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翻译硕士考试MIT《翻译硕士英语》样题及参考答案

翻译硕士考试MIT《翻译硕士英语》样题及参考答案翻译硕士考试《翻译硕士英语》样题I. V ocabulary and grammar (30')Multiple choiceDirections: Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B,C. andD. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet1. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to ________ against the local authorities' decision to build a highway across the field.A. contradictB. reformC. counterD. protest2. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a ________.A. minorityB. scarcityC. rarityD. minimum3. Professor Johnson's retirement ________ from next January.A. carries into effectB. takes effectC. has effectD. puts into effect4. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ________ government spending.A. financeB. expandC. enlargeD. budget5. The heat in summer is no less ________ here in this mountain region.A. concentratedB. extensiveC. intenseD. intensive6. Taking photographs is strictly ________ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.A. forbiddenB. rejectedC. excludedD. denied7. Mr. Brown's condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will ________.A. pull backB. pull upC. pull throughD. pull out8. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer's ________ rather than the company's.A. benefitB. availabilityC. suitabilityD. convenience9. The priest made the ________ of the cross when he enteredthe church.A. markB. signalC. signD. gesture10. This spacious room is ________ furnished with just a few articles in it.A. lightlyB. sparselyC. hardlyD. rarely11. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise you much better than I can.A. would beB. will have beenC. wasD. were12. With some men dressing down and some other men flaunting their looks, it is really hard to tell they are gay or ________.A. straightB. homosexualC. beautifulD. sad13. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.A. so as toB. such as toC. such toD. as much as to14. James has just arrived, but I didn't know he ________ untilyesterday.A. will comeB. was comingC. had been comingD. came15. ________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.A. I was and always will beB. I have to be and always will beC. I had been and always will beD. I have been and always will be.16. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install ________ solar heating device in our home.A. some type ofB. some types of aC. some type of aD. some types of17. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion whenI ________ the journey in exactly two days.A. must takeB. must have madeC. was able to makeD. could make18. I know he failed his last test, but really he's ________ stupid.A. something butB. anything butC. nothing butD. not but19. Do you know Tim's brother? He is ________ than Tim.A. much more sportsmanB. more of a sportsmanC. more of sportsmanD. more a sportsman20. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it's high time we ________ strong actions against him.A. betrayed… takeB. had betrayed… tookC. has betrayed… tookD. has betrayed… takeII. Reading comprehension (40')Section 1 Multiple choice (20')Directions: In this section there are reading passages followed by multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your answer sheet. Passage A The Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx, once widely spoken on the Isle of Man but now extinct. Government financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europe's regional languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the country's three million people. The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most ofthe people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club - Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales - a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union.The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent. Its powers wereproportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the European Union is spent. It cannot, unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like it to have more powers. Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many new buildings that are transforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe - only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a lower standard of living.Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. T o familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline, Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means “land of compatriots”, is the Welsh name for Wales. The red dragon, the nation's symbol sincethe time of King Arthur, is everywhere - on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers.“Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens,” said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue of the National Eisteddfod, Wales's annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands.“There was almost a genetic tendency for lack of confidence,” Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, global youth culture and the new federal Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. “We used to think. We can't do anything, we're only Welsh. Now I think that's changing.”1. According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant toA. maintain the present status among the nationsB. reduce legislative powers of EnglandC. create a better state of equality among the nationsD. grant more say to all the nations in the union2. The word “centrifugal” in the second paragraph meansA. separatistB. conventionalC. feudalD. political3. Wales is different from Scotland in all the following aspects EXCEPTA. people's desire for devolutionB. locals' turnout for the votingC. powers of the legislative bodyD. status of the national language4. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welshnational identity?A. Welsh has witnessed a revival as a national language.B. Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union.C. A Welsh national airline is currently in operation.D. The national symbol has become a familiar sight.5. According to Dyfan Jones what has changed isA. people's mentalityB. pop cultureC. town's appearanceD. possibilities for the peoplePassage BThe miserable fate of Enron's employees will be a landmark in business history, one of those awful events that everyone agrees must never be allowed to happen again. This urge is understandable and noble: thousands have lost virtually all their retirement savings with the demise of Enron stock. But making sure it never happens again may not be possible, because the sudden impoverishment of those Enron workers represents something even larger than it seems. It's the latest turn in the unwinding of one of the most audacious promises of the 20th century.The promise was assured economic security - even comfort - for essentially everyone in the developed world. With the explosion of wealth, that began in the 19th century it became possible to think about a possibility no one had dared to dream before. The fear at the center of daily living since caveman days- lack of food, warmth, shelter - would at last lose its power to terrify. That remarkable promise became reality in many ways. Governments created welfare systems for anyone in need and separate programs for the elderly (Social Security in the U. S.). Labour unions promised not only better pay for workers but also pensions for retirees. Giant corporations came into being and offered the possibility - in some cases the promise - of lifetime employment plus guaranteed pensions? The cumulative effect was a fundamental change in how millions of people approached life itself, a reversal of attitude that most rank as one of the largest in human history. For millennia the average person's stance toward providing for himself had been. Ultimately I'm on my own. Now it became, ultimately I'll be taken care of.The early hints that this promise might be broken on a large scale came in the 1980 s. U. S. business had become uncompetitive globally and began restructuring massively, with huge Layoffs. The trend accelerated in the 1990 s as the bastions of corporate welfare faced reality. IBM ended its no-layoff policy. AT&T fired thousands, many of whom found such a thing simply incomprehensible, and a few of whom killed themselves. The other supposed guarantors of our economic security were also in decline. Labour-union membership and power fell to their lowest levels in decades. President Clinton signed a historic bill scaling back welfare. Americans realized that Social Security won't provide social security for any of us.A less visible but equally significant trend affected pensions. To make costs easier to control, companies moved away from defined benefit pension plans, which obligate them to pay out specified amounts years in the future, to defined contribution plans,which specify only how much goes into the play today. The most common type of defined-contribution plan is the 401(k). the significance of the 401(k) is that it puts most of the responsibility for a person's economic fate back on the employee. Within limits the employee must decide how much goes into the plan each year and how it gets invested - the two factors that will determine how much it's worth when the employee retires.Which brings us back to Enron? Those billions of dollars in vaporized retirement savings went in employees' 401(k) accounts. That is, the employees chose how much money to put into those accounts and then chose how to invest it. Enron matched a certain proportion of each employee's 401(k) contribution with company stock, so everyone was going to end up with some Enron in his or her portfolio; but that could be regarded as a freebie, since nothing compels a company to match employee contributions at all. At least two special features complicate the Enron case. First, some shareholders charge top management with illegally covering up the company's problems, prompting investors to hang on when they should have sold. Second, Enron's 401(k) accounts were locked while the company changed plan administrators in October, when the stock was falling, so employees could not have closed their accounts if they wanted to.But by far the largest cause of this human tragedy is that thousands of employees were heavily overweighed in Enron stock. Many had placed 100% of their 401(k) assets in the stock rather than in the 18 other investment options they were offered. Of course that wasn't prudent, but it's what some of them did.The Enron employees' retirement disaster is part of the larger trend away from guaranteed economic security. That's whypreventing such a thing from ever happening again may be impossible. The huge attitudinal shift to I'll-be-taken-care-of took at least a generation. The shift back may take just as long. It won't be complete until a new generation of employees see assured economic comfort as a 20 th-century quirk, and understand not just intellectually but in their bones that, like most people in most times and places, they're on their own.6. Why does the author say at the beginning “The miserable fate of Enron's employees will be a landmark in business history…”?A. Because the company has gone bankrupt.B. Because such events would never happen again.C. Because many Enron workers lost their retirement savings.D. Because it signifies a turning point in economic security.7. According to the passage, the combined efforts by governments, layout unions and big corporations to guarantee economic comfort have led to a significant change inA. people's outlook on lifeB. people's life stylesC. people's living standardD. people's social values8. Changes in pension schemes were also part ofA. the corporate lay-offsB. the government cuts in welfare spendingC. the economic restructuringD. the warning power of labors unions9. Thousands of employees chose Enron as their sole investment option mainly becauseA. the 401(k) made them responsible for their own futureB. Enron offered to add company stock to their investment.C. their employers intended to cut back on pension spendingD. Enron's offer was similar to a defined-benefit plan.10. Which is NOT seen as a lesson drawn from the Enron disaster?A. The 401(k) assets should be placed in more than one investment option.B. Employees have to take up responsibilities for themselves.C. Such events could happen again