湖北省第20屆外語翻譯大賽英語專業(yè)筆譯初賽試題

1、最新 料推薦湖北省第 20 屆外語翻譯大賽英語專業(yè)筆譯初賽試題I. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of one of the idioms in the column. (1X20=2 0)A. between the devil and the deep blue seaB. pot calling the kettle blackC.an ass in a lion s skinD. as like as two peasE. as poor as a church mouse.F. bite the bul

2、letG. born with a silver spoon in her mouthH.a wolf in sheep s clothingI. keep your breath to cool your porridgeJ. down-at-heelK. as cross as two sticksL. face the musicM. bring the house downN. a blessing in disguiseO. let bygones be bygonesP. wet behind the earsQ. see which way the wind blowsR. ha

3、nd in gloveS. throw the baby out with the bathwaterT. a dog in the manger1.別再笑他了，你只是五十步笑百步。Don t laugh at him. You are just _.2. 我 要小心 因噎 食。我 的任 是控制技 而不是避開它。We must be careful not to _. Our task now is to control technology, not to turn away from it.3. 她的父 一 如洗， 了父 的 故，她打算嫁 一個(gè)極其富有而粗鄙的人。She is going

4、to marry a perfect hog of a millionaire for the sake of her father, who is _.4. 她生 在富 之家， 凡事都可隨心所欲。She was _; she thinks she can do what she likes.5. 她 斥自己的女仆，而且脾氣非常不好。She scolded her maid and was _.6. 她和她母 得一模一 。She and her mother are _.7.在家里他是殘酷無情的魔王，在外面他是慈善家，看上去好像 都不會(huì) 害。他真是個(gè) 君子。At home he s a hea

5、rtless devil. In public he s a philanthropist and seems as though he couldn_.8. 他大 自己如何勇敢，我 他是個(gè) 大 的膽小鬼。He had talked so much of his valour that I had rated him as _.9. 你 的 一套 我不起作用，你 不如少 妙。What you are saying will not make any difference to me, so you may as well _.1最新 料推薦10. 你得忍痛接受你妻子已經(jīng)離開這一事實(shí)。You l

6、l have to _ and accept the fact that your wife has left you.11. 你們這些不正當(dāng)?shù)淖龇赡芤粫r(shí)蒙混得過去，但遲早會(huì)被發(fā)現(xiàn)，到那時(shí)你們就得自食其果。You may manage to get away with these dishonest practices for a while, but sooner or later you will be discovered, and then you will have to _.12. 他們希望初次登臺(tái)演出就能博得全場(chǎng)喝彩。They hope that their first app

7、earance on the stage can _.13. 這孩子進(jìn)退兩難，他要么就是回家挨打，要么就是在鎮(zhèn)上過夜而被警察抓去。The boy was _ ; he had to go home and be whipped or stay in town all night and be picked up by the police.14. 從搖籃到墳?zāi)?，幸運(yùn)一直伴隨著他。偶爾幸運(yùn)似乎離開了他，這時(shí)候也往往因禍得福。Good fortune followed him from the cradle to the grave; occasionally it appeared to fai

8、l him, but its absence always turned out to be _.15. 我看過去的事就算了，讓我們從頭開始。Then I suggest we _and start afresh.16. 他從圖書館借了很多書，但一本也沒有看過，真是損人不利己。He borrowed a lot of books from the library but he didn t read any of them. He was really.17. 剛畢業(yè)的大學(xué)生通常都很稚嫩，他們甚至連遵守最基本的商務(wù)禮儀都做不到。Graduates are often _ and they fa

9、il to observe even the very basic business etiquette.18. 我無法避免其發(fā)生，我得做些改變，我不能讓我的一生窮困潦倒。I had to let it happen, I had to change, and I couldn t stay all my life.19. 那時(shí)謠傳有些犯罪集團(tuán)和警察勾結(jié)。It was rumored at the time that some of the gangs were workingwith the police.20. 在他們最終決定選舉誰時(shí)，大多數(shù)政客都謹(jǐn)慎地保持觀望態(tài)度。Most politi

