1、宁波大学宁波大学 20172017 年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题( (A A 卷卷) )(答案必须写在考点提供的答题纸上)科目代码科目代码:211科目名称：科目名称：翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译第 1 页 共 7 页Part I Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points: 20 for SectionA, and 10 for Section B)Section A: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence the
2、re are four choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1. The directions were so _ that it was impossible to complete the assignment.A) ingeniousB) ambitiousC) notoriousD) ambiguous2. Because a degree from a good university is the means to a better job, educa
3、tion is one of the most_ areas in Japanese life.A) sophisticatedB) competitiveC) considerateD) superficial3. If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in the way of _.A) persuasionB) remedyC) encouragementD) compromise4. Her interest in redecorating the big h
4、ouse kept her _ for a whole week.A) constrainedB) dominatedC) restrictedD) occupied5. If we _ our relations with that country, well have to find another supplier of raw materials.A) diffuseB) diminishC) terminateD) preclude6. Ever since the first nuclear power stations were built, doubts have _ abou
5、t their safety.A) preservedB) survivedC) suspendedD) lingered7. This clearly shows that crops and weeds have quite a number of _ in common.A) traitsB) tracesC) tracksD) trails8. From science to Shakespeare, excellent television and video programs are available _ to teacher.A) in effectB) in practice
6、C) in operationD) in abundance9. When the Italian poet Dante was _ from his home in Florence, he decided to walk from Italyto Paris to search for the real meaning of life.A) exertedB) expiredC) exiledD) exempted10.Habits acquired in youth-notably smoking and drinking-may increase the risk of _ disea
7、ses in apersons later life.A) consecutiveB) chronicC) criticalD) cyclical11. Please do not be _by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.A) disregardedB) distortedC) irritatedD) intervened12.Craig assured his boss that he would _ all his energies in doing this new job.A) call
8、 forthB) call atC) call onD) call off13. Too much _ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.A) disclosureB) exhibitionC) contactD) exposure14.When confronted with such questions, my mind goes _, and I can hardly remember my owndate of birth.A) dimB) blankC) faintD) vain15.
9、It is well known that knowledge is that _ condition for expansion of mind.A) incompatibleB) incredibleC) indefiniteD) indispensable16. More than two hundred years ago the United States _ from the British Empire and becomean independent country.A) got offB) pulled downC) broke awayD) dropped off17.Ca
10、re should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _ loud continuous noise.A) subjected toB) filled withC) associated withD) attached to18. Some of the most important concepts in physics _ their success to these mathematical systems.A) obligeB) oweC) contributeD) object宁波大学宁波大学 20172017 年
11、硕士研究生招生考试初试试题年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题( (A A 卷卷) )(答案必须写在考点提供的答题纸上)科目代码科目代码:211科目名称：科目名称：翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译第 2 页 共 7 页19.As your instructor advised, you ought to spend your time on something _ researching into.A) preciousB) worthC) worthyD) valuable20.As a defense against air-pollution damage, many
12、plants and animals _ a substance to absorbharmful chemicals.A) relieveB) releaseC) dismissD) discardSection B:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choicesmarked, A, B, C, and D You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark thecorrespondin
13、g letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.In the nineteenth century, the invention of the telegraph made it possible to send noises, signals, andeven music over wires from one place to another. (21)_, the human voice had never traveled thisway. Many inventors tried to find a
14、 (22)_ to send a voice over wires, and in 1876 some of their(23)_ were crowned with (使圆满结束) success. Two American (24)_, Alexander GrahamBell and Elisha Gray, (25)_ at almost the same time. The United States (26)_ Court finallyhad to decide which of the two (27)_ the first inventor of the telephone.
15、 The Court decided(28)_ Bells favor.Born in Edinburg, Scotland, Bell grew up in a family (29)_ was very interested in teachingpeople to (30)_. His grandfather had been an actor who left (31)_ to teach elocution (雄辩术); his father was a teacher who helped deaf-mutes learn (32)_ to speak.However, proba
16、bly none of the (33)_ inventions gave Bell the same feeling of triumph(34)_ he had on the day (35)_ he spilled some acid from his batteries. It was after he hadworked for months (36)_ he found ways to send something more (37)_ metallic twangs(“嘣”的一声) over the wires. Thinking Watson, his helper, was
17、in the next room, Bell called, Mr.Watson, (38)_. I want you. Watson was not in the next room. He was down in his laboratory,(39)_ to the receiver. To Watsons (40)_, he heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell Bell thenews: the wires had carried Bells voice perfectly.21. A) ThereforeB) HoweverC) Sti
18、llD) Furthermore22. A) solutionB) meanC) wayD) aspect23. A) affectsB) profitsC) effectsD) work24. A) inventorsB) discoverersC) producersD) researchers25. A) succeedB) succeedingC) succeededD) successful26. A) SeniorB) SupremeC) SuperiorD) Prior27. A) wasB) wereC) beingD) is28. A) atB) inC) toD) of29
19、. A) thatB) whereC) whoD) when30. A) talkB) speakC) tellD) say31. A) a theatreB) theatreC) the theatreD) one theatre32. A) howB) whatC) whyD) which33. A) laterB) latterC) latelyD) late34. A) likeB) asC) whichD) just宁波大学宁波大学 20172017 年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题( (A A 卷卷) )(答案必须写在考点提供的答题纸上)科目代码科目代码:2
20、11科目名称：科目名称：翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译第 3 页 共 7 页35. A) whichB) whenC) thatD) how36. A) thatB) whenC) whichD) however37. A) ofB) toC) thanD) for38. A) come hereB) come upC) go awayD) go down39. A) besidesB) besideC) nextD) near40. A) dismayB) surpriseC) regretD) amazePart IIReading Comprehension
21、(40 points: 220)Direction: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For eachof them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D You are expected to make the best choice.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Over the past century, all kinds of
22、unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or madeillegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such adisadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower halfof the alphabet.It has long been
23、 known that a taxi firm called AAAA Cars has a big advantage over Zodiac Carswhen customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that AdamAbbott has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of thealphabet. Yet a suspiciousl
24、y large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between Aand K.Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively;and 26 of George Bushs predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of thealphabet against just 16 in
25、 the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government ofthe G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrtien andKoizumi). The worlds three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close tothe top of the alphabet, eve
