2024二级笔译真题模拟04-10

1、When he says in Paragraph 5, “While states give up sales tax, they usually break ever on sales-tax collection”, J. Craig Shearman actually means that.（单选题）

A. a vice-president at the National Retail Federation can say whatever he or she likes

B. only when a state gives up sales tax can it achieve break even in collection of taxes

C. tax losses are nothing for a state since serious shoppers buy more than just clothes or shoes

D. when people come to buy sales-tax-free items, they will buy other things that are still taxed

试题答案：D

2、Which of the following generalizations do you think the writer would agree?（单选题）

A. White people and Mexican Americans cannot get along with each other.

B. Even a seemingly minor experience in the past can bother us in the present.

C. People do always know how to respond to hurtful acts.

D. People of other races should not watch the glamorized models of American TV mothers and fathers.

试题答案：B

3、Which of the following is true?（单选题）

A. All states are penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks.

B. New laws have led to decline in fatalities in many areas.

C. National prohibition of alcohol stop drinking.

D. The 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol began before 1919.

试题答案：B

4、As an industry, biotechnology stands to ______ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.（单选题）

A. contend

B. contest

C. rival

D. strive

试题答案：C

5、Why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve?（单选题）

A. Alcohol is easily obtained.

B. Drinking is linked to organized crime.

C. Legal prohibition has already failed.

D. Legislation alone is not sufficient.

试题答案：D