燕山大学外国语学院《211翻译硕士英语》专业硕士历年考研真题及详解



2012年燕山大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解

I.Forquestions1-15,

readthearticlebelowandthendecidewhichanswerbelowbestfitseachspace.

Indicateyouranswerontheseparateanswersheet.(15%)

We

reallycantellifwearebeingwatched

Storiesabouthowpeoplesomehowknowwhentheyarebeing

watchedhavebeengoingaroundforyears.However,fewattemptshavebeenmade

toinvestigatethephenomenonscientifically.Now,withthecompletionofthe

largesteverstudyoftheso-calledstaringeffect,thereisimpressive

evidencethatthisisarecognizableand(1)_____sixthsense.Thestudy(2)

_____hundredsofchildren.Fortheexperiments,theysatwiththeireyes(3)

_____sotheycouldnotsee,andwiththeirbackstootherchildren,whowere

toldtoeitherstareatthemorlookaway.Timeandtimeagaintheresults

showedthatthechildrenwhocouldnotseewereableto(4)_____whenthey

werebeingstaredat.Ina(5)_____ofmorethan18,000trials(6)_____

worldwide,thechildren(7)_____sensedwhentheywerebeingwatchedalmost

70%ofthetime.Theexperimentwasrepeatedwiththe(8)_____precautionof

puttingthechildrenwhowerebeingwatchedoutsidetheroom,(9)_____from

thestarersbythewindows.Thiswasdonejustincasetherewassome(10)

_____goingonwiththechildrentellingeachotherwhethertheywerelooking

ornot.This(11)_____thepossibilityofsoundsbeing(12)_____betweenthe

children.Theresults,thoughlessimpressive,weremoreorlessthesame.Dr.

Sheldrake,thebiologistwhodesignedthestudy,believesthattheresultsare

(13)_____enoughtofindoutthroughfurtherexperiments(14)_____howthe

staringeffectmightactually(15)_____.

1A.genuine 

B.accepted

C.received

D.sure

2A.involved

B.contained

C.comprised

D.enclosed

3A.shaded

B.wrapped

C.masked

D.covered

4A.find

B.notice

C.tell 

D.reveal

5A.sum

B.collection

C.mass

D.total

6A.workedover

B.workedthrough

C.carriedon

D.carriedout

7A.correctly

B.exactly

C.thoroughly

D.perfectly

8A.attached

B.added

C.connected

D.increased

9A.separated

B.parted

C.split

D.divided

10A.pretending

B.lying

C.cheating

D.deceiving

11A.prevented

B.omitted

C.evaded

D.ended

12A.delivered

B.transported

C.transmitted

D.distributed

13A.satisfying

B.convincing

C.concluding 

D.persuading

14A.really

B.carefully

C.definitely

D.precisely

15A.comeabout

B.belookedat

C.setout

D.beheldup

【答案与解析】

1A 由“recognizable”可知这种第六感是真正存在的，因此选genuine。

2A 句意：这项研究涉及数百名儿童。involve的意思为“涉及，使参与”。

3D 由后面的“sotheycouldnotsee”可知，他们的眼睛应该被蒙住了，所用动词为“cover”。

4C 由前文可知，这项研究证明了第六感的存在，因此这些孩子能够识别出别人是否在盯着自己。tell在这里是“辨别”的意思。

5D 这里的意思是“在世界范围内进行的总数超过18000的实验中”。atotalof总数为。acollectionof一批，一些；许多的。

6D 与trial搭配应该用carryout。carryout执行，实行。workover彻底检查；充分研究。workthrough干完。carryon从事；继续。

7A 这里的意思是“孩子们在将近70%的时间里都能正确感觉到他们在被别人注视。”

