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2010年西安外國語大學211翻譯碩士英語考研真題及詳解
Task One: Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
Section A
Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to interpret the meanings of words in different contexts. Read each of the following sentences carefully and select one word or phrase from the four choices that is closest in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence, and then write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20 %)
1．
The invention of the thermometer is attributed to Galileo.
A. charged
B. given
C. told
D. credited
【答案】D查看答案
【解析】句意：溫度計的發明歸功於伽利略。be credited to把……歸功於。
2．When an aircraft travels at subsonic speeds, the sounds that it generates extend in all directions.
A. creates
B. manufactures
C. powers
D. spawns
【答案】A查看答案
【解析】句意：當一架飛機以亞音速飛行時，它發出的聲音會傳向各個方向。generate使形成；發生。spawn使大量出現；產卵。
3．It is disputable how far down in the animal series lymphoid tissue is found.
A. uncertain
B. scandalous
C. disagreeable
D. surprising
【答案】A查看答案
【解析】句意：關於淋巴組織發現於多久以前的動物這一問題存在爭議。disputable有爭議的。scandalous可恥的；誹謗性的。disagreeable不愉快的；厭惡的。
4．Project Head Start, which was inaugurated in the United States in 1965, is a federally funded preschool program for economically and culturally disadvantaged children.
A. installed
B. initiated
C. conceived
D. crafted
【答案】B查看答案
【解析】句意：“先行計劃”1965年發起於美國，是一個學前教育項目，聯邦資助經濟和文化方面的弱勢兒童。inaugurate創新；開闢。initiate開始；發起。install安裝；任命。conceive構思。craft精巧地製作。
5．During the 300 years between its introduction into medicine and World War I, quinine was the only effective remedy for malaria.
A. solution
B. plan
C. bacteria
D. treatment
【答案】D查看答案
【解析】句意：在初次用於藥物到第一次世界大戰的300年間，奎寧是治療瘧疾的唯一有效藥物。remedy補救；治療。
6．
Castor oil and its derivatives are used in cosmetics, hair oils, and medicines.
A. products
B. elements
C. relatives
D. sources
【答案】A查看答案
【解析】句意：蓖麻油及其衍生物可用於製作化妝品、髮油和藥物。derivative衍生物，派生物。
7．Grand Teton National Park embraces the most scenic portion of the glaciated, snow-covered Teton Range.
A. excludes
B. contains
C. dominates
D. fulfills
【答案】B查看答案
【解析】句意：大提頓國家公園包含覆蓋著冰川和白雪的特頓山脈風景最美的部分。embrace擁抱；包含。
8．Scientists generally hold that language has been so long in use that the length of time writing is known to cover is trifling in comparison.
A. overwhelming
B. insignificant
C. astounding
D. uninspiring
【答案】B查看答案
【解析】句意：科學家們普遍認為，人們使用語言的時間如此長，以至於使用書寫的時間與之相比也微不足道了。trifling不重要的，微不足道的。insignificant無關緊要的。overwhelming壓倒性的；勢不可擋的。astounding令人震驚的。uninspiring不令人振奮的。
9．Malaria is an infectious parasitic disease that can be either acute or chronic and is frequently recurrent.
A. repeating
B. terminal
C. debilitating
D. unhealthy
【答案】A查看答案
【解析】句意：瘧疾是一種傳染性寄生蟲病，可能是急性也可能是慢性，而且經常復發。recurrent復發的；週期性的
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