翻译硕士《211翻译硕士英语》考研题库

一、选择填空

1、Geysers are round near rivers and lakes, where water drains through fine soil _____.

A. surface below the deep

B. deep below the surface

C. the deep below surface

D. the deep surface below

【答案】B

【解析】喷泉建在河或湖附近，在这些地方，水分通过地表之下的深层细粒土壤流出。“deep below the surface”做“fine soil”的后置定语。

2、When we credit the successful 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. scarce

【答案】B

【解析】我们在坚信成功人士拥有智慧、体能和好运的同时，也是在为自己开脱，认为自己缺少以上三者。fall short为固定词组，表示“缺乏，在……上不足”。

二、选择替换

1、Ronald Tilson, a leading American tiger specialist who led the survey, concluded that the South China tiger is extinct in the wild, although he conceded that a few individuals may exist, without their being a viable population.

A. admitted

B. contended

C. concluded

D. receded

【答案】A

【解析】句意：著名美国老虎专家罗纳德蒂尔森指导了这项调查，结论是，野生华南虎绝迹了。虽然他承认或许还存在个别的几只，但他们都是不可能自行生产发育的。concede承认。admit承认。contend竞争，争夺。conclude得出结论，断定。recede退去；降低。

2、Composed of song, dance, and personal invective, the old comedy plays also include outspoken political criticism and comment on literary and philosophical topics.

A. comical

B. witty

C. satirical

D. frank

【答案】D

【解析】outspoken坦率直言的。frank坦白的，率直的。comical好笑的，滑稽的。witty机智的，诙谐的。satirical好讽刺的，爱挖苦人的。

三、改错

1、So long as the child is shown exactly [A] how to do something—whether be [B] placing a key in a key slot, drawing a hen or making up for a misdeed [C]—he is less likely to figure out himself how to accomplish such a task [D].

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

【答案】B

【解析】改为whether it be。考察whether引导的让步状语从句虚拟语气的用法。whether it be是whether it should be的省略形式。

2、And, more generally, he is less likely to view life as Americans do [A]—as a series of situations in which one has to learn to think for oneself, [B] to solve problems on one’s own [C] and even to discover problems which [D] creative solutions are wanted.

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

【答案】D

【解析】改为for which。考察定语从句中介词加关系代词的用法。此处介词前置。

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