浙江理工大学考研专业课试题211翻译硕士英语2016.pdf

1、第 1 页 ，共 8 页浙浙 江江 理理 工工 大大 学学20162016 年硕士学位研究生招生入学考试试题年硕士学位研究生招生入学考试试题考试科目考试科目：翻译硕士英语翻译硕士英语代码代码：211（请考生在答题纸上答题请考生在答题纸上答题，在此试题纸上答题无效在此试题纸上答题无效）Part I Grammar & Vocabulary (25 points)Directions:There are fifty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are fourwords or phrases marked A, B,

2、 C and D. Choose best answer and mark it onyouranswer sheet.1. She resorted to _ when she had no money to buy foods for her children.A. have stolenB. stealC. stoleD. stealing2. He might have been killed _ the timely arrival of the ambulance.A. but forB. except forC. besidesD. except3. He has failed

3、me so many times that I no longer place any _ on what he promises.A. faithB. beliefC. creditD. reliance4. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as _ earned by his own labor.A. oneB. suchC. thatD. what5.As a senior professor she should have known better _ to get involved in such ascandal.A. and notB. but

4、 notC. thanD. than not6. The application was blank except for _ Michael had filled in his name.A. whereB. whatC. howD. which7. _ is always the case, the darkest hour comes before the dawn.A. ThatB. ItC.AsD. What8. We have a long way to go _ we can invent truly intelligent machines.A. beforeB. ifC. t

5、hatD. when9. Liquids are like solids _ they have a definite volume.A. in thatB. with thatC. for thatD. at that10. The survival of civilization as we know it is _ threat.A. withinB. underC. towardsD. upon11. Ten percent of the workers in this city _ now on strike.A. isB. areC. is to beD. are to be12.

6、 I never think of fall _ I think of the hardships I have experienced when I was achild.A. thatB. whenC. butD. and13. If only our team _ one more point!A. scoresB. had scoredC. scoredD. have scored14. The speech _, a lively discussion started.A. being deliveredB. was deliveredC. be deliveredD. having

7、 been delivered15. _ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his room.A. There wasB. SinceC. BeingD. There being第 2 页 ，共 8 页16.Ahibernating animal needs hardly any food all through the winter, _?A. need itB. neednt itC. does itD. doesnt it17. You could do it, if you _ try hard enough.A. mightB.

8、 shouldC. couldD. would18. You and I could hardly understand, _?A. could IB. couldnt you C. couldnt weD. could we19. I _ writing the paper as scheduled, but my mothers illness interfered. I hope youwill excuse me.A. am to have finishedB. was to have finishedC. was to finishD. ought to finish20. By t

9、he time she is 50 years old, she _ an inmate of the prison for over half of herlife.A. would have beenB. will beC. will have beenD. would be21. James has just arrived, but I didnt know he _ until yesterday.A. will comeB. was comingC. has been comingD. came22. Whatever the cause, English at the end o

10、f the 20th century is more widely spoken andwritten than any other language _.A. ever wasB. had ever been C. has ever beenD. would everbe23. Jack _ from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety.A. has been missingB. has been missedC. had been missingD. was missed24. There

11、was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone _ me thatevening.A. to have interruptedB. would have interruptedC. had interruptedD. to interrupt25. The ambassador heard that _ at his post a year longer.A. he be stayingB. him to stayC. he would be stayingD. he will have stayed26. Greater eff

12、orts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage_ avoided.A. is to beB. can beC. will beD. has been27. It is the first book of this kind _ Ive ever read.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. when28. _ that the pilot couldnt fly through it.A. So the storm was severeB. So severe was the storm

13、C. The storm so severe wasD. Such was the storm severe29. Not only I but also Tom and Mary _ fond of watching television.A. amB. isC. areD. be30. Do help yourself to some fruit, _ you?A. cantB. dontC. wouldntD. wont31. It is required that you _ at six.A. will arriveB. arriveC. arrivedD. would arrive

14、32. It is a widely held theory _ the ancestral prototype of the flowering Astereleswas a woody plant, perhaps a small tree.A. whereB. untilC. whileD. that第 3 页 ，共 8 页33. To get up early and to go to sleep early _ good for your health.A. isB. areC. wasD. were34. They would rather I _ tomorrow.A. came

