暨南大学翻译专业研究生入学考试试题A卷.docx

1、暨南大学翻译专业研究生入学考试试题A卷暨南大学翻译专业研究生入学考试试题（A卷）*学科、专业名称：翻译硕士专业 研 究 方 向： 英语笔译考试科目名称： 翻译硕士英语 考试科目代码：211考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 I. Vocabulary & Grammar (30%) Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose ONE ans

2、wer that best completes the sentence. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. This problem should be discussed first, for it takes _ over all the other issues. A.precedenceB.prosperity C.presumptionD.probability2. When you prepare for your speech, be sure to cite _ qualified sources of information

3、 and examples. A.manipulatedB.unbiasedC.distortedD.conveyed3. Turning cultivated land back into forests or pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil _ and desertification in the long run. A.erosion B.depletionC.violationD.delusion4. In that country, a person who marries before legal age must have a

4、parents_to obtain a license. A.sanctionB.warrantC.malignanceD.affirmation5. The book might well have _ had it been less expensive. A. worked out B. gone through C. caught on D. fitted in6. Ill have to _ this dress a bit before the wedding next week. A. let off B. let go C. let loose D. let out7. The

5、 integration of staff for training has led to a good exchange of ideas, greater enthusiasm, and higher staff _. A. moral B. mortal C. morale D. mores 8. The discrepancy in the company accounts is so _that no auditor could have failed to notice it. A.spontaneousB.conspicuousC. notoriousD.superfluous9

6、. Furthermore, if I were to leave him, he would _, for he cannot endure to be separated from me for more than one hour. A. prevail B. preside C. perish D. persecute10. Childhood can be a time of great insecurity and loneliness, during which the need to be accepted by peers _ great significance. A. t

7、akes on B. works out C. brings about D. gives in 11. Artificial intelligence deals partly with the _ between the computer and the human brain. A. profile B. mighty C. analogy D. leakage 12. These natural resources will be _ sooner or later if the present rate of exploitation continues.A. depleted B.

8、 deployed C. inclined D. mingled 13. It is not _much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand. A. that B. as C. so D. very14. Human choice, not the intrinsic content of science, determines the outcome and scientists, as human beings, therefore have a special respons

9、ibility to provide council rooted in _. A. expiration B. explanation C. expertise D. expenditure15. Stocks are not goods they merely are _, exchanging current cash flows from future ones.A. conducts B. conduction C. conduits D. products16. A product is to be regarded as being _ when introduced into

10、another country at less than its normal value. A. discharged B. discarded C. disposed D. dumped17. The government decided to take a _ action to strengthen the market management. A. diverse B. durable C. epidemic D. drastic 18. Inflation will reach its highest in a decade across most of Asia this yea

11、r, threatening to _ recent productivity gains.A. reverse B. reserve C. retrieve D. revise19. The students seldom wash their own clothes; _ they help their parents do some housework. A. rather than do B. much less do C. much more do D. much less 20. In linking geographically disparate people, the Int

12、ernet is arguably helping millions of spontaneous communities to bloom: communities defined by common interests rather than by the accident of _. A. affluence B. reciprocity C. contemporariness D. proximity21. Mr. Browns condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _. A. pull back B. p

13、ull through C. pull up D. pull out22. Nothing is so uncertain as the fashion market where one style _ over another before being replaced.A. dominates B. manipulates C. overwhelms D. prevails 23. Some of the paintings formerly _ the Italian Renaissance artist are now thought to have been created by o

14、ne of his students.A. submitted to B. adapted from C. denied by D. attributed to24. It is absolutely essential that William _ his study in spite of some learning difficulties. A. will continue B. continued C. continue D. continues 25. People who suffer from _, for example, tend to have difficulties

15、gauging facial cues, so their attention is less influenced by where somebody is looking. A. autism B. assertiveness C. extroversion D. sociability 26. Were starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit knowledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to deceive us in

16、 terms of controlling attention, exploiting the _ we make when we do and dont notice a change in our environment. A. imaginations B. conceptions C. perceptions D. assumptions27. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States _ Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobi

17、le production. A. as was B. than was C. than did D. as did 28. A _ negative attitude of the engineers toward projects funded by his company is the cause of the delay of signing the contract.A. perpetual B. pernicious C. preventive D. pervasive 29. _, domesticated grapes grow in clusters, range in co

18、lor from pale green to black, and contain sugar in varying quantities.A. Their botanical classification as berries B. Although their botanical classification as berries C. Because berries being their botanical classificationD. Classified botanically as berries 30. The hospital denies there is any co

19、nnection between the disciplinary action and Dr. Reids _ about health problems. A. allegiance B. alliance C. allegations D. alliterationII. Reading Comprehension (40%)Directions: This part consists of two sections. In Section A, there are four passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice quest

20、ions. In Section B, there is one passage followed by a total of 5 short-answer questions. Read the passages and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.Section A Multiple-Choice Questions (30%)Passage 1Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Three hundred years ago news travelled by wo

21、rd of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters. “The coffee houses particularly are very roomy for a free conversation, and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news,” noted one observer. Everything changed in 1833 when the

22、first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun, pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news, thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience. The penny press, followed by radio and television, turned news from a two-way conversation into a one-way broadcast, with a relatively sma

23、ll number of firms controlling the media.Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house. The internet is making news more participatory, social and diverse, reviving the discursive characteristics of the era before the mass media. That will have profound effects on socie

24、ty and politics. In much of the world, the mass media are flourishing. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009. But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries.Over the past decade, throughout the western world, people have been giving up newspap

25、ers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways. Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling, sharing, filtering, discussing and distributing news. Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing. Classified documents are published in thei

26、r thousands online. Mobile phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts. Social-networking sites help people find, discuss and share news with their friends.And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite

27、. Technology firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news. Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directly via social networks; many countries now make raw data available through “open government” initiatives. The internet lets people read newspapers or

28、watch television channels from around the world. The web has allowed new providers of news, from individual bloggers to sites, to rise to prominence in a very short space of time. And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism, such as that practiced by WikiLeaks, which provides an a

29、nonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents. The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets.In principle, every liberal should celebrate this. A more participatory and social news environment, with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources, is a good

30、thing. The transformation of the news business is unstoppable, and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure. As producers of new journalism, individuals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources. As consumers, they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards. And although this transformation does raise concerns, there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse, vociferous, argumentative and str