英语翻译硕士MTI模拟试题及答案解析(7)

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷10(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. WritingV ocabulary1．Although she gives badly ______ titles to her musical compositions, they ______ unusual combinations of materials including classical music patterns and rhythms, electronic sounds, and bird songs.A．conventional ... incorporateB．eccentric ... deployC．traditional ... excludeD．imaginative ... disguise正确答案：A2．Even though the folktales Perroult collected and retold were not solely French in origin, his versions of them were so decidedly French in style that later anthologies of French folktales have never ______ them.A．excludedB．admiredC．collectedD．comprehended正确答案：A3．In arguing against assertions that environmental catastrophe is imminent, her book does not ridicule all predictions of doom but rather claims that the risks of harm have in many cases been ______.A．exaggeratedB．ignoredC．scrutinizedD．derided正确答案：A4．There seems to be no ______ the reading public’s thirst for books about the 1960s: indeed, the normal level of interest has ______ recently because of a spate of popular television documentaries.A．quenching ... moderatedB．whetting ... mushroomedC．slaking ... increasedD．ignoring ... transformed正确答案：C5．Despite a tendency to be overtly ______, the poetry of the Middle Ages often sparks the imagination and provides lively entertainment, as well as pious sentiments.A．divertingB．emotionalC．didacticD．romantic正确答案：C6．One of the first ______ of reduced burning in Amazon rain forests was the chestnut industry: smoke tends to drive out the insect that, by pollinating chestnut tree, allow chestnuts to develop.A．reformersB．discoveriesC．casualtiesD．beneficiaries正确答案：D7．The research committee urged the archaeologist to ______ her claim that the tomb she has discovered was that of Alexander the Great, since her initial report has been based only on ______.A．disseminate...suppositionB．withdraw...evidenceC．undercut... capriceD．document... conjecture正确答案：C8．Although Heron is well known for the broad comedy in the movies she has directed previously, her new film is less inclined to ______: the gags are fewer and subtler.A．understatementB．preciosityC．symbolismD．melodrama正确答案：D9．Bebop’s legacy is ______ one: bebop may have won jazz the right to be taken seriously as an art form, but it ______ jazz’s mass audience, which turned toother forms of music such as rock and pop.A．a mixed, alienatedB．a troubled, seducedC．an ambiguous, aggrandizedD．a valuable, refined正确答案：A10．The exhibition’s importance lies in its ______: curators have gathered a diverse array of significant works from many different museums.A．homogeneityB．sophistryC．scopeD．farsightedness正确答案：C11．Despite the fact that the commission’s report treats a vitally important topic, the report will be ______ read because its prose is so ______ that understanding it requires an enormous effort.A．seldom, transparentB．carefully, pellucidC．little, turgidD．eagerly, digressive正确答案：C12．Carleton would still rank among the great ______: of nineteenth century American art even if the circumstance of her life and career were less ______ than they are.A．celebrities, obscureB．failures, illustriousC．charlatans, impeccableD．enigmas, mysterious正确答案：D13．Although based on an actual event, the film lacks ______: the director shuffles events, simplifies the tangle of relationships, and ______ documentary truth for dramatic power.A．conviction, embracesB．expressiveness, exaggeratesC．verisimilitude, sacrificesD．realism, substitutes正确答案：C14．When Adolph Ochs became the publisher of The New York Times, he endowed the paper with a uniquely ______ tone, avoiding the ______ editorials that characterized other major papers of the time.A．abstruse...scholarlyB．dispassionate...shrillC．argumentative...tendentiousD．cosmopolitan...timely正确答案：B15．There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it.A．thanB．likeC．asD．so正确答案：C16．All the President’s Men ______ one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.A．remainB．remainsC．remainedD．is remaining正确答案：B17．“You ______ borrow my notes provided you take care of them”, I told my friend.A．couldB．shouldC．mustD．can正确答案：D18．If only the patient ______ a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.A．had receivedB．receivedC．should receiveD．were receiving正确答案：A19．Linda was ______ the experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.A．to startB．to have startedC．to be startingD．to have been starting正确答案：B20．She ______ fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.A．must beB．had beenC．could beD．must have been正确答案：D21．It is not ______ much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.A．thatB．asC．soD．very正确答案：C22．The committee has anticipated the problems that ______ in the road construction project.A．ariseB．will ariseC．aroseD．have arisen正确答案：B23．The student said there were a few points in the essay he ______ impossible to comprehend.A．had foundB．findsC．has foundD．would find正确答案：A24．He would have finished his college education, but he ______ to quit and find a job to support his family.A．had hadB．hasC．hadD．would have正确答案：C25．The research requires more money than ______.A．have been put inB．has been put inC．being put inD．to be put in正确答案：B26．Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race. Yet it is probably ______ a threat to the human race than environmental destruction.A．no moreB．not moreC．even moreD．much more正确答案：B27．It is not uncommon for there ______ problems of communication between the old and the young.A．beingB．would beC．beD．to be正确答案：D28．______ at in his way, the situation does not seem so desperate.A．LookingB．LookedC．Being lookedD．To look正确答案：B29．It is absolutely essential that William ______ his study in spite of some learning difficulties.A．will continueB．continuedC．continueD．continues正确答案：C30．The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a ______ forgery.A．man-madeB．naturalC．crudeD．real正确答案：CReading ComprehensionOn New Year’s Day, 50,000 inmates in Kenyan jails went without lunch. This was not some mass hunger strike to highlight poor living conditions. It was an extraordinary humanitarian gesture: the money that would have been spent on their lunches went to the charity Food Aid to help feed an estimated 3.5 million Kenyans who, because of a severe drought, are threatened with starvation. The drought is big news in Africa, affecting huge areas of east Africa and the Horn. If you are reading this in the west, however, you may not be aware of it—the media is not interested in old stories. Even if you do know about the drought, you may not be aware that it is devastating one group of people disproportionately: the pastoralists. There are 20 million nomadic or semi- nomadic herders in this region, and they are fast becoming some of the poorest people in the continent. Their plight encapsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine. How so? It comes down to the reluctance of governments, aid agencies and foreign lenders to support the herders’traditional way of life. Instead they have tended to try to turn them into commercial ranchers or agriculturalists, even though it has been demonstrated time and again that pastoralists are well adapted to their harsh environments, and that moving livestock according to the seasons or climatic changes makes their methods far more viable than agriculture in sub-Saharan drylands. Furthermore, African pastoralist systems are often more productive, in terms of protein and cash per hectare, than Australian, American and other African ranches in similar climatic conditions. They make a substantial contribution to their countries’ national economies. In Kenya,for example, the turnover of the pastoralist sector is worth $800 million per year. In countries such as Burkina Faso, Eritrea and Ethiopia, hides from pastoralists’herds make up over 10 percent of export earnings. Despite this productivity, pastoralists still starve and their animals perish when drought hits. One reason is that only a trickle of the profits goes to the herders themselves; the lion’s share is pocketed by traders. This is partly because the herders only sell much of their stock during times of drought and famine, when they need the cash to buy food, and the terms of trade in this situation never work in their favour. Another reason is the lack of investment in herding areas. Funding bodies such as the World Bank and-USAID tried to address some of the problems in the 1960s, investing millions of dollars in commercial beef and dairy production. It didn’t work. Firstly, no one bothered to consult the pastoralists about what they wanted. Secondly, rearing livestock took precedence over human progress. The policies and strategies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their colonial predecessors. They were based on two false assumptions: that pastoralism is primitive and inefficient, which led to numerous failed schemes aimed at converting herders to modern ranching models; and that Africa’s drylands can support commercial ranching. They cannot. Most of Africa’s herders live in areas with unpredictable weather systems that are totally unsuited to commercial ranching. What the pastoralists need is support for their traditional lifestyle. Over the past few years, funders and policy-makers have been starting to get the message. One example is intervention by governments to ensure that pastoralists get fair prices for their cattle when they sell them in times of drought, so that they can afford to buy fodder for their remaining livestock and cereals to keep themselves and their families alive (the problem in African famines is not so much a lack of food as a lack of money to buy it). Another example is a drought early-warning system run by the Kenyan government and the World Bank that has helped avert livestock deaths. This is all promising, but more needs to be done. Some African governments still favour forcing pastoralists to settle. They should heed the latest scientific research demonstrating the productivity of traditional cattle-herding. Ultimately, sustainable rural development in pastoralist areas will depend on increasing trade, so one thing going for them is the growing demand for livestock products: there will likely be an additional 2 billion consumers worldwide by 2020, the vast majority in developing countries. To ensure that pastoralists benefit, it will be crucial to give them a greater say in local policies. Other key tasks include giving a greater say to women, who play critical roles in livestock production. The rich world should pay proper attention to the plight of the pastoralists. Leaving them dependent on foreign food aid is unsustainable and will lead to more resentment, conflict, environmental degradation and malnutrition. It is in the rich world’s interests to help out.31．Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the passage?A．Forcing Africa’s nomadic herders to become ranchers will save them from drought.B．The difference between pastoralist and agriculturalist is vital to the African people.C．The rich world should give more support to the African people to overcome drought.D．Environmental degradation should be the major concern in developing Africa’s pastoralism.正确答案：A32．The word “encapsulates” in the sentence “Their plight encapsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine.” (Para. 1 ) can be replaced by ______.A．concludesB．involvesC．representsD．aggravates正确答案：D33．What is the author’s attitude toward African drought and traditional lifestyle of pastoralism ?A．Neutral and indifferent.B．Sympathetic and understanding.C．Critical and vehement.D．Subjective and fatalisti正确答案：B34．When the author writes “the policies and strategies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their colonial predecessors.” ( Para. 4), he implies all the following EXCEPT that the aid agencies did not ______.A．have an objective view of the situation in AfricaB．understand the unpredictable weather systems thereC．feel themselves superior in decision makingD．care about the development of the local people正确答案：D35．The author’s main purpose in writing this article is ______.A．to evaluate the living conditions of Kenyan pastoralistsB．to give suggestions on the support of the traditional pastoralism in AfricaC．to illustrate the difference between commercial ranching and pastoralismD．to criticize the colonial thinking of western aid agencies正确答案：BCivil-Liberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had something else to worry about last week: the privacy of the billions of search queries made on sites like Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. As part of a long-running court case, the government has asked those companies to turn over information on its users’search behavior. All but Google have handed over data, and now the Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to compel the search giant to turn over the goods. What makes this case different is that the intended use of the information is not related to national security, but the government’s continuing attempt to police Internet pornography. In 1998, Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), but courts have blocked its implementation due to First Amendment concerns. In its appeal, the DOJ wants to prove how easy it is to inadvertently stumble upon pore. In order to conduct a controlled experiment—to be performed by a UC Berkeley professor of statistics—the DOJ wants to use a large sample of actual search terms from the different search engines. It would then use those terms to do its own searches, employing the different kinds of filters each search engine offers, in an attempt to quantify how often “material that is harmful to minors”might appear. Google contends that since it is not a party to the case, the government has not right to demand its proprietary information to perform its test. “We intend to resist their motion vigorously,”said Google attorney Nicole Wong. DOJ spokesperson Charles Miller says that the government is requesting only the actual search terms, and not anything that would link the queries to those who made them. (The DOJ is also demanding a list of a million Web sites that Google indexes to determine the degree to which objectionable sites are searched. ) Originally, the government asked for a treasure trove of all searches made in June and July 2005; the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of search queries. One oddity about the DOJ’s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case. If the built-in filters that each search engine provides are effective in blocking porn sites, the government will have wound up proving what the opposition has said all along—you don’t need to suppress speech to protect minors on the Net.”We think that our filtering technology does a good job protecting minors from inadvertently seeing adult content,” says Ramez Naam, group program manager of MSN Search. Though the government intends to use these data specifically for its COPA-related test, it’s possible that the information could lead to further investigations and, perhaps, subpoenas to find out who was doing the searching. “What if certain search terms indicated that people were contemplating terrorist actions or other criminal activities?” Says the DOJ’s Miller, “I’m assuming that if something raised alarms, we would hand it over to the proper authorities.”Privacy advocates fear that if the government request is upheld, it will open the door to further government examination of search behavior. One solution would be for Google to stop storing the information, but the company hopes to eventually use the personal information of consenting customers to improve search performance. “Search is a window into people’s personalities,” says Kurt Opsahl, an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney.