国际关系学院翻译硕士英语模拟真题试卷.doc

国际关系学院翻译硕士英语真题试卷
(总分：132.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 Vocabulary(总题数：30，分数：60.00)
1.The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things______to teach you the art of learning.
（分数：2.00）
 A.but
 B.nor
 C.as √
 D.like
解析：解析：本题考查固定结构。not so much…as…为固定结构，意为“与其说……，不如说……”。句意：学校教育主要作用与其说是教授你知识，不如说是教授你学习之道。
2.All flights______, we decided to take a greyhound.
（分数：2.00）
 A.were canceled
 B.had been canceled
 C.having canceled
 D.having been canceled √
解析：解析：本题考查独立主格结构。逗号后没有连词提醒，本空应填非谓语动词，故首先排除[A]项和[B]项。空所在部分逻辑主语为All nights，而句子主语是we，所以是考查独立主格结构。nights与cancel之间为被动关系，故选[D]项，因而排除[C]项
3.This company has now introduced a policy______pay rises are related to performance at work.
（分数：2.00）
 A.which
 B.where √
 C.whether
 D.what
解析：解析：本题考查定语从句。分析空前后句子结构可知，主要成份均完整，中间也没有连词，故本空所填词应引导定语从句，所以首先排除[C]项和[D]项。which虽引导定语从句时，句中作主语、宾语或表语，故也排除。题干中，company为定语从句先行词，定语从句关系副词用where，故答案为[B]项。
4.The American businessman had difficulty at times working with his local counterparts in Guangdong Province, for he could speak______Cantonese than Mandarin.
（分数：2.00）
 A.no more √
 B.not more
 C.no less
 D.not less
解析：解析：本题考查固定结构。no more…than…意为“……与……都不，同……一样不”，相当于neither…nor…，含有消极、否定意味。than前后两部分在意义上都是否定。not more…than意为“不及……，不如……”，是more…than否定表示。表示程度上差异。no less…than…意为“与……一样，不比……差”，强调二者具备同等性。not less…than意为“不比……更”，是less…than否定表示。依照前面分句中had difficulty…working with…Guangdong Province可知，这位美国商人粤语和普通话说得都不好，故答案为[A]项。
5.He came into the manager's office______ that he was dismissed.
（分数：2.00）
 A.only to be told √
 B.being told
 C.in order to be told
 D.telling
解析：解析：本题考查非谓语动词。动词不定式用来表示结果，尤其是表示不曾料想或不希望发生动作时，可在前加only。分析句子可知，他走进经理办公室后，应该是被通知，故用动词不定式被动式，所以答案为[A]项。
6.The new director made it clear that his staff were not to accept gifts from clients, ______.
（分数：2.00）
 A.be they jewelry or football tickets √
 B.they are jewelry or football tickets
 C.whether are jewelry or football tickets
 D.no matter are jewelry or football tickets
解析：解析：本题考查让步状语从句倒装。由whether引导让步状语从句中，假如谓语动词是be，此时whether省略，主谓语颠倒，此时动词必须用be，没有些人称、数和时态改变，故答案为[A]项。
7.The terrible disease is said ______the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.
（分数：2.00）
 A.being
 B.to be
 C.to have been √
 D.having been
解析：解析：本题考查非谓语动词。be said to do是固定结构，由句中时间状语over the past few years可知，动作发生在谓语动作之前，故应用动词不定式完成式作宾语，故答案为[C]项。
8.______your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work.
（分数：2.00）
 A.Unless
 B.But for √
 C.Except for
 D.Not for
解析：解析：本题考查虚拟语气在含蓄条件中使用方法。此使用方法中，假设情况不是用一个条件句来表示，而是隐含在诸如without，but for，but that等组成短语或句子中，或由连词but，副词otherwise，以及比较级等表示上下文中。所以，依照题意和语法规则，But for为最好答案。
9.The doctor ______a medicine for the child's stomach pains.
