暨南大学翻译硕士英语考研真题试题2019、2020年

2020年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题（B卷）*******************************************************************************学科、专业名称：翻译硕士专业研究方向：英语笔译考试科目名称：翻译硕士英语考试科目代码：211考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。

I. Vocabulary & Grammar (30%)Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Rescue teams from all over the world ______ on the earthquake-stricken area after the news spread that the quake had claimed a toll of 15000 lives.A. diversifiedB. disseminatedC. convergedD. accelerated2. Without Bob’s testimony, evidence of bribery is lacking and ______ in the case will be impossible.A. verdictB. sentenceC. convictionD. acquittal3. The two countries have developed a ______ relation and increased a great deal in foreign trade.A. managerialB. lethalC. metricD. cordial4. Any person who is in ______ while awaiting trial is considered innocent until he has been declared guilty.A. jeopardyB. custodyC. suspicionD. probation5. The snow_____ my plan to visit my aunt in the countryside.A. confusedB. bewilderedC. conversedD. hampered6. It is imperative that students _____ their term papers on timeA. hand inB. would hand inC. have to hand inD. handed in7. He is not under arrest, ______ any restriction on him.A. or the police have placedB. or have the police placedC. nor the police have placedD. nor have the police placed8. Mary is _______ than Alice.A. more experienced a teacherB. a more experienced teacherC. more an experienced teacherD. more experienced teacher9. The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ______ by his lack of talent.A. so much asB. rather thanC. asD. than10. Please don’t ______ too much on the painful memories. Everything will be all right.A. hesitateB. lingerC. retainD. dwell11. Participants in the Shanghai Co-operation Forum ______ regional teamwork to promote investment and economic development.A. cursedB. echoedC. bouncedD. hailed12.The 1982 Oil and Gas Act gives power to permit the disposal of assets held by the Corporation, and ______ the Corporation's statutory monopoly in the supply of gas for fuel purposes so as to permit private companies to compete in this supply.A. defersB. curtailsC. triggersD. sparks13. The slogan "What goes up must come down" was so universally accepted by economists that it was considered a(n)______A. conjectureB. axiomC. fadD. testimonial14. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.A. deterioratedB. dispersedC. dissipatedD. drained15. He has ________ strange hobbies like collecting bottle tops and inventing secret codes.A. gone onB. gone in forC. gone withD. gone through with16. In 1791 RC, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally ___________ his property.A. consideredB. considered asC. considered to beD. considered for17. While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people’s attitudes toward pirating, others suggest reducing software prices to ____________ for pirating, and still others are calling for the prosecution of those who copy software illegally.A. increase the incentiveB. increase the punishmentC. decrease the incentiveD. increase the punishment18. The federal government subsidized bank loans to mass production builders of suburbs everywhere in the country on condition that those builders ________ no homes to African-Americans.A. soldB. sellC. have soldD. had sold19. A recent study of ancient clay deposits has provided new evidence __________ the theory thatglobal forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact _________ to the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other creatures some 65million years ago.A. to support ...... contributedB. supporting ...... contributedC. to support ...... contributingD. supporting ...... contributing20. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue _________ his mother and the body _________his wife.A. for that of ...... for that ofB. for that on ...... for that onC. after that on ...... after that onD. after that of ...... after that of21. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, ________ to have been the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.A. what is believedB. that is believedC. which is believedD. and it is believed22. Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to ______ in the same way ____ to establish big businesses.A. it ...... ΦB. it ......asC. them ...... asD. them ...... Φ23. Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape’s ____________ probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.A. and so wereB. and such wasC. and so wasD. and such were24. He had lived his life thus far as a sort of ________ obedient pet - first to his mother and father, then to his wife. Whit had always done what others had wanted him to do, not what he wanted.A. atrociousB. baroqueC. affableD. arrogant25. In the 1960s, even as liberal thinkers like Martin Luther King Jr. ________ a minimum income for moral reasons, conservatives like Richard Nixon considered it on practical grounds.A. censuredB. championedC. conceitedD. confronted26. The stimulator was proven to be effective but not _______: It could reduce tension and pain, improve mood, and marginally boost memory.A. mischievousB. miraculousC. momentousD. minatory27. The word “race” conjures biology, a set of inheritable --- and ________ --- physical characteristics. But it's actually a cultural and social category, not a biological one, which is why it changes over time.A. changeableB. impeccableC. immutableD. impenetrable28. With his _______ yet gracious manner, Jon had helped them find a good neighborhood for their family, introduced them to his banker, and even explained some of the odd American colloquialismsthey couldn't understand, as they all laughed together over well-aged bottles of his favorite Bordeaux.A. grandioseB. gullibleC. grotesqueD. gregarious29. Virtue is useful in every country, in every time, in all peoples; wherever one finds humans, virtue is _________ because no one fails to sense its usefulnessA. eternalB. estimableC. etherealD. exquisite30. Two of his grandchildren implore him to _________ another journey. The city where they live is threatened by a plague.A. embark onB. embark forC. embark atD. embark ofII. Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: This part consists of six passages followed by a total of 30 multiple-choice questions and 5 short-answer questions. Read the passages and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1The miserable fate of Enron’s employees will be a landmark in business history, one of those awful events that everyone agrees must never be allowed to happen again. This urge is understandable and noble: thousands have lost virtually all their retirement savings with the demise of Enron stock. But making sure it never happens again may not be possible, because the sudden impoverishment of those Enron workers represents something even larger than it seems. It’s the latest turn in the unwinding of one of the most audacious promise of the 20th century.The promise was assured economic security －even comfort －for essentially everyone in the developed world. With the explosion of wealth, that began in the 19th century it became possible to think about a possibility no one had dared to dream before. The fear at the center of daily living since caveman days－lack of food warmth, shelter－would at last lose its power to terrify. That remarkable promise became reality in many ways. Governments created welfare systems for anyone in need and separate programmes for the elderly (Social Security in the U.S.). Labour unions promised not only better pay for workers but also pensions for retirees. Giant corporations came into being and offered the possibility －in some cases the promise－of lifetime employment plus guaranteed pensions. The cumulative effect was a fundamental change in how millions of people approached life itself, a reversal of attitude that most rank as one of the largest in human history. For millennia the average person’s stance toward providing for himself had been “Ultimately I’m on my own”. Now it became “ultimately I’ll be taken care of”.The early hints that this promise might be broken on a large scale came in the 1980s. U.S. business had become uncompetitive globally and began restructuring massively, with huge Layoffs. The trend accelerated in the 1990s as the bastions of corporate welfare faced reality. IBM ended its no-layoff policy. AT&T fired thousands, many of whom found such a thing simply incomprehensible, and a few of whom killed themselves. The other supposed guarantors of our economic security were also in decline. Labour-union membership and power fell to their lowest levels in decades. President Clintonsigned a historic bill scaling back welfare. Americans realized that Social Security won’t provide social security for any of us.A less visible but equally significant trend affected pensions. To make costs easier to control, companies moved away from defined benefit pension plans, which obligate them to pay out specified amounts years in the future, to define contribution plans, which specify only how much goes into the play today. The most common type of defined-contribution plan is the 401(k). The significance of the 401(k) is that it puts most of the responsibility for a person’s economic fate back on the employee. Within limits the employee must decide how much goes into the plan each year and how it gets invested－the two factors that will determine how much it’s worth when the employee retires.Which brings us back to Enron? Those billions of dollars in vaporized retirement savings went in employees’ 401(k) accounts. That is, the employees chose how much money to put into those accounts and then chose how to invest it. Enron matched a certain proportion of each employee’s 401(k) contribution with company stock, so everyone was going to end up with some Enron in his or her portfolio; but that could be regarded as a freebie, since nothing compels a company to match employee contributions at all. At least two special features complicate the Enron case. First, some shareholders charge top management with illegally covering up the company’s problems, prompting investors to hang on when they should have sold. Second, Enron’s 401(k) accounts were locked while the company changed plan administrators in October, when the stock was falling, so employees could not have closed their accounts if they wanted to.But by far the largest cause of this human tragedy is that thousands of employees were heavily overweighed in Enron stock. Many had placed 100% of their 401(k) assets in the stock rather than in the 18 other investment options they were offered. Of course that wasn’t prudent, but it’s what some of them did.The Enron employees’ retirement disaster is part of the larger trend away from guaranteed economic security. That’s why preventing such a thing from ever happening again may be impossible. The huge attitudinal shift to “I’ll-be-taken-care-of” took at least a generation. The shift back may take just as long. It won’t be complete until a new generation of employees see assured economic comfort as a 20th- century quirk, and understand not just intellectually but in their bones that, like most people in most times and places, they’re on their own.31. Why does the author say at the beginning “The miserable fate of Enron’s employees will be a landmark in business history…”?A. Because the company has gone bankrupt.B. Because such events would never happen again.C. Because many Enron workers lost jobs.D. Because it signifies a turning point in economic security.32. According to the passage, the combined efforts by governments, layout unions and big corporations to guarantee economic comfort have led to a significant change inA. people’s outlook on life.B. people’s life styles.C. people’s living standardD. people’s social values.33. Garanttee on economic security declined in 1980-1990 because ________.A. the corporate laid off large number of employeesB. the government cut in welfare spendingC. the economic restructuring occurred as American lost its competitiveness globallyD. the power of labors unions declined34. Thousands of employees chose Enron to invest mainly becauseA. The 401(k) made them responsible for their own future.B. Enron offered to add company stock to their investment.C. their employers intended to cut back on pension spending.D. Enron’s offer was similar to a defined-benefit plan.35. Which is NOT seen as a lesson drawn from the Enron disaster?A. 401(k) assets should be placed in more than one investment option.B. Employees have to take up responsibilities for themselves.C. Such events could happen again as it is not easy to change people’s mind.D. Economic security won’t be taken for granted by future36. What has made economic security possible and change people’s attitude towards life in 19th century?Passage 2The majority of successful senior managers do not closely follow the classical rational model of first clarifying goals, assessing the problem, formulating options, estimating likelihoods of success, making a decision, and only then taking action to implement the decision. Rather, in their day-by-day tactical