2004 年 5 月翻译资格考试英语三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. Then blacken the
corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
A.
Grover Cleveland was the first president in the White House.
got married
to get married
has got married
was married
If cauliflowers are not from extreme temperatures, the heads get discolored.
protected
shelter
shade
saved
The gas from the tank is dangerous.
given off
giving out
giving away
given up
When it started to snow, we turned round and
got by
searched for
made for
cleared up
the hotel.
Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived
in
for
on
through
hope.
Rice is the food of most Southeast Asians.
common
B.
C.
D.
7.
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
A.
B.
C.
D.
general
staple
popular
William Byrd was the owner of the largest library in colonial
period
time
times
periods
.
Exobiology is the study of life
in
at
on
to
other planets.
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, was
9.
drawn up with the help of Benjamin Franklin.
A.
B.
C.
D.
and
also
as well as
so too
10. It was from the Lowell Laboratory that the ninth, Pluto, was sighted in 1930.
A.
B.
C.
D.
planet
constellation
stardom
satellite
rodent, incisor-like teeth in both jaws.
11. The
A.
B.
C.
D.
made up
including
consisting
constitute
12.into oceans and rivers is a serious form of pollution.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pouring sewage
Emptying litter
Throwing garbage
Dumping sewage
13. Products which
as ceramics.
A.
tempered in
are
made
from dirts and are
high temperatures are known
subjected to
exposed to
baked in
B.
C.
D.
14. A pigment called melanin protects the
A.
B.
C.
D.
under
below
underlying
underneath
layers of skin from sun rays.
source of vitamin C.
15. Oranges are a
A.
B.
C.
D.
well
better
good
very
16. Even after having their grandchildren live with them for ten years, the couple
felt that
children these days was the most difficult of all family matters.
A.
B.
C.
D.
rising
raising
caring
taking care
of the farmers in Iraq is dates, of which Iraq is the worlds
17. The most important
leading exporter.
economic crop
A.
B.
cash crop
money crop
C.
D.
staple
18. More has been learned about the Moon than any other of the Earth’s neighbors
in space because of the Apollo program, which enabled men to walk on the Moon and
bring back hundreds of pounds of.
A.
B.
C.
D.
rocks
rock
stone
stones
19. the variety that the average family has in beaf, fish, poultry, and vegetarian
recipes, they find most meals unexciting.
A.
B.
C.
D.
In spite
Inspite
Despite of
Despite
have criticized the paraprofessionals, knowing full well that
20. The speaker
they were seated in the audience.
A.
B.
C.
D.
should not to
must not
ought not to
may not
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. Iceland has the oldest parliament, which goes as far back to 930 A.D. when Althing,
the legislative organization, was established.
A.
B.
C.
D.
office
adobe
assembly
building
22. The only problem with the debate last week was that the beginning sounded more
like a personal attack than a dispassionate, intellectual arguing.
A.
B.
C.
D.
discussion
argument
talk
speech
23. Susan Jones was at the bus stop well on time to take the 7:01 bus, but she had
to miss her breakfast to do it.
A.
B.
C.
D.
catch up with
catch
run up to
be catching
24. Since her father could not drive her to the airport, she requested her uncle
to drive her instead.
A.
B.
C.
D.
take
bring
dispatch
deliver
fabled
legend
25. A famous collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabian folktales, the Arabian
Nights was supposedly told by the legendary queen Scheherazade to her husband every
night for 1,001 days.
A. imaginary B imagery
C.
D.
26. What may be the oldest fossil footprint yet found was discovered in June 1968
by William J. Meister, a non-professional fossil collector.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a part-time
a spare-time
an untrained
an amateur
27. Most of us think of sharks as dangerous, owing to lack of information rather
than fear.
due to
A.
B.
because
as
C.
D.
for
28. Double Eagle II, the first trans-Atlantic balloon, was greeted by avid crowds
in France.
A.
B.
C.
D.
eager
surging
appreciative
vigorous
29. The discovery of the connection between aspirin and Reyessyndrome, a rare and
deadly ailment, is a recent example of the caution with which drugs must be used,
even for medical purposes.
A.
B.
C.
D.
disease
sick
ill
illness
30. My parents moved out of their old home sometime last year after they had
celebrated their 50th year there.
A.
B.
C.
D.
anniversary
years old
age
wedding
31. The library she worked in lent books, magazines, audio-cassettes and maps to
its customers, who could keep them for four weeks.
A.
B.
C.
D.
borrowers
lenders
patrons
clients
32. A common question that people ask a story writer is whether or not he has
experienced what he has written about.
A.
B.
C.
D.
fiction
science
imaginary
literary
33. 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.
B.
C.
D.
assistants
volunteers
part-timers
amateurs
34. The officers made it clear that they were letting her go only because that she
was old and not because she was above suspicion.
A.
B.
C.
D.
for reason
due to
because of
on the grounds
35. The book, which is a useful guide for today’s young people, deals with many
questions and problems that face them at school and at home as well as in society.
A.
B.
C.
D.
are faced
confront
in opposition
meet
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. All don’t have a free ticket must pay the admission fee.
A.
B.
C.
Everyone who doesn’t have a free ticket
No one who doesn’t have a free ticket
No one who has free tickets
D.
Anyone who has free tickets
were chasing
was chasing
chased
were on a chase
37. When I last saw them, the police had chased the robbers down Columbus Street.
A.
B.
C.
D.
38. Erosion that is a slow process, but it constantly changes the features on the
surface of the earth.
A.
B.
C.
D.
which is
although
being
is
39. When an organism is completely encapsulated and preserved, it becomes a fossil,
therefore turning into evidence of things that once lived.
A.
B.
C.
D.
thereby
as a result of
so
in the end
40. The pictures of the Loch Ness Monster show a remarkable resemblance to a
plesiosaur, a large water reptile of the Mesozoic era presuming extinct for more
than 70 million years.
A.
B.
C.
D.
supposed
presumably
presumptuous
is presumed
41. In our own galaxy, the Milky Way, there are perhaps 200 billion stars, a small
part of them probably have planets on which life is feasible.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a small fraction in which
a small fraction of which
a small fraction which
which a fraction of
42. “But you’ll be able to come, won’t you?” “Yes, I think such.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
that
it
so
this
43. The professor is quite difficult pleased.
A.
to please
B.
C.
D.
to be pleased
for pleasing
pleasing
44. Because everyone knows, facts speak louder than words.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Since
That
It
As
broke away
broke down
broke
broken down
45. The trapeze artist who ran away with the clown broke up the lion tamer’s heart.
A.
B.
C.
D.
46. His heavy drinking and fond of gambling makes him a poor role model.
A.
B.
C.
D.
and fact that he gambles
and that he gambles
and he gambles which
and gambling
47. Depression that inflicts people who believe their lives lack content when the
rush of the busy week stops referred to by a prominent psychiatrist as Sunday
Neurosis.
A.
B.
C.
D.
has been referred to by a prominent psychiatrist
has been referred to as by a prominent psychiatrist
a prominent psychiatrist has referred to it
it has been referred to by a prominent psychiatrist
48. Just as there are occupations that require college degrees also there are
occupations for which technical training is necessary.
A.
B.
C.
D.
so to there are
so too there are
so there are
so too are there
49. Most of the older civilizations which flourished during the fifth century B.C.
are died out.
A.
B.
C.
D.
they have died out
has died out
have died out
they had died out
50. The student asked her professor if he would have gone on the space ship he did