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翻译硕士(MTI)211翻译硕士英语阅读理解高分特训100篇-多项选择-◇文学传记类【圣才出品】

2.1 多项选择◇文学传记类Passage 1 题材：文学传记类字数：548Two hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrote “I wander’d lonely as a cloud”, a poem that expresses a basic spirit of the early English Romanticism. It was Thursday, 15th April 1802, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, the poet’s devoted, journal-writing sister, were walking home to Dove Cottage in the Lake District. The wind was fierce, but the Wordsworth siblings were used to striding long distances in foul weather. They were in the woods close to the water side when they first clapped eyes on a field of daffodils “fluttering and dancing in the bre eze”.What makes this poem an example of Romantic thinking? It isn’t just that Wordsworth chooses to write about a natural scene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human emotions. For him, nature is not merely a neutral mixture of scenery, colours, plants, rocks, soil, water and air. It is a driving force that feels joy and sadness, shares human pain and even tries to educate us human beings by showing us the beauty of life.Wordsworth’s home, Dove Cottage, is now one of the most popular destinations in the Lake District. You can go on a tour of the garden which William planted with wild flowers and which survived in his back yard even after theydisappeared from the area. “He always said that if he hadn’t been a poet, he would have been a te rrific landscape gardener,” says Allan King of the Wordsworth Trust, the organization that looks after the cottage and gardens.The Lake District in the north west of England becomes particularly crowded during the summer months with tourists and ramblers eager to enjoy the region’s majestic valleys, hills and sparkling lakes. Wordsworth himself was far from keen on tourists, which was quite apparent. He wanted outsiders to admire the local sights he enjoyed so much, but was afraid the district might be “damaged” by too many visitors. He opposed the coming of the trains, and campaigned in the 1840s against a plan to link the towns in the area—Kendal, Windermere and Keswick—by rail.The place near Ullswater, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils, is at the southernmost end of the lake. The lake is wide and calm at this turning point. There’s a bay where the trees have had their soil eroded by lake water so that their roots are shockingly exposed. You walk along from tree to tree, hardly daring to breathe, because you are walking in the footprints of William and Dorothy from two centuries ago. The first clumps of daffodils appear, but they aren’t tall yellow trumpets proudly swaying in the breeze. They’re tiny wild daffodils, most of them still green and unopened, in clumps of six or seven. They’re grouped around individual trees rather than collecting together.But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak, you realize this is what delighted the Wordsworths: clump after clump of the things, spread out to left and right but coming together in your vision so that they form a beautiful, pale-yellowcarpet. What you’re seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and imagination. For a second, you share that revelation of Dorothy and William Wordsworth’s,the glimpse of pantheism, the central mystery of English Romanticism.1. According to the article, Wordsworth’s poem ______.[A] started the Romantic movement[B] was based on actual experience[C] was written while he was visiting his sister[D] was written after he had been lonely2. What was Wordsworth’s attitude to nature?[A] He believed nature had a character of its own.[B] He felt nature was human.[C] He thought nature could talk to people.[D] He believed that we could influence nature.3. We are told that Dove Cottage ______.[A] has gardens designed by a landscape gardener[B] has very old plants in the garden[C] gets a lot of visitors[D] has a large back yard4. What does the writer suggest by the words “hardly daring to breathe” in line 4, paragraph 5?[A] You have to walk carefully here.[B] You can’t breathe because the atmosphere is suffocating.[C] You might feel excited to be in this place.[D] You must concentrate to stay on the footpath.5. What does the writer think of Wordsworth as a poet?[A] He believes that Wordsworth was an important figure in English culture.[B] He is critical of Wordsworth.[C] He believes Wordsworth was a sentimental person.[D] He disagrees with Wordsworth’s opinion about nature.【答案与解析】1. B 根据第一段大意，可知Wordsworth的诗是根据他和姐妹步行回家所看到的风景写成的。