maneuvers, these senior executives rely on what is vaguely termed intuition to manage a network of interrelated problems that require them to deal with ambiguity, inconsistency, novelty, and surprise and to integrate action into the process of thinking.Generations of writers on management have recognized that some practicing managers rely heavily on intuition. In general, however, such writers display a poor grasp of what intuition is. Some see it as the opposite of rationality; others view it as an excuse for capriciousness.Isenberg’s recent research on the cognitive processes of senior managers reveals that managers’ intuition is neither of these. Rather, senior managers use intuition in at least five distinct ways. First, they intuitively sense when a problem exists. Second, managers rely on intuition to perform well-learned behavior patterns rapidly. This intuition is not arbitrary or irrational, but is based on years of painstaking practice and hands-on experience that build skills. A third function of intuition is to synthesize isolated bits of data and practice into an integrated picture, often in an “Aha” experience. Fourth, some managers use intuition as a check on the results of more rational analysis. Most senior executives are familiar with the formal decision analysis models and tools, and those who use suchsystematic methods for reaching decisions are occasionally leery of solutions suggested by these methods which run counter to their sense of the correct course of action. Finally, managers can use intuition to bypass in-depth analysis and move rapidly to engender a plausible solution. Used in this way, intuition is an almost instantaneous cognitive process in which a manager recognizes familiar patterns.One of the implications of the intuitive style of executive management is that thinking is inseparable from acting. Since managers often know what is right before they can analyze and explain it, they frequently act first and explain later. Analysis is inextricably tied to action in thinking/acting cycles, in which managers develop thoughts about their companies and organizations not by analyzing a problematic situation and then acting, but by acting and analyzing in close concert.Given the great uncertainty of many of the management issues that they face, senior managers often instigate a course of action simply to learn more about an issue. They then use the results of the action to develop a more complete understanding of the issue. One implication of thinking/acting cycles is that action is often part of defining the problem, not just of implementing the solution.37. The text suggests which of the following about the writers on management mentioned in line 1, paragraph 2？　A. They have criticized managers for not following the classical rational model of decision analysis.　B. They have not based their analyses on a sufficiently large sample of actual managers.　C. They have relied in drawing their conclusions on what managers say rather than on what managers do.D. They have misunderstood how managers use intuition in making business decisions.38. According to the text, senior managers use intuition in all of the following ways EXCEPT to　A. Speed up of the creation of a solution to a problem.　B. Identify a problem.　C. Bring together disparate facts.D. Stipulate clear goals.39. It can be inferred from the text that which of the following would most probably be one major difference in behavior between Manager X, who uses intuition to reach decisions, and Manager Y, who uses only formal decision analysis？　A. Manager X analyzes first and then acts；Manager Y does not.　B. Manager X checks possible solutions to a problem by systematic analysis；Manager Y does not.　C. Manager X takes action first and then explains later in solving a problem；Manager Y does not.　D. Manager Y draws on years of hands-on experience in creating a solution to a problem；Manager X does not.40. The text provides support for which of the following statements？A. Managers who rely on intuition are more successful than those who rely on formal decisionanalysis.B. Managers cannot justify their intuitive decisions.C. Managers’ intuition works contrary to their rational and analytical skills.D. Intuition enables managers to employ their practical experience more efficiently.41. What is the author’s attitude towards using institution in management?A. It is arbitrary and irrational.B. It deters the effective implementation of the work.C. It improves the efficiency of the work.D. It is better than analyzing the issue thoroughly first and then acting.42. Why does the author say “thinking is inseparable from acting in the intuitive style of executive management”?Passage 3Joy and sadness are experienced by people in all cultures around the world, but how can we tell when other people are happy or despondent? It turns out that the expression of many emotions may be universal. Smiling is apparently a universal sign of friendliness and approval. Baring the teeth in a hostile way, as noted by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century, may be a universe sign of anger. As the originator of the theory of evolution, Darwin believed that the universal recognition of facial expressions would have survival value. For example, facial expressions could signal the approach of enemies (or friends) in the absence of language.Most investigators concur that certain facial expressions suggest the same emotions in a people. Moreover, people in diverse cultures recognize the emotions manifested by the facial expressions. In classic research Paul Ekman took photographs of people exhibiting the emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, and sadness. He then asked people around the world to indicate what emotions were being depicted in them. Those queried ranged from European college students to members of the Fore, a tribe that dwells in the New Guinea highlands. All groups including the Fore, who had almost no contact with Western culture, agreed on the portrayed emotions. The Fore also displayed familiar facial expressions when asked how they would respond if they were the characters in stories that called for basic emotional responses. Ekman and his colleagues more recently obtained similar results in a study of ten cultures in which participants were permitted to report that multiple emotions were shown by facial expressions. The participants generally agreed on which two emotions were being shown and which emotion was more intense.Psychological researchers generally recognize that facial expressions reflect emotional states. In fact, various emotional states give rise to certain patterns of electrical activity in the facial muscles and in the brain. The facial-feedback hypothesis argues, however, that the causal relationship between emotions and facial expressions can also work in the opposite direction. According to this hypothesis, signals from the facial muscles ("feedback") are sent back to emotion centers of the brain, and so a person's facial expression can influence that person's emotional state. Consider Darwin's words: "The free expression by outward signs of an emotion intensifies it. On the other hand, the repression, as faras possible, of all outward signs softens our emotions." Can smiling give rise to feelings of good will, for example, and frowning to anger?Psychological research has given rise to some interesting findings concerning the facial-feedback hypothesis. Causing participants in experiments to smile, for example, leads them to report more positive feelings and to rate cartoons (humorous drawings of people or situations) as being more humorous. When they are caused to frown, they rate cartoons as being more aggressive.What are the possible links between facial expressions and emotion? One link is arousal, which is the level of activity or preparedness for activity in an organism. Intense contraction of facial muscles, such as those used in signifying fear, heightens arousal. Self-perception of heightened arousal then leads to heightened emotional activity. Other links may involve changes in brain temperature and the release of neurotransmitters (substances that transmit nerve impulses.) The contraction of facial muscles both influences the internal emotional state and reflects it. Ekman has found that the so-called Duchenne smile, which is characterized by "crow's feet" wrinkles around the eyes and a subtle drop in the eye cover fold so that the skin above the eye moves down slightly toward the eyeball, can lead to pleasant feelings.Ekman's observation may be relevant to the British expression "keep a stiff upper lip" as are commendation for handling stress. It might be that a "stiff" lip suppresses emotional response-as long as the lip is not quivering with fear or tension. But when the emotion that leads to stiffening the lip is more intense, and involves strong muscle tension, facial feedback may heighten emotional response.43. The word despondent in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.A. curiousB. depressedC. thoughtfulD. aggressive44. The author mentions "Baring the teeth in a hostile way" in order to________.A. differentiate different meanings of a particular facial expressionB. support Darwin's theory of evolutionC. provide an example of a facial expression whose meaning is widely understoodD. contrast a facial expression that is easily understood with other facial expressions45. Which of the following statement CAN NOT prove the universality of facial expressions?A. People use the same facial expressions when smiling.B. People from other cultures can easily recognize the facial expressions with similar meaning.C. Some expressions are more intense in one culture than in the other.D. People have similar response to the same story.46. According to paragraph 2, which of the following was true of the Fore people of New Guinea?A. They were confused at the emotion shown in photographs.B. They were famous for their story-telling skills.C. They knew very little about Western culture.D. They did not encourage the expression of emotions.47. According to the passage, what did Darwin believe would happen to human emotions that were not expressed?A. They would become less intense.B. They would last longer than usual.C. They would cause problems later.D. They would become more negative.48. Explain “The free expression by outward signs of an emotion intensifies it. On the other hand, the repression, of all outward signs softens our emotions."” based on “facial-feedback hypothesis”.Passage 4No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that as a thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. No that it is solely, of chiefly, to form great thinkers that freedom of thinking is required. One the contrary, it is as much or even more indispensable to enable average human beings to attain the mental stature which they are capable of. There have been and many again be great individual thinkers in a general atmosphere of mental slavery. But there never has been, nor ever will be, in that atmosphere an intellectually active people.Where any of heterodox speculation was for a time suspended, where there is a tacit convention that principles are not to be disputed: where the discussion of the greatest questions which can occupy humanity is considered to be closed, we cannot hope to find that generally high scale of mental activity which has made some periods of history so remarkable. Never when controversy avoided the subjects which are large and important enough to kindle enthusiasm was the mind of a people stirred up fro9m its foundation and the impulse given which raised even persons of the most ordinary intellect to something of the dignity of thinking beings.She who knows only her own side of the case knows little of that. Her reasons may be food, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if she is equally unable to refute the reasons of the opposite side; if she does not so much as know what they are, she has no ground for preferring either opinion. The rational position for her would be suspension of judgment, and unless she contents herself with that, she is either led by authority, or adopts, like the generality of the world the side to which she feels the most inclination. Nor is it enough that she should heat the arguments of adversaries from her own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations.That is not the way to do justice to the arguments, or bring them into real contact with her own mind. She must be able to hear them form persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and do their very utmost for them. She must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form; she must feel the whole force of the difficulty which the true view of the subject has to encounter and dispose of; else she will never really possess herself of the portion of truth which meets and removes that difficulty. Ninety-nine in a hundred of what are called educated persons are in this condition; even of those who can argue fluently for their opinions. Their conclusion may be true, but it might be false for anything they know; they have never thrown themselves into the mental position of those。

