翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题129Vocabulary and GrammarPart 1 Vocabulary Selection1. Things went well for her durin（江南博哥）g her early life but in her middle age her _ seemed to change.A.affairB.luckC.eventD.chance 正确答案：B解析 luck除表示“运气，好运”外，还含有“命运”的意思，如：Its just my luck我命该如此。其余均不符合题意。2. To begin some activity is to _ doing it.A.set downB.set upC.set aboutD.set off 正确答案：C解析 A项的set down意为“放下，记下”；B项的set up意为“创立，建立”；C项的set about表示“开始，着手”；D项的set off表示“出发，动身”。3. Because of the economic crises, many graduating students have to be _ the pavemenmts for a job even before graduation.A.walkingB.poundingC.locatingD.cashing 正确答案：B解析 to pound the pavements是个习惯用语，其意与“扫马路，找工作”近似。4. I will never _ the experiences of the four years at Howard University, though there were unhappy encounters.A.dischargeB.rechargeC.discardD.dispose 正确答案：C5. The members walked out of the session, with the result that the committee did not have a _ and would not make any decisions.A.quorumB.quackeryC.backboneD.backdrop 正确答案：A6. Bank notes are not usually _ into gold nowadays.A.invertedB.revertibleC.convertible.D.diverting. 正确答案：C解析 这道题的四个选项词干和词尾相近，但意义相差很远。他们的词义为：A颠倒的；B可回复的；C(货币、证券等的)可兑换的；D有趣的。这句话是讲一国的中央银行发行的纸币与黄金的关系。7. The _ winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada.A.precariousB.prevailingC.precedingD.processional 正确答案：B解析 只有prevailing winds才符合本句的搭配，意指“遍及”。8. He has never worried about his properties because he has _ them against disasters and theft.A.assuredB.ensuredC.insuredD.secure 正确答案：C解析 本题是近形动词词辨析题。空格中动词宾语为代词them(指代properties财产)，空格后为介词against disasters and theft. 由此可以推断空格中动词意思为“为保险”，所以答案为C。assure向保证；使放心：you of the reliability of the news/you that the news are reliable；ensure确保：ones safety/success/the supply of the necessities；insure保险：house against fire/life against accident；secure使安全；安全的：the coast areas from the food; feelwith you beside me。9. The human intelligence that created industrial civilization now has the assignment of making the civilization _ mans basic needs.A.compatible withB.reducible toC.assignable toD.warrantable for 正确答案：A10. Though always being the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, she let a number of _ results slip by in this experiment.A.verifiableB.inaccurateC.salientD.anomalous 正确答案：D11. Feelings of infinite _ seized him as he racalled the days when he met with misfortune.A.melancholyB.memorialC.megaphoneD.memory 正确答案：A12. We must _ the train being late for the reason that it always is.A.allow forB.allow ofC.allow onD.allow about 正确答案：C13. We listened dumb-struck, full of _, to the shocking details of the corruption of the president of the company.A.incredulityB.ingenuityC.ingenuousnessD.incredibility 正确答案：D解析 本句空格处意为“充满怀疑地”。incredibility意为“不能相信(事实)”，与句意相符。其他三项“incredulity怀疑(不确知的事情)；ingenuity独创性；ingenuousness坦白，直率”都不正确。14. Noting the murder victims flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some _ occupation.A.prestigiousB.illegitimateC.sedentaryD.ill-paying 正确答案：C15. The young man gets so popular with his colleagues that even his inanities are considered _.A.speculativeB.allusiveC.trenchantD.treacherous 正确答案：CPart 2 Vocabulary Replacement1. Light and shade, night and day, colour and form, distance and propotion, beauty and ugliness: all these were words to the meaning of which he had no clue.A.to which he had no meansB.in which he had no awarenessC.of which he had no traceD.with which he had no understanding 正确答案：B解析 只有have no trace of.适合该句的语境。2. The child was so ingenuous that even when she knocked the television off its stand so that it was irreparably damaged, her parents thought her to be charming.A.intelligentB.ingeniousC.adroitD.naive 正确答案：D解析 本题中，ingenuous的意思是“坦白的，直率的”。D项“naive天真的”符合题意，其他三项“intelligent聪明的；ingenious机灵的；adroit机捷的”都不正确。3. Construction of the gigantic office building in this city was for years intermittent.A.stopping and starting at intervalsB.something that will happen soonC.being watched with keen interestD.anything that comes and goes 正确答案：A解析 形容词辨析。 intermittent间歇的，断断续续的：Today will be mostly fine and sunny，with intermittent showers今天大部分时间天气晴朗，有间断阵雨。stopping and starting at intervals不时停下和开始；something that will happen soon马上将发生某事；anything that comes and goes来来往往的任何事情。4. As we know, before scientists come up with an effective treatment, cancer is still threatening peoples lives.A.killingB.riskingC.adventuringD.jeopardizing 正确答案：D5. Imagine my vexation when they said t