2015年5月CATTI二级笔译综合真题

Section 1 V ocabulary and Grammar (60 points)

This section consists of 3 parts. Read the direction for each part before answering the questions.

Part 1 V ocabulary 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. From a young age, children begin a continuous process of evaluating themselves in the _____ of the opinions and comments of those around them.

a. contrast

b. return

c. light

d. spite

2. If you’re forced outside for hours ____ end, especially doing something physical, consider dumping water over your head or on your neck.

a. at

b. to

c. in

d. on

3. One reason for the cost of wave power is the need to make the equipment _____ to storm damage and corrosion.

a. impassable

b. impertinent

c. imperious

d. impervious

4. The study found that one in four people has missed an important appointment, and that nearly one in five has fallen ____ with a friend

over a forgotten date.

a. out

b. in

c. through

d. across

5. Neil made a thrust at the person who was holding a knife towards him and violently overthrew him horse and ______.

a. dog

b. foot

c. toe

d. cart

6. These fish excrete nitrates that develop plankton – the enemy of corals, for they make the sea water ____ and block sunlight which is an essential ingredient for coral survival.

a. shaky

b. husky

c. risky

d. murky

7. It’s the ____ of ad that is intended to appeal to teachers, lawyers, doctors, and other professionals.

a. sample

b. sort

c. shape

d. set

8. The _______ secretary is very conscientious about correcting even the smallest errors.

a. mediocre

b. meticulous

c. mean

d. mendacious

9. The doctor has made an initial ______, but there will be an additional examination by a specialist.

a. dosage

b. disposal

c. diagnosis

d. detection

10. Instead of making the same old New Year resolutions, it would be more meaningful to _____ the pump with the very qualities you would like to see in your life.

a. prime

b. strike

c. drive

d. hit

11. A share price represents the value of the share – it tells you next to _____ about the value of the stock of a company in an unregulated market.

a. everything

b. nothing

c. anything

d. something

12. It is _____ for anyone to make any irresponsible remarks on a country’s national defense building aimed at safeguarding national security and territorial integrity.

a. unsettled

b. unreserved

c. unshakeable

d. untenable

13. The “smoothie” theory contends that people save for a rainy day in a boom and then _____ out savings to maintain living standards during a recession.

a. cut

b. get

c. draw

d. lay

14. The cost of living in the city is greater, but salaries are supposed to be _______ higher.

a. respectively

b. proportionately

c. correspondingly

d. accordingly

15. To make everyone develop in every aspect with complete freedom is the ideal that human beings have been _______ pursuing.

a. indefatigably

b. necessarily

c. completely

d. exceptionally

16. Communal nests have advantages and disadvantages for animals like mice: they enable the animals to maintain body heat, but leave them more ____ to discovery by predators.