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2015 年广西民族大学翻译硕士英语考研真题 A 卷 Part I. Basic English Knowledge (30 points) Section A: Multiple-choice (20 points) Directions:Therearefortymultiple-choicequestionsinthissection.Choose the best answer to each question. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. The design of this auditorium shows a great deal of _____. We have never seen such a building before. A) orientation B) originality C) illusion D) invention 2. We've just installed a fan to _____ cooking smells from the kitchen. A) eject B) expel C) exclude D) exile 3. Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very _____. A) intriguing B) indefinite C) obscure D) dubious 4. Because of the _____ noise of traffic I couldn't get to sleep last night. A) progressive B) provocative C) perpetual D) prevalent 5. They are _____ investors who always make thorough investigations both on local and international markets before making an investment. A) indecisive B) implicit C) cautious D) conscious 6. A big problem in learning English as a foreign language is lack of opportunities for _____ interaction with proficient speakers of English. A) instantaneous

B) provocative C) verbal D) dual 7. As my exams are coming next week, I’ll take advantage of the weekend to _____ on some reading. A) catch up B) clear up C) make up D) pick up 8. He is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is not the man _____ he was twenty years ago. A) which B) that C) who D) whom 9. _____, he can now only watch it on TV at home. A) Obtaining not a ticket for the match B) Not obtaining a ticket for the match C) Not having obtained a ticket for the match D) Not obtained a ticket for the match 10. Failure to follow the club rules _____ him from the volleyball team. A) disfavored B) dispelled C) disqualified D) dismissed 11. Have you ever received _____ of what has happened to her? A) the word B) words C) word D) the words 12. In her writing, Elinor Wyle often dealt with her own personality as it was, rather than _____. A) as others defined it B) its definition by others C) it was defined by others D) other’s definition

13. _____, she never alters a decision. A) Come what may B) What may come C) May what come D) May come whatever 14. It was as a physician that he represented himself, and _____ he was warmly received. A) so that B) such as C) as that D) as such 15. We could see that the larger of the Brothers(an island) rose sheer out of the sea, _____ some two hundred feet high. A) the cliffs were B) being the cliffs C) with the cliffs D) the cliffs being 16. Of all reasons against humanity, there is no one worse than _____ who employs great intellectual force to keep down the intellect of his less favored brothers. A) him B) one C) that D) he 17. Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss _____ the bread-winner’s death. A) at the cost of B) on the verge of C) as a result of D) for the sake of 18. That sound doesn’t _____ in his language, so it’s difficult for him to pronounce it. A) happen B) occur C) have D) take place 19. This organization is completely _____ any political association, and is able to conduct its own business with foreign counterparts. A) inclusive of

B) devoid of C) independent of D) ignorant of 20. A television camera produces an image by converting _____ receives into a series of bright and dark dots. A) and it B) it C) what it D) that it 21. At the airport, I could hear nothing except the roar of aircraft engines which _____ all other sounds. A) diminished B) drowned C) dwarfed D) devastated 22. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young one has a glorious future before him and the old one has a _____ future behind him. A) splendid B) dreamy C) luxurious D) fateful 23. The total EU trade deficit with Japan has _____ around $20 billion for the past three years. A) hanged B) held C) hovered D) hunted 24. By 1817 the United States Congress had done away with all internal taxes and was relying on tariffs on imported goods to provide _____ revenue to run the government. A) efficient B) accurate C) additional D) sufficient 25. Many technological innovations, such as the telephone, _____ the result of sudden bursts of inspiration in fact were preceded by many inconclusive efforts. A) whose appearance B) and appear to be

C) are appearing D) that appear to be 26. In many ways children live, _____, in a different world from adults. A) as it turned out B) as it was C) as it were D) as it is 27. Our democratic faith is more than the _____ of our country; it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. (President George W. Bush) A) ideology B) virtue C) creed D) dogma 28. We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything. _____ should we follow anyone like sheep. A) In no account B) By all account C) In any account D) On no account 29. Please _____ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places, since the law forbids them. A) hinder B) restrain C) restrict D) prohibit 30. This year will be difficult for this organization because it _____. A) had less money and fewer volunteers than it did last year B) has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year C) has both less money and fewer volunteers than last year D) has less money and fewer volunteers than those of last year 31. “I thought you had planned to practice piano today.” “I did nothing but _____ letters all day.” A) to write B) wrote C) write D) writing

