1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 481及答案与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture.
2、 When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 1 The Double Nature of Literary Translation . Introduction New tendency: combination of two theories . Tran
3、slation is a(n) 【 1】 _ A. Reproduce message through transformation of 【 2】 _ B. Focus of study Description of process of translation Structures and forms of language C. Aim To reveal the 【 3】 _ inherent in translating D. Procedures for a translator Comprehend the 【 4】 _ of the whole work Reproduce t
4、he original by using corresponding 【 5】 _ and proper 【 6】 _ of translation . Translation is a(n）【 7】 _ A. Translation is the 【 8】 _ of a literary work B. Three qualifications of a translator: Competence in two languages Thorough 【 9】 _ of the original Knowledge of the basic 【 10】 _ and methods of tr
5、anslation 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】 5 【 5】 6 【 6】 7 【 7】 8 【 8】 9 【 9】 10 【 10】 SECTION B INTERVIEW Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview yo
6、u will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 11 According to the conversation what is Dr. Gus purpose? （ A） To have a talk with exhibitor. （ B） To purchase a lab. （ C） To discuss the possibility of negotiation with the Universal Computers Lt
7、d. （ D） To inquire more information about the scientific apparatus. 12 They have been concerned with the following terms EXCEPT _. （ A） millions of instructions per second （ B） discount （ C） remote connection （ D） management committee 13 From the conversation we know if we buy more products from the
8、 Universal Computers Ltd., （ A） we can earn more money （ B） we can benefit more （ C） they will give us more service （ D） they will move their main building to China 14 When can exhibitor expect to get an answer? （ A） Within a month or two. （ B） By Tuesday. （ C） Very soon. （ D） Immediately. 15 From t
9、he conversation we can deduce that _. （ A） they have a good beginning of trading （ B） they are eager to know each other （ C） they want to shake hands in Beijing （ D） they hate the barriers between them SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen ca
10、refully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. 16 What do Microsoft expect XP to do? （ A） They expect that XP will attract users to use their new product （ B） They expect that XP will enhance American economy （ C
11、） They expect that XP will slow down computer sales （ D） They expect that XP will replace the old editions 16 I cry easily. I once burst into tears when the curtain came down on the Kirov Ballets “Swan Lake“. I still choke up every time I see a film of Roger Bannister breaking the “impossible“ four-
12、minute mark for the mile. I figure I am moved by witnessing men and women at their best. But they need not be great men and women, doing great things. Take the night, some years ago, when my wife and I were going to dinner at a friends house in New York city. It was sleeting. As we hurried toward th
13、e house, with its welcoming light, I noticed a car pulling out from the curb. Just ahead, another car was waiting to back into the parking spacea rare commodity in crowded Manhattan. But before he could do so another car came up from behind, and sneaked into the spot. “Thats dirty pool.“ I thought.
14、While my wife went ahead into our friend s house. I stepped into the street to give the guilty driver a piece of my mind. A man in work clothes rolled down the window. “Hey,“ I said, “this parking space belongs to that guy,“ I gestured toward the man ahead, who was looking back angrily, I thought I
15、was being a good Samaritan, I guessand I remember that the moment I was feeling pretty manly in my new trench coat. “Mind your own business!“ the driver told me. “No,“ I said. “You dont understand. That fellow was waiting to back into this space.“ Things quickly heated up, until finally he leaped ou
16、t of the car. My God, he was colossal. He grabbed me and bent me back over the hood of his car as if I was a rag doll. The sleet stung my face. I glanced at the other driver, looking for help, but he gunned his engine and hightailed it out of there. The huge man shook his rock of a fist of me, brush
17、ing my lip and cutting the inside of my mouth against my teeth. I tasted blood. I was terrified. He snarled and threatened, and then told me to beat it. Almost in a panic, I scrambled to my friends front door. As a former Marine, as a man, I felt utterly humiliated. Seeing that I was shaken, my wife
18、 and friends asked me what had happened. All I could bring myself to say was that I had had an argument about a parking space. They had the sensitivity to let it go at that. I sat stunned. Perhaps half an hour later, the doorbell rang. My blood ran cold. For some reason I was sure that the bruiser h
19、ad returned for me. My hostess got up to answer it, but I stopped her. I felt morally bound to answer it myself. I walked down the hallway with dread. Yet I knew I had to face up to my fear. I opened the door. There he stood, towering. Behind him, the sleet came down harder than ever. “I came back t
20、o apologize,“ he said in a low voice. “When I got home, I said to myself, what right I have to do that? Im ashamed of myself. All I can tell you is that the Brooklyn Navy Yard is closing. Ive worked there for years. And today I got laid off. Im not myself. I hope you11 accept my apology.“ I often re
21、member that big man. I think of the effort and courage it took for him to come back to apologize. He was man at last. And I remember that after I closed the door, my eyes blurred, as I stood in the hallway for a few moments alone. （ E） dull 17 From the passage, we can infer that the author is what k
22、ind of person? （ B） poor （ C） sensitive （ D） exciting 18 On what occasion is the author likely to be moved? （ A） A young person cheated of the best things in life. （ B） A genius athlete breaks a world record. （ C） A little girl suffers from an incurable disease. （ D） When the curtain comes down on a
23、 touching play. 19 What does “dirty pool“ at the end of the second paragraph mean? （ A） Improper deeds （ B） Bribery （ C） Chicanery （ D） Dirty transaction 20 Why didnt the writers wife and friends ask him what had happened? （ A） They sensed that something terrible happened, they didnt dare to ask. （
24、B） They were afraid that the writer might lose face if they asked. （ C） Theyd like to let it be for it was not their business. （ D） They tried to calm the writer in this way. 21 What touched the writer in the end? （ A） The big mans courage to admit his mistake. （ B） The big mans sincerity and confes
25、sion. （ C） The big mans wretched experience. （ D） The man at his best. 一、 PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) Directions: There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. 22 Youth Courts try most cases involving people under_. （ A） 17 （ B） 18 （ C） 19
