英语三级笔译综合能力真题及详解(一)【圣才出品】

英语三级笔译综合能力真题及详解（一）

Section 1 Vocabulary and Grammar (25 points)

This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.

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 which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

1. Being color-blind, the school girl cannot make a _____ between red and green.

A. comparison

B. division

C. distinction

D. difference

【答案】C

【解析】句意:因为色盲，那个女生不能区分红色和绿色。distinction意为“区别；差别”，make a distinction between是固定搭配，意为“(在…之间)加以区别，指出(…之间)的不同”，故C项为答案。make a comparison between进行比较。division分割；分歧；部门。make a difference有影响，有关系。

2. The president cannot come to the reception, so I am representing the

company on his _____.

A. interest

B. account

C. position

D. behalf

【答案】D

【解析】句意：董事长不能出席招待会，因此我代表他代表整个公司。on one’s behalf 是固定搭配，意为“代表某人”，故选D。interest兴趣，爱好；利息。account账户；解释。position位置；职位。

3. Shally has an advantage over her classmates _____ that she is good at speaking English.

A. at

B. since

C. in

D. with

【答案】C

【解析】句意：Shally有优于她同学的有利条件，因为她擅长说英语。in that意为“因为；由于；既然”，可以引导原因状语从句，故选C。since后面可以直接接从句表原因，不需要that，故B项不正确。

4. It is reported that the retired seniors over 65 in Beijing are now _____ to free bus transportation.

A. entitled

B. assigned

C. empowered

D. qualified

【答案】A

【解析】句意：据报道，现在北京超过65岁的退休老年人有资格免费乘公交车。be entitled to是固定搭配，意为“有…资格；有权”，符合句子意思。assign分配；指派。empower 意为“授权，允许；使能够”，be empowered to意为“授权”。qualified意为“合格的；有资格的”；通常与介词for搭配使用构成be qualified for，意为“有…资格；能胜任…”。

5. The new employee has two _____ for his payment: in cash or by cheque.

A. selections

B. alternatives

C. substitutes

D. alterations

【答案】B

【解析】句意：新员工有两种付款方式供选择，现金或支票。alternative作名词时，意为“两者择一；供替代的选择”，强调必须从两个或多个选择中选择一个；此句中指提到两种选择，故选B。selection意为“选择，挑选”，指作广泛的选择，着重选择者的识别力或鉴赏力。substitute代替者；代替物。alteration修改，改变；变更。

6. Chairs and desks not conforming _____ official health standards for pupils have all been removed from the classrooms.

A. at

B. for

C. over

D. to

【答案】D

【解析】句意：不符合学生健康标准的桌椅已经从教室里搬出去了。conform与介词to搭配，意为“符合；遵照”。

7. The mayoral candidate spoke so _____ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.

A. emphatically

B. bluntly

C. convincingly

D. determinedly

【答案】C

【解析】句意：这个市长候选人的演讲是如此具有说服力，甚至他的对手也因他的论据而被争取过来了。convincingly意为“有说服力地；令人信服地”，符合句意。emphatically 着重地；强调地。bluntly坦率地，直率地。determinedly决然地；断然地。

8. I found this book _____, as it could provide me with an abundance of information on my research paper.

A. interesting

B. amusing

C. distracting

D. enlightening

【答案】D