8B added

precaution预防措施。

9A 这里的意思是“将孩子们与注视者分开”，应该用separatefrom。

10C cheating作弊，欺骗行为。

11A preventthepossibilityof防止……的可能。

12C 传播声音应该用的动词为“transmit”。

13B 由句意可知，Dr.Sheldrake相信这些结果足够有说服力。convincing令人信服的；有说服力的。

14D 这里的意思为“通过进一步实验来查明注视效应究竟是如何产生的”。precisely精确地；恰恰。

15A 句意：通过进一步实验来查明注视效应究竟是如何产生的。comeabout发生；产生。setout出发；开始。holdup举起；阻挡。

II.Inmostlinesof

thefollowingtext,thereiseitheraspellingorapunctuationerror.Foreach

numberedline16-30,writethecorrectlyspeltwordorshowthecorrect

punctuationintheboxonyouranswersheet.Somelinesarecorrect.Indicate

theselineswithatick(√)inthebox.(15%)

Solar

eclipse

Most

astronomicaleventsthatinfluencetheEarth,apartfromtheoccasional

asteroidimpact,dosoina

regularfashion,suchasdayandnightthetidesandtheseasons.Thereis,

however,oneeventthathas

【答案】16.√查看答案

17去掉changes后面的,

18accompanied 

19physicists

20去掉’

21interruption

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23去掉–

24√

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26Australia

27I前面加“

28’改为”

29√

30emerged

III.Readthefollowingarticleandanswerquestions31-43.

Onyouranswersheet,indicatetheletterA,B,C,DorEagainstthenumberof

eachquestion,31-43.Giveonlyoneanswertoeachquestion.(26%)

PassageOne

TheTrojanWarisoneofthemostfamouswarsinhistory.

Itiswellknownfortheten-yearduration,fortheheroismofanumberof

legendarycharacters,andfortheTrojanhorse.Whatmaynotbefamiliar,

however,isthestoryofhowthewarbegan.

AccordingtoGreekmyth,thestrifebetweentheTrojansand

theGreeksstartedattheweddingofPeleus,KingofThessaly,andThetis,a

seanymph.Allofthegodsandgoddesseshadbeeninvitedtothewedding

celebrationinTroyexceptEris,goddessesofdiscord.Shehadbeenomitted

fromtheguestlistbecauseherpresencealwaysembroiledmortalsandimmortals

alikeinconflict.

Totakerevengeonthosewhohadslightedher,Erisdecided

tocauseaskirmish.Intothemiddleofthebanquethall,shethrewagolden

applemarked"forthemostbeautiful."Allofthegoddessesbeganto

haggleoverwhoshouldpossessit.Thegodsandgoddessesreachedastalemate

whenthechoicewasnarrowedtoHera,Athena,andAphrodite.Someonewasneeded

tosettlethecontroversybypickingawinner.Thejobeventuallyfellto

Paris,sonofKingPriamofTroy,whowassaidtobeagoodjudgeofbeauty.

Parisdidnothaveaneasyjob.Eachgoddess,eagertowin

thegoldenapple,triedaggressivelytobribehim.

"I'llgrantyouvastkingdomstorule,"promised

Hera."Vastkingdomsarenothingincomparisonwithmygift,"

contradictedAthena."ChoosemeandI'llseethatyouwinvictoryandfame

inwar."Aphroditeoutdidheradversaries,however.Shewonthegolden

applebyofferingHelen,Zeus'daughterandthemostbeautifulmortal,to

Paris.Paris,anxioustoclaimHelen,setoffforSpartainGreece.

AlthoughParislearnedthatHelenwasmarried,heaccepted

thehospitalityofherhusband,KingMenelasuofSparta,anyway.Therefore,

MenelauswasoutragedforanumberofreasonswhenParisdeparted,takingHelen

andmuchoftheking'swealthbacktoTroy.Menelauscollectedhisloyalforces

andsetsailforTroytobeginthewartoreclaimHelen.

31Eriswasknownfor_____bothmortalsandimmortals.

A.schemingagainst

B.involvinginconflict

C.feelinghostiletoward

D.ignoring

E.comforting

32Eachgoddesstried_____tobribeParis.

A.boldly

B.effectively

C.secretly

D.carefully

E.answernotstated

33Athena_____Hera,promisingParisvictoryandfamein

war.

