1、2015 年四川外国语大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷及答案解析(总分：142.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Word Derivation(总题数：10，分数：20.00)1.The 1among the allies was no secret to the enemy.(harmony)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_2.The situation there was 1. Something must be done promptly.(tolerate)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_3.This is made of 1material.(resist heat)（分数：2.00）填空项
2、 1:_4.She was a very 1 social scientist. She proved that apart from self-love, there were other basic human instincts.(observe)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_5.You can live longest and best and most 1by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.(reward)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_6.You think I“m joking? No! I“m in de
3、ad 1.(earn)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_7.Many times he demonstrated his 1to other cops.(fear)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_8.In modern society, workers are in danger of being 1. They become extension of the machine.(human)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_9. 1, most of these students studying overseas will come back eventually instead of sett
4、ling down there permanently.(presume)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_10.Nobody knows for sure how much these free official banquets have cost the people, but it must have reached on 1figure.(astronomy)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_二、Vocabulary(总题数：20，分数：40.00)11.The emotional strain of attending his dying mother_all his strength
5、.（分数：2.00）A.sappedB.depletedC.enervatedD.enfeebled12.The social worker claimed that it was impossible for the old man to live on his_pension.（分数：2.00）A.inadequateB.insufficientC.meagerD.skimpy13.The mystic found it hard, if not impossible, to_his philosophic position.（分数：2.00）A.stateB.verbalizeC.com
6、municateD.deliver14.Literary magazines give $ 200_for critical articles from people who want to make a name for themselves in this field.（分数：2.00）A.emolumentB.remunerationC.stipendD.honorariums15.He displayed_ignorance in handling what was an only routine personnel problem.（分数：2.00）A.opprobriousB.de
7、plorableC.culpableD.regrettable16.Europeans_the indigenous Indian population they met with.（分数：2.00）A.supplantedB.displacedC.rectifiedD.renovated17.Disappointment followed his hopes of_after the costly operation.（分数：2.00）A.rejuvenescenceB.renascenceC.rejuvenationD.recrudescence18.He attempts to_the
8、truth by appealing to dishonest, ignorant and irresponsible bigotry.（分数：2.00）A.vitiateB.adulterateC.contaminateD.pervert19.The typical _professor was rapt in solving an equation while crossing against a red light.（分数：2.00）A.inattentiveB.abstractedC.absent-mindedD.oblivious20.A newly independent colo
9、ny was plunged into _ by warring factions and a lack of central leadership.（分数：2.00）A.riotB.anarchyC.disorderD.disturbance21._parents are relying even more heavily on tutors and cram schools to help their children succeed.（分数：2.00）A.NervousB.AnxiousC.FretfulD.Farsighted22.G. B Shaw wondered how pare
10、nts could wait until their anger cooled in order to _ their children in cold blood.（分数：2.00）A.flogB.spankC.thrashD.scourge23.A_smile that in the next minute turned into an embarrassed blush.（分数：2.00）A.winsomeB.blitheC.cherryD.sunny24.The judge“s ruling that political beliefs of the accused were_to t
11、he question of his guilt.（分数：2.00）A.extrinsicB.superfluousC.inessentialD.immaterial25.A corrupt public official was_by colleagues afraid of inquires into their own affairs.（分数：2.00）A.palliatedB.glossed overC.whitewashedD.extenuated26.“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it,“ wrote
12、 Oscar Wilde, a composer of brilliant_.（分数：2.00）A.mottosB.aphorismsC.apothegmsD.epigrams27.The manager_a clerk whose clumsiness was responsible for the complete breakdown of operations in his department.（分数：2.00）A.rebukedB.admonishedC.reprimandedD.reproached28.They_the mounting evidence of discrepan
13、cies in the report as justifying a new investigation.（分数：2.00）A.beckonedB.invokedC.subpoenaedD.conjured29.According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, only 25% of those who suffer hip _ever fully recover; as many as 20% will die within 12 months. Even when patients do recover, nearly ha
14、lf will need a cane or a walker to get around.（分数：2.00）A.frankincenseB.fragmentsC.fracturesD.fraction30.A steady flow of the _weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced.（分数：2.00）A.
