2012年师范211翻译英语考研试题

1、浙江师范大学 2012 年硕士研究生入学考试初试试题( 浙江师范大学 2012 年硕士研究生入学考试初试试题( 科目名称: 翻译硕士英语 您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / I.VocabularyandGrammar(30%,1.5pointsDirections: Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Mark your an

2、swers on your ANSWER SHEET.These small firms not long ago in order to meet the increasing demands for more electrical appliances.A.B.C.D.Myaunt has decidedtospendheryearsinthesuburbsofA.B.C.D.Thematter is not to be A.watchedB.waitedC.takenD.trifledAt the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart l

3、oses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance A.B.C.D.From the of the negotiations, it was clear that it would be hard for the two sides to reach an agreement.A.B.C.D.inthepast,atthemomentitisafavoritechoiceforweddingUnpopularhasaswhiteB.WhitehasbeenasC.UnpopularhasbeenasD.UnpopularaswhitehasA

4、sthetrainwillnotleaveuntilonehourlater, wegrababiteatthesnackA.mayB.justasC.mightasD.asShe resorted to whenshehadnomoneyto buyfoods forherA.haveB.C.D.您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / money,sheisquite您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / money,sheisquiterich.However,thisdoesnotmeanthat

5、sheisA.B.AsC.IntermsD.InthelightIt is with the customer not to let the shop assistants guess what she really likes and wants until the last moment.A.inherB.onherC.a pointofD.anAn institution that properly carries the name university is a more comprehensive and complex institution than any other kind

6、 of higher educationA.B.C.D.Jack is so tohisappearancethatheneverhashisclothesA.B.C.D.I withtheBrownsduringmystayinNewYorkA.putB.putC.putD.putOutsidemyoffice windowthereisa fireontheA.B.C.D.OurcivilizationcannotbethoughtofasinashortperiodofA.tohavebeenB.tobeC.havingbeenD.beingHemight havebeen killed

7、 thetimelyarrivaloftheA.butB.exceptC.D.TheirhappinesswasA.B.C.D.Do youknowJohnsonsbrother? HeisthanA.muchmoreB.moreofaC.moreofD.morea19. That was not the first time he us. I think its high time we strong actions against him.A.betrayedB.hadbetrayedC.hasbetrayedD.hasbetrayed20. Before Mr. Smith became

8、 the head of the factory, our production ata snails pace.A.B.C.D.II.ReadingcomprehensionSection1Multiplechoice (2points您所下载的资料来源于您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / Directions: In this section there are reading passages followed by multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark yo

9、ur answers on your ANSWER Graduation speeches are a bit like wedding toasts. A few are memorable. The rest tend to trigger such thoughts as, Why did I wear such uncomfortable shoes? But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger. Everyyear a few colleges and universities in th

10、e US attract attention because theyve managed to book high-profile speakers. And, every year, the media report some of these speakerswise Lastmonth,thefollowingwordsofwisdomwereYou really havent completed the circle of success unless you can help somebody else move forward. (Oprah Winfrey, Duke Univ

11、ersity).There is no way to stop change; change will come. Go out and give us a future worthy of the world we all wish to create together. (Hillary Clinton, New York This really is your moment. History is yours to bend. (Joe Biden, Wake Forest Of course, the real get of the graduation season was firs

12、t lady Michelle Obamas appearance at the University of California, Merced. Remember that you are blessed, she told the class of 2009, Remember that in exchange for those blessings, you must give something back. As advocate and activist Marian Wright Edelman says, Service is the rent we pay for livin

13、g . it is the true measure, the only measure of success.Calls to service have a long, rich tradition in these speeches. However, it is possible for a graduation speech to go beyond clich and saysomethingtrulycompelling. The latewriterDavidFosterWallaces2005graduationspeechatKenyonCollegeintalked abo

14、ut how to truly care about other people. It gained something of a cult 您所下载的资料来源于您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / it was widelycirculated on the Internet. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs address at Stanford University that year, in which he talked about death, is also considered one of the b

15、est in recent memory.But when youre sitting in the hot sun, fidgety and freaked out, do you reallywant to be lectured about the big stuff?. Isnt that like trying to maintain a smile at your weddingreceptionwhilesomerelativegivesatoastthatamountstomarriageishard work? You know hes right; you just don

16、t want to think about it at that particular moment. In fact, as is the case in many major life moments, you cant really manage to think beyond the blisters your new shoes are causing.That may seem anticlimactic. But it also gets to the heart of one of lifes greatest, saddest truths: that our most me

17、morable occasions may elicit the fewest memories. Its probably not something most graduation speakers would say, but its one of the first lessons of growing up.According to the passage, most graduation speeches tend to recall A.great B.trivial C.unforgettable D. “But graduation speeches are less abo

18、ut the message than the messenger” is inthefinalparagraph. B.inthelastbutoneC.inthefirstparagraph. D.inthesameThe graduation speeches mentioned in the passage are related to the following themes EXCEPTA.death. B.success. C.service. D. Itisimpliedinthepassagethatatgreatmomentspeoplefail B.keepgoodC.r

19、ememberothersD.recollectspecific25.WhatisoneofthefirstlessonsofgrowingAttendingagraduationListeningtograduationForgettingdetailsofmemorableMeetinghigh-profilegraduation您所下载的资料来源于您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / PassageCultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats toge

20、ther definessocialunits.For example,insomesocieties,thenuclearfamilyistheunitthat regularlyeatstogether.TheanthropologistMaryDouglashaspointedout that,forthe English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She

21、distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for acquaintances. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. T

22、he distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a familymeal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is

23、eaten. In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together. The men take their meals in a mens house, separately from their wives and children. Women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husbands portion to the mens house. The women eat with the

24、ir children in their own houses. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies.Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage. In many New Guinea societies, like that of the Lesu on the island of New Ireland in the Pacific and that of the Trobriand Islanders, marriage

25、 is symbolized by the couples eating together for the first time. Eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple. U.S.society,itisjustthereverse.AcouplemaygoouttodinneronafirstOther cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. In some societies, members of a clan, a t

26、ype of kin (family) group, are not allowed to eat the animal or bird that is their totemic ancestor. Since they believe themselves to be descended from that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in it

27、s most extreme form in the caste system of India. A caste system consists of 您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心您所下载的资料来源于考研资料下载中心获取更多考研资料，请访问 HYPERLINK / groups,eachwithadifferenteconomicspecialization. In India,thereisanassociation between caste and the idea of pollution. Members of highly ranked groups can be pol

28、luted by coming into contact with the bodily secretions, particularly saliva, of individuals of lower-ranked castes. Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans and otherhigh-rankedindividualswillnotsharefoodwith,noteatfromthesameplateas, not even accept food from an individual from a low-ranking caste.Accordingtothepassage,theEnglishmakecleardistinctionspeoplewhoeatthekindsoffoodsnacksandfamilymembersandAccordingtothepassage,whowillNOTeatTheAmericansontheirfirstMenandwomeninNearEasternNewly-wedsontheislandofNew Accordingtothepassage,e