2019年暨南大学外国语学院357英语翻译基础考研真题及详解Ⅰ. 词语翻译（30%）Section A. 英译汉（15%）1. USTR【答案】美国贸易代表署2. ASEAN【答案】东盟3. TCM【答案】中医药4. sole agency【答案】独家代理5. blue-chip stocks【答案】蓝筹股6. right of appeal【答案】上诉权7. chief referee【答案】首席裁判8. The Grapes of Wrath 【答案】愤怒的葡萄9. gene mutation【答案】基因突变10. punitive duties【答案】惩罚性关税11. dialectical materialism 【答案】辩证唯物主义12. tittytainment【答案】奶头乐理论13. wealth gap【答案】财富差距14. patriarchal society【答案】宗法社会15. cultural turn【答案】文化转向Section B. 汉译英（15%）1. 人工智能【答案】artificial intelligence2. 精准扶贫【答案】targeted poverty alleviation3. 供给侧改革【答案】supply-side reform4. 拦路虎【答案】road blocker5. 抖音【答案】Tik Tok6. 实名认证【答案】real name authentication7. 不可抗力【答案】force majeure8. 反倾销【答案】anti-dumping9. 扫脸支付【答案】face scan payment10. 零和思维【答案】zero-sum mentality11. 进博会【答案】China International Import Expo12. 文化自信【答案】cultural confidence13. 去库存【答案】stockpile removal14. 衣食住行【答案】food, cloth, housing, and transportation15. 《反分裂国家法》【答案】Anti-Secession LawⅡ. 英汉互译（120%）Section A. 英译汉（60%）It is extremely rare for Britain to take a foreign-policy stance at odds with that of its closest and most important ally, America. It is perhaps unprecedented for it to do so by siding, in a contentious issue of global financial governance, with the superpower’s emerging rival, China. Yet that, in effect, is how America seems to interpret Britain’s plans, announced on March 12th, to join China’s new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding shareholder. China, naturally, is chuffed. Most other observers are confused.The AIIB is one of a number of new institutions launched by China, apparently in frustration at the failure of the existing international financial order to adapt quickly enough to accommodate its astonishing rise. Efforts to reform the International Monetary Fund are stalled in the United States Congress. America retains its tradition grip in the management of the World Bank. The AsianDevelopment Bank remains based in Manila, but it is mostly run by Japanese bureaucrats.So, it is perhaps understandable that China, flush with the world’s biggest foreign-exchange reserves and anxious to convert them into “soft power”, is building an alternative system. Its plans do not just include the AIIB, but also a New De velopment Bank launched with its “BRICS” partners—Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa—and a Silk Road development fund to boost “connectivity” with its neighbors. And, in the security sphere, there is the Shanghai Co-operation Organization that links it with Russia and Central Asia.America, however, has reacted negatively to the AIIB. Its officials argue that they have not “lobbied against” it. Instead they merely stressed how important it is that such an institution abide by international standards—of transparency, creditworthiness, environmental sustainability, and so on. But officials in Singapore, for example, a close partner to both America and China, say they had some difficult discussions with America when they decided to support China’s initiativ e.【参考译文】英国在外交政策上采取与其最亲近、最重要的盟友美国不同的立场，这是十分罕见的。

考试科目：翻译硕士英语 共 14 页，第1页2019年招收攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试题（A 卷）********************************************************************************************学科、专业名称：翻译硕士专业研 究 方 向： 英语笔译考试科目名称： 翻译硕士英语考试科目代码：211考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。

I. Vocabulary & Grammar (30%)Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there arefour words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Education and work can be restructured to teach and ______ the skills of concentration and focus.A. proposeB. propagateC. propelD. proceed2. It's difficult to _________ the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father.A. reconcileB. combineC. relateD. integrate3. Break out of this guilt and let yourself ________ in your sense of accomplishment for what you have gotten done instead of what there is still to do.A. absorbB. indulgeC. involveD. relish4. For this, we never ________ the use of force, as it is common aspiration and sacred mission of the people of China to safeguard China’s sovereignty and also to reunify our motherland.A. declareB. renounceC. announceD. claim5. Because of his adventures, he is a person of far greater experience and ________.A. resourcefulnessB. resourcesC. considerationsD. thoughtfulness6. If a machine, railway line, or bridge is ________, it is deliberately damaged or destroyed, for example, in a war or as a protest.A. explodedB. bombedC. bombardedD. sabotaged7. Even if we could collect most of what we gave out – which we can't – a scant _______ of high-powered weapons in the hands of bad actors can be disastrous in a place where government control is weak.A. amountB. volumeC. handfulD. number。

