《英语二级笔译综合能力模拟试题》（选摘）

题目摘自《英语二级笔译综合能力模拟试题》

1. Now the public has an unprecedented chance to peer over the shoulders of archaeologists and historians and get a first-hand look at the ___ of the Mongols and their Asian predecessors.

A. legacy

B. bequest

C. converse

D. miracle

2. In the search for solution to seemingly overwhelming problems, it became increasingly ___ to include radical, even revolutionary ideas.

A. stable

B. absolute

C. immortal

D. plausible

3. This silk has gone right _____ and we have not sold a single piece of it for weeks.

A. out of fad

B. out of pattern

C. out of custom

D. out of fashion

4. Primitive superstitions that feed racism should be _____ through education.

A. ignored

B. exalted

C. eradicated

D. canceled

5. Now the juries, and ultimately the society they speak for, have to find some way to express ___ at the brutality that women and children face every day.

A. aggression

B. extenuation

C. outrage

D. suppression

6. It was a type of urban story that continues to ___ big-city dwellers forwards each day, a tale of hard work and self-starting initiative, of taking matters into one’s own hands to make dreams come true.

A. propel

B. penetrate

C. baffle

D. harness

7. The primordial fireball would have been a dense roiling stew of radiation and elementary particles condensing out of the ___ energy annihilating each other recondensing then colliding and disappearing all over again.

A. colossal

B. audacious

C. ambient

D. autonomous

8. When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them ___.

A. off

B. aside

C. out

D. down

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参考解析：

1.【答案】A. 本题空格处是说蒙古人和他们亚洲祖先的遗产。A项的“legacy遗产(祖先、前人或过去传下来的某种东西)”符合题意。其他三项“bequest遗产，遗赠;converse相反的事物;miracle奇迹"都不正确。

2.【答案】D.  本题中，D项的“plausible似乎有理的”符合题意，如:a  plausible excuse.(看似有理的借口)。其他三项“stable稳定的;absolute绝对的;immortal不朽的”都不正确。

3.【答案】D. D 项的“out of fashion过时的，不流行的” 符合题意。A项中的fad尽管有“时尚”之意，但是没有“out of fad”这样的表达。

4.【答案】C. C项的“eradicate根除”符合题意。

5.【答案】C. 本题空格处是说表达对野蛮行为的愤怒。C项的“outrage愤怒”符合题意。其他三项“aggression进攻，侵略;extenuation减轻罪孽的借口;suppression镇压，抑制”都不正确。

6.【答案】A.  本题空格处是说居民们每天都在推动大城市向前发展。A项的“propel推动，驱使”符合题意，如:a person propelled by ambition(受野心驱策的人)。其他三项“penetrate 穿透，渗透:baffle为难:harness利用(河流、瀑布等)产生动力"都不正确。

7. 【答案】A.  本题中，A项的“colossal巨大的，庞大的"符合题意，如:a colossal monument(巨大的纪念碑)。其他三项“audacious大胆的，鲁莽的;ambient周围的;autonomous自治的"都不正确。

8.【答案】A.  lay off是“解雇”。B. lay aside是 “留出，把……留待后用”; C. lay out是 “安排，摆开”; D. lay down是 “放下; 制定”。

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