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2022下半年翻译考试二级笔译模拟题

2022下半年翻译考试二级笔译模拟题

2022下半年翻译考试二级笔译模拟题人之所以能,是信任能。

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2022下半年翻译考试二级笔译模拟题Tencent, Chinese Scientists Initiate Award Program to PromptSci-tech DevelopmentChinese tech giant Tencent launched an award program on Friday with the country’s leading scientists to support research and development in life sciences, advanced manufacturing and other key science and technologies fields.The Xplorer Prize will be awarded to 50 science professionals, aged below 45, each year. Prize winners will receive 600,000 yuan (86,300 US dollars) annually for five consecutive years to support their exploration in fundamental science and cutting-edge core technologies, according to a statement from Tencent Foundation, the company’s charitable platform.The Tencent Foundation will offer one billion yuan as the initial fund for the award, which is open to registration in next January and will announce its first batch of winners in July.The award will focus on supporting nine fields including mathematical physics, life sciences, astronomy and geosciences, new chemical materials, information electronics, energy and environmental protection, advanced manufacturing, transportation and construction technology as well as cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary technology.China’s top leadership has called for enhanced efforts to facilitatefundamental science and cutting-edge technologies to boost the country’s innovative competitiveness.Cutting-edge science and technologies are crucial to lifting China’s development to a higher level, and it’s important to support young science professionals, said Rao Yi, a life sciences professor with Peking University and one of the 14 Chinese scientists who co-initiated the award.Tencent Chairman and CEO Pony Ma said it is natural for Tencent to contribute to advances in science and technologies by complementing the country’s support for sci-tech explorations.The Shenzhen-based firm announced a major structural reorganization in late September to highlight the role of science and technologies in the company’s growth as part of its 20th anniversary commemorations.科技巨头腾讯与中国科学家共同发起了一项嘉奖方案,以促进科技进展周五,中国科技巨头腾讯推出了一项嘉奖方案,由中国顶尖科学家参加,以支持生命科学、先进制造和其他关键科学技术领域的研发。

考研英语二(翻译)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)

考研英语二(翻译)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)

考研英语二(翻译)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1.3 billion, which will create a huge market for this new industry.正确答案:在上班时间去厕所一度是偷懒的一种办法,然而一切即将改变。

有数据显示,英国人每天平均查阅移动设备34次。

一旦空下来,人们就会无节制地使用手机。

热衷于充分利用员工这一习惯的精明老板如今给职员们提供特定任务的应用软件,以便他们能随时随地工作。

此举就以提供所谓的生产力“微瞬间”(micro-moments)的方式,催生了一种全新的工作方式。

这是更大趋势的一部分,而这个趋势是随着企业应用软件的兴起而发展起来的。

这些应用软件,即智能手机中与工作相关的应用程序,已经改变了我们私生活的方式。

据报道,明年移动工作者的数量将超过13亿,这将为这一新兴产业创造巨大市场。

解析:1.第一段由两个分句组成。

分句间由分号相隔,但根据上下文可知,它们之间明显包含转折之意,故建议增译“然而”、“但是”这类表转折的连接词。

另外,为了使表达更地道,翻译时某些词语需好好斟酌。

比如,visit the toilet不能简单直译为“拜访厕所”,译成“上(去)厕所”即可;avoid doing work 译为“避开工作”显得生硬,建议可译成“偷懒”。

2.第二段第二句是个结构复杂的长句,翻译的关键是理清句子的结构关系。

该句主句的主干为Clever employers are now providing employees with task-specific apps。

主语employer有两个修饰成分:Clever和keen to make...anything to do,第二个修饰语很长,若将它全部套在“老板”前面作定语,会导致译文头重脚轻和表意不清。

此处建议拆分第二个修饰语,将obsessively tapping...anything to do独立成句,译作“一旦空下来,人们就会无节制地使用手机”,剩余部分则译作另一句,并用“这一习惯”指代上句所述行为,即译为“热衷于充分利用员工这一习惯的精明老板如今给职员们提供……”。

翻译硕士(MTI)汉语写作与百科知识(名词解释)模拟试卷2(题后含

翻译硕士(MTI)汉语写作与百科知识(名词解释)模拟试卷2(题后含

翻译硕士(MTI)汉语写作与百科知识(名词解释)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)题型有:1.非常有意思的是,一个半世纪前,贵国[美国]著名的哲学家、杰出的哈佛人—爱默生先生,也对中国的传统文化情有独钟。

他在文章中摘引孔孟的言论很多。

他还把孔子和苏格拉底、耶稣相提并论,认为儒家道德学说,“虽然是针对一个与我们完全不同的社会,但我们今天读书仍受益匪浅。

”1.爱默生正确答案:拉尔夫.沃尔多.爱默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson,1803年~1882年),美国思想家、文学家、散文作家、诗人,是确立美国文化精神的代表人物。

美国前总统林肯称他为“美国的孔子”“美国文明之父”。

1837年爱默生以《美国学者》为题发表了一篇著名的演讲辞,宣告美国文学已脱离英国文学而独立,同时这篇讲辞还抨击了美国社会的拜金主义,强调人的价值,被誉为美国思想文化领域的“独立宣言”。

爱默生的主要代表作有《论文集》《代表人物》《英国人的特性》《诗集》《五日节及其他诗》等,重要讲演稿有《历史的哲学》《人类文化》《目前时代》等。

涉及知识点:文学艺术2.孔子正确答案:孔子(公元前551~公元前479年),名丘,字仲尼,春秋末期鲁国人,春秋末期著名的思想家、政治家、教育家,是儒家学派创始人。

其思想以“仁”为核心,认为“仁”即“爱人”。

他提出“己所不欲,勿施于人”,“己欲立而立人,己欲达而达人”等论点,提倡“忠恕”之道,又认为推行“仁政”应以“礼”为规范,“克己复礼为仁”。

相传孔子有弟子三千,贤弟子七十二人,曾修《诗》《书》,定《礼》《乐》,序《周易》,编撰了我国第一部编年体史书《春秋》,被后世统治者尊为至圣、至圣先师、万世师表。

孔子的言行思想主要载于语录体散文集《论语》及先秦和秦汉保存下的《史记.孔子世家》。

涉及知识点:文学艺术3.苏格拉底正确答案:苏格拉底是著名的古希腊思想家、哲学家、教育家,他和他的学生柏拉图,以及柏拉图的学生亚里士多德被并称为“古希腊三贤”,更被后人广泛认为是西方哲学的奠基者。

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(5)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(5)
A.considerations
B.obligations
C.observations
D.regulations
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The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs ______it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.
A.keep up with
B.give away with
C.go back on
D.lose sight of
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第12题
Nicholas Chauvin, a French soldier, aired his veneration of Napoleon Bonaparte so______and unceasingly that he became the laughingstock of all people in Europe.
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第2题
The old lady has developed a_____cough which cannot be cured completely in as hort time.
A.perpetual
B.permanent
C.chronic
D.sustained
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C.should have to like
D.I should have liked to
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MTI翻译硕士英语模拟题2解析

MTI翻译硕士英语模拟题2解析

翻译硕士英语Part one: multiple choice1-5 CCBBD 6-10 ACBAD 11-15 CBABC 16-20 BBDCCPart two: reading and comprehension21-25 CDADB25-30 CDDBA31-37 DCDAABB38 home life39 p roductive40 her own productivityPart three: write an essayTravel Helps Promote Communication Between CountriesWith the steady growth in the world's economy as well as the people's living standard, nowadays more and more people are able to afford to go to travel abroad. Thus people of different races and colors have more chances to meet each other and understand each other. Such activities among people help promote the understanding and communication between countries, which helps to make this world a better and more harmonious place.Different countries are striving to develop their national tourism because tourism really has a lot of advantages. Firstly, beautiful scenery, attractive tourist spots and splendid culture allure tourists with different parts of the world, which provides many opportunities to promote exchanges among people from different backgrounds. For example, since the reform and opening-up, China, a country which has rich tourist resources, receives millions of foreign tourists every year. The frequent contacts between foreign tourists and Chinese people promote the exchanges of culture and science, creating international friendship and promoting deeper understanding and strengthening ties. Meanwhile this has accelerated the development of these countries. Secondly, travel enriches one's knowledge, widens one's vision and enhances mutual understanding. In the past, Chinese people knew little of the outside world. Since the reform and opening-up, with people's living standard greatly improved, more and more people have the chances to go abroad for sightseeing. Through traveling, we Chinese have expanded our scope of knowledge, and we have come to know the world better and have been learning how to develop our own country better. Thirdly, tourism boosts local economy and promotes commercial exchanges. Singapore is such a good example. It is a small country with scarce natural resources. But owing to the prosperous tourism, the country's economy develops very well and it is named one of the four economic "tigers" in northeastern Asia.But some people say that tourism cannot work so well as people expect. They argue that the purpose of the tourists is just to enjoy sightseeing and in fact tourismhas its disadvantages. Firstly, tourism does great harm to the tranquility and sanitation of the local place, and sometimes it even causes pollution to the natural environment. Secondly, many tourists cannot even speak a word of the language of the country they are visiting. There is little possibility that they will have a deep understanding of the country in such a short period of time. Thirdly, during the trip, poor service and language barrier may even give rise to unwanted misunderstanding. Also the tourists' wealth may make the local people more aware of their own poverty and lead to jealousy and psychological imbalance.As the proverb goes, "No garden is without weeds." In my opinion, compared with the advantages, disadvantages of tourism have become trivial things. It is important for a country to develop its tourism to upgrade its international position and at the same time promote global understanding to remove prejudice and bias. We should make good use of our rich tourist resources to make our motherland more beautiful and attract more foreign friends.。

MTI样题及答案

MTI样题及答案

翻译硕士考试样题及参考答案翻译硕士考试《英语翻译基础》样题I. Directions: Translate the following words, abbreviations or terminology into their target language respectively. There are altogether 30 items in this part of the test, 15 in English and 15 in Chinese, with one point f or each. (30’)1. APEC2. ASEAN3. CFO4. CPI5. EMS “Express Mail Service”),邮政特快专递服务6. FBI7. GPS8. IPO全称Initial public offerings(首次公开募股),9. NATO10. International Monetary Fund11. most favored nations12. Intellectual Property Rights13. Certified Public Accountant注册会计师14. European Free Trade Association欧洲自由贸易联盟15. International Atomic Energy Agency 国际原子能总署16. 按揭贷款mortgage17. 保健食品health food18. 保税区bonded area19. 不正之风unhealthy tendency20. 春运Spring Festival travel21. 第三产业tertiary /service sector22. 法制国家a state with an adequate legal system23. 国际惯例international common practice24. 货到付款cash on delivery25. 亏损企业enterprises running in the red/under deficit26. 减员增效reduce staff for greater efficiency27. 联合兼并conglomeration and merger of enterprises28. 留职停薪retain the job but suspend the salary29. 特别提款权special drawing rights (SDR; SDRs) ; paper gold30. 市场准入market access, market admittanceII. Directions: Translate the following two source texts into their target language respectively. Ifthe source text is in English, its target language is Chinese. If the source text is in Chinese, its target language is English. (120’)Source Text 1:A physician starts playing a harsh mental tape in her head every time a new patient calls: What if I make the wrong diagnosis? I’m a terrible doctor. How did I get into medical school? An executive loses his job despite 25 productive years, he tells hims elf: I’m a loser. I can’t provide for my family, and I’ll never be able to do it again. If these real-life examples sound familiar, you may have a caustic commentary running in your head, too. Psychologists say many of their patients are plagued by a harsh Inner Critic—including some extremely successful people who think it’s the secret to their success.An Inner Critic can indeed roust you out of bed in the morning, get you on the treadmill (literally and figuratively) and spur you to finish that book or symphony or invention. But the desire to achieve can get hijacked by harsh judgment and unrelenting fear. Unrelenting self-criticism often goes hand in hand with anxiety, and it may even predict depression. Self-criticism is also a factor in eating disorders, and body disorder—that is, preoccupation with one’s perceived physical flaws.Many people’s Inner Critic makes an appearance early in life and is such a constant companion that it’s part of their personality. Psychologists say that children, particularly those with a genetic predisposition to depression, may internalize and exaggerate the expectations of parents or peers or society. One theory is that self-criticism is anger turned inward, when sufferers are filled with hostility but too afraid and insecure to let it out. Other theories hold that people who scold themselves are acting out guilt or shame or subconsciously shielding themselves against criticism from others: You can’t tell me anything I don’t already tell myself, even in harsher terms.Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy can be helpful in changing patterns of thought that have become painful. There are many patients, such as doctors, lawyers—who believed that if they didn’t flog themselves, they wouldn’t be successful. And par t of psychologists’ work is to break through that belief by telling the patients that they usually succeed in spite of their Inner Critics, not because of them. (360 words)【Key words】depression 抑郁症cognitive behavioral therapy 认知行为疗法Source Text 2:农业是多哈谈判的核心。

