1、2015年全日制翻译硕士专业学位研究生入学考试试题*学科、专业名称：翻译硕士专业研究方向：英语笔译考试科目名称：翻译硕士英语 考试科目代码：211考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 I. Vocabulary & Grammar (30%)Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best comp
2、letes the sentence. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. I have planned to have the meeting today, but it has been _ until next Monday. A. cancelledC. called off B. postponed D. transferred 2. A _ is a person who chooses to die rather than abandon his or her religious belief. A. heroC. martyr B.
3、 patriot D. traitor 3. _ is the way in which written material is arranged and prepared for printing. A. TypographyC. hand-writing B. calligraphyD. typeface4. _ is a place where people who are in danger from other people can go to be safe. A. SanctuaryC. RelicsB. Paradise D. Headquarter 5. She decide
4、d to _ the world and entered a convent.A. renounceC. reviveB. reproachD. revenge6. You describe a situation as a _ when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.A. conflictC. provision B. dilemma D. paradox 7. Dont make _ comments out of ignorance. Dont make imp
5、roper comments before you know the whole story.A. presumptuousC. harshB. quick D. easy 8. Planets here show how and to what we are attached, and the degree of our _.A. weightC. gravity B. relativity D. possessiveness9. The plane found the spot and hovered close enough to _ that it was a car. A. exam
6、ine C. ensure B. verify D. testify 10. Picking flowers in the park is absolutely _.A. avoidedC. prohibitedB. rejectedD. repelled 11. Obviously, the Chairmans remarks at the conference were _ and not planned. A. substantial C. spontaneous B. simultaneous D. synthetic 12. The professors dedication to
7、_ earned him the respect of both his colleagues and students.A. teachC. being taughtB. be taughtD. teaching 13. Do help yourself to some fruit, _ you?A. cant C. wouldnt B. wont D. dont 14. She didnt _ the door key to her landlord until she got back her deposit. A. hand in C. hand outB. hand down D.
8、hand over15. You _ me anything about it. I think it was none of my business. A. neednt have told C. neednt tell B. mustnt have toldD. mustnt tell 16. Jim was really rude to everyone in my party last night. It really _ me _. A. put overC. put offB. put down D. put up 17. Please feel free to visit me
9、whenever _.A. you are convenient C. you will be convenient B. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you 18. I have been really _ with the current situation in that country because my cousin was traveling there. A. worrying C. concerned B. involved D. regretful 19. Language belongs to e
10、ach member of the society, to the housewife _ to the president. A. as far as C. as long as B. as much as D. the same as 20. Fat cannot change into muscle_ muscle changes into fact. A. any more than C. no less than B. no more than D. much more than 21. While driving along the treacherous road, _.A. m
11、y right rear tire blown out C. my right rear tire blows outB. I had my right rear tire blow out D. I had a blowout on my right rear tire 22. Our friends said that they wouldnt mind _.A. have a little light music C. they have a little light music B. to have a little light music D. having a little lig
12、ht music 23. _ for his help, Id never have been able to achieve such a success. A. If it were notC. If I had not beenB. Had it not beenD. Had it not24. Without facts, one cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for he needs to have factual knowledge _ his thinking. A. to base on whichC. upon which to base
13、B. which to be based onD. which to base upon25. Science and common sense offer ways to minimize the risk of _ climate change.A. devastatingC. demolishing B. mountingD. wrecking26. You may merely be _ your own misery and unhappiness by comparing yourself to others.A. legitimizing C. optimizing B. val
14、idatingD. duplicating27. The storm left many parts of the island underwater and destroyed thousands of artifacts _ from archaeological digs. A. recoveredC. exploitedB. retrievedD. rectified28. Chinese special envoy Zhang Yesui met Malaysias Najib on Wednesday and called for “_ efforts” to find the p
15、lane. A. fitful C. everlastingB. unremittingD. sporadic 29. According to state employment data, construction is by far the fastest growing industry in the state, _ some job losses in the sector last month.A. therefore C. nevertheless B. whereby D. notwithstanding30. Most tiny houses are _ for middle
16、-class and wealthy families who made a conscious decision to “build better, not bigger”. A. addressed C. tailored B. reconciled D. weighed II. Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: This part consists of two sections. In Section A, there are three passages followed by a total of 15 multiple-choice q
17、uestions. In Section B, there is one passage followed by a total of 5 short-answer questions. Read the passages and then mark or write down your answers on the Answer Sheet.Section A Multiple-Choice Questions (30%)Passage 1Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:The majority of success
18、ful senior managers do not closely follow the classical rational model of first clarifying goals, assessing the problem, formulating options, estimating likelihoods of success, making a decision, and only then taking action to implement the decision. Rather, in their day-by-day tactical maneuvers, t
19、hese senior executives rely on what is vaguely termed “intuition” to manage a network of interrelated problems that require them to deal with ambiguity, inconsistency, novelty, and surprise; and to integrate action into the process of thinking.Generations of writers on management have recognized tha
20、t some practicing managers rely heavily on intuition. In general, however, such writers display a poor grasp of what intuition is. Some see it as the opposite of rationality; others view it as an excuse for capriciousness.Isenbergs recent research on the cognitive processes of senior managers reveal
21、s that managers intuition is neither of these. Rather, senior managers use intuition in at least five distinct ways. First, they intuitively sense when a problem exists. Second, managers rely on intuition to perform well-learned behavior patterns rapidly. This intuition is not arbitrary or irrationa
22、l, but is based on years of painstaking practice and hands-on experience that build skills. A third function of intuition is to synthesize isolated bits of data and practice into an integrated picture, often in an “Aha!” experience. Fourth, some managers use intuition as a check on the results of mo
23、re rational analysis. Most senior executives are familiar with the formal decision analysis models and tools, and those who use such systematic methods for reaching decisions are occasionally leery of solutions suggested by these methods which run counter to their sense of the correct course of acti
