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1、广 西 民 族 大 学2015年硕士研究生入学考试初试自命题科目试题（试卷代号：A卷）科目代码： 211 科目名称： 翻译硕士英语 适用学科专业： 翻译硕士 研究方向： 英语笔译、英语口译 命题教师签名： 考生须知1 答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题上无效。2 答题时一律使用蓝、黑色墨水笔作答，用其它笔答题不给分。试题册 共 页 第1页3 交卷时，请配合监考人员验收，并请监考人员在准考证相应位置签字（作为考生交卷的凭证）。否则，产生的一切后果由考生自负。Part I. Basic English Knowledge (30 points)Section A: Multiple-choice (2

2、0 points)Directions: There are forty multiple-choice questions in this section. 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) originalityC) i

3、llusionD) invention2. Weve just installed a fan to _ cooking smells from the kitchen. A) ejectB) expelC) excludeD) exile3. Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very _. A) intriguingB) indefiniteC) obscureD) dubious4. Because of the _ noise of t

4、raffic I couldnt get to sleep last night. A) progressiveB) provocativeC) perpetualD) prevalent5. They are _ investors who always make thorough investigations both on local and international markets before making an investment.A) indecisiveB) implicitC) cautiousD) conscious6. A big problem in learnin

5、g English as a foreign language is lack of opportunities for _ interaction with proficient speakers of English. A) instantaneousB) provocativeC) verbal D) dual7. As my exams are coming next week, Ill take advantage of the weekend to _ on some reading.A) catch up B) clear up C) make up D) pick up8. H

6、e 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) whom9. _, he can now only watch it on TV at home.A) Obtaining not a ticket for the matchB) Not obtaining a ticket for the matchC) Not having obtained a ticket for the matchD) Not obtai

7、ned a ticket for the match10. Failure to follow the club rules _ him from the volleyball team.A) disfavored B) dispelled C) disqualified D) dismissed11. Have you ever received _ of what has happened to her?A) the word B) words C) word D) the words12. In her writing, Elinor Wyle often dealt with her

8、own personality as it was, rather than _.A) as others defined itB) its definition by othersC) it was defined by othersD) others definition13. _, she never alters a decision.A) Come what mayB) What may comeC) May what comeD) May come whatever14. It was as a physician that he represented himself, and

9、_ he was warmly received.A) so thatB) such asC) as thatD) as such15. 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 wereB) being the cliffsC) with the cliffsD) the cliffs being16. Of all reasons against humanity, there is

10、 no one worse than _ who employs great intellectual force to keep down the intellect of his less favored brothers.A) himB) oneC) thatD) he17. Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss _ the bread-winners death.A) at the cost ofB) on the verge ofC) as a result ofD) for the sa

11、ke of18. That sound doesnt _ in his language, so its difficult for him to pronounce it.A) happenB) occurC) haveD) take place19. This organization is completely _ any political association, and is able to conduct its own business with foreign counterparts.A) inclusive of B) devoid ofC) independent of

12、D) ignorant of20. A television camera produces an image by converting _ receives into a series of bright and dark dots.A) and itB) itC) what itD) that it21. At the airport, I could hear nothing except the roar of aircraft engines which _ all other sounds.A) diminishedB) drownedC) dwarfedD) devastate

13、d22. 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) splendidB) dreamyC) luxuriousD) fateful23. The total EU trade deficit with Japan has _ around $20 billion for the past three years.A) hang

14、edB) heldC) hoveredD) hunted24. 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) efficientB) accurateC) additionalD) sufficient25. Many technological innovations, such as the telephone,

15、 _ the result of sudden bursts of inspiration in fact were preceded by many inconclusive efforts.A) whose appearanceB) and appear to beC) are appearingD) that appear to be26. In many ways children live, _, in a different world from adults.A) as it turned outB) as it wasC) as it wereD) as it is27. Ou

16、r 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) ideologyB) virtueC) creedD) dogma28. We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything. _ should we fol

17、low anyone like sheep.A) In no accountB) By all accountC) In any accountD) On no account29. Please _ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places, since the law forbids them.A) hinderB) restrainC) restrictD) prohibit30. This year will be difficult for this organization because it _.A) had les

18、s money and fewer volunteers than it did last yearB) has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last yearC) has both less money and fewer volunteers than last yearD) has less money and fewer volunteers than those of last year31. “I thought you had planned to practice piano today.” “I did nothin

