青岛大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及辅导用书

考研真题

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考研指导书

1. 张汉熙《高级英语（1）》（第3版重排版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】

2. 张汉熙《高级英语（2）》（第3版重排版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】

3. 杨立民《现代大学英语精读（1）》（第2版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】

4. 杨立民《现代大学英语精读（2）》（第2版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】

5. 杨立民《现代大学英语精读（3）》（第2版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】

6. 杨立民《现代大学英语精读（4）》（第2版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】

青岛大学《211翻译硕士英语》[专业硕士]历年考研真题AI讲解

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2013年青岛大学211翻译硕士英语考研真题及详解

PART I
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (30 Points)

(I) There are twenty sentences in this section.
For each sentence there are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. Choose
the one word or phrase that best complete each sentence.

1 The Commissioners also recognized that there were certain to achieving greater participation.

A. impediments

B. preventions

C. difficulties

D. problems

【答案】A

【解析】句意：委员们还认识到，实现更大的参与存在某些障碍。impediment意思为“妨碍；障碍物”，经常与to连用。

2 The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the
medical profession women are in the  minority.

A. overwhelming

B. wide

C. maximum

D. minimum

【答案】A

【解析】句意：大多数护士都是女性，但在医学界拥有较高职务的人中，女性却占少数。overwhelming可以用来修饰majority或minority，表示绝大多数或少数。

3 George Bush’s
retirement  from next January.

A. carries into effect

B. takes effect

C. has effect

D. gets effect

【答案】B

【解析】carry into effect实行；使生效。其施动者应该是人。take effect生效；起作用。其施动者为物。

4 This survey data will support policy-makers and other key
stakeholders in developing evidence-based and targeted policies that
discriminatory, racist practices, and improve support structures for victims of
discrimination and racist crime.

A. deal

B. solve

C. address

D. claim

【答案】C

【解析】solve普通用词，含义广，指为有一定难度的问题找到满意的解法或答复。address提出问题，阐述问题，重视问题。

5 The debate of this summer is no less  than that of last
summer.

A. centered

B. extended

C. intended

D. heated

【答案】D

【解析】句意：今年夏天辩论的热烈程度不亚于去年。heated激烈的，热烈的。centered居中的。extended延伸的。intended预期的；故意的。

6 Smoking is strictly  here, as it may damage the precious
frescoes.

A. forbidden

B. rejected

C. excluded

D. denied

【答案】A

【解析】句意：这里严禁吸烟，因为可能破坏珍贵的壁画。

7 The superstar is seriously ill and it is doubtful if he will .

A. pull back

B. pull up

C. pull through

D. pull out

【答案】C

【解析】句意：这位巨星病得很厉害，不确定是否能恢复健康。pull through渡过难关；恢复健康。pull back撤回；反悔。pull up拔起；停下来。pull out撤离；拔出。

8It’s a sign that the rebels are beginning to use the weapons
they’ve seized from military bases to good effect, and are gradually beginning
to challenge Bashar al-Assad government’s _____ of the skies.

A. use

B. availability

C. coverage

D. dominance

【答案】D

【解析】句意：这表明叛军开始使用从军事基地夺取的武器，并且逐渐开始挑战巴沙尔·阿萨德政府对于天空的控制。dominance支配，控制。

9Father Mike made the  of the cross when he entered the
church.

A. signal

B. mark

C. sign

D. gesture

【答案】C

【解析】句意：进入教堂时，迈克神父用手划了十字。make the sign of the cross用手划十字。

10This area is  populated with just a few communities in it.

A. densely

B. sparsely

C. thickly

D. rarely

【答案】B

【解析】句意：这个地区人口稀少，只有几个社区。densely浓密地；密集地。sparsely稀疏地。sparsely populated人口稀少。thickly厚地；浓地。

11If you had explained the case to your lawyer, he  you much
better than I can.

A. would have advised

B. could advise

C. would be advised

D. will advise

【答案】A

【解析】这句话是与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句，从句用had done，主句用would (should, could, might) + have done。

12He just said something to the  that he would not be able to
come.

A. effect

B. affect

C. degree

D. meaning

【答案】A

【解析】句意：他刚才说了几句话，大意是他不能来了。to the effect that大意是，意思是。

13His behavior was  annoy everybody at the ceremony.

