1、翻译硕士英语学位 MTI 考试对外经济贸易大学 2013 年真题及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary an(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section One(总题数：20，分数：20.00)1.And that“s not the case with the program _ now.（分数：1.00）A.as it standB.as it standsC.so it standsD.as standing2.I wonder if you could _ me a discount of 8% on orders for 1,00
2、0 units or above.（分数：1.00）A.provideB.effectC.allowD.make3._ we would like to close the business with you, we find your bid unacceptable.（分数：1.00）A.As muchB.Much asC.Like muchD.Much like4.If the samples don“t meet Tom“s requirements, he would decline to _ a large order.（分数：1.00）A.place youB.placeC.ma
3、keD.send you5.Our end-users here find your price too high and _ line _ the prevailing market level.（分数：1.00）A.in, forB.at, throughC.out of, withD.for, by6.I am a _ for the government. Every department is always asking for more money in their budgets.（分数：1.00）A.bean counterB.general staffC.formal cle
4、rkD.prime minister7.The discount of 9% agreed upon was granted only _ no balance was outstanding from previous accounts.（分数：1.00）A.depends onB.in condition thatC.on conditionD.on condition that8.No discount will be offered _ you place an order over 10,000 dozen.（分数：1.00）A.untilB.sinceC.unlessD.excep
5、t9.As to terms of payment, we usually require a confirmed and irrevocable L/C _ by draft at sight.（分数：1.00）A.susceptibleB.availableC.revicableD.desirable10.If you fail to _ your account within ten days, we“ll _ a legal action against you for the money due.（分数：1.00）A.clean, makeB.open, doC.conclude,
6、tryD.clear, take11.John said that he didn“t quite _ and asked me to repeat what I had said.（分数：1.00）A.snatch upB.summon upC.catch onD.watch out12.A budget of five dollars a day is totally _ for a trip round Europe.（分数：1.00）A.inadequateB.incapableC.incompatibleD.invalid13.Satellite communications are
7、 so up-to-date that even when _ in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door.（分数：1.00）A.glidingB.cruisingC.pilotingD.patrolling14.The court considers a financial _ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.（分数：1.00）A.optionB.dutyC.obligationD.penalty1
8、5.I think that I committed a _ in asking her because she seemed very upset by my question.（分数：1.00）A.blunderB.revengeC.reproachD.scandal16.All individuals are required to _ to the laws made by their governments.（分数：1.00）A.obeyB.conformC.concedeD.observe17.He will _ resign in view of the complete fai
9、lure of the research project.（分数：1.00）A.doubtfullyB.adequatelyC.presumablyD.reasonably18.The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable _ his financial situation.（分数：1.00）A.with respect toB.in accord withC.regardless ofD.in terms of19.An obvious change of attit
10、ude at the top towards women“s status in society will _ through the current law system in Japan.（分数：1.00）A.permeateB.probeC.violateD.grope20.These areas rely on agriculture almost _, having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.（分数：1.00）A.respectivelyB.extraordinarilyC.incred
11、iblyD.exclusively三、Section Two Identify(总题数：10，分数：10.00)21.The ultimate aim is to find an acceptable solution. Such as to convince them to continue the contract and accept the delivered equipment.（分数：1.00）A.fragmentB.run onC.correctD.choppy22.Rice called Afghanistan an “important test of the credibi
12、lity of NATO“ President Barack Obama made the same claim in late 2009 when he announced his decision.（分数：1.00）A.fragmentB.run onC.comma spliceD.correct23.Add to this the information and Internet revolutions, and you have a series of historical changes that have produced a single global system, far m
13、ore integrated and faster-moving than ever before.（分数：1.00）A.fragmentB.run onC.comma spliceD.correct24.There are other cases. The cases are the lessons of the past. They should have been obvious. Sadly they are not learned.（分数：1.00）A.comma spliceB.run onC.choppyD.correct25.The consumer activists obv
14、iously range from selfish to unselfish, from dishonest to honest, from thoughtless to well-informed.（分数：1.00）A.run onB.choppyC.correctD.fragment26.Humans derive about 20% of their protein from animal-based products now, but this may need to drop to just 5% to feed the extra two billion people expect
15、ed to be alive by 2050, according to research by some of the world“s leading water scientists.（分数：1.00）A.correctB.run onC.fragmentD.choppy27.The International Monetary Fund is irrelevant to this crisis the Group of Seven leading industrial countries lacks legitimacy in a world where China, Brazil an
16、d other are big players the Bank for international settlement has no operational role.（分数：1.00）A.comma spliceB.run onC.fragmentD.correct28.During the Roman Republic around 50 BC, to protect the grain trade, heavy fines were imposed on anyone directly, deliberately, they insidiously stopped supply sh
17、ips.（分数：1.00）A.comma spliceB.correctC.choppyD.run on29.Investors believe energy prices will rise. Food prices will also continue to rise. Households have no doubt about this. Other prices and wages will automatically follow suit.（分数：1.00）A.run onB.choppyC.correctD.fragment30.In view of the economic
