[考研类试卷]2016年国际关系学院翻译硕士英语真题试卷一、Vocabulary1 The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things______to teach you the art of learning.（A）but（B）nor（C）as（D）like2 All flights______, we decided to take a greyhound.（A）were canceled（B）had been canceled（C）having canceled（D）having been canceled3 This company has now introduced a policy______pay rises are related to performance at work.（A）which（B）where（C）whether（D）what4 The American businessman had difficulty at times working with his local counterparts in Guangdong Province, for he could speak______Cantonese than Mandarin.（A）no more（B）not more（C）no less（D）not less5 He came into the manager's office______ that he was dismissed.（A）only to be told（B）being told（C）in order to be told（D）telling6 The new director made it clear that his staff were not to accept gifts from clients,______.（A）be they jewelry or football tickets（B）they are jewelry or football tickets（C）whether are jewelry or football tickets（D）no matter are jewelry or football tickets7 The terrible disease 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 been8 ______your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work. （A）Unless（B）But for（C）Except for（D）Not for9 The doctor ______a medicine for the child's stomach pains.（A）described（B）subscribed（C）prescribed（D）inscribed10 The ______family in Chinese cities now spends more money on housing than before. （A）normal（B）average（C）usual（D）general11 Prices are ______to variation without notice.（A）possible（B）trendy（C）likely（D）subject12 Be careful when you talk to your boss. He is in a very bad ______today. （A）motive（B）mood（C）mind（D）notion13 The government has allocated ten million pounds to the tsunami-______area. （A）sticken（B）stricken（C）stuck（D）striked14 The branches could hardly ______the weight of the fruit.（A）retain（B）sustain（C）maintain（D）remain15 Her speeches are full of ______wit and warmth.（A）captivating（B）captivated（C）captive（D）captured16 After the terrorist attacks in Europe, he ______the idea of going to Spain for a holiday.（A）gave in（B）dismissed（C）missed（D）struck17 He asked for $ 5, 000 in ______for the injury he suffered in the accident.（A）damages（B）losses（C）damage（D）loss18 Unfortunately, most public places are simply not geared ______the needs of people with disabilities.（A）with（B）for（C）to（D）at19 A solar cell takes radiation from the sun and ______it into electricity.（A）alters（B）modifies（C）shapes（D）converts20 His constructive proposal for improving the program is ______of our attention. （A）worth（B）worthy（C）worthwhile（D）worthless21 A good English learner is supposed to ______a large vocabulary.（A）command（B）order（C）control（D）lead22 The government has launched several campaigns to crack ______on pirating.（A）up（B）in（C）down（D）for23 Traditionally people believed that obesity resulted from overeating only. Today, however, many doctors believe that it is a (n) ______of genes.（A）affair（B）matter（C）thing（D）object24 We were so poor in those days that the whole family had only one ______and were ashamed of being seen.（A）clothes（B）clothing（C）garment（D）costume25 Everybody says that he takes ______his grandfather, with his big fleshy nose that takes ______too much space on his face.（A）to; up（B）after; up（C）of; off（D）from; away26 Seeing the closet on fire, he made a <u>futile</u> attempt to save the paintings from the flames. The underlined word probably means______.（A）prompt（B）frenzied（C）frantic（D）useless27 Her parents keep her on a short______, although she has turned 20.（A）leash（B）lash（C）blush（D）lush28 This is a widely ______book owing to its insightful understanding of the subject. （A）exclaimed（B）claimed（C）reclaimed（D）acclaimed29 Doctors recommend Vitamin C for keeping colds ______bay.（A）to（B）for（C）in（D）at30 Normally he is rather______, but sometimes he talks freely about himself.（A）reserved（B）informal（C）peaceful（D）sociable二、Reading Comprehension30 The temperature of the sun is over 5, 000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core. The first three zones are regarded as the sun's atmosphere. But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins.The sun's outermost layer begins about 10, 000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare of the sun's rays.The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The corona's rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike rays near the sun's north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the sun's equator.The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun's corona rays reach the Earth, they are weak and invisible.31 Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun's______. （A）size（B）age（C）location（D）temperature32 The second paragraph is mainly concerned with______.（A）how the sun evolved（B）the structure of the sun（C）why scientists study the sun（D）the distance of the sun from the planets33 All of the following are parts of the sun's atmosphere EXCEPT the______.（A）corona（B）chromosphere（C）photosphere（D）core34 The word "glare" in the passage probably means______.（A）strong heat（B）harmful effect（C）bright unpleasant light（D）endless warmth35 According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become______. （A）hotter（B）clearer（C）thinner（D）stronger36 Which of the following do the paragraphs following the passage most likely discuss? （A）The remaining layers of the sun.（B）The evolution of the sun to its present form.（C）The eclipse of February 1979.（D）The scientists who study astronomy.36 Seeing the wreck for the first time, under the great arc of a sunny sky on that level shore, I was initially impressed by its remoteness. Here was the focus of those weeks of discussion, of seemingly endless careful planning: a slightly projecting, elongated outline. The warmth of the day meant that many holiday-makers were about, and our equipment rapidly attracted them to the site, unmistakable with its brilliant orange marker, each attached to a steel post. These posts marked off the four corners of our working area, and were linked by a rope to keep it clear of curious sightseers.Many structural features of the wreck which would normally have been visible were obscured by the sand, which was not only right up to but even above the upper gun deck. We went to work immediately when the first low tide made a start possible, and set up our basic survey line running down the middle of the wreck from bow to stern. As we set about measuring the sides of the ship in their relation to survey line, the "Amsterdam" emerged as a vessel of substance, and more so when the members of the team had scoured her aged timbers free from mussel shells and seaweed.All this activity attracted an increasing number of sightseers, whose interest was natural and welcome, since the more people who were moved to understand what we were about, the better it was for archaeology in general and for the future preservation of the " Amsterdam" in particular. However, there were also predatory souvenir hunters who were most disappointed by our merely taking elaborate measurements, with no apparent intention of digging up more objects.37 Seeing the wreck of the "Amsterdam", the author was impressed by______.（A）its apparent isolation（B）its accessibility from the shore（C）the crowds of people round it（D）the effect of its outline against the sky38 According to the passage, the holiday-makers on the beach were______.（A）confined within a roped-off area（B）confined to the upper part of the wreck（C）kept well away from the orange markers（D）discouraged from entering the roped-off area39 The word "obscured" in the passage probably means______.（A）made clearer（B）made less clear（C）obtained（D）filled40 We are told that work on the wreck was made difficult by______. （A）the slope of the beach（B）the height of the ship（C）the number of holiday-makers（D）the volume of the sand41 The passage suggests that the "Amsterdam" had been a______. （A）submarine（B）warship（C）fishing boat（D）passenger liner42 The passage suggests that "I" was most likely a (n) ______. （A）reporter（B）archaeologist（C）tourist（D）beach keeper42 Nineteenth-century associationist theories assumed that the mind functions in terms of association, forming sets of concepts and experiences. Associationists argued that mental contents could be studied by noting the links of similarity, contrast and proximity which exist in an individual's thought and behavior patterns. Pavlov's notion of conditioning is itself base on the associationist theory that one stimulus becomes associated with another. If a bell is rung each time a dog is given food, the dog will become conditioned to salivate on hearing the bell ring, despite the absence of food.First used to investigate the differences in cognitive styles, word-association tests became a sensitive instrument for the detection of emotional concerns.In a word-association test, a subject is presented with a list of about 100 words as stimuli. Each word is chosen by the tester and the subject is required to respond with the first word that comes into his or her mind on hearing the stimulus word. The tester notes the subject's response time for each of the words with the use of a chronometer.It is argued that if the subject is emotionally indifferent to a stimulus word, the response time for the reaction is very short. If, on the other hand, the stimulus word carries emotional significance for the subject, the response time is likely to be significantly longer. In addition, reactions to significant words may also include hesitation, stuttering, involuntary movement or other symptoms of disturbance.Jung, who used word-association tests in the early part of his career, showed that family members, in particular mothers and daughters and husbands and wives, exhibited similar responses to the same stimulus words. He argued that this indicated a failure to achieve individuation and was indicative of the potentially negative dynamics that exist in family relationships.In a test carried out by Donald D. Jaffe, a pioneer of word-association tests, a subject was observed to exhibit delay and disturbance in response to the words "friend", "bottle", and "fight". Jaffe suggested that the subject had been involved in a drunken fight with a friend in which a window had been broken. The subject admitted that such an experience had, indeed, taken place and that the friend had asked the subject to pay for the damages resulting from injuries he had received.43 Associationist theories______.