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上海师范大学

2015年翻译硕士专业学位研究生入学考试初试模拟试题

考试科目：211翻译硕士英语

PartI.(30’)

SectionA:Vocabularyandgrammar(20’)

Directions:heachntencethere

arefourwordsorphrasmarkedA,B,onewordorphrathatbest

uranswersonyourANSWERSHEET

eainanation'smoneysupply,withoutanaccompanyingincreain

economicactivity,__________resultinhigherprices.

he

ndto

2.X-raysareabletopassthroughobjectsandthusmake__________detailsthatare

otherwiimpossibletoobrve.

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evisible

forbikesatthatstorerun__________250dollars.

to

as

notbe__________tovoteinthisyear'lection.

nough

oldas

Jefferson'sachievementsasanarchitectrivalhiscontributions

__________apolitician.

ingtotheconditionsofmyscholarship,afterfinishingmy

degree__________.

ationwillbeemployedbytheuniversity

mentwillbegiventomebytheuniversity

versitywillemployme

eemployedbytheuniversity

'swifewon'tagreetosignthepapers,____________.

rwillhe

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rwon''tneither

8._____isgenerallyaccepted,economicgrowthisdeterminedbythesmooth

developmentofproduction.

ntrevolutionhavingbrokenout,alltheportsofthatcountrywerelaidunder

a(n)______.

_________can'tworkintheUnitedStateswithoutapermit,soitisofgreat

importanceforthemtoprenttheircredentialstothegovernment.

ants

hewar,anewschoolbuildingwasputup_____therehadoncebeena

theatre.

ncityhasbeentupin_____wasawastelandtenyearsago.

sorSmith,alongwithhisassistants,______ontheprojectdayandnightto

meetthedeadline.

king

sidentspokeatthebusinessmeetingfornearlyanhourwithout______his

notes.

on

ernethasbrought______bigchangesinthewaywework.

ristsaretoldthattheremotestvillageinthisareaisonly_________bya

river.

able

__________interruptedmebyaskingirrelevantquestions.

ntly

manof_________llaboredzealouslyto

advancetheinterestofthecommunityandwasmuchinterestedinbringingnew

manufacturingintereststoWaterloo.

ation

opledothingswrongweshouldtryhardtoforgivethem,astheidiom

goes,“To______ishuman.”

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ghgainingajobasareal__________agentorbrokermayberelatively

easy,beginningagentsandbrokersmayfacecompetitionfromwell-established,more

experiencedones.

SectionB:ProofReading&ErrorCorrection(10’)

dicatedlinecontainsamaximumof

ca,uldproof-readthe

passageandcorrectitinthefollowingway:

Forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneintheblank

ssingword,markthepositionofthemissing

wordwitha"L"signandwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblank

nnecessaryword,crosstheunnecessaryword

withaslash"/"andputthewordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.

Thecentralproblemoftranslatinghasalwaysbeenwhethertotranslateliterallyor

umenthasbeengoingsinceatleastthefirst(1)______

ebeginningofthe19thcentury,manywriters

favouredcertainkindof“free”translation:thespirit,nottheletter;the(2)_____

nnottheword;themessagerathertheform;thematternot(3)_______

theoftenrevolutionarysloganofwriterswho(4)_______

theturnof19th(5)_______

century,whenthestudyofculturalanthropologysuggestedthat

thelinguisticbarrierswereinsuperableandthatthelanguage(6)_______

wantirelytheproductofculture,theviewtranslationwasimpossible(7)_____

gainedsomecurrency,andwithitthat,ifwasattemptedatall,itmustbeas(8)____

ewculminatedthestatementofthe(9)_______

extreme“literalists”WalterBenjaminandVladimirNobokov.

Theargumentwastheoretical:thepurpoofthetranslation,the

natureofthereadership,thetypeofthetext,

often,writer,translatorandreaderwereimplicitlyidentifiedwith

,thecontexthaschanged,andthebasicproblemremains.(10)____

PartⅡReadingComprehension(20*1.5’+5*2’)

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Directions:Inthisctiontherearefivepassagesfollowedbyatotalof20multiple-

readthepassageandanswer

thequestionontheANSWERSHEET.

TEXTA

ewasstudying,

however,cientlanguageofIndiawas

skritwordfor"mother"—matar—was

almostidenticaltotheLatinword,mater.“Father”waspitarinSanskrit,paterinLatin

ehestudied,themoresimilaritieshefound.

Howcouldthisbe?Thousandsofmilesandmanynaturalbarriersparated

,Jonesconcluded,thesimilaritiesweretoostrongtobe

1786,heannounced“Noonecouldexaminethemallthree,without

believingthemtohavesprungfromsomecommonsource.”

Sincethen,scholarshavetracedmanylanguagestothis“commonsource.”

