1、2012 年中山大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷及答案与解析一、Vocabulary1 The old couple moved to the countryside_their health for the doctor said fresh airwould do them good.（A）for the sake of（B） because of（C） In case of（D）in spite of2 Lover of towns_I am. I realize that I owe a debt to my early country life.（A）because（B） where（C）
2、who（D）as3 She was trying_by the teacher in class.（A）avoiding questioning（B） avoiding to question（C） to avoid being questioned（D）to avoid questioning4 _, I must do another experiment.（A）Be it ever so late（B） It is ever so late（C） It be ever so late（D）So late it be ever5 He might have been killed_the
3、arrival of the police.（A）except for（B） but for（C） with（D）for6 Hes_as a “bellyacher“hes always complaining about something.（A）who is known（B） whom is known（C） what is known（D）which is known7 The law requires that everyone_his car checked at least once a year.（A）has（B） would have（C） have（D）will have8
4、Until then, his family_from him for six months.（A）didnt hear（B） hasnt been hearing（C） hasnt heard（D）hadnt heard9 Nowhere but in the continuous research work _find the meaning of his life.（A）for him to（B） he can（C） he could（D）can he10 In order to escape from the boring and heavy study tasks, many stu
5、dents choose to play video games to feel_.（A）emotionally high（B） high emotional（C） high emotionally（D）emotional high11 By the time Bob arrives in Beijing_.（A）we have been staying here for two days（B） it has been for two days we have stayed here（C） it is already two days before we have arrived here（D
6、）we will have stayed here for two days12 Carmakers challenged the law, in part_C02, was not an air pollutant.（A）on the ground（B） on ground（C） on the ground that（D）on ground that13 _in a famed university abroad was what his parents wished for.（A）The boy to be cultivated（B） The boy cultivated（C） The b
7、oys being cultivated（D）The boy was cultivated14 We looked for a table to sit down, but they were all_.（A）reserved for（B） engaged for（C） used up（D）taken up15 In spite of his_appearance, his movements were as spirited as a young mans.（A）aging（B） aged（C） being aged（D）having aged16 Sales usually go up i
8、n the stores during December, but_again after Christmas.（A）drop off（B） drop out（C） drop by（D）drop down17 It was impolite for you to leave without saying goodbye; you really_have done so.（A）shouldnt（B） wouldnt（C） couldnt（D）mustnt18 The detective and his assistant have begun to_the mysterious murder.（
9、A）look into（B） see to（C） make over（D）come through19 _travels faster than_.（A）The light, sound（B） Light, the sound（C） Light, sound（D）The light, the sound20 Being wronged, the little girl tried to_her tears at first, but on seeing her mother, she burst out crying.（A）keep away（B） keep to（C） keep up（D）k
10、eep back21 Their refusal to sign the international treaty was_by many countries in the world.（A）announced（B） denounced（C） renounced（D）pronounced22 When she saw how frightened he was at his mistake, her anger began to_.（A）fade away（B） die away（C） fall down（D）die down23 Mary is so_about her weight tha
11、t she doesnt eat staple food at all.（A）sensible（B） sensational（C） senseless（D）sensitive24 His dog was_by a truck last night and died immediately.（A）run into（B） run over（C） run out（D）run through25 The Christmas presents were all_in shiny paper.（A）done over（B） done with（C） done out（D）done up26 The dia
12、mond is very big. It_any diamond that Ive ever seen.（A）dwells（B） dwarfs（C） distains（D）dwindles27 Mary became _ homesick and critical of the United States, so she fled from her home in west Bloomfield to her hometown in Austria.（A）completely（B） sincerely（C） absolutely（D）increasingly28 It is well know
13、n that knowledge is the_condition for expansion of mind.（A）incompatible（B） incredible（C） indefinite（D）indispensable29 The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her _attitude toward customers.（A）impartial（B） mild（C） hostile（D）opposing30 Since it is too late to change my mind now. I
14、am_to carrying out the plan.（A）obliged（B） committed（C） engaged（D）resolved二、Reading Comprehension30 I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of h
15、appiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper more abiding emotion.Going to an amusement park or ball game,
16、watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that
17、happiness has nothing to do with fan. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties , fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “ happiness“. But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, d
18、rug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If hes honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in tact quite painful. The single
19、life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they
20、 want. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations w
21、e can ever come to. It liberates time; now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now unders
22、tand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.31 Which of the following is true?（A）Fun creates long-lasting satisfaction（B） Fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness.（C） Happiness is endu
23、ring whereas fun is short-lived.（D）Fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness.32 To the author, Hollywood stars all have an important role to play that is to_.（A）write memoir after memoir about their happiness（B） tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun（C） teach people how to e
24、njoy their lives（D）bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties33 In the authors opinion, marriage_.（A）affords greater fun（B） leads to raising children（C） indicates commitment（D）ends in pain34 Couples having infant children_.（A）are lucky since they can have a whole nights slee
25、p（B） find fun in tucking them into bed at night（C） find more time to play and joke with them（D）derive happiness from their endeavor35 If one gets the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he will_.（A）stop playing games and joking with others（B） make the best use of his time increasing happiness（C）
26、 give a free hand to money（D）keep himself with his family35 Film has properties that set it apart from painting, sculpture, novels, and plays. It is also, in its most popular and powerful form, a story telling medium that shares many elements with the short story and the novel. And since film presen
27、ts its stories in dramatic form, it has even more in common with the stage play; Both plays and movies act out or dramatize, show rather than tell, what happens.Unlike the novel, short story, or play, however, film is not handy to study; it cannot be effectively frozen on the printed page. The novel