A.deniedthestatementof

B.defeated

C.agreedwith

D.restatedthestatement

E.questionedthestatement

【答案与解析】

31B 由第二段最后一句可知，Eris总是“embroiledmortalsand

immortalsalikeinconflict”。

32A 由倒数第三段“Eachgoddess,eagerto

winthegoldenapple,triedaggressivelytobribehim.”可知A项正确。

33A 由倒数第二段的“contradicted”可知，Athena反驳了Hera的话。

PassageTwo

Oneofthemost

intriguingstoriesoftheRussianRevolutionconcernstheidentityofAnastasia,theyoungestdaughterofCzar

NicholasII.DuringhisreignoverRussia,theCzarhadplannedtorevokemany

oftheharshlawsestablishedbypreviousczars.Someworkersandpeasants,

however,clamoredformorerapidsocialreform.In1918agroupofthese

people,knownasBolsheviks,overthrewthegovernment.OnJuly17or18,they

murderedtheCzarandwhatwasthoughttobehisentirefamily.

Althoughwitnessesvouchedthatallthemembersofthe

Czar'sfamilyhadbeenexecuted,therewererumorssuggestingthatAnastasia

hadsurvived.Overtheyears,anumberofwomenclaimedtobeGrandDuchess

Anastasia.Perhapsthebest-knownclaimantwasAnastasiaTschaikovsky,whowas

alsoknownasAnnaAnderson.

In1920,eighteenmonthsaftertheCzar'sexecution,this

terrifiedyoungwomanwasrescuedfromdrowninginaBerlinriver.Shespent

twoyearsinahospital,wheresheattemptedtoreclaimherhealthand

shatteredmind.ThedoctorsandnursesthoughtthatsheresembledAnastasiaand

questionedhearaboutherbackground.Shedisclaimedanyconnectionwiththe

Czar'sfamily.

Eightyearslater,though,sheclaimedthatshewas

Anastasia.ShesaidthatshehadbeenrescuedbytwoRussiansoldiersafterthe

Czarandtherestofherfamilyhadbeenkilled.Twobrothersnamed

TschaikovskyhadcarriedherintoRomania.Shehadmarriedoneofthebrothers,

whohadtakenhertoBerlinandleftherthere,pennilessandwithouta

vocation.Unabletoinvoketheaidofhermother'sfamilyinGermany,shehad

triedtodrownherself.

Duringthenextfewyears,scoresoftheCzar'srelatives,

ex-servants,andacquaintancesinterviewedher.Manyofthesepeoplesaidthat

herlooksandmannerismswereevocativeoftheAnastasiathattheyhadknown.

HergrandmotherandotherrelativesdeniedthatshewastherealAnastasia,

however.

Triedofbeingaccusedoffraud,Anastasiaimmigratedto

theUnitedStatesin1928andtookthenameAnnaAnderson.Shestillwishedto

provethatshewasAnastasia,though,andreturnedtoGermanyin1933tobring

suitagainsthermother'sfamily.Thereshedeclaimedtothecourt,asserting

thatshewasindeedAnastasiaanddeservedherinheritance.

In1957,thecourtdecidedthatitcouldneitherconfirm

nordenyAnastasia'sidentity.Althoughwewillprobablyneverknowwhether

thiswomanwastheGrandDuchessAnastasia,hersearchtoestablishher

identityhasbeenthesubjectofnumerousbooks,plays,andmovies.

34SomeRussianpeasantsandworkers_____forsocial

reform.

A.longed

B.criedout

C.begged

D.hoped

E.thoughtmuch

35Witnesses_____thatallmembersoftheCzar'sfamily

hadbeenexecuted.

A.gaveassurance

B.thought

C.hoped

D.convincedsome

E.answernotstated

36Tschaikovsky_____anyconnectionwiththeCzar's

family.

A.denied

B.stopped

C.noted

D.justified

E.answernotstated

37Shewasunableto_____theaidofherrelative.

