青岛大学考研真题翻译硕士英语2011

青岛大学2011年翻译专业硕士研究生入学试题

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PART I GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (20 Points)

There are forty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring

country, _____ by the police each time.　

A. had been captured

B. being always captured

C. only to be captured

D. unfortunately captured

2. It is not so much the language _____ the cultural background that makes the book

difficult to understand.　

A. but

B. nor

C. like

D. as

3. He’s ____ as a “bellyacher” — he’s always complaining about something.　

A. who is known

B. whom is known

C. what is known

D. which is known

4. ______ he always tries his best to complete it on time.　

A. However the task is hard

B. However hard the task is

C. Though hard the task is

D. Though hard is the task

5. My cousin likes eating very much, but he isn’t very ___ about the food he eats.　

A. special

B. peculiar

C. particular

D. specific

6. One third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, in the San Francisco area.

A. remarkably

B. severely

C. drastically

D. predominantly

7. More often than not, it is difficult to ______ the exact meaning of a Chinese

idiom in English.　

A. exchange

B. transfer

C. convey

D. convert

8. The scientists have absolute freedom as to what research they think it best

to___.　

A. engage

B. devote

C. seek

D. pursue

9. The local authorities realized the need to make ___for elderly people in

their housing programs.　

A. preparation

B. requirement

C. specification

D. provision

10. ______I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help them out of the

difficulties.　

A. As long as

B. As

C. While

D. Even

11. During the famine, many people were _____ to going without food for days.　

A. sunk

B. reduced

C. forced

D. declined

12. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ______ with the reality of their

world.　

A. relevant

B. simultaneous

C. consistent

D. practical

13. Agriculture is the country’s chief source of wealth, wheat ______ by far the

biggest cereal crop.　

A.is

B.been

C.be

D.being

14. Time ______, the celebration will be held as scheduled.　

A.permit

B.permitting

C.permitted

D.permits

15. ______ I like economics, I like sociology much better.　

A. As mush as

B. So much

C. How much

D. Much as

16. With ____ exceptions, the former president does not appear in public now.　

A. rare

B.unusual

C.extraordinary

D.unique

17. He plays tennis to the ____ of all other sports.　

A. eradication

B. exclusion

C. extension

D. inclusion

18. She answered with an ____ "No" to the request that she attend the

public hearing.

A. eloquent

B. effective

C. emotional

D. emphatic

19. Everyone who has visited the city agrees that it is ____ with life.　

A. vibrant

B. violent

C. energetic

D. full

20. ______ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.

A. I was and always will be

B. I have to be and always will be

C. I had been and always will be

D. I have been and always will be

PART II READING COMPREHENSION (50 Points)

In this section there are five reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then write your answers on your answer sheet.

Passage 1

A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors—or of people very different from our own—can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offer us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.

In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—as well