2019年宁波大学外国语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解
Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points: 20 for Section A, and 10 for Section B) Section A: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
1. Andrew wanted to be transferred to another department, but her application was _____ because her own department is understaffed.
A. turned down
B. turned over
C. turned away
D. turned off
【答案】A
【解析】句意：安德鲁想调到另一个部门去，但是她的申请被否决了，因为她自己的部门人手不足。
turn down拒绝（某人或其请求、提议等）；调低。
turn over翻转；深思熟虑。
turn away拒绝……进入；弃用（方法、主意）。
turn off驶离；关掉；使丧失兴趣。
因此，本题答案为A。
2. Helen’s been neglecting her homework lately. I’ll _____ with her parents about it.
A. have words
B. have a word
C. have the word
D. have the last word
【答案】B
【解析】句意：海伦最近一直忽视她的家庭作业。
我将和她父母讨论这件事。
have a word with sb.简短地和某人说话。
have words with sb.与某人争吵。
have the last word拥有最终决定权。
因此，本题的正确答案为B。
3.______ more societies are geared to retirement at around 65, companies have a looming problem of knowledge management.
A. Given that
B. Provided
C. Unless
D. While
【答案】A
【解析】句意：考虑到越来越多的群体在65岁左右退休，公司面临着一个迫在眉睫的知识管理问题。
given that考虑到；鉴于。
provided假如；在……条件下。
unless除非；如果不。
while当……的时候；然而。
因此，本题的正确答案为A。
4. Psychologists maintain that the nature of human beings entails a strong need to _____ their free time; idleness can be as stressful as activity.
A. endanger
B. preserve
C. consume
D. organize
【答案】C
【解析】句意：心理学家认为，人的本性需要充分消耗业余时间；懒惰可能和活动一样令人紧张。
consume消耗；挥霍。
endanger危及；使濒临灭绝。
preserve保存；保护。
organize 组织。
因此，本题的正确答案为C。
5. _____ age twenty, Robert Kelly left KCRA, Inc. to enroll _____ the University of California at Davis.
A. at; at
B. at; in
C. upon; in
D. on; at
【答案】B
【解析】句意：20岁时，罗伯特·凯利离开KCRA公司，进入加州大学戴维斯分校学习。
at 与age搭配表示在具体的年岁。
enroll in，固定搭配，意为“参加”。
因此，本题的正确答案为B。
6. We had the unmeasured _____ of the enemy and their air attack still beating upon us.
A. threaten
B. misfortune
C. flinch
D. menace
【答案】D
【解析】句意：那时我们面临着敌人无法衡量的威胁以及他们的空中部队始终攻打着我们。
menace和threat都有“威胁”的意思，但是语气不同。
menace所指的威胁程度最严重，表示使用暴力或造成破坏的可能。
threat语气较弱，指任何公开侵犯对方的言行，给对方构成威胁。
misfortune不幸；灾祸。
flinch退缩，畏惧。
因此，本题的正确答案为D。
7. I _____ the Head Master’s permission to alter darker to sterner. “Not less we praise in sterner days.”
A. have obtained
B. acquire
C. had possessed
D. contained
【答案】A
【解析】句意：我已经获得校长的允许，把“更黑暗的”改成“更严峻的”。
“我们在更严峻的日子里的赞美依然如故。
”obtain和acquire都有“获得，取得”的意思，不过acquire 多指经过努力逐步获得才能、知识、习惯等，也可用于对财物等的获得，该词强调“一经获得就会长期持有”的含义。
possess拥有；具有。
contain包含；控制。
因此，本题的正确答案为A。
8. AIDS is said _______ the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.
A. being
B. to be
C. to have been
D. having been
【答案】C
【解析】句意：据说艾滋病是过去几年该地区男性和女性的头号杀手。
sb./sth. be said to do 经常与It is/was said that sb./sth...进行转换。
由时间状语“over the past few years”可知，动作发生在谓语动作之前，故应用不定式的完成式作宾语。
因此，本题的正确答案为C。
9. Sometimes he was brilliant; sometimes he was maddeningly tiresome. The underlined word means _____.
A. exhausting
B. dull
C. annoying
D. bored
【答案】C
【解析】句意：有时他很聪明；有时他令人心烦意乱。
tiresome讨厌的；令人厌烦的。
C 项annoying使恼怒的；使生气的，意思与tiresome一致。
exhausting使人筋疲力尽的；使耗尽的。
dull迟钝的；无趣的。
bored无聊的；无趣的。
因此，本题的正确答案为C。
10. Uncle Bubba was tough, kind, funny, and scary all ______ one, which was just
what Dan and I needed.
A. mix into
B. merged into
C. fixed into
D. rolled into
【答案】D
【解析】句意：布巴叔叔是一个集坚强、善良、有趣和可怕为一体的人，这正是丹和我所需要的。
习语rolled into one的英文释义为“combined together into one thing or person”。
因此，本题的正确答案为D。
11. In fact, as he approached his beloved daughter, he only barely resisted the _____
to stroke her pretty soft hair.
A. impulse
B. intuition
C. instinct
D. incentive
【答案】A
【解析】句意：事实上，当他走近他深爱的女儿时，他几乎忍不住去抚摸她那漂亮柔软的头发。
impulse冲动；心血来潮；一时的念头。
intuition直觉力；直觉。
instinct本能；天性。
incentive激励；刺激；鼓励。
因此，本题的正确答案为A。