翻译二级笔译综合能力-40及答案解析.doc

1、翻译二级笔译综合能力-40 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BCloze Test /B(总题数：2，分数：100.00)“Packaging“ A PersonA person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the persons unique qualities to their advantage. To displ

2、ay personal charm in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is no U U 1 /U /Ubut a human being, lively and lovely.A young perso

3、n, especially a U U 2 /U /U, radiant with beauty and full of life, has all the favor U U 3 /U /Uby God. Any attempt to make up would be U U 4 /U /U. Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of U U 5 /U /U. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the U U 6 /U /Uploughed by time. If yo

4、u still enjoy lifes exuberance enough to U U 7 /U /Uself-confidence and pursue pioneering work, you are unique in your natural U U 8 /U /U, and your charm and grace will remain. Elderly people are U U 9 /U /Uif their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and U U 10 /U /U, running its cou

5、rse as it should. You have really U U 11 /U /Uyour life which now arrives at a complacent stage of U U 12 /U /Uindifferent to fame or wealth. There is no need to U U 13 /U /Uto hair-dyeingthe snow-capped mountain is U U 14 /U /Ua beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old

6、U U 15 /U /Uwith the natural ageing process so U U 16 /U /Uto keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, U U 17 /U /Uthe other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the U U 18 /U /Ucompany is like reading a thick book of de luxe U U 19 /U /Uthat fascinates one so much a

7、s to be reluctant to U U 20 /U /Uwith.As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.（分数：30.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空

8、项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_“History doesnt repeat itself,“ argued Mark Twain, “but it does rhyme.“ In this instance, historys echo could scarcely be more depressing. In 1993 Jamie Bulger, a two-year-old boy, was abducted, tortured and murdered by two ten-year-olds. The gruesome details of the Bulger

9、case shocked the national psyche.Yesterday two brothers were sentenced to an indefinite period of detention for torturing two boys in Edlington last April. Aged 10 and 12, they beat, strangled and sexually degraded their victims, before putting a plastic sheet over them and setting it on fire. It wa

10、s only tiredness that caused them to abandon their victims, they presumed, to die. It was a chance blessing that a passing walker stumbled across one of the boys alive.It is impossible to U U 21 /U /Ushock and desperation. But there is nothing new about children committing U U 22 /U /U. In 1748 the

11、ten-year-old William York killed the five-year-old girl who shared his U U 23 /U /U. There has always been a strand of evil that courses through humanity.But in two respects the Edlington case may U U 24 /U /Ua critical moment. First, is Britain prepared to accept that it does U U 25 /U /Uhave a vio

12、lent underclass, a problem that successive governments have U U 26 /U /Uto ameliorate? And will David Cameron succeed in his argument U U 27 /U /Uthe Edlington case confirms his claims about “broken Britain“?The social context of the Edlington case is as U U 28 /U /Uas the crime itself. The court he

13、ard that brothers had a “toxic U U 29 /U /Ulife“ marked by “routine aggression, violence and chaos“. One brother watched U U 30 /U /Uviolent movies. He also drank routinely and smoked cannabis grown U U 31 /U /Uhis fathers allotment.There was also a chronic failure by the social services. A leaked U

14、 U 32 /U /Uby local care authoritiesto which the judge was denied accessreveals U U 33 /U /Uthere were 31 occasions on which nine different agencies failed to take action U U 34 /U /Uthe brothers behaviour.Broken Britain? The phrase is an oversimplification. But U U 35 /U /Udoes have a depressingly

15、static underclass. The most telling detail U U 36 /U /Uthe case was one torturers explanation of his actions. He was U U 37 /U /U. “There was not else to do.“The political consequences may also U U 38 /U /Uparallels with the Bulger case. In 1993 a young, charismatic Shadow Home Secretary U U 39 /U /

16、Uthe opportunity. Tony Blairs catchphrase “Tough on crime, tough on the U U 40 /U /Uof crime“ allowed him to capture public sentiment. Mr. Blair argued U U 41 /U /Uthe Bulger case demonstrated that Britain had descended into “moral U U 42 /U /U“ caused by the long-serving Conservative Government.Tod

17、ays U U 43 /U /UConservatives have long been fascinated by what they regard as that pivotal U U 44 /U /Uin Tony Blairs careerthe first sign that he could catch the national mood. So it U U 45 /U /Uunsurprising that David Cameron has immediately woven the Edlington case U U 46 /U /Uhis narrative of a

18、bject social breakdown.“Look at the wreckage of our U U 47 /U /Usociety. See Britain through the eyes of our children. Are we really proud of our U U 48 /U /Utoday?“ Those were Mr. Blairs words before being elected. We can U U 49 /U /Uto hear many similar phrases from Mr. Cameron in the run-up to U

19、U 50 /U /Uelection.Yesterday he warned that Britain was U U 51 /U /Uan “irresponsible society.“ He is right. Britain is not broken, U U 52 /U /Uit will have failed in its most basic responsibilities if it looks the other way U U 53 /U /UEdlington. The violence and depravity of the torturers was exce

