广东财经大学-804英语写作与翻译【2016】考研真题
2023-06-20
999+
41KB
3 页
侵权投诉
欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第 1 页 共 3 页）
广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷
考试年度：2016
年 考试科目代码及名称：804- 英语写作与翻
译
适用专业：050201 英语语言文学
［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！
］
Part I Writing （100 分）
（1）Summary Writing (1 题，共 40 分)
Directions : Read the following passage and summarize its
contents in 120-150 words. You must not copy complete
sentences directly from the passage, which will incur
deduction of your scores.
The early 1600s saw the beginning of a great tide of emigration from Europe to North
American. Spanning more than three centuries, this movement grew from a trickle of
a few hundred English colonists to a flood of millions of newcomers. Impelled by
powerful and diverse motivations, they built a new civilization on the northern part of
the continent.
The English immigrants to what is now the United States crossed the Atlantic long
after thriving Spanish colonies had been established in Mexico, the West Indies and
South America. Like all early travelers to the New World, they came in small,
overcrowded ships. During their 6-12weeks voyages, they lived on meager rations.
Many died of disease; ships were often battered by storms and some were lost at sea.
Most European emigrants left their homelands to escape political oppression, to seek
the freedom to practice their religion, or for adventure and opportunities denied them
at home. Between 1620 and 1635, economic difficulties swept England. Many people
could not find work. Even skilled artistans could earn little more than a bare living.
Poor crop yields added to the distress. In addition, the Industrial Revolution had
created a burgeoning textile, which demanded an ever-increasing supply of wool to
keep the looms running. Landlords enclosed farmlands and evicted the peasant in
favor of sheep cultivation. Colonial expansion became an outlet for this displaced
peasant population.
The colonists’ first glimpse of the new land was a vista of dense woods. The settlers
might not have survived had it not been for the help of friendly Indians, who taught
them how to grow native plants – pumkin, squash, beans and corn. In addition, the
vast, virgin forests, extending nearly 2,100 kilometers along the Eastern seaboard,
1
标签： #广东财经大学 #804英语写作与翻译
摘要：
展开>>
收起<<
欢迎报考广东财经大学硕士研究生，祝你考试成功！（第1页共3页）广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷考试年度：2016年 考试科目代码及名称：804-英语写作与翻译适用专业：050201英语语言文学［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］PartIWriting（100分）（1）SummaryWriting(1题，共40分)Directions:Readthefollowingpassageandsummarizeitscontentsin120-150words.Youmustnotcopycompletesentencesdirectlyfromthep...
声明：研友网所有资料均为用户上传分享，仅供参考学习使用，版权归原作者所有。若侵犯到您的权益，请告知我们处理！任何个人或组织，在未征得本平台同意时，禁止复制、盗用、采集、发布本站内容到任何网站、书籍等各类媒体平台。
