2013年外交学院考博英语真题

2013年外交学院考博英语真题

1. ____ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.

A. Had they arrived B. Would they arrive C. Were they arriving D. Were they to arrive

2. Even by tightening the purse strings and cutting ____ spending other than ____ necessities, the average Beijing resident would still need at least 25 years to buy an apartment, the latest report shows.

A. out, on B. off, on C. out, for D. down, for

3. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held for more than five years by Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian group that runs Gaza, was freed in exchange ____ 1,027 Palestinian prisoners. The first batch of 477 of them was released this week; the remainder are expected to be let ____ next month.

A. for, out B. for, off C. of, out D. of, off

4. Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters took ____ the streets in scores of cities around the world.

A. in B. into C. to D. off

5. Questions grew over Silvio Berlusconi’s ability to hold his coalition together, after he only narrowly won a vote of ____ in the lower house of Italy’s parliament.

A. confidence B. account C. thanks D. support

6. ____ he’s already heard the news.

A. Chances are B. Chance is C. Opportunities are D. Opportunity is

7. He was here ____ the stroke.

A. in B. on C. with D. to

8. Markets had feared that Dolly might disrupt production in the Gulf of Mexico, but the storm missed the oilfields before bearing ____ Texas.

A. down on B. down at C. away at D. away to

9. ____ his knowledge and academic background, he is basically stupid.

A. But for B. According to C. For all D. Thanks to

10. ____ man can now create radioactive elements, there is nothing he can do to reduce their radioactivity.

A. As В. Whether С. While D. Now that

11. ____ of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and drifted to the South.

A. To be free B. To free C. Freeing D. Freed

12. ____ we are having these days!

A. What a lovely weather В. What lovely weathers

C. What lovely weather D. What lovely a weather

13. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ____ before the West was settled.

A. could B. was С. would D. did

14. Legislative success will come if Mr. Obama is skillful politically and is able to wrangle support ____ key legislators ____ key moments in the process.

A. from, at B. between, and C. from, to D. out of, on

15. The commission would find itself ____ at every turn if its members couldn’t reach an agreement.

A. collided B. savaged С. crumbled D. hampered

I quiz myself once in a while: How many official South African languages can I name? There are eleven—Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu—but I usually get _56_ around six or seven. I often wonder how the South African government can _57_ them all. It turns out that they really can’t.

Many languages are regulated by some kind of authority, such as Spain’s Real Academia Espanola (a government body) or France’s Academie Francaise (more of an outside advisor). South Africa’s eleven languages are all regulated by the chronically underfunded Pan South African Language Board, a governmental department. English is in no danger, of course. Afrikaans is mostly regulated by a separate body. As a result, PanSALB concerns itself mostly _58_ the nine official Bantu languages, as well as Khoi, San and South African Sign Language.

I wrote last week that literature in southern African languages is _59_ before ever having a chance to be _60_. Yes, there are social and historical reasons why literature development has been _61_. But some blame rests _62_ PanSALB, the sole institution dedicated to these languages. It is repeatedly accused of corruption and mismanagement. During a recent inquiry, it was uncooperative. The parliament’s culture committee has voted to reduce funding for PanSALB until it “got its house in _63_”, after wondering aloud in April how its budget of 56m rand ($6. 9m) produced so little. Thandile Sunduza, the chairwoman of the committee, thinks it best to eliminate PanSALB altogether, saying in May “There is nothing that has been done-no program, nothing, any money. There is nothing.”

To be sure, mismanagement is _64_ in South Africa’s government. Even if PanSALB were able to produce textbooks in, say, Pedi, recent events suggest that they would never _65_ it to Pedi-speaking students in Limpopo province. But for infant literatures, PanSALB’s incompetence could be fatal. PanSALB is the only major funding and support lifeline for many South African languages.

56. A. stuck B. caught C. / D. mad

57. A. keep an eye on B. keep an eye at C. keep track of D. keep track on

58. A. to B. on C. with D. of

59. A. slow B. sick C. booming D. decent

60. A. good B. healthy C. vulgar D. popular

61. A. down B. gone C. slow D. developed

62. A. with B. to C. on D. upon

63. A. order B. time C. finance D. full

64. A. rare B. respected C. dissected D. endemic

65. A. make B. bring C. take D. seek

Translate the following paragraph into English. (15%)

直到不久前，韩国以外还很少有人知道“江南”这个位于首尔东南部的一个上流社区，这里的居民数量约占首尔人口总数的5%。然后，朴载相横空出世。

更具体地说，应该是这位韩国流行歌手的单曲《江南Style》横空出世。这首歌今年夏季在YouTube上红透半边天。整个互联网到处都是模仿它的视频，从澳大利亚到秘鲁都有以《江南Style》为主题的快闪活动；喝着烧酒签下美国唱片合约，占据美国电视黄金时段；甚至还有人深入分析骑马舞。

但对于很多人来说，那个老问题仍然存在：“江南”到底是什么样的？

江南区不乏知名品牌，但要想找到高端、小众的精品时装店，可以去Cheongdam和Shinsa等街区。在这里你会找到前卫的国际品牌概念商店，还有本土时装大牌。这里的商店都价格不菲，但要像朴载相所说的那样“穿得优雅、舞得奔放”，就得花这个代价。

奉恩寺（Bongeunsa）位于首尔江南区修道山上，是韩国历史最悠久的寺庙之一。尽管在李氏王朝初期，儒家思想受到的推崇超过了佛教，但在16世纪中叶，在普雨（Bowoo）大禅师的指导下，奉恩寺作为韩国主要的禅宗佛教中心开始兴旺起来。如果你想获得一些点化，可以参加一个为期两天的住寺活动，主要是一些修身养性的活动，比如斋饭、茶道和冥想等。

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