2020年中国矿业大学MTI 翻译硕士英语 模拟试题及答案解析三_1_

中国矿业大学MTI翻译硕士英语模拟三
1.单项选择题（每小题1分）
1.The explanation given by the manager yesterday was not at all_____to us.
A.satisfy
B.satisfied
C.satisfactory
D.satisfying
2.Part of the funds will be used to_____that old library to its original splendor.
A.rest
B.recover
C.replace
D.restore
3.This silk has gone right_____and we have not sold a single piece of it for weeks.
A.out of fad
B.out of pattern
C.out of custom
D.out of fashion
4.The new Personal Digital Assistance contained a large_____of information about an individual life.
A.deal
B.amount
C.number
D.account
5.Primitive superstitions that feed racism should be_____through education.
A.ignored
B.exalted
C.eradicated
D.canceled
6.Both longitude and latitude___in degrees,minutes and seconds.
A.measuring
B.measured
C.are measured
D.being measured
7.Most comets have two kinds of tails,one made up of dust,___made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.
A.one another
B.the other
C.other ones
D.each other
8.Good pencil erasers are soft enough not___paper but hard enough so tat they crumble gradually when used.
A.by damaging
B.so that they damaging
C.to damage
D.damaging
9.The magician picked several persons___from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
A.by accident
B.at random
C.on occasion
D.on average
10.On turning the corner,they saw the path___steeply.
A.departing
B.descending
C.decreasing
D.degenerating
11.In order to obtain the needed information,you should write simply,clearly,and concisely____the reader wants to know.
A.what
B.that
C.so that
D.which
12.Regarding insurance,the____is for110%of the invoice value of the goods that a manufacturer wants to export.
A.amount
B.cover
C.insurance
D.premium
13.Since the shipment consists of seasonable goods.it is important that it is____as
soon as possible.
A.deleted
B.demanded
C.delivered
D.detached
14.The long service of decades of the to-be-retired with the company was____a present each from the President.
A.confirmed by
B.recorded in
C.acknowledged with
D.appreciated for
15.Home to magnates and gangsters,refugees and artists,the city was,in its____a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.
A.prime
B.Primary
C.privacy
D.Probation
16.Children who are praised for their work are always____on.
A.encouraged
B.approved
C.inspired
D.spurred
17.It is impossible for parents to____their children from every danger.
A.protect
B.relieve
C.preserve
D.conserve
18.Even though the main source of____exposure for a majority of the human population is the sun,the artificial tanning from sun beds contributes significantly to the total UV risk.
A.extra violent
B.extra violet
C.ultraviolet
D.ultravirus
19.This is____work.It calls for a good eye and a steady hand.
A.precise
B.precision
C.exact
D.exactness
20.I wouldn’t trust such a____person.
A.deceitful
B.deceptive
C.decisive
D.deceive
二阅读理解（每小题2分）
1.
Let children learn to judge their own work.A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time;if corrected too much,he will stop talking.He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the languages he uses and the language those around him use.Bit by bit,he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people.In the same way,when children learn to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught-to walk,run,climb,whistle,ride a bicycle-compare those performances with those of more skilled people,and slowly make the needed changes.But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself,let alone correct them.We do it all for him.We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him,or correct it unless he was made to.Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher.Let him do it himself.Let him work out,with the help of other children if he wants it,what this word says,what answer is to that problem,whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answers,as it may be in mathematics or science,give him the answer book.Let him correct his own papers.Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work?Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer.Let’s end this nonsense of grades,exams, marks,Let us throw them all out,and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn,how to measure their own understanding,how to know what they know or do not know.
Let them get on with this job in the way that seems sensible to them.With our help as school teachers if they ask for it.The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learned at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours.Anxious parents and teachers say,“But suppose they fail to learn something essential they will need to get in the world?”
Don’t worry!If it is essential,they will go out into the world and learn it.
1.What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?
A.by copying what other people do.
B.by making mistakes and having them corrected.
C.by listening to explanations from skilled people.
D.by asking a great many questions.
2.What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?
A.They give children correct answers.
B.They point out children’s mistakes to them.
C.They allow children to mark their own work.
D.They encourage children to mark to copy from one another.
3.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are___.
A.not really important skills.
B.more important than other skills.
C.basically different from learning adult skills.
D.basically the same as learning other skills.
4.Exams,grades,and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by___.
cated persons.
B.the children themselves.
C.teachers.
D.parents.
5.The author fears that children will grow up into adults while being___.
A.too independent of others.
B.too critical of themselves.
C.incapable to think for themselves.
D.incapable to use basic skills.
2.
