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 valus of MBA degrees has been fueled mainly by ______.
A)the success of many non MBAs
B)the complaints from various employers
C)the prro performance of MBAs at work
D)the criticism from the scientists of purer disciplines
23.What is the major weakness of MBA bolders 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)Thay 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 hodding an MBA degree.
C)Why there is an increased enrollment in MBA programs.
D)The necessity of reforming MBA programs in business schools.
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are hased on the following passage.
German Chancellor (首相)Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent.but his legacy(遣产)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(怜悯)for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut thesupport of the socialist labor movement.Chancellor Bismarck created the world'sfirst 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 orkers 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 the country passed in 1911,and the program soom spread throughout the nation.
After World War Ⅱ，benefit 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,inluding 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 1072 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 theat doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie.
26.The world's first workers' compensation law was introduced by Bismarck _______.
A)for fear of losing the support of the socialist labor movement
B)out of religious and political considerations
C)to speed up the pace of industrialization
D)to make industrial production safer
27.We learn from the passage that the process of industrialiation in Europe _______.
A)met growing resistance from laborers working at machines
B)resulted in the development of popular social insurance programs
C)was accompanied by an increased number of workshop accidents
D)required workers to be aware of the potential dangers at the workplace
28.One of the problems the American injured workers faced in getting compensation in the early 19th century was that _______.
A)they had to produce evidence that their employers were responsible for the accident
B)America's average compensation benefit was much lower than the cost of living
C)different state in the U.S. had totally different compensation programs
D)they had to have the courage to sue for damages in a court of law
29.After 1972 workers' compensation insurance in the U.S. became more favorable to workers so that ______ .
A)the poverty level for a family of fourwent up drastically
B)more money was allocated to their compensation system
C)there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims
D)the number of workers suing for damages increased
30.The author ends the passage with the implication that __________.
A)compensation benefits in America are soaring to new heights
B)people from all walks of life can benefit from the compensation system
C)the workers are not the only ones to benefit from the compensation system
D)money floating in the compensation system is a huge drain on the U.S. economy
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
When school officials in Kalkaska,Michigan,closed classes last week,the media flocked to the story,portraying the town's 2,305 students as victims of stingy (吝啬的) taxpayers.There is some truth to that;the property-tax rate here is one-third lower than the state average.But shutting their schools also sallowed Kalkaska's educators and the state's largest teachers'union,the Michigan Education Association,to make a politcal point.Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increase the state's share of school funding.
It was no coincidence that Kalkaska shut its schools two weeks after residicted a 28 percent property-tax increase.The school board argued that without the increase it lacked the $ 1.5 million needed to keep schools open.
But the school system had not done all it could to keep the schools open.Officials declined to borrow against next year's state aid,they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller-perhaps more acceptable-tax increase.In fact,closing early is costing Kalkaska a significant amount,including 4600,000 in unemployment payments to teachers and staff and $250,000 in lost state sid.In February,the school system promised teachers and staff two months of retirement payments in case schools closed early,a deal that will cost the district $ 275,000 more.