2006年3月上海中级口译资格证书考试第一阶段实考试卷
2006年3月中级口译考试真题 参考答案及评析
Part A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the ward or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.In the early 1970's, Citibank of New York City became one of the first financial institutions to install ATM's on a large scale. Since then, the_______(1) of automated teller machines has increased dramatically. At the time, the bank hoped________ (2) their operating costs by replacing human tellers with machines. Little did they _______ (3) that the cash machines would become so successful. However, as more banks added_______ (4) automated service through ATM's, the machines mushroomed all over the world.To use an ATM, all you need is a _______(5) issued by your bank. Your bank may also_______(6) through a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa. To begin a _______(7), you need to insert the card into an ATM and punch in a personal identification number on the _______(8). The personal ID number may consist of_______(9) and can prevent anyone from using the card.The ATM next flashes instructions on its_______(10) for carrying out transaction. To get cash, for example, you are instructed to _______(11) that indicate whether the money should be withdrawn form a checking or a savings account and the _______(12). This request is then displayed on the screen. After you press a button to _______(13) that the information is correct, the ATM goes to _______(14).How safe, you may ask, is banking by ATM? The_______(15) is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card________(16). If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screenwill_______(18). As another precaution against_______(19), the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card______(20), say, to $200.Part B: Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. Statements1. (A) We didn't find one qualified applicant.(B) Nobody applied for the job.(C) Only one person applied for the job.(D) We interviewed nine candidates.2. (A) Florence finished her speech with some introductory remarks.(B) Florence found herself making a speech when the speaker became ill.(C) Florence came along with a fluent introduction about the eminent speaker.(D) Had the speaker not been ill, he would have made some introductory remarks.3. (A) I cannot finish the report in time.(B) I hate to join in social activities this weekend.(C) I have to work extra time over the weekend.(D) I will not attend the board meeting next week.4. (A) The director is too busy to attend to your proposal right now.(B) The director will help you read the proposal tomorrow morning.(C) You should hand in your proposal no later than tomorrow morning.(D) You can make an appointment to see the director the next day.5. (A) We'll ask for more time to finish the financial plan.(B) We'll look for more information for the plan later than expected.(C) I'm afraid we'll turn in the financial plan later than expected.(D) We'll have to finish the plan with the materials available now.6. (A) Talking too much in business negotiations leaves a bad impression o Americans.(B) Silence often makes Americans feel uncomfortable in business situations.(C) Americans enjoy keeping silent in business negotiations and employ a variety of strategies.(D) Americans are rather aggressive, especially in business situations.7.(A) I think now it is the best time to do business in China, though we have hada 50-year relationship.(B) I believe that we could have done more business with China over the past50 years.(C) Although our company has a history of over 50 years, we are unable to start our business in China.(D) Despite our good relationship over the past 50 years, we need to find a better time for investment here.8. (A) The director has already signed the agreement.(B) The director has read the agreement for three times(C) The director is not in and cannot sign the agreement.(D) The director is not ready to sign the agreement.9. (A) We cannot compete with our rivals, since we have just started our business here.(B) We want to have more customers, so we're ready to make more favourable offers(C) We are unable to provide the best service here, because we do not have enough competitive advantage.(D) We plan to merge our competitors in this area, as we are growing and have more customers.10. (A) A diet with meat only is not enough for our body.(B) A diet with vegetables can sometimes be very costly.(C) Meatless meals are equally nutritious and less expensive.(D) Meatless meals cannot provide all the essential nutrients.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear Several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions Only ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11-1411. (A) She was fired.(B) She was given a raise.(C) She got a transfer.(D) She got married.12. (A) They bought her a birthday gift.(B) They gave her a farewell party.(C) They surprised her during the party.(D) They saw her off at the airport.13. (A) She was invited to stay with Nancy in New York.(B) She was warned not to give the surprise away.(C) She was unable to keep a secret.(D) She was a good friend of Nancy's.14. (A) The man.(B) Nancy.(C) Mrs Sampson.(D) Christina.Questions 15-1815. (A) Sending invitation cards to as many people as possible.(B) Reserving a table at least one day in advance.(C) Taking your order before you are seated.(D) Keeping calm and talking to your clients.16. (A) A soup.(B) Some cold dishes.(C) A salad.(D) A drink.17. (A) Consult the waiter about the dish in question.(B) Tell everyone that you have certain dietary restrictions.(C) Write beforehand to say that you don't care for some dishes.(D) Keep quiet and pretend that you enjoy the food.18. (A) Over your lap.(B) On the chair.(C) Under the plate.(D) Beside the plate.Questions 19-2219. (A) In a holiday camp.(B) In a caravan park.(C) In a hotel.(D) In a restaurant.20. (A) Because they had driven for a long time.(B) Because they had booked for another time.(C) Because they had planned to have their supper first.(D) Because they had found a better place to stay in.21 (A) She can avoid doing a lot of farm work.(B) She wants to stay in some quiet and peaceful place.(C) Her husband especially cares for seafood.(D) Her children enjoy building sandcastles.22. (A) In the car.(B) In the lounge.(C) In a farm.(D) In a quiet corner.Questions 23-2623. (A) In New Zealand.(B) In the USA.(C) In England.(D) In Japan.24. (A) Because they want to feel the thrill and excitement.(B) Because they are tired of modern-day university life.(C) Because they are interested in the scientific experiment.(D) Because they find that it is the best way to reduce weight.25. (A) Jumping into the sea.(B) Jumping onto the cliff.(C) Jumping with a body harness.(D) Jumping with a leg harness.26. (A) Be over the age of 18.(B) Receive due instructions.(C) Join a sports club.(D) Pay for the rubber band.Questions 27-3027. (A) Paper Research.(B) Examination Method.(C) Comparative Literature.(D) University Seminar System.28. (A) A college course in which new ideas and subjects are introduced.(B) A university class in which topics are discussed among the students.(C) A system where university students are allowed to choose their teachers.(D) A gathering where only teachers and students of about the same age can attend.29. (A) They were boring.(B) They were good lecturers.(C) They seldom asked questions.(D) They talked too much in class.30. (A) The unanswered questions during the lectures.(B) The discussion with the serious professors.(C) The results of his final examinations.(D) The low marks he had scored during the term.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLSDirections: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5One of the most disturbing statistics I've read for a long time was published this week. The Work Foundation claims that job satisfaction in this country has fallen alarmingly. Women's satisfaction level has fallen from 51 percent in 1992 to 29 percent today; men's has fallen from 35 percent to 20. The reason-thelong-hours culture and job insecurity.For my father's generation, work was something that had to be endured so that real life could be maintained. But my generation has been gulled into thinking that work is real life. Most work is not satisfying. Most work stinks. Most work, however well paid, is meaningless and dull. But somehow we've been convinced that work provides self-fulfillment.Before Mrs Thatcher, we had a famous British attitude to work--the less we did the better. Thatcher introduced the idea that, in a world where identity was so fragile, you could become real through work, through long hours and assiduous consumption, in the small amount of time you had been left after clocking off. Now Blair carries on the crusade, I've got one of the best jobs in theworld--siV3ng in an once by myself all day trying to make up something that someone somewhere wit! be interested in. But I'd rather be stretched out in front of the TV, or in bed, or playing tennis, or doing just about anything else. Much of feminist thought has been about getting what men have traditionally had without examining the underlying assumption of whether it was worth having. Feminism never ended up with a life built around creative leisure, instead, women of talent and drive threw themselves into the labour pool, believing that work and its attendant income and power would affect the change of life and consciousness that would liberate them.Can anything be done? Only if we're willing to change the way we've been tricked into thinking. Most people now measure their lives primarily in units ofcurrency--money saved and spent. I have a friend who'll travel halfway across London for a shoe sale, without factoring in how much of her precious time has been spent travelling. The most important truth I know is that ail we ever own is the time we were given on this earth. We need to seize it back. Now the future has arrived, and we have the means to do it--we just don't have the imagination.1. Before the British were persuaded to realize themselves through hard work,(A) they had little time left to themselves(B) they had struggled hard for equal treatment(C) they had enjoyed themselves more(D) they had a strong desire to be set free from work2. The sentence "Now Blair carries on the crusade" (para. 3) could be best illustrated by which of the following statements?(A) Blair continues to promote the idea of achieving self-fulfillment through work.(B) Blair opposes his people to be workaholic and has launched such a campaign.(C) Blair sets a perfect example as a hard-working person for his people in the UK.(D) Blair is most unwilling to have his people labouring as slaves.3. What is the author's attitude towards women's joining the workforce?(A) Supportive.(B) Negative.(C) Appreciative.(D) Defensive.4. What is the purpose of the author in mentioning her friend who travelled halfway across London for a shoe sale?(A) To praise her friend for her persistence in pursuing what she wants.(B) To introduce her friend to the general public.(C) To give an urgent call for people to take life easy.(D) To raise people's awareness as to how precious time is.5. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?(A) What's So Good about Hard Work?(B) What'd You Imagine for the Future?(C) Work Makes Everyone Free,(D)Seize Time Back for Your Own Sake.Questions 6-10"I delight in Buckingham Palace", said Queen Victoria, when she moved inthree weeks after ascending to the throne. Today the 40-acre secluded garden contains specimen shrubs trees and a large lake. Eight to nine thousand people visit it during the annual garden parties.It took George IV, on becoming King in 1820, and John Nash,Surveyor-general to George IV when he was Prince Regent, many years to turn the house into a sumptuous palace. Nash demolished the North and South wings and rebuilt them. He constructed Marble Arch as a grand entrance to the enlarged courtyard. As work continued, Nash let his costs run away with him. and Parliament complained. Joseph Hume, ml English politician and reformer fighting for financial retrenchment, said, "The Crown of England does not require such splendour. Foreign countries might indulge in frippery, but England ought to pride herself on her plainness and simplicity." Nevertheless, elegance reigned.Queen Victoria was crowned in 1837. When she moved in, Buckingham Palace became, for the first time, the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns. There wasn't a room large enough for grand entertainments, so in 1853-55, Queen Victoria ordered the Ballroom built. 122 feet long, 60 feet wide and 45 feet high, it is, today, used for many events such as the State Banquet, the Diplomatic Reception, and memorial concerts. This is the site of Investitures, where the Queen (who was crowned in 1952) presents the recipients of British honours with their awards. During World War 11 a chapel, converted by Queen Victoria from Nash's conservatory, was bombed. Prince Philip oversaw its rebuilding as the Queen's Gallery, home to a rotating collection of art from the Royal Collection. The Gallery, currently in the process of renovation, will reopen in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.More than 600 rooms, including 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms comprise the castle's assets. But the "room" best known around the world is the Balcony where the Royal family' gathers on celebratory' and solemn occasions to be seen by' their subjects.The Palace is more than a home for the Royals. It is the official administrative headquarters of the monarchy and contains the offices of their staff. It is the place where all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held. Government ministers, top civil servants and heads of state visit to carry out their duties. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'working from home'.6. What was the result of Joseph Hume's fighting for financial retrenchment?(A) He succeeded in cutting the budget of Nash's rebuilding work.(B) His opposition turned out a failure and the palace was built with extravagance.(C) He became Nash's strong opponent and they fought with each other since then.(D) He came to fame as a well-known reformer for financial retrenchment.7. According to the passage, which of the following are NOT supposed to be held in the Ballroom?(A) Investitures.(B) Government banquets.(C) Religious services.(D) Diplomatic receptions.8. According to "the Queen's Golden Jubilee" (para. 3), how long has been the reign of the Queen?(A) It has to be 25 years under the reign of the Queen.(B) 45 years should be the minimum for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(C) At her age of 50, people usually celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(D)The Queen's Golden Jubilee would be celebrated at her 50 year's reign.9. Why does Buckingham Palace bring a new meaning to the phrase "working from home"?(A) Because Government offices are located in Buckingham Palace.(B) Because the Royal family live and work in Buckingham Palace.(C) Because all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held in Buckingham Palace.(D) Because the Royal staff have their offices and residences in Buckingham Palace.10. According to the passage, which is the most famous place in Buckingham Palace?(A) The Ballroom.(B) The Queen's Gallery.(C) Marble Arch.(D) The Balcony,Questions 11-15The Lake District in north-west England is an area remarkably little affected by industrialization. The principal activity is still sheep-farming, as it has been for a tho usand years, and many ancient words like ‘fell' for ‘hill' and ‘tam' for ‘lake' are still in daily use. In spite of its heavy rainfall and relative inaccessibility, its special atmosphere and spectacular natural beauty combine to make this one of England's favourite holiday areas at all seasons of the year. But at Christmas 1968, still gripped by the fear that foot-and-mouth disease could spread to the hill flocks and sweep like wildfire right up to the Scottish border, it was quieter than ever before in this century. Luckily not a single farm had caught tile infection, the nearest case having been an isolated one at Kendal several weeks before. but every Lakeland farmer knows that one case among the unfenced hill flocks on the fells could lead to complete annihilation of hundreds of thousands of sheep and the virtual end of the district's principal industry; you cannot replace sheep, acclimatized to their own part of the fell for generations, in the same way that you can replace cattle in a field.Nobody could remember a Christmas like it, especially Boxing Dab, which is traditionally one of the big outdoor holidays of the Lakeland year. Normally this is a day spent following the mountain packs of hounds, felt-walking and, if the weather is propitious, skiing and skating, but this time there were none of these things. Visitors were actively discouraged, and those who did come were asked not to go on the fells, footpaths or bridleways or near farmland, while motoristswere requested not to drive on minor roads and to shun the smaller valleys. The enterprising hotels which had earlier in the year decided to keep open during the winter were by the end of October having a desperate time. Hundreds of bookings had been cancelled and scores of dinner parties and young farmers' reunions eliminated. All youth hostels were closed. At least one climbing club, unable to climb, substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs on the more substantial municipal buildings.The weather in the area was dry, crisp, windless and cold, in fact ideal for brisk outdoor activities. But nobody was able to enjoy it. Everything was stopped: hunting, walking, climbing, skiing, motor cycle trials, sporting events of every description. All the seasonal dances, festivals, conferences, shepherds' meets and a hundred and one other social occasions abandoned. The ice was bearing on some of the lakes but you could not go skating there. Meanwhile the foxes, emboldened by an unprecedented freedom from harassment, were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of Christmas turkeys, while the hounds sulked miserably in their kennels.Farmers are apt to criticize some sections of the outdoor fraternity for their occasional thoughtless behaviour, but the way that walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, hunters and the rest went out of their way to help them at this time should never be forgotten. The general public, locals and visitors a like., tried to give the fell farmers a sporting chance, and this remarkable display of public spirit was the one bright note in a very sad time.11. The word "this" in line 5 refers to_______.(A) its special atmosphere(B) the Industrial Revolution(C) the spectacular natural beauty(D) the Lake District12. The district's principal industry is_______.(A) fell-walking(B) snow-skiing(C) sheep-farming(D) animal-hunting13. Because the sheep in the hills are unfenced toot-and-mouth disease might _______.(A) spread beyond the lakes(B) annihilate thousands of horses(C) lead to the virtual end of the tourist industry(D) destroy the flocks of sheep completely14. Why were some hotels described as "enterprising"?(A) Because hundreds of bookings had been cancelled.(B) Because they decided to keep open during the winter.(C) Because they still held dinner parties and young farmers reunions.(D) Because they substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs.15. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true during Christmas time in 1968?(A) The seasonal dances, festivals and other social occasions were abandoned.(B) The weather in the Lake District was ideal for brisk outdoor activities.(C) The foxes were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of turkeys.