翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题32及答案解析.doc

1、翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题 32 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：6，分数：100.00)Writing about music is like dancing about architecture, or so the saying goes. Sometimes attributed to Frank Zappa, other times to Elvis Costello, this quote is usually intended to convey the futility of such an end

2、eavor, if not the complete silliness of even attempting it. But Glenn Kurtz“s graceful memoir, Practicing: A Musician“s Return to Music, turns the expression on its head, giving it a different meaning by creating a lovely, unique book. Kurtz picked up the guitar as a kid in a music-loving family, at

3、tended the Long Island music school, and went on to play on Merv Griffin“s TV show before graduating from Tufts University. Motivating the young Kurtz was the dream of reinventing classical guitar, as if by his great ambition alone he could push it from the margins of popular interest to center stag

4、e-something not even accomplished by the late Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia, perhaps the only artist of the form ever to reach anything resembling widespread celebrity. This book reads like a love story of sorts: Boy meets guitar. Boy loves guitar. Guitar breaks boy“s heart or, more precisely, th

5、e ordinariness of a working musician“s life does so. “I“d just imagined the artist“s life naively, childishly, with too much longing, too much poetry and innocence and purity,“ Kurtz writes. “The guitar had been the instrument of my dreams. Now the dream was over.“ Boy leaves guitar. Were the story

6、to end here, this book would he a tragedy, but after nearly a decade the boy returns to guitar, and although he has lost the enthusiasm he had in his youth, he finds his love of the guitar again in a way he never could have appreciated before. Although Kurtz is writing about a unique musical path, h

7、is journey speaks eloquently to the heart of anyone who has ever desperately yearned to achieve something and felt the sting of disappointment. “Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dreamof becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athletelives the rest of their life with a sense of loss, w

8、ith nagging what it is,“ he writes. “Is that time and effort, that talent and ambition, truly wasted?“（分数：20.00）(1).The quotation mentioned in Paragraph 1 implies that writing about music is _.（分数：2.00）A.an ambitious attemptB.a modem form of artC.an impossible taskD.a rewarding experience(2).The wor

9、d “convey“ underlined in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.transmitB.implyC.hintD.unsafe(3).As a young man Glenn Kurtz wanted to _.（分数：2.00）A.surpass Andres Segovia“s achievementB.Transform classical guitarC.become a TV music starD.live on arts(4).The author mentions “reinventing“ un

10、derlined in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.reuseB.innovateC.recreateD.reset(5).What does the passage say about classical guitar?（分数：2.00）A.It is not popular with the public.B.It is not an easy skill to master.C.It is a favorite of many young people.D.It is a craze in some countrie

11、s like Spain.(6).The word “instrument“ underlined in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.meansB.deviceC.equipmentD.document(7).According to the passage, Andres Segovia _.（分数：2.00）A.helped Glenn Kurtz to become a good guitaristB.made classical guitar become a popular formC.was a well-kn

12、own classical guitaristD.was Glenn Kurtz“s role model(8).Paragraph 3 suggests that what “the ordinariness of a working musician“s life“ does to the boy is _.（分数：2.00）A.keep him in great excitementB.bring him great disappointmentC.help him create great musicD.tell him a great musician“s duty(9).The w

13、ord “nagging“ underlined in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.criticizeB.complainC.disturbD.natter(10).The book Practicing: A Musician“s Return to Music mainly tells that _.（分数：2.00）A.one will be made bitter by his frustrationB.reliving old dreams can be rewardingC.without dreams lif

14、e is incompleteD.it“s inevitable for a musician to experience setbacksOf all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people. “The burnt child fears the fire“ is one instance; anothe

15、r is the rise of despots like Hitler. Both examples also point up the fact that attitudes stem from experience. In one case the experience was direct and impressive; in the other it was indirect and cumulative. The Nazis were indoctrinated largely by the speeches they heard and the books they read.

