1、大学生英语竞赛 C 类非英语专业-27 及答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Translation(总题数:8,分数:100.00)1.“Confucius Institute“ is a non-profit public institute with a mission to promote the Chinese language and culture in the world and to support the local Chinese teaching. The English name for the institute is “Confucius In
2、stitute“. Confucius is a well-known thinker, educator and philosopher in Chinese history, and his doctrine has a very important influence in the world. To name this institute after him shows the extensive and profound accumulation of Chinese language and culture with a long history. It also embodies
3、 the trend for the integration of Chinese language and culture into the world in the new century. (分数:10.00)_2.Many experts hold the idea that the top priority in the reform of educational system should be given to the improvement and reform in curriculum and examination system. They point out that
4、the key of the reform in the education system is a well-shared awareness that the primary and secondary educations are there, instead of simply offering the knowledge important to the students, to improve the students in an all-round way, and especially to guide them to a careful pondering over such
5、 fundamental issues as life itself and social responsibility. As to the schools, they try their best to get a better way to gradually guide the students to an appropriate view over the world around them. (分数:10.00)_3.Pollution is a problem because man, in an increasingly populated and industrialized
6、 world, is upsetting the environment in which he lives. Many scientists maintain that one of man“s greatest errors has been to equate growth with advancement. Now “growth“ industries are being looked on with suspicion in case their side effects damage the environment and disrupt the relationship of
7、different forms of life, the growing population makes increasing demands on the world“s fixed supply of air, water and land. (分数:10.00)_4.During the process of developing a tourist industry, Guilin attached great importance to constructing tourist attractions, maintaining the Li River, and improving
8、 its capacity to receive tourists. After more than 20 years“ development, Guilin has made remarkable progress in the tourist industry, basically forming a multi-functional and multi-level system as well as overall high-quality tourist reception capacity. Guilin has become a world-renowned tourist ci
9、ty. In recent years, Guilin has always ranked within the top 10 in terms of international tourist arrivals. (分数:10.00)_5.On some occasions it is important to adhere to the conventions that characterize serious public discourse and to avoid expressions that we might use in more casual situations. Amo
10、ng the features of formal English are the careful explanation of background information, complexity in sentence structure, explicit transitions between thoughts, and the use of certain words that are reserved chiefly for creating a formal tone. Situations that normally require formal usage would inc
11、lude an article discussing a serious matter submitted to a respected journal, an official report by a group of researchers to a government body, a talk presented to a professional organization, and a letter of job application. (分数:15.00)_6.Never has there been a language quite like English. A bold s
12、tatement, yet nevertheless true. Consider a few statistics. Today, one out of every seven people in the world use English in some way. More than half the world“s books are written in English; the majority of international telephone calls are made in English; 60% of the world“s radio programs are bro
13、adcast in English. English is even the working language of international air travel. For the first time in history, a single language has become dominant across a wide range of human activity, ranging from music, film and fine arts to the fields of business, diplomacy, science and technology. (分数:15
14、.00)_7.Inadequacy of energy resources or more often of the technologies and organizations for harvesting, converting, and distributing those resources has meant insufficient energy benefits and hence inconvenience, deprivation and constraints on growth. The 1970“s, then, represented a turning point.
15、 After decades of constancy or decline in monetary costsand of relegation of environmental and sociopolitical costs to secondary statusenergy was seen to be getting costlier in all respects. It began to be probable that excessive energy costs could pose threats on insufficient supply. It also became
16、 possible to think that expanding some forms of energy supply could create costs exceeding the benefits. (分数:15.00)_8.Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments it prepares than on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments. Sir Isaac Newton supposedly discover
17、ed gravity through the fall of an apple. Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall. But Newton for years had been curious about the cause of the orbital motion of the moon and planets. What kept them in place? Why didn“t they fall out of the sky?