(D) The ice was bearing on some of the lakes in the district.Questions 16-20Why Men ExplodeAlthough women get angry just as often as men, rage remains the prototypical male emotion. "My kids still talk about my 'freak-outs,'" says Kim Garretson, 54, a corporate strategist in Minneapolis, who once erupted into volcanic fur5; in a restaurant when served a still-frozen entre2e. "1 didn't express much of anything, but once in a while, I'd just blow."Why do so many men lose their tempers? "The rage comes because there's so much frustration when you cut off something that is you. Yet that's what men do, because they're afraid that if you give emotions an inch, they'll take a mile," says psychologist Kenneth W. Christian, PhD, author of Your Own Worst Enemy. "If you don't learn how to work with your emotions, you're a shadow figure, a small incomplete version of yourself. It's only a matter of time until the house of cards that you are falls apart."For Kim Garretson, that day came four years ago when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. As often happens when illness strikes men, he realized he had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by letting himself feel. "I'm no longer afraid of expressing almost any emotion," he says. "I get anger out with my quick, sharp tongue and move on. I use humor as an outlet, I've reconnected with old friends. I talk about the big questions of life. 1 search for spiritual meaning."Guys, Try TheseIn his Dirty Harry days, Clint Eastwood never flinched. Now as a husband, father and Oscar-winning director of movies that explore the depths of men's souls, the tough guy has turned tender--but not talkative. "The men who hide their emotions the most may; in fact be the most sensitive," observes Christian. Yet men can become more emotionally expressive without tears or fears. Here are some ways to start:•Develop a creative outlet. Hobbies like painting or playing a musical instrument can tap into a man's soul. Remember that much of theworld's greatest art, music and literature was created by the allegedlyemotionally challenged sex.•Release stress and anger through exercise. "When you get to the breaking point where you just want to put your head through a wall,taking a ten-minute time-out isn't enough to calm down," says Westover, who in moments of extreme emotion finds a place to drop to the floor and do push-ups.•Try' expressing "a little" emotion. "Start with feelings you can control, find a sympathetic ear and use the term 'a little,'" suggests Coleman,Saying you feel "a little" sad or "a little" scared feels safer than a fulldeclaration of vulnerability.•Lean into the discomfort. "Rather than avoiding a feeling that you're not sure how to handle, move toward it," says psychologist Travis Bradbury, PhD,co-author of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. "Learning to handle emotions takes time and practice, because you need to retrain your brain, but it does get easier."16. Kim Garretson, a 54-year-old corporate strategist, once got very angry when_______.(A) diagnosed with lung cancer(B) given a take musical instrument(C) dragged into a mountainous trip(D) served cold food in a restaurant17. "They'll take a mile." (para. 2), 'they' refers to_______.(A) psychologists(B) cards(C) emotions(D) friends18. If you fail to learn how to work with your emotions,_______.(A) you will sooner or later break down(B) you will be an active figure in shadow boxing(C) you will be afraid of expressing almost any emotion(D) you will spend more time searching for spiritual meaning19. Which of the following ways to control emotions is NOT recommended in the passage?(A) To talk as much as possible.(B) To lean into the discomfort.(C) To develop a creative outlet.(D) To try expressing "a little" emotion.20. What main idea is discussed in the passage?(A) How to develop your emotions.(B) How to check your emotions.(C) How to handle your emotions.(D) How to express your emotions.Questions 21-25"You're off to the World Economic Forum?" asked the Oxford economist, enviously. "How very impressive. They've never invited me."Three days later, t queued in the snow outside the conference center in Davos,standing behind mink coals and cashmere overcoats, watched over by' Swiss policemen with machineguns. "Reporting press? You can't come in here. Side entrance, please." I stood in line again, this time behind Puffa jackets and Newsweek journalists, waiting to collect my orange badge. Once inside. I found that the seminar I wanted to go to was being held ill a half-empty room. '"You can't sit here. All seats are reserved for white badges. Coloured badges have to stand."An acquaintance invited me to a dinner he was hosting: "There are people I'd like you to meet." The green-badged Forum employee stopped me at the door. "This is a participants' dinner. Orange badges are not allowed." Then, later, reluctantly: "If you're coming in. please can you turn your badge around? Diners may be upset if they see you're a colour.""Why does anyone put up with being treated like this?" t asked a Financial Times correspondent. "Because we all live in hope of becoming white badges," he said. "Then we'll know what's reall3 going on."A leading British businessman was wearing a white badge, but it bore a small logo on the top left-hand corner: GLT. "What's a GLT?" I asked.Ah, he said. "well, it's a Davos club. I'm a Global Leader for Tomorrow." "That sounds very important," I said. "Yes." He said, "t thought so myself until I bumped into the man &o d sponsored me. on the way to my first meeting. I asked him if he was coming: and he said, 'Oh no, dear boy, I don't bother with that any, longer. I'm not a GLT any, more, I'm an IGWEL.' What's an IGWEL?' I asked him. ‘A member of tile Informal Group of World Economic Leaders of Today."The World Economic Forum has employed a simple psychological truth--that nothing is more desirable than that which excludes us--to brilliant effect. Year after Fear, its participants apply. to return, in the hope that this time they'll be a little closer to the real elite. Next year, they, too, might be invited to the private receptions for Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan or Bill Gates. instead of having to stand on the conference center's steps like teenage rock fans.It's the sheer concentration of individuals in possession of power, wealth or knowledge that makes the privately run Forum so desirable to its participants. The thousand chief executives who attend its annual meeting control, between them, more than 70 percent of international trade. Every year, they are joined by a couple of dozen presidents and prime ministers, by senior journalists, a changing selection of leading thinkers, academics and diplomats, and by rising stars of the business world. Access to the meeting is by invitation only, costs several thousand pounds a time for business participants,and is ruthlessly controlled.2l. "Mink" in line 4 refers to ____(A) colored badges(B) impressive artificial hide(C) expensive thick fur(D)jackets designed for GLT。
上海中级口译摸拟试题
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试摸拟试题SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (40 Minutes)Part A: Spot DictationDirection:In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.Earthquakes may 1.rightly be listed as one of the most destroying forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been 2.estimated that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond 3.calculation.The greater part of such damage and loss of life 4.is due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease and other phenomena5.resulting from earthquakes, rather than due to the quakes themselves.The 6.great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area includes the 7.Pacific Ocean and its neighboring areas. The other 8.extends from the East India to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran, Turkey, and Alpine regions. It is in these two great zones that 9.ninety percent of all earthquakes take place. They 10.may happen anywhere at any time.11.In the recent years there have been 12.indications that earthquake prediction may be possible.13.By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of 14.movements in the earth’s crust and frequency with which minor earthquakes 15.are observed, scientists have shown increasing 16.success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will occur. As a result, a worldwide 17.earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for the 18.great destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.It is doubtful that man will ever 19.be able to control earthquakes, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to 20.deal with them.Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken only once, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Now let's begin with question number one.If you’d had your credit card, you would have paid by credit card.1. (A) If you could have paid by credit card, you would have brought the card.(B) You didn't bring your credit so you couldn’t pay by credit card.(C) After you check your card, you will buy the card.(D) You will use the credit card to buy something.It took me less time than usual to complete my psychology assignment.2. (A) I finished this assignment rather quickly.(B) I seldom spend much time on psychology.(C) The assignment was unusually long.(D) Usually psychology is the last assignment I complete.Not only did I forget my air ticket, but also I forgot my passport.3.(A) I forgot my plane ticket as well as my passport(B) Luckily I brought my ticket with me.(C) I thought my passport was my identity.(D) I didn’t know I needed a passport.It seems as if they’d known e ach other for years instead of just two hours.4.(A) They haven’t seen each other for a while.(B) The met two hours ago(C) They hardly know anything about each other.(D) They’ve been friendly for a long time.Because Marry was accepted by the State University, her brother Tom applied there too.5.(A) Marry and Tom were accepted at the State university.(B) Neither Marry nor Tom was interested in attending the State University.(C) Tom did not want to go to the State University because Marry is there.(D) Neither Marry nor Tom was interested in attending the State University.(D) Tom applied to the State University because Marry was accepted there.The bookstore is out of the textbooks for Applied Psychology.6.(A) Textbooks on Applied Psychology are being sold outside the bookstore.(B) There are no Applied Psychology books in the bookstore.(C) The bookstore has only one or two textbooks on Applied Psychology.(D) Bookstore selling Applied Psychology don’t open until one or two o’clock.Jack wanted a laptop computer, but got a desktop instead.7. (A) Jack wanted to repair the computer but got a new on instead.(B) After buying the laptop, Jack also bought a desktop.(C) Jack bought a desktop, though he’d planned to by a laptop.(D) Jack bought two computers.I must have left my glasses at home, because I can't find it anywhere.8.(A) I didn’t have to look for my glasses.(B) I left home for the school early today.(C) I found my glasses in my classroom(D) I forgot to bring my glasses.After we have the classroom decorated, we’ll hold a party.9.(A) We have to go to a party after work.(B) We went to a huge party after the classroom was decorated.(C) After someone decorates the house for us, we’ll hold a party.(D) After we decorate the house for ourselves, we’ll hold a party.John studies harder than Billy, but for some reason Billy gets higher marks on the exams.10.(A) Billy gets better grades on the exams because he studies harder.(B) John’s exams are harder than Billy’s(C) Billy doesn’t study as hard as John.(D) John Studies harder and gets better grades.I. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you -will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and the questions only once. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Guide: We are now approaching the famous Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed visitors to New York Harbor since 1886.Andrew: Wow! Look at it.James: Incredible isn’t it?Guide: The statute was given to the United States by the people of France. It was designed by the French sculptor Bartholdi.Andrew: It’s really huge. Do we get to go inside?James: Of course. We can climb the stairs all the way up to the crown.Andrew: Stairs? There’s no elevator?James: Not to the top. But it's just 142 steps.Guide: Let me tell you a little more about the statue before you climb to the top. In case your are wondering what is the statue is made of, it has a framework inside that’smade of iron; the outer skin is made of copper. The copper skin is only 2.4millimeters thick. The supporting framework inside the statue is what holds thewhole thing together.The Statue of Liberty is a major tourist attraction, and every year about two millionpeople from all over the world come here to visit it.Questions 11-14Since when has the Statue of Liberty been in New Y ork Harbor?11. (A) 1886.(B) 1816.(C) 1866. (D) 1868Where was the designer of the Statue of Liberty From?12. (A) USA (B) New York(C) France(D) UKWhat is the Statue of Liberty made of?13. (A) Iron (B) Copper(C) Marble (D) StoneHow many people visit statue every year?14. (A) 2,000,000,000 (B) 2,000,000(C) 200,000 (D) 20,000Questions 15-18Today, college students in the United States use more than just books, paper, and pens to help them succeed in school. They now take advantage of some of the most recent advances in technology to help them successfully finish their education.Internet access is a good example. When students study late into the night, they can’t go to the library. Today’s students, however, can do research on the Internet, which gives them up-to-date information that a library can’t provide. Indeed, some universities are now offering classes through the Internet. This helps people who otherwise would not be able to go to classes. Electronic mail also provides students with an easier way to stay in touch with family and friends living far away.Pagers and portable phones are another example. Students today are busy with more than just getting an education. Many have jobs. Some already have families. Going to classes makes them feel cut off. A pager or portable phone, however, allows them to be easily contacted by others. This means they no longer feel stress. These communication tools also give students instant access to the outside world. Since more students are going to college who are not longer between the ages of 18 to 22, these tools are more commonly seen on campus. For these students, who are parents, grandparents, or businesspeople, such tools are necessity. College students of the more traditional age find them useful too. They feel safe knowing they can easily call for help when they are in trouble. There is no doubt that students in America will become more and more electronically connected in the future.Because of the recent advances in technology what can the American students do now?15.(A) Find information that is not in the library(B) Stop using books, paper and pens.(C) Study at the library more often than before(D) Now borrow books from the library over the internet.What is the advantage of university classes taught through the Internet?16.(A) Appeal to people who don't have computers.(B) Are useful for people who can’t go to classes.(C) Keep students in touch with their family(D) No longer require human teachers.What can make students today feel free from stress?17. (A) Pagers (B) Portable phone(C) Internet (D) Both A and BWhich of the following statements is true?18.(A) Students feel lonelier now as a result of using computers.(B) Pagers and portable phones offer students quick access to the Internet.(C) Most college classes are now taken through the Internet.(D) Students use electronic tools for both educational and other reason.Questions 19-22Black is the color of mourning. Red symbolizes danger, violence, or bloodshed. If you are afraid, you're yellow. None of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world. In China and Korea white is the color of mourning. In Russia red stands for beauty and life. In I taly and Germany you’re yellow with anger, not with fear.It is not necessary to leave our own language area to find color contradictions. A redcap in the United States is a porter in a station; In Britain a redcap is a military policeman. Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps. Likewise, the British equivalent of an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black0coated worker.We needn’t even cross an ocean to have logical color distinctions. Would you rather be red-blooded or a blue-blooded? The first is literal, and so is the second if we trace is origin. The expression, which is now international, comes from Spain, where some noble Castilian families asserted they had sangre azul, meaning that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood. But why “blue” blood? Because the veins stand out when their possessor is fair-skinned.What does red symbolize in Russia?19. (A) Beauty and life(B) Danger(C) Violence(D) BloodshedWhich of the following color in Italy and Germany stands for anger?20.(A) Red(B) Black(C) Yellow(D) BrownWhere are the terms “red-blooded” and “ blueblood” from?21.(A) Britain(B) Italy and German(C) Spain(D) China and KoreaWhat is the main idea of the passage?22.(A) Meaning of “ blueblood” is not literal.(B) The meaning attached to certain colors.(C) Meanings of colors have long history.(D) Meanings of colors remain the same in the English-speaking world.Where is this conversation probably talking place?23. (A) In a car(B) At a wedding party(C) At a Christmas party(D) At homeWhat’s the time now?24.(A) 9:00(B) 9:25(C) 8:35(D) 8:25Why was the man unable to stop his car?25.(A) It was raining(B) The road was wet(C) I did n’t see the light.(D) All aboveWhat happened to the driver of the car I hit?26.(A) OK(B) Was sent to the hospital(C) Was badly damaged(D) Totally brokenQuestions 27-30Nonverbal communication has to do with gesture, movements and closeness of two people when they are talking. The scientists say that these gestures, movements, and so forth have the meaning our words do not carry.For example, the physical distance between two speakers can be important. North Americans often complain that South America ns are being “pushy” because they tend to stand close to the North American when speaking, whereas the South American often considers the North American to be “cold” or “distant” because he keeps a greater distance between himself and the person he is spea king to. In the Middle East it is considered flirtatious for a woman to allow a man to look her in the eye. This “eye contact” provides another example of what we’re calling nonverbal communication. A social psychologist has observed that there is more eye contact between people who like each other than there is person whom you are speaking to looks at you eyes indicates the amount of interest he has in you rather than the amount of interest he has in the thing you are talking about.On the other hand, too long a gaze can be discomfiting. Most people become uncomfortable when they are stared at. The eyes apparently play a great part in nonverbal communication. Frequently looking down can indicate humility, or embarrassment, or even boredom or dislike. Genuine warmth or interest can often be seen in the eyes. One scientist suggests that pleasant, satisfying experiences tend to make the pupils of the eyes grow larger. Sometimes when we feel that a person is being “warm” or “friendly” it is possible that we are reacting to a form of nonverbal communication ---- his opened pupils.We do not always consider a smile to be a sign of friendliness. Some one who is always smiling, and with little apparent reason, often makes us feel uneasy.Keep in mind what we’ve said about nonverbal communication, and the next time you’re at a party try to notice which persons seem to draw close together when speaking ---- which persons seem to try to stay further apart or even to avoid each other. You may find this silent language, wh ich we’ve called nonverbal communication, very interesting and even fascinating.Which of the following is NOT nonverbal communication?27. (A) Gestures(B) Body movements(C) Writings(D) Eye contactWhile talking, what do the South Americans tend to do?28.(A) Talk loudly(B) Be close to each other(C) Keep a certain distance between them(D) Push each otherFrequently looking down cannot indicate which of the following?29.(A) Satisfaction(B) Boredom(C) Submissiveness(D) EmbarrassmentWhich of the following often makes you uneasy?30.(A) Smiling(B) Looking you in the eye(C) Staring at you for long time(D) Does not use words to communicate with youPart C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences only once. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon overtaken by a young motorcycle policeman.(1) 一辆名车在一个小镇的马路上超速行驶,不久便被年青的巡警追上.Legendary actress Katherine Hepburn has died at the age of 96. Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Oscars for Best Actress.(2)具有传奇色彩的女演员凯瑟琳赫本去世了,赫本保持了赢得奥斯卡最佳女主角的记录China expressed the hope that the talks about nuclear weapons control should be held recently.(3) 中方表达了希望核武器控制的会谈在近期开始的愿望A quick-thinking 15-year-old boy used his cell phone camera to take pictures of a man who tried to kidnap him, leading to the man’s arrest, police said.(4) 警方称一个15岁机智男孩利用他的手机拍下了一个试图绑架他的人的照片,并使此人被捕.3G mobile phone---Third generation wireless technology. 3G offers cell phone users high speed mobile internet access.(5) 3G 手机,第三代无线技术,为手机用户提供高速的因特网接入技术服务.II. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages. You will hear the passages only once. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening. Passage 1Investing money in the stock market is not the safest way in the world to make more money. There is no guarantee that the company you invest in will do well and that the stock will go up. The company may do badly. Then the stock will go down and the investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of very complex reasons. Everyone wants the stock market to go up, but some times even when a company does well the stock may go down. This is usually true for all stocks.为了赚得更多的钱而将钱投入股市是不安全的.因为不能保证你投资的公司业绩因为不错,而其的股票就会涨.公司的业绩差,其股票就会跌,你就输钱.股票的涨跌是有着这样那样的原因的.每个人都想自己的股票涨.有时甚至连业绩较好公司的股票也会跌.通常所有股票都是这样.Passage 2Nowadays people travel, not from necessity, but for the joy and excitement of seeing and experiencing new things. Traveling, of course, has now become a highly organize business. There are cars and splendid roads, express trains, huge ships and jet airliners, all of which provide us with comforts and security. Scientists have also invented machines that can explore outer space. Eventually there will be cheap day excursions to the moon and honeymoon on Venus. People will be able to travel from one planet to another by a space shuttle.如今,人们出行并不是一种需求,而是一种体验一种享受新事物的目的.现在旅行也成为一个高度组织性的行业.汽车,一流的道路,特快,大型游船,喷气式飞机,所有的一切为我们提供了舒适安全的旅行.科学家们还发明了能将我们带到外太空的机器.最终我们可以到月球作便宜的旅行或到金星渡蜜月.乘坐航天飞机人们可以从一个星球至另一个星球旅行.。