18、development of the country, for the establishment of a commission to prevent practices having adverse effect on competition in the market, to protect the interest of consumers and to ensure freedom of trade carried on by other participants in the markets.（分数：1.00）A.comma spliceB.run onC.fragmentD.co
19、rrect四、Part Reading Compr(总题数：4，分数：40.00)Microsoft and Apple in a Tough New WorldThere is a smug maxim in Silicon Valley arid the places that imitate it: “To survive, you must destroy your company every x years“ (where x varies according to how much the speaker wants to stress the pace of technologi
20、cal change). Sometimes attributed to Intel“s former chief executive Andy Grove, it is a maxim more often repeated than observed. But it can be a lovely and startling thing when a large, publicly traded company takes a big bet by replacing its core product. Microsoft“s new Windows 8 operating system,
21、 which went on sale last Friday, is the most dramatic gamble by a technology company since Intel abandoned the memory market to make semiconductors in the 1980s. Windows is a civilisational tool; there are more than 1bn Windows users around the world but when, after being given a new personal comput
22、er by their IT manager or buying a new device for themselves, those users boot up the new OS, they will recognise nothing. Gone is the familiar “Start“ button and user interface Microsoft has used since it launched Windows 95, 17 years ago. In its place, users will find a screen of shifting colourfu
23、l tiles. If they have set up a Microsoft account with Outlook, their email, calendar and contacts will appear automatically; if their Microsoft account is linked to Facebook, the faces of their Facebook friends will begin blinking in a People tile and the photos they have posted will float into a Li
24、ve tile. To its new users, Windows 8 will seem as personaland as non-corporateas their smartphone or tablet computers. That is the whole idea. Windows 8 can be used with a conventional personal computer with a mouse or touchpad, but doing so is confusing. The operating system works best with a touch
25、 screen, where users can swipe tiles and icons. To show off the new functionality, Microsoft is selling its first computer, the Surfacea $499 touch screen tablet whose cover is a small keyboard, so that the device can also function as a small laptop. Windows 8 and Surface are elegant and innovative,
26、 not qualities one associates with Microsoft“s products. They are mostly the work of Steven Sinofsky, president of the company“s Windows division, who keeps a much-read blog at MSDN, the Microsoft developer network. There, defending the radical change in the design, he wrote: “The new Windows 8 user
27、 experience is no less than a bet on the future of computing, and stakes a claim to Windows“ role in that future. “ Last week the crush at Microsoft“s Times Square store reminded some of the crowds at the launch of an Apple productwhich must have been Microsoft“s hope. But Mr. Sinofsky“s bet also ha
28、s the logic of desperation. A decade ago there were no competitors to Microsoft“s core business of developing and selling “platforms“, the software upon which other developers“ software must run and with which hardware must work. Today, the web is the platform for most computing and Apple“s iOS (the
29、 operating system of the iPhone and iPad) and Google“s Android are the platforms for mobile devices. The sharp edges between business and consumer computing have melted. Microsoft had no choice but to try something new. It is instructive to compare the launch of Windows 8 and Surface with Apple“s mo
30、st recent release, the iPad mini. There“s nothing wrong with the mini : for Tim Cook, Apple“s chief executive, it must seem to fill an important nichethe market for tablets that can be held comfortably in one hand, where Amazon“s Kindle and devices based on Android now dominate. But there“s nothing
31、innovative about Apple“s small tablet. It“s just more of the same. One cannot imagine the late Steve Jobs, Apple“s departed CEO, taking any pride in the thing. It is an interesting historical moment for the two founding companies of the personal computing revolution. Microsoft knows it is slowly dyi
32、ng but declines to accept its fate. Apple, flush with cash, does not yet have to admit that with the death of its tutelary genius, it has lost its way. But secretly, its executives, designers and developers must fear that something is badly wrong. Jobs always said that technology companies began to
33、die when salespeople and bean counters started making the decisions.（分数：10.00）(1).What does the writer mean by saying “it is a maxim more often repeated than observed“?（分数：2.00）A.The maxim functions well in all casesB.The maxim does not function at allC.The maxim functions more at surface valueD.The