Today,redidthis

sourceoriginate?anlanguages

havesimilarwordsfortheanimalsandtreesofnorthernEurope,suchasoak,willow,

bear,renocommonwordsfortheanimalsandtreesofsouthern

Europe.

Toscholars,thissuggeststhattheIndo-Europeanlanguagesbeganinnorth

,somenorthernEuropeanstouttowardtheeast,ttlingin

Iran,India,migratedwestwardtowardsouthernandwestern

tlanguagedevelopedintodozensofdifferentlanguages,butthe

dfor“three”isdreiinGerman,tresinSpanish,

treinAlbanian,andtriinRussian.

AlmosteverylanguageinEuropeispartoftheIndo-Europeanfamily,butthereare

the

Pyrenees,s

edbymountains,they

mayhavebeenbypasdbythespreadofIndo-Europeanculture.

dSirWilliamJonesdiscoverwhenhewaslearningSanskrit?

itwasverysimilartosomeEuropeanlanguages.

itwasanancientlanguage.

skritwordformotheristhesameasthatinLatin.

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ndGreekwereverysimilar.

fthefollowingstatementsistrueabout"thecommonsource"?

oundoutthecommonsource.

guagessprangfromthecommonsource.

reelanguagessprangfromthecommonsource.

1786,scholarshavetracedmanylanguagestothecommonsource.

idthecommonsourceoriginate?

h-centralEurope.

stan.

estheword“bypass”inthelastlineprobablymean?

tfrom

nbeconcludedfromthepassage?

irstdiscoveredtherootlanguage.

guageswiththecommonsourcearecalledtheIndo-Europeanfamily.

tlanguagedevelopedintodifferentlanguagesaspeoplemigrated.

anguageinEuropeispartoftheIndo-Europeanfamily.

TEXTB

Yourfirstcultureshockcameafteryouleftyourhomecountryandyouneeded

toadjusttotheUnitedStates,Itisnowimportanttolearnculturalinformationabout

yourcompany,plewhomake

upthinvironmenthavetheirowncustoms,habitsandexpectationsofeachnew

inginformationthatisformal(policy)andinformal(traditions)will

helpyoulearntheprofessionalnormsandbecomefullyaccepted.

Policiesarecorporatedocumentsdescribingprocedures,rules,andstandardsthat

esimilartoofficiallawsthatgoverna

urcesofsuchwrittencompanyinformationincludetheannual

report,productorrvicebrochures,technicalandproceduralmanual,employee

zationaltraditionsareusuallyunwritten

tthetoneandphilosophy

oftheparticularcorporation,twayto

learnsuchinformationistoobrveandtalkwithotherssuchasyoursupervisorand

co-workers.

Youcansupplementideasfromformalintroductorymaterialsgivenyouearlier.

Explorewithfellowemployeesthobehaviorsthatmaybetoleratedbutfrowned

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rsupervisorforfeedbacktoavoidtypicaltrapsthatcouldcauyour

isguidenearby,andrefertoit

ingformalcompanyprocedures,handouts,writtennotes,

ideas,commentsfrombossandcolleagues,togetherwithmaterialsinthis

handbook,willhelpyoumakeamorehealthyculturaladjustment.

thepurpotolearnculturalinformation?

.

betterinthenewenvironment.

moremoney.

oveone'sEnglish.

ingtothepassage,___________isnotthepolicy'sfunction.

bingprocedures,rulesandstandards

ingacountry

gtoguidedecisionmakingandconduct

gdownthecompany'sinformation

8.____________isthebestwaytolearntheorganizationaltraditions.

thepolicies

ythephilosophy

yacountry'scustoms

rveandcommunicatewiththecolleaguesandboss.

akeamorehealthyculturaladjustment?

ispassageoften.

stheorganizationalculturewithyourcolleagues.

andreviewtheformalandinformalinformationinthecorporation.

rbossforhelp.

sageiswrittento___________.

aderstounderstandtheorganization'sculture

nthecultureshock

ethepoliciesandtraditions

aderstoworkbetterwiththeirsupervisorandco-workers

TEXTC

“WhitehostilitytowardAfricanAmericans,andtheresultingdiscrimination,

slavery,manyworking-classwhites,

encouragedbyslaveholders,fearedthereleaoflargenumbersofblacksintothe

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rthernindustriesudAfrican

Americansasstrikebreakersinthefirstdecadesofthiscentury,whiteworkersfeared

,manywhiteAmericansfear“blackviolence”.Moreover,

specificfearsaboutthe“costs”ofwelfareaswellasthe"taking"ofjobsthrough

affirmativeactionhaveaddedtothefearofblackviolence.