28、 and short story are relatively easy to study because they are written to be read. The stage play is slightly more difficult to study because it is written to be performed. But plays are printed, and because they rely heavily on the spoken word, imaginative readers can conjure up at least a pale imi
29、tation of the experience they might have been watching a performance on stage. This cannot be said of the screenplay, for a film depends greatly on visual and other nonvisual elements that are not easily expressed in writing. The screenplay requires so much “filling in“ by our imagination that we ca
30、nnot really approximate the experience of a film by reading a screenplay, and reading a screenplay is worthwhile only if we have already seen the film. Thus, most screenplays are published not to read but rather to be remembered.Still, film should not be ignored because studying it requires extra ef
31、fort. And the fact that we do not generally “read“ films does not mean we should ignore the principles of literary or dramatic analysis when we see a film. Literature and films do share many elements and communicate many things in similar ways. Perceptive film analysis rests on the principles used i
32、n literary analysis, and if we apply what we have learned in the study of literature to our analysis of films, we will be far ahead of those who do not. Therefore, before we turn to the unique elements of film, we need to look into the elements that film shares with any good story.Dividing film into
33、 its various elements for analysis is a somewhat artificial process, for the elements of any art form never exist in isolation. It is impossible, for example, to isolate plot from character; Events influence people, and people influence events; the two are always closely interwoven in any fictional,
34、 dramatic, or cinematic work. Nevertheless, the analytical method uses such a fragmenting technique for ease and convenience. But it does so with the assumption that we can study these elements in isolation without losing sight of their interdependence or their relationship to the whole.36 What is m
35、ainly discussed in the text?（A）The uniqueness of film.（B） The importance of film analysis.（C） How to identify the techniques a film uses.（D）The relationship between film analysis and literary analysis.37 Why is it not handy to study film?（A）Because screenplay is not as well written as literary works
36、.（B） Because a film cannot be effectively represented by a printed screenplay（C） Because a film is too complicated.（D）Because publishers prefer to publish literary works.38 From the third paragraph we learn that_.（A）the means by which we analyze a literary work cannot be applied to film analysis（B）
37、a good film and a good story have many elements in common（C） we should not pay extra effort to study films（D）using the principles of literary analysis makes no difference in film analysis39 Why cant we divide film into various elements for analysis?（A）Because these elements are interwoven with each
38、other and cannot be separated without failing to appreciate a film as a whole.（B） Because films cannot be written down and it is inconvenient to analyze them（C） Because films elements are too complicated.（D）Because films need not to be analyzed in detail.40 What does the word “it“ refers to in the l
39、ast sentence of the passage?（A）The analytical method.（B） The fragmenting technique.（C） Ease.（D）Convenience.40 Modern technology and science have produced a wealth of new materials and new ways of using old materials. For the artist this means wider opportunities. There is no doubt that the limitatio
40、ns of materials and nature of tools both restrict and shape a mans work. Observe how the development of plastics and light metals along with new methods of welding has changed the direction of sculpture. Transparent plastic materials allow one to look through an object, to see its various sides supe
41、rimposed on each other (as in Cubism or in an X-ray). Today, welding is as prevalent as casting was in the past. This new method encourages open designs, where surrounding and intervening space becomes as important as form itself.More ambiguous than other scientific inventions familiar to modern art
42、ists, but no less influential , are the psychoanalytic studies of Freud and his followers, discoveries that have infiltrated recent art, especially Surrealism. The Surrealists, in their struggle to escape the monotony and frustrations of everyday life, claimed that dreams were the only hope. Turning
43、 to the irrational world of their unconscious, they banished all time barriers and moral judgements to combine disconnected dream experiences from the past, present and intervening psychological states. The Surrealists were concerned with overlapping emotions more than with overlapping forms. Their
44、paintings often become segmented capsules of associative experiences. For them, obsessive and often unrelated images replaced the direct emotional message of expressionism. They did not need to smash paint and canvas; they went beyond this to smash the whole continuity of logical thought.There is li
45、ttle doubt that contemporary art has taken much from contemporary life. In a period when science has made revolutionary strides, artists in their studios have not been unaware of scientists in their laboratories. But this has rarely been a one-way street. Painters and sculptors, through admittedly i
46、nfluenced by modern science, have also molded and changed our world. If break-up has been a vital part of their expression, it has not always been a symbol of destruction. Quite the contrary : it has been used to examine more fully, to penetrate more deeply, to analyze more thoroughly , to enlarge,
47、isolate and make more familiar certain aspects of lire that earlier we were apt to neglect. In addition, it sometimes provides rich multiple experiences so organized as not merely to reflect our world, but in fact to interpret it.41 According to the passage, it is true that_.（A）artistic creations se
48、em to be the reproductions of modern technology（B） artistic creations have made great strides scientifically（C） artistic creations appear to be incapable of ignoring material advances（D）artistic creations are the reflection of the material world42 The welding techniques_.（A）can cause a lot of change
49、s in sculpture arts（B） permit details of an object to be seen clearly（C） can superimpose multiple sides of sculptors designs（D）can make artists adaptable to surroundings43 We can learn from the text mat Freuds studies_.（A）are more ambiguous than any other scientific invention（B） have influenced other scientific inventions（C） cause Surrealism（D）have infiltrated Surreali