上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试真题2006年3月
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Translate the following passage （s ） into Chinese ）第1题Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.The popular view when discussing urban transportation in American cities today is to decry its sorry state. Newspapers and journals are filled with talk of an "urban transportation crisis," of the "difficulties of getting from here to there," and so on at great length. Matters are reported to be getting worse —and very quickly. Everyone has his own favoritetraumatic experience to report: of the occasion when many of the switches froze on New York's commuter railroads; of the sneak snowstorm in Boston that converted thirty-minute commuter trips into seven hour ordeals; of the extreme difficulties in Chicago and other Midwestern cities when some particularly heavy and successive snowstorms were endured.One reason for the talk of an urban transportation crisis in the United States today perhaps lies in a failure to meet anticipations. Many commuters expected to reduce their commuting times as systems improved, but instead found themselves barely able to maintain the status quo in terms of time requirements. Another reason for talk of crisis, almost certainly, is that the rate of improvement in the performance of urban transportation systems during rush hours has been markedly inferior to that expected during off-peak hours. Specifically, the ability to move quickly about American cities during non-rush hours has improved in a truly phenomenal fashion.【正确答案】：答案:人们议论起今天美国城市的交通，普遍都对其混乱不堪的状况持公开批评的观点。
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第1阶段测试答案4
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第1阶段测试答案4上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试答案 any tickets for the Auto Show could have been sold, but the exhibition hall has only a capacity for 500 visitors.Ⅱ. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.(Man) How do you feel today, Mary?(Woman) Not very well, John. I think I’ll stay at home today and rest.(Man) That’s good idea. I think you’ve been knocking yourself out day and night on that research project of yours. And I’m happy that you had finally handed in your report on tourism yesterday. You really could do with a rest. Well, is there anything I can do for you now?(Woman) Yes, there is. Actually. It’s very cold in here. Would you mind turning the air-conditioning off and opening the window?(Man) Not at all… there we are. Do you feel hungry? Shall I make you something to eat?(Woman) No, thanks, although I do feel quite thirsty. Could you bring me some water, please?(Man) Sure. Anything else?(Woman) Well, there were a couple of things that I had to do today. But I don’t really want to go outside.(Man) No, you should stay in bed. I’ll do them for you. What were they?(Woman) The books I borrowed from the library have to go back today, and I was going to post theletters I wrote yesterday…(Man) Don’t worry, I’ll take the books back to the library, and I can post the letters on the way.(Woman) That’s very kind of you, John.(Man) Can I get you anything from outside?(Woman) Well, a newspaper would be nice, and some magazines. If I’m going to be in bed all day, I’d like something to read.(Man) OK, I’ll pick those up for you on the way back from the library. Meanwhile, why don’t you try to get some sleep?(Woman) Yes, I will. Thanks, John.Question No.11. What do we learn about Mary?Question No.12. What has the woman been doing recently?Question No.13. What does the woman want the man to do?Question No.14. Why does Mary want a newspaper and some magazines?Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following talk.(Man) A。
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试试题集
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试试题集SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST （40 minutes）Part A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.It is common knowledge that computers can also produce something stupid, as some (1) put it, GIGO, or ’garbage in, garbage out’. This means that if inaccurate information is(2) a computer, the machine will produce the wrong information (3).The reason for this is that computers cannot think (4). For example, imagine that a computer is given the information that (5) has hour legs and that a dog has four legs. The machine might well (6) when producing a list of suggested living-room and dining-room furniture.But today, groups of (7) in the United States, Japan and Europe (8) a new type of computer. These new models will be incapable of makingsuch (9).Instead of being programmed with lots of unrelated (10), the new computers will contain knowledge of subjects that are (11). The machines will then(12) items of information, and will be able to reject conclusions that donot (13).These new computers will already know that dogs are animals that (14), bark, wag their tails and chase other animals. By (15) with features of living-room and dining-room furniture, the computer will conclude that a dog isan (16).Even a present-day computer could (17) if given enough information and enough time. But it has to consider (18) one at a time before selecting the best. This means that it would (19) for even the most powerful computer to reach a (20).Part B: Listening ComprehensionⅠ. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. (A) Michelle wanted to work in London.(B) Michelle quitted his job in London.(C) Michelle asked for a vacation in London.(D) Michelle transferred his money to the London branch.2. (A) Doctor Carter avoids the company of others whenever possible.(B) Doctor Carter is too busy to have a cup of coffee.(C) Doctor Carter is a quite sociable person.(D) Doctor Carter is a lonely man, according to his colleagues.3. (A) Tom checked his embarrassment.(B) Tom bounced the ball against the telephone box.(C) Tom felt embarrassed when he was asked to have a physical check.(D) Tom was embarrassed when his check was returned as worthless.4. (A) We couldn’t have opened five supermarkets there.(B) To think that we have opened only five supermarkets there.(C) We thought that you wanted to open five supermarkets there.(D) We didn’t think that five supermarkets there were quite enough.5. (A) Mrs. Green had to rush to the airport to meet the CEO from Chicago.(B) Mrs. Green refused to attend the opening ceremony in Chicago last Tuesday.(C) Mrs. Green was scheduled to see someone from Chicago last Tuesday.(D) Mrs. Green didn’t accept the CEO’s invitation to work in Chicago at last.6. (A) I’ve never been a cooperative person. (B) I’m very ready to cooperate now.(C) I’ll be a corporate executive. (D) I never want to be an operator.7. (A) The general manager asked them to account for the lying of important documents.(B) The general manager refused to read those accounting papers.(C) The documents are so important that they should be kept in safer places.(D) It is important that the accountant lock his office before leaving for home.8. (A) Every year, the city authorities propose to improve the road conditions on the highway.(B) There have been arguments about the proposed highway extension for a long time.(C) The environmental protection groups are quite satisfied with the proposed highwayextension.(D) Both the administration and the environmentalists are against the building of a newhighway.9. (A) Good management seldom gets better work from employees.(B) Good management can make average employees work better.(C) Average employees can do excellent work under any circumstances.(D) Average employees cannot do excellent work, despite good management.10. (A) No more visitors can be allowed in the exhibition hall.(B) The exhibition hall can hold slightly over 250 visitors.(C) Five hundred visitors wanted to see the Auto Show.(D) More than one thousand visitors saw the Auto Show.Ⅰ. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choice and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11~1411. (A) She is out of job. (B) She feels very tired.(C) She has a broken (D) She has a cold.12. (A) Traveling around the country (B) Training hard for a competition(C) Working on a research project (D) Writhing research paper on boxing13. (A) Stay in bed and get some sleep(B) Return the books and post the letters(C) Have a glass of water before going outside.(D) Write a letter of complaint about the air-conditioner14. (A) Because she has to write a report.(B) Because she has just returned from abroad.(C) Because she wants something to read.(D) Because she needs to find a new job.Questions 15~1815. (A)US census officials (B) Government employees(C) People who live in the city (D) Lawyers who work for the Church16. (A) London and Westminster (B) London and Birmingham(C) London and St Asaph (D) London and St Paul’s17. (A) It has a cathedral. (B) It has a population of 4000.(C) It has a large population. (D) It has a city hall.18. (A) Britain (B) USA(C) India (D) JapanQuestions 19~2219. (A) She’s got married. (B) She’s graduated from high school.(C) She’s spent her holiday (D) She’s moved to West Virginia.20. (A) She would have stayed in her hometown for the rest of her life.(B) She would have made a grave mistake in her life career.(C) She would have happy to come to the city to look for a job.(D) She would become a secretary to someone in her village.21. (A) She had left the place in which she was born.(B) She has not been given much job opportunity in the city.(C) She has so far no promotion or transfer.(D) She cannot avoid making mistakes in her routine work.22. (A) Her boyfriend. (B) Her colleague.(C) Her assistant. (D) Her former schoolmate. Questions 23~2623. (A) Keeping warm and dry (B) Drinking a lot of liquid(C) Living close to the hospital (D) Kissing the nose of an animal24. (A) Men who live in windy areas(B) Women who volunteered to stay outside(C) Travelers who take showers(D) People who are under stress25. (A) Because cold viruses can endure adverse climates.(B) Because winters are wet and cold.(C) Because people tend to stay more time indoors.(D) Because the disease may be caused by contaminated foods.26. (A) Men are more likely to suffer from colds.(B) No effective medicine has been found to cure colds.(C) In the winter, people should try to stay outdoors.(D) One could avoid catching colds by taking a hot bath every day.Questions 27~3027. (A) None (B) Thirteen(C) Fourteen (D) Fifteen28. (A) The housewife (B) The elder sisters(C) The servants (D) The nannies29. (A) They had to bring up their families.(B) They had no choice in selecting a spouse.(C) They had to work hard to support their families.(D)They had no chance to receive higher education.30. (A) A woman was financially dependent on her future husband.(B) A man had to ask a girl’s father for permission to marry her.(C) A woman should be ready to give up her job for the marriage.(D) A man should arrange a marriage ceremony in his father’s house.Part C: Listening and TranslationⅠ. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chineseand write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)Ⅰ. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you hear 2 passages. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (50 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B),(C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1~5In some rural agricultural societies, the collection of available fuel such as firewood, dung cake, and agricultural waste can take 200 to 300 person-days per year. As well as being time consuming, the typical patterns of collection lead to deforestation, soil erosion, and ecological imbalances. In the future, experts predict that even if food supplies are adequate for rural populations, fuel supplies for domestic use may not be. In the light of such considerations, a team in India has developed a solar oven for home use. The oven is cheaply constructed, easily operated, and extremely energy efficient. The device consists of an inner and outer metal box, a top cover, and two panes of plain glass. The inner box is painted black to absorb maximum solar radiation. The space between the two boxes is filled with an insulating material, such as rice husks, which are easily available and which, because of their high silicon content, neither attract insects nor rot easily. Other easily available materials for insulation are ground nutshells or coconut shells. An adjustable mirror mounted on one side of the oven box reflects the sunlight into the interior, boosting the temperatures by 15-30 degrees Celsius. This is most useful during the winter when the sun is lower. Inside the oven, a temperature between 80 and 120 degrees Celsius above ambient temperature can be maintained. This is sufficient to cook food gradually but surely. Trials have shown that all typical food dishes can be prepared in this solar device without loss of taste or nutrition.1.This passage is mainly about .(A) deforestation in the rural agricultural societies(B) use of rice husks as an insulation material(C) design and use of a solar oven(D) maintenance of temperature in a solar oven2. All of the following are mentioned as sources of energy of rural agricultural societies EXCEPT .(A) firewood (B) dung cake(C) solar power (D) agricultural waste3.The word “domestic”(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to .(A) industrial (B) agricultural(C) natural (D) household4. According to the passage, the use of an adjustable mirror increases the oven temperature by .(A) 80-120 degrees Celsius (B) at least 80 degrees Celsius(C) up to 30 degrees Celsius (D) up to 15 degrees Celsius5.According to the passage, the adjustable mirror is most useful .(A) at midday (B) when it is cold(C) When firewood is lacking (D) in improving taste and nutritionQuestions 6~10There must be few questions on which responsible opinion is so utterly divided as on that of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can leave body to regulate these matters for itself. “The answer is easy,” says Dr.. A. Burton. “With the right amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five minutes before the alarm rings.” If he is right many people must be under sleeping, including myself. But we must remember that some people have a grater inertia than others. This is not meant rudely. They switch on slowly, and they are reluctant to switch off. They are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this many have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue.Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. To quoteone medical opinion, “Thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that can’t sleep. Like advancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a point in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press to quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue.”Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that more people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in, asserts: “It may safely be stated that, just as the majority eat too much, so the majority sleep too much.” One can see the point of this also. It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolutions is that more of the life span is to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the van of this advance.6.The author seems to indicate that .(A) there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleep(B) among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversial(C) the right amount of sleep is topic of much controversy among doctors(D) people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues concerning sleep7.According to the author, sleeping habits .(A) are related to the amount of sleep(B) are inherited from the parents(C) vary from person to person(D) would not change in one’s lifetime8.The world “jeopardize” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to .(A) endeavor (B) endanger(C) endorse (D) endow9. In the last paragraph the author points out that .(A) sleeping less is good for human health(B) people ought to be persuaded to sleep less than before(C) it is incorrect to say that people too little(D) those who can sleep less should be encouraged10. We learn from the passage that the author .