2015年华东师范大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解【圣才出品】
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2015考研英语二翻译真题及答案引导语:为了帮助大家更好地准备,以下是店铺为大家整理的2015考研英语二翻译真题及答案,欢迎阅读!英语二Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)Think about driving a route that's very familiar. It could be your commute to work,a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the back of your hand. On these sorts of trips it's easy to lose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.This is the well-travelled road effect:people tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a well-known route,because we don't have to concentrate much,time seems to flow more quickly. And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can't remember the journey well because we didn't pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.【参考答案】想想看在一条非常熟悉的路上驾驶的感觉,这可能发生在上班,进城或回家的路上。
2.1 多项选择◇文学传记类Passage 1 题材:文学传记类字数:548Two hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrote “I wander’d lonely as a cloud”, a poem that expresses a basic spirit of the early English Romanticism. It was Thursday, 15th April 1802, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, the poet’s devoted, journal-writing sister, were walking home to Dove Cottage in the Lake District. The wind was fierce, but the Wordsworth siblings were used to striding long distances in foul weather. They were in the woods close to the water side when they first clapped eyes on a field of daffodils “fluttering and dancing in the bre eze”.What makes this poem an example of Romantic thinking? It isn’t just that Wordsworth chooses to write about a natural scene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human emotions. For him, nature is not merely a neutral mixture of scenery, colours, plants, rocks, soil, water and air. It is a driving force that feels joy and sadness, shares human pain and even tries to educate us human beings by showing us the beauty of life.Wordsworth’s home, Dove Cottage, is now one of the most popular destinations in the Lake District. You can go on a tour of the garden which William planted with wild flowers and which survived in his back yard even after theydisappeared from the area. “He always said that if he hadn’t been a poet, he would have been a te rrific landscape gardener,” says Allan King of the Wordsworth Trust, the organization that looks after the cottage and gardens.The Lake District in the north west of England becomes particularly crowded during the summer months with tourists and ramblers eager to enjoy the region’s majestic valleys, hills and sparkling lakes. Wordsworth himself was far from keen on tourists, which was quite apparent. He wanted outsiders to admire the local sights he enjoyed so much, but was afraid the district might be “damaged” by too many visitors. He opposed the coming of the trains, and campaigned in the 1840s against a plan to link the towns in the area—Kendal, Windermere and Keswick—by rail.The place near Ullswater, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils, is at the southernmost end of the lake. The lake is wide and calm at this turning point. There’s a bay where the trees have had their soil eroded by lake water so that their roots are shockingly exposed. You walk along from tree to tree, hardly daring to breathe, because you are walking in the footprints of William and Dorothy from two centuries ago. The first clumps of daffodils appear, but they aren’t tall yellow trumpets proudly swaying in the breeze. They’re tiny wild daffodils, most of them still green and unopened, in clumps of six or seven. They’re grouped around individual trees rather than collecting together.But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak, you realize this is what delighted the Wordsworths: clump after clump of the things, spread out to left and right but coming together in your vision so that they form a beautiful, pale-yellowcarpet. What you’re seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and imagination. For a second, you share that revelation of Dorothy and William Wordsworth’s,the glimpse of pantheism, the central mystery of English Romanticism.1. According to the article, Wordsworth’s poem ______.[A] started the Romantic movement[B] was based on actual experience[C] was written while he was visiting his sister[D] was written after he had been lonely2. What was Wordsworth’s attitude to nature?[A] He believed nature had a character of its own.[B] He felt nature was human.[C] He thought nature could talk to people.[D] He believed that we could influence nature.3. We are told that Dove Cottage ______.[A] has gardens designed by a landscape gardener[B] has very old plants in the garden[C] gets a lot of visitors[D] has a large back yard4. What does the writer suggest by the words “hardly daring to breathe” in line 4, paragraph 5?[A] You have to walk carefully here.[B] You can’t breathe because the atmosphere is suffocating.[C] You might feel excited to be in this place.[D] You must concentrate to stay on the footpath.5. What does the writer think of Wordsworth as a poet?[A] He believes that Wordsworth was an important figure in English culture.[B] He is critical of Wordsworth.[C] He believes Wordsworth was a sentimental person.[D] He disagrees with Wordsworth’s opinion about nature.【答案与解析】1. B 根据第一段大意,可知Wordsworth的诗是根据他和姐妹步行回家所看到的风景写成的。
华东师范大学2015年翻译硕士考研真题及答案历年真题是最权威的,最直接了解各专业考研的复习资料,考生要重视和挖掘其潜在价值,尤其是现在正是冲刺复习阶段,模拟题和真题大家都要多练多总结,下面分享华东师范大学2015年翻译硕士考研真题及答案,方便考生使用。
