1、翻译二级笔译综合能力-9 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B Vocabulary an(总题数：20，分数：10.00)1.The solidarity among the young, especially the 386 Generation, is so strong that its helping to _ the countrys deep-rooted regional divide.（分数：0.50）A.enhanceB.dissolveC.weakenD.move2.When you make the sacrifice in marriage,
2、the psychologists say, youre sacrificing not to each other but to _ in a relationship.（分数：0.50）A.unityB.utilityC.fraternityD.reality3.The streets of the Dual Springs neighborhood, a migrant-worker hub in northern Beijing, are _ . Thats no surprise; more than 13,000 people have been quarantined in Ch
3、inas capital to halt the insidious spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).（分数：0.50）A.desertedB.vacatedC.unlived inD.removed4.When Joe was left to live with those people, he found that they were so _ of life that he couldnt stay with them.（分数：0.50）A.painfulB.disdainfulC.meaningfulD.fruitf
4、ul5.The constant changes in fashion, _ with a view to higher sales, made greater demands on women as a class.（分数：0.50）A.predictedB.dictatedC.statedD.related6.We are well aware of the responsibilities that necessarily _ to our office.（分数：0.50）A.attachB.confrontsC.givenD.face7.He aimed at finding some
5、 workable _ with a man who was a celebrity not only in the inward-reflecting world of Oxford but in the larger world outside.（分数：0.50）A.neighborhoodB.workmanshipC.relationshipD.craftsmanship8.I will never _ the experiences of the four years at Howard University, though there were unhappy encounters.
6、（分数：0.50）A.dischargeB.rechargeC.discardD.dispose9.People say that what we are all _ is a meaning for life, but I dont think thats what we all look for.（分数：0.50）A.seeingB.seekingC.watchingD.looking10.If we can _ any kind of killing in the name of religion, the door is opened for all kinds of other ju
7、stifications.（分数：0.50）A.purifyB.satisfyC.justifyD.verify11.We should not _ the West, nor should we praise it to the skies and think great of everything that belongs to the West.（分数：0.50）A.forgiveB.forsakeC.forlornD.forage12.Bill Gates is one of those who are said to be _ , able to rack huge profits
8、at every turn.（分数：0.50）A.on the shipB.on the planeC.on the gravy trainD.on the rocks13.The Wright brothers continued their flying in France and _ all who saw them.（分数：0.50）A.saddenedB.frightenedC.astonishedD.alarmed14.My mother says a teaching machine has to be _ to fit the mind of each boy and girl
9、 it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.（分数：0.50）A.modifiedB.consideredC.adjustedD.remanufactured15.It is a dangerous thing nowadays if you do not _ others at arms length, for they may hit you below the belt any time.（分数：0.50）A.bakeB.keepC.takeD.make16.They did considerable work t
10、o _ the masses of the United States with the elementary problems of Latin America.（分数：0.50）A.allowB.acquaintC.notifyD.propagate17.In many _ a lack of direction prompted the Republican Guard to call it a day.（分数：0.50）A.occasionsB.casesC.eventsD.days18.It is easy to see why many little girls prefer to
11、 _ with the male role, but the girl who does find the male role more attractive is faced with a dilemma.（分数：0.50）A.beautifyB.modifyC.identifyD.justify19.I could easily perceive that his heart burnt to relieve his starving kids, but he seemed ashamed to _ his inability to me.（分数：0.50）A.discoverB.reco
12、verC.demonstrateD.impress20.The big retailers are starting to think small, too. Sainsburys and Tesco have launched convenience-store chains, called Local and Express, respectivelythat have fast become _ in British towns.（分数：0.50）A.ubiquitousB.establishedC.frequentedD.known二、BPart 2 Vocabula(总题数：15，分
13、数：7.50)21.Somesuch as liquid oxygenare so cold that they embrittle many constructional materials and evaporate continuously if not refrigerated.（分数：0.50）A.weakenB.strengthenC.reduceD.cause . to become brittle22.Everyone must be responsible for their own behavior, and most of the young people today a
14、re interested, as far as I can perceive, in taking their knocks, just as adults must take theirs.（分数：0.50）A.taking their jobsB.sharing their ideasC.assuming their responsibilitiesD.shaking off their responsibilities23.Traffic with criminals is dangerous.（分数：0.50）A.dealing with criminalsB.tracking th
15、e criminalsC.fighting the criminalsD.transporting criminals24.In the last 10 years we have all witnessed an impressive growth in our knowledge about the environments.（分数：0.50）A.imperativeB.observableC.sustainableD.expressive25.It wasnt long before Franks was a marked man. After he served in Desert S
16、torm, directing helicopter and ground units, the Armys high command gave him the job of remaking the service for the post-cold war world.（分数：0.50）A.a person whose conduct is watched with suspicion or hostilityB.a man destined to succeedC.a remarkable personD.a notable person26.“No,“ Kojima said, “th
