华南理工大学
2014 年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试卷
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科目名称：翻译硕士英语
适用专业：英语笔译(专硕)
Part I. Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points, 1 point for each)
Directions: After each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Select
the only one choice that best completes the statement. Write your answers on
your ANSWER SHEET.
1. At first the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was ____
revised.
A. subsequently B. successively C. predominantly D. preliminarily
2. More than one third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, ____ in San
Francisco.
A. previously B. predominantly C. practically D. permanently
3. The company employs new manufacturing technology to ____ its competitive position
in China’s market.
A. contrive B. consolidate C. heave D. intensify
4. Siemens AG is a global electrical and electronics business with a ____ of nearly £60
billion.
A. takeover B. turnover C. overtake D. overturn
5. The company strives to ____ itself ____ from competitors by offering a money-back
guarantee, a first in the home delivery market.
A. set…up B. set…apart C. set…down D. set…in
6. The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are ____ indeed.
A. distant B. slim C. unlikely D. narrow
7. It is obvious that the head of the department has made a ____ attempt to empower his
associates to make decisions.
A. genuine B. gracious C. gorgeous D. spacious
8. These days sales of Japanese cars remain slow in China. Experts ____ some of the sales
decline to nationalistic feelings in the country.
A. commit B. contribute C. attribute D. evaluate
9. In order to enjoy lower monthly ____ fees, free incoming calls and per second billing,
some mobile phone users change their service providers rather frequently.
10. His career was not noticeably ____ by the fact that he had never been to college.
A. prevented B. restrained C. hindered D. refrained
11. With food prices soaring, many countries find it a tough job to ____ hunger from their
lands.
A. contaminate B. eliminate C. discriminate D. stem
12. But if you’re going to be out exercising anyway, you may ____ whether you should go
out in the morning, when it is cooler but the relative humidity is higher, or at night,
when it tends to be hotter but less wet.
A. suspect B. wonder C. doubt D. ponder
13. TV stations have been urged to avoid prompting a worship of violence among children
and to ____ the amount of violence they show.
A. make up for B. go in for C. crack down on D. cut down on
14. Please do not be ____ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract
attention.
A. distracted B. disregarded C. irritated D. intervened
15. Often such arguments have the effect of ____ rather than clarifying the issues involved.
A. obscuring B. prejudicing C. tackling D. blocking
16. I have no doubt that ____ all of these people were taught in school that the earth
revolves around the sun.
A. virtually B. remarkably C. ideally D. preferably
17. Mr. Hawks is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is no longer the man ____ he
was twenty years ago.
A. which B. whom C. who D. that
18. Asteroids are small and therefore very difficult to identify, even when ____ to Earth.
A. quite closely B. are being quite close
C. are they quite closely D. they are quite close
19. Bottled water sells at least ____ of tap water, with substantial price differentials
between different brands.
A. the price of 200 times B. 200 times the price
C. as much as the 200 times price D. 200 times more than the price
20. It is not ____ much his attractive appearance as his speech that impresses the audience
immediately.
A. that B. as C. so D. very
21. Call me back whenever _______.
A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient
C. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you
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