2017年翻译考试中级笔译综合能力模拟题（5）

　　11. One of the effective ways to lessen environmental pollution is the reservation and protection of more swamps.

　　A. vast thick corals B. pockets of wet land

　　C. warm volcanoes D.millions of bees and wasps

　　12. The word “wrath” in The Grapes of Wrath by the Nobel prize winner John Steinbeck probably means:

　　A. great anger B. large crowds C. hard labor D. sudden storms

　　13. The artist spent years on his monumental painting, which covered the whole roof of the church, the biggest in the country.

　　A. archaic 　B. sentimental 　C. outstanding 　D. entire

　　14. The ancient Jewish people regarded themselves as the salt of the earth, the chosen few by God to rule the world.

　　A. outcast 　B. elite 　C. nomad 　D. disciple

　　15. Many of the electric and electronic products we purchase and consume today are what some industrial experts call “homogenous toys”.

　　A. identical 　B. homosexual 　C.unrelated 　D. distinguishable

　　16. The feeling of competition among the students in all the classrooms where the test was going on was noticeable to everyone.

　　A. discord 　B. discovery 　C. rivalry 　D. cooperation

　　17. The artist spent years on his monumental painting, which covered the whole roof of the church, the biggest in the country.

　　A. archaic

　　B. sentimental

　　C. outstanding

　　D. entire

　　18. Many of the electric and electronic products we purchase and consume today are what some industrial experts call “homogeneous toys”.

　　A. identicalB. homosexual

　　C. unrelated　D. distinguishable

　　18. Anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff furthered her reputation as an authority on Native American culture with her study of the symbols, myths, and rituals of the Huichol people.

　　A. deserved 　B. retained 　C. renewed 　D. advanced

　　20. This reflects the priority being attached to economic over political activity, partly caused by a growing reluctance to enter a calling blighted by relentless publicity that all too often ends in destroying careers and reputations.

　　A. powerfulness B. unwillingness　C. renaissance　D. apologeticness

　　参考答案： 11-15 BACBA 16-20 CCADB