笔译二级综合能力模拟试卷53
词汇选择题
1.The cost, he demands should not________our expectation.(C)
A. exceeds
B. exceeding
C. exceed
D. exceedingly
解析:他要求成本不能超过预期。本题考查demand后加宾语从句,从句要用虚拟语气,即should加动词原形,故正确答案为C项。
2.On the________in the countryside, there are only one-tenth as many doctors as there are in the city.(B)
A. averaged
B. average
C. averagely
D. averages
解析:在乡村,医生的平均数量是城市医生数量的十分之一。本题考查词组on the average,其意为“平均上”,故正确答案为B项。
3.The writer received a________amount of praise for his newly published novel.(A)
A. fantastic
B. fantastical
C. fantasy
D. fantastically
解析:该作家因最近出版的小说收获了大量赞誉。A项fantastic “a. (数量)极大的”。B项fantastical “a. 空想的,捕风捉影的”。C项fantasy “n. 空想,幻想”。D项fantastically “ad. 难以置信地;极其地”。
4.After the retirement his parents began to________a small grocery store.(C)
A. operate on
B. operatic
C. operate
D. operated
解析:退休后,他父母开始经营一家小杂货铺。operate作“经营”解释时是及物动词,故正确答案是C项。B项operatic意为“歌剧的”。
5.None of the servants were________when I wanted to send a message.(A)
A. available
B. availed
C. availing
D. availably
解析:我想让佣人送个信,可所有人都没空。系动词后面应跟形容词,故正确答案为A项available(有空的)。avail作名词/动词时,意为“利用”,B项和C项是avail的动词变形,故都排除。D项availably意为“有效地”,词性为副词,也可排除。
6.The drought in this area resulted in the________of fruit and vegetable.(D)
A. scarcely
B. scarcer
C. scarce
D. scarcity
解析:干旱造成本地区水果蔬菜匮乏。从…of…这个所有格结构可推断of前面加名词。A项scarcely(勉强,几乎不)是副词。B项scarcer是形容词scarce(缺乏的)的比较级。C项scarce是形容词,意为“缺乏的”。D项scarcity(缺乏,短缺)词性为名词,且填入后语义符合,故正确答案为D项。
7.His________eyebrows and shining eyes impress us favorably.(C)
A. bush
B. bushed
C. bushy
D. bushing
解析:他浓密的眉毛,炯炯有神的眼睛,给我们留下了深刻的印象。根据题意,画线部分应该填形容词,故正确答案为C项bushy(毛发浓密的,多毛的)。A项bush作名词时意为“灌木丛;浓密的毛发”,作动词意为“浓密地生长”,故排除。B项bushed作形容词意为“疲倦的;迷惑的”,不符合句意。D项bushing是动词bush的-ing形式,故也排除。
8.The designer suggests we have a curtain to________the light.(C)
A. soft
B. softness
C. soften
D. software
解析:设计师建议我们装上窗帘,弱化光线。根据语法结构,画线部分应填动词,故正确答案为C项soften(缓和)。A项soft(柔软的)是形容词。B项softness(温柔,柔和)是名词。D项software(软件)是名词。故A、B、D三项都可排除。
9.He was so________when he saw the robbery at the bank.(C)
A. terrify
B. territorial
C. terrified
D. terrifying
解析:看到银行发生抢劫案,他十分害怕。系动词后应跟形容词。形容人应该用ed类形容词,故正确答案为C项。B项territorial意为“领地的;土地的”,故排除。
10.Information theory is primarily a________study.(B)
A. theory
B. theoretical
C. therapy
D. theoretically
解析:信息论主要是纯理论研究。名词study前面用形容词修饰,选项中只有B项theoretical(理论上的)符合题意,故选B项。
11.The United Nations had a strong________to waging a war in Iraq.(B)
A. object
B. objection
C. objectify
D. objected
解析:联合国强烈反对发动伊拉克战争。画线部分应填名词,故排除C项动词objectify(人格物化)和D项动词变形objected(反对)。A项作名词时意为“目标;宾语”,也不符合句意。B项objection为名词,且意为“反对”,从语法结构和语义层面上都适合填入该空,故选B项。
12.Cultural________indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation 1 another.(C)
A. translation
B. transition
C. transmission
D. transaction
解析:文化传播意味着人类把自己的语言一代接一代地传承下去。A项translation “n. 翻译”。B项transition “n. 过渡;转变”。C项transmission “n. 传递,传播”。D项transaction “n. 交易,业务”。
13.She________a few words on the paper.(C)
A. scrawl
B. scrawling
C. scrawled
D
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