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对外经济贸易大学20?02年考研经贸专业英?语试题 2008-1?1-19 19:19?　考研教育网 【大 ?中 小】 　　本试题?为英译中，共五段，每?段二十分。 　　1.?The True,P?eaceful Fa?ce of Isla?m 　　There ?are 1.2 bi?llion Musl?ims in the? world,and? Islam is ?the world?s fastest-?growing re?ligion. If? the evil ?carnage we? witnessed? on Sept. ?11 were ty?pical of t?he faith,a?nd Islam t?ruly inspi?red and ju?stified su?ch violenc?e,its grow?th and the? increasin?g presence? of Muslim?s in both ?Europe and? the U.S. ?would be a? terrifyin?g prospect?. Fortunat?ely,this i?s not the ?case. 　　Th?e very wor?d Islam,wh?ich means ?surrender,?is related? to the Ar?abic salam?,or peace.? When the ?Prophet Mu?hammad bro?ught the i?nspired sc?ripture kn?own as Kor?an to the ?Arabs in t?he early 7?th century? A. D.,a m?ajor part ?of his mis?sion was d?evoted pre?cisely to ?bringing a?n end to t?he kind of? mass slau?ghter we w?itnessed i?n New York? City and ?Washington?. Pre-Isla?mic Arabia? was caugh?t up in a ?vicious cy?cle of war?fare,in wh?ich tribe ?fought tri?be in a pa?ttern of v?endetta an?d counter-?vendetta. ?Muhammad h?imself sur?vived seve?ral assass?ination at?tempts,and? the early? Muslin co?mmunity na?rrowly esc?aped exter?mination b?y the powe?rful city ?of Mecca. ?The Prophe?t had to f?ight a dea?dly war in? order to ?survive,bu?t as soon ?as he felt? his peopl?e were pro?bably safe?,he devote?d his atte?ntion to b?uilding up? a peacefu?l coalitio?n of tribe?s and achi?eved victo?ry by an i?ngenious a?nd inspiri?ng campaig?n of non-v?iolence. W?hen he die?d in 632,h?e had almo?st single-?handedly b?rought pea?ce to war-?torn Arabi?a. 　　Becau?se the Kor?an was rev?ealed in t?he context? of an all?-out war,s?everal pas?sages deal? with the ?conduct of? armed str?uggle. War?fare was a? desperate? business ?on the Ara?bian Penin?sula. A ch?ieftain wa?s not expe?cted to sp?are surviv?ors after ?a battle,a?nd some of? the Koran? injunctio?ns seem to? share thi?s spirit. ?Muslims ar?e ordered ?by God to ?slay [enem?ies] where?ver you fi