2004年5月CATTI三级笔译综合能力试题(附答案)

1、口译笔译教程：http:/ 年年 5 5 5 5 月月 catticatticatticatti 三级笔译综合能力试题三级笔译综合能力试题（附答案）（附答案）section 1: vocabulary and grammar (25 points)this section consists of 3 parts. read the directions for eachpart before answering thequestions. the time for this section is 25 minutes.part 1 vocabulary selectionin this par

2、t, there are 20 incomplete sentences. below each sentence, there are 4 choicesrespectively marked by letters a, b, c and d. choose the word or phrase which bestcompletes each sentence. there is only one right answer. then blacken the correspondingletter as required on your machine-scoring answer she

3、et.1. grover cleveland was the first president _ in the white house.a. got marriedb. to get marriedc. has got marriedd. was married2. if cauliflowers are not _ from extreme temperatures, the heads get discolored.a. protectedb. shelterc. shaded. saved3. the gas _ from the tank is dangerous.a. given o

4、ffb. giving outc. giving awayd. given up4. when it started to snow, we turned round and _ the hotel.a. got byb. searched forc. made ford. cleared up5. since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived _ hope.a. inb. forc. ond. through6. rice is the _ food of most southeast asians.a. comm

5、onb. generalc. stapled. popular口译笔译教程：http:/ byrd was the owner of the largest library in colonial _.a. periodb. timec. timesd. periods8. exobiology is the study of life _ other planets.a. inb. atc. ond. to9.thedeclarationofindependence,_ the constitution of the united states, wasdrawnup with the he

6、lp of benjamin franklin.a. andb. alsoc. as well asd. so too10. it was from the lowell laboratory that the ninth _ , pluto, was sighted in1930.a. planetb. constellationc. stardomd. satellite11.therodent,_ the mouse, rat, guinea pig, and porcupine, are mammals withincisor-like teeth in both jaws.a. ma

7、de upb. includingc. consistingd. constitute12. _ into oceans and rivers is a serious form of pollution.a. pouring sewageb. emptying litterc. throwing garbaged. dumping sewage13. products which are made from dirts and are _ high temperatures are known asceramics.a. tempered inb. subjected toc. expose

8、d tod. baked in14. a pigment called melanin protects the _ layers of skin from sun rays.a. under口译笔译教程：http:/ belowc. underlyingd. underneath15. oranges are a _source of vitamin c.a. wellb. betterc. goodd. very16. even after having their grandchildren live with them for ten years, the couple felt th

9、at_ children these days was the most difficult of all family matters.a. risingb. raisingc. caringd. taking care17. the most important _ of the farmers in iraq is dates, of which iraq is theworldsleading exporter.a. economic cropb. cash cropc. money cropd. staple18. more has been learned about the mo

10、on than any other of the earths neighbors in spacebecause of the apollo program, which enabled men to walk on the moon and bring backhundredsof pounds of _.a. rocksb. rockc. stoned. stones19._ the variety that the average family has in beaf, fish, poultry, and vegetarianrecipes, they find most meals

11、 unexciting.a. in spiteb. inspitec. despite ofd. despite20. the speaker _ have criticized the paraprofessionals, knowing full well thattheywere seated in the audience.a. should not tob. must notc. ought not tod. may not口译笔译教程：http:/ 2 vocabulary replacementthis part consists of 15 sentences in which

12、 one word or phraseis underlined. below eachsentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters a,b, c and d. choose the wordor phrase that can replace the underlined part without causingany grammatical error orchanging the basic meaning of the sentence. there is only oneright answer. black

13、en thecorresponding 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, thelegislative organization, was established.a. officeb. adobec. assemblyd. building22. the only problem with the debate last week was t

14、hat the beginning sounded more like apersonal attack than a dispassionate, intellectual arguing.a. discussionb. argumentc. talkd. speech23. susan jones was at the bus stop well on time to take the 7:01 bus, but she had to miss herbreakfast to do it.a. catch up withb. catchc. run up tod. be catching2

15、4. since her father could not drive her to the airport, she requested her uncle to drive herinstead.a. takeb. bringc. dispatchd. deliver25. a famous collection of persian, indian, and arabian folktales, the arabian nights wassupposedly told by the legendary queen scheherazade to her husband every ni

16、ght for 1,001days.a. imaginaryb imageryc. fabledd. legend26. what may be the oldest fossil footprint yet found was discovered in june 1968 by william j.meister, a non-professional fossil collector.口译笔译教程：http:/ a part-timeb. a spare-timec. an untrainedd. an amateur27. most of us think of sharks as d

17、angerous, owing to lack of information rather thanfear.a. due tob. becausec. asd. for28. double eagle ii, the first trans-atlantic balloon, was greeted by avid crowds in france.a. eagerb. surgingc. appreciatived. vigorous29. the discovery of the connection between aspirin and reyessyndrome, a rare a

18、nd deadlyailment, is a recent example of the caution with which drugs must be used, even formedicalpurposes.a. diseaseb. sickc. illd. illness30. my parents moved out of their old home sometime last year after they had celebrated their50th year there.a. anniversaryb. years oldc. aged. wedding31. the

