1、笔译三级综合能力副词练习试卷 5及答案与解析 0 Vacationing in Mexico 在墨西哥度假 Each year more travelers are finding their way to the sun coasts of Mexico; where ancient civilizations once honored the sun, modern sun worshippers are discovering superb vacation destinations. Airlines now schedule weekly flights from major nat
2、ional and international points to a variety of sun coast resort areas. The peninsula of Baja California provides one of the most splendid vacation sites in the Western Hemisphere. The peninsula is divided into two states: Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur, which are now connected by the
3、Benito Ju rez Trans-peninsular Highway, so that the entire peninsula can be easily reached by car, as well as by sea and air. A chain of new hotels offer deluxe accommodations, but there are also numerous camping grounds, trailer parks and wayside inns for those who prefer casual-living vacations. A
4、t the southern end of the peninsula, La Pazi San Jos del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas offer rapidly expanding deluxe facilities to accommodate the growing influx of visitors. All have good accommodations, restaurants, sports facilities and meeting rooms. In addition, La Paz, with its duty-free zone, is a
5、 shoppers paradise. Kino Bay, a coastal resort on the mainland near Hermosillo, is expanding and will soon offer new luxurious tourist accommodations. South along the coast are Topolobampo and Los Mochis, the former a ferry terminus serving La Paz on the peninsula, and boasting the largest natural b
6、ay in the world; and the latter a starting point for the Chihuahua-Pacific Railway trip which goes through the breath-taking Copper Canyon to the city of Chihuahua Mazatlan, the sailfish capital of the world, has developed a large new resort complex to accommodate its many visitors. Famous for its j
7、umbo shrimp and other delicious seafood, Mazatlan also offers seasonal bullfights, lively evening entertainment and big-game fishing. An international fishing tournament is held there each fall. Modem convention and sports facilities are available. Mazatlan is easily reached from other major cities
8、by good high-ways and an international aiport. Puerto Vallarta, once a sleepy fishing village, is now one of Mexicos fastest growing resorts. The red-tiled roofs and cobblestoned streets contrast with the luxurious new hotels. The annual temperature averages around 80F., offering a perfect climate f
9、or parasailing, skin diving, surfing and other aquatic sports. Evening entertainment includes seafood dinners, floor shows and disco dancing that lasts until daybreak. Big-game hunting and fishing are also popular within this region of coastal Mexico. 1 The Sun coasts of Mexico are excellent vacatio
10、n destinations where in ancient times people_. （ A） worshipped the sun （ B） built a pyramid to worship gods （ C） built roads leading to other places （ D） went fishing in waters along the coasts 2 La Paz is an ideal place for shopping, because there_. （ A） people can buy whatever they want to （ B） pe
11、ople dont have to fulfill their duties （ C） people dont have to pay tax for their shopping （ D） people can buy things at reduced price 3 The worlds largest natural bay is located in_. （ A） Topolobampo and Los Mochis （ B） Los Mochis （ C） Mazatlan （ D） Topolobampo 4 In Mazatlan, tourists can enjoy all
12、 the following except_. （ A） delicious seafood （ B） watching seasonal bullfights （ C） visiting a famous aquarium （ D） evening entertainment 5 This passage is most likely_. （ A） an advertisement （ B） part of a tourist brochure （ C） the introduction to a book of travel （ D） part of an essay 5 The Lago
13、on Show 礁糊秀 The most romantic time to arrive in Venice is at dusk on a winters day. Your water-taxi ride across the lagoon from the airport will catch the last velvety-grey streaks of daylight. Youll arrive on the Grand Canal just as the upper windows of its palaces start to bloom with rose-coloured
14、 lamps or sparkle with chandeliers. In no other city does evening begin with such promise. Strange, then, that Venice should be so emphatically not a night-time place. However mobbed it may have been in daylight, darkness falls with the abruptness of a hauled-down shutter. The crowds of Asian touris
15、ts and schoolkits milling around seem to vaporize. In a hundred closed cafes, the espresso machines give an expiring hiss, as if at last slipping off their shoes and wiggling their toes. That is what makes Venice by night so magical, when the loudest sounds are those of footsteps and lapping water,
16、and the modern world recedes so that in any Square or over any bridge, you wouldnt be surprised to meet a hurrying figure in a cloak and buckled shoes; Casanova on his way to some assignation, perhaps. St. Marks becomes an enchanted place, with pools of the days flood still underfoot and mist wreath
