1、翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题 59 及答案解析(总分：85.63，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 Vocabulary and Gra(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part 1 Vocabulary Se(总题数：10，分数：15.10)1.Despite repeated _ by educational authorities for concrete measures to reduce students“ burdens, little has changed.（分数：0.50）A.directionsB.recommendationsC.adviceD.calls2.It is u
2、nderstandable that though adolescent maturational and developmental states occur in an orderly sequence, their timing _ with regard to onset and duration.（分数：2.00）A.faltersB.variesC.acceleratesD.dwindles3.The newly elected president of the country has made up his mind to _ the established policy of
3、developing agriculture.（分数：2.00）A.go onB.go afterC.go forD.go by4.A good hand at management usually has second _ to one“s bow, a best card to be played when needed.（分数：1.60）A.ropeB.threadC.strawD.string5.Some Americans are not sure if Obama is a president with great _ and therefore deserves their po
4、litical support.（分数：2.00）A.instigationB.integrityC.instinctD.intensity6.The jury gave a_of “not guilty“.（分数：0.50）A.sentenceB.judgementC.chargeD.verdict7.His ideas about the current situation were so _ that I had to agree with him.（分数：2.00）A.cavernousB.chronicC.choralD.cogent8.George Ernest Morrison,
5、 an Australian, traveled the “five-foot roads,“ or foot paths, from Shanghai to Rangoon in 1894, _ China before it was engulfed in a century of revolution, war and political tumult.（分数：0.50）A.witnessB.witnessedC.witnessingD.to witness9.The Earth _ three principal layers: the dense, iron-rich core, t
6、he mantle made of silicate rocks, and the thin, solid-surface crust.（分数：2.00）A.comprisesB.composesC.consistsD.concedes10.According to the recent research of Northeastern University, our _ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of ability to smell and 50 percent o
7、f their taste buds.（分数：2.00）A.sensoryB.sensitiveC.sensibleD.senseless三、Part 2 Vocabulary Re(总题数：5，分数：8.10)11.The attitude of the politician toward this issue is obscure .（分数：2.50）A.equalB.distinctC.equivocalD.estimable12.The author of the book On the Human Animal was not at all dubious of the disast
8、rous future of human“s life in that respect.（分数：1.60）A.ambiguousB.doubtfulC.assuredD.confident13.In the 1400s, artists often created their own pigments by pulverizing semiprecious stones.（分数：2.00）A.washing color fromB.making a powder ofC.imitating colors ofD.brushing dust from14.The student was rebu
9、ked for playing pranks during the class.（分数：1.00）A.cribsB.quipsC.didoD.nogs15.There was no enmity between us, so we were able to reach an agreement on the sale of the property.（分数：1.00）A.animosityB.indemnityC.perfidyD.obloquy四、Part 3 Correcting Gr(总题数：5，分数：9.50)16.When he realized he had been sugges
10、ted to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatened to start legal proceedings to cancel the agreement.（分数：2.50）A.elicitedB.excitedC.deducedD.induced17.Because our work is very busy , so we need to relax at midday.（分数：1.00）A.We are very busyB.Our work being busyC.Our work so very busyD.Because our w
11、ork so very busy,18.Don“t set him to talking philosophy or he“ll go on all evening.（分数：2.50）A.offB.onC.atD.of19.A man who publicly says something defamatory about someone is reffered to as a drover, we should be careful about this sort of man.（分数：1.00）A.so we must be careful about this sort of man.B
12、.and we should be careful about this sort.C.so that we must be careful with him.D.and we can never be careful about the man.20.The affluent middle class created by the Asian boom now take up over from exports as the main engine of growth.（分数：2.50）A.take over from exportsB.take from exportsC.take exp
13、ortsD.takes exports五、 Reading Comprehens(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Modern industrial society grants little status to old people. In fact, such a society has a system of built-in obsolescence. There is no formal system for continuing our education throughout our life in order to keep up with rapidly changing kn
14、owledge. When our education and job skills have grown obsolete, we are treated exactly like those who have never gained an education or job skills and are not encouraged or given the opportunity to begin anew. As a society becomes more highly developed, the overall status of older people diminishes.