32. The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of paper, but as a record of _____. A) organized geographical information B) geographical organized information C) organizing information geographically D) geographically organized information 33. Though the outlaw _____ he would never be taken alive, he submitted without a struggle when the police arrived. A) boasted B) declaimed C) denied D) defended 34. Despite his disappointing record this year, I _____ feel he is the best man in our team. A) nonetheless B) otherwise C) therefore D) moreover 35. More than half of those committing murder and violent assaults _____ alcohol immediately before the crime. A) have been consumed B) have consumed C) has been consumed D) has consumed 36. The lab was _____ with two worn wooden benches, set close together to make the most of available space. A) preserved B) furnished C) decorated D) profiled 37. When hunters _____ animals, they are trying to get as near as possible without frightening the animals away. A) creep B) sneak C) stalk D) hitch 38. Because medicine has reduced infant mortality and natural death so significantly, the population has been rising steadily, in spite of serious effort _____ the rate

of population. A) of reducing B) to reduce C) to have reduced D) at to reduce 39. _____ to speak when the audience interrupted him. A. No sooner had he begun B. Hardly had he begun C. Not until he began D. Scarcely did he begin 40. No matter how frequently _____, the works of Beethoven still fascinate a lot of people. A. performed B. performing C. they are performing D. performs Section B: Proofreading and Error Correction (10 points) Directions: The following passage contains 10 errors. Each indicated line containsamaximumofONEerror.Ineachcase,onlyONEwordisinvolved.Youshould proofreadthepassageandcorrectit.PleasewriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet. It was once thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and/or heavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. In several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire east half of __42__ the United States and led to health warnings even in rural areas away any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that the decreasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a greenhouse effect—holding in heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature. Unless this view is correct and the world’s temperature is raised only a few degrees, many of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water. Another view, little widely held, is that increasing particulate matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and __41__ __43__ __44__ __45__ __46__ __47__

lowering the earth temperature—a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create anything close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. At present we do not know for sure that neither of these conditions will happen. Perhaps, if we are very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world’s temperature will stay about the same as it is now. __48__ __49__ __50__ Part II. Section A (10 points) Reading Comprehension (45 points) Directions: In thesection, there are fivenumbered blanks where appropriate sentences are needed to fill in respectively. Choose the most suitable one from thelistA-Gtofitintotheblanks.Therearetwoextrachoices,whichdonotfit in any of the blanks. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Items 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. Has English become the global language of communication and education? The question might seem obvious, but the answer is not so simple. Yes, English is the international language of commerce and science. And its utility has spread because up to now it has also been the prime moving language of the Internet. But this is beginning to change, and very fast. (51) Languages like German, Russian and Spanish are spreading at exponential speed on the Web, Mr. Montviloff said. Because the Internet makes it possible, other languages are also starting to challenge the hegemony of English in distance education. The Internet is helping to revive minority languages and cultures by bringing together widely scattered linguistic communities. (52) Global Reach Inc., a market research company, estimates that English is now the mother tongue of less than half of all Internet users, and the proportion is falling all the time. David Graddol, a language researcher and lecturer at the Open University in Britain, said that, on the one hand, English is becoming a language of everyday usage in some countries in Northern Europe. (53) “In other countries, however, English is more truly a foreign language,” said Mr. Graddol, “In some countries, like China, there is not very much English in the environment and people may be learning it from teachers who may not speak English very well themselves.” In a third group of countries, like India and Nigeria where English has been used a long time, distinct local varieties of the language are emerging, complete with their own dictionaries, textbooks, and literature. This means that different centers of authority are starting to emerge. (54)

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