16、The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in a strategic position to influence attitudes. This is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose word they respect. Another reason it is true is that pupils often delve somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has o

17、nly been touched upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who had previously acquired little knowledge of Mexico, his teacher“s method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans. The media through which the teacher can develop wholesome at

18、titudes are innumerable. Social studies (with special reference to races, creeds and nationalities), science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom.these are a few of the fertile fields for the inculcation of proper emotional reactions. However, when children come to scho

19、ol with undesirable attitudes, it is unwise for the teacher to attempt to change their feelings by cajoling or scolding them. She can achieve the proper effect by helping them obtain constructive experiences. To illustrate, first grade pupils afraid of policemen will probably alter their attitudes a

20、fter a classroom chat with the neighborhood officer in which he explains how he protects them. In the same way, a class of older children can develop attitudes through discussion, research, outside reading and all-day trips. Finally, a teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitudes, because her

21、influence can be deleterious if she has personal prejudices. This is especially true in respect to controversial issues and questions on which children should be encouraged to reach their own decisions as a result of objective analysis of all the facts.（分数：20.00）(1).The central idea of the above pas

22、sage is that _.（分数：2.00）A.attitudes affect our actionsB.teachers are important in developing or changing pupils“ attitudesC.attitudes can be changed by some classroom experiencesD.by their attitudes, teachers inadvertently affect pupils“ attitudes(2).The word “despot“ underlined in Paragraph 2 means

23、 a person _.（分数：2.00）A.who enjoys a high reputationB.who is very successful in politicsC.with unlimited powersD.who deposits a large sum of money in a bank(3).The pupils“ attitudes are NOT influenced by _.（分数：2.00）A.their parents“ persuasion to behave properlyB.their teachers“ attitudesC.the speeche

24、s they hear and the books they readD.such media as social studies, science matter and classroom atmosphere(4).It can be inferred from the passage that the pupils _.（分数：2.00）A.usually study a certain subject in greater details at home than at schoolB.usually do not study a certain subject at homeC.st

25、udy the subjects only at schoolD.study a subject more deeply at school than at home(5).The example of the pupils“ learning about Mexico shows that _.（分数：2.00）A.a child usually learns the right things from their teachersB.a teacher can correct a pupil“s wrong ideasC.a teacher“s attitude can influence

26、 a child“s attitude by teachingD.a child“s attitude is very changeable(6).The author implies that _.（分数：2.00）A.the teacher should guide all discussions by revealing her own attitudeB.in some aspects of social studies a greater variety of methods can be used in the upper grades than in the lower grad

27、esC.people usually act on the basis of reasoning rather than emotionD.children“s attitudes often come from those of other children(7).A statement made or implied in the passage is that _.（分数：2.00）A.attitudes can be based on the learning of falsehoodsB.a child can develop in the classroom an attitude

28、 about the importance of brushing his teethC.attitudes cannot easily be changed by rewards and lecturesD.the attitudes of elementary school-aged children are influenced primarily by their teachers(8).The passage specifically states that _.（分数：2.00）A.direct experiences are more valuable than indirect

29、 onesB.whatever attitudes a child learns in school have already been introduced at homeC.teachers should always conceal their own attitudesD.teachers can sometimes have an unwholesome influence on children(9).From the last paragraph, we can see that _.（分数：2.00）A.a teacher“s influence on children is

30、always positiveB.children should be encouraged to reach their own decisions by ignoring objective factsC.if improperly handled, a teacher“s influence can be very harmful to the childrenD.children may develop prejudices if the teacher“s attitude is wrong(10).The author of this passage tries to _.（分数：

31、2.00）A.present certain facts of how the development of a person“s attitude can be influencedB.show that our society is not doing enough to help children shape their attitudesC.point out that teachers are the only people who can influence the children“s attitudesD.prove that speeches and books are th

32、e only factors to indoctrinate childrenAs with any work of art, the merit of Chapman Kelley“s “Wildflower Works I“ was in the eye of the beholder. Kelley, who normally works with paint and canvas, considered the twin oval gardens planted in 1984 at Daley Bicentennial Park his most important piece. T

33、he Chicago Park District considered it a patch of raggedy vegetation on public property that could be dug up and replanted at will like the flower boxes along Michigan Avenue. And that“s what happened in June 2004, when the district decided to create a more orderly vista for pedestrians crossing fro

34、m Millennium Park via the new Frank Gehry footbridge. If you“re looking for evidence that the rubes who run the Park District don“t know art when they see it, all you have to do is visit what“s left of Kelley“s masterpiece. The exuberant 1.5-acre tangle of leggy wildflowers is now confined to a tidy

