2016年湖南师范大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2016年湖南师范大学翻译硕士英语真题试卷 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Vocabulary 2. Reading Comprehension 3. Writing

Vocabulary

1． The doctors don’t______that he will live much longer. A．articulate B．anticipate C．manifest D．monitor

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。分析句子结构可知，空后的that引导的是宾语从句，四个动词中能接that从句作宾语的只有anticipate(预见，预料)，且从句谓语用将来时态，故答案为[B]项。articulate意为“清楚地表达(思想或感情)”，常用于articulate sth．(to sb．)。manifest意为“显示，表明，证明”，常用于manifest sth．(in sth．)。monitor意为“监控，监视，监听”。句意为：医生预计他不会活很长时间。

2． The______on this apartment expires in a year’s time. A．treaty B．lease

C．engagement D．subsidy

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查名词的词义辨析。treaty意为“(国家之间的)条约，协定”；lease意为“租约，租契，出租协议”，根据横线后的介词短语on this apartment提示答案为[B]项。engagement意为“约会，约定；婚约”。subsidy意为“津贴，补助金”，常与介词for连用。

3． The two most important______in making a cake are flour and sugar. A．elements B．constituents C．components D．ingredients

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查名词的词义辨析。根据空后的in making a cake are flour and sugar(制作蛋糕的……是面粉和糖)可知，面粉和糖是制作蛋糕的原料，故答案为[D]项ingredients，意为“(混合物的)成分，(烹调的)原料”。elements意为“要素，元素”，通常指一个整体中最基本、不可缺少的或固有的成分。constituents意为

“选民；组成部分”。components意为“(组)成(部)分，部件，元件”。

4． Being impatient is______with being a good teacher. A．intrinsic B．ingenious C．incompatible D．inherent

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查形容词的词义辨析。所填形容词需与空后的介词with构成搭配，四个选项中只有[C]项incompatible(不一致的，不协调的，不相符的)符合要求。intrinsic意为“固有的，本质的，内在的”，与介词to连用。ingenious意为“(人，头脑)灵巧的”。inherent意为“天生的，固有的”，与介词in连用。句意为：没有耐心就做不了好老师。

5． Please do not be______by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention.

A．distracted B．disregarded C．irritated D．intervened

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。distracted意为“转移(注意力)，使分心”。disregard意为“漠视，不理会，不顾”。irritate意为“激怒，使恼怒”，符合空后offensive remarks(攻击性的言论)的语义。intervene意为“妨碍，干扰，干预”。

6． Grain production in the world is______, but still millions go hungry. A．staggering B．shrinking C．soaring D．suspending

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。空后的转折连词but提示，两个分句表达的含义相反，空格所填词应与go hungry含义相反，表达粮食产量增加的意思。soar意为“(数量、价值、水平、规模等)急升，猛涨”，符合语义。stagger意为“摇晃，蹒跚”；shrink意为“缩小，收缩，减少”；suspend意为“暂停，延缓”。

7． The music aroused an______feeling of homesickness in him. A．intentional B．intermittent C．intense D．intrinsic

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查形容词的词义辨析。所填形容词修饰空后的名词feeling，故答案为[C]项intense(强烈的，剧烈的)。intense feeling of homesickness意为“强烈的思乡之情”。intentional意为“故意的，有意的”；intermittent意为“间歇的，断断续续的”；intrinsic意为“固有的，本质的，内在的”。

8． Although she’s a (n) ______talented dancer, she still practices several hours every day.

A．rationally B．additionally C．traditionally D．exceptionally

正确答案：D 解析：本题考查副词的词义辨析。所填副词修饰talented。rationally意为“理智地，合理地，理性地”；additionally意为“额外地，分外地，更加”；traditionally意为“传统上，惯例上”；exceptionally意为“优异地，非凡地”，修饰talented，符合语义。句意为：尽管她特别具有舞蹈天分，但她还是每天练习几个小时。

9． The high school my daughter studies in is______our university. A．linked by B．relevant to C．mingled with D．affiliated with

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查词组辨析。be linked by意为“被……连接”；be relevant to意为“与……相关”；be mingled with意为“与……混合”；be affiliated with意为“附属于，并入……”，符合语义。句意为：我女儿上学的中学附属于我们的大学。

10． It is reported that thirty people were killed in a______on the railway yesterday.

