单选题 The notion of using a management degree to do good while doing well has grown in popularity on today's business school campuses. And an ever-increasing number of students plan on putting their talent to use within the (1) sector. The recession has led many applicants to reevaluate their priorities and (2) what they want to do with their lives, often trading jobs with status and huge paychecks for careers with a (n) (3) social impact.
In order to keep and develop the competitive (4) needed to survive in today's uncertain economy, nonprofits must run themselves just like any other successful business. What you need to (5) a company well, as is often the (6) within this sector, business skills are essential. (7) are people skills, management skills, financial-analysis skills, IT skills—the list goes on. That's (8) the MBA degree comes in.
While at business school, social enterprise-minded students can take (9) of numerous clubs, competitions, global experiences, and centers. And the centers are (10) to teach students about topics ranging from nonprofit management to starting businesses that (11) underrepresented communities. The Social Enterprise Initiative is a big part of MBA experience at Harvard Business School, which (12) more than 500 books and cases published on the subject since 1993 and more than 90 HBS (13) engaged in social enterprise research and teaching. (14) the Center for Social Innovation at Standard Graduate School of Business, MBA students can earn a certificate in the Public Management Program as they focus their academic efforts in (15) such as the environment, international development, health care, and education.
Across the pond, the Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford's Said Business School (16) for its variety of social entrepreneurship electives, MBA projects on social innovation, and co- curricular activities. It was (17) in 2003 with a £4.4 million investment by the Skoll Foundation, the largest (18) center offers up to five fully funded MBA scholarships to (19) impressive candidates, named Skoll Skollars, who plan to (20) entrepreneurial solution for urgent social and environmental challenges.

单选题 A. executive B. nonprofit C. indifferent D. illegal
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 本题开篇提出主题:“The notion of using a management degree to do good while doing well has grown in popularity...”,即“想通过学习管理学来把事做得更好的这种想法在时下的商学院校园中变得越来越流行”,再根据空格句中“and”可知,空格句承接上文,即此处谈论学生们是如何做非营利事业的,因此B为正确答案。
单选题 A. forbid B. manage C. determine D. utilize
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格句承接主题句继续陈述学生们“using a managemnt degree to do good”。空格句首先提到这次经济萧条使很多申请者“reevaluate their priorities”,再根据空格前“and”可知,空格处所缺内容与“reevaluate”并列,根据句意所知,C为正确答案。
单选题 A. alternative B. adverse C. relative D. positive
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格处为介词短语修饰“careers”,意思与空格前“jobs with status and huge paychecks”在结构和意义上对等,再根据“trading...for...”可知,申请者是用有地位且薪水丰厚的工作交换有积极社会影响的工作,D为正确答案。
单选题 A. future B. edge C. degree D. request
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 本段阐述将工商管理硕士学位应用到非营利机构的必要性。根据空格前的“competitive”和空格后“survive”,可以推测本句的意思是“保持和发展在当今不稳定的经济形势下生存下去的竞争优势”,正确答案为B。
单选题 A. take B. carry C. make D. run
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 根据前文的“nonprofits must run themselves just like any other successful business”和空格句中的“a company well”可知,应选D,意为“将公司经营好”,本题为上文的同义复现,其余3项均不符合文意,故排除。
单选题 A. cause B. motion C. case D. problem
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 固定搭配题
[解析] “As is often the case...”是固定用法,意为“这是常有的情形”,故本题正确答案为C,意为“经营公司这行常有的情况”。
