2015年四川大学外国语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解【圣才出品】

2015年四川大学外国语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解

Ⅰ. Vocabulary and grammar (30’)

Multiple choice

Directions: Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Mark your

answers on your answer sheet.

1. Now researchers are directing more attention to the social and cultural impetus that propelled university graduates into careers in management.

A. implication

B. propaganda

C. impulse

D. benefit

【答案】C

【解析】句意：如今，研究人员正将更多注意力转向推动大学毕业生进入管理行业的社会和文化动力上。impulse推力。implication含义，暗示。propaganda宣传。benefit好处。

2. Research should continue on controlled nuclear fusion, but no energy program should be premised on its existence until it has proved practical.

A. focused

B. concentrated

C. agreed

D. based

【答案】D

【解析】句意：对受控核聚变的研究应该继续下去，但任何能源计划都不应该以它的存在为前提，直到它被证明是可行的。be based on基于。focus on集中于。concentrate on专注于。agree on就……达成一致。

3. In the early 20 century, at the advent of the telephone, it was considered a superfluous instrument which would never be of practical use in the average household.

A. appearance

B. popularity

C. dominance

D. consolidation

【答案】A

【解析】句意：在20世纪初，当电话出现的时候，它被认为是一种多余的仪器，永远不会在普通家庭中实用。appearance出现。popularity流行程度。dominance主导。consolidation巩固。

4. The problem is that the loss of confidence among the soldiers can be highly contagious.

A. spreading

B. contemptible

C. contented

D. depressing

【答案】A

【解析】句意：问题是，士兵们信心的丧失非常容易蔓延。spreading传播的。contemptible 卑鄙的。contented满足的。depressing沮丧的。

5. Other non-dominant males were hyperactive; they were much more active than is normal, chasing others and fighting each other.

A. hardly active

B. relatively active

C. extremely inactive

D. pathologically active

【答案】D

【解析】句意：其他处于非主导地位的雄性过度活跃；他们比平时活跃得多，互相追逐打架。pathologically active病态性活跃。hardly active几乎不活跃。relatively active相对活跃。extremely inactive极其不活跃。

6. At dusk, Mr. Hightower would sit in his old armchair in the backyard and wistfully lose in reminiscence of his youth romances.

A. hopefully

B. reflectively

C. sympathetically

D. irresistibly

【答案】A

【解析】句意：黄昏时分，海托尔先生会坐在后院的旧扶手椅里，充满希望地回忆着他的青春恋情。hopefully充满希望地。reflectively反映地。sympathetically富有同情心地。irresistibly不可阻挡地。

7. The child was so ingenuous that even when she knocked the television off its stand so that it was irreparable damaged, her parents thought her to be charming.

A. intelligent

B. ingenious

C. adroit

D. naive

【答案】D

【解析】句意：这孩子太天真了，她把电视机从架子上敲下来，结果坏得无法弥补，父母还是认为她很可爱。naïve天真的。intelligent聪明的。ingenious心灵手巧的。adroit敏捷的。

8. It was an allusion to what the scientist thought was an inappropriate distribution of funds for stem cell research.