as it is not easy to change people's mind.D. Economic security won't be taken for granted by future young workers.Section 2 Answering questions (20')Directions: Read the following passages and then answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES the questions which follow each passage. Use only information from the passage you have just read and write your answer in the corresponding space in your answer sheet.Questions 1~3For 40 years the sight of thousands of youngsters striding across the open moorland has been as much an annual fixture as spring itself. But the 2,400 school pupils who join the grueling Dartmoor Ten T ors Challenge next Saturday may be among the last to take part in the May tradition. The trek faces growing criticism from environmentalists who fear that the presence of so many walkers on one weekend threatens the survival of some of Dartmoor's internationally rare bird species.The Ten Tors Challenge takes place in the middle of the breeding season, when the slightest disturbance can jeopardize birds' chances of reproducing successfully. Experts at the RSPB and the Dartmoor National Park Authority fear that the walkerscould frighten birds and even crush eggs. They are now calling for the event to be moved to the autumn, when the breeding season is over and chicks should be well established. Organisers of the event, which is led by about 400 Territorial Army volunteers, say moving it would be impractical for several reasons and would mean pupils could not train properly for the 55-mile trek. Dartmoor is home to 10 rare species of ground-nesting birds, including golden plovers, dunlins and lapwings. In some cases, species are either down to their last two pairs on the moor or are facing a nationwide decline.Emma Parkin, South-west spokeswoman for the PASPB, took part in the challenge as a schoolgirl. She said the society had no objections to the event itself but simply wanted it moved to another time of year. “It is a wond erful activity for the children who take part but, having thousands of people walking past in one weekend when birds are breeding is hardly ideal,” she said. “We would prefer it to take place after the breeding and nesting season is over. There is a risk of destruction and disturbance. If the walkers put a foot in the wrong place they can crush the eggs and if there issufficient disturbance the birds might abandon the nest.” Helen Booker, an RSPB upland conservation officer, said there was no research into the scale of the damage but there was little doubt the walk was detrimental. “If people are tramping past continually it can harm the chances of successful nesting. There is also the fear of direct trampling of eggs.” A spokesman for the Dartmoor National Park Authority said the breeding season on the moor lasted from early March to mid-July, and the Ten Tors Challenge created the potential for disturbance for March, when participants start training.To move the event to the autumn was difficult because children would be on holiday during the training period. There was a possibility that some schools in the Southwest move to a four-term year in 2004, “but until then any change was unlikely. The authority last surveyed bird life on Dartmoor two year ago and if the next survey showed any further decline, it would increase pressure to move the Challenge,” he said.Major Mike Pether, secretary of the army committee that organises the Challenge, said the event could be moved if there was the popular will. “The Te n Tors has been running for 42 years and it has always been at this time of the year. It is almost in tablets of stone but that's not to say we won't consider moving if there is a consensus in favour. However, although the RSPB would like it moved, 75 per cent of the people who take part want it to stay as it is,” he said. Major Pether said the trek could not be moved to earlier in the year because it would conflict with the lambing season, most of the children were on holiday in the summer, and the winter weather was too harsh. Datmoor National Park occupies some 54 sq km of hills topped by granite outcrops known as “Tors” with the highest Tor-capped hill reaching 621 m. The valleys and dips between the hills are often sites of bogs to snare the unwary hiker. The moor has long been used by the British Army as a training and firing range. The origin of the event stretches back to 1959 when three Army officers exercising on the moor thought it would provide a challenge for civilians as well as soldiers. In the first year 203 youngsters took up the challenges. Since then teams, depending on age and ability, face hikes of 35, 45 or 55 miles between 10 nominated Tors over two days. They are expected to carry everything they need to survive.1. What is the Ten Tors Challenge? Give a brief introduction of its location and history.2. Why is it suggested that the event be moved to the autumn or other seasons?3. What are the difficulties if the event is moved to the autumn or other seasons? Questions 4~5Mike and Adam Hurewitz grew up together on Long Island, in the suburbs of New York City. They were very close, even for brothers. So when Adam's liver started failing, Mike offered to give him half of his. The operation saved Adam's life. But Mike, who went into the hospital in seemingly excellent health, developed a complication - perhaps a blood colt - and died last week. He was 57. Mike Hurewitz's death has prompted a lot of soul searching in the transplant community. Was it a tragic fluke or a sign that transplant surgery has reached some kind of ethical limit? The Mount Sinai Medical Center, the New York City hospital where the complex doubleoperation was performed, has put on hold its adult living donor liver transplant program, pending a review of Hurewitz's death. Mount Sinai has performed about 100 such operations in the past three years.A 1-in-100 risk of dying may not seem like bad odds, but there's more to this ethical dilemma than a simple ratio. The first and most sacred rule of medicine is to do no harm. “For a normal healthy person a mortality rate 1% is hard to justify,” says Dr. John Fung, chief of transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “If the rate stays at 1%, it's just not going to be accepted.” On the other hand, there's an acute shortage of traditional donor organs from people who have died in accidents or suffered fatal heart attacks. If family membersfully understand the risks and are willing to proceed, is there any reason to stand in their way? Indeed, a recent survey showed that most people will accept a mortality rate for living organ donors as high as 20%. The odds, thankfully, aren't nearly that bad. For kidney donors, for example, the risk ranges from 1 in 2, 500 to 1 in 4, 000 for a healthy volunteer. That helps explain why nearly 40% of kidney transplants in the U. S. come from living donors.The operation to transplant a liver, however, is a lot trickier than one to transplant a kidney. Not only is the liver packed with blood vessels, but it also makes lots of proteins that need to be produced in the right ratios for the body to survive. When organs from the recently deceased are used, the surgeon gets to pick which part of the donated liver looks the best and to take as much of it as needed. Assuming all goes well, a healthy liver can grow back whatever portion of the organ is missing, sometimes within a month.A living-donor transplant works particularly well when an adult donates a modest portion of the liver to a child. Usually only the left lobe of the organ is required, leading to a mortality rate for living-donors in the neighborhood of 1 in 500 to 1 in 1, 000. But when the recipient is another adult, as much as 60% of the donor's liver has to be removed. “There really is very little margin for error,” says Dr. Fung. By way of analogy, he suggests, think of a tree. “An adult-to-child living-donor transplant is like cutting off a limb. With an adult-to-adult transplant, you're splitting the trunk in half and trying to keep both halves alive.”Even if a potential donor understand and accepts these risks, that doesn't necessarily mean the operation should proceed. All sorts of subtle pressures can be brought to bear on such a decision, says Dr. Mark Siegler, director of the MacLean forClinical Medical Ethics at th e University of Chicago. “Sometimes the sicker the patient, the greater the pressure and the more willing the donor will be to accept risks.” If you feel you can't say no, is your decision truly voluntary? And if not, is it the medical community's responsibility to save you from your own best intentions?Transplant centers have developed screening programs to ensure that living donors fully understand the nature of their decision. But unexamined, for the most part, is the larger issue of just how much a volunteer should be allowed to sacrifice to save another human being. So far, we seem to be saying some risk is acceptable, although we're still vaguer about where the cutoff should be. There will always be family members like Mike Hurewitz who are heroically prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for a loved one. What the medical profession and society must decide is if it'sappropriate to let them do so.4. Describe in your own words the liver transplant between the two brothers Mike and Adam.5. What is the major issue raised in the article?III. Writing (30')Some people see education simply as going to school or college, or as a means to secure good jobs; other people view education as a lifelong process. In your opinion, how important is education to people in the modern society?Write a composition of about 400 words on your view of the topic.《翻译硕士英语》样题参考答案I. V ocabulary and grammar (30')1-10 DABAC ACDDB11-20 AABBD ACBBCII. Reading comprehension (40')Section 1 Multiple choice (20')1. C2. A3.D. 4.B. 5. A6. D7. A8.B. 10. BC. 9..Section 2 Answering questions (20')Key points1. located in Dartmoor Park/with 54 sq km of hills covered by “T ors”/an event starting from 1959/young people walking over a distance of 55-mile trek in two days/in Spring (May)/a kind of outdoor physical training2. environmentalism/threatening of some “internationally rare bird species”/breeding season/nesting season/destroying eggs/frightening birds/declining of birds3. if moved to autumn/children “on holiday” during the training period/majority unwilling to change the time/if moved earlier: lambing season/winter: too harsh and cold4. Mike and Adam/one's liver “failing”, Mike donated half of his liver/Adam survived/Mike, the healthy brother, due to the “complication” developed in the operation, died after the successful transplant5. when there is a risk of donors' dying from organ transplant between family members/1 in 100 risk/higher or lower/Shall such transplant operations be encouraged?/different viewpoints/heated argumentIII. Writing (30')Education as a Lifelong ProcessWhen we talk about education, we can easily think of schools, colleges and young people. As a matter of fact, education is so important in modern society that it can beviewed as a lifelong process.Firstly, it's the requirement of fast-developing society to receive education despite of your age. Our world is changing dramatically with the development of new science and technology. A person who completed his education at school in the 1970 s or the 1980 s may have encountered new problems when he is working now. The problems might have something to do with his major or other aspects. For example an accountant now must master the skills of accounting through computers, which is a basic tool for him, so he should also learn how to apply his job in a computer no matter how old he is.Secondly, education creates human character and moralities. Through education, youth may learn how to make contributions to the world. And the old may learn new things to enrich their lives. Through education, a healthy person can become stronger and a disabled person can have a new hope on his life. Man can find great pleasure in education.Thirdly, our modem society has provided everyone with the chance to receive education. As long as you wish you could get education by attending night-schools, adult colleges, training centers and even long-distance education through Internet andTV.In a word, knowledge is boundless, and life is limited. So education is a lifelong process.上一页下一页。