上外考研翻译硕士英语阅读理解单选模拟题

上外考研翻译硕士英语阅读理解单选模拟题The company that revolutionized the delivery of information now aims to do the same with electricity. Technology powerhouse Google today announced it would spend "tens of millions" of dollars next year in research and development and investments in an effort to drive down the cost of large-scale renewable energy to make it cheaper than coal. Not only will Google be hiring engineers and energy experts for its new initiative, known as RE<C (renewable energy at less cost than coal), but it also will make investments in fledgling companies—starting with those that focus on solar-thermal technology, enhanced geothermal, and high-altitude wind power. "Cheap renewable energy is not only critical for the environment but also vital for economic development in many places where there is limited affordable energy of any kind," said Sergey Brin, Google cofounder and president of technology, in a prepared statement.Coal supplies 40 percent of the world’s electricity and more than half of U.S. power, and if current trends continue, it is expected to grab an ever increasing share because it is a plentiful and cheap fuel for big consumers like China and the United States. But coal is also the worst fuel in its production of the global warming gas carbon dioxide. Google cofounder Larry Page said the company’s goal is to produce one gigawattof renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal within "years, not decades." Google says that’s enough electricity to power a city the size of San Francisco (about 330,000 households).Google, located in Mountain View, Calif., said it was initially working with two other California companies. They are eSolar, of Pasadena, which is specializing in solar-thermal power, using large fields of mirrors to concentrate sunlight and generate steam to run utility-scale electric turbines, and Makani of Alameda, which is developing wind energy technology that takes advantage of the much stronger and more reliable currents available at high altitudes.Google did not specify how much money it was putting into its projects with these companies but said they both had "promising scalable energy technologies." This portion of the initiative will be funded through the company’s philanthropic arm, , which is not a traditional charity but can make equity investments in companies. Brin and Page have pledged 1 percent of Google’s equity and profits toward efforts including climate change and global poverty.The RE<C program is the latest of a series of steps Google has taken on climate change. The company says it is on track in its goal to be carbon neutral in 2007. It installed one of the largest corporate solar panel installations anywhere, a 1.6-megawatt rooftop system on its Mountain View campus.The company also has a project to accelerate development and adoption of ultrahigh-efficiency plug-in hybrid cars. Google has been lobbying for inclusion of a nationwide renewable energy portfolio goal in the energy legislation currently under negotiation on Capitol Hill. And the company is working on an energy-efficient computing initiative with other Silicon Valley companies.1.The word “fledgling” (Line 7, Paragraph 1) most probably means_____[A] inexperienced.[B] promising.[C] new.[D] initiative.2. Which one of the following statements is TRUE of the coal?[A] It is a kind of controversial fuel given its large quantity and its harm to the harm the environment.[B] It is a plentiful and cheap fuel that will surely earn more market share.[C] It will be totally replaced by the renewable energy in years because it produces the worst gas—a carbon dioxide.[D] It is supported by enthusiastic countries like China and U.S.3. is a _____[A] conventional type of charity organization.[B] equity investor in companies.[C] a branch website of that focuses on charity activities.[D] environmental organization that specializes in promoting green fuel.4. Which one of the following is not TRUE of RE<C programme?[A] It will be realized through investments in solar and wind energy companies.[B] It is a programme of environmental protection.[C] It is one of the measures taken to neutralize carbon.[D] It can come into true in a few years.5. The best title of this passage is_____[A] Google’s RE<C programme.[B]Google, the Energy Revolutionary.[C] Google, the Environmental Protector.[D] Google’s Renewable Energy Project.文章剖析：这篇文章是有关Google公司在能源方面计划进行的一场革命，要用低廉的可再生能源来替代煤炭。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷2(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：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：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：take off模仿。