MTI试题及参考答案

MTI试题及参考答案

全日制翻译硕士专业学位(MTI)研究生入学考试《翻译硕士X语》考试大纲一、考试目的《翻译硕士X语》作为全日制翻译硕士专业学位(MTI)研究生入学考试的外国语考试,其目的是考查考生是否具备进行MTI学习所要求的外语水平。

二、考试性质与范围本考试是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的尺度参照性水平考试。

考试范围包括MTI考生入学应具备的外语词汇量、语法知识以及外语阅读与写作等方面的技能。

三、考试基本要求1. 具有良好的外语基本功,认知词汇量在10,000以上,掌握6,000个以上(以英语为例)的积极词汇,即能正确而熟练地运用常用词汇及其常用搭配。

2. 能熟练掌握正确的外语语法、结构、修辞等语言规范知识。

3.具有较强的阅读理解能力和外语写作能力。

四、考试形式本考试采取客观试题与主观试题相结合,单项技能测试与综合技能测试相结合的方法。

各项试题的分布情况见“考试内容一览表”。

五、考试内容本考试包括以下部分:词汇语法、阅读理解、外语写作等。

总分100分。

I.词汇语法1. 考试要求1)词汇量要求考生的认知词汇量应在10,000以上,其中积极词汇量为6,000以上,即能正确而熟练地运用常用词汇及其常用搭配。

2)语法要求考生能正确运用外语语法、结构、修辞等语言规范知识。

2. 题型选择题或改错题。

总分30分。

考试时间为60分钟。

II. 阅读理解1. 考试要求1)能读懂常见外刊上的专题报道、历史传记及文学作品等各种文体的文章,既能理解其主旨和大意,又能分辨出其中的事实与细节,并能理解其中的观点和隐含意义。

2)能根据阅读时间要求调整自己的阅读速度。

2. 题型1)选择题(包括信息事实性阅读题和观点评判性阅读题)2)简答题(要求根据所阅读的文章,用3-5行字数的有限篇幅扼要回答问题,重点考查阅读综述能力)本部分题材广泛,体裁多样,选材体现时代性、实用性;重点考查通过阅读获取信息和理解观点的能力;对阅读速度有一定要求。

总分40分。

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(9)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(9)
A.whatever
B.whenever
C.wherever
D.however
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第28题
Allowing our cities to be______by cars has progressively affected children´ s independent mobility, for children have lost much of their freedom to explore their own neighborhood or city.
A.definitive
B.optimum
C.implacable
D.righteous
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第Hale Waihona Puke 题My reading in later life has supplied me with some possible explanations of his______.
A.put down
B.put across
C.put away
D.put out
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第20题
The local authorities realized the need to make______for elderly people in their housing programs.
A.let in
B.let out
C.let go of
D.let off
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第26题
The Supreme Court´ s decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important ______for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. .

英语翻译资格考试二级笔译模拟试卷试优选题包括答案

英语翻译资格考试二级笔译模拟试卷试优选题包括答案

2019年英语翻译资格考试二级笔译模拟试题及答案(2) Part 3 Error Correction1.An “epigram ” is usually descried as a bright orwitty thought that is tersely and ingeniously expressed.A.describedB.discardedC.deservedD.disconcerted2.Human beings are superior to animals that theycan use language as a tool of communication.A. in thatB. in whichC. for thatD. for which3.The Xinjiang Airlines serve passengers and customersin the southeast of China only.A.servesB.to serveC.servingD.service4.The senior senator has in the past three terms both experienced the sweet taste of success and the bitterness of defeat in his legislation fights with his opponents.A. both experiencesB. experiences bothC. experience bothD. experienced both5.Our company has been made one of thelargest manufacturers in the field of chemical industry.A. become, inB. made, in field ofC. became, in the fieldD. been made of, in6.Daylight saving time was instituted to increase productivity.A.reorganizedB.startedC.encouragedD.taught7. Many students agreed to come, but some students against because they said they don’t have time.A. did not because they say they did notB. were against because they say they don’tC. did not because they said they did notD. were against coming because they said they don’t8.Some of the Low-end Made-in-China mechanical-electronic products are not selling well in export market as compared with what are termed as high-end ones.A. on export marketB. in exporting marketC. in exported marketD. in the export market9.Construction is expanding all over China, no doubtmany materials will be needed at a very big amount in future.A. China, no doubt many materials will be needed fora very big amountB. China, no doubt many materials will be needed in avery big amountC. China, no doubt many materials will be needed inlarge amountsD. China, no doubt many materials will be needed forlarge amounts10.The recent conference on the effective use ofthe seas and oceans was another attempt resolving major differences among countries with conflicting interests.A.resolveB.resolvesC. to resolveD. being resolved11.Water makes up some 70 percentage points of the body,and drinking enough water — either tap water or expensivemineral water — will ensure that the body is properly lubricatedand flushed.A.per-centB.per capitaC.percentD.percentage12. “We’re not bringing in millions of dollars,”says a director of development.“But we want to make sure the demand is there before we act to the project.”A. ofB. offC. onD. for13.By using new foreign textbooks, we could not onlylearn the right expression of business ideas, but also wewill know the lastest developments in the business world.A. but also will know the lastestB. but also know the lastestC. but also know the latestD. but also come to know the latest14.The affluent middle class created by the Asian boom now take up over from exports as the main engine of growth.A. take over from exportsB. take from exportsC. take exportsD. takes exports15.Japan and the newly industrialized countries are passing labor-intensive sects as garmentmaking over to less developed nations and moving into advanced technology and services.A. sects likeB. sectors likeC. sections asD. sections such as$age$Section 2 : Reading Comprehension (50 points) The time for this section is 70 minutes.Questions 51—60 are based on the following passage.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up in 1988 to assess information on climate change andits impact. Its Third Assessment Report predicts global℃ ℃.Although the issue of the changing climate is very complexand some changes are uncertain, temperature rises are expected to affect countries throughout the world and have a knock-on effect with sea-level rises.Scientists have argued about whether temperature risesare due to human activities or due to natural changes in our environment. The IPCC announced in 2001 that“most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely to be attributable to human activities”. This was a more forceful statement than in1996 when the Second Assessment Report stated that there was a“discernible human influence on the climate ” which was the first time they had concluded such a link. Many experts believe the faster the climate changes, the greater the risk will be.Key points of the projections for climate changeglobally include that by the second half of the 21st century, wintertime rainfall in the northern mid to high latitudes and Antarctica will rise, that meanwhile Australia, CentralAmerica and southern Africa are likely to see decreases in autumn precipitation, that some land areas in the tropicswill see more rainfall, and that there will generally be morehot days over land areas.16.IPCC probably does not ______.A. analyse climate change informationB. record weather changes on its premisesC. predict what is to happen to the earthD.collect weather date from many countries17.According to the passage, a Chinese city thatrecorded 45 degrees Celsius at noon on August 4,2004, willmost probably witness a temperature measuring _____ at 12 :00 sharp in the year of 2100.℃℃C. 5.8 ℃D. a number that I do not know18. According to the author, climate researchers _____.A. are quite sure about why it ’s getting hotter andhotterB. declared that we humans are the cause why it’s getting hotterC. have discussed the possible cause why it ’s hotterD. have claimed that changes in nature are the rootsof hot days19.Based on the text, we know that temperature riseswill probably _____.A. knock off sea levelsB. have a serious effect on sea-level risesC. keep the sea level risingD. keep knocking at the sea20. The IPCC announcement three years ago that“most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is” _____.A. possibly due to human activitiesB. possibly because human activitiesC. due to likely human activitiesD. human activities likely attributable21. Which statement was more forceful?A. “℃and 5.8 ℃B.“Temperature rises are expected to affect countries throughout the world ”.C.“Most of the warming is likely to be attributable tohuman activities ”.D.There was a “discernible human influence on theclimate ”.22. The Second Assessment Report was released ____ years ago.A.fiveB.sixC.sevenD.eight23.“Such a link ” in the passage refers most probablyto _____.A. IPCC and climate changesB. global temperatures and sea levelsC. natural changes and human activitiesD. human activities and temperature rises24. “The risk ” mentioned i n the text probably refers to_____.A. a possibility that there will be more climate changesB. a potential that sea level will possibly keep risingC. temperature rises that are expected to affect allcountriesD. a prediction warning human beings not to ruin the environment25.Obviously, the word “precipitation ” most probably refers to _____.titudeB.rainfallC.temperatureD.projectionKEYS:Part 3共15题,每题分,满分为分1.A2. A3. A4. D5. A6. B7. C8. D9.C 10. C 11. C 12. C 13. D14. D 15. BSection 2共50题,每题1分,满分为50分16. B 17. D 18. C 19. B20. A21. C22. D 23. D 24. C 25. B。

