2017年山东青岛大学翻译硕士英语考研真题.doc

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2017 年山东青岛大学翻译硕士英语考研真题 Part I. Cloze (20 points) Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked A, B, C and D. You must choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 1 the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 2 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 3 , or by whom. But it began to be 4 in the early 1900s.Jazz is Americas contribution to 5 music. In contrast to classical music, which 6 formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, 7 the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 8 like America, and 9 it does today. The 10 of this music are as interesting as the music 11 .American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 12 .They were brought to Southern States 13 slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long 14 .When a Negro died his friend and relatives 15 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the 16 .On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 17 on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their 18 , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played 19 music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 20 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. 1. A. By B. At C. In D. On 2. A. music B. song C. melody D. style 3. A. discovered B. acted C. invented D. designed 4. A. noticed B. found C. listened D. heard 5. A. classical B. sacred C. popular D. light 6. A. forms B. follows C. approaches D. introduces 7. A. expressing B. explaining C. exposing D. illustrating 8. A. appeared B. felt C. seemed D. sounded 9. A. as B. so C. either D. neither 10. A. origins B. originals C. discoveries D. resources 11. A .concerned B. itself C. available D. oneself 12. A. players B. followers C. fans D. pioneers 13. A. for B. as C. with

D. by 14. A. months B. weeks C. hours D. times 15. A. demonstrated B. composed C. hosted D. formed 16. A. demonstration B. procession C. body D. march 17. A. Even B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. But 18. A. number B. members C. body D. relations 19. A. sad B. solemn C. happy D. funeral 20. A. whistled B. sung C. presented D. showed Part II. Error Correction (10 points) Directions: the passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in a right way. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧ ” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/ ” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting pack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he scores a goal, 1.________ 2.________

3.________ 4.________ 7.________ 8.________ 5.________ 6.________ 9.________ enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey. To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure Their whole way of life, even if their bodies became radically changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillful male-group attackers. Then, about ten thousand years ago, When this immensely long formative period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, were put to a new use, that is, penning, controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of farming were no longer essential for survival. Part III. Reading Comprehension (30 points) Directions: there are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions . For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Passage 1 During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books. Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources. During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women's organizations compiled accounts of their doings. 10.________

Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffé College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians. Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of the writing about women conformed to the "great women" theory of history, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on "great men." To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published. 1. What does the passage mainly discuss? A) The role of literature in early American histories B) The place of American women in written histories C) The keen sense of history shown by American women D) The "great women" approach to history used by American historians 2. The word "contemporary" in line 6 means that the history was A) informative B) written at that time C) thoughtful D) faultfinding 3. In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that A) a woman's status was changed by marriage B) even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored C) only three women were able to get their writing published D) poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women 4. In the second paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out? A) They put too much emphasis on daily activities B) They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics. C) The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate. D) They were printed on poor-quality paper. 5. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century "great women" EXCEPT A) authors B) reformers

C) activists for women's rights D) politicians Passage 2 Every fall, like clockwork, Linda Krentz of Beaverton, Oregon, felt her brain go on strike. “I just couldn’t get going in the morning,” she says. “I’d get depressed and gain 10 pounds every winter and lose them again in the spring.” Then she read about seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that occurs in fall and winter, and she saw the light—literally. Every morning now she turns on a specially constructed light box for half an hour and sits in front of it to trick her brain into thinking it’s still enjoying those long summer days. It seems to work. Krentz is not alone. Scientists estimate that 10 million Americans suffer from seasonal depression and 25 million more develop milder versions. But there’s never been definitive proof that treatment with very bright lights makes a difference. After all, it’s hard to do a double-blind test when the subjects can see for themselves whether or not the light is on. That’s why nobody has ever separated the real effects of light therapy from placebo (安慰剂) effects. Until now, in three separate studies published last month, researchers report not only that light therapy works better than a placebo but that treatment is usually more effective in the early morning than in the evening. In two of the groups, the placebo problem was resolved by telling patients they were comparing light boxes to a new anti-depressant device that emits negatively charged ions. The third used the timing of light therapy as the control. Why does light therapy work? No one really knows. “Our research suggests it has something to do with shifting the body’s internal clock,” says psychiatrist Dr. Lewey. The body is programmed to start the day with sunrise, he explains, and this gets later as the days get shorter. But why such subtle shifts make some people depressed and not others is a mystery. That hasn’t stopped thousands of winter depressives from trying to heal themselves. Light boxes for that purpose are available without a doctor’s prescription. That bothers psychologist Michael Terman of Columbia University. He is worried that the boxes may be tried by patients who suffer from mental illness that can’t be treated with light. Terman has developed a questionnaire to help determine whether expert care is needed. In any event, you should choose a reputable manufacturer. Whatever product you use should emit only visible light, because ultraviolet light damages the eyes. If you are photosensitive, you may develop a rash. Otherwise, the main drawback is having to sit in front of the light for 30 to 60 minutes in the morning. That’s an

