2008年5月CATTI二级笔译综合能力完型填空模拟试题

2008年5月CATTI二级笔译综合能力完型填空模拟试题

When I was growing up,I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short,and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance,people would stare.I would inwardly be afraid of squirm at the unwanted attention.If he ever noticed or was bothered,he never let on.

It was difficult to coordinate our steps-his halting,mine impatient -and because of that,we didn't say much as we went along.But as we started out,he always said,"You set the pace.I will try to adjust to you."

Our usual walk was to or from the subway,which was how he got to work. He went to work sick,and despite nasty weather.He almost never missed a day,and would make it to the office even if others could not:a matter of pride!

He never talked about himself as an object of pity,nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able.What he looked for in others was a"good heart",and if he found one,the owner was good enough for him.

Now that I am older,I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people,even though I still don't know precisely what a"good heart" is.But I know the times I don't have one myself.

He has been gone many years now,but I think of him often.I wonder if he sensed my reluctance to be seen with him during our walks.If he did,I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was,how unworthy I was,how I regretted it.I think of him when I complain about trifles,when I am envious of another's good fortune,when I don't have a"good heart".

At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance,and say, "You set the pace,I will try to adjust to you."

2008年5月二级笔译实务试题

【英译汉必译题】

If a heavy reliance on fossil fuels makes a country a climate ogre, then Denmark—with its thousands of wind turbines sprinkled on the coastlines and at sea—is living a happy fairy tale.

Viewed from the United States or Asia,Denmark is an environmental role model.The country is"what a global warming solution looks like," wrote Frances Beinecke,the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council,in a letter to the group last autumn.About one-fifth of the country's electricity comes from wind,which wind experts say is the highest proportion of any country.

But a closer look shows that Denmark is a far cry from a clean-energy paradise.

The building of wind turbines has virtually ground to a halt since subsidies were cut back.Meanwhile,compared with others in the European Union,Danes remain above-average emitters of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.For all its wind turbines,a large proportion of the rest of Denmark's power is generated by plants that burn imported coal.

The Danish experience shows how difficult it can be for countries grown rich on fossil fuels to switch to renewable energy sources like wind power.Among the hurdles are fluctuating political priorities,the high cost of putting new turbines offshore,concern about public acceptance of large wind turbines and the volatility of the wind itself. "Europe has really led the way,"said Alex Klein,a senior analyst with Emerging Energy Research,a consulting firm with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Some parts of western Denmark derive100percent of their peak needs from wind if the breeze is up.Germany and Spain generate more power in absolute terms,but in those countries wind still accounts for a far smaller proportion of the electricity generated.The average for all27 European Union countries is3percent.

But the Germans and the Spanish are catching up as Denmark slows down. Of the thousands of megawatts of wind power added last year around the world,only8megawatts were installed in Denmark.

If higher subsidies had been maintained,he said,Denmark could now be generating close to one-third—rather than one-fifth—of its electricity from windmills.

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如果说大量依赖石油燃料会让一个国家称为破坏环境的恶魔，那么丹麦，一个海岸线和海上布满数千台风力涡轮机的国家，简直是一个快乐地生活在童话故事里的国家。

从美国或者亚洲国家的角度看，丹麦是环境保护的楷模。自然资源防护委员会主席弗朗西斯于去年秋天在致该组织的信函中写道，该国（指丹麦）“正式解决全球变暖的方法所在”。该国五分之一的发电来自风能，风力专家称，这是全欧洲比例最高的国家。