MTI翻译硕士英语模拟题2

MTI翻译硕士英语模拟题2

翻译硕士英语Part one: multiple choice1. The two most important in making a cake are flour and sugar.A. elementsB. componentsC. ingredientsD. constituents2. Cultural indicated that human beings hand their language down from one generation to another.A. translationB. transitionC. transmissionD. transaction3. We must look beyond and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.A. justificationsB. illusionsC. manifestationsD. specifications4. No one imagined that the apparently businessman was really a criminal.A. respectiveB. respectableC. respectfulD. respected5. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alive today will have become .A. deterioratedB. degeneratedC. suppressedD. extinct6. The of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understanding the universe.A. essenceB. textureC. contentD. threshold7. The old lady has developed a cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.A. perpetualB. permanentC. chronicD. sustained8. What the correspondence sent us is an news report. We can depend on it.A. evidentB. authenticC. ultimateD. immediate9. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations.A. inspirationalB. educationalC. excessiveD. instantaneous10. Some researches feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people.A. subjectiveB. subordinateC. liableD. vulnerable11. The harder the shrub is to grow , .A. the more higher price isB. the higher price it isC. the higher the price isD. the higher is the price12. It is that I would like to go to the beach.A. so nice weatherB. such nice weatherC. so nice a weatherD. such a nice weather13. Her little car isn’t to seat more than two people comfortably.A. big enoughB. enough bigC. so big enoughD. big as enough14. The dress is prettier, but it costs that one.A. twice more thanB. twice as much asC. as much twice asD. twice so much as15. She can speak in front of Mack, but she can’t eat in his restaurant.A. free, freeB. free, freelyC. freely, freeD. freely, freely16. The reason why many people sit before the television is that there will be a show.A. livingB. liveC. aliveD. lived17. When the three boys met one another, they found they looked very much .Then they knew they were triplet.A. likeB. alikeC. likelyD. liked18. You should spend in the study of the various senses and uses of the common words.A. much time as you canB. as time much as you canC. time as many as you canD. as much time as you can19. –When is Tom going to leave?--He is going to leave this week.A. sometimesB. some timeC. sometimeD. somewhat20. He works .A. loneB. lonelyC. aloneD. lonesomePart two: reading and comprehensionPassage OneThere are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an investment that, unlike many bank stocks, should yield huge dividends.A 2008 study by two Harvard economists notes that the “labor-market premium to skill”—or the amount college graduates earned that’s greater than what high-school graduates earned—decreased for much of the 20th century, but has come back with a vengeance since the 1980s. In 2005, the typical full-time year-round U.S. worker witha four-year college degree earned$50,900, 62% more than the$31,500 earned by a worker with only a high-school diploma. There’s no question that going to college is a smart economic choice. But a look at the strange variations in tuition reveals that the choice about which college to attend doesn’t come down merely to dollars and cents. Does going to Columbia University (tuition, room and board $49,260 in 2007-2008) yield a 40% greater return than attending the University of Colorado at Boulder as anout-of-state student($35,542)? Probably not. Does being an out-of-state student at the University of Colorado at Boulder yield twice the amount of income as being an in-state students($17,380) there? Not likely. No, in this consumerist age, most buyers aren’t evaluating college as an investment, but rather as a consumer product—like a car or clothes or a house. And with such purchases, price is only one of many crucial factors to consider.As with automobiles, consumers in today’s college marketplace have vast choices, and people search for the one that gives them the most comfort and satisfaction in line with their budgets. This accounts for the willingness of people to pay more for different types of experiences(such as attending a private liberal-arts college or going to anout-of-state public school that has a great marine-biology program). And just as two auto purchasers might spend an equal amount of money on very different cars, college students (or, more accurately, their parents)often show a willingness to pay essentially the same price for vastly different products. So which is it?21. What’s the opinion of economists about going to college?A) Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializingB) It doesn’t pay to run into debt to receive a college educationC) College education is rewarding in spite of the starting costsD) Going to college doesn’t necessarily bring the expected retu rns22. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, _______A) enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universitiesB) the labor market preferred high-school graduates to college graduatesC) competition for university admissions was far more fierce than todayD) the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed23. Student who attend an in-state college or university can_______A) save more on tuitionB) receive a better educationC) take more liberal-arts coursesD) avoid traveling long distances24. In this consumerist age, most parents_______A) regard college education as a wise investmentB) place a premium on the prestige of the collegeC) think it crucial to send their children to collegeD) consider college education a consumer product25. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?A) Their employment prospects after graduationB) A satisfying experience within their budgetsD) Its facilities and learning environmentD) Its ranking among similar institutionsPassage TwoCrippling health care bills, long emergency-room waits and the inability to find a primary care physician just scratch the surface of the problems that patients face daily. Primary care should be the backbone of any health care system. Countries withappropriate primary care resources score highly when it comes to health outcomes and cost. The US takes the opposite approach by emphasizing the specialist rather than the primary care physician.A recent study analyzed the providers who treat Medicare beneficiaries. The startling finding was that the average Medicare patient saw a total of seven doctors---two primary care physicians and five specialists---in given one year. Contrary to a popular belief, the more physicians taking care of you doesn't guarantee better care. Actually, increasing fragmentation of care results in a corresponding rise in cost and medical errors. How did we let primary care slip so far? The key is how doctors are paid. Most physicians are paid whenever they perform a medical service. The more a physician does, regardless of quality or outcome, the better he's reimbursed. Moreover, the amount a physician receive leans heavily toward medical or surgical procedures. A specialist who performs a procedure in a 30-minute visit can be paid three times more than a primary care physician using that same 30 minutes to discuss a patient's disease. Combined this fact with annual government threats to indiscriminately cut reimbursements, physicians are faced with no choice but to increase quantity to boost income. Primary care physicians who refuse to compromise quality are either driven out of business or to each-only practices, further contributing to the decline of primary care. Medical students aren't blind to this scenario. They see how heavily the reimbursement deck is stacked against primary care.How do we fix this problem?It starts with reforming the physician reimbursement system. Remove the pressure for primary care physicians to squeeze in more patients per hour, and reward them for optimally managing their diseases and practicing evidence based medicine. Make primary care more attractive to medical students by forgiving student loans for those who choose primary care as a career and reconciling the marked difference between specialist and primary care physician salaries.26.The author's chief concern about the current US health care system is_________.A. the inadequate training of physiciansB. The declining number of doctorsC. the shrinking primary care resourcesD. the ever-rising health care costs27.We learn from the passage that people tend to believe that________.A. The more costly the medicine, the more effective the cureB. seeing more doctors may result in more diagnostic errorsC. visiting doctors on a regular basis ensures good healthD. the more doctor taking care of a patient, the better28.Face with the government threats to cut reimbursements indiscriminately, primary care physicians have to__________.A. increase their income by working overtimeB. improve their expertise and serviceC. Make various deals with specialistsD. see more patients at the expense of quality29.Why do many medical graduates refuse to choose primary care as their career?A. They find the need for primary care declining.B. The current system works against primary care.C. Primary care physicians command less respect.D. They think working in emergency rooms tedious.30.What suggestion does the author give in order to provide better health care?A . Bridge the salary gap between specialist and primary care physicians.B. Extend primary care to patients with chronic diseases.C. Recruit more medical students by offering loans.D. Reduce the tuition of students who choose primary care as their major.Passage ThreeRising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office - all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home. For the small business, there are additional benefits too - staff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also provide competitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to attract new staff but don't have the budget to offer huge salaries. While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, skeptical of whether they could trust their employees to workto full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additional expensestele-working policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business. Yet this is now changing. When communications provider Inter-Tel researched the use of remote working solutions among small and medium sized UK businesses in April this year, it found that 28% more companies claimed to be practicing flexible working practices than a year ago.The UK network of Business Links confirms that it too has seen a growing interestin remote working solutions from small businesses seeking its advice, and claims that as many as 60-70% of the businesses that come through its doors now offer some form of remote working support to their workforces. Technology advances, including the widespread availability of broadband, are making the introduction of remote working a no-brainer. "If systems are set up properly, staff can have access to all the resources they have in the office wherever they have an internet connection," says Andy Poulton,e-business advisor at Business Link for Berkshire and Wiltshire. "There are some very exciting developments which have enabled this." One is the ubiquity of broadband, which now covers almost all of the country (BT claims that, by July, 99.8% of its exchanges will be broadband enabled, with alternative plans in place for even the most remote exchanges). "This is the enabler," Poulton says. Yet while broadband has come down in price too, those service providers targeting the business market warn against consumer services masquerading as business-friendly broadband. "Broadband is available for as little as £15 a month, but many businesses fail to appreciate the hidden costs of such a service," says Neil Stephenson, sales and marketing director at Onyx Internet, an internet service provider based in the north-east of England. "Providers offering broadband for rock-bottom prices are notorious for poor service, with regular outages and heavily congested networks. It is always advisable for businesses to look beyond the price tag and look for a business-only provider that can offer more reliability,with good support." Such services needn't break the bank – quality services can be found for upwards of £30 a month. The benefits of broadband to the occasional home worker are that they can access email in real time, and take full advantage of services such as internet-based backup or even internet-based phone services.Internet-based telecoms, or VoIP (Voice over IP) to give it its technical title, is an interesting tool to any business supporting remote working. Not necessarily because of the promise of free or reduced price phone calls (which experts point out is misleading for the average business), but because of the sophisticated voice services that can be exploited by the remote worker - facilities such as voicemail and call forwarding, which provide a continuity of the company ←image for customers and business partners.By law, companies must "consider seriously" requests to work flexibly made by a parent with a child under the age of six, or a disabled child under 18. It was the need to accommodate employees with young children that motivated accountancy firm Wright Vigar to begin promoting tele-working recently. The company, which needed to upgrade its IT infrastructure to provide connectivity with a new, second office, decided to introduce support for remote working at the same time.Marketing director Jack O'Hern explains that the company has a relatively young workforce, many of whom are parents: "One of the triggers was when one of our tax managers returned from maternity leave. She was intending to work part time, but could only manage one day a week in the office due to childcare. By offering her the ability to work from home, we have doubled her capacity - now she works a day a week from home, and a day in the office. This is great for her, and for us as we retain someone highly qualified.” For Wright Vigar, which has now equipped all of its fee-earners to be able to work at maximum productivity when away from the offices (whether that's from home, or while on the road), this strategy is not just about saving on commute time or cutting them loose from the office, but enabling them to work more flexible hours that fit around their home life.O'Hern says: "Although most of our work is client-based and must fit around this,we can't see any reason why a parent can't be on hand to deal with something important at home, if they have the ability to complete a project later in the day." That staff can do this without needing a fixed telephone line provides even more efficiency savings. "With Wi-Fi [fast, wireless internet connections] popping up all over the place, even on trains, our fee-earners can be productive as they travel, and between meetings, instead of having to kill time at the shops," he adds. The company will also be able to avoid the expense of having to relocate staff to temporary offices for several weeks when it begins disruptive office renovations soon. It has enabled the company to dispense with its business premises altogether, following the realization that it just didn't need them any more. "The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old," says Hargreaves. "But I soon realized that, as most of our business is done on the phone, email and at off-site meetings, we didn't need our offices at all. We're now saving £16,000 a year on rent, plus the cost of utilities, not to mention what would have been spent on commuting."31.What is the main topic of this passage?A. How business managers view hi-techB. Relations between employers and employees.C. How to cut down the costs of small businesses.D. Benefits of the practice of tele-working.32. From the research conducted by the communication provider Inter-Tel, we learn that______A. attitudes toward IT technology have changed.B. More employees work to full capacity at home.C. More businesses have adopted remote working solution.D. Employees show a growing interest in small businesses.33. What development has made flexible working practices possible according to Andy Poulton?A. Reduced cost of telecommunications.B. Improved reliability of internet service.C. Availability of the VolP service.D. Access to broadband everywhere.34. What is Neil Stephenson’s advice to firms contracting internet services?A. They look for reliable business-only providers.B. They contact providers located nearest to them.C. They carefully examine the contract.D. They contract the cheapest provider.35. Internet-based telecoms facilitates remote working by ______.A. offering sophisticated voice servicesB. providing calls completely free of chargeC. helping clients discuss business at homeD. giving access to emailing in real time36. The accountancy firm Wright Vigar promoted tele-working initially in order to ______.A. present a positive image to prospective customersB. support its employees with children to take care ofC. attract young people with IT expertise to work for itD. reduce operational expenses of a second office37. According to marketing director Jack O’hern, tele-working enabled the company to ______.A. minimize its office spaceB. keep highly qualified staffC. enhance its market imageD. reduce recruitment costs38. Wright Vigar’s practice of allowing for more flexible working hours not only benefits the company but helps improve emp loyees’ ________.39. With fast, wireless internet connections, employees can still be __________ when travelling.40. Single mother Lynne Hargreaves decided to work at home mainly to increase . Part three, write an essay.Tourism has already become a multibillion-dollar industry that supports economic development. You are going to write an article entitled: Travel Helps Promote Communication Between Countries.(at least 400 words)。

