1、翻译硕士英语模拟试卷 14 及答案与解析一、Vocabulary1 _ an answer, they decided to send an express telegram to them.（A）Received not（B） Having received not（C） Not having received（D）Not received2 The committee members resented _ them of the meeting.（A）the president that he did not tell（B） the president not to inform（C） t
2、he presidents not informing（D）the president that he failed informing3 The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is _ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.（A）everything except（B） anything but（C） no less than（D）nothing more than4 Inflation has s
3、urged in recent months due to double-digit spike in sensitive food prices blamed on shortages of pork and other basic goods.（A）sharp rise（B） regular increase（C） dramatic drop（D）anticipated decrease5 If you have never planted anything, you wont be able to know the pleasure of watching the thing you h
4、ave planted _.（A）grow（B） to grow（C） growing（D）to be growing6 Our football coach has worked hard to _ a team spirit into the players.（A）inculcate（B） incapacitate（C） inflate（D）infuriate7 He would have paid _ for his fridge had the salesman insisted because he really needed it.（A）as much twice（B） twice
5、 as much（C） as twice（D）two times8 The committee has anticipated the problems that _ in the road construction project.（A）arise（B） will arise（C） arose（D）have arisen9 Alxender Woollcotts flamboyant personality combined sharpness of wit with sentimentality.（A）devious（B） humorous（C） singular（D）showy10 It
6、 was _ we had hoped.（A）more a success than（B） a success more than（C） as much of a succes as（D）a success as much as11 Linda was _ the experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.（A）to start（B） to have started（C） to be starting（D）to have been starting12 When we credit the succe
7、ssful people with intelligence, physical strength or great luck, we are making excuses for ourselves because we fall _ in all three.（A）rare（B） short（C） lacking（D）scarce13 The chairman requested that _.（A）the members studies the problem more carefully（B） the problem would be more carefully studied（C）
8、 the members had studied the problem with more care（D）the problem be studied with more care14 Some fish have a greater _ for acid water than others.（A）tolerance（B） resistance（C） dependence（D）persistence15 Although the model looks good on the surface, it will not bear close _.（A）temperament（B） scruti
9、ny（C） contamination（D）symmetry16 Every time I listen to Tchaikovsky, I found myself _ in the beauty of the works by one of the most artistically creative composers.（A）submerged（B） soaked（C） sucked（D）immersed17 Professor Wu traveled and lectured throughout the country, to _ education and professional
10、 skills so that women could enter the public world.（A）prosecute（B） acquire（C） proclaim（D）advocate18 The project requires more labor than _ because it is extremely difficult.（A）has been put in（B） have been put in（C） being put in（D）to be put in19 Though this ear is more elegant in appearance, its qual
11、ity _ that less fancy one.（A）more inferior than（B） is more inferior to（C） is inferior to（D）is more inferior than20 A short _ of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area.（A）light（B） delight（C） flight（D）fight二、Reading Comprehension20 It so happened that Lucy, who f
12、ound daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave. The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture hav
13、e alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marveling how he has escaped us, and thinking how we could worship him and love him would he but translate his visions into human actions. Perhaps he cannot; certainly he does not
14、, or does so very seldom. Lucy had done so never.She was no dazzling execultante; nor was she the passionate young lady, who performs so tragically on a summers evening with the window open. Passion was there, but it could not be easily labeled. And she was tragical only in the sense that she was gr
15、eat, for she loved to play on the side of Victory. Victory of what and over what-that is more than the words of daily life can tell us. But that some sonatas of Beethoven are written tragic no one can gainsay; yet they can triumph or despair as the player decides, and Lucy had decided that they shou
16、ld triumph.A very wet afternoon at the Pension Bertolini permitted her to do the thing she really liked, and after lunch she opened the little draped piano. A few people lingered round and praised her playing, but finding that she made no reply, dispersed to their rooms to write up their diaries or
17、to sleep. She took no notice of Mr. Emerson looking for his son, nor of Miss Bartlett looking for Miss Lavish, nor Miss Lavish looking for her book. Like every true performer, she was intoxicated by the mere feel of the notes.Mr. Beebe, sitting unnoticed in the window, pondered over this illogical e
