CATTI三级笔译综合能力考试试题.doc

CATTI三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析（三）

一、Vocabulary Selection (本大题20 小题.每题 1.0 分，共20. 0 分。In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences・ Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D・ Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence・ There is only one right answer ・)

第1题

Marketing is ________ j ust distributing goods from the manufacturer to the

final customer・

A rather than

B other than

C bigger than

D more than

第2题

The magician picked several persons _________ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance・

A by accident

B at random

C on occasion

第3题

English language publications in China are growing in volume and

___________________________________________________________________________ ・

A circulation

B rotation

C circumstance

第4题

D appreciation

Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect of the wind・

A from the effects

B it the effects

C it from the effects

D the effects from it

第5题

On turning the comer, they saw the path __________ steeply.

A departing

B descending

C decreasing

第6题

Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a

A scarcity

B minority

C minimum

第7题

With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very for the students・

A hostile

B anxious

C tedious

D obscure

Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but in winter・

A should be

B would be

C preferred

D preferably

第9题

Hydroponics _______ the cultivation of plants without soil.

A does

B is

C do

D are

第10题

In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for pottery.

A it made

B辻s

C the making

D where its

第11题

To impose computer technology ________ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning・

A with

B to

C in

D on

Good pencil erasers are soft enough not _________ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used・

A by damaging

B so that they damage

C to damage

D damaging

第13题

Both longitude and latitude ________ in degrees, minutes and seconds・

A measuring

B measured

C are measured

D being measured

第14题

Our flight to Guangzhou was ________ by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected・

A delayed

B adjourned

C cancelled

D preserved

第15题

_____ of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, provided Mark Twain with the inspiration for two of his most popular novels・

A Remembering