2022年管理类联考MBA英语真题.pdf

2022年管理类联考MBA英语真题

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbeloweach

textbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET

1.(40points)

Text1

Inanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”,theauthorAdam

Davidsonrelatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuchamodern

textilemillhasbeenautomated:Theaveragemillonlytwoemployees

today,”amanandadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogisthere

tokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”

Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathave

recentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuch

stubbornlyhighunemploymentanddecliningmiddle-classincomes

todayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinbothglobalizationandthe

informationtechnologyrevolution,whicharemorerapidlythanever

replacinglaborwithmachinesorforeignworker.

Inthepast,workerswithaverageskills,doinganaveragejob，

couldearnanaveragelifestyle,But,today,averageisofficially

over.Beingaveragejustwon’tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan’

twhensomanymoreemployershavesomuchmoreaccesstosomuch

moreaboveaveragecheapforeignlabor,cheaprobotics,cheap

software,cheapautomationandcheapgenius.Therefore,everyone

needstofindtheirextra-theiruniquevaluecontributionthat

makesthemstandoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment.

Yes,newtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsforever,andalways

will.Butthere’sbeenanacceleration.AsDavidsonnotes,”In

the10yearsendingin2022,[U.S.]factoriesshedworkerssofast

thattheyerasedalmostallthegainsoftheprevious70years;

roughlyoneoutofeverythreemanufacturingjobs-about6milli