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(3)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(3)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(3)(1/30)Vocabulary第1题It used to be______impossible to find vegetarian restaurants outside the major cities, but now they can be found in many towns and cities.A.fantasticallyB.readilyC.virtuallyD.primarily下一题(2/30)Vocabulary第2题I was going to spend my holiday in Italy next year but the price of everything has rather ______the idea. Perhaps I shall to Spain instead.A.bogged me downB.turned me outC.set me backD.put me off上一题下一题(3/30)Vocabulary第3题______of our personal rhythms, most of us have a productive period between 10 a. m. and noon, when the stomach, pancreas, spleen and heart all appear to be in their most active phases.A.IrrespectiveB.IrrelevantC.DisregardingD.Despite上一题下一题(4/30)Vocabulary第4题The lawsuit was lost because of______in the statements of the witness.A.discrepanciesB.conjugationsC.coincidencesD.remonstrations上一题下一题(5/30)Vocabulary第5题Many who______their visits to the dentist regret it later.A.referB.inferC.deferD.confer上一题下一题(6/30)Vocabulary第6题The very biggest and most murderous wars during the industrial age were intra-industrial wars that______Second Wave nations like Germany and Britain against one another.A.pittedB.clippedC.allegedD.embarked上一题下一题(7/30)Vocabulary第7题We did hold a meeting yesterday, but you______, so we did not inform you.A.did not need attendingB.needn´ t have attendedC.did not need to attendD.needn´ t attend上一题下一题(8/30)Vocabulary第8题In her time, Isadora Duncan was______today a liberated woman.A.calling what we wouldB.who would be callingC.what we would callD.she would call it上一题下一题(9/30)Vocabulary第9题The fact that the management is trying to reach agreement______five separate unions has led to long negotiations.A.overB.uponC.inD.with上一题下一题(10/30)Vocabulary第10题After the Arab state won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls as well as boys______to go to school.A.to be encouragedB.being encouragedC.to have been encouragedD.be encouraged上一题下一题(11/30)VocabularyIf you don´ t eat enough fruit and vegetables, you may suffer from a vitamin______.A.shortageB.insufficiencyC.deficiencyD.defect上一题下一题(12/30)Vocabulary第12题Theartist´ s use of swirls of______colors conveys a sense of excitement.A.vigorousB.drasticC.vibrantD.strident上一题下一题(13/30)Vocabulary第13题False conflict, also known as illusory conflict, occurs when people believe that their interests are incompatible with the other party´ s interests______, in fact, they are not.A.whetherB.butC.whenD.for上一题下一题(14/30)Vocabulary第14题The story is about a kindly, generous, cheerful ______who loves and is loved by everyone.A.misanthropeB.wandererC.entertainerD.hater上一题下一题(15/30)Vocabulary第15题A full-sized tripod is far too______to carry around. I find this pocket-sized one is much handier.A.overweightB.ineptC.unwieldyD.outsize上一题下一题(16/30)Vocabulary第16题It is unlikely he can significantly contribute to the highly competitive strategies that food ______demands.B.retainC.retailingD.retaining上一题下一题(17/30)Vocabulary第17题______when she started complaining.A.Not until he arrivedB.No sooner had he arrivedC.Hardly had he arrivedD.Scarcely did he arrive上一题下一题(18/30)Vocabulary第18题One of the most______challenges that the United States-and indeed, the world-will face in the next few decades is how to alleviate the growing stress that human activities are placing on the environment.A.consequentialB.subsequentC.emergentD.pressing上一题下一题(19/30)Vocabulary第19题From cave paintings and from______on bone and reindeer horn, it is known that prehistoric humans were close observers of nature who carefully tracked the seasons and times of the year.A.apparently regular scratchesB.scratching apparently regularlyC.regular scratches apparentlyD.scratches regular apparently上一题下一题(20/30)Vocabulary第20题Hotel rooms must be______by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.A.departedB.abandonedC.vacatedD.displaced上一题下一题(21/30)Vocabulary第21题The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly______.B.to be noticedC.being noticedD.to notice上一题下一题(22/30)Vocabulary第22题______mechanical device has ever been invented that can satisfactorily replace teasel flower heads for raising the nap on cloth.A.NoB.Not theC.Never has aD.There is no上一题下一题(23/30)Vocabulary第23题The statesman was evidently______by the journalist´s questions and glared at him for a few seconds.A.put downB.put outC.put acrossD.put away上一题下一题(24/30)Vocabulary第24题Thomas Hardy´ s novels are said to suffer from the "long arm of coincidence" because too many events seem to have a casual rather than a______connection.A.incidentalB.substantialC.causalD.plausible上一题下一题(25/30)Vocabulary第25题Lowbrows are quite______for highbrows to have symphonies and their Russian novels.A.skepticalB.containedC.stunningD.yearning上一题下一题(26/30)Vocabulary第26题She waited at the gate, her hands______before her.A.foldingB.were foldingC.were foldedD.folded上一题下一题(27/30)Vocabulary第27题They designed______than a matchbox.A.no bigger a modelB.a no bigger modelC.a bigger model noD.a model no bigger上一题下一题(28/30)Vocabulary第28题She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would______her long effort.A.justifyB.testifyC.rectifyD.verify上一题下一题(29/30)Vocabulary第29题In order to be successful as an engineer, she had to become______at mathematics.A.proficientB.outstandingC.prominentD.experienced上一题下一题(30/30)Vocabulary第30题Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner______to the professor.A.as far asB.the same asC.as much asD.as long as上一题下一题(31~35/共20题)Reading ComprehensionThe Roman language served as the first model for answering the question. Even to someone with no knowledge of Latin, the similarities among Roman languages would have made it natural to suggest that they were derived from a common ancestor. On the assumption that the shared characteristic of these languages came from the common ancestor, it would have been possible to reconstruct many of the characteristics of the original common language. In much the same way it became clear that the branches of the Indo-European family could be studied and a hypothetical family tree constructed , reading back to a common ancestor. This is the treeapproach. The basic process represented by the tree model is one of divergence: when languages become isolated from one another, they differ increasingly, and dialects gradually become different until they become separate languages.Divergence is by no means the only possible tendency in language evolution. Johannes Schmidt introduced a "wave" model, in which linguistic changes were like waves, eventually leading to convergence; that is, growing similarity among languages that were initially quite different.Today, however, most linguists think primarily in terms of familytrees. It is necessary to construct some models of how language change might occur according to a process-based view. There are four main classes of models.The first is the process of initial colonization, by which an uninhabited territory becomes populated; its language naturally becomes that of the colonizers. Second are processes of divergence, such as the linguistic divergence arising from separation or isolation mentioned above in relation to early models of the Indo-European languages. The third group of models is based on processes of linguistic convergence. The wave model, formulated by Schmidt in the 1870´ s, is an example, but convergence methods have not generally found favor among linguists.Now, the slow and rather static operation of these processes is complicated by another factor: linguistic replacement. That factor provides the basis for a fourth class of models, in many areas of the world the languages initially spoken by the indigenous people have come to be replaced, fully or partially, by languages spoken by people coming from outside. Were it not for this large complicating factor, the world´ s linguistic history could be faithfully described by the initial distribution of Homo Sapiens, followed by the gradual workings of divergence and convergence. So linguistic replacement also has a key role to play in explaining the origins of the Indo-European languages.第31题The characteristics of the original common language can be described on the basis of______.A.the similarities among Romance languagesB.the hypothetical family treeC.the process known as divergenceD.the common features of Roman languages第32题According to Johannes Schmidt, ______.nguages change on a large scale like wavesB.divergence is not the only possible tendency in language changenguage evolution can be explained in terms of divergence and convergenceD.different languages will become increasingly similar until they develop into one language第33题It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that______.A.there doesn´ t exist any satisfactory model of language changeB.most linguists explain language change only in terms of divergenceC.most linguists generally don´ t accept the idea of language convergenceD.the first process in language evolution is colonization, followed by divergence第34题Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.Linguistic replacement can be ignored for the linguistic history to be fully described.B.Linguistic replacement cannot be ignored in explaining where the Indo-European languages come fromC.Because of linguistic replacement, the other three models prove to be incorrectpared with the other models, linguistic replacement is the most important model第35题This passage is primarily written to ______.A.discuss the importance of linguistic replacementB.introduce the origin of the Indo-European languageC.explain the divergence of the Indo-European languagesD.introduce models concerning the origin of the Indo-European languages上一题下一题(36~40/共20题)Reading ComprehensionOf all the catastrophes that could befall America in coming years, a big terrorist attack, perhaps even bigger than those on September 11th 2001, may be more likely than others. Who would pay for the millions in property damage, business losses and other claims from such an attack?This is the question with which America´ s Congress is currently wrestling. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA. was passed as a temporary measure after September 11th to provide a government back-stop for the insurance industry in the event of a catastrophic attack. It now says government can step in when insured losses from a terrorist event top $ 5 m. TRIA has helped to stabilize the market, and enabled insurers to continue offering terrorism-risk cover even after swallowing the big losses imposed by September 11th. But unless Congress acts fast, TRIA will expire at the end of the year. One likely result is the loss of terrorism-risk cover for thousands of firms and proper-ty owners. This, in turn, could disrupt businesses and make some commercial activity impossible. With modifications, TRIA should be extended.The Bush administration has been opposed to extension. It has always seen TRIA as a shortterm measure, and has argued that the private sector should assume sole responsibility for terrorism insurance. This is the right goal. A purely private solution would be best, lifting any future burden-from the taxpayer and relying on the industry to price and spread risks more accurately than any government can do. But relying entirely on the private sector immediately does not look feasible. With TRIA´ s expiration looming, insurers and reinsurers have not, as the administration expected, rushed to write new contracts for next year offering to fall gaps in terrorism cover.Why the hesitation? Unlike other risks, the threat of terrorism cannot be forecast in time or scope, making a mockery of insurers´ underwriting models. A big chemical, biological or nuclear attack is a prospect few can price, or afford to cover. Insurers are already being threatened with downgrades by rating agencies for the terrorism cover they have sold.One reason is that insurance, far from being a free market, is already one of the most heavily regulated of industries. Operating in a highly distorted marketplace, with 50 state regulators, the insurance industry seems to be having trouble pricing the largest of terrorism risks in a way that is credible and can still offer insurers a profit. Letting TRIA expire, and abruptly withdrawing the government role in insuring the largest losses, would just exacerbate this problem.Any renewal of TRIA should, once again, be limited to two years, say. Its extension must alsoshift more of the burden, and the business, to the private sector. If an extension is agreed and TRIA´ s threshold for government intervention is raised substantially, work should begin now to find better longer-term solutions. One place to look is abroad, where governments have dealt with terrorism risk for years. In Britain, for instance, insurers have created a pool of capital that is backed by the government and, over time, shifts a greater share of risk on to the private sector. Other options to consider include tax changes that reduce the cost of holding capital by insurers and reinsurers, and facilitating the use of catastrophe bonds.With fewer regulatory distortions of insurance markets, a solely private solution may be attainable in the long run. In the current environment, though, the same government that regularly warns of terrorist threats must still have a role to play in a solution that safeguards America´s financial security. It would be better to plan ahead than wait for a rushed, Katrina-style bail-out after a big attack. Amid all the uncertainties, one thing seems clear: any such bail-out would be more costly and lead to even greater market distortions without an extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act today.第36题TRIA______.A.provides insurance to properties in high-risk areasB.should be extended as it is nowC.requires government support to risk insuranceD.has caused a substantial loss of revenue to the state第37题The private sector is hesitant in taking sole responsibility for terrorism insurance because______.A.their current pricing models cannot estimate terrorism attacks properlyB.they do not often insure things they cannot forecastC.they are threatened by loss of other insurance takersD.they do not have regulator-approved contracts that cover terrorism attacks第38题The extension of TRIA should aim at______.A.making government intervention more unacceptableB.introducing foreign companies into terrorism insuranceC.setting up catastrophe bonds managed by insurers and reinsurersD.pushing the private sector to take sole responsibility第39题If the government let TRIA expire, ______.A.it should stop warning the public of terrorist attacks regularlyB.it will have to pay more money when large scale catastrophe occursC.regulatory distortions of insurance markets will be reducedD.private insurance companies will stop insuring terrorism attacks第40题The writer is______in developing the argument in this passage.A.objectiveB.emotionalC.disturbedD.indifferent上一题下一题(41~45/共20题)Reading ComprehensionIt so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave. The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marveling how he has escaped us, and thinking how we could worship him and love him would he but translate his visions into human actions. Perhaps he cannot; certainly he does not, or does so very seldom. Lucy had done so never.She was no dazzling execultante; nor was she the passionate young lady, who performs so tragically on a summer´ s evening with the window open. Passion was there, but it could not be easily labeled. And she was tragical only in the sense that she was great, for she loved to play on the side of Victory. Victory of what and over what-that is more than the words of daily life can tell us. But that some sonatas of Beethoven are written tragic no one can gainsay; yet they can triumph or despair as the player decides, and Lucy had decided that they should triumph.A very wet afternoon at the Pension Bertolini permitted her to do the thing she really liked, and after lunch she opened the little draped piano. A few people lingered round and praised her playing, but finding that she made no reply, dispersed to their rooms to write up their diaries or to sleep. She took no notice of Mr. Emerson looking for his son, nor of Miss Bartlett looking for Miss Lavish, nor Miss Lavish looking for her book. Like every true performer, she was intoxicated by the mere feel of the notes.Mr. Beebe, sitting unnoticed in the window, pondered over this illogical element in Lucy Hon-eychurch, and recalled the occasion at Tunbridge Wells when he had discovered it. It was at one of those entertainments where the upper classes entertain the lower. The seats were filled with a respectful audience, and the ladies and gentlemen of this parish, under the auspices of their vicar,sang, or recited, or imitated the drawings of a champagne cork. Among the promised items was ´ Miss Honeychurch. Piano. Beethoven´, and Mr. Deebe was wondering whether it would be´Adelaida´, or the march of ´The Ruins of Athens´, when his composure was disturbed by the opening bars of Opus Ⅲ. He was in suspense all through the introduction for not until the pace quickens does one know what the performer intends. With the roar of the opening theme he knew that things were going extraordinarily; in the chords that herald the conclusion he heard the hammer strokes of victory. He was glad that she only played the first movement, for he could have paid no attention to the winding intricacies of the measure of nine-sixteen. The audience clapped, no less respectful. It was Mr Bebee who started the stamping; it was all that one could do.´Who is she ?´ He asked the vicar afterwards.Cousin of one of my parishioner. I do not consider her choice of a piece happy Beethoven is so usually simple and direct in his appeal that it is sheer perversity to choose a thing like that, which, if anything disturbs.When he was introduced, Mr. Beebe realized that Miss Honeychurch, disjoined from her music-stool, was only a young lady with a very pretty, pale, underdeveloped face. She loved going to concerts, she loved stopping with her cousin, she loved iced coffee and meringues. But before he left Tunbridge Wells he made a remark to the vicar, which he now made to Lucy herself whenshe closed the little piano and moved dreamily towards him.If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting-both for us and for her.第41题In the first paragraph we are told that______.A.one needs to reject worldly pleasure to truly develop musical talent.B.music is sometimes regarded as a substitute for creation.C.there is often a mismatch between great musical talent and ordinary life.D.it is amazing how great an effect music tends to have on our lives.第42题Lucy´ s piano playing______.A.displayed a mixture of strong feelings.B.tended to be rather melodramatic.C.failed to capture the tragic nature of some musicD.was marred by some inaccuracies.第43题When she played at the Pension Bertolini, Lucy______.A.wished she could play better.B.asked to be left alone.C.resented being interrupted.D.was engrossed in the music第44题What did Mr. Beebe realize at the entertainment he remembers at Tunbridge Wells?A.That the vicar had vetted the contributionsB.That Lucy had a special musical talentC.That Lucy´ s was the only performance of any valueD.That the audiences were duty-bound to show appreciation第45题What surprised Mr. Beebe when he heard Lucy at Tunbridge Wells?A.Lug´ s choice of composerB.The way the opening theme developedC.Lucy´ s choice of pieceD.The fact that Lucy didn´ t play more of the work上一题下一题(46~50/共20题)Reading ComprehensionIf you choose lobster from a menu, then wherever you are in the world, the odds are that your dinner may have come from Arichat in Nova Scotia. The lobster, trapped off the Canadian coast, would have been driven to Louisville, Kentucky, where, cocooned in gel packs and styrofoam, it went for a wild ride on the carousels of the UPS superhub, where 17,000 high-speed conveyor belts, carrying more than 8m packages a week, whisk your living lobster to a plane and on onto tables across the globe.John McPhee´ s new book is about supply lines; how a lobster shares a conveyor belt with Bentley spare parts and jockey underwear. It is about boats, trains and trucks, but mostly it is about the people who drive, tend and love the machines. Don Ainsworth owns an 18-wheelerwith "a tractor of such dark sapphire that only bright sunlight could bring forth its colour. " To wash his truck Mr. Ainsworth uses only water that has either been de-ionised or has undergone reverse-osmosis; anything else leaves spots. "This is as close as a man will ever know" , he says, "what it feels like to be a truly gorgeous woman. People give us looks, going thumbs up.He carries chemicals all across North America where his enemies are gators, bears and four-wheelers. ´ Gators are huge strips of shredded tyre littering the highways and just one of them " can rip off your fuel-crossover line". A bear is a policeman, while a four-wheeler is any vehicle that has fewer than 18 wheels. They buzz around like gnats, seemingly unaware that a real vehicle, one with 18 wheels or more, cannot stop on a dime.The Billy Joe Bolingis a towboat which, perversely, pushes 15 barges up the Illinois River. The barges carry 30,000 tons of pig-iron, steel, coils, fertiliser and furnace coke. Lashed together with steel cables which are then tightened with cheater bars, the Billy Joe Bolingshoves forward a metal raft that is longer than an aircraft carrier. Along the way, the captain copes with bridges, locks, currents, shoals, winter ice 18 inches thick and summer ladies flashing at him. " We brought 12,000 tons of coke up the Illinois River," the skipper tells the author, "and now we´ re pushing 14 ,000 tons of coke down the Illinois River. One day they´ 11 figure it out and put us out of a job.The bosses also want to put the drivers of the coal train out of a job. They dream of automated trains running endlessly along the 1,800 miles between the strip-mines of the Powder River Basin and Georgia´s Plant Scherer, the world ´s largest coal-fired power station. A mile-and-half long train has 133 gondolas, each of which carries 115 tons of coal, and the whole trainload will keep Plant Scherer burning for just eight hours. This book will keep you much longer. It is Mr. McPhee at his wise, wry best, writing in top gear which, as Mr Ainsworth will tell you, is the 18th; "the going home gear, the smoke hole".第46题What is the relationship between lobsters and the subject matter of this essay?_____第47题Why do people give Don Ainsworth thumbs up?____第48题What does the author mean by "a real vehicle, one with 18 wheels or more, cannot stop on a dime"?____第49题Why do the bosses want to put the drivers of the coal trains out of a job?____第50题What does Mr. Ainsworth mean by "the 18th gear"?____上一题下一题(1/1)Writing第51题People can recognize differences between children and adults. Can you simply say that college students are adults? What events (experiences or ceremonies) make a person an adult?You composition should be no less than 400 words. And please write your composition on the Answer Sheet.____上一题交卷交卷答题卡答案及解析(1/30)Vocabulary第1题It used to be______impossible to find vegetarian restaurants outside the major cities, but now they can be found in many towns and cities.A.fantasticallyB.readilyC.virtuallyD.primarily参考答案: C 您的答案:未作答答案解析:virtually近乎,几乎;事实上。