考研翻译硕士模拟试题及答案「单选」

考研翻译硕士模拟试题及答案「单选」

考研翻译硕士模拟试题及答案「单选」2017年考研翻译硕士模拟试题及答案「单选」12月份的主要复习任务为模拟题的练习,为了帮助考生更好地复习,以下是店铺搜索整理的一份考研翻译硕士模拟试题及答案【单选】,供参考练习,希望对大家有所帮助!想了解更多相关信息请持续关注我们店铺!1. The Chinese nation has____ many national heroes.A. brought forthB. brought forwardC. brought upD. brought about2. The ____of the priest’s sermon was that all human beings should love each other.A. brainB. questionC. essenceD. reality3. We all left the meeting convinced that the project was ____.A. fertileB. inevitableC. inherentD. feasible4. The heavy burden of the life made her ____ the old way of stealing.A. revel inB. relate toC. revert toD. revive in5. She has always ____her neighbors for the past twenty years.A. been fed up withB. been on good terms withC. got around toD. gone along with6. These books are both interesting and instructive. No wonder they___the reading public.A. appeal toB. apply toC. approve ofD. ascend to7. You must phone the police when you find any suspicious guy ____the house late at night.A. hanging outB. hanging upC. hanging roundD. hanging together8. Despite the fact that the area had been hit by the severest drought in twenty years, a(n)____ harvest was gathered in.A. desirableB. wishfulC. bumperD. ideal9. The store was ____people shopping for household wares.A. occupied byB. seized byC. invaded byD. jammed with10. That fellow____at long?distance running.A. excelsB. exceedsC. surpassesD. overtakes11. Mr. Longman____his hat when he met the teacher of his daughter on the street.A. gaveB. tippedC. raisedD. heightened12. The television station was____with calls protesting the distasteful programs.A. hatchedB. modulatedC. floodedD. prompted13. I wonder who first____the idea of bags with gas to make balloons.A. imaginedB. conceivedC. cherishedD. concealed14. Her first born is not the only one in her family who is good at handwriting; in fact, all her children ____ calligraphy.A. are fond ofB. are tired ofC. excel atD. go in for15. We note with satisfaction that all these activities have helped to___mutual understanding and friendship between our two countries.A. propelB. promoteC. strengthenD. depress16. The minibus____five people quite comfortably.A. lodgesB. grantsC. accommodatesD. drinks17. It’s a common knowledge that chalk ____ moisture from the air.A. getsB. evaporatesC. absorbsD. discards18. Having ____so many obstacles, she established her fame as a first-rate actress at last.A. removedB. surmountedC. resumedD. harnessed19. We stopped for a coffee break and____ working fifteen minutes later.A. resumed B. consumed C. presumed D. assumed20. The discontented students____by boycotting the school-cafeteria.A. rewarded B. vanishedC. groanedD. took their revenge21. She is very____ upsetting her husband, as he has a violent temper.A. tired ofB. wary ofC. keen onD. confined to22. “Are you ready?”“Why should I be ready when you are not?” she ____.A. repeatedB. retortedC. shoutedD. said23. The house had many____with her dead husband for her to be happy in it.A. conjunctions B. associations C. links D. chains24. I am not sure whether I want to take this course; I may ____for the first week to see if I like it.A. sit onB. sit inC. sit downD. sit up25. The Americans are a highly____ people. Most of them like to travel whenever they get the chance.A. mobilizedB. mobileC. changeableD. moved参考答案与解析1. 答案 A【参考译文】中华民族产生了很多民族英雄。

考研英语(翻译)模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)

考研英语(翻译)模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)

考研英语(翻译)模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)全部题型 2. Reading ComprehensionSection II Reading ComprehensionPart CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. (10 points)1.Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, only recently has literature focused on the role of a father.正确答案:虽然关于美国母亲的书不胜枚举,但直到最近才有以父亲这一角色为中心的作品问世。

解析:主句为only recently has literature focused on the role of a father;Although…引导让步状语从句:only放在句首后接状语引导倒装句,表示强调,主语为literature。

知识模块:翻译2.Television, the most pervasive and persuasive modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth, is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and our world.正确答案:电视,这项以更新变革快为标志的最普及和最有影响力的现代技术,正在步人一个新时代,一个极为先进尖端和多样化的时代,这将重塑我们的生活和我们的世界。

