2016年中南大学翻译硕士MTI真题答案解析

2016

年中南大 学翻译硕士

MTI

真题答案解析

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究生，今天和大家分享一下这个专业的真题，方便大家准备考研，希望给大 家一

定的帮助。

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卷：基础英语

Part 1: Grammar and V

ocabulary.

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25 POINTS

）

01. Is vanity one of the seven deadly sins?

A. foolishness

B. sanity

C. pride

D. selfishness

02. The child was uncomfortable under the scrutiny of his grandfather.

A. examination

B. weight

C. gaze

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D. attention

03. Professor Bright likes to ramble during her lectures.

A. mumble

B. ruminate

C. wonder

D. wander

04. The teacher is very exacting about his students

’

penmanship.

A. lenient

B. demanding

C. careful

D. meticulous

05. There are rumors of an economic menace from the dairy cooperatives.

A. problem

B. ultimatum

C. disaster

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D. threat

06. The driver was baffled when his turn signal wouldn

’

t work.

A. confused

B. surprised

C. angered

D. dismayed

07. The father gave his son a horse, which was considered extravagant by the rest

of the family.

A. exorbitant

B. crazy

C. unwise

D. generous

08. After the boy was hit on the head, he had no recollection of anything that had

happened before.

A. memoir

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B. member

C. memory

D. memento

09. The little girls were commended for their wonderful dance presentation.

A. recommended

B. respected

C. pleased

D. praised

10. It would be a blessing for the human race if the mosquito could be eradicated.

A. wiped up

B. wiped away

C. wiped off

D. wiped out

11. The clamorous group of children enjoyed the park all afternoon.

A. nosy

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B. noxious

C. noisy

D. noisome

12. The flood waters began to abate as soon as the rain ceased.

A. diminish

B. dim

C. deem

D. dilute

13. New York City

’

s Brooklyn area holds 2. 2 million diverse and disputatious

people.

A. disreputable

B. argumentative

C. arbitrary

D. ardent

14.

Few

visitors

care

that

the

neighborhood

is

dominated

by

high

rises

and

skyscrapers.

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A. overlooked

B. overthrown

C. over passed

D. overshadowed

15. With the new leadership there came sweeping change.

A. uprooting

B. wide- reaching

C. reaching

D. specific

16. The sudden bankruptcy of these financial giants threw the investors ____ and

caused them to ____.

A. in a panic/stampede

B. in a panic/panic

C. in confusion/hold their stocks

D. in despair/withdraw gradually

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17. During the flood of 1927, the Red Cross, ____ out of emergency headquarters

in Mississippi, set up temporary shelters for the homeless.

A. operates

B. is operating

C. has operated

D. operating

18. The quantum theory states ____, such as light, is given off and absorbed in

tiny definite units called quanta or photons.

A. energy that

B. that it is energy

C. it is energy

D. that energy

19. The best known of all the Arctic birds, ____.

A. birdwatchers favor ptarmigans

B. being ptarmigans

’

and birdwatchers

’

favorites

C. favored by both ptarmigans and birdwatchers

D. ptarmigans are a favorite of birdwatchers

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20. Geysers are round near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil

____.

A. surface below the deep

B. deep below the surface

C. the deep below surface

D. the deep surface below

21.

“

Yesterday he had a blue heart and coat.

”

That is an example of ____.

A. pun

B. metonymy

C. zeugma

D. sytllepsis

22.

“

By day

’

s end, I had drilled 4216 holes to a depth of 18 inches, and I had

lost

mine

pounds,

my

hearing,

feeling

in

both

hands

and

the

ability

to

lift

anything

heavier than the evening paper.

”

That is an example of ____.

A. pun

B. syllepsis

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C. anticlimax

D. allusion

23.

“

Britannia rules the waves, Mussolini waives the rules.

”

That is an example

of ____.

A. paregmenon

B. regression

C. paradox

D. zeugma

24

“

Clearly, when it comes to marriage, practicing beforehand doesn

’

t make

perfect.

”

That is an example of ____.

A. oxymoron

B. transferred epithet

C. malapropism

D. parody

25.

“

The one in the brown suit gaped at her. Blue suit grinned, might even have

winked. The big nose in grey suit still stared

—

and he had small angry eyes and did not

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even smile.

”

That is an example of ____.

A. hyperbole

B. transferred epithet

C. metonymy

D. oxymoron

Part 2: Reading Comprehension.

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15 POINTS

）

Passage A

For

years,

millions

of

Americans

and

people

from

around

the

world

have

crowded into the well- known major parks. They have read the travel literature or heard

firsthand reports about these wonders, and naturally they

’

ve had to see for themselves.

At times, visiting some of our parks has become more like rubbing elbows at a

jam packed Major League baseball game than sensing the solitude of the wilderness.

We

have

tried

to

see

the

most

and

the

best

in

the

least

amount

of

time.

We

have

jumped into cars and campers and rushed off to cover a dozen parks in a week or two

—

madly snapping photographs as we go.

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01.

According

to

the

passage,

many

Americans

visit

the

major

parks

because

____.

A. they like the well-known major parks.

B. they want to gain the same knowledge as others.

C. they want to show the pictures of those parks to their friends.

D. they don

’

t care for the historic parks.

02. We can infer from the passage that ____.

A. people should not visit several parks superficially.

B. people should not spend more time thinking about the park itself.

C. people should visit the famous parks in America.

D. people should drive around the parks.

Passage B

Full- time faculty and staff on the University payroll, when applying for an annual

permit,

may

authorize

payment

of

their parking

fees

by

payroll deduction.

The

first

deduction

will

include

the

regular

monthly

deduction

of

$$15.00

plus

a

one-time

deduction to cover all parking charges accruing prior to the first deduction period.

01. These instructions apply to ____.

A. anyone who is applying for a parking permit

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B. all people who want to park at the University

C. people who work full-time at the University

D. people who are applying to work at the University

02. You may have your parking fees deducted from your pay if you ____.

A. are applying for an annual permit

B. have paid all prior parking charges

C. apply before the first deduction period

D. park at the University regularly

Passage C

The science of linguistics has helped to reconstruct the long road the ancestors of

modern

day

Indians

traveled

in

North

America.

At

the

time

of

the

discovery

of

the

New World, the explorers found a babel of tongues. In North and South America more

languages

were

spoken

—

about

2,200

of

them

—

than

all

of

Europe

and

Asia

at

that

time. Despite what some early explorers and European scholars believed, there never

was

such

a

language

as

“

American

Indian

”—

meaning,

presumably,

one

common

language with only local dialects. Rather than one common language that linked the

Indians of North America, about 550 distinct languages were spoken, and nearly every

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language comprised numerous dialects. A second misconception was that a language

had to be written to rank as a full-fledged language. In North America, a truly written

language developed only in Mexico, yet most Indian groups were able to communicate

a rich unwritten tradition of poetry, oratory, and drama.

01. When explorers discovered North America, ____.

A. there was one common language spoken throughout the land

B. they discovered a placed called Babel

C. written language was an important means of communication

D. there were many languages spoken, most with many dialects

02. An incorrect belief of some early scholars was that ____.

A. 550 distinct languages were spoken in North America

B the American Indian language had many dialects

C. more languages were spoken in North America than in Europe

D. to be a real language, a language had to be written

03. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ____

A. Only Mexican Indians communicated through poetry, drama, and oration.

B. Most Indian languages were rich in poetry, oratory and drama.

C. Only written Indian languages were rich in poetry, oratory, and drama.

D. North American Indians did not develop a truly written language.

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