作者：全国管理类研究生入学考试专用教材编写组
出版社：中国人民大学出版社
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2018MBAMPAMPAcc管理类专业学位联考专项突破 英语阅读理解一本通关(5周秒杀阅读精粹106篇)试读：
前言
近两年随着考纲的变化，阅读这一部分变化尤其引人注目，其难度也有所上升，而考试时间短、做不完题是众多考生的普遍问题。如何顺利攻克阅读难关、获取考试制胜法宝则是势在必行，本书便应运而生！
本书有如下特点。
一、以周为计划，任务明确
本书编者将阅读备考共分为五周进行复习，将备考三阶段的基础、提高、实战与周计划相结合。第一周为基础阶段（主要是重点词汇、句型和语法）（共20篇）；第二周为阅读理解A节题型（共20篇）；第三周为阅读理解B节题型（12篇）；第四周为经济、科普、社会/文化、管理/教育、其他等各类题材（共24篇）；第五周为仿真模拟+真题演练（30篇）。全书共106篇，五周攻克！
二、难度进阶，能力渐升
本书将106篇阅读练习分成三个层次：基础篇重视基础知识恢复，提高篇针对技巧强化，实战篇强调模拟冲刺。考虑到真题对下次考试的决定性指导作用，我们将近两年的阅读真题完整收入，并配有详细的解析，让考生熟悉真题，以检验之前的学习成果。
三、难词注释，答案详解
阅读文章中的一些单词在平常阅读中并不常见，为此，本书将每篇文章中的曾在历年真题中出现的重点词汇用中英文加以注释，让考生结合具体语境掌握单词；并在基础篇和真题演练部分，对出现的重难点单词给予详细的讲解，其中包括例句、译文、搭配、派生、联想等，帮助考生更加深刻地记住单词以及相关用法。
解释答案时我们力争做到丝丝入扣，按照A部分阅读的五种题型进行详尽的解析，将文中跟题目相关的所有信息一一列出，对迷惑点加以分析，把答案的选择理由解释得清晰透彻。
四、文章大意，精练概括
文章的难度仍不可轻视，为了帮助考生更充分地了解文章主旨，避免只见树木不见森林的情况，我们对每篇文章都进行了精练的概括，让考生从整体上把握文章，再去分析文章中的具体题目，事半功倍。编者基础篇第一周 基础阶段
本周共有精心挑选的20篇文章，周一至周五每天4篇，周六为复习与小结。每篇文章后均设有重、难点词汇解析和长难句分析，为考生在本周学习中提供两点建议：（1）积极扩大词汇量。词汇量是阅读理解的根本，没有一定的词汇量，阅读理解无从谈起。我们建议考生们在本周的基础阶段分析文章的同时，能够对大纲词汇按层次背诵一遍，进而在以后的学习复习中能充分利用阅读文章在语境中学习记忆词汇。我们在每篇文章之后的表格中总结的单词，便是需要考生理解和记忆的。（2）加强长难句的理解。长难句是考生们阅读理解中的一大障碍。我们建议考生们从本周基础知识恢复阶段就开始有意识地培养自己理解长难句的能力。例如：
If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament,you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk:elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.
［结构简析］本句的基本句型为：虚拟条件句+主句+同位语从句；主句为you would...find a...quirk；其前为一个由if引导的虚拟条件句，其后为一个同位语从句，对a noteworthy quirk进行说明；quirk意为“怪事，奇怪的事情”。
［参考译文］如果你能查看一下2006年世界杯比赛的每一个足球运动员的出生证的话，你就极可能发现一件值得注意的怪事：这些足球精英们可能出生在每年年初的几个月份而非年末的几个月份。
如果考生不能理解类似这样的长难句，将直接影响接下来的阅读和整篇文章的问题解答，所以真切希望考生们从现在开始认真重视长难句的分析，为接下来的学习打好基础。
虽然艰难，但我们与您一路同行，让我们开始第一周的学习吧，Let's practice！周一
今天是我们攻克阅读理解的第一天，为大家准备了4篇文章，请考生们准备好，万里长征的第一步已经开始，加油吧！祝您成功！
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The tourist trade is booming.With all this coming and going,you'd expect greater understanding to develop between the nations of the world.Not a bit of it! Superb systems of communication by air,sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other's countries at a moderate cost.What was once the“grand tour”,reserved for only the very rich,is now within everybody's grasp.The package tour and chartered flights are not to be sneered at.Modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldn't have dreamed of.But what's the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other？
Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs.They deliberately set out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population.The modern tourist leads a cosseted,sheltered life.He lives at international hotels,where he eats his international food and sips his international drink while he gazes at the natives from a distance.Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully censored.The tourist is allowed to see only what the organizers want him to see and no more.A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to wander off on his own;and anyway,language is always a barrier,so he is only too happy to be protected in this way.At its very worst,this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization.The summer quarters of the inhabitants of the city are temporarily reestablished on the island of Corfu.