17、e point is, he spoke out, he stood up to America. Japan is just getting tired of being pushed around.“（分数：0.50）A.he stood up and spoke to the American audienceB.he faced America boldlyC.he challenged AmericaD.he met the Americans challenge proudly27.The man we met this morning grows many kinds of pl
18、ants in his garden, most of which are flowers including succulents and cacti.（分数：0.50）A.risesB.raisesC.plantsD.plows28.Isolated cases of disaffectionor harbingers of a mass cross-border movement that threatens Europes economic stability? The question is pressing.（分数：0.50）A.signB.forerunnerC.messenge
19、rD.vanguard29.Ones knowledge of the world, according to humanists, is largely derived by observation, experience and their analysis of the things they observe and experience.（分数：0.50）A.come fromB.determinedC.resulted inD.resulted from30.In our culture and in our eyes success all too often means simp
20、ly outdoing other people by virtue of achievement judged by some single scaleincome or honorsand coming out at “the top“.（分数：0.50）A.outfittingB.outbiddingC.outragingD.outshining31.Is it possible that the entire tale is but a garbled account of that voyage and Biarni another name for Leif?（分数：0.50）A.
21、detailedB.plausibleC.distortedD.eye-witness32.The most notorious expression of that change was last years bootleg publication of “The Japan That Can Say No“the book written by fight-wing politician Shintaro Ishihara and Sony chairman Akio Morita.（分数：0.50）A.free publicationB.pirate publicationC.lawfu
22、l publicationD.commercial publication33.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 oclock and by the shortage of bottle beer.（分数：0.50）A.factuallyB.eventuallyC.consequentlyD.signif
23、icantly34.A “Backgrounder“ permits newspapermen to publish information given them though without attribution to the source.（分数：0.50）A.a person who remains behind the sceneB.a person providing the background knowledgeC.a press conferenceD.a news agency35.The scientist contested the assumption of prev
24、ious scientists that the fate of human beings could not be predicated.（分数：0.50）A.respectedB.supposedC.suspectedD.assumed三、BPart 3 Correcti(总题数：15，分数：7.50)36.China not only will endeavor to curb its population growth, but will also upgrade the education of its citizens.（分数：0.50）A.will not only . but
25、also willB.will not only . but also willC.will not only . but alsoD.not only . but will also37.For me and my other classmates, trying to fathom what happened to our old school friend, we may never know if we really would grow up with a future terrorist.（分数：0.50）A.grow upB.are growing upC.grew upD.sh
26、all grow up38.One morning my patience was growing thin during Mark talked once too often, and then I made a novice-teachers mistake.（分数：0.50）A.whenB.asC.whileD.whenever39.Of course, the notion suspects that while people work 50 weeks a year, their output is greater than they work 46 or 47 weeks.（分数：
27、0.50）A.predicts . even ifB.assumes . ifC.assumes . whenD.predicts . when40.The made-in-America idea of the global brand has built a name that people will buy on faith, and the pioneer was Coca-Cola.（分数：0.50）A.is buildingB.is to buildC.was to buildD.was building41.I was standing behind him and I did
28、see Sandra handing the letter to Joe.（分数：0.50）A.handB.has handedC.handedD.was handing42.The President was talking to all the department heads while a group of unexpected important clients had arrived for a talk with him.（分数：0.50）A.when . were arrivingB.as . had arrivedC.when . arrivingD.when . arriv
29、ed43.In each persons life there are three stages. When one was young, people said, “He will do something.“ As he grew older and did nothing, they said, “He could do something if he found himself.“ When he was white-haired, people said of him, “He might do something if he could try anything.“（分数：0.50
30、）A.He should have done something if he has tried somethingB.He would have done something if he should have tried anythingC.He might do something if he would try something.D.He might have done something if he had tried anything44.When I was an editor, I always preferred to apologise promptly, what th
31、e merits of the case, rather than face the expense and, importantly, the time consuming complexities and debilitating worry of litigation, libel being one of the least satisfactory branches of the law.（分数：0.50）A.whichever, more importantlyB.whatever, more importantC.whichever, more importantD.whatev
32、er, more importantly45.A survey asked British mums who work outside the home what they would most like for Mothers Day. And what did they reply? “Flowers? Chocolates? Dinner in Paris?“ No, what 72% wanted was this: a little bit of time for mother.（分数：0.50）A.to myselfB.to mornC.for mornD.by myself46.
