青岛大学2017年211翻译硕士英语

青岛大学 2017 年翻译专业硕士研究生入学试题

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P???I GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (20 Points)

There are twenty sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1.?he issue of e-commerce did not any detailed discussions at the

conference.

? . take delight in B. give rise to

C. give way to

D. take advantage of

2.Bing aware of the potential objections, they launched a reform at the

beginning stage.

?. humble B. modest C. timid D. middle

3.Fingerprints form an unchangeable despite changes in the individual’s

appearance or age.

?. mark B. sign C. remark D. signature

4.It is illegal in some countries that children unattended at home.

? . be left B. left C. are leaving D. being left

5.?new material , we have good reason to be optimistic.

?. developed B. being developed

C. was being developed

D. was developed

6.I think much attention your pronunciation.

?. must be paid to B. ought to be paid to

C. must pay to

D. should be paid to

7.Hurry up, or the tickets out by the time we get there.

?. will have sold B. will sell

C. have sold

D. will have been sold

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8.Nothing helps success more than what you are doing.

?. know B. to know C. be known to D. knowing

9.Because of my ?ussian, I cannot make myself .

?. broken; understood B. broken; understand

C. break; understood

D. breaking; understanding

10.It is better to die on one’s feet than .

?. live on one’s knees B. living one’s knees

C. on one’s knees

D. to live on one’s knees

11.In the Christian religion, the lucky number 13 back to the Last

Supper.

?. tracks B. traces C. dates D. tails

12.When we are reading, the important thing is to the essential

meaning, not to learn every single word.

?. clasp B. grab C. grasp D. grapple

13.He applied for a (n) position in a company.

?. empty B. vacant C. vacuum D. margin

14.?he Channel ?unnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever .

?. understated B. undertaken C. undergone D. underneath

15.Water enters into a great variety of chemical reactions, have been

mentioned in previous pages.

?. a few of it B. a few of that C. a few of them D. a few of which

16.?hey will have you if you don’t pay your taxes.

?. to be arrested B. arrest C. arrested D. being arrested

17.Small boys are questioners. ?hey ask questions all the time.

?. original B. imaginative C. peculiar D. persistent

18.Some people avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral

about them.

?. violently B. enthusiastically C. sincerely D. deliberately

19.Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of

standards.

?. equivalent B. alike C. uniform D. likely

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20.Do you agree with the saying that the monkey was the of the human

race?

?. offspring B. successor C. breeder D. predecessor

P???II CLOZE TEST (20 Points)

Directions: In this section, you are to read a passage with 15 blanks and fill

in the blanks with words or phrases given. Choose one suitable word or

phrase marked A, B, C and D for each blank.

One of the most popular literary 1 in ?merican literature is a woman

who spent almost half of her long life in China. In her lifetime she 2 the

most highly acclaimed literary award in the United States: the Pulitzer Prize,

and also the most prestigious form of literary 3 in the world, the Nobel

Prize 4 Literature.

Pearl S. Buck was almost a 5 word throughout much of her lifetime

because of her prolific literary 6, which consisted 7 of some works, including several dozen novels, 6 collections of short stories, 14 books for children, and more than a dozen works of nonfiction. When she was 80 years

old, some 25 volumes were 8 publication. Many of those books were 9 China, the land in which she spent so much of her life. Her books and her life

10 as a bridge between the cultures of the East and the West.

?s the 11 of those two cultures she became, as she 12 herself, “mentally bi focal (双焦点的).” Her unique 13 made her into an unusually

14 and versatile human being. ? s we examine the life of Pearl Buck, we cannot help but be 15 that we are in fact 16 three separate people: a wife and mother, an internationally famous writer and a humanitarian and philanthropist(慈善家 ).One cannot really get to know Pearl Buck without learning 17 each of the three. ?hough 18 in her lifetime with even the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, Pearl Buck as a

19 human being, not only a famous author, is a captivating(迷人的)

20 of study.