The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of national stereotypes.We don't see the people of other nations as they really are,but as we have been brought up to believe they are.You can test this for yourself.Take five nationalities,say,French,German,English,American and Italian.Now in your mind,match them with these five adjectives:musical,amorous,cold,pedantic,native.Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just mentioned,these adjectives actually act as barriers.So when you set out on your travels,the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your preconceptions.You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that,say,“Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites”or that“Latin peoples shout a lot”.You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are.But how can you make foreign friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you？
Carried to an extreme,stereotypes can be positively dangerous.Wild generalizations stir up racial hatred and blind us to the basic fact-how trite it sounds！ —that all people are human.We are all similar to each other and at the same time all unique.【重点词汇】
reserve vt.储备，贮藏，保存，预订 n.储藏（物），自然保护区【例句】We'd like to reserve a table for five for dinner this evening.【译文】我们想预订今晚的一张五人桌。【派生】reservation n.保留，备用，储备【搭配】be reserved for 留作，供……之用；without reservation 无保留ignorant a.无知的，愚昧的，不知道的【例句】Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution;they“look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship,as at something wholly beyond his comprehension.”【译文】达尔文有一句话描述那些对进化一无所知的人：他们“看有机的生命如同野人看船一样，好像看某种完全不能理解的东西”。【派生】ignore v.不理，忽视；ignorance n.无知，愚昧【联想】uneducated,unknowledgeable,unlearned,illiteratesuperb a.极好的，高质量的，杰出的【例句】The sport facilities are superb.【译文】运动设施是第一流的。【联想】superficial a.肤浅的grasp n.抓，掌握 v.抓紧，掌握【例句】She has a comprehensive grasp of the subject.【译文】她已全面掌握了这一学科。【搭配】grasp sb's meaning 懂某人的意思
grasp at a straw/straws 抓住救命稻草【联想】graph n.图表wander vi.漫游，闲逛，溜达，走神，恍惚【例句】He wandered in to see me as if he had nothing else to do.【译文】他溜达进来看我，好像无事可做的样子。【派生】wanderer n.游荡或闲逛的人；wandering n.漫游，闲逛，走神【联想】wonder 想知道conduct n.行为，举动，品行 v.引导，带领，管理，指挥（乐队）【例句】They are the possessions of the autonomous man of traditional theory,and they are essential to practices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his achievements.【译文】它们（自由和尊严）是传统理论定义的自主的人所拥有的，是要求一个人对自己的行为负责并因其成就而给予肯定的必不可少的前提。【派生】conductor n.领队，指挥，售票员，列车员hatred n.憎恨，仇恨【例句】She looked at me with an expression of hatred.【译文】她面带憎恨的表情看着我。【派生】hate v.憎恨，讨厌【搭配】have a hatred for/of 憎恨【联想】affection n.友爱，爱情stir v.拨动，激起 n.骚乱，搅拌【例句】The story stirred the boy's imagination.【译文】那故事激发了那孩子的幻想。【搭配】stir up 惹起麻烦【联想】sting n./v.刺inhabitant n.居民，住户，常住居民【识记】in-（=in）+habit（=live）+-ant=居民【例句】Whatever the reason,let's enjoy it while we can.But expect it all to change,and security to become the number one issue,when the most influential inhabitants of the Net are selling services they want to be paid for.【译文】无论什么原因，我们及时行乐吧。但是，当最有影响力的网民出卖某种需要报酬的服务时，一切就都变了，安全成了第一大问题。【派生】inhabit v.居住于，占据；inhabitable a.可居住的【搭配】inhabit a city 居于某市【联想】dweller n.居住者，居民contact n.接触，联系 v.与……接触【识记】con-（共同，一起）+tact（触）=接触，联系【例句】The two substances are now in contact with each other,and a chemical reaction is occurring.【译文】现在这两种物质互相接触产生了化学反应。【搭配】be in contact with 与……保持联系；be out of contact with 与……失去联系【重点句子】
1.What was once the“grand tour”,reserved for only the very rich,is now within everybody's grasp.【结构简析】within sb.'s grasp某人理解/了解，为某人所能抓到的。what 引导主语从句，reserved for only the vey rich 作后置定语修饰grand tour。【参考译文】一度只有最富有者专享的“豪华旅行”，现在人人都可获得。
2.Modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldn't have dreamed of.【结构简析】which 引导定语从句修饰先行词comfort,could have done 表示对过去的推测；dream of 梦想。【参考译文】现代旅行者享有的舒适，是过去的王公贵族在豪华旅行时可能连做梦都想不到的。
3.They deliberately set out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population.【结构简析】protect...from 保护……免受。【参考译文】他们（旅行社）有意使他们的客户和当地居民少接触。
4.The modern tourist heads a cosseted sheltered life.【参考译文】现代旅行者过的是爱护有加、与世隔绝的生活。
5.Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully censored.【参考译文】由导游率领参观风景名胜要经过仔细的审查。