A．collision B．collaboration C．corrosion D．confrontation

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查名词的词义辨析。collision意为“碰撞，相撞”，符合were killed…on the railway的语义。a collision on the railway意为“火车相撞”。collaboration意为“合作，协作”；corrosion意为“腐蚀”；confrontation意为“冲突，对抗”。

11． Picking flowers in the park is absolutely______. A．avoided B．prohibited C．rejected D．repelled

正确答案：B 解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。avoid意为“避免，防止(坏事发生)”；prohibit意为“(法律或掌权者)禁止，不准，不允许”，符合语义，且与absolutely构成合理搭配，根据常识也可知，在公园里摘花是不允许的，即绝对禁止在公园里摘花。rejected意为“拒绝考虑，不同意，不接受”。repelled意为“击退；使厌恶”。

12． I felt that I was not yet______to travel abroad. A．too strong B．strong enough C．so strong

D．enough strong

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查习惯用法。too…to…意为“太……而不能……”，表示否定含义，与语义不符，排除[A]项。so as…to…意为“那么地……以至……”，排除[C]项。enough需置于形容词或副词之后，排除[D]项。因此，答案为[B]项。句意为：我感到身体不够强壮，所以还不能出国旅行。

13． The children prefer camping in the mountains______an indoor activity. A．to B．than C．for D．with

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查prefer的用法。prefer A to B意为“喜欢A而不喜欢B”或“宁愿A而不愿B”，相当于“like A better than B”。其中A与B是平行结构，可以是名词，也可以都是动名词，故答案为[A]项。

14． Yesterday my aunt bought some new______for her flat at the seaside. A．furniture B．furnitures C．possession D．possessions

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查名词的词义辨析。furniture意为“家具”，是不可数名词，

如果指一件家具，要用a piece of furniture。possession意为“拥有”，其复数形式possessions意为“财产”，不与buy搭配。因此，正确答案为[A]项。句意为：昨天，我姑妈为她在海边的公寓购置了一些新家具。

15． The Olympic Games______in 776 B. C. in Olympia, a small town in Greece.

A．originated B．stemmed C．derived D．descended

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。originate意为“起源，产生”，与地名、时间搭配时一般用介词in。stem意为“起源于；由……造成”时一般与from搭配，后接造成特定后果的起因。derived意为“取得；起源于”，后与from连用。descended意为“降临；陷入；下降”，不与in连用。句意为：奥林匹克运动会起源于公元前776年希腊一个名叫奥林匹亚的小城。

16． Professor Johnson is said______some significant advance in his research in the past year.

A．having made B．making

C．to have made D．to make

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查be said to do的用法。be said to do是固定结构，由句中的时间状语in the past year可知，动作发生在谓语动作之前，故应使用动词不定式的完成式作宾语，因此答案为[C]项。

17． Do help yourself to some fruit, ______you? A．can’t B．don’t C．wouldn’t D．won’t

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查祈使句的反义疑问句。陈述部分为祈使句，反义疑问句常用won’t，故答案为[D]项。

18． While he was in Beijing, he spent all his time______some important museums and buildings.

A．visiting B．traveling

C．watching D．touring

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。visiting意为“参观(景点等)”，符合空后museums and buildings的语义。traveling意为“周游，旅行”；watching意为“观看(活动、比赛等)”；touring意为“在……旅行，参观(地点)”。

19． ______him tomorrow? A．Why not to call on B．Why don’t call on C．Why not calling on D．Why not call on

正确答案：D

解析：本题考查固定句型。“Why not+动词原形+…?”为固定句型，表示建议，故答案为[D]项。

20． The computer can be programmed to______a whole variety of tasks. A．assign B．tackle C．realize D．solve

正确答案：B 解析：本题考查动词的词义辨析。assign意为“分派，分配”；tackle意为“处理，解决”，可用来表示处理某项任务；realize意为“意识到”；solve意为“解决”，通常指给某个难题找出解决方法。句意为：给计算机编制程序，计算机就可以处理各种各样的任务。

21． ______of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night. A．None B．Both C．Neither D．All

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查代词的词义辨析。根据because引导的原因状语从句可知，既然昨晚在晚会上看到了双胞胎二人，说明这对双胞胎并没有被捕，本空所填词应表示否定含义，故答案为[C]项Neither。Neither意为“两者都不，(两者之中)无一个”。None表示三者或三者以上之中的一个也没有。Both和All项表示肯定。句意为：那对双胞胎谁也没有被捕，因为我昨晚在一个聚会上看到他们俩。

22． Fool______Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.