A.locate

B.speakabout

C.callupon

D.identify

E.know

38Incourtshe_____maintainingthatshewasAnastasia

anddeservedherinheritance.

A.finallyappeared

B.spokeforcefully

C.testified

D.gaveevidence

E.answernotstated

【答案与解析】

34B 由第一段中“Someworkersandpeasants,however,clamoredformorerapid

socialreform.”可知，他们迫切想要改革。clamorfor大声呼吁，强烈要求。cryoutfor迫切需要

35A 第二段第一句说到“witnessesvouchedthat...executed”。vouch担保；证明。giveassurance保证，确保。

36A 由第三段最后一句“ShedisclaimedanyconnectionwiththeCzar'sfamily.”可知，她否认了与沙皇家族的关系。

37C 根据倒数第三段中“Unabletoinvoketheaidofhermother'sfamily”可知，她无法得到亲人的帮助。invoke调用；引起。callupon号召。

38B 倒数第二段最后一句说到“Thereshedeclaimedtothecourt,assertingthatshewas

indeedAnastasiaanddeservedherinheritance.”，与B项意思相同。

PassageThree

Togetherwithherhusband,MargaretWilkinsrunsawelldrilling

business,usingtechnologysuchasdrillingrigsandair-compressedhammers.

Butwhenitcomestolocatingwater,sheneedsnothingmorethanaforkedhazel

stick.Thecouple'ssuccessrateishigherthan90percent.Dowsing-the

abilitytolocatewater,mineralsandlostobjectsunderground-isaso-called

'sixthsense'.Therearemanytheoriesabouthowitisdone,rangingfromthephysical,

suchasmagnetism,tothespiritual.Oneofthemostcredibleisbasedonthe

knowledgethateverythingonthisplanetvibrateswatermorethanothermatter.

Itissuggestedthatdowsershaveanacuteabilitytosensevibrationswhile

standingontheEarth'ssurface;somedowserssaythattheycan'sense'water,

othersthattheycansmellit,smellbeingthemostacutesense.

FortheWilkins,thedroughtyearsofrecenttimeshave

beenbusy,withanalmostsix-week-longwaitinglistatonestage.Mostof

Margaret'scustomersarefarmerswithwellsthathavedriedup:'Wewillsee

customersonlyonceinalifetimebecausewellslastforalongtime.'Other

customersownremotecottagesorbarns,nowholidayhomes,wheretheexpenseof

runningwaterpipesforgreatdistancesisprohibitive.Othersaregolf-course

developerswithclubhousefacilitiestobuild.

Margarettriestolocatewaterbetween50and70metres

down.'Youcan'tdrillawellwherethereistheslightestriskoffarmor

otherwastegettingintothewatersupply.Thewaterwelocateisrunningin

fissuresofimperviousrockand,aslongaswebringthewaterstraightup,it

shouldgiveagoodcleansupply,thoughCornwallisrichinmineralssoyou

havetowatchoutforiron.'Anothernecessityiselectricitytodrivethe

pump;thisistooexpensivetorunacrossmilesoffieldssoideallythewell

shouldbeneartoexistingpowersupplies.

Afterconsideringallthis,Margaretcanstarttolookfor

water.Onlargeareas,suchasgolfcourses,shebeginswithamapofthearea

andapendulum.'Iholdthependulumstillandgentlymoveitoverthemap.It

willswingwhenitissuspendedoveranareawherethereiswater.'

Afterthemaphasindicatedlikelyareas,Margaretwalks

overthefieldswithahazelstick,forkedandequalinlengthandwidtheach

side.'OnceI'mabovewaterIgetapeculiarfeeling;Ireelslightly.Whenit

subsidesIusethesticktolocatetheexactspotwhereweshoulddrill.'

Grippingthetwoforksofthestickwithbothhands,sheeasesthemoutwards

slightlytogivetension.'Whenwaterisimmediatelybelow,thestraightpart

ofthestickrisesup.It'svitaltodrillexactlywherethesticksays.A

fractionthewrongway,andyoucanmissthewaterlinealtogether.Myhusband

willdowsethesameareaasme;usually,notalways,weagreeontheprecise

placetodrill.Ifwedisagree,wewon'tdrillandwillkeeplookinguntilwe

doagree.'

