1.我们无论怎样赞美他的工作,都不过分。
A.We should not praise him very much for his work.
B.We must not praise him very much for his work.
C.We may not praise him too much for his work.
D.We cannot praise him too much for his work.
【答案】D。解析:cannot ... too much短语,意为再...也不为过,故选D。
2. It is no good simply keeping him from doing what he wants to.
A.一直让他随心所欲,这种做法真是太恶劣了。
B.轻易地阻止他做自己想做的事起不到丝毫作用。
C.一直让他随心所欲这种做法虽容易,却一点都不好。
D.仅仅只是阻止他做自己想做的事,一点用处也没有。
【解析】D。it is no good doing sth.,意为“做某事不好”,另一个结构是keep sb. from doing sth.,意为“阻止某人做某事”。此外simply在此处意为“仅仅”,与simple(简单的,轻易的)意义有出入。基于以上分析可知,四个选项中选项D的翻译最贴近原意。选项B未能结合上下文,错将simply译为“轻易地”,因而不妥;选项A错将keep sb. from sth. 理解为keep sb. doing sth.将其译为“一直让他……”同时该选项还简单地按字面意思将no good译为“恶劣”。故不及选项B;选项C的译文则是完全脱离了原句的句法结构,不过是对原文中个别单词意思的随意组合,最为不妥。
3.—International Big Data Expo ( 国际数据博览会)was held in Guiyang on May 26th.
—______ Exciting news it was!
A.What an B.What a C.What D.How
【答案】C。本题考查感叹句,中心词是news名词且不可数,故选C。what +形容词+不可数名词或可数名词复数+主语+谓语!