（A）were useful only for studying how people think（B）were first used by Jung in word-association tests（C）formed the basis for Pavlov's notion of conditioning（D）were used to assess a person's vocabulary44 According to the passage, a chronometer is a device to measure______.（A）time（B）facial expressions（C）voice（D）association between words45 In a word-association test, ______can be significant.（A）the time of response（B）the word provided by a subject（C）facial expressions of the subject on hearing the word（D）all of the above46 According to Jung, ______.（A）the father and the daughter in a family responded quite differently to a word stimulus（B）the similarity of the responses in a family indicated that the family members got on well with each other（C）the similarity of the responses in a family indicated that children in the family were not capable of individual thinking（D）if members in a family responded similarly to a word stimulus, the family was going to break up47 Jaffe's experiment shows that______.（A）the word-association test is very powerful（B）word-association tests can be used only for assessing unpleasant experiences （C）the subject was an aggressive man（D）the friend was right in asking the subject to pay for the injuries48 The passage mainly talks about the significance of word-association tests in assessing______.（A）people's cognitive styles（B）people's emotional concerns（C）people's potentials for a task（D）family relationships48 When we feel stressed, our adrenal glands release a peptide called Cortisol. Our body responds with Cortisol whether it faces physical, environmental, academic, or emotional danger. This triggers a string of physical reactions including depression of the immune system, tensing of the large muscles, blood-clotting, and increasing blood pressure. It's the perfect response to the unexpected presence of a sable-toothed tiger. But in school, that kind of response leads to problems. Chronically high Cortisol levels lead to the death of brain cells in the hippocampus, which is critical to explicit memory formation.These physical changes are significant. Stanford scientist Robert Sapolsky found that atrophy levels in the hippocampus of Vietnam veterans with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) ranged from 8 to 24 percent above the control group. Chronic stress also impairs a student's ability to sort out what's important and what's not. Jacobs and Nadel (1985) suggest that thinking and memory are affected under stress. The brain's short-term memory and ability to form long-term memories are inhibited.There are other problems. Chronic stress makes students more susceptible to illness. In one study, students showed a depressed immune system at test time; they had lower levels of an important antibody for fighting infection. This may explain the vicious academic cycle; more test stress means more sickness, which means poor health and missed classes, which contribute to lower test scores.A stressful physical environment is linked to student failure. Crowded conditions, poor student relationships, and even lighting can matter. Optometrist Ray Gottlieb says thatschool stress causes vision problems. That in turn impairs academic achievement and self-esteem. He says that, typically, a stressed child will constrict breathing and change how he or she focuses to adapt to the stress. This pattern hurts learning in the short and long run. Under stress, the eyes become more attentive to peripheral areas as a natural way to spot predators first. This makes it nearly impossible to track across a page of print, staying focused on small areas of print.49 What does NOT Cortisol do?（A）It leads to the death of brain cell.（B）It causes the release of adrenal glandsblood-clotting.（C）It prepares one for the attack of saber-toothed tigers.（D）It affects one's immune system.50 Stress does NOT usually result in______.（A）lower atrophy levels（B）impaired ability to distinguish what is important and what is not（C）weakened thinking（D）inhibited ability to form short and long-term memories51 Which of the following statements is very possibly wrong?（A）People under chronic stress get ill easily.（B）People under chronic stress have more antibody than an average person.（C）The more test stress you have, the lower test scores you might have.（D）Test stress may produce better test scores.52 When would one very possibly NOT feel stressful?（A）When there are few people around.（B）When you do not have many friends.（C）When you are in very bright light.（D）When you read a book of small print.53 Ray Gottlieb is specialized in______.（A）stress studies（B）light studies（C）studies of human eyes（D）education studies54 When Ray Gottlieb says that school stress causes vision problems, he meansthat______.