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英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗1
Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.
Children are a relatively modern invention. Until a few hundred years ago they
look like adult, wearing grown-up clothes and grown-up expressions, performing grown-up tasks. Children did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved.
Children today not only exist; they have taken over, in no place more than in America, and at on time more than now. It is always Kids" Country here. Our civilization is child-centered, child-obsessed. A kid"s body is our physical ideal. In Kids" Country we do notpermit middle-aged. Thirty is promoted over 50, but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken will come.
We are the first society in which parents expect to learn from their children. Such a topsy-turvy situation has come to abort at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, ours is an immigrant society, and for immigrants the only hope is in the kids. In the Old Country, that is, Europe, hope was in the father, and how much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his children. In the growth pattern of America and its ever-expanding frontier, the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the father was ever inheriting from his son. Kid"s Country may be the inevitable result.
Kid"s Country is not all bad. America is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kid"s Country. We not only wear kids" clothes and eat kids" food; we dream kids" dreams and make them come true. It was, after all, a boys" game to go to the moon.
If in the old days children did not exist, it seems equally true today that adults, as a class, have begun to disappear, condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups against eternity.
21. The author uses the example of the Renaissance painting to show that.
A. adults showed less concern for children than we do now
B. adults were smaller and thinner at that time, but they still had lots of work to do
C. children looked and acted like adults at that time
D. children were not permitted to appear in family paintings at that time
22. In the third paragraph, “the Old Country” is contrasted with America .
A. to show differences in family size
B. to show differences in attitudes towards family relations
C. to show two kinds of geography
D. to show two different kinds of economic relations between generations
23. Going to the moon is an example of .
A. America"s dreams and creativity
B. America"s childish and queer behavior
C. Why America hasn"t grown up
D. Why America is considered as the greatest country in the world
24. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. It is very difficult for the middle-aged to live in America
B. America is Kid"s Country because the majority of the American population are children
C. Kid"s Country was taking shape in America when immigrants poured into the country.
D. America is more of Kid"s Country than any other countries in the world
25. By saying “condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups against eternity\", the author means that .
A. she thinks people shouldn"t be so concerned about physical fitness
B. she feels too old and tired to do such hard exercise
C. American society is overemphasizing youth and physical appearance
D. What happened to children centuries ago may occur to adults in America soon
Passage 2
The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radios, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
Yet people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for millions of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.
All living cells sent out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses that can be measured and recorded on the surface of the body. When the pulses are recorded, they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram, The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small-often so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscled cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cells are linked together, the effect can be astonishing.
The electric eel is an amazing living storage battery. It can send a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it lives. (An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel"s body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to the length of its body.
26. What is the main idea of the passage ?
A. Electric eels are potentially dangerous.
B. Biology and electricity appear to be closely related.
C. People would be at a loss without electricity.
D. Scientists still have much to discover about electricity.
27. The author mentions all of the following as results of a blackout EXCEPT .
A. refrigerated food item may go bad
B. traffic lights do not work
C. people must rely on candlelight
D. elevators and escalators do not function
28. Why does the author mention electric eels?
A. To warn the reader to stay away from them.
B. To compare their voltage to that used in houses.
C. To give an example of a living electrical generator.
D. To describe a new source of electrical power.
29. How many volts of electricity can an electric eel emit?
A. 1,000.
B. 800.
C. 200.
D. 120.
30. It can be inferred from the passage that the longer an eel is the .
A. more beneficial it will be to science
B. more powerful will be its electrical charge
C. easier it will be to find
D. tougher it will be to eat
Passage 3
American Scientists have developed a new kind of wire that can carry telephone messages for long distances. The new fluoride glass wire, or optical fibre, is a major improvement over the optical fibres now used in many modern communication systems.
Present optical fibres are made from silica glass. They are not costly to produce, but the signals carried by these silica optical fibres weaken very quickly. A repeater device must be built every 50 kilometers to increase or amplify the signals" strength. Such repeater devices are costly and they need electrical power. This creates special problems for optical fibre systems that cross oceans. Long copper wires are needed to carry electricity from shore to repeater devices under the ocean. Repairing the underwater repeaters is costly and takes much time.
The new fluoride optical fibre is only a little bigger around than a human hair, yet each could carry 10,000 telephone messages at one time for thousands of kilometers. Traditional copper telephone wires can carry only 4 messages. And unlike present silica optical fibres, the new fluoride glass wires could carry messages for thousands of kilometers with very few, if any, repeater devices.
The navy scientists developed the new optical fibres for systems that cross oceans, but they said there also would be many other uses for the fluoride glass wires. The new optical wires could be used for long-distance temperature sensing devices. They could be used in some medical operations.