20、ptional. The U U 54 /U /Uby parents, by the community, by governmentwas all too U U 55 /U /U.These are not easy issues. They will not be solved by a politicians neat catchphrase. But nor will they be solved by looking the other way. (from The Times, January 23, 2010)（分数：70.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空

21、项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_翻译二级笔译综合能力-40 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BCloze Test /B(总题数：2，分数：100.00)“Pack

22、aging“ A PersonA person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the persons unique qualities to their advantage. To display personal charm in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have

23、a clear knowledge of oneself. A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is no U U 1 /U /Ubut a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a U U 2 /U /U, radiant with beauty and full of life, has all the

24、favor U U 3 /U /Uby God. Any attempt to make up would be U U 4 /U /U. Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of U U 5 /U /U. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the U U 6 /U /Uploughed by time. If you still enjoy lifes exuberance enough to U U 7 /U /Uself-confidence and pursue

25、pioneering work, you are unique in your natural U U 8 /U /U, and your charm and grace will remain. Elderly people are U U 9 /U /Uif their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and U U 10 /U /U, running its course as it should. You have really U U 11 /U /Uyour life which now arrives at a

26、complacent stage of U U 12 /U /Uindifferent to fame or wealth. There is no need to U U 13 /U /Uto hair-dyeingthe snow-capped mountain is U U 14 /U /Ua beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old U U 15 /U /Uwith the natural ageing process so U U 16 /U /Uto keep in harmony w

27、ith nature, for harmony itself is beauty, U U 17 /U /Uthe other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the U U 18 /U /Ucompany is like reading a thick book of de luxe U U 19 /U /Uthat fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to U U 20 /U /Uwith.As long as one finds where one stands, on

28、e knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.（分数：30.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：commodity）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：female）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：granted）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：self-defeating）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：doze）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：furrows）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：retain）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：

29、qualities）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：beautiful）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：jungles）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：lived）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：serenity）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：resort）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：itself）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：synchronizing）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：as）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：while）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：elders）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：edition）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：p

30、art）解析：“History doesnt repeat itself,“ argued Mark Twain, “but it does rhyme.“ In this instance, historys echo could scarcely be more depressing. In 1993 Jamie Bulger, a two-year-old boy, was abducted, tortured and murdered by two ten-year-olds. The gruesome details of the Bulger case shocked the na

31、tional psyche.Yesterday two brothers were sentenced to an indefinite period of detention for torturing two boys in Edlington last April. Aged 10 and 12, they beat, strangled and sexually degraded their victims, before putting a plastic sheet over them and setting it on fire. It was only tiredness th

32、at caused them to abandon their victims, they presumed, to die. It was a chance blessing that a passing walker stumbled across one of the boys alive.It is impossible to U U 21 /U /Ushock and desperation. But there is nothing new about children committing U U 22 /U /U. In 1748 the ten-year-old Willia

33、m York killed the five-year-old girl who shared his U U 23 /U /U. There has always been a strand of evil that courses through humanity.But in two respects the Edlington case may U U 24 /U /Ua critical moment. First, is Britain prepared to accept that it does U U 25 /U /Uhave a violent underclass, a

34、problem that successive governments have U U 26 /U /Uto ameliorate? And will David Cameron succeed in his argument U U 27 /U /Uthe Edlington case confirms his claims about “broken Britain“?The social context of the Edlington case is as U U 28 /U /Uas the crime itself. The court heard that brothers h

35、ad a “toxic U U 29 /U /Ulife“ marked by “routine aggression, violence and chaos“. One brother watched U U 30 /U /Uviolent movies. He also drank routinely and smoked cannabis grown U U 31 /U /Uhis fathers allotment.There was also a chronic failure by the social services. A leaked U U 32 /U /Uby local

36、 care authoritiesto which the judge was denied accessreveals U U 33 /U /Uthere were 31 occasions on which nine different agencies failed to take action U U 34 /U /Uthe brothers behaviour.Broken Britain? The phrase is an oversimplification. But U U 35 /U /Udoes have a depressingly static underclass.

37、The most telling detail U U 36 /U /Uthe case was one torturers explanation of his actions. He was U U 37 /U /U. “There was not else to do.“The political consequences may also U U 38 /U /Uparallels with the Bulger case. In 1993 a young, charismatic Shadow Home Secretary U U 39 /U /Uthe opportunity. T

38、ony Blairs catchphrase “Tough on crime, tough on the U U 40 /U /Uof crime“ allowed him to capture public sentiment. Mr. Blair argued U U 41 /U /Uthe Bulger case demonstrated that Britain had descended into “moral U U 42 /U /U“ caused by the long-serving Conservative Government.Todays U U 43 /U /UCon

39、servatives have long been fascinated by what they regard as that pivotal U U 44 /U /Uin Tony Blairs careerthe first sign that he could catch the national mood. So it U U 45 /U /Uunsurprising that David Cameron has immediately woven the Edlington case U U 46 /U /Uhis narrative of abject social breakdown.“Look at the wreckage of our U U 47 /U /Usociety. See Britain through the eyes of our children. Are we really proud of our U U 48 /U /Utoday?“ Those were Mr. Blairs words before being elected. We can U U 49 /U /Uto hear many similar phrases from Mr. Cameron in the run-up to U U 50 /U /Uelection