1、翻译二级笔译综合能力-20 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 Cloze Test(总题数：3，分数：100.00)Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated.An anthropologist and a team of researchers have
2、 (1) some of the arcane rituals of British pubsstarting with the (2) of getting a drink. Most pubs have no waitersyou (3) to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths (4) for 45 minutes before they realized they would have to (5) for their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is
3、a (6) purpose.Pub culture is designed to (7) sociability in a society known for its reserve. Standing at the (8) for service allows you to chat with others (9) to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only (10) in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with (11) is considered entirely
4、 appropriate and really quite normal (12) . “If you havent been to a pub, you (13) been to Britain.“ This tip can be found in a (14) , Passport to the Pub: The Tourists Guide to Pub Etiquette, a (15) code of conduct for those wanting to sample “a central part of (16) life and culture“. The trouble i
5、s that if you do not (17) the local rules, the experience may fall flat. For (18) , if you are in a big group, it is best if only one (19) two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing irritates the (20) customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat
6、and dither about what to order.（分数：36.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_World Water ShortageA new study warns that about thirty percent of the worlds people may not have enough water by the y
7、ear 2025.A private American organization called (1) Action International did the new study. It says (2) than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people (3) enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight (4) . Most of the countries are in Africa or the (5) East.P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says
8、(6) the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people (7) lack water. At least 18 more countries are (8) to have severe water problems. The demand (9) water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth (10) the same.Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is (11) faster
9、than in other parts of the world. He says (12) growth in these countries will continue to (13) .The report says lack of water in the future may (14) in several problems. It may increase health (15) . Lack of water often means drinking (16) not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems (17) over the
10、 world because of diseases, such as cholera, (18) are carried in water. Lack of water may also result (19) more international conflict. Countries may have to (20) for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. This is true of Egypt, the Nethe
11、rlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.（分数：32.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填
12、空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Blair Admits Never Having Sent Flowers to His WifeBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted on a television programme that he has never sent flowers to his wife Cherie and that he had a youthful crush on Hollywood be
13、auty Grace Kelly.Blair, who allowed Channel 4 interviewer June Sarpong to shadow him for two days last month, made other personal (1) when asked questions he rarely hears on the usual television political (2) .During the interviews for a program targeting 18-30 year (3) , the prime minister admitted
14、 he sometimes has to “wing it“ when (4) public appearances and that he yearns to go out for a drink (5) being recognised.However, the most dramatic revelation was his reply to Sarpongs (6) on whether he still sends his wife flowers, prompting his interviewer to (7) in disbelief. “Ive never sent her
15、flowers. If I sent her flowers, she would (8) worried,“ Blair said.But he added: “I am romantic. There are other ways of (9) romantic.“Blair needed a few moments to recall which posters he had (10) his bedroom wall as a youngster, then revealed: “Ill tell you. actually, (11) I was younger, I loved G
16、race Kelly.“Born in 1929, Kelly (12) in films like Dial M For Murder, Rear Window and High Society in the mid-1950s, but (13) acting to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956, when Blair was (14) two years old.Blair admitted he initially found it “odd“ to be (15) minister and to be rushed in motorca
17、des from appointment to (16) , and worried that his lifesty left him “a bit isolated“ from (17) people.He admitted that he was constantly on the phone between public (18) , and rarely had time to prepare for his next (19) , telling Sarpong: “I wing it all the time.“And he revealed he has to check hi
18、mself before he replies to (20) questions from the public. “The worst thing is when someone is giving you a real earful and you think Im going to say something I will regret,“ he said.Asked what he would do if he could be invisible for a day, Blair yearned for a more ordinary life, saying he would “
19、just walk down the street and go to the pub. just be absolutely normal“.（分数：32.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_翻译二级笔译综合能力-20 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 Cloze Test(总题数：3，分数：100.00)Visitors
20、 to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated.An anthropologist and a team of researchers have (1) some of the arcane rituals of British pubsstarting with the (2) of getting
21、 a drink. Most pubs have no waitersyou (3) to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths (4) for 45 minutes before they realized they would have to (5) for their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a (6) purpose.Pub culture is designed to (7) sociability in a society known for
22、 its reserve. Standing at the (8) for service allows you to chat with others (9) to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only (10) in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with (11) is considered entirely appropriate and really quite normal (12) . “If you havent been to a pub, you (
23、13) been to Britain.“ This tip can be found in a (14) , Passport to the Pub: The Tourists Guide to Pub Etiquette, a (15) code of conduct for those wanting to sample “a central part of (16) life and culture“. The trouble is that if you do not (17) the local rules, the experience may fall flat. For (1
24、8) , if you are in a big group, it is best if only one (19) two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing irritates the (20) customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order.（分数：36.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：unveiled）解析：从全句来看，诸如 fou
25、nd, discovered 和 unveiled 都说得通，但第三个词更贴近该句的语境。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：difficulty）解析：本文一直谈的主题就是 difficulty，所以此空一般不会填错。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：have）解析：从上文提到的 difficulty 来判断，这里应该是表示“不得不”之概念的 have to。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：waited）解析：跟随名词之后的有三种可能：一是介词，二是动词的过去分词，三是现在分词。根据空后的 45 minutes 基本可判断出该空应为 waiting。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：fetch）解析：这里填 fet