A．who B．as C．that D．like

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查倒装。as引导让步状语从句时，可以将形容词放在句首，引起倒装，即“形容词+as／though+主语+动词”，其中的动词通常为系动词，即位于句首的形容词是其后系动词的表语，故答案为[B]项。

23． What you should say in your speech is entirely______you. A．up to B．owing to C．due to

D．according to

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查固定搭配。be up to sb．意为“取决于……的，须由……决定的”，up to符合搭配及语义，故为答案。owing to意为“由于，因为”；due to意为“由于，因为，应归于”；according to意为“根据，按照，据……所说”均不能和be动词连用，故均排除。句意为：你在讲话中要讲什么内容完全由你决定。

24． Liquids are like solids______they have a definite volume. A．in that B．for that C．with that D．at that

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查that的用法。in that为固定搭配，意为“因为”，引导原因状语从句。句意为：液体和固体一样，因为它们都有明确的体积。

25． I had no idea he was there, I met him______. A．by chance B．with interest C．in secret D．on purpose

正确答案：A 解析：本题考查介词短语辨析。根据句意“我不知道他在那里，我遇见他……”可知，答案为by chance(偶然，碰巧)。with interest意为“有兴趣地”；in secret意为“秘密地，偷偷摸摸地”；on purpose意为“故意，有意”。

26． I always have my bedroom______tidy and clean. A．look B．to look C．looked D．looks

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查have的用法。have sth．do意为“使某物怎样”，sth．与do之间是逻辑上的主谓关系。have sth．done意为“使某物怎样”，sth．后面用过去分词作宾语补足语，说明sth．与过去分词表示的动作之间是被动关系。have sth．to do意为“有某事要做”。故本题的正确选项为[A]项。句意为：我总是让我的卧室看上去整洁干净。

27． Was it you or the wind______shut the door? A．which B．who C．that D．what

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查定语从句。分析句子可知，先行词you or the wind既有人又有物，且本空所填词作从句中的主语，关系代词只能用that，故答案为[C]项。

28． Al said that he wouldn’t mind______for us. A．to wait B．wait C．waiting D．waited

正确答案：C

解析：本题考查mind的固定搭配。mind doing sth．是固定搭配，没有mind to do sth．，故本题正确答案为[C]项。

29． She overslept and was______late that she missed the bus. A．so B．too C．much D．very

正确答案：A

解析：本题考查固定结构。“so+形容词／副词+that+从句”是固定结构，意为“如此……以致”。故正确答案为[A]项。

30． Only when a person has read much English poetry______Shakespeare.

A．he can understand B．can he understand C．can he understood D．can we understand

正确答案：B

解析：本题考查倒装。only修饰句子的状语(从句)位于句首时，句子(主句)要用部分倒装，句型为“Only+状语／状语从句+be／助动词／情态动词+主语”。代替上文提到的a person要用人称代词he，故答案为[B]项。

Reading Comprehension

An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe, but is close to it. All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices — just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed. There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”—”soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”. A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”. Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise — telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is. Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it. We need it to be more sure of ourselves. It cannot hurt unless we are carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its good value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves. Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to the endless sickening flattery of his courtiers. They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless might. He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and sat down. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him. The king was satisfied. This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery.

31． Which of the following activities has nothing to do with “apple-polishing”? A．A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks.

B．An employee tells her boss how good he is at management. C．A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers. D．A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom.

正确答案：D

解析：事实细节题。第一段指出，“拍马屁”是指一个人为了赢得友谊或获取特殊待遇而赠予别人礼物。[A]项一个男孩子告诉自己的女朋友她非常漂亮是

为了讨得女朋友的欢心，属于“拍马屁”的一种；[B]项一名员工告诉自己的老板他是多么善于管理是为了讨好老板，属于“拍马屁”的一种；[C]项一位骑士的追随者说他具有无上的权力，明显也属于“拍马屁”的一种。[D]项老师表扬学生的天赋和智慧并不属于“拍马屁”的一种情况，符合题干要求，故为答案。

32． Which of the following statements about flattery is true according to the writer?

