问题 填空题

Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子)  。

1. The students took the PISA test in _____subjects - reading, maths and science. (third)

2. Board games are more and more popular among _____. (teenager)

3. I liked to walk in fields on _____days and to see my footprints left behind. (snow)

4. _____people often begin their conversations by talking about the weather. (Britain)

5. The news about education has attracted the public attention _____. (recent)

6. The World Chocolate Park showed a_____of many kinds of chocolates. (collect)

7. To improve your writing skills, you'd better _____a habit of reading. (development)

8. Don't tell lies. Nobody likes those _____people. (honest)

答案

1. three  2. teenagers  3. snowy  4. British

5. recently  6. collection  7. develop  8. dishonest

选择题
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A good translator is by definition bilingual. The opposite is not ______(1) true, however. A born and bred bilingual will still need two__________(2) to become a translator: first, the skills and experience necessary for__________(3); second, knowledge of the field in which he or she will__________(4). The skills and experience for translation include the ability to write ______(5) in the target language, the ability to read and understand the_________(6) language material thoroughly, and the ability to work with the latest__________(7) and communication hardware and software.Does a born and bred bilingual__________(8) a better translator than someone who learned language B later in__________(9) There is no definite answer, but the following issues are important.__________(10), a born and bred bilingual often suffers from not truly knowing __________(11) language well enough to translate, with some even suffering from what __________(12) known as a lingualism, a state in which a person lacks_________(13) full, fluent command of any language. Second, born and bred bilinguals__________(14) don’’t know the culture of the target language well enough to_________(15) top-quality translations, or cannot recognize what aspects of the source language__________(16) its culture need to be treated with particular care, as they_________(17) in a sense too close to the language. And last, they often_________(18) the analytical linguistic skills to work through a sticky text.On_________(19) other hand, the acquired bilingual may not have the same in-depth _________(20) of colloquialisms, slang, and dialect that the born bilingual has. Also, the acquired bilingual will not be able to translate as readily in both directions (from B to language A and A to language B). Finally, born bilinguals often have a greater appreciation of the subtleties and nuances of both their languages than someone who learns their B language later in life can ever hope to have.