华东师范大学2015年翻译硕士考研真题及答案1.词语与句子翻译(共30分)请将下列汉语短语翻译成英语(10分)1)打造中国经济的升级版2)转变政府职能3)扩大全方位主动开放4)中国上海自由贸易试验区5)宏观调控方式6)绿水青山7)改革红利8)反腐倡廉9)证券交易所10)增强社会创造力请将下列英语短语或句子翻译成汉语(20分)11) China’s vulgar rich: befriended but unloved.12) The Sochi 2014 torch is based on motifs from Russian folklore and ideas of innovation and technological breakthroughs.13) The Chinese garden is primarily not a single wide open space, but is divided into corridors and courts, in which buildings, and not plant life, dominate.14) All writing depends on the generosity of the reader. (Alberto Manguel)15) Calligraphy as writing and as art.16) If I felJ through the earth, what would happen in the center?17) Book of the Times: The Invisible Man.18) In 1963, most Americans did not yet believe that gender equality was possible or even desirable.19) But the innovation failed to catch the public imagination and sales were painfully slow. Microsoft was on the back foot.20) It is no wonder the island (The Philippine island of Boracay) has been featured in a variety of publications, and it’s a top beach destination on the popular Internet travel site tripadvisor. com.2.汉译英(60分)中国佛教建筑的发展可以追溯到佛教在汉代被引入中国时。
2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试(英语一)解析Section I Use of English一、文章题材结构分析本文选自2014年7月15日International Business Times上一篇题为“DNA of Friendship:Study Finds We are Genetically Linked to Our Friends”(DNA友谊:研究发现我们在基因上和我们的朋友有着千丝万缕的联系)的文章。
首段通过一项研究结果引出朋友之间有一定的基因关联;第二段对研究的受试者进行说明;第三段中遗传学家认为朋友之间共享的1%的基因很重要;第四五段指出研究的两项发现;最后研究者发现相似基因发展更快,但人们喜欢与同族人交友还未能做出解释。
二、试题解析1.[A]when何时[B]why为什么[C]how如何[D]what什么【答案】D【考点】从句辨析【解析】该题考查的是语法知识。
根据句子结构和选项的特点,可以判断出空格处应填从属连词引导表语从句;再根据句子的内容,可以看出该从句是一项研究的相关内容,不是指研究的时间(when),原因(why)和方式(how),表示具体内容的表语从句用what引导,因此,该题的答案为what。
2.[A]defended保卫,防守[B]concluded推断,下结论[C]withdrawn撤退,收回[D]advised建议,劝告【答案】B【考点】上下文语义衔接+动词辨析【解析】从此题所在句子的前后内容可以判断出,that is_______中的that是指第一句话的内容(朋友与我们基因上的相关性),很显然是研究得出的结论。
因此,答案为concluded。
3.[A]for为了[B]with和[C]on在…之上,关于,对于[D]by方式【答案】C【考点】上下文语义衔接+介词辨析【解析】根据空格所在句子的内容(研究对1932位独特的受试者进行分析)判断出进行分析的对象是1932unique subjects。
2015研究生入学统一考试试题及解析(英语二)Section ⅠUse of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with -- or even looking at -- a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they rolling in their phones, even without a1 underground.It's a sad reality -- our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings -- because there's 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn't know it, 3 into your phone. Thisuniversal protection sends the 4: "Please don't approach me."What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach." We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as "creepy," he told The Huffington Post. We fear we'll be 7. We fear we'llbe disruptive.Strangers are inherently 8 to us, so we are more likely to feel 9 anxious when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this anxiety, we 10 to our phones. "Phones become our security blanket," Wortmann says. "They are our happyglasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11."But once we rip off the bandaid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn't 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a13. The duo had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14. "When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own," the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn't expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, "not a single person reported having beensnubbed."18, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It's that 20: Talking to strangerscan make you feel connected.1.[A] ticket [B] permit [C] signal [D] record2.[A] nothing [B] little [C] another [D] much3.[A] beaten [B] guided [C] plugged [D] brought4.[A] message [B] code [C] notice [D] sign5.[A] under [B] beyond [C] behind [D] from6.[A] misapplied [B] mismatched [C] misadjusted [D]misinterpreted7.[A] replaced [B] fired [C] judged [D] delayed8.[A] unreasonable [B] ungrateful [C] unconventional [D]unfamiliar9.[A] comfortable [B] confident [C] anxious [D] angry10.[A] attend [B] point [C] take [D] turn11.[A] dangerous [B] mysterious [C] violent [D] boring12.[A] hurt [B] resist [C] bend [D] decay13.[A] lecture [B] conversation [C] debate [D] negotiation14.[A] passengers [B] employees [C] researchers [D] trainees15.[A] reveal [B] choose [C] predict [D] design16.[A] voyage [B] ride [C] walk [D] flight17.[A] went through [B] did away [C] caught up [D] put up18.[A] in turn [B] in fact [C] in particular [D] in consequence19.[A] unless [B] since [C] if [D] whereas20.[A] funny [B] logical [C] simple [D] rare正确选项1-5 CDCAC 6-10 DCDCD 11-15 AABAC 16-20 BABBC真题解析:1. C [A] ticket 票[B] permit 允许,许可[C] signal信号,标志[D] record记录,记载解析:名词辨析。
2015年华东师范大学英语翻译基础真题试卷(总分:44.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、词语翻译(总题数:22,分数:40.00)1.英译汉__________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.China's vulgar rich; befriended but unloved.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.The Sochi 2014 torch is based on motifs from Russian folklore and ideas of innovation and technological breakthroughs.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.The Chinese garden is primarily not a single wide open space, but is divided into corridors and courts, in which buildings, and not plant life, dominate.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 5.All writing depends on the generosity of the reader.(Alberto Manguel)(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 6.Calligraphy as writing and as art.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 7.If I fell through the earth, what would happen in the center?