复旦大学考研翻译硕士英语真题2015模拟题

复旦大学

2015年翻译硕士专业学位研究生入学考试初试模拟试题

考试科目：211 翻译硕士英语

Part I. Vocabulary and grammar (20’)

Directions: There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET

1. A violent revolution having broken out, all the ports of that country were laid under a(n) ______.

A. boycott

B. embargo

C. embark

D. ban

2. Since_________ can't work in the United States without a permit, so it is of great importance for them to present their credentials to the government.

A. emigrants

B. expatriates

C. migrants

D. immigrants

3. Most investors are taught at the very beginning that there is no place for __________in investment markets.

A. feeling

B. emotion

C. passion

D. sentiment

4. I__________ my ordinary income by doing some part-time work.

A. compliment

B. Complement

C. supplement

D. implement

5. Before the statue could be __________to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.

A. transformed

B. transported

C. transferred

D. transmitted

6. The final document was, of course, supposed to mend the damage __________upon the world by the war,

A. imposed

B. impressed

C. compelled

D. compressed

7. Roger, who __________in courage, is highly respected by all his peers in the villages.

A. bounds

B. possesses

C. declares

D. abounds

8. The tourists are told that the remotest village in this area is only_________ by a river.

A. accessible

B. available

C. obtainable

D. achievable

9. He__________ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions.

A. continually

B. continuously

C. consistently

D. constantly

10. Being a man of _________ and public spirit. Mr. Russell labored zealously to advance the interest of the community and was much interested in bringing new manufacturing interests to Waterloo.

A. firm

B. enterprise

C. company

D. corporation

11. _____ out of taxi, he was seized by the police.

A. To step

B. When stepped

C. In his stepping

D. On his stepping

12. They are ______ arrive in time owing to the serious traffic jam.

A. impossible

B. unlikely

C. unseemly

D. improbably

13.I didn’t know what to do but then an idea suddenly _____ me.

A. happened

B. occurred

C. entered

D. hit

14. Why don’t you bring ______ his attention that you are too ill to go on working.

A. that to

B. this on

C. it to

D. one as

15. I think there’s no comparison between the two cars, one _____ clearly far better than the other.

A. being

B. was

C. having been

D. be

16. When people do things wrong we should try hard to forgive them, as the idiom goes, “To ______ is human.”

A. refer

B. confer

C. defer

D. err

17. Although gaining a job as a real __________agent or broker may be relatively easy, beginning agents and brokers may face competition from well-established, more experienced ones.

A. property

B. estate

C. house

D. assets

18. The constitution of the State required that property should be __________for taxation at its market value.

A. estimated

B. appraised

C. evaluated

D. valued

19. On June 15, 1909, after Scott finished his rushed plans for his________ to the South Pole, he departed from England.

A. tour

B. voyage

C. expedition

D. excursion

20. The government authority had to __________oil and other products so that it would not run out during war.

A. share

B. fare

C. provide

D. ration

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(20*2’+5*4’)

Directions: In this section there are five passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions and 5 short answer questions. Please read the passage and answer the question on the ANSWER SHEET.

TEXT A

“I'm a little worried about my future，”said Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate．He should be so lucky．All he had to worry about was whether to have an affair with Mrs Robinson．In the sixties，that was the sum total of post-graduation anxiety syndrome．

Hoffman's modern counterparts are not so fortunate．The Mrs Robinsons aren't sitting around at home any more，seducing graduates．They are out in the workplace，doing the high-powered jobs the graduates want，but cannot get．For those fresh out of university, desperate for work but unable to get it，there is a big imbalance between supply and demand．And there is no narrowing of the gap in sight．

The latest unemployment figures show that 746,000 of 18-24 year-olds are unemployed— a record rate of 18 per cent．Many of those will have graduated this summer．They are not panicking yet，but as the job rejections mount up，they are beginning to feel alarmed．

Of course，it is easy to blame the Government and，in particular, the target that Labour has long trumpeted---50 per cent of school-leavers in higher education．That was not too smart．The Government has not only failed to meet its target—the actual figure is still closer to 40 per cent— but it has raised expectations to unrealistic levels．

