十月联考MBA英语阅读练习及答案:an old lady Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andrea, in a voice that was almost a whisper, “Thank you dearie, ― I’m just going to Brockbourne.” Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn’t know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, something odd, and something dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? It was absurd. Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with their thick black hairs… Thick black hairs? Hairy arms? Andrea’s blood froze. This wasn’t a woman. It was a man. At first, she didn’t know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid(刹车), and brought it to a halt. “My God!” she shouted. “A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her! ” The “old lady ” was clearly shaken by the sudden skid, “I didn’t see anything dearie,” she said. “I don’t think you hit anything.” “I’m sure it was a child!” insisted Andrea. “Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if there’s anything on the road?” She held her breath. Would her plan work? It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker. It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously. It contained only one item ― a small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blade. The axe and the inside of the bag were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood. Andrea began to scream. 1. Andrea suddenly stopped the car because__________. A.she thought she had hit a child on the road B.she skidded on some ice on the road C.she wanted to trick the passenger into getting out D.she couldn’t concentrate and nearly had a crash 2. What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady? A.She had a shapeless body. B.She had a harsh voice. C.She wore a dirty dress. D.She had hairy arms. 3. Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her car, mainly because__________. A.the hitchhiker was an old woman B.she was curious about the old lady C.the lady had a heavy bag D.she knew the old lady 4. Andrea looked in the passenger’s bag to __________ . A.examine what was in it B.find out where the passenger lived C.use the passenger’s tools D.find out who the passenger was 5. Andrea screamed because __________. A.she saw the hitchhiker come back B.she realized she could have been killed C.she was scared at seeing blood D.she cut herself by the blade 参考答案：1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. B 十月联考MBA英语阅读练习及答案:an old lady的延伸阅读——如何备战十月联考MBA考试? 1.态度 千万不要有偷鸡摸狗的感觉，我们总以为领导只是单一的痛恨你考研，其实他们从内心是尊敬考研者的，只是不要有明显影响工作的迹象，这样的话，首先你已经先对不起公司了，这对你学习效率会有所影响。记着，要作到君子坦荡荡，本身工作考研就是一个人积极生活的表现，为什么要有负罪感，你越是大气一点领导还越是能够容忍你。 2.方法 其实考研准备的过程中，很多人都有一种感觉，那就是工作效率反而提高了，为什么呢，因为时间紧，你工作时会更加聚精会神，再者由于天天大脑处于紧张状态，思维的速度和效率就会高。所以在职考验处理学习工作关系的要点是：1、工作计划要精确到小时;2、要尽量压缩琐碎事物的处理时间;3、学会巧妙的把与自身不太相关的工作进行转移;4、每月最好作出一件让你的领导有较深印象的工作;5、每天在工作时间内抠出1-2小时的零散学习时间(有点不厚道);6、要有突发事件如出差、封闭讨论方案、公司集体活动等的计划预期和调整，保证进度的能力(这也是最容易导致计划破产和自我安慰的)。 3.技巧 主要有两点：1、利用一切可利用的时间，上班路上、电梯里、方便中、开人多的会议时、出差时、如果可能，包括做梦的时间也别浪费。2、利用一切可利用的手段，如口袋单词表、金山迷你背单词、电子图书，甚至包括一些伎俩，如窗口自动隐藏、频目抓词等。 4.状态 每个人的生物钟都不一样，你要善于观察和感觉到自己身体变化的周期，每个人的都有一个生物律动周期，有人是每周的周几，有人是每月几号左右，有人是三个月，在这个周期内，精神状态有极好、极差和一般几个阶段，很多人可能都有感觉，某段时间，忽然觉得自己学的很不好，差距很大，或觉得自己反应真慢智商低，又过一段时间突然又觉得很有把握，自己真是个天才，其实两者均为极端而非本原，要理性的判断，千万别在低落期过分折磨自己，经常进行弊导思维，大脑会分泌过多的去胛肾上腺素，损害脑神经，经常进行利导思维，大脑会分泌脑内吗啡，容易激发灵感，要学会较强的心理暗示能力。顺应、利用、开发好你的身体的规律和潜力是提高效率的正途。 |
