中南大学硕士英语课后翻译题目2013
2013年中南大学翻译硕士考研真题及答案解析

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东南大学(原题)英语翻译基础共150分一、英译汉(80%)【育明教育注释】大约490词 都不难 没什么生单词Israelis and Palestinians blu-ray copy were closely watching next month's US midterm race amid a sense ― rarely discussed openly but very much on people's minds ― that the result could affect the US -led peace effort,App Makers Take Interest in Android, and US President Barack Obama's ability to coax concessions from Israel.Animating the discussion is the startling fact that the United States has failed,Your SF Giants: Knuckleheads who win, despite emphatic public appeals by Obama and weeks of increasingly frustrating diplomacy, to persuade Israel to extend the settlement-building slowdown that expired on September 26.he Palestinians are now hoping that Obama has reacted mildly to Israel's rejection because of political considerations ahead of the November 2 vote ― and might be freer to apply pressure after the elections. "We think that if President Obama emerges strong from this election, then this will enable him to work more on foreign policy," Palestinian Authority negotiator Nabil Sha'ath told The Associated Press. "If he and his party lose in the elections,video converter, then this will limit his ability to pressure and actively engage in foreign policy. This is the problem."Although Israeli officials avoid discussing the topic publicly for fear of alienating its most important ally, there is a foreboding sense in Israel t hat punishment is on the way ― especially if Obama emerges unscathed.。
2013年考研英语(二)真题校对版及全文翻译

2013 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语(二)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically. 1 a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions have been 2 for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon "revolutionize the very 3 of money itself," only to 4 itself several years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so 5 in coming?Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work 6 the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very 7 to set up the computer, card reader, and telecornmunications networks necessary to make electronic money the 8 form of payment Second, paper checks have the advantage that they 9 receipts, something thai many consumers are unwilling to 10 . Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float" - it takes several days 11 a check is cashed and funds are 12 from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can cam interest on the funds in the meantime. 13 electronic payments arc immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth, electronic means of payment may 14 security and privacy concerns.We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information 15 there. The fact that this is not an 16 occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and 17 from someone else's accounts. The 18 of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to 19 security issues. A further concern is that the use of e lectronic means of payment leaves an electronic 20 that contains a large amount of personal data. There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.1. [A] However [B] Moreover [C] Therefore [D] Otherwise2. [A] off [B] back [C] over [D] around3. [A] power [B] concept [C] history [D] role4. [A] reward [B] resist [C] resume [D] reverse5. [A] silent [B] sudden [C] slow [D] steady6. [A] for [B] against [C] with [D] on7. [A] imaginative [B] expensive [C] sensitive [D] productive8. [A] similar [B] original [C] temporary [D] dominant9. [A] collect [B] copy [C] provide [D] print10. [A] give up [B] take over [C] bring back [D] pass down11. [A] before [B] after [C] since [D] when12. [A] kept [B] borrowed [C] released [D] withdrawn13. [A] Unless [B] Because [C] Until [D] Though14. [A] hide [B] express [C] ease [D] raise15. [A] analyzed [B] shared [C] stored [D]displayed16. [A] unsafe [B] unnatural [C] unclear [D] uncommon17. [A] steal [B] choose [C] benefit [D] return18. [A] consideration [B] prevention [C] manipulation [D] justification19. [A] call for [B] fight against [C] adapt to [D] cope with20. [A] chunk [B] chip [C] trail [D] pathSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In an essay entitled “Making It in America”, the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill only two employees today,” a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.”Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign worker.In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job,could earn an average lifestyle ,But ,today ,average is officially over. Being average just won’t earn you what it used to. It can’t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics, cheap software,cheap automation and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.Yes, ne w technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there’s been an acceleration. As Davidson notes,” In the 10 years ending in 2009, [U.S.] factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs-about 6 million in total -disappeared.There will always be changed-new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to support employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to poet-high school education.21. The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_______[A] the impact of technological advances[B] the alleviation of job pressure[C] the shrinkage of textile mills[D] the decline of middle-class incomes22. According to Paragraph 3, to be a successful employee, one has to______[A] adopt an average lifestyle[B] work on cheap software[C] ask for a moderate salary[D] contribute something unique23. The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that ______[A] gains of technology have been erased[B] job opportunities are disappearing at a high speed[C] factories are making much less money than before[D] new jobs and services have been offered24. According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is_____[A] to accelerate the I.T. revolution[B] to advance economic globalization[C] to ensure more education for people[D] to pass more bills in the 21st century25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?[A] Technology Goes Cheap[B] New Law Takes Effect[C] Recession Is Bad[D] Average Is OverText 2A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and 7millin people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “Uccelli di passaggio ,” birds of passage.Today, we are much more rigid about immigrants. We divide newcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the making, or our broken immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it. We don’t need more categories, but we need to change the way we think about categories. We need to look beyond strict definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, those living and thriving in the gray areas. We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges.Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers, entrepreneurs, engineers, homehealth-care aides and physicists are among today’s birds of passage. They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of work, money and ideas .They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them , They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here and there and that they can belong to two nations honorably.Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle .Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes. Including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system.26 “Birds of passage” refers to those who____[A] stay in a foreign temporarily.[B] leave their home countries for good.[C] immigrate across the Atlantic.[D] find permanent jobs overseas.27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration system in the US____[A] needs new immigrant categories.[B] has loosened control over immigrants.[C] should be adopted to meet challenges.[D] has been fixed via political means.[A] financial incentives.[B] a global recognition.[C] the freedom to stay and leave.[D] opportunities to get regular jobs.[A] as faithful partners.[B] with regal tolerance.[C] with economic favors.[D] as mighty rivals.[A] come and go: big mistake.[B] living and thriving : great risk.[C] with or without : great risk.[D] legal or illegal: big mistake.Text 3Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react, we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick, hard-wired responses.Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms; if we are judging whether someone is dangerous, our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly, within milliseconds. But we need more time to assess other factors. To accurately tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably five. It takes a while to judge complex aspects of personality, like neuroticism or open-mindedness.But snap decisions in reaction to rapi d stimuli aren’t exclusive to the interpersonal realm. Psychologists at the University of Toronto found that viewing a fast-food logo for just a few milliseconds primes us to read 20 percent faster, even though reading has little to do with eating. We unconsciously associate fast food with speed and impatience and carry those impulses into whatever else we’re doing,Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.Yet we can reverse such influences. If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment before buying. If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants, we can help screeners understand their biases-or hire outside screeners.John Gottman, the marriage expert, explains that we quickly “thin slice” information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in “thick sliced” long-term study. When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together, he invites them to his island retreat for a muck longer evaluation; two days, not two seconds.Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: doge can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes. But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term. Although technology might change the way we react, it ha sn’t changed our nature. We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above temptation and reverse the high-speed trend.31. The time needed in making decisions may____.[A] predetermine the accuracy of our judgment[B] prove the complexity of our brain reaction[C] depend on the importance of the assessment[D] vary according to the urgency of the situation32. Our reaction to a fast-food logo shows that snao decisions____.[A] can be associative[B] are not unconscious[C] can be dangerous[D] are not impulsive33. To reverse the negative influences of snap decisions, we should____.[A] trust our first impression[B] think before we act[C] do as people usually do[D] ask for expert advice34. John Gottman says that reliable snap reaction are based on____.[A] critical assessment[B]‘thin sliced’study[C] adequate information[D] sensible explanation35. The author’s attitude toward reversing the high-speed trend is____.[A] tolerant[B] optimistic[C] uncertain[D] doubtfulText 4Europe is not a gender-equality heaven. In particular, the corporate workplace will never be completely family—friendly until women are part of senior management decisions, and Europe's top corporate-governance positions remain overwhelmingly male .indeed, women hold only 14 percent of positions on Europe corporate boards.The Europe Union is now considering legislation to compel corporate boards to maintain a certain proportion of women-up to 60 percent. This proposed mandate was born of frustration. Last year, Europe Commission Vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action. Reding invited corporations to sign up for gender balance goal of 40 percent female board membership. But her appeal was considereda failure: only 24 companies took it up.Do we need quotas to ensure that women can continue to climb the corporate Ladder fairy as they balance work and family?“Personally, I don’t like quotas,” Reding said recently. “But i like what the q uotas do.” Quotas get action: they “open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling,” according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.I unders tand Reding’s reluctance-and her frustration. I don’t like quotas either; they run counter to my belief in meritocracy, government by the capable. Bur, when one considers the obstacles to achieving the meritocratic ideal, it does look as if a fairer world must be temporarily ordered.After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much “soft pressure ” is put upon them. When w omen do break through to the summit of corporate power--as, for example, Sheryl Sandberg recently did at Facebook—they attract massive attention precisely because they remain the exception to the rule.If appropriate pubic policies were in place to help all women---whether CEOs or their children’s caregivers--and all families, Sandberg would be no more newsworthy than any other highly capable person living in a more just society.36. In the European corporate workplace, generally_____.[A] women take the lead[B] men have the final say[C] corporate governance is overwhelmed[D] senior management is family-friendly37. The European Union’s intended legislation is ________.[A] a reflection of gender balance[B] a response to Reding’s c all[C] a reluctant choice[D] a voluntary action38. According to Reding, quotas may help women ______.[A] get top business positions[B] see through the glass ceiling[C] balance work and family[D] anticipate legal results39. The auth or’s attitude toward Reding’s appeal is one of _________.[A] skepticism[B] objectiveness[C] indifference[D] approval40. Women entering top management become headlines due to the lack of ______.[A] more social justice[B] massive media attention[C] suitable public policies[D] greater “soft pressure”Part BDirections:You are going to read a list of headings and a text. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each numbered paragraph (41-45).Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)[A] Shopkeepers are your friends[B] Remember to treat yourself[C] Stick to what you need[D] Live like a peasant[E] Balance your diet[F] Planning is everything[G] Waste not, want notThe hugely popular blog the Skint Foodie chronicles how Tony balances his love of good food with living on benefits. After bills, Tony has ?60 a week to spend, ?40 of which goes on food, but 10 years ago he was earning ?130,000 a I year working in corporate communications and eating at London's betft restaurants'" at least twice a week. Then his marriage failed, his career burned out and his drinking became serious. "The community mental health team saved my life. And I felt like that again, to a certain degree, when people responded to the blog so well. It gave me the validation and confidence that I'd lost. But it's still a day-by-day thing." Now he's living in a council flat and fielding offers from literary agents. He's feeling positive, but he'll carry on blogging - not about eating as cheaply as you can - "there are so many people in a much worse state, with barely any money to spend on food" - but eating well on a budget. Here's his advice for economical foodies.41._____________________Impulsive spending isn't an option, so plan your week's menu in advance, making shopping lists for your ingredients in their exact quantities. I have an Excel template for a week of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Stop laughing: it's not just cost effective but helps you balance your diet. It's also a good idea to shop daily instead of weekly, because, being-human, you'll sometimes change your mind about what you fancy.42_______________________This is where supermarkets and thci; anonymity come in handy. With them, there's not the same embarrassment as when buying one carrot in a little greengrocer. And if you plan properly, you'll know that you only need, say, 350g of shin of beef and six rashers of bacon, not whatever weight is pre-packed in the supermarketchiller.43______________________You may proudly claim to only have frozen peas in the freezer - that's not good enough. Mine is filled with leftovers, bread, stock, meat and fish. Planning ahead should eliminate wastage, but if you have surplus vegetables you'll do a vegetable soup, and all fruits threatening to "go off' will be cooked or juiced.44________________________Everyone says this, but it really is a top tip for frugal eaters. Shop at butchers, delis and fish-sellers regularly, even for small things, and be super friendly. Soon you'll feel comfortable asking if they've any knuckles of ham for soups and stews, or beef bones, chicken carcasses and fish heads for stock which, more often than not, Theyil let you have for free.45__________________You won't be eating out a lot, but save your pennies and once every few months treat yourself to a set lunch at a good restaurant - ?1.75 a week for three months gives you ?21 - more than" enough for a three-course lunch at Michelin-starred Arbutus. It's ?16.95 there - or ?12.99 for a large pizza from Domino's: I know which I'd rather eat.Section III TranslationDirections:Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)I can pick a date from the past 53 years and know instantly where I was , what happened in the news and even the day of the week. I’ve been able to do this since I was four.I never feel overwhelmed with the amount of information my brain absorbs my mind seems to be able to cope and the information is stored away neatly. When I think of a sad memory, I do what everyone does- try to put it to one side. I don’t think it’sharder for me just because my memory is clearer. Powerful memory doesn’t make my emotions any more acute or vivid. I can recall the day my grandfather died and the sadness I felt when we went to the hospital the day before. I also remember that the musical paly Ham opened on the Broadway on the same day- they both just pop into my mind in the same way.47 .Writingsuppose your class is to hold a charity sale for kids in need of help. write your classmates an email to1) inform them about the details and2)encourage them to participate 100 words use Liming. Don't write your address.48 Write an essay based on the following chart in your writing, you should(1)interpret the chart ,and(2)give your commentsYou should write about 150 words.2013 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语(二)答案1.【答案】A However【解析】空前作者讲到“鉴于电子货币的优势,你也许会认为,我们将快速步入非现金社会,实现完全电子支付。
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目 录2010年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2011年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2012年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2013年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解2010年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解Test of English for MTI CandidatesPart I Diction(15%)Directions: Choose the ONE word or phrase which would best keep the meaning of the underlined part in each of the following. You should write your choices on the Answer Sheet.1.Is vanity one of the seven deadly sins?A. foolishnessB. sanityC. prideD. selfishness【答案】C【解析】句意:虚荣心是七宗罪之一吗?vanity虚荣心。
pride骄傲;自尊心。
二者意思相近,可相互替换。
foolishness愚蠢。
sanity明智,头脑清楚。
selfishness自私。
因此,本题的正确答案为C。
2.The child was uncomfortable under the scrutiny of his grandfather.A. examinationB. weightC. gazeD. attention【答案】A【解析】句意:那个小孩在感到不舒服。
题目中划线词scrutiny意为“监视”。
examination考试;检查,在这里引申为“监察”的意思。
weight压力。
gaze盯。
attention关心,注意。
3.Professor Bright likes to ramble during her lectures.A. mumbleB. ruminateC. wonderD. wander【答案】D【解析】句意:布莱特教授喜欢在她的课堂上走来走去。
2013年考研英语真题答案及解析