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(汉译英)模拟试卷共20题附答案(五)

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(汉译英)模拟试卷共20题附答案(五)

英语翻译基础(汉译英)模拟试卷1. 解决13亿人的问题,不能靠别人,只能靠自己。

中华人民共和国成立以来,我们的建设取得了很大成就,同时也走了一些弯路,失去了一些机遇。

从1978年开始改革开放,我们终于找到了一条发展自己的正确道路。

这就是:中国人民独立自主地建设中国特色的社会主义。

这条道路的精髓,就是调动一切积极因素,解放和发展生产力,尊重和保障中国人民追求幸福的自由。

中国的改革开放,从农村到城市,从经济领域到政治、文化、社会领域。

它的每一步深入,说到底,都是为了放手让一切劳动、知识、技术、管理和资本的活力竞相进发,让一切创造社会财富的源泉充分涌流。

标准答案We can rely on no one except ourselves to resolve the problems facing our 1.3 billion people. Since the founding of the People’s Republic, we have achieved much in our national reconstruction; at the same time we have made a few detours and missed some opportunities. By 1978, with the adoption of the reform and opening-up policies, we had ultimately found the right path of development—the Chinese people’s path of independently building socialism with Chinese characteristics.The essence of this path is to mobilize all positive factors, emancipate and develop the productive forces, and respect and protect the freedom of the Chinese people to pursue happiness.China’s reform and opening-up have spread from rural areas to the cities, from the economic field to the political, cultural and social arenas. Each and every step forward is designed, in the final analysis, to release the gushing vitality of labor, knowledge, technology, managerial expertise and capital, and allow all sources of social wealth to flow to the fullest extent.2. 纺织企业改革目前国有纺织企业占用着上亿元的资产,却连年巨额亏损,其重要原因是资源重复配置,企业过度竞争,而败者又难以实现优化配置。

2021年5月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务模拟试题及答案(2)

2021年5月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务模拟试题及答案(2)

2021年5月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务模拟试题及答案第一部分英译汉必译题For all the natural and man-made disasters of the past year, travelers seem more determined than ever to leave home.Never mind the tsunami devastation in Asia last December, the recent earthquake in Kashmir or the suicide bombings this year in London and Bali, among other places on or off the tourist trail. The number of leisure travelers visiting tourist destinations hit by trouble has in some cases bounced back to a level higher than before disaster struck."This new fast recovery of tourism we are observing is kind of strange," said John Koldowski, director for the Strategic Intelligence Center of the Bangkok-based Pacific Asia Travel Association. "It makes you think about the adage that any publicity is good publicity."It is still too soon to compile year-on-year statistics for the disasters of the past 12 months,but travel industry experts say that the broad trends are already clear. Leisure travel isexpected to increase by nearly 5 percent this year, according to the World Tourism and Travel Council.Tourism and travel now seem to bounce back faster and higher each time there is an event of this sort," said Ufi Ibrahim, vice president of the London-based World Tourism and Travel Council. For London, where suicide bombers killed 56 and wounded 700 on July 8, she said, "It was almost as if people who stayed away after the bomb attack then decided to come back twice."Early indicators show that the same holds true for other disaster-struck destinations. Statistics compiled by the Pacific Asia Travel Association, for example, show that monthly visitor arrivals in Sri Lanka, where the Dec. 26, 2021, tsunami left more than 30,000 people dead or missing, were higher than one year earlier for every month from March through August of this year.A case commonly cited by travel professionals as an early example of the trend is Bali, where 202 people were killed in bombings targeting Western tourists in October 2021. Visitor arrivals plunged to 993,000 for the year after the bombing, but bounced back to 1.46 million in 2021, a level higher than the two years before the bomb, according to the Pacific Asia Travel Association.Even among Australians, who suffered the worst casualties in the Bali bombings, the number of Bali-bound visitors bounced back within two years to the highest level since 2021, according the Pacific Asia Travel Association.Bali was hit again this year by suicide bombers who killed 19 people in explosions at three restaurants.Visits are also on the upswing to post-tsunami Thailand, where the giant waves killed 5,400 and left more than 5,000 missing.Although the tsunami killed more than 500 Swedes on the Thai resort island of Phuket, thelargest number of any foreign nationality to die, Swedes are returning to the island in largernumbers than last year, according to My Travel Sweden, a Stockholm-based group that sends600,000 tourists overseas annually and claims a 28 percent market share for Sweden."We were confident that Thailand would eventually bounce back as a destination, but we didn"t think that this year it would come back even stronger than last year," said Joakim Eriksson, director of communication for My Travel Sweden. "We were very surprised because we really expected a significant decline."Eriksson said My Travel now expects a 5 percent increase in visitors to both Thailand andSri Lanka this season compared with the same season last year. This behavior is a sharp changefrom the patterns of the 1990s, Eriksson said."During the first Gulf war we saw a sharp drop in travel as a whole, and the same after Sept. 11," Eriksson said. "Now the main impact of terrorism or disasters is a change in destination."参考译文:尽管过去的一年天灾人祸不断,但这丝毫没有影响人们出游的兴致,出游意愿空前高涨。

翻译硕士模拟考试题及答案

翻译硕士模拟考试题及答案

翻译硕士模拟考试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 下列哪个选项是“翻译硕士”的英文表达?A. Master of TranslationB. Master of Translation StudiesC. Master in TranslationD. Master of Translational Studies答案:B2. “信、达、雅”是哪位翻译家提出的翻译标准?A. 严复B. 林语堂C. 王力D. 钱钟书答案:A3. 翻译理论中的“等效性”是由哪位学者提出的?A. Eugene NidaB. Peter NewmarkC. J.C. CatfordD. Nida答案:A4. 下列哪个是翻译过程中的常见问题?A. 语法错误B. 词汇选择不当C. 语义不明确D. 所有选项都是答案:D5. 翻译硕士课程通常包括哪些内容?A. 翻译技巧B. 语言对比C. 文化研究D. 所有选项都是答案:D...(此处省略中间题目,以保持篇幅适中)二、简答题(每题10分,共30分)1. 简述翻译过程中的“直译”和“意译”的区别。

答案:直译是指在翻译时尽量保持原文的字面意思和结构,而意译则更注重传达原文的内在含义和精神,可能在语言形式上做出较大调整。

2. 描述翻译硕士课程中常见的评估方式。

答案:常见的评估方式包括课程论文、翻译实践、口译练习、模拟翻译项目、期末考试等。

3. 阐述翻译中如何处理文化差异。

答案:处理文化差异需要译者具备跨文化交际能力,能够识别和理解源语言和目标语言文化中的特定元素,并通过适当的翻译策略,如文化适应、文化补偿等,使译文既能传达原文的文化内涵,又能为目标语言读者所接受。

三、翻译实践题(每题25分,共50分)1. 将下列中文句子翻译成英文:“随着全球化的不断深入,跨文化交流变得越来越重要。

”答案:With the continuous deepening of globalization, cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly important.2. 将下列英文句子翻译成中文:"The advancement of technology has revolutionized the way we live and work."答案:技术的进步彻底改变了我们生活和工作的方式。

