the pannier had been stolen . Inside it
15、 were about ten of the little red notebook I take everywhere for jotting down ideas for articles , short stories,TV shows and the like.When I lost my notebooks ,I was devastated ; all the ideas Id had over the past two years were contained within their pages .I could remember only a few of them,but
16、had the impression that those I couldnt recall were truly brilliant, Those little books were crammed with the plots of award-winning novels and scripts for radio comedy shows that were only two-thirdss as bad as the ones on at the moment.Thats not all,though,In my reminiscence , my lost notebooks co
17、ntained sketches for many innovative and imcredible machines. In one book there was a design for a device that could turn sea water into apple cider; in another plan ofr an automatic dog ; in a third ,sketches for a pair of waterproof shoes with television screens built ito the toes . Now all of the
18、se plans are lost to humanity.I found my notebooks again .It turns out they werent in the bike pannier at all,but in a carrier bag in my spare room ,where I found six months after supposedly losing them .And when I flipped through their pages ,ready to run to the patent office in the morning ,I disc
19、overed they were completely full of rubbish.Discovering the notebooks really shook me up. I had firmly come to believe they were brimming tith brilliant , inventive stuff and yet clearly they werent . I had deluded myself.After surveying my nonsense , I found that this halo effect always attaches it
20、self to things that seem irretrievably lst .Dont we all have a sneaking feeling that the weather was sunnier,TV shows funnier and cake-shop buns bunnier in the not-very-distant past?All this would not matter much except that it is a powerful element in reactionary thought , this belief in a better y
21、esterday . After all , racism often stems from a delusion that things have deteriorated since “they”came . What a boon to society it would be if people could visit the past and see that it wasnt the paradise they imagine but simply the present with differet hats.Sadly,time travel is impossible.Until
22、 now,that is ,Because Ive suddenly remembered I left a leather jacket in an Indonesian restaurant a couple of years and I mabsolutely certain that in the inside pocket there was a sketch Id made.1、By”only two-thirds as bad as the ones on at the moment ”,the author means _A better than B as bad asC w
23、orse thanD as good as2、As soon as the author read me lost notebooks ,he _A reported the fact B found it valuelessC registered the inventionsD was very excited3、Which of the followingwould the author most probably agree with? _A Yesterday is better B Yesterday is no better than todayC Self delusion s
24、ometimes is necessaryD Things today have deteriorated Passage 3Today,the computer has taken up appliance status in more than 42 percent of households across the United States .And these computers are increasingly eing wired to the Internet.Online access was up more than 50 percent in just the past y
25、ear . Now ,more than one quarter of all U.S. households can surf in cyberspace.Mostly ,ths explosive growth has occurred democratically ,The online penetration and computer ownership increases extend across all the demographic levels-by race ,geography ,income,and education.We view these trends as f
26、avorable without the slightest question because we clearly see computer technology as empowering In fact personal growth and a prosperous U.S. economy are considered to be the long-range rewards of individual and collective technolgical power.Now for the not-so good news.The governments analysis spe
27、lls out so-called digital divide.That is ,the digital explosion is not booming at the same pace for everyone .Yes, it is true that we are all plugged in to a much reater degress than any of us have been in the past.But some of us are more plugged in than others and are getting plugged in far more ra
28、pidly .And this gap is widening even as the pace of the information age accelerates through society.Computer ownership and Internet accesss are highly classified along lines of wealth ,race ,education,and geography,The data indicates that computer ownership and online accesss are growing more rapidl
29、y among the most prosperous and well educated ;essentially,wealthy white people with high school and college diplomas and who are aprt of stable ,two parent households.The highest income bracket households,those earning more than 75000 annually, are 20 times as likely to have access to the Internet
30、as households at the lowest income levels , under 10000 annually. The computer penetration rate at the high-income level is an amazing 76.56 percent , compared with 8 percent at the bottom and of the scale.Technolgy access differs widely by educational level,College graduates are 16 times as likely
31、to be Internet surfers at home as are those with only elementary-school education. If you look at the differences between these groups in rural areas .the gap widens to a tewnty-six-fold advantage for the college-educated.From the time of the last study ,the information access gap rew by 29 percent
32、between the highest and lowest income groups,and by 25 percent between the highest and lowest education levels .In the long run , participation ih the information age may not be a zero sum game ,where if some groups win ,others must lose .Eevntuallly , as the technology matures we are likely to see
33、penetration levels approach all groups equally.This was true for gelephone access and television ownership ,but eventually can be cold comfort in an era when tomorrow is rapidly different form today and unrecognizable compared with yesterday.1、How may U.S. households have linked to Internet today?_A
34、 More than 25 percent B By 29 percentC More than 42 percentD More than 50 percent2、According to the text ,the computer use by the high-income level is that by the lowest income levels. _A 8 percent more than B 76.56 percent more thanC nearly 10 times as many asD about 20 times as many as3、According
35、to the author ,which of the following prevents people from gaining access to the Internet? _A Income level B Poor education and low-income levelC Participation in the information ageD Telephone access and television ownership4、Judging form the context ,what does “digital divide ”(Dara.3)probably mea
36、n?_A The governments analysis B The divide between the poor and the richC The pace of the information ageD The gap between peoples access to the computerPassage 4According to the survey,which was based on the responses of over students,todaytraditional-age college freshmen are “more materialistic an
37、d less altruistic ” than at any time in the 17 years of the poll.Not sruprising in these hard times ,the students major objective “is to be financially well off . Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life.” It follows then that today the most popular course is not litera
38、ture or history but accounting.Interest in teaching, social service and the “altruistic”fields is at a low .On the other hand ,enroollment in business programs , engineering and computer science is way up.Thats no surprise either.A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company)was ma
39、king twice the salary of her college instructors her first year on the job -even before she completed her two-year associate degree.While its true that we all need a career , it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own
40、 and that we are better for our understanding of these other contributionsbe they scientific or artistic.It is equally true that ,in studying the diverse wisdom of others ,we learn how to think .More important ,perhaps education teaches us to see the connecdtions between things ,as well as to see be
41、yond our immediate needs .Weekly we read of unions who went on strike for higher wages ,only to drive ther employer out of business .No company ;no job.How shortsighted in the long run!But the most important argument for a broad education is that,in studying the accumulated widom of the ages we impr
42、ove our mora; sense .I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table .onge of them is talking on the intercom:”Miss Baxter,”he says,”could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?”From the long-term point of vi
43、ew ,thats what education really ought to be about.1、According to the authors observation,college students_A have never been so materialistic as today B have never been so interested in the arts C have never been so financially well off as todayD have never attached so much importance to moral sense2
44、、The students criteria for selectig majors today have much to do with _A the influences of their instructors B the financial goals they seek in lifeC their own interpretations of the courses D therir understanding of the contributions of others3、By say ing “While its true that .be they scientific or
45、 artistic”(Para.5),theauthor means that_A business management should be included in educatioanl programs B human wisdom has accumulated at an extraordinarily high speedC human intelledtual development has reached new heights D the importance of a broad education should not be overlooked4、Studying th
46、e diverse wisdom of others can_A create varying artistic interests B help people see things in their right perspectiveC help improve connections among peopleD regulate the behavior of modern people5、Which of the following statements if TRUE according to the passage_A Businessmen absorbed in their career are narrow-minded B Managers after find it hard to tell right from wrongC People engaged in technical jobs lead a more rewarding lifeD Career seekers should not focus on immediate interests only