西南科技大学翻译硕士英语样题.docx

1、西南科技大学翻译硕士英语样题考试科目： 211翻译硕士英语适用专业： 英语口译（MTI）、英语笔译（MTI）（试题共14页）（注意：答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题上不给分）I. Vocabulary and grammar (30)Multiple choiceDirections: 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 ans

2、wer sheet.1. We must _that the procedure is followed as rigidly as possible. A. secure B. ensure C. assure D. issue 2. Youd better hang up this oil-painting on that _wall. A. empty B. blank C. vacant D. bare 3. During the summer vacation, Mary worked on a (an)_ basis as a salesman, taking 8 percent

3、of everything she sells. A. salary B. income C. commission D. pension 4. Michelle found it difficult to get his British jokes _to Australian audiences. A. across B. deal C. over D. down 5._for a long time, the fields are all dried up. A. There has been no rain B. Having no rain C. There having been

4、no rain D. There being no rain 6. We stopped for a coffee break and_ working fifteen minutes later. A. resumed B. consumed C. presumed D. assumed7._money, she is quite rich. However, this does not mean that she is happy. A. Concerning B. As to C. In terms of D. In the light of 8. An institution that

5、 properly carries the name university is a more comprehensive and complex institution than any other kind of higher education_. A. settlement B. establishment C. construction D. structure9. The boss of the company has always attended to the _of important business himself. A. transaction B. stimulati

6、on C. transition D. solution 10. _the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.A. It is the sun and not the earth B. That the sun and not the earth isC. Being the sun and not the earth D. The sun and not the earth is11. The reason that his property was

7、 confiscated by the country, it _, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.A. was turned out B. was being turned out C. being turned out D. turned out 12. The government official can hardly find sufficient grounds _his arguments in favor of the revision of the tax l

8、aw. A. on which to base B. which to be based on C. to base on which D. on which to be based 13. A highly organized system of irrigation is _Chinese agriculture. A. typical of B. consistent with C. famous for D. subject to 14. The physicists propose that our attention _ the use of special methods of

9、thinking and acting. A. would be directed towards B. should be directed towards C. is directed towards D. directs towards 15. “Which coat did your husband buy?” “The black one, but I_ the green one.” A. would rather have bought B. would rather buy C. would have rather bought D. rather had bought 16.

10、 I cant _any difference between these two pictures. A. decisive B. perceive C. deceive D. precise 17. In order to be a good scientist, _. A. mathematics is urgent B. one should have the mathematics C. one must understand mathematics D. mathematics is important to be understood 18. The new government

11、s tax raise policy actually led to the result that the incomes from taxation actually _. A. shrink B. delay C. disperse D. sink 19. The Chinese nation has_ many national heroes. A. brought forth B. brought forward C. brought up D. brought about 20. She has always _her neighbors for the past twenty y

12、ears. A. been fed up with B. been on good terms with C. got around to D. gone along with II. 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 answ

13、er sheet.Passage A The private car is assumed to have widened our horizons and increased our mobility. When we consider our childrens mobility, they can be driven to more places (and more distant places) than they could visit without access to a motor vehicle. However, allowing our cities to be domi

14、nated by cars has progressively eroded childrens independent mobility. Children have lost much of their freedom to explore their own neighborhood or city without adult supervision. In recent surveys, when parents in some cities were asked about their own childhood experiences, the majority remembere

15、d having more, or far more, opportunities for going out on their own, compared with their own children today. They had more freedom to explore their own environment. Childrens independent access to their local streets may be important for their own personal, mental and psychological development. All

16、owing them to get to know their own neighborhood and community gives them a “sense of place”. This depends on “active exploration”, which is not provided for when children are passengers in cars. (Such children may see more, but they learn less.) Not only is it important that children be able to get

17、 to local play areas by themselves, but walking and cycling journeys to school and to other destinations provide genuine play activities in themselves. There are very significant time and money costs for parents associated with transporting their children to school, sport and to other locations. Res

18、earch in the United Kingdom estimated that this cost, in 1990, was between 10 billion and 20 billion pounds. The reduction in childrens freedom may also contribute to a weakening of the sense of local community. As fewer children and adults use the streets as pedestrians, these streets become less s

19、ociable places. There is less opportunity for children and adults to have the spontaneous of community. This in itself may exacerbate fears associated with assault and molestation of children, because there are fewer adults available who know their neighbors children, and who can look out for their

20、safety. The extra traffic involved in transporting children results in increased traffic congestion, pollution and accident risk. As our roads become more dangerous, more parents drive their children to more places, thus contributing to increased levels of danger for the remaining pedestrians. Anyon

21、e who has experienced either the reduced volume of traffic in peak hour during school holidays, or the traffic jams near schools at the end of a school day, will not need convincing about these points. Thus, there are also important environmental implications of childrens loss of freedom. As individ

22、uals, parents strive to provide the best upbringing they can for their children. However, in doing so, (e.g. by driving their children to sport, school or recreation) parents may be contributing to a more dangerous environment for children generally. The idea that “streets are for cars and back yard

23、s and playgrounds are for children” is a strongly held belief, and parents have little choice as individuals but to keep their children off the streets if they want to protect their safety. In many parts of Dutch cities, and some traffic calmed precincts in Germany, residential streets are now place

24、s where cars must give way to pedestrians. In these areas, residents are accepting the view that the function of streets is not solely to provide mobility for cars. Streets may also be for social interaction, walking, cycling and playing. One of the most important aspects of these European cities, i

25、n terms of giving cities back to children, has been a range of “traffic calming” initiatives, aimed at reducing the volume and speed of traffic. These initiatives have had complex interactive effects, leading to a sense that children have been able to “recapture” their local neighborhood, and more i

26、mportantly, that they have been able to do this in safety. Recent research has demonstrated that children in many German cities have significantly higher levels of freedom to travel to places in their own neighborhood or city than children in other cities in the world. Modifying cities in order to e

27、nhance childrens freedom will not only benefit children. Such cities will become more environmentally sustainable, as well as more sociable and more livable for all city residents. Perhaps it will be our concern for our childrens welfare that convinces us that we need to challenge the dominance of t

28、he car in our cities.1. Which statement is TRUE in the following?A. The private car has helped children have more opportunities to learn.B. Children are more independent today than they used to be.C. Walking and cycling to school allows children to learn more.D. Parents save time and money by drivin

29、g children to school.2. Streets become less sociable because_A. few adults know local childrenB. fewer people use the streetsC. reduced freedom for childrenD. streets are less friendly3. By driving their children to school, parents help create _A. a dangerous environment.B. traffic calming.C. neighb

30、orhoods.D. socializing.4. Some European cities had “traffic calming” initiatives” in order not to _A. reduce the volume and speed of traffic.B. raise a sense that children have been able to “recapture” their local neighborhood.C. provide children a safe neighborhood.D. make children more sociable.5.

31、 It is reasonable to suppose that the author wishes that_A. Cars must give way to pedestrians.B. There are fewer cars in the street.C. Cities can provide children more freedom.D. Streets are for social interaction, walking, cycling and playing.Passage B Computerized data storage and electronic mail were to have heralded the paperless office. But, contrary to expectations, paper consumption throughout the world shows no sign of abating. In fact, consumption, especially of printing and writing papers, continues to increase. World demand for paper and boa