A．Too much flattery can carry us away.

B．Flattery is too empty to do people any good.

C．Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people. D．Flattery can get you nothing but excessive pride.

正确答案：C

解析：事实细节题。第三段第一句指出，还有其他表达同“拍马屁”意思相同——“阿谀奉承”或“恭维”。第三句则指出了另一种同“拍马屁”效果相同的方式——奉承。由此可知，flattery也是一种恭维人的方法之一，故答案为[C]项。

33． What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell’s example? A．Everybody can be an apple polisher. B．Cromwell was not a good apple polisher.

C．There are people who don’t like being apple polished. D．George Fox and his party were not apple polishers.

正确答案：A

解析：事实细节题。根据题干中的Cromwell可将本题出处定位于第二段。第二段第一句指出，所有的人都是“马屁精”，包括政客和身居要职的人——几乎每个人。第二句举例说奥利弗．克伦威尔用很多礼物去赢得乔治．福克斯和他的政党的支持，但最终失败。由此可知，第二句举出奥利弗·克伦威尔的例子是为了证明第一句的观点，即所有的人都是“马屁精”，故答案为[A]项。

34． Whom does the writer think that flattery can do good to? Explain it.

正确答案：Flattery can do good to those who get so little of it．Because they need to be more sure of themselves and it cannot hurt unless they are carried away by it．

解析：推理判断题。第四段最后一句指出，事实上，奉承对大多数很少受到奉承的人来说都是一剂良药。第五段第一句指出，我们需要更加确信自己。由此可推断，奉承对那些缺乏信心的人有好处，因为这会使他们更加相信自己。

What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answer lies in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and other convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the

wartime defense plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother. Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead, many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meals. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way home from work or take the family out for pizzas or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day. Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, have been alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one. Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it does not require any dressing up, it offers a “fun” break in the daily routine, and the expense of money seems small. It can be eaten in the car — sometimes picked up at a drive-in window without even getting out — or on the run. Even if it is brought home to eat, there will never be any dirty dishes to wash because of the handy disposable wrappings. Children, especially, love fast food because it is finger food, no struggling with knives and forks, no annoying instructions from adults about table manner.

35． It can be inferred that children______. A．want to have more freedom at table B．never wash dishes after meal

C．like using knives and forks while eating D．take eating time as a fun break

正确答案：A

解析：推理判断题。根据题干中的children可将本题出处定位于最后一段最后一句。本句指出，孩子们尤其喜欢快餐，因为它是一种快餐食物，他们不必费劲使用刀叉，也不必忍受来自大人对餐桌礼仪的令人讨厌的要求。由此可推断，孩子们在吃饭时想要更多的自由，故答案为[A]项。

36． People who live alone prefer not to cook at home on the ground that______. A．they are too busy working to think of cooking

B．they consider cooking for one person is too troublesome C．they think eating outside from time to time is enjoyable D．they want to share every meal with the friends

正确答案：B

解析：事实细节题。根据题干中的alone可将本题出处定位于第五段最后一句。本句指出，许多年轻人和年老者以及未婚和离婚的成年人都是一个人住，而不是家庭中的一员，他们不愿意麻烦为一个人做饭。由此可知，独居的人不愿意在家做饭，是因为他们觉得为一个人做饭太麻烦，故答案为[B]项。

37． The expression “pitch in with” in Paragraph 3 probably means______. A．complain B．enjoy C．help D．deny

正确答案：C 解析：词义理解题。第三段第二句指出，除非家庭成员……食物准备，否则，女性并没有完全从做饭中解放出来。由此可知，家庭成员帮忙准备食物才能将女性从做饭中解放出来。因此可推断，pitch in with在这里应指“帮忙，帮助”，故答案为[C]项。

38． Why do Americans enjoy fast food?