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(2)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(2)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(2)(1/30)Vocabulary第1题Those people who are ______ are most welcome to the politicians.A.credulousB.credibleC.incredibleD.unbelievable下一题(2/30)Vocabulary第2题The old lady has developed a ______ cough which cannot be cured completely in as hort time.A.perpetualB.permanentC.chronicD.sustained上一题下一题(3/30)Vocabulary第3题Much as ______, I couldn´t lend him the money because I simply didn´t have that much spare cash.A.I would have liked toB.I would like to haveC.should have to likeD.I should have liked to上一题下一题(4/30)Vocabulary第4题Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical ______.A.considerationsB.obligationsC.observationsD.regulations上一题下一题(5/30)Vocabulary第5题The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs ______ it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.A.rendersB.reckonsC.regardsD.relates上一题下一题(6/30)Vocabulary第6题I won´t see you off at the airport tomorrow, so I will wish you ______.A.have a good journey nowB.a good journey nowC.would have a good journey nowD.to have a good journey now上一题下一题(7/30)Vocabulary第7题Are we going to see an end to the Arab-Israeli ______?A.disasterB.controversyC.confrontationD.aggression上一题下一题(8/30)Vocabulary第8题The hidden room is ______ only through a secret back entrance.A.obtainableB.achievableC.attainableD.accessible上一题下一题(9/30)Vocabulary第9题Those who support violence on television claim that it helps the viewer to ______ steam and to get rid of his feelings in a harmless way.A.let offsh outC.leave offD.leak out上一题下一题(10/30)Vocabulary第10题We are on the ______ of a new era in European relations.A.thresholdB.adventmencementD.departure上一题下一题(11/30)Vocabulary第11题Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with.Once you ______ your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputation.A.keep up withB.give away withC.go back onD.lose sight of上一题下一题(12/30)Vocabulary第12题Nicholas Chauvin, a French soldier, aired his veneration of Napoleon Bonaparte so ______ and unceasingly that he became the laughingstock of all people in Europe.A.vociferouslyB.patrioticallyC.verboselyD.loquaciously上一题下一题(13/30)Vocabulary第13题The ______ company has an excellent reputation-which is understandable, since it´s been in business for twenty years and has thousands of satisfied customers.A.upstartB.senileC.flourishingD.fledgling上一题下一题(14/30)Vocabulary第14题One model is a high-fashion show wore a hat so ______ that it had to be supported with four poles carried by four attendants.A.levyB.volumeC.valorousD.voluminous上一题下一题(15/30)Vocabulary第15题There has been a great deal of ______ surrounding the closure of the hospital.A.discrepancybatC.disparityD.controversy上一题下一题(16/30)Vocabulary第16题The stout fellow over there is ______ the great magician, Charlie Williams, himself.A.no other butB.no one thanC.no other thanD.none other than上一题下一题(17/30)Vocabulary第17题As it turned out to be a small house party, we ______ so formally.A.needn´t dress upB.did not need have dressed upC.did not need dress upD.needn´t have dressed up上一题下一题(18/30)Vocabulary第18题During the opera´s most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra´s conductor seemed ______, without necessary relation to what had gone before.A.tediousB.melodiousC.capriciousD.cautious上一题下一题(19/30)Vocabulary第19题Children and old people do not like having their daily ______ upset.A.habitB.practiceC.routineD.custom上一题下一题(20/30)Vocabulary第20题One of the wrong notions about science is that many scientific discoveries have come about ______.A.accordinglyB.accidentallyC.artificiallyD.additionally上一题下一题(21/30)Vocabulary第21题Courageous people think quickly and act without ______.A.hesitationplaintC.considerationD.anxiety上一题下一题(22/30)Vocabulary第22题In the preface ______ my book, I express my sincere gratitude to all the teachers and friends who have been of help to me during my three years´ life in the university.A.onB.forC.toD.in上一题下一题(23/30)Vocabulary第23题But if robots are to reach the next stage of labor-saving utility, they will have to operate with less human ______ and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves-goals that pose a real challenge.A.interactionB.supervisionC.availabilityD.disposition上一题下一题(24/30)Vocabulary第24题At eight o´clock she laid ______ whatever she was doing to tell the children a story before they went to bed.A.awayB.offC.asideD.out of上一题下一题(25/30)Vocabulary第25题Financial institutions will spend huge sums, rolling our nationwide networks in Britain, France, Spain and perhaps in Germany. But the seeds for the most ______ growth will be sown in America, where most banks have been slow to experiment with digital dollars until now.A.spectacularB.splendidC.specifiedD.specialized上一题下一题(26/30)Vocabulary第26题Of all things banish the ______ out of your conversation, and never think of entertaining peoplewith your own personal concerns of private affairs.A.egotismB.selfishnessC.conscienceD.consciousness上一题下一题(27/30)Vocabulary第27题The actor with whom I played the scene ______ for me beautifully, whispering the opening words of each of my lines, as did others in subsequent scenes.A.covered upB.broke upC.made upD.stirred up上一题下一题(28/30)Vocabulary第28题I´m afraid the result of the coming election is a ______ conclusion.A.foregoneB.foreseenC.predictableD.prospective上一题下一题(29/30)Vocabulary第29题As he took his foot off the clutch the ear ______ forward and the passenger was almost thrown through the windscreen.A.lurchedB.swirledC.staggeredD.wobbled上一题下一题(30/30)Vocabulary第30题He thumbed through the rose ______ to see if there was anything he fancied for his south-facing wall.A.brochureB.catalogueC.pamphletD.booklet上一题下一题(31~35/共20题)Reading ComprehensionMen cannot manufacture blood as efficiently as women can. This makes surgery riskier for men. Men also need more oxygen because they do not breathe as often as women. But men breathemore deeply and this exposes them to another risk. When the air is polluted, they draw more of it into their lungs.A more recent and chilling finding is the effect of automobile and truck exhaust fumes on children´s intelligence. These exhaust fumes are the greatest source of lead pollution in cities. Researchers have found thatthe children with the highest concentration of lead in their bodies have the lower scores on intelligence tests and that boys´ score lower than girls. It is possible that these low scores are connected to the deeper breathing that is typical of the male.Men´s bones are larger than women´s and they are arranged somewhat differently. The feminine walk that evokes so many whistles is a matter of bone structure. Men have broader shoulders and a narrower pelvis, which enables them to stride out with no waste motion. A woman´s wider pelvis, designed for childbearing, forces her to put more movement into each step she takes with the result that she displays a bit of a jiggle and sway as she walks.If you think a man is brave because he climbs a ladder to clean out the roof gutters, don´t forget that it is easier for him than for a woman. The angle at which a woman´s thigh is joined to her knees makes climbing awkward for her, no matter whether it is a ladder or stairs or a mountain that she is tackling.A man´s skin is thicker than a woman´s and not nearly as soft. The thickness prevents the sun´s radiation from getting through, which is why men wrinkle less than women do.Women also stay cooler in summer. The fat layer helps insulate them against heat. Men´s fat is distributed differently. And they do not have that layer of it underneath their skin. In fact, they have considerably less fat than women and more lean mass. Forty-one percent of a man´s body is muscle compared to thirty-five percent for women, which means men have more muscle power. When it comes to strength, almost 90 percent of a man´s weight is strength compared to about 50 percent of woman´s weight.The higher proportion of muscle to fat makes it easier for men to lose weight. Muscle burns up five more calories a pound that fat does just to maintain itself. So when a man goes on a diet. the pounds roll off much faster.For all men´s muscularity they do not have the energy reserves women do. They have more start-up energy, but the fat tucked away in women´s nooks and crannies provides a rich energy reserve that men lack.Cardiologists at the University of Alabama who tested healthy women in treadmills discovered that over years the female capacity for exercise far exceeds the male capacity. A woman of sixty who is in good health can exercise up to 90 percent of what she could do when she was twenty. A man of sixty has 60 percent left of his capacity as a twenty-year-old.第31题The main topic of this passage is about ______.A.the biological differences between men and womenB.the differences in social roles between men and womenC.the differences in living habits between men add womenD.the challenges men and women face from the point of view of biology第32题Men need more oxygen, ______.A.and that makes them have more muscle powerB.because they do not manufacture blood as efficiently as womenC.and there is a risk to draw more polluted air into their lungsD.so their skin is thicker第33题Men are superior to women in the situation of ______.A.resisting coldB.standing hungerC.remaining energetic in old ageD.climbing high第34题From the passage, we can infer that ______.A.boys are less intelligent than girls because they breathe in more leadB.it takes women a shorter time to get hungryC.men have more muscles than fatD.men sweat more than women in summer第35题It can be concluded from the passage that ______.A.women can stay active longer than menB.men like to take risks for biological causesC.women are more careful than menD.men have more strength than women上一题下一题(36~40/共20题)Reading ComprehensionIt is not compatible with the egalitarian ideal that there should be sharp differences in the scale of monetary reward for services performed. In New Zealand, care of the underdog has long since been a more important consideration than is the case in very many other countries. Successive governments may claim with some justice to have abolished poverty, but this has not been done without there taking place a narrowing of margins between the rewards for skilled and unskilled labor, with its consequent denialof incentive toacquire skill, to strive for self-improvement. The country´s citizens have come to regard social security as their inalienable right, but by taking too readily for granted the State´s obligation towards themselves they are apt to lose sight of the converse proposition that they themselves have obligations to the State.The reluctance to reward skilled labor at rates calculated to provide an incentive for acquiring skill has its counterpart in the reluctance to remunerate the nations´ best scholars and scientists on a scale sufficient to keep a fair proportion of them at home.The fact is often deplored that so many young men of the highest ability prefer to take up a career overseas, but it is doubtful whether higher salaries would stem their exodus in more than a minor degree. Under any circumstances, regardless of monetary reward, the intellectual litewould be tempted to go abroad in search of a wider field of endeavor than can be found in so small acountry as New Zealand.In a society where great wealth is regarded as antisocial, it is natural that ostentation should be looked at askance. Marks of distinction are liable to be a handicap. For instance, the politician who accepts a title does not usually improve his chances of gaining or retaining office by doing so. Richard Seddon, it will be remembered, consistently and doubtless wisely, refused to accept a knighthood. Wealth carries with it a minimum of prestige; it is a positive disadvantage to theaspirant to a political career. Strongly marked individuality or eccentricity are seldom in evidence among New Zealanders, and even where they do exist, the qualities are tolerated rather than appreciated. The rule of conformity prevails, and if the American writer, Sydney Greenbie, is to be believed, it has already produced a considerable measure of standardization among the inhabitants of the Dominion. "In face and feature, in mind and taste. " writes Greenbie, "the modern New Zealanders are so much alike that it is hard to remember the names of persons you meet casually for lack of distinguishing characteristics to which the eye can cling."Under conditions such as those described above, it is not surprising that no privileged class should have come into existence through long possession of landed estate or other permanent source of income. Nevertheless, the claim that New Zealanders have developed a classless society can scarcely be substantiated. Snobbery, when discouraged in one quarter, is prone to appear in some new form elsewhere. Recent investigations by A. A. Congalton and R. J. Havighurst show that there is a fairly well defined and universal appreciation of the graduated social status attaching to various social occupations. Results of a survey in which a cross section of the public was asked to answer a series of apposite questions showed, for example, that doctors, lawyers, and big businessmen were graded above heads of Government Departments, clergymen, and university professors; that office workers rated higher than shop assistants, miners than wharf laborers, and so on. Incidentally, the investigation also brought to light the fact that may attempt to inquire into the existence of social distinctions within the community invariably roused resentment.A privileged class being also a leisured class, its rejection is in keeping with a deep-seated belief that work has a virtue in its own right, without regard to its usefulness. In pioneer days, when hands were few and subsistence hard to win, it was indeed a crime to remain idle, and the habit of seeing idleness as a vice has endured. At the beginning of the great slump, when Forbes the Prime Minister, shocked at what he had seen of the "dole" during a visit to England, declared that so long as he retained office there would be no payment without work, his words appealed to a moral precept deeply inculcated not only in the minds of reactionaries but of many radicals as well.第36题One result of New Zealand´s effort to abolish poverty is ______.A.sharp differences between the rich and the poorB.the egalitarian ideal becomes incompatibleC.care of the underdog becomes more importantD.skill learning and self-improvement are not desired第37题Some high ability people prefer a career overseas because of ______.A.fierce competition at homeB.higher social status overseasC.more opportunities abroadD.monetary reward at home第38题Which of the following best describes the New Zealand society?.A.ostentationB.eccentricityC.individualityD.conformity第39题New Zealand is not a classless society in that ______.A.snobbery is discouraged everywhere in New ZealandB.people with more wealth seem to enjoy a high social statusC.the difference between the rich and the poor is greatD.New Zealanders don´t have a permanent source of income第40题If people believe that work has a virtue in its own right, they will do all the following EXCEPT ______.A.see idleness as a viceB.try their best not to be idleC.not accept a privileged classD.inquire into social distinctions上一题下一题(41~46/共20题)Reading ComprehensionThe premise with which the multiculturalists begin is unexceptional: that it is important to recognize and to celebrate the wide range of cultures that exist in the United States. In what sounds like a reflection of traditional American pluralism, the multiculturalists argue that we must recognize difference, that difference is legitimate; in its kindlier Versions, multiculturalism represents the discovery on the part of minority groups that they can play a part in molding the larger culture even as they are molded by it. And on the campus multiculturalism, defined more locally as the need to recognize cultural variations among students, has tried with some success to talk about how a racially and ethnically diverse student body can enrich everyone´s education.Phillip Green, a political scientist at Smith and a thoughtful proponent of multiculturalism, notes that for a significant portion of the students the politics of identity is all-consuming. Students, he says, "are unhappy with the thin gruel of rationalism. They require a therapeutic curriculum to overcome not straightforward racism but ignorant stereotyping. "But multiculturalism´s hard-liners, who seem to make up the majority of the movement, damn as racism any attempt to draw the myriad of American groups into a common American culture. For these multiculturalists, differences are absolute, irreducible, and intractable-occasions not for understanding but for separation. The multiculturalists, it turns out, is not especially interested in the great American hyphen, in the syncretistic (and therefore naturally tolerant) identities that allow Americans to belong to more than a single culture, to be both particularizes and universalisms.The time-honored American mixture of assimilation and traditional allegiance is denounced as a danger to racial and gender authenticity. This is an extraordinary reversal of the traditional liberal commitment to a "truth" that transcends parochialisms. In the new race/class/gender formation, universality is replaced by, among other things, feminist science Nubian numerals (as part of an A, fro-centric science), and what Marilyn Frankenstein of the University of Massachusetts-Boston describes as "ethno-mathematics," in which the cultural basis of counting comes to the fore.The multiculturalists insist on seeing all perspectives as tainted by the perceiver´s particularpoint of view. Impartial knowledge, they argue, is not possible, because ideas are simply the expression of individual identity, or of the unspoken but inescapable assumptions that are inscribed in a culture or a language. The problem, however, with this warmed-over Nietzscheanism is that it threatens to leave no ground for anybody to stand on, so the multiculturalists make a leap, necessary for their own intellectual survival, and proceed to argue that there are some categories, such as race and gender, that do in fact embody an unmistakable knowledge of oppression. Victims are at least epistemologically lucky. Objectivity is a mask for oppression. And so an appalled former 1960s radical complained to me that self-proclaimed witches were teaching classes on witchcraft. "They´re not teaching students how to think," she said, "they´re telling them what to believe."第41题Which one of the following ideas would multiculturalists NOT believe?A.That we should recognize and celebrate the differences among the many cultures in the United States.B.That we can never know the "truth" because "truth" is always shaped by one´s culture.C.That "difference" is more important than "sameness."D.Those different cultures should work to assimilate themselves into the mainstream culture so that eventually there will be no excuse for racism.第42题According to a hard-line multiculturalists, which one of the following groups is most likely to know the "truth" about political reality?cated people who have learned how to see reality from many different perspectives.B.A minority group that has suffered oppression at the hands of the majority.C.High government officials who have privileged access to secret information.D.Political scientists who have thoroughly studied the problem.第43题The author states that in a "kindlier version" of multiculturalism, minorities discover "that they can play a part in molding the larger culture even as they are molded by it." If no new ethnic groups were incorporated into the American culture for any centuries to come, which one of the following would be the most probable outcome of this "kindlier version"?A.At some point in the future, there would be only one culture with no observable ethnic differences.B.Eventually the dominant culture would overwhelm the minority cultures, which would then lose their ethnic identities.C.The multiplicity of ethnic groups would remain but the characteristics of the different ethnic groups would change.D.The smaller ethnic groups would remain, and they would retain their ethnic heritag第44题The author speaks about the "politics of identity" that Phi]lip Green, a political scientist at Smith, notes is all-consuming for many of the students : considering the subject of the passage, which one of the following best describes what the author means by "the politics of identity"?A.The attempt to discover individual identities through political actionB.The political agenda that aspires to create a new pride of identity for AmericansC.The current obsession for therapy groups that help individuals discover their inner selvesD.The trend among minority students to discover their identities in their ethnic groups rather than in their individuality第45题Which one of the following best describes the attitude of the writer toward the multicultural movement?A.Tolerant. It may have some faults, but it is well-meaning overall.B.Critical. A formerly admirable movement has been taken over by radical intellectuals.C.Disinterested. He seems to be presenting an objective report.D.EnthusiastiC. The author embraces the multiculturalists movement and is trying to present it in a favorable light.第46题"Multiculturalists relativism" is the notion that there is no such thing as impartial or objective knowledge. The author seems to be grounding his criticism of this notion on ______.A.the clear evidence that science has indeed discovered "truths" that have been independent of both language and culture.B.the conclusion that relativism leaves one with no clear notions of any one thing that is true.C.the absurdity of claiming that knowledge of oppression is more valid than knowledge of scientific facts.D.the agreement among peoples of all cultures as to certain undeniable truths-e,g., when the sky is clear, day is warmer than night.上一题下一题(47~50/共20题)Reading ComprehensionI expect this course to open my eyes to story material, to unleash my too dormant imagination, to develop that quality utterly lacking in my nature-a sense of form. I do not expect to acquire much technique. I expect to be able to seize upon the significant, reject the trivial. I hope to acquire a greater love for humanity in all its forms.I have long wondered just what my strength was as a writer. I am often filled with tremendous enthusiasm for a subject, yet my writing about it will seem a sorry attempt. Above all, I possess a driving sincerity-that prime virtue of any creative worker. I write only what I believe to be the absolute truth-even if I must ruin the theme in so doing. In this respect I feel far superior to those glib people in my classes who often garner better grades than I do. They are so often pitiful frauds-artificial-insincere. They have a line that works. They do not write from the depths of their hearts. Nothing of theirs was ever horn of pain. Many an incoherent yet sincere piece of writing has outlived the polished product.I write only about people and things that I know thoroughly. Perhaps I have become a mere reporter, not a writer/Yet I feel that this is all my present abilities permit. I will open my eyes in my youth and store this raw, living material. Age may bring the fire that molds experience into artistry.I have a genuine love of nature. It is not the least bit affected, but an integral and powerful part of my life. I know that Cooper is a fraud-that he doesn´t give a true sense of the sublimity of American scenery. I know that Muir and Thoreau and Burroughs speak the truth. I can sense the moods of nature almost instinctively. Ever since I could walk, I have spent as much time as I could in the open. A perception of nature-no matter how delicate, how subtle, how evanescent-remains with me forever.I am influenced too much, perhaps, by natural objects. I seem bound by the very room I´m in. I´ve associated so long with prosaic people that I´ve dwarfed myself spiritually. When I get alone under an open sky where man isn´t too evident-then I´m tremendously exalted and a thousand vivid ideas and sweet visions flood my consciousness.I think that I possess story material in abundance. I have had an unusual upbringing. I was let alone, thank God ! My mother insisted upon two things-that I strive for perfection in whatever I did and that I always try to be a gentleman. I played with Italians, with Russians, Poles, and the "sissies" on Michigan avenue. I was carefully watched, yet allowed to follow my own inclinations.I have seen a good deal of life that would never have been revealed to an older person. Up to the time I came to college then I had seen humanity in diverse forms. Now I´m cramped and unhappy.I don´t feel that these idiotic adolescents are worth writing about. In the summer, I turn animal and work for a few weeks in a factory. Then I´m happy.My literary achievements have been insignificant. At fourteen, I made a speech which was translated into twenty-six languages and used as Red Cross propaganda. When I was younger, it seemed that everything I wrote was eminently successful. I always won a prize when I entered an es- say contest. In college, I´ve been able to get only one "A" in four rhetoric courses. I feel this keenly. If I can´t write, what can I do? I wonder.When I was a freshman, I told Carlton Wells that I knew I could write whether he thought so or not. On my next theme he wrote "You can Write!" How I have cherished that praise!It is bad form to talk about grades. I know. If I don´t get an "A" in this course, it wouldn´t be because I haven´t tried. I´ve made a slow start. I´m going to spend Christmas vacation writing. A "B" symbolizes defeat to me. I´ve been beaten too often. I do wish that we were allowed to keep our stories until we felt that we had worked them into the best possible form.I do not have the divine urge to write. There seems to be something surging within, -a profound undercurrent of emotion. Yet there is none of that fertility of creation which distinguishes the real writer.Nevertheless, I have faith in myself. I´m either going to be a good writer or a poor fool.第47题There are a number of paradoxical statements in the author´s self-analysis. Identify two of them and explain.______第48题The author says "Many an incoherent yet sincere piece of writing has outlived the polished products." (Paragraph 2)Explain and comment on the idea._____第49题What things and people are regarded by the author to be the proper material for his writing? Explain._____第50题Does the author think of himself as a talented writer? Why or why not?_____上一题下一题(1/1)Writing第51题Read the following quote and write an article of about 400 words long for a newspaper to argue for or against the author´s opinion.We shall live to see the day, I trust, when no man shall build his house for posterity. He might just。