15、 Improved health technology creates a large pool of old people, who compete for jobs with the young. However, economic technology lowers the demand for workers and creates new jobs for which the skills of the aged are obsolete, forcing older people into retirement. At the same time, young people are
16、 being educated in the new technology and are keeping pace with rapid changes in knowledge. Finally, urbanization creates age-segregated neighborhoods. Because the old live on fixed incomes, they must often live in inferior housing. All these factorsretirement, obsolete knowledge and skills, inferio
17、r standards of livinglower the status of the aged in society. A century ago, when one could expect to live only to 50 or so, the life span more or less coincided with the occupation and family cycle. But today the average life span allows for fifteen to twenty years of life after these cycles. It ap
18、pears that our life span is outpacing our usefulness in society.（分数：20.00）(1).By “a system of built-in obsolescence“ the author means _.（分数：2.00）A.no formal systems exist in modern industrial societyB.old people have no status in modem industrial societyC.young people have chances in modern industri
19、al societyD.knowledge changes rapidly in modern industrial society(2).According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true?（分数：2.00）A.People don“t have to gain education.B.People don“t have to learn job skills.C.People don“t have to be treated as equals.D.People don“t have chances to beg
20、in anew.(3).The more highly developed a society is, _.（分数：2.00）A.the more advanced technology will beB.the larger the number of people will beC.the more diminished old people“s status will beD.the lower the overall status of the people will be(4).The high development of economic technology _.（分数：2.0
21、0）A.makes job skills out of fashionB.lowers the demand for workersC.forces old people into retirementD.creates new jobs for older people(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.Retired people could only live on fixed incomes.B.Retired people are more skillful than young people,C.
22、Young people are educated in the new technology.D.Young people are keeping pace with rapid changes.(6).According to this passage, the status of the aged is lowered by their _.（分数：2.00）A.forced retirementB.inferior housingC.longer life spanD.fixed incomes(7).The sentence “our life span outpaces our u
23、sefulness“ means we can live longer _.（分数：2.00）A.and make progressB.and do more workC.but move slowlyD.but become useless(8).The author“s attitude toward the aged is _.（分数：2.00）A.realisticB.optimisticC.pessimisticD.sympathetic(9).It can be deduced from this passage that one should _.（分数：2.00）A.learn
24、 new skillsB.be open-mindedC.have a good personalityD.keep pace with the times(10).Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?（分数：2.00）A.The Problem of AgingB.Social StructuresC.Economic TechnologyD.Continuing Education六、 Cloze Test(总题数：1，分数：34.00)It never occurred to him that h
25、e and his doing were not of the most intense and fascinating interest to anyone with whom he came in contact. He had theories about almost any subject under the sun, including vegetarianism, the drama, politics, and music; and in support of these theories he wrote pamphlets, letters, books, thousand
26、s upon thousands of words, hundreds and hundreds of pages. He not only wrote these things, and published themusually at somebody else“s expensebut he would sit and read them aloud, for hours, to his friends and his family. He had the emotional stability of a six-year-old child. When he felt out of s
27、orts, he would rave and stamp, or sink into suicidal gloom and talk darkly of going to the East to end his days as a Buddhist monk. Ten minutes later, when something pleased him, he would rush out of doors and run around the garden, or jump up and down on the sofa, or stand on his head. He was almos
28、t innocent of any sense of responsibility. Not only did he seem incapable of supporting himself, but it never 1 to him that he was under any obligation to do so. He was convinced that the 2 owed him a living. In support of this belief, he borrowed 3 from everybody who was good for a loanmen, women,
29、friends, or 4 . He wrote begging letters by the score, sometimes groveling 5 shame, at others loftily offering his intended benefactor the privilege of 6 to his support, and being mortally offended if the recipient declined the 7 . I have found no record of his ever paying or repaying money to 8 who
30、 did not have a legal claim upon it. The name of this monster was Richard Wagner. Everything that I have said about him you can find 9 record: in newspapers, in police reports, in the testimony of people who knew him, in his own letters, 10 the lines of his autobiography. And the curious thing about
31、 this record is 11 it doesn“t matter in the least. Because this undersized, sickly, 12 , fascinating little man was right all the time. The joke was 13 us. He was one of the world“s greatest dramatists; he was a great 14 ; he was one of the most stupendous musical geniuses that, up to now, the world
32、 has 15 seen. The world did owe him a living. When you consider what he wrote: thirteen operas and 16 dramas, eleven of them still holding the stage, eight of them unquestionably 17 ranking among the world“s great musical-dramatic masterpieces: when you listen to 18 he wrote, the debts and heartache