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。

北外考研翻硕试题及答案

北外考研翻硕试题及答案

北外考研翻硕试题及答案模拟试题:北京外国语大学翻译硕士入学考试模拟题一、词汇与语法(共20分)1. The word "ubiquitous" is most nearly synonymous with:A. CommonB. UnusualC. RareD. Unique2. In the sentence "The company has been successful despite the economic downturn," the phrase "despite" is used to indicate:A. A causeB. A reasonC. An obstacleD. A method3. Choose the correct grammatical structure for the sentence: "When I am done with my homework, _______."A. I will go out for a walkB. will I go out for a walkC. I go out for a walkD. go out for a walk I4. The correct use of the verb "to flatter" in a sentence is:A. She flattered him to get the job.B. She flattered him into getting the job.C. She flattered to get the job.D. She was flattered to get the job.5. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word: "The _______ of the old building was a significant loss to the community."A. DestructionB. ConstructionC. FoundationD. Installation二、阅读理解(共30分)Read the following passage and answer the questions:Passage:The rise of digital technology has revolutionized the way we communicate, work, and learn. It has opened up new opportunities for innovation and creativity, but it has also brought about challenges. One of the significant challengesis the digital divide, which refers to the gap between those who have ready access to computers and the internet and those who do not. This divide is not only a technological issue but also a social and economic one, as it can affect education, employment, and social inclusion.6. What does the term "digital divide" refer to?A. The gap between different digital technologiesB. The disparity in access to digital technologyC. The difference in digital literacy ratesD. The variety of digital devices available7. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a consequence of the digital divide?A. Limited access to educationB. Reduced opportunities for innovationC. Inequality in social inclusionD. Impact on employment opportunities8. What is the primary concern regarding the digital divide mentioned in the passage?A. It is a technological issue.B. It is a social and economic issue.C. It hinders technological progress.D. It increases the cost of digital devices.9. The passage suggests that digital technology has had which of the following impacts?A. It has only positive effects.B. It has both positive and negative effects.C. It has led to a decline in traditional forms of communication.D. It has no impact on the way people work.10. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The benefits of digital technology.B. The challenges of the digital divide.C. The need for more digital devices.D. The importance of digital literacy.三、翻译(共50分)11. 将下列中文段落翻译成英文(25分):随着全球化的不断深入,跨文化交流变得越来越重要。

最新考研英语翻译模拟试题及答案解析

最新考研英语翻译模拟试题及答案解析

考研英语翻译模拟试题及答案解析(1)Any discussion of the American educational system would be less than complete if it did not mention the emphasis that many colleges and universities place upon the nonacademic, social,“extracurricular”aspect of education, often defined as personal growth. Perhaps a useful way of viewing the notion of personal growth would be to picture the very large and general term“education” as being all-embracing, including as subsets within it academic and nonacademic components.This may be one of the most difficult concepts to convey to someone who is not intimately familiar with American higher education. Few educational systems in other countries place the same emphasis on this blend of academic and personal education. The majority of colleges and universities in the United States make some attempt to integrate personal and intellectual growth in the undergraduate years. (2) If the ultimate goal of undergraduate education in America were simply to convey a set body of knowledge, the term of studies could undoubtedly be reduced. Yet the terms of studies are extended in order to give students a chance to grow and develop in other ways.Numerous opportunities are made available to students to become involved in sports, student government, musical and dramatic organizations, and countless other organized and individual activities designed to enhance one’s personal growth and provide some recreationand enjoyment outside of the classroom. (3)Experience with campus organizations and off-campus community involvement can be highly valuable in preparing international students for future leadership in their professional field upon their return home.The typical American college’s support for extracurricular activity is perhaps unique in the world, This special educational dimension, beyond the classroom and laboratory experience, does not mean that extracurricular participation is required to gain an American degree. It remains an entirely optional activity, but (4)it is noted here because Americans have traditionally viewed success in one’s role as a citizen as closely linked to a “well-rounded”life that incorporates a variety of social, athletic, and cultural activities into a person’s experience.A great many American campuses and communities have organized special extracurricular activities for students from other countries. (5) On most campuses, one can find an international club, which includes Americans, where students can get to know and learn socially from students from other countries, as well as Americans. International students are almost always invited, through organized hospitality activities, into the homes of Americans living in or outside the academic community.答案1.如果对美国教育体系的讨论未能涉及许多学院及大学教育中非学术性的、社会的及“课程外”的方面,即其对个性成长的重视,那么这种讨论就不全面。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷6(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1. Proofreading 2. Diction 3. Reading Comprehension 4. WritingProofreadingIn its more extreme forms persecution mania is a recognized form of insanity. Some people imagine that others wish to kill them, or imprison them, or to do them some other grave injury. Often the wish to protect themselves from imaginary persecutors(1)______ leads them into acts of violence which make it necessary to restrain their liberty. This, like many other forms of insanity, is only an exaggeration of tendency not at all uncommon among (2)______ people who count as normal. I do not propose to discuss the extreme forms, that are a matter for a psychiatrist.(3)______ It is the milder forms that I wish to consider, since they(4)______ are a very frequent cause of unhappiness, and because, not having gone much far as to produce definite insanity, they(5)______ are still capable of being dealt by the patient himself,(6)______ provided he can be induced to diagnose his trouble right and to see that its origin lies within himself and(7)______ not in the supposed hostility and unkindness of others.(8)______ We are all familiar with the type of person, man or woman, who, according to his own account, is perpetually the victim of ingratitude, unkindness, and treachery. People of such kind(9)______ are often extraordinarily plausible, and secure warm sympathy from those who have not known them long. There is, as a rule, nothing inherently improbable about every separate(10)______ story that they relate.1.正确答案:imaginary→imagined解析:在被迫害妄想症患者眼里,迫害者是真实存在的,imaginary虚构的,不真实的,语意不确切。

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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(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.keep up with
B.give away with
C.go back on
D.lose sight of
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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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翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(英译汉)模拟试卷一

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(英译汉)模拟试卷一

英语翻译基础(英汉互译)模拟试卷一1.In these times when market forces appear increasingly complicated and more volatile, it is all the more important to understand the professional jargon and terminology in the market place in order to be able to better make our investment and business decisions. Understanding key-economic indicators will assist in the decision making process, providing a snapshot of the current situation and an insight into the future.Each economic indicator tells us something about the economy or inflation. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is probably the most important report as it is the whole framework where other economic indicators fall under. Using the textbook formula where Gross National Product = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Exports - Imports, some of the indicators will fall into the above-mentioned category e. g. retail sales figures will fall under consumption, construction spending under investment, to name a few.There are also indicators that are broader that tell us about the economy itself rather than the component, e. g. employment figures, leading indicators, money supply figures ( M3 ). Inflation figures, Produce Price Index ( PPI) and the Consumer Price Index ( CPI) will, in short, inform us of the changes in wholesale prices, cost of consumer ( retail) goods and services respectively.An indicator that is useful must be accurate, timely and reliable. It depends entirely on the integrity of the national statistical system responsible. It is vital to know the accurate components of an indicator. We have to be mindful of the limitation of these statistical figures too.Some indicators can be historic or extremely volatile, and therefore their value are reduced. It is better to compare the most recent data with earlier months, or take a moving average for the past 3, 6 or 12 months to smooth the data. It will tell us if there has been a significant change in trend and whether a new direction is under way.标准答案在目前这种时期,市场越来越变幻莫测、动荡不定,要做出明智的商业投资决策,理解市场相关的专业术语变得尤为重要。

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(英译汉)模拟试卷四

翻译硕士(MTI)英语翻译基础(英译汉)模拟试卷四

英语翻译基础(英汉互译)模拟试卷四1.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.China' s trading partners do have legitimate grievances, but it would be irresponsible and inaccurate for American politicians to pin the United States' economic sluggishness on scheming culprits in Beijing. Traveling in Asia in October, Treasury Secretary John Snow heeded political pressures back home in exhorting Chinese leaders to let the market price their currency. This is a desirable outcome in the long run, but a raft of immediate caveats come to mind.China' s financial system remains fragile, and sudden currency volatility could lead to a banking crisis that could sell disaster for the world economy. Washington would do better to urge China' s leaders to focus on their lack of preparation to assume their proper role in the world' s financial order, rather than to demand any supposedly quick fix. Moreover, China' s refusal to devalue its currency in the aftermath of the late 1990' s crises in East Asia—much appreciated by its neighbors and Washington at a time when the yuan seemed overvalued—adds credence to Beijing' s insistence that it prizes stability when it comes to exchange rates, not short-term advantage. With most economists concerned that China' s robust growth could fuel inflation and a speculative bubble, there are valid reasons for Beijing to fear a surging currency.标准答案目前美国的失业率居高不下,而总统选举即将到来。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. WritingV ocabulary1.Carbon monoxide, funned by the incomplete combustion of some carbonaceous material, has been a______to humans since the domestication of fire.A.hazardB.disputeC.docileD.boost正确答案:A解析:句意:由一些含碳材料的不充分燃烧产生的一氧化物,自从人类学会使用火以来对人类就是一个危险。

