2015年广西民族大学翻译硕士英语考研真题A卷

2015 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 points) Section A: Multiple-choice (20 points) Directions: There are forty multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Please write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. The design of this auditorium shows a great deal of _____. We have never seen such a building before. A) orientation B) originality C) illusion D) invention 2. We've just installed a fan to _____ cooking smells from the kitchen. A) eject B) expel C) exclude D) exile 3. Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very _____. A) intriguing B) indefinite C) obscure D) dubious 4. Because of the _____ noise of traffic I couldn't get to sleep last night. A) progressive B) provocative C) perpetual D) prevalent 5. They are _____ investors who always make thorough investigations both on local and international markets before making an investment. A) indecisive B) implicit C) cautious D) conscious 6. A big problem in learning English as a foreign language is lack of opportunities for _____ interaction with proficient speakers of English. A) instantaneous B) provocative C) verbal D) dual 7. As my exams are coming next week, I’ll take advantage of the weekend to _____ on some reading. A) catch up B) clear up C) make up D) pick up 8. He is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is not the man _____ he was twenty years ago. A) which B) that C) who D) whom 9. _____, he can now only watch it on TV at home. A) Obtaining not a ticket for the match B) Not obtaining a ticket for the match C) Not having obtained a ticket for the match D) Not obtained a ticket for the match 10. Failure to follow the club rules _____ him from the volleyball team. A) disfavored B) dispelled C) disqualified D) dismissed 11. Have you ever received _____ of what has happened to her? A) the word B) words C) word D) the words 12. In her writing, Elinor Wyle often dealt with her own personality as it was, rather than _____. A) as others defined it B) its definition by others C) it was defined by others D) other’s definition 13. _____, she never alters a decision. A) Come what may B) What may come C) May what come D) May come whatever 14. It was as a physician that he represented himself, and _____ he was warmly received. A) so that B) such as C) as that D) as such 15. We could see that the larger of the Brothers(an island) rose sheer out of the sea, _____ some two hundred feet high. A) the cliffs were B) being the cliffs C) with the cliffs D) the cliffs being 16. Of all reasons against humanity, there is no one worse than _____ who employs great intellectual force to keep down the intellect of his less favored brothers. A) him B) one C) that D) he 17. Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss _____ the bread-winner’s death. A) at the cost of B) on the verge of C) as a result of D) for the sake of 18. That sound doesn’t _____ in his language, so it’s difficult for him to pronounce it. A) happen B) occur C) have D) take place 19. This organization is completely _____ any political association, and is able to conduct its own business with foreign counterparts. A) inclusive of B) devoid of C) independent of D) ignorant of 20. A television camera produces an image by converting _____ receives into a series of bright and dark dots. A) and it B) it C) what it D) that it 21. At the airport, I could hear nothing except the roar of aircraft engines which _____ all other sounds. A) diminished B) drowned C) dwarfed D) devastated 22. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young one has a glorious future before him and the old one has a _____ future behind him. A) splendid B) dreamy C) luxurious D) fateful 23. The total EU trade deficit with Japan has _____ around $20 billion for the past three years. A) hanged B) held C) hovered D) hunted 24. By 1817 the United States Congress had done away with all internal taxes and was relying on tariffs on imported goods to provide _____ revenue to run the government. A) efficient B) accurate C) additional D) sufficient 25. Many technological innovations, such as the telephone, _____ the result of sudden bursts of inspiration in fact were preceded by many inconclusive efforts. A) whose appearance B) and appear to be C) are appearing D) that appear to be 26. In many ways children live, _____, in a different world from adults. A) as it turned out B) as it was C) as it were D) as it is 27. Our democratic faith is more than the _____ of our country; it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. (President George W. Bush) A) ideology B) virtue C) creed D) dogma 28. We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything. _____ should we follow anyone like sheep. A) In no account B) By all account C) In any account D) On no account 29. Please _____ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places, since the law forbids them. A) hinder B) restrain C) restrict D) prohibit 30. This year will be difficult for this organization because it _____. A) had less money and fewer volunteers than it did last year B) has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year C) has both less money and fewer volunteers than last year D) has less money and fewer volunteers than those of last year 31. “I thought you had planned to practice piano today.” “I did nothing but _____ letters all day.” A) to write