34、 maxim does not work much in reality(2).“those users boot up the new OS, they will recognize nothing“ is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.Those who use Windows are generally not good at using computersB.Apple“s OS is so different from WindowsC.Windows is so good that other operating systems can ha
35、rdly surviveD.Windows has been enjoying a monopolistic position in operating system market(3).According to the author, who is dominating the market for small tablet computers?（分数：2.00）A.iPadB.iPad miniC.Kindle and Android tabletsD.Nobody(4).Which of the following can support the claim that “Microsof
36、t had no choice but to try something new“?（分数：2.00）A.Apple is threatening Microsoft“s core business of selling “platforms“B.The differences between business and personal computing are disappearingC.Apple and Google are dominating mobile OS market, Microsoft is a latecomerD.All of above(5).Which of t
37、he following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Steve Jobs would be glad to see the launch of iPad miniB.Windows 8 and Surface do not inherit the usual Microsoft styleC.Apple fears that something is going wrong with the Apple nowD.The future pictures for Apple and Microsoft are gloomyCl
38、osing CanadaThis month Christian Paradis, Canada“s industry minister, said in parliament: “We are pragmatic and welcome foreign investment“. He has a funny way of showing it. Shortly before midnight on Friday, Mr. Paradis said he intended to block the $5.3bn takeover of Progress Energy Resources, a
39、Canadian gas producer, by Petronas, Malaysia“s national oil company. The decision was misguided, threatening a deal that is good for Progress shareholders and for Canada“s industry. Worse than the ruling itself, though, was the arbitrary and opaque process from which it emerged. Since BHP Billiton“s
40、 $39bn takeover of Potash Corporation was blocked two years ago, international investors have been reassured that the Canadian government would intervene in acquisitions only very rarely. Over the weekend, Mr. Paradis has thrown that assumption into doubt. The repercussions for a country that needs
41、hundreds of billions of dollars to develop its oil and gas reserves could be deeply damaging. The 1985 Industry Canada Act gives ministers the power to block a deal if it is not a “net benefit“ to Canada based on a laundry list of possible criteria including corporate governance, state ownership, th
42、e effect on employment, exports and R there are more than 1bn Windows users around the world but when, after being given a new personal computer by their IT manager or buying a new device for themselves, those users boot up the new OS, they will recognise nothing. Gone is the familiar “Start“ button
43、 and user interface Microsoft has used since it launched Windows 95, 17 years ago. In its place, users will find a screen of shifting colourful tiles. If they have set up a Microsoft account with Outlook, their email, calendar and contacts will appear automatically; if their Microsoft account is lin
44、ked to Facebook, the faces of their Facebook friends will begin blinking in a People tile and the photos they have posted will float into a Live tile. To its new users, Windows 8 will seem as personaland as non-corporateas their smartphone or tablet computers. That is the whole idea. Windows 8 can b
45、e used with a conventional personal computer with a mouse or touchpad, but doing so is confusing. The operating system works best with a touch screen, where users can swipe tiles and icons. To show off the new functionality, Microsoft is selling its first computer, the Surfacea $499 touch screen tab
46、let whose cover is a small keyboard, so that the device can also function as a small laptop. Windows 8 and Surface are elegant and innovative, not qualities one associates with Microsoft“s products. They are mostly the work of Steven Sinofsky, president of the company“s Windows division, who keeps a
47、 much-read blog at MSDN, the Microsoft developer network. There, defending the radical change in the design, he wrote: “The new Windows 8 user experience is no less than a bet on the future of computing, and stakes a claim to Windows“ role in that future. “ Last week the crush at Microsoft“s Times S
48、quare store reminded some of the crowds at the launch of an Apple productwhich must have been Microsoft“s hope. But Mr. Sinofsky“s bet also has the logic of desperation. A decade ago there were no competitors to Microsoft“s core business of developing and selling “platforms“, the software upon which
49、 other developers“ software must run and with which hardware must work. Today, the web is the platform for most computing and Apple“s iOS (the operating system of the iPhone and iPad) and Google“s Android are the platforms for mobile devices. The sharp edges between business and consumer computing have melted. Microsoft had no choice but to try something new. It is instructive to compare the launch of Windows 8 and Surface with Apple“s most recent release, the iPad mi