6.A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to wander off on his own;and anyway,language is always a barrier,so he is only too happy to be protected in this way.【结构简析】only too+形容词/分词=very非常。make it impossible，使……成为不可能，it为形式宾语，to wander off on his own 为真正宾语。【参考译文】严密的计划使得旅行者不可能自己一个人到处闲逛；再说，至少语言总是个障碍，所以他对这种保护非常高兴。
7.At its very worst,this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization.【结构简析】at one's worst 在情况最坏的时候。【参考译文】最糟的时候，这种保护会导致形成一种新型而又可怕的殖民现象。
8.Carried to an extreme,stereotypes can be positively dangerous.【结构简析】carried to an extreme（to excess）如果做得过分。【参考译文】如果走向极端，这些成见会非常危险。
9.So when you set out on your travels,the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your preconceptions.【结构简析】when 引导状语从句，which引导定语从句修饰先行词characteristics。【参考译文】因此当你开始旅行时，你所能注意到的特点就是那些印证你自己的成见的特点。
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Biologically,there is only one quality which distinguishes us from animals:the ability to laugh.In a universe which appears to be utterly devoid of humor,we enjoy this supreme luxury.And it is a luxury,for unlike any other bodily process,laughter does not seem to serve a biologically useful purpose.In a divided world,laughter is a unifying force.Human beings oppose each other on a great many issues.Nations may disagree about systems of government and human relations may be plagued by ideological factions and political camps,but we all share the ability to laugh.And laughter,in turn,depends on that most complex and subtle of all human qualities:a sense of humor.Certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal.This can best be seen from the world-wide popularity of Charlie Chaplin's early films.The little man at odds with society never fails to amuse no matter which country we come from.As that great commentator on human affairs,Dr.Samuel Johnson,once remarked，“Men have been wise in very different modes;but they have always laughed in the same way.”
A sense of humor may take various forms and laughter may be anything from a refined tingle to an earth quaking roar,but the effect is always the same.Humor helps us to maintain a correct sense of values.It is the one quality which political fanatics appear to lack.If we can see the funny side,we never make the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously.We are always reminded that tragedy is not really far removed from comedy,so we never get a lop-sided view of things.
This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony.Human pain and suffering are so grim;political realities are usually enough to plunge us into total despair.In such circumstances,cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress the balance.They take the wind out of pompous and arrogant politicians who have lost their sense of proportion.They enable us to see that many of our most profound actions are merely comic or absurd.We laugh when a great satirist like Swift writes about war in Gulliver's Travels.The Lilliputians and their neighbors attack each other because they can't agree which end to break an egg.We laugh because we are meant to laugh;but we are meant to weep too.It is too powerful a weapon to be allowed to flourish.
The sense of humor must be singled out as man's most important quality because it is associated with laughter.And laughter,in turn,is associated with happiness,courage,determination,initiative-these are qualities we share with other forms of life.But the sense of humor is uniquely human.If happiness is one of the great goals of life,then it is the sense of humor that provides the key.【重点词汇】
distinguish v.区别，辨认【例句】Moods should be distinguished from emotions which are usually more intense.【译文】情绪应该和表现更强烈的情感区分开来。【搭配】distinguish...from...把……从……中区分开【联想】distinguished a.著名的；distinguishing a.有区别的satire n.讽刺【例句】His latest book is a biting satire on the monarchy.【译文】他最新的书是对君主制的辛辣讽刺。【联想】irony 反讽luxury n.奢侈，奢侈品【识记】luxur（丰富，精美）+-y=奢侈品【例句】No surprise that they are most often found in luxury cars.【译文】发现它们被安装在那些名贵车里一点儿也不奇怪。【联想】luxurious a.奢侈的，豪华的；luxuriant a.丰产的，肥沃的，丰富的issue n.问题，争论点，要点，关键 v.发行，颁布，流出，发给【例句】① Medical care reform has become this country's most important public health issue.
