catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(2014年)

catticatti 三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析 一一 一 Vocabulary Selection 本大题 15 小题 每题 1 0 分 共 15 0 分 In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences Below each sentence there are four words or phrases 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 第第 1 1 题题 Since writing home to their parents for money they had lived hope A in B for C on D through 第第 2 2 题题 get older the games they play become increasingly complex A Children B Children when they C As children D For children to 第第 3 3 题题 Martin has created enough memorable to make it easy to forgive his lows A youngsters B nobles C highs D miserables 第第 4 题题 Oranges are a source of vitamin C A well B better C good D very 第第 5 题题 All students have free to the library A passageway B entrance C permission D access 第第 6 题题 I m so tired that I can t take what you re saying A up B out C in D on 第第 7 题题 Rice is the food of most Southeast Asians A common B general C staple D popular 第第 8 题题 What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a life trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesn t have kids at all A double B hard C two way D miserable 第第 9 题题 Good pencil erasers are soft enough not paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used A by damaging B so that they damage C to damage D damaging 第第 10 题题 We were working time to get everything ready for the exhibition A against B in C on D ahead 第第 11 题题 Our flight to Guangzhou was by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected A delayed B adjourned C cancelled D preserved 第第 12 题题 pollution control measures are expensive many industries hesitate to adopt them A Although B However C Because D On account of 第第 13 题题 Leading stress management experts say that life with stress would be dull and A disorderly B time consuming C fruitless D unexciting 第第 14 题题 This book is full of practical on home repair A helps B tips C aids D clues 第第 15 题题 The speaker have criticized 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 二 Vocabulary Replacement 本大题 13 小题 每题 1 0 分 共 13 0 分 This part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underlined Below each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A B C and D You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined word without causing any grammatical error or changing the principal meaning of the sentence There is only one right answer 第第 1 题题 Public relations practice is the deliberate planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public A complete B related C intentional D active 第第 2 题题 Table tennis is easy to learn and by the same token boys don t need a lot of space to practice it A by the same rule B symbolically C moreover D by logic 第第 3 题题 Iceland has the oldest parliament which goes as far back to 930 A D when Althing the legislative organization was established A office B adobe C assembly D building 第第 4 题题 The National Industrial Recovery Act was designed to spur industry A tax B stimulate C censure D rebuke 第第 5 题题 Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken A additional B governmental C special D organizational 第第 6 题题 Innovative approaches to manufacturing coupled with the tremendous size of the domestic market led to the emergence of the United States as an industrial giant A followed by B deriving from C combined with D mixed with 第第 7 题题 At the World Literacy Center an organization 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 第第 8 题题 Mary McCarthy s satires are couched in the prose style that has a classic precision A fused B prefaced C standardized D expressed 第第 9 题题 Only the elite of society attended the reception for the new governor A those thought of as the best people B the intellectuals C the white collar people D the officials 第第 10 题题 The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests between idealism and realism is one of the standard clich s of the ongoing debate over international affairs A division into two parts B combination of two parts C disparity D contradiction 第第 11 题题 The most striking technological success in the 20th century is probably the computer revolution A profitable B productive C prominent D prompt 第第 12 题题 Most species of this plant thrive in ordinary well drained garden soil and they are best planted 8 cm deep and 5 cm apart A develop well B grow taller C mature D bear fruit 第第 13 题题 Nineteenth century scholars tried to trace the origins of modern languages to ancient Hebrew A limit B connect C convert D draw 三 Correcting Grammatical Errors 本大题 12 小题 每题 1 0 分 共 12 0 分 This part consists of 15 sentences in which there is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error Below each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A B C and D You are to select the ONE choice and replace the underlined element s so that the error is erased and corrected There is only one right answer 第第 1 题题 I cannot thank you very much for your kindness I owe my success to you A so B too C as D enough 第第 2 题题 I suppose the party ended in a friendly atmosphere isn t it A don t I B do I C did it D didn t it 第第 3 题题 All mammals have hair but not always evident A but it is not B but it is C but they are not D but they are 第第 4 题题 According to some scientists the computer will do much harm to people s health as smoking and drugs do A does much harm smoking B will do as much harm cigarettes C will be doing as much harm smoking D does as much harm cigarettes 第第 5 题题 When an organism is completely encapsulated and preserved it becomes a fossil therefore turning into evidence of things that once lived A thereby B as a result of C so D in the end 第第 6 题题 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 第第 7 题题 Having finished lunch the case was