二级笔译综合能力模拟试题.doc

Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 Points)　　This section consists of three parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.　　Part 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, D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.　　1. The streets of the Dual Springs neighborhood, a migrant-worker hub in northern Beijing, are ______. Thats no surprise; more than 13,000 people have been quarantined in Chinas capital to halt the insidious spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).　　A. deserted B. vacated C. unlived in D. removed　　2. In many ______ a lack of direction prompted the Republican Guard to call it a day.　　A. occasions B. cases C. events D. days　　3. They did considerable work to ______ the masses of the United States with the elementary problems of Latin America.　　A. allow B. acquaint C. notify D. propagate　　4. My mother says a teaching machine has to be _____ to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.　　A. modified B. considered C. adjusted D. remanufactured　　5. The big retailers are starting to think small, too. Sainsburys and Tesco have launched convenience-store chains, called Local and Express, respectively - that have fast become _____ in British towns.　　A. ubiquitous B. established C. frequented D. known　　6. The solidarity among the young, especially the 386 Generation, is so strong that its helping to _____ the countrys deep-rooted regional divide.　　A. enhance B. dissolve C. weaken D. move　　7. The Wright brothers continued their flying in France and _____ all who saw them.　　A. saddened B. frightened C. astonished D. alarmed