18、lement in Lucy Honeychurch, and recalled the occasion at Tunbridge Wells when he had discovered it. It was at one of those entertainments where the upper classes entertain the lower. The seats were filled with a respectful audience, and the ladies and gentlemen of this parish, under the auspices of
19、their vicar, sang, or recited, or imitated the drawings of a champagne cork. Among the promised items was Miss Honeychurch. Piano. Beethoven, and Mr. Deebe was wondering whether it would be Adelaida, or the march of The Ruins of Athens, when his composure was disturbed by the opening bars of Opus II
20、I. He was in suspense all through the introduction for not until the pace quickens does one know what the performer intends. With the roar of the opening theme he knew that things were going extraordinarily; in the chords that herald the conclusion he heard the hammer strokes of victory. He was glad
21、 that she only played the first movement, for he could have paid no attention to the winding intricacies of the measure of nine-sixteen. The audience clapped, no less respectful. It was Mr Bebee who started the stamping; it was all that one could do.Who is she? He asked the vicar afterwards.Cousin o
22、f one of my parishioner. I do not consider her choice of a piece happy Beethoven is so usually simple and direct in his appeal that it is sheer perversity to choose a thing like that, which, if anything disturbs.When he was introduced, Mr. Beebe realized. that Miss Honeychurch, disjoined from her mu
23、sic-stool, was only a young lady with a very pretty, pale, underdeveloped face. She loved going to concerts, she loved stopping with her cousin, she loved iced coffee and meringues. But before he left Tunbridge Wells he made a remark to the vicar, which he now made to Lucy herself when she closed th
24、e little piano and moved dreamily towards him.If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very excitingboth for us and for her.21 In the first paragraph we are told that _.（A）one needs to reject worldly pleasure to truly develop musical talent.（B） music is sometimes regarded as a
25、 substitute for creation.（C） there is often a mismatch between great musical talent and ordinary life.（D）it is amazing how great an effect music tends to have on our lives.22 Lucys piano playing _.（A）displayed a mixture of strong feelings.（B） tended to be rather melodramatic（C） failed to capture the
26、 tragic nature of some music（D）was marred by some inaccuracies.23 When she played at the Pension Bertolini, Lucy _.（A）wished she could play better.（B） asked to be left alone.（C） resented being interrupted.（D）was engrossed in the musi.24 What did Mr. Beebe realize at the entertainment he remembers at
27、 Tunbridge Wells?（A）That the vicar had vetted the contributions（B） That Lucy had a special musical talent（C） That Lucys was the only performance of any value（D）That the audiences were duty-bound to show appreciation25 What surprised Mr. Beebe when he heard Lucy at Tunbridge Wells?（A）Lugs choice of c
28、omposer（B） The way the opening theme developed（C） Lucys choice of piece（D）The fact that Lucy didnt play more of the work25 It is not compatible with the egalitarian ideal that there should be sharp differences in the scale of monetary reward for services performed. In New Zealand, care of the underd
29、og has long since been a more important consideration than is the case in very many other countries. Successive governments may claim with some justice to have abolished poverty, but this has not been done without there taking place a narrowing of margins between the rewards for skilled and unskille
30、d labor, with its consequent denialof incentive toacquire skill, to strive for self-improvement. The countrys citizens have come to regard social security as their inalienable right, but by taking too readily for granted the States obligation towards themselves they are apt to lose sight of the conv
31、erse proposition that they themselves have obligations to the State.The reluctance to reward skilled labor at rates calculated to provide an incentive for acquiring skill has its counterpart in the reluctance to remunerate the nations best scholars and scientists on a scale sufficient to keep a fair
32、 proportion of them at home.The fact is often deplored that so many young men of the highest ability prefer to take up a career overseas, but it is doubtful whether higher salaries would stem their exodus in more than a minor degree. Under any circumstances, regardless of monetary reward, the intell
33、ectual litewould be tempted to go abroad in search of a wider field of endeavor than can be found in so small acountry as New Zealand.In a society where great wealth is regarded as antisocial, it is natural that ostentation should be looked at askance. Marks of distinction are liable to be a handica