hazard危险,有危险的事物。

dispute争论,争吵。

docile驯良的,温顺的。

boost推进。

2.The house by the sea had a mysterious air of______about it.A.melancholyB.serenityC.seriosoD.retroject正确答案:B解析:句意:临海的这座房子有着一种神秘的平静气息。

serenity平静。

melancholy忧郁。

serious庄严的,严肃的。

retroject向后抛,抛回。

3.There is only time to______the plan and we will discuss it in detail next week.A.decryB.eliminateC.expoundD.adumbrate正确答案:D解析:句意:现在我们只能大概描绘一下计划轮廓,下周再讨论细节问题。

adumbrate略微地或概括地暗示。

decry诋毁以贬低其价值。

eliminate消除,除去。

expound详细说明,解释。

4.Catherine’s mother was______ill last summer, but fortunately, she was making a slow but teady recovery after an operation was done on her lung.A.definitelyB.definitivelyC.criticallyD.fatally正确答案:C解析:critically危急地(尤指病人身体状况);批评地。

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。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷15(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷15(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷15(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Proofreading 4. WritingV ocabulary1.The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ______ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.A.everything exceptB.anything butC.no less thanD.nothing more than正确答案:B解析:本句表达的意思是“每一个观众总是会意识到自己只是广大观众中不知名、无关紧要的一员”。

nothing more than仅仅,只不过。

anything but决不。

2.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正确答案:C解析:need此处用作实义动词,结构为need to do。

选项B是虚拟语气结构,意为“本不需要参加,而实际上参加了”,与句意不符。

3.The fact that the management is trying to reach agreement ______ five separate unions has led to long negotiations.A.overB.uponC.inD.with正确答案:D解析:reach agreement with sb与某人达成协议。

