Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Ahead of this year’s London Book Fair in March, media reported a rise in interest in translated works among British readers. For translator Anna Holmwood, this signals the 1. (arrive) of a new era.

“This is a big moment for Chinese fiction abroad,” says Holmwood, 2. has translated Chinese literature for almost a decade.

Her translation work, Legends of the Condor Heroes, a fantasy novel written by Jin Yong, and Liu Cixin’s science-fiction book, The Three Body Problem, are shown in a Nielsen report 3. examples of two of the most popular Chinese fiction works in Britain in 2018.

“Languages in growing demand include Chinese and Arabic.” according to the Nielsen report. It found that, against the commonly 4. (see) “not more than 3 percent rule” of translated literature’s presence in the English-language book markets, the number for 2018 was 5.63 percent in Britain 5. the total annual sales was worth $27.1 million.

Charlotte Collins, translator and co-chair of the British Translators Association, says: “As we can see, this proportion (比率) 6. (double) in recent years... This is 7. (real) exciting news.”

The Guardian quotes (引用) Fiammetta Rocco, administrator of the Man Booker International Prize, “8. (read) fiction is one of the 9. (good) ways of putting ourselves in other people’s shoes. The rise in sales of translated fiction 10. (show) how hungry British readers are for terrific writing from other countries.”

Answer

1.arrival

2.who

3.as

4.seen

5.and

6.has doubled

7.really

8.Reading

9.best

10.shows

【解析】

本文是一篇调查报告。通过对英语图书市场的调查发现，在英国翻译小说销量的增长表明，英国读者对其他国家的优秀作品是多么渴望。

1.考查词形转换。句意：对于翻译安娜·霍姆伍德来说，这标志着一个新时代的到来。根据the可知此处应该用名词形式，故答案为arrival。

2.考查定语从句。此处Holmwood是先行词，指人，在后面的定语从句中作主语，又是非限制性定语从句，that不能引导，故答案为who。

3.考查介词。句意：她的翻译作品《射雕英雄传》(legend of the Condor Heroes)、金庸的奇幻小说《射雕英雄传》(Legends of the Condor Heroes)，以及刘慈欣的科幻小说《三体》(the Three Body Problem)都在尼尔森(Nielsen)的一份报告中被列为2018年英国最受欢迎的两部中国小说之一。固定搭配：show---as---“把------当作------”。故答案为as.

4.考查过去分词。句意：调查发现，与英语图书市场中常见的“不超过3%的规则”相反，2018年英国的这一数字为5.63%，并且年度总销售额为2710万美元。此处是过去分词作前置定语“被经常看见的”，故答案为seen。

5.考查并列连词。句意：调查发现，与英语图书市场中常见的“不超过3%的规则”相反，2018年英国的这一数字为5.63%，并且年度总销售额为2710万美元。结合句意可知此处是并列的递进关系，故答案为and。

6.考查时态。句意：正如我们所看到的，这一比例近年来翻了一番。根据in recent years.可知句子用现在完成时态，且主语是proportion，不可数名词，属于单数第三人称，故答案为has doubled。

7.考查词形转换。此处exciting是形容词，由副词来修饰，故答案为really。

8.考查动名词作主语。句意：读小说是设身处地为别人着想的最好方法之一。此处是动名词作主语，故答案为Reading。

9.考查最高级。句意：读小说是设身处地为别人着想的最好方法之一。此处有范围，再根据定冠词the，可知用最高级，故答案为best。

10.考查时态和主谓一致。句意：翻译小说销量的增长表明，英国读者对其他国家的优秀作品是多么渴望。结合句意可知句子用一般现在时态，且主语是rise，单数第三人称，故答案为shows。