ThefearshavetranslatedintonegativestereotypesofAfricanAmericansasa

peoplewhoarepronetocrimeandviolence,unwillingtowork,andadrainonthe

,thestereotypeshavebeen

udtojustifyinformaldiscrimination,topreventthehelptotheurbanpoor,tobe

negligentinenforcinglawsorpoliciesprohibitingdiscriminatorypracticesagainst

blackworkers,andmostimportant,tohesitateinmakingariouffortatjob

ultisthatAfricanAmericans’shareofvalued

resourceshasnotincreadmuchoverthelasttwodecades,evenasformal

ctisudtofurtherthenegative

beliefthatAfricanAmericanshave"nottakenadvantageoftheirequalopportunities."

ingtothepassage,howdidthenorthernindustriesmakeuofAfrican

Americansin1900s?

emtoaskthestrikerstogobacktowork.

emworkveryhard.

edthemtothreatenthewhitestrikers.

edthemintothelabormarket.

estheunderlinedword“stereotype”(inthefirstlineofparagraphtwo)

mostprobablymean?

lexperience

legeneralimage

theillinfluenceofthenegativestereotypes?

helptothepoorblack.

yinginformaldiscrimination.

inglawsprohibitingdiscriminatorypracticesagainstblackworkers.

ngopportunitiesofemploymentfortheblack.

nbeinferredfrom"adrainonthewhitetaxpayer"abouttheAfrican

Americans?

eunwillingtowork.

verpaytax.

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ckcurity.

elfaredependsonthewhite'stax.

horwrotethepassagetotellus__________.

nAmericanspoathreattothewhitesinemployment

nAmericansaredependentonthetaxpaidbythewhites

nAmericansarediscriminatedagainstbecautheyareoftenonstrike

ofthreatintensifiesthewhite'shospitalityanddiscriminationagainst

theAfricanAmericans

TEXTD

rthe

landscapenorthepeoplefindtheircounterpartsinanyotherportionoftheglobe.

umnscrawl

throughamazeofgiantcorridorsdownwhichfiercesnow-fedtorrentsfoamunder

escenesofsavagebrilliancytheredwellsaracewho

atharvest-time,when

lf-prervationrequiresatemporarytruce,thePathantribesarealwayngagedin

anisawarrior,

largehouisarealfeudalfortressmade,itistrue,onlyofsun-bakedclay,butwith

battlements,turrets,loopholes,drawbridges,illagehasits

amilycultivatesitsvendetta;everyclan,eroustribes

ang

iverforgotten,purposofsociallife,in

additiontotheconventionaboutharvest-time,amostelaboratecodeofhonourhas

oknewitand

obrveditfaultlesslymightpassunarmedfromoneendofthefrontiertoanother.

Theslightesttechnicalslipwould,however,eofthePathanisthusfull

ofinterest;andhisvalleys,nourishedalikebyendlesssunshineandabundantwater,

arefertileenoughtoyieldwithlittlelabourthemodestmaterialrequirementsofa

sparpopulation.

Intothishappyworldthenineteenthcenturybroughttwonewfacts:therifleand

stwasanenormousluxuryandblessing;thecond,

venienceoftheriflewasnowheremoreappreciated

nwhichwouldkillwithaccuracyatfifteen

hundredyardsopenedawholenewvistaofdelightstoeveryfamilyorclanwhich

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ldactuallyremaininone'sownhouandfireatone's

ldlieinwaitonsomehighcrag,andat

llagescouldfireateach

uspricesweretherefore

-thievesscouredallIndiato

yflowofthecovetedweapons

spreaditsgenialinfluencethroughoutthefrontier,andtherespectwhichthePathan

tribesmenentertainedforChristiancivilizationwasvastlyenhanced.

TheactionoftheBritishGovernmentontheotherhandwantirely

atorganizing,advancing,absorbingpowertothesouthward

athanmadeforaysinto

theplains,notonlyweretheydrivenback(whichafterallwasnomorethanfair),but

awholeriesofsubquentinterferencestookplace,followedatintervalsby

expeditionswhichtoiledlaboriouslythroughthevalleys,scoldingthetribesmenand

ouldhavemindedthe

expeditionsiftheyhadsimplycome,

casthiswastheirpracticeunderwhatwascalledthe"butcherandboltpolicy"to

ardstheendofthenineteenth

centurytheintrudersbegantomakeroadsthroughmanyofthevalleys,andin

ughttoensurethesafetyoftheroadsby

threats,asnoobjectiontothelastmethodsofaras

wholeofthistendencytoroad-makingwasregardedbythePathans

ngtheroadpeoplewereexpectedtokeepquiet,notto

shootoneanother,oo

muchtoask,andawholeriesofquarrelstooktheiroriginfromthissource.

ddebtsin"veryfewdebtsareleftunpaid"inthefirstparagraph

means______

A．loans.B．accountsC．killingsD．bargains.

fthefollowingisNOToneofthegeographicalfactsabouttheIndian

frontier?

opulation.

evalleys.

ingtothepassage,thePathanswelcomed________

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roductionoftherifle.

eadofBritishrule.

ensionofluxuries

eadoftrade.

ngroadsbytheBritish_______

ndtoawholeriesofquarrels.

tedthePathansfromearningonfeuds.

edthesubsidiespaidtothePathans.

ePathansamuchquieterlife.

bletitleforthepassagewouldbe

gningontheIndianfrontier.