（分数：2.00）
 A.described
 B.subscribed
 C.prescribed √
 D.inscribed
解析：解析：本题考查动词辨析。依照句意可知，医生(the doctor)应给病人开药(a medicine)符合语义，故答案为prescribed，意为“开处方，给医嘱”。described意为“描写、形容，叙述，描绘、作图”。subscribed意为“认、捐赠，签署，题词，署名，认购，订阅，订购”。inscribed意为“雕、刻，题写、题献”。
10.The ______family in Chinese cities now spends more money on housing than before.
（分数：2.00）
 A.normal
 B.average √
 C.usual
 D.general
解析：解析：本题考查形容词辨析。normal意为“正常”，即使有时也可意为“日常，普通”，但强调是达成正常水平，与abnormal(不正常)相对。average在本句中表示“普通，通常”，强调通常水平或普通水准。usual意为“日常，通常，惯常”，强调习惯性、常见、不稀奇。general意为“普通，普遍"时，强调是影响关于事物大多数，具备大多数特征，故答案为[B]项。句意：中国城市普通家庭现在在住房上消费比以前多。
11.Prices are ______to variation without notice.
（分数：2.00）
 A.possible
 B.trendy
 C.likely
 D.subject √
解析：解析：本题考查形容词辨析。possible意为“可能，可接收，合理、能够允许”，惯用于be possible to do sth．(做某事是可能)结构。trendy意为“时髦”。likely意为“可能，适合，有希望”，惯用于be likely to do sth．(可能做某事)结构。subject意为“可能受……影响，易遭受……”，惯用于be subject to sth．结构。句意为：价格若有变动，不再另行通知。依照本空后to variation可排除[A]项和[C]项，依照句意可排除[B]项。
12.Be careful when you talk to your boss. He is in a very bad ______today.
（分数：2.00）
 A.motive
 B.mood √
 C.mind
 D.notion
解析：解析：本题考查名词辨析。motive意为“动机，目标，原因”。mood意为“情绪，心情，气氛，气氛”，in a bad mood是固定使用方法，意为“心情不好”，故答案为[B]项。mind意为“头脑，心思，大脑，智慧”。notion意为“观念，信念，了解”。
13.The government has allocated ten million pounds to the tsunami-______area.
（分数：2.00）
 A.sticken
 B.stricken √
 C.stuck
 D.striked
解析：解析：本题考查形容词辨析。英文中没有sticken，直接排除。stricken意为“遭受……；受灾”，与tsunami-连用后表示“遭受海啸”。依照空前allocated(拨……(给))和tsunami (海啸)判断，政府应该是给海啸受灾地域拨款，故答案为[B]项。stuck意为“被……困住；陷于……而动不了；被……难住；不知所措”。没有striked这个词。
14.The branches could hardly ______the weight of the fruit.
（分数：2.00）
 A.retain
 B.sustain √
 C.maintain
 D.remain
解析：解析：本题考查动词辨析。retain意为“保留，保持，持有，继续拥有”。sustain意为“支撑，支持”。maintain意为“维护，保持，坚持，抚养”。remain意为“逗留，剩下，遗留，继续存在”。依照空前branches和空后weight判断，应该是树枝无法承受果实重量，故答案为[B]项。
15.Her speeches are full of ______wit and warmth.
（分数：2.00）
 A.captivating √
 B.captivated
 C.captive
 D.captured
解析：解析：本题考查形容词辨析。captivating意为“迷人，有魅力，有吸引力”。captivated意为“(以某种感染力)吸住，迷惑住，征服”，为动词captivate过去式和过去分词。caprive意为“被监禁，被关起来”。captured意为“捕捉，拍摄，夺取，攻夺”，为动词capture过去式和过去分词。依照空后wit and warmth可知需要形容词修饰，故首先排除[B]项和[D]项。能够形容speeches形容词只能是captirating，故为答案。
16.After the terrorist attacks in Europe, he ______the idea of going to Spain for a holiday.
