2007年湖北省翻译大非赛英语专业初赛试题.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。。’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 around ____________: should we use Chinese or English as the medium of instruction? 8．原文：你升职无望了。 译文：Your chance of promotion __________________. 9．原文：这数学测验极为深奥，看来我不会及格了。 译文：This Maths exam is _____________ to me! I don’t think I am going to pass. 10．原文：我劝你不要好高骛远，放弃参加选美比赛吧。 译文：I advise you not to join the beauty contest. Don’t ____________________________. II．句子翻译：从A、B、C三个选项中选出与原句对应的最佳译文。（每小题2分，40分） 英译汉 1. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. A. 最起码我们该带着明确的、分类的目的去阅读不