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1、2017 年广西民族大学翻译硕士英语考研真题A 卷 Part I. Basic English Knowledge (30%) Section A: Multiple-choice (20 %) Directions: There are forty multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1.After people have learned that magnets attract t
2、hings, centuries passed _ they took note of the fact that magnets sometimes also repel things. A. before B. until C. after D. since 2.Most of North America receives _ some form of continuous plant cover except in the arid and semiarid Southwest. A. moisture to sustain sufficient B. sufficient moistu
3、re to sustain C. to sustain sufficient moisture D. sufficient to sustain moisture 3. _ industries, inventions, and communal endeavors of the Shakers, the best known is their fine furniture. A. Of the many B. Their many C. Are the many D. Many of the 4. A condenser is a heat exchanger _ steam or vapo
4、r loses heat and returns to liquid form. A. what B. in which C. in whose D. that 5.Settled by English Puritans in 1630, Boston became _. A. so that the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony B. the Massachusetts Bay Colony its capital C. it was the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony D. the cap
5、ital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 6.The scents of the flowers was_ to us by the breeze. A. intercepted B. detested C. saturated D. wafted 7. I f you_ something, such as food or drink, you reduce its quality or make it weak, for example by adding water to it. A. adulterate B. moor C. vaccinate D.
6、sue 8. Government loan have been the_ of several shaky business companies. A. tornado B. salvation C. delinquency D. momentum 9. She made shorthand notes which she later _ . A. inscribed B. described C. prescribed D. transcribed He gave me an _ either Mary have to leave, or me. A. ulcer B. underdog
7、C. ultimatum D. underworld 11. _ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom. A. There was B. Since C. Being D. There being I have never been to London, but that is the city_. A. where I like to visit most B. I d most like to visit C. which I like to visit mostly D. where I d like most
8、to visit The experiment requires more money than _. A. has been put in B. being put in C. have been put in D. to be put in Fat cannot change into muscle _muscle changes into fat. A. no more than B. any more than C. no less than D. much more than She managed to save _she could out of her wages to hel
9、p her brother. A. how little money B. so little money C. what little money D. such little money 16. A cinema was burnt out in north London last night. Police suspect _ . A. armpit B. arsenal C. arson D. artifact She trimmed the _ of the tulips before putting them in a vase. A. sprig B. spruce C. sta
10、kes D. stalks It was as a physician that he represented himself, and_ he was warmly received. A. as such B. such as C. as that D. so that While most people would _ at the prospect of so much work, Daniels seems to positively enjoy it. A. accentuate B. collate C. dehumanize D. blanch 20.Even as a gir
11、l, _to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teachers. A.performing by Melissa were B.Melissa knew that performing was C.knowing that Melissas performances were D.it was known that Melissas performances were Section B: Proofreading and Error Correction (10 %) Directions: The followi
12、ng passage contains 10 errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Many witnesses concerning the Chinese have told the truth, but perhaps a few of
13、 them have succeeded in telling nothing but the truth, and no one of (21) them has ever told the whole truth. No single individual, whatever the extent of his knowledge, could by any possible know the whole truth about the (22) Chinese. The difficulty of comparing Chinese with Anglo-Saxons will be m
14、ore (23) strongly felt by those who have attempted. To such it will soon become (24) evident that many things which seem “characteristic” of the Chinese are merely Oriental traits; but in what extent this is true, each reader in the (25) light of his own experience must judge by himself. (26) It has
15、 been said that in the present stage of our intercourse with Chinese there are three ways in which we can come to some knowledge of their social lifeby the study of their novels, their ballads, and their plays. Each of these sources of information doubtless have its worth, but there is likewise (27)
16、 a fourth, more valuable than all of them combining, a source not open to every (28) one who wrote on China and the Chinese. It is the study of the family life of (29) the Chinese in their own homes. As the topography of a district can be much better understood in the country than the city, so it is with the characteris