MargaretWilkinsisnotinisolation,carryingoutsome

curiousoldtraditiondowninthewestofEngland.Anthropologistsandwriters

havelongbeenfascinatedbythisinexplicableintuition.Margaretcallsitan

'intuitiveperceptionoftheenvironment'andthatistheclosestwecangetto

understandingwhyshelocateswatersoaccurately.Ifshedidnothavethis

'sixthsense',howelsecouldthefamilyliveofftheirwell-drillingbusiness

yearafteryear?

39Whatdoesthewritersayaboutthetheoryofvibration

anddowsers?

AIthasonlyrecentlybeenaccepted.

BTherearelimitstoitsapplication.

CTheremightbesometruthinit.

DItisbasedoninaccurateinformation.

40OnereasonwhypeopleemployMargarettofindwateris

_____.

Atheisolatedpositionoftheirproperty.

Bthefailureoftheirownefforts.

Cthelowfeesshechargesforherwork.

Dthespeedatwhichsheoperates.

41Margaretiscautiousaboutnewfindsofwaterin

Cornwallbecausetheymaybe_____.

Aunfitforhumanconsumption.

Btooinsignificanttobeworthwhile.

Ctoodeeptobringtothesurface.

Dexpensivetolocatewithcertainty.

42WhenMargaretandherhusbandusethedowsingstickto

locateplacestodrill,they_____.

Aareunlikelytoachievethesameresult.

Bhaveregulardifferencesofopinion.

Cemploydifferenttechniques.

Dareunwillingtotakerisks.

43Whatdoesthewritersuggestasproofofthe

effectivenessofMargaret'sdowsing?

Atheinterestshowninitbyanthropologists

andwriters

Btheregularincomewhichcanbemadefromit

Cpeople'sappreciationofthetraditionbehind

it

Dpeople'sdescriptionofitasa'sixthsense'

【答案与解析】

39C 第一段中作者说到“Oneofthemostcredibleisbasedontheknowledgethat

everythingonthisplanetvibrateswatermorethanothermatter.”，由此可见作者认为里面可能有点道理。

40A 第二段说到了找Margaret钻井的人群。有的是偏远的度假屋，因为铺设远距离管道很贵。因此A项“他们的房产位置偏僻”正确。

41A 第三段提到“Cornwallisrichinmineralssoyouhavetowatchoutfor

iron.”，由此可见那里的水有可能不适合人类饮用。

42D 由倒数第二段可知，如果Margaret与她丈夫在确定水源方面意见不一致，他们就会继续探测下一个地方，直到意见一致时才会开始钻井，由此可见他们不会在这个问题上冒险。

43B 由最后一段最后一句“Ifshedidnothavethis'sixthsense',howelsecouldthe

familyliveofftheirwell-drillingbusinessyearafteryear?”可知，作者认为如果Margaret没有这样的第六感的话，那她的钻井业务也就不会年复一年地继续下去了。

IV.Readthelines

below,from"TheEagle"byTennyson;thenanswerthetwoquestions

thatfollow.(6%)

Thewrinkledseabeneathhimcrawls;

Hewatchesfromhismountainwalls,

Andlikeathunderbolthefalls.

44Whatrhetoricaldeviceisemployedinthefirstline?

45Thefigureinthelastlineisasimile,nota

metaphor,why?

【答案与解析】

44Thefirstlineemployspersonification.

(题干问到第一行用了什么修辞手法。由第一行的“wrinkled”可知，这一行用了拟人。)

45Becauseitusestheword“like”.

(题干问的是为什么最后一行用的是明喻而不是暗喻。最后一行中有了动词“like”，本体、喻体和比喻词都出现了，因此是明喻。）

V.Readtheexcerptbelow;thenanswerthetwoquestions

thatfollow.(8%)

Creativewritingmayservemanypurposesforthewriter.

