翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试武汉大学2014年真题.doc
翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试武汉大学2014年真题
(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、Part Ⅰ Vocabulary(总题数：40，分数：20.00)
1.The U. S government is made up of three portions ; executive, legislative and judicial.（分数：0.50）
A.parts
B.ingredients
C.principles
D.proportions
2.For 18 months, Iran repeatedly rebuffed all U. S proposals to free the hostages.（分数：0.50）
A.rebuked
B.rejected
C.abused
D.filtered
3.The common earthworm is made up of round segments , commonly divided into anterior and posterior.（分数：0.50）
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B.cells
C.rings
D.sections
4.Slander has destroyed many a great man"s career and reputation.（分数：0.50）
A.Misfortune
B.Arrogance
C.Defamation
D.snobbery
5.Before being able to sojourn to Europe, many preparations such as vaccinations and visas are required.（分数：0.50）
A.stay briefly
B.enter
C.depart
D.be bound for
6.In order to strengthen both the forearm and the grip, many athletes will repeatedly squeeze
a tennis ball in their hands.（分数：0.50）
A.drench
B.impale
C.penetrate
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7.One cause of the Civil War was economic and political rivalry between the agrarian South and the industrial North.（分数：0.50）
A.prosperous
B.old-fashioned
C.agriculture
D.poorly organized
8.Trees, shrubs , flowers, and grass give character and interest to the parks.（分数：0.50）
A.vines
B.vegetables
C.bushes
9.Hobsion theory states that through unchecked proliferation of the human species, in twenty years the world"s population will have out, own the total food supply.（分数：0.50）
A.maturity
B.multiplication
C.delegation
D.digestion
10.Through modern medical science and technology, the average human life has been prolonged to
72 years.（分数：0.50）
A.precipitated
B.stretched
C.changed
D.turned
11.A forest fire will leave nothing but scorched earth in its wake.（分数：0.50）
A.withered
B.barren
C.burned
D.evaporated
12.After scrutinizing the Stern Hitler Diaries, handwriting experts proclaimed them to be forgeries.（分数：0.50）
A.examining
B.stealing
C.copying
D.dictating
13.The great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 demolished great sections of the beautiful city.（分数：0.50）
A.harmed
B.ruined
C.relinquished
D.contaminated
14.The ulterior motives of women are impossible to guess.（分数：0.50）
A.mysterious
B.covert
C.unsteady
D.changeable
15.His ______ nature will aid him in attaining success in this difficult job.（分数：0.50）
A.imitative
B.catalytic
C.rotund
D.persevering
16.There was a period of ______ prior to their divorce, during which she went for a trip around the world and he stayed at home.（分数：0.50）
A.strangeness
B.estrangement
C.machination
D.frivolity
17.A theory of noncooperation can be a certain method of ______ the friends with whom you work.（分数：0.50）
A.abominating
C.alienating
D.evaluating
18.The economic stability of nations and continents is often affected by the abundance or ______ of natural resources.（分数：0.50）
A.force
B.condensation
C.rainfall
D.dearth
19.There is no reason to insult and ______ the man simply because you do not agree with him.（分数：0.50）
A.depict
B.distort
C.defame
D.enhance
20.He failed the exam because none of his answers were ______ to the questions asked.（分数：
0.50）
A.pertinent
B.omniscient
C.referential
D.elusive
21.The acceleration growth of public employment ______ the dramatic expansion of budgets and programs.（分数：0.50）
A.parallels
B.contains
C.revolves
D.populates
22.Not every ______ mansion, church, battle sits, theater, or other public hall can be preserved.（分数：0.50）
A.novel
B.structured
C.unknown
D.venerable
23.Man is still a ______ in the labor market.（分数：0.50）
A.possibility
B.resumption
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D.provision
24.By the time you get to Washington tomorrow, I ______ for Chicago.（分数：0.50）
A.am leaving
B.will leave
C.shall have left
D.had left
25.The company ______ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.（分数：0.50）
A.is promised
B.has been promising
C.is promising
D.promised
26.Once ______, this power station will supply all the neighbouring towns and villages with electricity.（分数：0.50）
A.it being completed
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C.it was completed
D.it completing
27.______ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $21,000.（分数：0.50）
A.Judged the best
B.Judging the best
C.To be judged the best
D.Having judged the best
28.______ with the picture, Mary tore it to pieces.（分数：0.50）
A.Dissatisfying thoroughly
B.To dissatisfy thoroughly
C.Being thoroughly dissatisfied
D.To be thoroughly dissatisfied
29.Investigators agreed that passengers ______ on the airliner at the very moment of the crash.（分数：0.50）
A.should have died
B.must be dying
C.must have died
D.ought to die
30.Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ______ during the day.（分数：0.50）
A.should have done
B.would have done
C.must have done
D.may have done
31.He appreciated ______ the chance to deliver his thesis in the annual symposium on Comparative Literature,（分数：0.50）
A.having given