We can begin our discussion of“population as global issue”with what most persons mean when they discuss“the population problem”:too many people on earth and a too rapid increase in the number added each year.The facts are not in dispute,It was quite right to employ the analogy that likened demographic growth to“a long, thin powder fuse that burns steadily and haltingly until it finally reaches the charge and explodes.”
To understand the current situation,which is characterized by rapid increases in population,it is necessary to understand the history of population trends.Rapid growth is a comparatively recent phenomenon.Looking back at the8,000years of demographic history,we find that populations have been virtually stable or growing very slightly for most of human history.For most of our ancestors,life was hard,often nasty,and very short.There was high fertility in most places,but this was usually balanced by high mortality.For most of human history,it was seldom the case that one in ten persons would live past forty,while infancy and childhood were especially risky periods.Often,societies were in clear danger of extinction because death rates could exceed their birthrates.Thus,the population problem throughout most of history was how to prevent extinction of the human race.
This pattern is important to notice.Not only does it put the current problems of demographic growth into a historical perspective,but it suggests that the cause of rapid increase in population in recent years is not a sudden enthusiasm for more children,but an improvement in the conditions that traditionally have caused high mortality.
Demographic history can be divided into two major periods:a time of long,slow
growth which extended from about8,000BC.till approximately AD.1650.In the first period of some9600years,the population increased from some8million to500 million in1650.Between1650and the present,the population has increased from500 million to more than4billion.And it is estimated that by the year2000there will be 6.2billion people throughout the world.One way to appreciate this dramatic difference in such abstract numbers is to reduce the time frame to something that is more manageable.Between8000BC and1650,an average of only50,000persons was being added annually to the world’s population each year.At present,this number is added every six hours.The increase is about80,000,000persons annually.
1.Which of the following demographic growth pattern is most suitable for the long thin powder fuse analogy?
A.A virtually stable or slightly decreasing period and then a sudden explosion of population.
B.A slow growth for a long time and then a period of rapid,dramatic increase.
C.Too many people on earth and a few rapid increase in the number added each year.
D.A long period when death rates exceeds birthrates and then a short period with higher fertility and lower mortality.
2.During the first period of demographic history,societies were often in danger of extinction because___.
A.only one in ten persons could live past40.
B.there was higher mortality than fertility in most places.
C.it was too dangerous to have babies due to the poor conditions.
D.our ancestors had little enthusiasm for more children.
3.Which statement is true about population increase?
A.There might be an increase of2.2billion persons from now to the year2000.
B.About50,000babies are born every six hours at present.
C.Between8000BC and the present,the population increase is about80,000,000 persons each year.
D.The population increased faster between8000BC and1650than between1650 and the present.
4.The author of the passage intends to___.
A.warn people against the population explosion in the near future.
pare the demographic growth pattern in the past with that after1650.
C.find out the cause for rapid increase in population in recent years.
D.present us a clear and complete picture of the demographic growth.
5.The word“demographic”in the first paragraph means___.
A.statistics of human.
B.surroundings study.
C.accumulation of human.
D.development of human.
3.
I live in the land of Disney,Hollywood and year-round sun.You may think people in such a glamorous,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so,you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common.Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act.It is a deeper,more abiding emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game,watching a movie or television,are fun activities that help us relax,temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh.But they do not bring happiness,because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play,it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun.These rich,beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties,fancy cars,expensive homes,everything that spells“happiness”.But in memoir after memoir,celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun:depression,alcoholism,drug addiction,broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he’s honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment.For commitment is in fact quite painful.The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments,but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Similarly,couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness.They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation.I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to.It liberates time:now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.It liberates money:buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.And it liberates us from envy:we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
1.Which of the following is true?
A.Fun creates long-lasting satisfaction.
B.Fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness.
C.Happiness is enduring whereas fun is short-lived.
D.Fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness.
2.To the author,Hollywood stars all have an important role to play that is to__.
A.rite memoir after memoir about their happiness.
B.tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun.
C.teach people how to enjoy their lives.
D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties.
3.In the author’s opinion,marriage___.
A.affords greater fun.
B.leads to raising children.
C.indicates commitment.
D.ends in pain.
4.Couples having infant children___.
A.are lucky since they can have a whole night’s sleep.
B.find fun in tucking them into bed at night.
C.find more time to play and joke with them.
D.derive happiness from their endeavor.
5.If one get the meaning of the true sense of happiness,he will__.
A.stop playing games and joking with others.
B.make the best use of his time increasing happiness.
C.give a free hand to money.
D.keep himself with his family.
4.
Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor.Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children.These
roles were firmly fixed for most people,and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles.But by the middle of this century,men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fixed.
In the1950s,economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the1960s a new force developed called the counterculture.The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals.The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices.Taking more interest in childcare,men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives.In fact,some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes.In addition,many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier.Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.
In terms of numbers,the counterculture was not a very large group of people.But its influence spread to many parts of American society.Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns.Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on“overtime”work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families.Some doctors,lawyers,and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.
In the1970s,the feminist movement,or women’s liberation,produced additional economic and social changes.Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers.Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs as public school teaching,nursing,and secretarial work.But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations:police work,banking,dentistry, and construction work.Women were asking for equal work,and equal opportunities for promotion.
Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women.Naturally,there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.
1.Which of the following best express the main idea of Paragraph1?
A.Women usually worked outside the home for wages.
B.Men and women’s roles were easily exchanged in the past.
C.Men’s roles at home were more firmly fixed than women’s.
D.Men and women’s roles were usually quite separated in the past.
2.Which sentence best expresses the main idea of Paragraph2?
A.The first sentence.
B.The second and the third sentences.
C.The fourth sentence.
D.The last sentence.
3.In the passage the author proposes that the counterculture___.
A.destroyed the United States.
B.transformed some American values.
C.was not important in the United States.
D.brought people more leisure time with their families.
4.It could be inferred from the passage that___.
A.men and women will never share the same goals.
B.some men will be willing to exchange their traditional male roles.
C.most men will be happy to share some of the household responsibilities with their wives.
D.more American households are headed by women than ever before.
5.The best title for the passage may be___.
A.Results of Feminist Movements
B.New influence in American Life
C.Counterculture and Its consequence
D.Traditional Division of Male and Female Roles.
5.
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.A man goes shopping because he needs something.His purpose is settled and decided in advance.He knows what he wants,and his objective is to find it and buy it;the price is a secondary consideration.All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want.If the shop has it in stock,the salesman promptly produces it,and the business of trying it on proceeds at once.All being well,the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes,with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.For a man,slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants,or does not have exactly what he wants.In that case the salesman,as the name implies,tries to sell the customer something else,he offers the nearest he can to the article required.No good salesman brings out such a substitute without least consideration;he does so with skill and polish:“I know this jacket is not the style you want,sir,but would you like to try it for size.It happens to be the color you mentioned."Few men have patience with this treatment,and the usual response
is:“This is the right color and may be the right size but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.
Now how does a women go about buying clothes?In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.Her shopping is not often based on need.She has never fully made up her mind what she wants,and she is only“having a look round".She is always open to persuasion:indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her,even by what companions tell her.She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her.Contrary to a lot of jokes,most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes.They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain.Faced with a roomful of dresses,a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another,to and fro often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on.It is a tiresome process,but apparently an enjoyable one.Most dress shops
provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
1.What does a man usually do when he is buying clothes?
2.What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?
3.What does a man do when he can not get exactly what he wants?
4.Many jokes make fun of women shoppers by saying that
5.What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?
三作文（30分）
As we all know,technology is a double-edged sword,it has advantages and disadvantages at the same time,What is your opinion?Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about250words on the topic:
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part,state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part,provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.
In the last part,bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content,organization,grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
中国矿业大学MTI翻译硕士英语模拟三
参考答案
一单项选择题
1.C
2.D
3.D
4.B
5.C
6.C
7.B
8.C
9.B10.B11.A12.D13.C 14.C15.A16.D17.A18.C19.B20.A
二阅读理解
1.ABDBC
2.ABADA
3.CBCDB
4.DCBCB
5. 1.He does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
2.They welcome suggestions from anyone.
3.He usually does not buy anything.
4.they waste money on inferior goods
5.The time they take over buying clothes.
三、作文
The Merits and Demerits of Science and Technology
As the science and technology develops at an unprecedented tempo,our life is undergoing tremendous changes as well.but we have to look into the issue in two respects since science and technology is a double-bladed sword.
on the one hand,technology brings us more comfortable and convenient lifestyle.for instance,we can buy whatever we need on such platform as Taobao and Ebay without stepping out of home.besides,we can have access to any news or information online instead of reading newspaper or watching TV,which are much more retarded than Internet.On the other hand,science and technology can be evil as well so long as we don't pay much attention to such problems as the increasingly severe pollution around the world.Factories produce products by means of the cutting-edge technology which causes much emission into air and water,and finally hinder people's health and fitness.
People say every coin has two sides and we believe science and technology is no exception too,but as long as we have it under control,any problem will be solved sooner or later.。