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  2014年考研英语:写作基础训练题
 
  Part C
 
  Directions
 
  Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on Answer Sheet 2. 10 points
 
  The universities are schools of education and schools of research. 46 But the primary reason for their existence is not to be found either in the mere knowledge conveyed to the students or in the mere opportunities for research afforded to the members of the faculty.
 
  Both these functions could be performed at a cheaper rate apart from these very expensive institutions. Books are cheap and the system of apprenticeship is well understood. 47 So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned no university has had any justification for existence since the popularisation of printing in the fifteenth century. Yet the chief impetus to the foundation of universities came after that date and in more recent times has even increased.
 
  (48 The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life by uniting the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning. The university imparts information but it imparts it imaginatively. At least this is the function which it should perform for society. A university which fails in this respect has no reason for existence.
 
  This atmosphere of excitement arising from imaginative consideration transforms knowledge. A fact is no longer a bare fact it is invested with all its possibilities. It is no longer a burden on the memory it is energising as the poet of our dreams and as the architect of our purposes.
 
  Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts it is a way of illuminating the facts. 49 It works by drawing the general principles which apply to the facts as they exist and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are consistent with those principles. It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world and it preserves the zest of life by the suggestion of satisfying purposes.
 
  Youth is imaginative and if the imagination be strengthened by discipline this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life. The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. Fools act on imagination without knowledge pedants act on knowledge without imagination. The task of a university is to weld together imagination and experience.
 
  The initial discipline of imagination in its period of youthful vigour requires that there be no responsibility for immediate action. 50 The habit of unbiased thought whereby the ideal variety of exemplification is discerned in its derivation from general principles cannot be acquired when there is the daily task of preserving a concrete organisation. You must be free to think rightly and wrongly and free to appreciate the variousness of the universe undisturbed by its perils.
 
  Section Writing
 
  Part A
 
  51.Directions
 
  Six months from now you will be graduating from the university. For the time being you are looking for a chance of internship at the Evening Post of the city.
 
  1 State your wish to work as an intern with the newspaper
 
  2 Explain what kind of job that you're looking for
 
  3 And State your reasons why you can do the job well.
 
  Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on Answer Sheet 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address. 10 points
 
  Part B
 
  52.Directions
 
  Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay you should first describe the drawing interpret its meaning and give your comment
 
  You should write neatly on Answer Sheet 2. 20 points
 
  Section Writing
 
  Part A
 
  Dear Sir or Madam
 
  I am a student of Jingning University majoring in journalism. I am looking for a chance for internship at your evening post preferably to work on the sports column.
 
  I have a huge interest in sports especially ball games. Ever since my high school days I've been following all kinds of sports activities. In fact I am on the basketball team of my university. The reason why I chose to study journalism is that I wish to become a sports reporter. I love the job and I am sure that I can do it well.
 
  I'll be very grateful if I could work as an intern at your paper.
 
  Yours Sincerely
 
  Li Ming
 
  Part B
 
  Life Means Interaction with People
 
  The two men in the drawing seem to have bumped into each other head-on. One of them has dropped down to the ground. They are staring at each other in surprise.
 
  I can't help wondering what they would do next. How will they solve the issue? They are obviously two strangers who happen to bump against each other. It's an accident one we would come across on a daily basis. However such an accident may develop into a bitter quarrel or an ugly fight. In some extreme cases the loss of life can be caused.
 
  In our daily routines remember to say you are sorry if you do somebody else wrong and be ready to be forgiving if you are offended. When you have an issue with somebody try to find a nice way out. As the old saying goes "Out of blows friendship grows." Well I hope the two men in the drawing can settle their "collision" in a friendly way. After all life means interaction with people though sometimes rather unexpectedly.

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