全国2003年4月高等教育自学考试英语翻译试题
Part One Ⅰ.Multiple Choice Questions (30 points, 2 points for each) A. Directions: This part consists of ten sentences, each followed by four different versions marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Choose the one that is the closest equivalent of the original in terms of meaning and expressiveness. 1.She blurred the ink on the letter with her tears. [A] 他的眼泪把信上的墨水弄得模糊不清。 [B] 他的眼泪把信上的字迹弄得模糊不清。 [C] 他的眼泪把信上的字句弄得模糊不清。 [D] 他的眼泪把信上的话语弄得模糊不清 2.It’s better having short lines with more bank tellers. [A] 如果银行出纳员多一些,不用排长队就好了。 [B]最好是排的队短一些,银行出纳员多一些。 [C]要是排的队短,银行出纳员最好多一些。 [D] 银行出纳员多一些,队就排得更短了。 3.Scarcely less important than machinery in the agricultural revolution was science. [A]在农业革命中,科学没有机械重要。 [B]在农业革命中,机械没有科学重要。 [C]在农业革命中,科学和机械几乎同等重要。 [D] 在农业革命中,机械和科学都不怎么重要。 4.Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle. [A]几个星期来,气恼和痛苦不断地袭击着我;这种感情上的折磨后,我感到浑身无力。 [B]几个星期来,我处在气恼和痛苦之中;遭受这种感情的折磨后,我感到浑身无力。 [C] 几个星期来,我又气又恨,感到非常苦恼;经历了这种感情的折磨后,我感到浑身无力。 [D] 几个星期来,我经受着气恼和怨恨的吞噬;这种感情过后,我感到浑身无力。 5. The numbers didn’t really add up, so the accountant went back over them. [A]数额没有累计起来,所以会计师又把它们拿回去了。 [B]加起来的总数不对,所以会计师又拿回去了。 [C]数额没有累计起来,所以会计师又重新计算了一遍。 [D] 加起来的总数不对,所以会计师又重新计算了一遍。 6.基本路线要管一百年,动摇不得。 [A]The basic line should manage for a hundred years, with no vacillation. [B]We should adhere upon the basic line for a hundred years, with no vacillation. [C]The basic line should govern for a hundred years, with no vacillation.
[D]We should adhere to the basic line for a hundred years, with no vacillation.
13.茅盾先生说过:翻译文学作品,很重要的一点是 。
24.pension fund
36.原文:Soon the romantic “wild west” had ceased to be.
37.原文:Driving drunk means an automatic fine.
38.原文:The explanation is pretty thin.
39.原文:When you are a child of the mountains yourself, you really belong to them. 译文:采矿者开发了这一地区,建立了村镇,打下了永久定居的基础。
41.原文:As rain fell in the Ethiopian highlands and
the snows melted in the Mountains of the Moon, the Nile was
everlastingly renewed.
B.Example:
42.原文:要提倡科学,靠科学才有希望。
43.原文:当年在广州闹革命的时候,我们还年轻气盛。
44.原文:她有力气,简直抵得过一个男子。 译文:During the peak season, farmers compete to sell their eggs, whereas during the off-season, they are usually in short supply in the cities. Ⅳ. Paragraph Translation (30 points) Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. (15 points) 46. As regards health, I have nothing useful to say since I have little experience of illness. I eat and drink whatever I like, and sleep when I cannot keep awake. I never do anything whatever on the ground that it is good for health, though in actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome. Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things about which there is something to be done.
Directions: Translate the following passage in to English.(15 points) |