2006年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试
英语翻译试卷
本试卷共7页，满分100分，考试时间150分钟。
I. Multiple Choice Questions (30 points, 2 points for each)
A. Directions: This part consists of ten sentences, each followed by four different versions marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest equivalent of the original in terms of meaning and expressiveness.
1. Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them.
A．正如许多人认为的那样，蜘蛛并不是昆虫，甚至和昆虫一点关系都没有。
B．蜘蛛并不像许多人认为的那样是昆虫，它和昆虫一点关系都没有。
C．正如许多人认为的那样，蜘蛛就是昆虫，和昆虫密不可分。
D．蜘蛛正像许多人认为的那样不是昆虫，它和昆虫一点关系都没有。
2. The door opens, and who should enter but the very man we were talking of.
A．门开了，谁想到进来的正是我们刚才谈论的人。
B．门开了，除了那个我们正在谈论的人，谁应该进来?
C．门开了，谁还能进来，不就是那个我们刚才还在谈论的人嘛。
D．门开了，果然是我们刚才谈论的^．进来了。
3. It was quite a few years before Mark Twain finally finished his last novel.
A．在马克·吐温完成最后一部小说之前，已经是好几年了。
B．在马克·吐温完成最后一部小说之前，又是好几年了。
C．过了好几年，马克·吐温才终于完成最后一部小说。
D．马克·吐温完成了最后一部小说时，又过了好几年。
4. While we cannot close the gulf between us, we can try' to bridge it so that we may be able to talk across it. A．当我们无法弥合我们之间的鸿沟时，我们可以搭一座桥，以便越过它进行会谈。
B．在我们不能弥合双方之问的鸿沟时，我们可以修一座桥，为的是能够进行会谈。
C．虽然我们不能弥合双方之间的鸿沟，我们却能够设法搭一座桥，以便我们能够越过它进行会谈。‟D．虽然我们可以修一座桥，为的是能够进行会谈，但我们却无法弥合双方之间的鸿沟。
5. There is no one of us but wishes to go swimming in the lake.
A．我们没有人愿意去湖里游泳。B．我们只有一个人想去湖里游泳。
C．我们并非人人都愿意去湖里游泳。D．我们每一个人都想去湖里游泳。
6．中国现有宜农荒地3500万公顷，其中可开垦为耕地的约有1470万公顷。
A. China now has 35 million hectares of wasteland which are suitable for farming of this, about 14.7 million hectares can be reclaimed.
B. China now has 35 million acres of wasteland which are suitable for farming, of this about 14.7 million acres can be reclaimed.
C. China now has 35 million acres of wasteland which are suitable for farming. Of this, about 14.7 million acres can be reclaimed.
D. China now has 35 million hectares of wasteland which are suitable for farming. Of this, about 14.7 million hectares can be reclaimed.
7．在旧社会，我们评剧演员常常挣钱不够吃饭，艺人们大都是拉家带口，生活困难。
A. In the old society, pingju performers seldom made enough to live on, and as most were saddled with big families, their life was hard.
B. In the old society, pingju performers couldn't earn enough money to live on. Most of them were saddled with big families, their life was hard.
C. In the old society, pingju performers seldom made enough money to eat. Most of them were saddled with big families, and their life was hard.
D , In the old society, pingju performers couldn't earn enough money to eat, as most were saddled with big families, their life was hard.
8．我第一次听她在晚会上唱歌，她的歌声就深深她打动了我。
