全国翻译专业资格水平考试英语二级笔译综合能力模拟试题

全国翻译专业资格(水平)考试英语二级笔译综合能力模拟试题

全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试英语二级笔译综合能力模拟试题 Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 Points)

This section consists of three 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 four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C, D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1. The streets of the Dual Springs neighborhood, a migrant-worker hub in northern Beijing, are ______. That's no surprise; more than 13,000 people have been quarantined in China's capital to halt the insidious spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A. deserted B. vacated C. unlived in D. removed

2. In many ______ a lack of direction prompted the Republican Guard to call it a day.

A. occasions B. cases C. events D. days

3. They did considerable work to ______ the masses of the United States with the elementary problems of Latin America. A. allow B. acquaint C. notify D. propagate

4. My mother says a teaching machine has to be _____ to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.

A. modified B. considered C. adjusted D. remanufactured

5. The big retailers are starting to think small, too. Sainsbury's and Tesco have launched convenience-store chains, called Local and Express, respectively - that have fast become _____ in British towns. A. ubiquitous B. established C. frequented D. known

6. The solidarity among the young, especially the 386 Generation, is so strong that it's helping to _____ the country's deep-rooted regional divide. A. enhance B. dissolve C. weaken D. move

7. The Wright brothers continued their flying in France and _____ all who saw them.

A. saddened B. frightened C. astonished D. alarmed

8. We are will aware of the responsibilities that necessarily _____ to our office.

A. attach B. confronts C. given D. face

9. People say that what we are all _____ is a meaning for life, but I don't think that's what we all look for.

A. seeing B. seeking C. watching D. looking

10. When Joe was left to live with those people, he found that they were so ____ of life that he couldn't stay with them A. painful B. disdainful C. meaningful D. fruitful

11. When you make the sacrifice in marriage, the psychologists say, you're sacrificing not to each other but to ______ in a relationship. A. unity B. utility C. fraternity D. reality

12. The constant changes in fashion, _____ with a view to higher sales, made greater demands on women as a class. A. predicted B. dictated C. stated D. related

13. It is easy to see why many little girls prefer to _____ with the male role, but the girl who does find the male role more attractive is faced with a dilemma.

A. beautify B. modify C. identify D. justify

14. If we can _____ any kind of killing in the name of religion, the door is opened for all kinds of other justifications. A. purify B. satisfy C. justify D. verify

15. I could easily perceive that his heart burnt to relieve his starving kids, but he seemed ashamed to ______ his inability to me. A. discover B. recover C. demonstrate D. impress

16. It is a dangerous thing nowadays if you do not _____ others at arm's length, for they may hit you below the belt any time. A. bake B. keep C. take D. make

17. I will never _____ the experiences of the four years at Howard University, though there were unhappy encounters. A. discharge B. recharge C. discard D. dispose

18. We should not _____ the West, nor should we praise it to the skies and think great of everything that belongs to the West. A. forgive B. forsake C. forlorn D. forage

19. Bill Gates is one of those who are said to be _______, able to rack huge profits at every turn.

A. on the ship B. on the plane C. on the gravy train D. on the rocks 20. He aimed at finding some workable _____ with a man who was a celebrity not only in the inward-reflecting world of Oxford but in the larger world outside.

A. neighborhood B. workmanship C. relationship D. craftsmanship Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

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, 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. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

21. It wasn't long before Franks was a marked man. After he served in Desert Storm, directing helicopter and ground units, the Army's high command gave him the job of remaking the service for the post-cold war world.

A. a person whose conduct is watched with suspicion or hostility B. a man destined to succeed C. a remarkable person

D. a notable person

22. The most notorious expression of that change was last year's bootleg publication of \right-wing politician Shintaro Ishihara and Sony chairman Akio Morita. A. free publication B. pirate publication C. lawful publication D. commercial publication

23. \America. Japan is just getting tired of being pushed around.\ A. he stood up and spoke to the American audience B. he faced America boldly C. he challenged America

D. he met the Americans' challenge proudly 24. Traffic with criminals is dangerous.

A. dealing with criminals B. tracking the criminals C. fighting the criminals D. transporting criminals

25. Some - such as liquid oxygen - are so cold that they embrittle many constructional materials and evaporate continuously if not refrigerated.

A. weaken B. strengthen

C. reduce D. cause … to become brittle

26. A \given them though without attribution to the source. A. a person who remains behind the scene B. a person providing the background knowledge C. a press conference D. a news agency

27. Is it possible that the entire tale is but a garbled account of that voyage and Biarni another name for Leif

A. detailed B. plausible C. distorted D. eye-witness

28. Isolated cases of disaffection - or harbingers of a mass cross-border movement that threatens Europe's economic stability The question is pressing.

A. sign B. forerunner C. messenger D. vanguard

29. The man we met this morning grows many kinds of plants in his garden, most of which are flowers including succulents and cacti. A. rises B. raises C. plants D. plows

30. The scientist contested the assumption of previous scientists that the fate of human beings could not be predicated. A. respected B. supposed C. suspected D. assumed

31. One's knowledge of the world, according to humanists, is largely derived by observation, experience and their analysis of the things they observe and experience.

A. come from B. determined C. resulted in D. resulted from

32. In the last 10 years we have all witnessed an impressive growth in our knowledge about the environments.

A. imperative B. observable C. sustainable D. expressive

33. In our culture and in our eyes success all too often means simply outdoing other people by virtue of achievement judged by some single scale - income or honors - and coming out at \ A. outfitting B. outbidding C. outraging D. outshining

34. Social taboos remained strong. Gambling was virtually prohibited except on the racecourses, and drinking of alcohol was discouraged by the closing of hotels at six o'clock and by the shortage of bottle beer. A. factually B. eventually C. consequently D. significantly

35. Everyone must be responsible for their own behavior, and most of the young people today are interested, as far as I can perceive, in taking their knocks, just as adults must take theirs. A. taking their jobs B. sharing their ideas

27. Is it possible that the entire tale is but a garbled account of that voyage and Biarni another name for Leif