② The Minister issued a statement to the press.【译文】① 医疗改革已成为这个国家最重要的全民健康问题。
② 部长向新闻界发表了声明。【搭配】settle an issue 解决争端【联想】publish v.出版，公布，发表；distribute v.分配，分布maintain v.维修，保养，主张，赡养【例句】① He failed again and again simply because he had maintained his defeatist attitude.
② The couple can earn enough money to maintain a family in comfort.【译文】① 因为他一直坚持失败主义的态度，所以失败了一次又一次。
② 小两口赚的钱足以维持一家人舒适地生活了。【派生】maintenance n.维修，保养，保持，抚养费【搭配】maintain a highway 保养公路；maintain the car 保养汽车
maintain one's family 养家plunge v./n.（使）纵身投入，（使）猛冲，（使）猛跌【例句】① He plunged into the river and saved the boy.
② The country was plunged into a civil war after the death of the president.【译文】① 他跳入河中，救了这个男孩子。
② 总统一死，全国就陷入了内战。【派生】plunger n.欠税人，突入者；plunging a.跳进的，向前猛冲的【搭配】take the plunge 冒险尝试，蛮干，毅然从事
plunge into 纵身跳入，陷入，突然或仓促地开始做某事arrogant a.傲慢的，自大的【识记】ar（加强）+rog（要求）+-ant（……的）=一再要求=傲慢的，自大的【例句】Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers,and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant,inattentive,or unmotivated.【译文】这些孩子常常觉得他们比老师知道的要多，但老师们常常感到这些孩子自大，不用心或者缺乏学习动机。【派生】arrogance n.傲慢【联想】conceited a.自大的，自负的；vain a.无益的，爱慕虚荣的weep v.哭泣，流泪，渗出【识记】一边流泪（weep）一边擦（wipe）【例句】She wept to see him in such a state.【译文】她一见他那种情形就流下泪来。flourish v.繁荣，茂盛，兴旺【识记】flour（面粉）+-ish（fish）=既有面粉也有鱼，当然会繁荣，兴旺。【例句】It's a theory to which many economists subscribe,but in practice,it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.【译文】这种理论得到了多数经济学家的认同，但实际上，它使铁路公司能够决定其他公司谁败谁荣。【派生】flourishing a.繁茂的，繁荣的，欣欣向荣的【联想】prosper v.繁荣；thrive v.兴旺plague n.瘟疫，灾祸 v.折磨，使苦恼【例句】Often they choose somewhat colder climates such as Alaska in order to escape smog,crime and other plagues of urbanization in the Golden State.【译文】他们常常选择一些气候比较冷的地区，如阿拉斯加州，为的是躲开这个黄金州的烟雾、犯罪和其他城市化进程中的问题。employ v.运用，使用【例句】This company does not differentiate between men and women-they employ and pay both equally.【译文】这家公司对男女职工一视同仁——男女职工他们都雇用而且同工同酬。【派生】employment n.雇佣【搭配】employment agency 职业介绍所【重点句子】
1.In a divided world,laughter is a unifying force.【参考译文】在分裂的世界中，笑是一种促成一致（团结）的力量。
2.Human relations may be plagued by ideological factions and political camps,but we all share the ability to laugh.【结构简析】be plagued by 受到……的侵扰。【参考译文】人际关系可能因思想意识派别和政治阵营的不同而受侵扰，但是我们都有笑的能力。
3.Certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal.【参考译文】某些滑稽的俗套对全世界的人都有吸引力。
4.The little man at odds with society never fails to amuse no matter which country we come from.【结构简析】at odds with society和社会格格不入，no matter which 引导从句表示“无论哪个”。【参考译文】这个小人物常常与社会格格不入，但总是能娱乐观众，不论观众是哪国人。
5.A sense of humor may take various forms and laughter may be anything from a refined tingle to an earth quaking roar,but the effect is always the same.【结构简析】take various forms 呈现的方式多种多样，from...to...从……到……【参考译文】幽默感表现的方式多种多样，笑也许是银铃般的优雅轻笑，也许是震耳欲聋的放声大笑，但是其效果是一样的。
6.If we can see the funny side,we never make the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously.【结构简析】if 引导条件从句，take...too seriously 把……看得过重。【参考译文】如果我们能见到可笑的一面，我们就不会犯这种错误：对自己看得过重。
7.We are always reminded that tragedy is not really far removed from comedy,so we never get a lop-sided view of things.【结构简析】removed from sth.远离；lop-sided a.两侧不平衡的，不匀称的。【参考译文】我们会经常提醒自己祸兮福所倚（悲剧离喜剧实际并不遥远），那我们绝不会偏执一词地看事物。
8.We laugh because we are meant to laugh;but we are meant to weep too.【结构简析】mean to do是打算或注定要……，一般用于被动。【参考译文】我们笑是因为想笑，可是我们也想哭。（指小人国和邻国仅仅为打鸡蛋一类小事而打仗可笑，确实也是可悲。作者结合现实指出这是人类悲剧之所在。）
9.The sense of humor must be singled out as man's most important quality because it is associated with laughter.【结构简析】single out 挑出；as“作为”；because 引导原因状语从句，associate with 与……相关。【参考译文】幽默感一定被认为是人类最重要的品质，因为它常常与欢笑紧密联系。
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New crimes have come into being with the advent of computer technology.Organized crime has been directly involved;the new technology offers it unlimited opportunities,such as data crimes,theft of services,industrial sabotage,politically related sabotage,vandalism,crimes against the individual and financially related crimes.
