CATTI 二级笔译综合能力试题及答案
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. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your
Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. The explanation given by the manager yesterday was not at all _____
to us.
A. satisfy B. satisfied
C. satisfactory D. satisfying
2. Part of the funds will be used to _____ that old library to its original
splendor.
A. rest B. recover
C. replace D. restore
3. This silk has gone right _____ and we have not sold a single piece of
it for weeks.
A. out of fad B. out of pattern
C. out of custom D. out of fashion
4. The new Personal Digital Assistance contained a large _____ of
information about an individual life.
A. deal B. amount
C. number D. account
5. Primitive superstitions that feed racism should be _____ through
education.
A. ignored B. exalted
C. eradicated D. canceled
6. _____ pollution control measures are expensive, many local governments
hesitate to adopt them.
A. Although B. However
C. Because D. Moreover
7. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body
of a runner, _____ to the body.
A. the stress it is greater B. greater is the stress
C. greater stress is D. the greater the stress
8. Annie Jump Cannon, _____ discovered so many stars that she was called
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“the census taker of the sky.”
A. a leading astronomer, B. who, as a leading astronomer,
C. was a leading astronomer, D. a leading astronomer who
9. Kingdom of Wonders, _____ in 1995 in Fremont, Calif., became an industry
legend for two toys: a talking bear and a ray-gun game.
A. find B. found
C. founded D. founding
10. Over a very large numbe
