2012年全日制翻译硕士专业学位研究生入学考试试题
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学科、专业名称：翻译硕士专业
研究方向：英语笔译
考试科目名称：翻译硕士英语 考试科目代码：211
考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸(卷)上，写在本试题上一律不给分。
I. Vocabulary Grammar (30%)
Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your Answer Sheet.
1. He is too young to between right and wrong.
A. discard
C. disperse
B. discern
D. disregard
2. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.
A. as
C. that
B. which
D. what
3. Many great scientists their success to hard work.
A. portray
C. impart
B. ascribe
D. acknowledge
4. In education there should be a good among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgement.
A. distribution
C. combination
B. balance
D. assignment
5. The Spanish team, who are not in superb form, will be doing their best next week to themselves on the German team for last years defeat.
A. remedy
C. revive
B. reproach
D. revenge
6. A man has to make for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.
A. supply
C. provision
B. assurance
D. adjustment
7. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at .
A. danger
C. loss
B. stake
D. threat
8. Language, culture, and personality may be considered of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
A. indistinctly
C. irrelevantly
B. separately
D. independently
9. To survive the intense trade competition between countries, we must ______ the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world market demand.
A. improve
C. guarantee
B. enhance
D. gear
10. The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving for the states and liberty for individuals.
A. autonomy
C. monopoly
B. dignity
D. stability
11. The mayor is a woman with great and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
A. intention
C. integrity
B. instinct
D. intensity
12. An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical , will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.
A. interference
C. intervention
B. interruption
D. interaction
13. Some journalists often overstate the situation so that their news may create a great .
A. explosion
C. exaggeration
B. sensation
D. stimulation
14. My students found the book : it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject.
A. enlightening
C. distracting
B. confusing
D. amusing
15. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than _____ in the public mind today.
A. exists
C. existing
B. exist
D. existed
16. I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I ______ occupied the whole of last week.
A. were
C. have been
B. had been
D. was
17. He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.
A. What little
C. How much
B. So much
D. So little
18. Making friends is extremely important to teenagers, and many shy students need the security of some kind of organization with a supportive adult ______ visible in the background.
A. particularly
C. definitely
B. barely
D. rarely
19. Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, _________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.
A. be
C. were
B. being
D. are
20. How many of us, __________, say, a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in the discussion?
A. attended
C. to attend
B. attending
D. have attended
21. _________ to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests.
A. Orientation
C. Procession
B. Access
D. Voyage
22. A thorough study of biology requires ________ with the properties of trees and plants, and the habit of birds and beasts.
A. acquisition
C. curiosity
B. discrimination
D. familiarity
23. The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to be _________ the welfare of his animals.
A. critical about
C. indifferent to
B. indignant at
D. subject to
24. I am not _________ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live.
A. concerned
C. considerate
B. compatible
D. compulsory
25. The supervisor did not have time so far to go into it _________, but he gave us an idea about his plan.
A. at hand
C. in conclusion
B. in turn
D. at length
26. They are different _________ their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin performs one or more specific functions in the body.
A. such that
C. so that
B. except that
D. in that
27. Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food _________ it is badly cooked.
A. if
C. that
B. until
D. unless
28. ___________ its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part-timers and temporary workers.
A. Even though
C. If only
B. Now that
D. Provided that
29. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _________.
A. arbitrary
C. mechanical
B. rational
D. unpredictable
30. One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. ____ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed on meaning in translation.
A. By
C. For
B. In
D. With