10、cians are careful tobefore they finally decide which one to vote.II. This part consists of fifteen English sentences, each followed by three different versions marked A, B and C. Choose the one that is the closest equivalent to the original in terms of meaning and expressiveness（. 2 15=30）21. It s n

11、ot easy to become a member of that club they wantpeople who have plenty of money to spend, not just every Tom, Dick and Harry.A.要成為那個(gè)俱樂部的一員可不容易 他們只想要有錢人而不是湯姆、狄克和亨利之流的人。B. 要加入那個(gè)俱樂部可不容易他們要的人是有錢花的闊佬，不是一般老百姓。2最新 料推薦C.要加入那個(gè)俱樂部可不容易 他們要的是有錢花的人，不是湯姆、狄克和亨利之類的普通人。22. The cold weather frosted up the track last

12、 night.A. 昨晚天寒地凍，路上都結(jié)霜了。B. 昨晚寒冷的天氣使跑道上結(jié)了霜。C. 昨晚天氣寒冷，跑道上結(jié)了霜。23. My toes were frostbitten from skating too long.A. 滑冰時(shí)間太長(zhǎng)，我的腳趾頭都凍僵了。B. 滑冰的時(shí)間太長(zhǎng)使我的腳趾凍傷了。C. 滑冰的時(shí)間太長(zhǎng)，我的腳趾凍傷了。24. No dessert for me, thanks. It was as much as I could do to finish the main course.A. 謝謝，別給我甜食了。我只能吃完主食。B. 我不要甜食了，謝謝。吃完主食都是盡了我最大的

13、力。C. 謝謝，別給我甜食了。我吃完這道主菜就不錯(cuò)了。25. Let him blow as hot as he likes in London.A. 讓他在倫敦盡情地吹去吧。B. 讓他盡情地在倫敦吹熱風(fēng)去吧。C. 讓他在倫敦遂心地大出風(fēng)頭去吧。26. I have no way of knowing how someone who exists like a wolf for fourteen years in an ancient mountain forest views time or senses its passage.A. 我無法知道一個(gè)在深山老林里像狼一樣生活了十四年的人對(duì)于時(shí)

14、間的感受和看法。B. 我沒有辦法知道像狼一樣在深山老林中生活了十四年的人是如何看待時(shí)間或是如何看待時(shí)間的流逝的。C. 我壓根兒不知道一個(gè)像狼一樣在深山老林中生存了十四年的人又是如何看待時(shí)間及其流逝的。27. During breaks out in the field, when our grumbling stomachs send a sour taste into our mouths, our greatest entertainment was talking among ourselves about food.A. 在勞動(dòng)的間隙里，當(dāng)餓得咕咕直叫的肚子送出一股酸味兒直沖口腔時(shí)，我

15、們最大的樂趣就是談?wù)摮缘?。B. 在勞動(dòng)的間隙里，我們饑腸轆轆，胃里泛著酸水。我們最大的樂趣就是聚集在一起談?wù)撌澄?。C. 在勞動(dòng)的間隙里，我們的肚子已經(jīng)餓得咕咕直叫了，同時(shí)從胃部沖出一股酸酸的味道，這時(shí)，我們最大的享受就是討論吃的東西。28. Even if they had any appetite, the sixteen pound turkey would have looked almost like new when they had eaten3最新 料推薦their fill.A.盡管他們有食欲, 當(dāng)他們吃飽的時(shí)候, 十六磅的火雞就像是新的一樣。B.即便他們食欲不錯(cuò), 而且吃到飽

16、得不能再吃, 那只十六磅的火雞也還會(huì)和原封不動(dòng)差不了多少。C. 即使他們有食欲，但當(dāng)他們吃飽之后，這十六磅重的火雞可能看上去還是新的。29. With his handsome face, his fiery glance, his strong body, his purple and gold cloak, and his air of destiny, theking moved thro ugh the parting crowd toward the Dog s Kennel.A. 他，有著英俊的臉龐，炯炯有神的眼睛和魁梧的體魄；他，身披紫金色的披風(fēng)，帶著主宰命運(yùn)的神態(tài)，穿過了人群走