(A) revises someone else’s opinion(B) explains an opinion of his own(C) favors one of the three opinions(D) comments on three different opinionsQuestions 11~15She looked in the pockets of the black leather jacket he had reluctantly worn the night before. Three of his suits, a pair of blue twill work pants, an old gray sweater with a hood and pockets lay thrown across the bed. The jacket leather was sleazy and damply clinging to her hands. She had bought it for him, as well as the three suits: one light blue with side vents, one gold with green specks, and one reddish that had a silver imitation-silk vest. The pockets of the jacket came softly outward from the lining like skinny milk toast rats. Empty. Slowly she sank down on the bed and began to knead, with blunt anxious fingers, all the pockets in all the clothes piled around her. First the blue suit, then the gold with green, then the reddish one that he said he didn’t like most of all, but which he would sometimes wear if she agreed to stay home, or if she promised not to touch anywhere at all while he was getting dressed.She was a big awkward woman, with big bones and hard rubbery flesh. Her short arms ended in ham hands, and her neck was a squat roll of fat that protruded behind her head as a big bump. Her skin was rough and puffy, with plump mole like freckles down her cheeks. Her eyes glowered from under the mountain of her brow and were circled with expensive mauve shadow. They were nervous and quick when she was flustered and darted about at nothing in particular while she was dressing hair or talking to people.Her troubles started noticeably when she fell in love with a studiously quiet schoolteacher, Mr. Jerome Franklin Washington III, who was ten years younger than her. She told herself that she shouldn’t want him, he was so little and cute and young, but when she took into account that he was a schoolteacher, well, she just couldn’t seem to get any rest until, as she put it, “I were Mr. And Mrs. Jerome Franklin Washington the third, and that’s the truth!”11. The word “sleazy” (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to .(A) lacking moisture (B) lacking persistence(C) lacking substance (D) lacking confidence12. Jerome’s taste in clothing is probably .(A) worse than the woman’s (B) very loud and flashy(C) different from the woman’s (D) on agreement with the woman’s13. Apparently Jerome will occasionally wear the reddish suit if .(A) She is very good to him (B) she will leave him alone(C) she buys him more clothes (D) she gets a better education14. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the woman?(A) She is married to a school teacher.(B) Her eyes move around a lot at times.(C) She is ten years older than Jerome.(D) She has found what she is looking for.15. According to the passage, which of the following can be concluded form the passage about this couple?(A) They will live happily ever after.(B) Their marriage is not harmonious.(C) The couple will adopt children.(D) They will become schoolteachers.Questions 16~20An anthropologist recorded the expenses for ceremonies he attended in a village in Thailand. The following chart provides information on the baths (Thai currency) spent for a wedding.Finances for a Single Wedding in ThailandItem AmountExpensesRice 3 sacks 1,860Pigs 2 head 3,500 Vegetables and Condiments 1,440Invitations 150Wedding Gown Rental 650Flowers (300)Rental Equipment 1,800Pictures (groom paid) (500)Room Decoration 3,000Liquor 2,400Musicians (groom paid) (500)Gifts to Mother-in-law 200Cigarettes 360Other Gifts 520Shoes 150Gold Bracelet 1,270MiscellaneousTotal 17,800Bride Price 30,000From Groom’s Party 5,000From Other Guests 8,000Other Gifts 750Calculated Net -3,050Stated Net -4,00016.The word “anthropologist” (line 1) means someone who .(A) studies the nature of man (B) arranges wedding ceremonies(C) keeps account for newly weds (D) records local events17.According to the information on the chart, the family hosting the ceremony .(A) was rich (B) ended up with a deficit(C) made a profit on gifts (D) relied totally on borrowed money18.From this chart, one could learn about .(A) the Thai kinship structure (B) retail price for cigarettes(C) the nature and procedures of ritual (D) the importance of hospitality to the Thai19.The information on the chart best supports the idea that .(A) increased expenditure results in increased earning in a village in Thailand(B) the economy has been stable for almost fifty years years in a village in Thailand(C) people spend more money on pork than on other items at a Thai wedding(D) gifts to mother-in-law are the most important for the groom at a Thai wedding20.In what major way is a Thai wedding different from an average Chinese wedding?(A) the provision of food (B) the giving of gifts(C) the payment of a bride price (D) the provision of entertainment。
中级口译证书第一阶段考试
上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST (45 minutes)Part A：Spot DictationDirections：In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET．Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.Good afternoon, folks. Today’s discussion topic is “Online Shopping”. With only two weeks to go ______(1)________buying presents is a high priority for a lot of people. However, this year not so many people are ________(2)________to browse around the shops. These days lots of people can do their shopping_______(3)________of their own home with the help of the Internet. Online shopping is becoming _________(4)________for a number of reasons: prices are often lower online, you don’t have to______(5)________in busy shops and you can buy almost any product imaginable with just a few______(6)________of your mouse. Computer trends are often ______(7)_______ but this year women are expected to do more shopping on the Internet than men. It seems women are now more attracted to the________ (8) ______of online shopping than they used to be.Average spending online this Christmas by women will rise to______(9)_______compared to the slightly lower average of￡233 for men, while_____ (10)_______per person on the high street is only￡197．Seventy percent of ________(11)________, male and female, are now buying their Christmas gifts online. In the past a lot of people were___________(12)________. Many were worried about the security of entering_________(13)_________on the Internet, but as shopping online has become more_________(14)_________, these worries have begun to disappear. ______(15)______of Internet users still do have security worries but it_______(16)_______ the ever-increasing numbers of online shoppers. One victim of the online________(17)___________is the UK high street．Christmas trading can represent up to 60％of________(18)_____________for some stores．Many companies are concerned that__________(19)___________are coming through their doors in the run-up to Christmas．As a result there are lots of _______(20)_______in the shops．Part B：Listening ComprehensionI．StatementsDirections：In this part of the test，you will hear several short statements．These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE，and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully．When you hear a statement，read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard．Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1．(A)The short hours make the job impossible for anyone to refuse．(B)Mitchell refused the position because of the low pay．(C)Mitchell is looking forward to meeting her new colleagues．(D)The job would have turned into an excellent opportunity for Mitchell．2. (A)The committee hasn’t been very busy lately．(B)This committee is better than the other one．(C)I’m very pleased with the result．(D)I had hoped for a better decision．3. (A)It is hard to understand your problem．(B)It is difficult to solve your problem．(C)It is impossible to answer your question．(D)It is certain that you can try right away．4. (A)Life in New York was harder than you expected．(B)You’d better work harder so as to make more money．(C)I used to work in Washington，but now I’m in Chicago．(D)I have to travel a lot, as a salesman．5.(A)I’d like to have the manager’s view of my work．(B)I wish I would be promoted to be the manager．(C)I met the manager once a while, but she never look at me．(D)I had learned a lot from the manager, though she herself was unaware of it．6.(A)Researchers have found that cooked tomatoes are more nutritious．(B)Fifty percent of men will develop prostate cancer when they are old．(C)Men who exercise 2 to 3 times a week are less likely to catch cold．(D)Tomatoes are helpful in cutting down the risk of having prostate cancer．7.(A)Jane Jensen is successful in designing clothes．(B)Jane Jensen would rather become a writer．(C)Jane Jensen has won numerous awards for her novels．(D)Jane Jensen is praised for her writing of adventures．8.(A)Most reviews about the movies made in China are superficial．(B)Only a small number of the Chinese films are exported overseas．(C)China ranks the third in profit—making for movies produced．(D)Many a film produced in China is not profit-making．9.(A)Loss of body water can lead to the malfunction of your brain．(B)Loss of body weight can help improve your brain performance．(C)If your brain performance level starts to weaken, you will feel dizzy．(D)If you want to reduce your weight, you need to drink plenty of water．10.(A)I accept your offer of$30．(B)Our special price is$30 off．(C)$30 is our bottom price．(D)$30 is our profit margin．II．Talks and ConversationsDirections：In this part of the test，you will hear several short talks and conversations．After each of these，you will hear a few questions．Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions 0NLY ONCE．When you hear a question，read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question．Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER B00KLET．Questions 11～1411．(A)The airplane．(B)The space shuttle．(C)The electricity car．(D)The clean water．12．(A)In Switzerland．(B)In Germany．(C)In Italy．(D)In Sweden．13．(A)It is small and light．(B)Its engine runs on water．(C)It runs 80 miles per hour．(D)Its colors are varied．14．(A)It is too heavy．(B)It is rather expensive．(C)It has no air-conditioning．(D)It is made of a special metal．Questions 15～1815．(A)In the south．(B)In the north．(C)In the middle．(D)In the northeast．16．(A)A cowshed．(B)A country cottage．(C)A brick house．(D)A bungalow．17．(A)On an island in a 1ake．(B)On the top of a hill．(C)Near a busy town．(D)By a thick forest．18．(A)They often go boating on the lake．(B)There is a very good market near the place．(C)Not many English people go there．(D)There are a lot of lakes in the region．Questions 19～2219．(A)The one he took with a bigger camera．(B)The one he took on his vacation．(C)The one he took in his studio．(D)The one he took for the woman．20．(A)He uses different cameras．(B)He often makes them pose for pictures(C)He usually catches them unawares．(D)He always asks them for permission．21．(A)When he is travelling around．(B)When he is doing research work．(C)When he wants to get portraits shots．(D)When he takes pictures in his studio．22．(A)Passport photos．(B)Portrait shots．(C)Landscapes．(D)Still-life studies．Questions 23～2623．(A)Via mail．(B)By phone．(C)Through a travel agency．(D)With a booking office．24．(A)Check-in procedures may take time．(B)The speaker is under special scrutiny．(C)There is a long line before the ticket counter．(D)Security system is not working．25．(A)It made him uncomfortable．(B)It was hectic．(C)It went smoothly．(D)It had some trouble．26．(A)It is worth the expense．(B)It is fast and efficient．(C)It iS safe and reliable．(D)It is trouble freeQuestions 27～3027．(A)Because he does not think it is worthwhile to his 1ife．(B)Because he does not believe in those television programs．(C)Because a good television set costs a great deal of money．(D)Because there is simply no space for one in his apartment．28．(A)A computer．(B)A video camera．(C)An FM radio．(D)A fax machine．29．(A)It widens the gap between the rich and the poor．(B)It helps produce all kinds of machines．(C)It brings him closer contact with other people．(D)It destroys all the beauty and meaning in life．30．(A)Living in the country．(B)Travelling around the world．(C)Surfing the Internet．(D)Taking business trips．Part C：Listening and TranslationI．Sentence TranslationDirections：In this part of the test，you will hear 5 sentences in English．You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE．After you have heard each sentence，translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET．(1)_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________(2)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3)_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________(4)_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________(5)_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________II．Passage TranslationDirections：In this part of the test，you will hear 2 passages in English．You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE．After you have heard each passage，translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET．You may take notes while you are listening．(1)_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________(2)_____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________SECTION 2：STUDY SKILLS (50 minutes)Directions：In this section，you will read several passages．Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content．You are to choose ONE best answer，(A)，(B)，(C)or(D)，to each question．Answer all the questions following each passage On the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET．Questions 1～5The largest animal that ever 1ived on land or in water still exists．Not even the giant dinosaurs were as 1arge as some whales．One sulphur-bottom whale caught in the Antarctic was 110 feet long, and weighed between 90 and 100 tons．Whales can grow to such enormous size because their bodies are supported by the water．An animal that lives on Iand can only grow to a size that his legs can support, while a bird’s size is limited by its wing size．A whale has none of these difficulties．Millions of years ago, whales lived on land and walked on four legs．Today, whales still have small bones that are the remains of their hind legs. But these bones can only be seen on the inside of the whale．No one knows why whales 1eft the land to live in the water．However, scientists can surmise that when the whales changed their environment, their bodies underwent a change—taking on a more fish-like appearance．This new form offered less resistance to the water, enabling the whales to swim faster．Despite their fish-like form, whales are not fish．A whale will drown, just as a man will, if it stays under water too long. When a whale is under water, it closes its nostrils tightly and holds its breath．The air in its lungs becomes very hot and full of water vapour. When the whale rises to the surface and exhales, its hot breath produces a column of water vapor that rises high in the air．A man produces the same effect when he exhales warm air on a cold morning．Whales are classified as mammals because they bear their young, rather than laying eggs, and because the mother whales give the babies milk. Like other mammals, whales have warm blood. Their blood stays at the same temperature, even when they move from hot to cold water．They keep warm in cold water because they have a thick layer of fat just under their skins．This fat is called blubber, and it is thicker on whales that spend their lives in cold water．Almost all land mammals, except man, have hair on their bodies to keep them warm, but whales, which have very few hairs, are kept warm by their fat.Whales do not bear young more often than every two years．The births are usually single births, but there have been instances of whale twins．Mother whales show a great deal of affection for their young．If the baby whale is killed, the mother will stay close to it for a long time．The young grow very rapidly during their first three or four years．And, although no one is certain how long a whale lives, the normal life span is probably less than 100 years．1．We learn from the passage that whales may reach a length of_______(A) 80 feet (B) 90 feet(C) 100 feet (D) 110 feet2．Whales would find living on land difficult now because_________(A) they are too big (B)they are not mammals(C) they have too much blubber (D)they cannot breathe air3．When a whale is swimming under water, it closes its_________(A) bristles (B)nostrils(C) mouth (D)eyes4．According to the passage, the blood temperature of a whale________(A) varies in hot water(B) remains the same(C) grows colder as the blubber accumulates(D) grows warmer as the whale grows older5．The passage suggests that when a baby whale is killed, its mother usually_______(A) dies soon afterwards (B)calls other whales(C) stays in the same area (D)swims away rapidlyQuestions 6～10Millions of tourists come to Siem Reap, Cambodia every year to visit the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, an influx that has helped transform a tranquil village into a thriving, cosmopolitan town with thumping nightlife and more than 10, 000 hotel rooms．But the explosion of tourism here has also done something less predictable．Siem Reap, which had no universities a decade ago, is n ow Cambodia’s second-largest hub for higher education, after the capital, Phnom Penh．The sons and daughters of rice farmers flock here to work as tour guides, receptionists, bartenders and waitresses．When their shifts are over, they study finance, English and accounting．“I never imagined that I could go to university, ”said Hem Sophoan, a 31-year-old tour guide who is now studying for his second master’s degree. “There’s been so much change and opportunities for young people．” The establishment of five pr ivate universities here is helping to transform the work force in this part of Cambodia, one of Asia’s poorest countries．Khim Borin, a 26-year-old tour guide by day and law student by night, says he wants to become a lawyer．But he has trouble staying awake in class during the high tourist season, when he spends hours scaling temple steps. “I tell my friends, ‘Hit me if you see me falling asleep,’” he said. The five universities in Siem Reap currently enroll more than 10, 000 students．Most of the campuses are quiet during the day but come to life at night．The United Nations and aid organizations have had an oversize role in helping steer the country. But the symbiosis of work and study here came together without any master plan．It was driven largely by supply and demand：universities opened to cater to the dreams of Cambodia’s youth. University administrators say 80 to 90 percent of the students hold full—time jobs．Most students pay the annual tuition of$400 themselves．Luckier students get sponsorship from foreigners．On a recent evening, an Argentine insurance saleswoman on vacation here, Maria Theresa Landoni, went to the university to pay the tuition of a young woman who wanted to study tourism．Ms．Landoni struck up a friendship with the driver of her motorized rickshaw and met his daughter．“They were very, very, very poor,” Ms．Landoni said．“This is a country that has suffered a lot.” Ms．Landoni said she agreed to pay one semester’s worth of fees for the daughter：$180．Many graduates seem to have stayed with their employers and moved up, now having better prospects for managerial roles．But it is too early to draw conclusions．The six-year-old University of South-East Asia, for example, has had only two graduating classes, and they were small．6．We learn from the passage that ten years ago, Siem Reap________(A)was little more than a ruin(B)was a town visited by millions of tourists(C)did not have any university(D)underwent some change to young people’s advantage7．Higher education in Siem Reap is largely attributed to __________(A)the development of tourism (B)the sponsorship of foreigners(C)the master plan of aid organizations (D)the investment of the local government8．In Siem Reap, the tuition for young people’s colleg e education is usually paid by_______(A)their parents (B)their employers(C)students themselves (D)friendly foreigners9．What is typical of most of the universities in Siem Reap?(A)Most of their students work as tour guides．(B)Most of their students take part-time jobs．(C)They enroll a limited number of students．(D)They are quiet by day but busy at night．10．What does the passage mainly discuss?(A)The big dreams of Cambodia’s young p eople．(B)Young people devoted to learning after work．(C)The explosion of tourism in Cambodia．(D)The establishment of universities in Siem Reap．Questions 11～15The pocket calculator has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on digital screens rather than an object in its own right．But in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology．A pocket calculator was the closest that most 1970s consumers came to owning anything with computational power, even if all it could do was basic math．