2007年5月CATTI二级笔译实务真题及答案
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1 2007年5月二级笔译综合能力完型填空
The number of immigrants living in American households rose 16 percent over the last
five years, fueled largely by recent arrivals from Mexico, according to fresh data released by
the Census Bureau.
And increasingly, immigrants are bypassing the traditional gateway （states ）like
California and New York and settling directly in parts of the country that （until） recently
saw little immigrant activity — regions（ like ）the Upper Midwest, New England and the
Rocky Mountain States.
Coming in the heart of an election season （in which） illegal immigration has emerged
as an issue, the new data（ from ）the bureau's 2005 American Community Survey is certain
to generate more（ debate）. But more than（ that）, demographers said, it highlights one
reason immigration has become （such） a heated topic.
"What's happening now is that immigrants are showing （up ）in many more
communities all across the country than they have ever been（ in）,” said Audrey Singer, an
immigration fellow at the Brookings Institution. "So it's easy for people to （look） around
and not just see them, but feel the impact they're （having ）in their communities. And a lot of
（these ）are communities that are not accustomed to （seeing） immigrants in their schools,
at the workplace, in their hospitals.”
By far the largest numbers of immigrants continue to live in the six states that have
traditionally attracted （them）: California, New York, Texas, Florida, New Jersey and
Illinois.
Immigrants also continue to flow into a handful of states in the Southeast, （like）
Georgia and North Carolina, a trend that was discerned in the 2000 census. But it is in the
less-expected immigrant destinations that demographers （find） the most of interest in the
new data.
Indiana saw a 34 percent increase in the number of immigrants; South Dakota saw a 44
percent rise; Delaware 32 percent; Missouri 31 percent; Colorado 28 percent; and New
Hampshire 26 percent.
"It's the continuation of a pattern that we first began to see 10 or 15 years （ago）," said
Jeff Passel, senior research associate at the Pew Hispanic Center, who has examined the new
census data. "But instead of being confined to areas （like） the Southeast, it's beginning to
spill over into some Midwestern states, like Indiana and Ohio. It's even moving （up ）into
New England.”
Over all, immigrants now （make up ）12.4 percent of the nation's （population）, up from
11.2 percent in 2000. That amounts to an estimated 4.9 million additional immigrants for a
total of 35.7 million, a number （larger than） the population of California.
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2 2007年5月二级笔译实务试题
【英译汉必译题】
Strolling beside Amsterdam’s oldest canals, where buildings carry dates like 1541 and
1603, it is easy to imagine the city’s prosperity in the 17th century. Replace today’s bicycles
and cars with horse-drawn carts, add more barges on the waterways, and this is essentially
how Amsterdam must have looked to Rembrandt as he did his rounds of wealthy merchants.
Such musings are not, of course, unprompted. This year, Amsterdam is celebrating the
400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s birth, and it is hard to escape his shadow. His birthplace in
Leiden, 20 miles south, has naturally organized its own festivities. But Amsterdam has two
advantages: it boasts the world’s largest Rembrandt collection — and tourists like to come
here anyway.
True, anniversaries can be pretty corny, but what city resists them? This year,
Amsterdam is competing with Salzburg, where Mozart was born 250 years ago, and
Aix-en-Provence, where Cézanne died a century ago. A sign in Amsterdam’s tourist office by
the Central Station hints at one motive for such occasions: “Buy your Rembrandt products
here.”
Still, if you start off by liking Rembrandt, as I do, there is much to discover. For instance,
when in Amsterdam I always make a point of paying homage to the Rembrandt masterpieces
in the Rijksmuseum, yet until now I had never bothered to visit Rembrandt House, where the
painter lived from 1639 until driven out by bankruptcy in 1658. In brief, I had never much
connected his art to his person.
Now, at least, I have made a stab at doing so because, for this anniversary (he was born
on July 15, 1606), Amsterdam has organized a host of events that offer insights into
Rembrandt’s world. They highlight not only what is known about his life, but also the people
he painted and the city he lived in from the age of 25 until his death at 63 in 1669.
Although the Rijksmuseum is undergoing a massive renovation through 2009, the
museum is not snubbing its favorite son. Throughout the year, in part of the building to be