Parents feel as badly let down as the young people themselves．Middle-class families see their graduate offspring on the dole(救济金)queue and wonder why they bothered paying school fees．Working-class families feel an even keener sense of disappointment．For many such families，getting a child into university was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream．It represented upward social and financial mobility．It was proof that they were living in a dynamic，economically successful country．That dream does not seem so rosy now．

Graduate unemployment is not，ultimately, a political problem ready to be solved．Job-creation schemes for graduates are very low down in ministerial in-trays．If David Cameron's Conservatives had a brilliant idea for guaranteeing every graduate a well-paid job，they would have unveiled it by now．It is a social problem，though a more deep-seated social problem than people perhaps realize．

1．The author begins with an episode from The Graduate in order to

A．support the fact that more women are working now．

B．show that few graduates started working right after graduation．

C．demonstrate that there were much fewer graduates than now．

D．emphasize the sharp contrast between now and then．

2．With regard to job opportunities for young graduates，the author sounds

A．pessimistic． B．hopeful． C．indifferent． D．furious．

3．The author is ____ the Labour Government's target：50% of school leavers in higher education．

A．in favour of B．doubtful about

C．strongly critical of D．mildly critical of

4．Which of the following statements about parents’ feelings is CORRECT?

A．Working—class parents feel just as disappointed．

B．Parents and their children feel equally disappointed．

C．Middle—class parents feel more disappointed．

D．Parents feel more disappointed than their children．

5．Towards the end of the passage，the author implies that

A．there will be job-creation schemes for graduates．

B．graduate unemployment is more of a political issue．

C．graduate unemployment is both a political and a social issue．

D．the Conservatives are doing far from enough to solve the issue．

TEXT B

No matter how many times you have seen images of the golden mask of boy king Tutankhamen，come face to face with it in Egypt's Cairo museum，and you will suck in your breath．

It was on Nov 4，1923，that British archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled on a stone at the base of the tomb of another pharaoh(法老)in Luxor that eventually led to a sealed doorway．

Then，on Nov 23，Carter found a second door and when he stuck his head through it，what he saw was to stun the world．Inside lay the great stone coffin，enclosing three chests of gilded wood．

A few months later, when a crane lifted its granite cover and one coffin after another was removed, Carter found a solid block of gold weighing 110kg．In it was the mummy(木乃伊) of the 19-year-old Tutankhamen，covered in gold with that splendid funeral mask．And all this lay buried for more than 3,000 years．

Months after my trip to Egypt, I can relive the rush of emotion I felt and sense the hush that descended on the crammed Cairo museum's Tutankhamen gallery．

Cairo，a dusty city of 20 million people，is a place where time seems to both stand still and rush into utter chaos．It is a place where the ancient and contemporary happily go along on parallel tracks．

Take the Great Pyramids of Giza，sitting on the western edge of the city．Even as the setting sun silhouettes these gigantic structures against the great desert expanse，a call for prayer floats over semi-finished apartment blocks filled with the activity of city life．

While careful planning for the afterlife may lie buried underground in Cairo，it is noise and confusion on the streets．Donkey carts battle for space with pedestrians and the only operative road rule is “might is right．”But it is a city that is full of life—from the small roadside restaurants to the coffee shops where men and women smoke the shisha(水烟壶)．

Donkey carts piled high with flat-breads magically find their way in and out the maddening traffic；young women in long skirts and headscarves hold hands with young men in open collar shirts，while conversations dwell on Kuwait's chances at the soccer World Cup．

6．According to the context, “suck in your breath” means “feel a sense of ____"．

A．awe B．horror C．doubt D．delight

7．Which of the following statements about the discovery of the mummy is INCORRECT?

A．The mummy was first discovered by a British archaeologist．

B．The discovery of the mummy came as a surprise．

C．The mummy was found lying right inside the stone coffin．

D．The masked mummy was covered in gold．

8．Which word CANNOT be used to describe the city of Cairo?

A．Crowdedness． B．Quiet． C．Noise． D．Confusion．

9．Which pair of words/phrases indicates contrast?

