1、2015 年四川外国语大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷及答案与解析一、Word Derivation1 The_among the allies was no secret to the enemy.(harmony)2 The situation there was_. Something must be done promptly.(tolerate)3 This is made of_material.(resist heat)4 She was a very _ social scientist. She proved that apart from self-love, there were
2、 other basic human instincts.(observe)5 You can live longest and best and most_by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.(reward)6 You think Im joking? No! Im in dead_.(earn)7 Many times he demonstrated his_to other cops.(fear)8 In modern society, workers are in danger of being_. They be
3、come extension of the machine.(human)9 _, most of these students studying overseas will come back eventually instead of settling down there permanently.(presume)10 Nobody knows for sure how much these free official banquets have cost the people, but it must have reached on_figure.(astronomy)二、Vocabu
4、lary11 The emotional strain of attending his dying mother_all his strength.（A）sapped（B） depleted（C） enervated（D）enfeebled12 The social worker claimed that it was impossible for the old man to live on his_pension.（A）inadequate（B） insufficient（C） meager（D）skimpy13 The mystic found it hard, if not impo
5、ssible, to_his philosophic position.（A）state（B） verbalize（C） communicate（D）deliver14 Literary magazines give $ 200_for critical articles from people who want to make a name for themselves in this field.（A）emolument（B） remuneration（C） stipend（D）honorariums15 He displayed_ignorance in handling what wa
6、s an only routine personnel problem.（A）opprobrious（B） deplorable（C） culpable（D）regrettable16 Europeans_the indigenous Indian population they met with.（A）supplanted（B） displaced（C） rectified（D）renovated17 Disappointment followed his hopes of_after the costly operation.（A）rejuvenescence（B） renascence（
7、C） rejuvenation（D）recrudescence18 He attempts to_the truth by appealing to dishonest, ignorant and irresponsible bigotry.（A）vitiate（B） adulterate（C） contaminate（D）pervert19 The typical _professor was rapt in solving an equation while crossing against a red light.（A）inattentive（B） abstracted（C） absen
8、t-minded（D）oblivious20 A newly independent colony was plunged into _ by warring factions and a lack of central leadership.（A）riot（B） anarchy（C） disorder（D）disturbance21 _parents are relying even more heavily on tutors and cram schools to help their children succeed.（A）Nervous（B） Anxious（C） Fretful（D
9、）Farsighted22 G. B Shaw wondered how parents could wait until their anger cooled in order to _ their children in cold blood.（A）flog（B） spank（C） thrash（D）scourge23 A_smile that in the next minute turned into an embarrassed blush.（A）winsome（B） blithe（C） cherry（D）sunny24 The judges ruling that politica
10、l beliefs of the accused were_to the question of his guilt.（A）extrinsic（B） superfluous（C） inessential（D）immaterial25 A corrupt public official was_by colleagues afraid of inquires into their own affairs.（A）palliated（B） glossed over（C） whitewashed（D）extenuated26 “The only way to get rid of a temptati
11、on is to yield to it,“ wrote Oscar Wilde, a composer of brilliant_.（A）mottos（B） aphorisms（C） apothegms（D）epigrams27 The manager_a clerk whose clumsiness was responsible for the complete breakdown of operations in his department.（A）rebuked（B） admonished（C） reprimanded（D）reproached28 They_the mounting
12、 evidence of discrepancies in the report as justifying a new investigation.（A）beckoned（B） invoked（C） subpoenaed（D）conjured29 According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, only 25% of those who suffer hip _ever fully recover; as many as 20% will die within 12 months. Even when patients do
13、 recover, nearly half will need a cane or a walker to get around.（A）frankincense（B） fragments（C） fractures（D）fraction30 A steady flow of the _weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enha
14、nced.（A）covetous（B） coveted（C） coveting（D）covet三、Reading Comprehension30 Chris Hrapko isnt afraid of tough conversations. As the founder of a nonprofit social-service agency, she battles bureaucracies on behalf of the homeless and the working poor. But there is one conversation Hrapko avoided. When
15、her 92-year-old mother fell and broke her hip earlier this year, Hrapko knew it would affect her independent mothers living arrangements and health. But Hrapko, 51, was clueless about her moms wishes. “We talked about a lot of things,“ she says, “but we never talked about a future in which my mom fa
16、ced a problem that could leave her disabled, bedridden or on life support. “A recent survey by AARP found that nearly 70 percent of adult children have not talked to their parents about issues related to aging. Some children avoid this most intimate of conversations because they believe their parent
17、s dont want to talk. Others think they know what their parents want. And some simply dont want to face the very real truth that if you are lucky enough to have parents who live well into their senior years, chances are good that disease, injury, frailty, even loneliness, will affect a parents well-b
18、eing.While its clear that having a conversation with aging parents is important, there is no blueprint on how to do it well. What works for one family may not work for yours. The key is to be flexible, says Mary Anne Ehlert, founder of Chicago-based Protected Tomorrows, an advocacy firm for families
19、 with special needs. She has found that one of the best ways to get the conversational ball rolling is to talk about your parents and what they would do if faced with a situation in which people they loved could no longer care for themselves. “ Ask your parents for advice; seek their wisdom in helpi
20、ng you help them,“ Ehlert says.Its also important for adults to be honest about what they are prepared to do for their parents. As parents age and become frail, many will need help with personal hygiene. Its these kinds of issues that can make the most devoted child balk. “Before you agree to be a c
21、aregiver, make sure you understand what you may be in for,“ says Monika White, president-elect of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. “ Adult children need to acknowledge their own limitations and then be prepared to make some type of arrangement for the things they sim
22、ply cant do. “Realize that there is no such thing as one conversation about aging. “ No one resolves the future in one afternoon of talk,“ says psychologist Brian Carpenter of Washington University in St. Louis. “Its a process. “ One strategy is to schedule time to talk about a specific subject, suc
23、h as wills or living arrangements.31 According to the first paragraph, Chris Hrapko_.（A）avoided talking about the issue of aging with her mother（B） realized that her mother wanted to talk to her about the future life（C） believed that her mother didnt want to talk to her about the aging issue（D）knew