【答案】D
【考点】句间逻辑关系+固定结构
【解析】根据句内的逻辑关系,在对待犯罪行为方面害怕表现出太软弱,在……方面,关于……的表达应该用
介词 on,故答案为 D。
7. [A] if 如果
[B] until 直到
[C] though 尽管
[D] unless 除非
【答案】A
【考点】上下文语义衔接+固定短语
请者的____不应该取决于同一天随机选到的其他几名申请者。接着下文讲到面试官面试 MBA 申请者的结果
results,因此第 9 题应该也有结果的意思,与下文结合是达到正面的结果,因此答案是即“申请者的成功”。其
它选项带入原文重叠答案,与原义不符合。
10.[A] found 找到的 [B] studied 研究过的
【答案】D
【考点】上下文语义衔接+短语辨析
【解析】通读后面的句子,提到了法官与被告,这明显是生活当中的一个具体的实例,故答案选 D。而 A 选项
above all“首先” 是用来列举条目;B 选项 on average “平均,通常”,出现的话,周围往往应该要出现数字。C 选
项 in principle“大体上,原则上”,后面需要出现的是总结性的话语,将 A,B,C 排除。
D 选项 deliver “传递”,同样不能与 ability 搭配。A, C, D 无论从搭配上还是意思上都不合适。A 选项 grant 本身
具有赋予,授予的意思。故答案选 A。
2.[A] minor 次要的
[B] external 外部的
[C] crucial 残酷的
[D] objective 客观的
六名被告执行缓刑,那么他很有可能将下一个人送入监狱。A 选项 fond of 喜欢,B 选项 fear of 惧怕,C 选项
2013年考研英语二真题全文翻译答案超详解析

2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)试题答案与解析Section I Use of English一、文章题材结构分析本文主要分析了无现金社会为何迟迟不来的原因。
第一段是文章的中心段落,指出真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来。
第二、三段从电子支付设备昂贵、纸质支票提供收据、使用纸质支票能获得浮存利息以及电子支付方式存在的安全隐私问题四个方面分析纸币系统得以继续存在的理由。
二、试题解析1.【答案】A (However)【解析】空前作者讲到“鉴于电子货币的优势,你也许会认为,我们将快速步入无现金社会,实现完全电子支付。
”而空后说“真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来”,两者之前出现了明显的转折关系,因此答案A。
B. moreover 表递进C.therefore 表结果D. Otherwise 表对比2.【答案】D (around)【解析】由空格所在句的“but”得知,句子前后是转折关系。
事实上,这样的预测已经二十年了,但迄今还没有实现。
A. off 停止; B. back 返回; C. over 结束,与后文均不构成转折,故答案选D. around 出现。
3.【答案】B (concept)【解析】空格所在的句子意思为例如, 1975 年《商业周刊》预测电子支付手段不久将“彻底改变货币本身的____”将四个选项带入,能够彻底改变的对象只能是金钱的概念(定义),而A“力量”,C“历史”,D “角色”,语义都不恰当,并且如果选择role 的话,应该是复数roles, 因为是金钱的作用不止一个,故答案选B。
4.【答案】D (reverse)【解析】空格填入的动词跟前面的动词revolutionize (变革)意思上应该是同义替换的,要选择含有变革,彻底改变意思的词汇,四个选项中A. reward 奖励B. 抵抗C. resume 重新开始,继续,都不合适,只有D 选项reverse“颠覆”最为贴切,本句译为“电子支付方式不久将改变货币的定义,并将在数年后颠覆货币本身。
2013年考研英语真题二全文翻译

2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)试题全文翻译Section I 全文翻译鉴于电子货币的优势,你也许会认为,我们将快速步入无现金社会,实现完全电子支付。
然而,真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来。
事实上,这样的预测已经出现二十年了,但迄今还没有实现。
例如, 1975 年《商业周刊》预测电子支付手段不久将“彻底改变货币本身的定义”,并将在数年后颠覆货币本身。
为何人们进入无现金社会的速度如此缓慢呢?尽管电子支付手段可能比纸币支付方式更加高效,然而以下几个方面解释了纸币系统“不会”消失的原因。
第一,使电子货币成为最主要的支付方式必须的设备包括电脑、读卡器和电信网络,而安装这些设备价格昂贵。
第二,纸质支票有提供收据这一优势,这是消费者不愿放弃的。
第三,使用纸质支票可以让开票人多几天让钱“悬浮”在帐户里,对方得花上几天才能凭支票取现,这也就是意味着开票方又多赚了几天利息钱。
而由于电子支票是即时的,因此也就没有这种优势。
第四,电子支付方式还有可能存在安全和隐私隐患。
我们曾多次听到媒体报道说某个非法黑客入侵了用户的数据库并且篡改了里面的信息。
这种情况时有发生,这也意味着别有用心之人可能侵入电子支付系统,盗取别人的银行帐号而盗款成功。
要防止这类诈骗并非易事,正在研发新的电脑科学领域来处理该类安全问题。
此外,人们对于电子支付方式的担忧在于进行电子交易之后所留下的包含个人信息的痕迹。
人们担心政府部门,雇员和市场营销人员会看到这些数据,侵犯个人隐私。
Section II Reading ComprehensionText1全文翻译亚当•戴维森《在美国制造》一文中提到南部种棉地区的一个笑话,内容涉及现代纺织厂自动化的程度:如今的普通工厂只有两个雇员,“一个人外加一条狗。
人是负责喂狗的,狗则是为了让人不要靠近机器的。
”目前,我们的失业率为何居高不下、中产阶级收入为何下降,其实也是由于全球化和信息技术革命的发展。
2013年中南大学翻译硕士考研真题,参考书目,招生人数,汉语写作与百科知识真题答案 (2)

2011年中南大学汉语写作与百科知识真题答案1 苏格拉底:公元前469—公元前399),著名的古希腊的思想家、哲学家,教育家,他和他的学生柏拉图,以及柏拉图的学生亚里士多德被并称为“古希腊三贤”,更被后人广泛认为是西方哲学的奠基者。
身为雅典的公民,据记载苏格拉底最后被雅典法庭以引进新的神和腐蚀雅典青年思想之罪名判处死刑。
尽管他曾获得逃亡雅典的机会,但苏格拉底仍选择饮下毒堇汁而死,因为他认为逃亡只会进一步破坏雅典法律的权威,同时也是因为担心他逃亡后雅典将再没有好的导师可以教育人们了。
2 庄子(约前369-前286),战国中期哲学家,庄氏,名周,字子休(一作子沐),汉族,宋国(今河南商丘)人。
做过宋国地方漆园吏。
庄子是我国先秦(战国)时期伟大的思想家、哲学家、和文学家。
原系楚国公族,楚庄王后裔,后因乱迁至宋国,是道家学说的主要创始人。
与道家始祖老子并称为“老庄”,他们的哲学思想体系,被思想学术界尊为“老庄哲学”,然文采更胜老子。
代表作《庄子》并被尊崇者演绎出多种版本,名篇有《逍遥游》、《齐物论》等,庄子主张“天人合一”和“清静无为”。
3 文艺复兴是指13世纪末在意大利各城市兴起,以后扩展到西欧各国,于16世纪在欧洲盛行的一场思想文化运动,带来一段科学与艺术革命时期,揭开了近代欧洲历史的序幕,被认为是中古时代和近代的分界。
马克思主义史学家认为是封建主义时代和资本主义时代的分界。
13世纪末期,在意大利商业发达的城市,新兴的资产阶级中的一些先进的知识分子借助研究古希腊、古罗马艺术文化,通过文艺创作,宣传人文精神。
4 儒家的一种主张,意思是“执两用中”,“中”不是中间的意思,不是在两个极端中间找到中间的那一个,而是找到最适合的那一个,中庸之意其实就是在处理问题时不要走极端,而是要找到处理问题最适合的方法。
5 马可·波罗,13世纪来自意大利的世界著名的旅行家和商人。
17岁时跟随父亲和叔叔,途经中东,历时四年多到达蒙古帝国。
2013年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解【圣才出品】