The Sinclair Executive was one of a cluster of pocket-size electronic calculators developed at the same time．The first one small enough to fit in a shirt pocket was the Busicom LEI-120A Handy, introduced in Japan in early 1971．When the Sinclair Executive was introduced in 1972 by the British entrepreneur Clive Sinclair, it was cheaper, slimmer and looked much slicker than the others, thanks to a gleaming black ABS plastic case designed by Mr．Sinclair’s brother, lain．Design magazine hailed it as “at once a conversation piece, a rich man’s plaything and a functional business machine.” Dozens of other manufacturers developed their own versions．The pinnacle of calculator design was the exquisite 1977 ET44, by Germany’s Braun. Culturally, the product peaked in 1981 when the German electro band Kraftwerk released a single titled “Pocket Calculator．” “I am adding and subtracting,” run the lyrics．“I’m controlling and composing．By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody．”As personal computers flooded onto the market in the 1980s, calculators, pocket—size and otherwise, seemed steadily less appealing．Clive Sinclair had already turned his attention to other Inventions, starting with computing．By the middle of the decade, he moved on to transportation with the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle, which he designed with a single seat but no roof．The pocket calculator is a victim of “Moore’s Law, ” the theory that the number of transistors that can be squeezed onto a microchip will roughly double every two years, increasing computing power at the same rate．Even tiny digital devices have become so powerful that they can fulfill the functions of numerous products. Like any other product whose function can be replicated by an app, thepocket calculator is threatened with extinction．Digital devices fulfill their functions just as effectively, and are more convenient because they do so many other things too．1 1．According to the passage, the pocket calculator _________(A)is not much of a useful device and has become obsolete(B)is less of a computing device than it was before(C)needs upgrading to meet consumers’ increasing needs(D)is displaced completely by digital devices like an app12．The first pocket-size calculator was developed and introduced in_________(A)America (B)Britain(C)Germany (D)Japan1 3．What type of calculator had the most attractive and stylish design in the 1 970s?(A)Sinclair Executive．(B)Busicom LE-120A Handy．(C)ET44．(D)Kraftwerk’s “Pocket Calculator”．1 4．According to the passage, Clive Sinclair was all of the following EXCEPT_______(A)an entrepreneur (B)a manufacturer(C)a designer (D)an editor15.It can be concluded from the passage that people prefer powerful digital devices because______(A)they offer more than their basic functions(B)they serve consumers as a status symbol(C)they are conveniently small to operate(D)they sell at a reasonable priceQuestions 16～20How much museumgoers know about art makes little difference in how they engage with exhibits, according to a study by a German cultural scholar who electronically measured which items caught visitors’ attention and how they were emotionally affected．The scholar, Martin Trondle, also found that solitary visitors typically spent more time looking at art and that they experienced more emotions．Mr．Trondle and his team outfitted 576 volunteers with a glove equipped with GPS function to track their movement through the galleries of Kunstmuseum St. Gallen in Switzerland for two months beginning in June 2009．Sensors in the gloves measured physical evidence of emotional reactions, like heartbeat rates and sweat on their palms．Afterward, the volunteers were asked questions about where they had spent the most time, and about the feelings that particular works evoked.Mr．Trondle found that there appeared to be little difference in engagement between visitors with a proficient knowledge of art and “people who are engineers and dentists．” He said artists, critics and museum directors often focus on perhaps one work in a room, while visitorswith moderate curiosity and interest tend to move from work to work and read text panels．Mr．Trondle said his study established for the first time that “there is a very strong correlation between aesthetic experience and bodily functions．” He defined the art-affected state as a sense of immersion in a work, or of feeling addressed by it, concluding that museum-going is best done alone．Visitors tended to feel more stimulated by sculptures that impeded their progress through the galleries．“People want to trip over the art,” he said．Some experts are skeptical．“This technology is so new and so young,” said Paul C．Ha, director of the List Visual Arts Center at the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology. “We don’t know what we have yet．”Bonnie Pitman, distinguished scholar in residence at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Texas, Dallas, an expert on the subject of visitor responses to art, said：“I’m not sure that just because you have more data, that gives you a better understanding of the very complicated set of issues involved in experiencing works of art．” Referring to Mr．Trondle’s belief that an elevated heart rate signals a more profound art experience, she said：“Those transcendent moments when you’re just completely awash in the color and beauty of a great Pissarro or Sisley or Monet—those moments aren’t necessarily going to raise your heart rate．They’re going to slow you down．”Given all of the rec ent attention on blockbuster exhibitions at vast museums, “you might assume that our future is not very rosy,” said Roland Waspe, director of the Kunstmuseum St．Gallen, a smaller museum with a range of paintings and sculptures dating from the Middle Ages t o the present. He said the research suggested “we now have an advantage, because we see that, for an optimal art experience, museums have to be small, they have to be more empty, and they have to be, in the most positive sense, a place of contemplation．”1 6．Mr．Trondle and his team provided the gloves with sensors for the volunteers to______(A)measure their heartbeat rates in movement(B)discover whether they touch the exhibits while visiting(C)find out about their responses to the exhibits(D)see how many of them have questions about the exhibits17．Which of the following can be the conclusion of Mr．Trondle’s study?(A)People with moderate interest will get totally immersed in a particular work．(B)Solitary museumgoers feel more毛motions evoked by the particular exhibit．(C)Artists and critics experience heartbeat rates and sweaty palms at museums．(D)Visitors with a knowledge of art spend more time looking than others．18.According to the passage, Mr．Trondle’s idea about the elevated heartbeat rates at museums is_________(A)accepted by professionals and laymen alike(B)confirmed by massive amounts of data(C)dismissed as groundless and useless(D)challenged and questioned by some experts19．The word “awash” (para.6) is closest in meaning to________(A)addicted (B)affected(C)immersed (D)proficient20．In the opinion of Roland Waspe, museums________(A)have to be more empty for visitors to move about freely(B)have to be small with a small number of fervent visitors(C)should provide opportunity for visitors to think deeply(D)should have an advantage over their counterpartsQuestions 21～25Do you know or work with someone who undervalues other people’s efforts, ignores their viewpoint, even publicly insults his or her co-worker? That person is a bully and is bad news for any company, though often the people at the top don’t know, or worse, don’t want to know. A bully will set impossible deadlines, make fun of people and ridicule them whenever they make mistakes. The worst type will also shout and be abusive．What motivates bullies? No one is sure, but it may be that they are suffering from some kind of inferiority complex．According to a recent survey, the situation is far worse than originally thought, and has become worse in the past year．It’s quite likely that the increase is a direct result of the current business culture with its emphasis on competition and aggressive “masculine” management styles, combined with the stress of “job insecurity”, that is, the ever-present fear of Iosing one’s Job. The survey quotes the example involving the appointment of an ageing male manager who could not come to terms with women in management positions．His relationship with the mainly female staff created massive problems throughout the whole organization．The oppressive atmosphere did nothing to promote efficient working practices, with stress levels rising and confidence and spirits falling. It wasn’t easy for the staff to report him and it took a while to convince those at the top, but they did the wise thing and got rid of him．Bullying must be recognized and dealt with．A fair disciplinary procedure should be in place Once a bully has been identified, employers must ensure that both sides have the opportunity to make their case and be able to appeal against any disciplinary action taken．If you work with someone who uses inappropriate or threatening language or behaves in a rude and abrupt manner, you could be dealing with a bully. Whatever you do, you must not become a victim：if you do not fight back, you are giving the bully encouragement to continue．On the other hand, try not to get upset, you will feel worse and the bully will be very satisfied．So, keep cool, be patient and take action when you are sure you can be effective. Talk to colleagues, see what they think. Make a note of conversations, keep memos and letters, as these will be needed as evidence to back up your case. Bullies don’t always realize that their behavior is offensive, upsetting and threatening, and it may be that a few well—chosen words will defuse the situation．But if this fails, the employer will have to intervene, give proper warnings and be prepared to dismiss the persistent offender．21．According to the survey, bullying has become more common recently because_____(A)age and sex differences between management and staff cause tension(B)people are afraid they might lose their jobs if they are not strict。
2006年3月上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2006年3月上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. LISTENING TEST 2. READING TEST 3. TRANSLATION TEST 4. LISTENING TEST 5. READING TEST 6. TRANSLATION TESTSECTION 1 LISTENING TESTPart A Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.听力原文：Marks ＆Spencer has a very good reputation for job security and looking after its staff, with things like good perks, good canteen, that sort of thing. Do those things actually motivate people in their work? I think it is, it is very important. When people have been working on the sales floor, and they may have been in from seven or eight o’clock in the morning, they can come off the sales floor and can go to the staff restaurant and obviously they can have tea, coffee, or a drink provided free of charge, and can then buy at very reduced rates a full cooked breakfast, if they want one, or a roll and cheese, in a pleasant environment, in a hygienic environment, food of the highest quality, there’re areas where they can rest and read papers, or play pool or something, yeah, that is very important because they need a break from the customers. At busy times, they need to get away from it, they need to be able to relax. In terms of all the health screening programmes we’ve got, that is very important, when people know that they will be having medicals, and the staff discount is another thing, obviously there’s an amount of merchandise that they will buy which they will be able to buy at discounted rates. For Christmas bonus, we give all our general staff a 10% of their salary which is guaranteed, and the motivational effect of that, actually, at the busiest time of the year when they’re under the most pressure and working hard, is fantastic and to see their faces as you hand them the envelope with 10% of their salary in it. I believe the environment that you work in, the quality of the people that you work with, the way you are treated, with respect and dignity, and the fact that your views are listened to, and you feel you are consulted, that makes people happy and satisfied in their job and makes them get up and come to work in the morning.Marks ＆Spencer has a very good reputation for job security and looking after its staff, with things like good perks, (1) , that sort of thing. Do those things actually (2) ? I think it is, it is very important. When people have been working (3) , and they may have been in from seven or eight o’clock in the morning, they can come off the sales floor and can go to (4) and obviously they can have tea, coffee, or (5) , and can then buy at very reduced rates (6) , if theywant one, or a roll and cheese, in a pleasant environment, (7) , food of the highest quality, there’re areas where they can (8) , or play pool or something, yeah, that is very important because they need (9) . At busy times, they need to get away from it, they need to be able to relax. In terms of all the (10) we’ve got, that is very important, when people know that they will be having medicals, and (11) is another thing, obviously there’s (12) that they will buy which they will be able to buy (13) . For Christmas bonus, we give all our general staff (14) which is guaranteed, and the (15) of that, actually, at the busiest time of the year when they’re (16) and working hard, is fantastic and to see their faces as you (17) with 10% of their salary in it. I believe the environment that you work in, (18) that you work with, the way you are treated, (19) , and the fact that your views are listened to, and you feel you are consulted, that makes people (20) and makes them get up and come to work in the morning.1．正确答案：good canteen2．正确答案：motivate people in their work3．正确答案：on the sales floor4．正确答案：the staff restaurant5．正确答案：a drink provided free of charge6．正确答案：a full cooked breakfast7．正确答案：in a hygienic environment8．正确答案：rest and read papers9．正确答案：a break from the customers 10．正确答案：health screening programmes 11．正确答案：the staff discount12．正确答案：an amount of merchandise 13．正确答案：at discounted rates14．正确答案：a 10% of their salary15．正确答案：motivational effect16．正确答案：under the most pressure 17．正确答案：hand them the envelope 18．正确答案：the quality of the people 19．正确答案：with respect and dignity20．正确答案：happy and satisfied in their jobPart B Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.听力原文：M: Hi, Susan. How’s it going? How was your first week in the AIDS ward?F: OK, I guess. But I never realized how many different things nurses have to do. There’s a lot to learn ...M: There sure is! That’s why we’re having this meeting today, Susan. As your advisor, it’s my responsibility to help you learn your new job. We’ve found that sometimes our new nurses have trouble adjusting to the AIDS ward.F: Actually, I do feel worried about being here.M: That’s normal. I felt the same way when I started. What are you nervous about?F: I know it sounds dumb, but I keep thinking that I might get infected with HIV. I know there isn’t a very big risk, but I’m still worried. My friends are worried, too.M: What are your friends saying?F: Well, some of them don’t want to be around me now. I think they’re afraid that they’ll get HIV somehow. One friend always used to give me rides in her car, but she won’t drive me to work now because she’s afraid I’ll get the virus in her car!M: That’s a difficult situation. But it’s a good opportunity to teach your friends the facts about HIV and AIDS, so they’ll know they’re wrong. And if they don’t want to learn anything, maybe they aren’t good friends. I know I lost a few friends when I started working here.F: My family’s also worried. My mother keeps saying, “You can’t be too careful!” She’s afraid that I’ll get AIDS from a patient. So I try to be very careful. I always wear the protective clothing, you know, the rubber gloves, paper clothing, and plastic glasses. But then something strange happened.M: What happened?F: I went in to see a patient, to bring him his lunch, and he looked at me and said, “Oh, you’re new here, aren’t you.”Then he was acting very angry at me after that, I think it was because of the clothing!M: Why do you think he was angry?F: I’m not sure. I was just trying to protect myself.M: I think the important thing to remember when you’re working with AIDS patients is that you’re working with people, people who are very sick, but who still need to be treated with respect. I remember what my boss told me when I first started working with AIDS patients. He said, “It’s important to isolate the AIDS virus, but not the AIDS patient. “F: What do you mean by “not isolate the AIDS patients?”M: Well, just imagine that you’re very sick. You’re lying in bed in the hospital, worrying that you’re going to die. Then, every time someone comes in the room, they’re covered from head to toe in protective clothing. How would that makeyou feel?F: Terrible! It would make me feel like I was dangerous, like no one wanted to be near me.M: Exactly. You would feel very isolated. We don’t want our AIDS patients to feel that way. It’s important that they feel just like all our other patients.F: So what should I do?M: Well, you have to think carefully before you go into someone’s room. We know that it’s impossible to get AIDS from just touching someone, or breathing the air next to them, or even sharing a glass of water. AIDS, as you know, is passed through blood or bodily fluids. So when you go into a patient’s room, think to yourself. “What am I going to do in here? Will I be in contact with blood or other bodily fluids?” For example, when you serve lunch to someone, do you think you need to wear protective clothing? Is there going to be any blood then?F: Um, no, I guess not. I guess I don’t need to wear the clothing when I serve food.M: How about when you draw someone’s blood? Do you need the protective clothing then?F: Well, there’s a chance that I could prick my finger on the needle. M: Right. In that case I’d wear gloves, just to be safe. I guess the rule to live by is to protect yourself when you need to, but don’t wear the clothing unnecessarily. Part of our job is to take care of the patients’ feelings, as well as their illness, and too much protective clothing can make them feel uncomfortable.1. What is Susan’s job?How does Susan’s family feel about her job?What should Susan do with AIDS patients, according to the man?What contributes to the spread of the AIDS virus?Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the conversation?21．A．A trainee nurse.B．A resident doctor.C．A researcher of AIDS.D．An advisor to nurses.正确答案：A22．A．They don’t care what she does at her job.B．They have bad feelings about her job.C．They think it is a good job.D．They have no worries about the job.正确答案：B23．A．To isolate them completely.B．To watch them carefully.C．To treat them with respect.D．To provide them with nutritious food.正确答案：C24．A．Sharing bodily fluids with an AIDS patient.B．Shaking hands with an AIDS patient.C．Serving meals to an AIDS patient.D．Staying very close to an AIDS patient.正确答案：A25．A．The man is Susan’s advisor.B．It is not possible to get AIDS from sharing a glass of water.C．There is a high risk of getting infected with HIV at work.D．Susan’s patient was angry when she wore protective clothing to bring himlunch.