2021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、The passage tells us that some manufacturers, instead of changing their product, would prefer to change its （）.【阅读理解A】

A.production cost

B.quality

C.market value

D.appeal

正确答案:D

答案解析:第三段If, therefore, for one reason or another, some alteration seems called for, how much better to change the image, the packet or the pitch made by the product, rather than go to all the inconvenience of changing the product itself. 一旦需要改变产品，最好的办法莫过于改变外观形象、包装或产品定位而不是不辞辛苦改变产品本身。“改变外观形象、包装或产品定位”都是指D。

2、From the third paragraph of the passage, we can conclude that young adults tend to believe that certain types of clothing can（）.【阅读理解A】

A.change people’s conservative attitudes towards their lifestyles

B.help young people make friends with the opposite sex

C.make them competitive in the job market

D.help them achieve success in their interpersonal relationships

正确答案:D

答案解析:此题要求做出结论。文章第三段第四句认为自己积极与人交往的大学生说他们注重自己的外表并成功扮演自己的角色。可以判断D符合文章内容及题意，正确答案是D。A与第二段最后一句相矛盾，B与第三段第二句不符，C不合题意。

3、The example of what Plato thought in the passage shows that（）.【阅读理解A】

A.science development can solve many problems for philosophers

B.Plato knew nothing about Physics at his time

C.the scientists have achieved a lot in terms of light theory

D.different people have different ways of perception

正确答案:A

答案解析:细节题。第二段第一句指出，“科学家都倾向于认为，所有有关哲学的问题最终会由科学来解决。我认为对于许多哲学家仍争论不休的问题，这一点是千真万确的。”因此，A项正确，而B项显然错误。C，D项虽说法正确，但不符合题意。

4、According to Christopher Bartlett what will improve "employability"?（）【阅读理解A】

A.Ability to lay out one\'s talents to employers

B.Skills and knowledge accumulated from school education

C.Training opportunity and guidance offered by company

D.Being creative and ready to share collective wisdom

正确答案:C

答案解析:文中第二段employability后面的一句解释，在上下文中特指通过公司培养和引导，而提高雇员的水平。不是获取职位的能力，或者在学校中获取的知识和技能。

5、The main problem of the round-the-clock working system lies in（）.【阅读理解A】

A.the inconveniences brought about to the workers by the introduction of automation

B.the disturbance of the daily life cycle of workers who have to change shifts too frequently

C.the fact that people working at night are often less effective

D.the fact that it is difficult to find a number of good night workers

正确答案:B

答案解析:本题要求考生住第2段的中心大意，正确回答24小时轮班工作的主要问题在哪里。第2段最后一句说，工人“刚刚习惯了某一班次的时间安排，却又要倒班了。这样，他在大部分时间里工作和睡眠效率都不高。”所以关键在于工人的日常生活周期规律被打乱了。选项B是答案，而选项A文章没有提及。选项C不符合文章的原意，文章是说工人在适应新的工作班次之前效率不高，并不只是夜间工作效率不高。文章没有提到D项内容。