2017下半年翻译资格考试笔译综合练习题（2）

　　Vocabulary Selection(In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. )

　　第11题

　　To impose computer technology ______ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning.

　　A with

　　B to

　　C in

　　D on

　　第12题

　　Good pencil erasers are soft enough not ______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.

　　A by damaging

　　B so that they damage

　　C to damage

　　D damaging

　　第13题

　　Both longitude and latitude ______ in degrees, minutes and seconds.

　　A measuring

　　B measured

　　C are measured

　　D being measured

　　第14题

　　Our flight to Guangzhou was ______ by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.

　　A delayed

　　B adjourned

　　C cancelled

　　D preserved

　　第15题

　　______ of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, provided Mark Twain with the inspiration for two of his most popular novels.

　　A Remembering

　　B Memories

　　C It was the memories

　　D He remembered

　　第16题

　　Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, ______ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.

　　A one another

　　B the other

　　C other ones

　　D each other

　　第17题

　　We have had to raise the prices of our products because of the increase in the cost of materials.

　　A primitive

　　B rough

　　C original

　　D raw

　　第18题

　　______ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.

　　A What linguists call

　　B It is called by linguists

　　C Linguists call it

　　D What do linguists call

　　第19题

　　______ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.

　　A Children

　　B Children, when they

　　C As children

　　D For children to

　　第20题

　　Whenever the government increases public services, ______ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.

　　A employment to rise

　　B employment rises

　　C which rising employment

　　D the rise of employment