正确答案：C听力原文：United Nations UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan cancelled a two-week trip to Asia which was scheduled to start on Saturday because of the debate over the UN budget and other “urgent political issues,”the organization announced late on Thursday. Deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said the secretary-general had informed the governments of China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and Viet Nam that he was postponing the visit. Vienna, Austria Two US allies in Iraq are withdrawing forces this month and a half-dozen others are debating possible pullouts or reductions, increasing pressure on Washington as calls mount to bring home US troops. Bulgaria and Ukraine will begin withdrawing their combined 1,250 troops by mid-December. If Australia, Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland and South Korea reduce or recall their personnel, more than half of the non-American forces in Iraq could be gone by next summer. Japan and South Korea help with reconstruction, but Britain and Australia provide substantial support forces and Italy and Poland train Iraqi troops and police. Their exodus would deal a blow to American efforts to prepare Iraqis to take over the most dangerous peace-keeping tasks and craft an eventual US exit strategy. Honduras More than 30,000 people in Honduras have been left homeless by Tropical Storm Gamma, which killed 34 people there earlier this month and flooded low-lying areas, the government spokesman said on Thursday. Some 90,000 people were affected by the November 18-to-20 storm, which also damaged banana farms. The relevant government departments have deployed five teams across the nation to conduct damage assessments in collaboration with local officials. Haiti Armed kidnappers hijacked a school bus carrying 14 children on Thursday, and a US missionary was shot and abducted while driving outside Haiti’ s capital, police said. The separate kidnappings came five weeks before national elections are to be held to restore democracy and stability in the troubled nation. Police said they did not appear to be politically related. The bus was taking the children to school whenseveral armed men stopped it, boarded it and drove off down a main road heading west from Port-au-Prince, the capital, Police Commissioner Francois Henry Doussous said. He also said the captors contacted the children’s families and demanded US $50,000 for their release. The children are aged 5-17. Viet Nam Viet Nam on Friday started construction of a US $2.4 billion hydropower plant, promising to take good care of the nearly 100,000 people in three provinces who will be displaced by the project. “I ask the governments of the three provinces to do a good job in relocating people and resettling them, so that people will have a better life than in their old homes,” Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said in a nationally televised speech at the launch in earthquake-prone northern Son La province. Viet Nam’s power consumption has increased by some 15 per cent annually in recent years, and the Son La plant will generate nearly one-fifth of the country’s power output when completed, said Vu Duc Thin, deputy general director of state utility electricity of Vietnam Corp.6. What did the deputy UN spokeswoman announce on Thursday?Which of the following US allies in Iraq are withdrawing forces by mid-December?How many people in Honduras were killed by Tropical Storm Gamma earlier this month?What happened in Haiti on Thursday?What project was started in Viet Nam on Friday?26．A．The UN Secretary-General had cancelled his trip to Europe.B．The UN Secretary-General would visit Asia at a later date.C．The UN Secretary-General would discuss the UN budget with the US.D．The UN Secretary-General had withheld the debate over the budget.正确答案：B27．A．Bulgaria and Ukraine.B．Australia and Britain.C．Italy and Japan.D．Poland and South Korea.正确答案：A28．A．18 to 20.B．30.C．34D．Around 90.正确答案：C29．A．National elections.B．Arrest of a U. S. missionary.C．Hijacking of a civil airplane.D．Two separate kidnappings.正确答案：D30．A．Relocating people from an earthquake-prone province.B．Constructing more posts to predict about earthquakes.C．Economizing on electricity nationally.D．Building a hydropower plant.正确答案：D听力原文：M: Could you tell us something about the programme?F: Basically, the soap opera is about life in the East End of London, i.e. the Cockney way of life but that isn’t what, you know, the most important thing about the programme; that isn’t the reason for its success. The reason for its success is it deals with social problems that other soap operas have never dealt with before. I mean our aim isn’t to shock but it’s just that we can’t, we believed that we couldn’t do a realistic situation drama about the East End without incorporating topics like drugs, homosexuality, divorce, adultery, ai1 those things that other soap operas have only skimmed on prison and breaking the law ...M: Very nicely.F: Prison, nervous breakdowns—I mean it’s not just all gloom and doom... There is a lot of humor and there is a lot of love and warmth in the programme as well; so really if anyone says what is EastEnders about? It’s not about Cockneys, I mean, because the situations that we deal with are characteristic of a lot of inner city communities all over Britain, and I’m sure, in other cities in the world. But it’s just that we cover them with an edge on how a Cockney and how a Cockney community reacts and deals with those problems.M: What part do you play?F: I play a girl called Michelle Fowler; well no, Michelle Holloway to start with, she was in a family. She lived in the same house with her mother and father, and her grandmother. The son run away and then the mother had another baby and then she got pregnant by the local landlord—this is Michelle got pregnant, not my morn—by the landlord of the local pub, which nobody knows about; no one knows who the father is—that was the big storyline in the first year. And after she had the baby she married a local lad who she’d known for a few years.M: Is she at all like you?F: Um, she speaks like me, that’s where it ends. No she’s not at all like me; I mean, my circumstances are ... if I hadn’t gone into acting there probably would have been more similarities but because my life is changed and my circumstances have changed so much over the past couple of years ... the only similarities between me and Michelle is our accent.M: Do you like her?F: Yeah I like her. I think she’s very brave, very courageous to have the baby and very strong to keep the consequences of everyone knowing who the father was, which would just be so catastrophic ...M: Catastrophic or something ...F: I’m such a good speaker! Yeah, catastrophic or something or other; so she’s got the strength to keep such a big secret with her and shebelieves that she’ll keep it with her for the rest of her life.11. What type of programme are they talking about?What is the reason for the success of the programme?Who is the woman being interviewed?What was the big storyline in the first year?Why does the woman say Michelle is very brave?31．A．A talk show.B．A case investigation.C．A soap opera.D．A report on the East End of London.正确答案：C32．A．It shocks the audience.B．It is a realistic situation drama.C．It is the first programme that tells about the Cockney way of life.D．It deals with the problems other similar programmes have not done before.正确答案：D33．A．The anchorwoman of the programme.B．The star actress playing a girl in the soap opera.C．The landlady of a local pub in the East End of London.D．The producer of the programme.正确答案：B34．A．Michelle’s brother ran away from home.B．Michelle’s mother had another baby.C．Michelle married the landlord of a local pub.D．Michelle got pregnant and no one knew who the father was.正确答案：D35．A．Because Michelle decided to have the baby.B．Because Michelle married a local lad she had known for a few years.C．Because Michelle revealed who was the father of her new-born child.D．Because Michelle got the strength to keep the secret for the rest of her life.正确答案：A听力原文：With thousands of people traveling every day as a part of their jobs, there is great concern about the effect of jet lag on business travelers. In the world of international business, many men and women have trouble performing their jobs because they feel tired and sick from all their traveling. Businesspeople are not the only professionals who suffer from jet lag. Professional sports players also find that jet lag affects their performance. I have recently read a health report and it looks at the problem of jet lag in professional baseball. You see, researchers have wondered about how jet lag affects the job performance of people who travel for a living. The problem is that it is very difficult to measure exactly how jet lag affects most travelers, how can we measure the performance of, say, an executive who travels to another country to make a business deal? This is where the idea of looking at baseball comes in, so by looking at whether baseball teams win or lose games, researchers believe that we can see how jet lag affects performance in sports, business, and other jobs. In the study, doctors looked at baseball records from 2001 to 2004. They studied the performance of 19 teams from the Eastern and Pacific time zones, looking at the results of the two games immediately after a team traveled from one coast to the other. The study shows that changing time zones may hurt the performance of West Coast baseball teams traveling east for a game, but not East Coast teams traveling west. The reason, the researchers think, is that people traveling east suffer more from the symptoms of jet lag. An example of this effect can be seen in the best-of-seven league championship series played in 2003 between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves. The games are played in the home cities of each team, so in 2003 the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants played the first two games in Atlanta, the next three games in San Francisco, and the last two games in Atlanta. In this contest, Atlanta won four of the seven games and was the winner of the series. Researchers believe that the San Francisco Giants lost because they played more games away from home and therefore had more jet lag. We know from past studies that the symptoms of jet lag are stronger when a person travels east. This is because when we travel east, our day becomes shorter, and a shorter day is more difficult to adjust to. So the players from San Francisco were at a disadvantage when they traveled east for a game in Atlanta. The researchers think that the San Francisco team had more of the symptoms caused by jet lag-problems such as headaches, tiredness, and difficulty thinking clearly. All of these symptoms could result in poor performance by baseball players. However, this is only the first study to look at the effect of jet lag on sports, and more research is needed. Other scientists say that this research doesn’t prove that jet lag causes poor performance in baseball games. This study only looked at baseball records for three years, and much more information must be studied before we can decide if the losses are truly a result of jet lag and not some other reason. What about the “home team advantage”? Yes, the positive effects of the “home team advantage” are well known. It’s much easier for a team to play a game at home where they can sleep in their own beds and where the local fans can come to the game and cheer for the team. However, jet lag adds to the disadvantage for the team that’s playing away from home. So when the San Francisco team traveled east to play in Atlanta, they were at. a disadvantage in two ways. Theywere playing away from home and they had strong jet lag from traveling east.16. How do businesspeople often feel from all their travelingAccording to the report, why did researchers study jet lag in baseball?Researchers analyzed the performance of some baseball teams. Where are these teams from?Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a symptom of jet lag?Which of the following statements is true according to the health report?36．A．Depressed and disappointed.B．Tired and sick.C．Sad and lonely.D．Confused and frustrated.正确答案：B37．A．Because they think people are usually very interested in sports.B．Because they are not interested in how jet lag affects businesspeople.C．Because baseball teams want to know how to win more games.D．Because it is difficult to measure how jet lag affects other types of travelers.正确答案：D38．A．All over the United States.B．The Eastern and Pacific time zones.C．The Pacific time zone only.D．The southern part of the country.正确答案：B39．A．Tiredness.B．Difficulty in thinking clearly.C．Stomachaches.D．Headaches.正确答案：C40．A．Teams are more likely to win when they play a game at home.B．Baseball teams from the West Coast win more games when they travel east.C．The symptoms of jet lag are stronger when a person travels west.D．This study definitely proves that jet lag causes poor performance in baseball games.正确答案：ASECTION 2 READING TESTDirections: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, A, B, C or D, to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write tile letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Pupils at GCSE are to be allowed to abandon learning traditional “hard”science, including the meaning of the periodic table, in favour of “soft” science such as the benefits of genetic engineering and healthy eating. The statutory requirement for pupils to learn a science subject will be watered down under a new curriculum introduced next year. There will be no compulsion to master the periodic table—the basis of chemistry—nor basic scientific laws that have informed the work of all the great scientists such as Newton and Einstein. The changes, which the government believes will make science more “relevant” to the 21st century, have been attacked by scientists as a “dumbing down”of the subject. In June the government had to announce financial incentives to tackle a shortage of science teachers. Academics have estimated that a fifth of science lessons are taught by teachers who are not adequately qualified. Most children now study for the double-award science GCSE, which embraces elements of biology, chemistry and physics. This GCSE will be scrapped and ministers have agreed that from next year all 14-years-old will be required to learn about the general benefits and risks of contemporary scientific developments, in a new science GCSE. A harder science GCSE will also be introduced as an optional course. One expert involved in devising the new system believes it will halve the number of state school pupils studying “hard”science. Independent schools and more talented pupils in the state sector are likely to shun the new papers in favour of the GCSEs in the individual science disciplines of physics, chemistry and biology. These will continue to require pupils to achieve an understanding of scientific principles. The new exams were devised after proposals by academics at King’s College London, who told ministers that science lessons were often “dull and boring”and required pupils to recall too many facts. Their report said: “Contemporary analyses of the labour market suggest that our future society will need a larger number of individuals with a broader understanding of science both for their work and to enable them to participate as citizens in a democratic society. “However, Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the Medical Research Council, warned that reducing the “hard” science taught in schools would create problems. “I can understand the government’s motives,”he said. “There is a crisis of public confidence in science which is reducing the progress of policy on such issues as nuclear energy and stem cell research. But sixth-formers are already arriving at university without the depth of knowledge required.”Others endorse the new approach. Results at North Chadderton upper school in Oldham—one of 80 schools piloting the new “softer”GCSE, named Twenty first Century Science have improved. Martyn Overy, the head of science, said: “The proportion getting higher grades in science went up from 60% to 75%. The course kept their interest, had more project work and was more relevant. “As part of their course, the pupils studied what kind of food they needed to keep fit and healthy. Critics say it is only marginally more demanding than following the advice of Nigella Lawson, the television chef, who promotes the benefits of eating proper meals instead of snacking from the fridge. Some science teachers are skeptical. Mo Afzal, head of science at the independent Warwick school, said. “These changes will widen the gap between independent and state schools. Even the GCSE that is designed for those going on to A-level science is not as comprehensive as the test it replaces.” John Holman, director of the National Science Learning Centre at York University, who advised the government on the content of the new system, said: “The new exam is not dumbing down. The study of how science works is more of a challenge than rote learning. “SCIENCE LESSONS Out In Periodic table______ The drugs debate______ Ionic equations______ Slimming issues______ Structure of the atom______ Smoking and health______ Boyle’s law______ IVF treatment______ Ohm’s law______ Nuclear controversy______41．The phrase “watered down” in the sentence “The statutory requirement for pupils to learn a science subject will be watered down under a new curriculum introduced next year. “ (para. 1) can best be replaced by which of the following?A．removed completelyB．reduced much in forceC．revised greatlyD．reinforced to a certain extent正确答案：B42．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A．The government had to use financial incentives to attract more science teachers.B．Some of the secondary school science teachers are not adequately qualified.C．The new science GCSE will include the benefits and risks of contemporary scientific developments.D．A harder science GCSE will also be introduced as a compulsory course.正确答案：D43．What is Professor Blakemore’s attitude towards the new requirement of science GCSE?A．He fully appreciates the government’s motives in revising GCSE science。