考研真题：暨南大学2019年[外国语言文学综合]考试真题I. Multiple choices. There are 20 questions in this part. Choose the best answer to each question. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Both linguistics candidates and literature candidates must do this part. (20%) 1. A king or a queen is the head of the United Kingdom as the state is a constitutional monarchy. In practice, _________________.A. Parliament rules the countryB. the Prime Minister rules and reignsC. the Sovereign reigns but does not ruleD. the Sovereign rules but does not reign2. Since 1945, two parties, _________________, have held political power in the UK.A. the Conservative Party and the Labor PartyB. the Democratic Party and the Republican PartyC. the Labor Party and the Social Democratic PartyD. the Labor Party and the Democratic Party3. The finest exponents of Elizabethan drama in the English Renaissance are represented by __________________.A. Ben Johnson, Christopher Marlowe and Charles DickensB. Edmund Spenser, Charles Dickens and William ShakespeareC. William Shakespeare, Ben Johnson and Charles DickensD. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Johnson4. The mechanization of industry and the consequent changes in social economic organization in Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries is referred to as _________________.A. Economic BoomB. Industrial RevolutionC. Glorious RevolutionD. Urbanization5. In the UK, children from the age of 5 to 16 _________________.A. receive completely free educationB. receive partly free educationC. do not receive free education at allD. do not receive free education if their parents are rich6. Discovery of law of the universal gravitation by _________________ is the most important of all his achievements in physics.A. KeplerB. Isaac NewtonC. GalileoD. Copernicus7. The earliest settlers in America first found and took over the parts of _________________.A. The Appalachians and their foothillsB. The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal PlainC. The interior lowlandsD. The Cordillera8. _________________ guaranteed the blacks and other races in the U.S. the right to vote.A. Emancipation Proclamation in 1863B. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865C. The Civil Rights Act of 1964D. The Voting Rights Act of 19659. In early 19th century, _________________was the center of American writing.A. BostonB. ChicagoC. PhiladelphiaD. New York City10. _________________ is the most important and largest river in the United States of America.A. The Colorado RiverB. The Mississippi RiverC. The Missouri RiverD. The Ohio River11. In the United States of America, Constitutional Amendment can go into effect after it is approved by _________________.A. two thirds of both housesB. three fourths of the statesC. two thirds of the statesD. half of the states12. _________________ is not the major newspaper or magazine in the U. S.A. Financial TimesB. New York TimesC. Washington PostD. National Geography .13. Canada consists of _________________ geographical regions.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. six14. Maples always symbolize _________________.A. AmericaB. AustraliaC. CanadaD. England15. English and _________________ are the official languages in Canada.A. FrenchB. GermanC. PortugueseD. Spanish16. The important economy in Canada’s Atlantic provinces is _________________ since there are rich green mountains and valleys in these regions.A. agricultureB. forestry tradeC. textile businessD. tourist trade17. Australia locates between _________________ and Indian Ocean.A. the ArcticB. the AtlanticC. the North SeaD. Pacific Ocean18. _________________ is the sunniest city in Australia.A. AdelaideB. DarwinC. MelbourneD. Sydney19. _________________ is not one of the major exports of New Zealand.A. DairyB. FishC. OilD. Wool20. The Republic of Ireland declared its independence in _________________.A. 1918B. 1931C. 1945D. 1949II. Fill in the blanks with proper answers. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Both linguistics candidates and literature candidates must do this part. (20%)1. The description of a language as it changes through time is a _________________ study in linguistics.2. The relationship between words and what they represent is generally _________________.3. _________________ are produced by obstructing the flow of air as it passes from the lungs through the vocal tract and out through the mouth or nose.4. The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the _________________ of that phoneme.5. Words are not the only linguistic units to carry _________________ meaning. Sentences refer to actions, states, and events in the world as well.6. Syntactic movement is dictated by rules traditionally called _________________ rules.7. The fundamental function of every language system is to link meaning and expression—to provide _________________ expression for thought and feeling.8. When a word has two or more related meanings, it is a _________________.9. According to Searle, those illocutionary acts whose points are to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _________________.10. A _________________ sentence, often called a clause, contains a verb and, at a minimum, any other expressions required by the verb as part of its structural characteristics.11. ____________ refers to a contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.12.English Romanticism began in 1798 with the publication of ______________.13.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by _____________.14.Marcel Proust, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are the representative writers of the ___________.15.The sub-title of Vanity Fair is ___________. The writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.16.___________’s poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines. 17.The most original playwright of the Theatre of Absurd is Samuel Beckett and his first play, _______________, is regarded as the most famous and influential play of the Theater of Absurd.18.The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often thought to be ______________.19.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as ____________in the literary history of the United States.20.In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “_____________”.III. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Both linguistics candidates and literature candidates must do this part. (10%)Section A: Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False. If it is true, write T and if it is false, write F.1. Grammar is a system of elements and patterns that organizes linguisticexpression.2. Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history.3. Category refers to a group of linguistic items which fulfill the same or similar functions in a particular language such as a sentence, a noun phrase or a verb.4. Sometimes languages use different scripts for same purposes.5. When two phonetically similar sounds occur in the same environments and they distinguish meaning, they are regarded as complementary distribution.Section B: Give the author’s name and indicate the genre of the following works.6. The Merchant of Venice7. “A Rose for Emily”8. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn9. “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud”10. “Ode to a Nightingale”IV. Choose SIX from the following terms and explain them briefly. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (30%)1. tone2. open class words3. major lexical categories of English language4. sense5. speech community6. cultural overlap7. epic8. sentimentalism9. the Lost Generation10. heroic couplet11. Lake poets12. point of viewV. Answer the following questions: Section A for linguistics candidates and Section B for literature candidates. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40%)Section A：1. What can be the differences between the macro-sociolinguistics and the micro-sociolinguistics?2. According to Halliday’s register theory, what are the three social variables that determine a register?3. What are the strong and weak versions of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?4. What is children’s atypical development of language acquisition?Section B：5.Based on The Old Man and the Sea, discuss the themes and writing style of Ernest Hemingway’s novels.6.Discuss the theme of the poem “The Waste Land”by Thomas Stearns Eliot and comment on its importance in the history of American literature.ment on the main characteristics of Romanticism.8.Make a comment on the character of Jane Eyre, the heroine of the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.VI. Choose ONE of the following questions and write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (30%)1. Please state Paul Grice’s(1) Conversational Cooperative Principle;(2) its Maxims and sub-maxims;(3) illustrate the maxims with at least one example.(for linguistics candidates)2.Analyze the theme, poetic form and rhetorical devices of the following poem and develop it into an essay with no less than 200 words. (for literature candidates)O Captain, My CaptainO Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trips is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;But – O heart! Heart! Heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells;Rise up – for you the flag is flung – for you the bugle trills,For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths – for you the shores acrowding,For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;Here Captain! dear father!This arm beneath your head!It is some dream that on the deck,You’ve fallen cold and dead.My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still.My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,Form fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead。

暨南大学考研英语-翻译专项试题一、考研英语翻译英译汉1． The study shows that our computers are superior to those of our competitors in terms of functions and speed.A) 研究表明，我们的计算机在功能和速度两方面都优于我们的竞争对手。

B) 研究表明，我们的计算机与我们竞争者的产品在功能和速度方面有差异。

C) 研究表明，我们的计算机在效率和速度方面都与其它厂商不同。

D) 研究表明，我们的计算机正面临着高速发展的其它厂商的竞争。

【答案】A2． us of the overcharge on your account and we have contacted the store on your behalf and are awaiting their reply.A) 承蒙告知您受到恶意透支的指控，我们已经派代表与商店联系并正在等待回音。

B) 承蒙告知您的帐户存在问题，我们已经和商店联系过并正在等待他们的回答。

C) 承蒙告知您的帐户被多扣款一事，我们已代您与商店联系，正在等待他们回复。

D) 承蒙告知有人指控您恶意透支，我们代表商店向您致歉，请您等待他们的答复。

【答案】C3．There is no way we’ll get lost in the mountains, since the tour guide has figured out the return route.A) 我们根本不会在山里迷路，因为导游已回到了原来的路线上。

B) 既然导游已经弄清了返程的路线，我们就绝不会在山里迷路。

C) 因为我们在山里迷失了方向无路可走，导游只好按原路返回。

D) ，所以导游一直都在寻找返回的路线。

【答案】B4． With all its disadvantages, the new design they have submitted should still be considered as one of the best at present.A) 尽管他们提交的这个新设计有种种不足，但仍应视为目前最佳设计之一。

暨南大学翻译硕士MTI考研真题及答案（一）暨南大学翻译硕士MTI考研真题及答案I. Phrase Translation (30 points)1. Big Ben: (伦敦英国议会大厦钟楼上的)大本钟; 大笨钟2. CPI: 居民消费价格指数(Consumer Price Index);消费者物价指数3. Culture shock: 文化冲击，文化震惊(突然处于一个与前大不相同的社会和文化环境中因而感到困惑、忧虑、烦恼的心情)4. FIFA: 国际足球联盟(Federation Internationale de Football Association)5. FOB: 离岸价(free on board);离岸价格6. Force majeure: 不可抗力7. Intellectual property rights: 知识产权8. Language Acquisition Device: 语言习得装置;语言习得机制9. Weapons of mass destruction: 大规模毁灭性武器10. National Security Council: 美国国家安全委员会11. NASDAQ: 全国证券交易商协会自动报价表(National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation); 美国纳斯达克12. Swine flu: 猪流感13. Word processing system: 文字处理系统14. Wuthering Heights: 《呼啸山庄》(艾米莉·勃朗特于1848年出版的一本小说)15. The Christian Science Monitor: 《基督科学箴言报》(是美国的一份国际性日报。

)Section B Chinese to English (15 points)1. 保单号：Policy number2. 财产保险：property insurance3. 拆迁补偿费：compensation for demolition;compensation for demolition and resettlement4. 孔子学院：Confucius Institute5. 发改委：National Development and Reform Commission6. 国民生产总值：Gross National Product ( GNP )7. 《反分裂国家法》：anti-secession law8. 灰色收入：gray income ; income from moonlighting9. 六方会谈：Six-Party Talks10. 内幕交易：insider trading; insider dealing11. 《飘》：Gone with the Wind12. 亲子鉴定：paternity test; paternity testing13. “一条龙”服务: a one-stop services; one package service; coordinated-process service14. 证监会: China Securities Regulatory Commission15. 中国移动: China MobileII. Passage translation (120 points)Section A English to Chinese (60 points)Intelligent life on a planet comes of ages when it first works out the reason for its ownexistence. If superior creatures from space ever visit earth, the first question they will ask, in order to assess the level of our civilization, is: “Have they discovered evolution yet?”Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally downed on one of them. His name was Charles Darwin. To be fair, others had had inklings of the truth, but it was Darwin who first put together a coherent and tenable account of why we exist. Darwin made it possible for us t give a sensible answer to the curious child whose question heads this chapter. We no longer have to resort to superstition when faced with the deep problems: Is there a meaning to life? What are we for? What is man? After posing the last of these questions, the eminent zoologist G. G. Simpson put it this: “The point I want to make now is that all attempts to answer that question before 1859 are worthless and that we will be better off if we ignore them completely.”Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun, but the full implications of Darwin’s revolution have yet to be widely realized. Zoology is still a minority subject in universities, and even those who choose to study it often make their decision without appreciating its profound philosophical significance. Philosophy and the subjects known as “humanities”are still taught almost as if Darwin had never lived. No doubt this will change in time. In any case, this book is not intended as a general advocacy of Darwinism. Instead, it will explore the consequences of the evolution theory for a particular issue. My purpose is to examine the biology of selfishness and altruism.Section B Chinese to English (60 points)总部设在德克萨斯州的全球语言监测机构运用一套数学公式来追踪词和短语的使用频率。