（分数：2.00）
 A.gave in
 B.dismissed √
 C.missed
 D.struck
解析：解析：本题考查动词(短语)辨析。give in意为“让步，屈服，投降，上交”；dismiss意为“(从头脑中)去除，不再考虑”，dismiss the idea of…为固定搭配，意为“打消(做某事)念头”，符合语义，故为答案。miss意为“错过；思念，思念”。strike意为“罢工；击；攻击；打”。
17.He asked for $ 5, 000 in ______for the injury he suffered in the accident.
（分数：2.00）
 A.damages √
 B.losses
 C.damage
 D.loss
解析：解析：本题考查名词辨析。loss意为“损失”，通常指财产损失。damage意为“损坏”，通常指客观事物破坏、损伤。damages意为“损害赔偿(金)”，即对一个人所受损害赔偿。losses意为“损失额(金)”。依照空前$5，000和空后the injury判断，本空应表示受伤后赔偿金，故选[A]项。
18.Unfortunately, most public places are simply not geared ______the needs of people with disabilities.
（分数：2.00）
 A.with
 B.for
 C.to √
 D.at
解析：解析：本题考查介词辨析。be geared to／towards是固定搭配，意为“使适合；适应……需要”，后接名词、代词或动名词，故答案为[C]项。
19.A solar cell takes radiation from the sun and ______it into electricity.
（分数：2.00）
 A.alters
 B.modifies
 C.shapes
 D.converts √
解析：解析：本题考查动词辨析。alters意为“改变，更改，修改(衣服使更合身)，改建(房屋)”。modifies意为“修饰；调整；缓解”。shapes意为“塑造，使成为……形状(样子)”。convens意为“转换、可转变为”。依照句意判断，应该是将太阳能转换成电，故答案为[D]项。
20.His constructive proposal for improving the program is ______of our attention.
（分数：2.00）
 A.worth
 B.worthy √
 C.worthwhile
 D.worthless
解析：解析：本题考查固定搭配。be worthy of sth．为固定搭配，意为“值得做某事”，故答案为[B]。be worthy of相当于be wonh doing sth．或be worthwhile to do sth．。worthless意为“无价值，不值钱，没用处”。
21.A good English learner is supposed to ______a large vocabulary.
（分数：2.00）
 A.command √
 B.order
 C.control
 D.lead
解析：解析：本题考查动词辨析。command意为“拥有，掌握”，command a large vocabulary意为“掌握大量词汇”，是固定使用方法，故为答案[A]项。order意为“命令；整理；订货”。control意为“指挥，控制，掌管，支配”。lead意为“造成；领导，引导；牵”。
22.The government has launched several campaigns to crack ______on pirating.
（分数：2.00）
 A.up
 B.in
 C.down √
 D.for
解析：解析：本题考查介词辨析。分析句子可知，本题要求填入适宜介词与动词crack和介词on组成搭配。crack up意为“(精神)瓦解”。crack down on意为“打击，镇压，制裁”。依照空后pirating(侵害版权者；盗版者)可知，答案应为[C]项。
23.Traditionally people believed that obesity resulted from overeating only. Today, however, many doctors believe that it is a (n) ______of genes.
（分数：2.00）
 A.affair
 B.matter √
 C.thing
 D.object
解析：解析：本题考查名词辨析。It's a matter of sth．是固定句型，意为“这是……问题”，故答案为[B]项。
24.We were so poor in those days that the whole family had only one ______and were ashamed of being seen.
（分数2.00）
 A.clothes
 B.clothing
 C.garment √
 D.costume
解析：解析：本题考查名词辨析。四个选项都有“衣服，服装”之意。clothes是普通用词，多指包含上衣、内衣或裤子等详细一件件衣服。clothing是惯用词，为集合名词，是衣服总称。garment语气庄重，正式用词，复数形式可与clothes换用，指身上全部穿着；单数形式指单件衣服，尤指长袍、外套等外面衣服。costume指流行于某一地域或某一时代服装。分析句子可知，此处表示全家人只有一件衣服，故答案为[C]项。
25.Everybody says that he takes his grandfather, with his big fleshy nose that takes ______too much space on his face.