2015年武汉大学英语翻译硕士MTI真题及答案解析

2015年武汉大学英语翻译硕士MTI真题及答案解析

2015年武汉大学英语翻译硕士MTI真题及答案解析(1/40)Vocabulary第1题His natural______ saved him from being spoilt by fame and success.A.honestyB.simplicityC.modestyD.morality下一题(2/40)Vocabulary第2题Patriotism was the army captain´s______when he spoke at our school assembly.A.themeB.theoremC.thesisD.theory上一题下一题(3/40)Vocabulary第3题A modern ship has its______in the hollowed log used by primitive peoples.A.protonB.patternC.predecessorD.prototype上一题下一题(4/40)Vocabulary第4题You should______the wheels of your bicycle to reduce the friction.belB.illustrateC.lubricateD.manipulate上一题下一题(5/40)Vocabulary第5题A person ought to conform the______of behaviour.A.patternsB.modelsC.modesD.norms上一题下一题(6/40)Vocabulary第6题Travel can be an excellent______to one´s education.plementpletionponentpetitor上一题下一题(7/40)Vocabulary第7题The______to the contract must be signed by two witnesses.A.assignmentB.attachmentC.assessmentD.alignment上一题下一题(8/40)Vocabulary第8题He accepted______for the damage done to the car.A.libertyB.liabilityC.licenseD.likelihood上一题下一题(9/40)Vocabulary第9题If the main power line fails, the hospital will use its______generator.A.residualB.subordinateC.obedientD.auxiliary上一题下一题(10/40)Vocabulary第10题The big searchlight______a spot a mile away.A.ignitesB.stimulatesC.illuminatesD.illustrates上一题下一题(11/40)Vocabulary第11题His newly published novel enjoys great______.A.attentionB.likelihoodC.popularityD.controversy上一题下一题(12/40)Vocabulary第12题The young mother looked at her sleeping baby with a(an)______smile.A.elegantB.earnestC.radiantD.radical上一题下一题(13/40)Vocabulary第13题Always tell your neighbours when you are going, as a______against burglary.A.safeguardB.hindranceC.sacrificeD.violation上一题下一题(14/40)Vocabulary第14题The plate dropped on the floor and______into little pieces.A.smashedB.crashedC.crackedD.crushed上一题下一题(15/40)Vocabulary第15题Having rooms in which to study will not______, we must also have the time to use them.A.sufficeB.satisfyC.quantifyD.rejoice上一题下一题(16/40)Vocabulary第16题Their______fault was a failure to recognize all the factors involved.A.infiniteB.inherentC.potentialD.sole上一题下一题(17/40)Vocabulary第17题Marilyn came back from her vacation with______arms and face.A.tanB.tameC.blackenedD.freshened上一题下一题(18/40)Vocabulary第18题The wagon trains had to______Indian territory to reach California.A.transferB.transverseC.traverseD.transport上一题下一题(19/40)Vocabulary第19题The propeller began to______, and the small plane started down the runway.A.rollB.whirlC.ventilateD.roar上一题下一题(20/40)Vocabulary第20题The government´s recent statement of the unemployment does not______with the facts.A.accordB.conformmenceD.consent上一题下一题(21/40)Vocabulary第21题They planned to______in the middle of the night, when the guards were asleep.A.go offB.run outC.break offD.break out上一题下一题(22/40)Vocabulary第22题It´s pretty windy. You´d better______your hat.A.add up toB.lend itself toC.hold on toD.stand up to上一题下一题(23/40)Vocabulary第23题She´s playing so well this year that people expect her to______all the big prizes again.A.carry onB.carry offC.carry outD.take off上一题下一题(24/40)Vocabulary第24题When he arrived, he found______the aged and the sick at home.A.nothing butB.none other thanC.none butD.no other than上一题下一题(25/40)Vocabulary第25题As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think______.A.have to be saidB.must sayC.ought to be saidD.need to say上一题下一题(26/40)Vocabulary第26题______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.A.Other things to be equalB.Were other things equalC.To be equal to other thingsD.Other things being equal上一题下一题(27/40)Vocabulary第27题I am sure he is up to the job______he would give his mind to it.A.in caseB.untilC.if onlyD.unless上一题下一题(28/40)Vocabulary第28题If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, ______would be getting sick.A.a lot of more usB.a lot more of usC.more a lot of usD.a lot of us more上一题下一题(29/40)Vocabulary第29题Our modern civilization must not be thought of as______in a short period of time.A.being createdB.to have been createdC.having been createdD.to be created上一题下一题(30/40)Vocabulary第30题Most of the people who______two world wars are strongly against arms race.A.have lived outB.have lived throughC.have lived onD.have lived with上一题下一题(31/40)Vocabulary第31题An Olympic Marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards, approximately______from Marathon to Athens.A.distanceB.is the distanceC.the distanceD.the distance is上一题下一题(32/40)Vocabulary第32题Scientists say it may be five or ten years______it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.A.sinceB.beforeC.afterD.when上一题下一题(33/40)Vocabulary第33题I walked too much yesterday and ______are still aching now.A.my leg´s musclesB.my muscles of legC.my leg musclesD.my muscles of the leg上一题下一题(34/40)Vocabulary第34题Sir Denis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection______to the nation.A.has leftB.is to leaveC.leavesD.is to be left上一题下一题(35/40)Vocabulary第35题Jean doesn´t want to work right away because she thinks that if she______a job she probably wouldn´t be able to see her friends very often.A.has to getB.were to getC.had gotD.could have got上一题下一题(36/40)Vocabulary第36题The world´s supplies of copper______.A.have been gradually being exhaustedB.has gradually exhaustedC.are gradually exhaustedD.are being gradually exhausted上一题下一题(37/40)Vocabulary第37题Hitler______in his room.mitted suicideB.got committed suicideC.was committed suicideD.was suicide上一题下一题(38/40)Vocabulary第38题Bill got up and made a motion that the meeting______.A.be adjournedB.should cancelC.be going to cancelD.is to adjourn上一题下一题(39/40)Vocabulary第39题It is no good______persuade me.A.for you to try toB.trying toC.of you toD.of you to try to上一题下一题(40/40)Vocabulary第40题The main trouble is______enough knowledge.A.their not havingB.them not havingC.theirs not havingD.for them to not have上一题下一题(41~50/共30题)Reading ComprehensionProofreadingBefore 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless thewoman´s health was threatened. In March of 1970, Jame Roe, asingle woman, instituted this federal action against the District attorney of the county. The original idea was that women who truly didnot want a baby should not have to have it. __41__Since pregnancy may be a blessed act when planned or wanted, __42__ forced pregnancy, like any forced bodily invasion, is anathema to American values and traditions. As legalized abortion has become an everyday part of American life, a different side to it has emerged out. __43__ Where women once were aborting because they did not want a child, the reasons being given now were becoming very different. __44__ Abortion has turned into something that women are being coerced from boyfriends/husbands unwilling to be fathers, out of fear __45__of the financial pressure, out of panic from losing their jobs, out ofpanic from having to quit the school, or becoming homeless, or out__46__ of fear of their parents kicking them out into the street.Abortion for these reasons can lead to problems which developwhen a woman is unable to get round her emotional responses resul- __47__ ting from the trauma of an abortion. There are women who abort anddo so completely of her own free will. These women have no regrets, __48__ no remorse, but are happy they had this choice available. But __49__a growing number of women are speaking up about how abortioneffected them adversely. __50__第41题第42题第43题第44题第45题第46题第47题第48题第49题第50题上一题下一题(51~55/共30题)Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionIn developing a model of cognition, we must recognize that perception of the external world does not always remain independent of motivation. While progress toward maturity is positively correlated with differentiation between motivation and cognition, tension will, even in the mature adult, militate towards a narrowing of the range of perception and in the lessening of the objectivity of perception.Cognition can be seen as the first step in the sequence of events leading from the external stimulus to the behavior of the individual. The child develops from belief that all things are an extension of its own body to the recognition that objects exist independent of his perception. He begins to demonstrate awareness of people and things which are removed from his sensory apparatus and initiates goal directed behaviors. He may, however, refuse to recognize the existence of barriers to the attainment of his goals, despite the fact that his cognition of these objects has been previously demonstrated.In the primitive being, goal-directed behavior can be very simply motivated. The presence of an attractive object will cause an infant to reach for it; its removal will result in the cessation of that action. Studies have shown no evidence of the infant´s frustration; rather, it appears that the infant ceases to desire the object when he cannot see it. Further indications are that the infant´s attention to the attractive object increases as a result of its not being in his grasp. In fact, if he holds a toy and another is presented, he is likely to drop the first in order to clutch the second. Often, once he has the one desired in his hands, he loses attention and turns to something else.In adult life, mere cognition can be similarly motivational, although the visible presence of the opportunity is not required as the instigator of response. The mature adult modifies his reaction by obtaining information, interpreting it, and examining consequences. He formulates a hypothesis and attempts to test it. He searches out implicit relationships, examines all factors, and differentiates among them. Just as the trained artist can separate the values of colour, composition, and technique , while taking in and evaluating the whole work, so, too, the mature person brings his cognitive learning strengths to bear in appraising a situation.Understanding that cognition is separate from action, his reactions are only minimally guided from conditioning, and take into consideration anticipatable events.The impact of the socialization process, particularly which of parental and social group ideology , may reduce cognitively directed behavior. The tension thus produced, as for instance the stress of fear, anger, or extreme emotion, will often be the overriding influence.The evolutionary process of development from body schema through to cognitive learning is similarly manifested in the process of language acquisition. Auditing and speaking develop first, reading and writing much later on. Not only is this evident in the development of the individualhuman being from infancy on, but also in the development of language for humankind.Every normal infant has the physiological equipment necessary to produce sound, but the child must first master their use for sucking, biting, and chewing before he can control his equipment for use in producing the sounds of language. The babble and chatter of the infant are precursors to intelligible vocal communication.From the earliest times, it is clear that language and human thought have been intimately connected. Sending or receiving messages, from primitive warnings of danger to explaining creative or reflective thinking, this aspect of cognitive development is also firmly linked to the needs and aspirations of society.第51题It can be inferred from this passage that the author would support the attitude towards art appreciation that______.A.a work of art should not be analyzedB.analysis of a work of art makes for greater understanding of itC.understanding the life of the artist helps us to understand his workD.all mature people can understand art equally well第52题The statement which is neither implied nor stated in this passage is______.A.The child is concerned only with his own bodyB.The child learns to act in a way that will serve his desiresC.The infant´s attention can be distracted from an object by simply concealing itD.The infant finds it difficult to focus attention on more than one object at a time第53题It may be inferred from the passage that the effects of society on learning may be______.A.to enhance the individual´s motivation to learn as quickly as possibleB.too deter learning by reason of anxiety about possible conflict with ideologyC.to bring man´s knowledge within the scope of allD.to keep all learning at the same stage of development第54题The passage implies that______.A.speech is acquired through direct teachingB.the infant should be taught not to babbleC.infants who do not chatter will never learn to speakD.infants are born with the ability to speak but the ability to do so depends upon development of physical functions through non-verbal activities第55题It would appear from the passage that it would be useful for the parent of the newborn to______.A.give the infant what he needs before he criesB.teach the infant how to speak as quickly as possibleC.model speech sounds and encourage the infant to produce themD.refuse the infant´s demands until he makes them clear上一题下一题(56~60/共30题)Reading ComprehensionIn a reaction against a too-rigid, overrefined classical curriculum, some educational philosophers have swung sharply to an espousal of "life experience" as the sole source of learning. Using their narrow interpretation of John Dewey´s theories as a base for support, they conclude that only through "doing" can learning take place. Spouting such phrases as, "Teach the child, not the subject. " they demand, without sensing its absurdity, and end to rigorous study as a means of opening the way to learning. While not all adherents to this approach would totally eliminate a study of great books, the influence of this philosophy has been felt in the public school curricula, as evidenced by the gradual subordination of great literature.What is the purpose of literature? Why read, if life alone is to be our teacher? James Joyce states that the artist reveals the human situation by recreating life out of life; Aristotle that art presents universal truths because its form is taken from nature. Thus, consciously or otherwise, the great writer reveals the human situation most