discussed A they discussed the case B they had discussed the case C the case was discussed D the case had been discussed 第第 8 题题 Unlike competitive running race walkers must always keep some portion of their feet in contact with the ground A run B runner C runners D running race 第第 9 题题 The professor is quite difficult pleased A to please B to be pleased C for pleasing D pleasing 第第 10 题题 The hard out surface of the tooth is called enamel A outside B appearance C outer D hiding 第第 11 题题 The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new ones occurred A Hardly had the government taken B The government had hardly taken C Hardly the government had taken D The government is hardly taking 第第 12 题题 When they broke open the door they found a strange man lied on the floor unconscious A lay B laid C lain D lying 四 Reading Comprehension 共 25 小题 共 25 0 分 In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage each with four A B C and D suggested answers or ways of finishing You must choose the one which you think fits best 第第 1 题题 Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America s first black poet She was born in Senegal Africa about 1753 and brought to America aboard a slave ship at about the age of seven John and Susannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave auction in Boston in 1761 to be a personal servant of Mrs Wheatley The family had three other slaves and all were treated with respect Phyllis was soon accepted as one of the family which included being raised and educated with the Wheatley s twin 15 year old children Mary and Nathaniel At that time most females even from better families could not read and write but Mary was probably one of the best educated young women in Boston Mary wanted to become a teacher and in fact it was Mary who decided to take charge of Phyllis s education Phyllis soon displayed her remarkable talents At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics and passages from the Bible And eventually Mrs Wheatley decided Phyllis should become a Christian At the age of thirteen Phyllis wrote her first poem She became a Boston sensation after she wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in 1770 It became common practice in Boston to have Mrs Wheatley s Phyllis read poetry in polite society Mary married in 1771 and Phyllis later moved to the country because of poor health as a teacher and caretaker to a farmer s three children Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis s poems but once they heard she was a Negro they weren t interested Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathaniel who was now a businessman to London It was thought that a sea voyage might improve her health Thirty nine of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral It was the first book published by a black American In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem extolling the accomplishments of George Washington and sent it to him He responded by praising her talents and inviting her to visit his headquarters After both of her benefactors died in 1777 and Mary died in 1778 Phyllis was freed as a slave She married in 1778 moved away from Boston and had three children But after the unhappy marriage she moved back to Boston and died in poverty at the age of thirty What does the passage mainly discuss A Slavery and the treatment of the black people in America B The Wheatley family including their slaves C The life of America s first black poet D The achievements of Phyllis Wheatley 第第 2 题题 The word respect in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to A consideration B disregard C punishment D behavior 第第 3 题题 According to the passage how many slaves did the Wheatley s have A One B Two C Three D Four 第第 4 题题 According to the passage an unusual feature of Mary was that she A was not much older than Phyllis B wanted to become a teacher C was comparatively well educated D decided to take charge of Phyllis s education 第第 5 题题 The word eventually in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to A ultimately B slowly C reluctantly D gradually 第第 6 题题 Which of the following is NOT true about Phyllis in the early 1770s A She wrote her first poem when in her teens B She married in 1771 C She became a teacher D She was able to get her poems published 第第 7 题题 The word they in the last sentence Paragraph 2 refers to A publishers B poems C children D black people 第第 8 题题 It can be inferred that Phyllis s trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 A did not improve her health B was for business reasons C led to books of her poems being available in America D led to the publication of her poems because the English were more interested in religious and moral subjects 第第 9 题题 The word extolling in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to A welcoming B stating C bemoaning D praising 第第 10 题题 Which of the following conclusions about Phyllis is supported by the passage A She would have been more recognized as a poet if she had not been black B She would have written poetry if she had stayed in Africa C She went unrecognized as a poet during her lifetime D She only wrote religious poetry 第第 11 题题 Electronic mail has become an extremely important and popular means of communication The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by the extremely rapid growth in the volume of unsolicited commercial electronic mail Unsolicited commercial electronic mail is currently estimated to account for over half of all electronic mail traffic up from an estimated 7 percent in 2001 and the volume continues to rise Most of these messages are fraudulent or deceptive in one or more respects The receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who cannot refuse to accept such mail and who incur costs for the storage of such