B.to have been given
C.to have given
D.having been given
32.Living in the desert involves a lot of problems, ______ water shortage is the worst.（分数：
0.50）
A.not to mention
B.of which
C.let alone
D.for what
33.______ will Mr. Smith be able to regain control of the company.（分数：0.50）
A.With hard work
B.Only if he works hardly
C.In spite of his hard work
D.Only with hard work
34.Henry took a bus and headed home, ______ if his wife would have him back.（分数：0.50）
A.not to know
B.not known
C.not knowing
D.not having known
35.He concluded his speech with a remark that failure ______ the mother of success.（分数：0.50）
A.is
B.were
C.was
D.must be
36.It is only when you nearly lose someone ______ fully conscious of how much you value him.（分数：0.50）
A.do you become
B.then you become
C.that you become
D.have you become
37.Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea usually expect it in various social ______.（分数：0.50）
A.occasions
B.cases
C.situations
D.circumstances
38.It was ______ that we felt tired when we arrived.（分数：0.50）
A.a so long travel
B.such a long travel
C.such a long journey
D.such a so long journey
39.The suspect at last admitted ______ the stolen goods, but he denied ______.（分数：0.50）
A.receiving
B.to receive
C.receiving
D.to receive
40.The doctor advised Tom to stay in bed, saying he was much ______.（分数：0.50）
A.ill enough
B.too ill
C.so ill
D.very ill
二、Part Ⅱ Proof Reading(总题数：1，分数：10.00)
When you read a piece of technical writing in English at the first time, 1
or when you first hear scientists or engineers talking English, you may 2
find it difficult to understand what is written or spoken, particularly if
you have learned English as a language of every day conversation and
of literature. You may think there is a special species of English which is 3
used only in science and technology and which has to be learned as separate 4
language. You may also feel that somehow English of science, and technology 5
is less difficult than everyday English. In fact, technical English does differ 6
from everyday language because of the specialized contexts in which it was 7
used and because of the specialized interests of scientists and engineers. But
the differences do not present any great problems until they have been recognized. 8 However, the vocabulary of any technical discussions may include words which
have never used outside the question. If you do not know the subject, you will not 9
understand what is said or written, even if English is your native mother tongue. 10 （分数：
10.00）
三、Part Ⅲ Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
四、Section One(总题数：3，分数：30.00)
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.
While attractiveness is a positive factor, for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.
Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability, were thought to account for their success.
Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.
All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than was that of attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive women has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive women in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the "masculine" qualities required.
This is true even in politics." When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently." says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote them.
The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.（分数：10.00）
(1).The underlined word " liability " in Paragraph 1 most probably means ______.（分数：2.00）
A.misfortune
B.instability
C.disadvantage
D.burden
(2).In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ______.（分数：2.00）
A.reinforces the feminine qualities required
B.makes women look more honest and capable
C.is of primary importance to women
D.often enables women to succeed quickly
(3).Bowen"s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics, attractiveness ______.
A. turns out to be an obstacle men
B affects men and women alike
C. has as little effect on men as women
D. is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women（分数：2.00）
A.
B.
C.
D.
(4).It can be inferred from the passage that people"s views on beauty are often ______.（分数：
2.00）
A.practical
B.humorous
C.funny
D.radical
(5).The author writes this passage to ______.（分数：2.00）
A.discuss the negative aspects of being attractive
B.demand equal fights for women
C.give advice to job-seekers who are attractive women in executive and political circles
D.emphasize the importance of appearance
In recent years, nonhuman animals have been at the center of an intense philosophical debate. In particular, many authors have criticized traditional morality, maintaining that the way in which we treat members of other species is ethically indefensible. We routinely use animals as means to our ends—in fact, we treat them in ways in which we would deem it profoundly immoral to treat human being. Though they are "moral patients", that is, beings whose treatment may be subject to moral evaluation—their status is infinitely inferior to ours. Are such double standards warranted? And, if so, on what grounds?