（A）stress leads to short-sightedness of students（B）stress affects students' breathing（C）stress leads to failure to spot predators（D）stress deviates students' focus of attention54 What is happening in the United States today is truly astonishing. In a society that prides itself on its preference for facts over hearsay, on its openness to research, and on its respect for "expert" opinion, parents, educators, administrators, and legislators are ignoring the facts, the research, and the expert opinion about how young children learn and how best to teach them.All across the country, educational programs intended for school-aged children are being appropriated for the education of young children. In some states (for example, New York, Connecticut, and Illinois) educational administrators are advocating that childrenenter school at age four. Many kindergarten programs have become full-day kindergartens, and nursery-school programs have become pre-kindergartens. Moreover, many of these kindergartens have introduced curricula, including work papers, once reserved for first-grade children. And in books addressed to parents a number of writers are encouraging parents to teach infants and young children reading, math, and science. When we instruct children in academic subjects, or in swimming, gymnastics, or ballet, at too early an age, we miseducate them; we put them at risk for short-term stress and long-term personality damage for no useful purpose. There is no evidence that such early instruction has lasting benefits, and considerable evidence that it can do lasting harm.Why, then, are we engaging in such unhealthy practices on so vast a scale? Like all social phenomena, the contemporary miseducation of large numbers of infants and young children derives from the coming together of multiple and complex social forces that both generate and justify these practices. One thing is sure: miseducation does not grow out of established knowledge about what is good pedagogy for infants and young children. Rather, the reasons must be sought in the changing values, size, structure, and style of American families, in the residue of the 1960s efforts to ensure equality of education for all groups, and in the new status, competitive, and computer pressures experienced by parents and educators in the eighties.While miseducation has always been with us — we have always had pushy parents —today it has become a societal norm. If we do not wake up to the potential danger of these harmful practices, we may do serious damage to a large segment of the next generation.55 What is happening in the United States today is truly astonishing because______. （A）people prefer facts over hearsay（B）the Americans are open to research（C）the Americans respect expert opinions（D）many people are blind to facts, research and expert opinions56 Which of the following statements is right according to the text?（A）Educational programs are adopted for young children.（B）Children enter school at age four in the US.（C）Nursery school are becoming more like kindergartens in the US.（D）Parents teach infants and young children reading, math, and science in the US.57 We should not instruct children in academic subjects, or in swimming, gymnastics, or ballet, at too early an age because______.（A）there are short-term stress and long-term personality damages（B）it is not useful（C）it brings too many benefits to be useful（D）we miseducate them58 Which of the following statements is wrong?（A）We educate our children wrongly because social forces make us to do so.（B）We educate our children wrongly because we believe it is good for infants and young children.（C）We educate our children wrongly because our values, size, structure, and style of American families have changed.（D）We educate our children wrongly because we did it to ensure better education of our children.59 The term "miseducation" means______in the passage.（A）educating children wrongly（B）educating children at too early an age（C）educating children according to wrong theories（D）educating children wrong types of knowledge60 Which of the following best sums up the arguments of the text?（A）Education and misdeucation.（B）Parents and education.（C）Kindergartens, nurseries and schools in the US.（D）Health of US education.61 What do you think of the word-association tests as discussed in Passage 3?62 Do you think our, body's response with Cortisol is harmful to our health? Why? (This question is based on Passage 4)63 Please explain in your own words why stress can cause a vicious academic cycle. ( This question is based on Passage 4)64 Many Americans think that very early education is important because they find support from recent educational studies. Do you agree with the statement? (This question is based on Passage 5)65 Why has miseducation become a societal norm? (This question is based on Passage 5)三、Writing66 Directions: Please write a paper of no fewer than 300 words about the following question: Do you think, with growing power of China, Chinese will become an international language in the future? Why?答案见麦多课文库。