2019年MBA考试《英语》考试共48题，分为英译汉和写作和完形填空和阅读理解A和阅读理解B。小编为您整理第四章 阅读理解A5道练习题，附答案解析，供您备考练习。

1、

Why is there "wide-spread uneasiness and confusion about the food situation in Britain？"（）

A.The abundant food supply is not expected to last

B.Britain is importing less food

C.Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising

D.Britain will cut back on its production of food

正确答案:C

答案解析:只要考生仔细阅读，便可看出本文的第1段第5句Why do food prices keep on rising，when there seems to be so much food about？回答了这个问题。因此选项C是答案。文中未提及A项、B项和D项，因此这3个选项都不合适。

1、

Which of the following word best describes the author's attitude towards the Cornell paper?（）

A.Positive

B.Negative

C.Indifferent

D.Disapproval

正确答案:A

答案解析:作者引用康奈尔大学的调查研究报告来支持说明自己的观点。

1、

According to the passage, the decisive factor in maintaining a firm's competitive advantage is（）.

A.the introduction of new technologies

B.the improvement of workers' basic skills

C.the rational composition of professional and managerial employees

D.the attachment of importance to the bottom half of the employees

正确答案:B

答案解析:根据本文，保持公司竞争优势的决定性因素是什么。文章开头第一句话便指出：“如果持续性的竞争优势取决于劳动者技能的话，那么美国公司正面临着难题”。第三段中又指出：“员工基本技能的培训使得他们吸收掌握新技术成为可能。”B项“提高工人的基本技能”与文章内容相近，故B为正确答案。

1、

The main reason for the rise in food prices is that（）.

A.people are buying less food

B.the government is providing less financial support for agriculture

C.domestic food production has decreased

D.imported food is driving prices higher

正确答案:B

答案解析:

本题问的问题是，英国食品价格上涨的主要原因是什么？仔细阅读文章，便知本题的答案可在第3段第1句里找到，即……due chiefly  to the gradual cutting down of government support for food。因此，选项B是答案。文中虽提到people are buying less food（第3段最后一句），但这是因为粮食价格高，与选项“使粮食价格上涨的主要原因”，无关，因此选项A是错的。文章未提及选项C和D，因此这两个选项是错的。

1、The mother who holds her baby on the left（）.【阅读理解A】

A.knows that her heart-beat has a calming effect on the baby

B.keeps her dominant arm free for manipulations

C.instinctively or by an unconscious series of trials and errors soon arrives at the discovery that her baby is more at peace if held on the left against her heart

D.gives the usual fondling, cuddling and cleaning little comment

正确答案:C

答案解析:主旨题。经过观察发现：…the mother, either instinctively or by an unconscious series of trials and errors would soon arrive at the discovery that her baby is more at peace if held on the left against her heart, than on the right.“母亲或许是本能地，或许是经过一系列的无意识的成败试验后很快发现，如果她的婴儿被抱在左侧贴近心脏处，要比抱在右侧乖得多”，因此才有第一段中的现象：80％的母亲是左手兜住自己的孩子，把孩子放在自己身体的左侧。因此C正确。