17、ing the cathedral. But “nightlife“ seems nonexistent outside the weeks of carnival each February. In a city so stuffed with historical treasures, the lack of a living, modern culture is achingly apparent, especially after dark. Venices only theatre of note, the Fenice, has only just reopened after a
18、lmost a decade, following a fire. Clubs, discos, even cinemas are almost as hard to find as car parks. Nor is there the eating-out culture that governs the rest of Italy. Venice is not usually regarded as a gourmet paradise. Even J G Links, author of the definitive, eccentric guidebook Venice for Pl
19、easure, suggests it has few restaurants worth visiting outside the Cipriani hotel. As a rule, its best to avoid canalside establishments with their menus turisticos; look for places down alleys. Remember, this is rice, not pasta country, offering some of the best risotto youre ever likely to eat. Wh
20、en I first came here, aged 15, on a school trip, we were quartered in a girls convent school. Ever since, Ive stayed at the Gritti Palace, on the Grand Canal, overlooking the Salute. Apart from its mixture of elegance and old-fashioned comfort, I have two reasons for loving this hotel. Alighting at
21、its private landing stage completes the thrill of arriving in Venice by night. And it was here, 13 years ago, that Sue and I decided to get married and have our daughter. Gondolas operate until well after dark. It can be doubly romantic, with the Grand Canal in pitch-darkness and silent but for the
22、churn of water buses and scraps of operatic arias that some gondoliers still perform. Latterly, Venice has been making more efforts to get a nightlife. There is a disco named Casanova near the railway station and a music bar, Piccolo Mondo, near the Accademia bridge. The citys student population has
23、 created funkier areas around Campo Santa Margarita and in Cannaregio, the immigrant quarter to the north. There is also street music after all the smart shops have closed and the only merchandise on offer is fake designer handbags, set out on the trestles used as walkways at times of flooD Around o
24、ne corner, you may come upon a countertenor in an anourak, singing Handel; around another, two men will be playing selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber on a vibraphone of water-filled glasses. You think that sounds totally naff? I can tell you it sounded totally wonderful. Such is the alchemy of Veni
25、ce by night. 6 The first and the second paragraphs are meant to tell the reader that on a winters day_. （ A） Venice is very beautiful in the evening （ B） Venice is beautiful at dusk, and so is it at night （ C） Venice is beautiful at dusk, however, it doesnt seem an ideal place for nightlife （ D） the
26、re are not many people out in the street in Venice 7 There is a sentence in the second paragraph: “In a hundred closed cafes the espresso machines give an expiring hiss, as if at last slipping off their shoes and wiggling their toes. “ How do you understand this sentence? （ A） It means that the coff
27、ee machines have been used for too much and cannot be used any longer. （ B） It implies that the owners of these cafes are so tired that they just want to have a good rest. （ C） It suggests that the owners of these cafes have lost their shoes and their toes feel painful with cold （ D） The coffee mach
28、ines are going to stop working; it is just like what a person does before he goes to bed after a days hard work. 8 The author mentions a cathedral in the passage. What is the name of this cathedral? （ A） St.Mark. （ B） St. Marks （ C） The Fenice. （ D） The name is not given in the passage. 9 It is impl
29、ied in the passage that car parks_. （ A） are difficult to find in the whole Italy （ B） are easy to find in the whole Italy （ C） are difficult to find in Venice （ D） are easy to find in Venice 10 Which of the following can best summarize the passage? （ A） Venice provides visitors with delicious food
30、of Italian style. （ B） Songs and music are special features of Venice by night. （ C） If you want to enjoy nightlife, Venice is a wonderful place. （ D） Venice is not a good place for nightlife at present, yet the evening of Venice has its own glamour. 10 An Underwater Hotel 水下旅馆 In a bay near Almeria
31、 in Southern Spain will be built the worlds first underwater residence for tourists. The hotel will be 40 feet down in the Mediterranean. As all the world opened to tour operators, there was still a frontier behind which lay three quarters of the globes surface, the sea; in whose cool depths light f
32、ades; no winds blow; there are no stars. There even the most bored travelers could recapture their sense of romance, terror or beauty. For a submerged hotel is such a beautiful idea The hotel will cost? 170,000 and will be able to accommodate up to ten people a night. Up until now only scientists an
33、d professional divers have lived under the sea, but soon, for the first time, the public will be able to go down into the darkness. They will have to swim down in diving suits, but at 40 feet there would be no problem about decompression. Design of the hotel was crucial. Most of the underwater struc
