(2007年湖北省翻译大赛非英语专业初赛试题.docVIP

湖北省第十四届外语翻译大赛英语非专业笔译组决赛试题 I．选词用字：（每小题2分，30分） 英译汉：从A、B、C三个选项中选出最恰当的词语或词组填空。 1．原文：I told my wife a white lie saying that she looked fabulous in her new clothes. 译文：我对太太撒了个______c________，称赞她穿上新衣好看极了。 A．白色的谎言 B．不会造成伤害的谎言 C．善意的小谎 2．原文：Dr. Lee is a very famous scientist but literature is all Greek to him. 译文：李博士是位著名的科学家，____b__________________。 A．但文学对他来说就像希腊语一样 B．但对文学却一窍不通 C．但对文学却没有一点兴趣 3．原文：Alex is the black sheep of the family. 译文：亚力克斯是________a______。 A．不肖之子 B．家里的黑羊 C．家里的害群之马 4．原文：Jack has had five jobs within three years! A rolling stone gathers no moss. 译文：杰克在三年内换了五份工作！_______a________________________。 A．这样浮游不定，难成大器 B．真是水往高处流啊 C．这样便不会对同一工作产生厌倦或惰性了 5．原文：English is going to the dogs. 译文：________________c________。 A．越来越多的英国人开始养狗 B．英语变得更加生机勃勃 C．英语开始衰败倒退了 汉译英：从下列词组中选择一个恰当的词组完成翻译句子填空（注意：选项多于句子；只需在答题卡上填写正确词组的编号）。 a. A Chinese puzzle; b. Achilles’s heel; c. add salt to the wound; d. bite off more than one can chew; e. born in the purple; f. build castles in Spain; g. catch somebody red-handed; h. cry wolf; i. face the music; j. go west; k. hot potato; l. make bricks without straw; m. milk the bull; n. take the bull by the horns; o. the apple of one’s eye 1．原文：他生于贵族之家，所以自幼所受的教育，有异于常人。 译文：He has not been raised like an ordinary child for he was _____________________. 2．原文：警察遇到突发事件时，必须当机立断。 译文：A policeman must ___________________ when he meets a crisis. 3．原文：彼得有很好的机会取胜，但他的致命弱点就是太粗心大意。 译文：Peter should have a good chance of winning but his _____________ is his carelessness. 4．原文：埃里克尝试做不可能的事；他竟想做一种无本放债的生意！ 译文：Eric tried to ________________; he tried to start a money-lending business with no money! 5．原文：劳拉在期末考试中作弊被当场揭发，必须接受处分。 译文：Laura was caught cheating in the final examination and had to ________________. 6．原文：吉米获悉自己测验不及格，已经十分沮丧了，你不应火上浇油，还去取笑他。 译文：Jimmy is already very upset now he knows that he has failed the test. You should not __________ by teasing him. 7．原文：在昨天的教师会议中，校长提出了一个棘手的问题：我们该用英语还是汉语教学呢？ 译文：In yesterday’s staff meeting, the headmaster passed ar