装备指挥技术学院2011年博士研究生招生考博英语真题

　　Part IV Error Detection and Correction (10 points, 1 point each)

　　Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts. These parts are labeled A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark out your choice on the Answer Sheet. Then, without altering the meaning of the sentence, write down your correction on the Answer Sheet.

　　If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold. It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising volume of noise. (61) In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound, between (62) sunrise and sunset, streets and highways are a constant source of voice from cars, buses, and trucks(63). You can pass any factory or construction area and the roar of their machinery will (64)make your ears ringing. Music is played in every supermarket(65), most restaurants, and many offices, big cities of the world are well-known by their noisiness. (66)

　　Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technological age. Day or night, the sound of the work fills the air. It seems (67) that the smoothing effects of silence are nowhere to be found.

　　Even the quiet of our careful protected wilderness areas can be (68) invaded at any moment by a passed jet. (69)

　　We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural resource and must be protected by law. It appears that we all find company in sound, if we all demand a little quiet from time to time. (70)

　　Part V Translation (15 points, 3 points each)

　　Directions: Translate the five underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Write down your translation on the Answer Sheet.

　　For millions who have lost jobs or faced eviction in the economic downturn, homelessness is perhaps the darkest fear of all. In the end, though, for all the devastation wrought by the recession (衰退), a vast majority of people who have faced the possibility have somehow managed to avoid it. (71)

　　Nevertheless, from 2007 through 2009, the number of families in homeless shelters — households with at least one adult and one minor child — leapt to 170,000 from 131,000, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.(72)

　　More than 550,000 people have received aid, including more than 1,800 in Rhode Island, with just over a quarter of the money for the program spent so far nationally, state and federal officials said.

　　Even so, it remains to be seen whether the program is keeping pace with the continuing economic hardship. (73)

　　The number of families who have sought help this year at Crossroads has already surpassed the total for all of 2009. Through July, 324 families had come needing shelter, compared with 278 all of last year.

　　National data on current shelter populations are not yet available, but checks with other major family shelters across the country found similar increases. (74)

　　Without national data, it is impossible to say for certain whether these are anomalies. Clearly, however, many families are still being sucked into the swirling financial drain that leads to homelessness. (75)

　　Part VI Writing (20 points)

　　Directions: As a developing country, china is faced with the dual tasks of developing economy and protecting the environment. Which one is more important to a developing country? Write an essay to clarify your own points of view towards this issue. You should write no less than 200 words. (76)

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