Scientists caution that the new fluoride optical fibre still is only experiment. Researchers have not yet been able to make long tiny wires from fluoride glass.
31. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Silica optical fibres are not expensive to produce.
B. Signals carried by silica optical fibres are rather weak.
C. Additional devices are needed for present optical fibre/fiber systems.
D. Repeaters bring about special problems for transoceanic communications.
32. The major advantage of fluoride optical fibres/fibers over silica wires is that fluoride glass .
A. needs much fewer, if any, repeaters
B. carries more telephone messages
C. is less costly to produce
D. is tinier
33. The new glass wire was designed for .
A. communications systems that cross oceans
B. long-distance temperature sensing devices
C. some medical operations
D. replacing silica optical fibres
34. The fluoride optical fibres is experimental because the new glass wire made so for .
A. is quite expensive
B. can not yet carry enormous messages
C. still needs repeaters
D. is not long enough
35. The author"s main idea is that .
A. present optical fibres are made from silica glass
B. silica optical fibres need repeaters to amplify the signals carried
C. American scientists have developed a new glass wire to carry long-distance telephone messages
D. the new optical fiber had many uses
Passage 4
There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps re-reading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points.
A type of reading which necessitates careful attention to detail is proofreading, in which the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to overlooking such details. In fact, considerable practice is required to practise this task efficiently and it can be done only be reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text.
36. The author claims that there is a difference in reading speed .
A. among readers who have different experience.
B. among all the readers.
C. between the poorly educated and the highly educated.
D. among the highly educated people
37. A good reader is a reader who .
A. concentrates on the wonderful part of the article
B. always reads slowly and carefully
C. changes his speed according to the kind of text
D. changes his speed according to the interesting of the text.
38. The author says that when reading a novel, a good reader can quickly read .
A. every part of the book
B. the most wonderful part in the book.
C. the major part in the book
D. the scientific part of the book.
39. The last two sentences of the first paragraph mean that .
A. a reading speed too slow for a difficult book is just right for a non-serious one.
B. a reading speed too slow for a non-serious book may be too fast for a difficult one.
C. A reading speed too fast for difficult material is just right for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one.
D. A reading speed too slow for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one.
40. Which of the following can be the title of the passage?
A. Reading and listening
B. Difference between highly-educated and poorly educated
C. Practice reading skill
D. Difference in the speed and efficiency of reading
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 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 mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. We"re leaving at six o"clock in the morning, and hope to most of the journey by lunch time.
A. be doing
B. have done
C. have been done
D. do
42. I to call on you, but was prevented from doing so.
A. mean
B. have meant
C. meant
D. had meant
43. My brother could do nothing else than books.
A. to read
B. having read
C. read
D. reading
44. I have no objection the evening with them.
A. to spend
B. spending
C. of spending
D. to spending
45. The dentist said that my tooth went worse and I it pulled out.
A. should have had
B. might have had
C. needn"t have had
D. mustn"t have had
46. He didn"t go into detail on the subject; he spoke .
A. in common
B. in short
C. in general
D. in particular
47. He is one of these men who, I am sure, always do best even in most trying circumstances.
A. them
B. his
C. their
D. one"s
48. Would you mind the air conditioner?
A. to turn on
B. turning on
C. being turned on
D. turned on
49. We didn"t know his address; otherwise we an invitation to him.
A. would have sent
B. must have sent
C. had sent
D. would send
50. his carelessness, he failed the exam.
A. In spite of
B. Regardless of
C. On account of
D. In case of
51. John"s score on the test is the highest in the class; he hard last weekend.
A. should have studied
B. must have studied
C. would have studied
D. should study
52. The computer has brought about surprising technological changes we organize and produce information.
A. in a way
B. in the way
C. in that way
D. in no way
53. Many countries face some serious problems of land use, result from populationgrowth and the demands of modern technological living.