PathansrentedtheBritishrule.

ularityofriflesamongthePathans.

hansatwar.

TEXTE

Spaceexplorationhasalwaysbeentheprovinceofdreamers:Thehuman

imaginationreadilysoarswherehumaningenuity(创造力)strugglestofollow.A

VoyagetotheMoon,oftencitedasthefirstsciencefictionstory,waswrittenby

wasdeadandburiedforagoodthreecenturies

beforethefirstmannedrocketsstartedtofly.

In1961,whenPresidentKennedydeclaredthatAmericawouldndamantothe

moonbythedecade’nd,thowords,too,

resonated(共鸣)withoptimismandambitioninmuchthesamewayasthemost

famousdreamspeechofall,

theendofthedecade,bothvisionshadyieldedconcreteresultsandtransformed

inmanywaysthetwodreamndedupatoddswitheach

htforracialandeconomicequalityisintenlypragmatic(讲求实用的)

figurativelyandliterallyotherworldlyinitsaims.

Whenthedustttled,asnograndfollow-up

hnologicallycompromidspaceshuttleprogramhas

justcometoanend,petualargumentisthatfundsaretight,

ecurrentconcernsabout

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thefederaldeficit,reachingtowardthestarsemsadispensableluxury—asifsaving

one-thousandthofasingleyear’sbudgetwouldsolveourproblems.

developingariesofroboticprobes

llrveasmodemMagellans,

mappingoutthesolarsystemforwhateverexplorersfollow,whethermanormachine.

Ontheflipside,companieslikeVirginGalacticareplottingabottom-upassaulton

espaceflightcouldlie

rdecadeortwoanditcouldgo

mainstream.

Thespacedreamerndupbenefitingallofus—notjustbecauofthewaythey

expandhumanknowledge,orbecauofthespin-offtechnologiestheyproduce,but

rtinLutherKingand

JohnKennedyappealedtotheideathathumanscantranscendwhatwereonce

efaceemingchallengesinenergy,the

environment,owwewilltranscendtheaswell,andthe

eevidencewecollectthatour

speciesiscapableofgreatness,themorewewillactuallyachieveit.

thetheauthormentionCyranodeBergerac?

22.“AVoyagetotheMoon”waswrittenbywhomandwhen?

thegeneralpublicviewKennedy’sspaceexplorationplan?

estheauthorsayaboutAmerica’saimtoexplorespace?

estheauthorthinkoftheproblemsfacinghumanbeings?

PartⅢWRITING(30’)

Weallknowthatmenandwomenplaydifferentrolesinmodernsociety,and

thattheydifferinmanyways,suchashowtoperceivetheworld,howtotackle

bouttheissueanddiscussthedifferent

waysinwhichmenandwomenbehaveintermsofinterpersonalrelationships,

expressingaffection,friendshipandviewsonbeauty.

WriteonANSWERSHEETTWOacompositionof160-200wordsonthe

followingtopic:

TheDifferentApproachesorPerceptionsofMenandWomen

Youaretowriteinthreeparts.

Inthefirstpart,stateyourviewonthisissue.

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Inthecondpart,supportyourviewwithdetailsorexamples.

Inthelastpart,bringwhat,youhavewrittentoanaturalconclusionorasummary.

Markswillberewardedforcontent,organization,grammarandappropriacy.

Failuretofollowtheinstructionsmayresultinalossofmarks.

参考答案：

partⅠ(30’)

ctionAVocabularyandgrammar(20’)

1-5DCACC6-10DBDBD11-15BACBA16-20AABDB

SectionBProofReadingandErrorCorrection(10’)

后加on

改成some

后加than

改为was

改为at

6.去掉the

后加that

8.删掉was

ent改为statements

改为but

PartⅡReadingComprehension(40’)

1-5ADBBC6-10BBDCB11-15CABDD16-20CBABA

rtoshowthatimaginationisthemotherofinvention

22.“AVoyagetotheMoon”waswrittenbyCyranodeBergeracin1649.

dedverymuchlikeadream.

etoexplorespaceisnotintenlypragmatic(讲求实用的)and

otbringaboutimmediateeconomicgains.

25Tomorrowwewilltranscendtheaswell,andtheycanbesolvedsoonerorlater

withhumaningenuity.

PartⅢWRITING(30’)(略)