Theft of data,or data crime,has attracted the interest of organized criminal syndicates.This is usually the theft or copying of valuable computer programs.An international market already exists for computerized data,and specialized fences are said to be playing a key role in this rapidly expanding criminal market.Buyers for stolen programs may range from a firm's competitors to foreign nations.
A competitor sabotages a company's computer system to destroy or cripple the firm's operational ability,thus neutralizing its competitive capability either in the private or the government sector.This computer sabotage may also be tied to an attempt by affluent investors to acquire the victim firm.With the growing reliance by firms on computers for their record-keeping and daily operations,sabotage of their computers can result in internal havoc,after which the group interested in acquiring the firm can easily buy it at a substantially lower price.Criminal groups could also resort to sabotage if the company is a competitor of a business owned or controlled by organized crime.
Politically motivated sabotage is on the increase;political extremist groups have sprouted on every continent.Sophisticated computer technology arms these groups with awesome powers and opens technologically advanced nations to their attack.Several attempts have already been made to destroy computer facility at an air force base.
The computer opens vast areas of crime to organized criminal groups,both national and international.It calls on them to pool their resources and increase their cooperative efforts,because many of these crimes are too complex for one group to handle,especially those requiring a vast network of fences.【重点词汇】
involve vt.使卷入，牵涉，包含，含有【识记】in-（在……里面）+volve（卷）=使卷入，涉及【例句】Kids of older dads are often smarter,happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives.【译文】父亲年纪较大的那些孩子经常比较聪明、幸福而且易于相处，这是因为他们的父亲能比较多地融入他们的生活。【派生】involvement n.连累，包含；involved a.与……相关的，复杂的【搭配】involve in 使陷入，包括，涉及，卷入【联想】include v.包含，包括；contain v.容纳；comprise v.由……组成havoc n.大破坏，混乱【例句】Climate change will play havoc with agriculture and water supplies,and will increase diseases.【译文】气候变化对于农业和水供应将是一场浩劫，还会增加疾病发生率。【联想】calamity n.灾难competitive a.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的【识记】compete v.—competitive a.【例句】He has been making preparations for competitive examinations for government posts.【译文】他一直在为竞争激烈的公务员考试做准备。【派生】competitiveness n.竞争力，好胜心，好强facility n.设施，容易，便利【例句】There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities.【译文】几乎没有建造水系统或其他设施的机会。【搭配】heating facilities 取暖设备【联想】factor n.因素private a.私人的；秘密的，私下的 n.士兵，列兵【识记】priv（私有的）+-ate（具有……的）=私下的【例句】It enrolls 9，000 students,a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.【译文】它招收9 000名学生，这一统计支持了它是全国最大的私立大学的说法。【派生】privacy n.隐居，独处，秘密，幽静，私密【搭配】in private 私下地，秘密地sector n.部分，部门，防御地段，防区【例句】Many women still feel that they are being held back by a male culture,particularly in the professional service sector.【译文】许多女性认为男性文化阻碍了她们的发展，尤其是在专业服务领域。attempt n/v.尝试，试图，努力【识记】at-（加强）+tempt（诱惑，考验）=试图引诱别人【例句】Scientists are pushing known technologies to their limits in an attempt to extract more energy from the earth.【译文】科学家正在将已知技术推向极致，试图从地球获取更多的能量。【联想】endeavor 致力于某事invest v.投资，投入【识记】in-（=in）+vest（汗衫）=穿衣装饰=投资【例句】They invested much time and energy in getting a good education.【译文】他们投入了许多时间和精力以求得良好的教育。【派生】investment n.投资，投入；investor n.投资者【搭配】invest in sth.投资于，耗费于……acquire v.取得；获得；学到；并购【识记】ac-（向，到）+quire（追求）=追求到=得到，获得【例句】If people feel hopeless,they don't bother to acquire the skills they need to succeed.
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