正确答案：Americans enjoy fast food because it is fast，it does not require any dressing up，it offers a“fun”break in the daily routine．and the expense of money seems small．

解析：事实细节题。最后一段第一句解释了快餐受到欢迎的原因，一是快餐的时间快；二是快餐不需要任何的精心打扮；三是快餐能给人们在日常生活中提供一个“有趣的”休息时间；四是快餐的花费很少。

The term blue collar job typically refers to a job that involves manual labor and receives an hourly rate of pay rather than an annual salary. The term blue collar stems from the uniforms worn by many industrial workers that were typically made of heavy duty, blue fabric and consisted of blue shirts and pants or blue coveralls. The automotive manufacturing and repair industries as well as the construction industry have been referred to as blue collar for decades. Though a blue collar job was once thought to be reserved for people with no education or skill who were seemingly only qualified to perform manual labor, the defining qualities of a blue collar job no longer fit in some industries. For example, many computer and high tech jobs pay by the hour and some construction industry positions pay an annual salary. In modern times, a blue collar job may also require education for a number of positions, which are categorized as “skilled trades. “ People who have traditionally held a blue collar job are referred to as blue collar workers. The stereotype and social class of the blue collar worker has changed over the years. This is due in part to the increase in technology, which requires training, and the increase in pay among some industries. Blue collar jobs within some industries have seen a decline, especially in the manufacturing industries, as the manual labor within the industry has become outsourced at an increasing rate. Construction, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning), and automotive repair remain leading industries offering blue collar jobs in America.

39． The following items are defining qualities of a typical blue collar job

decades ago except______.

A．an hourly pay B．manual labor C．heavyset workers

D．little education and skill

正确答案：C

解析：事实细节题。第一段第一句指出，蓝领工作是指一种工作需要体力劳动，薪酬按小时计算而不是按年计算，[A]项和[B]项都是蓝领工作的特点。第二段第一句提到，蓝领工作曾经被认为是没有受过教育或没有技术的人所从事的，[D]项也是过去蓝领工作的特点。只有[C]项在原文中没有提到，故为答案。

40． The underlined part in the following sentence means______. “... the manual labor within the industry has become outsourced ...”

A．has been taken by workers outside the company B．has been searching for resources

C．has been squeezed out of the labor force D．has become outdated

正确答案：A

解析：词义理解题。最后一段第一句指出，一些行业的蓝领工作有所下滑，尤其是在生产行业，这是因为这一行业中的体力劳动在以一种越来越快的速度……。结合四个可知，只有[A]项的表述最能使句意通顺，放到句中表明，在生产行业中，体力劳动在以一种越来越快的速度被外包出去，故答案为[A]项。

41． Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A．People who have traditionally held a blue collar job are called workers as they only work on construction sites.

B．Blue collar jobs have declined partly because some products are made outside the company or even outside the country.

C．High tech industry is unwilling to raise the pay for its blue collar employees. D．Although the working conditions have improved for the blue collar workers, they still remain in the lower social status.

正确答案：B

解析：事实细节题。第一段最后有指出，汽车制造和修理行业和建筑业几十年来都与蓝领有关，由此可知蓝领工人并不是专指那些在建筑工地工作的人，[A]项不符合原文。最后一段第一句指出，一些行业的蓝领工作有所下滑，尤其是在生产行业，这是因为这一行业中的体力劳动正在以一种越来越快的速度被外包出去，[B]项与原文相符。第二段第二句指出，许多电脑和高科技工作也按小时计费，但并没有说高科技行业不愿意提高蓝领工人的报酬，[c]项不符合原文。第三段第二句指出，近些年来，人们对蓝领工人的刻板印象和蓝领工人的社会阶层都发生了变化，[D]项不符合原文。

42． Please summarize the changes in blue collar jobs according to the passage.

正确答案：①A blue collar job now may require education or skill for a number of positions．②Some blue collar jobs receive an annual salary．③The stereotype and social class of the blue collar worker has changed over the gears．④Blue collar jobs within some industries have seen a decline．

解析：事实细节题。文章第一段第一句提到了以前蓝领工作的特点：包含体力劳动、薪酬按小时计算而不是按年计算。第二段第一句提到了另一个特点：蓝领工作不需要教育或技术。第二段第三句则提到现在蓝领工作的变化：一些建筑行业职位的薪酬按年计算；第四句则指出，现在蓝领工作也需要教育。第三段第二句指出，近些年来，人们对蓝领工人的刻板印象和蓝领工人的社会阶层都发生了变化，也就是说蓝领工人的社会阶层有所提高。最后一段第一句指出，一些行业的蓝领工作有所下滑。这几点都是蓝领工作所发生的变化。

Many laws seem to be created for the purpose of protecting people from themselves. Some examples are age limits for off-road vehicles, seat-belt requirements for cars, and wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle. Opponents of these laws feel that their rights are being restricted. If it doesn’t hurt anyone else, why should there be a law? But if they become injured, it can raise insurance rates for everyone. Similarly, consider people putting aside money for their retirement. Suppose they work for a fast-growing company, the hot new stock pick. Many employees invest heavily in the stock. The stock price plummets, their savings will disappear. Laws preventing people from having too much company stock in their retirement accounts could protect them from financial disaster. It isn’t easy to find the proper balance between individual rights and common good. Some people will think that the new law goes too far, while others will complain that it doesn’t go far enough. Although we may not agree with every law, some minor inconveniences are part of living in our society.