While not being completely overlooked by philosophers, the first justification offered is powerful and widespread at the societal level, mainly due to its simplicity. To the question of what divides us from the other animals, the answer is: the fact that they are not human. On such a view, what makes the difference is the possession, or lack, of a genotype characteristics of the species Homo sapiens. Is this a good reply? No. Those appealing to species membership work within the framework of the human egalitarian paradigm. And it is just the line of reasoning that supports human equality that implies, by denying the moral relevance of race or sex membership, the rejection of the idea that species membership in itself can make a difference in moral status. If one claims that biological characteristic like race and sex cannot play a role in ethics, how can one attribute a role to another biological characteristics such as species membership? Moral views that, while rejecting racism and sexism, accept "speciesism"—the view that grants members of our own species special moral status—are internally inconsistent.
Sheer speciesism is hardly plausible. But there are more sophisticated ways of defending our current double standards to which the theoretical defenders of the status quo tend to turn. For most philosophers, it is not species membership rather than the possession of rationality that plays a central role. We can set aside for the sake of argument the (questionable) assumption that rationality is a human prerogative in order to focus on the moral significance attached to rationality.
Though many other defences of the doctrine of human superiority have been put forward, the appeal to species membership, the appeal to the possession of rationality, as a precondition of morals, and the appeal to this very same characteristic as a means to intersubjective agreement are certainly the most basic, around which all the others revolve. If none of them can justify maintaining nonhuman animals in their present inferior moral condition, it seems plausible to infer that our current attitude is deeply flawed.（分数：10.00）
(1).According to traditional morality, ______.（分数：2.00）
A.animals are rarely thought of as "moral patients"
B.Animals should not be used as means to our ends
C.the ways in which we treat animals is obviously improper
D.the way in which we treat animals now is undisputed
(2).In this passage, the author ______ the double standards we use to treat other species.（分数：2.00）
A.challenges
B.defends
C.justifies
D.verifies
(3).The first justification offered for the double standards we use to treat other species is ______.（分数：2.00）
A.simplicity
B.racism and sexism
C.species membership
D.human equality
(4).Another way used to defend the double standards is ______.（分数：2.00）
A.sheer speciecism
B.the possession of rationality
C.for the sake of argument
D.the moral significance
(5).The author"s attitude toward the way in which we currently treat nonhuman animals is ______.（分数：2.00）
A.impartial
B.indifferent
C.crucial
D.critical
Practically speaking, the artistic maturing of the cinema was the single-handed achievement of David W. Griffith (1875-1948). Before Griffith, photography in dramatic films consisted of little more than placing the actors before a stationary camera and showing them in full length as they would have appeared on stage. From the beginning of his career as a director, however, Griffith, because of his love of Victorian painting, employed composition. He conceived of the camera image as having a foreground and a rear ground, as well as the middle distance preferred by most directors. By 1910 he was using close-ups to reveal significant details of the scene or of the acting and extreme long shots to achieve a sense of spectacle and distance. His appreciation of the camera"s possibilities produced novel dramatic effects. By splitting an event into fragments and recording each from the most suitable camera position, he could significantly vary. the emphasis from camera shot to camera shot.
Griffith also achieved dramatic effects by means of creative editing. By juxtaposing images and varying the speed and rhythm of their presentation, he could control the dramatic intensity of the events as the story progressed. Despite the reluctance of his producers, who feared that the public would not be able to follow a plot that was made up of such juxtaposed images, Griffith persisted, and experimented as well with other elements of cinematic syntax that have become standing ever since. These included the flashback, permitting broad psychological and emotional exploration as well as narrative that was not chronological, and the crosscut between two parallel actions to heighten suspense and excitement. In thus exploiting fully the possibilities of editing, Griffith transposed devices of the Victorian novel to film and gave film mastery, of time as well as space.