15、B. comeC. will comeD. have come35. What they need _ more people.A. isB. areC. hasD. have36. _ he friend or enemy, the law regards him as a criminal.A. BeB. IsC. BeingD. To be37. They each _ a new dictionary.A. hasB. haveC. isD. are38. Either dye or paints _ to color cloth.A. is usedB. be usedC. are

16、usedD. was used39. Shoes of this kind are _ to slip on wet ground.A. feasibleB. appropriateC. aptD. fitting40. Improved consumer confidence is _ to an economic recovery.A. crucialB. subordinateC. cumulativeD. satisfactory41. The vast majority of people in any given culture will _ to the establisheds

17、tandards of that culture.A. confineB. conformC. confrontD. confirm42. The twins are so much _ that it is difficult to tell one from the other.A. similarB. sameC. likeD. alike43. Within two hours his complexion _ colour and his limbs became warm.A. took onB. took toC. took upD. took down44. Very few

18、people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very _.A. dimB. obscureC. conspicuousD. intelligible45. When she _, her mother was sitting by her bed.A. came roundB. came onC. came overD. came across46. _ of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night.A. NoneB. BothC. Ne

19、itherD.All47. The Clarks havent decided yet which hotel _.A. to stayB. is to stayC. to stay atD. is for staying48. By the next month we _ this assignment.A. will finishB. will be finishingC. will have finishedD. have finished49. Paul was lying on the lawn, his hands _ under his head.A. were crossing

20、B. were crossed C. crossingD. crossed50. The general _ everyone else for his lack of success with any assigned task.A. accusedB. blamedC. complainedD. chargedPart IIError Correction (5 points)Directions:In this section there are ten errors in the passages. Find the errors andcorrect them. Write your

21、 answers on your answer sheet.Agreat many cities are experiencing difficulties which are nothing new inthe history of cities, except in their scale.Some cities have lost theiroriginal purpose and have not found new one. And any large or rich city is1. _第 4 页 ，共 8 页going to attract poor immigrants, w

22、ho flood in, filling with hopes of2. _prosperity which are then often disappointing. There are backward townson the edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there were on the edge of3. _seventeenth-century London or early nineteenth-century Paris. This is new is4. _the scale. Descriptions written

23、by eighteenth-century travelers of the poorof Mexico City, and the enormous contrasts that was to be found there, are very5. _dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico City todaythe poor can still be numbered6. _in millions. The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but behind itlies 7._tw

24、o myths; the myth of the city as a promised land, that attracts immigrants8._from rural poverty and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth of the9._country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, sends them10._flooding out again to the suburbs.Part III Reading comprehension (

25、40 points)Section one (30 points)Directions: In this section there are two passages followed by multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on the answer sheet.Passage OneThe newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unsalted, objectivelyselected facts. B

26、ut in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supplyinterpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment confrontingAmerican journalismto make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to makeinternational news as understandable as community news, to re

27、cognize that there is nolonger any such thing (with the possible exception of such scribbling as society and clubnews) as “local” news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction inmanpower draft, in economic strain, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life.There is in journal

28、ism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation, youare 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 tothe “facts”. This insistence raises two questions:

29、What are the facts?And: Are the barefacts enough?As to the first query, consider how a so-called “factual” story comes about. Thereporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space allotment being necessarilyrestricted, he selects the ten, which he considers most important. This is Ju

30、dgment NumberOne. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall constitute the lead of thepiece. (This is important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the firstparagraph.) This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether thearticle shall be presen

31、ted on page one, where it has a large impact, or on page twenty-four,whether it has little. Judgment Number Three.Thus, in the presentation of a so-called “factual” or “objective” story, at least threejudgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved ininterpretation, i

32、n which reporter and editor, calling upon their general background, andtheir “news neutralism,” arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.第 5 页 ，共 8 页The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are bothobjective rather than subjective processes as obje

33、ctive, that is, as any human being canbe.(Note in passing: even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, neverthelessthe ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels.) If an editor is intent onslanting the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpre

