1、2015 年对外经济贸易大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷及答案解析(总分：102.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Vocabulary(总题数：22，分数：44.00)1.If central banks maintain their anti-inflation policy and withdraw money from the system or raise interest rates, they could_a recession.（分数：2.00）A.precipateB.precipitateC.precitateD.presipate2.The Seller shall be liab
2、le for any damage of the commodity due to improper packing and for any rust_inadequate protective measures in regard to the packing.（分数：2.00）A.attributing toB.attributated toC.attributable toD.attributed with3.Our terms of payment are by confirmed, irrevocable letter of credit_against presentation o
3、f shipping documents.（分数：2.00）A.payable at sightB.paid by sightC.to be paid on sightD.in sight payment4.If any damage to the goods occurs, a claim may _the insurance agent at your end, who will undertake to compensate you for the loss sustained.（分数：2.00）A.be lodged toB.lodge againstC.be filed withD.
4、be filled against5.Should the Seller fail to perform the contracted obligations 10 weeks after the aforesaid incident, the Buyer shall have the right to treat the contract as_.（分数：2.00）A.legally validB.null and voidC.ineffectiveD.default6.The new Treasury bill seeks to ensure the prosperity of all c
5、itizens, _simply supporting large corporations and the wealthy.（分数：2.00）A.in spite ofB.in case ofC.as a result ofD.rather than7.While most experts_the idea that corporations could actually become human beings, most agree that punishing corporations for the crimes they commit will at the very least h
6、ave a positive effect on the world.（分数：2.00）A.scoff atB.support forC.scold onD.stand over8._in a time of shortage is wrong.（分数：2.00）A.Profit-makingB.Non-profit-makingC.ProfiteerD.Profiteering9._please find one set of the shipping documents covering this consignment.（分数：2.00）A.The attachedB.Enclosure
7、C.EnclosingD.Enclosed10.Steady interest and strong local _in non-core shopping districts are backing retailers.（分数：2.00）A.purchase powerB.purchasing powerC.power purchaseD.preference power11.This service should be available to everybody, _whether they can afford it.（分数：2.00）A.irrespectiveB.irrespect
8、ive thatC.irrespective ofD.irrespective to12.Theoretically, lending rates have already been liberalized, with no floor on them; in reality, bankers say they still price loans off the_.（分数：2.00）A.bottom lineB.benchmarkC.starting pointD.interest rate13.The company is reported to have_of nearly $ 90, 0
9、00.（分数：2.00）A.debtB.assetC.responsibilitiesD.liabilities14.He carried out extensive research into the local real estate market before he decided to _a mortgage.（分数：2.00）A.take outB.take inC.take offD.take on15.We are looking forward to_your reply.（分数：2.00）A.receiveB.receivingC.acceptD.accepting16.He
10、 built up the business_his health.（分数：2.00）A.at expense ofB.to the expense ofC.at the expense ofD.on expense of17.The problem is that most local authorities lack the _ in dealing with the financial problems.（分数：2.00）A.expertB.expertiseC.professionD.acknowledgement18._ these conditions are fulfilled
11、_ the application proceed to the next stage.（分数：2.00）A.Not until.thatB.Only when.didC.All.except forD.Only if. can19.The President_reforming health care.（分数：2.00）A.is obliged toB.is committed toC.promised toD.is convinced to20.China is confident of meeting its 2030 goals for a peak in carbon dioxide
12、_and lifting the share of non-fossil fuel to around 20 percent of energy use.（分数：2.00）A.ejectionsB.disposalsC.emissionsD.eruption21.Although economic ties between most Asia-Pacific economies have not yet suffered any fundamental damage.（分数：2.00）A.choppyB.correctC.fragmentD.run on22.It had nothing to
13、 do with the environment, the cost of infrastructure, public transport or any other reason put forward.（分数：2.00）A.fragmentB.choppyC.comma spliceD.correct二、Structure and Rhetor(总题数：8，分数：16.00)23.WeChat has seen monthly active users grow to 468 million worldwide since its 2011 introduction , Chinese s
14、tudents who adopted WeChat while in their home country are now set to be the foundation of the app“s US push.（分数：2.00）A.correctB.comma spliceC.run onD.choppy24.Perplexed by the rising rates of inflation and alarmed by the decline in major construction projects.（分数：2.00）A.fragmentB.run onC.correctD.c
15、hoppy25.Over the last year employment has grown at the fastest pace since 2006 the pace of hiring seems to be trending upward.（分数：2.00）A.correctB.choppyC.run onD.fragment26.Global commodity prices are sluggish. Domestic demand is weak. Manufacturers do not have much initiative. They do not expand ou
16、tput in the short run.（分数：2.00）A.comma spliceB.choppyC.fragmentD.correct27.It might be the case that the economy is fundamentally unchanged from where it was a year or two ago, but has received a boost from the falling cost of petrol and other commodities.（分数：2.00）A.correctB.run onC.comma spliceD.ch
