二级笔译综合能力

Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (60 points) This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. Part 1 Vocabulary Selection In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 1. All the students of this university have free ________ to the Internet via a broadband connection. A. access B. entrance C. permission D. passageway 2. It is rumored that Mr. Smith, the grandson of the founder of the university and a professor of philosophy, will be ________ as president in March. A. indulged B. inaugurated C. induced D. integrated 3. When I visited the area after the hurricane, I became ________ by what I saw and heard there. A. stressed B. compressed C. impressed D. distressed 4. When the actor appeared on the stage again, shouts and cheers broke ________ from the crowd and continued for about five minutes. A. in B. off C. forth D. up 5. The ________ value of a coin, i.e. the value of the metal in it, is usually less than the value of what it will buy. A. external B. interior 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 1 页 （共 23页） C. intrinsic D. extrinsic 6. Hotels and restaurants are an ________ part of the city, without which the tourist industry could not exist. A. additional B. inseparable C. accommodated D. integral 7. We can find a full ________ of his political belief in his newly-published books. A. composition B. exposition C. deposition D. disposition 8. I don’t think you can persuade him; he always ________ to his own principles. A. adapts B. devotes C. adheres D. dedicates 9. In the advanced course of our training, students must take objective tests at monthly ________. A. distance B. length C. gaps D. intervals 10. Going around at the top of the mountain, we watched the fog ________ from the valley below; it seemed that we had entered a fairyland. A. descend B. decrease C. arise D. ascend 11. Richard has an ________ manner, although he comes from a middle-class family background and has received his education at Cambridge. A. abrupt B. absurd C. active D. agreeable 12. The history teacher told us the ring was a piece of ________ treasure because it had been handed down from an ancient king. A. invaluable B. valued 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 2 页 （共 23页） C. previous D. precise 13. In the last few years, the ________ of regular folks going under the cosmetic knife skyrocketed. A. amount B. figures C. group D. number 14. He was too busy to do any exercise at all until he turned 58. And he is in much better ________ now than ever before. A. form B. condition C. look D. shape 15. All of us in research have focused on a drug that is so ________ that it can change brain chemistry. A. monstrous B. powerful C. vigorous D. heavy 16. He was only a ________ ruler of the country; the real one was his mother, who actually handled state affairs and possessed the power of making decisions. A. oblivious B. notable C. obscure D. nominal 17. ________ that she is interested in children, I am sure that teaching is the right profession for her. A. However B. Provided C. Given D. Unless 18. She had ________ opportunity to exercise leadership, which she has dreamed of since she was young. A. utter B. utmost C. ambitious D. ample 19. They intend to remove the ________ rules and regulations that are discouraging foreign investment in their country. 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 3 页 （共 23页） A. henpecked B. garnished C. unmitigated D. onerous 20. The Central Bank is interested in how much money is in ________ in the economy. A. circulation B. circle C. reserve D. rotation Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement This part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them one word or phrase is underlined, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 21. Tom felt sure he would get the post, but he was never even considered for it. That was a smack in the eye for him. A. nothing serious B. nothing important C. a humiliating rebuff D. an expected disappointment 22. Our neighbors are so reserved and unfriendly that they never speak to us. A. aloof B. relieved C. airy D. resistant 23. Security men believe the tit-for-tat murders were the result of the bombing which had occurred in the city center. A. furious B. retaliatory C. malevolent D. chain 24. The conclusion reached at the workshop was that the manufacturing process was obsolete. A. dilapidated B. extant 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 4 页 （共 23页） C. archaic D. outdated 25. Some people wish to amend the law so that children must stay at school until they are 16. A. gratify B. pacify C. rectify D. verify 26. Prof. Clark disregarded the warning from his colleagues and continued his research work. A. ignored B. deplored C. explored D. implored 27. Some observers say the recent coup of a military government in that country will lead to anarchy. A. monarch B. maniac C. disorder D. discipline 28. As a conductor, Leonard Bernstein was famous for his intensely vigorous and exuberant style. A. enticing B. enthusiastic C. extravert D. exultant 29. His peers admonished him that he had to increase his study time as the final examination was around the corner. A. astonished B. warned C. threatened D. alarmed 30. Isolated cases of disaffection — or harbingers of a mass cross-border movement that threatens Europe’s economic stability? The question is pressing. A. sing B. forerunner 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 5 页 （共 23页） C. messenger D. vanguard 31. Justices of the Peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses. A. supremacy B. authority C. guidance D. administration 32. What these young men and women need to do now is to develop a mentality to reconcile their ideals with reality. A. interact B. interface C. harmonize D. pair 33. The search for eternal youth is no less fervent now than it was 2,000 years ago. People are trying practically anything. A. prolonged B. external C. protracted D. excessive 34. SD Memory Cards are versatile, high-capacity storage cards that are extremely small — about the size of a postage