A. so as to

B. such as to

C. such to

D. as much as to

【答案】B

【解析】句意：他的行为竟至如此，惹恼了出席典礼的每一个人。suchas to到如此程度以致。

14There have also been occasional sightings of more advanced SA-16s
in rebel hands, _____ has a much better targeting system than the SA-7.

A. which Higgins says

B. Higgins says which

C. about which Higgins says

D. as Higgins says

【答案】A

【解析】逗号后的句子是一个非限定性定语从句，先行词是“SA-16”，在句中作主语，因此引导词为which。

15Above, the top floors of an apartment block have been sheared
off, lumps of concrete _____ on the street below.

A. raining

B. to rain

C. having rained

D. rained

【答案】A

【解析】句意：楼上，公寓大楼的顶层被削掉了，混凝土块落到了下面的街道上。“raining”为现在分词作结果状语。

16Enrique Pena Nieto was sworn  Mexico’s new president
Saturday, returning his party topower and promising to change the country’s
fight against organized crime.

A. as

B. in

C. in as

D. as in

【答案】B

【解析】句意：周六，Enrique Pena Nieto宣誓就任墨西哥总统，他的政党重新掌权，并承诺改变国家打击有组织犯罪的斗争。be sworn in as宣誓就任。

17I went to Paris in 1988, and that was the only occasion when I the journey in
exactly three days.

A. must take

B. must have made

C. was able to make

D. could make

【答案】C

【解析】be able to是经过努力所能达到的能够，通常句式前会有很多词做铺垫。can强调力所能及，表示体力或脑子方面的能力，或是具备某种客观条件能做某种动作的“能力”。

18The Employer hereby covenants to pay the Contractor in
consideration of the execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of
defects therein the Contract Price or such other sum  may become payable
under the provisions of the Contract at the time and in the manner prescribed
by the Contract.

A. as

B. which

C. that

D. where

【答案】A

【解析】这句话中as为关系代词，引导限制性定语从句，主要与such, as, the same连用，其意为“像……的”“凡是……的”。

19Do you know Clara’s brother? He is  than she.

A. much more dancer

B. more of a dancer

C. more of dancer

D. more a dancer

【答案】D

【解析】句意：你认识克拉拉的哥哥吗？他比她更会跳舞。

20That was the third time he  us. I think it’s high time
we  strong actions against him.

A. disappointed… take

B. had disappointed… took

C. has disappointed… took

D. has disappointed… take

【答案】B

【解析】it/that was+序数词+time sb. had done.那是某人第几次做某事。It’s (high) time sb.
did到了某人该做某事的时间了。

(II) Error correction. In each sentence, there is
one error. Find each error and correct it.

1The pipeline became
an issue in the campaign, and Obama put it on hold while a plan was worked
out to avoid routing it through Nebraska’s environmental sensitive Sand hills
region.

【答案】environmental→environmentally

【解析】由于修饰的是“sensitive”，因此应该用副词形式。

2 Some states allow lottery winners to remain anonymous but
Missouri requires that the winner is publicly identified to claim the prize.

【答案】is→be

【解析】require后的从句中动词应该用should do形式，should可以省略。

3 She said she and her husband plan to make the most of the
winnings by giving to charity, to relatives for college education and other
needs, and the community.

【答案】and∧the→to

【解析】这句话中“charity”、“relatives for college education and other needs”和“community”为并列成分，因此前面都应有to。

4 Developed countries have committed to deliver $30 billion between
2010 and 2012. The money is called Fast Start Finance, and it expires next
month.

【答案】deliver→delivering

【解析】commit to doing交付，把…投入；把…置于。commit to do sth.保证做某事。

5 People arriving at
detention facilities in China have been given HIV tests since 2006,according
to regulations jointly introduced by the ministry of health, public security, and justice, with appropriate
antiviral treatments being offered to sufferers.

【答案】ministry→ministries

【解析】由于后面提到了好几个政府部门，因此ministry要用复数。

6 Pena Nieto said earlier this week that his security strategy
would focus on reducing the drug-related violence, though he provided a few
specifics about how he would stem the violence or what aspects of Calderon’s
strategy he will change.

