Part Ⅱ

　　Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Passage One

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　Professor Kumar Bhatt, founder and head of Warwick Manufacturing Group(WMG), and Rob Meakin, a personnel director at Marconi, have developed a partnership to train engineers and managers to BEComee-literate. The New Knowledge Partnership will include a team of 40 Marconi managers in what Professor Bhatt calls electronic engineering management or E2. A wide range of engineering and non-engineering companies has expressed interest in these exciting programs.Professor Bhatt believes that e-commerce is changing the business environment to a huge extent. Many chief executives do not understand the power of the new technologies and, in some cases, are actually resisting change. He says that “As long as enough industry leaders realize its potential benefits, e-business will make possible a second productivity revolution in Britain. This could take the economy close to eliminating the still substantial competitiveness gap with its main rivals. Over the last five years in the US there has been a 30% improvement in manufacturing sector productivity because of information technology. In Britain we can achieve more than that and successful e-business will be worth billions to the UK economy.”Already Britain makes more use of computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) and management information technology systems than other European countries, and has a government that actively promotes e-business. But, observes Professor Bhatt, Britain has never used technology as a growth driver. “The thing about electronic engineering management is that you can keep your legacy systems; you just need to link those systems with an information engine. At the touch of a button it will allow project managers to see the status of a project, identify problems precisely and make virtually immediate decisions based on information that will be much more complete than in the past.”

　　The E2 program is the result of an alliance by the Warwick Manufacturing Group with America’s leading e-commerce study center,Carnegie Mellon. The latter will be responsible for training many of the Marconi managers in America, where the group has half its business. In Britain, Professor Bhatt has linked up with Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Parametric Technology, to set up amulti-million pound E2 design and manufacturing center at theuniversity which will be used for training and research.Professor Bhatt believes that e-commerce is changing business tosuch an extent that WMG is likely to be renamed Warwick ElectronicManufacturing Group. But, he warns “The move to globalize because ofe-commerce is racing ahead. Although the net allows British industryto overtake their European peers, it also offers Asian countries toleapfrog(相互超越) the West. For the first time it is not the privilegeof the western world because this technology is universal.”

　　21.Professor Bhatt and Rob Meakin have developed a method to___.

　　A) teach electronic engineering management

　　B) train employees to be acquainted with e-commerce

　　C) train employees to be engineers and managers

　　D) teach employees about developing a partnership

　　22.How does Professor Bhatt feel about many leaders in companies?

　　A) They do not understand a possible second productivity revolution in Britain.

　　B) They are excited about change.

　　C) They are ready for e-business.

　　D) They sometimes are against the change resulted from new technologies.

　　23.According to the passage, what do you know about e-business in Britain?

　　A)E-business has eliminated many competitive rivals.

　　B)E-business has done many benefits to big companies.

　　C)Many companies have joined in the E2 business program.

　　D) E-business has great potential and will make changes in the　country.

　　24.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

　　A) Britain can be competitive to US in the area of information　technology.

　　B) Britain has already taken the advantages of running engineering　management.

　　C) As with many other European countries, Britain has made use of computer-aided systems.

　　D) E-commerce has offered opportunities to European countries to　eliminate the competitiveness gap with all the rivals.

　　25.WMG would like to change its name because ___.

　　A)Britain is going to catch up with all other European countries in the field of electronic engineering management

　　B)business has been influenced so much by e-commerce

　　C)the e-commerce has offered Asian countries the chance to overtake Britain and the rest of Europe

　　D)e-business is very popular and will become universal

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

　　Emotional maturity means knowing that another person cannot fill up　the hole in your heart. That is your responsibility. You need to　love and affirm yourself day-by-day, moment-by-moment. That is the　spiritual challenge of your life and everybody’s life. Without your　love for yourself, nothing works. No amount of love from your　partner is enough. The search for love from other people is like the alcoholic’s search for happiness in a bottle. The more he drinks,　the less satisfied he feels and the more he wants to drink.

　　We are all addicted to falling in love. But after we’ve “fallen” a　few times and broken our emotional bones, we hopefully wise up a　bit. We know that the high of falling in love is not going to last.　We know that sooner or later we will have to get real with each　other. That is the difference between romance and partnership.　Romance is an attempt to keep the addiction going. It has a very　short half-life. Partnership is the dance of two ordinary people　learning to live together day by day. It is a very challenging　school that we enroll in. It is sometimes a lot more work than play.　And it certainly requires a lot more psychological adjustment than　years of therapy! We don’t just graduate from this school in a year　or two. It takes many years, perhaps even a lifetime, for us to　master the curriculum.　Your partners are imperfect human beings, just like you. They were　not the “wrong” partners any more than you were. Probably, they　reflected your own level of realism and emotional maturity. That’s　usually the way it works. So don’t waste your time thinking you　simply made some bad choices. The only bad choice you made was　forgetting who has the full time job loving you. I know that you　know who this is !

