2010年厦门大学翻译硕士英语真题答案

2010年厦门大学翻译硕士英语真题答案

Part I. Grammar and Vocabulary

A.Proofreading

1. √

2. highlight

3. for the most part

4. image--figure

5. ...and have the motivation to lead healthier life.

6. burnings

7. restores

8. therapies

9. the time 10. prejudices

B. 1. frequency modulation (FM)；renovate 修复；adapt 改变…………以适合；temper oneself through practice/VERB 使缓和;使温和To temper something means to make it less extreme. /For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy...对待其他人时，尤其是年轻人和愚蠢的人，国家会刚柔并济。/He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.他得学着给自己的热情降温。B

2. n. 溶剂；有溶解能力的；有清还债务能力的；Laughter has the solvent power. 笑具有一种缓和力。A bankrupt company is not solvent. 一个破产的公司是没有偿还债务的能力的。D

3. C

4. Filibuster: The use of extremely dilatory （[ˈdɪləˈtɔ:ri:, -ˈtəʊri:] 拖拉的；延误的）tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action, especially in a legislative assembly. 阻饶议事的议员:用极端拖拉的战术来延迟或防止决议形成,特别是在立法程序上。D

5. C

6. D

7. C trail: 踪迹

8. unwieldy adj.笨拙的；笨重的；不便利的；tiresome 令人生厌的；无聊的=boring D

9. A

10. A

11. ravage 毁坏

12. arboreal 生活在树上的

13. B

14. C

15. C ore 矿石luster 光泽galena 方铅矿

16. alluring 诱人的apapane [医]白臀蜜鸟D

17. A

18. emissary 外交上的使者C ward 受监护者

19. A

20. devious 狡猾的D

C. 1. D 2. C 3. D ineptitude 笨拙4. contrive 尝试ruse 诡计forbear vi. 克制；忍耐B 5. A 6. C judiciousness: good judgment 7. B incongruity 不协调；不一致attendant 伴随的8. augment 增加carcinogen n.致癌物[k ɑ:ˈsɪnədʒən, ˈkɑ:sənəˈdʒen] 9. redress 纠正C 10. C vexation 烦恼11. D 12. falter 结巴；蹒跚B 13. A 14. sedentary [ˈsednˈteri:] (指工作等)坐着干的；案头的；flaccid adj.软弱的；无活力的；松弛的musculature n.肌肉组织treacherous adj.骗人的；不忠的；奸诈的；不可信的B 15. B eliminate 排除；消除friction 摩擦；冲突；不和16. B chapel 教堂recess 隐蔽处embellish 装饰17. equivocal adj.模棱两可的；意义不明的；orthodox 正统的；规范的C 18. B 19. A 20. D parasite 寄生物

Part II. Reading Comprehension

Passage A 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C

5. This passage has talked about the relationship between music and measuring of time. And different measuring of time conveyed different things to people through music. The significance of the machinery of time length to music. 音乐是一种需要用时间加以衡量的精神元素。

Passage B 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. A

10.All the toys one commonly see are essentially a miniature of the adult world, and the imitation is the sign of an abdication, as such toys allow more freedom and creativity on the part of the child. They make the children develop a habitual thinking and a certain identity.

Passage C

C 12. B 13. A 14. C

15. The Indians are lazy, with low working efficiency. Officials of governmental organs are bureaucratic.

Passage D

16.D 17. D 18. C 19. B

20. This passage tells us how is it possible for a cell to develop into a single individual and the "morphogenetic determinants" that tell a cell what to become.

Part III. Writing