1. ? . figures B. persons C. people D. writers

2. ? . obtained B. achieved C. resulted D. earned

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3.?. achievement B. recognition C. contribution D. creation

4.?. for B. to C. in D. one

5.?. familiarized B. recognizable C. mysterious D. household

6.?. output B. conception C. invention D. productivity

7.?. publishing B. published C. publicity D. publicized

8.?. waiting B. waited for C. awaited for D. awaiting

9.?. set in B. set aside C. set up D. set off

10.?. acted B. served C. provided D. supplied

11.?. outcome B. mixture C. product D. combination

12.?. called B. named C. termed D. described

13.?. history B. background C. setting D. childhood

14.?. interested B. interest C. interesting D. disinterest

15.?. aware B. conscious C. mindful D. responsive

16.?. dealing B. meeting C. analyzing D. distinguishing

17.?. from B. of C. about D. on

18.?. honor B. honorable C. honoring D. honored

19. ?. comprehensive B. total C. complete D. genuine

20. ?. topic B. area C. theme D. subject

P???III READING COMPREHENSION (20 Points)

Directions: In this sections there are two reading passages followed by a total of 10 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then write you answers on your answer sheet.

Passage One

In the 1962 movie Lawrence of ? rabia, one scene shows an ? merican newspaper reporter eagerly snapping photos of men looting (掠夺) a sabotaged train. One of the looters, Chief ? uda abu ?ayi of the Howeitat clan, suddenly notices the camera a n d snatches it. “ ?m I in this?” he asks, before smashing it open. ?o the dismayed reporter, Lawrence explains, “He thinks these things will steal his virtue. He thinks you’re a kind of thief.”

?s soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into distant lands, stories

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began circulating about how indigenous peoples saw them as tools for black magic. ?he “ignorant natives” may have had a point. When photography first became available, scientists welcomed it as a more objective way of recording faraway societies than early travelers' exaggerated accounts. But in some ways, anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back. Up into the 1950s and 1960s, many ethnographers(人种学者) sought “pure” pictures of “primitive” cultures, routinely deleting modern accoutrements such as clocks and Western dress. ?hey paid men and women to re-enact rituals or to pose as members of war or hunting parties, often with little regard for veracity. Edward Curtis, the legendary photographer of North ? merican Indians, for example, got one Makah man to pose as a whaler with a spear in

1915--even though the Makah had not hunted whales in a generation.

?hese photographs reinforced widely accepted stereotypes that indigenous cultures were isolated, primitive, and unchanging. For instance, National Geographic magazine's photographs have taught millions of ? mericans about other cultures. ? s Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins point out in their 1993 book ?eading National Geographic, the magazine since its founding in 1888 has kept a tradition of presenting beautiful photos that don’t challenge white, middle-class ?merican conventions. While dark-skinned women can be shown without tops, for example, white women’s breasts are taboo. Photos that could unsettle or disturb, such as areas of the world torn asunder by war or famine, are discarded in favor of those that reassure, to conform with the society’s stated pledge to present only “kindly” visions of foreign societies. ?he result, Lutz and Collins say, is the depiction of “an idealized and exotic world relatively free of pain or class conflict.”

Lutz actually likes National Geographic a lot. She read the magazine as a child, and its lush imagery influenced her eventual choice of anthropology as a career. She just thinks that as people look at the photographs of other cultures, they should be alert to the choice of composition and images.

1.?he main idea of the passage is .

? . Photographs taken by Western explorers reflect more Westerners’ perception of

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the indigenous cultures and the Western values.

B.?here is a complicated relationship between the Western explorers and the

primitive peoples.

C.Popular magazines such as National Geographic should show pictures of the

exotic and idealized worlds to maintain high sales.

D.?nthropologists ask the natives to pose for their pictures, compromising the

truthfulness of their pictures.

2.We can infer from the passage that early travelers to the native lands often

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?. took pictures with the natives

B.gave exaggerated accounts of the native lands

C.ask for pictures from the natives

D.gave the natives clocks and Western dresses

3.?he author mentions the movie Lawrence of ?rabia to .

