2023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、What is the main idea of the passage?（）【阅读理解A】

A.American firms are different from Japanese ａｎｄ　German firms in human-resource management

B.Extensive retraining is indispensable to effective human-resource management

C.The head of human-resource management must be in the central position in a firm\'s hierarchy

D.The human-resource management strategies of American firms affect their competitive capacity

正确答案:D

答案解析:问文章大意是什么。纵观全文，讲的主要是美国公司对人才管理的重视程度不够，对员工基本技能培训不足以及这种状况对公司竞争力的影响。A、B、C三项的内容文中均提到过，但没有展开论述。D项“美国公司的人才管理策略影响它们的竞争力”贴近全文，故为正确答案。

2、According to the passage, the way we dress（）.【阅读理解A】

A.provides clues fｏｒpeople who are critical of us

B.indicates our likes ａｎｄ　dislikes in choosing a career

C.has a direct influence on the way people regard us

D.is of particular importance when we get on in age

正确答案:C

答案解析:此题考核综合概括能力。文章第一句就概括了全文中心：人的衣着在判断一个人时起关键作用（Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to），文章第二段和第三段已反复阐明这一中心思想。由此判断C与文章内容一致，正确答案是C。A不符合文章第二段及第三段内容。B、D二项内容没有被提及。

3、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 fｏｒmanipulations

C.instinctively ｏｒby 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 ｏｒby 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。

4、The following sentence（）is right.【阅读理解A】

A.The authｏｒthinks that we can learn nothing new from the usual fondling, cuddling ａｎｄ　cleaning of babies by their mothers

B.It is rather unusual fｏｒa mother to hold her baby against her body when resting

C.Eighty percent of American mothers put their babies on the left side of the cradle

D.The authｏｒdoes not agree that there is a predominance of right-handedness in the population

正确答案:D

答案解析:文章第一段第四句If asked to explain the significance of this preference most people reply that it is obviously the result of the predominance of right-handedness in the population. （如果问及这种偏好的原因，大多数人回答显然是因为人口中右撇子占多数的结果），但是第6句作者表明 But a detailed analysis shows that this is not the case（但是一项细致的分析表明事实并不是这样的），可见作者不同意人口中右撇子居多。

5、Which of the following applies to the management of human resources in American companies？（）【阅读理解A】

A.They hire people at the lowest cost regardless of their skills

B.They see the gaining of skills as their employees\' own business

C.They attach more importance to workers than to equipment

D.They only hire skilled workers because of keen competition

正确答案:B

答案解析:问下列哪种情况与美国公司人才管理状况相符。第1段第3句话指出：“掌握劳动技能被认为是个人自己的责任。”B项说，“公司把获得劳动技能看成是受雇者自己的事。”可见，这两句内容相吻合。A、C、D三项又与原文不符，故B为正确答案。