“They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.”36．When the American government asked Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft to turn over information on its users’ search behavior, the major intention is ______.A．to protect national securityB．to help protect personal freedomC．to monitor Internet pornographyD．to implement the Child Online Protection Act正确答案：C37．Google refused to turn over “its proprietary information” ( Para. 2 ) required by DOJ as it believes that ______.A．it is not involved in the court caseB．users’ privacy is most importantC．the government has violated the First AmendmentD．search terms is the company’s business secret正确答案：D38．The phrase “scaled back to” in the sentence “the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of search queries” (Para.3) can be replaced by ______.A．maximized toB．minimized toC．returned toD．reduced to正确答案：B39．In the sentence “One oddity about the DOJ’s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case.” ( Para. 4 ), the expression “sink its own case”most probably means that ______.A．counterattack the oppositionB．lead to blocking of porn sitesC．provide evidence to disprove the caseD．give full ground to support the case正确答案：C40．When Kurt Opsahl says that “They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.” ( Para. 5 ), the expression “Big Brother” is used to refer to ______.A．a friend or relative showing much concernB．a colleague who is much more experiencedC．a dominating and all-powerful ruling powerD．a benevolent and democratic organization正确答案：CMillions of elderly Germans received a notice from the Health & Social Security Ministry earlier this month that struck a damaging blow to the welfare state. The statement informed them that their pensions were being cut. The reductions come as a stop-gap measure to control Germany’s ballooning pension crisis. Not surprisingly, it was an unwelcome change for senior citizens such as Sabine Wetzel, a 67-year-old retired bank teller, who was told her state pension would be cut by $12.30, or 1% to $1,156.20 a month.”It was a real shock,” she says.”My pension had always gone up in the past.”There’s more bad news on the way. On Mar. 11, Germany’s lower house of Parliament passed a bill gradually cutting state pensions—which have been rising steadily since World War Ⅱ—from 53% of average wages now to 46% by 2020. And Germany is not alone. Governments across Western Europe are racing to curb pension benefits. In Italy, the government plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 57 to 60, while France will require that civil servants put in 40 years rather than 37.5 to qualify for a full pension. The reforms are coming despite tough opposition from unions, leftist politicians, and pensioners’ groups. The explanation is simple: Europeans are living longer and having fewer children. By 2030 there will only be two workers per pensioner, compared with four in 2000. With fewer young workers paying into the system, cuts are being made to cover a growing shortfall. The gap between money coming in and payments going out could top $10 billion this year in Germany alone.”In the future, a state pension alone will no longer be enough to maintain the living standards employees had before they retired,” says German Health & Social Security Minister Ulla Schmidt. Says Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti: “The welfare state is producing too few cradles and too few graves.”Of course, those population trends have been forecast for years. Some countries, such as Britain and the Netherlands, have responded by making individuals and their employers assume more of the responsibility for pensions. But many Continental governments dragged their feet. Now, the rapid runup in costs is finally forcing them to act. State-funded pension payments make up around 12% of gross domestic product in Germany and France and 15% in Italy—two percentage points more than 20 years ago. Pensions account for an average 21% of government spending across the European Union. The U.S. Social Security system, by contrast, consumes just 4.8% of GDP. The rising cost is having serious repercussions on key European nations’commitments to fiscal restraint.”Governments have no choice but to make pension reform a priority,”says Antonio Cabral, deputy director of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Economic & Financial Affairs. Just as worrisome is the toll being exacted on the private sector. Corporate contributions to state pension systems—which make up 19.5% of total gross pay in Germany—add toEurope’s already bloated labor costs. That, in turn, blunts manufacturers’competitiveness and keeps unemployment rates high. According to the Institute of German Economics in Cologne, benefit costs reached a record 41.7% of gross wages in Germany last year, compared with 37.4% a decade before. French cement manufacturer Lafarge says pension cost of $121 million contributed to a 9% fall in operating profits last year. To cope, Germany and most of its EU partners are using tax breaks to encourage employees to put money into private pensions schemes. But even if private pensions become more popular, European governments will have to increase minimum retirement ages and reduce public pensions. While today’s seniors complain about reduced benefits, the next generation of retirees may look back on their parents’ pension checks with envy.41．Paraphrase Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti’s statement “The welfare state is producing too few cradles and too few graves.” ( Para. 3)正确答案：According to Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, at present, children are too few and the problem of an aging population tends to be more serious, which results in fewer and fewer young workers paying into the welfare system. The gap between money coming in and payments going out will reach its peak.42．What is implied by the last sentence of the passage “While today’s seniors complain about reduced benefits, the next generation of retirees may look back on their parents’ pension checks with envy.”?正确答案：As the passage suggested, pensions in Western Europe are being cut because of Europeans’ longer lifespan and fewer children. Under the pressure of the rapid increase of costs, European governments will have to increase minimum retirement ages and reduce public pensions. Thus, in the future, the pensions of the next generation will be even lower.In the old days, it was all done with cakes. For Marcel Proust, it was a visit to Mother’s for tea and madeleines that provided the access to “the vast structure of recollection”that was to become his masterpiece on memory and nostalgia, “Remembrance of Past Things.” These days, it’s not necessary to evoke the past: you can’t move without tripping over it. In an age zooming forward technologically, why all the backward glances? The Oxford English Dictionary’s first definition of nostalgia reads: “acute longing for familiar surroundings; severe homesickness.” With the speed of computers doubling every 18 months, and the net doubling in size in about half that, no wonder we’re aching for familiar surroundings. Since the cornerstone of the Information Age is change, anything enduring becomes precious. “ People are looking for something authentic,”says McLaren. Trouble is, nostalgia has succumbed to trends in marketing, demographics and technology.”Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be,” says Michael J. Wolf, senior partnerat Booz-Allen & Hamilton in New York.”These are the new good old days.”Baby boomers form the core of the nostalgia market. The boomers, defined by American demographers as those born between 1946 and 1964, are living long and prosperous lives. In both Europe and America, they remain the Holy Grail for admen, and their past has become everyone’s present. In a study on “entertainment imprinting,”two American marketing professors, Robert Schindler and Morris Holbrook, asked people ranging in age from 16 to 86 which popular music from the past they liked best. People’s favorite songs, they found, tended to be those that were popular when they were about 24, with their affection for pop songs diminishing on either side of that age. Doubtless Microsoft knows about entertainment imprinting, or at least nostalgia. The company hawks its latest Explorer to the strains of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” just as it launched Windows 98 to the tune of “Start Me up” by the Rolling Stones. Boomers remember both tunes from their 20s. If boomers are one market that values memories, exiles are another. According to the International Organization of Migration, more than 150 million people live today in a country other than the one where they were born—double the number that did so in 1965. This mass movement has sources as dire as tyranny and as luxurious as the freedoms of an EU passport. But exiles and refugees share one thing: homes left behind. Type in “nostalgia” on the search engine Google, and one of the first sites that pop up is the nostalgia page of The Iranian, an online site for Iran’s exiles, most of whom fled after 1978’s Islamic revolution. Perhaps the savviest exploitation of nostalgia has been the secondhand-book site alibris, corn, which features stories of clients’rediscovering long-lost books on it. One John Mason Mings writes of the glories of finding a book with information on “Kickapoo Joy Juice,”ad dreaded medicine of his youth. A Pennsylvanian waxes over alibris’s recovery of his first-grade primer “Down cherry Street.”The Net doesn’t merely facilitate nostalgia—it promotes it. Web-based auction houses have helped jump-start markets for vintage items, form marbles to Apple Macintoshes. Cutting-edge technology, designed to be transient, has even bred its own instanostalgia. Last year a $666 Apple I went for $18,000 to a British collector at a San Francisco auction. “Historic! Microsoft Multiplan for Macintosh”crows one item on eBay’s vintage Apple section. Surf to The Net Nostalgia Quiz to puzzle over questions like “In the old days, Altavista used to have which one of these URLs?”Those who don’t remember their history are condemned to repeat it. Or so entertainment moguls hope, as they market ‘70s TV hits like “Charlie’s Angels”and “Scooby Doo,” to a generation that can’t remember them the first time round. If you’ve missed a Puff Daddy track or a “Sopranos” episode, panic not. The megahits of today are destined to be the golden oldies of 2020, says Christopher Nurko of the branding consultant FutureBrand. “I guarantee you, Madonna’s music will be used to sell everything,” he says.”God help me, I hope it’s not selling insurance.” It could be. When we traffic in the past, nothing’s sacred.43．Explain the beginning sentence “In the old days, it was all done with cakes.”正确答案：It means the recollection of the past often starts from tea or cakes. Such habit is always with us that it provides an access to “the vast structure of recollection”—the familiar usual surroundings and severe homesickness44．What is the other big group besides baby boomers which values memories? What do these people share?正确答案：It refers to the exiles or refugees with a population of 150 million in the world. They share one thing: homes left behind, they long for homes and past life or experience.45．What is “nostalgia market”? What do they sell in the nostalgia market?正确答案：Nostalgia market refers to a market that helps customers recall their past life or experience. It sells everything that has such functions, including pop songs, music or films.Writing46．Please reflect on the following opinion and write an essay of about 400 words elaborating your view with a well-defined title. Some people believe the key of the reform in the education system is a well-shared awareness that education is there, instead of simply offering the knowledge important to the students, to improve the students in an all-round way, and especially to guide them to a careful pondering over such fundamental issues as life itself and social responsibility. An undue emphasis on knowledge-education and the resultant ignorance over the guidance to the students to a proper understanding of life will bring us nothing but a large number of “memorizing machines”We can never expect a group of young people well prepared for the real social life.正确答案：From “Memorizing Machines”to Critical Thinkers Knowledge-education has long been dominating universities and colleges in China, witnessing an overwhelming number of students cramming for various exams, some of which even fail to give the slightest thought about their social responsibility. Discouraging as the scenario is, it sounds the alarm for education in China. memorizing machines are just around the corner if our education over-emphasizes knowledge- education to the ignorance of exploring students’ critical thinking ability. Nothing can better explain the necessity of critical thinking than a mere look at some of the driving forces pushing human progress forward-scientific and technological advances. In ancient times, when people were suffering from a life of scarcity both physically and mentally, it was their exploring spirit and independent thinking that triggered great inventions, theories, architectures and lifestyles. Without critical thinking, artificial intelligence would be nothing but a picturesque fantasy. As Steve。