【答案】去掉a

【解析】这句话前半句说到“Pena Nieto说他的安全战略将集中于减少与毒品有关的暴力活动”，连词“though”表示转折，因此他应该几乎没提供细节，用“few”来表示否定意思。

7 Minutes later, in a separate ceremony. Pena Nieto conducted the
oath of office of the new Security Cabinet, comprised Miguel Angel Osorio Chong
as the head of the Ministry of the Interior, Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda as head
of the Ministry of National Defense and Vidal Sober on Sanz as Secretary of the
Navy.

【答案】comprised∧Miguel→of

【解析】be comprised of由……组成。

8In accordance to Article 83 of the constitution, today I begin to
exercise the honorable position of president of the United States of Mexico.

【答案】to→with

【解析】in accordance
with依照；与……一致。

9Pena Nieto won 38% of the vote in July, besting his closest
competitor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who garnered some 32% of the vote and
refused to receive the result.

【答案】receive→accept

【解析】“接受这个结果”所用的动词应该是“accept”。

10The handover of the national flag for the change of guard from
the president to the president-elected symbolizes the transfer of command.

【答案】president-elected→president-elect

【解析】president-elect总统当选人；已当选而尚未就职的总统。

PART II READING COMPREHENSION (40 Points)

In this section there are five passages followed
by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then write
your answers on your answer sheet.

Passage 1

Like most people, I’ve long understood that I will be judged by my
occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or
talented I am. Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also
decides how Fm treated as a person.

Last year I left
a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables.
As someone paid to serve food to people. I had customers say and do things to
me I subject they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. One
night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned back with
his finger minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I’d
been.

I had waited
tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon plenty of people.
But at 19 years old I belief I deserved inferior treatment from professional
adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in
college. Customers would joke that one day I’d be sitting at their table,
waiting to be served.

Once I graduated
I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first day, I heard a respectful
tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was die way the professional
world worked — cordially.

I soon found out
differently. I sat serial feet away from an advertising sales representative
with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for
Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediately evident
Perhaps it was because money was involved, but people used a tone with Kristen
that they never used with me.

My job title made people treat me with courtesy. So it was a shock
to return to the restaurant industry.

It’s no secret that there’s a lot to put up with when waiting
tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the
tips. The service industry, by definition, exists to cater to others’ needs.
Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn’t get the difference between
server and servant.

I’m now applying
to graduated school which means someday I’ll return to a profession where
people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want. I think I’ll take
them to dinner first and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve
them.

1The author was disappointed to find that.

A. one’s position is used as a gauge to measure one’s intelligence

B. talented people like her should foil to get a respectable job

C. one’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person

D. professionals tend to look down upon manual workers

2What does the author intend to say by the example in the second
paragraph?

A. Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them

B. People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded

C. Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances

D. Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all

3How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?

A. She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by
professional

B. She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon

C. She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her

D. She found it natural for professionals
to treat her as inferior

4What does the author imply by saying “…many of my customers didn’t
get the difference between server and servant”(Para.7)?

A. Those who cater to others’ needs are destined to be looked down
upon.

B. Those working in the service industry shouldn’t be treated as
servants.

C. Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a
living.

D. The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as server
nowadays.

5The author she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to.

A. see what kind of person they are

B. experience the feeling of being served

C. show her generosity towards people inferior to ho-

D. arouse their sympathy for people living a humble life

【答案与解析】

1C 第一段第二句说到“I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a
person.”it指代前一句中的my occupation，由此可以看出，让作者感到失望的是“我的工作也能决定我身而为人是如何被对待的”，因此D项正确。

2A第二段所举事例是说，作者在当饭店招待员时碰到了一位蛮横无礼的顾客，对她随意地呼来唤去。由此可见，作者想表达的意思是：很多顾客不尊重为他们提供服务的人，所以A项正确。

3D由第三段第二句可知作者19岁时在饭店当招待员，不被顾客尊重，她对此的看法是“deserved inferior treatment”，即“比别人低人一等是理所应当的”，换句话说，作者认为这是十分自然的，即“natural”，因此D项正确。

