1、四川大学翻译硕士英语考试科目: 211翻译硕士英语适用专业: 英语口译(MTI)、英语笔译(MTI)(试题共13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 answer
2、sheet.1. Tom is the most _ pupil in the class. A. industrious B. indulgent C. industrialist D. industrial2. The mayor of the city is a _old man. A. respective B. respectful C. respecting D. respectable3. I believe reserves of coal here _ to last for fifty years. A. efficient B. sufficient C. profici
3、ent D. effective4. Mr. Smith complained about the _air-conditioner he had bought from the company. A. infectious B. deficient C. ineffective D. defective5. All the students were excited at the _of a weekend sports competition. A. opinion B. view C. thought D. idea6. The travelers passport establishe
4、d his _. A. proof B. evidence C. identity D. case7. When we credit the successful people with intelligence, physical strength or great luck, we are making excuses for ourselves because we fall_ in all three. A. rare B. short C. lacking D. scarce8. My sister is quite _ and plans to get an M.A degree
5、within one year. A. aggressive B. enthusiastic C. considerate D. ambitious9. The twins are so much _ that it is difficult to tell one from the other. A. similar B. same C. like D. alike10. His eyes were injured in a traffic accident, but after a _ operation, he quickly recovered his sight. A. consid
6、erate B. delicate C. precise D. sensitive11. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on _ best in its climate and soil. A. it grown B. does it grown C. what grows D. what does it grow12. The fragrances of many natural substances come from oils, _ these oils may be used in manufacturing p
7、erfumes. A. of B. whether C. from D. and13. If only our team _ one more point! A. scores B. had scored C. scored D. have scored14. _, he could not lift the weight. A. Strong while he was B. However strong as he was C. Strong as he was D. Strong although he was15. Tom is one of the top students who _
8、 by the headmaster. A. have been praised B. has been praised C. have praised D. are praised16. You could do it, if you _ try hard enough. A. might B. should C. could D. would17. The chairman requested that _. A. the members studies the problem more carefully B. the problem would be more carefully st
9、udied C. the members had studied the problem with more care D. the problem be studied with more care18. George would certainly have attended the proceedings_. A. if he didnt get a flat tire B. if the flat tire hadnt happened C. had he not had a flat tire D. had the tire not flattened itself19. I wou
10、ld appreciate _ it a secret. A. you to keep B. that you would keep C. your keeping D. that you are keeping20. We _ the letter yesterday, but it didnt arrive A. must receive B. must have received C. ought to receive D. ought to have receivedII. Reading comprehension (40)Section 1 Multiple choice (20)
11、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 AThis year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend
12、U.S. schools, meet U.S. teen-agers, and form lifelong impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teen-agers will go abroad to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of world problems. On returning home they, like others who have participated in the e
13、xchange program, will pass along their fresh impressions to the youth groups in which they are active. What have the visiting students discovered? A German boy says, “We often think of America only in terms of skyscrapers, Cadillacs, and gangsters. Americans think of Germany only in terms of Hitler
14、and concentration camps. You cant realize how wrong you are until you see for yourself.” A Los Angeles girl says, “Its the leaders of the countries who are unable to get along. The people get along just fine.” Observe a two-way student exchange in action. Fred Herschbach, nineteen, spent last year i
15、n Germany at the home of George Pfafflin. In turn, Mr. Pfafflins son Michael spent a year in the Herschbach home in Texas. Fred, lanky and lively, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months study the language began to come to him. School was totally different from what he had expected-
16、much more formal, much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities. Family life, too, was different. The fathers word was law, and all activities revo
17、lved around the closely knit family unit rather than the individual. Fred found the food-mostly starchesmonotonous at first. Also, he missed having a car. “At home, you pick up some kids in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon get used to it.” A warm-natured boy,
18、 Fred began to make friends as soon as he had mastered enough German to communicate. “I didnt feel as if I were with foreigners. I felt as I did at home with my own people.” Eventually he was invited to stay at the homes of friends in many of Germanys major cities. “Ones viewpoint is broadened,” he
19、says, “by living with people who have different habits and backgrounds. You come to appreciate their points of view and realize that it is possible for all people in the world to come closer together. I wouldnt trade this year for anything.” Meanwhile, in Texas, Mike Pfafflin, a friendly German boy,
20、 was also forming independent opinions. “I suppose I should criticize the schools,” he says. “It was far too easy by our standards. But I have to admit that I liked it enormously. In Germany we do nothing but study. I think that maybe your schools are better training for citizenship. There ought to
21、be some middle ground between the two.” He took part in many outside activities, including the dramatic group. Mike picked up a favorite adjective of American youth; southern fried chicken was “fabulous.” When expressing a regional point of view, he used the phrase “we Texans.” Summing up his year,
22、he says with feeling, “America is a second home for me from now on. I will love it the rest of my life.” This exciting exchange program was government sponsored at first; now it is in the hands of private agencies, including the American Field Service and the International Christian Youth Exchange.
23、Screening committees make a careful check on exchange students and host homes. To qualify, students must be intelligent, adaptable, outgoing-potential leaders. Each student is matched, as closely as possible, with a young person in another country whose family has the same economic, cultural, and re
24、ligious background. After their years abroad, all students gather to discuss what they observed. For visiting students to accept and approve of all they saw would be a defeat for the exchange program. They are supposed to observe, evaluate, and come to fair conclusions. Nearly all who visited the Un
25、ited States agreed that they had gained faith in American ideals and deep respect for the U.S brand of democracy. All had made friendships that they were sure would last a life-time. Almost all were struck by the freedom permitted American youth. Many were critical, though, of the indifference to st
26、udy in American schools, and of Americans lack of knowledge about other countries. The opinions of Americans abroad were just as vigorous. A U.S. girl in Vienna: “At home, all we talk about is dating, movies, and clothes. Here we talk about religion, philosophy, and political problems. I am going to
27、 miss that.” A U.S boy in Sweden: “I learned to sit at home, read a good book, and gain some knowledge. It I told them this back home, they would think I was a square.” An American girl in Stuttgart, however, was very critical of the German school. “Over here the teacher is king, and you are somewhe
28、re far below. Instead of being friend and counselor, as in America the teacher is regarded as a foeand behaves like it too!” It costs a sponsoring group about a thousand dollars to give an exchange student a year in the United States. Transportation is the major expense, for bed, board, and pocket m
29、oney are provided by volunteer families. There is also a small amount of federal support for the program. For some time now, attempts have been made to include students from iron curtain countries. But so far the Communists have not allowed their young people to take part in this program which could
30、 open their eyes to a different world. In Europe, however, about ten students apply for every place available, in Japan, the ratio is fifty to one. The student exchange program is helping these eager younger citizens of tomorrow learn a lot about the world today.1. Exchange students are generally pl
31、aced in homes that are A. very similar to their own homes.B. typical of homes in the land they are visiting.C. as different from their own homes as is possible. D. None of the above.2. The greatest value of the program is that each visiting student A. has a chance to travel in foreign countries.B. shares what he learned with others.C. learns a new language.D. gains a new understanding of world problems.3. Fred Herschbach and Mike Pfafflin agreed that A. Americans are friendlier than Germans.B. German food is more monotonous than American food.C. German schools are harder than American sch
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