翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题63及答案解析.doc

1、翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题 63 及答案解析(总分：136.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Cloze Test(总题数：3，分数：136.00)Bush“s MBATwenty-six of 42 presidents, including Bill Clinton, were lawyers. Seven were generals. George W. Bush becomes the first with an MBA. Those who have had Bush for a boss since the mid-1980sin the 1 of oil, baseball a

2、nd Texas state governmentdescribe his management 2 as straight from the pages of the organizational-behavior 3 he studied while getting his masters of business administration 4 at Harvard University in 1975. He manages by what is known 5 “walking around,“ having learned that sitting behind a desk an

3、d passing out memos does 6 to energize anyone. He has a reputation for fueling “creative tension“ 7 his subordinates, encouraging them to take and defend opposing 8 . That sacrifices harmony, but puts ideas to the test and lets Bush 9 above the fray, where he can offer guidance instead of barking 10

4、 . Imagine the creative tension that may erupt 11 the likes of Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell and Defense Secretary 12 Donald Rumsfeld. Above all, former employees say that he is a master at delegating 13 installing measures of accountabilityways of knowing 14 subordinates are getting the

5、 job done without looking 15 any shoulders. That frees Bush for strategic thinkingperhaps 16 two words hammered into MBA students mostwhich means thinking 17 to seize opportunities and to derail threats to the best of plans. “George was my 18 ,“ says Tom Schieffer, who served as president of the Tex

6、as Rangers under Bush 19 1991 and 1995. “But he never made me feel that way. He went out of his way to treat me as a 20 , not a subordinate.“ That“s one trait that might be of concern, says Michael Useem, director of the Wharton Center for Leadership and Change at the University of Pennsylvania. It“

7、s important for subordinates to feel part of the team, but not just because the boss craves popularity. Just as in the military, it must be understood who is in charge when the final order is given.（分数：36.00）TidinessTidiness means keeping things out of sight and yet available when wanted. It implies

8、 that there is a 21 for everything and that each thing used finds its way 22 to its place by a continuos process, not by a spasmodic 23 . The process depends, however, upon the drawer, cupboard and storage 24 being provided, for lack of which one things may literally have 25 place to go. Like the pe

9、rambulator and trolley, the luggage and the golfclubs 26 be homeless. The same may be true of the deck-chairs 27 the bulkier plastic toys. As there is no place for them, it is no 28 telling people to put them away. The architect who thus economises on 29 space is apt to claim that a good-sized sitti

10、ng-room is 30 result. What advantage is there in that, however, 31 half the living-room has to be used for storage? The aesthetic 32 depends, in turn, upon storage space. 33 it may be true that no house ever had cupboards enough, 34 are some houses which have practically no cupboards 35 all. In thes

11、e our choice must lie between chronic 36 and ruthless destruction. That is not to say, however, 37 cupboard space will itself create tidiness. Some people 38 happier, it would seem, in chaos. There is the question, furthermore, 39 the cupboards themselves are tidy. That 40 has been swept out of sigh

12、t is no proof, in itself, that everything can be found.（分数：50.00）When Did Aids Begin?The year was 1959. Location: the central African city of Leopoldville, now called Kinshasa, shortly before the waves of violent rebellion that followed the liberation of the Belgian Congo. A seemingly healthy man wa

13、lked into a hospital clinic to give blood for a West-ernbacked study of blood diseases. He walked away and was never heard from again. Doctors analyzed his sample, froze it in a test tube and forgot about it. A quarter century later, in the mid-1980s, researchers studying the growing AIDS epidemic t

14、ook a second look at the blood and discovered that it contained HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. And not just any HIV. The Leopoldville sample is the oldest 41 of the AIDS virus ever isolated and may now help solve the 42 of how and when the virus made the leap from animals (moneys or chimpanzees) t

15、o 43 , according to a report published last week in Nature . Dr. David Ho, 44 of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City and 45 of the study“s samples, says DNA pushes the putative origin of the AIDS 46 back at least a decade, to the early “50s over even the “40s. Over the 47 15 year

16、s, scientists have identified at least 10 subtypes of the 48 virus. But they couldn“t tell whether they were seeing 49 on one changeable virus or the handiwork of several 50 viruses that had made the jump from primates to man. A 51 look at the genetic mutations in the Leopoldville sample strongly 52

17、 that all it took to launch the AIDS epidemic was one unlucky 53 of events. By comparing the DNA of the 1959 virus with that of 54 taken from the “80s and “90s, Ho and his 55 constructed a viral family tree in which the Leopoldville isolate sits right 56 the juncture where three subtypes branch out.

18、 The 39-year-old 57 is also strikingly similar to the other seven subtypes. The clear implication: all the viral 58 can be traced back to a single event or a closely related group of 59 . One theory is that AIDS started through contact with infected monkeys in a 60 area and spread to the rest of the

19、 population through urbanization and mass inoculations. The findings underscore how rapidly HIV can adapt to its surroundings, making it devilishly difficult to develop effective vaccines. No one knows how many more subtypes of HIV will sprout in the next 40 years, but chances are they will be every

20、 bit as lethal as the ones we see today, if not more so.（分数：50.00）翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题 63 答案解析(总分：136.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Cloze Test(总题数：3，分数：136.00)Bush“s MBATwenty-six of 42 presidents, including Bill Clinton, were lawyers. Seven were generals. George W. Bush becomes the first with an MBA. Those who have h