暨南大学翻译硕士(MTI)真题及答案（四）暨南大学翻译硕士(MTI)真题及答案I. Word Translation (30 points)1. EU：欧盟(European Union)2. WPC：世界和平理事会(World Peace Council)3. OPEC：石油输出国家组织(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)4. NASA：美国国家航空和宇宙航行局(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)5. USCG：美国海岸警卫队(United States Coast Guard)6. FTA：自由贸易协定(Free Trade Agreement)7. TPP：跨太平洋伙伴关系协议(Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement)8. America’s “Return to the Asian-Pacific”: 美国重返亚太9. Association of Southeast Asian Nations：东南亚国家联盟10. International Atomic Energy Agency：国际原子能机构11. currency manipulator: 货币操纵国12. International Translation Day: 国际翻译日13. National Missile Defense: 国家导弹防御系统14. power abuse: 滥用职权15. US-Japan Security Treaty: 美日安保条约Section B Chinese to English (15 points)16. 国务院侨务办公室: Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs under the State Council17. 国家文物局: State Administration of Cultural Heritage18. 国家烟草专卖局: State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau19. 国家宗教事务局: State Administration of Religious Affairs20. 西方七国首脑会议: G7 Summit; the Seven-power Summit21. 岗位培训: on-the-job training22. 海洋资源: marine resource ; ocean resource23. 民生: people’s livelihood; people’s well-being24. 差额选举: competitive election; contested election25. 建立市场导向的就业机制: Establishing a market-oriented employment mechanism26. 资源节约型与环境保护型社会: resource-conserving/resource- saving and environmentally friendly society; Society Of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection27. 文化逆差: cultural deficit28. 三国演义: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms29. 十面埋伏(古曲): House Of Flying Daggers30. 逾期贷款: overdue loansII. Passage Translation (120 points)Section A English to Chinese (60 points)Love Is Not Like Merchandize Sydney J. HarrisA reader in Florida, apparently bruised by some personal experience, writes in to complain, “If I steal a nickel’s worth of merchandize, I am a thief and punished; but if I steal the love of another man’s wife, I am free.”This is a prevalent misconception in many people’s minds ―that love, like merchandize, can be “stolen”. Numerous states, in fact, have enacted laws allowing damages for “alienation of affections”.But love is not a commodity; the real thing cannot be bought, sold, traded or stolen. It is an act of the will, turning of the emotions, a change in the climate of the personality.When a husband or wife is “stolen”by another person, that husband or wife was already ripe for the stealing, was already predisposed toward a new partner. The “lovebandit”was only taking what was waiting to be taken, what wanted to be taken.We tend to treat persons like goods. We even speak of children “belonging”to their parents. But nobody “belongs”to anyone else. Each person belongs to himself, and to God. Children are entrusted to their parents, and if their parents do not treat them properly, the state has the right to remove them from their parents’trusteeship.Many of us, when young, had the experience of a sweetheart being taken away from us by somebody more attractive and more appealing. At the time, we may have resented this intruder―but as we grew older, we recognized that the sweetheart had never been ours to begin with. It was not the intruder that “caused”the break, but the lack of a real relationship.On the surface, many marriages seem to break up because of a “third party”. This is, however, a psychological illusion. The other woman or the other man merely serves as a pretext for dissolving a marriage that had already lost its essential integrity.Nothing is more futile and more self-defeating than the bitterness of spurned love, the vengeful feeling that someone else has “come between”oneself and a beloved. This is always a distortion of reality, for people are not the captive of victims of others―they are free agents, working out their own destinies for good or for ill.But the rejected lover or mate cannot afford to believe that his beloved has freely turned away from him―and so he ascribes sinister or magical properties to the interloper. He calls him hypnotist or a thief or a home-breaker. In the majority of cases, however, when a home is broken, the breaking has begun long before any “third party”has appeared on the scene.参考译文:佛罗里达州的一位读者虽然是在个人经历上受过创伤, 他写信来抱怨道: “如果我偷走了五分钱的商品, 我就是个贼, 要受到惩罚, 但是如果我偷走了他人妻子的爱情, 我没事儿。

