The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his【C1】______languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual【C2】______, and a knowledge and understanding of the【C3】______subject-matter in his field of specialization. That is, as it【C4】______, his professional equipment. 【C5】______this, it is desirable that he should have an【C6】______mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work【C7】______ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others【C8】______his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task【C9】______. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding【C10】______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【C11】______rapidly from one source to another, since this ability is frequently【C12】______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, 【C13】______that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage 【C14】______a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can【C15】______with. It is, 【C16】______, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation 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 cannot, it does not【C19】______. There are many other skills and【C20】______that are desirable in a translator.
【答案解析】解析：考查形容词辨析。选项C．latest“最新的”可以和subject—matter in his field of specialization(他本专业领域的题材)搭配，而其他的几个选项词义均不合适。late“迟的”；last“最后的”；later作为形容词，意为“更迟的，更后的”，均排除。
单选题
【C4】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：考查语法知识。作为插入语，词组as it were表示“似乎，可以说是”之意，故C．were正确。as it is／was是“事实上”的意思，不符题意。
单选题
【C5】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：考查逻辑关系。从上下文来看，此句的意思是对上文句意的递进，故选项D．In addition to“除此之外”正确。More than一般不可用来引导递进语义关系的状语，也不太用于句首，常见于短语More than pleased／sorry，表示“非常乐意(抱歉)”；Except for“除…之外”；Because of“因为”，均不符合题意。
【答案解析】解析：考查情态动词辨析。四个选项中只有A．should能够提前，省略if，引导倒装的分句，是与将来事实相反的虚拟语气，正常语序为if his own language should not always…。此外A．should表示可能性不大的假设，意为“假使，万一”。因为not前面缺少助动词或情态动词，故排除when，because和if。
【答案解析】解析：考查固定搭配。have a nodding／bowing acquaintance with sth．／sb．是固定短语，意为“略通，初步了解”，故选B．acquaintance“了解”。familiarity“熟悉”；knowledge“知识”；skill“技能”，三者没有此固定搭配，均排除。