Unit 15 练习
一、词汇英译汉：
1. solely 2. content 3. sensible 4. persist 5. vital
6. logic 7. evaluate 8. raw 9. ultimate 10.functional
11. extension 12. undue 13. concrete 14. conquer 15. error
16. prolong 17. technician 18. proof 19. possess
to pull down . to mistake…for . to distinguish between . to come to terms with
。to end in . to reflect on . to come about . to speculate on
二、句子英译汉：
1.Electronic brains can reduce the profusion of dead ends involved in vital research. （para.2）
2.Nor do they connect a man to the things he has to be connected to - the reality of pain in others.
3.The reason these matters are important in a computerized age is that there may be a tendency to mistake data for wisdom. （para. 3）
4.For the danger is not so much that man will be controlled by the computer as that he may imitate it. （Para. 9）
5.6.7.8.补充语法知识中的四个并列结构的句子
三、汉译英
1.计算机将人类带入了一个新时代
Computers have taken human beings into a new era.
The computer has brought man into a new age.
2.电脑能帮助解决生命研究中的许多问题。
Electronic brains can help to solve many problems involved in vital researches.
3.亚里士多德说过，诗人擅长描绘共性而专家只长于某一特性。
Aristotle said a poet has the advantage of describing the universal while a specialist is good at expressing only the particular.
4.现在有一种倾向，将计算机里的数据错当成智慧。
Now there is a tendency to mistake data in a computer for wisdom.
5.计算机在工业领域的应用使生产效率发生了惊人的变化。
The use of computers in industry has brought about remarkable changes in productivity.
The application of computer in the industrial fields has resulted in surprising changes in productivity.
历年考题：
1.In education， there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that contributes _____ effective thinking and wise judgment. （00.10）
A.at
B.in
C.for
D.to
答案：D. 考点：本题主要考查词组 contribute to “有助于… ”
译文：在教育方面，应当在知识的各个分支上有一个较好的平衡，它有助于有效思考和明智判断。
2.All the characteristics that distinguish birds _____ other animals can be traced to prehistoric times. （02.4）
A.to
B.between
C.for
D.from
答案： D. 本题主要考查词组distinguish … from “从…区别出”。
译文：所有把鸟类和其他动物区分开的特征可以追溯到史前年代。
3.It is becoming increasingly clear to policy-makers ______ schools cannot solve all the problems of the larger community. （02.10）
A. that
B. what
C. when
D. who
答案：A. 考点： 本句是一个主语从句，因此要填that.
译文： 学校不能解决更大社区里的所有问题，这一点政策制定者愈来愈清楚了。