1、翻译硕士英语学位 MTI 考试四川大学 2014 年真题及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Vocabulary(总题数：20，分数：30.00)1.It could not be ruled out that, sooner or later, the country would break out of the treaty.（分数：2.00）A.confirmedB.toleratedC.excludedD.refuted2.Lincoln, former president of the United States, is a conspicuous e
2、xample of a poor boy who succeeded.（分数：2.00）A.sturdyB.obstinateC.permanentD.manifest3.He displayed a complete lack of courtesy and tact in dealing with his employer.（分数：2.00）A.tenacityB.curiosityC.civilityD.hostility4.I didn“t know it then, but this disruptive way of reading started with the very fi
3、rst novel I ever picked up.（分数：2.00）A.harmfulB.persistentC.interruptiveD.characteristic5.While he was not dumber than an ox, he was not any smarter, so most of his classmates were lenient and helped him along.（分数：2.00）A.helpfulB.mercifulC.enthusiasticD.intelligent6.The chimney vomited a cloud of smo
4、ke.（分数：2.00）A.ignitedB.immersedC.emittedD.hugged7.The trade fair is designed to facilitate further cooperation between Chinese auto industries and overseas auto industries.（分数：2.00）A.promoteB.protectC.preserveD.prolong8.He was concerned only with the mundane matters, especially the daily stock marke
5、t quotations.（分数：2.00）A.rationalB.obscureC.worldlyD.eminent9.The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major calamity in which a great man was lost.（分数：2.00）A.casualtyB.catastropheC.catalogueD.crusade10.The purchaser of this lorry is protected by the manufacturer“s warranty that he will
6、replace any defective part for five years or 50,000 miles.（分数：2.00）A.prohibitionB.insuranceC.prophecyD.guarantee11.The human skeleton consists of more than two hundred bones _ together by tough and relatively inelastic connective tissues called ligaments.（分数：1.00）A.are boundB.to bindC.bind themD.bou
7、nd12.Anthropology is a science _ anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.（分数：1.00）A.in thatB.that inC.thatD.in13._ as 2500 B. C. , the Egyptians used mirrors made of highly polished metal.（分数：1.00）A.In earlyB.As earlyC.Early
8、D.Was as early14.Deposits of gravel are formed _ the weathering of rocks and the erosive and concentrating action of rivers and waves.（分数：1.00）A.wheneverB.as a result ofC.are due toD.because15.A historical novel may do more than mirror history; _ future events.（分数：1.00）A.even influencingB.it may eve
9、n influenceC.may even influenceD.that it may even influence16.Robert S. Duncanson was considered a painter of the Hudson River School, _ on scenes of America“s unturned wilderness.（分数：1.00）A.which concentratedB.which concentrated itC.which it concentratedD.and which concentrated17.Although _ rigid,
10、bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.（分数：1.00）A.ApparentlyB.are apparentlyC.apparently theirD.are they apparently18._ begun to understand that the air and the oceans act as a single fluid when they exchange heat and gases.（分数：1.00）A.In the p
11、ast decade have only meteorologistsB.Only in the past decade have meteorologistsC.The only meteorologists in the past decadeD.Only in the past decade meteorologists19._ wooden, buildings helps to protect them from damage due to weather.（分数：1.00）A.PaintingB.PaintedC.The paintD.By painting20._ one tim
12、e, Manchester, New Hampshire, was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.（分数：1.00）A.OnB.AtC.ByD.To二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section 1 Multiple c(总题数：2，分数：20.00)In eighteenth-century France and England, reformers rallied around egalitarian ideals, but few reformers advoc
13、ated higher education for women. Although the public decried women“s lack of education, it did not encourage learning for its own sake for women. In spite of the general prejudice against learned women, there was one place where women could exhibit their erudition: the literary salon. Many writers h
14、ave defined the woman“s role in the salon as that of an intelligent hostess, but the salon had more than a social function for women. It was an informal university, too, where women exchanged ideas with educated persons, read their own works and heard those of others, and received and gave criticism
15、. In the 1750s, when salons were firmly established in France, some English women, who called themselves “Bluestocking,“ followed the example of the salonnieres ( French salon hostesses) and formed their own salons. Most Bluestockings did not wish to mirror the salonnieres; they simply desired to ad
16、apt a proven formula to their own purposethe elevation of women“s status through moral and intellectual training. Differences in social orientation and background can account perhaps for differences in the nature of French and English salons. The French salon incorporated aristocratic attitudes that
17、 exalted courtly pleasure and emphasized artistic accomplishments. The English Bluestockings, originating from a more modest background, emphasized learning and work over pleasure. Accustomed to the regimented life of court circles, salonnieres tended toward formality in their salons. The English wo
