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2004年5月英语二级《笔译综合能力》试题
com:Office:office" /> section 1: vocabulary and grammar (25 points) this section consists of 3 parts. read the directions for each part before answering the questions. the time for this section is 25 minutes. part 1 vocabulary selection in this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters a, b, c and d. choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. there is only one right answer. blacken the corresponding letter as requires on your machine-scoring answer sheet. 1 the explanation given by the manager yesterday was not at all _____ to us. a. satisfy b. satisfied c. satisfactory d. satisfying 2 part of the funds will be used to ____ that old blbrary to its original splendor. a. rest b. recover c. replace d. restore 3 this silk has gone right _____ and we have not sold a single piece of it for weeks. a. out of fad b. out of pattern c. out of custom d. out of fashion 4 the new personal digital assistance contained a large ___ of information about an individual life. a. deal b. amount c. number d. account 5 primitive superstitions that feed racism should be _____ through education. a. ignored b. exalted c. eradicated d. canceled 6. _____ pollution control measures are expensive, many local governments hesitate to adopt them. a. although b. however c. BECause d. moreover 7. the less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, _____ to the body. a. the stress it is greater b. greater is the stress c. greater stress is d. the greater the stress 8. annie jump cannon, _____ discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky.” a. a leading astronomer, b. who, as a leading astronomer, c. was a leading astronomer, d. a leading astronomer who 9. kingdom of wonders, _____ in 1995 in fremont, calif., became an industry legend for two toys: a talking bear and a ray-gun game. a. find b. found c. founded d. founding 10. over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event _____ is equal to the probability that it will not occur. a. occurring b. to occur c. occurs d. occur 11. only one-fifth of americans saw oil as the chief reason that the u.s. made a war on iraq, but 75 percent of the french and of the russians believed _____. a. to b. so c. go d. do 12. sadly, while the academic industry thrives, the practice of translation continues to _____. a. stack b. stage c. stagnate d. stamp 13. your blunt treatment of disputes would put other people in a negative frame of _____, with the result that they would not be able to accept your proposal. a. mind b. idea c. intention d. wish 14. if you are an energetic person with strong views as to the right way of doing things, you find yourself _____ under pressures. a. variably b. invariably c. invaluably d. invalidly 15. uncle vernon, quite unlike harry potter who looked nothing like the rest of the family, was large, very fat, and _____, with an enormous black mustache. a. neck-less b. neck-lace c. reckless d. rack-less 16. home to _____ and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, the city was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character. a. magnates b. magnets c. machine d. magnitudes 17. his _____ behavior made everyone nervous. he was always rushing to open doors and perform other small tasks, apologizing unnecessarily for any inconvenience that he might have caused. a. oblivious b. observant c. obsequious d. obsolescent 18. he was completely __________ by her tale of hardship. a. taken away b. taken down c. taken in d. taken up 19. americans who consider themselves _____ in the traditional sense do not usually hesitate to heap criticism in domestic matters over what they believe is oppressive or wasteful. a. pedestrian b. penchant c. patriarch d. patriotic 20. as technological advances put more and more time between early school life and the young person’s final access to specialized work, the stage of _____ becomes an even more marked and conscious period. a. adolescence b. adjacency c. advantage d. adventure part 2 vocabulary replacement this part consists of 15 sentence in which one word or phrase is underlined. below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters a, b, c and d. choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. there is only one right answer. blacken the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring answer sheet. 21. that boy is suffering from unrequited love and pines away. a. fervent b. obsessive c. secret d. unreturned 22. for a long time in that vast region, this law was in abeyance. a. active use b. doubt c. discussion d. disuse 23. a court-martial has but recently decided to acquit him. a. declare he is not guilty b. upwardly mobile c. excessively overweight d. privately educated 24. there are more people who are obese today than 20 years ago. a. gainfully employed b. upwardly mobile c. excessively overweight d. privately educated 25. as a conductor, leonard bernstein is famous for his intensely vigorous and exuberant style. a. enthusiastic b. nervous c. painful d. extreme 26. when insects feed on decaying plant material in a compost pile, they help turn it into useful garden soil. a. available b. organic c. distasteful d. decomposing 27. researchers have discovered that dolphins are able to mimic human speech. a. import b. imitate c. impair d. humor 28. the dichotomy postulated by many between idealism is one of the standard clichés of the ongoing debate over international affatrs. a. division b. combination of two parts c. disparity d. contradiction 29. attempts have been made for nearly three decades to increase the amount of precipitation from clouds by seeding them with salt or silver iodide. a. devices b. hypotheses c. efforts d. suggestions 30. justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses. a. supremacy b. authority c. guidance d. obedience 31. the feeling of competition among the students in all the classrooms where the test was going on was noticeable to everyone. a. discord b. discovery c. rivalry d. cooperation 32. the artist spent years on his monumental painting, which covered the whole roof of the church, the biggest in the country. a. archaic b. sentimental c. outstanding d. entire 33. many of the electric and electronic products we purchase and consume today are what some industrial experts call “homogeneous toys”. a. identical b. homosexual c. unrelated d. distinguishable 34. anthropologist barbara myerhoff furthered her reputation as an authority on native american culture with her study of the symbols, myths, and rituals of the huichol people. a. deserved b. retained c. renewed d. advanced 35. this reflects the priority being attached to economic over political activity, partly caused by a growing reluctance to enter a calling blighted by relentless publicity that all too often ends in destroying careers and reputations. a. powerfulness b. unwillingness c. renaissance d. apologeticness  |
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