2006 年11 月英语三级《笔译综合能力》试题

Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 points)

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. She did not ______ staying at home as she had some sewing to do.

A. matter

B. care

C. object

D. mind

2. I should like to rent a house, that is modern, cozy and, ______ , in a convenient place.

A. before all

B. above all

C. over all

D. first of all

3. Leading stress management experts say that life with stress would be dull and ______.

A. disorderly

B. time-consuming

C. fruitless

D. unexciting

4. Martin has created enough memorable ______ to make it easy to forgive his lows.

A. youngsters

B. nobles

C. highs

D. miserables

5. Basca has ______ his first prize at the Intel Science Talent Search, the premier national high school science

competition.

A. landed

B. lent

C. rendered

D. brought

6. No one was ______ in the accident.

A. injured

B. damaged

C. wounded

D. suffered

7. John is handsome ______ the scar on his face.

A. although

B. even if

C. instead of

D. despite

8. Even at an early stage the school felt that she ______ a good chance of passing her exams.

A. stood

B. gained

C. possessed

D. took

9. Orson accused the man ______ the theft.

A. for

B. of

C. in

D. on

10. I can't tell the time because the ______ of the clock have been removed.

A. hands

B. pointers

C. arms

D. fingers

11. One person ______ 10 now goes to a university in this country.

A. of

B. over

C. in

D. from

12. This book is full of practical ______ on home repair.

A. helps

B. tips

C. aids

D. clues

13. I'm so tired that I can't take ______ what you're saying.

A. up

B. out

C. in

D. on

14. His failure ______ great disappointments to his parents.

A. forced

B. caused

C. made

D. provided

15. The little boy was continually ______ the ornaments.

A. tripping up

B. falling down

C. breaking up

D. knocking over

16. If a star seems to be moving in a wavy line, we ______ it of being a double star.

A. doubt

B. believe

C. guess

D. suspect

17. I wrote to my bank manager, ______ to getting a loan.

A. in the hope

B. on the question

C. with the aim

D. with a view