湖北省第十三届外语翻译大赛英语专业组初赛试题.docx

1、湖北省第十三届外语翻译大赛英语专业组初赛试题湖北省第十三届外语翻译大赛英语专业组初赛试题I. Choose the one best translation of the Chinese phrases ：（每题2分， 计20分）(1) 弱肉强食A. the weak is the meat of the strong B. the weak are the prey of the strongC. the jungle principal D. the weak is the mercy of the strong(2) 如鸟兽散 A. flee helter skelter B. as i

2、f birds and beasts disappearingC. flying away as birds D. running away as animals(3) 深文周纳A. well versed in literature and artB. try to help innocent people out of troubleC. to enjoy great learning and popularityD. convict sb by deliberately misinterpreting the law(4) 首鼠两端A. take both for grantedB. c

3、atch the first mouse coming alongC. there being two sides to everythingDshilly-shally (5) 师直为壮A. an army fighting for a just cause has high moraleB. an honest teacher is always eloquent in speechC. a great master is always speak out his mindD. strong physique is associated with moral life(6) 文不加点A.

4、article with no definite argumentB. have a facile penC. without the use of any punctuationD. plain style without and flourish (7) 殊深轸念A. fall a prey toB. be sympathetic aboutC. express deep solicitude forD. become bosom friends(8) 余勇可贾A. valor to encourage othersB. with strength yet to spareC. energ

5、y left over for future useD. great deeds for praise(9) 纵横捭阖A. criss-crossing the vast countryB. a wide stretch of beautiful fieldC. maneuver among various political groupingsD. search up and down for a bosom friend(10) 责有莜归A. duty is well placed B. obligation should be observedC. blame goes to its d

6、estinyD. responsibility rests where it belongsII. Choose the best version among the four given. （每题2分， 计40分）11她是一个坚强的女人，在体格上、在精神上都是如此，我每天都从她身上吸取精神食粮。A. She was a touch woman, physically and spiritually. Not a day passed that I didnt feed off the bread of her spirit.B. In physique as well as in spiri

7、t, she is a strong and firm lady, everyday I absorb from her spiritual nutrition.C. I get strength from her everyday, since she is a strong-willed woman, both in body and in mind.D. She has got very strong will-power, and everyday I can benefit from her spiritual food as far as mind and constitution

8、 are concerned.12他相识不久就想动手动脚。A. Before the acquaintance got to a certain point, he wants to be physically involved.B. He even wanted to get in possession before the relationship is ripe.C. Before long, he started to show his true colors.D. He wanted to get physical early in a relationship.13 科技的发展似乎

9、对纸张的使用没有太大的影响，正如医学的进步也不能铲除病毒。A. The development of science doesnt seem to have great influence on the use of paper, just as the advances of medicine can not get rid of virus all together.B. Paper seems to be as immune to technology as viruses are to medical science.C. Paper is not very much affected

10、 by the development of technology; the same is true with the fact that progress in medical research cannot exterminate germs.D. The advances in science seems to have no function in affecting the use of paper, as the improvement in medicine and pharmacology are not able to wipe out viruses.14. 那年中有好几

11、次，我将我所受到的挫折以及失落感发泄到孩子们身上。A. Many times in that year, I vented out on my kids all the frustrations I experienced.B. On many an occasion that year I lost tempers and scolded my children for my own setbacks.C. I gave vent to my own lost feelings that year and wreaked my kids for my own headaches.D. The

12、re were quite a few times that year when I took my frustrations out on the children.15. 这是个未知的领域：如何成为宇航员？无准则可遵循，无先例可参照。A. This is an unknown world: how to become astronauts? No rules to follow, and no precedents to be used as references.B. Thats a field unknown to us: we have no experience in the pa

13、st and there are no set rules for us to obey.C. That is an unfamiliar area for research: how to train astronauts? We have no regulations and principles to follow, and we have no successful examples for reference.D. This was uncharted territory - there were literally no guidelines or precedents on ho

14、w to become an astronaut.16. 这棵树在秋天身披金灿灿的树叶，显得格外美丽。A. This tree is so outstandingly magnificent in full, covered with such a golden foliage B. Clad in golden glory, the tree is incredibly beautiful in autumn.C. So beautiful is the tree just because it is covered in such effulgent leaves.D. In this g

15、olden autumn, the tree is beautifully dressed in such bright gold.17. 在参加工作面试之前，这个求职者在自己的房间里反复演练。A. The job hunter practiced time and again in the room before he went to see the interviewer.B. Before he went to attend the interviewing for the job, he did a lot of practices in his own room.C. Before