18、men, though somewhat puritanical, were more casual in their approach. At first, the Bluestockings did imitate the salonnieres by including men in their circles. However, as they gained cohesion, the Bluestockings came to regard themselves as a women“s group and to possess a sense of female solidarit
19、y lacking in the salonnieres, who remained isolated from one another by the primacy each held in her own salon. In an atmosphere of mutual support, the Bluestockings went beyond the salon experience. They traveled, studied, worked, wrote for publication, and by their activities challenged the stereo
20、type of the passive woman. Although the salonnieres were aware of sexual inequality, the narrow boundaries of their world kept their intellectual pursuits within conventional limits. Many salonnieres, in fact, camouflaged their nontraditional activities behind the role of hostess and deferred to men
21、 in public Though the Bluestockings were trailblazers when compared with the salonnieres, they were not feminists. They were too traditional, too hemmed in by their generation to demand social and political rights. Nonetheless, in their desire for education, their willingness to go beyond the confin
22、es of the salon in pursuing their interests, and their championing of unity among women, the Bluestockings began the process of questioning women“s role in society.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?（分数：2.00）A.The establishment of literary salons was a r
23、esponse to reformers“ demands for social rights for womenB.Literary salons were originally intended to be a meeting ground for intellectuals of both sexes, but eventually became social gatherings with little educational valueC.In England, as in France, the general prejudice against higher education
24、for women limited women“s function in literary, salons to a primarily social oneD.For women, who did not have access to higher education as men did, literary salons provided an alternate route to learning and a challenge to some of society“s basic assumptions about women(2).According to the passage,
25、 a significant distinction between the salonnieres and Bluestockings was in the way each group regarded which of the following?（分数：2.00）A.The value of acquiring knowledgeB.The role of pleasure in the activities of the literary salonC.The desirability of a complete break with societal traditionsD.The
26、 inclusion of women of different backgrounds in the salons(3).Which of the following statements is most compatible with the principles of the salonnieres as described in the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Women should aspire to be not only educated but independent as wellB.The duty of the educated women is to p
27、rovide an active political model for less educated womenC.Devotion to pleasure and art is justified in itselfD.Substance, rather than form, is the most important consideration in holding a literary salon(4).Which of the following could best be considered a twentieth-century counterpart of an eightee
28、nth century literary salon as it is described in the passage?（分数：2.00）A.A social sororityB.A community centerC.A lecture course on artD.A humanities study group(5).To an assertion that Bluestockings were feminists, the author would most probably respond with which of the following?（分数：2.00）A.Admitte
29、d uncertaintyB.Qualified disagreementC.Unquestioning approvalD.Complete indifferenceGene therapy and gene-based drugs are two ways we could benefit from our growing mastery of genetic science. But there will be others as well. Here is one of the remarkable therapies on the cutting edge of genetic re
30、search that could make their way into mainstream medicine in the coming years. While it“s true that just about every cell in the body has the instructions to make a complete human, most of those instructions are inactivated, and with good reason: the last thing you want for your brain cells is to st
31、art churning out stomach acid or your nose to turn into a kidney. The only time cells truly have the potential to turn into any and all body parts is very early in a pregnancy, when so-called stem cells haven“t begun to specialize. Yet this untapped potential could be a terrific boon to medicine. Mo
32、st diseases involve the death of healthy cellsbrain cells in Alzheimer“s, cardiac cells in heart disease, pancreatic cells in diabetes, to name a few; if doctors could isolate stem cells, then direct their growth, they might be able to furnish patients with healthy replacement tissue. It was incredi
33、bly difficult, but last fall scientists at the University of Wisconsin managed to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, gut, muscle and bone cells. The process still can“t be controlled, and may have unforeseen limitations; but if efforts to understand and master stem cell development