4B“server”指的是从事服务行业的服务员，而“servant”是仆人，作者说很多人没有弄清两者的区别是因为很多人像对待仆人一样对待服务员，因此B项正确。

5A由最后一句“see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them”可知，对于有求于她的人，作者会先带他去吃饭，看看他是如何对待那些为他们提供服务的人。结合前文作者的经历和感受，可以看出，作者是想通过观察他对服务生的态度和举止来了解这个人的品性，故选项A为答案。

Passage 2

The year
1809—that year which gave William E. Gladstone to England—was in our country
the birth-year of him who wears the most distinguished name that has yet been
written on the pages of American history—ABRAHAM LINCOLN. In a rude cabin in a
clearing, in the wilds of that section which was once the hunting-ground and
later the battle-field of the Cherokees and other war-like tribes, and which
the Indians themselves had named Kentucky because it was “dark and bloody
ground,” the great War President of the United States, after whose name History
has written the word “Emancipator,” first saw the light. Born and nurtured in
penury, inured to hardship, coarse food, and scanty clothing,—the story of his
youth is full of pathos. Small wonder that when asked in his later years to
tell something of his early life, he replied by quoting a line from Gray’s
Elegy:

“The short and simple annals of the poor.”

Lincoln’s
ancestry has been traced with tolerable certainty through five generations to
Samuel Lincoln of Norfolk County, England. Not many years after the landing of
the “Mayflower” at Plymouth—perhaps in the year 1638—Samuel Lincoln’s son Mordecai had emigrated
to Hingham, Massachusetts. Perhaps because he was a Quaker, a then persecuted
sect, he did not remain long at Hingham,but came westward as far as Berks Country,
Pennsylvania. His son, John Lincoln, went southward from Pennsylvania and
settled in Rockingham County, Virginia. Later, in 1782, while the last events
of the American Revolution were in progress, Abraham Lincoln, son of John and
grandfather of President Lincoln, moved into Kentucky and took up a tract of
government land in Mercer County. In the Field Book of Daniel Boone, the
Kentucky pioneer, (now in possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society),
appears the following note of purchase:

“Abraham Lincoln enters five hundred acres of land on a Treasury
warrant on the south side of Licking Creek or River, in Kentucky.”

At this time
Kentucky was included within the limits and jurisdiction of Virginia. In 1775
Daniel Boone had built a fort at Boones borough, on the Kentucky river, and it
was not far from this site that Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln’s
grandfather, located his claim and put up a rude log hut for the shelter of his
family. The pioneers of Kentucky cleared small spaces and erected their humble
dwellings. They had to contend not only with the wild forces of nature and to
defend themselves from the beasts of the forest,—more to be feared than either
were the hostile Indians. The settlers were filled with terror of these
stealthy foes. At home and abroad they kept their guns ready for instant use
both night and day. Many a hard battle was fought between the Indian and the
pioneer. Many an unguarded woodsman was shot down without warning while busy
about his necessary work. Among these was Abraham Lincoln. The story of his
death is related by Mr. I. N. Arnold. “Thomas Lincoln was with his father in
the field when the savages suddenly fell upon them. Mordecai and Josiah, his
elder brothers’ were nearby in the forest. Mordecai, startled by a shot, saw
his father fall, and running to the cabin seized the loaded rifle, rushed to
one of the loop-holes cut through the logs of the cabin, and saw the Indian who
had fired. He had just caught the boy, Thomas, and was running toward the
forest. Pointing the rifle through the logs and aiming at a medal on the breast
of the Indian, Mordecai fired. The Indian fell, and springing to his feet the
boy ran to the open arms of his mother at the cabin door. Meanwhile Josiah, who
had run to the fort for aid, returned with a party of settlers. The bodies of
Abraham Lincoln and the Indian who had been killed were brought in. From this
time forth Mordecai Lincoln was the mortal enemy of the Indian, and it is said
that he sacrificed many in revenge for the murder of his father.”

