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The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual【C1】______and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of【C2】______ . This is, 【C3】______, his professional equipment. 【C4】______this, it is desirable that he 【C5】______have an inquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work【C6】______his own, often【C7】______high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others【C8】______his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding【C9】______with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to【C10】______rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently【C11】______of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator's work, i. e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, 【C12】______that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage【C13】______a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can【C14】______with. It is, 【C15】______ , desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the【C16】______of his source languages even if this is restricted to【C17】______how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same【C18】______to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not【C19】______. There are many other skills and【C20】______that are desirable in a translator.
单选题51.【C1】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】use的意思是“使用”,of habitual use意为“习惯性使用的”,符合题意。A项application表示“(理论知识等的)应用”,如:the application of new scientific discoveries“新科学发现的应用”,不合题意。C项utility和D项usage都跟“使用”有关,但utility的意思是“效用,实用”,usage的意思是“使用方式,用法”,均不合题意。B项正确。
单选题52.【C2】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】field of specialization为固定说法,表示“专业领域”,因此选择A。
单选题53.【C3】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】as it were为固定搭配,表示“似乎,可以说是”之意,选项B正确。as it is/was是“事实上,实际上”的意思,如:I hope things would get better,but as it is,they are getting worse.我希望情况会好转,但实际上越来越糟。因此选择B。
【答案解析】on one’s own为固定搭配,意为“独立地,独自地”,符合题意,故选项D正确。of one’s own意为“自己拥有的”,如a room of my own我自己的房间,不合题意。for和by不与one’s own搭配。因此选择D。
单选题57.【C7】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】at speed意为“迅速地,高速地”,at high speed表示“急速地”。该句意为“他应当愿意独立工作,而且通常很高速”,因此选择C。
单选题58.【C8】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】四个选项中只有should能够提前,省略if,引导倒装分句,表示与将来事实相反的虚拟语气,正常语序为“if his own language should not always prove…”,此处should表示可能性不大的假设,意为“假使,万一”。因此选择A。
单选题59.【C9】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】have a nodding/bowing acquaintance with sth./sb.是同定短语,意为“略通,初步了解”,因此选择B。
单选题60.【C10】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】A项change表示事物本身的“改变,转变”,如:change the idea改变主意;B项transform表示事物外形、形态或结构上发生改变;C项turn一般表示“(方向、位置、性质或颜色的)变化”;D项switch表示在不同事物之间转变、转移或切换。这里指从一种语言转换到另外一种语言,D项更符合句意。因此选择D。
单选题61.【C11】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】(sth.is)required of sb.为固定搭配,意思是“要求某人……”。lack“缺乏”,可做及物动词,直接接宾语;做不及物动词时常用于sb.be lacking in sth.或sth.be lacking结构。face“(使)面对”,为及物动词,可用于be faced with结构。confront的意思与face相近,表示“(使)碰到,(使)遇到”,为及物动词,常用于be confronted with结构,如:We are now confronted with many difficulties.我们现在面临着很多困难。因此选择B。
单选题62.【C12】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】A项essential“本质的,实质的,基本的”;B项unnecessary“不必要的,无用的”;C项advantageous“有利的”;D项useless“无效的,无益的”。从上下义来看,这句话强调翻译工作是处理书面文字,也就是说会讲这些语言并不一定必要;而且下一句紧接着说“如果他确实会讲”,进一步说明了译者并非一定要会讲这些语言。另外,it is (un)necessary that后接的宾语从句中应该使用虚拟语气,从句谓语动词为(should)do,这与该句相符,所以B项符合文意。因此选择B。