1、20212021 年广东暨南大学年广东暨南大学翻译硕士英语考研真题翻译硕士英语考研真题 学科、专业名称：翻译硕士专业 研 究 方 向： 英语笔译 考试科目名称： 翻译硕士英语 考试科目代码：211 考生注意：所有答案必须写在答题纸（卷）上，写在本试题上一律不给分。 I. Vocabulary _ they help their parents do some housework. A. rather than do B. much less do C. much more do D. much less 20. In linking geographically disparate peopl
2、e, the Internet is arguably helping millions of spontaneous communities to bloom: communities defined by common interests rather than by the accident of _. A. affluence B. reciprocity C. contemporariness D. proximity 21. Mr. Browns condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _. A. pul
3、l back B. pull through C. pull up D. pull out 22. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States _ Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production. A. as was B. than was C. than did D. as did 23. A _ negative attitude of the engineers toward projects funded by
4、his company is the cause of the delay of signing the contract. A. perpetual B. pernicious C. preventive D. pervasive 24. _, domesticated grapes grow in clusters, range in color from pale green to black, and contain sugar in varying quantities. A. Their botanical classification as berries B. Although
5、 their botanical classification as berries C. Because berries being their botanical classification D. Classified botanically as berries 25. Nothing is so uncertain as the fashion market where one style _ over another before being replaced. A. dominates B. manipulates C. overwhelms D. prevails 26. So
6、me of the paintings formerly _ the Italian Renaissance artist are now thought to have been created by one of his students. A. submitted to B. adapted from C. denied by D. attributed to 27. It is absolutely essential that William _ his study in spite of some learning difficulties. A. will continue B.
7、 continued C. continue D. continues 28. People who suffer from _, for example, tend to have difficulties gauging facial cues, so their attention is less influenced by where somebody is looking. A. autism B. assertiveness C. extroversion D. sociability 29. Were starting to realize that magicians have
8、 a lot of implicit knowledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to deceive us in terms of controlling attention, exploiting the _ we make when we do and dont notice a change in our environment. A. imaginations B. conceptions C. perceptions D. assumptions 30. The hospital den
9、ies there is any connection between the disciplinary action and Dr. Reids _ about health problems. A. allegiance B. alliance C. allegations D. alliteration II. Reading Comprehension (40%)II. Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions: Directions: This part consists of two seThis part consists of two sec
10、tions. In Section A, there are ctions. In Section A, there are fourfour passages followed by a total of 20 multiplepassages followed by a total of 20 multiple- -choice questions. In Section choice questions. In Section B, there B, there is one passageis one passage followed by a total of followed by
11、 a total of 5 5 shortshort- -answer questions. answer questions. Read the passages and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.Read the passages and write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Section A Section A MultipleMultiple- -Choice Questions (Choice Questions (3 30%)0%) Passage 1Passage 1 Question
12、s 31 to 3Questions 31 to 35 5 are based on the following passage. are based on the following passage. Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters. “The coffee houses particularly are very room
13、y for a free conversation, and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news,” noted one observer. Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun, pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news, thus giving advertisers access to a wider au
14、dience. The penny press, followed by radio and television, turned news from a two-way conversation into a one-way broadcast, with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media. Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house. The internet is making news more pa
15、rticipatory, social and diverse, reviving the discursive characteristics of the era before the mass media. That will have profound effects on society and politics. In much of the world, the mass media are flourishing. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009. But those global
16、figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries. Over the past decade, throughout the western world, people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways. Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling, sharin
17、g, filtering, discussing and distributing news. Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing. Classified documents are published in their thousands online. Mobile phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts
18、. Social-networking sites help people find, discuss and share news with their friends. And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite. Technology firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter have become important conduits of news. Celebrities and world leaders publish updates directl
19、y via social networks; many countries now make raw data available through “open government” initiatives. The internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the world. The web has allowed new providers of news, from individual bloggers to sites, to rise to prominence in
20、 a very short space of time. And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism, such as that practiced by WikiLeaks, which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents. The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets. In principle, ev
21、ery liberal should celebrate this. A more participatory and social news environment, with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources, is a good thing. The transformation of the news business is unstoppable, and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure. As producers of new journalism, indiv
22、iduals can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources. As consumers, they can be general in their tastes and demanding in their standards. And although this transformation does raise concerns, there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse, vociferous, argumentative and stridently
23、 alive environment of the news business in the ages of the internet. The coffee house is back. Enjoy it. 31. According to the passage, what initiated the transformation of coffee-house news to mass-media news? A. The appearance of big mass media firms. B. The emergence of advertising in newspapers.
