2009年考研英語沖刺閱讀理解專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練137

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As with nightclubs,the most demanding and expensive executive-education programmes can al9 prove the most sought-after.Take,for example,the Sloan Fellows Programme.Founded in l931。it i one of the oldest executive-education courses in the United States--and one of the most challengin9,in terms of its requirements.Anyone wishing to become a Sloan Fellow must first accumulate a minjmum o ten years’work experience,then pony up$60,000 plus residential expenses,move to Cambridge Massachusetts,for a year,and study full—time.Despite the demands,the programme easily fills its 55 slots each year.The programme has been so successful it has spawned two similar courses at Stanf0“ and London Business Sch001.
     The school could be forgiven for not tampering with a good formula.But next Year the Sloan Fellows Programme will look somewhat different.On July 2 1 st the school announced plans to integrate the existing course with the Master of Technology programme(a mere stripling by comparison,at only 20 years old).The new MIT Sloan Fellows Programme in Innovation and Global Leadership will feature a curriculum with a greater emphasis on technology,innovation and entrepreneurship.
     The change,says Steven Sacca,director of the Sloan Fellows Programme,came about f。r severa] reasons.One was a desire to recruit students who wanted to participate but couldn’t afford to take a ful] year’s leave from work. Another was the recognition that the needs of the two programmes’audiences were convergin9:the technologists wanted more general leadership trainin9,while the Sloan Fellows wanted to feel cornfortable with the newest developments in technology.④
     Like current Sloan applicants,applicants to the new programme will be required to have at least ten years of work experience,and strongly encouraged to obtain company sponsorship.o But unlike previous hopefuls,they will no longer be required to take a year’s leave of absence from work. The twelve_ month,full—time course will still be available--and probably eagerly coveted by those executives who can give themselves the time off-ut next summer will see,for the first time,the option of“flex-time” study:three months on campus,followed by periodic visits over the next two years,depending on the course schedule chosen.④
     Mr Sacca,himself a Sloan Fellow alumnus,hopes the new programme's students will be more diverse in both geography and industry,since the audiences for the Sloan Fellows programme and the Master of Technology course have not been similar.He dismisses concerns that the new version of the Sloan Fellows programme will not measure up to its distinguished predecessor:No programme ever stays static.[427 words]
     1.It is implied in the text that______.
     A.the most expensive things are usually the most sought-after
     B.the Sloan Fellows Programme is a most demanded programme
     C.executive-education programmes are very similar to nightclubs
     D.the most popular programme is both demanding and expensive
     2.The Sloan Fellows Programme is challenging in that______.
     A.it might be replaced by two similar courses very soon
     B.it only offers 55 slots each year for numerous applicants
     C.it has very high admission requirements for its applicants
     D.its applicants must have at least 10 years’work experience
     3.By sayin9“The school could be forgiven for not tampering with a good formula”,the author means that______.
     A.if only the two courses were designed according to flood formula
     B.it is praiseworthy for the school to copy the Sloan Fellows Programme
     C.it would be much better if there had been some change with the formula
     D.the two courses spawned at that business schoollook somewhat different
     4.The new MIT Sloan Fellows Programme has been designed______.
     A.on the basis of the two successful present courses
     B.to emphasize more on general leadership in businesses
     C.in order to recruit more students from industries of technology
     D.to help Sloan Fellows keep up with the development of technology
     5.Mr.Sacca argues that the new MIT Sloan Fellows Programme______.
     A.will be much similar to the existing programme
     B.will be more demanding than the existing programme
     C.will naturally be somewhat different from the existing one
     D.will inevitably spawn more similar courses in the near future