三、句子汉译英
1.在美国每四年举行一次总统大选。
The presidential election takes place every four years in the United States.
2.多数党被提名者得到的支持率往往高出少数党候选人。
A majority party nominee usually has the advantage of support over a minority party one.
A major-party nominee always gets higher approval rating than a minor-party nominee.
3.策略在总统竞选中起关键性的作用。
Strategies play a critical role in the election.
Strategy is critical in the presidential election.
4.为了争取选票，总统候选人特别关注那些重要的州。
To win the presidency， a candidate is particularly concerned with winning the states which are important.
In order to get the votes， presidential candidates are concerned with those important states.
5.美国有十几个政党，其中只有两个党是主要党。
There are about a dozen political parties in America， only two of which are major parties.
历年考题：
1.Victory in the eleven ______（large） states alone would provide an electoral majority. （99.10）
答案：largest.此题主要考查large 的最高级。
2.Even Democrat George McGovern， _____ had the lowest level of party support among recent
Nominees， was backed in 1972 by nearly 60 percent of his party‘s voters. （99.10）
A.who
B.whose
C.that
D.which
答案：A. who 引导的非限定性定语从句。
3.汉译英：这与其说取决于候选人的个人特点不如说取决于外部因素。（00.4）
答案：This depends on external factors rather than on a candidate‘s personal characteristics.
4.In 1991， after the Gulf War， Bush‘s approval rating reached 91 percent， the highest level recorded since polling ______（begin） in the 1930s. （00.10）
答案：began.此题考查过去时，因为有一个明显的过去时间状语“in the 1930s”。
5.Americans have learned much about the way in which the system can be managed so as to _____ the peaceful transfer of power from one party to the other. （01.4）
A.make it possible
B.make possible
C.make possibly
D.make it possibly
答案：B.本题中make 的宾语太长，所以放到了宾补possible 的后面。“make … possible”
表示“使…成为可能”。
6.In deciding _____ a course of action， the candidate tried to estimate its likely impact on the voters. （02.4）
A.what to pursue
B.which to pursue
C.whether to pursue
D.if to pursue
答案：C.分析：所要填的空是deciding 的宾语。而pursue 后面的宾语是a course of action. 选项A “what to pursue”， what 是宾语。选项B 中，which 也是作主语或宾语。选项D. 语法结构不对，因此选C.
7.A major-party nominee has the critical advantage in the campaign for the presidential election _______ he has the support from the party faithful. （ 03 ，10 ）
A.in that
B.in which
C.for which
D.for that
答案：A “在于”（复合连词表示原因）