2013年中南大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解I. Vocabulary and grammar (30’)Multiple choiceDirections: Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.1. The _____ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.A. conventionB. confinementC. principleD. discipline【答案】D【解析】句意:军校里的纪律十分严格,许多学生都难以承受。
discipline纪律;训练。
convention惯例;习俗。
confinement限制;监禁。
principle原理,原则。
因此,本题的正确答案为D。
2. The test results are beyond _____; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.A. negotiationB. conflictC. bargainD. dispute【答案】D【解析】句意:测试的结果不容置疑,这些测试在全世界的实验室里不知重复了多少遍。
dispute争论;质疑。
beyond dispute 无疑地,没有争论余地。
negotiation谈判。
conflict 矛盾冲突。
bargain交易。
因此,本题的正确答案为D。
3. I was so _____ in today’s history lesson, I didn’t understand a thing.A. amazedB. neglectedC. confusedD. amused【答案】C【解析】句意:今天的历史课上我很困惑,我完全没有理解。
2013考研英语二真题翻译试题

2013考研英语二真题翻译试题+参考答案(及出处解析)46. I can pick a date from the past 53years and know instantly where I was, what happened in the news and even theday of the week, I’ve been able to do this, since I was 4.I never feeloverwhelmed with the amount of information my brain absorbs. My mind seems tobe able to cope and the information is stored away neatly. When I think of asad memory. I do what everybody does-try to put it to one side. I don’t thinkit’s harder for me just because my memory is clearer. Powerful memory doesn’tmake my emotions any more acute or vivid. I can recall the day my grandfatherdied and the sadness I felt when we went to the hospital the day before. I alsoremember that the musical play hair opened on Broodway on the same day-theyboth just pop into my mind in the same way.从过去的53年里选择任何一天,我都能立刻回想起我那时在哪儿,当时有什么新闻,甚至连那天是星期几都能回想起来。
中南大学研究生英语精读教程课后翻译

Can Harry Potter wave his magic wand and revive a dead language? Publishers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, who plan to translate the adventures of the schoolboy wizard into Latin and ancient Greek, think it might help, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Author J.K. Rowling and her publishers Bloomsbury hope the translations will help children overcome the dread of studying the two ancient languages, the newspaper said. “We aren’t under any illusions that the Latin and Greek will be best-sellers but we think that it will mean much more fun lessons for anyone studying Latin and Greek,” said Emma Matthewson, Rowling’s editor at Bloomsbury. Peter Needham, who taught Latin and Greek at top boy’s school Eton College, was translating the first of Rowling’s books. “This is going to be a wonderful thing for children. It has got very witty dialogue…”he was quoted as saying. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is not the first children’s book to be translated into Latin. Paddington Bear, Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh have all had the Latin treatment, the newspaper said.哈里·波特的魔杖能让已死的语言起死回生吗?《哈里·波特与魔法石》的出版商认为这有可能。
2013考研英语(一)翻译真题及解析

2013考研英语(一)翻译真题及解析--中域教育网46. yet when one looks at the photographs of the gardens created by the homeless, it strikes one that, for all their diversity of styles, these gardens speak of various other fundamental urges beyond that of decoration and creative expression.解析考察重点:非谓语动词做后置定语,状语从句,插入语这个句子结构非常清晰:it strikes one that, for all their diversity of styles,these gardens speak of various other fundamental urges beyond that of decoration and creative expression.是主句,其中for all their diversity of styles是插入语。
时间壮语从句yet when one looks at the photographs of the gardens created by the homeless,提前至主句之前,其中created by the homeless 是过去分词短语充当后置定语,用来修饰the gardens。
词汇的识别:句子中的动词looks at,对应的宾语是the photographs of the gardens,因此翻译成“观看”。
句子中created by the homeless对应的宾语是the gardens,因此翻译成“创建、建立”。
句子中的动词speak of对应的宾语是various other fundamental urges,因此翻译成“透露、显示、表明”。
2013年中南大学357英语翻译基础考研真题及详解【圣才出品】

2013年中南大学357英语翻译基础考研真题及详解I.Directions:Translate the following words,abbreviations or terminology into their target language respectively.There are altogether30items in this part of the test, 15in English and15in Chinese,with one point for each(30′)1.ADB【答案】亚洲开发银行(Asian Development Bank)C【答案】中国强制认证(China Compulsory Certification)3.CITIC【答案】中国国际信托投资公司(China International Investment and Trust Corporation)4.FTAC【答案】对外贸易仲裁委员会(Foreign Trade Arbitration Commission)5.ICRC【答案】红十字国际委员会(International Committee of the Red Cross)6.IOC【答案】国际奥委会(International Olympic Committee)7.UNDP【答案】联合国开发计划署(United Nations Development Programme)8.WFP【答案】世界粮食计划署(World Food Programme)9.WIPO【答案】世界知识产权组织(World Intellectual Property Organization)10.make academic fraud a crime【答案】设立学术欺诈罪11.data falsification【答案】数据伪造12.asset price bubbles【答案】资产价格泡沫13.required reserve ratio【答案】法定准备金率14.subprime crisis【答案】次贷危机15.soak up liquidity【答案】回收流动性17.云计算【答案】cloud computing18.新能源示范城【答案】new-energy model city19,生态旅游【答案】ecotourism20.酒精呼气测试【答案】breath alcohol test21.文化软实力【答案】cultural soft power 22.农村合作医疗【答案】rural cooperative medical system23.环保彩票【答案】environmental lottery24.转基因食品【答案】genetically modified food25.房地产信托资金【答案】real estate trust funds26.热钱流入【答案】hot money inflow27.基准利率【答案】benchmark interest rate28.社会福利制度【答案】social welfare system29.赈灾【答案】disaster relief30.创新型社会【答案】innovation-driven societyII.Directions:Translate the following two source texts into their target!language respectively.(120′)Source Text1:What is a black hole?Well,it’s difficult to answer this question,since the terms we would normally use to describe a scientific phenomenon are inadequate here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is a region of space(not a thing) into which matter has fallen and from which nothing can escape–not even light. So we can’t see a black hole.A black hole exerts a strong gravitational pull and yet it has no matter.It is only space–or so we think.How can this happen?The theory is that some stars explode when their density increases to a particular point;they collapse and sometimes a supernova occurs.From earth,a supernova looks like a very bright light in the sky which shines even in the daytime. The most convincing evidence of black holes comes from research into binary star systems.Binary stars,as their name suggests,are twin stars whose position in space affects each other.In some binary systems,astronomers have shown that there is an invisible companion star,a“partner”to the one which we can see in the sky. Matter from the one which we can see is being pulled towards the companion star. Could this invisible star,which exerts such a great force,be a black hole?Astronomers have evidence of a few other stars too,which might have black holes as companions.The story of black holes is just beginning.Speculations about them are endless. There might bea massive black hole at the center of our galaxy swallowing up stars at a very rapid rate.Mankind may one day meet this fate.On the other hand, scientists have suggested that very advanced technology could one day make use of the energy of black holes for mankind.These speculations sound like science fiction.But the theory of black holes in space is accepted by many serious scientists and astronomers.They show us a world which operates in a totally different way from our own and they question our most basic experience of space and time.(346 words)【关键词】supernova超新星galaxy银河,星系【参考译文】什么是黑洞?说起来,很难回答这个问题,因为通常我们用来描述科学现象的这个术语在这里就不恰当了。
2013年考研英语二真题全文翻译答案超详解析