19、g but _ letters all day.”A) to writeB) wroteC) writeD) writing32. The most useful way of looking at a map is not as a piece of paper, but as a record of _.A) organized geographical informationB) geographical organized informationC) organizing information geographicallyD) geographically organized inf

20、ormation33. Though the outlaw _ he would never be taken alive, he submitted without a struggle when the police arrived.A) boastedB) declaimedC) deniedD) defended34. Despite his disappointing record this year, I _ feel he is the best man in our team.A) nonethelessB) otherwiseC) thereforeD) moreover35

21、. More than half of those committing murder and violent assaults _ alcohol immediately before the crime.A) have been consumedB) have consumedC) has been consumedD) has consumed36. The lab was _ with two worn wooden benches, set close together to make the most of available space.A) preservedB) furnis

22、hedC) decoratedD) profiled37. When hunters _ animals, they are trying to get as near as possible without frightening the animals away.A) creepB) sneakC) stalkD) hitch38. Because medicine has reduced infant mortality and natural death so significantly, the population has been rising steadily, in spit

23、e of serious effort _ the rate of population.A) of reducingB) to reduceC) to have reducedD) at to reduce39. _ to speak when the audience interrupted him. A. No sooner had he begun B. Hardly had he begunC. Not until he began D. Scarcely did he begin40. No matter how frequently _, the works of Beethov

24、en 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 contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involve

25、d. You should proofread the passage and correct it. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet.It was once thought that air pollution affected only thearea immediately around large cities with factories and/orheavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the wors

26、t air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. In several occasions over the past decade, a _41_heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire east half of _42_the United States and led to health warnings even in rural areasaway any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile _43_

27、traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earthmay be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that thedecreasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting _44_from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a greenhouse effectholding in heat reflected from the e

28、arth andraising the worlds average temperature. Unless this view is _45_correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, many of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as _46_New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water.Another view, little widely held, is that i

29、ncreasing _47_particulate matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight andlowering the earth temperaturea result that would be equally _48_disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create anything _49_close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult orimpossible in many of our top

30、farming areas. At present we donot know for sure that neither of these conditions will happen. _50_Perhaps, if we are very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the worlds temperature will stay about the same as it is now.Part II. Reading Comprehension (45 points)Section A (10 points)

31、Directions: In the section, there are five numbered blanks where appropriate sentences are needed to fill in respectively. Choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into the blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Please write your answers on the Answe

32、r 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

33、 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 star

34、ting 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

35、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

36、, 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

37、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) “Thus, the very reason for the rise of Englishits guarantee of

38、mutual intelligibility among people of different culturescould dissolve if the language continues to fragment into a variety of Englishes.”Bertrand Menciassi, of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages in Europe, said the use of a world language both helps and hinders linguistic diversity. Peo

39、ple can use English for their outside contacts, while cultivating their own tongue or dialect for use at home. On the other hand, he added, English is tending to push European national languages like Dutch or Danish into a corner. (55) The Commission argues that the ability to speak two or three ton

40、gues will give the Europeans economic and technical advantages over their monolingual American rivals in world of diversity, and is about to kick off “The European Year of Languages” in an attempt to promote multilingualism.A) “Something like 70 percent of the Dutch population claim now that they ca

41、n hold a conversation in English quite comfortably. In countries like the Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark you need English to complete your education,” said Mr. Graddol.B) In England, people like Spencer and Shakespeare went on an inventive spree of creating new words and usages and made the language

42、 suitable for literature.C) “We are observing that more and more other languages are taking over the Internet,” said Victor Montviloff, who is responsible for information policy in the communication and information sector at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization here.D

43、) English, like Latin before it, has become a language that is no longer the property of its native speakers, and like Latin, it too may give way to variety of vernacular tongues.E) Researches note a sudden surge of interest in endangered languages, such as those spoken by indigenous groups in North

44、 America.F) That could be extremely dangerous, because the university is the brain of the country and this proposal raised the question whether Dutch continues to be an all purpose language.G) Maintaining linguistic diversity is an important aim of the European Commission, which is concerned that th

45、e increasing acceptance of English as the European lingua franca should not detract from the vitality of other languages.51._ 52. _ 53. _ 54. _ 55. _Section B (20 points)Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage oneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.When I was six or