天津外国语大学2011年MTI翻译硕士英语考研真题(完整版).doc

天津外国语大学2011年翻译硕士英语考研真题试卷科目：211翻译硕士英语MTI考研迅速提分材料 认真学习可以得到400分 搞定一切学校文章来源：/luckymti 整理：博文MTI(专业学位) 科目代码：211 科目名称：翻译硕士英语 专业领域：翻译硕士 考生须知：答题必须使用黑(蓝)色墨水(圆珠)笔；不得在试题(草稿)纸上作答；凡未按规定作答均不予评阅、判分。 (考试时间180分钟总分100分) . Choose the one answer that best explains the underlined word or phrase in the sentence. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET (20 points). 1. I have discovered a new dimension to running: extreme marathons boasting the kind of experiences only possible in China. A. bragging about C. delaying sth. for reasons B. having sth. as a pride D. producing the effect of 2. When a child meets a swindling tutor, the parents will lose money while the child will lose precious opportunities to move forward. A. being intentional C. being mean B. being fraud D. being restless 3. On a drab street lined with low-rise shops and restaurants, Dandelion Middle School is hardly noticeable. A. rising lowly B. busy C. noisy D. flat 4. In total, more than 13, 000 people have been evacuated to higher ground, and three temporary settlement centers, with government-installed tents, were set up on August 9. A. withdrawn B. alleviated C. hollered D. changed 5. Chert warned against the possibility of home prices rebounding when low interest rates are adopted to mitigate inflation. A. plunging into B. bouncing back C. striking up D. withdrawing 6. China has boosted its buying of Japanese government bonds this year, snapping up a net $6 billion of mostly short-term notes between January and April, double the record amount logged for all of 2005, said the Ministry of Finance of Japan. A. taking up B. smashing up C. snatching up D. pinching up 7. An up-to-date guidebook, on-line resources, and personal contacts are Where to get the lowdown on what goes where, when it goes and how reliable it is. A. whole truth B. protection C. warning D. property 8. The recent leadership adjustment in. the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea was one of the worlds most attention- gabbing affairs. A. energy-consuming C. attention-digressing B. worshiping as sacred D. eye-catching 9. To increase performance and win against Morgan Stanley, Chen decided to forge a short-lived alliance between Yongle and Dazhong Electronics, which brought Yongie to the brink of insolvency. A. constitute B. confront C. foam D. remit 10. But for me, none of this matched the experience of simply meandering around Pingyaos unheralded back streets. A. hiking afar C. moving aimlessly B. jogging slowly D. escorting carefully 11. Trapped miners dramatically emerged after 69 days of underground imprisonment. A. hindered. C. accelerated B. came up to the surface D. joined to the crowd 12. China is the third country in the world to build rockets carrying manned spacecraft. A. manufactured C. man-made B. having human crew D. affiliated to 13. The three referees were detained in March, pushing the credibility of Chinese referees to an all-time low. A. kept in custody C. shut in prison B. arrested D. under investigation 14. Chang-e 2 will eventually be maneuvered into an orbit just 15 km above the Moon. A. placed B. manipulated C. moved D. emitted 15. When we talk about giving universities greater autonomy to recruit students, people may be concerned about possible fraud and preferential treatment enjoyed by students from wealthy or powerful families. A. deliberate deception C. merciful rescue B. authoritative control D. intentional disguise 16. This generates three potential English literacy challenges that separate Chinese students from foreign instructors. A. produces B. radiates C. makes D. shapes 17. This cultural perspective disorients foreign teachers, who misperceive their students as passive and withdrawn. A. perceives B. conceives C. misunderstand D, processes 18. Some esoteric fonts used by todays artists emulate monks who copied medieval manuscripts by hand. A. complicated B. mysterious C. gibberish D. cursive 19. The application of 3G is once upswing in China; however, the era of 4G has also begun. A. poke B. dwindle C. soar D. rise 20. Tower C of Office Park, a dazzling new office building in Beijings Central Business District, has been widely praised in the market for its superior quality and pleasant amenities after it was unveiled to the market at a press conference held in March 2010. A. convenience B. regularity C. sight D. outlook . In each of the following sentences there are four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part that is grammatically incorrect. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points). 1. The miserable fate of Enrons employees will be a landmark in business 新 A history, one of those events that everyone agrees must never allow to happen again. B C D 2. Basically, computerized data processing is much the same as done by A B C hand or by electromechanical methods. D 3. The potential profit, and the ease on which they can be made from insider A trading, market manipulation, conflict-of-interest transactions and many B other illegal or unethical activities, are too great and too pervasive to be ignored. C D 4. I lost my sight when I was four years old, It occurred to me the other A day that I might not come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blind. B C D 5. American literary historians, are perhaps prone to view their own national A B scene too narrowly, mistake prominence for uniqueness. C D 6. One argument is used to support the idea that employment will continue A B to be the dominant form of work, and that employment will eventually C become available for all who want it, is that working time will continue to fall. D 7. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to black A B Americans as compared to other American minorities, because the sharp C D difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts. 8. His vocabulary, in particular, both that which he uses actively and that A B which he recognizes, increasing in size as he grows older as a result of C D education and experience. 