1、笔译三级综合能力介词练习试卷 3及答案与解析 一、 PART 3 Cloze Test (20 points) In the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. You are to put each of the blanks the missing word. The time for this part is 20 minutes. 0 A Recent Erymology of the Word “Culture“文化 ”一词的新词源 L
2、ook in an old dictionarysay, a pre-1960 Webstersand youll likely find a definition of culture (1) looks something like this: “1 The cultivation of soil. 2 The raising, improvement, or development of some plant, animal (2) product. “ This use of the word has its roots in the ancient Latin word cultur
3、a, “cultivation“ or “tending,“ and (3) entrance into the English language had begun by the year 1430. By the time the Websters definition above was (4) , another definition had begun to take precedence over the old Latin denotation; culture was coming to mean “the training, (5) , and refinement of m
4、ind, tastes, and manners“ (Oxford English Dictionary). The OED traces this definition, which today we associate (6) the phrase “high culture,“ back as far as 1805; by the middle of the 20th century, it was (7) becoming the words primary definition. However, if you try a more modem source, like the A
5、merican Heritage English Dictionary, (8) find a primary definition of culture which is substantially different than either of the two given above: “The totality (9) socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. “ Why such a (10
6、) , and in such a (relatively) short period of time? Well, in the past 40 years, the use of the (11) “culture“ has been heavily influenced by the academic fields of sociology and cultural anthropology. These fields have gradually brought (12) was once a minor definition of culture (the last of eight
7、 definitions given in the old 1958 Websters quoted (13) ) into the mainstream. It is easy to imagine how the US society which was so focused on “socially transmitted (14) patterns“ in the sixties would come to need a word to describe the object of its interest. The civil (15) movement during this er
8、a brought everyones attention to bear on cultural differences within US society, while the Vietnam War (16) to emphasize the position of the US culture in relation to other world cultures. Over time, these new uses (17) the word culture have eclipsed its older meanings, those associated with cultiva
9、tion of the land and the production of (18) . You might say that an aspect of US culture over the past 40 years is its fascination with the (19) of culture itselfa fascination which has brought about many changes in the way we speak and the (20) of words which we commonly use. 笔译三级综合能力介词练习试卷 3答案与解析
10、一、 PART 3 Cloze Test (20 points) In the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. You are to put each of the blanks the missing word. The time for this part is 20 minutes. 【知识模块】 介词 1 【正确答案】 that 【知识模块】 介词 2 【正确答案】 or 【知识模块】 介词 3 【正确答案】 its 【知识模块】 介
11、词 4 【正确答案】 written 【知识模块】 介词 5 【正确答案】 development 【知识模块】 介词 6 【正确答案】 with 【知识模块】 介词 7 【正确答案】 fast 【知识模块】 介词 8 【正确答案】 youll 【知识模块】 介词 9 【正确答案】 of 【知识模块】 介词 10 【正确答案】 difference 【知识模块】 介词 11 【正确答案】 word 【知识模块】 介词 12 【正确答案】 what 【知识模块】 介词 13 【正确答案】 above 【知识模块】 介词 14 【正确答案】 behavior 【知识模块】 介词 15 【正确答案】 rights 【知识模块】 介词 16 【正确答案】 served 【知识模块】 介词 17 【正确答案】 for 【知识模块】 介词 18 【正确答案】 crops 【知识模块】 介词 19 【正确答案】 raised 【知识模块】 介词 20 【正确答案】 meaning 【知识模块】 介词
