英语翻译基础综合练习

综合练习题

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1. Don

’

t turn your back on friends who are down and out.

< br>（

A

）不要用背对着被人打倒而且失败的朋友。

（

B

）不要不理睬穷 困潦倒的朋友。

（

C

）对于失意落魄的朋友，不要拒人于千里之外。

2. There is no royal road to learning.

（

A

）学习没有捷径。

（

B

）书山有路勤为径，学海无崖 苦作舟。

（

C

）学习之路上没有贫贱之分。

headmaster broke the ice by asking how I like the college.

(A )

校长先问我对学校印象如何。

(B)

校长问我对学校的清除冰雪的活动印象如何。

(C )

校长打破僵局，问我对学校是否喜欢。

4. Can you tell me about the stone age

(A)

你能告诉我石器时代的情况吗

(B)

你能告诉我什么时候是石器时代吗

(C)

你能给我讲讲你的少年时代吗

5. Hitler was armed to the teeth.

(A)

希特勒武装齐备。

(B)

希特勒连牙齿都包裹起来。

(C)

希特勒武装到了牙

齿。

6. Don

’

t cross the bridge till you get to it.

(A)

船到桥头自然直。

(B)

没到桥头无法过桥。

(C)

不必自寻烦恼。

7.

学校不会管这样的事情。

（

A

）

The school does not bother about such things.

（

B

）

The school authority will not bother about such things.

（

C

）

Such things will not be managed at this school.

8.

他变本加厉地剥削欺压工人。

（

A

）

She

redoubled

his

efforts

in

exploiting

and

oppressing

the

workers.

（

B

）

She became aggravated, exploited and oppressed the workers.

（

C

）

She became aggravated in order to exploit and oppress the workers.

9.

许 多专家现已相信，癌症最后的克星将是大批强力的药品，而不是手术刀或

X

射线。

(A)

Many

experts

now

believe

that

the

decisive

thing

that

overcomes

cancer

will be a large amount of powerful medicines but not the scalpel or the

X-ray.

(B)

Many

experts

are

now

convinced

that

cancer

in

the

end

will

be

killed,

not by the scalpel or the X-ray, but by a huge armamentarium of powerful

chemicals.

(C) Many experts think that the last thing that cures cancer will be a

large amount of medicines instead of the scalpel or the X-ray.

10.

这个摊贩叫卖 道：

“快来买呀，过了这个村可没这个店啦。

”

(A) The street peddler hawked:

“

Now or never!

”

(B) The street peddler cried:

“

Come and buy! You

’

ll never get them

later.

”

(C) The street peddler hawked:

“

Please buy! Don

’

t lose the golden

chance!

”

11.

你相信我会跟那样的女孩结婚你有病啊

（

A

）

You really believe I could marry a girl of her sort Are you ill

（

B

）

You

really

believe

I

could

marry

a

girl

of

her

sort

Is

there

something

wrong with you

（

C

）

You really believe I could marry a girl of her sort You must have

rocks in your head, eih

12.

她常常动不动就骂她 的孩子们，但孩子们都知道她是刀子嘴豆腐心。

(A)

She

was

always

scolding

her

children,

but

they

knew

that

her

scolding

might be like a knife but her heart was like bean curd.

(B)

She

was

always

scolding

her

children,

but

they

knew

her

bark

was

worse

than her bite.

(C) She was always scolding her children, but they knew that she was

kindhearted while scolding.

13.

甩开膀子干四化。

(A) Swing our shoulders to do the modernizations.

(B) Coats off for our four modernizations.

(C) Work your shoulders to do the four modernizations.

14.

“我只会马走日，象走田”

“我让你车，马，炮”

(A)

“

I

only

know

the

most

basic

moves.

”

“

Would

you

like

me

to

allow

you

a handicap

”

(B)

“

I

only

know

how

to

use

the

horse

and

the

elephant.

”

“

I

will

yield

you the chariot, the horse and the cannon .

”

(C)

“

I am only able to command the horse and the elephant .

”

“

I will

give up my chariot , the horse and the cannon.

”

morning he rose very early, and what should he do but take it into his

head to wash down the stairs.

(A)

今天他一大早起身，预备做点什么呢竟突然想到要冲洗楼梯。

(B)

今天早晨他起得早。除了想到冲刷楼梯他还应该做点什么呢

(C)

今天早上他起床很早。他想到冲刷一下楼梯吧，要么还做什么

16.

Of

many

thousand

spare

parts

does

not

come

up

to

the

standard

but

one.

(A)

< br>在成千上万个备件中，除了一个备件不合格，其他没有一个不合格。

(B)

在成千上万个备件中，就一个合格。

(C)

在成千上万个备件中，只发现一个不合格。

17.

这次展出还是老一套。

(A) The exhibit is the same old stuff.

(B) The exhibit is outmoded.

(C) The exhibit does not lend itself to much exciting variation.

18.

利润可能下降，但赞助活动仍方兴未艾。

(A) Profits may be failing, but sponsorship lives.

(B) Profits may be failing, but the activities of sponsorship are just

unfolding.