get off(做坏事后)逃脱惩罚。

keep off远离。

set off出发。

4．Although her initial success was ______ by the fact that she was the daughter of a famous actor, the critics later acclaimed her as a star in her own right.A．enhancedB．impededC．refutedD．superseded解析：impede阻碍，妨碍。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷10(题后含答案及解析)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷10(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. WritingV ocabulary1．Although she gives badly ______ titles to her musical compositions, they ______ unusual combinations of materials including classical music patterns and rhythms, electronic sounds, and bird songs.A．conventional ... incorporateB．eccentric ... deployC．traditional ... excludeD．imaginative ... disguise正确答案：A2．Even though the folktales Perroult collected and retold were not solely French in origin, his versions of them were so decidedly French in style that later anthologies of French folktales have never ______ them.A．excludedB．admiredC．collectedD．comprehended正确答案：A3．In arguing against assertions that environmental catastrophe is imminent, her book does not ridicule all predictions of doom but rather claims that the risks of harm have in many cases been ______.A．exaggeratedB．ignoredC．scrutinizedD．derided正确答案：A4．There seems to be no ______ the reading public’s thirst for books about the 1960s: indeed, the normal level of interest has ______ recently because of a spate of popular television documentaries.A．quenching ... moderatedB．whetting ... mushroomedC．slaking ... increasedD．ignoring ... transformed正确答案：C5．Despite a tendency to be overtly ______, the poetry of the Middle Ages often sparks the imagination and provides lively entertainment, as well as pious sentiments.A．divertingB．emotionalC．didacticD．romantic正确答案：C6．One of the first ______ of reduced burning in Amazon rain forests was the chestnut industry: smoke tends to drive out the insect that, by pollinating chestnut tree, allow chestnuts to develop.A．reformersB．discoveriesC．casualtiesD．beneficiaries正确答案：D7．The research committee urged the archaeologist to ______ her claim that the tomb she has discovered was that of Alexander the Great, since her initial report has been based only on ______.A．disseminate...suppositionB．withdraw...evidenceC．undercut... capriceD．document... conjecture正确答案：C8．Although Heron is well known for the broad comedy in the movies she has directed previously, her new film is less inclined to ______: the gags are fewer and subtler.A．understatementB．preciosityC．symbolismD．melodrama正确答案：D9．Bebop’s legacy is ______ one: bebop may have won jazz the right to be taken seriously as an art form, but it ______ jazz’s mass audience, which turned toother forms of music such as rock and pop.A．a mixed, alienatedB．a troubled, seducedC．an ambiguous, aggrandizedD．a valuable, refined正确答案：A10．The exhibition’s importance lies in its ______: curators have gathered a diverse array of significant works from many different museums.A．homogeneityB．sophistryC．scopeD．farsightedness正确答案：C11．Despite the fact that the commission’s report treats a vitally important topic, the report will be ______ read because its prose is so ______ that understanding it requires an enormous effort.A．seldom, transparentB．carefully, pellucidC．little, turgidD．eagerly, digressive正确答案：C12．Carleton would still rank among the great ______: of nineteenth century American art even if the circumstance of her life and career were less ______ than they are.A．celebrities, obscureB．failures, illustriousC．charlatans, impeccableD．enigmas, mysterious正确答案：D13．Although based on an actual event, the film lacks ______: the director shuffles events, simplifies the tangle of relationships, and ______ documentary truth for dramatic power.A．conviction, embracesB．expressiveness, exaggeratesC．verisimilitude, sacrificesD．realism, substitutes正确答案：C14．When Adolph Ochs became the publisher of The New York Times, he endowed the paper with a uniquely ______ tone, avoiding the ______ editorials that characterized other major papers of the time.A．abstruse...scholarlyB．dispassionate...shrillC．argumentative...tendentiousD．cosmopolitan...timely正确答案：B15．There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it.A．thanB．likeC．asD．so正确答案：C16．All the President’s Men ______ one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.A．remainB．remainsC．remainedD．is remaining正确答案：B17．“You ______ borrow my notes provided you take care of them”, I told my friend.A．couldB．shouldC．mustD．can正确答案：D18．If only the patient ______ a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.A．had receivedB．receivedC．should receiveD．were receiving正确答案：A19．Linda was ______ the experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.A．to startB．to have startedC．to be startingD．to have been starting正确答案：B20．She ______ fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.A．must beB．had beenC．could beD．must have been正确答案：D21．It is not ______ much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.A．thatB．asC．soD．very正确答案：C22．The committee has anticipated the problems that ______ in the road construction project.A．ariseB．will ariseC．aroseD．have arisen正确答案：B23．The student said there were a few points in the essay he ______ impossible to comprehend.A．had foundB．findsC．has foundD．would find正确答案：A24．He would have finished his college education, but he ______ to quit and find a job to support his family.A．had hadB．hasC．hadD．would have正确答案：C25．The research requires more money than ______.A．have been put inB．has been put inC．being put inD．to be put in正确答案：B26．Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race. Yet it is probably ______ a threat to the human race than environmental destruction.A．no moreB．not moreC．even moreD．much more正确答案：B27．It is not uncommon for there ______ problems of communication between the old and the young.A．beingB．would beC．beD．to be正确答案：D28．______ at in his way, the situation does not seem so desperate.A．LookingB．LookedC．Being lookedD．To look正确答案：B29．It is absolutely essential that William ______ his study in spite of some learning difficulties.A．will continueB．continuedC．continueD．continues正确答案：C30．