2010年北京航空航天大学211翻译硕士英语真题参考答案Part Ⅰ. V ocabulary (30 points)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1. The _____ is used by astrologers to help calculate the influence of the planets on people’s lives.A. zephyrB. zodiacC. zymeD. zest【答案】B2. It’s a _____ timetable. Sometimes lessons happen, sometimes they don’t.A. haphazardB. odiousC. haughtyD. handicapped【答案】A3. The poor man’s clothes were so _____ that they couldn’t be repaired any more.A. oozedB. raggedC. moppedD. mocked【答案】B4. The actor amused the audience by _____ some well-known people.A. embroideringB. riggingC. yelpingD. mimicking【答案】D5. No men was allowed to _____ on the livelihood of his neighbor.A. wadeB. invokeC. muffleD. infringe【答案】D6. The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that police were sure it was a case of _____.A. vagabondB. sabotageC. paradoxD. tachyon【答案】B7. The island is maintained as a _____ for endangered species.8. The hunter kept the lion’s skin and head as _____.A. trophiesB. filletC. tulipD. clown【答案】A9. If you _____ something, such as food or drink, you reduce its quality or make it weaker, for example by adding water to it.A. adulterateB. moorC. vaccinateD. sue【答案】A10. The orphanage is just one of her _____ causes.A. phoneticB. philanthropicC. prevalentD. lunatic【答案】B11. Many animals display _____ instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.A. cerebralB. imperiousC. ruefulD. maternal【答案】D12. The guests, having eaten until they were_____, now listened inattentively to the speakers.A. contradictedB. satiatedC. gripedD. trespassed【答案】B13. While she had the fever, she _____ for hours.A. ravedB. sniggeredC. titteredD. perforated【答案】A14. If you spill hot liquid on your skin it will _____ you.15. The mice _____ when the cat came.A. rambledB. lingeredC. saunteredD. scampered【答案】D16. The chimney is no longer _____ volumes of waste gas into atmosphere, as protective filters are being used.A. giving awayB. giving offC. giving inD. giving up【答案】B17. At three o’clock _____ a cold morning, he arrived here.A. inB. atC. onD. of【答案】C18. I’m sure dirty, _____?A. am IB. aren’t IC. isn’t ID. am not I【答案】B19. _____, there is no place like home, wherever you go.A. It may be humbleB. As humble it may beC. Humble it may beD. Humble as it may be【答案】D20. But for his help, I _____.A. did not succeedB. had not succeededC. should not have succeededD. have not succeeded【答案】C21. Try and calm yourself, _____ your mind will be easy again.A. and【答案】A22. The price of the real estate in this area may _____ to unexpected values, so everyone should be conscious of themaximum price that he would want to pay for a particular property.A. staggerB. stinkC. soarD. suspend【答案】C23. Contrary to popular belief, epidemics do not occur _____ after a natural disaster.A. spontaneouslyB. simultaneouslyC. homogeneouslyD. instantaneously【答案】D24. Immigration from countries and cultures that are _____ with the cultural core of this nation has been generallyprohibited.A. interiorB. invisibleC. incompatibleD. integral【答案】C25. This course is designed to help children _____ such real life situations as separation and loss.A. cope withB. settle downC. intervene inD. interfere with【答案】A26. Foreign language teachers of this university are busy designing a test of spoken English to _____ the original writtenexamination.A. contaminateB. complimentC. complementD. coordinate【答案】C27. Idlers, no matter how poor they are, are always _____ at finding reasons not to take action to improve their livingconditions.A. intrinsicB. ingeniousC. initialD. inherent【答案】BA. compensateB. contemplateC. jeopardizeD. manifest【答案】B29. Although the resistance groups do not show great military _____, they frequently penetrate deep into the interior.A. prowessB. prowlC. psalmD. psyche【答案】A30. The Great _____ in the USA is 1900 meters deep and 25 kilometers wide at its maximum.A. CanyonB. FordC. AbyssD. Quarry【答案】APart Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension (40 points)Section ADirections:There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. (30 points)Passage OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.“When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results,” Calvin Coolidge once observed. As the U. S. economy crumbles, Coolidge’s silly maxim might appear to be as apt as ever: the number of unemployment insurance claims is rising, and overall joblessness is creeping upw ard. But in today’s vast and complex labor market, things aren’t always what they seem. More and more people are indeed losing their jobs but not necessarily because the economy appears to be in recession. And old-fashioned unemployment isn’t the inevitabl e result of job loss. New work, at less pay, often is.Call it new-wave unemployment: structural changes in the economy are overlapping the business downturn, giving joblessness a grim new twist. Small wonder that the U. S. unemployment rate is rising. Now at 5.7 percent, it is widely expected to edge toward 7 percent by the end of next year. But statistics alone can’t fully capture a complex reality. The unemployment rate has been held down by slow growth in the labor force—the number of people working or looking for work—since few people sense attractive job opportunities in a weak economy. In addition, many more people are losing their jobs than are actually ending up unemployed. Faced with hungry mouths to feed, thousands of women, for example, are taking two or more part-time positions or agreeing to shave the hours they work in service-sector jobs. For better and for worse, work in America clearly isn’t what it used to be. Now unemployment isn’t, either.Like sour old wine in new bottles, this downturn blends a little of the old and the new reflecting a decade’s worth of change in the dynamic U. S. economy. Yet, in many respects the decline is following the classic pattern, with new layoffs concentrated among blue-collar workers in the most “cyclical” in dustries, whose ups and downs track the economy most closely.As the downturn attracts attention on workers’ ill fortunes, some analysts predict that political upheaval may lie ahead. Real wages for the average U. S. worker peaked in 1973 and have been falling almost ever since. As a result, a growing group of downwardly mobile Americans could soon begin pressing policymakers to help produce better-paying31. Why does the author refer to Coolidge’s maxim as silly?A. More and more people are applying for unemployment insurance.B. Unemployment rate is not likely to rise quickly nowadays.C. Losing jobs doesn’t necessarily lead to unemployment.D. Today’s labor market is much too complicated than Coolidge’s time.32. According to the passage, the unemployment rate has been kept under limits because _____.A. the number of the people in the work force slowly increasesB. very few people really lose their original jobsC. less and less people are out finding new jobsD. the government has taken strong measures to control the unemployment rate33. According to the passage, under the great pressure of life, many women _____.A. will do a part-time job along with the full-time jobB. would rather stay at home than apply for a part-time positionC. would be fired if they cannot finish the job quicklyD. will agree to have their working hours shortened if required34. The present downturn is similar to traditional ones in that _____.A. we can never predict which way the economy will headB. the economic prospects have been unfavorable for 10 yearsC. the government has done relatively little to intervene the marketD. physical laborers are the chief victims of the economic decline35. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Blue-collar workers are given less and less wages in recent years.B. The unemployment problem may lead to serious social problems.C. The unemployment problem will probably become less serious in no time.D. The government will create more jobs with better pay in the near future.【答案解析】31. D 由文章第一段第三句“But in today’s vast...what they seem.”可知，在当今社会造成失业人口增加的原因是复杂的。