A. most which
B. which most
C. of most which
D. most of which
54. The foreign Minister"s speech was reported in all the leading newspapers.
A. in all
B. in whole
C. in truth
D. in full
55. It would have been just as satisfactory if I at home. I learned nothing in class.
A. had stayed
B. stayed
C. was staying
D. would stay
56. He wasn"t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, insufficiently popularwith all members.
A. being considered
B. considering
C. to be considered
D. having considered
57. The child"s closely resemble those of its brother.
A. feature
B. features
C. future
D. figure
58. The visitor was entrance into the museum because he had no ID paper.
A. denied
B. refused
C. deprived
D. prevented
59. Many students are indulged in playing computer games, which greatly their time for study and rest.
A. cuts off
B. cuts out
C. cuts into
D. cuts up
60. The local government is free to get bids from companies, thus efficiency by maintaining a competitive environments.
A. ensuring
B. insuring
C. assuring
D. reassuring
61. The sellers signed the promising to ship the goods before the end of July.
A. contact
B. treaty
C. compact
D. contract
62. King insisted that his employees should have a knowledge of his subject.
A. comprehensible
B. compromising
C. comprehensive
D. complicated
63. She felt when her husband forgot her birthday.
A. deceived
B. desperate
C. hopeless
D. disappointed
64. It is difficult for the casual observer to distinguish artificial and natural lakes.
A. from
B. of
C. between
D. both
65. The United States has greatly its influence into the world affairs.
A. spread
B. scattered
C. distributed
D. extended
66. Much of the equipment was lying because of a lack of spare parts.
A. vacant
B. empty
C. lonely
D. idle
67. Lisa declined the man"s offer so as to show her disdain for him.
A. indifferently
B. frankly
C. deliberately
D. plainly
68. Nowadays, almost every household has different kinds of electrical to relieve manual labour.
A. apparatus
B. facilities
C. appliances
D. equipment
69. In with the new regulations, each member has to pay the fee by 5th every month.
A. combination
B. connection
C. accordance
D. agreement
70. You can blame me for having , but I really didn"t mean to.
A. kept you down
B. let you down
C. put you down
D. slowed you down
英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗2
87，The university authorities did not approve theregulation,____(也没有解释为什么)
88，Jane is tired of dealing with customer complaints and wishesthat she_____(能被分配做另一项工作)
89，John rescued the drowning child_____(冒着自己生命危险)
90. George called his boss from the airport but it __________________(接电话的`却是他的助手)
91，Although he was interested in philosophy ,______(他的父亲说服他)majoring in law.
英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗3
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1. A) Take her to the airport. B) Take the report to a typist.
C) Repair the typewriter. D) Type for a few minutes.
2. A) The man will probably go to Canada for his vacation.
B) The man will probably stay home for his vacation.
C) The man will probably not go to Canada for his vacation.
D) The man will probably wait until summer to go to Mexico.
3. A) 9:10. B) 9.20. C) 8:40. D) 9:30.
4. A) Stay home and do her own exercise.
B) Rest and take care of herself.
C) Catch up with her reading.
D) Take a walk with her friends.
5. A) At school. B) At the office.
C) At home. D) At the telephone.
6. A) In a restaurant. B) In a museum.
B) At a concert. D) At a flower shop.
7. A) Traveling a lot. B) Getting a lot of exercise.
C) Working too hard. D) Waiting for the train.
8. A) ??300. B) ??112. C) ??150. D) ??200.
9. A) Doctor and patient. B) Boss and employee.
C) Father and daughter. D) Teacher and student.
10. A) Something happened to her car.
B) The highway was too crowded.
C) She did some shopping on her way to the office.
D) She got up too late to catch the bus.
Passage 1 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Because the speaker was an artist.
B) Because she was always hard-working.
C) Because she liked the artist"s paintings.
D) Because the subject was important.
12. A) 7:30. B) 9:00. C) 8:30. D) 9:30.
13. A) She did not know how to set an alarm clock.
B) She had difficulty getting up early.
C) She often missed her classes.
D) She did not like her brother-in-law.
Passage 2Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) potatoes. B) Happiness.
C) Physical attraction. D) Love.
15. A) Wedding is not essential to marriage.
B) Wedding is necessary for a good marriage.
C) Love is not essential to marriage.
D) Love is harmful to a good marriage.
16. A) Cultures.
B) Love and Marriage.
C) Marriage--A Traditional Practice.
D) Marriage and Wedding.
Passage 3Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) It came from gods. B) It came from thunder.
C) It was a natural phenomenon. D) It was a weapon.
18. A) The first metal wires. B) The first lightning rod.
C) Metal fences. D) Electricity.
19. A) About one person per day dies from lightning in the U.S.
B) About 365 persons per year die from lightning in the U.S.
C) About one person per hour dies from lightning in the U.S.
D) About 30 persons per month die from lightning in the U.S.
20. A) At open doorways. B) Under a tree.
C) On the high ground. D) In a closed car.
VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
21. Those are very pleasant rooms? How much do you _______ them?
A) want B) ask C) demand D) ask for
22. I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is______ .
A) in question B) out of question
C) out of the question D) at random
23. His parents no longer worry about him. He has a good job and can live
_______ now.
A) at his own. B) by his own
C) on his own D) with his own
24. Her face _______ when she told a lie.
A) gave her off B) gave her out
C) gave her away D) gave her up
25. John"s youngest son is _______ architecture.
A) making up for B) putting up for
C) going in for D) standing up for
26. On my present salary, I just can"t _______ a car which costs over
??3,000.