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上海中级口译真题2006年9月中级口译真题+参考答案英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where ___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3). Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be _____________ (4) of a typical British family.If you are invited to an English home, _____________ (5) in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily _____________ (6) or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are _____________ (7) in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: ‘Go away, you _____________ (8).’ On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o’clock smile:‘Thank you very much. I _____________ (9) a cup of tea, especially in the morning.’ If they leave you alone with the liquid you may pour it _____________ (10)!Then you have ___________ (11); then you have tea at 11 o’clock in the morning; _____________ (12); then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o’clock _____________(13).You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the _____________ (14): if itis hot; if it is cold; if you are _____________ (15); if you are nervous; if you are watching TV; _____________ (16); if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea ______________ (17); if you have just had a cup.You definitely must not ______________ (18). I sleep at five o’clock in the morning;I have coffee for breakfast; I drink innumerable _____________(19) during the day;I have the _____________ (20) even at tea-time!Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. (A) The program on Channel Eight reminds me of TV commercials.(B) The product advertised in the TV commercial cannot help cure my illness.(C) I don’t watch TV that much, because of the omnipresent advertisements.(D) I have to sit on the sofa, because I am too sick to stand in front of the television.2. (A) The plane arrived at 7:30.1(B) The plane arrived at 8:00.(C) The plane arrived at 9:00.(D) The plane arrived at 10:00.3. (A) I’ll ask someone else to rea d and check this agreement for errors.(B) I’ll think more about the agreement before making a decision.(C) It’s obvious that I’ll discuss the agreement with my assistant first.(D) It’s out of question that I should get into any agreement with you.4. (A) The better members decided to cancel the meeting.(B) Less than half of the committee was away on business trips.(C) It’d be better if no one had attended this morning’s committee meeting..(D) The meeting was cancelled because of low attendance.5. (A) Supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs are usually owned by the same company.(B) Products in grocery stores are more expensive than those in supermarkets.(C) There is a price difference for the same product even in shops run by the same company.(D) People prefer to shop in supermarkets, which are mostly located in the suburbs, with free parking space.6. (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.(B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.(C) The American government has set the goal that it will eventually stop funding higher education institutions.(D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.7. (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.(B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring inliberal arts is declining.(C) University students who are interested in liberal arts will have more job opportunities upon graduation.(D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.8. (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.(B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.(C) Good business negotiators are sometimes curious about othe r people’s restatements.(D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.9. (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.(B) We’d better draft and then sign a written agreement.(C) We generally keep our promises in business transactions.(D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.10. (A) I don’t think you have more to say on that topic.(B) I think we’d better talk about that in detail sometime later.(C) I am truly appreciative if you can elaborate on that topic after lunch.(D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations After each of2these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear thetalk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 11—1411. (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five12. (A) A profit-making private school.(B) A non-profit-making independent school.(C) A state school that is funded by non-governmental sources.(D) A secondary school that is open to the majority of British students.13. (A) Many children are no longer placed in schools according to their academic abilities.(B) Many children can afford to study in private schools, as they become part of the state system.(C) Children from wealthy families no longer choose to go and study in public schools.(D) Cleverer children will be sent to the best private schools in the country fora better development.14. (A) Clever and less bright children will mix well with each other.(B) School authorities will receive more funds from the government.(C) Most students will do well in their entrance examination for the higher education.(D) Every child will have an equal opportunity to go on to higher education. Questions 15—1815. (A) One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.(B) One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.(C) One that contains a broad range of words in common usage.(D) One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories16. (A) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary(B) The American Heritage Dictionary(C) The Dictionary of Legal Terms(D) The Drinking Water Dictionary17. (A) It lists abbreviations, proper nouns, and tables of measures.(B) It is an unabridged edition providing as many as 500,000 entries.(C) It was randomly compiled and contains as many foreign words as possible.(D) It provides detailed information of famous people and places.18. (A) A school dictionary. (B) A college dictionary.(C) A general dictionary. (D) A specialized dictionary.Questions 19—2219. (A) He’s bought his wife a present. (B) He’s missed an important phone call.(C) He’s dismissed his new secretary. (D) He’s popped out shopping.20. (A) Talking about the latest fashion.(B) Offering special reductions.(C) Giving bigger discounts to female customers.(D) Pressing on the customer to make a decision.21. (A) Upside down and inside out. (B) Inside out and back to front.(C) With its sleeves as trouser legs. (D) With its pattern upside down.22. (A) A V-necked pullover with short sleeves.3(B) A high-necked pullover with long sleeves.(C) A white pullover with a pattern.(D) A blue pullover with a high neck.Questions 23—2623. (A) That of a creator. (B) That of a re-creator.(C) That of a receiver. (D) That of a performer.24. (A) Because we need to concentrate for our quiet thought.(B) Because we want to give full attention to the driving.(C) Because we try to avoid being caught by the patrolling police.(D) Because we intend to be as casual as possible in the driving.25. (A) In the elevator. (B) In the car.(C) In the bathroom. (D) In the church.26. (A) By perceptive and analytical listening.(B) By taking a sonic bath.(C) By attending classical concerts.(D) By listening to an emotional piece of music.Questions 27—3027. (A) His grandfather’s house. (B) His parents’ remarks.(C) A magazine. (D) A coursebook.28. (A) Enjoying visiting zoos. (B) Driving a car.(C) Making money. (D) Taking kids to a museum.29. (A) It died a few years ago. (B) It killed several tourists.(C) It is only a legend. (D) It is a living dinosaur.30. (A) No one has provided an accurate description of the animal.(B) No dead bodies of the animal have ever been found.(C) There are only 500 species living in Loch Ness.(D) The lake is not deep enough for such a huge animal.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write yourversion in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)4SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1—5 The purpose of the American court system is to protect the rights of the people.According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he or she is considered innocent until the court proves that the person is guilty. In other words, it is the responsibility of the court to prove that a person is guilty. It is not the responsibility of the person to prove that he or she is innocent.In order to arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been committed. The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station to “book” him. “Bookin g means that the name of the person and the charges against him are formally listed at the police station.The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or released. If the suspect has no previous criminal record and thejudge feels that he will return to court rather than run away—for example, because he owns a house and has a family—he can go free. Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail. At this time, too, the judge will appoint a court layer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. This is called a hearing. The attorney may present evidence as well as witnesses. The judge at the hearing then decides whether there is enough reason to hold a trial. If the judge decides that there is sufficient evidence to call for a trial, he or she sets a date for the suspect to appear in court to formally plead guilty or not guilty.At the trial, a jury of 12 people listens to the evidence from both attorneys and hears the testimony of the witnesses. Then the jury goes into a private room to consider the evidence and decide whether the defendant is guilty of the crime. If the jury decides that the defendant is innocent, he goes free. However, if he isconvicted, the judge sets a date for the defendant to appear in court again for sentencing. At this time, the judge tells the convicted person what his punishment will be. The judge may sentence him to prison, order him to pay a fine, or place him on probation.The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is designed to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the basis, or foundation, of the American government.1. What is the main idea of the passage?(A) The American court system requires that a suspect provethat he or she is innocent.(B) The US court system is designed to protect the rights of the people.(C) Under the American court system, judge decides if a suspect is innocent or guilty.(D) The US court system is designed to help the police present a case against the suspect.2. What follows ‘in other words’ ?(A) An example of the previous sentence.(B) A new idea about the court system.(C) An item of evidence to call for a trial. 5(D) A restatement of the previous sentence.3. According to the passage, ‘he can go free’ means _________.(A) the suspect is free to choose a lawyer to defend him(B) the suspect does not have to go to trial because the judge has decided he is innocent(C) the suspect will be informed by mail whether he is innocent or not(D) the suspect does not have to wait in jail or pay money until he goes to trial4. What is the purpose of having the suspect pay bail?(A) To pay for the judge and the trial.(B) To pay for a court lawyer to defend the suspect.(C) To ensure that the suspect will return to court.(D) To ensure that the suspect will appear in prison.5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) The American justice system sometimes operates slowly.(B) The police can arrest a suspect without giving any reasons.(C) It is the responsibility of the suspect to prove he is innocent.(D) The jury considers the evidence in the court room.Questions 6—10So you’ve got an invention—you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the o ne to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense?One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.The building houses the Patent Office. It’s an ant heap of corridors, offices andfiling rooms—a sorting house and storage depot for one of the world’s biggest and most varied collections of technical data. Some ten million patents—English and foreign—are listed there.File after file, catalogue after catalogue detail the brain-children of inventors down the centuries, from a 1600’s machine gun designed to fire square bullets at infidels and round ones at Christians, to present-day laser, nuclear and computertechnology.The first ‘letters patent’ were granted as long ago a s 1449 to a Flemish craftsman by the name of John Utynam. The letters, written in Latin, are still on file at the office. They were granted by King Henry VI an d entitled Utynam to ‘import into this country’ his knowledge of making stained glass windows in order to install such windows at Eton College.Present-day patents procedure is a more sophisticated affair than getting a go-ahead note from the monarch. These days the strict procedures governing whether you get a patent for your revolutionary mouse-trap or solar-powered back-scratcher have been reduced to a pretty exact science.From start to finish it will take around two and a half years and cost ￡165 for the inventor to gain patent protection for his brainchild. That’s if he’s lucky. By no means all who apply to the Patent Office, which is a branch of the Department of Trade, get a patent. 6A key man at the Patent Office is Bernard Partridge, Principal Examiner (Administration), who boils down to one word the vital ingredient any inventor needs before he can hope to overcome the many hurdles in the complex procedure of obtaininga patent—‘ingenuity’.6. People take out a patent because they want to __________.(A) keep their ideas from being stolen(B) reap the rewards of somebody else’s ingenuity(C) visit the patent office building(D) come up with more new devices7. The phrase ‘the brain-children of inventors’ means _________.(A) the children with high intelligence(B) the inventions that people come up with(C) a device that a child believes to be the answer to the energy crisis(D) a lawnmower that an individual has invented to cut grass8. What have the 1600’s machine gun and the present-day laser in common?(A) Both were approved by the monarch.(B) Both were granted by King Henry VI.(C) Both were rejected by the Department of Trade.(D) Both were patented.9. Why is John Utynam still remembered?(A) He is the first person to get a patent for his revolutionary mouse-trap.(B) He is the first person to be granted an official patent.(C) He is the first person to be an officer in the Patent Office.(D) He is the first person to have invented a lawnmower.10. According to the passage, how would you describe the complex procedure of obtaining a patent for an invention?(A) It is rather expensive.(B) It is an impossible task.(C) It is extremely difficult.(D) It is very tricky.Questions 11—15All living cells on earth require moisture for their metabolism. Cereal grains when brought in from the field, although they may appear to be dry, may contain 20 per cent of moisture or more. If they are stored in a bin thus, there is sufficient moisture in them to support several varieties of insects. These insects will, therefore, live and breed and, as they grow and eat the grain, it provides them with biological energy for their life processes. This energywill, just as in man, become manifest as heat. Since the bulk of the grain acts as an insulator, the temperature surrounding the colony of insects will rise so that, not only is part of the grain spoiled by the direct attack of the insects but more may be damaged by the heat. Sometimes, the temperature may even rise to the point where the stored grain catches fire. For safe storage, grain must be dried until its moisture content is 13 per cent or less.Traditional arts of food preservation took advantage of this principle in a number of ways. The plant seeds, wheat, rye, rice, barley millet, maize, are themselves structures evolved by nature to provide stored food. The starch of their endosperm is used for the nourishment of the embryo during the time it over-winters (if it is a plant of the Temperate Zone) and until its new leaves have 7grown and their chlorophyll can trap energy from the sunlight to nourish the new-grown plant. The separation by threshing and winnowing is, therefore, to some degree part of a technique of food preservation.The direct drying of other foods has also been used. Fish has been dried in many parts of the world besides Africa. Slices of dried meat are prepared by numerous races. Biltong, a form of dried meat, was a customary food for travelers. The drying of meat or fish, either in the sun or over a fire, quite apart from the degree towhich it exposes the food to infection by bacteria and infestation by insects, tends also to harm its quality. Proteins are complex molecular structures which are readily disrupted. This is the reason why dried meat becomes tough and can, with some scientific justification, by likened to leather.The technical process of drying foods indirectly by pickling them in the strong salt solutions commonly called ‘brine’ does less harm to the protein than straightforward drying, particularly if this is carried out at high temperatures. It is for this reason that many of the typical drying processes are not taken to completion. That is to say, the outer parts may be dried leaving a moist inner section. Under these circumstances, preservation is only partial. The dried food keeps longer than it would have undried but it cannot be kept indefinitely. For this reason, traditional processes are to be found in many parts of the world in which a combination of partial drying and pickling in brine is used. Quite often the drying involves exposure to smoke. Foods treated in this way are, besides fish of various sorts, bacon, hams and numerous types of sausages.11. According to the passage, insects spoil stored cereals by ________.(A) consuming all the grain themselves(B) generating heat and raising the surrounding temperature(C) increasing the moisture content in the grain(D) attacking each other for more grain12. In speaking of the traditional methods of food preservation, the writer ________.(A) expresses doubts about direct smoking(B) describes salting and pickling as ineffective(C) condemns direct drying(D) mentions threshing and winnowing13. Direct drying affects the quality of meat or fish because ________.(A) it exposes them to insects(B) it makes them hard(C) it damages the protein(D) it develops bacteria14. We can learn from the passage that salting preserves food by ________.(A) destroying the protein(B) drawing away moisture from the food(C) drying the food in the sun(D) dressing the food15. According to the passage, partial drying is useful because ________.(A) it damages the protein less(B) it can be combined with pickling(C) it leaves the inside moist(D) it makes the food soft8Questions 16—20We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men. Industrial automation has moved along three lines. First there is the conveyor belt system of continuous production whereby separate operations are linked into a single sequence. The goods produced by this well-established method are untouched by the worker, and the machine replaces both unskilled and semiskilled. Secondly, there is automation with feedback control of the quality of the product: here mechanismsare built into the system which can compare the output with a norm, that is, the actual product with what it is supposed to be, and then correct any shortcomings. The entire cycle of operationsdispenses with human control except in so far as monitors are concerned. One or two examples of this type of automation will illustrate its immense possibilities. There is a factory in the which makes 1,000 million electric light bulbs a year, and the factory employs three hundred people. If the preautomation techniques were to be employed, the labour force required would leap to 25,000. A motor manufacturing company with 45,000 spare parts regulates their entire supply entirely by computer. Computers can be entrusted with most of the supervision of industrial installations, such as chemical plants or oil refineries. Thirdly, there is computer automation, for banks, accounting departments, insurance companies and the like. Here the essential features are the recording, storing, sorting and retrieval of information.The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their vastly greater speed of operation by comparison with unaided human effort; a task which otherwise might take years, if attempted at all, now takes days or hours.One of the most urgent problems of industrial societies rapidly introducing automation is how to fill the time that will be made free by the machines which will take over the tasks of the workers. The question is not simply of filling empty time but also of utilizing the surplus human energy that will be released. We are already seeing straws in the wind: destructive outbursts on the part of youth whose work no longer demands muscular strength. While automation will undoubtedly do away with a large number of tedious jobs, are we sure that it will not put others which are equally tedious in their place? For an enormous amount of sheer monitoring will be required. A man in an automated plant may have to sit for hours on and watching dialsand taking decisive action when some signal informs him that all is not well. What meaning will his occupation bear for the worker? How will he devote his free time after a four or five hour stint of labour? Moreover, what, indeed, will be the significance for him of his leisure? If industry of the future could be purged of its monotony and meaninglessness, man would then be better equipped to use his leisure time constructively.16. The main purpose of automation is _________.(A) to devise the machine which could replace the semi-skilled(B) to process information as fast as possible(C) to develop an efficient labor-saving mechanism(D) to make an individual man perform many different actions17. The chief benefit of computing machines is ________.(A) their greater speed of operation(B) their control of the product quality(C) their conveyor belt system of continuous production9(D) their supervision of industrial installations18. One of the problems brought about by automation in industrial societies is _________.(A) plenty of information(B) surplus human energy(C) destructive outbursts(D) less leisure time19. Which of the following best explains the use of ‘stint’ ?(A) Effort.(B) Force.(C) Excess.(D) Period.20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) There is no automation with feedback control of the quality of the product.(B) Computers are reliable in any supervision of industrial installations.(C) The essential features for banks are the recording and sorting of information.(D) Automation will undoubtedly eliminate numerous tedious jobs.Questions 21—25The city water pipes in Rome were usually of baked clay or lead; copper was sometimes used and also hollowed stone. For the large supply conduits leading to the city the Romans used covered channels with free water surfaces, rather than pipes. Perhaps this choice was a matter of economics, for apparently they could make lead pipes up to 15 inches in diameter. While pipes can follow the profile of undulating ground, with the pressure increasing in the lower areas, channels cannot. They must slope continuously downwards, because water in channels does not normally flow uphill; and the grade must be flat, from 1 in 60 in small channels to perhaps 1 in 3,000 in large ones, to keep the water speed down to a few feet per second. Thus the main supply channels or aqueducts had long lengths of flat grade and where they crossed depressions or valleys they were carried on elevated stone bridges in the form of tiered arches. At the beginning of the Christian era there were over 30 miles of these raised aqueducts in the 250 miles of channels and tunnels bringing water to Rome. The channels were up to 6 feet wide and。
