2010年5月二级笔译综合模拟试题.doc

姓名： 准考证号： 2010年度上半年全国翻译资格（水平）考试全真模拟试卷笔 译 综 合 能 力（英语二级）天津翻译专修学院制网址： 二 一 年 五 月应 考 人 员 注 意 事 项请将姓名、准考证号分别填写在答题卡和答题纸相应的位置上。本试卷科目代码为“1”，请将此代码填涂在答题卡“科目代码”相应的栏目内，否则无法评分。本试卷由客观题和主观题组成。客观题共100题，连续编号，请按题号在答题卡上将所选选项对应的字母用2B铅笔涂黑；主观题在答题纸上作答。应 考 人 员 注 意 事 项请将姓名、准考证号填写在答题纸相应的位置上。本试卷试题均在答题纸相应位置上作答。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 SelectionIn this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.1. Why I continue to receive notices after I have already paid for your membership card? A. do B. will C. shall D. must2. The economic miracle of that country came and with greater difficulty than those of its neighbors. A. late B. later C. latter D. latest3. For now, the radio station is broadcasting only talk programs, performances and independent bands. A. life B. living C. alive D. live4. He had suffered from life-threatening asthma from childhood, and as a man in his thirties hed grown to treatment. A. incurable B. indefinite C. independent D. indifferent5. If you have received a damaged book, you need only to notify us within a reasonable period of time and we will be glad to send a .A. copy B. placement C. replacement D. displacement6. After she moved to the United States, she found a job at the Council of the United Nations. A. Trust B. Trustee C. Trusting D. Trusteeship7. All the vehicles rushed to where the capsule to rescue the astronaut. A. turned down B. settled down C. touched down D. brought down8. As a to the general strike, the management agreed to increase the workers wages. A. succession B. permissionC. recession D. concession9. Despite all the policemans questions, the young man continued to that he was innocent. A. confiscate B. admitC. ascertain D. affirm10. Most foresters were men in the old days, but today, the number of women this career is climbing. A. pursuing B. registeringC. engaging D. devoting11. If you buy them wholesale, we will give you a 20-percent discount; if you buy them , you must pay the full price.A. retention B. retail C. restrain D. retrospect12. If a writer follows a paragraph development, details are arranged according to their location and their relationship to each other.A. spatial B. specious C. special D. spacious13. The essay does not have a very sunny view of the future. Instead, there are a good many grim in the concluding section.A. predictions B. preoccupationsC. prescriptions D. preparations14. The of traveling in another country is the possible unfavorable weather, diet and customs. A. feedback B. shortage C. setback D. drawback15. In the dim light, I could only the outline of the house. A. discount B. deceive C. discern D. conceive16. Undoubtedly, I her as one of the capable leaders in our country.A. treasure B. boastC. reckon D. admit17. Columbus voyage to America was based on his that the world was round.A. conviction B. aspirationC. inspiration D. perception18. His stubbornness him in relationships with other people. A. prohibited B. hinderedC. forbade D. prevailed19. Please try not to let such things as doing the dishes and cleaning the room upset you. A. trivial B. delicate C. minor D. miniature20. Fossil fuels, coal and natural gas, are quickly in the world as the consumption increases. A. perishing B. diminishingC. minimizing D. VanishingPart 2 Vocabulary ReplacementThis part consists of 15 sentences. In each of them one word or phrase is underlined, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. 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. His ambivalence made it difficult for the Board to reach a decision. A. conflicts B. controversial viewsC. conflicting feelings D. connections22. He has been melancholy for nearly two weeks, and no one knows why. A. offended B. sad C. voracious D. satiated23. These days a feeling of impending disaster has been haunting the people near the volcano. A. advancing B. advanced C. reproaching D. approaching24. If the magazine you want is out of print; we will extend your account for one month to compensate.A. being printed outside B. no longer available in the stockC. out of town for printing D. made dirty with too much ink25. The club members say the early-morning jogging gives them a sense of excitement that lasts all day.A. exaggeration B. exclamationC. exhaustion D. exhilaration26. Brisk economic growth has generated greater affluence, which in turn has enabled Asians to eat more nutritious food.A. affection B. affectationC. wealth D. treasure27. The association is now widely known for developing novel strategies to improve education of young children in the region.A. innocuous B. innovativeC. inordinate D. inquisitive28. The