24、C. The popularity of radio and television. D. The increasing number of newspaper readers. 32. Which of the following statements best supports “Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house”? A. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6between 2005 and 2009. B. People in
25、the Western world are giving up newspapers and TV news. C. Classified documents are published in their thousands online. D. More people are involved in finding, discussing and distributing news. 33. According to the passage, which is NOT a role played by information technology? A. Challenging the tr
26、aditional media. B. Planning the return to coffee-house news. C. Providing people with access to classified files. D. Giving ordinary people the chance to provide news. 34. In “The coffee house is back”, coffee house best symbolizes _. A. the changing characteristics of news audience B. the more div
27、ersified means of news distribution C. the participatory nature of news D. the more varied sources of news 35. The authors tone in the last paragraph towards new journalism is _. A. optimistic and cautious B. supportive and skeptical C. doubtful and reserved D. ambiguous and cautious Passage 2Passag
28、e 2 Questions 3Questions 36 6 to 4to 40 0 are based on the following paare based on the following passage. ssage. The Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx, once widely spoken on the Isle of Man but n
29、ow extinct. Government financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europes region
30、al languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the countrys three million people. The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening o
31、f the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislativ
32、e powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the club Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales a bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union. The Welsh showed little enthusiasm for devolution. Whereas
33、 the Scots voted overwhelmingly for a parliament, the vote for a Welsh assembly scraped through by less than one percent on a turnout of less than 25 percent. Its powers were proportionately limited. The Assembly can decide how money from Westminster or the European Union is spent. It cannot, unlike
34、 its counterpart in Edinburgh, enact laws. But now that it is here, the Welsh are growing to like their Assembly. Many people would like it to have more powers. Its importance as figurehead will grow with the opening in 2003, of a new debating chamber, one of many new buildings that are transforming
35、 Cardiff from a decaying seaport into a Baltimore-style waterfront city. Meanwhile a grant of nearly two million dollars from the European Union will tackle poverty. Wales is one of the poorest regions in Western Europe only Spain, Portugal, and Greece have a lower standard of living. Newspapers and
36、 magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women, boosting self-esteem. To familiar faces such as Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton have been added new icons such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, the movie star, and Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. Indigenous foods like salt marsh lamb are in
37、vogue. And Wales now boasts a national airline, Awyr Cymru. Cymru, which means “land of compatriots,” is the Welsh name for Wales. The red dragon, the nations symbol since the time of King Arthur, is everywhere on T-shirts, rugby jerseys and even cell phone covers. “ Until very recent times most Wel
38、sh people had this feeling of being second-class citizens,” said Dyfan Jones, an 18-year-old student. It was a warm summer night, and I was sitting on the grass with a group of young people in Llanelli, an industrial town in the south, outside the rock music venue of the National Eisteddfod, Waless
39、annual cultural festival. The disused factory in front of us echoed to the sounds of new Welsh bands. “There was almost a genetic tendency for lack of confidence,” Dyfan continued. Equally comfortable in his Welshness as in his membership in the English-speaking, global youth culture and the new fed
40、eral Europe, Dyfan, like the rest of his generation, is growing up with a sense of possibility unimaginable ten years ago. “We used to think. We cant do anything, were only Welsh. Now I think that s changing.” 36. According to the passage, devolution was mainly meant to _. A. maintain the present st
41、atus among the nations B. reduce legislative powers of England C. create a better state of equality among the nations D. grant more say to all the nations in the union 37. The word “centrifugal” in the second paragraph means _. A. separatist B. traditional C. feudal D. political 38. Wales is differe
42、nt from Scotland in all the following aspects EXCEPT _. A. peoples desire for devolution B. powers of the legislative body C. status of the national language D. locals turnout for the voting 39. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of the resurgence of Welsh national identity? A. Welsh
43、has witnessed a revival as a national language. B. Poverty-relief funds have been allocated by the European Union. C. A Welsh national airline is currently in operation. D. The national symbol has become a familiar sight. 40. According to Dyfan Jones, what has changed is _. A. peoples mentality B. p
44、op culture C. towns appearance D. possibilities for the people P Passage 3assage 3 Questions 4Questions 41 1 to to 4545 are based on the following passage. are based on the following passage. Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether p
45、olice can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest. California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities may search through the possessions of suspe
46、cts at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies. The court would be recklessly modest if it followed Californias advice. Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justice can and
47、 should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants. They should start by discarding Californias lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone a vast storehouse of digital information is similar to, say, going through a suspects purse. The court has ruled that police don
48、 t violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring ones smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arrestees reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of
49、recent correspondence. The development of “cloud computing,” meanwhile, has made that exploration so much easier. Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. Citizens still have a right
50、 to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitutions prohibition on unreasonable searches. As so often is the case, stating that principle doesnt ease the challenge of line-drawing. In many cases, it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to sear