The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a ______ forgery.A．man-madeB．naturalC．crudeD．real正确答案：CReading ComprehensionOn New Year’s Day, 50,000 inmates in Kenyan jails went without lunch. This was not some mass hunger strike to highlight poor living conditions. It was an extraordinary humanitarian gesture: the money that would have been spent on their lunches went to the charity Food Aid to help feed an estimated 3.5 million Kenyans who, because of a severe drought, are threatened with starvation. The drought is big news in Africa, affecting huge areas of east Africa and the Horn. If you are reading this in the west, however, you may not be aware of it—the media is not interested in old stories. Even if you do know about the drought, you may not be aware that it is devastating one group of people disproportionately: the pastoralists. There are 20 million nomadic or semi- nomadic herders in this region, and they are fast becoming some of the poorest people in the continent. Their plight encapsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine. How so? It comes down to the reluctance of governments, aid agencies and foreign lenders to support the herders’traditional way of life. Instead they have tended to try to turn them into commercial ranchers or agriculturalists, even though it has been demonstrated time and again that pastoralists are well adapted to their harsh environments, and that moving livestock according to the seasons or climatic changes makes their methods far more viable than agriculture in sub-Saharan drylands. Furthermore, African pastoralist systems are often more productive, in terms of protein and cash per hectare, than Australian, American and other African ranches in similar climatic conditions. They make a substantial contribution to their countries’ national economies. In Kenya,for example, the turnover of the pastoralist sector is worth $800 million per year. In countries such as Burkina Faso, Eritrea and Ethiopia, hides from pastoralists’herds make up over 10 percent of export earnings. Despite this productivity, pastoralists still starve and their animals perish when drought hits. One reason is that only a trickle of the profits goes to the herders themselves; the lion’s share is pocketed by traders. This is partly because the herders only sell much of their stock during times of drought and famine, when they need the cash to buy food, and the terms of trade in this situation never work in their favour. Another reason is the lack of investment in herding areas. Funding bodies such as the World Bank and-USAID tried to address some of the problems in the 1960s, investing millions of dollars in commercial beef and dairy production. It didn’t work. Firstly, no one bothered to consult the pastoralists about what they wanted. Secondly, rearing livestock took precedence over human progress. The policies and strategies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their colonial predecessors. They were based on two false assumptions: that pastoralism is primitive and inefficient, which led to numerous failed schemes aimed at converting herders to modern ranching models; and that Africa’s drylands can support commercial ranching. They cannot. Most of Africa’s herders live in areas with unpredictable weather systems that are totally unsuited to commercial ranching. What the pastoralists need is support for their traditional lifestyle. Over the past few years, funders and policy-makers have been starting to get the message. One example is intervention by governments to ensure that pastoralists get fair prices for their cattle when they sell them in times of drought, so that they can afford to buy fodder for their remaining livestock and cereals to keep themselves and their families alive (the problem in African famines is not so much a lack of food as a lack of money to buy it). Another example is a drought early-warning system run by the Kenyan government and the World Bank that has helped avert livestock deaths. This is all promising, but more needs to be done. Some African governments still favour forcing pastoralists to settle. They should heed the latest scientific research demonstrating the productivity of traditional cattle-herding. Ultimately, sustainable rural development in pastoralist areas will depend on increasing trade, so one thing going for them is the growing demand for livestock products: there will likely be an additional 2 billion consumers worldwide by 2020, the vast majority in developing countries. To ensure that pastoralists benefit, it will be crucial to give them a greater say in local policies. Other key tasks include giving a greater say to women, who play critical roles in livestock production. The rich world should pay proper attention to the plight of the pastoralists. Leaving them dependent on foreign food aid is unsustainable and will lead to more resentment, conflict, environmental degradation and malnutrition. It is in the rich world’s interests to help out.31．Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the passage?A．Forcing Africa’s nomadic herders to become ranchers will save them from drought.B．The difference between pastoralist and agriculturalist is vital to the African people.C．The rich world should give more support to the African people to overcome drought.D．Environmental degradation should be the major concern in developing Africa’s pastoralism.正确答案：A32．The word “encapsulates” in the sentence “Their plight encapsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine.” (Para. 1 ) can be replaced by ______.A．concludesB．involvesC．representsD．aggravates正确答案：D33．What is the author’s attitude toward African drought and traditional lifestyle of pastoralism ?A．Neutral and indifferent.B．Sympathetic and understanding.C．Critical and vehement.D．Subjective and fatalisti正确答案：B34．When the author writes “the policies and strategies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their colonial predecessors.” ( Para. 4), he implies all the following EXCEPT that the aid agencies did not ______.A．have an objective view of the situation in AfricaB．understand the unpredictable weather systems thereC．feel themselves superior in decision makingD．