tellingly, extending our understanding of ourselves and our world.We can soar with the writer to the heights of man´s aspirations, or plummet with him to tragic despair. The works of Steinbeck, Anderson, and Salinger; the poetry of Whitman, Sandburg, and Frost; the plays of Ibsen, Miller, and O´Neil: all present starkly realistic portrayals of life´s problems. Reality? Yes! But how much wider is the understanding we gain than that attained by viewing life through the keyhole of our single existence.Can we measure the richness gained by the young reader venturing down the Mississippi with Tom and Huck, or cheering Ivanhoe as he battles the Black Knight; the deepening understanding of the mature reader of the tragic South of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, of the awesome determination-and frailty-of Patrick White´s Australian pioneers?This function of literature, the enlarging of our own life sphere, is of itself of major importance. Additionally, however, it has been suggested that solutions of social problems may be suggested in the study of literature. The overweening ambitions of political leaders-and their sneering contempt for the law-did not appear for the first time in the writings of Bernstein and Woodward; the problems, and the consequent actions, of the guilt-ridden did not await the appearance of the bearded psychoanalyst of the twentieth century.Federal Judge Learned Hand has written, " I venture to believe that it is as important to a judge called upon to pass on a question of constitutional law, to have at least a bowing acquaintance with Thucydides, Gibbon, and Carlyle, with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Milton, with Montaigne and Rabelais, with Plato, Bacon, Hume, and Kant, as with the books which have been specifically written on the subject. For in such matters everything turns upon the spirit in which he approaches the questions before him. "But what of our dissenters? Can we overcome the disapproval of their " life experience classroom" theory of learning? We must start with the field of agreement-that education should serve to improve the individual and society. We must educate them to the understanding that the voice of human experience should stretch our human faculties, and opens us to learning. We must convince them-in their own personal language perhaps-of the " togetherness" of life and art; we must prove to them that far from being separate, literature is that part of life which illumines life.第56题According to the passage, the end goal of great literature is______.A.the recounting of dramatic and exciting stories, and the creation of charactersB.to create anew a synthesis of life that illumines the human conditionC.the teaching of morality and ethical behaviorD.to write about tragedy and despair第57题In the author´s opinion, as seen in this passage one outcome of the influence of the " life experience" adherents has been______.A.the gradual subordination of the study of great literature in the schoolsB.a narrowed interpretation of the theories of John DeweyC.a sharp swing over to "learning through doing"D.an end to rigorous study as a way of learning第58题As the author sees it, one of the most important gains from the study of great literature is______.A.enrichment of our understanding of the pastB.broadening of our approaches to social problemsC.that it gives us a bowing acquaintance with great figures of the pastD.that it provides us with vicarious experiences which provide a much broader experience than we can get from experiences of simply our own lives alone第59题The author´s purpose in this passage is to______.A.list those writers who make up the back bone of a great literature curriculumpare the young reader´s experience with literature to that of the mature readerC.advocate the adoption of the "life experience" approach to teachingD.plead for the retention of great literature as a fundamental part of the curriculum第60题The author´s reason for quoting Judge Hand is to______.A.call attention to the writing of Thucydides and CarlyleB.support the thesis of the author that literature broadens our understanding and stretches our facultiesC.point out that constitutional law is a part of the great literature of our pastD.show that everyone, including judges, enjoys reading上一题下一题(61~65/共30题)Reading ComprehensionIt has always been difficult for the philosopher or scientist to fit time into his view of the universe. Prior to Einsteinian physics, there was no truly adequate formulation of the relationship of time to the other forces in the universe, even though some empirical equations included time quantities. However, even the Einsteinian formulation is not perhaps totally adequate to the job of fitting time into the proper relationship with the other dimensions, as they are called, of space. The primary problem arises in relation to things which might be going faster than the speed of light, or have other strange properties.Examination of the Lorentz-Fitzgerald formulas yields the interesting speculation that if something did actually exceed the speed of light it would have its mass expressed as an imaginary number and would seem to be going backwards in time. The barrier to exceeding the speed of light is the apparent need to have an infinite quantity of mass moved at exactly thespeed of light. If this situation could be leaped over in a large quantum jump-which seems highly unlikely for masses that are large in normal circumstances-then the other side may be achievable.The idea of going backwards in time is derived from the existence of a time vector that is negative , although just what this might mean to our senses in the unlikely circumstance of our experiencing this state cannot be conjectured.There have been, in fact, some observations of particle chambers which have led some scientists to speculate that a particle called the tachyon may exist with the trans-light properties we have just discussed.The difficulties of imagining and coping with these potential implications of our mathematical models points out the importance of studying alternative methods of notation for advanced physics. Professor Zuckerkandl, in his book Sound and Symbol, hypothesizes that it might be better to express the relationships found in quantum mechanics through the use of a notation derived from musical notations. To oversimplify greatly, he argues that music has always given time a special relationship to other factors or parameters or dimensions. Therefore, it might be a more useful language in which to express the relationships in physics where time again has a special role to play, and cannot be treated as just another dimension.The point of this, or any other alternative to the current methods of describing basic physical processes, is that time does not appear-either by common experience or sophisticated scientific understanding-to be the same sort of dimension or parameter as physical dimensions, and is deserving of completely special treatment, in a system of notation designed to accomplish that goal.One approach would be to consider time to be a field effect governed by the application of energy to mass-that is to say, by the interaction of different forms of energy, if you wish to keep in mind the equivalence of mass and energy. The movement of any normal sort of mass is bound to produce a field effect that we call positive time. An imaginary mass would produce a negative time field effect. This is not at variance with Einstein´s theories, since the "faster" a given mass moves the more energy was applied to it and the greater would be the field effect. The time effects predicted by Einstein and confirmed by experience are, it seems, consonant with this concept.第61题The "sound" of Professor Zuckerkandl´s book title probably refers to ______.A.the music of the spheresB.music in the abstractC.musical notationD.the seemingly musical sounds produced by tachyons第62题The passage supports the inference that______.A.Einstein´s theory of relativity is wrongB.the Lorentz-Fitzgerald formulas contradict Einstein´s theoriesC.time travel is clearly possibleD.it is impossible to travel at precisely the speed of light第63题The tone of the passage is______.A.critical but hopefulB.hopeful but suspiciousC.suspicious but speculativeD.speculative but hopeful第64题The central idea of the passage can be best described as being which of the following?A.Anomalies in theoretical physics notation permit intriguing hypotheses and indicate the need for refined notation of the time dimension.B.New observations require the development of new theories and new methods of describing the new theories.C.Einsteinian physics can be much improved on in its treatment of tachyons.D.Zuckerkandl´s theories of tachyon formation are preferable to Einstein´s.第65题According to the author, it is too soon to______.A.call Beethoven a physicistB.adopt proposals such as Zuckerkandl´sC.plan for time travelD.study particle chambers for tachyon traces上一题下一题(66~70/共30题)Reading ComprehensionTwice as many girls as boys are being born in some Arctic villages because of high levels of man-made chemicals in the blood of pregnant women, according to scientists from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme(Amap).The scientists, who say the findings could explain the recent excess of girl babies across much of the northern hemisphere, are widening their investigation across the most acutely affected communities in Russia, Greenland and Canada to try to discover the size of the imbalance in Inuit communities of the far north.In the communities of Greenland and eastern Russia monitored so far, the ratio was found to be two girls to one boy. In one village in Greenland only girls have been born.The scientists measured the man-made chemicals in women´s blood that mimic human hormones and concluded that they were capable of triggering changes in the sex of unborn children in the first three weeks of gestation. The chemicals are carried in the mother´s bloodstream through the placenta to the foetus, switching hormones to create girl children.Lars-Otto Reierson, executive secretary for Amap, said: " We knew that the levels of man-made chemicals were accumulating in the food chain, and that seals, whales and particularly polar bears were getting a dose a million times higher than that existing in plankton, and that this could be toxic to humans who ate these higher animals. What was shocking was that they were also able to change the sex of children before birth.The sex balance of the human race-historically a slight excess of boys over girls-has recently begun to change. A paper published in the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences earlier this year said that in Japan and the US there were 250,000 boys fewer than would have been expected had the sex ratio existing in 1970 remained unchanged. The paper was unable to pin down a cause for the new excess of girls over boys.The Arctic scientists have discovered that many of the babies born in Russia are premature and the boys are far smaller than girls. Possible links between the pollutants and high infantmortality in the first year of life is also being investigated.Scientists believe a number of man-made chemicals used in electrical equipment from generators, televisions and computers that mimic human hormones are implicated. They are carried by winds and rivers to the Arctic where they accumulate in the food chain and in the bloodstreams of the largely meat-and fish-eating Inuit communities.The first results of the survey were disclosed at a symposium of religious, scientific and environmental leaders in Greenland´s capital, Nuuk, yesterday, organized by the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Bartholomew I, which is looking at the effects of environmental pollution on the Arctic.Dr Reierson said the accumulation of DDT, PCBs, flame-retardants and other endocrine disrupters has been known for some time and young women had been advised to avoid eating some Arctic animals to avoid excess contamination and possible damage to their unborn children. Dr Reierson said blood samples from pregnant women were subsequently matched with the sex of their baby. Women with elevated levels of PCBs in their blood above two to four micrograms per litre and upwards were checked in three northern peninsula´s in Russia´s far east-the Kola, Taimyr and Chukotka-plus the Pechora River Basin.To check the results the survey was widened and further communities, including those on Commodore Island, were investigated. The results were now in for 480 families and the ratio remained the same.He said full results for the widening of the survey would not be published until next year but preliminary results for Greenland showed the same 2:1 ratio in the north.Aqqaluk Lynge, the former chairman of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference who hails from Greenland, said: "This is a disaster, especially for some 1 ,500 people who make up the Inuit nations in the far north east of Russia." Here in the north of Greenland, in the villages near the Thule American base, only girl babies are being born to Inuit families." The problem is acute in the north and east of Greenland where people still have the traditional diet."This has become a critical question of people´s survival but few governments want to talk a-bout the problem of hormone mimickers because it means thinking about the chemicals you use. "I think they need to be tested much more stringendy before they are allowed on the market. "第66题Why are their more girls than boys born in some Arctic villages?____第67题How did man-made chemicals in women´s blood affect the sex of the unborn children?____第68题What is the case in Japan and the US had the sex ratio existing in 1970 remained unchanged?____第69题How did scientists believe that a number of man-made chemicals used in electrical equipment get to the Arctic?____第70题When is the full result for the widening of the survey expected to be published?____。