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1.翻译硕士英语考研模拟试题一第3章《翻译硕士英语》模拟试题及详解模拟试题一Part I Vocabulary (30 points)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1. Those people who are ____________are most welcome to the politicians.A. credulousB. credibleC. incredibleD. unbelievable2. The old lady has developed a ____________cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time.A. perpetualB. permanentC. chronicD. sustained3. Much as____________, I couldn?t lend him the money because I simply didn?t have that much spare cash.A. I would have liked toB. I would like to haveC. should have to 1ikeD. I should have liked to4. Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical ________.A. considerationsB. obligationsC. observationsD. regulations5. The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs ________it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.A. rendersB. reckonsC. regardsD. relates6. I won?t see you off at the airport tomorrow, so I will wish you ______.A. have a good journey nowB. a good journey nowC. would have a good journey nowD. to have a good journey now7. Are we going to see an end to the Arab-Israeli____?A. disasterB. controversyC. confrontationD. aggression8. The hidden room is ____only through a secret back entrance.A. obtainableB. achievableC. attainableD. accessible9. Those who support violence on television claim that it helps the viewer to ____steam and to getrid of his feelings in a harmless way.A. let offB. lash outC. leave offD. leak out10. We are on the ________of a new era in European relations.A. thresholdB. adventC. commencementD. departure11. Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with.Once you________ your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputation.A. keep up withB. give away withC. go back onD. lose sight of12. Nicholas Chauvin, a French soldier, aired his veneration of Napoleon Bonaparte so________and unceasingly that he became the laughingstock of all people in Europe.A. vociferouslyB. patrioticallyC. verboselyD. loquaciously13. The ________ company has an excellent reputation—which is understandable, since it?s beenin business for twenty years and has thousands of satisfied customers.A. upstartB. senileC. flourishingD. fledgling14. One model is a high-fashion show wore a hat so________ that it had to be supported with fourpoles carried by four attendants.A. levyB. volumeC. valorousD. voluminous15. There has been a great deal of _________ surrounding the closure of the hospital.A. discrepancyB. combatC. disparityD. controversy16. The stout fellow over there is the great magician, Charlie Williams, himself.A. no other butB. no one than C no other than D. none other than17. As it turned out to be a small house party, we________ so formally.A. needn?t dress upB. did not need have dressed u pC. did not need dress upD. n eedn?t have dressed up18. During the opera?s most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra?s conductorseemed , without necessary relation to what had gone before.A. tediousB. melodiousC. capriciousD. cautious19. Children and old people do not like having their daily upset.A. habitB. practiceC. routineD. custom20. One of the wrong notions about science is that many scientific discoveries have comeabout .A. accordinglyB. accidentallyC. artificiallyD. additionally21. Courageous people think quickly and act without .A. hesitationB. complaintC. considerationD. anxiety22. In the preface my book, I express my sincere gratitude to all the teachers and friends who have been of help to me during my three years? life in the university.A. onB. forC. toD. in23. But if robots are to reach the next stage of labor-saving utility, they will have to operate with less human and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves—goals that pose areal challenge.A. interactionB. supervisionC. availabilityD. disposition24. At eight o?clock she laid whatever she was doing to tell the children a story before they went to bed.A. awayB. offC. asideD. out of25. Financial institutions will spend huge sums, rolling our nationwide networks in Britain, France; Spain and perhaps in Germany. But the seeds for the most __________growth will be sown in America, where most banks have been slow to experiment with digital dollars until now.A. spectacularB. splendidC. specifiedD. specialized26. Of all things banish the __________out of your conversation, and never think of entertaining people with your own personal concerns of private affairs.A. egotismB. selfishnessC. conscienceD. consciousness27. The actor with whom I played the scene __________for me beautifully, whispering the opening words of each of my lines, as did others in subsequent scenes.A. covered upB. broke upC. made upD. stirred up28. I?m afraid the result of the coming election is a conclusion.A. foregoneB. foreseenC. predictableD. prospective29. As he took his foot off the clutch the car forward and the passenger was almost thrown through the windscreen.A. lurchedB. swirledC. staggeredD. wobbled30. He thumbed through the rose to see if there was anything he fancied for his south-facing wall.A. brochureB. catalogueC. pamphletD. bookletPart II Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions:In this section there are five reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions and 3 short-answer questions. Please read the passages and then write your answers on the answer sheet.Passage OneThe increase in leisure time, the higher standard of living, the availability of cars to a wider range of the population and,perhaps, a broadening of personal horizons have all contributed to a drastic change in the summer week-end habits of the British public. Now, on most Saturdays in the months loosely called summer, it is possible to see family saloons loaded with picnics and crammed to bursting with several generations of pleasure-bent …Smiths?. Like competitors in some grossly disorganized rally, they nose their way through the neat drab streets of council estates, converging on the main roads, then crawl as best they can out into the open country and towards the coast.Congestion and the frustration of wasting precious time at the receiving end of someone else?s exhaust fumes gets the pursuit of enjoyment off to bad start; tempers become frayed. Children, traditionally the target for fathers? ill-humor, are singled out for special treatment. The past week?s misdeeds are unearthed and magnified o ut of all reasonable proportion; mothers leap to their broods? defense and, before long, vows that never again will this outing be repeated are being hurled back and forth. Of course, by this time, the children have wisely extracted themselves from the argument and are quietly amusing themselves by looking at their irate elders or gaping at the unfamiliar sight of animals in fields, often so much stranger to them than the corresponding naked shapes they are wont to see in butchers? windows.Eventually, tempers partially restored, the sea is in sight. The paraphernalia of enjoyment is set up on teeming beach, sand mysteriously appears in every sandwich, pale industrial legs are exposed in self-conscious nakedness.The children drift away, quite capable of finding enough magic in this exciting, watery world to occupy them fully until they are gathered in again. Fathers and mothers, and quitepossibly some members of a previous generation, settle back to receive the sun and dream away the tensions brought to a climax by the journey. Fathers eye with furtive lustfulness and mothers glare with disapproval and envy as the shapely matrons of tomorrow splash and play and race coquettishly around them, spraying water and sand and disturbing any hopes of peace.At length the shadows drop and chill in the air brings an end to the idyll. The lobster skin is painfully covered up and the day?s debris half-heartedly collected. The family is rounded up and the brief dreams trodden into the sand along with the wasted paper.31. The writer suggests that tempers become frayed because ________.A. there are too many careless drivers on the roadsB. there are too many cars on the roadsC. the cars are crowdedD. the children are irritating32. How do the fathers react when angry?A. They stop the children misbehaving.B. They complain about the children?s wrongdoing.C. They are easy to quarrel with the mothers.D. They shout at their wives.33. What do they find when they finally stop?A. There are sandwich stalls erected there.B. There are factory workers sunbathing.C. The beach is very crowded.D. The beach is covered with a lot of paraphernalia.34. Why are mothers liable to give disapproving looks?A. They resent their husbands? admiration of the intruders.B. They are angry at being disturbed when they want peace and quiet.C. They haven?t yet recovered from the effects of the journey.D. They are jealous because these people are in better shape than they are.35. When they prepare to leave, they ________.A. carefully pack away the lobsters they have caughtB. put plasters on the places where they have been hurtC. cover over their debris with waste paperD. dress carefully to avoid any further irritationPassage TwoEvery market activity is an investment in time, energy and money. Few Companies would spend a large sum of money on, say, a purchase of capital equipment without a full investigation into why it is needed, the choices available, and the expected return on what has been spent. Yet every year the vast majority of companies invest a large amount of money in marketing actions without knowing what their financial worth to the company or likely return will be. By introducing the disciplines arising from market planning, a company should be able to ensure that the costs of marketing planning show a reasonable return and are calculated in the same way as all other business investments.Many managers believe that the costs of marketing form an additional expense that has to be accepted in order to sell their goods. Whilst it is true that many companies use certain tools of marketing for this purpose, it is also true that the most successful companies accept marketing as an essential part of the company?s total commercial operation, for it is an essential cost in the same way as production or finance.Companies often avoid planning marketing procedures in detail because of the effort needed to express their forwardpolicy in a written form. Managers commonly consider that their time is too valuable to spend on anything other than urgent operational problems. In fact, the manager who spends his time on dealing with current administrative detail is almost certain to have ignored proper planning in the past. For, if properly prepared, the marketing plan will contain sufficient detail s of the company?s policy and operational strategy for the work to be done by an assistant.As the many alternative courses of action are programmed, the assistant takes any actions or decisions which are appropriate. Only unusual situations need be dealt with by the manager.The first step in preparing a marketing plan is that of producing the information necessary for decision making. Usually, a company will have within its own administration and control system the raw material necessary for the plan?s fo undations. In addition, there is plenty of published information which is made available by government departments, institutions and the press.Marketing research is yet to be fully exploited by the majority of companies. It has so far only been used by companies that have recognized that their existing information sources are inadequate. Because of the scale of operations that now confronts the typical businessman, it is essential that investment decisions are based upon relevant information, so reducing the business risk.For a marketing-oriented activity to produce lasting results the entire operation has to be systematically planned. By producing basic information in written form and establishing aims for the future, the company is creating standards against which actual performance can be measured. Documentation ofdetailed policy actions then provides the basis for controlling the company?s operation. Future trends may be predicted through the investigation of all factors likely to influence company results.36. The amount of money spent on marketing by most companies each year _____.A. equals the amount spent on capital equipmentB. does not give a good return on the investmentC. is not based on an assessment of its potential valueD. is viewed by these companies as an important business investment37. Managers usually regard the costs of marketing as _____.A. something which increases the cost of goodsB. helpful but not essential to a company?s successC. less important than investment in productionD. an unnecessary extra business cost38. Why are marketing plans not written down by many managers?A. They do not have time to do it.B. They know it would be difficult to do.C. They never follow any particular marketing plan.D. They do not think it is really necessary39. Good marketing procedures allow a manager _____.A. to take different courses of actionB. to do less work than othersC. to avoid unforeseen problemsD. to give more responsibility to others40. How should a manager begin writing a marketing plan?A. By doing market research outside the company.B. By looking at information produced by other companies.C. By analyzing procedures already used by the company.D. By finding information from many different sources.Passage ThreeIn addition to urge to conform which we generate ourselves, there is the external pressure ofthe various formal and informal groups we belong to, the pressure to back their ideas and attitudes and to imitate their actions. Thus our urge to conform receives continuing, even daily reinforcement. To be sure, the intensity of the reinforcement, like the strength of the urge and the ability and inclination to withstand it, differs widely among individuals. Yet some pressure is present for everyone. And in one way or another, to some extent, everyone yields to it.It is possible that a new member of a temperance group might object the group?s rigid insistence that all drinking of alcoholic beverages is wrong He might even speak out, reminding them that occasional, moderate drinking is not harmful, that even the Bible speaks approvingly of it. But the group may quickly let him know that such ideas are unwelcome in their presence. Every time he forgets this, he will be made to feel uncomfortable. In time, if he values their companionship he will avoid expressing that point of view. He may even keep himself from thinking.This kind of pressure, whether spoken or unspoken, can be generated by any group, regardless of how liberal or conservative, formal or casual it may be. Friday night poker clubs, churches, political parties, committees, fraternities, unions. The teenage gang that steals automobile accessories may seem to have no taboos. But let one uneasy member remark that he is beginning to feel guilty about his crimes and their wrath will descend on him.Similarly, in high school and college, the crowd a student travels with has certain (usually unstate D) expectations for its members. If they drink or smoke, they will often make the member who does not do so fe el that he doesn?t fully belong. If a member does not share their views on sex, drugs, studying, cheating, or any other subject of importance to them, they will communicate their displeasure. The way they communicate, of course, may be more or less direct. They may tell him he?d better conf orm “or else”. They may launch a teasing campaign against him. Or they may be even less obvious and leave him out of their activities for a few days until he asks what is wrong or decides for himself and resolves to behave more like them.The urge to conform on occasion conflicts with the tendency to resist change. If the group we are in advocates an idea or action that is new and strange to us, we can be torn between seeking their acceptance and maintaining the security of familiar ideas and behavior. In such .cases, the way we turn will depend on which tendency is stronger in us or which value we are more committed to. More often,-however, the two tendencies do not conflict but reinforce each other. For we tend to associate with those whose attitudes mid actions are similar to our own.41. The writer most probably discusses ____ in the previous part of the text.A. advantages that conformity brings usB. internal urge we have to conform with othersC. the definition of conformityD. the necessity of conformity42. You may experience external pressure to conform ____.A. when you conceal your points of viewB. from the time when you were bornC. when your opinions are different from those of the group to which you belongD. when you face something new43. A temperance group is ____.A. an organization that advocates drinking of alcoholic beverages'B. an organization that urges people to stop drinking alcoholic liquorsC. an organization in which all members have no taboos to drink alcoholic beveragesD. an organization in which all drivers are not allowed to drink alcoholic liquors44. If you refuse to give up your ideas which are different from the others in the group youbelong to, ____.A. you will be tom apart by the othersB. their wrath will descend on youC. you will gradually be deserted by themD. you will resolve to behave more like them45. The main topic of this text is ____.A. the external pressure which urges us to conform with othersB. both the internal and external urge we have to conform with othersC. the urge and the tendency for us to conform with othersD. the generation of the external urge for us to conform with othersPassage FourTheoretical physicists use mathematics to describe certain aspects of Nature. Sir Isaac Newton was the first theoreticalphysicist, although in his own time his profession was called “natural philosophy”.By Newton?s era people had already used algebra and geometry to build marvelous works of architecture, including the great cathedrals of Europe, but algebra and geometry only describe things that are sitting still. In order to describe things that are moving or changing in some way, Newton invented calculus.The most puzzling and intriguing moving things visible to humans have always been the sun, the moon, the planets and the stars we can see in the night sky. Newton?s new calculus, combined with his “Laws of Motion”, made a mathematical model for the force of gravity that not only described the observed motions of planets and stars in the night sky, but also of swinging weights and flying cannonballs in England.Today?s theoretical physicists are often working on the boundaries of known mathematics, sometimes inventing new mathematics as they need it, like Newton did with calculus.Newton was both a theorist and an experimentalist. He spent many long hours, to the point of neglecting his health, observing the way Nature behaved so that he might describe it better. The so-called “Newton?s Laws of Motion” are not abstract laws that Nature is somehow forced to obey, but the observed behavior of Nature that is described in the language of mathematics. In Newton?s time, theory and experiment went together.Today the functions of theory and observation are divided into two distinct communities in physics. Both experiments and theories are much more complex than back in Newton?s time. Theorists are exploring areas of Nature in mathematics thattechnology so far does not allow us to observe in experiments. Many of the theoretical physicists who are alive today may not live to see how the real Nature compares with her mathematical description in their work. Today?s theorists have to learn to live with ambiguity and uncertainty in their mission to describe Nature using math.In the 18th and 19th centuries, Newton?s mathematical description of motion using calculus and his model for the gravitational force were extended very successfully to the emerging science and technology of electromagnetism. Calculus evolved into classical field theory.Once electromagnetic fields were thoroughly described using mathematics, many physicistsfelt that the field was finished, that there was nothing left to describe or explain.Then the electron was discovered, and particle physics was born. Through the mathematics of quantum mechanics and experimental observation, it was deduced that all known particles fell into one of two classes: bosons or fermions. Bosons are particles that transmit forces. Many bosons can occupy the same state at the same time. This is not true for fermions, only one fermion can occupy a given state at a given time, and this is why fermions are the particles that make up matter. This is why solids can?t pass throu gh one another, why we can?t walk through walls-because of Pauli repulsion-the inability of fermions (matter) to share the same space the way bosons (forces) can.While particle physics was developing with quantum mechanics, increasing observational evidence indicated that light, as electromagnetic radiation, traveled at one fixed speed (in a vacuum) in every direction, according to every observer. Thisdiscovery and the mathematics that Einstein developed to describe it and model it in his Special Theory of Relativity, when combined with the later development of quantum mechanics, gave birth to the rich subject of relativistic quantum field theory. Relativistic quantum field theory is the foundation of our present theoretical ability to describe the behavior of the subatomic particles physicists have been observing and studying in the latter half of the 20th century.But Einstein then extended his Special Theory of Relativity to encompass Newton?s theory of gravitation, and the result, Einstein?s Gen eral Theory of Relativity, brought the mathematics called differential geometry into physics.General relativity has had many observational successes that proved its worth as a description of Nature, but two of the predictions of this theory have staggered the public and scientific imaginations: the expanding Universe, and black holes. Both have been observed, and both encapsulate issues that, at least in the mathematics, brush up against the very nature of reality and existence.Relativistic quantum field theory has worked very well to describe the observed behaviors and properties of elementary particles. But the theory itself only works well when gravity is so weak that it can be neglected. Particle theory only works when we pretend gravity doesn?t exist.General relativity has yielded a wealth of insight into the Universe, the orbits of planets, the evolution of stars and galaxies, the Big Bang and recently observed black holes and gravitational lenses. However, the theory itself only works when we pretend that the Universe is purely classical and that quantum mechanics is not needed in our description of Nature.String theory is believed to close this gap.Originally, string theory was proposed as an explanation for the observed relationship between mass and spin for certain particles called hadrons, which include the proton and neutron. Things didn?t work out, though, and Quantum Chromodynamics eventually proved a better theory for hadrons.But particles in string theory arise as excitations of the string, and included in the excitations of a string in string theory is a particle with zero mass and two units of spin.If there were a good quantum theory of gravity, then the particle that would carry the gravitational force would have zero mass and two units of spin. This has been known by theoretical physicists for a long time. This theorized particle is called the graviton.This led early string theorists to propose that string theory be applied not as a theory of hadronic particles, but as a theory of quantum gravity, the unfulfilled fantasy of theoretical physics in the particle and gravity communities for decades. But it wasn?t enough that there be a gravitonpredicted by string theory. One can add a graviton to quantum field theory by hand, but the calculations that are supposed to describe Nature become useless. This is because, as illustrated in the diagram above, particle interactions occur at a single point of spacetime, at zero distance between the interacting panicles. For gravitons, the mathematics behaves so badly at zero distance that the answers just don?t make sense. In string theory, the strings collide over a small but finite distance, and the answers do make sense.This doesn?t mean that string theory is not without its deficiencies. But the zero distance behavior is such that we cancombine quantum mechanics and gravity, and we can talk sensibly about a string excitation that carries the gravitational force.This was a very great hurdle that was overcome for late 20th century physics, which is why so many young people are willing to learn the grueling complex and abstract mathematics that is necessary to study a quantum theory of interacting strings.46. Please give your account of “Newton?s Laws of Motion”.（2 points）47. What is the present state of scientific research in account of Nature?（4 points）48. What is the difference between bosons and fermions? （4 points）III. Writing (30 points)A magazine is publishing a series of articles on “Modern Life”. Readers have been asked to contribute. You write an article about 400 words on clothes and fashions of young people today, and explain how their meanings are determined by social and cultural factors.参考答案及解析Part I Vocabulary (30 points)1.A 句意：轻信的人最受政治家欢迎。

翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试模拟题2018年(4)(总分150,考试时间90分钟)ⅠTranslate the following terms or abbreviations into Chinese.1. the A(H1N1)virus2. CAT3. Arbor Day4. Global sourcing5. Associated Press6. WHO7. market access8. diesel oil9. trade show10. infotainment11. Medicaid12. ICAO13. The Book of Rites14. boarding school15. cultural shockⅡTranslate the following terms into English.1. 动作片2. 半导体3. 违约责任4. 残奥会5. 老人节6. 盗版软件7. 外交部8. 化石燃料9. 劳动密集型产业10. 信、达、雅11. 包容性增长12. 本命年13. 毒品贩运14. 功能对等15. 春节联欢晚会ⅢTranslate the following passage into Chinese.1. The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way: "A **es to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open." Surely we ought to hold fast to our life. For it is wondrous, and full of a beauty that breaks through every pore of God"s own earth. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more. We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.Hold last to life—but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of life"s coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our losses, and learn how to let go. This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passionate being can, nay, will be ours. But then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this truth dawns upon us. At every stage of life we sustain losses—and grow in the process. We begin our independent lives only when we emerge from the womb and lose its protective shelter. We enter a progression of schools, then we leave our mothers and fathers and our childhood homes. We get married and have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and spouses. We face the gradual or not so gradual waning of our own strength. And ultimately, as the parable of the open and closed hand suggests, we must confront the inevitability of our own demise, losing ourselves, as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.[Note]原文作者是美国犹太人联合会主席John Boynton Priestley，有删节。

