1、第1页共16页三 峡 大 学2014年研究生入学考试试题(A卷)科目代码： 211 科目名称： 翻译硕士英语 考试时间为3小时，卷面总分为100分答案必须写在答题纸上PART I GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY PART I SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE (20)There are fifteen sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that
2、correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.1. The_ is used by astrologers to help calculate the influence of the planets on peoples lives.A. zephyr B. zodiac C. zyme D. zest2. Its a_ timetable. Sometime lessons happen, sometimes they dont.A. haphazard B .odious C. haught
3、y D. handicapped3. No men was allowed to_ on the livelihood of his neighbor.A. wade B. invoke C. muffle D. infringe4. The poor mans clothes were so _ that they couldnt be repaired any more.A. oozed B. ragged C. mopped D. mocked5. The scents of the flowers was _ to us by the breeze.A. intercepted B.
4、detested C. saturated D. wafted 6. The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that police were sure it was a case of_.A. vagabond B. sabotage C. paradox D. tachyon7. The actor amused the audience by _ some well-known people.A. embroidering B. rigging C. yelping D. mimicking 8. The speaker _ us wi
5、th tales of exotic lands and buried treasure.A. detour B. offset C. tantalized D. ushered9. I assure you there was no_ motive in my suggestion.A. ulterior B. stationary C. vulgar D. toxic10. Government loan have been the _ of several shaky business companies.A. tornado B. salvation C. delinquency D.
6、 momentum11. Individual sports are run by 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include _ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.A. drawing on B. drawing in C. drawing up D. drawing down12. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men i
7、n pre-literate societies in order to attract good health or to _ disease.A. set aside B. ward off C. shrug off D. give away13.We object to the idea that it is military force that should be _ in settling international disputes.A. applied to B. resorted to C. fallen back on D. restrained from14.Attend
8、ances at football matches have _ since the coming of the television.A. dropped in B. dropped down C. dropped off D. dropped out15. Although the false bank-notes fooled many people, they did not _ to close examination.A. look up B. pay up C. keep up D. stand up16. Mbeki has said he is making progress
9、 in attempts to _ between Mugabes party and its main opposition.A. meditate B. mendicant C. mitigate D. mediate17. The UN threatened to _ economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.A. revoke B. provoke C. invoke D. evoke18. The patient has been in a _ for a week and doesnt seem to have any hope
10、 of recovery.A. dormancy B. hibernation C. coma D. sleep19. Modern medical search results have proved that some diseases are present by _.A. heredity B. heresy C. heterodox D. hegemony20. To compound its low status in the medical _, travel medicine has to rely on statistics that are patchy at best.A
11、. hierarchy B. rank C. list D. cataloguePART I SECTION B PROOFREADING & CORRECTION (10)The following passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way:For a w
12、rong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “”sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word, cross
13、 the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line第 5 页During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if 21
14、. _they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing 22. _favorite topic of conversation. War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices
15、 were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened 23. _too often that they sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when 24. _farm debts were coming due, just to see prices rising and speculators 25. _getting rich. On various occasions, producers
16、 groups asked firmer 26. _control, but the government had no wish to become involving, 27. _at least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild. Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal government 28. _appointed a board of grain supervisors to handle with deliver
17、ies 29. _from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by the board. To handle with the crop of 1919, the government appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to buy, sell, and set prices. 30. _ PART II READING COMPREHENS
18、ION PART II Section A Multiple Choice (28)In this section, there are several reading passages followed by a total of fourteen multiple choice questions, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Read the passages and then mark your answ
19、ers on your answer sheet. Text APop stars today enjoy a style of living which was once the prerogative only of Royalty. Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. The stars are tra
20、nsported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or executive airplanes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported, for, like Royalty, pop
21、stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of Royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public. They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds which idolize them. They are no longer private indivi
22、duals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are astronomical.And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth
23、 and adulation on an unprecedented scale. By todays standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title Top of the Pops is fierce, but the rewards
24、 are truly colossal.It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Dont the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the services they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency often more than large industrial concerns and the tax
25、man can only be grateful fro their massive annual contributions to the exchequer. So who would begrudge them their rewards?Its all very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the successes and rewards of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars repres
26、ent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always b
27、e a limit to what he can earn. But a man who attempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards f
28、or success are very high indeed: they are the recompense for the huge risks involved and if he achieves them, he has certainly earned them. Thats the essence of private enterprise.31. The sentence Pop stars style of living was once the prerogative only of Royalty meansA Their life was as luxurious a
29、s that of royalty.B They enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty.C They are rather rich.D Their way of living was the same as that of the royalty.32. What is the authors attitude toward top stars high income?A Approval.B Disapproval.C Ironical.D Critical.33. It can be inferred from the passageA
30、 There exists fierce competition in climbing to the top.B People are blind in idolizing stars.C Successful Pop stars give great entertainment.D The tax they have paid are great.34. What can we learn from the passage?A Successful man should get high-income repayment.B Pop stars made great contributio
31、n to a country.C Pop stars can enjoy the life of royalty.D Successful men represent the tip of the iceberg.35. Which paragraph covers the main idea?A The first.B The second.C The third.D The fourth.Text BThe newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted, objectively selected
32、facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment confronting American journalismto make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news as understandable as community
33、news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing (with the possible exception of such scribbling as society and club news) as “local” news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in manpower draft, in economic strain, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life.There
34、 is in journalism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation, you are entering choppy and dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense.The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine himself to the “facts”. This insistence raises
35、 two questions: What are the facts? And: Are the bare facts enough?As to the first query. Consider how a so-called “factual” story cones about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space allotment being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten, which he considers most i
36、mportant. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall constitute the lead of the piece (This is important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph.) This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the
37、article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large impact, or on page twenty-four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.Thus, in the presentation of a so-called “factual” or “objective” story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those invol
38、ved in interpretation, in which reporter and editor, calling upon their general background, and their “news neutralism,” arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather then subjective pro
39、cessesas objective, that is, as any human being can be. (Note in passing: even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels.) Of an editor is intent on slanting the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively
40、 than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that prop up his particular plea. Or he can do it by the pay he gives a storypromoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirty.36. The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage isA Interpreting the News. B Choosing
41、Facts.C Subjective versus Objective Processes. D Everything Counts.37. Why does the writer of an article select ten out of 50 available facts?A Space is limited. B His editor is prejudiced.C The subject is not important. D He is entering choppy and dangerous.38. What is the least effective way of “s
42、lanting” news?A Interpretation. B His editor is prejudiced.C Placement. D Concentration.39. Why should the lead sentence present the most important fact?A It will influence the reader to continue.B It will be the best way to write.C Some readers do not read beyond the first paragraph.D It will grati
43、fy the editor.Text CIn some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protest
44、s by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with
45、despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taug
46、ht us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and