6 In 1809,.

A. William E. Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln were born in England

B. The Cherokees and other war-like tribes began to fight

C. Kentucky got its name

D. The War President and Emancipator came to the world

7 From “The short and simple annals of the poor”, it can be
inferred that.

A. Lincoln was poor throughout his life

B. Gary knew very clearly of Lincoln’s early years of life

C. It was used to describe Lincoln s poor life

D. The poor usually have a short and simple history

8 President Lincoln.

A. had the same name as his grandfather

B. bought some land in Kentucky

C. had great joys as he grew

D. kept a record in Field Book of Daniel Boone

9 Not far from the Kentucky rivers, .

A. President Lincoln built a humble log hut for his family

B. Indians constituted the chief threat to pioneers

C. Ferocious animals killed many of the settlers

D. Daniel Boone built a fort to defend himself

10 Which statement is correct about the Indians?

A. They often launched surprise attacks and killed several of the
Lincolns

B. They wore medals as a symbol of their bravery

C. They lost lives for the murder of President Lincoln’s grandfather

D. They later became friends of the settlers in spite of early
hostility

【答案与解析】

6D  由第一段可知，1809年，William
E. Gladstone出生在英国，Abraham
Lincoln出生在美国。后面又提到林肯是“the great War President of the United States”和“Emancipator”，因此D项正确。

7C  由第一段可知，林肯早年的生活十分穷困，当他晚年被问及早年的生活时，他引用了Grey的挽歌“The short and simple annals of the poor.”，因此C项正确。

8A  由第二段可知，林肯总统的祖父也叫“Abraham Lincoln”，因此A项正确。

9B  由第三段可知，林肯总统的祖父在肯塔基河畔搭建了一个木屋，他们不仅受到大自然和野兽的威胁，更令人担心的是“the hostile Indians”。

10C 由最后一段最后一句“he sacrificed many in revenge for the murder of his father”可知，Mordecai为了给父亲复仇杀了很多印第安人，因此C项正确。

Passage 3

Imagine waking
up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, you’re not an
investor in one of those hedge funds that failed completely. With the dollar
slumping to a 26-year low against the pound, already-expensive London has
become quite unaffordable. A coffee at Starbucks, just as unavoidable in
England as it is in the United States, runs about $8.

The once
all-powerful dollar isn’t doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting
at a record low against the euro and at a 30-year low against the Canadian
dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the
dollar.

The weak dollar
is a source of humiliation, for a nation’s self-esteem rests in part on the
strength of its currency. It’s also a potential economic problem, since a
declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure
on interest rates. And yet there are substantial sectors of the vast U.S.
economy-from giant companies like Coca-Cola to mom-and-pop restaurant operators
in Miami-for which the weak dollar is most excellent news.

Many Europeans
may view the U.S. as an arrogant superpower that has become hostile to
foreigners. But nothing makes people think more warmly of the U.S. than a weak
dollar. Through April, the total number of visitors from abroad was up 6.8
percent from last year. Should the trend continue, the number of tourists this
year will finally top the 2000 peak? Many Europeans now apparently view the
U.S. the way many Americans view Mexico-as a cheap place to vacation, shop and
party, all while ignoring the fact that the poorer locals can’t afford to join
the merrymaking.

The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit.
So do exports, which thanks in part to the weak dollar, soared 11 percent between
May 2006 and May 2007. For first five months of 2007, the trade deficit
actually fell 7 percent from 2006.

If you own
shares in large American corporations, you’re a winner in the weak-dollar
gamble. Last week Coca-Cola’s stick bubbled to a five-year high after it
reported a fantastic quarter. Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coke’s
beverage business. Other American companies profiting from this trend include
McDonald’s and IBM.

American
tourists, however, shouldn’t expect any relief soon. The dollar lost strength
the way many marriages break up—slowly, and then all at once. And currencies don’t turn on a dime.
So if you want to avoid the pain inflicted by the increasingly pathetic dollar,
cancel that slimmer vacation to England and look to New England. There, the
dollar is still treated with a little respect.

11Why do Americans feel humiliated?

A. Their economy is plunging

B. They can’t afford trips to Europe

C. Their currency has slumped

D. They have lost half of their assets.

12How does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans?

A. They have to cancel their vacations in New England

B. They find it unaffordable to dine in mom-and-pop restaurants

C. They have to spend more money when buying imported goods

D. They might lose their jobs due to potential economic problems

13 How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar?

A. They feel contemptuous of it

B. They are sympathetic with it

C. They regard it as a superpower on the decline

D. They think of it as a good tourist destination

14What is the author’s advice to Americans?

