catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(一)一、Vocabulary Selection（本大题15小题每题1.0分，共15.0分。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 Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived _hope.A inB forC onD through第2题 _get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.A ChildrenB Children, when theyC As childrenD For children to第3题 Martin has created enough memorable _to make it easy to forgive his lows.A youngstersB noblesC highsD miserables第4题 Oranges are a _source of vitamin C.A wellB betterC goodD very第5题 All students have free_to the library.A passagewayB entranceC permissionD access第6题 Im so tired that I cant take _what youre saying.A upB outC inD on第7题 Rice is the _food of most Southeast Asians.A commonB generalC stapleD popular第8题 What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a_life trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesnt have kids at all.A doubleB hardC two-wayD miserable第9题 Good pencil erasers are soft enough not _paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.A by damagingB so that they damageC to damageD damaging第10题 We were working_time to get everything ready for the exhibition.A againstB inC onD ahead第11题 Our flight to Guangzhou was _by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.A delayedB adjournedC cancelledD preserved第12题 _pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.A AlthoughB HoweverC BecauseD On account of第13题 Leading stress management experts say that life with stress would be dull and_.A disorderlyB time-consumingC fruitlessD unexciting第14题 This book is full of practical _on home repair.A helpsB tipsC aidsD clues第15题 The speaker _have criticized the paraprofessionals, knowing full well that they were seated in the audience.A should not toB must notC ought not toD may not二、Vocabulary Replacement（本大题13小题每题1.0分，共13.0分。This part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined word without causing any grammatical error or changing the principal meaning of the sentence. There is only one right answer. ）第1题 Public relations practice is the deliberate , planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public.A completeB relatedC intentionalD active第2题 Table tennis is easy to learn, and, by the same token , boys dont need a lot of space to practice it.A by the same ruleB symbolicallyC moreoverD by logic第3题 Iceland has the oldest parliament, which goes as far back to 930 A.D. when Althing, the legislative organization , was established.A officeB adobeC assemblyD building第4题 The National Industrial Recovery Act was designed to spur industry.A taxB stimulateC censureD rebuke第5题 Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken.A additionalB governmentalC specialD organizational第6题 Innovative approaches to manufacturing, coupled with the tremendous size of the domestic market, led to the emergence of the United States as an industrial giant.A followed byB deriving fromC combined withD mixed with第7题 At the World Literacy Center, an organization that works to help people read, the helpers work hard, enabling them to successfully reach their goals.A assistantsB volunteersC part-timersD amateurs第8题 Mary McCarthys satires are couched in the prose style that has a classic precision.A fusedB prefacedC standardizedD expressed第9题 Only the elite of society attended the reception for the new governor.A those thought of as the best peopleB the intellectualsC the white-collar peopleD the officials第10题 The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and realism, is one of the standard clichs of the ongoing debate over international affairs.A division into two partsB combination of two partsC disparityD contradiction第11题 The most striking technological success in the 20th century is probably the computer revolution.A profitableB productiveC prominentD prompt第12题 Most species of this plant thrive in ordinary well-drained garden soil and they are best planted 8 cm deep and 5 cm apart.A develop wellB grow tallerC