2010 年 11 月翻译资格英语三级笔译综合能力真题
Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (60 points)
This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before
answering the questions.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In 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
which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken
the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER
SHEET.
1. Don’t be ________ by his bad manners. He is merely trying to attract your
attention.
A. incurred B. inferred
C. irritated D. intervened
2. Craig assured his boss that he would call ________ all his energies in doing
this new job.
A. forth B. at
C. on D. off
3. Too much ________ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage
to the body.
A. disclosure B. attachment
C. contact D. exposure
4. When confronted with such questions, my mind goes ________, and I can
hardly remember my own date of birth.
A. dim B. blank
C. faint D. vain
5. As we know, knowledge is the ________ condition for expansion of the mind.
A. incompatible B. incredible
C. indefinite D. indispensable
6. Care should be taken to shorten the time that one is subjected ________
continuous loud noise.
A. to B. with
C. in D. on
7. Some of the most important concepts in physics ________ their success to
these mathematical systems.
A. oblige B. owe
C. contribute D. attribute
8. As your instructor advised, you ought to spend your time on something
________ researching into.
A. precious B. worth
C. worthy D. valuable
9. As a defense against air-pollution damage, many plants and animals
________ a substance to absorb harmful chemicals.
A. relieve B. release
C. dismiss D. discard
10. Without the friction between their feet and the ground, people would in no
________ be able to walk.
A. time B. means
C. way D. account
11. One reason for the successes of Asian immigrants in the U.S. is that they have
taken great ________ to educate their children.
A. means B. pains
C. attempts D. hardships
12. I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going
to
be ________ to it.
A. connected B. fastened
C. bound D. stuck
13. The English language contains a(n) ________ of words which are
comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation.
A. altitude B. latitude
C. multitude D. attitude
14. In my opinion, you can widen the ________ of this improvement through
your active participation.
A. scale B. volume
C. magnitude D. scope
15. The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed report made on the
________.
A. spot B. site
C. location D. ground
16. The remarkable ________ of life on the Galapagos Islands inspired Charles
Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.
A. classification B. variety
C. density D. diversion
17. The trouble is that not many students really know how to make use of their
time to its best ________
A. benefit B. advantage
C. value D. profit
18. Though the imitation jewelry can fool many people, they cannot ________ up
to an expert’s close examination.
A. keep B. put
C. stand D. pay
19. Your improper words will give ________ to doubts concerning your true
intentions.
A. rise B. reason
C. suspicion D. impulse
20. Readers ________ to happy endings may find the unvarnished view of
modern motherhood a bit unsettling.
A. likened B. preferred
C. adapted D. accustomed
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
This part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them one word or phrase is
underlined, and below each sentence, 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. The frown on the man’s face showed that he was displeased.
A. look of fear B. look of anger
C. look of delight D. look of surprise
22. There are swamps that will have to be cleared before construction can begin.
A. forests B. groves
C. puddles D. wetlands
23. Doctors prescribe massive doses of penicillin for patients with pneumonia.
A. gross B. heavy
C. excessive D. adequate
24. Tornadoes are violent whirlwinds which vary in their width from a few yards
to 1,300 feet.
A. fierce B. immense
C. rapid D. fearful
25. A sound system of quality control has been instituted in the company.
A. constructed B. established
C. confirmed D. erected
26. Of the many plans submitted, the committee selected the one that seemed
most feasible.
A. possible B. practicable
C. probable D. permissible
27. What it amounts to is simply that he is unwilling to give us his support.
A. means B. matters
C. reaches D. signals
28. Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the
ecological surveys already undertaken.
A. additional B. unique
C. special D. specific
29. He used the attic to store his elaborate equipment.
A. precious B. complicated
C. valuable D. colossal
30. Bill’s talk with the boss this morning left him in a thoughtful mood.
A. pensive B. deliberate
C. passive D. considerate
31. The coach said Fred had no aptitude for sports.
A. talent B. patience
C. attitude D. interest
32. Anyone who doesn’t have a free ticket must pay the fee for going in.
A. attending B. admitting
C. admission D. attention
33. When an organism is completely encapsulated and preserved, it becomes a
fossil, thus turning into evidence of things that once lived.
A. thereby B. therefrom
C. thereof D. therein
34. The hunter carefully stalked the deer.
A. shot B. tracked
C. watched D. skinned
35. Hot metal shrinks as it becomes cool.
A. concedes B. compresses
C. condenses D. contracts
36. She bustled about with an assumption of authority.
A. air B. supposition
C. appearance D. face
37. Take the stalemate between the administration and the oil companies for
example.
A. case B. deadlock
C. conflict D. contradiction
38. The sense of mistrust is compounded by smaller annoyances that leave the
families feeling as though no one in authority cares about them.
A. offset B. intensified
C. diminished D. annulled
39. The very ubiquity of electronic communications can have a surprising
downside.
A. failure B. underside
C. drawback D. consequence
40. If you can’t dig into the field you have chosen for your pursuit, it is hardly
possible for you to achieve anything significant in the field.
A. acquire B. require
C. accompany D. accomplish
Part 3 Error Correction
This part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them there is an underlined part
that indicates an 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.
41. On the slope of Long’s Peak in Colorado that lies the ruin of a gigantic tree.
A. lying B. lies