minute是什么意思笔译真题2013.12

2021年1月19日发(作者：procedure)
2003
年
12
月英语三级
《笔译综合能力》
试题


Section 1: V
ocabulary and Grammar (25 Points)

This section consists of three parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the
questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes. Part 1 Vocabulary Selection

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.

1
．
In Hong Kong, doctors reported that, for unclear reasons, 12
recovered SARS patients had ______ weeks after they had been discharged -- spurring fears that
people might be infectious even after they'd left isolation.





A. recovered





B. relapsed







C. reexamined





D. re- diagnosed 2
．
Current demographic trends, such as the fall in the birth
rate, should favor ______ economic growth in the long run.






A. slow










B.
quickened





C. speeded







D. accelerated 3.

All students have free ______ to the
library.






A. passageway



B. entrance







C. permission





D. access

4.

Columbus had accomplished one of the most amazing and courageous ______ in history.





A.
performance



B. feats










C. events









D. acts

5.

According to the
weather forecast, which is usually ______ , it will snow this afternoon.





A. exact









B. precise








C. perfect








D. accurate 6.

The janitor's long service with the
company was ______ a present.





A. confirmed by




















B. recorded
with






C. appreciated by





















D. acknowledged with

7
．
What they
never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a ______ life -- trying to be a good
mother while having to pretend at work that she doesn't have kids at all.






A. double









B. hard











C. two-way







D. miserable 8.

Until the final votes are cast, though,
assurances ______ for nothing.






A. count









B. meant









C. give











D. account

9.

Some philosophers insist that one way to ______ knowledge is through an
empirical approach.





A. disseminate




B. classify








C. test











D.
acquire 10. If you think her experience is ______, we will employ her.






A. sustainable





B. adequate






C. strong









D. positive

11. The trouble is that not many students
really know how to make use of their ______ time to its best




A. benefit








B.
advantage





C. value










D. profit

12. Readers ______ happy endings may find
the unvarnished view of modem motherhood a bit unsettling.





A. fond










B.
preferred






C. adapted to






D. accustomed to 13. The explorer told the boys about his
______ in the African forests.






A. stories








B. voyage








C. adventures





D. trips 14. We were working ______ time to get everything ready for the exhibition.





A.
against








B. in












C. on












D. ahead 15. He drove fast and
arrived an hour ______ schedule.






A. in advance





B. before









C. by













D. ahead of 16. If you hear the fire ______, leave the building quickly.






A. warning







B. alarm









C. signal










D. bell 17. The troops have been on the ______ for a
possible enemy attack.






A. alarm









B. alert










C. warning








D.
notice

18. Although his people did not ______ his efforts, he kept trying.






A. agree with





B.
apply to








C. approve of






D. consent with

19. Picasso's ______ ability was
apparent in his early youth when he started drawing sketches.





A. writing







B.
artistic








C. reasoning






D. literary

20. We hope that the measures to control
prices, ______ taken by the government, will succeed.





A. when










B. since










C. after











D. as Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

This part consists of 15 sentences in
which one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively
marked by letters A, B, C and D. You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined
word without causing any grammatical error or changing the principal meaning of the sentence.
There is only one right answer.

21. She bustled about with an assumption of authority.






A. air










B. supposition






C. appearance






D. face

22. Table tennis is easy to learn, and, by the same token, boys don't need a lot of space to practice
it.





A. by the same rule

















B. symbolically





C. moreover























D. by logic

23. The old man sat before the fire in a trance, thinking of his past life.





A. in a special
position















B. in a cozy state






C. in a sleepy state



















D. in a meditative state

24. Only the elite of society attended the reception for the new governor.





A. those thought
of as the best people





B. the intellectuals






C. the white-collar people





D. the
officials

25. She embellished the simple dress with colorful embroidery.






A. made







B.
decorated







C. sewed










D. improved

26. He felt cheap about rushing to get in line before the old lady carrying heavy parcels.






A.
felt inferior and ashamed






B. felt not worthwhile of doing something





C. felt bad
about doing something






D. felt unhappy about doing something

27. Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys
already undertaken.





A. additional






B. governmental





C. special






D.
organizational

28. The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and
realism, is one of the standard cliches of the ongoing debate over international affairs.






A.
division into two parts













B. combination of two parts





C. disparity
























D. contradiction

29. Miguel's perplexity is understandable -- he's an all- purpose maintenance
man at a midtown-Manhattan residential building.






A. all out









B. versatile







C. prolific









D. capable

30. Take the stalemate between the administration and the oil companies for example.





A.
case











B. deadlock







C. conflict









D. contradiction

31. The sense of mistrust is compounded by smaller annoyances that leave the families feeling as
though no one in authority cares about them.






A. offset









B. intensified





C.
diminished






D. annulled

32. The very ubiquity of electronic communications can have a
surprising

downside, notes Richard Kohn, a

military historian at the University of North Carolina: a wife becomes accustomed to frequent
e-mail from her husband, until he can't get to a computer. And then her anxiety increases.






A. failure








B. underside





C. drawback







D. consequence

33. The President took a drabbing from much of the press which had breathlessly reported that a
deal was in the

bag.





A. was sure to be made













B. was being considered




C. was their
secret weapon











D. was their last resort



34. This reflects the priority being
attached to economic over political activity, partly caused by a growing reluctance to enter a