英语翻译基础（英汉互译）模拟试卷一1.In these times when market forces appear increasingly complicated and more volatile, it is all the more important to understand the professional jargon and terminology in the market place in order to be able to better make our investment and business decisions. Understanding key-economic indicators will assist in the decision making process, providing a snapshot of the current situation and an insight into the future.Each economic indicator tells us something about the economy or inflation. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is probably the most important report as it is the whole framework where other economic indicators fall under. Using the textbook formula where Gross National Product = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Exports - Imports, some of the indicators will fall into the above-mentioned category e. g. retail sales figures will fall under consumption, construction spending under investment, to name a few.There are also indicators that are broader that tell us about the economy itself rather than the component, e. g. employment figures, leading indicators, money supply figures ( M3 ). Inflation figures, Produce Price Index ( PPI) and the Consumer Price Index ( CPI) will, in short, inform us of the changes in wholesale prices, cost of consumer ( retail) goods and services respectively.An indicator that is useful must be accurate, timely and reliable. It depends entirely on the integrity of the national statistical system responsible. It is vital to know the accurate components of an indicator. We have to be mindful of the limitation of these statistical figures too.Some indicators can be historic or extremely volatile, and therefore their value are reduced. It is better to compare the most recent data with earlier months, or take a moving average for the past 3, 6 or 12 months to smooth the data. It will tell us if there has been a significant change in trend and whether a new direction is under way.标准答案在目前这种时期，市场越来越变幻莫测、动荡不定，要做出明智的商业投资决策，理解市场相关的专业术语变得尤为重要。