15、covetousB.covetedC.covetingD.covet三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：8，分数：80.00)Chris Hrapko isn“t afraid of tough conversations. As the founder of a nonprofit social-service agency, she battles bureaucracies on behalf of the homeless and the working poor. But there is one conversation Hrapko avoided. When
16、her 92-year-old mother fell and broke her hip earlier this year, Hrapko knew it would affect her independent mother“s living arrangements and health. But Hrapko, 51, was clueless about her mom“s wishes. “We talked about a lot of things,“ she says, “but we never talked about a future in which my mom
17、faced a problem that could leave her disabled, bedridden or on life support. “ A recent survey by AARP found that nearly 70 percent of adult children have not talked to their parents about issues related to aging. Some children avoid this most intimate of conversations because they believe their par
18、ents don“t want to talk. Others think they know what their parents want. And some simply don“t want to face the very real truth that if you are lucky enough to have parents who live well into their senior years, chances are good that disease, injury, frailty, even loneliness, will affect a parent“s
19、well-being. While it“s clear that having a conversation with aging parents is important, there is no blueprint on how to do it well. What works for one family may not work for yours. The key is to be flexible, says Mary Anne Ehlert, founder of Chicago-based Protected Tomorrows, an advocacy firm for
20、families with special needs. She has found that one of the best ways to get the conversational ball rolling is to talk about your parents“ and what they would do if faced with a situation in which people they loved could no longer care for themselves. “ Ask your parents for advice; seek their wisdom
21、 in helping you help them,“ Ehlert says. It“s also important for adults to be honest about what they are prepared to do for their parents. As parents age and become frail, many will need help with personal hygiene. It“s these kinds of issues that can make the most devoted child balk. “Before you agr
22、ee to be a caregiver, make sure you understand what you may be in for,“ says Monika White, president-elect of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. “ Adult children need to acknowledge their own limitations and then be prepared to make some type of arrangement for the thi
23、ngs they simply can“t do. “ Realize that there is no such thing as one conversation about aging. “ No one resolves the future in one afternoon of talk,“ says psychologist Brian Carpenter of Washington University in St. Louis. “It“s a process. “ One strategy is to schedule time to talk about a specif
24、ic subject, such as wills or living arrangements.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, Chris Hrapko_.（分数：2.00）A.avoided talking about the issue of aging with her motherB.realized that her mother wanted to talk to her about the future lifeC.believed that her mother didn“t want to talk to he
25、r about the aging issueD.knew that the injury would cause her mother lonelier than before(2).Many adult children have not talked to their parents about aging not because_.（分数：2.00）A.some children think that their parents don“t want to talkB.some children believe that they know their parents wellC.so
26、me children are not lucky enough to have parents who live well into their senior yearsD.some children shun the reality that their parents need help(3).We can learn from paragraph 3 that_.（分数：2.00）A.Chris Hrapko needs to seek advices from the expert and follow them step by stepB.Talking about your pa
27、rents“ personal values may make the conversation disputableC.It is unadvisable to talk about your parents“ future life where you cannot take care of themD.talking with your parents about their aging but find an appropriate way(4).The underlined word “balk“(Para. 4)most probably means_.（分数：2.00）A.laz
28、yB.stopC.joyD.disappoint(5).Which of the following is true of the text?（分数：2.00）A.Chris Hrapko“s mother refused to talk about the future problem with her daughter.B.Mary Anne Ehlert advised people to communicate with their parents on their own way.C.Monika White thought that if people cannot meet th
29、eir parents“ need, they cannot be a good caregiver.D.Brian Carpenter suggested that people should spend more time in communicating with their parents.Less than five years ago. Scottish Opera was trapped in a financial quagmire from which few thought it could recover. Today, however, the national com
30、pany seals its comeback by announcing its most wide-reaching program to date. In an interview with The Times, Alex Reedjik, general director of Scottish Opera, explained that a series of collaborations with other companies would enable it to maximize its output without compromising its budget . He a