A) adapt B) adopt C) afford D) elect
27. It was four hours before she _______ after the operation on her heart.
A) came round B) carried through
C) got across D) restored
28. The purpose of the research had a more different meaning for them
than _______ .
A) ours B) it did for us
C) that of ours D) it did from us
29. _______ by an exercise of self-control _______ he allowed
himself to raise his eyes as they came in.
A) It was only / that B) Only / that
C) It was only / when D) It was only / had
30. A table made of steel costs more than ______ made of wood.
A) that B) which C) one D) it is
31. Are the students _______ about the examination?
A) talking B) discussing
C) saying D) telling
32. It has always _______ me why you believe the Earth is flat.
A) worried B) wondered C) puzzled D) confused
33. Since you are to catch the early train tomorrow morning, we _______ now.
A) had better to leave B) must have left
C) might as well leave D) should have to leave
34. It was very cold _______ they still went swimming.
A) but B) in spite that
C) however D) though
35. By the end of 1908, most scientists began to accept the aeroplane
______.
A) a reality B) to be a reality
C) as a reality D) being a reality
36. By the time John reached the plateau he was _______.
A) exhaustive B) exhaustible
C) exhausted D) exhausting
37. The car was repaired but not quite to the owner"s _______.
A) pleasure B) satisfaction
C) joy D) attraction
38. Since the light is out in their room, they _______.
A) may have slept B) must have gone to bed
C) might go to bed D) can have gone to bed
39. I could tell he was surprised from the _______ on his face.
A) appearance B) shock C) sight D) expression
40. I never _______ a chance of improving my English if I can help it.
A) miss B) lose C) avoid D) waste
41. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any _______ of
what I said.
A) notice B) attention
C) consideration D) warning
42. They don"t _______ students run in the corridors.
A) allow B) permit C) approve D) let
43. His fear of flying was _______ he always traveled by boat.
A) so that B) such as C) such that D) so far as
44. The large vase in which he kept his umbrella for many years
_______ to be a valuable piece of Chinese pottery.
A) came round B) turned up
C) turned out D) figured out
45. _______ we are aware, there were no problems during the first six months.
A) As far as B) Much more than
C) So much D) Except that
46. Only recently _______ to realize the dangers caffeine might bring to
our health.
A) have scientists begun B) scientists have begun
C) that scientists began D) that did scientists begin
47. The photo _______ happy memories of my early childhood.
A) refreshes B) brings to mind
C) recalls D) reminds myself
48. His energetic efforts met with only _______ success.
A) partial B) slight C) entire D) complete
49. She was standing so close to the electric heater that her night-dress
_______ fire.
A) took B) caught C) set D) became
50.”Does your family call you very often?“
”Yes, my mother calls about once a week and _______.“
A) so my brother does B) so does my brother
C) my brother does so D) does so my brother
CLOZE
New York is one of the last Ame-
rican cities to have some of its
policemen on horseback. The New York
police have 170 __51__ that they use 51. A) stations B) horses
C) policemen D) men
in certain parts of the __52__. The 52. A) city B) area
horses are expensive to feed, but C) state
D) neighbourhood
__53__ is even more expensive to 53. A) there B) that
C) what D) it
take care of them. __54__ the horses 54. A) When B) If
must walk on the streets, they need C) Although D) Because
special horseshoes. In __55__, they 55. A) short B) conclusion
need more than 8,000 of them each C) fact D) practice
year. __56__ police horse in New York 56. A) One B) No
C) The D) Every
__57__ new shoes every month. Keeping 57. A) gets B) accepts
C) wants D) makes
these shoes __58__ good repair is the 58. A) for B) with
job of six blacksmiths. There are only C) in D) by
about thirty-five of these blacksmiths
in the __59__ United States. 59. A) whole B) most
A blacksmith"s job is not an easy C) all D) large
__60__ . He must be __61__ to shape 60. A) matter B) thing
C) problem D) one
61. A) sure B) able
C) ready D) possible
a shoe from a __62__ of plain metal 62. A) piece B) bit
C) lot D) type
and then fit it __63__ the horse"s 63. A) with B) into
C) on D) to
hoof. The blacksmith must bend __64__ 64. A) down B) on
C) over D) above
all the time he is fitting the __65__ 65. A) horse B) shoe
C) metal D) hoof
and must hold the __66__ of the 66. A) back B) position
horse"s leg while he works. Clearly, C) end D) weight
a blacksmith must be very __67__ . 67. A) hard B) quick
C) strong D) important
But even more __68__ , he must be able 68. A) important B) wonderful
C) serious D) clear
to deal __69__ horses -- for before 69. A) about B) with
C) at D) for
the blacksmith can __70__ his work, 70. A) learn B) finish
he has to get the horse to lift its C) begin D) find
leg.