英语翻译基础（英汉互译）模拟试卷四1.Unemployment in America is high, and elections are on the horizon. It must be time to look east again for scapegoats. Japan is only starting to recover from its protracted recession, so China will be handed the role of economic villain in the coming U. S. election cycle. Expect to hear a chorus of presidential candidates blame unfair Chinese competition for America' s manufacturing woes.China' s trading partners do have legitimate grievances, but it would be irresponsible and inaccurate for American politicians to pin the United States' economic sluggishness on scheming culprits in Beijing. Traveling in Asia in October, Treasury Secretary John Snow heeded political pressures back home in exhorting Chinese leaders to let the market price their currency. This is a desirable outcome in the long run, but a raft of immediate caveats come to mind.China' s financial system remains fragile, and sudden currency volatility could lead to a banking crisis that could sell disaster for the world economy. Washington would do better to urge China' s leaders to focus on their lack of preparation to assume their proper role in the world' s financial order, rather than to demand any supposedly quick fix. Moreover, China' s refusal to devalue its currency in the aftermath of the late 1990' s crises in East Asia—much appreciated by its neighbors and Washington at a time when the yuan seemed overvalued—adds credence to Beijing' s insistence that it prizes stability when it comes to exchange rates, not short-term advantage. With most economists concerned that China' s robust growth could fuel inflation and a speculative bubble, there are valid reasons for Beijing to fear a surging currency.标准答案目前美国的失业率居高不下，而总统选举即将到来。