Besides developing the cinema"s language, Griffith immensely broadened its range and treatment of subjects. His early output was remarkably eclectic: it includes not only the standard comedies, melodramas, westerns, and thrillers, but also such novelties as adaptations from Browning and Tennyson, and treatments of social issues. As his successes mounted, his ambitions grew, and with them the whole of American cinema. When he made Enoch Arden in 1911, he insisted that a subject of such importance could not be treated in the then conventional length or one reel. Griffith"s introduction of the American-made multireel picture began immense revolution. Two years later,
Judith of Bethlia an elaborate historicophilosophical spectacie reached the unprecedented length of four reels, or one hour"s running time. From our contemporary viewpoint, the pretensions of this film may seem a trifle ludicrous, but at the time it provoked endless debate and discussion and gave a new intellectual respectability to the cinema.（分数：10.00）
(1).The primary purpose of the passage is to ______.（分数：2.00）
A.discuss the importance of Griffith to the development of the cinema
B.deplore the state of American cinema before the advent of Griffith
C.Analyze the changes in the cinema wrought by the introduction of the multireel film
D.Document Griffith"s impact on the choice of subject matter in American films
(2).The author suggests that Griffith"s film innovations had a direct effect on all of the following EXCEPT ______.（分数：2.00）
A.film editing
B.camera work
C.scene composing
D.sound editing
(3).The author asserts that Griffith introduced all of the following into American cinema EXCEPT ______.（分数：2.00）
A.consideration of social issues
B.photographic approaches inspired by Victorian paintings
C.dramatic plots suggested by Victorian theater
D.the flashbacks and other editing techniques
(4).It can be inferred from the passage that Griffith would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements?（分数：2.00）
A.The good director will attempt to explore new ideas as quickly as possible
B.The most important element contributing to a film"s success is the ability of the actors
C.The camera must be considered an integral and active element in the creation of a film
D.The proper composition of scenes in a film is more important than the details of their editing
(5).The author"s attitude toward photography in the cinema before Griffith can best be described as ______.（分数：2.00）
A.sympathetic
B.condescending
C.amused
D.nostalgic
五、Section Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)
Cooperation is the only safeguard we have against the development of neurotic tendencies. It is therefore very important that children should be trained and encouraged in cooperation, and should be allowed to find their own way amongst children of their age, in common task and shared games. Any barrier to cooperation will have serious consequences. The spoilt child, for example, who has learned to be interested only in himself, will take this lack of interest in others to school in him. His lessons will interest him only in so far as he things he can gain his teachers" favor. He will listen only to what he considers advantageous to himself. As he approaches adulthood, the result of his lack of social feeling will become more and more evident. When he first misconstrued the meaning of life, he ceased training himself for responsibility and independence. By now he is painfully ill-equipped for life"s tests and difficulties.
We cannot blame a child for his early mistakes. We can only help him to correct them and remember them when he begins to suffer the consequences. We do not expect a child who has never been taught geography to score high marks in an examination paper on the subject. Similarly we cannot expect a child who has never been trained in cooperation to respond appropriately when tasks that demand cooperation are set before him. But all of life"s problems demand an ability to cooperate if they
are to be resolved; every task must be mastered within the framework of human society and in a way that furthers human welfare. Only the individual who understand that life means contribution will be able to meet his difficulties with courage and with a good chance of success.
If teachers, parents and psychologists understand the mistakes that can be made in ascribing a meaning to life, and provided they do not make the same mistakes themselves, we can be confident that children who lack social feeling will eventually develop a better sense of their own capacities and of the opportunities in life. When they meet problems, they will not stop trying; they will not look for an easy way out, try to escape or throw the burden onto the shoulders of others; they will not feel humiliated and seek revenge, or ask, "What is the use of life? What do I get from it?" they will say," We must make our own lives. It is our own task and we are capable of performing it. We are masters of our own actions. If something new must be done or something old replaced, no one can do it but ourselves." If life is approached in this way, as a cooperation of independent beings, there are no limits to the progress of our human civilization.（分数：10.00）
(1).What is the main idea of this passage ?（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ (2).How would a spoilt child respond to challenges in life when he approaches adulthood?（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ (3).Who can face all of life"s problems with bravery and is less likely to lose?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ (4).What should we do when the child begins to suffer the consequences of his early mistakes?（分数：2.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ (5).What can be inferred from the dialogue in the last paragraph?（分数：2.00）
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六、Part Ⅳ Writing(总题数：1，分数：30.00)
41.With globalization in the modern world, people have different opinions as to whether there should be a universal language. Do you think it necessary to have a worldwide standard language, say King"s English?
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