stamp. A. adaptable B. adoptable C. variable D. veritable 35. This book comes as a revelation to one who was nourished in his youth on the enlightened English socialist tradition represented by George Bernard Shaw. A. replacement B. discovery C. representation D. resolution 36. Johnson was so absorbed in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking in the oven. A. obtained B. enlivened C. obliged D. engrossed 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 6 页 （共 23页） 37. The man we met this morning grows many kinds of plants in his garden, most of which are flowers including succulent and cacti. A. rises B. raises C. plants D. plows 38. The scientist contested the assumption of previous scientists that the fate of human beings could not be predicated A. suspended B. rejected C. suspected D. repulsed 39. In the last 10 years we have all witnessed an impressive growth in our knowledge about the environment. A. imperative B. observable C. important D. obvious 40. In their culture and in their eyes success all too often means imply outdoing other people by virtue of achievement judged by some single scale — income or honors. A. outfitting B. outbidding C. outraging D. outshining Part 3 Error Correction This part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them there is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part so that the error is corrected. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 41. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see be carrying out next year. 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 7 页 （共 23页） A. carry out B. carrying out C. carried out D. to carry out 42. The examiner failed some candidates, and 15 of them being students without work experience. A. 15 being B. among 15 were C. 15 of them were D. 15 of whom were 43. Despite of their opposition, he went his own way and started his preparations. A. Despiting of B. Despited of C. Despite D. Despited 44. Network television, magazine, and direct mail — that will be the big gainers in advertising revenues next year. A. which B. these C. they D. all 45. I hear that he knows four languages, such as Chinese, French, German and Japanese. A. for example, B. namely, C. like D. as 46. The more people you know, the less you have time to see them but you can always reach them on the Internet. A. less you have the time B. the less time you have C. the less time do you have D. less the time you have 47. Having heard the weather forecast, the boat was stopped in the harbour. A. the boat did not sail out of B. they did not sail out of 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 8 页 （共 23页） C. the boat remained in D. they were stopped in 48. Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures; now all that left is utter poverty. A. that all is left B. all that is left C. all what is left D. all which is left 49. Mary must have received my mail; otherwise she would have replied before now. A. Mary should B. Mary ought to C. Mary shouldn’t D. Mary couldn’t 50. We will ship the goods on Monday according to your order less we hear from you by Friday. A. nevertheless B. unless C. lest D. until 51. When this agreement is signed, a circular will be prepared for given to our customers. A. given out B. given off C. dispatches D. distribution 52. It is now clear that no such creatures as vampires have been seen and none been found in the world. A. was found B. are found C. have been found D. have been found out 53. My company is Excellent Kitchenware Company, there nearby is a big market for kitchenware in our city. A. there near B. and there near C. there nearly D. and nearby there 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 9 页 （共 23页） 54. The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new ones occurred. A. Hardly had the government taken B. The government took hardly C. Hardly the government had taken D. The government is hardly taking 55. The general manager demanded that the job will be completed before the summer holidays. A. would be B. must be C. be D. had to be 56. Our company will provide you with free transportation as you requested and charge the installation. A. installation with a charge B. in the installation C. freely installation D. installation in charge 57. Doctors warned sun-starved tourists who received too much sunlight that they were at serious risk than others of contracting skin cancer. A. with more serious B. at seriously C. at more serious D. seriously with 58. We have sent an order slip to all that we have reason to believe are interested in our books. A. who are believed by us B. with who we have reason to believe C. who we have reason to believe D. with whom we believe 59. As an English major student at one of the most famous universities in China, I strongly believe that business English is more practical than other fields. 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 10 页 （共 23页） A. a student in English B. a major English student C. an English major D. an English student major 60. The engineers are going through with their highway project, in spite that the expenses have risen. A. just because B. even though C. as though D. now that Section 2: Reading Comprehension (30 points) In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with 4 (A, B, C and D) choices to answer the question or 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. Questions 61-70 are based on the following passage. Next door to a lunch counter advertising a grilled cheese special is a gallery where Van Gogh’s “Irises” shares the walls with Monet landscapes and works from the Italian Renaissance. They are all fakes. They are all for sale. “A forger? Yes. We’re expert forgers you could say. But we make no attempt to deceive. We don’t pretend to sell original works. We have all the thrill of being a forger, but no risk.” With prices for original art rising into the tens of millions, some art lovers are turning to high-quality copies done by expert artists. In addition, some museums confronting skyrocketing insurance premiums are considering stashing the authentic pieces and displaying a reproduction. No major U.S. art museum is known to be displaying reproductions in place of originals. Such a practice would raise questions about why people visit museums in the first place. But museum security has become a growing concern. Bids for paintings have climbed at auction houses. But prices for fakes run only from about $1,000 to $10,000 for paintings of paintings, depending on the size and complexity of the original. 