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翻译二级笔译综合能力分类模拟题25

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?Stopworryingaboutrecession.ThatisthemessagefromAmericasR-wordi（江南博哥）ndex.Foreachquarter,we??1??howmanystoriesintheNewYorkTimesandtheWashingtonPostincludethewordrecession.??2??bellswereset??3??bythesharpjumpintheR-countinthefirstquarterofthisyear,ataratethatinthepasthas??4??thestartofarecession.Inthesecondquarter,??5??,thenumberofarticles??6??bymorethanone-third.Aconspiracytheoristmightsuggestthatnewspapereditors,??7??aboutdwindlingadvertisingrevenues,have??8??theR-word.

??TheEconomisthasfoundthat??9??thepasttwodecades,theR-wordindexhasbeengoodat??10??turning-pointsintheAmericaneconomy.??11??GDPfigureswhichappear??12??afteralag,thenumbersareinstantlyavailable.ButhowdoestheindexperforminGermany,??12??therehavealsobeen??14??fearsofrecession?Usingouridea,HypoVereinsbankhas??15??anR-wordindexforGermany,countingthenumberoftimesthewordrecession??16??inHandelsblatt.

??Worryingly,GermanysR-countforthefirstquarterof2001showedthesecond-steepest??17??inthepasttwodecades.Butinthesecondquarter,theindexdroppedbyone-third,??18??inAmerica.??19??theworldeconomyhasnothingtoworryabout,orjournalistsaremoreworriedabouta??20??thanamererecession.AD-wordindex?

1.?

A.count

B.calculate

C.account

D.reckon

正确答案：A

[解析]本题考核的知识点是：动词。从选项层面上看是同义选项4选1：这四个词都有“计算”的意思，但各有侧重。count侧重“计数”；calculate侧重“通过计算来确认”；account是不及物动词，意为“总计为”；reckon侧重“推算”。文中提到howmanystories，count有“数”的意味，故选A。我们数一数在《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》中有多少新闻故事包括了“衰退”这个词。

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2.?

A.Warning

B.Alarm

C.Siren

D.Danger

正确答案：B

[解析]本题考核的知识点是：名词。从选项层面上看，A、B是典型的同义选项，2选1。“警钟”在英语中的固定表达为alarmbell，故选B。本年第一季度R计数大幅上升已经敲响了警钟。

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3.?

A.up

B.out

C.off

D.about

正确答案：C

[解析]本题考核的知识点是：动词短语辨析。这类题目核心在于了解几个短语的意思。setup建立；setout开始；setoff触发，引起；setabout开始，着手。由句