2020考研英语翻译模拟试题及答案解析(1)Any discussion of the American educational system would be less than complete if it did not mention the emphasis that many colleges and universities place upon the nonacademic, social,“extracurricular”aspect of education, often defined as personal growth. Perhaps a useful way of viewing the notion of personal growth would be to picture the very large and general term“education” as being all-embracing, including as subsets within it academic and nonacademic components.This may be one of the most difficult concepts to convey to someone who is not intimately familiar with American higher education. Few educational systems in other countries place the same emphasis on this blend of academic and personal education. The majority of colleges and universities in the United States make some attempt to integrate personal and intellectual growth in the undergraduate years. (2) If the ultimate goal of undergraduate education in America were simply to convey a set body of knowledge, the term of studies could undoubtedly be reduced. Yet the terms of studies are extended in order to give students a chance to grow and develop in other ways.Numerous opportunities are made available to students to become involved in sports, student government, musical and dramatic organizations, and countless other organized and individual activities designed to enhance one’s personal growth and provide some recreation and enjoyment outside of the classroom. (3)Experience with campus organizations andoff-campus community involvement can be highly valuable inpreparing international students for future leadership intheir professional field upon their return home.The typical American college’s support forextracurricular activity is perhaps unique in the world, This special educational dimension, beyond the classroom and laboratory experience, does not mean that extracurricular participation is required to gain an American degree. It remains an entirely optional activity, but (4)it is notedhere because Americans have traditionally viewed success in one’s role as a citizen as closely linked to a “well-rounded”life that incorporates a variety of social, athletic, and cultural activities into a person’s experience.A great many American campuses and communities have organized special extracurricular activities for studentsfrom other countries. (5) On most campuses, one can find an international club, which includes Americans, where students can get to know and learn socially from students from other countries, as well as Americans. International students are almost always invited, through organized hospitality activities, into the homes of Americans living in or outside the academic community.答案1.如果对美国教育体系的讨论未能涉及很多学院及大学教育中非学术性的、社会的及“课程外”的方面，即其对个性成长的重视，那么这种讨论就不全面。

考研冲刺练习题及参考答案（翻译硕士（MTI）英语）考研英语是个经久不衰的话题，不管何时都会听到看到关于考研英语的求助，小编认为单词也是讲究一回生两回熟的，多做练习多记词汇总是没有错的。