24、on. Finally, managers can use intuition to bypass in-depth analysis and move rapidly to engender a plausible solution. Used in this way, intuition is an almost instantaneous cognitive process in which a manager recognizes familiar patterns.One of the implications of the intuitive style of executive
25、management is that “thinking” is inseparable from acting. Since managers often “know” what is right before they can analyze and explain it, they frequently act first and explain later. Analysis is inextricably tied to action in thinking/acting cycles, in which managers develop thoughts about their c
26、ompanies and organizations not by analyzing a problematic situation and then acting, but by acting and analyzing in close concert. Given the great uncertainty of many of the management issues that they face, senior managers often instigate a course of action simply to learn more about an issue.They
27、then use the results of the action to develop a more complete understanding of the issue. One implication of thinking/acting cycles is that action is often part of defining the problem, not just of implementing the solution. (453 words)31. According to the passage, senior managers use intuition in a
28、ll of the following ways EXCEPT to _.A. speed up the creation of a solution to a problemB. identify a problemC. bring together disparate factsD. stipulate clear goals32. Which of the following does the passage suggest about the “writers on management” mentioned in paragraph 2?A. They have misunderst
29、ood how managers use intuition in making business decisions.B. They have not based their analyses on a sufficiently large sample of actual managers.C. They have relied in drawing their conclusions on what managers say rather than on what managers do.D. They have criticized managers for not following
30、 the classical rational model of decision analysis.33. Which of the following best exemplifies “an Aha! experience” (para. 3) as it is presented in the passage?A. A manager risks taking an action whose outcome is unpredictable to discover whether the action changes the problem at hand.B. A manager p
31、erforms well-learned and familiar behavior patterns in creative and uncharacteristic ways to solve a problem.C. A manager suddenly connects seemingly unrelated facts and experiences to create a pattern relevant to the problem at hand.D. A manager rapidly identifies the methodology used to compile da
32、ta yielded by systematic analysis.34. According to the passage, the classical model of decision analysis includes all of the following EXCEPT _.A. evaluation of a problemB. creation of possible solutions to a problemC. establishment of clear goals to be reached by the decisionD. action undertaken in
33、 order to discover more information about a problem35. According to the passage, which of the following would most probably be one major difference in behavior between Manager X, who uses intuition to reach decisions, and Manager Y, who uses only formal decision analysis?A. Manager X analyzes first
34、and then acts; Manager Y does not.B. Manager X checks possible solutions to a problem by systematic analysis; Manager Y does not.C. Manager X takes action in order to arrive at the solution to a problem; Manager Y does not.D. Manager Y draws on years of hands-on experience in creating a solution to
35、a problem; Manager X does not.Passage 2Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:After evidence was obtained in the 1920s that the universe is expanding, it became reasonable to ask: Will the universe continue to expand indefinitely, or is there enough mass in it for the mutual attractio
36、n of its constituents to bring this expansion to a halt? It can be calculated that the critical density of matter needed to brake the expansion and “close” the universe is equivalent to three hydrogen atoms per cubic meter. But the density of the observable universeluminous matter in the form of gal
37、axiescomes to only a fraction of this. If the expansion of the universe is to stop, there must be enough invisible matter in the universe to exceed the luminous matter in density by a factor of roughly 70.Our contribution to the search for this “missing matter” has been to study the rotational veloc
38、ity of galaxies at various distances from their center of rotation. It has been known for some time that outside the bright nucleus of typical spiral galaxy luminosity falls off rapidly with distance from the center. If luminosity were a true indicator of mass, most of the mass would be concentrated
39、 toward the center. Outside the nucleus the rotational velocity would decrease geometrically with distance from the center, in conformity with Keplers law.Instead we have found that the rotational velocity in spiral galaxies either remains constant with increasing distance from the center or increas
40、es slightly. This unexpected result indicates that the falloff in luminous mass with distance from the center is balanced by an increase in nonluminous mass.Our findings suggest that as much as 90 percent of the mass of the universe is not radiating at any wave length with enough intensity to be det
41、ected on the Earth. Such dark matter could be in the form of extremely dim stars of low mass, of large planets like Jupiter, or of black holes, either small or massive. While it has not yet been determined whether this mass is sufficient to close the universe, some physicists consider it significant
42、 that estimates are converging on the critical value. (351 words)36. The passage is primarily concerned with _.A. defending a controversial approachB. criticizing an accepted viewC. summarizing research findingsD. contrasting competing theories37. The authors study indicates that, in comparison with
43、 the outermost regions of a typical spiral galaxy, the region just outside the nucleus can be characterized as having _.A. higher rotational velocity and higher luminosityB. lower rotational velocity and higher luminosityC. lower rotational velocity and lower luminosityD. similar rotational velocity
44、 and higher luminosity38. The authors suggestion that “as much as 90 percent of the mass of the universe is not radiating at any wave length with enough intensity to be detected on the Earth” (para.4) would be most weakened if _ were discovered to be true.A. Spiral galaxies are less common than type
45、s of galaxies that contain little nonluminous matter.B. Luminous and nonluminous matter are composed of the same basic elements.C. The bright nucleus of a typical spiral galaxy also contains some nonluminous matter.D. The density of the observable universe is greater than most previous estimates hav
46、e suggested.39. It can be inferred from the passage that if the density of the universe were equivalent to significantly less than three hydrogen atoms per cubic meter, _ would be true as a consequence.A. Luminosity would be a true indicator of mass.B. Different regions in spiral galaxies would rotate at the same velocity.C. The universe would continue to expand indefinitely.D. The density of the invisible matter in the universe would have to be more than 70 times the density of the luminous matter