9. Native to South America and cultivated there for thousands of years, the A B peanut is said to have introduced to North America by early explorers. C D 10. Researchers have found subtle neurological differences between the A B brains of men and women either in physical structure and in the way they function. C D . Below each of the following 4 passages you will find questions or incomplete statements about the passage. Each statement or question is followed by lettered words or expressions. Select the word or expression that most satisfactorily completes or answers each question in accordance with the meaning of the passage. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) (1) Chinese firms are going global for the usual reasons: to acquire raw materials, get technical know-how and gain access to foreign markets. But they are under the guidance of a state that many countries consider a strategic competitor, not an ally. As our briefing explains, it often appoints executives, directs deals and finances them through state banks. Once bought, natural-resource firms can become captive suppliers of the Middle Kingdom. Some believe China Inc can be more sinister than that: for example, America thinks that Chinese telecoms-equipment firms pose a threat to its national security. That would be a mistake. China is miles away from posing this kind of threat: most of its firms are only just finding their feet abroad. Even in natural resources, where it has been most active in dealmaking, it is not close to controlling enough supply to rig the market for most commodities. Nor is Chinas system as monolithic as foreigners often assume. State companies compete at home and their decision-making is consensual rather than dictatorial. When abroad they may have mixed motives, and some sectorsdefence and strategic infrastructure, for instanceare too sensitive to allow them in. But such areas are relatively few. What if Chinese state-owned companies run their acquisitions for politics, not profit? So long as other firms could satisfy consumers needs, it would not matter. Chinese companies could safely be allowed to own energy firms, for instance, in a competitive market where customers could turn to 6ther suppliers. And if Chinese firms throw subsidised capital around the world, thats fine. America and Europe could use the money. The danger that cheap Chinese capital might undermine rivals can be better dealt with by beefing up competition law than by keeping investment out. Not all Chinese companies are state-directed. Some are largely independent and mainly interested in profits. Often these firms are making the running abroad. Take Volvos new owner, Geely. Volvo should now be able to sell more cars in China; without the deal its future was bleak. Chinese firms can bring new energy and capital to flagging companies around the world; but influence will not just flow one way. To succeed abroad, Chinese companies will have to adapt. That means hiring local managers, investing in local research and placating local concernsfor example by listing subsidiaries locally. Indian and Brazilian firms have an advantage abroad thanks to their private-sector DNA and more open cultures. That has not. been lost on Chinese managers 1. In face of Chinas economic expansion abroad, the author of this article is A. Optimistic B. Pessimistic C. Neutral D. Noncommittal 2. According to the article, the reason why China cannot control the market for most commodities in energy sector is A. China does not have enough money. B. Chinese companies are reluctant to cooperate with foreign firms. C. China is in initial stage of investing abroad. D. Chinese companies are state-owned. 3. What is Volvos immediate benefit after Geely becomes its new owner? A. Sales go up B. Future becomes unpredictable C. Workers have a salary hike. D. Unemployment goes down. 4. So long as other firms could satisfy consumers needs, it would not matter. This implies that A. Chinese cannot control the market. B. The market is not competitive C. Consumers do not like Chinese companies D. Indian companies are more powerful 5. It is suggested that-Chinese firms should do the following if they want to succeed abroad A. Stick to public ownership B. Make changes to suit local conditions C. Invest more money D. Have more decision making power (2) Why we age is the subject of vigorous debate. The classical view is that aging happens because of random wear and tear. A newer view holds that aging is more orderly and genetically, driven. Proponents of this view point out that animals of similar species and exposure to wear and tear have markedly different life span, The Canada goose has a longevity of 23. 5 years; the emperor goose only 6. 3 years. Perhaps animals are like plants, with lives that are to a large extent, internally governed. Certain species of bamboo, for instance, form a dense stand that grows and flourishes for a hundred years, flowers all at once, and then dies. The idea that living things shut down and not just wear down has received substantial support in the past decade. Researchers working with the now famous worm C. elegans (two of the last five Nobel Prizes in medicine went to scientist doing work on the little nematode) were able to produce worms that live more than twice as long and age more slowly by altering a single gene. Scientists have since come up with single-gene alterations that increase the life spans of Drosophila fruit flies, mice and yeast. These findings notwithstanding, scientists do not believe that our life spans are actually programmed into us. After all, for most of our hundred-thousand-year existenceall but the past couple of