2015年11月CATTI二级笔译综合能力真题

2015年11月CA TTI二级笔译综合能力真题(完整版)Section 1 Vocabulary and Grammar (60 points)This section consists of 3 parts. Read the direction for each part before answering the questions. Part 1 V ocabulary SelectionIn 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. Sir Isaac Newton, an English mathematician and philosopher, laid _____ the principle more than 200 years ago.a. outb. downc. intod. off2. Sandra is so keen on sarcasm that she often chooses to introduce herself to people with a biting remark instead of a _______ greeting.a. conservativeb. reservedc. straightforwardd. humble3. Residents of a secluded island fear that ____ commercial development will disturb their quiet way of life.a. waningb. diminishingc. encroachingd. immersing4. This organization is completely _____ of any political association, and it can conduct its own business with foreign counterparts.a. inclusiveb. irrespectivec. irrelevantd. independent5. A campaign was launched in the UK to encourage children to _____ 30 minutes of screen timea day to head for the great outdoors.a. surrenderb. subjectc. subletd. subscribe6. For decades, as ______ to the throne, the Prince of Wales has founded charities and spoken out on many issues.a. honorb. heirc. hostd. homage7. People come to the Apple Store for the experience – and they’re willing to pay a/an ____ for that.a. allowanceb. premiumc. cashd. bonus8. There’s an Internet phenomenon called the Streisand Effect, which happens when a person tries to _____ a piece of information and, in so doing, unintentionally popularizes it.a. extinguishb. suppressc. disposed. cease9. In ancient times it was difficult to ____ of speaking to each other when we were miles away.a. convictb. convincec. conferd. conceive10. A woodsman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe, ______ off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.a. glancingb. flyingc. throwingd. sneaking11. While he initially thought that his garden floundered due to a ____ of water, he later found that it struggled because of lack of water.a. slipb. surfeitc. signd. stripe12. With an 80-hour week and little change or enjoyment, life must have been very _____ for the 19th-century worker.a. wearyb. recklessc. abnormald. dramatic13. The business is like a leaf of boat in a rough sea; it may be swallowed by the ______ anytimewhen you are unprepared at all.a. billowsb. harrowsc. pillowsd. marrows14. The cat jumped ____ up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the branches and foliage completely hid her.a. numblyb. nimblyc. noblyd. negligibly15. To burp ______ at a formal dinner is not a breach of ethics – it is not a sin or an immoral act –but it will make one abashed.a. soundlyb. utterlyc. audiblyd. highly16. The management’s intransigent position made negotiations with the labor union ____ difficult.a. suspiciouslyb. delicatelyc. incrediblyd. plausibly17. In accordance with the terms of payment in the contract, please open an _____ L/C in our favor.a. irregularb. irrelevantc. irrespectived. irrevocable18. The jobs of wildlife technicians and biologists seemed ____ to him, but one day he discovered their difference.a. identicalb. specialc. preferentiald. respectable19. In most of these projects we may bring the private ___ into areas where the government was previously there.a. sectorb. sectionc. segmentd. side20. Asia has always had extremes of both rich and poor. Only in the last two decades has it growna comfortable ____ across the middle.a. spanb. spreadc. stretchd. spectrumPart 2 Vocabulary ReplacementThis 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. Looking for a job haphazardly because you majored in something, you’ll risk getting started ina career that holds no real appeal for you.a. formallyb. casuallyc. liberallyd. tacitly22. Tourists from China not only often trust cash over cards but also are among the biggest spenders in Paris – and they often spend indiscreetly.a. exclusivelyb. rashlyc. cautiouslyd. practically23. It’s every kid’s fantasy to sleep in a tree, and at this quirky hotel on New Zealand’s South Island it is reality.a. oddb. dreamyc. soothingd. convenient24. He was a philosopher who wrote plays, poems and essays expounding his doctrine.a. elucidatingb. exaggeratingc. exposingd. extolling25. Scientists monitor the air several times every day to chart the course of that inexorable change.a. colossalb. inexplicablec. relentlessd. slack26. There was silence, not the ominous silence preceding a burst of fury, but a hush of amazement.a. sinisterb. toxicc. thoroughd. wary27. Lampreys and hagfish have slimy, scaleless bodies shaped somewhat like the bodies of eels.a. to some degreeb. by such degreec. in some degreed. for any degree28. The genetic engineering industry says its products receive far more scrutiny than most of the food people put in their mouths.a. anticipationb. examinationc. commiserationd. precaution29. The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.a. adoptionb. accreditationc. acclamationd. accumulation30. In the absence of a breadwinner, girls are the most likely to be denied entrance to school to head a household.a. admissionb. accessc. admittanced. accession31. The theory of plate tectonics provided scientists with a framework for understanding how and why the various features of the earth constantly change.a. stemb. standc. stampd. structure32. As soon as the details of the election were released to the media, the newspaper was inundated with calls – far too many to be handled effectively.a. rewardedb. botheredc. floodedd. provided33. Energy companies believe that standardized designs will help them expedite licensing and lower the cost of procuring components.a. accelerateb. evaluatec. reversed. justify34. He based his conclusion on what he inferred from the evidence, not on what he actually observed.a. imaginedb. predictedc. recalledd. surmised35. The captain often delegated responsibility to his subordinates, so as to have time to do the important tasks himself.a. endowedb. defiedc. provokedd. assigned36. Martin asked his professor for some comments on his report, but he was turned down.a. neglectedb. postponedc. rejectedd. accepted37. The actor’s malice toward his co-star was revealed in his vindictive remarks, which almost ruined her career.a. insultingb. courageousc. spitefuld. offensive38. “Bulter cafes” in Japan allow women to be waited on flesh