1、 宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译 第 1 页 共 10 页 Part I Vocabulary and Grammar(30 points:20pts.for Section A,and 10pts.for Section B)Section A:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence the
2、re are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1.The worlds governments have done _ nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.A.inherently B.vitally C.virtually D.identically 2.The captured criminals were _ in chains through the streets.A.exhibi
3、ted B.displayed C.paraded D.revealed 3.The old building is in a good state of _ except for the wooden floors.A.observation B.preservation C.conservation D.compensation 4.The lady in this strange tale very obviously suffers from a serious mental illness.Her plot against a completely innocent old man
4、is a clear sign of _.A.impulse B.insanity C.inspiration D.disposition 5.The Prime Minister was followed by five or six _ when he got off the plane.A.laymen B.servants C.directors D.attendants 6.There is no doubt that the _ of these goods to the others is easy to see.A.prestige B.superiority C.priori
5、ty D.publicity 7.All the guests were invited to attend the wedding _ and had a very good time.A.feast B.congratulations C.festival D.recreation 8.The medicine _ his pain but did not cure his illness.A.activated B.alleviated C.deteriorated D.aggravated 9.No one can function properly if they are _ of
6、adequate sleep.A.contrived B.deprived C.ripped D.strived 10.Whether you live to eat or eat to live,food is a major _ in every familys budget.A.expenditure B.nutrition C.provision D.routine 11.It was _ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.A.addicted B.alleged C.assaulted D.ascrib
7、ed 12.He _ by with his hands in his pockets.A.soothed B.sauntered C.smoothed D.saturated 13.He is the only person who can _ in this case,because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously.A.testify B.charge C.accuse D.rectify 14.Professor Hawking is _ as one of the worlds greatest living physicist
8、s.A.dignified B.clarified C.acknowledged D.illustrated 宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译 第 2 页 共 10 页 15.They didnt break the bad news to his mother _ that she might break down.A.unless B.for C.because D.for fe
9、ar 16.Europes earlier industrial growth was _ by the availability of key resources,abundant and cheap labor,coal,iron ore,etc.A.constrained B.detained C.remained D.sustained 17.As the trial went on,the story behind the murder slowly _ itself.A.convicted B.released C.haunted D.unfolded 18.Weve just i
10、nstalled a fan to _ cooking smells from the kitchen.A.eject B.expel C.exclude D.exile 19.Mutual respect for territorial _ is one of the bases upon which our two countries develop relationships.A.unity B.integrity C.entirety D.reliability 20.As one of the youngest professors in the university,Mr.Brow
11、n is certainly on the _ of a brilliant career.A.porch B.edge C.course D.threshold Section B:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked,A.,B.,C.and D.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answ
12、er Sheet with a single line through the centre.When women do become managers,do they bring a different style and different skills to the job?Are they better,or worse,managers than men?Are women more highly motivated and _21_ than male managers?Some research _22_ the idea that woman bring different a
13、ttitudes and skills to management jobs,such as greater _23_,an emphasis on affiliation and attachment,and a _24_ to bring emotional factors to bear _25_ making workplace decisions.These differences are _26_ to carry advantages for companies,_27_ they expand the range of techniques that can be used t
14、o _28_ the company manage its workforce _29_.A study commissioned by the International Womens Forum _30_ a management style used by some woman managers(and also by some men)that _31_ from the command and control style _32_ used by male managers.Using this“interactive leadership”approach,“women _33_
15、participation,share power and information,_34_ other peoples self-worth,and get others excited about their work.All these _35_ reflect their belief that allowing _36_ to contribute and to feel _37_ and important is a win-win _38_good for the employees and the organization.The studys director _39_ th
16、at“interactive leadership may emerge _40_ the management style of choice for many organizations.”21.A.confronted B.commanded C.confined D.committed 22.A.supports B.argues C.opposes D.despises 宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用
17、专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译 第 3 页 共 10 页 23.A.combination B.cooperativeness C.coherence D.correlation 24.A.willingness B.loyalty C.sensitivity D.virtue 25.A.by B.in C.at D.with 26.A.disclosed B.watched C.revised D.seen 27.A.therefore B.whereas C.because D.nonetheless 28.A.help B.enable C.support D.direct 29.A.e
18、vidently B.precisely C.aggressively D.effectively 30.A.developed B.invented C.discovered D.located 31.A.derives B.differs C.descends D.detaches 32.A.inherently B.traditionally C.conditionally D.occasionally 33.A.encourage B.dismiss C.disapprove D.engage 34.A.enhance B.enlarge C.ignore D.degrade 35.A
19、.themes B.subjects C.researches D.things 36.A.managers B.women C.employees D.males 37.A.faithful B.powerful C.skillful D.thoughtful 38.A.situation B.status C.circumstance D.position 39.A.predicted B.proclaimed C.defied D.diagnosed 40.A.into B.from C.as D.for Part II Reading Comprehension(40 points:2
20、pts.20)Direction:There are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You are expected to make the best choice.Questions41 to 45 are based on the following passage:It is a curious paradox that we thin
21、k of the physical sciences as“hard”,the social sciences as“soft”,and the biological sciences as somewhere in between.This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our knowledge of biological systems,and these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of so
22、cial systems.In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes,however,and the probability that our images of these universes are at least approximately correct,one suspects that a reverse order is more reasonable.We are able to sample earths social systems with some degree of confidence tha
23、t we have a reasonable sample of the total universe being investigated.Our knowledge of social systems,therefore,while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate,is not likely to be seriously overturned by new discoveries.Even the folk knowledge in social systems on which ordinary life is based in earn
24、ing,spending,organizing,marrying,taking part in political activities,fighting and so on,is not very dissimilar from the more sophisticated images of the social system derived from the social sciences,even though it is built upon the very imperfect samples of personal experience.宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位
