英语二级笔译综合能力模拟试题(一)-聚题库

1. The new Personal Digital Assistance contained a large（）of information about an individual fife.

Adeal

Bamount

Cnumber

Daccount

2. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner,（）to the body.

Athe stress it is greater

Bgreater is the stress

Cgreater stress is

Dthe greater the stress

3. Sadly, while the academic industry thrives, the practice of translation continues to（）.

Astack

Bstage

Cstagnate

Dstamp

4. The most familiar headache comes from （） tightness in the back, head and neck, which might be caused in turn by exertion, or worry or stress.

Amonopoly

Bmuscle

Cmurmur

Dmonster

5. A （） of sympathy swept through Japan yesterday as people heard the shocking news of Obuchi's (小渊惠三) descent into a coma．

Awave

Btide

Crush

Dshower

6. The prisoner has been （）of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.

Aensured

Binformed

Cconvinced

Ddeprived

7. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event（）is equal to the probability that it will not occur.

Aoccurring

Boccurred

Coccurs

Doccur

8. Home to（）and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, thecity was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.

Amagnates

Bmagnets

Cmachines

Dmagnitudes

9. The waterfront is notorious for bringing out thievery in the human spirit, asany owmer will testify. （）

Ainf amous

Barrogant

Cweird

Dspotted

10. We were told during our（）briefing that these warehouses were abandoned.

Ainsolent

Bindefinite

Cintimate

Dinitial

11. He was facing charges on forgery in a court of law but he hired a good attorney to（）.

Aget off

Bget through

Cget by

Dget away

12. I felt completely squashed by her（）comment.

Asuspicious

Bsarcastic

Csympathetic

Dsubstantial

13. These things have nothing to do with each other. They are totally( ).

Airrelevant

Bunrelated

Cirreconcilable

Dirreplaceable

14. Political cartoons often convey messages by mocking a particular type of personality or institution.（）

Aenter taining

Bignoring

Cdr awing

Dridiculing

15. The President is certain to know the result of this vote as a (n) （） for further economic decision-making.

Amandate

Baviation

Cpretext

Drampage

16. Only one-fifth of Americans saw oil as the chief reason that the U.S. made a war on Iraq, but 75percent of the French and of the Russians believed（）.

Ato

Bso

Cgo

Ddo

17. They are at the moment working （）time to get everything ready for the conference.

Aagainst

Bin

Con

Dahead

18. The state of Michigan now requires sports fans to make an annual（）of $125 to $500 a seatto keep their end zone perches at Michigan Stadium.

Atributary

Battribution

Ccontribution

Ddistribution

19. Attendance at football matches have（）since the coming of television.

Adropped in

Bdropped off

Cdropped out

Ddr opped dowm

20. We seem oblivious of the fragility of the earth’s natural system.（）

Afrailty

Bsolitude

Cprevalence

Dfission

21. We will not be held responsible for any damage which results（）rough handling.

Afrom

Boff

Cin

Dto

22. Children who are praised for their work are always（）on.

Aencouraged

Bapproved

Cinspired

Dspurred

23. Part of political engagement is having hard conversations and understanding （）perspectives.

Adivisible

Bdivine

Cdivergent

Ddispensable

24. A baby might show fear of an unfamiliar adult, （）he is likely to smile and reach out to another infant.

Aif

Bso that

Cwhereas

Dwhenever

25. The prisoner（）that he had assaulted a policeman.

Adenied

Brejected

Ccontradicted

Drefused

26. Every day, many people come to visit the （） of the old castle.

Alocation

Bhighland

Csite

Ddesert

27. Such benefits are predicted to be greatest for Germany and Austria, （）retain the closest ties with the candidate countries.

Awhich

Bwhere

Cwho

Dthat

28. The campers（）their tent in a sheltered valley.

Aestablished

Binstalled

Cpitched

Dfixed

29. All the students and （）are free to use all Internet services via a broadband connection.

Ateacher

Bfaculty

Cmembership

Dstuff

30. The （） of electronic computers has opened up new ways of data analysis for the scientist.

Aadvent

Badverse

Cadvert

Dadvise

Every group has a culture, however uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist, there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
People once thought of the languages of backward groups as undeveloped. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex. They differ from Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this aspect, two things are to be noted. First, all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. Second, the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from the West, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"). But some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.

1. This passage is on the whole（）.

Anarrative

Binstructive

Cprescriptive

Dargumentative

2. Every group of human beings has（）.

Aits own set of ideas, beliefs and ways of life

Ban extremely complex and delicate language

Cits own elegant music, literature, and other arts

Dthe process of growing crops or raising animals

3. To the professional linguists,（）.

Athere is no intrinsic superiority of cultures

Bthere is no intrinsic hierarchy of languages

Call languages came from grunts and groans

Dall languages are most severe and standard

4. Most languages of uncivilized groups are（）.

Aadequate

Bnumerous

Cingenious

Dingenuous

5. "Backward" languages fall behind Western languages in（）.

Astructures

Bvocabularies

Cwritten forms

Dsound patterns

6. All languages, whether civilized or not, have their own（）.

Aways to transfer ideas

Bforms to satisfy needs

Cabilities to answer description

Dsystems to expand vocabulary

7. Which of the following statements is implied in the passage?

AAnthropologists have nothing to do with linguists.