2019年广东暨南大学英语水平考研真题Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.1. The district _______ was established by the government a few years ago.A. councilB. counselC. consoleD. consul2. Heavy rainfall in the south of England means that flooding is____.A. imminentB. momentousC. transientD. prospective3. Early studies often concluded that the public was ________ the propagandistic influence of mass communications, but one recent study indicates that, on the contrary, mass communications seldom produce marked changes in social attitudes or actions.A. unaware ofB. scornful ofC. susceptible toD. coping with4. This composer has never courted popularity: her rugged modernism seems to defy rather than to ________ the audience.A. ignoreB. discountC. teachD. woo5. ___________, we have to adopt new measures to solve the problem.A. So is the situationB. That being the caseC. That is the caseD. The situation is so6. The school agree to ___ their decision until they had spoken to the young boy’s parents.A. convertB. retainC. deterD. expel7. When a psychologist does a general experiment on the human mind he selects people________ and asks them questions.A. at lengthB. at randomC. in essenceD. in bulk8. She is careful with her money, and spends only a ______ of her earnings.A. fragmentB. sectionC. fragrantD. fraction9. Proposed changes that are not _________ with exiting safety regulations will not be considered.A. dependentB. compliantC. relatingD. supportive10. Please note that customs regulations do not permit the shipment of ______ items.A. perishableB. compatibleC. sustainableD. incredible11. Reporters and photographers alike took great _________at the rude way the actor behaved during the interview.A. annoyanceB. offenceC. resentmentD. irritation12. Advances in food preservation gave consumers in developed countries access to_______all foods grown in distant lands.A. extensivelyB. virtuallyC. artificiallyD. continually13. The music aroused an________feeling of homesickness in him.A. intrinsicB. intentionalC. intermittentD. intense14. An institution that properly carries the name university is a more comprehensive and complex institution than any other kind of higher education__________.A. settlementB. establishmentC. constructionD. structure15. “If we fail to act now,”said Tom, “We’ll find ourselves __________in action later on.”A. paid backB. paid forC. paid upD. paid off16. If you want children to work hard you must ________their interests instead of their sense of duty.A. appeal toB. look intoC. give rise toD. go in for17. I really appreciate _______ to help me, but I am sure that I will be able to manage by myself.A. that you offerB. you to offerC. your offeringD. that you are offering18. Heredity accounts for 50% to 60% of a woman’s ________ to alcoholism, about the same as for men.A. devastationB. vulnerabilityC. pharmacyD. fibrosis19. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they didn’t __________ to close examination.A. keep upB. put upC. stand upD. pay up20. The ink had faded with time and so parts of the letter were _________.A. illiterateB. illegibleC. illegitimateD. illegal21. Policeman _______ very busy.A. nearly are alwaysB. always are nearlyC. always nearly areD. are nearly always22. The media once portrayed the governor as anything but ineffective; they now, however, make her out to be the epitome of __________.A. fecklessnessB. brillianceC. dynamismD. egoism23. The girl was sorry to __________ the singers when she arrived at the airport.A. be missedB. being missedC. have been missedD. have missed24. The greatest obstacle to economic and environmental improvements in the developing countries is their __________ foreign debts.A. reminiscentB. degenerativeC. mammothD. ethical25. Materials presenting permanent deformations after the disappearance of the loads are said ______ plastically.A. to have behavedB. behavingC. to behaveD. behavior26. The best way to control rats is by seeing that they have as _________.A. possibly little nourishmentB. nourishment possible littleC. little as possible nourishmentD. little nourishment as possible27. Oceans play a major role in climate, often serving to ________ extremes of hot or cold.A. exacerbateB. temperC. concealD. obscure28. _________ is intrinsic to language, but writers should nevertheless strive to be as precise as possible.A. EquivocationB. AmbiguityC. MalapropismD. Innuendo29. The fact that irony is __________ means that the listener (or reader) who “gets it”is able to feel superior to those who do not understand it.A. subtleB. humorousC. situationalD. generic30. All the flights ________because of the snowstorm, we had to take the train instead.A. were canceledB. had been canceledC. having canceledD. having been canceledPart II. Proof-reading and Error Correction(10 points)Directions:Proofread the given passage as instructed. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum 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 and write the correct one in the blank provided on the answer sheet.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 on the answer sheet.For an unnecessary word Cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/”and put the word in the blank provided on the answer sheet.What is the advantage which we may hope to derive a study of the political writers of the past? An earlier view would have provided a simple answer to this question. A work of politics, itwould have been said, is the handbook of an art, the art of governing. Just as a man of superior skill in the art of carpentry may compile a work in which his skill is made available to those who inspire to be good carpenters, so a man of inferior wisdom in the art of politics may set down his knowledge in a book for the construction of those whose business it is to find, govern, or preserve states. If this is what political theory is, there is no difficulty in determining what advantage may be expected from the study of great political works. They will be insulted by those who have to govern states. But this is certainly not the advantage which a modern reader can be compromised from a study of their works. This entire conception of politics as an art and of the political philosopher as the teacher of it rests upon assumptions which it is possible to accept. If it were correct, the writers of political theory would need to be themselves past masters in the art of governing, and statesmen would need to apprentice themselves to them in order to learn their job. But we find that this is not so. Few political philosophers have themselves exhibited any master of the art of governing, and few successful statesmen have owed up their success to the study of political writings.1. ____________2. ____________3. ____________4. ____________5. ____________6. ____________7. ____________8. ____________9. ____________10. ____________Part III. Cloze (20 points)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. You are required to read the passage and fill in each bank with a word from the word bank, and change the form where necessary. Do not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.combing intricate heyday churning utilitarian pillars tiers descending paving relaxation irrigation architecturally dotted craters level positioned inhabitants access aquifer passagesDuring the sixth and seventh centuries, the 1 of the modern-day states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in North-western India developed a method of gaining 2 to clean, fresh groundwater during the dry season for drinking, bathing, watering animals and 3 . However, the significance of this invention –the stepwell —goes beyond its 4 application. Unique to this region, stepwells are often 5 complex and vary widely in size and shape. During their 6 , they were places of gathering, of leisure and 7 and of worship for villagers of all but the lowest classes. Most stepwells are found 8 round the desert areas of Gujarat (where they are called vav) and Rajasthan (where they are called baori), while a few also survive in Delhi. Some were located in or near villages as public spaces for the community; others were 9 beside roads as resting places for travellers.As their name suggests, stepwells comprise a series of stone steps 10 from ground level to the water source, (normally are underground 11 ) as it recedes following the rains. When the water 12 was high, the user needed only to descend a few steps to reach it; when it was low, several levels would have to be negotiated. Some wells are vast, open 13 with hundreds of steps 14 each sloping side, often in 15 . Others are more elaborate, with long stepped 16 leading to the water via several storeys. Built from stone and supported by 17 , they also included pavilions that sheltered visitors from the relentless heat. But perhaps the most impressive features are the 18 decorative sculptures that embellish many stepwells, showing activities from fighting and dancing to everyday acts such as women 19 their hair or 20 butter.Part IV. Reading Comprehension (30 points)Directions: In this section, there are three passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.Passage 1A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values.A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability. Accountability isn’t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences. Of the many values that hold civilization together —honesty, kindness, and so on —accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law —and, ultimately, no society.My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people’s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame andembarrassment.Fortunately there are still communities —smaller towns, usually —where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: “In this family certain things are not tolerated —they simply are not done!”Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.The main cause of this breakdown is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it’s the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn’t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn’t provide a stable home.I don’t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.1. What the wise man said suggests that ________.A. it’s unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evilB. it’s certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about itC. it’s only natural for virtue to defeat evilD. it’s desirable for good men to keep away from evil2. According to the author, if a person is found guilty of a crime, ________.A. society is to be held responsibleB. modern civilization is responsible for itC. the criminal himself should bear the blameD. the standards of living should be improved3. Compared with those in small towns, people in large cities have ________.A. less self-disciplineB. better sense of disciplineC. more mutual respectD. less effective government4. The writer is sorry to have noticed that ________.A. people in large cities tend to excuse criminalsB. people in small towns still stick to old discipline and standardsC. today’s society lacks sympathy for people in difficultyD. people in disadvantaged circumstances are engaged in criminal activities5. The key point of the passage is that ________.A. stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and familiesB. more good examples should be set for people to followC. more restrictions should be imposed on people’s behaviorD. more people should accept the value of accountabilityPassage 2It is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modern life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters behind the wheel. It is very well, again, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter altogether. You might tolerate the odd road-hog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the rule. Perhaps the situation calls for a “Be Kind to Other Drivers”campaign, otherwise it may get completely out of hand.Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of goodwill and tolerance so necessary in modern trafficconditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today. Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learnt to filter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modern motorists can’t even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of boatmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the car-ownership explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.6. According to this passage, troubles on the road are primarily caused by ________.A. people’s attitude towards the road-hogB. the rhythm of modern lifeC. the behavior of the driverD. traffic conditions7. The sentence “You might tolerate the odd road-hog... the rule.”(Para. 1) implies that ________.A. our society is unjust towards well-mannered motoristsB. rude drivers can be met only occasionallyC. the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the road-hogD. nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists8. By “good sense,”the writer means ________.A. the driver’s ability to understand and react reasonablyB. the driver’s prompt response to difficult and severe conditionsC. the driver’s tolerance of rude or even savage behaviorD. the driver’s acknowledgement of politeness and regulations9. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion, ________.A. road users should make more sacrificeB. drivers should be ready to yield to each otherC. drivers should have more communication among themselvesD. drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others10. In the writer’s opinion, ________.A. strict traffic regulations are badly neededB. drivers should apply road politeness properlyC. rude drivers should be punishedD. drivers should avoid traffic jamsPassage 3The idea that the sun has an almost unambiguously benign effect on our planet appears, on the surface, to be an incontrovertible one. Few people realize, however, that certain events on the sun can have disastrous consequences for life here on Earth. The geomagnetic storm is one such phenomenon. These storms begin on the surface of the sun when a group of sunspots creates a burst of electromagnetic radiation. These bursts thrust billions of tons of ionized gas, known as plasma, into space; scientists refer to these solar projections as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). After this initial explosion, the CME gets caught up in a shower of particles, also known as a “solar wind”, that continuously rains down on the Earth from the sun.The last recorded instance of a major CME occurred in 1989, when the resulting geomagnetic storm knocked out an entire electrical power grid, depriving over six million energy consumers of power for an extended period. As we become increasingly dependent on new technologies to sustain ourselves in our day-to-day activities, the potential havoc wrought by a major CME becomes even more distressing. Scientists conjecture that a “perfect storm”would have the potential to knock out power grids across the globe and create disruptions in the orbit of low-altitude communication satellites, rendering such satellites practically useless.What troubles scientists most about these “perfect storms”is not only their potential forinterstellar mischief, but also the fact that they are so difficult to forecast. For one thing, remarkable though these solar occurrences might be, they are still a relatively rare phenomenon, and the few existing records regarding major CMEs provide researchers with scant information from which to draw conclusions about their behavior. Solar storm watchers are frustrated by yet another limitation: time. CMEs have been known to travel through space at speeds approaching 5 million miles per hour, which means that they can cover the 93 million miles between the sun and the Earth in well under 20 hours (Some have been known to travel the same distance in as little as 14 hours.). The difficulties created by this narrow window of opportunity are compounded by the fact that scientists are able to determine the orientation of a CME’s magnetic field only about 30 minutes before it reaches the atmosphere, giving them little or no time to predict the storm’s potential impact on the surface.Some world organizations hope to combat this problem by placing a satellite in orbit around the sun to monitor activity on its surface, in the hope that this will buy scientists more time to predict the occurrence and intensity of geomagnetic storms. In the meantime, many energy providers are responding to the CME threat by installing voltage control equipment and limiting the volume of electricity generated by some power stations.11. The primary purpose of this passage is ________.A. to inform readers about CMEs and their effects on electrical circuitry on EarthB. to persuade readers that CMEs are a problem that both governments and individualcitizens need to combatC. to inform readers about a potentially dangerous phenomenon and the difficulties in addressing that dangerD. to convince readers that cultural dependence on electricity jeopardizes everyone12. Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred about the significant CME that took place in 1989?A. The next geomagnetic storm that occurs will be much worse.B. The window of opportunity for foreseeing similar storms in the future is even smaller now.C. Its effects were limited to knocking out a power grid, depriving customers of power for a week.D. A geomagnetic storm of similar magnitude could easily cause more extensive damage andhardship in today’s society.13. The author uses the term “compounded by”in the penultimate paragraph to ________.A. emphasize the fact that these researchers face even more stringent time limits than thosealready mentionedB. assert that the scientists working to predict CMEs are not given adequate time to do so successfullyC. disprove the notion that the orientation of CMEs affects the length of time available forscientific inquiry into this phenomenonD. caution readers that speculations of energy providers might heighten the uncertainty raisedby CMEs14. Which of the following were mentioned as factors contributing to the difficulty of forecasting CMEs?I. Limited available time in which to determine orientationII. The tendency of voltage controls to be overridden by electrical surgesIII. Insufficient data upon which to base assessments of past behaviorA. I onlyB. I and II onlyC. I and III onlyD. II and III only15. With which of the following statements would be the author of this article be most likely to agree?A. Individuals should join in the fight to protect today’s energy-dependent society from the harm caused by CMEs by raising money to support research.B. In the next decade, a “perfect storm”will interrupt power supplies and cause extensiveinconvenience and loss of services.C. We should learn more about the potential dangers of CMEs, but few steps can be taken toalter such storms’effects.D. Each of us should view a significant CME as a real possibility but should also expect thatleaders will have effective protective measures in place before such an event.Part V. Translation (30 points)Section A. Chinese to English (15 points): Translate the following into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.连接广东珠海、香港和澳门的全球最长跨海大桥—港珠澳大桥主桥建设工程于本周二全线贯通。