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(10)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(10)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(10)(1/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第1题NAFTA下一题(2/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第2题Swan song上一题下一题(3/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第3题Babel上一题下一题(4/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第4题wet blanket上一题下一题(5/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第5题POD上一题下一题(6/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第6题The Book of Songs上一题下一题(7/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第7题HDTV上一题下一题(8/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第8题non-tariff barrier上一题下一题(9/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第9题nationalization上一题下一题(10/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第10题moral hazard上一题下一题(11/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第11题CBS(12/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第12题give the floor to上一题下一题(13/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第13题Please rise for the national anthem.上一题下一题(14/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第14题civil society上一题下一题(15/15)Translate the following terms into Chinese (15 points,1 point each):第15题ecological deterioration上一题下一题(1/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第16题三通上一题下一题(2/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第17题鸦片战争上一题下一题(3/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第18题诚信缺失上一题下一题(4/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第19题发展为了人民、发展依靠人民、发展成果由人民共享上一题下一题(5/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第20题减少社会不平等现象上一题下一题(6/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第21题君子和而不同上一题下一题(7/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第22题混合经济(8/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第23题与国际接轨上一题下一题(9/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第24题政企分开上一题下一题(10/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第25题昼夜服务上一题下一题(11/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第26题希望工程上一题下一题(12/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第27题锁匠上一题下一题(13/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第28题红糖上一题下一题(14/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第29题中国人民银行上一题下一题(15/15)Translate the following terms into English (15 points,1 point each):第30题推进政务公开上一题下一题(1/1)Translate the following passages into Chinese (60 points):第31题On LeadershipWhat is leadership? Its qualities are difficult to define. But they are not so difficult to identify.Leaders don’t force other people to go along with them. They bring them along. Leaders get commitment from others by giving it themselves,by building an environment that encourages creativity ,and by operating with honesty and fairness.Good leaders aren’t “ lone rangers. ” They recognize that an organization’s strategies for success require the combined talents and efforts of many people. Leadership is the catalyst for transforming those talents into results.Leaders know that when there are two opinions on an issue,one is not bound to bewrong.They recognize that hustle and rush are the allies of superficiality. They are open to new ideas,but they explore their ramifications thoroughly.Successful leaders are emotionally and intellectually oriented to the future—not wedded to the past. They have a hunger to take responsibility,to innovate,and to initiate. They are not content with merely taking care of what’s already there. They want to move forward to create something new.Leaders provide answers as well as direction,offer strength as well as dedication,and speak from experience as well as understanding of the problems they face and the people they work with.Leaders are flexible rather than dogmatic. They believe in unity rather than conformity. And they strive to achieve agreements out of conflict.Leadership is all about getting people consistently to give their best,helping them to grow to their fullest potential,and motivating them to work toward a common goal. Leaders make the right things happen when they’re supposed to.A good leader,an effective leader,is one who has respect. Respect is something you have to have in order to get. A leader who has respect for other people at all levels of an organization,for the work they do,and for their abilities,aspirations and needs,will find that respect is returned. And all concerned will be motivated to work together.上一题下一题(1/1)Translate the following passage into English (60 points):第32题作为美国馆的首席合作伙伴,我们很荣幸地参与了本届上海世博会。

英语MTI复试笔试模拟题

英语MTI复试笔试模拟题

千里之行,始于足下。

2023年年英语MTI复试笔试模拟题Time: 120 minutesPart I C-E (50 points)为了看日出,我常常早起。

那时天还没有大亮,周围异常寂静,船上惟独机器的响声。

天空还是一片浅蓝,色彩很浅。

转眼间天边浮上了一道红霞,慢慢地在扩大它的范围,加强它的亮光。

我知道太阳要从天边升起来了,便不转眼地望着那。

果然过了一会儿,在那个地方浮上了太阳的小半边脸,红是真红,却没有亮光。

这个太阳好似负着重荷似地一步一步、慢慢地努力升高,到了最后,总算冲破了云霞,完全跳出了海面,色彩红得异常可爱。

—刹那间,这个深红的圆东西骤然发出了夺目的亮光,射得人眼睛发痛,它旁边的云片也骤然有了光彩。

偶尔太阳走进了云堆中,它的光芒却从云里射下来,直射到水面上。

这时候要分辨出哪里是水,哪里是天,倒也不容易,因为我就只看见一片璀璨的亮光。

Part II E-C (50 points)The wind has gently murmured through the blinds, or puffed with feathery softness against the windows, and occasionally sighed like a summer zephyr lifting the leaves along, the livelong night. The meadow-mouse has slept in his snug gallery in the sod, the owl has sat in a hollow tree in the depth of the swamp, the rabbit, the squirrel, and the fox have all been housed. The watch-dog has lain quiet on the hearth, and the cattle have stood silent in their stalls. The earth itself has slept, as it were its first, not its last sleep, save when some street-sign or wood-house door has faintly creaked upon its hinge, cheering forlorn nature at her midnight work – the only sound awake twixt Venus and Mars – advertising us of a remote inward warmth, a divine cheer and fellowship, where gods are met together, but where it is very bleak for men to stand. But while the earth has slumbered, all the air has been alive with feathery flakes descending, as if some northern Ceres reigned, showering her silvery grain第1页/共1页。