33、s that people had to endure from him don“t 19 much of a price. Think of the luxury with which for a time, at least, fate 20 Napoleon, the man who ruined France and looted Europe; and then 21 you will agree that a few thousand dollars“ worth of debts were not too 22 a price to pay for the Ring trilog
34、y. Listening to his music, one does not forgive him for what he 23 or may not have been. It is not a matter of forgiveness. It is a 24 of being dumb with wonder that his poor brain and body didn“t burst 25 the torment of the demon of creative energy that lived inside him, 26 , clawing, scratching to
35、 be released; tearing, shrieking at him to 27 the music that was in him. The miracle is that what he did in the little 28 of seventy years could have been done at all, even by a great 29 . Is it any wonder that he had no time to be a man?（分数：33.93）七、 Writing(总题数：1，分数：-1.00)21.Read the following Engl
36、ish passage and then write a Chinese summary of approximately 300 words that expresses its main ideas and basic information. Deceptively small in column inches, a recent New York Times article holds large meaning for us in business. The item concerned one Daniel Provenzano, 38, of Upper Saddle River
37、, N.J. Here is the relevant portion: When he owned a Fort Lee printing company called Advice Inc., Mr. Provenzano said he found out that a sales representative he employed had stolen $9,000. Mr. Provenzano said he told the man that “if he wanted to keep his employment, I would have to break his thum
38、b.“ He said another Advice employee drove the sales representative to Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, broke the thumb with a hammer outside the hospital, and then had a car service take the man home after the thumb was repaired. Mr. Provenzano explained that he “didn“t want to set an example“ that wo
39、rkers could get away with stealing. The worker eventually paid back $4,500 and kept his job, he said. I know that you“re thinking: This is an outrage. I, too, was shocked that Provenzano was being prosecuted for his astute management. Indeed, I think his “modest proposal“ has a lot to teach managers
40、 as they struggle with the problems of our people-centered business environment. Problems such as Dealing with the bottom 10%. GE made the system famous, but plenty of companies are using it: Every year you get rid of the worst-evaluated workers. Many managers object that this practice is inhumane,
41、but not dealing with that bottom 10% leads to big performance problems. Provenzano found a kinder, gentler answer. After all, this employee would have been fired virtually anywhere else. But at Advice Inc., he stayed on the job. And you know what? I bet he became a very, veryveryproductive employee.
42、 For most managers Provenzano“s innovative response will be a welcome new addition to their executive tool kit. And by the way, “executive tool kit“ is clearly more than just a metaphor at Advice Inc. Being the employer of choice. With top talent scarce everywhere, most companies now want to be thei
43、r industry“s or their community“s most desirable employer. Advice Inc. understood. The employee in question wasn“t simply disciplined in his supervisor“s office and sent home. No, that“s how an ordinary employer would have done it. But at Advice Inc., another employeethe HR manager, perhaps? took ti
44、me out his busy day and drove the guy right to the emergency room. And thenthe detail that says it allthe company provided a car service to drive the employee home. The message to talented job candidates comes through loud and clear: Advice Inc. is a company that cares. Setting an example to others.
45、 An eternal problem for managers is how to let all employees know what happens to those who perform especially well or badly. A few companies actually post everyone“s salary and bonus on their intranet. But pay is so one-dimensional. At Advice Inc., a problem that would hardly be mentioned at most c
46、ompaniesembezzlement was undoubtedly the topic of rich discussions for weeks, at least until the employee“s cast came off. Any employee theft probably went way, waywaydown. When the great Roberto Goizueta was CEO of Coca-Cola he used to talk about this problem of setting examples and once observed,
47、“Sometimes you must have an execution in the public square!“ But of course he was speaking only figuratively. If he had just listened to his own words, Goizueta might have been an even better CEO. Differentiation. This is one of Jack Welch“ s favorite conceptsthe idea that managers should treat diff
48、erent employees very differently based on performance. Welch liked to differentiate with salary, bonus, and stock options, but now, in what must henceforth be known as the post-Provenzano management era, we can see that GE“s great management thinker just wasn“t thinking big enough. This Times articl
49、e is tantalizing and frustrating. In just a few sentences it opens a whole new world of management, yet much more surely remains to be told. We must all urge Provenzano to write a book explaining his complete managerial philosophy. （分数：-1.00）_翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题 59 答案解析(总分：85.63，做题时间：90 分钟)一、 Vocabulary and Gra(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part 1 Vocabulary Se(总题数：10，分数：15.10)1.Despite repeated _ by educational au