2013年考研英语二真题全文翻译答案超详解析2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)试题答案与解析Section I Use of English一、文章题材结构分析本文主要分析了无现金社会为何迟迟不来的原因。
第一段是文章的中心段落,指出真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来。
第二、三段从电子支付设备昂贵、纸质支票提供收据、使用纸质支票能获得浮存利息以及电子支付方式存在的安全隐私问题四个方面分析纸币系统得以继续存在的理由。
二、试题解析1.【答案】A (However)【解析】空前作者讲到“鉴于电子货币的优势,你也许会认为,我们将快速步入无现金社会,实现完全电子支付。
”而空后说“真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来”,两者之前出现了明显的转折关系,因此答案A。
B. moreover 表递进C.therefore 表结果D. Otherwise 表对比2.【答案】D (around)【解析】由空格所在句的“but”得知,句子前后是转折关系。
事实上,这样的预测已经二十年了,但迄今还没有实现。
A. off 停止; B. back 返回; C. over 结束,与后文均不构成转折,故答案选 D. around 出现。
3.【答案】B (concept)【解析】空格所在的句子意思为例如, 1975 年《商业周刊》预测电子支付手段不久将“彻底改变货币本身的____”将四个选项带入,能够彻底改变的对象只能是金钱的概念(定义),而A“力量”,C“历史”,D“角色”,语义都不恰当,并且如果选择role 的话,应该是复数roles, 因为是金钱的作用不止一个,故答案选B。
4.【答案】D (reverse)【解析】空格填入的动词跟前面的动词revolutionize (变革)意思上应该是同义替换的,要选择含有变革,彻底改变意思的词汇,四个选项中 A. reward 奖励 B. 抵抗 C. resume 重新开始,继续,都不合适,只有 D 选项reverse“颠覆”最为贴切,本句译为“电子支付方式不久将改变货币的定义,并将在数年后颠覆货币本身。
中南大学研究生英语考试-课本翻译下册1-8单元

Unit 1A.The process of learning an art can be divided conveniently into two parts: one, the mastery of the theory; the other, the mastery of the practice. If I want to learn the art of medicine, I must first know the facts about the human body, about various diseases. When I have all this theoretical knowledge, I am by no means competent in the art of medicine. I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice, until eventually the results of my theoretical knowledge and the result of my practice are blended into one—my intuition, the essence of the mastery of any art. But aside from learning the theory and practice, there is a third factor necessary to becoming a master in any art—the mastery of the art must be a matter of ultimate concern; there must be nothing else in the world more important than the art. This holds true for music, for medicine, for carpentry—and for love. And, maybe, here lies the answer to the question of why people in our country try so rarely to learn this art, in spite of their obvious failures: in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power—almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving.学习艺术的过程可以非常容易地分成两部分:一、掌握理论;二、精于实践。
中南大学研究生英语E-book1课后翻译练习参考答案(重点版)

Unit 1Page741、我是北京大学外国语学院副教授。
近日从网上得知,“第五届国际跨文化交流研讨会”将于2016 年3 月在牛津大学举办。
我对参加这次会议非常感兴趣,因为我已从事这方面研究多年。
I’m an associate professor in the School of Foreign Languages of Beijing University. Recently, I've learned online that the 5th International Inter-cultural Communication Seminar will be held in March 2016 in Oxford University. I’m very much interested in attending this event because I have been studying in this field for many years.4. 我已接到论文被采用的通知和出席会议的正式邀请,并已于2月20日在网上正式注册参加会议,但至今尚未得到任何会议资料。
烦请告知组委会联系人及email地址,以便我们联系与会的具体事宜。
I have received the acknowledgment of my paper’s acceptance and the official invitation to the conference, and registered online on February 20th. However, I have not received any conference material. Please let me know the Organizing Committee's contact and email address so that we can obtain information related to this conference.5. 感谢您对此事的关照。
中南大学翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试真题2013年

中南大学翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试真题2013年(总分:150.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、Ⅰ(总题数:30,分数:30.00)1.ADB(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:亚洲开发银行(Asian Development Bank)C(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:中国强制认证(China Compulsory Certification)3.CITIC(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:中国国际信托投资公司(China International Trust and Investment Corporation)4.FTAC(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:(中国)对外贸易仲裁委员会(Foreign Trade Arbitration Commission)5.ICRC(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:国际红十字委员会(International Committee of the Red Cross)6.IOC(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:国际奥林匹克委员会(International Olympic Committee)7.UNDP(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:联合国开发计划署(United Nations Development Programme)8.WFP(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:世界粮食计划署(World Food Programme)9.WIPO(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:世界知识产权组织(World Intellectual Property Organization)10.make academic fraud a crime(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:设立学术欺诈罪11.data falsification(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:伪造数据12.asset price bubbles(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:资产价格泡沫13.required reserve ratio(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:法定准备金率14.subprime crisis(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:次贷危机15.soak up liquidity(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:回收流动性16.耕地流失(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:arable land loss17.云计算(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:cloud computing18.新能源示范城(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:new-energy model city19.生态旅游(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:ecotourism20.酒精呼气测试(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:breath alcohol test21.文化软实力(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:soft power of culture22.农村合作医疗(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:rural cooperative medical service23.环保彩票(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:()解析:environmental lottery24.转基因食品(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:genetically modified food25.房地产信托资金(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:real estate trust funds26.热钱流入(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:hot-money inflow27.基准利率(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:benchmark interest rate28.社会福利制度(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:social welfare system29.赈灾(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:disaster relief30.创新型社会(分数:1.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:an innovative society二、Ⅱ(总题数:2,分数:120.00)31.What is a black hole? Well, it"s difficult to answer this question, since the terms we would normally use to describe a scientific phenomenon are inadequate here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is a region of space (not a thing) into which matter has fallen and from which nothing can escape not even light. So we can"t see a black hole. A black hole exerts a strong gravitational pull and yet it has no matter. It is only space—or so we think. How can this happen? The theory, is that some stars explode when their density increases to a particular point; they collapse and sometimes a supernova occurs. From Earth, a supernova looks like a very bright lightin the sky which shines even in the daytime. The most convincing evidence of black holes comes from research into binary star systems. Binary stars, as their name suggests, are twin stars whose position in space affects each other. In some binary systems, astronomers have shown that there is an invisible companion star, a "partner" to the one which we can see in the sky. Matter from the one which we can see is being pulled towards the companion star. Could this invisible star, which exerts such a great force, be a black hole? Astronomers have evidence of a few other stars too, which might have black holes as companions.The story of black holes is just beginning. Speculations about them are endless. There might be a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy swallowing up stars at a very rapid rate. Mankind may one day meet this fate. On the other hand, scientists have suggested that very advanced technology could one day make use of the energy of black holes for mankind. These speculations sound like science fiction. But the theory of black holes in space is accepted by many serious scientists and astronomers. They show us a world which operates in a totally different way from our own and they question our most basic experience of space and time.[Key words]supernova 超新星galaxy 银河,星系(分数:60.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案:()解析:什么是黑洞呢?这个问题很难回答,因为我们把通常用来描述一种科学现象的术语用在这里来解释是不够的。
2013年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)试题(完整版)及参考答案