考研真题：暨南大学2020年[英语水平]考试真题Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.1. His work shed ______yet necessary light on an important way to slow the spread of this deadly virus.A. provisionalB. seductiveC. insultingD. disturbing2. The new chemical will ________ this kind of insects in this area.A. eliminateB. prosecuteC. quenchD. quilt3. I have to say this, but this coat you’ve just bought is made of _______ fur; it is not real mink.A. coarseB. genuineC. slipperyD. counterfeit4. Plastic bags are useful for holding many kinds of food, ______ their cleanness, toughness and low cost.A. by virtue ofB. in addition toC. for the sake ofD. as opposed to5. It must guarantee freedom of expression to the end that all _________ to the flow of ideas shall be removed.A. propheciesB. transactionsC. argumentsD. hindrances6.This warm air was, needless to say, the perfect environment for the rapid growth of disease-carrying ______ originating from outside the building.A. germB. microbeC. fungusD. bacteria7. Traditionally, a dark suit is ______ to a light one for evening wear.A. alternateB. choosableC. selectiveD. preferable8. I have replaced my old ______ typewriter with an electric one.A. artificialB. manualC. automaticD. synthetic9. Four police officers sustained ______ in the explosion.A. ruinsB. injuriesC. damagesD. spoils10.The professor found himself constantly______ the question: “How could anyone do these things?”A. presidingB. poringC. ponderingD. presuming11. Weeks _______ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.A. terminatedB. elapsedC. overlappedD. expired12. His attempt to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.A. alienateB. abuseC. alleviateD. abandon13. Building the Bird’s Nest calls for giant curving beams which crisscross in an ______ pattern of woven steel.A. intuitiveB. intensiveC. intrinsicD. intricate14. Older, less dogmatic theories better explained how the problems in the financial _____ dragged down the rest of the economy.A. charterB. sessionC. chapelD. sector15. Language may be _______ of as a process which arises from social interaction.A. comprisedB. conceivedC. disposedD. deprived16. I meant __________ the matter with you, but I had some guests there.A. discussB. discussingC. having discussedD. to have discussed17. Any student _______ in chess can apply for membership.A. have a keen interestB. with a keen interestC. who is keenly interestedD. when keenly interesting18. _________, she stood at the front door waiting for her husband to return.A. Being finished prepared dinnerB. Having finished preparing dinnerC. Finished preparing dinnerD. Having finished to prepare dinner19. All this leads to a population in the twenty-first century that is smaller______ feared few years ago.A. than wasB. that wasC. than thatD. it was20. _________ will Mr. Peter be able to regain control of the company.A. Only hard workB. Only if he works hardC. With hard workD. In spite of his hard work21. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material _______ to its burning temperature.A. heatedB. be heatedC. to be heatedD. being heated22. The earthquake ______ not have come at a worse time for the war-torn country.A. couldB. mustC. mightD. should23. The boy students in this school are nearly_____ as the girl students to say they intend to get a college degree in business.A. twice as likelyB. likely as twiceC. as twice likelyD. as likely twice24. If the whole operation _______ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.A. was not plannedB. has not been plannedC. had not been plannedD. were not planned25. Apple pie is _______ neither good nor bad; it is the way it is used that determines its value.A. at itselfB. as itselfC. on itselfD. in itself26. ________ us earlier, ________ your request to the full.A. You have contacted … we could comply withB. Had you contacted … we could have complied withC. You had contacted … could we have complied withD. Have you contacted … we could comply with27. The explosion on the sun cannot be heard, there_________ no air between the earth’s atmosphere and the sun.A. isB. wasC. beingD. be28. ______ by the host added to his uneasiness.A. His neglectingB. His being neglectedC. He is neglectedD. He had been neglected29. Every man, woman and child in this community_______ now aware of the terrible consequences of the habit of smoking.A. isB. areC. wasD. were30. As a result, the mission of the school, along with the culture of the classroom, _______.A. was slowly to changeB. are slowly changedC. is slowly changedD. have slowly changedPart II. Proof-reading and Error Correction（10 points）Directions:Proofread the given passage as instructed. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum 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 and write the correct one inthe blank provided on the answer sheet.For a missing word Mark the position of the missing word with a “∧”sign and write the word you believe to be missingin the blank provided on the answer sheet.For an unnecessary word Cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided on the answer sheet.Status symbols are signs that identify their possessors’place in a social hierarchy, markers of rank and prestigious. We can all think any number of status symbols—Rolls-Royces, Beverly Hills mansions, even Shar Pei puppies (whose rareness and expense has rocketed them beyond Russian wolfhounds as status pets and has even aspired whole lines of wrinkle-faced stuffed toys)—but how do we know that something is a status symbol? The explain is quite simple: when an object (or puppy) either costs a lot of money or requires influential connections to possess it, anyone who possesses it must also possess the necessity means and influence to acquire it. The object itself really doesn’t matter, since it ultimate disappears behind the presumed social impotency of its owner. Semiotically, what matters is the signal it sends, its value as a sign of power. One traditional sign of social extinction is owning a country estate and enjoying the peace and privacy that attend it. Advertisements for Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and Audi automobiles thus frequently feature motoring quietly along a country road, presumably on their way to or from their country houses.1. ____________2. ____________3. ____________4. ____________5. ____________6. ____________7. ____________8. ____________9. ____________10.____________Part III. Cloze (20 points)Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. You are required to read the passage and fill in each bank with a word from the word bank, and change the form where necessary. Do not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.adopt toward economy contribute thrive pick up quantumreach urban by initiate coordinate implement with remain outbound reserve region get up in rural astronomy endeavor lead supply-sideWe have 1 committed to the new development philosophy, 2 the right approach to development, and 3 to transform the growth model. The result has been a constant improvement in the quality and effect of development. The economy has maintained a medium-high growth rate, making China a 4 among the major 5 . With the gross domestic product rising from 54 trillion to 80 trillion Yuan, China has maintained its position as the world’s second largest economy and 6 more than 30 percent of global economic growth. 7 structural reform has made further headway, bringing a steady improvement in the economic structure. Emerging industries like the digital economy are 8 ; the construction of high-speed railways, highways, bridges, ports, airports, and other types of infrastructure has 9 pace. Agricultural modernization has steadily advanced, with annual grain production 10 600 million metrictons. The level of 11 has risen 12 an annual average of 1.2 percentage points, and more than 80 million people who have moved from rural to urban areas have gained permanent urban residency. Regional development has become more balanced; the Belt and Road 13 , the 14 development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt have all made notable progress. Through devoting great energy to 15 the innovation-driven development strategy, we have seen much accomplished 16 making China a country of innovators, 17 major advances made in science and technology, including the successful launch of Tiangong-2 space lab, the commissioning of the deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong and of the five-hundred-meter aperture spherical telescope (FAST) Tianyan, the launch of the dark matter probe satellite Wukong and the 18 science satellite Mozi, and the test flight of the airliner C919. Construction on islands and reefs in the South China Sea has seen steady progress. The new institutions of the open economy have been steadily improved. China now leads the world in trade, 19 investment, and foreign exchange 20 .Part IV. Reading Comprehension (30 points)Directions:In this section, there are three passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET.Passage 1Since 1992, the U.S. has offered Israel an additional $ 2 billion annually in loan guarantees. Congressional researchers have disclosed that between 1974 and 1989, $ 16.4 billion in U. S. military loans were converted to grants and that this was the understanding from the beginning. Indeed, all past U.S. loans to Israel have eventually been forgiven by Congress, which has undoubtedly helped Israel’s often-touted claim that they have never defaulted on a U.S. government loan. U.S. policy since 1984 has been that economic assistance to Israel must equal or exceed Israel’s debt repayment to the United States. Unlike other countries, which receive aid in quarterly installments, aid to Israel since 1982 has been given in a lump sum at the beginning of the fiscal year, leaving the U.S. government to borrow from future revenues. Israel even lends some of this money back through U.S. treasury bills and collects the additional interest.In addition, there is more than $ 1.5 billion in private U.S. funds that goes to Israel annually in the form of $ 1 billion in private tax-deductible donations and $ 500 million in Israeli bonds. The ability of Americans to make what amounts to tax-deductible contributions to a foreign government, made possible through a number of Jewish charities, does not exist with any other country. Nor do these figures include short-and-long term commercials loans from U. S. banks, which have been as high as $ 1 billion annually in recent years.Total U. S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the Americanforeign-aid budget, even though Israel comprises just 0.001 percent of the world’s population and already has one of the world’s higher per capita incomes. Indeed, Israel’s GNP is higher than the combined GNP of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza. With a per capita income of about $ 14,000, Israel ranks as the sixteenth wealthiest country in the world; Israelis enjoy a higher per capita income than oil-rich Saudi Arabia and are only slightly less well-off than most Western European countries.AID does not term economic aid to Israel as developmental assistance, but instead uses the term “economic support funding”. Given Israel’s relative prosperity, U.S. aid to Israel is becoming increasingly controversial. In 1994, Yossi Beilen, deputy foreign minister of Israel and a Knesset member, told the Women’s International Zionist Organization, “If our economic situation is better than many of your countries, how can we go on asking for your charity?”1. According to the passage, American economic assistance to Israel took all the following forms EXCEPT________.A. private fundsB. commercial loans from U. S. banksC. government grantsD. government donations2. What is the writer’s attitude towards American economic aid to Israel?A. Appreciative.B. Disapproving.C. Ambiguous.D. Difficult to tell.3. What is the main reason why U.S. aid to Israel is becoming controversial?A. The large sum of loans to Israel.B. American financial situation.C. The relative prosperity of Israel’s economy.D. Survey of U. S. Congressional researchers.4. The words of the deputy foreign minister of Israel indicate that ________.A. Jewish charities provided great help for IsraelB. Israel actually doesn’t deserve American economic aidC. American is obliged to give Israel economic aidD. Israel’s economy is worsening.5. It can be inferred from Israel’s “often-touted claim” that _______.A. Israel was satisfied with the ability in repaying all the loans from AmericaB. U. S. government should not worry about the Israel’s economic development.C. U.S. economic aid to Israel was a wrong decision.D. American economic assistance to Israel was successful.Passage 2What might driving on an automated highway be like？The answer depends on what kind of system is ultimately adopted. Two distinct types are on the drawing board. The first is a special-purpose lane system，in which certain lanes are reserved for automated vehicles. The second is a mixed traffic system: fully automated vehicles would share the road with partially automated or manually driven cars. A special-purpose lane system would require more extensive physical modifications to existing highways，but it promises the greatest gains in freeway capacity.Under either scheme，the driver would specify the desired destination，furnishing this information to a computer in the car at the beginning of the trip or perhaps just before reaching the automated highway. If a mixed traffic system was in place，automated driving could begin whenever the driver was on suitably equipped roads. If special-purpose lanes were available，the car could enter them and join existing traffic in two different ways. One method would use a special onramp. As the driver approached the point of entry for the highway，devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine its destination and to ascertain that it had the proper automation equipment in good working order. Assuming it passed such tests，the driver would then be guided through a gate and toward an automated lane. In this case，the transition from manual to automated control would take place on the entrance ramp. An alternative techniquecould employ conventional lanes which would be shared by automated and regular vehicles. The driver would steer onto the highway and move in normal fashion to a “transition”lane. The vehicle would then shift under computer control onto a lane reserved for automated traffic (The limitation of these lanes to automated traffic would，presumably，be well respected，because all trespassers could be swiftly identified by authorities.).Either approach to joining a lane of automated traffic would harmonize the movement of newly entering vehicles with those already traveling. Automatic control here should allow for smooth merging, without the usual uncertainties and potential for accidents. Once a vehicle had settled into automated travel，the driver would be free to release the wheel，open the morning paper or just relax.6. We learn from the first paragraph that two systems of automated highways_______.A. are being plannedB. are being modifiedC. are now in wide useD. are under construction7. A special-purpose lane system is probably advantageous in that __________.A. it would require only minor changes to existing highwayB. it would achieve the greatest highway traffic efficiencyC. it has a lane for both automated and partially automated vehiclesD. it offers more lanes for automated vehicles8. The drivers need to __________ to work well under the two traffic systems.A. install a special sensor in the carB. tell computer the destination before setting offC. furnish the interior of the vehicleD. drive on the automated highway9. We know from the passage that a car can enter a special-purpose lane _______.A. by smoothly merging with cars on the conventional laneB. by way of a ramp with electronic control devicesC. through a specially-guarded gateD. after all trespassers are identified and removed10.When driving in an automated lane, the driver_________A. should harmonize with newly entering carsB. doesn’t have to rely on his computer systemC. should watch out for potential accidentsD. doesn’t have to hold to the steering wheelPassage 3Developing a peaceful, understanding, and supportive relationship between parents and children is not an easy task. Failures can and do occur at any age level, and at times the results are the abuse, neglect, and even death of children.Child abuse has become a major topic in child development and an issue of much national concern. In the span of four legislative years, 1963-1967, all fifty states enacted laws calling for the reporting of injuries inflicted on children. By 1973, the United States Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Public Law 93-247). This law not only reflected the mood of concerned citizens, but also did much to clear up the confusion and disagreement over what is child abuse.The question “What causes child abuse?”has prompted much debate. The single most persistent myth which had plagued efforts to understand causes is the notion that parents who abuse children are mentally disturbed or ill. Although there is specific psychiatric diagnosis which comprises the behavior and personalities of abuser, they seem to share a common style of child rearing. Those parents demand high levels of child performance and they often use severe physical punishment to ensure the child’s proper behavior. Abusive parents themselves were raised in similar family situations and their own childhood experience has a lasting influence on their behaviors of adults.Current research has suggested, however, that the “abuser is sick”hypothesis is too limited. A broader social, psychological approach recognizes that some personal problems are implicit but that psychological factors arise out of a social context. Social factors include unemployment, social isolation, and unwanted pregnancy. Moreover, finding that abuse occurs more frequently in larger families and familieswith low income, poor education, and low occupational status suggests that many such parents cannot withstand the twenty-four-a-day responsibility to raise and care for their children. These problems aggravate the situation, especially when combined with the general approval in our culture of violence.11. This selection suggests that child abuse is ________.A. a growing problem whose causes are fully understoodB. caused primarily by the mental illness of parentsC. a problem in the United States, but a greater one in EuropeD. easily determined because of recent public laws12. We can know from the second paragraph that the law passed in 1973 ______.A. received little attention from the publicB. was condemned by abusive parentsC. was aimed to expand welfare programs of the United StatesD. helped much in clarifying the problem13. The person who is least likely to be a child-abusing parent is the one who______.A. was raised in abusive family situation himselfB. creates a peaceful and supportive family environment for his childC. is unemployed or socially isolatedD. is mentally ill14. Which one of the following is most probably a cause of child abuse?A. Too high an income of the parents.B. Unemployment of the parents.C. Poor health of the child.D. Peculiar personalities of the child.15. Which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree with?A. Violence on TV may contribute to child abuse.B. Medical doctors are largely to blame for unreported cases of child abuse.C. The media should not describe the details of child abuse cases.D. Violence in our society is acceptable unless children are victims.Part V. Translation (30 points)Section A.Chinese to English (15 points): Translate the following into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.人生于自然。

