湖北省第十八届外语翻译大赛英语专业组笔译初赛试题

湖北省第十八届外语翻译大赛英语专业组笔译初赛试题Ⅰ.Each of following Chinese phrases is provided with three English versions marked A,B and C separately ,tick off the best choice and fill in the blanks.(15%)

1.兄弟城市

A. sister cities

B. brother cities

C. sworn brothers cities

2. 妒红了眼

A. turn red with envy

B. turn pink with envy

C. turn green with envy

3. 水土保护

A. water and soil conservation

B. water and soil reservation

C. water and earth conservation

4. 北京四环路

A. the Fourth Ring Road in Beijing

B. the Beijing Fourth Circle Avenue

C. the Beijing No. 4 Loop of Express

5. 偏远贫困山区

A. the remote poor mountain areas

B. the outlying poverty-stricken mountainous areas

C. the distant poor-stricken district

6. 淘金热

A. the gold rush

B. the golden rush

C. the gold heat

7. 以人为本的社会

A. Human-based harmonious society

B. Human-targeted harmonious society

C. Human-oriented harmonious society

8. 奇虎360和腾讯QQ大战

A. The Qihu 360 and Tenxun Battle

B. The Battle between Qihu and Tenxun

C. The 3Qs Dispute between 360 and Tencent

9. 世博非洲联合馆

A. Epxo African United Pavilion

B. Epxo African Joint Pavilion

B. Epxo African United Museum

10. 傍大款

A. (of a girl) find a sugar daddy

B. become a Woman Friday for a rich man

C. depend on a millionaire

Ⅱ.Each of the following English phrases is followed by three Chinese versions marked ,B and C separately, tick off the best choice and fill in the blanks.(15%)

1.dog-eat-dog competition

A. 千军万马的竞争

B. 狗咬狗的竞争

C. 同类相残的竞争

2. The Pilgrim’s Progress

A.《天路历程》

B. 《清教徒的进步》

C. 《西游记》

3. white day

A. 白雪皑皑的日子

B. 黄道吉日

C. 灯火通明的日子

4. An ass in a lion’s skin

A. 狐假虎威

B. 驴子披着狮子的皮

C. 挂羊头卖狗肉

5. in apple-pie order

A. 下苹果派订单

B. 摆放整齐的

C. 以苹果派秩序

6. Mag-lev train

A. 动车

B. 高铁

C. 磁悬浮列车

7. drug trafficking

A. 药物买卖

B. 毒品买卖

C. 副食品买卖

8. migrant workers

A. 下岗工人

B. 流动工人

C. 农民工

9. the Curry Mile

A. 咖喱英里

B. 居里夫人大道

C. 印巴风味一条街

10. 三峡工程

A. The Three Gorges Project

B. The Three Straits Project

C. The Gorgeous Project

Ⅲ. Each of the following Chinese sentences is followed by three English versions marked A ,B and C separately, tick off the best choice and fill in the blanks.(40%)

1.人们似乎在追求金钱方面毫无休止。

A.Man seems unsatisfied in the pursuit of money.

B.Man never stops in the pursuit of money.

C.Man seems dissatisfied in the money.

2.我希望你不要拖我的后腿。

A. I hope that you won’t pull my leg.

B. I hope that you won’t pull my hind leg

C. I hope that you won’t hold me back

3. 最近的人口统计显示中国人口已超过13亿。

A. The latest population statistics shows that China’s population has surpassed 1.3 billion.

B. The latest census shows that China’s population takes up 1.3 billion.

C. The latest census shows that China’s population exceeds 1.3 billion.

4. 中国自20世纪60年代就开始进行海洋油气资源的自营开发。

A. Since the 1960s, China has begun to exploit marine oil and gas resources on its own.

B. Beginning from the 1960s, China began to exploit offshore oil and gas resources on its own.

C. As early as the 1960s, China started exploiting offshore oil and gas resources on its own.

5. 我没料到这个无耻的女人居然同她好友的丈夫调情。

A. I had not expected that this shameful-woman should flirt with her best friends’husband.

B. It’s shameful that the woman should flirt with her best friend’s husband.

C. I did not expect that this shameless woman should flirt with her best friend’s husband.

6. 对不起，我把认知语言学课本忘在家里了。

A. Sorry, I forgot my textbook of cognitive linguistics at home.

B. I’m sorry that I left my textbook of cognitive linguistics at home.

C. Sorry, I put my cognitive linguistics textbook at home.

7. 本省共有1500多处旅游娱乐景观资源，适合发展旅游业。

A. All together there are more than 1,500 tourism, scenic and recreational spots are