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三笔综合
2004年5月英语三级笔译综合能力试题
试题部分：
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 Selection
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, 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. Then blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. Grover Cleveland was the first president __________ in the White House.
A. got married
B. to get married
C. has got married
D. was married
2. If cauliflowers are not __________ from extreme temperatures, the heads get discolored.
A. protected
B. shelter
C. shade
D. saved
3. The gas __________ from the tank is dangerous.
A. given off
B. giving out
C. giving away
D. given up
4. When it started to snow, we turned round and __________ the hotel.
A. got by
B. searched for
C. made for
D. cleared up
5. Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived _________ hope.
A. in
B. for
C. on
D. through
6. Rice is the __________ food of most Southeast Asians.
A. common
B. general
C. staple
D. popular
7. William Byrd was the owner of the largest library in colonial __________.
A. period
B. time
C. times
D. period
8. Exobiology is the study of life __________ other planets.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. to
9. The Declaration of Independence, __________ the Constitution of the United States, was drawn up with the help of Benjamin Franklin.
A. and
B. also
C. as well as
D. so too
10. It was from the Lowell Laboratory that the ninth __________ , Pluto, was sighted in 1930.
A. planet
B. constellation
C. stardom
D. satellite
11. The rodent, __________ the mouse, rat, guinea pig, and porcupine, are mammals with incisor-like teeth in both jaws.
A. made up
B. including
C. consisting
D. constitute
12. ___________ into oceans and rivers is a serious form of pollution.
A. Pouring sewage
B. Emptying litter
C. Throwing garbage
D. Dumping sewage
13. Products which are made from dirts and are __________ high temperatures are known as ceramics.
A. tempered in
B. subjected to
C. exposed to
D. baked in
14. A pigment called melanin protects the ________ layers of skin from sun rays.
A. under
B. below
C. underlying
D. underneath
15. Oranges are a __________source of vitamin C.
A. well
B. better
C. good
D. very
16. Even after having their grandchildren live with them for ten years, the couple felt that __________ children these days was the most difficult of all family matters.
A. rising
B. raising
C. caring
D. taking care
17. The most important __________ of the farmers in Iraq is dates, of which Iraq is the worlds leading exporter.
A. economic crop
B. cash crop
C. money crop
D. staple
18. More has been learned about the Moon than any other of the Earth’s neighbors in space because of the Apollo program, which enabled men to walk on the Moon and bring back hundreds of pounds of __________.
A. rocks
B. rock
C. stone
D. stones
19. __________ the variety that the average family has in beaf, fish, poultry, and vegetarian recipes, they find most meals unexciting.
A. In spite
B. Inspite
C. Despite of
D. Despite
20. The speaker __________ have criticized the paraprofessionals, knowing full well that they were seated in the audience.
A. should not to
B. must not
C. ought not to
D. may not
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
This part consists of 15 sentences in which 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 corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
21. Iceland has the oldest parliament, which goes as far back to 930 A.D. when Althing, the legislative organization, was established.
A. office
B. adobe
C. assembly
D. building
22. The only problem with the debate last week was that the beginning sounded more like a personal attack than a dispassionate, intellectual arguing.
A. discussion
B. argument
C. talk
D. speech
23. Susan Jones was at the bus stop well on time to take the 7:
01 bus, but she had to miss her breakfast to do it.
A. catch up with
B. catch
C. run up to
D. be catching
24. Since her father could not drive her to the airport, she requested her uncle to drive her instead.
A. take
B. bring
C. dispatch
D. deliver
25. A famous collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabian folktales, the Arabian Nights was supposedly told by the legendary queen Scheherazade to her husband every night for 1,001 days.
A. imaginary
B imagery
C. fabled
D. legend
26. What may be the oldest fossil footprint yet found was discovered in June 1968 by William J. Meister, a non-professional fossil collector.
A. a part-time
B. a spare-time
C. an untrained
D. an amateur
27. Most of us think of sharks as dangerous, owing to lack of information rather than fear.
A. due to
B. because
C. as
D. for
28. Double Eagle II, the first trans-Atlantic balloon, was greeted by avid crowds in France.
A. eager
B. surging
C. appreciative
D. vigorous
29. The discovery of the connection between aspirin and Reyessyndrome, a rare and deadly ailment, is a recent example of the caution with which drugs must be used, even for medical purposes.
A. disease
B. sick
C. ill
D. illness
30. My parents moved out of their old home sometime last year after they had celebrated their 50th year there.
A. anniversary
B. years old
C. age
D. wedding
31. The library she worked in lent books, magazines, audio-cassettes and maps to its customers, who could keep them for four weeks.
A. borrowers
B. lenders
C. patrons
D. clients
32. A common question that people ask a story writer is whether or not he has experienced what he has written about.
A. fiction
B. science
C. imaginary
D. literary
33. At the World Literacy Center, an organization that works to help people read, the helpers work hard, enabling them to successfully reach their goals.
A. assistants
B. volunteers
C. part-timers
D. amateurs
34. The officers made it clear that they were letting her go only because that she was old and not because she was above suspicion.
A. for reason
B. due to
C. because of
D. on the grounds
35. The book, which is a useful guide for today’s young people, deals with many questions and problems that face them at school and at home as well as in society.
A. are faced
B. confront
C. in opposition
D. meet
Part 3 Error Correction
This part consists of 15 sentences in which there is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error. 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 so that the error is corrected. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
36. All don’t have a free ticket must pay the admission fee.
A. Everyone who doesn’t have a free ticket
B. No one who doesn’t have a free ticket
C. No one who has free tickets
D. Anyone who has free tickets
37. When I last saw them, the police had chased the robbers down Col
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