2011年公共管理碩士MPA英語知識

　　1.According to a recent survey， Americans also change their eating patterns to meet the needs of different situations. They have certain ideas about which　foods will make them __for business meetings， or put them in the mood for　romance.

　　[A] attentive

　　[B] shrewd

　　[C] acute

　　[D] alert

　　解析：alert 表示思維敏銳，思想高度集中，能注視周圍發(fā)生的一切。[A]attentive只是集中精力;[B]shrewd“(生意人)精明的”;[C]acute“尖銳的，鋒利的”。

　　2. _ some aspects of language are undeniably innate， language does not　develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been isolated from other　human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that interaction with　other human beings in necessary for proper language development.

　　[A] Because

　　[B] In case

　　[C] Although

　　[D] Whether

　　解析：從句“語言的某些方面毫無疑問是先天的”與主句“語言不會… …自行發(fā)展”在邏輯 上是 矛盾 的， 故應 選 表示 轉折 關系 的連 詞 Although (盡 管， 雖然 )A]Because 表因果關系;[B] In case“萬 一， 一旦 ”，引 導 條件 從句 ;[D]Whether“無論是否”。

　　3.The antiwar movement in the 1960s， the _ Rights Movement that　emerged strongly in the 1950s， and the antiabortion movement of the 1980s　are all examples of social movement in America that have involved both legal　and illegal activities to achieve their goals.

　　[A] Civil

　　[B] Liberty

　　[C] Humanity

　　[D] privacy

　　解析：civil 有“公民的，國內的”之義，the civil rights movement 即人權運動，符合文意。[B] liberty“自由”;[C] humanity“人類，人性”;[D] privacy“隱私”。

　　4.Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to　listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have　________of between two million and six million dollars per year.

　　[A] revenues

　　[B] salaries

　　[C] wages

　　[D] incomes

　　解析：income“收入”。[A]revenue 尤指國家的稅收;[B]salary 多指固定按月支付的薪水;[C]wage 常指按周計算的工錢，多指體力勞動。