19、library she worked in lent books, magazines, audio-cassettes and maps to its customers,who could keep them for four weeks.a. borrowersb. lendersc. patronsd. clients32. a common question that people ask a story writer is whether or not he has experienced whathe has written about.a. fictionb. science口

20、译笔译教程：http:/ imaginaryd. literary33. at the world literacy center, an organization that works to help people read, the helpers workhard, enabling them to successfully reach their goals.a. assistantsb. volunteersc. part-timersd. amateurs34. the officers made it clear that they were letting her go onl

21、y because that she was oldand notbecause she was above suspicion.a. for reasonb. due toc. because ofd. on the grounds35. the book, which is a useful guide for todays young people, deals with many questions andproblems that face them at school and at home as well as in society.a. are facedb. confront

22、c. in oppositiond. meetpart 3 error correctionthis part consists of 15 sentences in which there is an underlinedpart that indicates agrammatical error. below each sentence, there are 4 choicesrespectively marked by letters a,b, c and d. choose the word or phrase that can replace theunderlined part s

23、o that the erroris corrected. there is only one right answer. blacken thecorresponding letter as requiredon your machine-scoring answer sheet.36. all dont have a free ticket must pay the admission fee.a. everyone who doesnt have a free ticketb. no one who doesnt have a free ticketc. no one who has f

24、ree ticketsd. anyone who has free tickets37. when i last saw them, the police had chased the robbers down columbus street.a. were chasingb. was chasingc. chasedd. were on a chase38. erosion that is a slow process, but it constantly changes the features on the surface of theearth.口译笔译教程：http:/ which

25、isb. althoughc. beingd. is39. when an organism is completely encapsulated and preserved, it becomes a fossil, thereforeturning into evidence of things that once lived.a. therebyb. as a result ofc. sod. in the end40. the pictures of the loch ness monster show a remarkable resemblance to a plesiosaur,

26、a largewater reptile of the mesozoic era presuming extinct for more than 70 million years.a. supposedb. presumablyc. presumptuousd. is presumed41. in our own galaxy, the milkyway,there are perhaps 200 billion stars, a small part ofthemprobably have planets on which life is feasible.a. a small fracti

27、on in whichb. a small fraction of whichc. a small fraction whichd. which a fraction of42. “but youll be able to come, wont you?” “yes, i think such.”a. thatb. itc. sod. this43. the professor is quite difficult pleased.a. to pleaseb. to be pleasedc. for pleasingd. pleasing44. because everyone knows,

28、facts speak louder than words.a. sinceb. thatc. itd. as45. the trapeze artist who ran away with the clown broke up the lion tamers heart.a. broke awayb. broke downc. broke口译笔译教程：http:/ broken down46. his heavy drinking and fond of gambling makes him a poor role model.a. and fact that he gamblesb. an

29、d that he gamblesc. and he gambles whichd. and gambling47. depression that inflicts people who believe their lives lack content when the rush of the busyweek stops referred to by a prominent psychiatrist as sunday neurosis.a. has been referred to by a prominent psychiatristb. has been referred to as

30、 by a prominent psychiatristc. a prominent psychiatrist has referred to itd. it has been referred to by a prominent psychiatrist48. just as there are occupations that require college degrees also there are occupationsfor whichtechnical training is necessary.a. so to there areb. so too there arec. so

31、 there ared. so too are there49. most of the older civilizations which flourished during the fifth century b.c. are died out .a. they have died outb. has died outc. have died outd. they had died out50. the student asked her professor if he would have gone on the space ship he did know earlier.a. if

32、he knewb. if he knowsc. he had knownd. had he knownsection 3: cloze test (20 points)in the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing wordsthat are missing from the context.you are to put back in each of the blanks the missing word.write your answers on the answersheet. the time for this se

33、ction is 20 minutes.a good translator is by definition bilingual. the opposite is not_(1) true, however.aborn and bred bilingual will still need two _(2) to become a translator: first, the skillsand experience necessary for_(3); second, knowledge of the field in which heor she口译笔译教程：http:/ _(4). the

34、 skills and experience for translation include the ability to write_(5) in the target language, the ability to read and understand the _(6)language material thoroughly, and the ability to work with the latest _(7) andcommunication hardware and software.does a born and bred bilingual _(8) a better tr

35、anslator than someone who learnedlanguage b later in _(9)? there is no definite answer, but the following issuesareimportant._(10), a born and bred bilingual often suffers from not truly knowing_(11) language well enough to translate, with some even suffering from what_(12) known as a lingualism, a

36、state in which a person lacks _(13) full, fluentcommand of any language. second, born and bred bilinguals _(14) dont know theculture of the target language well enough to _(15) top-quality translations, orcannotrecognize what aspects of the source language _(16) its culture need to be treatedwithparticular care, as they _(17) in a sense too close to the language. and last, they often_(18) the analytical linguistic skills to work through a sticky text.on _(19) other hand, the acquired bilingual may not have the same in-depth_(20) of colloquialisms, s