A. They treat the dollar with a little respect

B. They try to win in the weak-dollar gamble

C. They vacation at home rather than abroad

D. They treasure their marriages all the more

15 What does the author imply by saying “currencies don’t turn on
adime” (Para 7)?

A. The dollar’s value will not increase in the short term

B. The value of a dollar will not be reduced to a dime

C. The dollar’s value will drop, but within a small margin

D. Few Americans will change dollars into other currencies

【答案与解析】

11C  第三段开头讲到“The weak dollar is a source of humiliation”，即美元的贬值是屈辱的来源，因此C项正确。

12C由第三段可知，“a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive”，即进口商品价格上涨，因此C项正确。选项A、B刚好和文章内容相反，D在文中没有提及。

13D  由第四段可知，欧洲人刚开始认为美国是个比较傲慢的超级大国，随着美元贬值，他们认为美国是度假、购物、开派对的好地方。因此D项正确。

14C作者在最后一段说到，如果美国游客想要避免因美元日益贬值而带来的痛苦，那就取消去England的旅行改为去New England。New England是美国的一个地区，包括美国的六个州，由此可见作者建议美国人在国内旅行。

15A  最后一段说到这种现象近期内不会有什么缓解，随后用婚姻作比喻说明美元的贬值过程。从上下文可以看出，短时间内美元是不会升值的，所以选项A正确。本句话中on
a dime是个固定短语，意为“短时间内”。

Passage 4

This looks like the year that hard-pressed tenants in California
will relief-not just in the marketplace, where tents have eased, but from the
state capital Sacramento.

Two significant tenant reforms stand a good chance of passage. One
bill, which will give more time to tenants being evicted, will soon be heading
to the governor’s desk. The other, protecting security deposits, faces a vote
in the Senate on Monday.

For more than a century, landlords in California have been able to
force tenants out with only 30 days’ notice. That will now double under SB
1403, which got through the Assembly recently. The new protection will apply
only to renters who have been in an apartment for at least a year.

Even 60 days in
a tight housing market won’t be long enough for some families to find an
apartment near where their kids go to school. But is will be an improvement in
cities like San Jose, where renters rights groups charge that unscrupulous landlords
have kicked out tenants on short notice to put up tents.

The California
Landlords Association argued that landlords shouldn’t have to wait 60 days to
get rid of problem tenants. But the bill gained support when a Japanese real
estate investor sent out 30-day eviction notices to 550 families renting homes
in Sacramento and Santa Rosa. The landlords lobby eventually dropped its
opposition and instead turned its forces against AB 2330, regarding security
deposits.

Sponsored by
Assemblywoman Carole Migden of San Francisco, the bill would establish a
procedure and a timetable for tenants to get back security deposits.

Some landlords
view security deposits as a free month’s rent, theirs for the taking. In most
cases, though, there are honest disputes over damages—what constitutes ordinary wear
and tear.

AB 2330 would
give a tenant the right to request a walk-through with the landlord and to make
the repairs before moving out; reputable landlords already do this. It would
increase the penalty for failing to return a deposit.

The original bill would have required the landlord to pay interest
on the deposit. The landlords lobby protested that it would involve too much
paperwork over too little money-less than $10 a year on a $1,000 deposit, at
current rates. On Wednesday, the sponsor dropped the interest section to
increase the chance of passage.

Even in its amended form, AB 2330 is, like SB 1403, vitally
important for tenants and should be made state law.

16We learn from the passage that SB 1403 will benefit.

A. long-term real estate investors

B. short-term tenants in Sacramento

C. landlords in the State of California

D. tenants renting a house over a year

17A 60-day notice before eviction may not be early enough for
renters because .

A. moving house is something difficult to arrange

B. appropriate housing may not be readily available

C. more time is needed for their kids’ school registration

D. the furnishing of the new house often takes a long time

18 Very often landlords don’t return tenants’ deposits on the
pretext that.

A. their rent has not been paid in time

B. there has been ordinary wear and tear

C. tenants have done damage to the house

D. the 30-day notice for moving out is over

19Why did the sponsor of the AB 2330 bill finally give in on the
interest section?

A. To put an end to a lengthy argument.

B. To urge landlords to lobby for its passage.

C. To cut down the heavy paperwork for its easy passage.

D. To make it easier for the State Assembly to pass the bill.

20It can be learned from the passage that.

