2017下半年翻译资格考试初级笔译综合练习题（1）

　　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1题

　　Marketing is ______ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer.

　　A rather than

　　B other than

　　C bigger than

　　D more than

　　第2题

　　The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

　　A by accident

　　B at random

　　C on occasion

　　第3题

　　English language publications in China are growing in volume and ______.

　　A circulation

　　B rotation

　　C circumstance

　　D appreciation

　　第4题

　　Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect of the wind.

　　A from the effects

　　B it the effects

　　C it from the effects

　　D the effects from it

　　第5题

　　On turning the comer, they saw the path ______ steeply.

　　A departing

　　B descending

　　C decreasing

　　第6题

　　Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a

　　A scarcity

　　B minority

　　C minimum

　　第7题

　　With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very for the students.

　　A hostile

　　B anxious

　　C tedious

　　D obscure

　　第8题

　　Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.

　　A should be

　　B would be

　　C preferred

　　D preferably

　　第9题

　　Hydroponics ______ the cultivation of plants without soil.

　　A does

　　B is

　　C do

　　D are

　　第10题

　　In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for pottery.

　　A it made

　　B its

　　C the making

　　D where its