A．Gigantic structure；great desert expanse

B．A call for prayer；men and women with the shisha

C．Chaos；maddening

D．Coffee shops；pyramids

10．What is the author's attitude towards Cairo?

A．Positive． B．Objective． C．Negative． D. Not clear

TEXT C

But if language habits do not represent classes, a social stratification in to something as bygone as “aristocracy” and “commons”, they do still of course serve to identify social groups. This is something that seems fundamental in the use of language. As we see in relation to political and national movements, language is used as a badge or a barrier depending on which way we look at it. The new boy at school feels out of it at first because he does not know the fight words for things, and awe-inspiring pundits of six or seven look down on him for not being aware that racksy means “dilapidated”, or hairy “out first ball”. The miner takes a certain pride in being “one up on the visitor or novice who calls t h e cage a “lift” or who thinks that men working in a warm seam are in their “underpants” when anyone ought to know that the garments are called hoggers. The “insider” is seldom displeased that his language distinguishes him from the “outsider”.　

Quite apart from specialized terms of this kind in groups, trades and professions, there are all kinds of standards of correctness at which mast of us feel more or less obliged to aim, because we know that certain kinds of English invite irritation or downright condemnation. On the other hand, we know that other kinds convey some kind of prestige and bear a welcome cachet.　

In relation to the social aspects of language, it may well be suggested that English speakers fall into three categories: the assured, the anxious and the in different. At one end of this scale, we have the people who have “position” and

“status”, and who therefore do not feel they need worry much about their use of English. Their education and occupation make them confident of speaking an unimpeachable form of English: no fear of being criticized or corrected is likely to cross their minds, and this gives their speech that characteristically unself conscious and easy flow which is often envied.

At the other end of the scale, we have an equally imperturbable band, speaking with a similar degree of careless ease, because even if they are aware that their English is condemned by others, they are supremely indifferent to the fact. The Mrs Mops of this world have active and efficient tongues in their heads, and if we happened not to like the/r ways of saying things, well, we “can lump it ”. That is their attitude. Curiously enough, writers are inclined to represent the speech of both these extreme parties with -in’ for ing. On the one hand, “we’re goin’ huntin’, my dear sir”; on the other, “we’re goin’ racin’ , ma te.”　

In between, according to this view, we have a far less fortunate group, the anxious. These actively try to suppress what they believe to be bad English and assiduously cultivate what they hope to be good English. They live their lives in some degree of nervousness over their grammar, their pronunciation, and their choice of words: sensitive, and fearful of betraying themselves. Keeping up with the Joneses is measured not only in houses, furniture, refrigerators, cars, and clothes, but also in speech.　

And the misfortune of the “anxious” does not end with their inner anxiety. Their lot is also the open or veiled contempt of the “assured” on one side of them and of the “indifferent” on the other.　

It is all too easy to raise an unworthy laugh at the anxious. The people thus uncomfortably stilted on linguistic high heels so often form part of what is, in many ways, the most admirable section of any society: the ambitious, tense, inner-driven people, who are bent on“ going places and doing things”. The greater the pity, then, if a disproportionate amount of their energy goes into what Mr Sharpless called“ this shabby obsession” with variant forms of English— especially if the net result is(as so often)merely to sound affected and ridiculous. “Here”, according to Bacon, “is the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not matter …. It seems to me that Pygmalion’s frenzy is a good emblem m …of this vanity: for words axe but the images of matter; and except they have life of reason and invention, to fall in love with them is to fall in love with a picture.”　

11. The attitude held by the assured towards language is ___.　

A. critical

B. anxious

C. self-conscious

D. nonchalant

12. The anxious are considered a less fortunate group because ___.　

A. they feel they are socially looked down upon　

B. they suffer from internal anxiety and external attack　

C. they are inherently nervous and anxious people　

D. they are unable to meet standards of correctness　

13. The author thinks that the efforts made by the anxious to cultivate what they believe is good English are ___.　

A. worthwhile

B. meaningless

C. praiseworthy

D. irrational

TEXT D

Fred Cooke of Salford turned 90 two days ago and the world has been beating a path to his door. If you haven’t noticed, the backstreet boy educated at Blackpool grammar styles himself more grandly as Alastair Cooke, broadcaster extraordinaire. An honourable KBE, he would be Sir Alastair if he had not taken American citizenship more than half a century ago.　

