2翻译硕士英语考研模拟试题二.docx

1、2翻译硕士英语考研模拟试题二模拟试题二PART I GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY 60 MIN (130=30 POINTS) There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Please choose the correct answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answers on the answer sheet.1.

2、She had a strong _to give a talk about her experiences, because she didnt like the limelight. A. disinclination B. dissolutionC. dissidence D. dissension2. The eye tends to see distance as _. In painting, this is sometimes called “the vanishing point”. A. conforming B. comfortingC. contriving D. con

3、verging3. The man went to prison, but the two boys _with a warning. A. took off B. got offC. kept off D. set off4. Although her initial success was _ by the fact she was the daughter of a famous actor, the critics later acclaimed her as a star in her own right. A. enhanced B. impeded C. refuted D. s

4、uperseded5. Perhaps we should think in terms of raising interest rates _ them, in consideration of the new reports about inflation reported last June. A. then reducing B. and reduce C. although reduce D. rather than reducing 6. The symphonys second movementslow, mournful, and _is based on a funeral

5、march. A. frivolous B. effervescent C. vicissitude D. ephemeral7. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural _doing so. A. aptitude for B. repugnance to C. ignorance of D. reaction to8. If you wait for the _moment to act, you may have never begun yo

6、ur project. A. definitive B. optimum C. implacable D. righteous9. My reading in later life has supplied me with some possible explanations of his_. A. temperature B. temperament C. temptation D. temperance10._ghost exists in the world. Thats your illusion. A. No such a thing as B. No such a thing as

7、 aC. No such thing as a D. No such thing as11. I didnt like myself _in that way. A. to be praised B. praisedC. be praised D. to have been praised12. _an answer, they decided to send an express telegram to them. A. Received not B. Having received notC. Not having received D. Not received13. During a

8、war, many of the normal basic rights of the individual are in the national interest. A. disregarded B. infringed C. suspended D. stamped14.The of social security benefits often feel that they are contributing more than they in fact receive in terms of medical care, pensions, etc. A. receipts B. rece

9、ivers C. recipients D. payees15. Many diseases that used to be considered _ of mankind are now easily treatable with antibioticsA. scourges B. blights C. tortures D. thorns16. Some historians believe that John Jay could have played in Americas history as James Madison. A. as an important role B. as

10、important a role C. an important role as D. a role as important17. Cynics believe that people who compliments do so in order to be praised twice. A. bask in B. give out C. gloat over D. shrug off18.Technically, negotiation occurs between people who are interdependent, _that the actions of one party

11、affect those of the other party and vice versa. A. as means B. to meanC. that means D. meaning19. The Chairman was evidently _by Jims words and glared at him for a few seconds. A. put down B. put across C. put away D. put out20. The local authorities realized the need to make _for elderly people in

12、their housing programs. A. provision B. preparation C. requirement D. specification21. He was so in the TV program that he forgot to turn the oven off. A. tarnished B. revamped C. engrossed D. bequeathed22. Pennys speech given at the state competition won her the first prize. A. promptitude B. impro

13、mptu C. prorate D. natant23. Overall, it is going to become much easier for people to communicate _the Net Communicating with others in real time will soon be the norm. A. by B. in C. over D. onto24. I had never seen so many people with so many disabilities. I returned home, silently _, thinking how

14、 fortunate we really were. . A. retrospective B. introspective C. perspective D. prospective25. The Japanese dollar-buying makes traders eager to _ dollars in fear of another government intervention. A. let in B. let out C. let go of D. let off26. The Supreme Courts decisions on physician-assisted s

15、uicide carry important for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. . A. implications B. complications C. innovations D, complexities27.As a rule, whats efficient in one place will be efficient in most other places, thus American businesses are fierce competitors they choo

16、se to sell their product, having been formed in a competitive environment that breeds optimality. A. whatever B. whenever C. wherever D. however28. Allowing our cities to be by cars has progressively affected childrens independent mobility, for children have lost much of their freedom to explore the

17、ir own neighborhood or city. A. pervaded B. diffused C. dominated D. intervened29. When the young man realized that the police had spotted him, he made the exit as quickly as possible, only to find that two policemen were waiting outside. A. off B. from C. towards D. for30. Generous public funding o

18、f basic science would considerable benefits for the countrys health, wealth and security. A. result from B. settle down C. lie in D. lead toPART II READING COMPREHENSION 60 MIN (40 POINTS)Passage One The Roman language served as the first model for answering the question. Even to someone with no kno

19、wledge of Latin, the similarities among Roman languages would have made it natural to suggest that they were derived from a common ancestor. On the assumption that the shared characteristic of these languages came from the common ancestor, it would have been possible to reconstruct many of the chara

20、cteristics of the original common language. In much the same way it became clear that the branches of the Indo-European family could be studied and a hypothetical family tree constructed, reading back to a common ancestor. This is the tree approach. The basic process represented by the tree model is

21、 one of divergence: when languages become isolated from one another, they differ increasingly, and dialects gradually become different until they become separate languages. Divergence is by no means the only possible tendency in language evolution. Johannes Schmidt introduced a “wave” model, in whic

22、h linguistic changes were like waves, eventually leading to convergence; that is, growing similarity among languages that were initially quite different. Today, however, most linguists think primarily in terms of family trees. It is necessary to construct some models of how language change might occ

23、ur according to a process-based view. There are four main classes of models. The first is the process of initial colonization, by which an uninhabited territory becomes populated; its language naturally becomes that of the colonizers. Second are processes of divergence, such as the linguistic diverg

24、ence arising from separation or isolation mentioned above in relation to early models of the Indo-European languages. The third group of models is based on processes of linguistic convergence. The wave model, formulated by Schmidt in the 1870s, is an example, but convergence methods have not general

25、ly found favor among linguists. Now, the slow and rather static operation of these processes is complicated by another factor: linguistic replacement. That factor provides the basis for a fourth class of models, in many areas of the world the languages initially spoken by the indigenous people have

26、come to be replaced, fully or partially, by languages spoken by people coming from outside. Were it not for this large complicating factor, the worlds linguistic history could be faithfully described by the initial distribution of Homo Sapiens, followed by the gradual workings of divergence and conv

27、ergence. So linguistic replacement also has a key role to play in explaining the origins of the Indo-European languages.31. The characteristics of the original common language can be described on the basis of . A. the similarities among Romance languages B. the hypothetical family tree C. the proces

28、s known as divergenceD. the common features of Roman languages32. According to Johannes Schmidt, . A. languages change on a large scale like waves B. divergence is not the only possible tendency in language change C. language evolution can be explained in terms of divergence and convergenceD. differ

29、ent languages will become increasingly similar until they develop into one language33. It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that . A. there doesnt exist any satisfactory model of language change B. most linguists explain language change only in terms of divergence C. most linguists generally dont acc

30、ept the idea of language convergenceD. the first process in language evolution is colonization, followed by divergence34. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Linguistic replacement can be ignored for the linguistic history to be fully described. B. Linguistic replacement cann

31、ot be ignored in explaining where the Indo-European languages come from C. Because of linguistic replacement, the other three models prove to be incorrectD. Compared with the other models, linguistic replacement is the most important model35. This passage is primarily written to . A. discuss the importance of linguistic replacement B. introduce the origin of the indo-European language C. explain the divergence of the Indo-European languagesD. introduce models concerning the origin of the indo-European languagesPassage TwoOf all the catastrophes that could befall America in co