211 翻译硕士英语 第 1 页 共 8 页 南京航空航天大学南京航空航天大学 2011 年硕士研究生入学考试初试试题（ A 卷 ） 2011 年硕士研究生入学考试初试试题（ A 卷 ） 科目代码: 211 科目名称: 翻译硕士英语 满分: 100 分 注意: 认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项；所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在本试题纸或草稿纸上均无认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项；所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在本试题纸或草稿纸上均无效；本试题纸须随答题纸一起装入试题袋中交回！效；本试题纸须随答题纸一起装入试题袋中交回！ I. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D . Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then write down your answer on the Answer Sheet. 1. He proved himself a _ successor to the former Prime Minister. A. worthwhile B. worthiness C. worthy D. worth 2. He comes from a poor country village in the mountains, so its very hard for him to pay the whole school years _ at one time. A. money B. fare C. fees D. tuition 3. Anthony is a very _ person and never wastes anything. A. miserly B. thrifty C. economic D. conservative 4. He is seriously ill because his girlfriend has just deserted him. Why dont you try some occupational _ to remove his mind from distress? A. operation B. therapy C. injection D. medicine 5. The curtains have _ because of the strong sunlight. A. faded B. dulled C. fainted D. weakened 6. The company has the _ right to print Mr. Dares books. A. virtual B. exclusive C. overall D. flexible 7. During the races there were two accidents to motor-cyclists including one _ accident. A. fatal B. killing C. deadly D. deathly 8. We didnt catch the train on _ of the traffic congestion. A. basis B. charge C. account D. behalf 9. I havent enough money to buy a car, so I just have to do _. A. nothing B. none C. without D. nobody 10. The _ of these islands is still in dispute and the three countries are to have a conference next month to settle the issue. A. sovereignty B. right C. authority D. power 11. The government used their emergency powers to _ the truth about the accident. A. suppress B. manipulate C. control D. manage 12. The ghostly presence was just a (n)_ sensation of some people. A. objective B. subjunctive C. subjective D. objected 13. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _. A. artistic B. artificial C. arbitrary D. mechanical 14. When she was crossing the road, she was knocked down by a motor-car and lay _ by the roadside. A. asleep B. thoughtless C. unconscious D. unaware 育明教育翻译硕士辅导咨询QQ1507879529 1668816048 1378330584211 翻译硕士英语 第 2 页 共 8 页 15. The reader is urged to be a leader, rather than a follower; to rely on his own power, rather than to _. A. inform B. conform C. deform D. reform 16. _ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles. A. Believe B. To believe C. Believing D. Believed 17. When I caught him _ I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop. A. cheating B. cheat C. to cheat D. to be cheating 18. You see the lightning _ it happens, but you hear the thunder later. A. the instant B. for an instant C. on the instant D. in an instant 19. As _ announced in todays papers, the Shanghai Export Commodities Fair is also open on Sundays. A. being B. is C. to be D. been 20. It is reported that _ adopted children want to know who their natural parents are. A. the most B. most of C. most D. the most of II. Error Correction (10 points) Direction: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. Americans this year will swallow 15000 tons of aspirin, one of safest and most effective drugs -21._ invented by man. The most popular medicines in the -22._ world today, it is an effective pain reliever. Its bad effects are relatively mild, and it is cheap. For millions of people suffered from arthritis, -23._ it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is truly the 20th-century wonder drug. It is also the second largest suicide drug and is the leading cause of poisoning among children. It has side effects that, if -24._ relatively mild, are largely unrecognized between users. -25._ Although aspirin was first sold by German company in 1899, it has been around much longer than that. Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value of the leaves and tree bark which today is known to -26._ contain salicylates, the chemical in aspirin. during the 19th century, there was a great number of experimentation -27._ in Europe with this chemical, and it led in the introduction -28._ of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were availabl