2017下半年翻译资格考试初级笔译综合练习题（1）
Vocabulary Selection(In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases 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. )
第1题
Marketing is ______ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer.
A rather than
B other than
C bigger than
D more than
第2题
The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
A by accident
B at random
C on occasion
第3题
English language publications in China are growing in volume and ______.
A circulation
B rotation
C circumstance
D appreciation
第4题
Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect of the wind.
A from the effects
B it the effects
C it from the effects
D the effects from it
第5题
On turning the comer, they saw the path ______ steeply.
A departing
B descending
C decreasing
第6题
Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a
A scarcity
B minority
C minimum
第7题
With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very for the students.
A hostile
B anxious
C tedious
D obscure
第8题
Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.
A should be
B would be
C preferred
D preferably
第9题
Hydroponics ______ the cultivation of plants without soil.
A does
B is
C do
D are
第10题
In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for pottery.
A it made
B its
C the making
D where its