17、oppy28.In all the cities that have already banned smoking in public venues it is still very difficult to prohibit smoking in places such as restaurants the owners do not want to offend their customers.（分数：2.00）A.correctB.run onC.fragmentD.comma splice29.Climate is a scientific question. Climate is n
18、ot a moral question. We should respond to what really happens. We should not respond to what happens in a novel.（分数：2.00）A.run onB.correctC.choppyD.fragment30.Monthly job growth has picked up this year, factory output and business investment have advanced, consumer spending and the housing market ha
19、ve been mixed.（分数：2.00）A.fragmentB.run onC.correctD.comma splice三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：40.00)There comes a time when all monopolies falter. Think of telecoms operators or utilities, for example. For Google, too, its near-monopoly on search ads will someday end. The company is nowhere near t
20、his point yet, of course. But recently there have been signs that Google is no longer quite as untouchable as it once was. Start with online ads. The market for digital advertising has weakened recently. According to IAB, US digital ad spend grew 14 per cent in the second quarter. Not bad. But that
21、was the lowest rate of growth in two years. More concerning still for Google is that search ads“ share of the digital advertising pie has been shrinking since 2011. Google is still outgrowing the market revenues from its own sites, including YouTube, grew 20 per cent in the most recent quarter. But
22、the move away from search is starting to hurt: Bernstein estimates that Google search revenue growth slowed to 17 per cent. Google“s fastest-growing source of revenue has become its lower-margin “ other“ category, which includes sales from Google Play and is growing at 50 per cent a year. As ad doll
23、ars move away from search, Google has been losing share of the overall online advertising market to Facebook. In the US, eMarketer expects Google“s share of digital ads to fall from 40 per cent(2013), to 38 per cent(2014), to 34 per cent(2016). Facebook“s market share is expected to climb from 8 per
24、 cent to 11 per cent in the same period. Part of the problem is that search ads do not seem to be quite as successful on mobile(the fastest-growing part of digital ad spend)as on desktop. People do use search on phonessearch is about half of mobile ad spending. But these ads appear to have less impa
25、ct than targeted social media ads, and could fall off quickly as more effective forms of mobile advertising are found. Face-book, which has a higher ad market share on mobile than on desktop, has seen its click-through rate triple over the past year, according to Nanigans. Unfortunately for Google,
26、mobile advertising is getting increasingly crowded. Snapchat, a popular photo-sharing app, is launching ads. And Yahoo is trying to boost its mobile ad offering with its acquisition of Flurry. The search business naturally tends towards monopoly. But the advertising business, ex-search, does not.（分数
27、：10.00）(1).What does the word “shrink“ mean?（分数：2.00）A.ThriveB.StableC.ExpandD.Compress(2).Why does the author mention IAB in the second paragraph?（分数：2.00）A.To explain why the digital advertising market has weakened recently.B.To support the viewpoint that digital advertising market has weakened re
28、cently.C.To argue the point that digital advertising market has weakened recently.D.To counter-argue that the digital advertising market has weakened recently.(3).According to this article, Facebook and Yahoo might NOT be the competitor of mobile advertising for Google.（分数：2.00）A.TRUEB.FALSEC.NOT GI
29、VEN(4).According to this article, Microsoft might be the competitor of mobile advertising for Google.（分数：2.00）A.TRUEB.FALSEC.NOT GIVEN(5).According to this article, Snapchat IS the competitor of mobile advertising for Google.（分数：2.00）A.TRUEB.FALSEC.NOT GIVEN“Weapons of math instruction. “ That is wh
30、at Beijing“s English-language mouthpiece, Global Timesnot normally much given to such witcalls a Sino-British plan to export Chinese maths instructors to the UK and to send British teachers to Shanghai to learn why China is so good at numbers. A scouting party of British teachers has been in Shangha
31、i for the past week learning how to deploy those weapons in the gross domestic product wars. The logic is simple, not to mention simplistic; Shanghai tops the global league table in tests by the OECD, the Paris-based think-tank, of 15-year-olds“ maths skills. Now the UK wants to get its hands on som
32、e of that Shanghai magic for its own maths-free masses so they can end up as rich as the Chinese. Elizabeth Truss, then UK education minister, this year visited the Chinese financial centre and waxed lyrical about the advantages of giving the UK a maths education system with more Chinese characteris
33、tics. But quite apart from the rather breathless quality of her accolade, the logic is faulty. If Chinese schools are so fabulous, why are a staggering 85 per cent of Chinese parents thinking about sending their children overseas to study, according to a recent HSBC report? And why are more and more