(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 8.Book of the Times: The Invisible Man.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 9.In 1963, most Americans did not yet believe that gender equality was possible or even desirable.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 10.But the innovation failed to catch the public imagination and sales were painfully slow. Microsoft was on the back foot.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 11.It is no wonder the island(The Philippine island of Boracay)has been featured in a variety of publications, and it's a top beach destination on the popular Internet travel site tripadvisor. com.(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 12.汉译英__________________________________________________________________________________________ 13.打造中国经济的升级版(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 14.转变政府职能(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 15.扩大全方位主动开放(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 16.中国上海自由贸易试验区(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 17.宏观调控方式(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 18.绿水青山(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 19.改革红利(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________20.反腐倡廉(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 21.证券交易所(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 22.增强社会创造力(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________二、英汉互译(总题数:4,分数:4.00)23.英译汉__________________________________________________________________________________________ 24.Next, a plea to our friends who are writing in China not to write with foreigners in mind. Now that contemporary Chinese writing is beginning to find more readers abroad, there is a danger that writers will aim at foreign readers instead of domestic ones. The writing we Anglophones will respond to most warmly will generally be precisely the writing that is most clearly intended for Chinese readers.Who, after all, is the Chinese writer who has made a bigger impact than any other in English-speaking countries these last twenty years? None of those I have mentioned so far, but a politician who died in the 1970s. And his works, apart from a few interviews with foreigners, were nearly all addressed to Chinese problems and Chinese readers. His style was clear, strong, and effective, and very Chinese too, being hardly influenced by foreign models. Yet he survived translation to be the idol of 1960s radicals around the world, and put words and expressions into the English language.So please don't write for us, but write for your primary reader, leaving us to choose(by criteria that may well seem quite absurd to you)what may be accessible to us ignorant Anglophones. And don't worry in the least about what we think. Few Anglophone authors lose sleep over their standing in China, and that seems a good example to follow.Take whatever you like from abroad, but only what you need for your own purposes. Blind imitation of foreign models is unlikely to bring foreign recognition. Only what works in your own culture has any chance of surviving the transition to another.From Insuperable Barriers? By W. J. E. Jenner(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 25.汉译英__________________________________________________________________________________________ 26.中国佛教建筑的发展可以追溯到佛教在汉代被引入中国时。
2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试(英语二)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones, even without a 1 on a subway.It’s a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there’s 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it,3 into your phone. This universal protection sends the 4 : “Please don’t approach me.”What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach. We fear rejection,or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as “weird.” We fear we’ll be 7 .We fear we’ll be disruptive.Strangers are inherently 8 to us,so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this uneasiness, we 10 to our phones. “Phones become our security blanket,” Wortmann says. “They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 .”But once we rip off the bandaid,tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up,it doesn’t 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment,behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 . They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 . “When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own,” The New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn’t expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, “not a single person reported having been embarrassed.”18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It’s that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.1. A. ticket B. permit C.signal D. record2. A. nothing B. little C.another D. much3. A. beaten B. guided C.plugged D. brought4. A. message B. code C.notice D. sign5. A. under B. beyond C. behind D. from6. A. misinterpreted B. misapplied C. misadjusted D. mismatched7. A. fired B. judged C. replaced D. delayed8. A. unreasonable B. ungrateful C. unconventional D. unfamiliar9. A. comfortable B. anxious C. confident D. angry10. A. attend B. point C. take D. turn11. A. dangerous B. mysterious C. violent D. boring12. A. hurt B. resist C. bend D. decay13. A. lecture B. conversation C. debate D. negotiation14. A. trainees B. employees C. researchers D. passengers15. A. reveal B. choose C. predict D. design16. A. voyage B. flight C. walk D. ride17. A. went through B. did away C. caught up D. put up18. A. In turn B. In particular C.In fact D. In consequence19. A. unless B. since C. if D. whereas20. A. funny B. simple C. logical D. rareSection ⅡReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by chosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people’s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting co nventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home,” writes one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske. In fact women say they feel better at work. She notes. “It is men, not women, who report being happier at home than at work.” Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’ re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get toleave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure. Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they’re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.21. According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home____.A. was an unrealistic place for relaxationB. generated more stress than the workplaceC. was an ideal place for stress measurementD.offered greater relaxation than the workplace22. According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?A. Working mothers.B. Childless husbands.C. Childless wives.D. Working fathers.23. The blurring of working women’s roles refers to the fact that____.A. they are both bread winners and housewivesB. their home is also a place for kicking backC. there is often much housework left behindD. it is difficult for them to leave their office24. The word “moola” (Line 4, Para 4) most probably means____.A. energyB. skillsC. earningsD. nutrition25. The home front differs from the workplace in that____.A. home is hardly a cozier working environmentB. division of labor at home is seldom clear-cutC. household tasks are generally more motivatingD. family labor is often adequately rewardedText 2For years, studies have found that first-generation college students—those who do not have a parent with a college degree—lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This has created “a paradox” in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has “continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close” an achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first-generation students “struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education,learn the ‘rules of the game,’ and take advantage of college resources,” they write. And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students. “Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’ educational experience, many first-generation students lack insight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students ‘like them’ can improve.”26. Recruiting more first-generation students has____.A. reduced their dropout ratesB. narrowed the achievement gapC. missed its original purposeD. depressed college students27. The authors of the research article are optimistic because____.A. the problem is solvableB. their approach is costlessC. the recruiting rate has increasedD. their finding appeal to students28. The study suggests that most first-generation students____.A. study at private universitiesB. are from single-parent familiesC. are in need of financial supportD. have failed their college29. The authors of the paper believe that first-generation students____.A. are actually indifferent to the achievement gapB. can have a potential influence on other studentsC. may lack opportunities to apply for research projectsD. are inexperienced in handling their issues at college30. We may infer from the last paragraph that____.A. universities often reject the culture of the middle-classB. students are usually to blame for their lack of resourcesC. social class greatly helps enrich educational experiencesD. colleges are partly responsible for the problem in questionText 3Even in traditional offices, “the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn. She started spinning off examples. “If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, passion. There were goals,there were strategies, there were objectives, but we didn’t talk about energy; we didn’t talk about passion.”Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very “team”-oriented—and not by coincidence. “Let’s not f orget sports—in male-dominated corporate America, it’s still a big deal. It’s not explicitly conscious; it’s the idea that I’m a coach, and you’re my team, and we’re in this together. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies, but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win”.These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out,increase allegiance to the firm. “You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations:Terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose,” said Khurana.This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, promptin g arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In,whose title has become a buzzword in its own right. Terms like unplug, offline, life-hack,bandwidth, and capacity are all about setting boundaries between the offi ce and the home. But if your work is your “passion,” you’ll be more likely to devoteyourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. As Nunberg said, “You can get people to think it’s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it.” In a workplace that’s fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.31. According to Nancy Koehn, office language has become____.A. more emotionalB. more objectiveC. less strategicD. less energetic32. “team”-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to____.A. historical incidentsB. gender differenceC. sports cultureD. athletic executives33. Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to____.A. revive historical termsB. promote company imageC. foster corporate cooperationD. strengthen employee loyalty34. It can be inferred that Lean In____.A. voices for working womenB. appeals to passionate workaholicsC. triggers debates among mommiesD. praises motivated employees35. Which of the following statements is true about office speak?A. Managers admire it but avoid it.B. Linguists believe it to be nonsense.C. Companies find it to be fundamental.D. Regular people mock it but accept it.Text 4Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for Jure, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000 (4.4 percent) above its year ago level.Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having avery hard time making ends meet.There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000 (7.9 percent) from its year ago level.We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is “yes,” they are classified as working part-time. The survey then asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.36. Which part of the jobs picture was neglected?A. The prospect of a thriving job market.B. The increase of voluntary part-time jobs.C. The possibility of full employment.D. The acceleration of job creation.37. Many people work part-time because they____.A. prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobsB. feel that is enough to make ends meetC. cannot get their hands on full-time jobsD. haven’ t seen the weakness of the market38. Involuntary part-time employment in the US____.A. is harder to acquire than one year agoB. shows a general tendency of declineC. satisfies the real need of the joblessD. is lower than before the recession39. It can be learned that with Obamacare, ____.A. it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insuranceB. employment is no longer a precondition to get insuranceC. it is still challenging to get insurance for family membersD. full-time employment is still essential for insurance40. The text mainly discusses ____.A. employment in the USB. part-timer classificationC. insurance through MedicaidD. Obamacare’s troublePart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A—G for each numbered paragraph (41—45). There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)A. You are not aloneB. Don’t fear your responsibility for your lifeC. pave your own unique pathD. Most of your fears are unrealE. Think about the present momentF. Experience helps you growG. There are many things to be grateful forSome Old Truths to Help Y ou Overcome Tough TimesUnfortunately, life is not a bed of roses. We are going through life facing sad experiences. Moreover, we are grieving various kinds of loss: a friendship, a romantic relationship or a house. Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won’t last forever.When our time of mourning is over, we press forward, stronger with a greater understanding and respect for life. Furthermore, these losses make us mature and eventually move us toward future opportunities for growth and happiness. I want to share these old truths I’ve learned along the way.41.____________________________________Fear is both useful and harmful. This normal human reaction is used to protect us by signaling danger and preparing us to deal with it. Unfortunately, people create inner barriers with a help of exaggerating fears. My favorite actor Will Smith once said, “Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very r eal. But fear is a choice.” I do completely agree that fears are just the product of our luxuriant imagination.42. ____________________________________If you are surrounded by problems and cannot stop thinking about the past, try to focus on the present moment. Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future. You may feel guilt over your past, but you are poisoning the present with the things and circumstances you cannot change. Value the present moment and remember how fortunate you are to be alive. Enjoy the beauty of the world around and keep the eyes opento see the possibilities before you. Happiness is not a point of future and not a moment from the past, but a mindset that can be designed into the present.43. ____________________________________Sometimes it is easy to feel bad because you are going through tough times. You can be easily caught up by life problems that you forget to pause and appreciate the things you have. Only strong people prefer to smile and value their life instead of crying and complaining about something.44. ____________________________________No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone. Try to keep in mind that almost everyone respects and wants to help you if you are trying to make a good change in your life, especially your dearest and nearest people. You may have a circle of friends who provide constant good humor, help and companionship. If you have no friends or relatives, try to participate in several online communities, full of people who are always willing to share advice and encouragement.45. ____________________________________Today many people find it difficult to trust their own opinion and seek balance by gaining objectivity from external sources. This way you devalue your opinion and