211翻译硕士英语
I. Vocabulary and grammar (30’)
Multiple choice
Directions: 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. The forests were very dry because of the dry spell.
A. tree line B. explorers C. draft D. drought
2. Self-denial is one of their tenets.
A. reasons B. doctrines C. renters D. figures
3. The Iranians did not see eye to eye with the Americans about releasing the hostages.
A. view B. scare C. agree D. quarrel
4. The most pressing problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
A. puzzling B. difficult C. terrifying D. urgent
5. The firm of Bonnin and Morris in Philadelphia was probably the first American company to manufacture porcelain.
A. silverware B. crystal
C. china D. linen
6. Children who come from deprived families are frequently poor readers.
A. without respect B. without experience C. without funds D. without legs
7. They raised a hue and cry just outside the gate.
A. surrendered B. built a temporary shelter
C. made a great deal of noise D. flew the flag
8. Carlo showed us his diagram if the machine.
A. insides B. screws C. sketch D. masterpiece
9. The beggar solicited passers-by for money.
A. requested B. scowled at C. bargained with D. chased
10. He took on so much work, he had no time for pleasure.
A. allowed B. increased C. accomplished D. assumed
11. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of _________reality
A. what it is conceived B. that is conceived
C. what is conceived to be D. that is being conceived of
12. Using many symbols makes _______ to put a large amount of information on a single map.
A. possible B. it is possible
C. it possible D. that possible
13. A vacuum tube is a glass tube from which most of the air has been removed, _______ an almost complete vacuum.
A. creating B. creates C. is creating D. it creates
14. Booker T. Washington, acclaimed as a leading educator at the turn of the century, _____ of a school that later became the Tuskegee Institute.
A. took charge B. taking charge C. charge was taken D. taken charge
15. True hibernation takes place only among _______ animals.
A. whose blood is warm B. blood warm
C. warm-blooded D. they have warm blood
16. In central Georgia, archaeological evidence indicates that Native Americans first inhabited the area________.
A. since thirteen centuries B. thirteen centuries ago
C. the previous thirteen centuries D. thirteen centuries were before
17. In ________, the advent of the telephone, radio, and television has made rapid long-distance communication possible.
A. one hundred years later B. one hundred years ago
C. the one hundred years since D. the last one hundred years
18. ________, The Yearling, won a Pulitzer Prize.
A. Marjorie Rawlings’ best work was B. Marjorie Rawlings’ best work
C. Her best work was Marjorie Rawlings’ D. That Marjorie Rawlings’ best work
19. Abstraction goes into the making of any work of art, ________ or not.
A. whether the artist being aware of it B. the artist is being aware whether
C. whether the artist is aware of it D. the artist is aware whether
20. Not until 1931 ________ the official anthem of the United States
A. “The Star-spangled Banner” did become
B. when “The Star-spangled Banner” became
C. did “The Star-Spangle Banner” become
D. became “The Star-spangled Banner”
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