24、that the injury would cause her mother lonelier than before32 Many adult children have not talked to their parents about aging not because_.（A）some children think that their parents dont want to talk（B） some children believe that they know their parents well（C） some children are not lucky enough to
25、have parents who live well into their senior years（D）some children shun the reality that their parents need help33 We can learn from paragraph 3 that_.（A）Chris Hrapko needs to seek advices from the expert and follow them step by step（B） Talking about your parents personal values may make the convers
26、ation disputable（C） It is unadvisable to talk about your parents future life where you cannot take care of them（D）talking with your parents about their aging but find an appropriate way34 The underlined word “balk“(Para. 4)most probably means_.（A）lazy（B） stop（C） joy（D）disappoint35 Which of the follo
27、wing is true of the text?（A）Chris Hrapkos mother refused to talk about the future problem with her daughter.（B） Mary Anne Ehlert advised people to communicate with their parents on their own way.（C） Monika White thought that if people cannot meet their parents need, they cannot be a good caregiver.（
28、D）Brian Carpenter suggested that people should spend more time in communicating with their parents.35 Less than five years ago. Scottish Opera was trapped in a financial quagmire from which few thought it could recover. Today, however, the national company seals its comeback by announcing its most w
29、ide-reaching program to date. In an interview with The Times, Alex Reedjik, general director of Scottish Opera, explained that a series of collaborations with other companies would enable it to maximize its output without compromising its budget. He admitted that the partnerships were borne of finan
30、cial necessity, but argued they would allow the company to reach greater audiences than ever before. “Collaborations are the way forward,“ he said. “We have often done co-productions in the past but they are more important to us now to enable us to achieve all of our hopes. The problem is that sets
31、are very expensive. If you can share those costs with another organization and not impact on artistic integrity, that is a positive, welcome and necessary thing.Highlights of the 2009-10 season will include a new co-production with New Zealand Opera of Rossinis The Italian Girl in Algiers, and a joi
32、nt venture with Opera North The Adventures of Mr. Broucek, by Leos Janacek, featuring a 40-strong choir singing Hussite hymns, along with bagpipes and an organ. An unashamedly Italianate season this Autumn begins with a revival of Giles Havergals popular 1994 production of The Elixir of Love. There
33、will also be a revival of the Tony-award winning director Stewart Laings production of Puccinis La Boheme.The turnaround in the companys fortunes is striking. In 2005, the year before Mr. Reedjik joined the organization, Scottish Opera was forced to make half of its staff, including the entire choru
34、s , redundant and abandon its main-scale productions for a season after accumulating debts of a-round 4.5 million. The companys core grant, which at that time came from the Scottish Arts Council(it is now funded directly by the government)had not risen for several years. However, it had also haemorr
35、haged funds by staging the hugely expensive Ring Cycle, and according to some critics , had been overspending on props, with rumors of cast members wearing 300 designer shoes.A 7 million rescue package put together by the then Labor-led Scottish Executive saved the company from going dark on a perma
36、nent basis, but the ease with which it almost went under forced a rethink of priorities. While the company continues to stage several major productions each season, it has also introduced smaller touring worksthe acclaimed Five: 15 serieswhich pairs leading writers with composers to create 15-minute
37、 chamber pieces that could be developed into longer productions. The aim, says Mr. Reedjik, is to put on as much opera in Scotland as possible without breaking the bank. So far the strategy seems to be working, with audiences averaging at around 95 ,000 people in the past three years, a rise of almo
38、st 50 per cent compared with 2004 -05, the season before the company went dark. “What we are trying to do now is live within our means and raise as much as possible from philanthropic means,“ said Mr. Reedjik. “ We seemed to have dropped out of the news for dumb stuffnow were in the news for our int
39、eresting work. “36 This text is probably abridged from_.（A）a story（B） a speech（C） an argumentation（D）an interview37 The phrase “compromising its budget“(Line 5, Para. 1)probably means_.（A）agreeing on the principles（B） increasing the financial expanses（C） reaching the financial standards（D）promising
40、a higher income38 It can be inferred from the last sentence in Paragraph 1 that_.（A）the quality of artistic performances may be worsened for lack of necessary funding（B） sharing the cost of sets can help the Scottish Opera out of financial difficulty（C） the series of collaborations with other compan
41、ies have maximized the Scottish Operas output（D）its important for audience to hold a positive view on such co-productions39 The fact that “the ease . forced a rethink of priorities“(Line 2-3, Para. 4)suggests that_.（A）the company makes great efforts in advocating its major productions（B） the company
42、 hires only the prestigious writers and composers to create works（C） the company tries its hand in producing shorter touring works（D）the company seeks for more funding from the local political party40 The best title for this article is_.（A）Collaboration Helps Revive Scottish Opera（B） A Rethink of Pr
43、iorities in Productions（C） Turnaround in the Companys Fortunes（D）Persistence of Artistic Integrity Reading Passage 340 Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In hi
44、s latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why we should, Like, Cure, John Mcwhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, see the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.Blaming the perm
45、issive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education. Mr. Mcwhorters an academic specialty is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom“ , for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss the case-ending
46、s of Old English.But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing,“ has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s even the most well regarded writing since then
47、 has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.Illustrated with an entertaining array of ex
48、amples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. Mcwhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like, care. As a linguist, he acknowledges that all varieties of human language, including non-standard ones like Black English, c
49、an be powerfully expressivethere exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas. He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate spe
