笔译二级综合能力(词汇选择)模拟试卷10
词汇选择题
1.Biofuel is neither a________nor a pariah, but like all technologies, it represents both opportunities and challenges.(B)
A. treatment
B. panacea
C. methodology
D. solution
解析:句中的填空部分处在一个定义式的句子里,有机燃料既不能作为万能药,也不该被抛弃,而是像所有技术一样,既存在机遇,又面临挑战。在这样的句子中,neither…nor…结构提示填空部分与pariah(被社会遗弃者)含义相反。选项A.treatment医治,表示此含义时,多用在medical treatment这样具体的语境中;选项B.panacea灵丹妙药,和cure all含义接近,与pariah含义相反,且构成头韵,符合上下文的要求;选项C.methodology方法论,尤指抽象的概念;选项D.solution解决方案,通常指比较具体的解决办法。
2.In the 1960s, a Chinese________, using yak and mule trains, spotted these Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys, living quietly among the trees, cut off from the world by peaks 22,000 feet high.(C)
A. excursion
B. exploration
C. expedition
D. experiment
解析:句中的填空部分充当了句子的主语,句子的后半部分可以说是对这个词的一些解释,通过内容可以推理,在与世隔绝的地方,发现罕见的滇金丝猴的应该是探险队。选项C.远征、探险队,符合逻辑。
3.Ford Motor Company is posing profits of $1.6 billion________Wall Street forecast. The company remains profitable despite weakness in Europe.(C)
A. beating up
B. bidding for
C. beating
D. bidding
解析:句意:福特汽车公司公布了16亿美元的利润,超过了华尔街的预期。尽管在欧洲市场表现疲软,但该公司仍保持盈利。题中的两句话相互呼应,公司在欧洲表现疲软,所以华尔街对它的预期低。选项A.beating up暴打、痛打;选项B.bidding for投标、出价;选项C.beating打、打败、胜过;选项D.bidding投标、出价。
4.Five forces in Porter’s model include________among existing competitors, the threat of potential new entrants, the bargaining power of buyers and suppliers, and the threat of substitute products or services.(C)
A. familiarity
B. equivalence
C. rivalry
D. exchange
解析:句意:波特模型中的五种力量包括现有竞争对手之间的对抗、潜在新进入者的威胁、买家和卖家的议价能力,以及替代产品或服务的威胁。根据填空部分后面的among existing competitors,可以推测填空部分的含义是competition的近义词。选项A.familiarity熟悉;选项B.equivalence相等;选项C.rivalry对抗,与句中的competitors含义最接近;选项D.exchange交流。
5.Many people mix up the meaning of misinformation with the word disinformation. They sometimes use one term________the other.(B)
A. in favor of
B. in place of
C. in light of
D. in sight of
解析:句意:许多人分不清misinformation和disinformation的含义。他们有时会将两个词混淆使用。选项A.in favor of有利于、支持、赞同;选项B.in place of代替,放在句中时,上下文比较合乎逻辑;选项C.in light of根据、鉴于;选项D.in sight of在看得见的位置。
6.Economically________cities combined with younger educated residents and sheer size created the perfect combination for increased gentrification.(D)
A. energetic
B. positive
C. impulsive
D. dynamic
解析:句意:这座城市充满经济活力,加上受过教育的年轻居民和庞大的地域规模,为日益加剧的中产阶级化创造了充分条件。选项A.energetic精力充沛的,常用来形容人;选项B.positive积极的、正面的,不与cities放在一起用;选项C.impulsive冲动的,和cities不搭配;选项D.dynamic有活力的,可以用来形容城市经济。
7.Researchers are calling for more resources to help autistic children and their parents identify and deal with bullying behaviors in the home,________earlier in childhood.(B)
A. regularly
B. particularly
C. eventually
D. specially
解析:句意:研究人员呼吁提供更多资源,用来帮助自闭症儿童及其父母识别和处理家庭内部的欺凌行为,尤其是在童年早期。选项A.regularity定期地、规律地;选项B.particularly尤其、非常地;选项C.eventually最终、结果;选项D.specially特别地、专门地,比如:The play was written specially for radio.这部剧是专门为广播写的。选项A和C都是从时间角度设置的,并不是句中所要强调的,并且它们与earlier共同使用也欠妥。
8.These species have been________for decades due to commercial exploitation for their very valuable \\(B)
A. sacrificed
B. threatened
C. vanished
D. perished
解析:句意:这些物种几十年来一直受到威胁,被视为非常值钱的“珍贵木材”而用于商业开发,又因为砍伐和焚烧耕种而丧失了栖息之地。结合句子后半部分对种种原因的解释,可以推测这些物种的
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