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1、湖北省第十三届外语翻译大赛英语专业组初赛试题湖北省第十三届外语翻译大赛英语专业组初赛试题I. Choose the one best translation of the Chinese phrases ：（每（每题题2分，分， 计计20分）分）(1) 弱肉强食 the great fish eat the small; .The weak are the prey of the strong. the law of the junglethe jungle law ; law of the jungle; the law of the jungleA. the weak is the mea
2、t of the strong B. the weak are the prey of the strongC. the jungle principal D. the weak is the mercy of the strong(2) 如鸟兽散 flee helter-skelter；scatter like birds or wild animalsA. flee helter -skelter B. as if birds and beasts disappearingC. flying away as birds D. running away as animals(3) 深文周纳
3、use every means to have an innocent person pronounced guilty；carefully framed-up formulated argument accusation；convict sb. by deliberately misinterpreting the law；frame up and punish severely；A. well versed in literature and artB. try to help innocent people out of troubleC. to enjoy great learning
4、 and popularityD. convict sb by deliberately misinterpreting the law(4) 首鼠两端 waver in determination；be hesitating what course to adopt；be in two twenty minds；be undecided in ones course of action；A. take both for grantedB. catch the first mouse coming alongC. there being two sides to everythingDshil
5、ly-shally (5) 师直为壮 An army fighting for a just cause has high morale.；A just campaign is invincible.；Only a righteous army may have grand good morale.；The army of righteousness is unconquerable.；A. an army fighting for a just cause has high moraleB. an honest teacher is always eloquent in speechC. a
6、 great master is always speak out his mindD. strong physique is associated with moral life(6) 文不加点 write well, fast and without need of revision；never to blot a line in writing - have a facile pen；The writing is faultless.；A. article with no definite argumentB. have a facile penC. without the use of
7、 any punctuationD. plain style without and flourish (7) 殊深轸念 express deep solicitude for A. fall a prey toB. be sympathetic aboutC. express deep solicitude forD. become bosom friends(8) 余勇可贾 still to have some fight left in one；can take courage once more；still having plenty of fight in one；strength
8、yet to spare withA. valor to encourage othersB. with strength yet to spareC. energy left over for future useD. great deeds for praise(9) 纵横捭阖 be perpendicular and horizontal；manoeuvre among various political groupings - tactics of a skilled diplomatA. criss-crossing the vast countryB. a wide stretch
9、 of beautiful fieldC. maneuver among various political groupingsD. search up and down for a bosom friend(10) 责有莜归A. duty is well placed B. obligation should be observedC. blame goes to its destinyD. responsibility rests where it belongsII. Choose the best version among the four given. （每题（每题2分，分， 计计
10、40分）分）11她是一个坚强的女人，在体格上、在精神上都是如此，我每天都从她身上吸取精神食粮。A. She was a touch woman, physically and spiritually. Not a day passed that I didnt feed off the bread of her spirit.B. In physique as well as in spirit, she is a strong and firm lady, everyday I absorb from her spiritual nutrition.C. I get strength fro
11、m her everyday, since she is a strong-willed woman, both in body and in mind.D. She has got very strong will-power, and everyday I can benefit from her spiritual food as far as mind and constitution are concerned.12他相识不久就想动手动脚。A. Before the acquaintance got to a certain point, he wants to be physica
12、lly involved.B. He even wanted to get in possession before the relationship is ripe.C. Before long, he started to show his true colors.D. He wanted to get physical early in a relationship.13 科技的发展似乎对纸张的使用没有太大的影响，正如医学的进步也不能铲除病毒。A. The development of science doesnt seem to have great influence on the
13、use of paper, just as the advances of medicine can not get rid of virus all together.B. Paper seems to be as immune to technology as viruses are to medical science.C. Paper is not very much affected by the development of technology; the same is true with the fact that progress in medical research ca
14、nnot exterminate germs.D. The advances in science seems to have no function in affecting the use of paper, as the improvement in medicine and pharmacology are not able to wipe out viruses.14. 那年中有好几次，我将我所受到的挫折以及失落感发泄到孩子们身上。A. Many times in that year, I vented out on my kids all the frustrations I ex
15、perienced.B. On many an occasion that year I lost tempers and scolded my children for my own setbacks.C. I gave vent to my own lost feelings that year and wreaked my kids for my own headaches.D. There were quite a few times that year when I took my frustrations out on the children.15. 这是个未知的领域：如何成为宇
16、航员？无准则可遵循，无先例可参照。A. This is an unknown world: how to become astronauts? No rules to follow, and no precedents to be used as references.B. Thats a field unknown to us: we have no experience in the past and there are no set rules for us to obey.C. That is an unfamiliar area for research: how to train astronauts? We have no regulations and principles to follow, and we have no successful examples for referenc
