英语四级翻译预测试题
英语四级翻译预测试题：丝绸之路
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
丝绸之路
丝绸之路(the Silk Road)是中国古代最著名的贸易路线。在这条路上运输的商品中，丝绸占很大部分，因此得名“丝绸之路”。丝绸之路起点始于长安。终点远达印度、罗马等国家。丝绸之路从汉代开始形成，到唐代达到鼎盛，骆驼曾是丝绸之路上的主要交通工具。中国的造纸、印刷等伟大发明通过这条路传播到了西方，而佛教等宗教也被引入中国。丝绸之路不仅仅是古代国际贸易路线，更是连接亚洲、非洲、欧洲的文化桥梁。
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The Silk Road is the most well-known trade route in ancient China. It got its name because silk comprised a large proportion of commodities transported along this road. The Silk Road extended from Chang'an to countries as far as India and Rome. It came into being during the Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. With camels being the major means of transportation, great inventions in China, such as paper-making and printing were spread to the Western world along this road and religions like Buddhism were also introduced to China. The Silk Road was not only an ancient international trade route, but also a cultural bridge linking Asia with Africa and Europe.
英语四级翻译预测试题：和平
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
自古以来，和平就是人类最持久的夙愿。和平像阳光一样温暖、像雨露一样滋润。有了阳光雨露，万物才能茁壮成长。有了和平稳定，人类才能更好实现自己的梦想。历史告诉我们，和平是需要争取的，和平是需要维护的。只有人人都珍惜和平、维护和平，只有人人都记取战争的惨痛教训，和平才是有希望的。历史是最好的老师，它忠实记录下每一个国家走过的足迹，也给每一个国家未来的发展提供启示。中国人历来讲求“己所不欲，勿施于人”。中国需要和平，就像人需要空气一样，就像万物生长需要阳光一样。
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Since time immemorial, peace has been people’s most enduring aspiration. Peace is as warm as sunshine and as moist as rain and dew with which all things on earth could thrive. Only with peace and stability can human beings realize their dreams better. Historical experience tells us that peace need to be striven for safeguarded. Peace can be hopeful only when everyone cherish and maintain it and always remember painful lessons of the war. History is the best teacher who keeps a fair of the paths that all countries have traveled and provided enlightenment for their future development. Chinese people are particular about “Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you” all long. Peace is to China what air is to people as well as sunshine is to all things growing.
英语四级翻译预测试题：通往成功的路
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
人们把通往成功的路称作阶梯，因为你需要不停地往上攀爬才能达到某个地方。但它不是自动扶梯，你不能只是站在上面并期待它直接将你运上去，你必须自己亲自往上爬。有时候会很容易，有时候你要肩负重担往上去。但是梯子并没有变，成功仍然在另一头等着你。你需要作出决定，坚持不懈往上爬，并翻越恐惧那道墙。恐惧是你最大的障碍：害怕失败，害怕他人的评判，这些障碍会经常绊倒你，会让你在看似正确的时候作出决定，但实际上它们却阻碍了你真正达到成功的巅峰。
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The road to success is called ladder. Because you need to climb it to get somewhere. Yet it is not an escalator which can send you to the destination you want directly. For the ladder, you have to climb it by yourself. Sometimes it will be easy, while sometimes it will be difficult because of the heavy load on you shoulders. The ladder is there as the same, and success still waits for you on the other side. What you need to do is to climb it continually with persistence and overcome fear. Fear is your biggest obstacle to success. Fear of failure, fear of the judgment of other people. It will trip you up. It will lead you to make decisions at the seemingly right time, but in fact, it prevent you from arriving at the climax of success.
英语四级翻译预测试题：庐山瀑布群
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
庐山瀑布群是中国最秀丽的十大瀑布之一，坐落于江西省九江市庐山。历代诸多文人骚客在此赋诗题词，赞颂其壮观雄伟，给庐山瀑布群带来了极高的声誉。最有名的当属唐代诗人李白的《题庐山瀑布》，已成千古绝唱。据考证，庐山之名，早在周朝就有了。古人对千里平川上竟突兀出一座如此高耸秀美的庐山，山上又有众多的瀑布溪流，曾感到迷惑不解。于是，就编了许多神话故事，来解释庐山及其泉瀑的来历，其中秦始皇赶山塞海的故事，就是其中一个。
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Lushan Waterfall Group, one of the top ten most beautiful waterfalls, is located at Lushan in Jiu Jiang City of Jiang Xi province. Here, numerous ancient literatus composed poetry or wrote inscriptions to eulogize its magnificent, which brought it a high reputation. The most famous poems, Gazing at the Cascade on Lushan, wrote by the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, which has become eternal. According to research, the name of Lushan, existed as early as the Zhou dynasty. Ancient people felt puzzle about the towering beautiful mountain bulged out over the great plain with many streams and waterfalls, thus they made up a lot of fairy tales to explain the origin of Lushan and its streams and waterfalls. One of the tales is Qin Shihuang mountain-chasing and sea-filling.