CATTI2004年5月英语三级笔译综合能力试题Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 points)This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering thequestions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.Part 1 Vocabulary SelectionIn this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choicesrespectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which bestcompletes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Then blacken the correspondingletter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.1. Grover Cleveland was the first president _ in the White House.A. got marriedB. to get marriedC. has got marriedD. was married2. If cauliflowers are not _ from extreme temperatures, the heads get discolored.A. protectedB. shelterC. shadeD. saved3. The gas _ from the tank is dangerous.A. given offB. giving outC. giving awayD. given up4. When it started to snow, we turned round and _ the hotel.A. got byB. searched forC. made forD. cleared up5. Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived _ hope.A. inB. forC. onD. through6. Rice is the _ food of most Southeast Asians.A. commonB. generalC. stapleD. popular7. William Byrd was the owner of the largest library in colonial _.A. periodB. timeC. timesD. periods8. Exobiology is the study of life _ other planets.A. inB. atC. onD. to9. The Declaration of Independence, _ the Constitution of the United States, was drawnup with the help of Benjamin Franklin.A. andB. alsoC. as well asD. so too10. It was from the Lowell Laboratory that the ninth _ , Pluto, was sighted in 1930.A. planetB. constellationC. stardomD. satellite11. The rodent, _ the mouse, rat, guinea pig, and porcupine, are mammals withincisor-like teeth in both jaws.A. made upB. includingC. consistingD. constitute12. _ into oceans and rivers is a serious form of pollution.A. Pouring sewageB. Emptying litterC. Throwing garbageD. Dumping sewage13. Products which are made from dirts and are _ high temperatures are known asceramics.A. tempered inB. subjected toC. exposed toD. baked in14. A pigment called melanin protects the _ layers of skin from sun rays.A. underB. belowC. underlyingD. underneath15. Oranges are a _source of vitamin C.A. wellB. betterC. goodD. very16. Even after having their grandchildren live with them for ten years, the couple felt that_ children these days was the most difficult of all family matters.A. risingB. raisingC. caringD. taking care17. The most important _ of the farmers in Iraq is dates, of which Iraq is the worldsleading exporter.A. economic cropB. cash cropC. money cropD. staple18. More has been learned about the Moon than any other of the Earths neighbors in spacebecause of the Apollo program, which enabled men to walk on the Moon and bring back hundredsof pounds of _.A. rocksB. rockC. stoneD. stones19. _ the variety that the average family has in beaf, fish, poultry, and vegetarianrecipes, they find most meals unexciting.A. In spiteB. InspiteC. Despite ofD. Despite20. The speaker _ have criticized the paraprofessionals, knowing full well that theywere seated in the audience.A. should not toB. must notC. ought not toD. may notPart 2 Vocabulary ReplacementThis part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underlined. Below eachsentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the wordor phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error orchanging the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken thecorresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. Iceland has the oldest parliament, which goes as far back to 930 A.D. when Althing, thelegislative organization , was established.A. officeB. adobeC. assemblyD. building22. The only problem with the debate last week was that the beginning sounded more like apersonal attack than a dispassionate, intellectual arguing .A. discussionB. argumentC. talkD. speech23. Susan Jones was at the bus stop well on time to take the 7:01 bus, but she had to miss herbreakfast to do it.A. catch up withB. catchC. run up toD. be catching24. Since her father could not drive her to the airport, she requested her uncle to drive her instead.A. takeB. bringC. dispatchD. deliver25. A famous collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabian folktales, the Arabian Nights wassupposedly told by the legendary queen Scheherazade to her husband every night for 1,001 days.A. imaginaryB imageryC. fabledD. legend26.