17、向狗窩。B. 國(guó)王容貌英俊，目光炯炯，體魄健壯，身著鑲金紫紅色斗篷，一副主宰萬物的神態(tài)，穿過避讓的人群，朝狗窩走去。C. 容貌英俊、目光炯炯、體魄健壯、身著紫紅色鑲金斗篷的國(guó)王，帶著主宰一切的神態(tài)，穿過人群，朝狗窩走去。30. He and she sat opposite each other at a table in the dark bakery, soft drinks in front of both of them, bright ice cubes bobbing in the dark glasses.A.他與她面對(duì)面坐在一間幽暗的面包房里，兩人面前各擺著一杯飲料,明亮的冰塊

18、在杯子里浮動(dòng)著。B. 他和她在黑暗的面包店里隔桌而坐，兩個(gè)人面前都放著飲料，冰塊在杯子里上下晃動(dòng)。C. 他和她就這樣面對(duì)面地坐在昏暗的面包店里，飲料放在桌上，玻璃杯中那些晶瑩的冰塊在黑暗中晃動(dòng)。31. And I take heart from the fact that the enemy, which boasts that it can occupy the strategic point in a couple of hours, has not yet been able to take the outlying regions, because of the stiff resis

19、tance that gets in the way.A. 由于受到頑強(qiáng)抵抗，吹噓能在幾小時(shí)內(nèi)就占領(lǐng)戰(zhàn)略要地的敵人甚至還沒有能占領(lǐng)外圍地帶，這一事實(shí)使我增強(qiáng)了信心。B. 我重拾信心是因?yàn)檫@樣一個(gè)事實(shí)：那些吹噓說能在一兩個(gè)小時(shí)之內(nèi)就奪取戰(zhàn)略點(diǎn)的敵人就連外圍地區(qū)也尚未占領(lǐng)，因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)谕局性庥隽祟B固的抵抗。C. 我信心倍增，因?yàn)閿橙穗m然叫囂能在兩個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)奪取戰(zhàn)略點(diǎn)，但卻因遭遇頑強(qiáng)抵抗，就連外圍地區(qū)也尚未占領(lǐng)。32. Not a single thing in this world is eternal. Take this famous garden, for instance. Two hundr

20、ed years ago, when the Qing emperor built it, no one could have imagined that in the short space of three centuries it would bereduced to ruins.A. 在這世界上沒有什么東西是永恒的，就拿這個(gè)著名的園子來說吧，兩百年的清朝皇帝在修建它的時(shí)候，誰也不會(huì)想到在這短短的兩百年間，它就成了一片廢墟。B. 在這個(gè)世界上，永恒的東西是不存在的，譬如這座名園，兩百年前，當(dāng)清朝皇帝建筑它時(shí)，大概不會(huì)想到用不了多久它就會(huì)變成廢墟。C. 沒有任何東西能夠在這世界上永恒存在。

21、以這個(gè)名園為例，兩百年前，當(dāng)清朝皇帝下令修建時(shí)，誰也不會(huì)想到兩百年后它就會(huì)成為廢墟。4最新 料推薦33. Illness brought her a strange restlessness and made her all the more eager to cling to life and squeeze from it thelast drop of happiness. It made her envy health, but it also made her sentimental over a leaf that the wind hadblown into her room .

