1、外語外貿大學 2004 年外國語言學與應用語言riting (100)入學英語語言文學及寫作與翻譯試題PartTask 1: Summary Writing (40%) Directions:Read carefully the following passage and summarize its contents in 150200 words. Notet you must not copy complete senten deduction of your scores.Passagedirectly from the original. Failure to do so would

2、incurPlato - who may have understood better what forms the mind of mann do some of ourcontemporaries who want their children exed only to real people and everyday events - knewwhatellectual experienmake for tree humanity. He suggestedt the future citizens of hisideal republic begheir literary educat

3、ion with theling of myths, rathern with mere factsor so-called rational teachings. Even Aristotle, master of pure reason, said, The friend of wisdomis also a friend of myth.Modem thinkers who have studied myths and fairy tales from a philosophicalor.tpsychological viewpoarrive at the sameMircea Elia

4、de, for one, describes these stories as m, regardless of their original persuas for human behavior t,:byvery fact, give .meaning and value to life. Drawing on anthropological parallels, he and otherssuggestt myths and fairy tales were derived from,ive symbolic expresto, initiationrites or rites of p

5、assage - such as metaphoric death of an old, inadequate self in order to be rebornon a highlane of existence. He feelst this is why these tales meet a strongly felt need andare carders of such deep meaning.Other investigators widepth-psychological orienion emphasize the similaritiesbetn the fantasti

6、c eventsyths and fairy tales and those in adureams and daydreams -the fulfillment of wishes, the winning out over all competitors, the destruction of enemies - andconcludet one attraction of this literature is its expresoft which is normally preventedfrom coming to awareness.There are, of course, ve

7、ry significant differenbetn fairy tales and dreams. Forexle, in dreams more oftenn not the wish fulfillment is disguised, while in fairy tales muchof it is openly expressed. To a considerable degree, dreams are the result of innreres whichhave found no ref, of problems which besetrson to which he kn

8、ows no solution and towhich the dream finds none. The fairy tale does the opite: it projects the ref of all preresand not only offers ways to solve problems but promisest a happy solution will be found.We cannot control what goes on in our dreams. Although our inner censorship influenwhat we may dre

9、am, such control occurs on an unconscious level. The fairy tale, on the other hand,is very much the result of common conscious and unconscious contenving been shd by theconscious mind, not of one particular, but the consensus of many in regard to what theyview as universal human problems, and what t

10、hey accept as desirable solutions. If all these elements were not present in a fairy tale, it would not be retold by generation after generation.Only if a fairy tale met the conscious and unconscious requirements of many people was itrepeatedly retold, listened to with greaterest. No dream ofrson co

11、uld arouse such persistenterest unless it was workedo a myth, as was the story of the pharaohs dream asreted byJosephhe Bible.1參考Great thinkers like Plato and Aristotle shared the same ideat mythshould enjoy a superior scertain extend agree withus in education. Even modern thinkers tot idea as they

12、reached atmyth partly reflected and satisfied the inner desires of human beings.Those fantastic eventsdaydreams. Still differenyths resemble likeliness to our dreams orexist. Such as dream reflects solprere we faced, but it offers no solution. On the contrary, mythgoes the opite way. Unlike dreams,

13、Myths are the symbolicprojections ofoples hope, values, fears and aspirations. Andany myth is classic.Task 2: Essay Writing (60%) Directions:In recent years China has witnessed a drastic increasehe annual enrollment of universitystudents. While some hail it as an achievement of historical significan

14、cet marks the beginningof popularizing Chinas education of higher learning, others dismiss it as nothing but aneducational greeap forwardt will do more harmn good to the quality of collegeeducation in China. Write an essay of 500 - 600 words unequivocally expressing your stand onthis ie. Whatevessay

15、.osition you take, make sure to justify your deci. Give a title to your參考范文In China a saying goes like this: It takes ten years for a tree to grow to its full height, but adred for qualifiededucation in our country.nel to mature. From this sentence we can infer the high sus ofIn recent years China h

16、as witnessed a drastic increasehe annual enrollment of universitystudents. The existence of this phenomenon should be due to the following reasons., thenumber of college students only takes a small sharehe whole population. As time requires, weneed more educated citizens to take parthe construction