34、tation.He can do it by the selection of those facts that prop up his particular plea. Or he can do itby the pay he gives a storypromoting it to page one or demoting to page thirty.1. The best title for this passage is _.A. Function of the Night EditorB. Interpreting the NewsC. Subjective Versus Obje

35、ctive ProcessesD. Choosing Facts2. The author implies that _.A. in writing a factual story, the writer must use judgment.B. fine writer should limit himself to the factsC. reporters give prejudiced view of the factsD. editors control what the reporter write.3. The beginning sentence should present t

36、he most important fact because _.A. it will influence the reader to continueB. most readers read only the first paragraphC. it is the best way to write according to the schools of journalismD. it details the general attitude of the writer4. Readers are justified in thinking that the most important a

37、spect of the news reported inthe newspaper is that it should be _.A. interpreted in detailB. edited properlyC. objectively reportedD. impartial5. Readers expect all of the following from newspapers EXCEPT _.Ahow to interpret newsBwhat news meanClocal newsDinternational newsPassage TwoMany people bel

38、ieve the glare（炫目的光）from snow causes snow-blindness. Yet,with dark glasses or not, they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes,and even snow-blindness,when exposed to several hours of “snow light”.The United States army has now determined that glare from snow does not causesnow-b

39、lindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a mans eyes frequently findnothing to focus on（聚集）in a broad space of snow-covered without-grass land. So hisgaze continually moves and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search ofsomething to look at. Finding something, hour after

40、 hour, the eyes never stop searchingand the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles ache. Nature makes up for thisdiscomfort by producing more and more fluid（流体）which covers the eyeball. The fluidcovers the eyeball in increasing quantity until it makes eyes difficult to see dearly, and theresult i

41、s total, even though for a short time, snow-blindness.Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts （侦察兵）ahead of the troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating adotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themse

42、lves第 6 页 ，共 8 页throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on which they can focus too. The menfollowing can then see something. Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush andhaving found something to see, stop searching the snow -blanketed landscape. Byfocusing their attention on one obj

43、ect at a time, the men can cross the snow withoutbecoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a continuouswhite land is overcome.6. To prevent snow-blindness caused by the strong light from snow, wearing glasses or not_.Adepends on whether the snow is white enoughBmake

44、s no differenceCmakes much differenceDdepends on whether the snow is thick7. When the eyes are sore, tears flow out _.Ato clear the visionBto remedy snow-blindnessCto loosen the musclesDto ease the irritation8. Snow-blindness may be avoided by_.A. concentrating on the solid white areaB. providing th

45、e eyes with something to focus onC. searching for something to focusD. coving the eyeballs with fluid9. The first paragraph is mainly concerned with _.A. the whiteness from snowB. the need for dark glassesC. headaches, watering eyes and snow-blindnessD. snow glare and snow-blindness10.Asuitable titl

46、e for this passage would be _.A. The Harmfulness of Snow-blindnessB. Natures Cure for Snow-blindnessC. Snow VisionD. Soldiers in the SnowPassage ThreeVolumes have been written about technologys ability to connect people. But buryingones nose in a book has always been somewhat isolatingwith its unspo

47、ken assertionthat the reader does not want to be disturbed. So what about a device that occupies theevolving intersection (交集) between reading and communicating with people？“Strangers constantly ask about it,” Michael Hughes, a communications associate atJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heal

48、th in Baltimore, said of his iPad, whichhe uses to read a mix of novels and nonfiction. “Its almost like having a new baby.”AniPad owner for four months, Mr. Hughes said people were much more likely to approachhim now than when he toted a book. “People approach me and ask to see it, to touch it,how

49、much I like it,” he said. “That rarely happens with dead-tree books.”With the price of e-readers coming down, sales of the small devices are rising. Lastmonth, Amazon reported that so far this year, Kindle sales had tripled over last years.第 7 页 ，共 8 页WhenAmazon cut Kindles price in June to $ 189 fr

50、om $259, over the next monthAmazon sold 180 e-books for every 100 hard-covers. Social manners surrounding the actof reading alone in public may be changing along with increased popularity. Suddenly, thelone, unapproachable reader at the corner table seems less alone. Given that somee-readers can dis