18、 The fact that the apple fell down toward the earth and not up into the tree answered the question he had been asking himself about those larger fruits of the heavens, the moon and the planets. (分数:15.00)_大学生英语竞赛 C 类非英语专业-27 答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Translation(总题数:8,分数:100.00)1.“Confucius Instit
19、ute“ is a non-profit public institute with a mission to promote the Chinese language and culture in the world and to support the local Chinese teaching. The English name for the institute is “Confucius Institute“. Confucius is a well-known thinker, educator and philosopher in Chinese history, and hi
20、s doctrine has a very important influence in the world. To name this institute after him shows the extensive and profound accumulation of Chinese language and culture with a long history. It also embodies the trend for the integration of Chinese language and culture into the world in the new century
21、. (分数:10.00)_正确答案:()解析:孔子学院是以传播中国语言文化、支持当地中文教学为基本任务的非赢利性社会公益机构。“孔子学院”的英文名称为“Confucius Institute”。孔子是中国历史上的著名的思想家、教育家、哲学家,其学说在世界上具有十分重要的影响,因此该名称体现了中国历史悠久、博大精深的语言文化底蕴,也体现了新世纪中国语言文化将逐步融入世界的发展趋势。2.Many experts hold the idea that the top priority in the reform of educational system should be given to the
22、 improvement and reform in curriculum and examination system. They point out that the key of the reform in the education system is a well-shared awareness that the primary and secondary educations are there, instead of simply offering the knowledge important to the students, to improve the students
23、in an all-round way, and especially to guide them to a careful pondering over such fundamental issues as life itself and social responsibility. As to the schools, they try their best to get a better way to gradually guide the students to an appropriate view over the world around them. (分数:10.00)_正确答
24、案:()解析:许多专家认为,教学改革的当务之急是要改变现在的课程(curriculum)设置和考试办法,他们指出,教育改革的关键在于使全社会认识到中、小学教育的目的不只是让学生掌握必要的知识,更应该提高学生整体素质,特别是他们对于人生意义和社会责任这些根本性的问题要有比较深入的思考。学校要在这些方面深入研究,选择合适的内容和方式引导和帮助学生形成正确的观点。3.Pollution is a problem because man, in an increasingly populated and industrialized world, is upsetting the environmen
25、t in which he lives. Many scientists maintain that one of man“s greatest errors has been to equate growth with advancement. Now “growth“ industries are being looked on with suspicion in case their side effects damage the environment and disrupt the relationship of different forms of life, the growin
26、g population makes increasing demands on the world“s fixed supply of air, water and land. (分数:10.00)_正确答案:()解析:污染已成为问题,因为在当今人口越来越多,社会越来越工业化的世界上,人类正在污染他们居住的环境。许多科学家认为人类最大的错误是把发展和进步等同起来。现在人们以怀疑的态度看待“发展性”的产业,因为它们的副作用会破坏环境,破坏各种生命之间的关系。人口的增长导致对世界上有限的空气、水和土地的需求不断增长。4.During the process of developing a tou
27、rist industry, Guilin attached great importance to constructing tourist attractions, maintaining the Li River, and improving its capacity to receive tourists. After more than 20 years“ development, Guilin has made remarkable progress in the tourist industry, basically forming a multi-functional and
28、multi-level system as well as overall high-quality tourist reception capacity. Guilin has become a world-renowned tourist city. In recent years, Guilin has always ranked within the top 10 in terms of international tourist arrivals. (分数:10.00)_正确答案:()解析:桂林在发展旅游业中,着力于风景建设,漓江的综合治理,改善和提高旅游接待能力等方面。近二十多年来
29、,桂林旅游业有了长足的发展,基本形成了具有多功能、多层次的旅游产业结构和全方位、高质量的旅游接待服务体系,成为中外瞩目的旅游热点城市。近些年来,桂林接待入境游客数始终排在全国旅游城市的前十名之内。5.On some occasions it is important to adhere to the conventions that characterize serious public discourse and to avoid expressions that we might use in more casual situations. Among the features of fo
