翻譯二級(jí)筆譯綜合能力分類模擬題62

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ToneMorrison5sFirstNovelSinceHerNobelPrize

byDavidGates

Wh(江南博哥)enlongtimeToneMorrisonfanseethathernew

novel,thefirstsinceshewontheNobelPrizein1993,iscalled

Paradise,they'11fillintheLostautomatically.Liketheclassic

whileAnieiicaiiwritersshe'slovingly,thoughwarily,adoptedas

ancestralspirits.Morrisonisobsessedwithvanishedortainted

Edensandfailedvisionsofcommunity.In1992'sJazz,itwas1920s

Harlem.In1987'sBeloved,itwasadeceptivelylovelyplantation

withthehellishlyinaptnameofSweetHome.In1977'sSongof

Solomon,itwasanidyllicpost-CivilWarfarmsignificantlycalled

Lincoln'sHeaven.Now,inParadise,it'stheall-blackOklahomatown

ofRubyin1970s.Ruby'sbuiltaroundahugecommunalOven(always

reverentlycapitalized)andblessedly1fromcontamination

bywhites,whetherinKlansmen，shoods,policemen's2or

bankers，tweeds.It'sliterallyagardenspot:"Iris,phlox,roseand

peonies3upmoreandmoretimenewbutterflies

journeyed4tobroodinRuby.〃Withtheverybest

intentions,thegoodtownsfolktrashthisEdenallby.5.

CriticshavelongrecognizedtheinfluenceofFaulkneronthe

passionate,6Morrison,butit'sHawthornewhoseemsto

broodoverParadise,7hismixedblessingofresonant

archetypesandrisibleartificiality.8inTheBlithedale

Romance(basedonConcord，sBrookFarm),autopianexperiment

unravels;asinTheMaypoleofMerryMount,puritanicalelderssquash

a9communityofdionysiaccultists.Ruby,itturnsout,

isrunby〃8-rocks〃一ir.enwithskinthecolorof10from

deepinthemines,suspiciousofthosewithlighterskin

and11todoviolenceagainstanymanifestationof

“impurity"and"immorality."Intheslam-bang

opening12ofParadise,themengogunningforhousefulof

womenuptheroadwhoseonly13inbeingwitchyand

matriarchal.Butthepacepicksupagain.ThenoveTsovercrowding

makesitfeel14thanitis:itslowlycirclesbackto

telleachofthewomen，sstories,andtoshowhow15proud,

principled,churchon^ingmencouldneitherkeeptheoutsideworld

fromdisruptingtheircommunitynorkeepthemselvesfrombehaving

eerilyliketheirownnightmaresofracistvigilantism.

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isolated

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uniforms

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took

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miles

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themselves

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unsentimental

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bestowing

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As

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neighboring

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coal

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willing

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section

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offense

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longer

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these

AGreatFriendship

ThomasJeffersonandJamesMadisonmetin1776.Couldithave

beenanyotheryear?Theyworkedtogetherstartingthentofurther

AmericanRevolutionandlatertoshapethenewschemeofgovernment.

Fromtheworksprangafriendshipperhapsincomparableinintimacy

andthetrustfulnessofcollaborationandinduration.Itlasted50

years.Itincludedpleasureandutilitybut16andabove

them,thereweresharedpurpose,acommonend17an

enduringgoodnessonbothsides.Fourandahalf

months18hedied,whenhewasailing,debt-ridden,and

worriedabouthisimpoverished19,Jeffersonwrotetohis

longtimefriend.HiswordsandMadison'sreplyremind

us20friendsarefriendsuntildeath.Theyalsoremindus

that21afriendshiphasabearingonthingslargerthan

before

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family

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that

跟隨remind的直接賓語(yǔ)從句的代詞，事物應(yīng)用that,人應(yīng)用who或whom,所

以此空應(yīng)填thato

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sometimes

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friendship

空后的itself暗示答案應(yīng)為前面出現(xiàn)的friendshipo

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greater

該空前的ever暗示答案應(yīng)為greater：ever+形容詞比較級(jí)是個(gè)習(xí)慣用法。

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between

該文一直在講兩種friendship,所以該空填介詞between才是。

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principles

與空前的political相搭配的是principleso

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that

空后的longperiod說明之前應(yīng)為指示詞thato

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engaged

空后的介詞in暗示該空丟掉的動(dòng)詞應(yīng)跟隨in,按該句語(yǔ)境，答案為engaged。

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in

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which

which是非限定性定語(yǔ)從句的打頭詞。

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system

此空應(yīng)填system,和其后的administration搭為完整的名詞詞組。

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interest

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which

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lives

后面的devoted暗示這里丟掉的是主語(yǔ)名詞liveso

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support

apillarofsupport和漢語(yǔ)的“支柱”完全吻合。

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should

后面的原形動(dòng)詞leave暗示此空丟掉了情態(tài)動(dòng)詞should。

Philanthropy

IthasbecomeanAmericantraditionthatthosewhoattaingreat

wealthreturnsomeofittothepublicthroughphilanthropy.Anearly

exampleofthiswasthegenerosityofAmosLawrenceofMassachusetts,

awealthymerchantwhointhe1830sandafterwardscontributedmuch

moneyforfaminereliefinIreland.Healsodonatedgenerouslyto

educationalandotherhumanitariancauses.

