研究生学位英语考试02-09年汉译英真题及答案

02-09汉译英真题及答案

1. 在中国，拿硕士学位通常需要三年时间。第一年积累足够的学分后，学生

接着在后两年完成毕业论文。论文要有一定学术价值，还要反映学生的科研能力。人们越来越重视学术诚信，这将有助于提高科学界的道德标准。

(GET Jun 09, 97字)

2. 中国学生在英语上花的时间比其他学科多得多，原因是英语需要泛读、机

械记忆和经常复习。老师让学生做大量涉及多项选择的练习，结果忽视了培养主动使用英语的能力。这种应试教育方式有利也有弊。(GET Jan 09, 91字)

3. 中国一直有重视教育的传统，尤其是儿童教育。许多家长让孩子参加各种

培训班，以增加被理想中学录取的可能性。但专家们指出，保持儿童对科学的好奇和兴趣有助于其智力发展。一个没有创造力和想象力的儿童很难有所作为。(GET Jun 08, 102字)

4. 根据最新统计，67%的美国人能上网，该比例是中国的6倍。尽管互联网

作用巨大，但许多问题远远没有解决，如病毒侵入和信息安全。即使这些问题最终有可能得到解决，也需要艰辛的努力和多年时间。(GET Jan 08, 90字)

5. 中国可持续发展所依赖的有限的自然资源正在锐减。一方面是生产规模在

不断扩大，消耗更多的能源；另一方面是缺少能高效利用能源的生产设备。

这迫使我们思考如何为后人留下足够的环境空间以使他们实现他们的愿望。(GET Jun 07, 99字)

6. 该法案旨在对美国中小学生进行教育改革，并使所有儿童有机会得到高质

量的教育。最终目标是确保无一人落后。由于此法案的实施，学校有更多的灵活性把资源用于最急需的地方。父母可更多地参与孩子的教育。(GET Jan 07, 95字)

7. 人们经常抱怨“就医难，学费贵”，可另一个值得注意的问题是大学毕业生

就业难。硕士生找工作再不像十年前那么容易。由于日趋激烈的职位竞争，学习成绩好和专业知识强并不一定变成理想的工作。教育主管部门一直在寻求各种手段创造更多的就业机会。(GET Jun 06, 115字)

8. 没有盼头的日子是苍白而且不可想象的。人，得天天有点什么盼头，生活

才不至于黯淡。有了盼头，会觉得太阳每天都是新的。土地去掉水分，就成了沙漠；人没了盼，还剩什么？小盼头支撑人的一天，大盼头支撑人的一生。(GET Dec 05, 100字)

9. 人人都有追求幸福的权利，但对幸福的定义却因人而异。绝大多数人认为

幸福来自于健康的身体、愿望的实现和事业有成。正如经常发生的那样，

许多人在遇到痛苦时才意识到幸福的真正含义。(GET Jun 05, 86字)

10. 人们越来越意识到开发环保型产品的重要性。为实现长期可持续发展，发

达国家应不惜代价减少温室气体的排放。如果目前全球变暖的速度保持不变，东京和伦敦等大城市从地球上消失的可能性将是20年前的10倍。(GET Jan 05, 95字)

11. 计算机被认为是有史以来对人类生活影响最大的发明。它的神奇之处在于

其运算速度和准确性优于人类。计算机能在几秒钟内完成几十年前可能需要数天才能完成的事。这是人类第一次感到自己作为最高级物种的地位受到了挑战。(GET Jun 04, 102字)

12. 考研的人在英语上花的时间远远多于其他学科，希望英语分数越高越好。

许多人坚信成功的秘诀是参加短训班和多背范文，结果却发现此招不灵。

他们为提高英语水平做出的努力很难得到回报。(GET Jan 04, 86字)

13. 运用世界领先的技术将使中国有可能摆脱贫穷。来中国的国外游客吃惊地

发现在以前又脏又穷的地方出现了高楼大厦。他们的所见所闻使他们得出的结论是：中国不仅远非落后，而且正向小康社会迈进。(GET Jun 03, 90字)

14. 联想（Legend）集团的崛起真实地反映了中国自身的转变，就像中国正努

力从一个发展中国家变成一支世界经济发展的生力军一样，联想也在发展壮大，它同样要面对成功带来的压力与机遇，它也必须证明它有能力参与全球竞争。(GET Jan 03, 97字)

15. 也许你觉得自己那些静卧于抽屉中的家书措辞不够优美，气息也不够现代，

其实这正是我们所需要的，毕竟时代的烙印和真挚的情怀是挥之不去的，那亘古不变的魔力足以超出我们的想象。(GET Jun 02, 84字)

16. 四年来，中国两次成功地克服了全球经济衰退（recession）的冲击，实现

了经济持续快速增长。目前，中国面临的问题是如何将国内13亿人口变成真正意义上的消费者，从而开辟更广阔的国内市场。(GET Jan 02, 82字)

参考答案

1. It usually takes three years to get a master’s degree in China. After

accumulating (Having accumulated) enough credits in the first year, students will proceed (go on) to complete (finish) a thesis in the last two years. Not only does this thesis have to be of some academic value, but reflect (embody/demonstrate) the students’ ability for (to do) scientific research. The increasing weight (emphasis) placed on academic integrity (honesty) will contribute to higher moral standards in the scientific community. (GET Jun 09)

