catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析.docx

1、catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(一)一、 Vocabulary Selection（本大题15小题每题1.0分，共15.0分。）(In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each senten

2、ce. There is only one right answer. ）第1题 Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived _hope.A in B for C on D through第2题 _get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.A ChildrenB Children, when theyC As childrenD For children to第3题 Martin has created enough memorable _

3、to make it easy to forgive his lows.A youngstersB noblesC highsD miserables第4题 Oranges are a _source of vitamin C.A wellB betterC goodD very第5题 All students have free_to the library.A passagewayB entranceC permissionD access第6题 Im so tired that I cant take _what youre saying.A upB outC inD on第7题 Ric

4、e is the _food of most Southeast Asians.A commonB generalC stapleD popular第8题 What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a_life trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesnt have kids at all.A doubleB hardC two-wayD miserable第9题 Good pencil er

5、asers are soft enough not _paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.A by damagingB so that they damageC to damageD damaging第10题 We were working_time to get everything ready for the exhibition.A againstB inC onD ahead第11题 Our flight to Guangzhou was _by a bad fog and we had to s

6、tay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.A delayedB adjournedC cancelledD preserved第12题 _pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.A AlthoughB HoweverC BecauseD On account of第13题 Leading stress management experts say that life with stress would be dull

7、 and_.A disorderlyB time-consumingC fruitlessD unexciting第14题 This book is full of practical _on home repair.A helpsB tipsC aidsD clues第15题 The speaker _have criticized the paraprofessionals, knowing full well that they were seated in the audience.A should not toB must notC ought not toD may not二、Vo

8、cabulary Replacement（本大题13小题每题1.0分，共13.0分。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 and D. You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined word without causing any

9、grammatical error or changing the principal meaning of the sentence. There is only one right answer. ）第1题 Public relations practice is the deliberate , planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public.A completeB relatedC intentionalD

10、 active第2题 Table tennis is easy to learn, and, by the same token , boys dont need a lot of space to practice it.A by the same ruleB symbolicallyC moreoverD by logic第3题 Iceland has the oldest parliament, which goes as far back to 930 A.D. when Althing, the legislative organization , was established.A

11、 officeB adobeC assemblyD building第4题 The National Industrial Recovery Act was designed to spur industry.A taxB stimulateC censureD rebuke第5题 Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken.A additionalB governmentalC specialD organizational

12、第6题 Innovative approaches to manufacturing, coupled with the tremendous size of the domestic market, led to the emergence of the United States as an industrial giant.A followed byB deriving fromC combined withD mixed with第7题 At the World Literacy Center, an organization that works to help people rea

13、d, the helpers work hard, enabling them to successfully reach their goals.A assistantsB volunteersC part-timersD amateurs第8题 Mary McCarthys satires are couched in the prose style that has a classic precision.A fusedB prefacedC standardizedD expressed第9题 Only the elite of society attended the recepti

14、on for the new governor.A those thought of as the best peopleB the intellectualsC the white-collar peopleD the officials第10题 The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and realism, is one of the standard clichs of the ongoing debate over international affairs.A

15、 division into two partsB combination of two partsC disparityD contradiction第11题 The most striking technological success in the 20th century is probably the computer revolution.A profitableB productiveC prominentD prompt第12题 Most species of this plant thrive in ordinary well-drained garden soil and

16、they are best planted 8 cm deep and 5 cm apart.A develop wellB grow tallerC matureD bear fruit第13题 Nineteenth-century scholars tried to trace the origins of modern languages to ancient Hebrew.A limitB connectC convertD draw三、Correcting Grammatical Errors（本大题12小题每题1.0分，共12.0分。This part consists of 15

17、 sentences in which there is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. You are to select the ONE choice and replace the underlined element(s) so that the error is erased and corrected. There is only

18、 one right answer. ）第1题 I cannot thank you very much for your kindness, I owe my success to you.A soB tooC asD enough第2题 I suppose the party ended in a friendly atmosphere, isnt it ?A dont IB do IC did itD didnt it第3题 All mammals have hair, but not always evident.A but it is notB but it isC but they

19、 are notD but they are第4题 According to some scientists, the computer will do much harm to peoples health as smoking and drugs do.A does much harm . smokingB will do as much harm . cigarettesC will be doing as much harm . smokingD does as much harm . cigarettes第5题 When an organism is completely encap

20、sulated and preserved, it becomes a fossil, therefore turning into evidence of things that once lived.A therebyB as a result ofC soD in the end第6题 The trapeze artist who ran away with the clown broke up the lion tamers heart.A broke awayB broke downC brokeD broken down第7题 Having finished lunch, the

21、case was discussed .A they discussed the caseB they had discussed the caseC the case was discussedD the case had been discussed第8题 Unlike competitive running , race walkers must always keep some portion of their feet in contact with the ground.A runB runnerC runnersD running race第9题 The professor is

22、 quite difficult pleased .A to pleaseB to be pleasedC for pleasingD pleasing第10题 The hard, out surface of the tooth is called enamel.A outsideB appearanceC outerD hiding第11题 The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new ones occurred.A Hardly had the government take

23、nB The government had hardly takenC Hardly the government had takenD The government is hardly taking第12题 When they broke open the door, they found a strange man lied on the floor unconscious.A layB laidC lainD lying四、Reading Comprehension（共25小题,共25.0分）In this section you will find after each of the

24、passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with four (A, B, C and D) suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose the one which you think fits best. 第1题 Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as Americas first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa, about 1

25、753 and brought to America aboard a slave ship at about the age of seven. John and Susannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave auction in Boston in 1761 to be a personal servant of Mrs. Wheatley. The family had three other slaves, and all were treated with respect. Phyllis was soon acce

26、pted as one of the family, which included being raised and educated with the Wheatleys twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, most females, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of the best educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to

27、become a teacher, and in fact, it was Mary who decided to take charge of Phylliss education. Phyllis soon displayed her remarkable talents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics and passages from the Bible. And eventually, Mrs. Wheatley decided Phyllis should become a Chr

28、istian. At the age of thirteen Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation after she wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It became common practice in Boston to have Mrs. Wheatleys Phyllis read poetry in polite society. Mary married in 1771,

29、 and Phyllis later moved to the country because of poor health, as a teacher and caretaker to a farmers three children. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phylliss poems but once they heard she was a Negro they werent interested. Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathaniel, who was now a business

30、man, to London. It was thought that a sea voyage might improve her health. Thirty-nine of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. It was the first book published by a black American. In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem extolling the accomplishments of George Wa

31、shington and sent it to him. He responded by praising her talents and inviting her to visit his headquarters. After both of her benefactors died in 1777, and Mary died in 1778, Phyllis was freed as a slave. She married in 1778, moved away from Boston, and had three children. But after the unhappy marriage, she moved back to Boston, and died in pover