33、Of course, nobody ever thought the prime ministers job shall be easy.（分数：0.50）A.wouldB.couldC.willD.should47.For the least. American roots are no longer an easy selling point. Through much of the postwar period, US brands could play off this cachet; Levis ad campaigns used wholesome themes of boy-me
34、ets-girl in a heartland American setting until the early 1990s.（分数：0.50）A.At leastB.At the leastC.At mostD.At the most48.If they will not be able to reach agreement before the conference, they shall lose a good opportunity of involving themselves to do the project.（分数：0.50）A.will be unable . to invo
35、lvingB.are unable . to involveC.are not be able . to involveD.will be able . to involving49.One of the key features of CBI is the use of authentic “input“in other words, “real“ reading but listening material: magazine and newspaper articles, poems, short stories, brochures, excerpts from textbooks w
36、ritten for native speakers of English, radio interviews, lectures, and advertisements.（分数：0.50）A.andB.orC.and/orD.nil50.Downing Street is fighting fiercely for something it hopes it shall control: its reputation. “The BBC is now saying, Nobody ever said the prime minister told a lie, but thats exact
37、ly what theyre saying,“ Alastair Campbell, Blairs director of communications, told Newsweek. “Thats pretty heavy.“（分数：0.50）A.couldB.wouldC.canD.will四、B Reading Compr(总题数：9，分数：50.00)In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passa
38、ge, each with 4 (A, B, C and D) choices to complete the statement. You must choose the one which you think fits best. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 70 minutes.Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage.To Err i
39、s Humanby Lewis ThomasEveryone must have had at least one personal experience with a computer error by this time. Bank balances are suddenly reported to have jumped from $ 379 into the millions, appeals for charitable contributions are mailed over and over to people with crazy sounding names at your
40、 address, department stores send the wrong bills, utility companies write that theyre turning everything off, that sort of thing. If you manage to get in touch with someone and complain, you then get instantaneously typed, guilty letters from the same computer, saying, “Our computer was in error, an
41、d an adjustment is being made in your account.“These are supposed to be the sheerest, blindest accidents. Mistakes are not believed to be the normal behavior of a good machine. If things go wrong, it must be a personal, human error, the result of fingering, tampering a button getting stuck, someone
42、hitting the wrong key. The computer, at its normal best, is infallible.I wonder whether this can be true. After all, the whole point of computers is that they represent an extension of the human brain, vastly improved upon but nonetheless human, superhuman maybe. A good computer can think clearly an
43、d quickly enough to beat you at chess, and some of them have even been programmed to write obscure verse. They can do anything we can do, and more besides.It is not yet known whether a computer has its own consciousness, and it would be hard to find out about this. When you walk into one of those gr
44、eat halls now built for the huge machines, and standing listening, it is easy to imagine that the faint, distant noises are the sound of thinking, and the turning of the spools gives them the look of wild creatures rolling their eyes in the effort to concentrate, choking with information. But real t
45、hinking, and dreaming, are other matters. On the other hand, the evidence of something like an unconscious, equivalent to ours, are all around, in every mail. As extensions of the human brain, they have been constructed the same property of error, spontaneous, uncontrolled, and rich in possibilities
46、.（分数：5.00）(1).The title of the writing “To Err is Human“ implies that _.（分数：1.00）A.making mistakes is confined only to human beingsB.every human being cannot avoid making mistakesC.all human beings are always making mistakesD.every human being is born to make bad mistakes(2).The first paragraph impl
47、ies that _.（分数：1.00）A.computer errors are so obvious that one can hardly prevent it from happeningB.the computer is so capable of making errors that none of them is avoidableC.computers make such errors as miscalculation and inaccurate reportingD.Computers cant think so their errors are natural and
48、unavoidable(3).The author uses his hypothesis that “computers represents an extension of the human brain“ in order to indicate that _.（分数：1.00）A.human beings are not infallible, nor are computersB.computers are bound to make as many errors as human beingsC.errors made by computers can be avoided the
49、 same as human mistakes can be avoidedD.computers axe made by human beings and so are their errors(4).The rhetoric the author employed in writing the third paragraph, especially the sentence “A good computer can think clearly and quickly enough to beat you at chess.“ is usually referred to in writing as _.（分数：1.00）A.climaxB.personificationC.hyperboleD.onomatopoeia(5).The author compared the faint and distant sound of t