17、of China. The current college studentsare far from enough. Second, compared with othowers, like Britain and America, China hasmuch less college students. This situation doesnt fit Chinas image as a biger. As a result, adrastic increasehe annual enrollment of university students emerged as the time r

18、equires.Around the ie of enrollment increase, peoples reactions are different. They can roughly becategorizedo two groups: advocators and opponents. Some stress the significance of this move,while others emphasize their worry about the qualification of college education. Both sides havetheir reasons

19、. Whiley opinion, the increase of enrollment is inevitable, but we cant be hastyinng it.of all, as I mentioned above, the increase of enrollment is the requirement of Chinasdevelopment. We need more workers, more engineers, more businessmen, etc. And the increasewould offer what we need in a compara

20、tively short time. The advantage of it cannot be neglected.On the other hand, so many students rushedo university would directly cause the inadequacy ofhardware as well as software of the university. For exle, in English department, a clased to2have lessn twenty students. But now a small classroom i

21、s jammed with moren 40 people.And this means more students have to share limited resour. The quality of education might belargely influenced. So from this po, peoples worry is not groundless. In addition, toaccommodate so many freshmen, university has to invest muore money in reforming thecurrent do

22、rms and build new ones. University would then charge students more tuition. Thisdirectly adds more burden on their famis.Then how to solve this problem? Ially think we should limit the increase of enrollment tominimize the negative effects. Rome is not built in one day. Its a long and hard pros to d

23、evelopeducation. So we should fulfill the aim step by step. Thus we can build a win-win situation.Part Two Translation (50)1.Translate the following passageo Chi:(25)The Asking Animaln two eternitiesthe vanished past and the unknown futurehuman beingsCaught betnever cease to seek their bearings and

24、sense of direction. We inherit our legacy of the scienandthe artsthe works of the great discoverers and creators, the Columbuses and Leonardosbut weall remain seekers. Man is the asking animalWestern culture has witnessedeast three grand historical epochs of seekingeach widominant spirit, enduring s

25、pokesmen and distinctive problems. We have gone from “Why?” to the“How?”, from the search for pure to the search for causes.was the heroic way of prophets and philosophers seeking answerssalvation or truthfrom the God above or the reason within each of us. Then came an age of communal seeking,pursui

26、ng civilizationhe liberal spirit. And most recently there wasof the solscien, in whian was ruled by the forof history. We can draw on all these ways ofseeking in oural search for pure, to find meaninghe seeking.參考譯文探索的動物要已消逝的過去與未知的未來的夾縫之間，人類從未停止對人生的意義和前進方向的探索。從偉大的探險家和創造者手中，從無數個和那多手中，繼承了科學與藝術的遺產，但 西方

27、的文化和依舊是探索者。人是探索的動物。了至少三個人類進行探索的歷史時期。每個時期都有各自的，代表人物。走出了“為什么”的框框，轉而探索事情的緣由。首先是先哲們向上帝或內在的理性尋求 救贖還是真理，的時期。緊接著是共同探索的時期，人類在精神的引領下追求著文明。最近則是社會科學的年代，在這個年代里，人受到歷史力量的支配。可以利用這些探索尋求自我探索的目的和意義1Translate the following passageo English(25)舊夢重溫意大利是我最喜歡的一個歐洲國家。羅馬是建在七山之上的城市，擁有大小 500 座教堂，我幾乎都去過了。最大的是圣彼得。梵蒂岡就是在圣彼得教堂附近，

28、是羅馬教皇的宮殿，這是一個“國中之國”! 我進去看了，只記得門警是兵士，穿著黃色，別的沒有印象3佛羅倫薩給我留下的，除了美術館里的雕像和壁畫之外，還有一座座府第墻壁上的燈座，每座燈下都有一只栓馬的鐵環，是聚會或宴會時栓馬用的，十分別致！一地關于這些地方的描寫，由于時代和的不同，使我看到了那些地方的許多其他的側面，也擴大了知識。我應該說一地這本回憶童年和旅游的散子，不但是青少年最好的讀物，大人們也應當拿來看看。因為這是一本寫情真摯、寫景鮮明；流暢、健康、引入向上的散文作品。參考譯文Revive an old dreamItaly is my favorite European country. Rome, a ci