and fell by their very own prince charming in a castle – themed restaurant.a. occasionallyb. absolutelyc. intermittentlyd. periodically39. Many people in this region have no fixed residence, and much of its population is nomadic.a. inertb. flexiblec. homelessd. mobile40. The emotional fallout from a natural disaster can adversely affect the residents in a community for years.a. cognitionb. collapsec. consequenced. complicationPart 3 Error CorrectionThis 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 and 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. “Gender-neutral”parenting, that involves bringing your child up without revealing or referencing their sex, is a hot topic right now.a. which involves to bringb. that involves to bringc. which involves bringingd. that involves to bringing42. The light remitted by high-intensity-discharge car headlights is very effective in activating the reflective paints of road markers, thus to make the driving at night safer.a. therein making drivingb. thereafter making drivingc. therewith making drivingd. thereby making driving43. The bus will not have to take the long detour if the bridge had not become treacherous in the aftermath of an ice storm.a. wouldn’t have had to takeb. mustn’t have had to takec. didn’t have to taked. wouldn’t have to take44. The cost of safely disposing of the toxic chemicals is approximately five times that the company paid to purchase it.a. five times more than the company paid to purchase itb. five times what the company paid to purchase themc. as five times more as the company paid to purchase themd. five times more that the company paid to purchase it45. Because the garden was untended, the windows had no shutters, and the lawn overrun by weeds, people by the old house assumed that it was unoccupied.a. the lawn overran with weedsb. the lawn was overrun by weedsc. the weeds overrun the lawnd. the weeds overrunning the lawn46. The night before the playoffs began, the coach advised her players to eat a balanced dinner, to relax and enjoy themselves, and they should get plenty of rest.a. and should get plenty of restb. and they get plenty of restc. and getting plenty of restd. and to get plenty of rest47. In winter, when the ponds froze over, the villagers went skating, and the most venturesome of whom played chase and executed complicated turns on the ice.a. the most venturesome played chase and executedb. that the most venturesome played chase and executedc. with the most venturesome playing chase and executingd. accordingly the most venturesome played chase and executed48. It was no accident that 17th-century naturalist Charles Darwin strove to connect the mentality and emotionality of people with dogs, rather than, say, doves or horses.a. with few of dogsb. with some of dogsc. with those of dogsd. with many of dogs49. That book holds part of the answer to why our family rituals didn’t fit the norm neither of our relatives nor of the larger community in which we grew up.a. either of our relatives or the larger communityb. either of our relatives or of the larger communityc. either our relatives or the larger communityd. neither our relatives nor the larger community50. Heather Hurst’s paintings and architectural renderings of the pre-Columbian Americas not only recover records that were previously lost, but these are works of art in their own right.a. not only recover records that had been previously lost, but these are works of art.b. do not recover only records that were previously lost, but there are works of artc. not only recover records that were previously lost, but they are works of artd. not only recover previously lost records but are also works of art51. Opinion polls show the public has about as dim as view of pharmaceutical companies as tobacco companies.a. has about such a view of pharmaceutical companies as tobacco companiesb. had about as dim a view of pharmaceutical companies as it does of tobacco companiesc. has almost so dim a view of pharmaceutical companies as of tobacco companiesd. had approximately as dim a view of pharmaceutical companies as tobacco companies52. After removing their skins, the children sliced the carrots into sticks for dipping.a. After they removed their skinsb. After they had removed their skinsc. After removing the carrots’ skinsd. After they had removed their skins from the carrots53. The father angrily told his daughter that smoking had not and never will be permitted in their home.a. smoking, not have been permitted, never will be permitted in their homeb. smoking had not and never be permitted in their homec. smoking had not been and never would be permitted in their homed. smoking, not having been permitted, never would be permitted in their home54. the Middle Ages, when astronomical phenomena were poorly understood, the comets thatseemed to portend military conflicts or other social cries.a. the comets seeming to portendb. the comets seemed to portendc. the comets seeming to portendingd. and when the comets seemed to portend55. Familiar with the route from her driving lessons, the student driver’s road test was simplicity itself.a. the student driver’s road test was simple itselfb. the student driver was simple to test the roadc. the student driver found the simple road test herselfd. the student driver found the road test simple itself56. The variety of Scandinavian health care services offered to residents at reduced cost far exceeds low-cost health programs available in the United States.a. far exceeds the number of low-cost health programsb. tends to be far greater than low-cost programsc. far exceed low-cost health programsd. are far greater than low-cost health programs57. The smog was thick, all the cars and trucks were ordered to stop where they were.a. isb. beingc. has beend. had been58. I was asked to give explanation of the social customs of this region in English, I would definitely find it difficult.a. Asked for anb. If asked for anc. Asking for and. If asking for an59. If the government had built more home for poor people early in the previous decade, the housing problem in some areas will not be so serious.a. wouldn’t beb. will not have beenc. wouldn’t have beend. would have not been60. In his speech at the conference, the Chairman solemnly stated that the responsibility for our lives and the kind of world that we live is ours and ours only.a. in whichb. for whichc. of whichd. on which。