A. both bills are likely to be made state laws

B. neither bill will pass through the Assembly

C.AB 2330 stands a better chance of passage

D. Sacramento and San Jose support SB 1403

【答案与解析】

16D  由第三段可知，加利福尼亚的房东可以在提前30天通知后强制房客离开，SB 1403将这一期限增加到60天，但是只适用于“renters who have been in an apartment for at least a year”，因此D项正确。

17B  根据第四段第一句“Even 60 days in a tight housing market…go to school.”，60天的时间不足以让一些家庭在孩子们上学的地方找到一间公寓。由此可见60天不足以找到一个合适的住房。

18C  由倒数第四段可知，一些房东将保证金视为一个月的租金，理应就是他们的。在大多数情况下，关于损坏的赔偿会有一些争议。因此C项正确。

19D  倒数第二段最后一句可知，赞助商这样做的目的是“to increase the chance of passage”，即增加通过的机会，因此D项正确。

20A  由最后一段可知，这两项法案“should be made state law”，因此A项正确。

PART III WRITING (30 Points)

Write an
essay of about 500 words, expressing your views on the following title. In the
first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement and in the
second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details.
In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural
conclusion.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar, diction
and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a
loss of marks.

【参考范文】

Is Postgraduate Study Necessary When Jobs Are
Hard to Comeby?

People’s
motivations for deciding to apply for postgraduate study vary hugely. Some
students want to further research their majors and expect to be academically
successful, which is the most primitive motivation of postgraduate study.
However, at present, the most important reason for fresh graduates to choose
postgraduate study is that employment situation of college graduates is not
optimistic and further study can suspend the employment pressure and expand future
employment. Nevertheless, in my opinion, it is not necessary to strive for
postgraduate study when jobs are hard to come by.

A preliminary
statistics show that 86% of graduating college students have indicated they
have considered taking postgraduate exams. Faced with such a large number of
students who are preparing the examination, the career guidance experts are not
optimistic. They explained that although the scale of graduate enrollment in
China has been expanding since 2000, such rapid growth can not satisfy the
increasing number of postgraduate candidates. Because the graduate education in
China is, after all, a high level of elite education. It can not become a
popular compulsory education. This means that there must be a part of college
students will fail the exam and also miss the opportunity of employment.

Secondly, even
if some people make it to the postgraduate through their own efforts, after
three years, employment situation of the profession they learn will not
necessarily the same as it is now. No one can accurately predict the future.
Employment situation changes with the development of society. It may become
more severe after three year’s postgraduate study.

Third, students
with higher degree have less social experience than fellow graduates, which is
not conducive to get employed to some extent. According to some human resources
specialist, whether undergraduates or graduates, they value the potential of
candidates. For companies, every new employee is a piece of blank paper who are
in uniform starting line. What they need is the capacity instead of theoretical
knowledge. Therefore, the examination does not necessarily avoid the employment
risk, this is what graduates should realize before deciding to take the
examination.

Fresh graduates
should not escape the employment, they should prepare for it before facing the
problem. The first thing they should do is to be proficient in their
professional knowledge. Everything they learn is useful in the future. And
English is always the most important skill. You need to be fluent in English in
large enterprises. You will get promoted quickly if you can speak fluently with
your foreign boss. Many graduates may pass the CET exams, but it is not enough.
The third you can do is to practice your eloquence and social communication.
Social skills sometimes help a lot during an interview.

Before the exam, graduates should be sure to practically take the
advantage of your own, know your weaknesses, and fully assess your abilities.
If you do not have the strength to compete with others, then consider whether
you should hold on to your current job opportunities.

【解析】本题要求以“Is Postgraduate Study Necessary When Jobs Are Hard to Come by?”为题写一篇五百字左右的文章，并要求第一部分要提出自己的观点，第二部分要提供论据，第三部分要进行总结。

范文第一段分析了当今本科毕业生选择考研的原因，并指出当工作难找时，考研并不是必要的。第二、三、四段作者详细阐述了三个原因。第五段指出应届毕业生不应该逃避就业，他们应该在面临问题之前做好准备，并给出了相应的办法。最后一段进行了总结，并指出本科生在决定考研之前要充分评估自己的能力。

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