大学英语试题

1. Rather than risk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything.

他惟恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告诉了妻子。

2. It's management that's at fault rather than the work-force.

错在资方而不在劳方.

3. I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.

我想喝冷饮, 不想喝咖啡.

4. She is a career woman rather than a housewife.

她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。

5. It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up.

生气宁可发泄出来而不要闷在肚内。

6. She is not so beautiful as charming. (=She is charming rather than beautiful.)

与其说她美倒不如说她迷人。

7. These are political rather than social matters.

这是政治问题而不是社会问题。

8. It is a telex rather than a letter.

与其说它是一封信，不如说它是一封电传。

翻译：母不赞成他和一个没有见过面的姑娘到国外学习的计划，可是他还是去了。

His parent s didn’t approve of his plan to go and study abroad with a girl they had never met, but he went ahead and got to New York with her.

据说画家以他的婶婶作为画中的模特，她得面容饱经沧桑却又不失坚定。

It is said that the painter used his aunt as the model in the painting whose face represented suffering yet strength.

这位演员因2008年出演《变形金刚》一举成名。This actor rose to fame in 2008 with the performance in movie ‘Transformers’.

直到看见弥留之际躺在床上的母亲，他才意识到他是多么爱她。

Not until he saw his mother lying in bed, dying, did he realize how much he loved her.

这个小男孩好像能读懂我的心思，他默默递给我一张今日的报纸。

It seemed that the little boy could read my mind, and he passed me some newspapers of that day quietly

要将英英词典放在手边。当你不能准确地理解一个字时，你就能够随时查阅它。

Keep an English-English dictionary handy, and when you cannot interpret a word with accuracy, you may refer to it any time.

办公室所有人都伸长脖子来看这位帅小伙，并且急切地想知道他们之间的爱情故事。

All the people in the office craned their necks to see this handsome young man and were eager to know the love story between the man and the lady.

看在玛丽的份上，我可以把车借给你，以解决你的交通工具问题。

For Ma ry’s sake, I can lend you my car to get around your transport problem.

无论你做什么，在你知道公司在经受困难时别指望增加工资。

Whatever you do, don’t expect to increase salary when you know the company is going through some difficulty

教育人们如何在地震中幸存下来，应该是所有政府规划和地震研究项目的重点所在

Education concerning how to survive an earthquake should be a major emphasis for all government programs and earthquake-related research projects.

当被问到为什么他们帮助水灾受害者那么慷慨,他们只是回答说:这是什么发生在我们身上,一天,好吗?

When asked why they helped the flood victims so generously, they just answered: what is this happened to us one day?

当白人以前被用作模型对于大多数美国硬币,著名的艺术家詹姆斯违背传统利用三个实际印第安人作为模式为他所创造的一切。

While white people had previously been used as models for most American coins, famed artist James went against traditional by using three actual American Indians as models for his creation.

爱丽丝婴儿直到她自己意识到她是多么难的是她的母亲养育她的妹妹和她自己。

Not until Alice had a baby of her own did she become aware how hard it was for her mother to have brought up her sister and her on her own.

她得痛苦结束了，可她得生命亦结束了

Her suffering is done, yet so is the life. \\

红玫瑰将永远是最流行的花儿，因为爱情永不过时

Red rose is going to remain the most popular flower because love never goes out of style.

昨天汤姆去了一个生日聚会所召开的露西的父母对露西的15th生日。

Yesterday Tom went to a birthday party which was held by Lucy’s parents for Lucy’s 15th birthday.

按照他的理论，过往的船只或飞机时不时会触动那块水晶，于是它会干扰它们的仪器，把它们吸入海底

From time to time, according to his theory, passing ships and planes set off the crystal, which confuses their instruments and sucks them into the ocean.

1. If I had had enough money, I ____________ to the zoo with you. would have gone ）

2. If I _________ ten years younger, I would buy that dress. （were ）