翻译专业资格考试

【单选题】 Public relations practice is the deliberate , planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public.
A．complete
B．related
C．intentional
D．active

【单选题】 When the Erie Canal was built in the 1820's, it was the engineering marvel of its time.
A．wonder
B．dispute
C．frustration
D．model

【单选题】 According to this passage, unemployment may ______
A．cause people to lose touch with reality
B．completely destroy people's life patterns
C．lessen interaction with people
D．reduce people's chances of promotion

【单选题】 "Such a link" in the passage refers most probably to ______.
A．IPCC and climate changes
B．global temperatures and sea levels
C．natural changes and human activities
D．human activities and temperature rises

【单选题】 From the end of the passage we would expect the author to start his next paragraph most probably on ______.
A．how the senior citizens of the United States responded to the new legislation
B．the opinions of the few who anticipated what the reaction of the elderly was to be
C．what the legislators would consider doing to avoid further legislative digressions
D．major competing ideologies that differ on the coming congressional budget

【单选题】 Double Eagle II, the first trans-Atlantic balloon, was greeted by avid crowds in France.
A．eager
B．surging
C．appreciative
D．vigorous

【单选题】 If I had hurried, I______the plane.
A．could catch
B．would catch
C．should catch
D．would have caught

【单选题】 Humanists argue that human history is marked by a continuous conflict between scientific and technological ingenuity and the demands of the spirit.
A．noted by
B．conformed with
C．certified by
D．characterized by

【单选题】 Home to magnates and gangsters, refugees and artists, the city was, in its________, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.
A．prime
B．primary
C．privacy
D．probation

【单选题】 In the dim light, I managed to ______ the shadowy figure of a big lion among the trees.
A．make off
B．make up
C．make out
D．make over