26、ch 或 get 均可。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：hidden）解析：此空丢掉的明显是形容词，而常用来修饰 purpose 的形容词有三个：一是 obvious，二是 hidden，三是 some。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：promote）解析：此空是个动宾搭配问题：用于 socialbility 之前的动词有三个选择：一是 promote，二是strengthen，三是 enhance。但从定义的角度看，promote 更为准确。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：bar）解析：bar 是该文的主题词。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：waiting）解析：空后的 to be served 表明此空丢
27、掉的是 waiting。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：site）解析：根据该空的语境，site 是唯一的选择。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：strangers）解析：按常理，跟随 conversation with 的或是 friends 或是 strangers，该句的上下文分明暗示谈话的对象是 strangers。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：behavior）解析：和 normal 或 abnormal 常搭配的一般是 behavior。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：havent）解析：从句法角度(if one hasnt. one hasnt.)来判断，确定此空答案一般不会出错。填空项 1:_
28、 （正确答案：booklet）解析：根据此空之后的句子，该空应为 booklet。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：customers）解析：这里能和 code 搭配的也只能是 customers 或 clients。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：British）解析：British 也是该文的主题词之一。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：follow）解析：该空有两个选择：一是 follow，二是 observe。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：example）解析：根据空后的内容，这里丢掉的无疑是 example。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：or）解析：one or two 是个常见的搭配。填空项 1:_
29、（正确答案：regular）解析：根据全文的语境，这里丢掉的无疑是与 new 相对的 regular。World Water ShortageA new study warns that about thirty percent of the worlds people may not have enough water by the year 2025.A private American organization called (1) Action International did the new study. It says (2) than three-hundred-thirty-
30、five-million people (3) enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight (4) . Most of the countries are in Africa or the (5) East.P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says (6) the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people (7) lack water. At least 18 more countries are (8) to have severe water pro
31、blems. The demand (9) water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth (10) the same.Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is (11) faster than in other parts of the world. He says (12) growth in these countries will continue to (13) .The report says lack of water in t
32、he future may (14) in several problems. It may increase health (15) . Lack of water often means drinking (16) not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems (17) over the world because of diseases, such as cholera, (18) are carried in water. Lack of water may also result (19) more international conf
33、lict. Countries may have to (20) for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. This is true of Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve thei
34、r economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.（分数：32.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Population）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：more）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：lack）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：countries）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Middle）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：by）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：may）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：expected）
35、解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：for）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：stays）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：growing）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：population）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：increase）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：result）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：problems）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：waters）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：all）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：which）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：in）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：compete）解析：Blair Admit
36、s Never Having Sent Flowers to His WifeBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted on a television programme that he has never sent flowers to his wife Cherie and that he had a youthful crush on Hollywood beauty Grace Kelly.Blair, who allowed Channel 4 interviewer June Sarpong to shadow him for two d
37、ays last month, made other personal (1) when asked questions he rarely hears on the usual television political (2) .During the interviews for a program targeting 18-30 year (3) , the prime minister admitted he sometimes has to “wing it“ when (4) public appearances and that he yearns to go out for a
38、drink (5) being recognised.However, the most dramatic revelation was his reply to Sarpongs (6) on whether he still sends his wife flowers, prompting his interviewer to (7) in disbelief. “Ive never sent her flowers. If I sent her flowers, she would (8) worried,“ Blair said.But he added: “I am romanti
39、c. There are other ways of (9) romantic.“Blair needed a few moments to recall which posters he had (10) his bedroom wall as a youngster, then revealed: “Ill tell you. actually, (11) I was younger, I loved Grace Kelly.“Born in 1929, Kelly (12) in films like Dial M For Murder, Rear Window and High Soc
40、iety in the mid-1950s, but (13) acting to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956, when Blair was (14) two years old.Blair admitted he initially found it “odd“ to be (15) minister and to be rushed in motorcades from appointment to (16) , and worried that his lifesty left him “a bit isolated“ from (17
41、) people.He admitted that he was constantly on the phone between public (18) , and rarely had time to prepare for his next (19) , telling Sarpong: “I wing it all the time.“And he revealed he has to check himself before he replies to (20) questions from the public. “The worst thing is when someone is
42、 giving you a real earful and you think Im going to say something I will regret,“ he said.Asked what he would do if he could be invisible for a day, Blair yearned for a more ordinary life, saying he would “just walk down the street and go to the pub. just be absolutely normal“.（分数：32.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答
43、案：revelations）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：programs）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：olds）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：making）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：without）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：question）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：sheiek）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：get）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：being）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：on）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：when）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：starred）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：quit）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：just）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：prime）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：appointment）解析：填空项 1:_