show that you are incapable of managing your own life. When you are struggling to achieve something important you should believe in yourself and be sure that your decision is the best. You live in your skin, think your own thoughts, have your own values and make your own choices.Section III Translation46.Directions:Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points)Think about driving a route that’s very familiar. It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the back of your hand. On these sorts of trips it’s easy to lose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.This is the well-travelled road effect: People tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentr ate much, time seems to flow more quickly. And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can’t remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.Section IV WritingPart A47. Directions:Suppose your university is going to host a summer camp for high school students. Writea notice to1) briefly introduce the camp activities, and2) call for volunteers.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your name or the name of your university.Do not write your address.(10 points)Part B48.Directions:Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, your should1) interpret the chart, and2) give your comment.You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.完型填空题1 .C signal2 .D much3. C plugged4. A message5. C behind6. A misinterpreted7. B judged8. D unfamiliar9. B anxious10. D turn11.A dangerous12. A hurt13.B conversation14. D passengers15.C predict16. D ride17.A went through18.C in fact19.B since20 B simpleSection II Reading ComprehensionPart AText 121、【答案】[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace【解析】事实细节题。
2015年考研英语二真题IntroductionThe 2015 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination (Gao Kao) English II Exam is an important test that assesses the English language proficiency of candidates seeking admission to postgraduate programs in China. In this article, we will analyze and discuss the exam questions from the 2015 English II paper, providing a comprehensive understanding of the topics and strategies needed to succeed in this exam.Section I: Reading ComprehensionThe reading comprehension section of the 2015 English II exam consisted of several passages with accompanying questions. These passages covered a range of topics including technology, history, and literature, offering candidates an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of various subjects.Passage 1: TechnologyThe first passage focused on the impact of technology on society, specifically exploring the potential benefits and drawbacks of advancements in artificial intelligence. This passage required candidates to carefully read and analyze the arguments presented, evaluating the author's claims and providing evidence-based responses. The questions tested the students' ability to comprehend and critically evaluate the passage's content.Passage 2: HistoryThe second passage provided a historical account of the Great Fire of London in 1666. Candidates were required to identify key details and events from the passage, as well as understand the implications and consequences of this significant event in British history. The questions tested the candidates' ability to analyze and interpret historical texts.Passage 3: LiteratureThe third passage focused on a literary work by renowned author William Shakespeare. Candidates were presented with an excerpt from one of his plays and were required to analyze the themes, character development, and literary techniques employed. The questions tested the students' abilityto interpret and analyze complex literary texts.Section II: Language AbilityThe language ability section of the 2015 English II exam assessed candidates' knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and language usage. This section aimed to evaluate the candidates' understanding of the English language at an advanced level.Question 1: Grammar and SyntaxCandidates were required to identify and correct grammatical errors in a given sentence. This question tested the candidates' grammar knowledge, including verb tense, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structure.Question 2: VocabularyCandidates were tested on their ability to understand and use advanced vocabulary by selecting the most appropriate word or phrase tocomplete a given sentence. This question assessed the candidates' vocabulary range and knowledge of word collocation.Question 3: Reading ComprehensionCandidates were presented with a short passage and required to answer questions based on their understanding of the text. This question tested the students' ability to comprehend and interpret written information.Section IV: WritingThe writing section of the 2015 English II exam required candidates to write a 200-word argumentative essay on a given topic within the time limit of 30 minutes. Candidates had to present and support their opinions effectively, showcasing their ability to construct a cohesive and persuasive argument.ConclusionThe 2015 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination (Gao Kao) English II Exam served as a critical assessment of candidates' English language skills. By carefully analyzing and understanding the exam questions, applicants can better prepare themselves for the challenges they will face. By diligently practicing and familiarizing themselves with the format and content of the exam, candidates can improve their performance and increase their chances of success.。