（分数：2.00）
 A.to; up
 B.after; up √
 C.of; off
 D.from; away
解析：解析：本题考查介词辨析。分析句子可知，本题要求填入适宜介词与动词take搭配。take to意为“喜欢，习惯于……；开始从事”。take up意为“开始从事，着手处理；占(地方)；费(时间)；占据”。take after意为“(在外表、举止、性格方面)像(某家庭组员)”。take off意为“起飞，急忙离开，脱下”。take from意为“减去，减损，降低”。take away意为“拿走，夺走，使离开，使消失，消除(病痛等)”。分析句子可知，第一空由空后his grandfather判断，应表示“长得像他祖父”，第二空由空后too much space判断，应表示“占据空间”，故答案为[B]项。
26.Seeing the closet on fire, he made a futile attempt to save the paintings from the flames. The underlined word probably means______.
（分数：2.00）
 A.prompt
 B.frenzied
 C.frantic
 D.useless √
解析：解析：本题考查形容词词义了解。依照画线词前面on fire和后面attempt(尝试)判断，试图将那些画从大火中抢救出来是徒劳之举，故答案为[D]项。useless意为“无益，无用，徒劳”。prompt意为“灵敏，及时，快速”。frenzied意为“狂乱，狂暴，疯狂似”。frantic意为“(因恐惧、焦虑等)发疯似，发狂，慌乱不安，担心纷乱”。
27.Her parents keep her on a short______, although she has turned 20.
（分数：2.00）
 A.leash √
 B.lash
 C.blush
 D.lush
解析：解析：本题考查名词辨析。leash意为“(牵狗)皮带，链条”。lash意为“抽打，鞭端皮条，鞭梢”。blush意为“(因难堪、惭愧)面部泛起红晕”。lush意为“醉汉”。keep sb．on a short leash是固定搭配，意为“对某人看得很紧”，故答案为[A]项。
28.This is a widely ______book owing to its insightful understanding of the subject.
（分数：2.00）

 A.exclaimed
 B.claimed
 C.reclaimed
 D.acclaimed √
解析：解析：本题考查形容词辨析。exclaimed意为“呼叫，惊叫，大声说”，是exclaim过去式和过去分词。claimed意为“要求(应得权利)，声称，需要，夺走”，是claim过去式和过去分词。reclaimed意为“再生，翻造，收复，回收”。acclaimed意为“备受推崇，广受欢迎”。依照空前副词widely和空后名词book首先排除[A]项和[B]项。依照空后insightful understanding(深刻了解)判断，[C]项不符合语义，故答案为[D]项。
29Doctors recommend Vitamin C for keeping colds ______bay.
（分数：2.00）
 A.to
 B.for
 C.in
 D.at √
解析：解析：本题考查介词辨析。keep sb．／sth．at bay是固定搭配，意为“使……不能靠近，预防……侵袭”。分析句意可知，维生素C能够远离感冒，故答案为[D]项。
30.Normally he is rather______, but sometimes he talks freely about himself.