2. Students in China spend much time on English than on other courses

(subjects), for it requires (demands/calls for) extensive reading, mechanical memorization and regular revision. T eachers have students do a lot of exercises involving (that involve) multiple choices, only to neglect (ignore) the cultivation (development) of the ability to use English actively. There are both advantages and disadvantages to this test-oriented teaching approach./This test-oriented teaching approach has both advantages and disadvantages. (GET Jan 09)

3. The Chinese have traditionally attached importance to education,

especially the education of children. Many parents have their children attend various training courses to increase their chance of being admitted by the ideal high schools. Experts, however, point out that keeping children curious about and interested in science will facilitate their intellectual development. A child without any creativity and imagination can hardly go very far. (GET Jun 08)

4. According to the latest statistics, 67 percent of the U.S. population have

access to the Internet, a percentage six times that of China (as large as China’s). Despite the influential (huge) role of the Internet, many problems (issues) are far from settled (solved), such as the invasion (attack) of viruses and information security. Even if it is possible to find final (eventual) solutions, it will take painstaking efforts and many years.

(GET Jan 08)

5. Th e limited natural resources on which China’s sustainable development

depends are declining sharply. On one hand, the expanding scale of production leads to (results in) increased consumption of energy / the scale of production keeps expanding, consuming more energy. On the other hand, production facilities (equipment) that can utilize energy efficiently are lacking. That (This) forces us to think about how to leave enough environmental space to future generations (our offspring) so that they can fulfill their aspirations. (GET Jun 07)

6. This act is intended to (aims to) introduce education reform in America’s

elementary and secondary schools and give all children the access to high-quality education. The ultimate goal is to ensure that no one is left behind. As a result of the implementation of this act, schools enjoy more flexibility to use resources where they are needed most. Parents can get more involved in the child’s education. (GET Jan 07)

7. There are many complaints about the inaccessibility of medical care and

high tuitions. However, another thing that deserves attention is the difficulty of college graduates in getting employed. Those with mater’s degrees can no longer find a job as easily as they did ten years ago.

Because of the increasingly intense competition for a position, academic excellence and proficient expertise will not necessarily be translated into an ideal job. Education authorities have been seeking ways to create more opportunities of employment. (GET Jun 06)

8. A day without hope would be unimaginably pale /dull. There must be

something to look forward to each day to keep it out of shadows. To a person cherishing hopes every morning rises a new sun. Deprived of water, soil turns into desert. Deprived of hope, what is left to a man? A small hope sustains you for a day, a great one for a lifetime. (GET Dec

05)

9. Everyone has the right to pursue happiness (to the pursuit of happiness),

yet definitions of happiness vary from person to person (are quite individualistic). Most people agree that happiness stems from good health, fulfillment of a desire and a successful career. As often happens (is often the case), many people don’t recognize (realize) what happiness really means (the real meaning of happiness) until they are distressed (agonized / in agony). (GET Jun 05)

10. People have become increasingly aware of the importance of developing

environmentally friendly (population-free) products. For the sake of longstanding sustainable development, developed countries are to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases at any cost. If the current rate of global warming continues, big cities, such as Tokyo and London, are ten times more likely to disappear from the earth as twenty years ago.

(GET Jan 05)

11. The computer is believed to be the invention that has exerted the

greatest influence on human lives in history. What is remarkable about it is that it can calculate with better speed and accuracy than man. The computer can finish in seconds what might have taken days decades ago. This is the first time that man has felt that his position/status as the highest species has been challenged. (GET Jun 04)

12. Those who take the entrance examination for graduate schools spend

much (far) more time on English than on other subjects, hoping for (in the hope of getting) the highest possible scores of English. Many people are convinced that the secret to success is to attend training courses and learn many sample writing by heart, only to find that doesn’t work. Their effort to improve their English can’t pay off easily. (GET Jan 04)

13. The application of world-leading technologies will make it possible for

China to shake off poverty. Foreign visitors to China are surprised to find that high-rises have sprung up in what used to be dirty and poor. What they see and hear leads them to the conclusion that not only in is China far from backward, but well on the way to the well-off society. (GET Jun

03)

14. Legend’s rise to dominance mirrors China’s own transformation. Just as

China now struggles with the transition from a developing country to a vital new force in global economic development, Legend is now growing and expanding. It has to face both the pressures and opportunities brought about by success. It also has to prove that it can compete globally. (GET Jan 03)

15. Probably, you feel that those letters from home, lying quietly in your

drawers, are not so elegantly written and not so modern in taste, but these are exactly what we want. After all, the unaffected passions and the memories of the past are still lingering in our mind, and the never-changed fascination is so intense as to prevail beyond our imagination. (GET Jun 02)

16. In the past four years, China has managed to withstand the impact of two

global economic recessions, and has enjoyed a rapid and sustainable economic growth. At present, the problem China is facing is how to turn its 1.3 billion people into consumers in the true sense, so as to expand its domestic market. (GET Jan 02)