BLinguists have nothing to do with anthropologists.

CThe study of languages casts light upon the study of cultures.

DThe study of cultures casts no light upon the study of languages.

8. It is implied that all cultures have to be viewed（）.

Aprofoundly

Bintrinsically

Cindependently

Dprofessionally

9. According to this passage, to learn a foreign language would require one to（）.

Ado more activities

Blearn about a new culture

Cmeet more people

Dneed more names

10. The author's attitude shown in this passage toward "backward" languages is（）.

Arestrained

Bsubjective

Cobjective

Dresolute

With stripes of blue ink snaking across his face and neck and then disappearing under the collar of his shirt before bursting into the open from under the cuffs, he is a poster boy for his profession.
Skitch, the only name he wants the public to know, exhibits pride and confidence in his designer skin.
Comfortably perched atop a stool in Graffixx Tattoo, a parlor just two blocks from the White House, he talks about his obsession with" body art", which, in his view, is winning the souls of the New Age generation as well as overall public acceptance.
"It's definitely more popular than when I started out about 10 years ago," he said as a flash of sunshine danced on a big pin piercing the skin between his eyes. "People who wouldn't even think about having a tattoo then have them.
There are no official statistics beating Skitch out. But evidence that tattoos are growing more popular is abundant on beaches, in health clubs and on the streets when summertime clothes reveal roses, mermaids and increasingly more sophisticated ornaments on shoulders, ankles and other body parts.
As far as Skitch is concerned, he is tiding the wave of the future.
The revenue of a tattoo parlor he co-owned in Minneapolis, Minnesota between 1997 and 1999 grew 60 percent in its second year of operation, he said.
"We would have made even more, if we operated in some southern resort towns, like Orlando; Daytona Beach or in southern California," he said.
It is woman, he said, who is increasing numbers driving the body art boom. "If ten years ago only 40 percent of our clients requiring tattoos were women, now they make up 50 percent," notes Skitch. "For body piercing, it's 80 percent."
Not so long ago, tattoo parlors were found in back rooms of seedy port city bars and catered to visiting sailors and city toughs.
Not anymore. Next month, top female tattoo artists from North America and Europe will descend on Orlando, Florida, for a four-day convention, according to an announcement posted on the Internet by Deana Lippens, the organizer.
Tattoos themselves have dramatically evolved over the years, becoming more complex, multi-dimensional, even exquisite, say tattoo artists.
They are no longer just model rosettes hidden on a shoulder blade. Bodies are being transformed into full-scaled tableaux featuring, for example, portraits of saints adorned by garlands of flowers or a bald eagle spreading his wings across a human torso. Some of these tableaux take years to complete.

11. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

ANow there are fewer men fond of body art than before.

BThe official statistics proved that body art gains popularity.

CAll people who didn't think about having a tattoo then now have them.

DSkitch started to engage in body art about ten years ago.

12. What does the passage mainly talk about?

ABody art gains popularity.

BThe history of body arts.

CWhy body art is more popular than before.

DThe art life of Skitch.

13. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

AMany people who like body art also like snakes.

BThe craftsmanship applied in the body art is more sophisticated.

CAmong the people who request body piercing, only 20 percent are men.

DThe body art is only a pure art not involving money.

14. The word "seedy" in Paragraph 10 means （） .

Ato cultivate seeds of some plants

Buncomfortable

Cof many seeds

Dhonorable

15. What is the most important mason why tattoos become popular in the U. S.?

AMore and more people want to demonstrate their own personality.

BWomen have been in an inferior social position for long.

CMore and more people want to make money from tattoos.

DTattoos have become a tendency, especially for young people.

Solving a problem can be broken down into several steps. First, the problem must be identified correctly. Psychologists refer (1) this step as problem representation. For many problems, figuring (2) which information is relevant and (3) is extraneous can be difficult and can interfere (4) arriving at a good solution. Clearly, before a problem can be solved, it must be obvious (5) the problem is, however, this is not as easy (6) it might seem. One obstacle to efficient problem representation is functional fixedness, that is, allowing preconceived notions and even prejudices (7) color the facts. Most people tend (8) see objects and events in certain fixed ways, and by being inflexible in viewing the problem, they may be unable to notice the tools (9) the solution. Once the problem is identified accurately, (10) , the second step consists (11) considering the alternatives for a solution. A common way to evaluate alternatives is to write them (12) and then make a list (13) advantages and disadvantages for each solution. Here again, people may be limited by prior experiences. Often people adopt mental sets (14) lead them to the same problem-solving strategies that were successful for problems (15) the past. Although that can be helpful most (16) the time, sometimes a new situation requires a different strategy. (17) that case, the mental set must be abandoned, (18) new alternatives must be explored.
After the alternatives have been compared, a strategy must be selected (19) among them. One way to avoid becoming mired in the options is (20) try the best option with a view to abandoning it for another (21) the results are unfavorable. This attitude allows many people to move on expeditiously (22) the next step—action. The strategy selected must be implemented and tested. If it solves the problem, no further action is necessary, but if (23) , then the cycle begins again, starting (24) problem identification. By continuing to review the problem (25) repeat the problem-solving steps, the solution can be improved upon and refined.

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