八级翻译模拟题1) A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination system does anything but that . What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. They lower the standards of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freedom. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated; they are the best trained in the technique of working under duress.(131 words)1）中美两国应该以战略眼光和长远观点来审视和处理中美关系，重视相互关心的问题，为共同利益而结合在一起。中美两国应该严格遵循中美三个联合公报，通过平等协商，正确处理分歧，妥善处理台湾问题。我们在建立和发展两国间的建设性战略伙伴关系上已取得了良好的开端。台湾问题始终是中美关系最重要、最敏感的核心问题。只要在台湾问题上出现麻烦，中美关系就会出现倒退。(171 words)2）Bush sat at the planes window last Wednesday afternoon and watched the placid fields of Texas rise to claim him again. “Feels good,” he said. No argument from his companions, many of whom had joined him when he began his presidential quest in 1978. The pain of electoral defeat had eased. He wore his old, dark-blue Air Force One windbreaker. He held a new biography of his hero Theodore Roosevelt, given to him by Vic Gold, an aide and companion in his political struggle. No presidential briefing papers. No tense parley waiting. Heading home. “We are going to have a small, simple home.” Bush said. “Barbara is going to do a book. But I have made no firm plans.” Then his eyes drifted off over the long horizon, back toward Washington. “Ive done what I could,” he said. “Time to get out of town. I intend to do everything I can to honor the office so that Iraq is no problem for President Clinton now He was very gracious to us all day. I really wish him well.” (178 underlined words)2) 和平和发展是当今世界的两大主题。维护世界和平，加强友好合作，促进共同发展是各国人民的共同愿望。当今，贫困、失业、难民、犯罪、人口膨胀、环境恶化、毒品泛滥、恐怖主义等问题仍然严峻，影响着全球的稳定和发展。中国同西方国家虽然国情不同，但在一系列重大国际问题上具有广泛一致的利益。我对中国同西方各国关系的改善与发展感到高兴。中国政府和人民愿在相互尊重和平等互利的基础上，同包括西方国家在内的世界各国政府和人民一道，为和平与发展的崇高事业作出贡献。(159 underlined words)3）The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrast between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old. On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant. I was suggested vaguely from my mothers signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face. My fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring. I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me. Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.(179words)3）久在异国他乡，有时难免怀念祖国的。怀念极了，我也曾想：要是画一幅画儿，画出祖国的面貌特色，时刻挂的眼前，有多好。我把这心思跟一位擅长丹青的同志商量，求她画。她说：“这可是个难题， 画什么呢？画点零山随水，一人一物都不行。再说，颜色也难调。你就是调尽五颜六色，又怎么能画得出祖国的面貌？”(142字)4) Consume, consume, consume! Our society is consumer oriented!dangerously so. To keep the wheels of industry turning, we manufacture consumer goods in endless quantities, and, in the process, are rapidly exhausting our natural resources. But this is only half the problem. What do we do with manufactured products when they are worn out? They must be disposed of, but how and where? Unsightly junkyards full of rusting automobiles already surround every city in the nation. Americans throw away 80 billion bottles and cans each year, enough to build more than ten stacks to the moon. There isnt room for much more waste, and yet the factories grind on. They cannot stop because everyone wants a job. Our standard of living, one of the highest in the world, requires the consumption of manufactured products in ever-increasing amounts. Man, about to be buried in his waste, is caught in a vicious cycle. “Stop the world, I want to get off,” is the way a popular song put mans dilemma.(167 words)4）“黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回”， 这是唐朝大诗人李白对源远流长、雄伟奇险的黄河景象的写照。 在中国古代史上，黄河被称为中华民族的“母亲”，她哺育了千千万万中华儿女。黄河流域是中华民族的“摇篮”，也是中国文化的发祥地。远古时代，这里曾经草木茂密，植物繁盛，中华民族的祖先便在这块广大的土地上劳动生息。经过数十万年原始社会以后，中国辽阔的国土上，这里最先进入农业文明， 也是最早进入阶级社会。 (147 words, )5) One evening I look out of the window of my secluded cabin, and there are soft languid flakes falling in the golden lamplight. They fall all night, while the voice of the Teal River becomes more and more hushed and the noises of the forest die away. By dawn, the whole world of stream and wood and mountain has been kindled to a white flame of beauty.