21、ad Bush for a boss since the mid-1980sin the 1 of oil, baseball and Texas state governmentdescribe his management 2 as straight from the pages of the organizational-behavior 3 he studied while getting his masters of business administration 4 at Harvard University in 1975. He manages by what is known

22、 5 “walking around,“ having learned that sitting behind a desk and passing out memos does 6 to energize anyone. He has a reputation for fueling “creative tension“ 7 his subordinates, encouraging them to take and defend opposing 8 . That sacrifices harmony, but puts ideas to the test and lets Bush 9

23、above the fray, where he can offer guidance instead of barking 10 . Imagine the creative tension that may erupt 11 the likes of Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell and Defense Secretary 12 Donald Rumsfeld. Above all, former employees say that he is a master at delegating 13 installing measures

24、 of accountabilityways of knowing 14 subordinates are getting the job done without looking 15 any shoulders. That frees Bush for strategic thinkingperhaps 16 two words hammered into MBA students mostwhich means thinking 17 to seize opportunities and to derail threats to the best of plans. “George wa

25、s my 18 ,“ says Tom Schieffer, who served as president of the Texas Rangers under Bush 19 1991 and 1995. “But he never made me feel that way. He went out of his way to treat me as a 20 , not a subordinate.“ That“s one trait that might be of concern, says Michael Useem, director of the Wharton Center

26、 for Leadership and Change at the University of Pennsylvania. It“s important for subordinates to feel part of the team, but not just because the boss craves popularity. Just as in the military, it must be understood who is in charge when the final order is given.（分数：36.00）解析：business解析：style解析：textb

27、ooks解析：degree解析：as解析：little解析：among解析：positions解析：stay解析：orders解析：from解析：designate解析：and解析：whether解析：over解析：the解析：ahead解析：boss解析：between解析：partnerTidinessTidiness means keeping things out of sight and yet available when wanted. It implies that there is a 21 for everything and that each thing used fi

28、nds its way 22 to its place by a continuos process, not by a spasmodic 23 . The process depends, however, upon the drawer, cupboard and storage 24 being provided, for lack of which one things may literally have 25 place to go. Like the perambulator and trolley, the luggage and the golfclubs 26 be ho

29、meless. The same may be true of the deck-chairs 27 the bulkier plastic toys. As there is no place for them, it is no 28 telling people to put them away. The architect who thus economises on 29 space is apt to claim that a good-sized sitting-room is 30 result. What advantage is there in that, however

30、, 31 half the living-room has to be used for storage? The aesthetic 32 depends, in turn, upon storage space. 33 it may be true that no house ever had cupboards enough, 34 are some houses which have practically no cupboards 35 all. In these our choice must lie between chronic 36 and ruthless destruct

31、ion. That is not to say, however, 37 cupboard space will itself create tidiness. Some people 38 happier, it would seem, in chaos. There is the question, furthermore, 39 the cupboards themselves are tidy. That 40 has been swept out of sight is no proof, in itself, that everything can be found.（分数：50.

32、00）解析：place解析：back解析：effort解析：space解析：no解析：may解析：and解析：good解析：storage解析：the解析：when解析：order解析：While解析：there解析：at解析：untidiness解析：that解析：are解析：whether解析：everythingWhen Did Aids Begin?The year was 1959. Location: the central African city of Leopoldville, now called Kinshasa, shortly before the waves of

33、violent rebellion that followed the liberation of the Belgian Congo. A seemingly healthy man walked into a hospital clinic to give blood for a West-ernbacked study of blood diseases. He walked away and was never heard from again. Doctors analyzed his sample, froze it in a test tube and forgot about

34、it. A quarter century later, in the mid-1980s, researchers studying the growing AIDS epidemic took a second look at the blood and discovered that it contained HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. And not just any HIV. The Leopoldville sample is the oldest 41 of the AIDS virus ever isolated and may now h

35、elp solve the 42 of how and when the virus made the leap from animals (moneys or chimpanzees) to 43 , according to a report published last week in Nature . Dr. David Ho, 44 of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City and 45 of the study“s samples, says DNA pushes the putative origin o

36、f the AIDS 46 back at least a decade, to the early “50s over even the “40s. Over the 47 15 years, scientists have identified at least 10 subtypes of the 48 virus. But they couldn“t tell whether they were seeing 49 on one changeable virus or the handiwork of several 50 viruses that had made the jump

37、from primates to man. A 51 look at the genetic mutations in the Leopoldville sample strongly 52 that all it took to launch the AIDS epidemic was one unlucky 53 of events. By comparing the DNA of the 1959 virus with that of 54 taken from the “80s and “90s, Ho and his 55 constructed a viral family tre

38、e in which the Leopoldville isolate sits right 56 the juncture where three subtypes branch out. The 39-year-old 57 is also strikingly similar to the other seven subtypes. The clear implication: all the viral 58 can be traced back to a single event or a closely related group of 59 . One theory is tha

39、t AIDS started through contact with infected monkeys in a 60 area and spread to the rest of the population through urbanization and mass inoculations. The findings underscore how rapidly HIV can adapt to its surroundings, making it devilishly difficult to develop effective vaccines. No one knows how

40、 many more subtypes of HIV will sprout in the next 40 years, but chances are they will be every bit as lethal as the ones we see today, if not more so.（分数：50.00）解析：specimen解析：mystery解析：humans解析：director解析：one解析：epidemic解析：past解析：AIDS解析：variations解析：different解析：close解析：suggests解析：turn解析：samples解析：colleagues解析：at解析：specimen解析：strains解析：events解析：remote