34、p. For instance, the politician who accepts a title does not usually improve his chances of gaining or retaining office by doing so. Richard Seddon, it will be remembered, consistently and doubtless wisely, refused to accept a knighthood. Wealth carries with it a minimum of prestige; it is a positiv
35、e disadvantage to the aspirant to a political career. Strongly marked individuality or eccentricity are seldom in evidence among New Zealanders, and even where they do exist, the qualities are tolerated rather than appreciated. The rule of conformity prevails, and if the American writer, Sydney Gree
36、nbie, is to be believed, it has already produced a considerable measure of standardization among the inhabitants of the Dominion. “In face and feature, in mind and taste. “ writes Greenbie, “the modern New Zealanders are so much alike that it is hard to remember the names of persons you meet casuall
37、y for lack of distinguishing characteristics to which the eye can cling.“Under conditions such as those described above, it is not surprising that no privileged class should have come into existence through long possession of landed estate or other permanent source of income. Nevertheless, the claim
38、 that New Zealanders have developed a classless society can scarcely be substantiated. Snobbery, when discouraged in one quarter, is prone to appear in some new form elsewhere. Recent investigations by A. A. Congalton and R. J. Havighurst show that there is a fairly well defined and universal apprec
39、iation of the graduated social status attaching to various social occupations. Results of a survey in which a cross section of the public was asked to answer a series of apposite questions showed, for example, that doctors, lawyers, and big businessmen were graded above heads of Government Departmen
40、ts, clergymen, and university professors; that office workers rated higher than shop assistants, miners than wharf laborers, and so on. Incidentally, the investigation also brought to light the fact that may attempt to inquire into the existence of social distinctions within the community invariably
41、 roused resentment.A privileged class being also a leisured class, its rejection is in keeping with a deep-seated belief that work has a virtue in its own right, without regard to its usefulness. In pioneer days, when hands were few and subsistence hard to win, it was indeed a crime to remain idle,
42、and the habit of seeing idleness as a vice has endured. At the beginning of the great slump, when Forbes the Prime Minister, shocked at what he had seen of the “dole“ during a visit to England, declared that so long as he retained office there would be no payment without work, his words appealed to
43、a moral precept deeply inculcated not only in the minds of reactionaries but of many radicals as well.26 One result of New Zealands effort to abolish poverty is _.（A）sharp differences between the rich and the poor（B） the egalitarian ideal becomes incompatible（C） care of the underdog becomes more imp
44、ortant（D）skill learning and self-improvement are not desired27 Some high ability people prefer a career overseas because of _.（A）fierce competition at home（B） higher social status overseas（C） more opportunities abroad（D）monetary reward at home28 Which of the following best describes the New Zealand
45、society?.（A）ostentation（B） eccentricity（C） individuality（D）conformity29 New Zealand is not a classless society in that _.（A）snobbery is discouraged everywhere in New Zealand（B） people with more wealth seem to enjoy a high social status（C） the difference between the rich and the poor is great（D）New Z
46、ealanders dont have a permanent source of income30 If people believe that work has a virtue in its own right, they will do all the following EXCEPT _.（A）see idleness as a vice（B） try their best not to be idle（C） not accept a privileged class（D）inquire into social distinctions30 Most students arrive
47、at college using“ discrete, concrete and absolute categories to understand people, knowledge, and values. “ These students live with a dualistic view, seeing “the world in polar terms of we-right-good vs. other-wrong-bad. “ These students cannot acknowledge the existence of more than one point of vi
48、ew toward any issue. There is one “right“ way. And because these absolutes are assumed by or imposed on the individual from external authority, they cannot be personally substantiated or authenticated by experience. These students are slaves to the generalizations of their authorities. An eye for an
49、 eye! Capital punishment is apt justice for murder. The Bible says so.Most students break through the dualistic stage to another equally frustrating stagemultiplicity. Within this stage, students see a variety of ways to deal with any given topic or problem. However, while these students accept multiple points of view, they are unable to evaluate or justify them. To have an opinion is everyones right. While students in the dualistic stage
