CATTI三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(三)一、Vocabulary Selection（本大题20小题．每题分，共分。
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. ）第1题Marketing is ______ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer.A rather thanB other thanC bigger thanD more than{第2题The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.A by accidentB at randomC on occasion第3题English language publications in China are growing in volume and ______.A circulation~B rotationC circumstanceD appreciation第4题Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect of the wind.A from the effectsB it the effectsC it from the effects~D the effects from it第5题On turning the comer, they saw the path ______ steeply.A departingB descendingC decreasing第6题Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a：A scarcityB minorityC minimum第7题With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very for the students.A hostileB anxiousC tedious,D obscure第8题Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.A should beB would beC preferredD preferably第9题}Hydroponics ______ the cultivation of plants without soil.A doesB isC doD are第10题In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for pottery.A it made…B itsC the makingD where its第11题To impose computer technology ______ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning.A withB toC in：D on第12题Good pencil erasers are soft enough not ______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.A by damagingB so that they damageC to damageD damaging第13题~Both longitude and latitude ______ in degrees, minutes and seconds.A measuringB measuredC are measuredD being measured第14题Our flight to Guangzhou was ______ by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.A delayed>B adjournedC cancelledD preserved第15题______ of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, provided Mark Twain with the inspiration for two of his most popular novels.A RememberingB MemoriesC It was the memories|D He remembered第16题Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, ______ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.A one anotherB the otherC other onesD each other第17题~We have had to raise the prices of our products because of the increase in the cost of materials.A primitiveB roughC originalD raw第18题______ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.A What linguists call-B It is called by linguistsC Linguists call itD What do linguists call第19题______ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.A ChildrenB Children, when theyC As children!D For children to第20题Whenever the government increases public services, ______ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.A employment to riseB employment risesC which rising employmentD the rise of employment二、Vocabulary Replacement（本大题15小题．每题分，共分。