26、（ D） 20 23 The idea of containment was first brought up by_. （ A） Harry Truman （ B） Franklin D.Roosevelt （ C） Marshall （ D） George Kennan 24 Australia is politically divided into_states and_territories. （ A） four, three （ B） five, two （ C） six, three （ D） six, two 25 The slavery was legally abolishe
27、d in 1865 by_Amendment. （ A） the fourteenth （ B） the fifteenth （ C） the thirteenth （ D） the sixteenth 26 On _ , 1776, the Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. （ A） June4 （ B） July4 （ C） June 14 （ D） July 14 27 The novel The Catcher in the Rye was written by_. （ A） Henry Miller （ B） Stan
28、ley Rinehart （ C） Holden Caulfield （ D） . . Salinger 28 The Victorian Age was largely an age of_, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. （ A） poetry （ B） drama （ C） prose （ D） epic prose 29 The first president in U. S. history who resigned because of a scandal is_. （ A） Wilson （ B） Nixon （
29、C） Jackson （ D） Kennedy 30 The term Metaphysical Poetry is commonly used to name the works of the seventeenth century writers who wrote under the influence of_. （ A） John Milton （ B） William Shakespeare （ C） John Bunyan （ D） John Donne 31 Students are wondering how _ could lose California to the US.
30、 （ A） France （ B） Spain （ C） Mexico （ D） Portugal 二、 PART IV PROOFREADING trees bend beneath the thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground; and the corn, piled in graceful sheaves, or waving in every light breath that sweeps above it, as if it wooed the sickle, tinges the l
31、andscape with a golden hue. A mellow softness appears to hang over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend itself to the very wagon, whose slow motion across the well-reaped field, is perceptible only to the eye, but strikes with no harsh sound upon the ear. 三、 PART VI WRITING (
32、45 MIN) Directions: Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. 44 Some people choose friends who are different from themselves. Others choose friends who are similar to themselves. Compare the advantages of having friends who are different from you with the advantages of having f
33、riends who are similar to you. Which kind of friends do you prefer for yourself? Why? Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay. In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your
34、argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. 专业英语八级模拟试卷 481答案
35、与解析 SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Directions: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture
36、 is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. 1 【听力原文】 Good morning, todays lecture is the very first of s series of lectures on translation, so Id like to spend some tim
37、e discussing a very basic issue, nature of literary translation. Various definitions have been given to translation. Among them two definitions are most important. One is translation is a science and the other is translation is an art. The two definitions represent two schools-the school of science
38、and the school of art. In my opinion, both schools have their strong points and weak points so far as literary translation is concerned. Now there is a tendency to combine their theories into a comprehensive one. As a matter of fact, literary translation has a double nature. Thats to say, on one han
39、d, it is a science with its own laws and methods, and on the other, it is an art. Now lets have a further discussion of its double nature. First, we say translation is a science, because it has its own laws and methods. It should reproduce the message of the original by means of the transformation o
40、f linguistic equivalence. It focuses on the study of description of the process of translation, and the structures and forms of language so as to reveal the objective laws inherent in translating. Take the translation between English and Chinese for example. If we want to translate well, we must be
41、entirely familiar with the content of the original and all the knowledge it concerns. In addition, we should have a comparatively comprehensive and thorough study of English and Chinese so that we may do our work with high proficiency. Although Chinese and English have their respective characteristi
42、cs still we can do the translation between them. It is because language reflects the objective existence that is common to both English and Chinese. But at the same time we must admit that languages are quite different in characteristics and usage. This is the problem that troubles the translators.
43、If one wants to be a qualified translator, one should have a penetrating study and careful comparison of the similarities and differences between these two languages so that one may find the corresponding laws and methods in the translation between them, do translation effectively and ensure the qua
44、lity of translation. Anyhow, it will never do for one to translate word for word and mechanically adhere to the superficial similarities in words, phrases and grammatical structures. He must follow the scientific process from thorough understanding to accurate representation. The procedures are, fir
45、st, the translator must comprehend the content and style of the whole work before he sets his pen to paper, and then, creatively reproduce the original as it really is by using the corresponding laws and proper methods of translation in a flexible way so that the translation may be lifelike as well
46、as intelligible. Now lets turn to the point of translation as an art. This means translation re-creates a literary work by using expressions of another language. It emphasizes the effect of translation. There are quite a lot of people who lack a correct understanding of this. A popular fallacy is th
47、at translation is far easier than creation. Since such misunderstanding exists, it is necessary and worthwhile for us to discuss the following question: Is translation really far easier than creation? Writing is rather hard. Thats quite true. Not everybody can write satisfactorily. A writer should h
48、ave had rich experience in life and accumulated a great deal of source material. Whats more, he should be good at generalization and creation. Only thus, is it possible for him to produce a satisfactory work. And translation is not so easy as some non-professionals think it to he. We may state that
49、it is rather difficult. A qualified translator must possess the following three qualifications: First, he must be at home in the two languages concerned and quite familiar with their characteristics, similarities and differences. Secondly, he must have a thorough understanding of the content, artistic features and style of the original and the historical background in which it was written. Thirdly, he must know very w