34、tures used before had been in the shape of a diving bell or submarine. Professional divers could cope with such things but ordinary people would run the risk of violent claustrophobiA Then an Austrian architect had the idea of making three interconnecting circular structures, 18 feet in diameter, an
35、d looking much like flying saucers. They would be cast in concrete and launched from the shore. Towed into position they would then be sunk. A foundation of cast concrete would already be in place on the sea beD Pylons would attach the structures to this. Once in position the structures would be pum
36、ped dry. The pylons, made to withstand an uplift pressure of 350 tons, would then take the strain. Cables linking the underwater structures to the hotel on shore would connect it with electricity, fresh water, television, and an air pump, and also dispose of sewage. Entry would be from underneath, u
37、p a ladder; because of the pressure inside there would be no need of airlocks or doors. The first structure would include a changing room and a shower area, where the divers would get out of their gear. There would also be a kitchen and a lavatory. The second structure would contain a dining room/le
38、cture theater, and sleeping accommodation for eight people. The third structure would contain two suites. A steward would come down with the ten customers, to cook and look after them. Television monitors would relay all that went on to the shore so that discussions on the sea bed could be transmitt
39、ed to all the world Around the hotel there are plans to build a strange secret garden, over 100 yards square, of plastic shapes, curves, circles, hollows. This would have a dual function. First, to attract fish who would see it as a shelter and hiding place; secondly, to allow guests looking out of
40、the reinforced windows to see a teeming underwater life. So far at the site a diving tower 33 feet deep has been installed for diving instruction. An aquarium has been built, and zoologists from Vienna University are in regular attendance to supervise its stocking. There are storage cupboards full o
41、f the plastic shapes for the underwater garden and there is a model of the hotel. All that is needed now is permission from the Spanish Government to start building. 11 From the passage we understand that tour operators were particularly interested in the siting of the hotel as_. （ A） it was still u
42、ndiscovered （ B） it was still unexplored （ C） it would offer new possibilities （ D） it would have unchanging weather 12 What design was finally considered most suitable for the new hotel? （ A） three separate circles （ B） three linked discs （ C） three connected globes （ D） three interlocked cylinders
43、 13 The hotel would be able to float under water because it would be_. （ A） made of light material （ B） 350 tons in weight （ C） filled with air （ D） attached to pylons 14 The purpose of television monitors under the sea would be to relay_. （ A） instructions from the sea bed to the shore （ B） news fr
44、om the shore to the sea bed （ C） information from the world to the sea bed （ D） information to the world from the sea bed 15 In the passage we are told that zoologists came from Vienna University to_. （ A） study the fish in the aquarium （ B） decide which fish to put in the aquarium （ C） supervise th
45、e building of the aquarium （ D） help build the aquarium 15 My First Visit to Paris 我初次造访巴黎 My first visit to Paris began in the company of some earnest students. My friend and I, therefore being full of independence and the love of adventure, decided to go off on our own and explore Northern France
46、as hitch-hikers. We managed all right down the main road from Paris to Rouen, because there were lots of vegetable trucks with sympathetic drivers. After that we still made headway along secondary roads to F camp, because we fell in with two family men who had left their wives behind and were off on
47、 a spree on their won. In F camp, having decided that it was pointless to reserve money for emergencies such as railway fares, we spent our francs in great contentment, carefully arranging that we should have just enough left for supper and an overnight stay at the Youth Hostel in Dieppe, before cat
48、ching the early morning boat. Dieppe was only fifty miles away, so we thought it would be a shame to leave F camp until late in the afternoon. There is a hill outside F camp, a steep one.We walked up it quite briskly, saying to each other as the lorries climbed past us, that, after all, we couldnt e
49、xpect a French truck driver to stop on a hill for us. It would be fine going from the top. It probably would have been fine going at the top, if we had got there before the last of the evening truck convoy had passed on its way westwards along the coast. We failed to realize that at first, and sat in dignified patience on the crest of the hill. We were sitting there two and a half hours later-still dignified, but less patient. Then we went about two hundred yard
