2016年武汉纺织大学硕士考研专业课真题630 翻译与写作.pdf

1、武汉纺织大学2016 年招收硕士学位研究生试卷武汉纺织大学2016 年招收硕士学位研究生试卷科目代码科目代码630科目名称科目名称翻译与写作翻译与写作考试时间考试时间2015 年年 12 月月 27 日上午日上午报考专业报考专业1、试题内容不得超过画线范围，试题必须打印，图表清晰，标注准确。2、试题之间不留空格。3、答案请写在答题纸上，在此试卷上答题无效。题号一二三四五六七八九十十一得分得分本试卷总分 150 分，考试时间 3 小时。一、一、Translation（80 points）1、Put the following into Chinese(40 points)My Average U

2、ncleHe stood out splendidly above all my uncles because he did not stand out at all.That was his distinction.He was the averagest man I ever knew.You would never pick him out in a crowd.He became just another man theminute he was in one.So many more pounds of man.Good solid pounds,but justpounds.You

3、 would never remember his hair or his chin,or the shape of his ears.Ifhe said something,you would agree with it,and an hour later,you would be sureyou had said it yourself.Sometimes I think men like that get along about the best.They are the easieston their houses,their wives,and their children.They

4、 are easiest on the world.Theyslide along without having to do anything about it as small boys do on theirbreeches after they have slid on them enough to wear them down smooth.Theworld is all so much pine needles under them.共页第页共4页；第1页2、Put the following into English(40 points)我有一个志愿我是个没有什么大志愿的人。我向来

5、没说过自己有如何了不起的学问与天才，也没觉得谁的职业比我自己的高贵或低贱。我只希望吃得饱，穿得暖，而尽心尽力地写些文章。你看，戏剧有多么重要！戏剧既是这么大的东西，我怎能不为要写个剧本而下个很大的志愿呢？它的根子虽然生长在文艺的园地里，它所汲取的却是艺术全部的养分啊！好吧，虽然我是个没有什么远志的人，我却要在今天戏剧节定下这么一个大志愿。这并不是要凑凑热闹，而是想在文化的建设中写写少不得的戏剧呀！文化滋养艺术，艺术又返回头来领导文化，建设文化。在艺术中，能综合艺术各部门而求其总效果的，只有戏剧。二、二、Writing（70 points）1、Write a summary for the fo

6、llowing passage within 150 Words(30 points)How New York BecameAmericas Largest CityIn the 18th century New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston.Todayit is the largest city in America.How can the change in its size and importance beexplained？To answer this question we must consider certain f

7、acts about geography，history，and economics.Together these three will explain the huge growth ofAmericas most famous city.The map of the Northeast shows that four of the most heavily populated areasin this region are around seaports.At these points materials from across the sea enterthe United States

8、，and the product of the land are sent there for export across the sea.Economists know that places where transportation lines meet are good placesfor making raw materials into finished goods.That is why seaports often have cities共4页；第2页nearby.But cities like New York needed more than their geographic

9、al location inorder to become great industrial centers.Their development did not happen simplyby chance.About 1815，when many Americans from the east coast had already movedtoward the west，trade routes from the ports to the central regions of the countrybegan to be a serious problem.The slow wagons o

10、f that time，drawn by horses oroxen，were too expensive for moving heavy freight very far.Americans had longadmired Europes canals.In New York State a canal seemed the best solution to thetransportation problem.From the eastern end of Lake Erie all the way across thestate to the Hudson River there is

11、a long strip of low land.Here the Erie Canal wasconstructed.After several years of work it was completed in 1825.The canal produced an immediate effect.Freight costs were cut to about onetenth of what had been.New York City，which had been smaller than Philadelphiaand Boston，quickly became the leadin

12、g city of the coast.In the years that followed，transportation routes on the Great Lakes were joined to routes on the MississippiRiver.Then New York City became the end point of a great inland shipping systemthat extended from the Atlantic Ocean far up the western branches of theMississippi.The comin

13、g of the railroads made canal shipping less important，but it tied NewYork even more closely to the central regions of the country.It was easier for peoplein the central states to ship their goods to New York for export overseas.Exports from New York were greater than imports.Consequently，shippingcom

14、panies were eager to fill their ships with passengers on the return trip fromEurope.Passengers could come from Europe very cheaply as a result.Thus New York became the greatest port for receiving people from Europeancountries.Many of these people remained in the city.Others stayed in New York fora f

15、ew weeks，months，or years，and then moved to other parts of the United States.For these great number of newAmericans New York had to provide homes,goods,共4页；第3页and services.Their labor helped the city become great.2、Write a composition about 200 words based on the title below(40points)The Most Significant Day in My Life共4页；第4页共页；第页共页；第页