单选题 A. Though B. Even C. All D. So
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 结构衔接题
[解析] 上文要谈到要使一个公司得到规范化管理“business skills are essential”,而下文接着谈到了“people skills, management skills, financial-analysis skills, IT skills—the list goes on”,前后呼应,可知这些技能也是经营公司必备的技能,“so be n. /pron. ”表示“……也是这样”,故D为正确答案。
单选题 A. how B. where C. why D. when
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 结构衔接题
[解析] 上文谈到了在企业经营中所需要的各种技能,而空格后面的“the MBA degree comes in”正说明工商管理硕士学位是提供这些技能的手段,选项B符合句意。
单选题 A. charge B. advantage C. measure D. hold
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 惯用搭配题
[解析] 本段承接上文开始讲述商学院学生的学习状况,空格后提到“numerous clubs, competitions, global expriences...”是“social enterprises-minded students”用来学习的资源和方式,做空格处动词短语的宾语,再看4个选项,只有take advantage of符合题意,为“利用”,“take charge of”为“负责”,“take measure to”为“采取措施”,“take hold of”意为“掌握,握住”。因此,正确答案为B。
单选题 A. designed B. presented C. contributed D. regarded
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 本空格句承接上文继续介绍学习资源中的“centers”,根据空格后“…to teach students about topics ranging from...”可知,这些中心的目的是向学生讲授从非营利机构管理到开办公司的内容,designed to表示目的,意为“旨在……”,因此,正确答案为A。
单选题 A. warn B. serve C. provide D. discourage
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格句在陈述学习资源中的“centers”所涉及的专题内容,从“nonprofit management”到“starring businesses...”可知“nonprofit management”与“starting businesses...”构成并列关系,意思相近,空格处从句做定语,修饰前面的“businesses”,由此可判断所创建的公司是为弱势群体提供服务的,故选B。
单选题 A. imports B. borrows C. orders D. boasts
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格前提到“Social Enterprises Initiative”是哈佛商学院工商管理硕士经历的重要组成部分,空格前为定语从句,修饰前文的主语,根据“more than 500 books...”可知,作者意在说明社会企业计划和哈佛商学院在此方面取得的巨大成就,也就是其引以为荣的出版的大量书籍和案例等,因此,正确答案为D。
单选题 A. organizations B. instructors C. supervisors D. pupils
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格句继续阐述“social enterprises research and teaching”的成就。根据空格后可知,社会企业计划还忙于调研和教学,可以教学的一般只有老师。因此,正确答案为B。
单选题 A. For B. With C. Through D. Since
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 逻辑衔接题
[解析] 上文提到“social enterprises research and teaching”在哈佛商学院工商管理硕士学位经历中的重要性,本句承接上文,以参加“the Center for Social Innovation at Standard Graduate School of Business”的活动为例进一步说明商学院注重社会企业计划,根据句意可知,through符合题意,意思为“通过……”因此,正确答案为C。
单选题 A. areas B. ways C. goals D. actions
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格后举例具体说明空格处所缺的词,而areas可以作为“the environment...and education”的类属词,因此正确答案为A。
单选题 A. gets over B. comes out C. puts back D. stands out
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 固定搭配题
[解析] 本段继续举例说明各商学院的社会企业计划所取得的成就。空格前给出一个范围,空格后阐述原因,再根据“variety”可知,此处表达的是正面意思,stand out有“突出,脱颖而出”的意思,因此选D项。
单选题 A. generated B. founded C. executed D. invented
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格具体介绍“the Skoll center for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford's Said Business School”,即牛津大学的萨义德商学院的斯高尔社会公益创业中心,再根据后面表示时间的“in 2003”可知,此处应选B。
单选题 A. funding B. value C. tuition D. expenditure
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格前介绍了斯高尔社会公益创业中心是斯高尔基金在2003年投资440万英镑创立的,空格句和前一个分句是同位语关系,再根据“the largest”和“received”可知,空格处所指为钱,即空格前的“£4.4 million investment”,故本题正确答案为A。
单选题 A. seemingly B. directly C. highly D. literally
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格句的内容是把“工商管理硕士全额奖学金”(fully funded MBA scholarship)颁给“优秀的考生”(impressive candidates),空格处所缺的词是用来形容“candidates”的优秀程度,所以,选项C符合题意。
单选题 A. expect B. regulate C. report D. pursue
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 语义衔接题
[解析] 空格处所在的句子是用定语从句解释说明前面的“Skoll Skollars”,再根据后面的“entrepreneurial solution for urgent social and environmental challenges”可知,这些奖学金获得者是为紧迫的社会和环境挑战寻求企业解决方案,故D项正确。