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1、2005年5月英语三级?笔译综合能力?试题Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 points)This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.Part 1 Vocabulary SelectionIn this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentenc
2、e, there are 4 choices 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. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.1. We have had to raise the prices of our products beca
3、use of the increase in the cost of _ materials. A. primitive B. rough C. original D. raw2. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very_ for the students. A. hostile B. anxious C. tedious D. obscure3.Whenever the government increases public services,_ because more workers
4、are needed to carry out these services. A. employment to rise B. employment rises C. which rising employment D. the rise of employment4.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. preserved5. Con
5、tainer-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but _ in winter. A. should be B. would be C. preferred D. preferably6.Both longitude and latitude _ in degrees, minutes and seconds. A. measuring B. measured C. are measured D. being measured7.Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made u
6、p of dust, _ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma. A. one another B. the other C. other ones D. each other8. 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. damaging9. T
7、he 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 D. on average10. On turning the comer, they saw the path _ steeply. A. departing B. descending C. decreasing D. degenerating11. English language publicat
8、ions in China are growing in volume and _. A. circulation B. rotation C. circumstance D. appreciation12.Hydroponics _ the cultivation of plants without soil. A. does B. is C. do D. are13. To impose computer technology _ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning. A. with
9、B. to C. in D. on14. Marketing is _ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer. A. rather than B. other than C. bigger than D. more than15._ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system. A. What linguists ca
10、ll B. It is called by linguists C. Linguists call it D. What do linguists call16. In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for _ pottery. A. it made B. its C. the making D. where its17._ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex. A. Children B. Children
11、, when they C. As children D. For children to18. _ of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, provided Mark Twain with the inspiration for two of his most popular novels. A. Remembering B. Memories C. It was the memories D. He remembered19. Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground ha
12、s little vegetation to protect _ of the wind. A. from the effects B. it the effects C. it from the effects D. the effects from it20. Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a _. A. scarcity B. minority C. minimum D. shortagePart 2 Vocabulary ReplacementThis
13、 part consists of 15 sentences; in each sentence one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresp