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Partie I Traduisez en chinois les phrases suivantes. (60 points)Test I (15 points)1. En 1924, se constitue autour d’André Breton et de ses amis un mouvement poétique (le Surréalisme) qui s’étendra très vite à tous les arts.2. Plus tu sautes haut, plus tu retombes lourdement. Par conséquent, fléchis toujours les genoux quand tu retombes pour ne pas te faire mal.3. Outil précieux de la lutte contre le chômage, le flux des capitaux venus de l’étranger a permis de créer, ces dernières années, près de 20000 emplois nouveaux chaque année.Test II (15 points)1. Tout le monde dit que vous étiez belle lorsque vous étiez jeune, je suis venu pour vous dire que pour moi je vous trouve plus belle maintenant que lorsque vous étiez jeune, j’aimais moins votre visage de jeune femme que celui que vous avez maintenant, dévasté.2. D’après Jean-Paul Sartre, « dans l’expérience même de ma distance aux choses et à autrui,j’éprouve la présence sans distance d’autrui à moi » , mais « l’Enfer, c’est les autres » désigne le fait que les autres font de moi une chose quand ils me jugent.3. Que je sois certain que j’existe ne me dit pas encore qui je suis. Descartes répond que je suis « une substance pensante » absolument distincte du corps. Pourtant, en faisant ainsi de la conscience une « chose » existant indépendamment du corps et repliée sur elle-même, Descartes ne manque-t-il pas la nature même de la conscience, comme ouverture sur le monde et sur soi ?Test III (30 points)Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure. Parfois, à peine ma bougie éteinte, mes yeux se fermaient si vite que je n’avais pas le temps de me dire : « Je m’endors. » Et, une demi-heure après, la pensée qu’il était temps de chercher le sommeil m’éveillait ; je voulais poser le volume que je croyais avoir dans les mains et souffler ma lumière ; je n’avais pas cessé en dormant de faire des réflexions sur ce que je venais de lire, mais ces réflexions avaient pris un tour un peu particulier ; il me semblait que j’étais moi-même ce dont parlait l’ouvrage : une église, un quatuor, la rivalité de François I er et de Charles-Quint. Cette croyance survivait pendant quelques secondes à mon réveil ; elle ne choquait pas ma raison, mais pesait comme des écailles sur mes yeux et les empêchait de se rendre compte que le bougeoir n’était plus allumé.Partie II Traduisez en français les phrases suivantes. (40 points)Test I (10 points)1. 道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。