hundred yearsthe average life span of human beings has been thirty years or less. (Research suggests that subjects of the Roman Empire had an average life expectancy of twenty-eighty years. Today the average life span in developed countries is almost eighty years. If human life spans depend on our genetics, then medicine has got the upper hand. We are, in a way, freaks living well beyond our appointed time. So when we study aging, what we are trying to understand is not so much in a natural process as an unnatural one. Inheritance has surprisingly little influence on longevity. James Vaupel, of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, in Rostock, Germany, noted that only six percent of how long youll live, compared with the average, is explained by your parents longevity; by contrast, up to ninety percent of how tall you are, compared with the average, is explained by your parents height. Even genetically identical twins vary widely in life span: the typical gap is more than fifteen years. 6. The main idea of this piece is A. How long one lives depends on ones parents. B. How long one lives is related to ones genes C. How long one lives depends on many factors. D. How long one lives can be statistically determined. 7. The example of gooses life span shows that A. Canada goose lives longer than emperor goose. B. Emperor goose has a very short life span. C. Canada goose and emperor goose belong to the same specie. D. Different kinds of the same specie may have different life span 8. What, as the author mentions in this article, is genetically determined? A. life expectancy B. height C. voice D. look 9. It can be assumed that people in the past several hundreds of years A. live less than 30 year on average B. live more than 60 years on average C. live exactly 30 years on average D. live at least 30 year on average 10. While twins have many things in common, only one feature is mentioned in this article. What is it? A. Twins look alike. B. Twins are almost identical in height. C. Twins usually have different length of life span. D. Twins usually have the same temperament. (3) Many reasons have been adduced for the rise of the Leica. There is the hectic progress of the illustrated press, avid for photographs to till its columns; there is the increased mobility; spending power, and leisure time of the middle class, who wished to preserve a record of these novel blessing, if not for posterity, then at least for shot. Yet the great inventions, more often than not, are triggered less by vast historical movements than by the pressures of individual changeor in Leicas case, by asthma. Every Leica employee who drives down Oscar-Barnack, Strasse is reminded of corporate glory, for it was Banack, a former engineer at Carl Zeiss, the famous lens makers in Jena, who designed the Leica I. He was an amateur photographer, and the camera had first occurred to him, as if in a vision, in 1905, twenty years before it actually went on sale: Back then I took pictures using a camera that tool 13 by 18 plates, with six double -plate holders and a large leather case similar to a salesmans sample case. This was quite a load to haul around when I set off each Sunday through the Thuringer Wald, while I struggled up the hillsides (bearing in mind that I suffer from asthma) an idea came to me. Couldnt this be done differently? Five years later, Barnack was invited to work for Ernst Leitz, a rival optical company, in Watzlar. (The company stayed there until 1988, when it was sold, and the camera division, renamed Leica, shifted to Solms, fifteen Minutes away. ) By 1919-14, he had developed what became known as the ur-Leica; a tough, squat rectangular metal box, not much bigger than a spectacles case, with rounded comers and a retractable brass lens. You could tuck it into a jacket pocket, wander around the Thuringer woods all weekend, and never gasp for breath The extraordinary fact is that, if you were to place it next to todays Leica MP, the similarities would far outweigh the differences; stand a young man beside his own great-grand father and you get the same effect. Barnack took a picture on August 2, 1914, using the new device. Reproduced in Alessandro Pasis comprehensive study Leica: Witness to a Century (2004), it shows a helmeted soldier turning away from a column on which he has just plastered the imperial order for mobilization. This was the first hint of the role that would fall to Leica above all other cameras: to be there in historys face. Not until the end of the hostilities did Bamack resume work on the Leica, as it came to be called. ( His own choice of name was Lilliput, but wiser counsels prevail. Whenever you buy a 35-milimeter camera, you pay homage to Barnack. ) 11. Leica most probably is A. the brand name of a camera B. the name of a factory C. the brand name of film D. the name of a man 12. Leica was invented thanks to A. There appear more magazines with pictures B. People have more money to spare C. People are able to live in different places D. The inventor suffers from asthma 13. The illustrated press appearing in this article most probably refers to A. Newspapers and magazines with many pictures B. Illustrious person under pressure of work C. Explanation telling people how to relieve from pressure D. Books telling people how to operate the press 14. His own choice of name was Lilliput, but wiser counsels prevail. This sentence means A. The product is named Lilliput. B. The products name is neither Lilliput nor Leica. C. The product is named Leica D. Leica is abandoned for a better name for the product. 15. Stand a young man beside his own great-grand father and you get the same effect. This metaphor is cited to show that A. Leica MP and Leica I look alike. B. Leica MP is more advanced C. Leica I enjoyed a long history than Leica MP D. Leica MP enjoys more respect than