翻译硕士（MTI）英语练习题I. V ocabulary and grammar (30’)Multiple choicesDirections: 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. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the local authorities’decision to build a highway across the field.A. contradictB. reformC. counterD. protest2. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _________.A. minorityB. scarcityC. rarityD. minimum3. Professor Johnson’s retirement _______ from next January.A. carries into effectB. takes effectC. has effectD. puts into effect4. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ________ government spending.A. financeB. expandC. enlargeD. budget5. The heat in summer is no less _________ here in this mountain region.A. concentratedB. extensiveC. intenseD. intensive6. Taking photographs is strictly ________ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.A. forbiddenB. rejectedC. excludedD. denied7. Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _________.A. pull backB. pull upC. pull throughD. pull out8. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s _________ rather than the company’s.A. benefitB. availabilityC. suitabilityD. convenience9. The priest made the ________ of the cross when he entered the church.A. markB. signalC. signD. gesture10. This spacious room is ________ furnished with just a few articles in it.A. lightlyB. sparselyC. hardlyD. rarely11. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ________ able to advise you much better than I can.A. would beB. will have beenC. wasD. were12. With some men dressing down and some other men flaunting their looks, it is really hard to tell they are gay or _________.A. straightB. homosexualC. beautifulD. sad13. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.A. so as toB. such as toC. such toD. as much as to14. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.A. will comeB. was comingC. had been comingD. came15. _________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.A. I was and always will beB. I have to be and always will beC. I had been and always will beD. I have been and always will be16. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install _________ solar heating device in our home.A. some type ofB. some types of aC. some type of aD. some types of17. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the journey in exactly two days.A. must takeB. must have madeC. was able to makeD. could make18. I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.A. something butB. anything butC. nothing butD. not but19. Do you know Tim’s brother? He is _________ than Tim.A. much more sportsmanB. more of a sportsmanC. more of sportsmanD. more a sportsman20. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it’s high time we ________ strong actions against him.A. betrayed…takeB. had betrayed…tookC. has betrayed…tookD. has betrayed…takeII. Reading comprehension (40’)Section 1 multiple choice (20’)Directions: In this section there are reading passages followed by multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.Passage AThe Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx, once widely spoken on the Isle of Man but now extinct. Governments financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europe’s regional languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the country’s three million people.The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here凯程2016年集训营考取北京地区翻译硕士学员30多人，成功率85%以上！since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club—Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales —a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent. Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the European Union is spent. It cannot, unlike its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like it to have more powers. Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many new buildings that are transforming Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe—only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a lower standard of living.Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline, Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means “land of compatriots”, is the Welsh name for Wales. The red dragon, the nation’s symbol since the time of King Arthur, is everywhere—on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers.“Until very recent times most Welsh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens,”said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue of the National Eisteddfod, Wales’s annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands.“There was almost a genetic tendency for lack of confidence,”Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, global youth culture and the new federal Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. “We used to think. We can’t do anything, we’re only Welsh. Now I think that’s changing.”1. According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant toA. maintain the present status among the nations.B. reduce legislative powers of England.C. create a better state of equality among the nations.D. grant more say to all the nations in the union.2. The word “centrifugal”in the second paragraph meansA. separatist.B. conventional.C. feudal.第3页共5 页D. political3. Wales is different from Scotland in all the following aspects EXCEPTA. people’s desire for devolution.B. locals’turnout for the voting.C. powers of the legislative body.D. status of the national language.4. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welsh national identity?A. Welsh has witnessed a revival as a national language.B. Poverty-relief funds have come from the European Union.C. A Welsh national airline is currently in operation.D. The national symbol has become a familiar sight.5. According to Dyfan Jones what has changed isA. people’s mentality.B. pop culture.C. town’s appearance.D. possibilities for the people.凯程教育：凯程考研成立于2005年，国内首家全日制集训机构考研，一直从事高端全日制辅导，由李海洋教授、张鑫教授、卢营教授、王洋教授、杨武金教授、张释然教授、索玉柱教授、方浩教授等一批高级考研教研队伍组成，为学员全程高质量授课、答疑、测试、督导、报考指导、方法指导、联系导师、复试等全方位的考研服务。

翻译硕士英语模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1. V ocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. WritingV ocabulary1．Carbon monoxide, funned by the incomplete combustion of some carbonaceous material, has been a______to humans since the domestication of fire.A．hazardB．disputeC．docileD．boost正确答案：A解析：句意：由一些含碳材料的不充分燃烧产生的一氧化物，自从人类学会使用火以来对人类就是一个危险。

hazard危险，有危险的事物。

dispute争论，争吵。

docile驯良的，温顺的。

boost推进。

2．The house by the sea had a mysterious air of______about it.A．melancholyB．serenityC．seriosoD．retroject正确答案：B解析：句意：临海的这座房子有着一种神秘的平静气息。

serenity平静。

melancholy忧郁。

serious庄严的，严肃的。

retroject向后抛，抛回。

3．There is only time to______the plan and we will discuss it in detail next week.A．decryB．eliminateC．expoundD．adumbrate正确答案：D解析：句意：现在我们只能大概描绘一下计划轮廓，下周再讨论细节问题。

adumbrate略微地或概括地暗示。

decry诋毁以贬低其价值。

eliminate消除，除去。

expound详细说明，解释。

4．Catherine’s mother was______ill last summer, but fortunately, she was making a slow but teady recovery after an operation was done on her lung.A．definitelyB．definitivelyC．criticallyD．fatally正确答案：C解析：critically危急地(尤指病人身体状况)；批评地。

翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试模拟题2018年(8)(总分150,考试时间90分钟)ⅠTranslate the following terms or abbreviations into Chinese.1. corpus2. transliteration3. dubbing4. FIT5. translatability6. MT7. target language8. back translation9. NEET10. AU11. code of conduct12. HSBC13. loan word14. ecocide15. Forewarned is forearmedⅡTranslate the following terms into English.1. 佣金2. 经纪人3. 词对词翻译4. 免疫系统紊乱5. 恋母情结6. 财政赤字7. 扩大内需8. 民意调查9. 晚婚晚育10. 一次性筷子11. 端午节12. 按揭贷款13. 统筹兼顾14. 廉租房15. 不可抗力ⅢTranslate the following passage into Chinese.1. The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrast between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of March, 1887, three months be fore I was seven years old.On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant. I guessed vaguely from my mother"s signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face. My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had **e forth to greet the sweet southern spring, I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me. Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line and you waited with beating heart for something to happen.9 I was like that ship before my education began, only I **pass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was. "Light! Give me light!" was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.I felt approaching footsteps. I stretched out my hand as I supposed to my mother. Someone took it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who **e to reveal all things to me, and, more than all things else, to love me.ⅣTranslate the following passage into English.1. 汉语是中国各民族共同使用的语言、联合国正式语言和工作语言之一，又是世界上历史最悠久、发展水平最高的语言之一，有文字可考的历史不少于6000年。