Aboveall,itisameansofself-expression.Itistheindividual'swayof

saying,"Thesearemythoughtsandtheyareuniquelyexperiencedby

me."Butcreativewritingcanalsoserveasasafetyvalveforhidden

tensions.Thisimpliesthataperiodoftimehasevolvedinwhichthechild

gaveanideasomedeepthoughtandthatthemessageonpaperisrevealingof

thisdeepinnerthought.Finally,aworthwhileby-productofcreativewriting

isthestimulusitgivesstudentstodofurtherreadingandexperimentationin

theirareasofinterest.Achildmaybecomeanardentreaderofgoodliterature

inordertosatisfyanappetitewhettedbyacreativewritingendeavor.

46Whatistheprimarypurposeoftheauthorofthis

passage?

47Thecontentof

thepassageindicatesthatthepassagewouldbeleastlikelytoappearinwhat

kindsofpublications?Givereasons.

【答案与解析】

46Theprimarypurposeistoexpoundthesignificanceof

creativewriting.

(这段话主要介绍了创造性写作的作用，它是一种自我表达的方式，可以作为紧张局势的安全阀，可以让孩子们在自己感兴趣的领域进一步阅读和实验。)

47Thepassagewouldbeleastlikelytoappearinbookson

politics,philosophyandsoon.

(这段话主要介绍了创造性写作的作用，因此本文不可能出现在有关政治、哲学等的书籍中。)

VI.Youarerequired

towriteboththefollowingwritingtasks.Youranswershouldfollowexactly

theinstructionsgiven.Writeapproximately250wordsforeach.(30%)

1Thereisgoingto

beaninternationalmusicfestivalinyourarea.Youhaveseenthefollowing

noticeinthelocalnewspaper.

InternationalMusicFestival-JudgesWanted

Canyouhelp?Thousandsofgroupsandmusicianshave

appliedtoplayinour3-dayfestival.Weneedjudgestohelpusdecidewhich

groupsandmusicianstoaccept.Ifyouareinterestedinworkingwithus,

pleasewriteexplaining:

l whichtypesofmusic

youthinkweshouldhave

l whatyourowntastes

inmusicare

l whatwouldmakeyoua

goodjudge.

Writeyourletterofapplication.

【参考范文】

DearSir

orMadam,

Ihavelearned

fromanadvertisementonanewspaperthatyourfestivalisinneedofjudges.I

wouldlikeyoutoconsidermefortheposition.

Iamasenior

collegestudentnow.Asaleaderofstudentunion,Ihaveorganizedseveral

eveningpartywithmyfellows.Music

festivalwhichroseinthewestwasknowntoChinesepeoplethroughthe

introductionofrockmusic.Thus,inChina,musicfestivalsaremoreinfavorof

rockmusic.AndmusicfestivalsinChinatodaymainlyfocusonpopmusicand

rockmusic.Asthereisgoingtobeaninternational

musicfestival,musicwhichisgoingtobeperformedneedstobemore

international.Inmyopinion,besidespopmusicandrockmusic,European

classicalmusicshouldalsobeinvolved,suchascompositionsofHaydn,MozartandBeethoven.

Asformymusic

taste,IpreferChineseoldsongsandwesternrockmusic.Mytwotypesof

favoritesongsseemsliketwoextremes.Chineseoldsongsexpressrefined

emotionsandmakemecalmdown.WesternrockmusiclikeCaliforniaDreaming

givesmeinspirations.Besides,westernrockmusiccanwarmupthefestivaland

matchestheatmosphereofmusicfestival.

AsImentions

above,Iamaseniorstudentnow,soIhaveenoughtimetoworkforthe

festival.AndforIhaveexperiencesoforganizingparties,Ihaveagoodtaste

tomusicandcanidentifywhatissuitableforthefestival.

Thankyoufor

yourconsideration.Ilookforwardtohearingfromyou.

Yours

faithfully

LiMing