2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section ⅠUse of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C]or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions.At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big3 was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with.4 , he theorisedthat a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day. To 8 this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the 9 of an applicant should not depend on the few others 10 randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr Simonsohnsuspected the truth was 11 .He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews 12 by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had13 applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale 14 numerous factors into consideration. The scores were15 used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, astandardised exam which is 16 out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 pointsor more higher than that of the one 17 that, then the score for the next applicant would 18 by an 61average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to 19 the effects of such a decrease a candidate wouldneed 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20 .1. [A] grants [B] submits [C] transmits [D] delivers2. [A] minor [B] objective [C] crucial [D] external3. [A] issue [B] vision [C] picture [D] moment4. [A] For example [B] On average [C] In principle [D] Above all5. [A] fond [B] fearful [C] capable [D] thoughtless6. [A] in [B] on [C] to [D] for7. [A] if [B] until [C] though [D] unless8. [A] promote [B] emphasize [C] share [D] test9. [A] decision [B] quality [C] status [D] success10. [A] chosen [B]studied [C]found [D] identified11. [A] exceptional [B] defensible [C] replaceable [D] otherwise12. [A] inspired [B] expressed [C] conducted [D] secured13. [A] assigned [B] rated [C] matched [D] arranged14. [A] put [B] got [C] gave [D] took15. [A] instead [B] then [C] ever [D] rather16. [A] selected [B] passed [C] marked [D] introduced17. [A] before [B] after [C] above [D] below18. [A] jump [B] float [C] drop [D] fluctuate19. [A] achieve [B] undo [C] maintain [D] disregard20. [A] promising [B] possible [C] necessary [D] helpfulSection ⅡReading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or[D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds herunattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her. Priestly explains how the deep bluecolor of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows t o department stores and to thebargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at odds with the feverishworld described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s thre e-year indictment of “fast fashion.” In the last decade orso, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trendsmore quickly and anticipate demand more precisely. Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, morefrequent releases, and more profit. These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes asdisposable—meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that—and to renew their wardrobeevery few weeks. By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijackedfashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.The victims of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers. For H&M to offer a $5.95 knitminiskirt in all its 2,300-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumesthat strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer t o consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan’s TheOmnivore’s Dilemma. “Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable, andwasteful,” Cline argues. Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year—about 64 items perperson—and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont,who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes—and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it tookBeaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can’t be knocked off.62Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment—including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line—Cline believes lasting change canonly be effected by the customer. She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability, be it infood or in energy. Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t affordnot to.21. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her[A] poor bargaining skill.[B] insensitivity to fashion.[C] obsession with high fashion.[D] lack of imagination.22. According to Cline, mass-market labels urge consumers to[A] combat unnecessary waste.[B] shut out the feverish fashion world.[C] resist the influence of advertisements.[D] shop for their garments more frequently.23. The word “indictment” (Line 2, Para.2) is closest in meaning to[A] accusation.[B] enthusiasm.[C] indifference.[D] tolerance.24. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?[A] Vanity has more often been found in idealists.[B] The fast-fashion industry ignores sustainability.[C] People are more interested in unaffordable garments.[D] Pricing is vital to environment-friendly purchasing.25. What is the subject of the text?[A] Satire on an extravagant lifestyle.[B] Challenge to a high-fashion myth.[C] Criticism of the fast-fashion industry.[D] Exposure of a mass-market secret.Text 2An old saying has it that half of all advertising budgets are wasted—the trouble is, no one knows whichhalf. In the internet age, at least in theory, this fraction can be much reduced. By watching what people searchfor, click on a nd say online, companies can aim “behavioural” ads at those most likely to buy.In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads? Or shouldthey have explicit permission?In December 2010 America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed adding a “do not track” (DNT)option to internet browsers, so that users could tell advertisers that they did not want to be followed. Microsoft’sInternet Explorer and Apple’s Safari both offer DNT; Google’s Chrome is due to do so this year. In February theFTC and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) agreed that the industry would get cracking on responding toDNT requests.On May 31st Microsoft set off the row. It said that Internet Explorer 10, the version due to appear withWindows 8, would have DNT as a default.Advertisers are horrified. Human nature being what it is, most people stick with default settings. Fewswitch DNT on now, but if tracking is off it will stay off. Bob Liodice, the chief executive of the Association ofNational Advertisers, says consumers will be worse off if the industry cannot collect information about theirpreferences. People will not get fewer ads, he says. “They’ll get less meaningful, less targeted ads.”It is not yet clear how advertisers will respond. Getting a DNT signal does not oblige anyone to stop63tracking, although some companies have promised to do so. Unable to tell whether someone really objects tobehavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default, some may ignore a DNT signal and presson anyway.Also unclear is why Microsoft has gone it alone. After all, it has an ad business too, which it says willcomply with DNT requests, though it is still working out how. If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almostwholly on advertising, it has chosen an indirect method: There is no guarantee that DNT by default will becomethe norm. DNT does not seem an obviously huge selling point for Windows 8—though the firm has comparedsome of its other products favourably with Google’s on that count before. Brendon Lynch,Microsoft’s chiefprivacy officer, blogged: “We believe consumers should have more control.” Could it really be that simple?26. It is suggested in Paragraph 1 that “behavioural” ads help advertisers to[A] ease competition among themselves.[B] lower their operational costs.[C] avoid complaints from consumers.[D] provide better online services.27. “The industry” (Line 5, Para.3) refers to[A] online advertisers.[B] e-commerce conductors.[C] digital information analysts.[D] internet browser developers.28. Bob Liodice holds that setting DNT as a default[A] may cut the number of junk ads.[B] fails to affect the ad industry.[C] will not benefit consumers.[D] goes against human nature.29. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 6?[A] DNT may not serve its intended purpose.[B] Advertisers are willing to implement DNT.[C] DNT is losing its popularity among consumers.[D] Advertisers are obliged to offer behavioural ads.30. The author’s attitude towards what Brendon Lynch said in his blog is one of[A] indulgence.[B] understanding.[C] appreciation.[D] skepticism.Text 3Up until a few decades ago, our visions of the future were largely—though by no means uniformly—glowinglypositive. Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of fulfilment andopportunity for all.Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us,from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change. You might even be tempted to assume that humanityhas little future to look forward to.But such gloominess is misplaced. The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years—so why shouldn’t we? Take a broader look at our species’ place in the universe, and it becomes clear that wehave an excellent chance of surviving for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years. Look up Homo sapiens inthe “Red List” of threatened species of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and youwill read: “Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing,and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline.”So what does our deep future hold? A growing number of researchers and organizations are now thinkingseriously about that question. For example, the Long Now Foundation has as its flagship project a mechanical64clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.The potential evolution of today’s technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it’sperhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.That’s one reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to the near future. But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance. As so often,the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the historyof the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendantswill find themselves.This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad. To besure, the future is not all rosy. But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks thatthreatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lot of those to come.31. Our vision of the future used to be inspired by[A] our desire for lives of fulfillment.[B] our faith in science and technology.[C] our awareness of potential risks.[D] our belief in equal opportunity.32. The IUCN’s “Red List” suggests that human beings are[A] a sustained species.[B] a threat to the environment.[C] the world’s dominant power.[D] a misplaced race.33. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?[A] Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies.[B] Technology offers solutions to social problems.[C] The interest in science fiction is on the rise.[D] Our immediate future is hard to conceive.34. To ensure the future of mankind, it is crucial to[A] explore our planet’s abundant resources.[B] adopt an optimistic view of the world.[C] draw on our experience from the past.[D] curb our ambition to reshape history.35. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?[A] Uncertainty about Our Future[B] Evolution of the Human Species[C] The Ever-bright Prospects of Mankind[D] Science, Technology and HumanityText 4On a five to three vote, the Supreme Court knocked out much of Arizona’s immigration law Monday—amodest policy victory for the Obama Administration. But on the more important matter of the Constitution, thedecision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration’s effort to upset the balance of power between the federalgovernment and the states.In Arizona v. United States, the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona’scontroversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law. The Constitutional principlesthat Washington alone has the power to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization” and that federal lawsprecede state laws are noncontroversial. Arizona had attempted to fashion state policies that ran parallel to theexisting federal ones.Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court’s liberals, ruled that the stateflew too close to the federal sun. On the overturned provisions the majority held the Congress had deliberately65“occupied the field” and Arizona had thus intruded on the federal’s privileged powers. However, the Justices said that Arizona police would be allowed to verify the legal status of people whocome in contact with law enforcement. That’s because Congress has always envisioned joint federal-stateimmigration enforcement and explicitly encourages state officers to share information and cooperate withfederal colleagues.Two of the three objecting Justices—Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas—agreed with this Constitutionallogic but disagreed about which Arizona rules conflicted with the federal statute. The only major objection camefrom Justice Antonin Scalia, who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to theAlien and Sedition Acts.The 8-0 objection to President Obama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as “ashocking assertion of federal executive power”. The White House argued that Arizona’s laws conflicted with itsenforcement priorities, even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter. In effect, the White Houseclaimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.Some powers do belong exclusively to the federal government, and control of citizenship and the bordersis among them. But if Congress wanted to prevent states from using their own resources to check immigrationstatus, it could. It never did so. The Administration was in esse nce asserting that because it didn’t want to carryout Congress’s immigration wishes, no state should be allowed to do so either. Every Justicerightly rejected thisremarkable claim.36. Three provisions of Arizona’s plan were overturned because they[A] deprived the federal police of Constitutional powers.[B] disturbed the power balance between different states.[C] overstepped the authority of federal immigration law.[D] contradicted both the federal and state policies.37. On which of the following did the Justices agree, according to Paragraph 4?[A] Federal officers’ duty to withhold immigrants’ information.[B] States’ independence from federal immigration law.[C] States’ legitimate role in immigration enforcement.[D] Congress’s intervention in im migration enforcement.38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that the Alien and Sedition Acts[A] violated the Constitution.[B] undermined the states’ interests.[C] supported the federal statute.[D] stood in favor of the states.39. The White House claims that its power of enforcement[A] outweighs that held by the states.[B] is dependent on the states’ support.[C] is established by federal statutes.[D] rarely goes against state laws.40. What can be learned from the last paragraph?[A] Immigration issues are usually decided by Congress.[B] Justices intended to check the power of the Administration.[C] Justices wanted to strengthen their coordination with Congress.[D] The Administration is dominant over immigration issues.Part BDirections: In the following text, some segments have been removed. For Questions 41—45, choose the mostsuitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extrachoices, which donot fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The social sciences are flourishing. As of 2005, there were almost half a million professional social scientistsfrom all fields in the world, working both inside and outside academia. According to the World Social Science66Report 2010, the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 2000.Yet this enormous resource is not contributing enough to today’s global challenges including climate change,security, sustainable development and health. (41) Humanity has the necessaryagro-technological tools to eradicate hunger, from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers. Here, too,the problems are social: the organization and distribution of food, wealth and prosperity. (42) This is a shame—the community should be grasping the opportunity to raise itsinfluence in the real world. To paraphrase the great social scientist Joseph Schumpeter: there is no radicalinnovation without creative destruction.Today, the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates, ratherthan on topics with external impact.Analyses reveal that the number of papers including the keywords “environmental change” or “climate change”have increased rapidly since 2004. (43)When social scientists do tackle practical issues, their scope is often local: Belgium is interested mainly in theeffects of poverty on Belgium, for example. And whether the community’s work contributes much to an overallaccumulation of knowledge is doubtful.The problem is not necessarily the amount of available funding. (44) This is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the right direction. Social scientists who complain about a lack of fundingshould not expect more in today’s economic climate.The trick is to direct these funds better. The European Union Framework funding programs have long hada category specifically targeted at social scientists. This year, it was proposed that system be changed: Horizon2020, a new program to be enacted in 2014, would not have such a category. This has resulted in protests fromsocial scientists. But the intention is not to neglect social science; rather, the complete opposite.(45)That should create more collaborative endeavors and help to develop projects aimed directly at solving globalproblems.[A] It could be that we are evolving two communities of social scientists: one that is discipline-oriented andpublishing in highly specialized journals, and one that is problem-oriented and publishing elsewhere, such as inpolicy briefs.[B] However, the numbers are still small: in 2010, about 1,600 of the 100,000 social-sciences papers publishedglobally included one of these keywords.[C] The idea is to force social scientists to integrate their work with other categories, including health anddemographic change; food security; marine research and the bio-economy; clean, efficient energy; and inclusive,innovative and secure societies.