inconvenience many winter depressives can live with. 1. What is the probable cause of Krentz’s problem? A) An unexpected gain in body weight. B) Unexplained impairment of her nervous system. C) Weakening of her eyesight with the setting in of winter. D) Poor adjustment of her body clock to seasonal changes. 2. By saying that Linda Krentz “saw the light” (Line 4, Para. 1), the author means that she “_____”. A) learned how to lose weight B) realized what her problem was C) came to see the importance of light D) became light-hearted and cheerful 3. What is the CURRENT view concerning the treatment of seasonal depression with bright lights? A) Its effect remains to be seen. B) It serves as a kind of placebo. C) It proves to be an effective therapy. D) It hardly produces any effects. 4. What is psychologist Michael Terman’s major concern? A) Winter depressives will be addicted to using light boxes. B) No mental patients would bother to consult psychiatrists. C) Inferior light boxes will emit harmful ultraviolet lights. D) Light therapy could be misused by certain mental patients. 5. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) Winter depressives prefer light therapy in spite of its inconvenience. B) Light therapy increases the patient’s photosensitivity. C) Eye damage is a side effect of light therapy. D) Light boxes can be programmed to correspond to shifts in the body clock. Passage 3 The term "folk song" has been current for over a hundred years, but there is still a good deal of disagreement as to what it actually means. The definition provided by the International Folk Music Council states that folk music is the music of ordinary people, which is passed on from person to person by being listened to rather than learned from the printed page. Other factors that help shape a folk song include: continuity (many performances over a number of years); variation (changes in words and melodies either through artistic interpretation or failure of memory); and selection (the acceptance of a song by the community in which it evolves). When songs have been subjected to these processes their origin is usually impossible to trace. For instance, if a farm laborer were to make up a song and sing it to a couple of friends who like it and memorize it, possibly when the friends come to sing it themselves one of them might forget some of the words and make up new ones to fill the gap, while the other, perhaps more artistic, might add a few decorative touches to the tune and improve a couple of lines of text. If this

happened a few times there would be many different versions, the song's original composer would be forgotten, and the song would become common property. This constant reshaping and re-creation is the essence of folk music. Consequently, modem popular songs and other published music, even though widely sung by people who are not professional musicians, are not considered folk music. The music and words have been set by a printed or recorded source, limiting scope for further artistic creation. These songs' origins cannot be disguised and therefore they belong primarily to the composer and not to a community. The ideal situation for the creation of folk music is an isolated rural community. In such a setting folk songs and dances have a special purpose at every stage in a person's life, from childhood to death. Epic tales of heroic deeds, seasonal songs relating to calendar events, and occupational songs are also likely to be sung. 1. Which of the following statements about the term "folk song" is supported by the passage? A) It has been used for several centuries. B) The International Folk Music Council invented it. C) It is considered to be out-of-date. D) There is disagreement about its meaning. 2. The word "subjected" in line 9 is closest in meaning to A) reduced B) modified C) exposed D) imitated 3. According to the passage, why would the original composers of folk songs be forgotten? A) Audiences prefer songs composed by professional musicians. B) Singers dislike the decorative touches in folk song tunes. C) Numerous variations of folk songs come to exist at the same time. D) Folk songs are not considered an important form of music. 4. The word "essence" in line 16 is closest in meaning to A) basic nature B) growing importance C) full extent D) first phase 5. The author mentions that published music is not considered to be folk music because A) the original composer can be easily identified B) the songs attract only the young people in a community C) the songs are generally performed by professional singers D) the composers write the music in rural communities Part IV. Translation (40 points) Directions:

(1) Translate the following from English into Chinese (20 points) His was, in fact, a savagely divided childhood. Compelled to grow up in an environment and a household which he hated with every instinctive sense of loathing and repulsion of his being, he found him self longing constantly for another universe shaped in the colors of his own desire. And because he was told incessantly that the one he hated was good and admirable, and the one for which he secretly longed was evil and abominable, he came to have a feeling of personal guilt that was to torment him for many years. His sense of place, the feeling for specific locality that later became so strong in him, came, he thought, from all these associations of his youth--from his overwhelming conviction, or prejudice, that there were “good” places and “bad” ones. This feeling was developed so intensely in his childhood that there was hardly a street or a house, a hollow or a slope, a back yard or an alleyway in his own small world that did not bear the color of this prejudice. There were certain streets in town that he could scarcely endure to walk along, and there were certain houses that he could not pass without a feeling of bleak repulsion and dislike. (2)Translate the following from Chinese into English (20 points) 你是否已经厌倦了不得不去记那些不同的号码----你办公室的电话、传真、呼机或手机的号码？你的商业名片上是否已经没有地方搁那么一大堆现在成了你日常工作联系的一部分的那些号码了？解决问题的答案就在手边，或者说就在一个号码里。现在，你可以在你所有不同的装置和通讯联络中用一个号码，这要归功于一个科技公司发明设计的新系统，这个公司运用了当今高增长，高科技的现代社会的科学技术。该公司分派给你一个属于你自己的号码，也就是属于你个人的号码，以此取代属于不同装置的那些号码。这样，你就有了可用于电话、传真、呼机或手机的同一个号码。你所有的电话和联系都可经由这个号码，因此，你就可以按照自己的意愿把不想接听的电话客气地转入你的语音邮件进行处理。 Part V. Writing (50 points) Topic: Some people say that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others think access to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Reqirements: Write an essay of about 300 words, expressing your views on the topic above. In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statements and in the second part you should support the thesis statements with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.

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