16、going to the job interview, the applicant rehearsed his presentation in his room.D. The candidate did some drilling in his room very seriously and then he went to the job interview.18. 在新的环境中生活和工作，对刚毕业的学生来说，通常都是很大的挑战。A. Life and work in a new environment are usually very challenging for new graduate

17、s.B. In this new working and living environment, it is obvious that all this is a great challenge for the students who have just graduated for universities.C. It is clear that living and working in this new environment, newly graduated students are meeting an awesome challenge.D. The new work and li

18、ving environment imposes a great challenge to the graduates who have just come for universities.19. 千百年过去了，人们一直相信希腊神话和罗马神话，而且你可以看到这些神话一直在我们的思想和语言中反映出来。A. Thousands of years elapses by, and people have been in faith of Greek and roman myths, and you can see them reflecting though our thoughts and lan

19、guages.B. It has been many hundreds of years since people have believed in the myths of the Greeks and Romans, yet you can see that they still echo in our minds and in our language.C. Hundreds after hundreds of years have past, while people still have held a strong belief of Greek and Roman mytholog

20、ies which keep coming through our spirits and languages.D. Hundreds and thousands of years later, Greek and Roman mythologies are still alive and full of vitality in peoples faith and beliefs, and you can see that they are showing themselves in our speech and thinking.20尽管这部影片做了很多宣传，我个人认为故事情节没有什么新意。

21、A. In spite of the propaganda work done so far, personally I felt no originality in the plot.B. No matter how much the publicity about this film, I think the story shows nothing but some clichs.C. Though the film is given a lot of limelight, I cant see anything bordering on new creation.D. Although

22、there was much publicity about the movie, I personally found little novelty in the story line.21当地警方已经逮捕了那些向店主勒索保护费的歹徒。A. The local police have got those bad eggs in custody who often forced fee out of shop keepers for so-call “protection.”B. The policemen in this locality have got held of those hoo

23、ligans who pressed the shop owners for protection fees.C. The local police arrested those gangsters who extorted protection money from shop owners.D. The local police authorities have already detained those scoundrels that threatened shop owners to hand in the money for their protection.22有时大人也会上小孩的

24、当。A. Sometimes even adults will fall for childrens tricks.B. Once in a while, grownups will also be hoodwinked by a kid.C. From time to time, mature adults may be cheated by small children.D. At some occasions, kids may successfully take the grownup in.23此外，英语得到了极大的丰富和发展，受益于许多其他语言。A. Still, the Engl

25、ish as a language made great progress and got enriched from many languages.B. Besides, English has got great progress and enrichment, benefiting a lot from other languages. C. In addition, the English language has been greatly enriched by many other languages.D. More over, English, enriched by many

26、languages, has ever since made great advances. 24将军给突击队配备的是其最勇猛的战士。A. The marshal put the bravest fighters in the storm units.B. The soldiers in the generals commando are the best among the whole fighting force.C. The soldiers showed the greatest intrepidity among the generals troops.D. The general

27、manned the assault troops with his bravest soldiers.25从一开始，他就和足球结下了不解之缘。A. From the very beginning, he and football were tightened together.B. He and football were meant for each other at the very beginning.C. Football and he were tied together so tightly that they will never separate.D. From the st

28、art, he and football became inseparable friends. 26野生的花朵散发出甜美迷人的芳香，随风荡漾，蜜蜂哼着悠扬的曲调在欢快地采集着花粉。A. Wild flowers issued very charming fragrance that travel with the wind, and bees are dancing and singing happily among the flowers.B. Those natural flowers give off attractive and nice odor, which is dancing

29、 on the light breeze, while the honeybees are humming merrily around collecting the pollens.C. Wild flowers spread their sweet heady perfume along the gentle breezes and bees hum musically to themselves as they cheerily collect flower pollen.D. Flowers in the wilderness set off enchanting sweet perf

30、umes that floats on the swift air, and the bees accompanied by their own melody are joyfully picking pollen form flowers.27. 但在我生活的大部分时间里，我一直不承认我看不见，而是装作看得见。 A. Yet for most of my life I denied my blindness and pretended I could see.B. But in the greater part of my life, I kept denying my own blindn

31、ess and pretend a joyful visibility.C. I refused to admit that I cannot see, and I pretend I can in most part of my life.D. However, I have been pretending to see while in fact I cannot in the majority of my lifetime.28. 在我面前我看到的是一片空无缥缈，过去所发生的一切似幻影般在这一片空虚中浮荡。 A. In front of me, I saw nothing but an emptiness, what happened in the past kept floating through this wide space as specters.B. Before my eyes, I feel a ghost-like phantom crossing the emptiness, everything that happened in the past seem so unreal.C. I took in all the emptin