北京学位英语历年翻译真题(复习材料)#绝.docx

北京学位英语历年翻译真题 ( 复习材料 )# 绝

81.他们试图想出一个解决这个问题的办法。

They are trying to come up with a solution to the problem.

82．你离开教室时，别忘了关灯。

Don‘t forget to turn off the lights when you leave the classroom..

83．他喜欢一边做作业，一边听音乐。

He likes to listen to music while doing his homework.

84．我已了解清楚，他的结论是以事实为依据的。

I have made sure that his conclusion is based on facts.

85．对于年轻人来说，独立思考问题的能力很重要。

As for the young , the ability to think on their own is important

81.今年他们建造的房子跟去年一样多。

They have built as many houses this year as they did last

year 82.对不起，我忘了把你要的书带来了。

I am sorry. I forgot to bring the book you want.

83.这项工作太难了，你干不了。

The work (job) is too difficult for you to do.

84.无论多么困难，我也不会失去信心。

No matter how difficult it is, I will never lose my faith

85.物体离我们越远，看起来就越小。

The farther an object (a body) is away from us, the smaller it looks.

81．每个人都知道，学习对一个人的成长是至关重要的。

As we all know , learning is vital to one‘s growing-up .

82．我们的新产品非常受欢迎，对此我们感到十分自豪。

We take pride in the fact that our new products meet the market very well . 83．您能说话大声点好让每个人都听得见吗？

Could you raised your voice so as to be beard ?

84．除了英语，你最好再学一门外语。

Besides English , you‘d better study another language .

85．在教育孩子方面，表扬比批评有效得多。

For teaching children , praising is better than criticizing

81..我们居住的地球是一个大球体.

The earth we live on is a big sphere.

82.我们向李先生学习，因为他有丰富的工作经验

We learn from Mr. Li, because he has rich working experiences.

83.使我感到惊奇的是，他的英语说得如此的好。

To my surprise,she speaks English so well.

84.开会的时间到了，咱们把收音机关了吧。

It is time for the meeting.Let ‘s turn off the radio.

85.尽管有许多困难，我们仍然决心执行我们的计划。

Although there are a lot of difficulties, we are still determined to carry out our plan 81.正是那棵树在洪水中救了他们的命。

82.我们无法想象在那个遥远的星球上存在什么东西。

What exist on that remote star is beyond our imagination

83.他今早上学又迟到了。昨晚他肯定是睡得太晚了。

He was late for class again this morning. He must have slept too late last night.

84.父母没有预料到孩子的问题这样难回答。

The parents did not expect that their child ‘s question was too hard to answer.

85.然而，在那个国家还有成千上万的年青人却很难找到工作。

However, there are still thousands of young people who are hard to find a job in that

cou ntry.

81.他起得很早为的是赶上第一班公共汽车。

82.直到昨天晚上他才改变了他的注意。

83.同意这项建议的请举手。

84.无论多忙，你都应该抽时间看望父母。

No matter how busy you are, you should spend some time visiting your parents.

85.每次访问他们都会发现这个城市呈现出新的面貌。

Each time they visit this city, they can notice that it is taking on a new look.

(81)她的工作是照看这些老人。

(82)学生应该在上课之前完成家庭作业。

(83)这些老人养成了每天早上锻炼的习惯。

These old people have formed (got into) the habit of doing exercise every morning. (84)如果到处都太拥挤，旅行会令人很不愉快。

If it is too crowded everywhere, traveling will become quite unpleasant.

(85)我不知道你那奇怪的想法来自何处。

I don ’tknow where your strange idea has come from .

81．事实上，水污染的危害远不止这点。

In fact, the consequences of water pollution are far beyond this.

82．这个问题不像我们最初想象的那么复杂。

This issue is not so complicated as I imagined at first.

83．如果你那时没有及时离开，我无法想象会发生什么情况。

If you had not left in time then, I could not imagine what would have happened.

84．他们发现在下午 6 点前不可能完成这项工作。

They found it impossible to finish this job before 6 p.m.

85．由于我没有读过这本书，所以我无法对此作出评论。

. I can not make any comment on the book, because I have not read it.

81.他告诉我要慢慢来，没有必要提前完成这项工作。

He told me to take my time and it was unecessary to complete the job in advance.

82.我们推迟了这个会议，以便能够更好地应付紧张的局势。 83.每个人都喜欢受表扬而不是被批评。

We put off this meeting so as to cope with the tense situations better.

84.人们抱怨当地政府在处理污染问题上力度不够。

It is complained that the local government hasn‘t taken enough measure to deal with pol

lution

85.只要你尽力而为，即使将来失败也没人会指责你。

Everyone likes to be praised not to be criticized. /As long as you try your best ，

nobody will blame you even if you fail in future 81.我不记得那个在哪见过他。

I can‘t remember where I have seen

him. 82.我们一得出结论就通知你。

Once we draw the conclusion,we‘ llinform you.

83.如果我是他，我就会尽最大的努力按时完成任务。

If I were he, I would try my best to accomplish the task on time.

84.这所大学提供了他所期望的一切。

The university has offered everything he expected.

85.你们应该充分利用每一个机会说英语。

We should make use of every opportunity to speak English.

81.在我看来，他们很难掩盖事实真相。

82.直到会议结束那位经理一直保持沉默不语。

The manager keeps silence till the conference end.

83. 我想说的是，在奥运会上做志愿者（ volunteer ）对于年轻人是有意义的事。

What I want ti say is that it is meaningful for the young to be volunteer in the Olympic Games

84.简而言之，每个人都应该为自己的行为负责。

85.我下决心一个月内在功课上要赶上同学们。

I am determined to catch up other classmates in study in a month.

81.每当听到这首歌时，我就会想起你。

Every time hearing this song，I will think of you.

82、由于很多学生缺席，我们不得不将会议延期。

Many students being absent ， we had to put off the conference. 或 Due to the absence o f many students ， we have to put off the meeting.

83、他们 5 年前搬走了，但我们还保持着联系。

They moved away five years ago ， but we still keep in touch.

84、每当听到这首歌时，我就会想起你。

It seems that this letter is written in a hurry.

85、在得到很多细节前，我想避免跟他说话。

Before getting more details ， I thought I should avoid talking with him.

81.我们期待和你一起工作。

82.他一到上海就给我打了一个长途电话。

As soon as he got Shanghai, he made a long distance call to me (he called me。)

83.你知道会议开始的确切时间吗？

84.她将成功归因于努力工作。

She believes that hard work leads to her success。

85.村里的每个人都喜欢他，因为他对人很友好。

81.今天早上他起床晚了，所以没有赶上火车。

He overslept and got up late this morning, and that was why he missed the train.

82.你们昨天的会议得出什么结论了吗?

What conclusion did you reach ( draw/come to) at yesterday‘ s meeting?

83.我在回家的路上，买了一本英汉词典。

I bought an English-Chinese dictionary on my way home.

84.一直到12 月下旬，他们才让我加入他们小组。

They didn‘ tlowal me to join their group until late December.

85.我父亲在找工作，我母亲在医院照看外祖母。

My father is looking (hunting) for a job, and my mother is looking after my

grandmother in the hospital

81.这部电影我已经看过好几遍了。

I have seen this film for several times。

82.这就是他五年前住过的房子。.

83.在房子前面的大树下放着一张桌子。

84.他二十七岁时开始学英语。

85.全球化也正在改变人们的生活方式

Globalization is also changing the way people live。

81．事实上，水污染的危害远不止这点。

In fact, the consequence of water pollution is far more than this.

82．这个问题不像我们最初想象的那么复杂。

This issue is not as complicated as I imaged at first.

83．如果你那时没有及时离开，我无法想象会发生什么情况。

If you hadn\'t left in time then, I couldn\'t image what would have happened.

84．他们发现在下午 6 点前不可能完成这项工作。

They found it impossible to finish the job before 6 pm.

85．由于我没有读过这本书，所以我无法对此作出评论。

Since I haven\'t read the book, I couldn\'t comment on it

81.昨天，我坐在办公室写报告时，小明从英国打电话过来了。

Yesterday Xiaoming called me from Britain while I was writing my report in the office.

82.想去图书馆的人必须在这里签名。

Whoever wants to go to the library must sign his or her name here.

83.他专心致志地看书，所以没有听到电话响。

He was so absorbed in reading that he didn’thear the telephone ring.

84.去年，我在伦敦过得暑假。

I spent my summer vacation in London last year.

85.我学习英语大概有十年了。

I have been learning English for about 10 years.

81.他是笫一个在月球上行走的人。

He was the first man who walked on the moon。

82.随着人们年龄的增长，他们变得更加感恩于他们所拥有的一切。

While aging, they have become more grateful to everything they have。

83.这家公司成立于1970 年。

This company was founded in 1970.

84.能把你昨天讨论的那本书借给我吗?

Could you please lend me the book (which) you talked about?

85.她使我想起她的姐姐。

She reminds me of her elder sister 。

81.昨天我花了两个小时阅读和回复电子邮件。

I spent about two hours in reading and replying emails yesterday.

82.你认识昨天做报告的那个人吗？

83.她已经邀请我们去她的生日聚会。

84.我一到那儿，就给你打电话。

85.去年，她被提升为经理。

She was promoted to the position of manager last year.

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北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 2014.05.10 Part I Reading Comprehension (30%) Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter m the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: The first year of school in America, known as kindergarten, usually begins between the ages of five and six. Among rich countries such a late start is very strange. President Obama believes it is an economic and social problem; his education secretary goes as far as to say that it is "morally wrong". This statement has some support, as it is clear from research into vocabulary that youngsters from poor families enter kindergarten well behind those from rich families—a disadvantage that usually lasts a lifetime. Children from households on welfare knew 525 words by the age of three, while the children of professionals had mastered 1,116. (76) Pre.school can help close this gap. So in a speech last month, Mr, Obama called for a partnership between the federal government and the states to expand it to every American child. It later became known that "every" meant those who come from families with incomes of up to 200% above the poverty line—equal to an income of $47,000 for a family of four. (77) Some critics say that sending children to school at the age of four does not work. The evidence suggests otherwise. For example, on March 20th new results were announced from a study of 9.to.l 1.year.olds in New Jersey. This report found that disadvantaged children who had attended pre.school had better literacy (读写能力), language, maths and science skills. And two years of pre.kindergarten were better than one. Some studies also follow the effects of early learning over lifetimes, such as its effect on crime rates and other factors that may eventually burden society. Critics have singled out a government scheme called Head Start, created in 1965, which provides poor households with a range of services including school.based early education.