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 11 页 （共 23页） In Europe where copying masterpieces is a centuries-old craft, painters often use pigments and brushes typical of the period of the original. The painting is placed in a frame closely resembling its era. Sometimes the gallery purchases 17th century furniture to use the wood for frames. The final step is the antiquing process using chemicals and heat and humidity. “We can make special types of cracks from little spider-web types to long splits.” 61. This passage is most probably taken out of a/an ________. A. court confession by a person suspected of making fakes B. commercial advertisement for a new profession in arts C. feature story in a newspaper, magazine, or a web page D. industrial profile for a museum promoting a new show 62. The word “Monet” underlined in Paragraph 1 refers to a ________. A. master artist B. master forger C. famous dealer D. rich collector 63. Both quotes in the passage are probably from a person who is a/an ________. A. master artist B. art piece forger C. museum director D. artworks thief 64. The third sentence in the last paragraph implies that the gallery ________. A. carries 17th-century furniture as sideline exhibits B. is part of the process in making fake paintings C. provides the space only for forgers to produce fakes D. manufactures wooden frames for paintings as a sideline 65. Obviously, the phrase “expert artists” underlined in Paragraph 3 refers to people who are ________. A. experts in evaluating art works B. painters decorating the museums 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 12 页 （共 23页） C. makers of faked famous paintings D. experts who can identify forgeries 66. “Such a practice” underlined in Paragraph 4 refers to the display of ________. A. forged works in place of genuine artwork B. original productions in place of their copies C. both fake productions and original paintings D. real reproductions and original masterpieces 67. According to the passage, the word “stashing” underlined in Paragraph 3 is synonymous with ________. A. slashing B. smashing C. stacking D. storing 68. As repeatedly stated in the passage, ________ was certainly the major reason why forgeries are sold. A. insurance B. security C. quality D. price 69. The word “copies” underlined in Paragraph 3 does NOT refer to ________. A. fakes B. forges C. reproductions D. non-authentic works 70. According to this passage, which of the following statements is true? A. The works on display are meant to sell as originals. B. The works meant to sell as originals are on display. C. Here you may purchase a masterpiece for $1,020. D. Here one may buy fast food any time and eat it there. Questions 71-80 are based on the following passage. 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 13 页 （共 23页） No revolutions in technology have as visibly marked the human condition as those in transport. Moving goods and people, they have opened continents, transformed living standards, spread diseases, fashions and folk around the world. Yet technologies to transport ideas and information across long distances have arguably achieved even more: they have spread knowledge, the basis of economic growth. The most basic of all these, the written word, was already ancient by 1000. By then China had, in basic form, the printing press, using carved woodblocks. But the key to its future, movable metal type, was four centuries away. The Chinese were hampered by their thousands of ideograms. Even so, they quite soon invented the primitive movable type, made of clay, and by the 13th century they had the movable wooden type. But the real secret was the use of an easily cast metal. When it came, Europe — aided by simple Western alphabets — leapt forward with it. One reason why Asia’s civilizations, in 1000 far ahead of Europe’s, then fell behind was that they lacked the technology to reproduce and diffuse ideas. On Johannes Gutenberg’s invention in the 1440s were built not just the Reformation and the Enlightenment, but Europe’s agricultural and industrial revolutions too. Yet information technology on its own would not have got far. Literally: better transport technology too was needed. That was not lacking, but here the big change came much later: it was railways and steamships that first allowed the speedy, widespread dissemination of news and ideas over long distances. And both technologies in turn required people and organizations to develop their use. They got them: for individual communication, the postal service; for wider publics, the publishing industry. Throughout the 19th century, the postal service formed the bedrock of national and international communications. Crucial to its growth had been the introduction of the stamp, combined with a low price, and payment by the sender. Britain put all three of these ideas into effect in 1840. 笔译综合能力（英语·二级）试卷 第 14 页 （共 23页） By then, the world’s mail was taking off. It changed the world. Merchants in America’s eastern cities used it to gather information, enraging far-off cotton growers and farmers, who found that New Yorkers knew more about crop prices than they did. In the American debate about slavery, it offered abolitionists a low-cost way to spread their views, just as later technologies have cut the cost and widened the scope of political lobbying. The post helped too to integrate the American nation, tying the newly opened west to the settled east. Everywhere, its development drove and was driven by those of transport. In Britain, travellers rode by mail coach to posting inns. In America, the post subsidized road-building. Indeed, argues Dan Schiller, a professor of co