（分数：2.00）
 A.reserved √
 B.informal
 C.peaceful
 D.sociable
解析：解析：本题考查形容词辨析。reserved意为“缄默寡言”，依照转折连词but和talks freely (侃侃而谈)可知，符合语义，故为答案。informal意为“不拘礼节，友好随便”，与后面转折连词but逻辑不符。peaceful意为“和平；平静”，反义词是violent和noisy，不能和talks freely形成反差。sociable意为“好交际；友善”。
二、 Reading Comprehension(总题数：10，分数：70.00)
The temperature of the sun is over 5 000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed. Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core. The first three zones are regarded as the sun's atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins. The sun's outermost layer begins about 10, 000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare of the sun's rays. The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The corona's rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike rays near the sun's north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the sun's equator. The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun's corona rays reach the Earth, they are weak and invisible.（分数：12.00）
(1).Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun's______.（分数：2.00）
 A.size
 B.age
 C.location
 D.temperature √
解析：解析：事实细节题。依照题干中Matter和gas将本题出处定位于文章第一段第二句。该句提到，太阳比地球酷热得多，因而除了太阳关键，物质只能以气体形式存在。由此可知，太阳上物质以气体形式存在是因为太阳温度，故答案为[D]项。
(2).The second paragraph is mainly concerned with______.（分数：2.00）
 A.how the sun evolved
 B.the structure of the sun √
 C.why scientists study the sun
 D.the distance of the sun from the planets
解析：解析：主旨大意题。第二段介绍太阳由外至内是由日冕层、色球层、光球层、对流层和关键五个部分组成。由此可知，第二段主要关于太阳结构，故答案为[B]项。
(3).All of the following are parts of the sun's atmosphere EXCEPT the______.（分数：2.00）
 A.corona
 B.chromosphere
 C.photosphere
 D.core √
解析：解析：事实细节题。依照题干中atmosphere将本题出处定位于文章第二段第三句。该句提到，日冕层、色球层和光球层属于太阳大气。由此可知，关键不属于太阳大气，故答案为[D]项。
(4).The word "glare" in the passage probably means______.（分数：2.00）
 A.strong heat
 B.harmful effect
 C.bright unpleasant light √
 D.endless warmth
解析：解析：词义了解题。依照题干中glare将本题出处定位于文章第三段。该段提到，日食时候能看到日冕，其余时候，只有在相机和望远镜上使用特殊仪器，遮住日光“glare”，才能观察到日冕。由此推测，glare在此指是刺眼光，故答案为[C]项。
(5).According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become______.（分数：2.00）
 A.hotter
 B.clearer
 C.thinner √
 D.stronger
解析：解析：事实细节题。依照题干中corona rays和reach the planet将本题出处定位于文章最终一段最终一句。该句提到，日冕光线抵达地球时就已经变弱且看不到了，[C]项对原文中weak and invisible同义转述，故为答案。
(6).Which of the following do the paragraphs following the passage most likely discuss?（分数：2.00）
 A.The remaining layers of the sun. √
 B.The evolution of the sun to its present form.
 C.The eclipse of February 1979.
 D.The scientists who study astronomy.
解析：解析：推理判断题。第二段提到太阳是由日冕层、色球层、光球层、对流层和关键五个部分组成，接着第三至五段介绍了日冕层，由此推断，下文最有可能继续介绍太阳其余几个组成部分。故答案为[A]项。
Seeing the wreck for the first time, under the great arc of a sunny sky on that level shore, I was initially impressed by its remoteness. Here was the focus of those weeks of discussion, of seemingly endless careful planning: a slightly projecting, elongated outline. The warmth of the day meant that many holiday-makers were about, and our equipment rapidly attracted them to the site, unmistakable with its brilliant orange marker, each attached to a steel post. These posts marked off the four corners of our working area, and were linked by a rope to keep it clear of curious sightseers. Many structural features of the wreck which would normally have been visible were obscured by the sand, which was not only right up to but even above the upper gun deck. We went to work immediately when the first low tide made a start possible, and set up our basic survey line running down the middle of the wreck from bow to stern. As we set about measuring the sides of the ship in their relation to survey line, the "Amsterdam" emerged as a vessel of substance, and more so when the members of the team had scoured her aged timbers free from mussel shells and seaweed. All this activity attracted an increasing number of sightseers, whose interest was natural and welcome, since the more people who were moved to understand what we were about, the better it was for archaeology in general and for the future preservation of the " Amsterdam" in particular. However, there were also predatory souvenir hunters who were most disappointed by our merely taking elaborate measurements, with no apparent intention of digging up more objects.（分数：12.00）
(1).Seeing the wreck of the "Amsterdam", the author was impressed by______.（分数：2.00）
 A.its apparent isolation √
 B.its accessibility from the shore
 C.the crowds of people round it
 D.the effect of its outline against the sky
解析：解析：事实细节题。依照题干中seeing th