care about the development of the local people正确答案：D35．The author’s main purpose in writing this article is ______.A．to evaluate the living conditions of Kenyan pastoralistsB．to give suggestions on the support of the traditional pastoralism in AfricaC．to illustrate the difference between commercial ranching and pastoralismD．to criticize the colonial thinking of western aid agencies正确答案：BCivil-Liberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had something else to worry about last week: the privacy of the billions of search queries made on sites like Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. As part of a long-running court case, the government has asked those companies to turn over information on its users’search behavior. All but Google have handed over data, and now the Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to compel the search giant to turn over the goods. What makes this case different is that the intended use of the information is not related to national security, but the government’s continuing attempt to police Internet pornography. In 1998, Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), but courts have blocked its implementation due to First Amendment concerns. In its appeal, the DOJ wants to prove how easy it is to inadvertently stumble upon pore. In order to conduct a controlled experiment—to be performed by a UC Berkeley professor of statistics—the DOJ wants to use a large sample of actual search terms from the different search engines. It would then use those terms to do its own searches, employing the different kinds of filters each search engine offers, in an attempt to quantify how often “material that is harmful to minors”might appear. Google contends that since it is not a party to the case, the government has not right to demand its proprietary information to perform its test. “We intend to resist their motion vigorously,”said Google attorney Nicole Wong. DOJ spokesperson Charles Miller says that the government is requesting only the actual search terms, and not anything that would link the queries to those who made them. (The DOJ is also demanding a list of a million Web sites that Google indexes to determine the degree to which objectionable sites are searched. ) Originally, the government asked for a treasure trove of all searches made in June and July 2005; the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of search queries. One oddity about the DOJ’s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case. If the built-in filters that each search engine provides are effective in blocking porn sites, the government will have wound up proving what the opposition has said all along—you don’t need to suppress speech to protect minors on the Net.”We think that our filtering technology does a good job protecting minors from inadvertently seeing adult content,” says Ramez Naam, group program manager of MSN Search. Though the government intends to use these data specifically for its COPA-related test, it’s possible that the information could lead to further investigations and, perhaps, subpoenas to find out who was doing the searching. “What if certain search terms indicated that people were contemplating terrorist actions or other criminal activities?” Says the DOJ’s Miller, “I’m assuming that if something raised alarms, we would hand it over to the proper authorities.”Privacy advocates fear that if the government request is upheld, it will open the door to further government examination of search behavior. One solution would be for Google to stop storing the information, but the company hopes to eventually use the personal information of consenting customers to improve search performance. “Search is a window into people’s personalities,” says Kurt Opsahl, an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney.“They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.”36．When the American government asked Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft to turn over information on its users’ search behavior, the major intention is ______.A．to protect national securityB．to help protect personal freedomC．to monitor Internet pornographyD．to implement the Child Online Protection Act正确答案：C37．Google refused to turn over “its proprietary information” ( Para. 2 ) required by DOJ as it believes that ______.A．it is not involved in the court caseB．users’ privacy is most importantC．the government has violated the First AmendmentD．search terms is the company’s business secret正确答案：D38．The phrase “scaled back to” in the sentence “the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of search queries” (Para.3) can be replaced by ______.A．maximized toB．minimized toC．returned toD．reduced to正确答案：B39．In the sentence “One oddity about the DOJ’s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case.” ( Para. 4 ), the expression “sink its own case”most probably means that ______.A．counterattack the oppositionB．lead to blocking of porn sitesC．provide evidence to disprove the caseD．give full ground to support the case正确答案：C40．When Kurt Opsahl says that “They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.” ( Para. 5 ), the expression “Big Brother” is used to refer to ______.A．a friend or relative showing much concernB．a colleague who is much more experiencedC．a dominating and all-powerful ruling powerD．a benevolent and democratic organization正确答案：CMillions of elderly Germans received a notice from the Health & Social Security Ministry earlier this month that struck a damaging blow to the welfare state. 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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。

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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。

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credible可信的。

incredible和unbelievable都表示“难以置信的”。

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perpetual永久的，主要指时间。

permanent永久的，持久的，强调事物固定不变。

sustained持续不变的，强调不间断性。

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would like to表示意愿，过去时为would have liked to。

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