staggering sum of money invested in this project failed to yield the expected result.A. increasing B. diminishingC. surprising D. fluctuating29. The blacksmiths forge is so hot that people should keep away from it.A. fuse B. furnaceC. stove D. hammer30. Nearly all the graduates have only one aspiration to be top economists. A. request B. acquisitionC. inspiration D. ambition31. I am clear that the wheel wants oil because I can hear it squeaking. A. spinning B. chiming C. clucking D. screeching32. Entering the house, we saw the floor covered with splinters of glass.A. plates B. fragments C. knots D. patterns33. Some pastimes lose their relish when one grows old.A. enjoyment B. sentimentC. fever D. edge34. The mayor could not be heard over the tumult of angry voices. A. screech B. uproar C. mess D. interruption35. The awards added luster to the reputation of the writer. A. fame B. impact C. influence D. distinctionPart 3 Error CorrectionThis part consists of 15 sentences. In each of them there is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part so that the error is corrected. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.36. Well, for teenagers there are exams to pass, adult authority to rebel and human relationships to figure out. A. fight to B. rebel to C. fight with D. rebel against37. Dr. William Fry, an American doctor, believes that one minute of laughter is worthy 40 minutes of deep relaxation.A. worth B. worthies C. worthwhile D. worthiness38. He has usually been regarded as a collection of oppositions: always emphasizing the importance of action, he is fundamentally a man of ideas.A. opposes B. opponents C. opposites D. opportunities39. Known for her passionate defense of traditional culture, she nevertheless has spent over 30 years trying to change her country into more dynamic and business-oriented.A. something more dynamic B. anything more dynamicC. more dynamic Something D. more dynamic anything40. It was still dark outside, since he knew that he was unable to sleep.A. even B. still C. but D. though41. It was very interesting to me to see them together not only on account of their mutual affection, but also the strong personal resemblance between them. A. but because B. but also because ofC. but on account D. but to42. Both nickel and iron are whitish metals which is attracted by magnets.A. magnets that attract them B. that are attracted by magnetsC. magnets are attracted D. that magnets are attracted by them43. A nations merchant marine is made up of its commercial ships and the personnel whom they operate. A. who operate them B. who they operate C. whom operate them D. whom do they operate44. I only told him to leave my horse alone or rather it would kick him.A. lest B. other thanC. ever since D. or45. Why is the wallflower such called because its weak stems often grow on walls and along cliffs for support.A. The wallflower is so called B. We called the wallflower is soC. So the wallflower is called D. The wallflower so called is46. A television director controls the camera by means of the headphones each cameraman wearing, and personally decides which shot he will cut.A. wearing by each cameraman B. worn with each cameramanC. each cameraman wears D. each cameraman wore47. Yesterday Mr. Jones handed over a 7-millions-dollars check to the manager of the company. A.7-million-dollar B.7-millions-dollar C.7-million-dollars D.7-millions dollars of48. The central government has promised to help fund the triangular project, the largest development initiation in the countrys history.A. initial B. initiate C. initiative D. initials49. The contamination is believed to be coming from the western side of the river, in which officials suspect a sewage leak.A. where B. whichC. in where D. whereas50. The actress violating the terms of her contract and was sued by the producer. A. having violated B. violated C. was violating D. was violatedSection 2: Reading Comprehension (50 points)In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with 4 (A, B, C and D) choices to answer the question or complete the statement. You must choose the one which you think fits best. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 70 minutes.Questions 51-60 are based on the following passage. Amid high grass of the color of strawberry juice, the old house was easy to miss, a blur of tobacco-hued walls along a once prosperous highway in northern New York State. Perhaps it was the houses columns that caused me to make a U-turn, or maybe it was the strange texture that, seen at highway speed, resembled stacks and stacks of brown eggs with wait was that an inscription carved in the board above the door? Was that a for sale sign stuck in the lawn? Would this rare granite house, so close to the road in Geneva, N.Y., be torn down for some development designed to bring back the crowds? Architectural history and some of its mysteries was unfolding on my road trip west along Route 20 and then 20A, its interesting southern loop, from Albany to East Aurora: from 18th-century mansions to 19th-century storefronts, from tourist cabins built in the Great Depression to bars of later days. When the New York State Thruway was built in the 1950s, to the north of the old highway and roughly parallel, progress along Route 20 gradually came to a halt. To historians, the road is dotted with houses of various designs, some of which may not be around next year. Then there are the farms: some well-to-do, with the sun glinting off neat metal roofs and with stone houses wearing paint as fresh as dew, Some are not so well-off: with sagging barns and peeling paint, with faded lettering and rusty horse vans parked in overgrown front yards.51. The word blur underlined in Paragraph 1 implies that .A. the house was a blurring picture on the wall B. the author had only a hazy glimpse of the houseC. the author was not sure of what he was seeingD. the old house was dirty from tobacco-burning52. The word U-turn underlined in Paragraph 2 means . A. an uncertain turn on the road B. a turn in an unspecified formC. a turn in the shape of the letter U D. a turn under a nearby bridge53. The word texture underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably refers to . A. the handwritten words for sale B. strange inscriptions above the doorC. the stacks of brown eggs in the yardD. the surface of the walls of the house54. Obviously, the outer surface of the house described in Paragraph 2 was made largely of .A. cement B. stoneC. columns D. bricks55. The author was when the city Geneva was mentioned in Paragraph 2. A. thinking of a European city B. missing Geneva very muchC. referring to a town on his way D. comparing to the famous Swiss city56. The phrase to bring back the crowds underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably refers to . A. the future attraction of people to come and stay B. the moving back of former residents to the houses described C. the return of the people who were there before the author arrived D. the potential re-visits by the author with his own family and friends57. Typical buildings of some historical periods were mentioned in Paragraph 3 EXCEPT those of the . A.18th century B.19th centuryC.1910s D.1930s58. When the author uses such phrases as well-to-do and not so well-off, in the last paragraph, to describe farms, he is applying the rhetorical device termed . A. simile B. allusion C. metaphor D. personification59. The word lettering underlined in the last paragraph most probably means . A. name plates and number boardsB. strange inscriptions above the doorC. the rubbish littered in the courtyardD. dirty letters discarded on the ground60. The word overgrown underlined in the last paragraph most probably means that the front yards . A. had grown over the past decades B. had outgrown the back and side yardsC. were older than rusty horse vans D. were covered with grass and bushesQuestions 61-70 are based on the following passage.In the hope of ending years of wrangling, a committee of astronomers and historians has proposed a new definition of the word planet that would expand at a stroke the family of planets from 9 to 12 and leave textbooks and charts in thousands of classrooms out of date. But astronomers immediately began to wrangle about it. Its a mess, said Michael E. Brown of the California Institute of Technology. Among the chosen few within the solar system would be not only Pluto, whose status has been challenged in recent years, but also Ceres, the largest asteroid; 2003UB313, nicknamed Xena, an object discovered by Dr. Brown in 2005 orbiting far beyond Pluto in the outer solar system; and even Plutos largest moon, Charon. In addition, at least a dozen more solar system objects are waiting in the wings for more data to see if they fit the new definition of planethood, which is that an object is massive enough that gravity has formed it into a sphere and that it circles a star and not some other planet. The definition, they said, would apply both inside and outside the solar system. The new definition was to be announced in Prague at the assembly of the International Astronomical Union held at three-year intervals. It is the work of the groups Planet Definition Committee, whose chairman is Owen Gingerich, a