If it sounds snobbish to draw attention to his humble origins, it should be reflected that the real snob is Cooke himself, who has spent a lifetime disguising them. But the fact that he opted to renounce his British passport in 1941 — just when his country needed all the wartime help it could get-is hardly a matter for congratulation.　

Cooke has made a fortune out of his love affair with America, entrancing listeners with a weekly monologue that has won Radio 4 many devoted adherents. Part of the pull is the developed drawl. This is the man who gave the world “mida tlantic”, the language of the disc jockey and public relations man.　

He sounds American to us and English to them, while in reality he has for decades belonged to neither. Cooke’s world is an America that exists largely in the imagination. He took ages to acknowledge the disaster that was Vietnam and even longer to wake up to Watergate. His politics have drifted to the right with age, and most of his opinions have been acquired on the golf course with fellow celebrities. He chased after stars on arrival in America, Fixing up an interview with Charlie Chaplin and briefly becoming his friend. He told Cooke he could turn him into a fine light comedian; instead he is an impressionist’s dream.　

Cooke liked the sound of his first wife’s name almost as much as he admired her good looks. But he found bringing up baby difficult and left her for the wife of his

landlord. Women listeners were unimpressed when, in 1996, he declared on air that the fact that 4% of women in the American armed forces were raped showed remarkable self-restraint on the part of Uncle Sam’s soldiers. His arrogance in not allowing BBC editors to see his script in advance worked, not for the first time, to his detriment. His defenders said he could not help living with the 1930s values he had acquired and somewhat dubiously went on to cite “gallantry” as chief a mong them. Cooke’s raconteur style encouraged a whole generation of BBC men to think of themselves as more important than the story. His treacly tones were the model for the regular World Service reports From Our Own Correspondent, known as F OOCs in the business. They may yet be his epitaph.　

14. At the beginning of the passage the writer sounds critical of ___.　

A. Cooke’s obscure origins　

B. Cooke’s broadcasting style　

C. Cooke’s American citizenship　

D. Cooke’s fondness of America　

15. The following adjectives can be suitably applied to Cooke EXCEPT ___.　

A. old-fashioned

B. sincere

C. arrogant

D. popular

16. The writer comments on Cooke’s life and career in a slightly ___ tone.　

A. ironic

B. detached

C. scathing

D. indifferent

TEXT E

　Mr Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless evening landscape. The river lay quiet beside the empty distillery and from time to time a light appeared in some house on Lucan Road. What an end! The whole narrative of her death revolted him and it revolted him to think that he had ever spoken to her of what he held sacred. The cautious words of a reporter won over to conceal the details of a commonplace vulgar death attacked his stomach. Not merely had she degraded herself, she had degraded him. His soul’s companion! He thought of the hobbling wretches whom he had seen carrying cans and bottles to be filled by the barman. Just God, what an end! Evidently she had been unfit to live, without any strength of purpose, an easy prey to habits, one of the wrecks on which civilization has been reared. But that she could have sunk so low! Was it possible he had deceived himself so utterly about her? He remembered her outburst of that night and interpreted it in a harsher sense than he had ever done. He had no difficulty now in approving of the course he had taken.　

As the light failed and his memory began to wander he thought her hand touched his. The shock which had first attacked his stomach was now attacking his nerves. He put on his overcoat and hat quickly and went out. The cold air met him on the threshold; it crept into the sleeves of his coat. When he came to the public house at Chapel Bridge he went in and ordered a hot punch.　

The proprietor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk. There were five or six working-men in the shop discussing the value of a gentleman’s estate in County Kildare. They drank at intervals from their huge pint tumblers, and smoked, spitting often on the floor and sometimes dragging the sawdust over their heavy boots. Mr Duffy sat on his stool and gazed at them, without seeing or hearing them. After a while they went out and he called for another punch. He sat a long time over it. The shop was very quiet. The proprietor sprawled on the counter reading the newspaper and yawning. Now and again a tram was heard swishing along the lonely road outside.