43． What do the opponents think of such laws as age limits for off-road vehicles?

A．They think these laws can protect them perfectly. B．They think these laws raise the insurance rates. C．They think these laws violate their rights. D．They think these laws are too old.

正确答案：C 解析：事实细节题。第二段第一句中的these laws指代第一段第二句中的age limits for off-road vehicles，seat-belt requirements for cars，and wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle。结合feel that，their rights are being restricted可知，这些法律的反对者们认为它们限制了自己的权利，故答案为[C]项。

44． The underlined word in the following sentence means______.The stock

price plummets, their savings will disappear.

A．increases to a higher level B．falls down to the ground C．drops dramatically D．moves up and down

正确答案：C

解析：词义理解题。倒数第二段第四句指出，股票价格……雇员的存款就会消失。根据disappear可推断，plummets在这里是指股价下跌，故答案为[C]项。

45． Why do laws prohibit people from having too much company stock in their retirement accounts?

A．Because the company will be in danger if its employees have too much company stock.

B．Because the employees will be in possible financial crisis if the company is not well run.

C．Because there will be an accident in the stock exchange.

D．Because there will be not enough stock for all the employees.

正确答案：B

解析：事实细节题。倒数第二段最后一句指出，法律阻止人们在自己的退休账户中投入过多的公司股票，这样能保护他们不会遭受财务危机，故答案为[B]项。

46． What is the author’s attitude toward the laws?

正确答案：The author thinks the laws are necessary．

解析：观点态度题。最后一段指出，要在个人权利和大众利益中间找到一个平衡点并不容易。一些人会认为新法律管得太多，然而另一些人则会抱怨新法律管得不够多。虽然我们可能不会赞同每一条法律，但一些小小的不便却是我们社会生活中的一部分。由此可推断，作者认为法律的存在还是有其必要性的。

Writing

47． Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Solutions to Release of Testing Anxiety

正确答案： Solutions to Release of Testing Anxiety It is very common to experience anxiety before and during a test. Anxiety may cause mental and physical discomfort, and affect your performance during the test. Here are some instructions you can follow to reduce testing anxiety. If you still have plenty of time before the test, there are a lot of things you can work on. Firstly, you should make a study plan. Feeling prepared is always the best way to reduce anxiety. Check your schedule, find out how much time you have before the test, and determine how to spend your

time. If you have just a few days, you may want to study for several hours every day. If you have a few weeks, you can go in a slower pace and study for one or two hours every day. Your plan should be viable. Once you have made it, you should stick to it, so don’t make a plan that you can’t actually follow. Secondly, you can try to improve your lifestyle. Try to live a healthy life: get enough sleep, do exercises, eat healthy food, and avoid drinking and smoking. Your performance in everything, including studying, will be better if your body is in a good condition. You can also practice deep breathing, which is a great way to calm yourself down and help you to concentrate. If your test is really close to take, there are still things you can do. You should still make a study plan, even if it’s just reading for 20 minutes during lunch break. This can not only help you prepare for the test, but also help you feel more confident. You should also be prepared for what might happen during the test. What if I freak out? What if I get so nervous I can’t remember a single thing I’ve studied? First of all, you should understand that it’s totally normal to get anxious. It doesn’t have to mean that you are inadequate, because it can happen to anyone. When it happens, don’t tense up or fight against it. Just take a deep breath and focus on calming down. After you calm down, try to remember successful things you did in the past and the time you have spent preparing for the test. This will give you confidence. The key to reduce anxiety is to be prepared, both mentally and physically. These are what I do to reduce anxiety, but everyone may have their own tricks, so it’s also good to ask people for advice. But don’t just try every trick you learn, because you may end up wasting too much time and getting even more anxious. Prepare yourself, and you will find the way that suits you the best.