26、n if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the worlds fiverichest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by thealphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the
27、 first year in infant school,teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. Soshort-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questionsposed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadva
28、ntaged may think they havehad a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention,as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awardsfirst; by the time the
29、y reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for jobinterviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn upalphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.41. What does the author intend to illus
30、trate with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars?A) A kind of overlooked inequality.B) A type of conspicuous bias.C) A type of personal prejudice.D) A kind of brand discrimination.宁波大学宁波大学 20172017 年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题( (A A 卷卷) )(答案必须写在考点提供的答题纸上)科目代码科目代码:211科目名称：科目名称：翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译第 4 页
31、共 7 页42. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?A) In both East and West, names are essential to success.B) The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zoe Zysman.C) Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies names.D) Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize.43. The
32、 4th paragraph suggests that _.A) questions are often put to the more intelligent students.B) alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class.C) teachers should pay attention to all of their students.D) students should be seated according to their eyesight.44. What does the author mean
33、 by “most people are literally having a ZZZ” (Lines 2-3, Paragraph 5)?A) They are getting impatient.B) They are noisily dozing off.C) They are feeling humiliatedD) They are busy with word puzzles.45. Which of the following is true according to the text?A) People with surnames beginning with N to Z a
34、re often ill-treatedB) VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.C) The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.D) Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:At the Massachusetts Institute
35、 of Technology, researchers are working on a project they call thelast book.This may sound bad to book lovers. After all, MIT devotes itself mainly to computers. Looking at acomputer means reading a screen, which is decidedly not the way most people want to read a book,particularly the last one.Read
36、ing text on a computer screen is limiting and tiresome. You cant see where you are or how faryou have to go. You cant turn the pages quickly without reading much to compare parts of the text or tosee what your eye finds freely. You cant comfortably carry a computer screen around with you, to bed,to
37、the beach, or to the bathroom.You cant collect computer screens, or cover them beautifully, or place them on bookshelves in theway the English writer Anthony Powell described in his book.But hold everything! The news is far from bad. The book of the future described to me on a visit toMIT is really
38、a book, just like any other. It has a cover that could be made of anything you want, andhundreds of pages you can turn one at a time or turn over quickly.The key to this book is something called electronic ink, or e-ink, which can be added to the pagefrom within instead of by a press. It was develop
39、ed by Joseph Jacobson, an assistant professor at MIT.As the capacity of the books memory grows, whole libraries may be added. Jacobson predicts thatthis book is able to store the entire U.S. Library of Congress, whose holdings number more than 17million books.Yet the book would still have the famili
40、ar advantages of a book, Jacobson says. You could turn offits power and carry it anywhere.Jacobson greatly admires the usual book. After all, he added, if books had been invented afterthe computer, they would have been considered a big breakthrough. They run on very low power at avery low cost.Every
41、 book ever published in a single copy? Will this really happen? How soon could the last book宁波大学宁波大学 20172017 年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题年硕士研究生招生考试初试试题( (A A 卷卷) )(答案必须写在考点提供的答题纸上)科目代码科目代码:211科目名称：科目名称：翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译第 5 页 共 7 页be available? A first model of it with just a few pages could be put to
42、gether in two to three years, withone of 400 pages taking a year or two longer, Jacobson said.How much will it cost? Jacobson says the final book will probably sell for $2 to $4 for eachreusable page or $500 to $1,000 for a book, although he is working on ways to reduce costs further.Will books no l
43、onger equip a room? It looks as if they wont, though people will continue to collectold-fashioned books.46.In the third sentence of Paragraph 2 the word decidedly means _.A) certainlyB) importantlyC) necessarilyD) easily47.One can imagine that in his book, the English writer Anthony Powell described
44、 a book as _.A) a thing of beautyB) a piece of breadC) a valuable thingD) a waste48.The sentence But hold everything! in Paragraph 4 means _.A) Please try to get everythingB) Please dont not jump to conclusionsC) Please have a look at everythingD) Please control yourself49.In what sense is the last
45、book different from regular books?A) It has no pages.B) It has no ink.C) It cant be carried to whatever place you like.D) It has memory.50.Which of the following is True according to the passage?A) The last book is much more expensive than a regular book.B) Regular books will be thrown away as garba
46、ge.C) The last book is no match for the regular book.D) Relatively, it takes a longer time to publish a last bookQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:The use of deferential language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominatesconservative gender norms in Japan. T
47、his ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to thebackground, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutifuldaughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels inmodesty and delicacy; she “treads softly
48、in the world,” elevating feminine beauty and grace to an artform.Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the femininelinguistic ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential “womens” forms, and even using the fewstrong forms that are know as “mens.” This, of co
49、urse, attracts considerable attention and has led to anoutcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of womens language. Indeed, we didnt hearabout “mens language” until people began to respond to girls appropriation of forms normally reservedfor boys and men. There is considerable sentime
50、nt about the “corruption” of womens languagewhichof course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and moralityand this sentiment is crystallizedby nationwide opinion polls that are regularly carried out by the media.Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many