22、A. 因?yàn)樯?，她產(chǎn)生了一種奇怪的不安感，同時(shí)也愈發(fā)依戀生命，愈發(fā)渴望從生命中得到最后一滴幸福。因?yàn)樯?，她羨慕健康，變得多愁善感，即使看見一片樹葉飄進(jìn)屋內(nèi)也會(huì)不禁感傷。B. 疾病帶給她一種奇怪的煩亂不寧，使她更加迫切地抓住人生，從中擠出最后一滴幸福。疾病還使她羨慕健康，可是，也同樣使她看見一片被風(fēng)吹進(jìn)房間的樹葉兒感傷。C. 這種疾病使她特別敏感不安，她越發(fā)急切于抓住人生不放，似乎要把人生的甜蜜幸福擠到最后一滴而后已。這病使她多么羨慕人家的健康，也使她多愁善感，見一葉飄零，隨風(fēng)入室，便愁緒滿懷，無以自解。34. I staggered mournfully out of the sunflow

23、er field with her in my arms, rustling the leaves shaped like round fans.A. 我踉踉蹌蹌地從太陽花地里走出來，把她抱在懷里，踩得腳下的那些圓形樹葉沙沙作響。B.我抱著她踉踉蹌蹌、戚戚愴愴地從葵花地里鉆出來，團(tuán)扇般的葵花葉片嚓嚓地響著。C. 我抱著她，悲傷難抑，高一腳低一腳地走出了葵花地，弄得腳下那些扇狀樹葉沙沙作響。35. Crickets set up a mournful cry from beneath the leaves, while locusts flew into the air, only to be

24、snapped up by swallows, some of which perched on low-slung telephone wires stretching over the fields.A. 蟈蟈躲在樹葉下開始唱那憂傷的歌，而蝗蟲飛入空中，卻被燕子捷足先登給搶了去，還有些燕子就棲息在田野上那些低垂垂的電話線上。B. 蟈蟈躲在葉下，憂郁地尖聲鳴叫，螞蚱在飛，燕子在捕食。懸掛在田野上空、低矮彎曲的電話線上，蹲著一排排休憩的家燕。C. 蟈蟈在躲在樹葉下唱起了悲傷的調(diào)子，蝗蟲一飛入空中，就被燕子攬入口中，還有些燕子則站在那些橫穿田野、低垂的電話線上。III.This part con

25、sists of fifteen Chinese sentences, each followed by three different versions marked A, B and C. Choose the one that is the closest equivalent to the original in terms of meaning and expressiveness.（ 2 15=30）36. 一個(gè)和尚挑水吃，兩個(gè)和尚抬水吃，三個(gè)和尚沒水吃。A. A lone monk brings his own bucket of water to drink, two monk

26、s carry their bucket of water jointly, but when three monks are together, there is no water at all.B. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.C. A monk lives happily by carrying a bucket of water himself, two monks live harmoniously by sharing the responsibility of carrying a bucket

27、 of water, and three monks live together, quarreling over the job of water-fetching and getting no water.5最新 料推薦37. 奪取這個(gè)勝利，已經(jīng)是不要很久的時(shí)間和不要花費(fèi)很大的氣力了;鞏固這個(gè)勝利，則是需要很久的時(shí)間和要花費(fèi)很大的氣力的事情。A.To win the victory doesn t need a lot of time and effort; to consolidate the victory does need a lot of time and effort.B. T

28、o consolidate the victory takes us much more time and effort than to grab the victory.C. To win this victory will not require much more time and effort, but to consolidate it will.38. 我相信我奶奶經(jīng)常教導(dǎo)我的一句話，她說人只有享不了的福，但是沒有受不了的罪。A. My grandma often told me that there is some happiness a man has no chance to

29、 enjoy, but there is no such sufferings as a man cannot endure, of which I am fully convinced.B. My grandmother once told me that while there is no suffering a person cannot endure, there is plenty of good fortune one can never hope to enjoy. I believe that.C.I do believe my grandmother : sasayingma

30、may have no chance to enjoy the happiness, but he can always endure the sufferings.39. 王小玉便啟朱唇、發(fā)晧齒，唱了幾句書兒。A. Now open her rosy lip and her ivory white teeth shine, her song begins!B.Little Jade Wang then opened her vermilion lips ，displaying her sparking white teeth ， and sang several phrases.C. Lit

