摘要：2011年对外经贸大学翻译硕士（MTI）真题
对外经贸2011年-MTI硕士入学考试：第一卷基础英语、第二卷英汉互译、第三卷汉语百科
翻译硕士英语
Part 1: Vocabulary and Grammar. （30 P）
01. The Space Age ____ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.
A. initiated B. originated C. embarked D. commenced
02. John said that he didn’t quite ____ and asked me to repeat what I had said.
A. snatch up B. summon up C. catch on D. watch out
03. When he tried to make a ____, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.
A. complaint B. claim C. reservation D. decision
04. A budget of five dollars a day is totally ____ for a trip round Europe.
A. inadequate B. incapable C. incompatible D. invalid
05. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled workers is ____.
A. shrinking B. obscuring C. altering D. constraining
06. The fuel of the continental missile is supposed to be ___ by this device.
A. ignited B. lighted C. fired D. inspired
07. I worked so late in the office last night that I hardly had time ____ the last bus.
A. to have caught B. to catch C. catching D. having caught
08. Frankly speaking, your article is very good except for some ____ mistakes in grammar.
A. obscure B. glaring C. trivial D. rare
09. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ____ so formally.
A. needn’t dress up B. did not need have dressed up
C. did not need dress up D. needn’t have dressed up
10. Certain species disappeared or became ____ as new forms arose that were better adapted to the Earth’s changing environment.
A. feeble B. extinct C. massive D. extinguished
11. I apologize if I ____ you, but I assure you it was unintentional.
A. offend B. had offended C. should have offended D. might have offended
12. Franklin D. Roosevelt argued that the depression stemmed from the American economy’s ____ flaws.
A. underlining B. vulnerable C. vulgar D. underlying
13. Although a teenager, Fred could resist ____ what to do and what not to do.
A. to be told B. having been told
C. being told D. to have been told
14. I am afraid that you have to alter your ____ views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived.
A. indifferent B. distressing C. optimistic D. pessimistic
15. Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage____ avoided.
A. is to be B. can be
C. will be D. has been
16. Stop shouting! I can’t hear the football ____.
A. judgment B. interpretation C. commentary D. explanation
17. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, a
nd this is especially true ____ it comes to classroom tests.
A. before B. as C. since D. when
18. Every member of society has to mak
e a ____ to struggle for the freedom of the country.
A. pledge B. warranty C. resolve D. guarantee
19. David tends to feel useless and unwanted in a society that gives so much ____ to those who compete well.
A. prestige B. regime C. superiority D. legislation
20. The terrorists might have planted a bomb on a plane in Athens, set to ____ when itarrived in New York.
A. go off B. get off C. come off D. carry off
21. The younger person’s attraction to stereos cannot be explained only ____ familiarity with technology.
A. in quest of B. by means of C. in terms of D. by virtue of
22. By signing the lease we made a ___ to pay a rent of $150 a week.
A. conception B. commission C. commitment D. confinement
Part 2: Identify Stylistic Problems. （18 P）
01. By the time Julia Roberts was 23, she had won two academy award nominations, she had also become the world’s most popular female actress.
A. run on B. comma splice C. correct D. fragment
02. Since then, Roberts has appeared in fourteen films. Most recently, “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “The Conspiracy Theory.”
A. fragment B. choppy C. correct D. comma splice
03. She didn’t plan to become an actress. She wanted to be six feet tall. She wanted to be a veterinarian. She wanted to be happy and make others happy.
A. fragment B. comma splice C. choppy D. correct
04. Although Julia Roberts has had much professional success. In spite of her trouble with several failed relationships.
A. fragment B. choppy C. comma splice D. correct
05. Julia Roberts lives in Manhattan, not far from the apartment she once shared with her sister in Greenwich Village.
A. fragment B. comma splice C. correct D. run on
06. She came to New York when she was seventeen. Because her older sister lived there and she was influenced by her sister.
A. fragment B. run on C. choppy D. comma splice