专四
单选题Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his (31) ___________languages full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual (32) ___________ , and a knowledge and understanding of the (33)___________ subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it (34) ___________ , his professional equipment. (35)___________ this, it is desirable that he should have an (36)__________ mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work (37) ___________ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others (38)___________ his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task (39)___________ . He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding (40) __________ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to (41) ____________________ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently (42)___________ of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator's work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, (43)___________ that he should be able to Speak the languages he is dealing with If he does speak them, it is an advantage (44) ___________ a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can (45) ____________________ with. It is, (46) ___________, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to (47) ___________ how proper names and place names are pronounced The same (48) ___________ to an ability to write his source languages, ff he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not (49)___________. There are many other skills and (50).__________ that are desirable in a translator.
根据以上资料回答下列第题：
A. mother
B. native
C. target
D. source
The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his (31) ___________languages full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual (32) ___________ , and a knowledge and understanding of the (33)___________ subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it (34) ___________ , his professional equipment. (35)___________ this, it is desirable that he should have an (36)__________ mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work (37) ___________ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others (38)___________ his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task (39)___________ . He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding (40) __________ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to (41) ____________________ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently (42)___________ of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator's work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, (43)___________ that he should be able to Speak the languages he is dealing with If he does speak them, it is an advantage (44) ___________ a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can (45) ____________________ with. It is, (46) ___________, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to (47) ___________ how proper names and place names are pronounced The same (48) ___________ to an ability to write his source languages, ff he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not (49)___________. There are many other skills and (50).__________ that are desirable in a translator.
根据以上资料回答下列第题：
A. mother
B. native
C. target
D. source
参考答案：D进入在线模考
本题的解答需要对比下文中的target language，与之相对的只能是source language(s)这样正确答案便显而易见了。
【点睛】语义线索题。注意利用上下文定语境进行逻辑判断。下文多次出现source languages。也可为本题的解答提供线索。
【点睛】语义线索题。注意利用上下文定语境进行逻辑判断。下文多次出现source languages。也可为本题的解答提供线索。
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