1959 年试题

一、阅读测验(24%)

细读下面的故事，然后用汉语简明扼要地回答文后所附的问题。

Once on his way to town, a peasant(农民)tied (拴;系) his horse to a tree and sat down to rest.

Soon a landlord came on his horse.He also wanted to rast.So he began to tie his horse to the same tree.

"Don't tie your horse to that tree!"shouted the peasant."My horse is wild;it will kill yours. Tie your horse to some other tree."

The landlord answered,"I'll tie my horse where I like to." And he tied his horse to the same tree.

Suddenly the horses began to fight. Before the two men could stop them,the landlord's horse was killed.

The landlord got very angry.He took the poor peasant to the judge."Oh,good judge,"he said, "this man's horse has killed mine.You must make him pay for my horse."

"Is that true?"the judge asked the peasant.

The peasant was silent.He was asked many more questions,but he did not say a word.

At last the judge said,"It's no use. The man cannot speak."

"Oh yes,he can,"said the landlord."He spoke to me very well out there on the road."

"What did he say ?"asked the judge.

"He told me not to tie my horse to that tree,because his horse could kill mine.He told me to tie my horse to some other tree."

"Ah,"said the judge."Now I see.So you think your horse must be paid for.Why did't you do as you were told to and save your horse from death?"

Then the judge asked the peasant,"Why didn't you answer my questions?"

"I wanted to make him tell you the true story,"explained the peasant.

（注意：用汉语回答下列问题。）

1.Why did the peasant tell the landlord not to tie his horse to the same tree?

2.Why didn't the landlord do as the peasant had told him to?

3.Then what did the landlord do with his horse?

4.What happened suddenly? What happened to the landlord's horse?

5.What did the landlord ask the judge to do for him?

6.Did the peasant answer the judge's questions?

7.What did the landlord do to make the judge believe that the peasant could speak?

8.Why hadn't the peasant answered the judge's questions?

二、英泽汉(36%)

In October 1934, the Red Army broke through the enemy forces around Juichin(瑞金)and began the Long March. When it came to Tsunyi(遵义),an important meeting was held there by the Chinese Communist Party, which then made Comrade Mao Tse-tung the leader. After that,the Red Army went on ,fighting its way to the north, until it came to the Tatu River.The enemy thought the Red Army could not cross(渡过)the river, because it was unusually deep and rough.But the Red Army got the only boat and heroically went over. Another unit (部队)went ahead by the mountainside and reached the Luting Bridge (泸定桥). The enemy set fire (放火)to the house on the bridge, trying to stop the Red Army. But a number of Red Army fighters broke through the fire and took the bridge. The enemy sodiers ran away,and the Red Army under Comrade Mao Tse-tung crossed the Tatu and continued its march.It went over the Snow Mountain and crossed the Grasslands,and finally in October 1935 reached Yenan(延安).The Long March showed the world that the heroic people's army led by the Communists was ever victorious.

三、汉译英(40%)

(1)他每星期六下午到工厂去劳动。

(2)我们爱好和平，但也不怕战争。

(3)我昨天晚上到阅览室去时，许多同学都在那儿复习功课。

(4)今年我们的小麦收成比去年还要好的多。

(5)苏联的七年计划告诉我们中国也会有同样光辉的将来。

(6)拉丁(Latin)美洲的人民正在为自由和民主而斗争。

(7)李明在组里常受到表扬，因为他每周都超额完成任务。

(8)鲁迅住过的那所房子现在是一个博物馆。

 

1959年答案

一、阅读测验（学生须用汉语回答）

(1)因为他自己的马性子烈，拴在一起两匹马会打起来，地主那匹马可能被踢死。

(2)因为他觉得自己是个地主，不能听一个农民的指点。

(3)他不顾农民的劝告，还是把他的马拴在同一棵树上。

(4)忽然，两匹马打起来了。结果地主的马被踢死了。

(5)他要法官命令农民赔偿他的马。

(6)他没有。他要本不开口。

(7)他说农民会说话。他并且把农民在路边对他说的话重复了一遍，以便向法官证明农民并不是个哑吧。

(8)这说明了农民的知慧。这样一来，地主就会不自觉地把真实情况说出来了。

二、英译汉

1934年10月，红军突破敌人对瑞金的围攻而开始了长征。到遵义后中国共产党举行了一次重要的会议，会上选举毛泽东同志作领袖。然后红军一面打着仗继续北上，来到了大渡河边。敌人以为红军过不了河，因为水流既深而又汹涌。可是红军得到了唯一的一只摆渡，英勇地渡过了河。另外一支部队沿着山边前进到达泸定桥。敌人把桥上的房子点上了火，企图阻止红军前进。红军的一批战士冲过了火，把桥占领了。敌军逃走了，于是红军在毛泽东同志领导下过了大渡河继续长征。红军越雪山，过草地，终于在1935年10月到达延安。长征宣告世界共产党领导的英勇的人民军队是不可战胜的。

三、汉译英

1.Every Saturday afternoon he goes to work in the factory.

2.We love peace, but we are not afraid of war.

3.When I went to the reading-room last night, a lot of students were reviewing their lessons there.

4.The crop of wheat this year will be still better than last year's.

5.The Seven Year Plan of the Soviet Union tells us that China will have the same bright future.

6.The people in Latin America are struggling for freedom and democracy.

7.Li Ming is often praised in the group, because he overfulfils his task every week.

8.The house in which (where) Lu Hsun (once) lived is now a museum.