mail or for the time spent accessing reviewing and discarding such mail or for both The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages both commercial and noncommercial will be lost overlooked or discarded amidst the larger volume of unwanted messages thus reducing the reliability and usefulness of electronic mail to the recipient Some commercial electronic mail contains material that many recipients may consider vulgar or pornographic in nature The growth in unsolicited commercial electronic mail imposes significant monetary costs on providers of Internet access services businesses and educational and nonprofit institutions that carry and receive such mail as there is a finite volume of mail that such providers businesses and institutions can handle without further investment in infrastructure Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully disguise the source of such mail Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully include misleading information in the messages subject lines in order to induce the recipients to view the messages While some senders of commercial electronic mail messages provide simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject or opt out of receipt of commercial electronic mail from such senders in the future other senders provide no such opt out mechanism or refuse to honor the requests of recipients not to receive electronic mail from such senders in the future or both Many senders of bulk unsolicited commercial electronic mail use computer programs to gather large numbers of electronic mail addresses on an automated basis from Internet websites or online services where users must post their addresses in order to make full use of the website or service The problems associated with the rapid growth and abuse of unsolicited commercial electronic mail cannot be solved by the government alone The development and adoption of technological approaches and the pursuit of cooperative efforts with other countries will be necessary as well According to the passage efficiency of e mail is threatened by A heavy e mail traffic B fraudulent e mail messages C large volume of messages D increasing amount of unwanted e mail 第第 12 题题 Which of the following is NOT true about unwanted e mail A It costs money to receive them B It s free to store them C It takes time to access them D It takes time to throw them away 第第 13 题题 Unwanted e mail may A cause companies to fail in business B cause wanted e mail messages to lose C damage the credit of a company D do good to a small company 第第 14 题题 Pornographic in Paragraph 3 probably means A decent B instructional C sexual D commercial 第第 15 题题 What does unwanted e mail messages do to the providers of the Internet services A Raising their cost B Raising the Internet speed C Improving their business D Attracting investment 第第 16 题题 Disguise in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to A reveal B hide C deliver 第第 17 题题 The word induce in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to A cheat B introduce C provide D harm 第第 18 题题 Opt out mechanism is probably A a machine that can be attached to your computer B a button that you can make a choice to read or not to read C a software that you can play a computer game D an e mail that says some good words to you 第第 19 题题 It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that bulk unsolicited commercial e mail will probably spread A harmful virus B unpleasant news C advertisements D adult jokes 第第 20 题题 The unwanted e mail problem can be solved if A the government takes action B a new technology is adopted C more people are aware of the problem D joint efforts are made and new technology is used 第第 21 题题 Texans have bursting pride and love attention They also have a thick streak of shortsighted greed and even by American standards a busted disposition to violence When they hear this sort of criticism they usually ascribe it to the ignorance and jealousy of stuffy Yankees who have not spent enough time in the state to understand it For such avowedly robust people they are surprisingly sensitive They hated Edna Ferber s novel Giant which scourged Texan vulgarity racism and the mores of millionaires but they bought it in great quantities and packed cinemas to see the film They would rather be talked about than not and if you do not talk about them they do it for you In claiming special qualities for themselves Texans have had to become reconciled to the fact that a large number of them are not native In the last century Gone to Texas was a commonplace graffito daubed on barns in other states and in recent years Gone to Texas has figuratively been written on the front doors of millions of Americans and also Mexicans In the early 1980s newcomers accounted for nearly two thirds of the state s population increase But Texans do not believe they are being diluted They maintain that Texanhood or Texianism is a matter of attitude and that Texanic qualities exist in abundance in many Americans regardless of their birthplace it is when these people are planted in Texas and nourished by its atmosphere that they flower like true Texans A man may not be born in Texas which is unfortunate but he can be born to be Texan Many Alaskans are urban young and raising families here for a while and trying to make money before moving to somewhere warmer But many are staying While most remain in Anchorage and other centers some set out to build a cabin in the wilderness and live by hunting trapping and fishing learning how to skin a muskrat and moose how to survive terrible weather how to be truly in tune with the land taking pleasure in great silence and unpeopled immensity To settle the frontier the state has a homesteading program based on the federal Homestead Act of 1864 which was a key event in the op