I. Multiple Choice (30 points, 2 points each)
A. This part consists of ten sentences, each followed by four different translation versions marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best version in terms of meaning and expressiveness and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
1. From both sides of the valley little streams slipped out of the hill canyons and fell into the Salinas River.
A.洼地兩面的峽谷流出的澗水注入薩利納斯河。
B.從峽谷洼地的兩面流出的澗水匯入薩利納斯河。
C.從峽谷洼地的兩面流出了澗水,注入薩利納斯河。
D.洼地兩面的峽谷都有澗水流出,匯入薩利納斯河。
2. It will strengthen you to know that your distinguished career is so widely respected and appreciated.
A.知道你的杰出事業(yè)如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞,你就會力量倍增。
B.知道你的杰出事業(yè)如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞,你就會堅定信念。
C.這會使你堅定地認(rèn)識到,因?yàn)槟愕慕艹鍪聵I(yè)是如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞。
D.這會使你進(jìn)一步堅定信念,因?yàn)槟愕慕艹鍪聵I(yè)是如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞。
3. True friendship is like health, the value of which is seldom known until it is lost.
A.真正的友誼就像健康一樣,它的價值很少有人知道,直到失去以后。
B.真正的友誼就像健康一樣,它的價值直到失去后才被少數(shù)人知道。
C.真正的友誼就像健康一樣,價值要到失去后才能體驗(yàn)到。
D.真正的友誼就像健康一樣,失去了才覺得寶貴。
4. At present people have a tendency to choose the safety of the middle-ground reply.
A.現(xiàn)在,人們往往采取安全回答問題的態(tài)度,這樣比較不偏不倚。
B.現(xiàn)在,人們有一種傾向,即選擇不偏不倚地回答問題的安全方法。
C.現(xiàn)在,人們往往采取不偏不倚的態(tài)度來回答問題,這樣比較安全。
D.現(xiàn)在,人們有一種安全的選擇傾向,即不偏不倚地回答問題。
5. What aids there were to lighten labor were immemorial, like the mill, which was already ancient in Chaucer’s time.
A.像磨房一樣的一些旨在減輕勞動強(qiáng)度的古代機(jī)械,在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)是古董了。
B.一些旨在減輕勞動強(qiáng)度的機(jī)器不知從何時代起就有了,比如磨房,在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)是古董了。
C.一些旨在減輕勞動強(qiáng)度的古代機(jī)械,比如磨房,在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)是古董了。
D.像磨房一樣的一些在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)用了很久的機(jī)器,旨在減輕勞動強(qiáng)度,不知從何時代起就有了。