1、第1页共 15 页三 峡 大 学2018年硕士研究生入学考试试题(B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 PART I GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE (20 )There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase
2、 that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.1. We have had to raise the prices of our products because of the increase in the cost of _ materials.A. primitive B. roughC. original D. raw2. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very_ for t
3、he students.A. hostile B. anxiousC. tedious D. obscure3. Whenever the government increases public services,_ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.A. employment to rise B. employment risesC. which rising employment D. the rise of employment4. Our flight to Guangzhou was _ by a
4、bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.第 2 页A. delayed B. adjournedC. canceled D. preserved5. Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but _ in winter.A. should be B. would beC. preferred D. preferably6. Both longitude and latitude _ in degrees
5、 minutes and seconds.A. measuring B. measuredC. are measured D. being measured7. Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, _ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.A. one another B. the otherC. other ones D. each other8. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not _ pape
6、r but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.A. by damaging B. so that they damageC. to damage D. damaging9. The magician picked several persons _ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.A. by accident B. at randomC. on occasion D. on average10. The disease ty
7、pically _ itself in a high fever and chest pains. A. asserted B. expressed C. justified D. manifested11. dullhemaybe,heiscertainlyavery successfultopexecutive.A. Although B. whateverC. As D. However12.IfonlyI playtheguitaraswellasyou!第 3 页 A. would B. could C. should D. might13. Due to the unpromisi
8、ng weather conditions, they had to make _ changes to the itinerary. A. initial B. essential C. substantial D. official14. Itshightimewe cuttingdowntherain forests.A. stopped B. hadtostopC. shallstop D. stop15Thereusedtobeapetrolstationnearthepark, ?A. didntit B. doesntthereC. usedntit? D.didntthere1
9、6.Itisanoffencetoshow againstpeopleofdifferentraces.A. distinction B. differenceC. separation D. discrimination17.Thereareonlytenapplesleftinthebaskets, thespoiltones. A. notcounting B. nottocount C. dontcount D. havingnotcounted18. Im ashamed of you for making a _ in the restaurant like that.A. fac
10、e B. scene C. confession D. joke 19.Itisimperativethatthegovernment moreinvestmentintotheshipbuildingindustry.A. attracts B. shallattractC. attract D. hasto20.Thethievesfledwiththelocalpolicecloseontheir . .A. backs B. necksC. toes D. heels第 4 页PART I SECTION B PROOFREADING & CORRECTION ( 10 )The fo
11、llowing 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 wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the en
12、d 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 the unnecessary word with a slash / and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the
13、line.What is corporate culture? At its most basic, its described like 1. the personality of an organization, or simply as “how things aredone around here.” It guides what employees think, act, and feel. 2. Corporate culture is a wide term used to define the unique personality 3. or character of a pa
14、rticular company or organization, and include 4. such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can be expressed in the companysmission statement and other communi
15、cations, in the architectural style or interior decoration, by what people wear to work, by how people address to each other, and in the titles given to various5. 第 5 页employees. How do you uncover the corporate culture of a potentialemployer? The truth is that you will never really know the corpora
16、te culture after you 6. have worked at the company for a number of months, but you can get close to it through research and observation. Understanding culture is a two-step process, starting with the research before 7. the interview and ending with observation at the interview. The bottom line is th
17、at you are going to spend a lot of time on the work environment- 8. and to be happy, successful, and productive, you will want to be in a place where you fit for the culture, a place where you can have 9. voice, be respected, and have opportunities for growth. 10. PART II READING COMPREHENSION SECTI
18、ON A Multiple Choice (30 )In this section, there are several reading passages followed by a total of fifteen 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 answers on your answe
19、r sheet. Text AMany people in deaf communities around the world use sign languages as their primary means of communication. These communities include both deaf and hearing people who converse in sign language. But for many deaf people, sign language serves as their primary or native language, creati
20、ng a strong sense of social and cultural identity. Sign language can also be used as an alternative means of communication by hearing people. For example, in the United States during the 19th century, groups of Native第 6 页Americans in the Plains who spoke different languages used a sign language now
21、 known as Plains Indian Sign Talk to communicate with each other. Languages can be conveyed in different ways known as modalities. The most important modalities are speech, writing, and sign. Modality should not be confused with language, however. English and Navajo, for example, share a modality sp
22、eech although they are different languages. The same is true for sign languages. Even though British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL) share the signed modality, they are two distinct languages. English, Navajo, BSL, and ASL constitute four distinct languages. Sign languages exhib
23、it the same types of variation that spoken languages do. For example, sign languages have dialects that vary from region to region. In the United States, many African Americans in the South who communicate through sign language use a variant of standard ASL, just as many African Americans might comm
