2016年南京师范大学外国语学院211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解
Ⅰ. Vocabulary and grammar (20%)
Directions: There are 20 questions in this part. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best complete the sentence. Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
1. I can’t decide what to do. I’ll _____ it and let you know tomorrow.
A. sleep for
B. sleep off
验车C. sleep on
D. sleep out of
【答案】C数学建模论文模板
【解析】词组辨析。句意：我决定不了该怎么办。我会_____，明天再告诉你。sleep on sth.表示“把……留待第二天决定；把……拖延到第二天再说”，符合题意。sleep for后接时间段表示“睡了多长时间”。sleep off靠睡觉来消除；睡一觉熬过酒劲。sleep out of，无此搭配。因此选C。全球最丑十大建筑
2. In the _____ of the hurricane, many people’s homes were destroyed.
A. result
B. aftermath
C. consequence
D. upshot
好听的日韩歌曲【答案】B
【解析】词义辨析。句意：飓风的后果是许多人的房屋被毁。aftermath后果，搭配为in the aftermath of，符合题意。result结果，搭配为as a result of。consequence后果，搭配为in consequence of。up
shot表示“最后结果；结局”，前不加介词in。因此本题选B。
3. In the light from the hall, her hair had a golden _____.
A. gleam
B. glisten
C. glimmer
D. glare
【答案】A
【解析】句意：在大厅灯光的照射下，她的头发闪着金的光芒。gleam表示“闪光；闪烁”，符合题意。glisten指湿的物体发出的“闪光；闪亮”。glimmer微弱的闪光；一丝；一线。glare怒目而视。因此选A。
4. To my mind, Mark Twain was _____ the large man of his time.
A. beyond the question
B. beyond question
C. beyond the doubt
D. out of the question
【答案】B
【解析】词组辨析。句意：在我看来，马克·吐温无疑是他那一时代中了不起的人物。beyond question表示“无疑；不容置疑；无可争辩”，符合题意。beyond the question除了这个问题。C项需去掉“the”。out of the question不值得讨论的，不可能的；谈不上。因此选B。
5. The _____ that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample.
A. propagation
肖卓能的个人资料B. preposition
C. proposals
D. proposition
【答案】D
【解析】词义辨析。句意：认为民主国家互不争斗的观点是以一个极小的历史样本为根据的。propagation宣传；传播，传输。preposition介词；前置词。proposal提议；推荐；求婚。proposition命题；主张；建议；提议。题干是一个“主张；观点”，单数，因此选D。
6. The roof _____ under the weight of the snow.
A. fell
B. submerged
C. collapsed
D. descended
【答案】C
【解析】句意：屋顶被雪压塌了。fall跌倒；落下；减少；沦陷。submerge淹没；把……浸没。collapse倒塌；崩溃。descend降临；下来，下降；下斜。根据句意可知，选C。
7. Which of the following words can NOT be used to complete “With urbanization the _____ between rich and poor sharpened”？
A. grudge
B. antagonism
C. detestation
D. hatred
【答案】A
【解析】题干引号里的句子意为：随着城市化，贫富之间的_____日益尖锐。结合选项可知空格处表示“矛盾；敌对；憎恨”等意。grudge积怨，侧重指过去发生的事情带来的伤害而导致的对某人的不喜欢。antagonism对抗，敌对。detestation嫌恶，痛恨。hatred憎恨。故选A。
8. The moon was casting a rainbow through the _____ from the waterfall.
A. spread
B. spray
C. scatter
D. strew
【答案】B
【解析】句意：月亮在瀑布溅起的水雾中映出了一道彩虹。spray喷；喷雾；浪花。符合题意。scatter散布，散播。strew，动词，表示“点缀；撒满；散落于”。spread传播；范围。因此本题选B。
9. His family was subjected to a _____ attack by the gang.
A. tedious
B. hideous
C. evil
D. notorious
【答案】B
【解析】句意：他的家人遭到了匪帮的。hideous令人惊骇的；可怕的；丑恶的。符合题意。tedious冗长乏味的；单调沉闷的。notorious臭名昭著的；声名狼藉的。evil 邪恶的，罪恶的。因此选B。
10. The country was on the _____ of becoming prosperous and successful.
A. brim
B. rim
C. edge
D. verge
【答案】D
【解析】句意：这个国家即将走向繁荣富强。brim指（浅底容器的）边缘；突出的边沿。rim指轮缘；（圆形器皿的）边，缘，框。edge在指抽象的边缘尤指（灾难的）边缘。verge
改名字需要什么手续的固定搭配on/to the verge of sth.表示“濒于；临近”，符合题意。因此选D。
11. Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
A. All his lectures are very interesting.
B. Half their savings were gone.
C. Many his friends came to the party.
D. Both his sisters are nurses.
【答案】C
【解析】一般情况下，many+可数名词复数，如many friends。若要表达某人的很多朋友的话，就要在many后加of来表示所属关系。因此选C。
12. Which of the following words can NOT be used to complete “We’ve seen the film _____”?
A. before
B. recently
C. lately
D. yet
【答案】D
【解析】before与完成时连用，表示“先前，以前做过……的事”。recently也可与完成时连用，表示“不久前，最近”；lately与recently相似，在完成时中也表示“不久前，最近”。yet位于句尾时，常用于否定句或疑问句中，填在此句中不合适，故选D。