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2006年5月翻译资格考试英语二级笔译综合能力真题及答案.doc
2006 年 5 月翻译资格考试英语二级笔译综合能力真题及答案
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 required 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 library to its originalsplendor.
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. machines 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 sentences 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. in active use B. in doubt
C. in discussion D. in disuse
23. A court-martial has but recently decided to acquit him.
A. declare he is not guilty B. pardon him
C. condemn him D. persecute him
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 and realism is one of the
standard clichés of the ongoing debate over international affairs.
A. division into two parts 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
Part 3 Error Correction
This part consists of 15 sentences in which there is an underlined part that indicates
a grammatical error. 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 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. An epigram is usually defined being a bright or witty thought that is tersely
and ingeniously expressed.
A. as B. as be
C. as been D. to being
37. Upon completing his examination over the patient, the doctor offered his judgment
of her conditions.
A. of B. off
C. about D. around
38. If they spend some time on Chinese history, they will be more able to predict
China’s future.
A. more B. be able
C. better D. better able
39. When she returned back by abroad, she told us all about her experience as an
illegal immigrant.
A. by B. back
C. from D. back from
40. He was looking impatient at the visiting salesman, who showed no signs of getting
ready to leave.
A. patient B. patience
C. impatience D. impatiently
41. The recent conference on the effective use of the seas and oceans was another
attempt resolving major differences among countries with conflicting interests.
A. resolve B. resolves
C. to resolve D. being resolved
42. Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons, can now be
obtained for old people, and even for pets.
A. before young, healthy persons available only,
B. available only to young, healthy persons before,
C. available only to persons young, but more healthy,
D. before young and healthy persons only available to,
43. Following a year of fast development, by the first quarter of this year, China
has had about 1,100 e-commerce websites.
A. China had about 1,100 e-commerce websites by the end of last March
B. by the end of the first quarter of this year, China has had about 1,100 e-commerce
websites
C. by the end of this recent past March, China has about 1,100 e-commerce websites
D. by the end of this first quarter, China had about 1,100 or so e-commerce websites
44. Sino-foreign educational program on business is popular in China now,and the
demand for high level interpretation is great.
A. programs in enterprises / high level interpreters
B. programs in international business / senior interpreters
C. program in international biz / senior interpretations
D. programs of business / high-level interpretations
45. Many students agreed to come, but some students against because they said they
don’t have time.
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