[D] The solution is to change the mindset of the academic community, and what it considers tobe its main goal.Global challenges and social innovations ought to receive much more attention from scientists, especially theyoung ones.[E] These issues all have root causes in human behavior: all require behavioral change and social innovations,as well as technological development. Stemming climate change, for example, is as much about changingconsumption patterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy. [F] Despite these factors, many social scientists seem reluctant to tackle such problems. And in Europe, someare up in arms over a proposal to drop a specific funding category for social-science research and to integrate itwithin cross-cutting topics of sustainable development.[G] During the late 1990s, national spending on social sciences and the humanities as a percentage of allresearch and development funds—including government, higher education, non-profit and corporate—variedfrom around 4% to 25%; in most European nations, it is about 15%.Part CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Yourtranslation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)It is speculated that gardens arise from a basic human need in the individuals who made them: the need for67creative expression. There is no doubt that gardens evidence an irrepressible urge to create, express, fashion,and beautify and that self-expression is a basic human urge,(46)yet when one looks at thephotographs of thegardens created by the homeless, it strikes one that, for all their diversity of styles, these gardens speak ofvarious other fundamental urges, beyond that of decoration and creative expression.One of these urges has to do with creating a state of p eace in the midst of turbulence, a “still point of theturning world,” to borrow a phrase from T. S. Eliot. (47)A sacred place of peace, however crude it may be, is adistinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need. This distinction is so much sothat where the latter is lacking, as it is for these unlikely gardeners, the former becomes all the more urgent.Composure is a state of mind made possible by the structuring of one’s relation to one’s environment. (48) Thegardens of the homeless, which are in effect homeless gardens, introduce form into an urban environment whereit either didn’t exist or was not discernible as such. In so doing they give composure to a segment of theinarticulate environment in which they take their stand.Another urge or need that these gardens appear to respond to, or to arise from, is so intrinsic that we arebarely ever conscious of its abiding claims on us. When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, (49)mostof us give in to a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions, until oneday we find ourselves in a garden and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic. In most of the homelessgardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seemto represent attempts to call forth the spirit of plant and animal life, if only symbolically, through a clumplikearrangement of materials, an introduction of colors, small pools of water, and a frequent presence of petals orleaves as well as of stuffed animals. On display here are various fantasy elements whose reference, at somebasic level, seems to be the natural world. (50)It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifiesthe use of word garden, though in a “liberated” sense, to describe these synthetic constructions. In them we cansee biophilia—a yearning for contact with nonhuman life—assuming uncanny representational forms.Section III WritingPart A51. Directions:Write an e-mail of about 100 words to a foreign teacher in your college, inviting him/her to be a judge forthe upcoming English speech contest.You should include the details you think necessary.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET 2.Do not sign your own name at the end of the e-mail. Use “Li Ming” instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)Part B52. Directions:Write an essay of 160~200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1) describe the drawing briefly,2) interpret its intended meaning, and3) give your comments.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)68答案速查Section I Use of English1. A2.D3. C4. A5. B6. B7.A8. D9. D 10.A11. D 12. C 13. B 14. D 15.B16. C 17. A 18. C 19. B 20.CSection II Reading ComprehensionPart AText 1 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. D 25.CText 2 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30.DText 3 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. C 35.CText 4 36. C 37. C 38. D 39. A 40.BPart B41. E 42. F 43. B 44. G 45. CPart C46. 然而,看到那些无家可归的人所创建的花园的照片时,我们不禁会发现这一系列花园尽管风格各异,揭示的却是几种其他的根本需求,不限于美饰与创意表达的范畴。
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Unit 1A.The process of learning an art can be divided conveniently into two parts: one, the mastery of the theory; the other, the mastery of the practice. If I want to learn the art of medicine, I must first know the facts about the human body, about various diseases. When I have all this theoretical knowledge, I am by no means competent in the art of medicine. I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice, until eventually the results of my theoretical knowledge and the result of my practice are blended into one—my intuition, the essence of the mastery of any art. But aside from learning the theory and practice, there is a third factor necessary to becoming a master in any art—the mastery of the art must be a matter of ultimate concern; there must be nothing else in the world more important than the art. This holds true for music, for medicine, for carpentry—and for love. And, maybe, here lies the answer to the question of why people in our country try so rarely to learn this art, in spite of their obvious failures: in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power—almost all our energy is used for the learning of how to achieve these aims, and almost none to learn the art of loving.学习艺术的过程可以非常容易地分成两部分:一、掌握理论;二、精于实践。
如果我需要学习医学,我必须首先了解人体和各种疾病。
但即使我掌握所有这些理论知识,也决不表明我就能熟练操作了。
只有当经过大量实践,直到最后我的理论知识和实践结果融合在一起,形成直觉了,我才能称得上这门艺术的专家。
直觉是艺术掌握的精华所在。
但是除了学习理论知识和进行实践外,想在艺术领域成为一名真正的行家里手还必须掌握第三种因素,即对艺术的追求必须是其最终所关怀的;世上再无比这门艺术更重要的事。
音乐、医药、木工手艺都是这样,爱情也是如此。
我们这个社会中的人们,尽管显然已经失败却仍很少去学习爱的艺术,其原因也许就在于此:虽然内心深处都渴望爱,却认为其他任何事都比爱重要,如成功、名望、财富、权力;我们几乎把所有的精力都消耗在对这些目标的追逐上,而几乎不花费任何精力来学习这种爱的艺术。
B.What is it we want most from a marriage? To love and be loved. To be happy and secure. To grow, to discover. A love relationship is the garden in which we plant, cultivate and harvest the most precious of corps, our own self, and in which our spouse is provided the same rich soil in which to bloom.We cannot obtain what we want unless our partner also gets what he or she wants.A woman may, for instance, want to go to the symphony. Her husband might hate symphonies. But by spending a few hours listening to music he doesn’t care for, he can bring joy to his partner. That’s pretty cheap price to pay for joy, isn’t it?我们在婚姻中最想得到的是什么?爱与被爱,幸福与安全,成长与实现。
爱的关系是一个花园,我们在其中种植、培育和收获最珍贵的作物——我们自己,我们的配偶在这个花园里得到同样肥沃的土壤可以蓬勃发展。
只有当我们的配偶也心愿得偿时,我们才可能心愿得偿。
例如,一位妇女可能想去听交响乐而她的丈夫则痛恨交响乐。
但是,花几个小时听他不喜欢的音乐,他可以给自己的伴侣带来快乐。
为得到这份快乐所付出的代价并不高,对吧?Unit 2A.The speed of communication is bound to have an effect on composers—styles are now known and imitated so quickly that “crossover” may be the buzzword for music in the new century. People can download anything in their home, and you know tomorrow what someone on the other side of the world did yesterday. Barriers between classical music, jazz and other forms will continue to break down and audiences will derive equal pleasure from lots of different styles. I foresee a greater plurality of taste.The great unknown is the effect new technology is going to have on the soundworld of music, as opposed to its forms and structures. In this century we’ve seen the potential of percussion in orchestral work develop out of all recognition, and have become accustomed to electronic music. So I anticipate developments around the corner that will produce huge changes in what we listen to.高速通讯肯定会对作曲者产生影响。
如今各种风格如此快速地为人所了解和模仿,“风格跨越”可能成为新世纪里音乐界的时髦词。
人们可以在家里下载任何作品。
昨天地球另一边的人做了什么,明天你就可以知道。
古典音乐、爵士乐和其它音乐形式之间的屏障将会继续崩溃,听众将会从许多不同风格的作品中获得同样的快感。
可以预见,人们的欣赏口味将会更加多元化。
一个很大的未知数是,新技术对音乐的音响效果而不是其形式和结构会产生什么影响。
本世纪我们已经看到打击乐在管弦乐作品中的潜力发挥到了令人无法辨认的程度,而且我们也已经习惯了电子音乐。
因此可以预见,未来的发展不久就会给我们所听到的音乐带来巨大的变化。
B.At present, with further progress of economic globalization, countries are increasingly interdependent, and the pursuit of peace, development and cooperation has become an irresistible trend of the times, presenting the world with rare opportunities for development. At the same time, uncertainties and destabilizing factors in world economic growth have increased recently, as evidenced by continued turbulence in the financial market, rising prices for energy and resource, acute problem of food security, and growing pressure of global inflation. There remain numerous grim challenges in the effort to build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.当前,经济全球化深入发展,国与国相互依存日益紧密,求和平、谋发展、促合作已成为不可阻挡的时代潮流,世界面临难得的发展机遇。