31、tle Jade then parted her lips and sang a few lines.40. 一見面是寒暄，寒暄之后說我“胖了 ”，說我 “胖了 ”之后大罵其新黨。A.Whenever we met, he would say:“ Oh, you look fatter” , and then began to pour scorn on the New Party.B. When we met, after exchanging a few polite remarks he said I was fatter, and after saying that immediate

32、ly started a violent attack on the revolutionaries.C. After exchanging a few polite remarks when we met, he observed that I looked “ fat ”and, having made that complimentary remark he started a violent attack on the revolutionaries.41. 他對(duì)給自己帶來幸福的社會(huì)感恩戴德，仿佛只有拼命干活才能報(bào)答。A. He felt so grateful to the soci

33、ety that had brought him the happiness, and it seemed that there was no other way to reward the society but hard-working.B. He held that he had to work extremely hard to repay the society for the happiness he had gained from it.C. He was enormously grateful to the society that had brought him so muc

34、h happiness, and was determined to pay it back through hard work.42. 我們就像一群饑餓的小狗，在村子中的大街小巷里嗅來嗅去，尋找可以果腹的食物。A. We looked like a group of hungry puppies, smelling here and there in the village, trying to seek some food to fill the stomachB. We look like a group of hungry dogs, smelling here and there i

35、n the village with the hope of finding something to eat.C. We were like a pack of starving dogs, haunting the streets and lanes sniffing the air for something to put inside our bellies.6最新 料推薦43. 東方已顯了亮，街上冷淸清的，沒有一個(gè)人影。一夜的西北風(fēng)把浮土刮凈，顯出街道灰白的底色來。A. The eastern sky was growing light. The streets were icy c

36、old and deserted; winds from the northwest had swept the dust clean during the night; and the clean roadway was clearly visible.B. The eastern sky began to show its light, the streets were cold and deserted, and there was no man coming into view. The northwestern wind had swept the street clean and

37、the grey street had shown its true color.C. The eastern sky took on the color of fish-belly white, the streets were deserted, and not a shadow of a man could be seen. The northwestern wind had swept off the dirt and the grey color of the streets showed itself.44. 一鍬挖不出一口井。A. You cannot dig a well wi

38、th one spade.B. You cannot sink a well at one digging.C. A well cannot be made with just one spade.45. 公示語：減廢回收最環(huán)保 , 污者自費(fèi)齊贊好。A. To reduce the waste through recycling is to protect the environment, and all agree to the idea that everyone pays for the pollution he has caused.B. Reduce Waste, Make Poll

39、uters Pay.C. Reducing and retrieving wastes are most environment-protective. Making the polluters pay is praised by all.46. 我可以想象，一個(gè)像你這樣閑不住的人長(zhǎng)期呆在家里有多難多不容易。A.I can imagine how hard it is for an idle man like you to stay at home for such a long time.B.I can imagine that it s very hard and difficult fo

40、r an active man like you to stay at home for a long time.C.I can imagine how hard it is for an active man like you to stay at home for a long time.47. 深藍(lán)的天空中掛著一輪金黃的圓月，下面是海邊的沙地，都種著一望無際的碧綠的西瓜。A. A golden moon was hanging in the deep-blue sky, and beneath it was the sand land beside the sea, on which m

41、any watermelons were grown.B. A golden moon suspended in a deep blue sky and beneath it the seashore, planted as far as the eye could see with jade-green watermelons.C. There was a golden moon hanging in the deep blue sky, beneath it was the seashore, planted with the watermelons.48. 多年的山林生活，逼得爺爺聽覺和

42、嗅覺格外發(fā)達(dá)，這不是特異功能，更不是吹牛皮，這是千真萬確的事實(shí)。A. Having lived in the forest for many years, granddad developed exceptionally acute senses of hearing and smell. It was neither the so-called unusual abilities, nor something of talking big; it was just a fat that cannot be denied.B. Many years of forest life enabled

