翻译资格考试三级笔译综合能力试题
翻译资格考试三级笔译综合能力试题
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Part 3 Error Correction
This part consists of 15 sentences; in eachsentence there is an underlined part that indicates anerror. Below each sentence, there are 4 choicesrespectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choosethe word or phrase that can replace the underlinedpart so that the error is corrected. There is only ONEright answer. Blacken the corresponding letter asrequired on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
36. Not much people realize that apples have been cultivated for over 3,000 years.
A. Not many B. Not enough
C. Without many D. No many
37. The eastern bluebird is considered the most attractive bird native of North America bymany bird-watchers.
A. native B. native with
C. native by D. native to
38. All living creatures pass on inherited traits from one generation to other.
A. the other B. another
C. others D. other one
39. Furniture makers use glue to hold joints together and sometimes to reinforce it.
A. its B. fast
C. hard D. them
40. The hard, out surface of the tooth is called enamel.
A. outside B. appearance
C. outer D. hiding
41. The earliest form of artificial lighting was fire, which also provided warm andprotection.
A. hot B. sunshine
C. warmth D. safe
42. All mammals have hair, but not always evident.
A. but it is not B. but it is
C. but they are not D. but they are
43. A professor of economic and history at Atlanta University, W.E.B. Du Bois, promotedfull racial equality.
A. economy B. economics
C. economical D. economic
44. Machines that use hydraulic pressure including elevators, dentist chairs, andautomobile brakes.
A. exclude B. excluding
C. include D. are included
45. The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town ofFrederick, New York, in 1825.
A. was B. is
C. it is D. were
46. Although the social sciences different a great deal from one another, they share acommon interest in human relationship.
A. move B. differ
C. change D. varies
47. Unlike competitive running, race walkers must always keep some portion of their feetin contact with the ground.
A. run B. runner
C. runners D. running race
48. A promising note is a written agreement to pay a certain sum of money at some timefuture.
A. time futures B. futures
C. futures time D. future time
49. New York City surpassed the other Atlantic seaports in partly because it developed thebest transportation links with the interior of the country.
A. part B. partial
C. partner D. parting
50. All root vegetables grow underground, and not all vegetables that grow undergroundare roots.
A. but B. or
C. as D. thus
Section 2: Reading Comprehension (55 points)
In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinishedstatements about the passage, each with 4 (A, B, C and D) choices to complete the statement.You must choose the one which you think fits best. Then blacken the corresponding letter asrequired on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 75 minutes.
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America's first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa,about 1753 and brought to America aboard a slave ship at about the age of seven. John andSusannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave auction in Boston in 1761 to be apersonal servant of Mrs. Wheatley. The family had three other slaves, and all were treated withrespect. Phyllis was soon accepted as one of the family, which included being raised andeducated with the Wheatley's twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, mostfemales, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of thebest educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to become a teacher, and in fact, it wasMary who decided to take charge of Phyllis's education. Phyllis soon displayed her remarkabletalents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics and passages fromthe Bible. And eventually. Mrs. Wheatley decided Phyllis should become a Christian.
At the age of thirteen Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation aftershe wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It becamecommon practice in Boston to have "Mrs. Wheatley's Phyllis" read poetry in polite society. Marymarried in 1771, and Phyllis later moved to the country because of poor health, as a teacherand caretaker to a farmer's three children. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis'spoems but once they heard she was a Negro they weren't interested.