?. show how people in the indigenous societies are portrayed by Westerners.

B.illustrate how people from primitive societies see cameras as tools of black

magic that steal their virtues.

C.show how anthropologists portray untruthful pictures of native people.

D.show the cruel and barbarian side of the native people.

4.“But in some ways, anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture

that holds the camera than the one that stares back.” In this sentence, the “one (culture) that stares back”refers to .

?. the indigenous culture

B.the Western culture

C.the academic culture

D.the news business culture

5.With which of the following statements would Catheroine Lutz most probably

agree?

? . ?eporters from the Western societies should routinely delete modern

elements in pictures taken of the indigenous societies.

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B.?he primitive cultures are inferior to the more advanced Western c ulture.

C.?he western media are not presenting a realistic picture of the faraway

societies.

D.People in the Western news business should try not to challenge the well-

established white middle-class values.

Passage Two

?he entertainment profession, or “show business”, attracts many young people. Unfortunately, only very few can hope to become famous and successful. ?alent is not enough, because show business is as competitive as any other business. Without a good manager, the performer can never hope to succeed. Fashion is important in this business, too. ?he best tailor in the world will never be a success if he makes old-fashioned clothes. In exactly the same way, a performer must change his “act” in order to follow the taste of the moment. ?his is true for actors, dancers and comedians, but perhaps most of all for singers.

“Pop” stands for “popular”, and a pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must either give the public what they already want or he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he has succeeded, his records are sold everywhere, he cannot relax. ?hen he must work harder than ever to stay popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.

?he life of a successful pop singer is not all easy. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for the “fans”. ?he fans are the most important people in the world for the singer. ?hey buy his records, they go to his concerts, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very annoying, too. Sometimes their enthusiasm goes out of control that they do anything to get something from you for memory. ?hey steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off piece of the unfortunate singer’s hair. Many singers have been stripped practically naked by their fans. ? pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes, because he must always look smart, or, at any rate, different. He must have a luxurious car. ?nd –most important –he must

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always keep smiling for the benefit of his public.

6.In order to become a successful performer in show business, one must have.

?. good appearance B. a lot of money

C. good chance

D. talent, fashion and a good manner

7.?he example of “the tailor” is cited here to explain that .

?. clothes that the tailor made is vital to performers’ success

B.performers have to change their performances to be popular

C.performers should do the same thing as a tailor does

D.performers can never succeed without the tailor

8.When a pop singer has become famous, he must work hard to .

?. attract the public B. remain popular

C. sell more records

D. earn more money

9.It can be inferred that the fans’ over-enthusiastic b ehaviors sometimes .

?. express their dislike for the singers

B.make the singers more popular

C.show their likes and respect for the singers

D.make the singers feel embarrassed

10.From the last paragraph we know that a pop singer .

?. can relax only after he is successful

B.must pay much attention to his clothes

C.can enjoy his life at will

D.is often annoyed by his fans

P???IV TRANSLATION (20 Points)

Translate the following passage into proper Chinese.

?ranslators will always use bilingual dictionaries alongside other reference material, and therefore need to be aware of the limitations as well as the strengths of the bilingual dictionaries; they must know their way around them and how to use them efficiently, and need to keep them up to date. I believe, however, that in the training translators receive, learning to “release words from the unconscious memory hold” plays a crucial part; as linguists, we have a capital of words, collocations and phrases

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that is often much larger and richer than we give ourselves credit for, and bilingual dictionaries need to be approached as tools in helping us to exploit this resource rather than as replacements for it. ?here could also be instances when the bilingual di ctionary may not be the translator’s best friend and “intelligent guessing” may be a complementary or even an alternative, and better strategy.

P???V WRITING (20 Points)

Write an essay of about 200 words on the following topic:

Electronic Dictionaries or Traditional Paper Ones?

You are to write in three parts:

In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.

In the second part, support your opinion with one or two reasons.

In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

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