43、 granddad to have exceptionally acute senses of hearing and smell, which should not be referred to as something of exceptional abilities or exaggerating the fact; it was fact itself.C. Living on the mountains for years endowed granddad with exceptionally keen senses of hearing and smell. This was no

44、t an unusual effect, nor was it a boastful fabrication; it was simply an indisputable fact.49. 哥哥，你葫蘆里到底賣的什么藥？7最新 料推薦A. What are you hiding up your sleeve, Brother?B. What is the medicine in your gourd, Brother?C. What do you intend to say, Brother?50. 為了友好相處，我們有時(shí)不得不對(duì)別人說些善意的謊言。A. To get on well with

45、 others, we are sometimes forced to tell some lies of good will.B. To get on well with others, we are sometimes forced to tell white lies.C. To get on well with others, we sometimes have no choice but to tell lies.IV 短文翻譯：下面的英語/ 漢語短文后附有漢語/ 英語譯文，該漢語/ 英語譯文共分為10 個(gè)句子，分別用阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字 1 ， 2， 3 ，4 ， 5 等標(biāo)出。這些漢語/ 英

46、語句子的邏輯順序混亂，請(qǐng)將它們調(diào)整為符合邏輯順序的語篇。（每小題10 分， 20 分）A英譯漢The English Source Text ：Fame and the exhilarating celebrity that accompanies it. Force the famous person to participate in his or her owndestruction. Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of possessing a single talent or skill: singing, da

47、ncing,painting, or writing, etc. The successful performer develops a style that is marketed aggressively and gains some popularity,and it is this popularity that usually convinces the performer to continue performing in the same style, since that is what thepublic seems to want and to enjoy. But in

48、time, the performer becomes bored singing the same songs in the same way yearafter year, or the painter becomes bored painting similar scenes or portraits, or the actor is tired of playing the samecharacter repeatedly. The demand of the public holds the artist hostage to his or her own success, fame

49、. If the artist attemptsto change his or her style of writing or dancing or singing, etc., the audience may turn away and look to confer fleetingfickle fame on another and then, in time, on another, and so on and so on. Who cannot recognize a Tennessee Williams playor a novel by John Updike or Ernes

50、t Hemingway or poem by Robert Frost or W.H. Auden or T.S.Eliot?1.可是隨著時(shí)間之轉(zhuǎn)移，歌手年復(fù)一年地老調(diào)唱老歌，畫師畫同樣的風(fēng)景人物。2.而且也就是這種聲譽(yù)常使表演者確信必須把這種風(fēng)格堅(jiān)持下去，因?yàn)榭磥磉@正是大眾所需要和喜愛的。3.為了維持自己的成功和聲譽(yù)，群眾的要求竟把這位藝術(shù)家如人質(zhì)般束縛住了。4.或羅伯特 . 弗羅斯特或奧登或艾略特所寫的一首詩歌呢？5.在已出了名的人們中間，絕大多數(shù)是因有一技之長(zhǎng)，如唱歌、舞蹈、繪畫、寫作等等，而獲此聲譽(yù)的。6.如果這位藝術(shù)家企圖改變筆調(diào)、舞步、唱腔的話，聽眾觀眾就會(huì)舍他而去，把那飄忽不定的稱譽(yù)轉(zhuǎn)移給別人，隨后又轉(zhuǎn)移給另外一個(gè)人，這樣不停的轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去。 7.這位成功的表演者展示出一種在市場(chǎng)上可以爭(zhēng)雄制勝的風(fēng)格，因而獲得聲譽(yù)。8.聲譽(yù)和隨之而來的令人興奮的贊揚(yáng)迫著這位出了名的人走上自己的末路。9. 有哪個(gè)人會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)不出一本田納西.威廉斯的劇本、一本約翰 . 厄普代克或歐內(nèi)斯特.海明威的小說？10. 演員反復(fù)重演同一個(gè)角色，都會(huì)感到厭煩。B漢譯英