READING COMPREHENSION
Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:
British Columbia is the third largest Canadian province, both in areaand population. It is nearly 1.5 times as large as Texas, and extends 800miles (1,280 km) north from the United States border. It includes Canada"sentire west coast and the islands just off the coast.
Most of British Columbia is mountainous, with long, rugged ranges runningnorth and south. Even the coastal islands are the remains of a mountain rangethat existed thousands of years ago. During the last Ice Age, this range wasscoured by glaciers until most of it was beneath the sea. Its peaks now showas islands scattered along the coast.
The southwestern coastal region has a humid mild marine climate. Seawinds that blow inland from the west are warmed by a current of warm waterthat flows through the Pacific Ocean. As a result, winter temperaturesaverage above freezing and summers are mild. These warm western winds alsocarry moisture from the ocean.
Inland from the coast, the winds from the Pacific meet the mountainbarriers of the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains. As they rise tocross the mountains, the winds are cooled, and their moisture begins tofall as rain. On some of the western slopes almost 200 inches (500 cm)of rain fall each year.
More than half of British Columbia is heavily forested. On mountainslopes that receive plentiful rainfall, huge Douglas firs rise in toweringcolumns. These forest giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet (90 m)tall, with diameters up to 10 feet (3 m). More lumber is produced fromthese trees than from any other kind of tree in North America. Hemlock,red cedar, and balsam fir are among the other trees found in BritishColumbia.
71. With which aspect of British Columbia is the passage primarily concerned?
A) Its climate. B) Its culture.
C) Its geography. D) Its history.
72. In which part of British Columbia can a mild climate be found?
A) In the southwest. B) Inland from the coast.
C) In the north. D) On the entire west coast.
73. In Paragraph 5, the word”heavily“could best be replaced by which of the
following?
A) widely. B) densely.
C) chiefly. D) largely.
74. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a tree found in British
Columbia?
A) Hemlock. B) Cedar. C) Fir. D) Pine.
75. What effect do the mountains have on winds?
A) Make them dry. B) Make them wet.
C) Make them cool. D) Make them weak.
Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage:
When they advise your kids to”get an education“if you want to raise yourincome, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to getjust enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not too muchthat you prove an embarrassment to your society. Get a high school diploma,at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happensto be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully drop
out in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B.A., you are on the launchingpad (??è?¨|?§|??§???ì). But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for amaster"s degree, make sure it is an M. B. A., and only from a first-rateuniversity. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns (?¨¤??ì3?§o|¨?Y????§|)begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more a yearthan full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was??24,000, while the full professors managed to average just ??23,930.
A Ph.D. is the highest degree you can get, but except in a few specializedfields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned toindustrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dim future. There are morePh.D.s unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other partof the world by far.
If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropologyor political science or languages or - worst of all - in philosophy, you runthe risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs,mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of Ph.D.s are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables andfilling out fruitless applications month after month. And then maybe taking ajob in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than thejanitor (??????§?§?) earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only sofar. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product,but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
76. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn
out people who _______.
A) will not be a shame to the society
B) will become skilled workers
C) can take care of themselves
D) can meet the demands as a source of manpower
77. If you are as gifted as Bernard Shaw or Edison, _______.
A) you can get a high school diploma without difficulty
B) you will be successful in a grade school
C) you can be professionally successful without a diploma
D) the least you should do is to get a diploma
78. Ph.D.s are most likely to _______.
A) have difficulties getting properly employed
B) be employed in the fields of commerce or industry
C) have to fill out application forms month after month for others
D) work in schools or colleges with low pay
79. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) Bernard Shaw didn"t finish high school, nor did Edison.
B) There are far more Ph.D.s than the society demands.
C) The higher your education level, the more money you"ll earn.
D) If you are too well-educated, you"ll make things difficult for the
society.
80. The writer is critical of _______.
A) the educational system B) the Ph.D.s
C) the society D) the employers
Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage:
Automobile drivers and passengers now face a new, unseen danger on theroad: the users of cellular mobile telephones. Looking at the phone whiledialing or speaking can prevent drivers from keeping their hands on thewheel and their eyes on the road; industry experts agree that drivers aremore likely to have an accident while using their phones. That fact hasexcited concern among highway safety organizations in the United States,and some want to ban cellular phones altogether. While manufacturers havenot yet come up with a cellular mobile phone that is completely ”hands free“,several companies have recently developed components that could make mobilephones less distracting -- and their users less accident prone.
