211翻译硕士英语答案15

河南科技大学

2015年硕士研究生入学考试试题答案及评分标准考试科目代码： 211考试科目名称：翻译硕士英语

Part Ⅰ Multiple Choice (20%)

For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, or D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.B 10.B

11.B 12.D 13.D 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.D 20.A

Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)

Read the following passages and answer the questions by choosing A, B, C, or D.

1-5: CABAB 6-10: ABDDD 11-15: BCCCD

Read the following passage and answer the questions briefly.

16. Piped water from an intermittent supply could be dangerous to health.

17. The author recommends that travelers on short trips should drink canned drinks of well-known brand names because international standards of water treatment are usually followed at bottling plants.

18. Ice in drinks could be dangerous to the health because ice is only as safe as the water from which it is made.

19. You would not be safe if you added 95 proof alcohol to contaminated water because it cannot be relied on to sterilize water.

20. In the absence of other sources, tap-water is too hot to touch is generally safe to drink when it has been left to cool. Part Ⅲ Explain in your own words the following sentences. (10%)

1. Integrity means having one’s own norms and rules of judging what is right and what is wrong, which one should not give up for immediate personal advantages.

2. Literarily, I was unable to open wide my eyes due to the dazzling summer sunlight as well as my eyes defect. Figuratively, the freedom, equality and democracy all American citizens were allegedly entitled to were simply distorted images in my eye.

3. Our knowledge of photography tells us that a lens in a camera can reflect and record images of persons or things sharply and objectively. This leads us to the thought that money or the greed for money can also cause people to reveal their true feelings or characters.

4. We tend to close our eyes when facing the whole truth and be prepared for the worst that might happen, no matter how much pain I may endure.

5. Men’s choices about fashion always embodied an absolute and enormous meaning in their own world, serving as tokens of men’s identity which women could hardly comprehend to form their own judgments.

Part ⅨWriting (30%)

Is It Wise to Seek Cosmetic Surgery?

In recent years, turning on the television and browsing through newspapers, we can see numerous cosmic surgery advertisements. With the influence of these advertisements and the change of notion, an increasing number of Chinese people have undergone cosmetic surgery. Many people believe that cosmetic surgery can beautify their appearance and bring lots of benefits. However, in my view, it is unwise to take cosmic surgery due to its great risks, bad psychological effects and heavy economic burden.

To begin with, cosmetic surgery means unexpected surgical risks for those aiming to be more artificially beautiful. Even though nowadays the medical technology has improved by leaps and bounds, and doctors often ensure that they will minimize the medical risks during the operation, many cosmetic surgery accidents frequently happen every year. In addition to life risk, cosmetic surgery also involves other surgical risk like bleeding, infection, allergic reactions, coma and so on, which will lead to serious consequences.

Another reason why I am against it is that it has bad effect on the customer’s psychological health. It has been observed that many individuals undergoing cosmetic surgery tend to suffer from an obsession or infatuation with their look, which can cause an addition and may impel them to undergo much more cosmic surgery technology, repetitive