凯程考研，为学员服务，为学生引路！第 1 页 共 10 页翻译硕士考研英语练习题及答案汇总翻译硕士考研英语练习题及答案汇总I. Vocabulary and grammar (30)Multiple choicesDirections: Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.1. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _ against the local authorities decision to build a highway across the field.A. contradict B. reform C. counter D. protest2. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _.A. minority B. scarcity C. rarity D. minimum3. Professor Johnsons retirement _ from next January.A. carries into effect B. takes effectC. has effect D. puts into effect4. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to _ government spending.A. finance B. expand C. enlarge D. budget5. The heat in summer is no less _ here in this mountain region.A. concentrated B. extensive C. intense D. intensive6. Taking photographs is strictly _ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.A. forbidden B. rejected C. excluded D. denied7. Mr. Browns condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will _.A. pull back B. pull up C. pull through D. pull out8. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customers _ rather than the companys.A. benefit B. availability C. suitability D. convenience9. The priest made the _ of the cross when he entered the church.A. mark B. signal C. sign D. gesture10. This spacious room is _ furnished with just a few articles in it.A. lightly B. sparsely C. hardly D. rarely11. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he _ able to advise you much better than I can.A. would be B. will have been C. was D. were12. With some men dressing down and some other men flaunting their looks, it is really hard to tell they are gay or _.A. straight B. homosexual C. beautiful D. sad13. His remarks were _ annoy everybody at the meeting.凯程考研，为学员服务，为学生引路！第 2 页 共 10 页A. so as to B. such as to C. such to D. as much as to14. James has just arrived, but I didnt know he _ until yesterday.A. will come B. was coming C. had been coming D. came15. _ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.A. I was and always will be B. I have to be and always will beC. I had been and always will be D. I have been and always will be16. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have to install _ solar heating device in our home.A. some type of B. some types of aC. some type of a D. some types of17. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I _ the journey in exactly two days.A. must take B. must have madeC. was able to make D. could make18. I know he failed his last test, but really hes _ stupid.A. something but B. anything butC. nothing but D. not but19. Do you know Tims brother? He is _ than Tim.A. much more sportsman B. more of a sportsmanC. more of sportsman D. more a sportsman20. That was not the first time he _ us. I think its high time we _ strong actions against him.A. betrayed take B. had betrayed tookC. has betrayed took D. has betrayed takeII. Reading comprehension (40)Section 1 multiple choice (20)Directions: In this section there are reading passages followed by multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.Passage AThe Welsh language has always been the ultimate marker of Welsh identity, but a generation ago it looked as if Welsh would go the way of Manx, once widely spoken on the Isle of Man but now extinct. Governments financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decline of Welsh. Road signs and official public documents are written in both Welsh and English, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europes regional languages, spoken by more than a half-million of the countrys three million people.The revival of the language, particularly among young people, is part of a resurgence of national identity sweeping through this small, proud nation. Last month Wales marked the second anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, the first parliament to be convened here since 1404. The idea behind devolution was to restore the balance within the union of nations making up the United Kingdom. With most of the people and wealth, England has always had bragging rights. The partial transfer of legislative powers from Westminster, implemented by Tony Blair, was designed to give the other members of the clubScotland, Northern Ireland, and 凯程考研，为学员服务，为学生引路！第 3 页 共 10 页Walesa bigger say and to counter centrifugal forces that seemed to threaten the very idea of the union.The Welsh showe