Voice Control Systems, Inc., based in Dallas, Tex., has developed amicroprocessor unit that allows standard cellular telephones to ”dial“numbers at the sound of a human voice. The Voice Dialer unit is attachedto the phone"s transmitter and receiver in the car"s trunk. Programmedwith a limited vocabulary, it can respond only to digits and specificcontrol commands spoken by the users, who must pause a quarter of a secondbetween each digit or command. (Frequently dialed numbers can be preprog-rammed into simple, single command codes.) The driver picks up the handset,and begins calls by saying ”Dial,“ followed by the number or command code;a synthesized voice will repeat the number sequence and place the calltold to ”Send.“ A unique aspect of the Voice Dialer is that it is speakerindependent; the unit will respond to any voice regardless of gender,accent or tone.
81. Cellular mobile telephones are telephone sets _________.
A) used in cars
B) capable of being moved in offices or at home
C) shaped like cells
D) controlled by human voices
82. Drivers using cellular mobile telephones are prone to accidents because
_____________.
A) telephone conversation distracts users from driving
B) drivers are often not skillful enough to use them
C) they are not reliable
D) they are not ”hands free“
83. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) The Voice Dialer unit is a device which dials numbers by human
voice, rather than by hand.
B) The Voice Dialer allows drivers to pay more attention on driving
while dialing.
C) The Voice Dialer unit can make cellular mobile phones completely
”hands free.“
D) The Voice Dialer was developed by Voice Control Systems, Inc.
84. The Voice Dialer unit is programmed to respond to ____________.
A) what the user wants to say
B) a special vocabulary used by the driver
C) various commands spoken by the user
D) only the telephone numbers and specific control commands
85. This passage centres on ___________.
A) a new hazard on the road
B) different kinds of telephones
C) a safer car telephone
D) Voice Control Systems, Inc
Questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage:
Having no language, infants cannot be told what they need to learn. Yetby the age of three they will have mastered the basic structure of theirnative language and will be well on their way to communicative competence.Acquiring their language is a most impressive intellectual feat. Studies ofhow children learn language generally agree that the most remarkable aspectof this feat is the rapid acquisition of grammar. Nevertheless, the ability
of children to conform to grammatical rules is only slightly more wonderfulthan their ability to learn words. It has been estimated that the averagehigh school graduate in the United States has a reading vocabulary of 80,000words, which includes idiomatic expressions and proper names of people andplaces. This vocabulary must have been learned over a period of 16 years.From the figures, it can be calculated that the average child learns at arate of about 13 new words per day. Clearly a learning process of greatcomplexity goes on at a rapid rate in children.
86. According to the passage, approximately how long does it take children
to learn the basic structure of their native language?
A) One year. B) Three years.
C) About two and half years. D) Thirteen years.
87. What is the main subject of the passage?
A) Language acquisition in children.
B) Teaching languages to children.
C) How to memorize words.
D) Communicating with infants.
88. The word ”feat“ in Line 6 is closest in meaning to which of the
following?
A) Experiment. B) Idea.
C) Activity. D) Accomplishment.
89. In Line 10, the word ”which“ refers to _______.
A) their ability B) reading vocabulary
C) idiomatic expression D) learning process
90. According to the passage, what is impressive about the way children learn
vocabulary?
A) They learn words before they learn grammar.
B) They learn even very long words.
C) They learn words very quickly.
D) They learn the most words in high school.
WRITING
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a compositionon A Hundred Years from Now in three paragraphs. You are given the first sen-tence each paragraph. Your part of the composition should be no less than 100words, not including the words given. Remember to write clearly.
You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet.
英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗4
Polyester (聚酯 ) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company, believes that it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the. most hopeful new market was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing ”Melinar“, the raw material from which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles, and will continue to be so unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.
Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI"s commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make them visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