　　We keep remembering that they are not perfect, nor we are. Love is not a game of perfection. It is a game of overwhelming imperfection.The amazing thing is that love survives all of our mistaken attempts　to control our partners and our relationships.

　　26.We can conclude from the passage that___.

　　A) we won’t forget who has the full time loving us

　　B) love is addictive

　　C) love from your partner is not enough

　　D) love lies in the maturity of emotion which is essential to a　partnership or relationship

　　27.Which of the following statements is true according to the　passage?

　　A) To seek for true love, one must be realistic.

　　B) As long as we are emotionally mature, we can always enjoy the　high of falling in love.

　　C) Love doesn’t die even if we make wrong attempts to control our　partners.

　　D) The more one is loved, the less satisfied he or she feels.

　　28.It can be inferred from the passage that___.

　　A) the more we try to control our partners and relationships, the　better we can enjoy love

　　B) the more frequently we fall in love, the more intelligent we’ll　be

　　C) the more emotionally mature a couple are, the more harmonious they will live

　　D) it’s unrealistic for you to search for true love from others

　　29.By saying “They were not the ‘wrong’ partners any more than you　were.”(Para 3), the author means ___.

　　A) you chose the wrong partner just as your partner did

　　B) your partner was not as good as you were

　　C) you were good partners to each other

　　D) neither of you is a good partner

　　30.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A) Some people regret their choices of love partners.

　　B) In some partnership or relationship, he or she tries to control　the other.

　　C) Through psychological adjustment and therapy, one will feel　satisfied with love.

　　D) Partnership is a school from which it is not easy for us to　graduate.　Passage Three

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　What is terrorism?

　　In a growing number of conflicts around the world, one or both sides　attempt to label the other as “terrorist” in an effort to win support for their own causes. Yet as the so-called “terrorists group” often proclaim, a clear distinction between a terrorist　action and a non-terrorist military operation is frequently difficult to establish. Most governments argue that terrorism is defined by violent methods to achieve political ends which are undertaken by organizations not recognized by the world community as legitimate representatives of a nation; furthermore, random acts of violence, like attacks on school buses or shopping centers, are labeled as “terrorist”. Political organization as the IRA(Irish

　　Republican Army) and the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)　have been dubbed(称为) “terrorists”, by the governments of England and Israel because of their tactics and their non-official statuses as representatives of accurately defined nations. In the case of the PLO, however, its election to power under Yasser Arafat has now　confused its former recognition as terrorist. Even the IRA is　earning status as an authentic opposition voice to the continued　presence of British troops on Irish soil.All this simply highlights the problems of separating what is a　legitimate political organization with “the right” to employ　violence to achieve political ends from so-called terrorist groups.　Inseparable from this issue is historical precedence(地位先后) and the　degree of power and prestige an organization or nation has on the　world stage. For example, while most independent observes would　agree that the IRA setting off a bomb in a London subway station　confirms its notoriety, they would be less certain that Israel’s　recent bombing of a refugee camp is equally “terrorist”, despite the　fact that many more innocent people were killed and injured in the　latter incident than in the former. This raises the question, though　certainly not for the first time, whether legitimate, even　democratically elected, governments are also capable of terrorist　action. Is there always a clear moral distinction between the　behavior of normally respected nations and that of “rogue”(流氓)　organizations? What does seem clear from these reflections is not　that terrorist actions are in any way justified, but that the use of　such labels is sometimes based on a political need rather than on　superior moral or ethical grounds.

　　31.What is the point the article tries to make?

　　A) Non-official status of a political organization involves　terrorist suspicion.

　　B) Terrorism defies clear-cut distinction.

　　C) Terrorist element exists in every violent conflict.

　　D) Government actions are never guilty of terrorism.

　　32.Which of the following could be concluded from the article?

　　A)An indisputable example of a terrorist group is PLO.

　　B)Actions to achieve political ends cannot avoid using force.

　　C)An acceptable criterion for terrorism is killing civilians.

　　D)International prestige is a justification for violence.

　　33.The classification of PLO is now less clear because___.

　　A) it begins to show friendly attitude towards Israel

　　B) it stands for an independent state in the Middle East

　　C) it is no longer engaged in random performance of violence

　　D) it is the elected political representative of the Palestine

　　34.It could be logically inferred from the article that____.

　　A) terrorism is not being defined on ethical criteria

　　B) defense actions committed on a foreign land is admissible

　　C) terrorism unavoidably involves immoral policies

　　D) democratic nations are innocent of terrorism

　　35.The author wrote this article to ___.

　　A) show sympathy to unrecognized national forces

　　B) condemn political motives in defining terrorism

　　C) justify the ambiguity in giving terrorism labels

　　D) call for better approaches to terrorism