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(英译汉)模拟试卷二

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(英译汉)模拟试卷二
英语翻译基础(英汉互译)模拟试卷二
1.It has now been five years since Margaret Thatcher resigned as Britain' s Prime Minister. In her heyday she strode the international headlines with such bravura that she seemed inevitable, a natural force. The world stage seemed just the right size for her, as she chaffed her conservative soul mate Ronald Reagan or flattered the " new man," Mikhail Gorbachev.
2.Unemployment in America is high, and elections are on the horizon. It must be time to look east again for scapegoats. Japan is only starting to recover from its protracted recession, so China will be handed the role of economic villain in the coming U. S. election cycle. Expect to hear a chorus of presidential candidates blame unfair Chinese competition for America' s manufacturing woes.
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翻译硕士英语Part one: multiple choice1. The two most important in making a cake are flour and sugar.A. elementsB. componentsC. ingredientsD. constituents2. Cultural indicated that human beings hand their language down from one generation to another.A. translationB. transitionC. transmissionD. transaction3. We must look beyond and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.A. justificationsB. illusionsC. manifestationsD. specifications4. No one imagined that the apparently businessman was really a criminal.A. respectiveB. respectableC. respectfulD. respected5. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alive today will have become .A. deterioratedB. degeneratedC. suppressedD. extinct6. The of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understanding the universe.A. essenceB. textureC. contentD. threshold7. The old lady has developed a cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.A. perpetualB. permanentC. chronicD. sustained8. What the correspondence sent us is an news report. We can depend on it.A. evidentB. authenticC. ultimateD. immediate9. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations.A. inspirationalB. educationalC. excessiveD. instantaneous10. Some researches feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people.A. subjectiveB. subordinateC. liableD. vulnerable11. The harder the shrub is to grow , .A. the more higher price isB. the higher price it isC. the higher the price isD. the higher is the price12. It is that I would like to go to the beach.A. so nice weatherB. such nice weatherC. so nice a weatherD. such a nice weather13. Her little car isn’t to seat more than two people comfortably.A. big enoughB. enough bigC. so big enoughD. big as enough14. The dress is prettier, but it costs that one.A. twice more thanB. twice as much asC. as much twice asD. twice so much as15. She can speak in front of Mack, but she can’t eat in his restaurant.A. free, freeB. free, freelyC. freely, freeD. freely, freely16. The reason why many people sit before the television is that there will be a show.A. livingB. liveC. aliveD. lived17. When the three boys met one another, they found they looked very much .Then they knew they were triplet.A. likeB. alikeC. likelyD. liked18. You should spend in the study of the various senses and uses of the common words.A. much time as you canB. as time much as you canC. time as many as you canD. as much time as you can19. –When is Tom going to leave?--He is going to leave this week.A. sometimesB. some timeC. sometimeD. somewhat20. He works .A. loneB. lonelyC. aloneD. lonesomePart two: reading and comprehensionPassage OneThere are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an investment that, unlike many bank stocks, should yield huge dividends.A 2008 study by two Harvard economists notes that the “labor-market premium to skill”—or the amount college graduates earned that’s greater than what high-school graduates earned—decreased for much of the 20th century, but has come back with a vengeance since the 1980s. In 2005, the typical full-time year-round U.S. worker witha four-year college degree earned$50,900, 62% more than the$31,500 earned by a worker with only a high-school diploma. There’s no question that going to college is a smart economic choice. But a look at the strange variations in tuition reveals that the choice about which college to attend doesn’t come down merely to dollars and cents. Does going to Columbia University (tuition, room and board $49,260 in 2007-2008) yield a 40% greater return than attending the University of Colorado at Boulder as anout-of-state student($35,542)? Probably not. Does being an out-of-state student at the University of Colorado at Boulder yield twice the amount of income as being an in-state students($17,380) there? Not likely. No, in this consumerist age, most buyers aren’t evaluating college as an investment, but rather as a consumer product—like a car or clothes or a house. And with such purchases, price is only one of many crucial factors to consider.As with automobiles, consumers in today’s college marketplace have vast choices, and people search for the one that gives them the most comfort and satisfaction in line with their budgets. This accounts for the willingness of people to pay more for different types of experiences(such as attending a private liberal-arts college or going to anout-of-state public school that has a great marine-biology program). And just as two auto purchasers might spend an equal amount of money on very different cars, college students (or, more accurately, their parents)often show a willingness to pay essentially the same price for vastly different products. So which is it?21. What’s the opinion of economists about going to college?A) Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializingB) It doesn’t pay to run into debt to receive a college educationC) College education is rewarding in spite of the starting costsD) Going to college doesn’t necessarily bring the expected retu rns22. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, _______A) enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universitiesB) the labor market preferred high-school graduates to college graduatesC) competition for university admissions was far more fierce than todayD) the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed23. Student who attend an in-state college or university can_______A) save more on tuitionB) receive a better educationC) take more liberal-arts coursesD) avoid traveling long distances24. In this consumerist age, most parents_______A) regard college education as a wise investmentB) place a premium on the prestige of the collegeC) think it crucial to send their children to collegeD) consider college education a consumer product25. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?A) Their employment prospects after graduationB) A satisfying experience within their budgetsD) Its facilities and learning environmentD) Its ranking among similar institutionsPassage TwoCrippling health care bills, long emergency-room waits and the inability to find a primary care physician just scratch the surface of the problems that patients face daily. Primary care should be the backbone of any health care system. Countries withappropriate primary care resources score highly when it comes to health outcomes and cost. The US takes the opposite approach by emphasizing the specialist rather than the primary care physician.A recent study analyzed the providers who treat Medicare beneficiaries. The startling finding was that the average Medicare patient saw a total of seven doctors---two primary care physicians and five specialists---in given one year. Contrary to a popular belief, the more physicians taking care of you doesn't guarantee better care. Actually, increasing fragmentation of care results in a corresponding rise in cost and medical errors. How did we let primary care slip so far? The key is how doctors are paid. Most physicians are paid whenever they perform a medical service. The more a physician does, regardless of quality or outcome, the better he's reimbursed. Moreover, the amount a physician receive leans heavily toward medical or surgical procedures. A specialist who performs a procedure in a 30-minute visit can be paid three times more than a primary care physician using that same 30 minutes to discuss a patient's disease. Combined this fact with annual government threats to indiscriminately cut reimbursements, physicians are faced with no choice but to increase quantity to boost income. Primary care physicians who refuse to compromise quality are either driven out of business or to each-only practices, further contributing to the decline of primary care. Medical students aren't blind to this scenario. They see how heavily the reimbursement deck is stacked against primary care.How do we fix this problem?It starts with reforming the physician reimbursement system. Remove the pressure for primary care physicians to squeeze in more patients per hour, and reward them for optimally managing their diseases and practicing evidence based medicine. Make primary care more attractive to medical students by forgiving student loans for those who choose primary care as a career and reconciling the marked difference between specialist and primary care physician salaries.26.The author's chief concern about the current US health care system is_________.A. the inadequate training of physiciansB. The declining number of doctorsC. the shrinking primary care resourcesD. the ever-rising health care costs27.We learn from the passage that people tend to believe that________.A. The more costly the medicine, the more effective the cureB. seeing more doctors may result in more diagnostic errorsC. visiting doctors on a regular basis ensures good healthD. the more doctor taking care of a patient, the better28.Face with the government threats to cut reimbursements indiscriminately, primary care physicians have to__________.A. increase their income by working overtimeB. improve their expertise and serviceC. Make various deals with specialistsD. see more patients at the expense of quality29.Why do many medical graduates refuse to choose primary care as their career?A. They find the need for primary care declining.B. The current system works against primary care.C. Primary care physicians command less respect.D. They think working in emergency rooms tedious.30.What suggestion does the author give in order to provide better health care?A . Bridge the salary gap between specialist and primary care physicians.B. Extend primary care to patients with chronic diseases.C. Recruit more medical students by offering loans.D. Reduce the tuition of students who choose primary care as their major.Passage ThreeRising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office - all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home. For the small business, there are additional benefits too - staff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also provide competitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to attract new staff but don't have the budget to offer huge salaries. While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, skeptical of whether they could trust their employees to workto full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additional expensestele-working policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business. Yet this is now changing. When communications provider Inter-Tel researched the use of remote working solutions among small and medium sized UK businesses in April this year, it found that 28% more companies claimed to be practicing flexible working practices than a year ago.The UK network of Business Links confirms that it too has seen a growing interestin remote working solutions from small businesses seeking its advice, and claims that as many as 60-70% of the businesses that come through its doors now offer some form of remote working support to their workforces. Technology advances, including the widespread availability of broadband, are making the introduction of remote working a no-brainer. "If systems are set up properly, staff can have access to all the resources they have in the office wherever they have an internet connection," says Andy Poulton,e-business advisor at Business Link for Berkshire and Wiltshire. "There are some very exciting developments which have enabled this." One is the ubiquity of broadband, which now covers almost all of the country (BT claims that, by July, 99.8% of its exchanges will be broadband enabled, with alternative plans in place for even the most remote exchanges). "This is the enabler," Poulton says. Yet while broadband has come down in price too, those service providers targeting the business market warn against consumer services masquerading as business-friendly broadband. "Broadband is available for as little as £15 a month, but many businesses fail to appreciate the hidden costs of such a service," says Neil Stephenson, sales and marketing director at Onyx Internet, an internet service provider based in the north-east of England. "Providers offering broadband for rock-bottom prices are notorious for poor service, with regular outages and heavily congested networks. It is always advisable for businesses to look beyond the price tag and look for a business-only provider that can offer more reliability,with good support." Such services needn't break the bank – quality services can be found for upwards of £30 a month. The benefits of broadband to the occasional home worker are that they can access email in real time, and take full advantage of services such as internet-based backup or even internet-based phone services.Internet-based telecoms, or VoIP (Voice over IP) to give it its technical title, is an interesting tool to any business supporting remote working. Not necessarily because of the promise of free or reduced price phone calls (which experts point out is misleading for the average business), but because of the sophisticated voice services that can be exploited by the remote worker - facilities such as voicemail and call forwarding, which provide a continuity of the company ←image for customers and business partners.By law, companies must "consider seriously" requests to work flexibly made by a parent with a child under the age of six, or a disabled child under 18. It was the need to accommodate employees with young children that motivated accountancy firm Wright Vigar to begin promoting tele-working recently. The company, which needed to upgrade its IT infrastructure to provide connectivity with a new, second office, decided to introduce support for remote working at the same time.Marketing director Jack O'Hern explains that the company has a relatively young workforce, many of whom are parents: "One of the triggers was when one of our tax managers returned from maternity leave. She was intending to work part time, but could only manage one day a week in the office due to childcare. By offering her the ability to work from home, we have doubled her capacity - now she works a day a week from home, and a day in the office. This is great for her, and for us as we retain someone highly qualified.” For Wright Vigar, which has now equipped all of its fee-earners to be able to work at maximum productivity when away from the offices (whether that's from home, or while on the road), this strategy is not just about saving on commute time or cutting them loose from the office, but enabling them to work more flexible hours that fit around their home life.O'Hern says: "Although most of our work is client-based and must fit around this,we can't see any reason why a parent can't be on hand to deal with something important at home, if they have the ability to complete a project later in the day." That staff can do this without needing a fixed telephone line provides even more efficiency savings. "With Wi-Fi [fast, wireless internet connections] popping up all over the place, even on trains, our fee-earners can be productive as they travel, and between meetings, instead of having to kill time at the shops," he adds. The company will also be able to avoid the expense of having to relocate staff to temporary offices for several weeks when it begins disruptive office renovations soon. It has enabled the company to dispense with its business premises altogether, following the realization that it just didn't need them any more. "The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old," says Hargreaves. "But I soon realized that, as most of our business is done on the phone, email and at off-site meetings, we didn't need our offices at all. We're now saving £16,000 a year on rent, plus the cost of utilities, not to mention what would have been spent on commuting."31.What is the main topic of this passage?A. How business managers view hi-techB. Relations between employers and employees.C. How to cut down the costs of small businesses.D. Benefits of the practice of tele-working.32. From the research conducted by the communication provider Inter-Tel, we learn that______A. attitudes toward IT technology have changed.B. More employees work to full capacity at home.C. More businesses have adopted remote working solution.D. Employees show a growing interest in small businesses.33. What development has made flexible working practices possible according to Andy Poulton?A. Reduced cost of telecommunications.B. Improved reliability of internet service.C. Availability of the VolP service.D. Access to broadband everywhere.34. What is Neil Stephenson’s advice to firms contracting internet services?A. They look for reliable business-only providers.B. They contact providers located nearest to them.C. They carefully examine the contract.D. They contract the cheapest provider.35. Internet-based telecoms facilitates remote working by ______.A. offering sophisticated voice servicesB. providing calls completely free of chargeC. helping clients discuss business at homeD. giving access to emailing in real time36. The accountancy firm Wright Vigar promoted tele-working initially in order to ______.A. present a positive image to prospective customersB. support its employees with children to take care ofC. attract young people with IT expertise to work for itD. reduce operational expenses of a second office37. According to marketing director Jack O’hern, tele-working enabled the company to ______.A. minimize its office spaceB. keep highly qualified staffC. enhance its market imageD. reduce recruitment costs38. Wright Vigar’s practice of allowing for more flexible working hours not only benefits the company but helps improve emp loyees’ ________.39. With fast, wireless internet connections, employees can still be __________ when travelling.40. Single mother Lynne Hargreaves decided to work at home mainly to increase . Part three, write an essay.Tourism has already become a multibillion-dollar industry that supports economic development. You are going to write an article entitled: Travel Helps Promote Communication Between Countries.(at least 400 words)。

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