34、 mainland parents eager to expatriate their children in time to finish their final years of secondary school overseas when they could just as easily stay at home and win accolades from the OECD? The apparent obsession of Britain“s Conservative party with the performance of one Chinese city“s student
35、s on a single mathematics test is probably just a manifestation of a global angst about China taking over the world. But other countries don“t seem to be importing Chinese teachers wholesale to show the locals how it“s done. Of course, every education system can learn something from every othernot l
36、east about how not to do things. And there is much to be admired about Chinese students, their teachers and even their tiger parents. There“s plenty of academic debate about why exactly Shanghai tops the maths charts on the OECD“s programme for international student assessment tests. There are those
37、 who would have us believe it“s all geneticthough, as the mother of one ethnically Chinese child who flunked her last maths test and another who counts maths as her worst subject. I am not much swayed by that argument. Then there are those who say that it makes no sense to compare the test results o
38、f one of China“s richest, most advanced cities with entire countries where rich and poor school districts are combined. But that, too, is not all that persuasive since poor Chinese students in the hinterland have, if anything, even more incentive to do well in maths exams. Australia“s Grattan Instit
39、ute argues, in a recent study, that it is all about pedagogical strategies , such as mentoring and giving teachers more time outside the classroom. Grattan says, for example, that each new Shanghai teacher has two in-school mentors, one for classroom management and one for content. But an admittedly
40、 unscientific straw poll of a handful of teachers in Shanghai schools found that this was true for them only in their first year. How much difference can that make? And then there“s the parenting: even Chinese cubs who don“t have a tiger mum usually have parents who spend a lot of time teaching them
41、 basic numeracy from infancywhen mums elsewhere are still mesmerising them with Baby Beethoven. And last we come to what is, for me, the most entertaining argument of all: that Mandarin is a better language to learn maths in, foramong other thingsthe excellent reason that Mandarin speakers say “10 +
42、 1“ and “10 +2“ , saving the effort of learning to say “eleven“ and “twelve“. So by all means, let“s learn from each other. But the war on British innumeracy will not be won just with weapons of maths instruction from a Chinese education system that has lost the confidence of much of its own populat
43、ion, at least when it comes to the immediate pre-university years and above. Chinese parents are voting with their pocketbooks to remove their children from China“s schools. Maybe they know something we don“t.（分数：10.00）(1).According to paragraph 1, what is the main purpose of the Sino-British plan?（
44、分数：2.00）A.To participate in the APEC CEO Summit 2014.B.To learn why China is so good at numbers.C.To help control China“s air pollution.D.To compare the maths education in China and Great Britain.(2).What dose the word “Accolade“ mean?（分数：2.00）A.NeutralB.AnimadversionC.DepreciateD.PraiseE.Chinese ar
45、e more keen on learning maths than the British.(3).According to this article, the following statements constitute the major hypotheses of the academic debate about why China is so good at numbers EXCEPT_and_?（分数：2.00）A.It“s all about genetic.B.It“s all because of the pedagogical strategies.C.Mandari
46、n is a better language to learn maths.D.Chinese spend most of their time learning maths.(4).According to this article, the following statements constitute the major hypotheses of the academic debate about why China is so good at numbers EXCEPT_and_?（分数：2.00）A.It“s all about genetic.B.It“s all becaus
47、e of the pedagogical strategies.C.Mandarin is a better language to learn maths.D.Chinese spend most of their time learning maths.(5).Which might be the BEST title for this article?（分数：2.00）A.British faith in Chinese education fails to add up.B.British faith in Chinese education grows steadily.C.The
48、British trust in Chinese education.D.The British do not trust in Chinese education.The following passage has five paragraphs I-V. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Note there are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all. Write the corre
49、ct number A-E on the ANSWER SHEET. List of HeadingsA. The Chinese tech market is an alluring one.B. It“s been a rough year for foreign tech companies in China.C. Instead, worse off in the China market are hardware companies like Cisco and IBM.D. But Microsoft may actually be better off in China than many other US tech companies.E. Qualcomm is having trouble with the Chinese government.Example AnswerParagraph IV E【R1】Para. I_【R2】Para. II_【R3】Para. III_
