考研真题：广东财经大学 2021 年英语水平考试真题考研真题：广东财经大学 2021 年英语水平考试真题一、Gap Filling 选词填空（从列表的单词中选择合适的词完成段落/非 Cloze 选择填空）（30题，每题 1 分，共 30 分）一、Gap Filling 选词填空（从列表的单词中选择合适的词完成段落/非 Cloze 选择填空）（30题，每题 1 分，共 30 分）WORD LISTWORD LISTcautious trulydistinguished copiesfaring told anotherrespectableera discouragingvaryreap numbersflocking worth matchclaiminvoked that contrast performresistant restgentler generoustranslation singleimperialismhunger enthusiastic The world is1 getting smaller.Americans are embracing,indeed driving,a new2 of global trade and recreational travel,jet-setting from one international time zone to3;we are communicating across borders by e-mail,surfing the Web for foreign news and4 to see foreign films.It stands to reason that American publishing must also be primed to 5 the cultural bounty of a vast world literature,quickly and competently translated into the English language.Right?Well,not exactly.Truth be6the figures for translations from foreign languages into English are7.Of all the books translated worldwide,only 6%-and that is considered to be a 8estimate-are translated from foreign languages into English.By9,almost 50%are translated from English into other languages.In a typical week,at least half of the top-10 bestsellers on A in France and Germany are books in10;on the U.S site,a recent scan showed not a11foreign name on an extended list of 24 top sellers.And thats par for the past decade.Some midlist titles show12 sales,but more often than not it takes validation on the level of a Nobel Prize to ratchet 13up into the solid five-figure range.It is possible to argue that translations 14on more or less the same level as similar English titles.Knopf senior editor George Anderou points out that Kwasi Boachi is“a first,quite literary novel,so if one could be assured of selling 7,000 copies of such a book,even if it werent in translation,I think it would be15doing.”Nevertheless,there is no getting around the fact that sales of translation in this country do not 16sales of English titles abroad.Why are U.S.readers and publishers so 17to literature in translation?Some chalk it up to cultural18.Several writers19there is a certain arrogance on the part of British and American publishing houses,which consider anything published in another language to be automatically 20.English is,in practical terms,the most important language in the world today,and whether imperialism is 21or not,that reality has a certain effect on American publishing.Still,many target a less pragmatic,more culture-specific kind of solipsism.“America is just frighteningly different from the22of the world,”says Barbara Epler,editor-in-chief of New Directions.“We are really Disneylanded beyond belief.”Translator Peter Constantines take on the situation is 23.“We in America are a little bit 24-publishers are cautious about what they bring out.Here the public does not seem to have the 25for translation that the European market has.”It is difficult to say whether things have changed much in recent years-opinions 26,and statistics are hard to come by.Drenka Willen,a senior editor at Harcourt believes that theres been an upturn in the past seven or eight years,with even poetry in translation27better.Robert Weil,executive editor at W.W.Norton,is downright28about foreign translations.“So few publishers are involved29 you can publish the work of superb overseas writers.Its an embarrassment of riches.We,as American publishers,ignore 30works that can be very commercial.But you have to know what youre doing.”二、Proofreading and error correction 改错题(15 题，每题 2 分，共 30 分)二、Proofreading and error correction 改错题(15 题，每题 2 分，共 30 分)The following passages contain 15 errors.Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error.In each case,only ONE word is involved.Correct the errors and write the answers on YOUR ANSWER SHEET in the following way.The following passages contain 15 errors.Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error.In each case,only ONE word is involved.Correct the errors and write the answers on YOUR ANSWER SHEET in the following way.For a wrong word,write the correct one on Your Answer Sheet.For a missing word,write the missing word with a“”sign before it on Your Answer Sheet.For an unnecessary work,write the unnecessary word with a deleting line on it on Your Answer Sheet.ExampleExampleWrite on your Answer Sheet.三、Proofreading and Error Correction.31.an32.never 33.exhibitPassage APassage APeoples attitude toward drugs varies from person to person.Some regard it as miraculous;others think of(31)them as dangerous.Then what is the sensible attitude toward drugs?I think the first thing to think is the(32)difference between drugs and wonder drugs.Theantibiotics can really treat certain bacterial diseases.(33)On the other hand,the major diseases threateningAmericans today are cancer,stroke,high bloodpressure,coronary disease,etc.Against them,the doctors bag of tricks is limited.He has wonder(34)drugs.So the first important lesson is not to expecttoo