1. Plastics of various kinds have been used for making bottles__________.
A. since 1982
B. since the 1970s but only for large bottles
C. since the 1960s but not for liquids with gas in them
D. since companies like Coca Cola first tried them
2. Why is ICI"s Plastics Division interested in polyester for bottles?
A. The other things they make are not selling well.
B. Glass manufacturers cannot make enough new bottles.
C. They have factories which could be adapted to make it.
D. The price of oil keeps changing.
3. Why aren"t all bottles now made of polyester?
A. The price of oil and plastic has risen.
B. It is not suitable for containing gassy drinks.
C. The public like traditional glass bottles.
D. Shop-keepers dislike reusable bottles.
4. Manufacturers think polyester bottles are better than glass bottles because they
A. are cheaper B. are more suited to small sizes
C. are more exciting to look at D. do not break easily
5. Plastic containers for holding food in the same way as cans______.
A. have been used for many years
B. are an idea that interests the plastics companies
C. are possible, but only for hot food
D. are the first things being made in the new factories
【答案】
C A C D B
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英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗5
英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗
请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
唐诗(Tang poetry)是中国珍贵的文化遗产，在中国文学和诗歌中占据重要地位。唐朝是中国诗歌的黄金时代，《全唐诗》(Complete Tang Poems)收录了2200多位诗人所作的近5万首唐诗。唐代的诗人特别多，李白、杜甫、白居易是世界闻名的伟大诗人。唐诗的题材非常广泛，从自然现象、政治动态(dynamics)到社会风俗、个人感受，几乎包括生活的方方面面。《唐诗三百首》(300 Tang Poems)是后人编选的最受欢迎的唐诗集，在现代社会流传广泛，很多诗歌被中国的中小学语文教科书所采用。
参考翻译:
The Tang poetry,a precious cultural heritage of China,occupied a significant place in the field of Chinese literature and Chinese poetry. Tang Dynasty was the golden age of Chinese poetry.The Complete Tang Poems collected almost 50,000 Tang poems written by over 2,200 poets.There were a large number of poets in Tang Dynasty,among whom Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi were the greatest poets renowned in the world.The subjects of Tang poetry were rather extensive,ranging from natural phenomena and political dynamics to social customs and personal feelings,embracing almost every aspect of people’s lives.The 300 Tang Poems was a collection of the most popular Tang poems compiled by the later generations.In modern society,it is so widespread that many of the poems have been adopted in the Chinese language textbooks of primary schools and secondary schools.
1.第一句汉语的重心在后半句，因此可将“唐诗在中国文学和诗歌中占据重要地位”译为英语的主句，“是中国珍贵的文化遗产”可译作“唐诗”的同位语或定语从句。
2.第二句由两个短句组成，叙述了两个不同的事物，即“唐朝”和“《全唐诗》”，因此难以建立内在联系，可拆译为两个独立句子。后一句的主干是“《全唐诗》收录了近5万首唐诗”;“2200多位诗人所作的”可采用过去分词短语writtenby...作后置定语。
3.第三句“唐代的诗人特别多…”前后部分的内容存在包含和被包含的关系，可考虑将“唐代诗人特别多”作为主句，后半句处理为among whom...引导的定语从句。
4.第四句“唐诗的题材非常广泛…”较长，可考虑将句子的`中心“唐诗的题材非常广泛”译为主干;“从…到…”和“几乎包括…”隐含的逻辑主语都是“唐诗的题材”，可考虑将后半部分处理为现在分词短语作状语的形式，即ranging from...to...和 embracing...。
5.最后一句较长，可考虑拆译为两句。“《唐诗三百首》是最受欢迎的唐诗集”相为前一句的主干，“后人编选的” 译为过去分词短语作后置定语。后一句可采用so...that句型，将“流传广泛”作为主句，增译主语it，指代《唐诗三百首》，即is so widespread;“很多诗歌被...”译为that引导的结果状语从句。
英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗6
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies-and other creatures-learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards”; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological(生理的) “drives” as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.
It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome.
Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children"s responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “switched on” a display of lights-and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.
Papousek"s light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would “smile and bubble” when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.
36. According to the author, babies learn to do things which .
A) are directly related to pleasure
B) will meet their physical needs
C) will bring them a feeling of success
D) will satisfy their curiosity
37. Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby .
A) would make learned responses when it saw the milk
B) would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink
C) would continue the simple movements without being given milk
D) would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink
38. In Papousek"s experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to .
A) have the lights turned on
B) be rewarded with milk
C) please their parents
D) be praised
39. The babies would “smile and bubble” at the lights because .
A) the lights were directly related to some basic “drives”
B) the sight of the lights was interesting
C) they need not turn back to watch the lights
D) they succeeded in “switching on” the lights
40. According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of .
A) a basic human desire to understand and control the world
B) the satisfaction of certain physiological needs
C) their strong desire to solve complex problems
D) a fundamental human urge to display their learned skills
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 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 mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. It"s the in this country to go out and pick flower on the first day of spring.
A) case B) custom C) habit D) precedent
42. He didn"t take the flat because he couldn"t afford the .
A) hire B) fare C) rent D) salary
43. I"ve made an for you to see the dentist at 5 o"clock tomorrow.
A) appointment B) interview
C) opportunity D) assignation
44. The house was poorly built; for , the roof leaked.
A) short B) certain
C) one thing D) sure
45. the weather is concerned, I do not think it matters.