(C) Although profits may be failing, the activities of sponsorship are

still in the climax.

19.

不错，有了自己的孩子使他们的造反冲动收敛了许多。

(A) True, their rebellious impulses become weak because they have their

own children.

(B) True, they have pulled in their horns to rebel since they have their

own children.

(C) True, parenthood has tamed their rebellious impulses.

20. Could you have thought that a girl, so fond of reading, not sense in

such lines the rapture and the anguish of a boy in love

(A)

你是否想到了她这 么一个喜欢读书的姑娘不能在字里行间感觉出一个男孩

子在恋爱中的喜悦和痛苦

(B)

你本应该想到她这么一个喜欢读书的 姑娘不能在字里行间里感觉出一个男

孩子在恋爱中的喜悦和痛苦，对吗

< br>

(C)

难道你真的认为他这么一个喜欢读书的姑娘倒 不能在字里行间感觉出一个

男孩子在恋爱中的喜悦和痛苦

21. War was avoided by a master stroke of statesmanship.

(A)

战争被高度的政治策略避免了。

(B)

由于运用了高超的政治策略，战争才得以避免。

(C)

战争的被避免是由于运用了高度的政治策略。

22.

必须努力加强廉政建设。

(A) Great efforts should be made to keep government clean.

(B) We must strengthen the building of a clean and honest government in

a great effort.

(C)

Great

efforts

should

be

made

to

strengthen

the

construction

of

clean

government.

23.

不能乱开减收增支的口子。

(A)

We

can

not

alter it

by

arbitrarily

decreasing

revenues

or

increasing

expenditures.

(B) We can not have an opening for arbitrarily decreasing revenues and

increasing expenditures.

(C)

We

can

not

allow

a

tear

in

arbitrarily

decreasing

revenues

and

increasing expenditures.

24.

I

hope

we

’

ll

have

got

the

instructions

ready

before

you

come

tomorrow.

(A)

我希望明天你来之前我们将已经把说明书准备好了。

(B)

我希望明天在你来之前将可以把说明书准备好。

(C)

我希望明天你来时，我们已把说明书都准备好。

25. I shall have been learning English for ten years by next Mary.

(A)

到明年

5

月我就学了十年英语了。

(B)

到明年

5

月我将学习英语十年。

(C)

到明年

5

月我学英语就要满十年了。

26. All the boys there are being quiet. I wonder what they

’

re up to.

(A)

男孩子们现在都停止了吵闹。我真想知道他们在搞什么名堂。

(B)

男孩子们现在都正在安静。我真想知道他们在搞什么名堂。

(C)

男孩子们都在那儿规规矩矩的。我真不知道他们要搞什么花样。

27.

这个摊贩叫卖道：

“快来买呀 ，过了这个村可没这个店啦。

”

（

A

）

The street peddler hawked:

“

Now or never!

（

B

）

The

street

peddler

cried:

“

Come

and

buy!

You

’

ll

never

get

them

later.

”

（

C

）

The street peddler hawked:

“

Please buy! Don

’

t lose the golden

chance!

”

28.

提到赤壁，人们自然会想到“赤壁之战”

，想象那场著名战役的情景。

（

A

）

The

name

Chi

’

Bi

or

Red

Cliff

would

remind

one

of

the

Battle

of

Chi

’

Bi,

of the fierce fighting in this well- known battle.

（

B

）

The

name

Chi

’

Bi

or

Red

Cliff

would

remind

one

of

the

fierce

fighting

in the Battle of Chi

’

Bi which is well- known.

（

C

）

The name Chi

’

Bi or Red Cliff would remind one of what in Chinese

history is known as

the Battle

of

Chi

’

Bi fought in between the army of

Cao

Cao

of

Wei

and

the

joint

forces

of

Sun

Quan

of

Wu

and

Liu

Bei

of

shulan

in the period of three Kingdoms (220--280).

29. Our hopes and plans are scattered to the four winds.

(A)

我们的希望和计划全落空了。

(B)

我们的希望和计划被驱散，随风飘了。

(C)

我们的希望和计划都被分散到四种风里去了。

30.

The

new

leaders

may

be

better

educated,

more

technologically

inclined,

and more cosmopolitan.

（

A< /p>

）这些新的领导人可能受教育的层次更好，技术上更有天赋，更能以四海为

家。

（

B

< br>）这些新的领导人可能受教育的层次更好，技术上更有天赋，见多识广，心

胸更加 宽阔。

（

C

）这些新的领导人可能知识层次更高，技术上更有天赋，眼界更为开阔。

31.

有些厕所似乎仍是这次卫生大扫除活动的死角。

(A) Some toilets seem immune to the clean-up campaign.

(B) Some toilets seem

to be still

dead corners in

the clean-up campaign.

(C) Some toilets seem to remain untouched in the clean-up campaign.

32.

Companies

with

a

big

staff

in

Beijing

find

themselves

squeezed

between

high operating costs and shrinking business.

(A)

在北京的员工庞大的公司发现自己受着高运行成本和萎缩业务两方面的挤

压。

(B)

在北京，

员工庞大的公司面临运行成本高，

业务不断萎缩的局面，