35、 rectangle, restrained on all sides by a knee-high hedge and surrounded by a closely cropped lawn. White hydrangeas and pink shrub roses complete the look. We don“t know who“s responsible for the redesign, but We“ll bet the carpet in his home doesn“t go with the furniture. Still, you“d think the Par

36、k District Was within its rights to plow under the prairie. Wrong. Kelley just won at lawsuit in which he argued that the garden was public are and therefore protected by the federal Visual Artists Rights Act. Under that law, the district should have given him 90 days“ notice that it intended to mes

37、s with his artwork instead of rushing headlong into the demolition, a la Meigs Field. That way Kelley could have mounted a legal challenge, or at least removed the plants. Park District officials said they never considered the garden a work of art, even though it was installed by an established arti

38、st and not, say, Joe“s Sod and Landscaping. We can understand their confusion. Just recently, we figured out that the caged greenery directly south of Pritzker Pavilion is supposed to be an architectural statement and not a Christmas tree lot. All that“s left is for the district to compensate Kelley

39、 for his loss. Whatever price the parties settle on, let“s hope the agreement also provides for the removal of the rest of “Wildflower Works I “ If it was“t an eyesore beforeand plenty of people thought it was.it sure is now.（分数：20.00）(1).It is implied in the first Paragraph that the public _.（分数：2.

40、00）A.paid little attention to “Wildflower Works I“B.appreciated the value of “Wildflower Works I“C.tolerated the ugliness of “Wildflower Works I“D.had their own views on “Wildflower Works I“(2).The word “beholder“ underlined in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.audienceB.witnessC.obs

41、erverD.holder(3).The boldfaced word “rubes“ in Paragraph 4 most likely means _.（分数：2.00）A.expertsB.laymenC.foolsD.artists(4).According to the passage, the one who redesigned the Park must _.（分数：2.00）A.know Kelley“s work wellB.have a terrible taste in artC.like conventional layoutsD.always put the pu

42、blic“s need first(5).The word “confined“ underlined in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.restrictB.defineC.preventD.deprive(6).Which of the following was NOT true about “Wildflower Works I“?（分数：2.00）A.It was designed by the famous artist Chapman Kelley.B.There are two oval gardens at

43、 Daley Bicentennial Park.C.The public voted for demolishing the gardens.D.The Chicago Park District did not deem it a piece of art.(7).The word “mess with“ underlined in Paragraph 5 most likely means _.（分数：2.00）A.disturbB.confuseC.mess upD.muddle(8).Why did Kelley win the lawsuit?（分数：2.00）A.Kelley h

44、ad a very capable lawyer.B.The Park District had no right to demolish it.C.The Park District should take the public“s opinion first.D.The Park District should have informed Kelley of the demolition.(9).The word “compensate“ underlined in Paragraph 7 most likely means _.（分数：2.00）A.make up forB.reward

45、C.payD.punish(10).What“s the author“s attitude towards the present “Wildflower Works I“?（分数：2.00）A.He takes a neutral position.B.He believes in the long arm of the law.C.He regards it a masterpiece of public art.D.He is in favor of demolishing the ugly garden.In a recent survey, Garber and Hohz conc

46、luded that the average haft-hour children“s television show contains 47 violent acts. When asked about the survey network television executive Jean Pater responded. “I sure as beck don“t think that Bugs Bunny“s pouring a glass of milk over a chipmunk“s head is violence.“ Unfortunately, both Garber a

47、nd Hohz and Pater beg the question. The real issue is whether children view such acts as violence. The violence programming aimed at children almost always appears in the context of fantasy. Cartoon violence generally includes animation, humor, and a remote setting. There is no evidence of direct im

48、itation of television violence by children, though there is evidence that fantasy violence can energize previously learned aggressive response such as a physical attack on another child during play. It is by no means clear, however, that the violence in a portrayal is solely responsible for this ene

49、rgizing effect. Rather, the evidence suggests that any exciting material can trigger subsequent aggressive behavior and that it is the excitation rather than the portrayal of violence that instigates or energizes any subsequent violent behavior. “Cold“ imitation of violence by children is extremely rare, and the very occasional evidence of direct, imitative associations between television violence and aggressive behavior has been limited to extremely novel and vi