As he sat there, living over his life with her and evoking alternately the two images on which he now conceived her, he realized that she was dead, that she had ceased to exist, that she had become a memory. He began to feel ill at ease. He asked himself what else he could have done. He could not have lived with her openly. He had done what seemed to him best. How was he to blame? Now that she was gone he understood how lonely her life must have been, sitting night after night alone in that room. His life would be lonely too until he, too, died, ceased to exist, became a memory-if anyone remembered him.　

17. Mr Duffy’s immediate reaction to the report of the woman’s death wa s that of ___.

A. disgust

B. guilt

C. grief

D. compassion

18. It can be inferred from the passage that the reporter wrote about the woman’s death in a ___ manner.　

A. detailed

B. provocative

C. discreet

D. sensational

19. We can infer from the last paragraph that Mr Duffy was in a(n) ___ mood.　

A. angry

B. fretful

C. irritable

D. remorseful

20. According to the passage , which of the following statements is NOT t rue?　

A. Mr Duffy once confided in the woman.　

B. Mr Duffy felt an intense sense of shame.　

C. The woman wanted to end the relationship.　

D. They became estranged probably after a quarrel.

TEXT F

Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of advanced technical equipment, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must face the courts if they handle things badly.

But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in which health care is organized and financed. Contrary to public belief, it is not just a free competition system. To the private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not looking after the less fortunate and the elderly.

But even with this huge public part of the system, which this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars-more than 10 percent of the U.S. budget-large numbers of Americans are left out. These include about half the I1 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits on income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can.

The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control over the health system. There is no limit to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services. Over than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is pay up.

Two-thirds of the populations are covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want knowing that the insurance company will pay the bill.

The medical profession has as a result become America's new big businessmen. The average income of doctors has now reached $100,000 a year. With such vast incomes the talk in the doctor's surgery is as likely to be about the doctor's latest financial deal, as about whether the minor operation he is recommending at several thousand dollars is entirely necessary.

The rising cost of medicine in the U.S.A. is among the most worrying problem facing the country. In 1981 the country's health cost climbed 15.9 percent-about twice as fast as prices in general.

21. To say that the Americans are in a mess, what is the problem?

22. Why do doctors and hospitals try hard to avoid making mistakes because ?

23. What do most Americans think about health in the U.S.?

24. According to the author, what is the key factor in the rise of health cost in the US?

25 What is the situation of medical profession in United States?

Part III. Writing （20’）

Some people see education simply as going to school or college, or as a means to secure good jobs; other people view education as a lifelong process. In your opinion, how important is education to people in the modern society?

Write a composition of about 400 words on your view of the topic.

参考答案：

partⅠ Multiple choice(20’)

1-5. BDDCB 6-10.ADAAB 11-15.DBDCA 16-20.DBBCD

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(60’)

1-5 DADBC 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 DBDCB 16-20 CACDC

21. The problem is the way in which health care is organized and financed.

22. Because they fear to be sued by the patients.

23. It must be a free competition system

24. the lack of government control over the medical prices

25. The medical profession has as a result become America's new big businessmen. Doctors trade their professionalism for financial benefits

Part III. Writing （20’）

Education as a Lifelong Process

When we talk about education, we can easily think of schools, colleges and young people. As a matter of fact, education is so important in modern society that it can be viewed as a lifelong process.

Firstly, it’s the requirement of fast-developing society to receive education despite of your age. Our world is changing dramatically with the development of new science and technology. A person who completed his education at school in the 1970s or the 1980s may have encountered new problems when he is working now. The problems might have something to do with his major or other aspects. For example an accountant now must master the skills of accounting through computers, which is a basic tool for him, so he should also learn how to apply his job in a computer no matter how old he is.

Secondly, education creates human character and moralities. Through education，youth may learn how to make contributions to the world. And the old may learn new things to enrich their lives. Through education, a healthy person can become stronger and a disabled person can have a new hope on his life. Man can find great pleasure in education.

Thirdly, our modem society has provided everyone with the chance to receive education. As long as you wish you could get education by attending night-schools，adult colleges, training centers and even long-distance education through Internet and TV.

In a word, knowledge is boundless, and life is limited. So education is a lifelong process.