2014年CATTI三级笔译综合能力考试试题

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 ______ just 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

D appreciation

第4题

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

第8题

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 its

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

第12题

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