25、研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译 第 4 页 共 10 页 In contrast,our image of the astronomical universe,of even of earths geological history,can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked
26、out.If we define the“security”our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes,then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure,the physical sciences as the least secure,and again the biological science
27、s as somewhere in between.Our image of the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social systems,or even the limited records of biological systems.Re
28、cords of the astronomical universe,despite the fact that we see distant things as they were long ago,are limited in the extreme.Even in regard to such a close neighbor as the moon,which we have actually visited,theories about its origin and history are extremely different,contradictory,and hard to c
29、hoose among.Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure.41.The word“paradox”(Para.1,Line 1)means“_”.A.implication B.contradiction C.interpretation D.confusion 42.According to the author,we should reverse our classification of the physical sciences as“hard”and the social sci
30、ences as“soft”because _.A.a reverse ordering will help promote the development of the physical and social sciences B.our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than that of social systems C.our understanding of the physical systems is approximately correct D.we are better able to investigate
31、 social phenomena than physical phenomena 43.The author believes that our knowledge of social systems is more secure than that of physical systems because _.A.it is not based on personal experience B.new revolutionary discoveries are less likely to occur in social sciences C.it is based on a fairly
32、representative quantity of data D.the records of social systems are more reliable 44.The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because _.A.contradictory theories keep emerging all the time B.new information is constantly coming in C.the direction of their de
33、velopment is difficult to predict D.our knowledge of the physical world is inaccurate 宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译 第 5 页 共 10 页 45.We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about any social s
34、ystem because _.A.theories of its origin and history are varied B.our knowledge of it is highly insecure C.only a very small sample of it has been observed D.few scientists are involved in the study of astronomy Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:In ancient Greece athletic festiva
35、ls were very important and had strong religious associations.The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus,king of the Olympian Gods,eventually lost its local character,became first a national event and then,after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished,inter
36、national.No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go,but some official records date from 776 B.C.The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus.Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece,but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator.Slaves,women a
37、nd dishonored persons were not allowed to compete.The exact sequence of events uncertain,but events included boys gymnastics,boxing,wrestling,horse racing and field events,though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.On the last day of the Games,all the winners were honor
38、ed by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads.So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory.Although Olympic winners received no prize money,they were,in fact,richly rewarded by their state authorities.How their results compared wit
39、h modern standards,we unfortunately have no means of telling.After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years,the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D.They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics:the idea that a healthy body produced
40、a healthy mind,and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars.It was over 1,500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.Nowadays,the Games are held in different countries in turn.The host count
41、ry provides vast facilities,including a stadium,swimming pools and living accommodation,but competing countries pay their own athletes expenses.The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch,lighted on Mount Olympus by the suns rays.It is carried by a succession of runners to the stad
42、ium.The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals,and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony.The 宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译 第 6 页 共 10 页 well-known Olympic
43、flag,however,is a modern conception:the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.46.In ancient Greece,the Olympic Games _.A.were merely national athletic festivals B.were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious color C.had rule
44、s which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position D.were primarily national events with few foreign participants 47.In the early days of ancient Olympic Games _.A.only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games B.all Greeks,irrespective of sex,religion or social status
45、,were allowed to take part C.all Greeks,with the exception of women,were allowed to compete in Games D.all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games 48.The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics _.A.has not definitely been established B.varied according to the number of foreign co
46、mpetitors C.was decided by Zeus,in whose honor the Games were held D.was considered unimportant 49.Modern athletes results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because _.A.the Greeks had no means of recording the results B.they are much better C.details such as the time were not recorded
47、 in the past D.they are much worse 50.Nowadays,the athletes expenses are paid for _.A.out of the prize money of the winners B.out of the funds raised by the competing nations C.by the athletes themselves D.by contributions Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:Americans are pound of
48、their variety and individuality,yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform,whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general.宁波大学宁波大学 2015 年攻读硕士学位研究生年攻读硕士学位研究生 入入 学学 考考 试试 试试 题题(A 卷卷)(答案必须写在答题纸上)考试科目考试科目:翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语 科目代码：科目代码：211 适用专业适用专业:英语笔译英语笔译
49、 第 7 页 共 10 页 Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?Among the arguments for uniforms,one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian clothes.People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform.The televisio
50、n repairman who wears uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes.Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform.What easier way is there for a nurse,a policeman,a barber,or a waiter to lose professional identity than to step out of uniform?Uniform