2015年华东师范大学翻译硕士(MTI)汉语写作与百科知识真题试卷(总分:36.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、简答题(总题数:4,分数:32.00)I.阿里巴巴在美国纽交所上市中新社纽约9月19日电(记者刘育英)92.7美元!11时50分左右,阿里巴巴开盘价推出,相对每股68美元的发行价大涨36%。
阿里巴巴的上市之路,这一刻尘埃落定。
美国证券史上规模最大的 IPO 就此诞生。
阿里巴巴市值在2300亿美元上下波动,成为美国证券市场第二大互联网公司…… 阿里巴巴上市融资近218亿美元,最高可达250亿美元,将是一个划时代的里程碑。
《华尔街日报》亦表示,互联网力量向亚洲转移。
马云和孙正义、陆兆禧等人聚集在纽交所前面合影留念。
早在2000年1月阿里巴巴创立刚刚几个月,就得到孙正义投资的2000万美元。
这笔投资今天变成了500多亿美元市值,孙正义荣登日本首富,此刻的他,春风满面。
敲钟之后,交易员和媒体聚集在巴克莱银行的柜台,紧盯交易数据屏幕,等待最终价格的确定。
巴克莱银行是阿里巴巴上市的做市商。
由于阿里巴巴盘子太大,汇集买卖双方的价格信息需要较长的时间。
在时差12小时的中国社交平台上,阿里巴巴的上市成为当晚最热门的话题。
许多人评论:今夜属于马云!(分数:8.00)(1).解释文中加横线的词语(1)IPO(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:(正确答案:(1)IPO:是首次公开募股(Initial Public Offerings)的英文简称,是指企业透过证券交易所首次公开向投资者增发股票,以期募集用于企业发展资金的过程。
通常,上市公司的股份是根据向相应证券会出具的招股书或登记声明中约定的条款通过经纪商或做市商进行销售。
)解析:(2).(2)孙正义(分数:2.00)__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案:(正确答案:(2)孙正义:韩裔日本人,国际知名投资人,软件银行集团董事长兼总裁。
2015考研英语真题及答案完整版[注意:以下正文仅为演示文章格式,并非真实的2015考研英语真题及答案]一、阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.At any given moment, you are aware of a zillion sensations—anything from the tightness of your shoes to the sound of an approaching bicycle bell. But your conscious mind notices only a fraction of what is going on. And that fraction is governed by criteria (标准) set up in consultation with an ancient part of the brain called the limbic system, which links to our emotions and our “gut feelings”.Those criteria assign priorities to sensory (感觉的) inputs. Hence you are aware of the nonstop assault on your eyes or your ears only when this input meets the criteria. The criteria change from person to person. If two people are walking in the countryside, one may notice the wildflowers, the other a military aircraft at 20,000 feet. When two photographers stand side by side, one may see a dramatic picture; the other a pile of stones.The differences are typically due not to differences in eyesight but to the ways the two photographers have programmed their minds to respond. I amnot talking about anything extraordinary or mystical (神秘的). Both brain researchers and police have noted that a very simple set of cues (暗示) can powerfully alter the selection of stimuli (刺激), determining what will be noticed—even in a highly emotional state like a fight. I once sat in on a training course for police officers who were being taught to shoot—make that taught how to shoot under stress. One of the most important lessons was that under duress (被迫), under time pressure, the brain reverts (回归) back to what it is most accustomed to. That is, in spite of long training and many repetitions, an officer will shoot in combat (格斗) the way he has always shot. If he brings no conscious control to bear on the selection of stimuli, the selection will be made by unconscious programs, resulting in a misidentification of the threatening object and the wrong action. The old rice-shooting Chinese soldier uses what he has always used—an eraser (橡皮擦) suddenly perceived as a grenade.1. The word “criteria” (in Paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to ______.A. emergenciesB. preferencesC. abilitiesD. emotions2. According to the passage, the fraction of what you are aware of is determined by ______.A. your gut feelingsB. your emotionsC. the military aircraftD. the nonstop assault3. As used in Paragraph 1, the word “assault” most probably means______.A. surprise attackB. forceful entryC. intense impactD. constant bombardment4. The passage suggests that the criteria determining what stimuli will be noticed may be influenced by ______.A. photographers’ eyesightB. the military aircraftC. the police training courseD. unconscious programs5. The passage gives an example where the brain’s selection of stimuli ina dangerous situation caused a police officer to ______.A. feel a strong emotionB. correctly identify a criminalC. take inappropriate actionD. learn a lesson about photographyPassage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.I once worked with a person who spent money generously (大方地) as soon as it came to him. He’d buy a new motorbike or a stereo system if he had money left in his bank account at the end of the month. “Why not?” he’d say cheerfully, “Money is for spending.” And so I’d get temporary delight for six months until my Chinese bank account ran dry.In researching our book, Happy Money, my coauthor Michael Norton and I set out to show how to get the most happiness for your dollar. We spent years reviewing the scientific literature on spending. What we found explains my coworker’s behavior. The very riches that most countries strive for are not making their citizens happier.A famous psychology study conducted in 1978 asked a group of people with spinal-cord injuries and a group of people without them about how happy they were, and how happy they expected to be in the future. The results surprised them: those with spinal-cord injuries expected to be less happy than they were, and those without them expected to be more happy than they were. The truth is that we have within us the capacity to adapt to our sights and our losses and to keep pursuing happiness.One in four lottery winners in Florida ends up bankrupt (破产)。
2015年华东师范大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解
I. Grammar and vocabulary (15 points): Choose one answer that best suits the context.
1. The population ______ problem brings social and economic problems to China and how to better support the country's 132 million elderly has become a big challenge.
