以前在网上看到过很多前辈发布的真题回忆资料，受益匪浅。自己昨天刚刚考完，趁记忆还比较新鲜，赶紧回忆一下，希望能够对大家有帮助。没想到真的都是出自NEW YORK TIMES(个人比较喜欢优雅英式英语的风格，所以几乎从来不看NYT，以前曾经有段时间天天看看GUARDIAN，可惜没能坚持下来), 网上一下子就找到题目的原文出处，下文已经根据试题内容作了相应删减。总体感觉，这次考试难度没有预期的大，与之前两年比难度没有增加。因为自己写字较慢，很怕不够时间，所以也不敢打草稿，结果是做完试卷还有大半个小时剩余，草稿纸还是干干净净的，老师收卷时我旁边的MM看到我的草稿纸原封不动吃了一惊，呵呵。

课本参考书倒是全部借齐了（现在可以还了！感谢各位借书给我的前辈，呵呵），但因为平时要上班加班，根本没时间看。考前半个月开始狂看真题，正好考试前一两天要加班赶稿，结果也没时间临时抱佛脚。其实这类考试，靠的也是功底和平时积累，其实能够有时间把2005年到最近的真题看完，考前一两个星期有选择性地做一两篇，平时多练练写字速度，注意行文工整，问题应该不大。

平时练习好，考前好好休息才是正道（可能因为本人特别嗜睡，中午休息时间老打瞌睡，唯有下午开考前跑去买了瓶红牛提神。。。）。至于卷面，网上很多前辈都说过，要注意工整，我也注意吸收了别人的经验，英译汉隔行写，汉译英就不要隔行了，否则可能不够位置。事实证明，这样的安排也很合理。

上述是根据自己备考时认为需要的东西简单写了几句，希望对大家有用。

希望大家都顺利通过。

英译汉－必译题

In the European Union, carrots must be firm but not woody, cucumbers must not be too curved and celery has to be free of any type of cavity. This was the law, one that banned overly curved, extra-knobbly or oddly shaped produce from supermarket shelves.

But in a victory for opponents of European regulation, 100 pages of legislation determining the size, shape and texture of fruit and vegetables have been torn up. On Wednesday, EU officials agreed to axe rules laying down standards for 26 products, from peas to plums.

In doing so, the authorities hope they have killed off regulations routinely used by critics - most notably in the British media - to ridicule the meddling tendencies of the EU.

With the cost of the weekly supermarket visit on the rise, it has become increasingly hard to defend the act of throwing away food just because it looks strange.

Beginning in July next year, when the changes go into force, standards on the 26 products will disappear altogether. Shoppers will the be able to chose their produce whatever its appearance.

Under a compromise reached with national governments, many of which opposed the changes, standards will remain for 10 types of fruit and vegetables, including apples, citrus fruit, peaches, pears, strawberries and tomatoes.

But those in this category that do not meet European norms will still be allowed onto the market, providing they are marked as being substandard or intended for cooking or processing.

"This marks a new dawn for the curvy cucumber and the knobbly carrot," said Mariann Fischer Boel, European commissioner for agriculture, who argued that regulations were better left to market operators.

"In these days of high food prices and general economic difficulties," Fischer Boel added, "consumers should be able to choose from the widest range of products possible. It makes no sense to throw perfectly good products away, just because they are the 'wrong' shape."

Such restrictions will disappear next year, and about 100 pages of rules and regulations will go as well, a move welcomed by Neil Parish, chairman of the European Parliament's agriculture committee.

"Food is food, no matter what it looks like," Parish said. "To stop stores selling perfectly decent food during a food crisis is morally unjustifiable. Credit should be given to the EU agriculture commissioner for pushing through these proposals. Consumers care about the taste and quality of food, not how it looks."

摘自：http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/1 ... ood.4.17771299.html

英译汉－选译题一

Ask mothers why babies are constantly picking things up from the floor or ground and putting them in their mouths, and chances are they'll say that it's instinctive - that that's how babies explore the world. But why the mouth, when sight, hearing, touch and even scent are far better at identifying things?

Since all instinctive behaviors have an evolutionary advantage or they would not have been retained for millions of years, chances are that this one too has helped us survive as a species. And, indeed, accumulating evidence strongly suggests that eating dirt is good for you.

In studies of what is called the hygiene hypothesis, researchers are concluding that organisms like the millions of bacteria, viruses and especially worms that enter the body along with "dirt" spur the development of a healthy immune system. Several continuing studies suggest that worms may help to redirect an immune system that has gone awry and resulted in autoimmune disorders, allergies and asthma.

One leading researcher, Dr. Joel Weinstock, the director of gastroenterology and hepatology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, said in an interview that the immune system at birth "is like an unprogrammed computer. It needs instruction."

He said that public health measures like cleaning up contaminated water and food have saved the lives of countless children, but they "also eliminated exposure to many organisms that are probably good for us."

"Children raised in an ultra-clean environment," he added, "are not being exposed to organisms that help them develop appropriate immune regulatory circuits."

Studies he has conducted with Dr. David Elliott, a gastroenterologist and immunologist at the University of Iowa, indicate that intestinal worms, which have been all but eliminated in developed countries, are "likely to be the biggest player" in regulating the immune system to respond appropriately, Elliott said in an interview. He added that bacterial and viral infections seem to influence the immune system in the same way, but not as forcefully.

Most worms are harmless, especially in well-nourished people, Weinstock said. "There are very few diseases that people get from worms," he said. "Humans have adapted to the presence of most of them."

Ruebush deplores the current fetish for the hundreds of antibacterial products that convey a false sense of security and may actually foster the development of antibiotic-resistant, disease-causing bacteria. Plain soap and water are all that are needed to become clean, she noted.

摘自：http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/2 ... ies.1.19711937.html

汉译英

必译题讲的是中国与领国边界的问题

选译题一讲的是中国人出国旅游