24、unicate through their own vernacular English in speech. In Switzerland, there are five geographic dialects of Swiss German Sign Language with slight variations that derive from regional schools for the deaf. In Dublin, Ireland, where boys and girls attend different schools, the sign language used by
25、 deaf boys has a distinctly different vocabulary from that used by deaf girls. Although girls learn the boys signs when they begin dating, after marriage women continue to use the female signs with girls and women.1. Sign language _. A. is only used in the deaf communities B. serves as the language
26、for the hearing people only C. is one of the primary means of communication by hearing 第 7 页D. is one of the most important modalities conveying language 2. Which of the following statements about Plains Indian Sign Talk is TRUE? _A. It was used by the deaf people in the Plains in the United States
27、during the 19th century.B. It was used by the hearing people in the plains in the United States during the 18th century. C. It was a means of communication by the Native Americans in the plains who spoke different languages. D. It was a sign language used by all Indians in America who didnt know Eng
28、lish. 3. English, Navajo, BSL, and ASL constitute four distinct languages because_. A. they share the signed modality B. they share a speech modalityC. they share a writing modality D. they share neither a signed modality nor a speech modality4. Examples of _ are given to show that sign languages ex
29、hibit the same types of variation as spoken languages do. A. distinct dialects B. different systems of meanings C. large vocabularies D. complicated grammatical structures 5. The proper title for this passage is: _. A. Variation of Sign Languages 第 8 页B. Introduction to Sign Language C. Sign Languag
30、e and Deaf Education D. Sign Languages and Spoken LanguagesTEXT BSome people say that thestudyof liberal arts is a useless luxury we cannot afford in hard times. Students, they argue, who do not develop salable skills will find it difficult to land a job upon graduation. But there is a problem in sp
31、eaking of salable skills. What skills are salable? Right now, skills for making automobiles are , but they have been for decades and might be again. Skills are another example of varying salability, as the job market fluctuates. Whats more, if one wants to build a curriculum exclusively on what is s
32、alable, one will have to make the courses very short and change them very often, in order to keep up with the rapid changes in the job market. But will not the effort be in vain? In very few things canwe be sure of future salability, and in a society where people are free tostudywhat they want, and
33、work where they want, and invest as they want, there is no way to keep supply and demand in labor in perfect accord.A school that devotes itself totally to salable skills, especially in a time of high unemployment, sending young men and women into the world armed with only a narrow range of skills,
34、is also sending lambs into the lions den. If those people gain nothing more from their studies than supposedly salable skills, and cant make the sale because of changes in the job market, they have been cheated. But if those skills were more than salable, ifstudygave them a better understanding of t
35、he world around them and greater adaptability in a changing world, they have not been cheated. They will find some kind of job soon enough. Flexibility, and ability to 第 9 页change and learn new things, is a valuable skill. People who have learned how to learn can learn outside of school. That is whe
36、re most of us have learned to do what we do, not in school. Learning to learn is one of the highest liberal skills.6. From the passage, we can learn that the author is in favor of_ .A. teaching practical skills that can be sold in the current job marketB. a flexible curriculum that changes with the
37、timesC. a liberal educationD. keeping a balance between the supply and demand in the labor market7. The word fluctuate（Line 5,Para.1） most probably means_ .A. remain steady B. change in an irregular wayC. follow a set pattern D. become worse and worse8. According to the author, who of the following
38、is more likely to get a job in times of high unemployment?A.A person with the ability to learn by himself.B.A construction worker.C.A car repairman.D.A person with quite a few salable skills.9. According to the author, in developing a curriculum school should _ .A. predict the salability of skills i
39、n the future job marketB. take the current job market into considerationC. consider what skills are salableD. focus on the ability to adapt to changes第 10 页10. We can learn from the passage that_ .A. liberal arts education is being challenged nowB. schools that teach practical skills fare better dur
40、ing hard timesC. extracurricular activities are more important than classroom learningD. many students feel cheated by the educational systemTEXT CThe Breitling Orbiter 3 crossed the finish line over Mauritania last Saturday. Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard was ecstatic: “I am with the angels an
41、d just completely happy,” he said over satellite relay. British balloon instructor Brian Jones, for his part, said calmly, “I am going to have a cup of tea, like any good Englishman.” They had sailed into history. And they decided to sail on a little more. “We do not land. We go to Egypt,” Piccard r
42、adioed air-traffic control in Senegal. “We are a balloon flying around the world.” They touched down in Egypt on Sunday morning. “I will be tearing their eyes out when I see them,” their erstwhile rival Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic, told TIME. “But apart from that, I think a hug and a
43、 bottle of champagne will be appropriate.”Since 1981 there have been nearly 20 attempts to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon. Steve Fossett, a Chicago millionaire who attempted the feat five times, plunged into the Coral Sea after traveling 22 911 km last August. And on Christmas Day he went down again near the coast of Hawaii, taking along his partners, Per Lindstrand of Sweden and Branson