A. aged
B. aging
C. age
D. being aged
【答案】B
【解析】人口老龄化的表达为“aging population”。
2. Cloning of human beings should be forbidden, ______ the development and production of chemical weapons.
A. the same as
B. as should be
C. as should
D. as, should be
【答案】D
【解析】句意:人类克隆应当被禁止,就如同化学武器的发展与生产应当被禁止一样。
as这里引导的是方式状语从句,意思是正像……一样,从句里should be后省略了forbidden。
3. Such a difficult problem ______ that I don’t know what to do with it.
A. it is
B. was it
C. is it
D. it was
【答案】C
【解析】这句话是个倒装句。
正常语序应该是It is such a difficult problem that I don’t know what to do with it.“such”位于句首时要用倒装。
4. ______ when everyone has to think for himself.
A. There comes a time
B. Here comes a time
C. There a time goes
D. A time comes here
【答案】A
【解析】这句话是个倒装句。
句意:每个人都不得不为自己考虑的时候到了。
当there 和here位于句首,谓语动词是be, come, go, remain等,而主语又是名词时,用完全倒装。
5. —Do you want to buy this kind of computer?
—Yes, I’d like to buy______.
A. it
B. one
C. this
D. that
【答案】B
【解析】one这里指的是同类事物(this kind of computer)中的一个。
6. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake, ______ 8.0 ______ the Richter scale occurred at14:28 on 12 May 2008 in Sichuan province of China.
A. measuring, on
B. measured, on
C. which measured, of
D. which was measured, of
【答案】A
【解析】earthquake与measure之间构成主动关系,故使用现在分词的形式。
“里氏……等级”的地震的表达方法为“measuring/be measured ... on the Richter scale”。
7. ______ by life’s ______, the last emperor of China worked as a lowly ga rdener in the palace over which he had once ruled.
A. Fortified, generosity
B. Deluded, coincidences
C. Humbled, vicissitudes
D. Venerated, survivors
【答案】C
【解析】句意:经历了人生的沧桑后,中国的最后一位皇帝变得谦卑,在他曾经统治的宫殿里成为一名卑微的园丁。
humble使卑贱。
vicissitude变迁。
fortify加强。
delude欺骗。
venerate崇敬。
8. A born teller of tales, Olsen used her impressive ______ skills to advantage in her story “I Stand Here Ironing".
A. metaphysical
B. diagnostic
C. narrative
D. argumentative
【答案】C
【解析】由句意可知,空白处单词应该与“teller”意思相关。
narrative叙事的。
metaphysical形而上学的;超自然的。
diagnostic诊断的。
argumentative好辩的。
9. A hypothesis must not only account for what we already know, but it must also be ______ by continued observation.
A. refuted
B. interrupted
D. discredited
【答案】C
【解析】句意:一个假设不仅要解释我们已经知道的东西,还必须通过持续的观察来验证。
verify核实。
refute反驳。
discredit使名誉扫地。
10. According to poet John Berryman, there were so many ways to ______ a poem that it was quite amazing good ones ever got written.
A. begin
B. ruin
C. recite
D. categorize
【答案】B
【解析】句意:一位叫做约翰贝里曼的诗人说,有许多方式能摧毁一首诗,(所以)那些优秀的诗能被写出来让人感到很惊讶。
recite背诵。
11. Advances in health care have lengthened life spans, lowered infant mortality rates, and, thus, ______ the overpopulation problem.
A. eliminated
B. aggravated
C. minimized
D. distorted
【解析】句意:医疗卫生的进步延长了人们的寿命,降低了婴儿死亡率,从而加重了人口过多问题。
aggravate使恶化。
distort扭曲。
12. Although a few of her contemporaries ______ her book, most either ignored it or mocked it.
A. dismissed
B. disregarded
C. deprecated
D. appreciated
【答案】D
【解析】由“although”可知,空白处单词应该与“ignored”和“mocked”意思相反,应该是一个褒义词。
appreciate欣赏。
dismiss解散。
deprecate反对。
disregard忽视。
13. Although in his seventies at the time of the interview, Picasso proved alert and insightful, his faculties ______ despite the inevitable toll of the years.
A. atrophied
B. diminished
C. intact
D. impaired
【答案】C。