翻译专业资格考试

【单选题】 The author's purpose is to ______
A．give the basic facts of unemployment
B．explain the reasons of unemployment
C．introduce new jobs to the unemployed
D．offer encouragement to the unemployed

【单选题】 Referring to the elderly as summarized in the passage, we can assume that they are ______.
A．great in number and most will vote
B．great in number but few tend to vote
C．few in number and few tend to vote
D．few in number but most will vote

【单选题】 The Wright brothers continued their flying in France and ______ all who saw them.
A．saddened
B．frightened
C．astonished
D．alarmed

【单选题】 A "Backgrounder" permits newspapermen to publish information given them though without attribution to the source.
A．a person who remains behind the scene
B．a person providing the background knowledge
C．a press conference
D．a news agency

【单选题】 The millions of calculations, had they been done by hand,______all practical value by the time they were finisheD．
A．could lose
B．would have lost
C．might lose
D．ought to have lost

【单选题】 Professor Smith is someone we all ______ .
A．look up to
B．look into
C．look through
D．look down upon

【单选题】 A good modem newspaper is an extraordinary piece of article.
A．reading
B．narration
C．writing
D．enjoyment

【单选题】 A completely new situation is bound to ______ when the examination system is introduced.
A．rise
B．arise
C．raise
D．arouse

【单选题】 The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that______ the speakers stopped for refreshments.
A．at large
B．at intervals
C．at ease
D．at random

【单选题】 Cactus plants have spines that prevent animals from nibbling them.
A．mining
B．reaching
C．climbing
D．gnawing