34、 prove successful, doctors will have a therapeutic tool of incredible power. The same applies to cloning, which is really just the other side of the coin; true cloning, as first shown with the sheep Dolly two years ago, involves taking a developed cell and reactivating the genome within, resetting i
35、ts developmental instructions to a pristine state. Once that happens, the rejuvenated cell can develop into a full fledged animal, genetically identical to its parent. For agriculture, in which purely physical characteristics like milk production in a cow or low fat in a hog have real market value,
36、biological carbon copies could become routine within a few years. This past year scientists have done for mice and cows what Ian Wilmut did for Dolly, and other creatures are bound to join the cloned menagerie in the coming year. Human cloning, on the other hand, may be technically feasible but lega
37、lly and emotionally more difficult. Still, one day it will happen. The ability to reset body cells to a pristine, undeveloped state could give doctors exactly the same advantages they would get from stem cells: the potential to make healthy body tissues of all sorts, and thus to cure disease. That c
38、ould prove to be a true “miracle cure.“（分数：10.00）(1).The writer holds that the potential to make healthy body tissues will _.（分数：2.00）A.aggravate moral issues of human cloningB.bring great benefits to human beingsC.help scientists decode body instructionsD.involve employing surgical instruments(2).T
39、he word “rejuvenated“ (Para. 5) most probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.modifiedB.re-collectedC.classifiedD.reactivated(3).The research at the University of Wisconsin is mentioned to show _.（分数：2.00）A.the isolation of stem cellsB.the effects of gene therapiesC.the advantages of human cloningD.the limitatio
40、ns of tissue replacements(4).Which of the following is true according to the text?（分数：2.00）A.The principle of gene therapy is applicable to that of cloningB.The isolation of stem cells is too difficult to be feasibleC.It is reasonable for all body instructions to be activatedD.Cloned animals will ev
41、entually take control of the world(5).Towards the genetic research, the author“s attitude can best be said to be that of _.（分数：2.00）A.FrustrationB.IndifferenceC.AmazementD.Opposition四、Section 2 Answering (总题数：2，分数：20.00)The Fine Art of Marital FightingIn the morning his secretary quits, in the after
42、noon, his rival at the office gets a promotion; when he gets home that evening he finds out his wife has put a dent in the new car. He drinks four martinis before dinner, and blames his wife a lousy cook. She says how can he tell with all that gin in him, and he says she is getting as mean tempered
43、as her stupid mother, and she says at least her mother wasn“t stupid enough to marry a phony slob, by which time he is bellowing like an enraged moose, she is shrieking and hurling dishes, the baby is screaming, the dogs are yapping, the neighbors are pounding on the walls, and the cops are on their
44、 way. Suddenly a car screeches to the curb and a litter man with a tape recorder under his arm hops out and dashed inside. This scene is recurrent dream of George R. Bach, Ph. D. , a Los Angeles clinical psychologist and West Coast channel of the American Academy of Psychotherapy. For him, it is not
45、 a nightmare but a rosy fantasy of things to come. His great ambition is to set up a Los Angeles Clinical Night Center which any embattled husband or wife, regardless of race, creed, of hour of the night, could telephone and get a fair heating. Trained marriage counselors would manage the switchboar
46、ds, referee the disputes, tape-record the hubub for analysis at dawn“s early light, and if necessary, dispatch a mobile referee on a house call. He always has dreamed to become that referee. He studies human aggression, and he loves his work over the last twenty-five years, he has professionally ana
47、lyzed 23,000 marital rights, including, he figures, at least 2500 of his own. Gifted marital gladiators in action thrill him as the sunset does the poet. Unfortunately, his clinical practice yields so few sunsets that Bach feels the future of American family life is gravely threatened. He recently t
48、old a startled audience of newsmen and psychiatrists at the annual meeting of the Ortho-Psychiatric Association that a primary aim of psychotherapy and marriage counseling should be “to teach couples to have more, shorter more constructive fights.“ Along with a growing number of his colleagues, he s
49、ays, he has come to believe that proper training in “the fine art of marital fighting“ would not only improve domestic tranquility, it could reduce divorces by up to 90 percent. What dismays the doctor is not bloodshed per se; it is the native cowardice and abysmal crudity of American domestic fighting style. Most husbands and wives, he has found, will avail themselves of any sneaky excuse to avoid a fight in the first place. But if cornered, they begin clobbering away at one another like dull-witted Neanderthals. “The