31、dmitted that the partnerships were borne of financial necessity, but argued they would allow the company to reach greater audiences than ever before. “Collaborations are the way forward,“ he said. “We have often done co-productions in the past but they are more important to us now to enable us to ac
32、hieve all of our hopes. The problem is that sets are very expensive. If you can share those costs with another organization and not impact on artistic integrity, that is a positive, welcome and necessary thing. Highlights of the 2009-10 season will include a new co-production with New Zealand Opera
33、of Rossini“s The Italian Girl in Algiers, and a joint venture with Opera North The Adventures of Mr. Broucek, by Leos Janacek, featuring a 40-strong choir singing Hussite hymns, along with bagpipes and an organ. An unashamedly Italianate season this Autumn begins with a revival of Giles Havergal“s p
34、opular 1994 production of The Elixir of Love. There will also be a revival of the Tony-award winning director Stewart Laing“s production of Puccini“s La Boheme. The turnaround in the company“s fortunes is striking. In 2005, the year before Mr. Reedjik joined the organization, Scottish Opera was forc
35、ed to make half of its staff, including the entire chorus , redundant and abandon its main-scale productions for a season after accumulating debts of a-round 4.5 million. The company“s core grant, which at that time came from the Scottish Arts Council(it is now funded directly by the government)had
36、not risen for several years. However, it had also haemorrhaged funds by staging the hugely expensive Ring Cycle, and according to some critics , had been overspending on props, with rumors of cast members wearing 300 designer shoes. A 7 million rescue package put together by the then Labor-led Scott
37、ish Executive saved the company from going dark on a permanent basis, but the ease with which it almost went under forced a rethink of priorities . While the company continues to stage several major productions each season, it has also introduced smaller touring worksthe acclaimed Five: 15 serieswhi
38、ch pairs leading writers with composers to create 15-minute chamber pieces that could be developed into longer productions. The aim, says Mr. Reedjik, is to put on as much opera in Scotland as possible without breaking the bank. So far the strategy seems to be working, with audiences averaging at ar
39、ound 95 ,000 people in the past three years, a rise of almost 50 per cent compared with 2004 -05, the season before the company went dark. “What we are trying to do now is live within our means and raise as much as possible from philanthropic means,“ said Mr. Reedjik. “ We seemed to have dropped out
40、 of the news for dumb stuffnow we“re in the news for our interesting work. “（分数：10.00）(1).This text is probably abridged from_.（分数：2.00）A.a storyB.a speechC.an argumentationD.an interview(2).The phrase “compromising its budget“(Line 5, Para. 1)probably means_.（分数：2.00）A.agreeing on the principlesB.i
41、ncreasing the financial expansesC.reaching the financial standardsD.promising a higher income(3).It can be inferred from the last sentence in Paragraph 1 that_.（分数：2.00）A.the quality of artistic performances may be worsened for lack of necessary fundingB.sharing the cost of sets can help the Scottis
42、h Opera out of financial difficultyC.the series of collaborations with other companies have maximized the Scottish Opera“s outputD.it“s important for audience to hold a positive view on such co-productions(4).The fact that “the ease . forced a rethink of priorities“(Line 2-3, Para. 4)suggests that_.
43、（分数：2.00）A.the company makes great efforts in advocating its major productionsB.the company hires only the prestigious writers and composers to create worksC.the company tries its hand in producing shorter touring worksD.the company seeks for more funding from the local political party(5).The best t
44、itle for this article is_.（分数：2.00）A.Collaboration Helps Revive Scottish OperaB.A Rethink of Priorities in ProductionsC.Turnaround in the Company“s FortunesD.Persistence of Artistic Integrity Reading Passage 3Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the
45、English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why we should, Like, Cure, John Mcwhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, see the triumph
46、of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English. Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education. Mr. Mcwhorter“s an academic specialty is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance
47、of “whom“ , for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss the case-endings of Old English. But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing,“ has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated to
48、ne when they put pen to paper before the 1960“s even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft. Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. Mcwhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle, why we should, like, care.
