2016年广西民族大学翻译硕士英语考研真题A卷

2016 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%) Section A: Multiple-choice (20 %) Directions: There are forty multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. On my way to the office, I saw a little girl standing in front of the shop window looking _____ at the toys inside. A. faintly B. ferociously C. deliberately D. wistfully 2. Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his _____ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied. A. reaction B. comment C. impression D. comprehension 3. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit. A. retain B. sustain C. maintain D. remain 4. With an eighty-hour week and little change or enjoyment, life must have been very _____ for the 19th-century worker. A. disinterested B. dry C. weary D. depressed 5. The need for cash is forcing new graduates to take any job going, and many start their working life in _____, often menial jobs. A. momentary B. mechanical C. ashamed D. primeval 6. The bus became _____ before they arrived, and many latecomers had to wait in a long queue. A. occupied B. engaged C. packed D. filled 7. Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was_____. A. approach B. recent C. problematic D. imminent 8. Swarms of wasps are always invading my garden. They are a thorough ______. A. nuisance B. disturbance C. trouble D. annoyance 9. The new airport will be ______ from all directions. A. available B. accessible C. obtainable D. achievable 10. Now researchers are directing more attention to the social and cultural_____ that propelled university graduates into careers in management. A. implication B. impulse C. atmosphere D. imminence 11. The police have offered a large ____ for information leading to the robber’s arrest. A. award B. compensation C. prize D. reward 12. For years she suffered from the _____ that her husband might come back to her. A. vision B. idea C. imagination D. illusion 13. There has been a _____ lack of communication between the union and the management. A. regretful B. regrettable C. regretting D. regretted 14. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _____ loud continuous noise. A. subjected to B. filled with C. associated with D. attached to 15. My mother can’t get _____ because she has rheumatism. A. about B. on C. through D. in 16. The novel contains some marvelously revealing _____ of rural life in the 19th century. A. glances B. glimpses C. glares D. gleams 17. The party’s reduced vote was _____ of lack of support for its policies. A. indicative B. positive C. revealing D. evident 18. At three thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not _____. A. on view B. at a glance C. on the scene D. in sight 19. Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite _____. A. invaluable B. priceless C. unworthy D. worthless 20. In the first few months of the war his army seemed ______, but soon it met its Waterloo. A. incredible B. invisible C. invidious D. invincible 21. _____ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 percent. A. So clever are the construction robots B. So clever the construction robots are C. Such construction robots are clever D. Such clever construction robots are 22. He felt ______ during the interview. And he failed to get the job. A. anything but well B. nothing but well C. something but well D. none but well 23. It is not uncommon for there _____ problems of communication between the old and the young. A .being B. would be C. be D. to be 24. _____, I’ll marry him all the same. A. Was he rich or poor B. Whether rich or poor C. Were he rich or poor D. Be he rich or poor 25. Sorry to have kept you waiting. You must have thought ______. A. we were not coming B. we are not coming C. we didn’t come D. we should not come 26. That was not the first time he _____ us. I think it’s high time we _____ strong actions against him. A. betrayed, take B. had betrayed, took C. has betrayed, took D. has betrayed, take 27. ______, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources. A. Instead of his contributions B. For all his notable contributions C. His making notable contributions D. However his notable contributions 28. I am pleased with what you have given me and _____ you have told me. A. that B. all that C. which D. about whatever 29. ______ earlier, I could have done something to help. A. If I was informed B. Was I informed C. Had I been informed D. If I should be informed 30. _____,he never alters a decision. A. Come what may B. What may come C. May what come D. May come whatever 31. The Minister of Finance is believed extra revenue. of imposing new taxes to raise A. that he is thinking C. that he is to think B. to be thinking D. to think 32. The heart is intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. A. not so B. not much C. no more D. much more 33. The membership card entitled him _____ certain privileges in the club. A. on B. in C. at D. to 34. I have never been to London, but that is the city_____. A. where I like to visit most B. I’d most like to visit C. which I like to visit mostly D. where I’d like most to visit 35. He was ______to tell the truth even to his closest friend. A. too much of a coward B. too much the coward C. a coward enough D. enough of a coward 36. ______ wool that is produced in _____ Scotland is used to make sweaters and other garments. A. / ... the B. / ... / C. The ... the D. The ... / 37. _____ I like economics, I like sociology much better. A. As much as B. So much C. How much D. Much as 38. You cannot be ______ careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case. A. too B. quite C. very D. so 39. _____ enough time and money, the researchers would have been able to discover more in this field. A. Giving B. To give C. Given D. Being given 40. Barry had an advantage over his mother he could speak French. A. since that B. in that C. at that D. so that Section B: Proofreading and Error Correction (10 %) Directions: The following passage contains 10 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. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet. People once widely believed that intelligent life existed on Mars. The 19th century discover of what appeared to be 41. geometric designs cut across the surface was taken as evidence. The lines were thought to have been system of canals that had been built to irrigate the surface. This is now clear that 43. “canals”—perhaps the most spectacular geologic features of Mars—are natural valleys which ancient rivers once flowed. Other fragmented idea concerns the planet’s seasonal changes in color. Once when attributed to the rapid spread of some life-form, these shifts are now known to develop from the movement of fine dust in the atmosphere. By the close of the 20th century none of the many experiments were conducted by spacecraft had ever found persuasive evidence of life. Furthermore, speculation continued over the existence of some form of life, in either the present and the past. In 1996 scientists discovered organic compounds and minerals in a meteorite, consisted of Martian rock, that collided with Earth around 11,000 BC. These compounds suggest that Mars may have been inhabited by organisms more than three billion years ago. 42. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Part II. Reading Comprehension (50 %) Section A (30 %) Directions: There are 3 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 One Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. Department Store Magic For most of the 20th century Smithson's was one of Britain's most successful department stores, but by the mid-1990s, it had become dull. Still profitable, thanks largely to a series of successful advertising campaigns, but decidedly boring. The famous were careful not to be seen there, and its sales staff didn't seem to have changed since the store opened in 1908. Worst of all, its customers were buying fewer and fewer of its own-brand products, the major part of its business, and showing a preference for more fashionable brands. But now all this has changed, thanks to Rowena Baker, who became Smithson's first woman Chief Executive three years ago. Since then, while most major retailers in Britain have been losing money, Smithson's profits have been rising steadily. When Baker started, a lot of improvements had just been made to the building, without having any effect on sales, and she took the bold decision to invite one of Europe's most exciting interior designers to develop the fashion area, the heart of the store. This very quickly led to rising