A) So long as B) So far as
C) As long as D) So far
46. The continuous rain set the harvesting of wheat by two weeks.
A) off B) back C) down D) about
47. The helicopter hovered the trees.
A) in B) over C) down D) up
48.The mother made a shirt for the boy out of the of the cloth.
A) odd and end B) odd and ends
C) odds and end D) odds and ends
49. Let"s get this old barn. It"s of no use to us.
A) over B) ready
C) rid of D) used to
50. George"s ability to learn from observations and experience greatly to his success in public life.
A) owed B) contributed C) attached D) related
51. I asked him where my sister was, and he the store across the street.
A) nodded B) indicated C) figured D) guessed
52. They are staying with us the time being until they find a place of their own.
A) during B) for C) since D) in
53. 100 competitors had the race.
A) put their names for B) entered for
C) put themselves for D) taken part
54. He me by two games to one.
A) beat B) conquered C) gained D) won
55. They have put the bird in a cage to it from flying away.
A) avoid B) prevent C) forbid D) control
56. In recent years, new buildings have up like mushrooms in the city.
A) jumped B) sprung C) leapt D) put
57. I from among the crowd an old friend of mine whom I hadn"t seen for ten years.
A) figured out B) picked out
C) realized D) picked over
58. I thought he"d never anything, but it"s turned out that I was wrong.
A) arrive B) amount to C) reach for D) add to
59. He managed to pay off his debts.
A) anyhow or other B) anyhow or another
C) somehow or other D) somehow or another
60. You"d better not Mr. Ganz. He may get angry.
A) play a joke on B) play out
C) play into the hands of D) play at
61. We existed on nothing but the necessities.
A) empty B) bare C) hollow D) undressed
62. The seasons change, independent anyone"s wishes.
A) on B) to C) with D) of
63. The mail was for two days because of the snowstorm.
A) misled B) lost C) delayed D) damaged
64. He has been absent class for quite some time.
A) in B) for C) with D) from
65. I owe a great deal my parents and teachers.
A) to B) for C) toward D) of
66. We must manage to do our work better with people.
A) less money and few
B) less money and fewer
C) little money and less
D) few money and less
67. Mr. Black is to our English evening.
A) more pleased than to come
B) more pleased to come than
C) more than pleased to come
D) more pleasing than to come
68. You that car with the brakes out of order. You might have had a serious accident.
A) ought to drive B) oughtn"t do drive
C) ought to have driven D) oughtn"t to have driven
69. If it for their support, we would be in a very difficult position.
A) is not B) weren"t C) was not D) be not
70. If only we as we were told! This would never have happened.
A) would do B) had done C) do D) did
英语四级翻译模拟试题:唐诗7
35. The science of medicine, progress has been very rapid lately, is perhaps the most important of all the sciences.
A. in which
B. to which
C. with which
D. which
36. The frequent border incidents would lead the two countries to war.
A. consistently
B. inevitably
C. uniformly
D. persistently
37. She was scared to death when she heard the news.
A. as much as
B. as well as
C. as good as
D. as many as
38. The doctors all blamed the irresponsible boy to protect the little girl.
A. it was he that was
B. whose duty was it
C. it was whose duty
D. whose duty it was
39. What a boy he is!
A. lovely black little
B. little lovely black
C. lovely little black
D. little black lovely
40. She the newspaper and put it into the handbag.
A. did
B. wrapped
C. folded
D. clasped
41. Nylon is a special material.
A. made from
B. made of
C. made up of
D. made with
42. The text wants once more.
A. explained
B. explaining
C. being explained
D. to explain
43. Every autumn farmers the soil to destroy the weeds.
A. turn down
B. turn over
C. turn up
D. turn on
44. It is to give praise to him on such an occasion.
A. out of place
B. out of it
C. out of shape
D. out of condition
45. It was not until 1920 regular radio broadcasts began.
A. that
B. since
C. when
D. while
46. , the price would be reasonable.
A. All things are considered
B. For all things consider
C. All things considered
D. If all things considered
47. The fat man is nearly 200 pounds .
A. weighing
B. weighed
C. in weight
D. of weight
48. Harry likes eating very much but he isn"t very about the food he eats.
A. special
B. unusual
C. particular
D. peculiar
49. All the people keep silent. Everyone knows the answer, ?
A. doesn"t it
B. doesn"t he
C. don"t they
D. isn"t it
50. I can"t dream such a gentleman could make this immoral fault.
A. respectable
B. respectful
C. respective
D. respecting
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