30、rmal English are the careful explanation of background information, complexity in sentence structure, explicit transitions between thoughts, and the use of certain words that are reserved chiefly for creating a formal tone. Situations that normally require formal usage would include an article discu
31、ssing a serious matter submitted to a respected journal, an official report by a group of researchers to a government body, a talk presented to a professional organization, and a letter of job application. (分数:15.00)_正确答案:()解析:有时(在某些场合)重要的是恪守(遵守)严肃场合的公开谈话所特有的常规做法,并避免使用在非正式场合可能使用的表达法。正规(正式)英语的特点包括认真解
32、释背景信息、句子结构复杂、不同的想法之间有明确的过渡以及使用某些主要用于使语气正式的词。通常需要使用正规用法的场合包括为某著名杂志撰写的讨论严肃话题的文章、研究小组递交给政府机构的正式报告、为专业组织做的报告以及求职信。6.Never has there been a language quite like English. A bold statement, yet nevertheless true. Consider a few statistics. Today, one out of every seven people in the world use English in som
33、e way. More than half the world“s books are written in English; the majority of international telephone calls are made in English; 60% of the world“s radio programs are broadcast in English. English is even the working language of international air travel. For the first time in history, a single lan
34、guage has become dominant across a wide range of human activity, ranging from music, film and fine arts to the fields of business, diplomacy, science and technology. (分数:15.00)_正确答案:()解析:世界上从来没有任何一种语言使用得像英语那样广泛。这种说法太自负了,然而却符合实际情况。请看一些统计数字。如今,世界上每七个人中就有一个人不同程度地使用英语;世界上有一半的书籍是用英语写的;大多数国际电话是用英语通话的;世界上有
35、 60%的广播节目是用英语播的;英语甚至还是国际航空旅行中通用的语言。有史以来第一次有一种语言支配了从音乐、电影、美术以及商业、外交和科技等人类在许多领域中的活动。7.Inadequacy of energy resources or more often of the technologies and organizations for harvesting, converting, and distributing those resources has meant insufficient energy benefits and hence inconvenience, deprivat
36、ion and constraints on growth. The 1970“s, then, represented a turning point. After decades of constancy or decline in monetary costsand of relegation of environmental and sociopolitical costs to secondary statusenergy was seen to be getting costlier in all respects. It began to be probable that exc
37、essive energy costs could pose threats on insufficient supply. It also became possible to think that expanding some forms of energy supply could create costs exceeding the benefits. (分数:15.00)_正确答案:()解析:能源资源的不足,更常见的是开采、转化和分配这些资源的技术力量的缺乏,组织的混乱导致能源效益不足,这种情况使得麻烦越来越多,资源越来越匮乏,受到的限制也越来越多。可是,20 世纪 70 年代出现了
38、一个转折点。在过去的几十年,能源的货币成本保持稳定或者说在下降,其环境和社会成本一直是被当作次要的成本在考虑,这使得能源在各方面都变得昂贵。而现在,统观能源的各方面,其成本是在增加的。过高的能源成本可能导致能源供应不足。增加某种形式的能源会使成本超过其创造的利益,这也是可以想象的。8.Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments it prepares than on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments. Sir Isaac N
39、ewton supposedly discovered gravity through the fall of an apple. Apples had been falling in many places for centuries and thousands of people had seen them fall. But Newton for years had been curious about the cause of the orbital motion of the moon and planets. What kept them in place? Why didn“t
40、they fall out of the sky? The fact that the apple fell down toward the earth and not up into the tree answered the question he had been asking himself about those larger fruits of the heavens, the moon and the planets. (分数:15.00)_正确答案:()解析:在实践中,科学与其说依靠事先准备的实验,不如说依靠实验观察者有所准备的头脑。艾萨克牛顿爵士通过对苹果落地进行推理发现了重力。多少世纪以来,苹果一直在许多地方落到地面,成千上万个人看到苹果落地。而牛顿多年来一直对月球和行星绕轨道运行的起因感到好奇。是什么力量使得它们处于现在的位置呢?它们为什么不落到天空之外呢?苹果向下落到地上而不是向上飞到树上这一事实回答了牛顿长期以来对月球和行星所存有的疑问。月球和行星是苍天中更大的果实。