Intheearlyyearsofthetwentiethcenturyseveralmenwhohad

amassedvast36likewisebecamegreatphilanthropists.

AndrewCarnegie,anexceptionallyenergeticman,37has

begunworkingtwelvehoursadaywhenhewasonly-fourteenyears

old,38oneoftheworld'srichestmenbypioneeringin

thesteel39.Afterhisretirementin1900hedevotedhis

timeandhiswealthtothe40offreepubliclibraries.He

alsosetupfoundationsformedicalresearchand41world

peace.Carnegie'sbelief,asheexpresseditinanessay,

was42thewealthypersonmust"considerallsurplus

revenues43cometohimsimplyas*trustfunds'whichis

strictlyboundasamatterof44toadministerinthe

mannerbestcalculatedtoproducethemost45resultsfor

thecommunity—themanofwealththusbecomingthe

mere46andagentforhispoorerbrethren.，z

JohnD.Rockefeller,whoalsobeganasapoorboy,

became47richthroughoilrefineriesandother

enterprises.Inhis48age,intheearly1900,s,hebegan

todonatemillionsforbeneficial49.Thevarious

RockefellerFoundationssupportresearchaswell

as50causesintheUnitedStatesandinotherpartsof

theworld.Rockefellerfundsarenowfightinghungerthroughtheso-

called“greenrevolution,wherebynewagriculturaltechniqueshave

greatlymultipliedtheyieldoffoodcropsinMexico,India,Pakistan,

andpartsofAfrica.

ThroughtheFordFoundation,andbasedonautomobileprofits,

HenryFordIIdonated$500millionin1950touniversitiesand

hospitalsforimprovingeducationandhealth.Thislikewisebecamea

world-famousfoundation,whoseactivitieshavespreadfarandwide.

Someofthismoneywaseffectivelyspendfightcholeraandtyphusin

far-offNepal.

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fortunes

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who

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became

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industry

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establishment

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for

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that

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which

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duty

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beneficial

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trustee

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fabulously

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old

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undertaking

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humanitarian

Itneveroccurredtohimthatheandhisdoingwerenotofthemost

intenseandfascinatinginteresttoanyonewithwhomhecamein

contact.Hehadtheoriesaboutalmostanysubjectunderthesun,

includingvegetarianism,thedrama,politics,andmusic;andin

supportofthesetheorieshewrotepamphlets,letters,books..,

thousandsuponthousandsofwords,hundredsandhundredsofpages.He

notonlywrotethesethings,andpublishedthem-usuallyatsomebody

else'sexpense一buthewouldsitandreadthemaloud,forhours,to

hisfriendsandhisfamily.

Hehadtheemotionalstabilityofasix-year-oldchild.Whenhe

feltoutofsorts,hewouldraveandstamp,orsinkintosuicidal

gloomandtalkdarklyofgoingtotheEasttoendhisdaysasa

Buddhistmonk.Tenminuteslater,whensomethingpleasedhim,he

wouldrushoutofdoorsandrunaroundthegarden,orjumpupand

downonthesofa,orstandonhishead.

Hewasalmostinnocentofanysenseofresponsibility.Notonly

didheseemincapableofsupportinghimself,butiI

never51tohimthathewasunderanyobligationtodoso.

Hewasconvincedthatthe52ov/edhimaliving.Insupport

ofthisbelief,heborrowed53fromeverybodywhowasgood

foraloan—men,women,friends,or54Hewrotebegging

lettersbythescore,sometimesgroveling55shame,at

othersloftilyofferinghisintendedbenefactortheprivilege

of56tohissupport,andbeingmortallyoffendedifthe

recipientdeclinedthe57.Ihavefoundnorecordofhis

everpayingorrepayingmoneyto58whodidnothavea

legalclaimuponit.

ThenameofthismonsterwasRichardWagner.EverythingthatI

havesaidabouthimyoucanfind59record:innewspapers,

inpolicereports,inthetestimonyofpeoplewhoknewhim,inhis

ownletters,60thelinesofhisautobiography.Andthe

curiousthingaboutthisrecordis61itdoesn，tmatterin

theleast.Becausethisundersized,sickly,62,

fascinatinglittlemanwasrightallthetime.Thejoke

was63us.Hewasoneoftheworld，sgreatest

dramatists;hewasagreat64;hewasoneofthemost

stupendousmusicalgeniusesthat,uptonow,theworld

has65seen.Theworlddidowehimaliving.

Whenyouconsiderwhathewrote:thirteenoperas

and66drair.as,elevenofthemstillholdingthestage,

eightofthemunquestionably67rankingamongtheworld's

greatmusical-dramaticmasterpieces:whenyoulisten

to68hewrote,thedebtsandheartachesthatpeoplehad

toendurefromhimdon，t69muchofaprice.Thinkofthe

luxurywithwhichforatime,atleast,fate70Napoleon,

themanwhoruinedFranceandlootedEurope;and

then71youwillagreethatafewthousanddollars5worth

ofdebtswerenottoo72apricetopayfortheRing

trilogy.

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