文档介绍：管理类专业学位联考英语（阅读理解）历年真题试卷汇编5
（总分：50. 00,做题时间：90分钟）
一、Reading Comprehension（总题数：5,分数：50. 00）
Ruth Simmons joined Goldman they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred. Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough time may have to create incentives. Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms. Simmons, once again very popular on campus.（分数： 10. 00）
（1） . According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for.（分数：2. 00）
gaining excessive profits
failing to fulfill her duty V
refusing to make compromises
leaving the board in tough times
解析：解析：本题信息点是Ms. Simmons was criticized （Simmons受到批评），该信息出现在第一段第三 句话…Simmons was under fire…中,其中under fire意为“受到攻击"，即"受到批评”之意。根据 原因题的解题技巧，我们先看到本句中for having sat on Goldman' s compensation committee（在高 盛薪酬委员会担任职务）是一个事实陈述；同时，分号“；”表明该句与下句为并列关系，从而我们知道 下句 how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked （她怎么能让那些巨额 奖金支出得以通过而没有引起注意呢?）是她受到批评的原因。由此可见她作为薪酬委员会的成员未能阻止 巨额奖金的发放，艮P：未能很好地履行其职责。所以选项B为本题答案。
（2） . We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be.（分数：2. 00）
generous investors
unbiased executives
share price forecasters
independent advisers V
解析：解析：本题信息点是outside directors are supposed to be （独立董事应该），在文章查找该信
息点时我们会很容易注意到该信息点m现在第二段第一句话中：Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful