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CATTI2004年5月英语三级笔译综合能力试题

CATTI2004年5月英语三级笔译综合能力试题Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 p oints)

This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for eachpart before answering t he

questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.

Part 1 Vocabulary Selection

In this part, there are 20 incomplete sente nces. Below each sentence, there are 4 ch oices

respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only O NE right answer. Then blacken the corresp onding

letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

1. Grover Cleveland was the first presiden t __________ in the White House.

A. got married

B. to get married

C. has got married

D. was married

2. If cauliflowers are not __________ fro m extreme temperatures, the heads get di scolored.

A. protected

B. shelter

C. shade

D. saved

3. The gas __________ from the tank is d angerous.

A. given off

B. giving out

C. giving away

D. given up

4. When it started to snow, we turned rou nd and __________ the hotel.

A. got by

B. searched for

C. made for

D. cleared up

5. Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived

_________ hope.

A. in

B. for

C. on

D. through

6. Rice is the __________ food of most S outheast Asians.

A. common

B. general

C. staple

D. popular

7. William Byrd was the owner of the larg est library in colonial

__________.

A. period

B. time

C. times

D. periods

8. Exobiology is the study of life _______ ___ other planets.

A. in

B. at

C. on

D. to

9. The Declaration of Independence,

__________ the Constitution of the Unite d States, wasdrawn

up with the help of Benjamin Franklin.

A. and

B. also

C. as well as

D. so too

10. It was from the Lowell Laboratory that the ninth __________ , Pluto, was sighte d in 1930.

A. planet

B. constellation

C. stardom

D. satellite

11. The rodent,

__________ the mouse, rat, guinea pig, a nd porcupine, are mammals with incisor-like teeth in both jaws.

A. made up

B. including

C. consisting

D. constitute

12.

___________ into oceans and rivers is a s erious form of pollution.

A. Pouring sewage

B. Emptying litter

C. Throwing garbage

D. Dumping sewage

13. Products which are made from dirts a nd are __________ high temperatures are known as

ceramics.

A. tempered in

B. subjected to

C. exposed to

D. baked in

14. A pigment called melanin protects the ________ layers of skin from sun rays.

B. below

C. underlying

D. underneath

15. Oranges are a __________source of v itamin C.

A. well

B. better

C. good

D. very

16. Even after having their grandchildren l ive with them for ten years, the couple fel t that

__________ children these days was the most difficult of all family matters.

A. rising

B. raising

C. caring

D. taking care

17. The most important __________ of th e farmers in Iraq is dates, of which Iraq is the worlds

leading exporter.

A. economic crop

B. cash crop

C. money crop

D. staple

18. More has been learned about the Moo n than any other of the Earth’s neighbors i n space

because of the Apollo program, which ena bled men to walk on the Moon and bring back hundreds

of pounds of __________.

A. rocks

B. rock

D. stones

19.

__________ the variety that the average f amily has in beaf, fish, poultry, and veget arian

recipes, they find most meals unexciting.

A. In spite

B. Inspite

C. Despite of

D. Despite

20. The speaker __________ have criticiz ed the paraprofessionals, knowing full well that they

were seated in the audience.

A. should not to

B. must not

C. ought not to

D. may not

Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

This part consists of 15 sentences in whic h one word or phraseis underlined. Below each

sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A,B, C and D. Choose t he word

or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causingany grammatical erro

r or

changing the basic meaning of the senten ce. There is only ONEright answer. Blacke n the

corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

21. Iceland has the oldest parliament, whi ch goes as far back to 930 . when Alth ing, the

legislative organization , was establis hed.

A. office

B. adobe

C. assembly

D. building

22. The only problem with the debate last week was that the beginning sounded m ore like a

personal attack than a dispassionate, intel lectual arguing .

A. discussion

B. argument

C. talk

D. speech

23. Susan Jones was at the bus stop well on time to take the 7:01 bus, but she had to miss her

breakfast to do it.

A. catch up with

B. catch

C. run up to

D. be catching

24. Since her father could not drive her to the airport, she requested her uncle to dr ive herinstead.

A. take

B. bring

C. dispatch

D. deliver

25. A famous collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabian folktales, the Arabian Nights was

supposedly told by the legendary queen S cheherazade to her husband every night f or 1,001days.

A. imaginary

B imagery

C. fabled

D. legend

26. What may be the oldest fossil footprin t yet found was discovered in June 1968 b y William J.

Meister, a non-professional fossil collector.

A. a part-time

B. a spare-time

C. an untrained

D. an amateur

27. Most of us think of sharks as dangero us, owing to lack of information rather tha n fear.

A. due to

B. because

C. as

D. for

28. Double Eagle II, the first trans-Atlanti

c balloon, was greete

d by avid crowds in France.

A. eager

B. surging

C. appreciative

D. vigorous

29. The discovery of the connection betw een aspirin and Reyessyndrome, a rare an d deadly

ailment , is a recent example of the cau tion with which drugs must be used, even for medical

purposes.

A. disease

B. sick

C. ill

D. illness

30. My parents moved out of their old ho me sometime last year after they had cele brated their

50th year there.

A. anniversary

B. years old

C. age

D. wedding

31. The library she worked in lent books, magazines, audio-cassettes and maps to it s customers ,

who could keep them for four weeks.

A. borrowers

B. lenders

C. patrons

D. clients

32. A common question that people ask a story writer is whether or not he has expe rienced what

he has written about.

A. fiction

B. science

C. imaginary

D. literary

33. At the World Literacy Center, an organ ization that works to help people read, the helpers work

hard, enabling them to successfully reach their goals.

A. assistants

B. volunteers

C. part-timers

D. amateurs

34. The officers made it clear that they w ere letting her go only because that she w as old and not

because she was above suspicion.

A. for reason

B. due to

C. because of

D. on the grounds

35. The book, which is a useful guide for t oday’s young people, deals with many que stions and

problems that face them at school and at home as well as in society.

A. are faced

B. confront

C. in opposition

D. meet Part 3 Error Correction

This part consists of 15 sentences in whic h there is an underlinedpart that indicates a

grammatical error. Below each sentence, t here are 4 choicesrespectively marked by letters A,

B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase th at can replace theunderlined part so that t he error

is corrected. There is only ONE right answ er. Blacken thecorresponding letter as req uired

on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

36. All don’t have a f ree ticket must pay t he admission fee.

A. Everyone who doesn’t have a free ticke t

B. No one who doesn’t have a free ticket

C. No one who has free tickets

D. Anyone who has free tickets

37. When I last saw them, the police had chased the robbers down Columbus Street.

A. were chasing

B. was chasing

C. chased

D. were on a chase

38. Erosion that is a slow process, but it c onstantly changes the features on the surf ace of the

earth.

A. which is

B. although

C. being

D. is

39. When an organism is completely enca psulated and preserved, it becomes a foss il, therefore

turning into evidence of things that once li ved.

A. thereby

B. as a result of

C. so

D. in the end

40. The pictures of the Loch Ness Monster show a remarkable resemblance to a ples iosaur, a large

water reptile of the Mesozoic era presumi ng extinct for more than 70 million years.

A. supposed

B. presumably

C. presumptuous

D. is presumed

41. In our own galaxy, the Milky Way, ther

e are perhaps 200 billion stars, a small pa rt o

f them

probably have planets on which life is feas ible.

A. a small fraction in which

B. a small fraction of which

C. a small fraction which

D. which a fraction of

42.

“But you’ll be able to come, won’t you” “Yes, I think such.”

A. that

B. it

C. so

D. this

43. The professor is quite difficult pleased .

A. to please

B. to be pleased

C. for pleasing

D. pleasing

44. Because everyone knows, facts speak louder than words.

A. Since

B. That

C. It

D. As

45. The trapeze artist who ran away with the clown broke up the lion tamer’s heart.

A. broke away

B. broke down

C. broke

D. broken down

46. His heavy drinking and fond of gambli ng makes him a poor role model.

A. and fact that he gambles

B. and that he gambles

C. and he gambles which

D. and gambling

47. Depression that inflicts people who bel ieve their lives lack content when the rush of the busy

week stops referred to by a prominent psy chiatrist as Sunday Neurosis.

A. has been referred to by a prominent ps ychiatrist

B. has been referred to as by a prominent psychiatrist

C. a prominent psychiatrist has referred to it

D. it has been referred to by a prominent psychiatrist

48. Just as there are occupations that req uire college degrees also there are occupa tions for which

technical training is necessary.

A. so to there are

B. so too there are

C. so there are

D. so too are there

49. Most of the older civilizations which flo urished during the fifth century . are di ed out .

A. they have died out

B. has died out

C. have died out

D. they had died out

50. The student asked her professor if he would have gone on the space ship he did know earlier.

A. if he knew

B. if he knows

C. he had known

D. had he known

Section 3: Cloze Test (20 points)

In the following passage, there are 20 bla nks representing wordsthat are missing fr om the context.

You are to put back in each of the blanks the missing your answers on t he ANSWER

SHEET. The time for this section is 20 min utes.

A good translator is by definition bilingual. The opposite is

not__________(1) true, however. A

born and bred bilingual will still need two __________(2) to become a translator: fir st, the skills

and experience necessary for__________(

3); second, knowledge of the field in whic

h he or she

will __________(4). The skills and experie nce for translation include the ability to wr ite

__________(5) in the target language, th e ability to read and understand the ____ _____ (6)

language material thoroughly, and the abil ity to work with the latest __________(7) and

communication hardware and software. Does a born and bred bilingual ________ __(8) a better translator than someone w ho learned language B later in __________(9) There is no definite answer, but the following is sues are

important.

__________(10), a born and bred bilingu al often suffers from not truly knowing

__________(11) language well enough to translate, with some even suffering from what

__________(12) known as a lingualism, a state in which a person lacks _________( 13) full, fluent

command of any language. Second, born and bred bilinguals

__________(14) don’t know the

culture of the target language well enoug h to _________(15) top-quality translatio ns, or cannot

recognize what aspects of the source lang uage __________(16) its culture need to be treatedwith

particular care, as they _________(17) in a sense too close to the language. And las t, they often

__________(18) the analytical linguistic s kills to work through a sticky text.

On __________(19) other hand, the acqui red bilingual may not have the same in-de pth

__________(20) of colloquialisms, slang, and dialect that the born bilingual has. Als o, the

acquired bilingual will not be able to transl ate as readily in both directions (from B to language A

and A to language B). Finally, born bilingu als often have a greater appreciation of th e subtleties

and nuances of both their languages than someone who learns their B language late r in life can

ever hope to have.

答案部分:

Section 1

Part 1

共计25 分

共20 题,每题分,满分为10 分 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A

6. C

7. C

8. C

9. C 10. A

12. D 13. B 14. C 15. C

17. B 18. A 19. D 20. C

Part 2

共15 题,每题分,满分为分

Part 3

共15 题,每题分,满分为分

Section 2

20. knowledge 共50 题,51—90 每题 1 分,91—100 每题分,满分为55 分

94. B 99. B 100. D

Section 3

共20 题,每题1 分,满分为20 分

2. things

4. translate

6. source 8. make 10. First 12. is 14. often 16. and 18. lack