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　　Being an English graduate. I know how difficult it is to be as good at English as a native speaker.

　　It has been more than three years (1) I graduated from university, but dare not stop (2) my English for there is so much I need to learn. I discover new words and idioms every day.

　　There is a Chinese saying that means (3) there is a will there is a way, and after many years of studying English, I have (4) the best way to improve my English-translation.

　　When you translate an article you will come (5) words or expressions you don' t know. You can (6) these words up in a dictionary or ask other people. Either of these two methods will (7) an impression and make it easy to memorize the word.

　　 (8) I translate, or act as an interpreter(译员), I always learn some new words and expressions (9) from a dictionary or from foreigners, and I make note of them.

　　I find I can remember (10) the words I learned during my translation work than (11) I recited from vocabulary books.

　　I translate anything I am interested in and (12) words that are new to me, such as articles on economics, words and expressions I hear (13) on TV, and even advertisements in magazines.

　　During last year's football World Cup (14) watching every match, I learned new words and expressions such as“ (15) a goal,”“top-seeded player”and“referee(裁判).”

　　 (16) also improves one's idiomatic English. When you are an interpreter. You sometimes find it difficult to translate English (17) into Chinese but you can learn the English way of expressing the same idea.

There is no short-cut to (18) English. It requires a lot of (19) in reading, listening, speaking and writing. But I have found transitions a (20) tool for improving my English.

(1)

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A．before　　　　B．after

C．since　　　　 D．when

(2)

[　　]

A．increasing　　　　B．improving

C．to improve　　　　D．increase

(3)

[　　]

A．why　　　　B．how

C．when　　　　D．where

(4)

[　　]

A．worked out　　　　B．picked out

C．chosen　　　　　　D．worked at

(5)

[　　]

A．up　　　　　B．across

C．down　　　　D．over

(6)

[　　]

A．watch　　　　B．see

C．look　　　　 D．search

(7)

[　　]

A．live　　　　B．remain

C．stay　　　　D．leave

(8)

[　　]

A．Whenever　　　　B．However

C．Wherever　　　　D．Whoever

(9)

[　　]

A．neither　　　　 B．either

C．not only　　　　D．both

(10)

[　　]

A．good　　　　B．fast

C．firm　　　　 D．better

(11)

[　　]

A．them　　　　B．this

C．that　　　　 D．those

(12)

[　　]

A．get　　　　　B．type

C．check　　　　D．compare

(13)

[　　]

A．used　　　　　　B．appeared

C．published　　　　D．printed

(14)

[　　]

A．but　　　　　B．except

C．beside　　　　D．besides

(15)

[　　]

A．double　　　　B．score

C．dozen　　　　D．play

(16)

[　　]

A．Translation　　　　B．Rewriting

C．Speaking　　　　 D．Typing

(17)

[　　]

A．particularly　　　　B．soon

C．generally　　　　　D．completely

(18)

[　　]

A．learn　　　　　B．learning

C．learned　　　　D．study

(19)

[　　]

A．effort　　　　B．ways

C．skills　　　　D．strength

(20)

[　　]

A．hopeful　　　　B．pleasant

C．careful　　　　D．valuable

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;D;B;C;D;A;B;D;D;C;A;D;B;A;D;B;A;D
解析：

(1)since引导从句，主句用现在完成时。 　　(2)stop improving停止提高。 　　(3)where there is…there is…是个句型，意为“那里有……那里有……”。 　　(4)work out这里引申为“摸索到”。 　　(5)come across碰到 　　(6)look up in a dictionary查字典。 　　(7)leave留下。 　　(8)无论什么时候。 　　(9)either…or是关联词。 　　(10)后面有than，此处是比较级。 　　(11)those是替代词，代替前面的words。 　　(12)check核实。 　　(13)被用过的。 　　(14)除了。 　　(15)score a goal得分。 　　(16)翻译。 　　(17)完全地译成汉语。 　　(18)to是介词，后须接动名词。 　　(19)effort意为“努力”，更合上下文。 　　(20)valuable在此处意为“重要的”。