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、Most people think that mothers hold their babies in their left arms（）.【阅读理解A】

A.because of the fact that the heart is on the left side of the mother\'s body

B.because of the fact that the heart is on the left side of the baby\'s body

C.in order to keep their left arms free for other work

D.in order to keep their right arms free for other work

正确答案:D

答案解析:细节题。这道题关键要注意到题目中的Most people think…，多数人认为… 文中说“…most people reply that it is obviously the result of the predominance of right-handedness in the population”。“大多数人会回答说，显然这是人们以右手为主的这种优势造成的结果。” 因此选D。

2、According to the passage, the decisive factor in maintaining a firm\'s competitive advantage is（）.【阅读理解A】

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。

3、The word “precedents” (Line 1, Para. 4) probably refers to（）.【阅读理解A】

A.early acts for men to follow as examples

B.particular places for men to occupy especially because of their importance

C.things that men should agree upon

D.men’s beliefs that everything in the world has already been decided

正确答案:A

答案解析:该题要求根据上下文推测precedent的词义。分析第四段第一句可以看出precedent和role models一起是并列宾语，所以precedent意义与role models类似，另外从构词法角度分析前缀re前面，在四个选择项当中，符合以上二点要求的只有A项，正确答案是A。

4、The advertisers’ attitude is based on the hope that consumers（）.【阅读理解A】

A.know deep down what they really want

B.are interested in what is being designed

C.are indifferent to what is being advertised

D.are uncritical and easily influenced

正确答案:D

答案解析:综观全文，广告商希望消费者没有太多主见，随波逐流，被他们牵着鼻子走。因此选D。 

5、What does the writer of this passage think of the ideas of Ghoshal and Bartlett?（）【阅读理解A】

A.Very instructive

B.Very inspiring

C.Hard to implement

D.Quite harsh

正确答案:C

答案解析:从第三段“Unfortunately, they promise more than they deliver.”可以看出作者对Ghoshal 和 Bartlett的观点是不以为然的，作者认为这两个人许诺的比实际提供的要多，所以作者对这两个人的看法是他们的观点不切实际。