湖北省第十四届外语翻译大赛英语大学组笔译试卷（决赛） I．选词用字：（每小题2 分，30 分） A． 英译汉：从A、B、C 三个选项中选出最恰当的词语或词组填空。 1．原文：I told my wife a white lie saying that she looked fabulous in her new clothes. 译文：我对太太撒了个______________，称赞她穿上新衣好看极了。 A．白色的谎言 B．不会造成伤害的谎言 C．善意的小谎 2．原文：Dr. Lee is a very famous scientist but literature is all Greek to him. 译文：李博士是位著名的科学家，______________________。 A．但文学对他来说就像希腊语一样 B．但对文学却一窍不通 C．但对文学却没有一点兴趣 3．原文：Alex is the black sheep of the family. 译文：亚力克斯是______________。 A．不肖之子 B．家里的黑羊 C．家里的害群之马 4．原文：Jack has had five jobs within three years! A rolling stone gathers no moss. 译文：杰克在三年内换了五份工作！_______________________________。 A．这样浮游不定，难成大器 B．真是水往高处流啊 C．这样便不会对同一工作产生厌倦或惰性了 5．原文：English is going to the dogs. 译文：________________________。 A．越来越多的英国人开始养狗 B．英语变得更加生机勃勃 C．英语开始衰败倒退了 B． 汉译英：从下列词组中选择一个恰当的词组完成翻译句子填空（注意：选项多于句子；只需在答题卡上填写正确词组的编号）。 a. A Chinese puzzle; b. Achilles’s heel; c. add salt to the wound; d. bite off more than one can chew; e. born in the purple; f. build castles in Spain; g. catch somebody red-handed; h. cry wolf; i. face the music; j. go west; k. hot potato; l. make bricks without straw; m. milk the bull; n. take the bull by the horns; o. the apple of one’s eye 1．原文：他生于贵族之家，所以自幼所受的教育，有异于常人。 译文：He has not been raised like an ordinary child for he was _____________________. 2．原文：警察遇到突发事件时，必须当机立断。 译文：A policeman must ___________________ when he meets a crisis. 3．原文：彼得有很好的机...
