2017年catti二级笔译综合能力模拟试题及答案（二）
第 1 题：单选题:
Only one-fifth of Americans saw oil as the chief reason that the U.S. made a war on Iraq, but 75 percent of the French and of the Russians believed________.
A to
B so
C go
D do
第 2 题：单选题:
This is________work. It calls for a good eye and a steady hand.
A precise
B precision
C exact
D exactness
第 3 题：单选题:
They''re the best team I''ve seen thus far, says ________men''s basketball coach Larry Brown.
A American's
B US
C the USA
D United State of America
第 4 题：单选题:
He was facing charges on forgery in a court of law but he hired a good attorney to
A get off
B get through
C get by
D get away
第 5 题：单选题:
________ pollution control measures are expensive, many local governments hesitate to adopt them.
A Although
B However
C Because
D Moreover
第 6 题：单选题:
Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event ________is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
A occurring
B occurred
C occurs
D occur
第 7 题：单选题:
The countries that are being blamed for the extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are the rich and developed countries. On a different________, the developing countries feel they will suffer the most of it.
A nod
B note
C norm
D notion
第 8 题：单选题:
We cannot see any possibility of business ________your price is on the high side of the prevailing market trend.
A which
B since
C that
D though
第 9 题：单选题:
Being both spoiled and lazy, he________everyone else for his lack of success.
A accused
B charged
C criticized
D blamed
第 10 题：单选题:
Americans who consider themselves ________ in the traditional sense do not usually hesitate to heap criticism in domestic matters over what they believe is oppressive or wasteful.
A pedestrian
B penchant
C patriarch
D patriotic
第 11 题：单选题:
Kingdom of Wonders, ________ in 1995 in Fremont, Calif., became an industry legend for two toys: a talking bear and a ray-gun game.
A find
B found
C founded
D founding
第 12 题：单选题:
When insects feed on decaying plant material in a compost pile, they help turn it into useful garden soil.
A available
B organic
C distasteful
D decomposing
第 13 题：单选题:
When a hurricane is about to occur , the National Weather Bureau issues a warning.
A adjacent
B gigantic
C perilous
D imminent
第 14 题：单选题:
The graduate committee must be in full accord in their approval of a dissertation.
A indecisive
B sullen
C vocal
D unanimous
第 15 题：单选题:
The thief was apprehended, but his accomplice had disappeared.
A people who saw him
B the person who helped him
C guns and knives
D stolen goods
第 16 题：单选题:
Researchers have discovered that dolphins are able to mimic human speech.
A import
B imitate
C impair
D humor
第 17 题：单选题:
For a long time in that vast region, this law was in abeyance .
A active use
B doubt
C discussion
D disuse
第 18 题：单选题:
One of the things we have to do to prevent a pandemic is to make sure people understand and know what they can do to minimize the commotion .
A command
B collusion
C turmoil
D tutelage
第 19 题：单选题:
Daylight saving time was instituted to increase productivity.
A reorganized
B started
C encouraged
D taught
第 20 题：单选题:
Water makes up some 70 percentage points of the body, and drinking enough water — either tap water or expensive mineral water — will ensure that the body is properly lubricated and flushed.
A per-cent
B per capita
C percent
D percentage
第 21 题：单选题:
Our programs come second to theirs.
A come second after
B are second only to
C are first except for
D are first place from
第 22 题：单选题:
The affluent middle class created by the Asian boom now take up over from exports as the main engine of growth.
A take over from exports
B take from exports
C take exports
D takes exports
第 23 题：单选题:
The belief is the legendary lost continent of Atlantis may someday be found.
A It is believed that
B It is believing that
C The belief that
D That belief is
第 24 题：单选题:
Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons , can now be obtained for old people, and even for pets.
A before young, healthy persons available only,
B available only to young, healthy persons before,
C available only to persons young, but more healthy,
D before young and healthy persons only available to,
第 25 题：单选题:
We''re not bringing in millions of dollars, says a director of development. "But we want to make sure the demand is there before we act to the project."
A of
B off
C on
D for
第 26 题：单选题:
It is a market which sales value might be more than 10 billion yuan.
A a market with a sales value that might be
B a market which might be sales value
C a market with sale value might be
D market with sales might be a value
第 27 题：单选题:
As an English major student , I think business English is more practical than other fields.
A a English student / field
B a English major student / regions
C an English major / courses
D an English student major /sciences
第 28 题：Reading Comprehension:
Every group has a culture, however uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist, there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
People once thought of the languages of backward groups as undeveloped. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex. They differ from Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this aspect, two things are to be noted. First, all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. Second, the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from the West, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"). But some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.
1小题>
Every group of human beings has________.
A its own set of ideas, beliefs and ways of life
B an extremely complex and delicate language
C its own elegant music, literature, and other arts
D the process of growing crops or raising animals
2小题>
To the professional linguists,________.
A there is no intrinsic superiority of cultures
B there is no intrinsic hierarchy of languages
C all languages came from grunts and groans
D all languages are most severe and standard
3小题>
Most languages of uncivilized groups are________.
A adequate
B numerous
C ingenious
D ingenuous
4小题>
Backward languages fall behind Western languages in________.
A structures
B vocabularies
C written forms
D sound patterns
5小题>
All languages, whether civilized or not, have their own________.
A ways to transfer ideas
B forms to satisfy needs
C abilities to answer description
D systems to expand vocabulary
6小题>
Which of the following statements is implied in the passage?
A Anthropologists have nothing to do with linguists.
B Linguists have nothing to do with anthropologists.
C The study of languages casts light upon the study of cultures.
D The study of cultures casts no light upon the study of languages.
7小题>
It is implied that all cultures have to be viewed________.
A profoundly
B intrinsically
C independently
D professionally
8小题>
According to this passage, to learn a foreign language would require one to________.
A do more activities
B learn about a new culture
C meet more people
D need more names
9小题>
The author's attitude shown in this passage toward "backward" languages is________.
A restrained
B subjective
C objective
D resolute
10小题>
This passage is on the whole________.
A narrative
B instructive
C prescriptive
D argumentative