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(7)

英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(7)
A.frivolous
B.effervescent
C.vicissitude
D.ephemeral
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Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural ______ doing so.
A.disregarded
B.infringed
C.suspended
D.stamped
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The ______ of social security benefits often feel that they are contributing more than they in fact receive in terms of medical care, pensions, etc.
A.temperature
B.temperament
C.temptation
D.temperance
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______ ghost exists in the world. That´s your illusion.
A.No such a thing as
A.conforming
forting
C.contriving
D.converging
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The man went to prison, but the two boys ______ with a warning.

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)
C.be praised
D.to have been praised
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______an answer, they decided to send an express telegram to them.
A.Received not
B.Having received not
A.enhanced
B.impeded
C.refuted
D.superseded
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Perhaps we should think in terms of raising interest rates______them, in consideration of the new reports about inflation reported last June.
A.disregarded
B.infringed
C.suspended
D.stamped
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The______of social security benefits often feel that they are contributing more than they in fact receive in terms of medical care, pensions, etc
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(1/30)Vocabulary
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She had a strong______to give a talk about her experiences, because she didn´ t like the limelight.

考研英语翻译模拟题及答案

考研英语翻译模拟题及答案

英语翻译模拟题及答案考研英语中翻译也占有相当一部分的比例,其实,不要忽略翻译题,这个也是你超越别人的一个点。

模拟一:Gandhi’s pacifism can be separated to some extent from his other teachings. (1)(Its motive was religious, but he claimed also for it that it was a definitive technique, a method, capable of producing desired political results. Gandhi’s attitude was not that of most Western pacifists. Satyagraha,) (2(the method Gandhi proposed and practiced, first evolved in South Africa, was a sort of non-violent warfare, a way of defeating the enemy without hurting him and without feeling or arousing hatred.) It entailed such things as civil disobedience, strikes, lying down in front of railway trains, enduring police charges without running away and without hitting back, and the like. Gandhi objected to “passiveresistance” as a translation of Satyagraha: in Gujarati,it seems, the word means “firmness in the truth”. (3(In his early days Gandhi served as a stretcher-bearer on the British side in the Boer War, and he was prepared to do the same again in the war of 1914-1918.) Even after he had completely abjured violence he was honest enough to see that in war it is usually necessary to take sides. Since his whole political life centred round a struggle for national independence, he could not and, (4)(indeed, he did not take the sterile and dishonest line of pretending that in every war both sides are exactly the same and it makes no difference who wins.) Nor did he, like most Western pacifists, specialize in avoiding awkward questions. In relation to the late war, one question that every pacifist had a clear obligation to an swer was: “What about the Jews? Are you prepared to see them exterminated? If not, how do you propose to save them without resorting towar?” (5)(I must say that I have never heard, from any Western pacifist, an honest answer to this question, though I have heard plenty of evasions, usually of the “you’re another” type.) But it so happens that Gandhi was asked a somewhat similar question in 1938 and that his answer is on record in Mr. Louis Fischer’s Gandhi and Stalin. According to Mr. Fischer, Gandhi’s view was that the German Jews ought to commit collective suicide, which “would have aroused the world and the people of Germany to Hitler’s violence.” 总体分析:本文是一篇介绍甘地的和平主义的文章。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷19(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷19(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷19(题后含答案及解析) 题型有:1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. WritingV ocabulary1.She had a strong______to give a talk about her experiences, because she didn’ t like the limelight.A.disinclinationB.dissolutionC.dissidenceD.dissension正确答案:A解析:句意:她极不愿意谈论她的个人经历,因为她不爱出风头。

disinclination 不愿,厌恶。

have a disinclination to do sth不愿做某事。

dissolution溶解,结束。

dissidence不一致,异议。

dissension意见分歧。

2.The eye tends to see distance as______. In painting, this is sometimes called “ the vanishing point”.A.conformingB.comfortingC.contrivingD.converging正确答案:D解析:句意:用眼睛看远距离的东西时,它们会合为一点,在绘画中我们称之为“消失点”converge会聚,集中。

conform符合。

comfort安慰。

contrive设计。

3.The man went to prison, but the two boys with a warning.A.took offB.got offC.kept offD.set off正确答案:B解析:句意:这个男人进了监狱,但这两个男孩只受到警告,逃脱了惩罚。

take off模仿。

get off(做坏事后)逃脱惩罚。

keep off远离。

set off出发。

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A.luminous
B.luculent
C.lubricant
D.ludicrous
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Neon light is utilized in airport because it can permeate fog.
A.pass through
B.transmit
A.did not need attending
B.needn´t have attended
C.did not need to attend
D.needn´t attend
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The fact that the management is trying to reach agreement ______ five separate unions has led to long negotiations.
A.conductive
B.constructive
C.conciliate
D.conducive
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In the next few weeks consumer spending will increase by 7% in America, ______ with last year, according to a consumer survey by Deloitte, a consultancy.
paring
pared
C.to compare
D.having compared
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You had the ______ situation in which Luxembourg had more listed public bathing beaches than the whole of the United Kingdom.
C.as much as
D.as long as
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He sat there for many days in meditation, opening himself up to the truth
A.solace
B.boredom
C.silence
D.contemplation
A.everything except
B.anything but
C.no less than
D.nothing more than
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We did hold a meeting yesterday, but you ______, so we did not inform you.
A.over
B.upon
C.in
D.with
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If you don´t eat enough fruit and vegetables, you may suffer from a vitamin ______.
A.shortage
B.insufficiency
C.deficiency
D.defect
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The story is about a kindly, generous, cheerful ______ who loves and is loved by everyone.
A.misanthrope
B.wanderer
C.emotional
D.emphatic
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The fragrances of many natural substances come from oils, ______ these oils may be used in manufacturing perfumes.
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The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ______ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
C.suspend
D.break up
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She answered with an ______ "No" to the request that she attend the public hearing.
A.eloquent
B.effective
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It is very plain that such a life as this is far more ______ to health than that of the man who can afford little leisure for necessary rest in the course of the day.
D.specific
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Confucianism has evolved into a culture of rationalistic traditionalism, a combination of traditional ______ and group virtues with a pragmatism shaped by the conditions of a new competitive environment.
C.entertainer
D.hater
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Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ______ to the professor.
A.as far as
B.the same as
A.of
B.whether
C.from
D.and
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Many scientists remain ______ about the value of this research program.
A.sceptical
B.stationary
C.spacious
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