2006-3月中级口译考试真题
2006.3上海市英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试第一阶段笔试试题SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST(45 minutes)button to _______(13) that the information is correct, the ATM goes to_______(14).How safe, you may ask, is banking by ATM? The_______(15) is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card________(16). If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screen will_______(18). As another precaution against_______(19), the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card______(20), say, to $200.Part B: Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. Statements1. (A) We didn't find one qualified applicant.(B) Nobody applied for the job.(C) Only one person applied for the job.(D) We interviewed nine candidates.2. (A) Florence finished her speech with some introductory remarks.(B) Florence found herself making a speech when the speaker became ill.(C) Florence came along with a fluent introduction about the eminent speaker.(D) Had the speaker not been ill, he would have made some introductory remarks.3. (A) I cannot finish the report in time.(B) I hate to join in social activities this weekend.(C) I have to work extra time over the weekend.(D) I will not attend the board meeting next week.4. (A) The director is too busy to attend to your proposal right now.(B) The director will help you read the proposal tomorrow morning.(C) You should hand in your proposal no later than tomorrow morning.(D) You can make an appointment to see the director the next day.5. (A) We'll ask for more time to finish the financial plan.(B) We'll look for more information for the plan later than expected.(C) I'm afraid we'll turn in the financial plan later than expected.(D) We'll have to finish the plan with the materials available now.6. (A) Talking too much in business negotiations leaves a bad impression o Americans.(B) Silence often makes Americans feel uncomfortable in business situations.(C) Americans enjoy keeping silent in business negotiations and employ a variety of strategies.(D) Americans are rather aggressive, especially in business situations.7.(A) I think now it is the best time to do business in China, though we have had a 50-year relationship.(B) I believe that we could have done more business with China over the past 50 years.(C) Although our company has a history of over 50 years, we are unable to start our business in China.(D) Despite our good relationship over the past 50 years, we need to find a bettertime for investment here.8. (A) The director has already signed the agreement.(B) The director has read the agreement for three times(C) The director is not in and cannot sign the agreement.(D) The director is not ready to sign the agreement.9. (A) We cannot compete with our rivals, since we have just started our business here.(B) We want to have more customers, so we're ready to make more favourable offers(C) We are unable to provide the best service here, because we do not have enough competitive advantage.(D) We plan to merge our competitors in this area, as we are growing and have more customers.10. (A) A diet with meat only is not enough for our body.(B) A diet with vegetables can sometimes be very costly.(C) Meatless meals are equally nutritious and less expensive.(D) Meatless meals cannot provide all the essential nutrients.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear Several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions Only ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11-1411. (A) She was fired.(B) She was given a raise.(C) She got a transfer.(D) She got married.12. (A) They bought her a birthday gift.(B) They gave her a farewell party.(C) They surprised her during the party.(D) They saw her off at the airport.13. (A) She was invited to stay with Nancy in New York.(B) She was warned not to give the surprise away.(C) She was unable to keep a secret.(D) She was a good friend of Nancy's.14. (A) The man.(B) Nancy.(C) Mrs Sampson.(D) Christina.Questions 15-1815. (A) Sending invitation cards to as many people as possible.(B) Reserving a table at least one day in advance.(C) Taking your order before you are seated.(D) Keeping calm and talking to your clients.16. (A) A soup.(B) Some cold dishes.(C) A salad.(D) A drink.17. (A) Consult the waiter about the dish in question.(B) Tell everyone that you have certain dietary restrictions.(C) Write beforehand to say that you don't care for some dishes.(D) Keep quiet and pretend that you enjoy the food.18. (A) Over your lap.(B) On the chair.(C) Under the plate.(D) Beside the plate.Questions 19-2219. (A) In a holiday camp.(B) In a caravan park.(C) In a hotel.(D) In a restaurant.20. (A) Because they had driven for a long time.(B) Because they had booked for another time.(C) Because they had planned to have their supper first.(D) Because they had found a better place to stay in.21 (A) She can avoid doing a lot of farm work.(B) She wants to stay in some quiet and peaceful place.(C) Her husband especially cares for seafood.(D) Her children enjoy building sandcastles.22. (A) In the car.(B) In the lounge.(C) In a farm.(D) In a quiet corner.Questions 23-2623. (A) In New Zealand.(B) In the USA.(C) In England.(D) In Japan.24. (A) Because they want to feel the thrill and excitement.(B) Because they are tired of modern-day university life.(C) Because they are interested in the scientific experiment.(D) Because they find that it is the best way to reduce weight.25. (A) Jumping into the sea.(B) Jumping onto the cliff.(C) Jumping with a body harness.(D) Jumping with a leg harness.26. (A) Be over the age of 18.(B) Receive due instructions.(C) Join a sports club.(D) Pay for the rubber band.Questions 27-3027. (A) Paper Research.(B) Examination Method.(C) Comparative Literature.(D) University Seminar System.28. (A) A college course in which new ideas and subjects are introduced.(B) A university class in which topics are discussed among the students.(C) A system where university students are allowed to choose their teachers.(D) A gathering where only teachers and students of about the same age can attend.29. (A) They were boring.(B) They were good lecturers.(C) They seldom asked questions.(D) They talked too much in class.30. (A) The unanswered questions during the lectures.(B) The discussion with the serious professors.(C) The results of his final examinations.(D) The low marks he had scored during the term.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLSDirections: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5One of the most disturbing statistics I've read for a long time was published this week. The Work Foundation claims that job satisfaction in this country has fallen alarmingly. Women's satisfaction level has fallen from 51 percent in 1992 to 29 percent today; men's has fallen from 35 percent to 20. The reason-the long-hours culture and job insecurity.For my father's generation, work was something that had to be endured so that real life could be maintained. But my generation has been gulled into thinking that work is real life. Most work is not satisfying. Most work stinks. Most work, however well paid, is meaningless and dull. But somehow we've been convinced that work provides self-fulfillment.Before Mrs Thatcher, we had a famous British attitude to work--the less we did the better. Thatcher introduced the idea that, in a world where identity was so fragile, you could become real through work, through long hours and assiduous consumption, in the small amount of time you had been left after clocking off. Now Blair carries on the crusade, I've got one of the best jobs in the world--siV3ng in an once by myself all day trying to make up something that someone somewhere wit! be interested in. But I'd rather be stretched out in front of the TV, or in bed, or playing tennis, or doing just about anything else.Much of feminist thought has been about getting what men have traditionally had without examining the underlying assumption of whether it was worth having. Feminism never ended up with a life built around creative leisure, instead, women of talent and drive threw themselves into the labour pool, believing that work and its attendant income and power would affect the change of life and consciousness that would liberate them.Can anything be done? Only if we're willing to change the way we've been tricked into thinking. Most people now measure their lives primarily in units ofcurrency--money saved and spent. I have a friend who'll travel halfway across London for a shoe sale, without factoring in how much of her precious time hasbeen spent travelling. The most important truth I know is that ail we ever own is the time we were given on this earth. We need to seize it back. Now the future has arrived, and we have the means to do it--we just don't have the imagination.1. Before the British were persuaded to realize themselves through hard work,(A) they had little time left to themselves(B) they had struggled hard for equal treatment(C) they had enjoyed themselves more(D) they had a strong desire to be set free from work2. The sentence "Now Blair carries on the crusade" (para. 3) could be best illustrated by which of the following statements?(A) Blair continues to promote the idea of achieving self-fulfillment through work.(B) Blair opposes his people to be workaholic and has launched such a campaign.(C) Blair sets a perfect example as a hard-working person for his people in the UK.(D) Blair is most unwilling to have his people labouring as slaves.3. What is the author's attitude towards women's joining the workforce?(A) Supportive.(B) Negative.(C) Appreciative.(D) Defensive.4. What is the purpose of the author in mentioning her friend who travelled halfway across London for a shoe sale?(A) To praise her friend for her persistence in pursuing what she wants.(B) To introduce her friend to the general public.(C) To give an urgent call for people to take life easy.(D) To raise people's awareness as to how precious time is.5. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?(A) What's So Good about Hard Work?(B) What'd You Imagine for the Future?(C) Work Makes Everyone Free,(D)Seize Time Back for Your Own Sake.Questions 6-10"I delight in Buckingham Palace", said Queen Victoria, when she moved in three weeks after ascending to the throne. Today the 40-acre secluded garden contains specimen shrubs trees and a large lake. Eight to nine thousand people visit it during the annual garden parties.It took George IV, on becoming King in 1820, and John Nash, Surveyor-general to George IV when he was Prince Regent, many years to turn the house into a sumptuous palace. Nash demolished the North and South wings and rebuilt them. He constructed Marble Arch as a grand entrance to the enlarged courtyard. As work continued, Nash let his costs run away with him. and Parliament complained. Joseph Hume, ml English politician and reformer fighting for financial retrenchment, said, "The Crown of England does not require such splendour. Foreign countries might indulge in frippery, but England ought to pride herself on her plainness and simplicity." Nevertheless, elegance reigned.Queen Victoria was crowned in 1837. When she moved in, Buckingham Palace became, for the first time, the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns. There wasn't a room large enough for grand entertainments, so in 1853-55, Queen Victoria ordered the Ballroom built. 122 feet long, 60 feet wide and 45 feet high, it is, today, used for many events such as the State Banquet, the DiplomaticReception, and memorial concerts. This is the site of Investitures, where the Queen (who was crowned in 1952) presents the recipients of British honours with their awards. During World War 11 a chapel, converted by Queen Victoria from Nash's conservatory, was bombed. Prince Philip oversaw its rebuilding as the Queen's Gallery, home to a rotating collection of art from the Royal Collection. The Gallery, currently in the process of renovation, will reopen in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.More than 600 rooms, including 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms comprise the castle's assets. But the "room" best known around the world is the Balcony where the Royal family' gathers on celebratory' and solemn occasions to be seen by' their subjects.The Palace is more than a home for the Royals. It is the official administrative headquarters of the monarchy and contains the offices of their staff. It is the place where all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held. Government ministers, top civil servants and heads of state visit to carry out their duties. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'working from home'.6. What was the result of Joseph Hume's fighting for financial retrenchment?(A) He succeeded in cutting the budget of Nash's rebuilding work.(B) His opposition turned out a failure and the palace was built with extravagance.(C) He became Nash's strong opponent and they fought with each other since then.(D) He came to fame as a well-known reformer for financial retrenchment.7. According to the passage, which of the following are NOT supposed to be held in the Ballroom?(A) Investitures.(B) Government banquets.(C) Religious services.(D) Diplomatic receptions.8. According to "the Queen's Golden Jubilee" (para. 3), how long has been the reign of the Queen?(A) It has to be 25 years under the reign of the Queen.(B) 45 years should be the minimum for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(C) At her age of 50, people usually celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(D)The Queen's Golden Jubilee would be celebrated at her 50 year's reign.9. Why does Buckingham Palace bring a new meaning to the phrase "working from home"?(A) Because Government offices are located in Buckingham Palace.(B) Because the Royal family live and work in Buckingham Palace.(C) Because all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held in Buckingham Palace.(D) Because the Royal staff have their offices and residences in Buckingham Palace.10. According to the passage, which is the most famous place in Buckingham Palace?(A) The Ballroom.(B) The Queen's Gallery.(C) Marble Arch.(D) The Balcony,Questions 11-15The Lake District in north-west England is an area remarkably little affected by industrialization. The principal activity is still sheep-farming, as it has been for a thousand years, and many ancient words like ‘fell' for ‘hill' and ‘tam' for ‘lake' arestill in daily use. In spite of its heavy rainfall and relative inaccessibility, its special atmosphere and spectacular natural beauty combine to make this one of England's favourite holiday areas at all seasons of the year. But at Christmas 1968, still gripped by the fear that foot-and-mouth disease could spread to the hill flocks and sweep like wildfire right up to the Scottish border, it was quieter than ever before in this century. Luckily not a single farm had caught tile infection, the nearest case having been an isolated one at Kendal several weeks before. but every Lakeland farmer knows that one case among the unfenced hill flocks on the fells could lead to complete annihilation of hundreds of thousands of sheep and the virtual end of the district's principal industry; you cannot replace sheep, acclimatized to their own part of the fell for generations, in the same way that you can replace cattle in a field.Nobody could remember a Christmas like it, especially Boxing Dab, which is traditionally one of the big outdoor holidays of the Lakeland year. Normally this is a day spent following the mountain packs of hounds, felt-walking and, if the weather is propitious, skiing and skating, but this time there were none of these things. Visitors were actively discouraged, and those who did come were asked not to go on the fells, footpaths or bridleways or near farmland, while motorists were requested not to drive on minor roads and to shun the smaller valleys. The enterprising hotels which had earlier in the year decided to keep open during the winter were by the end of October having a desperate time. Hundreds of bookings had been cancelled and scores of dinner parties and young farmers' reunions eliminated. All youth hostels were closed. At least one climbing club, unable to climb, substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs on the more substantial municipal buildings.The weather in the area was dry, crisp, windless and cold, in fact ideal for brisk outdoor activities. But nobody was able to enjoy it. Everything was stopped: hunting, walking, climbing, skiing, motor cycle trials, sporting events of everydescription. All the seasonal dances, festivals, conferences, shepherds' meets and a hundred and one other social occasions abandoned. The ice was bearing on some of the lakes but you could not go skating there. Meanwhile the foxes, emboldened by an unprecedented freedom from harassment, were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of Christmas turkeys, while the hounds sulked miserably in their kennels.Farmers are apt to criticize some sections of the outdoor fraternity for their occasional thoughtless behaviour, but the way that walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, hunters and the rest went out of their way to help them at this time should never be forgotten. The general public, locals and visitors a like., tried to give the fell farmers a sporting chance, and this remarkable display of public spirit was the one bright note in a very sad time.11. The word "this" in line 5 refers to_______.(A) its special atmosphere(B) the Industrial Revolution(C) the spectacular natural beauty(D) the Lake District12. The district's principal industry is_______.(A) fell-walking(B) snow-skiing(C) sheep-farming(D) animal-hunting13. Because the sheep in the hills are unfenced toot-and-mouth disease might_______.(A) spread beyond the lakes(B) annihilate thousands of horses(C) lead to the virtual end of the tourist industry(D) destroy the flocks of sheep completely14. Why were some hotels described as "enterprising"?(A) Because hundreds of bookings had been cancelled.(B) Because they decided to keep open during the winter.(C) Because they still held dinner parties and young farmers reunions.(D) Because they substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs.15. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true during Christmas time in 1968?(A) The seasonal dances, festivals and other social occasions were abandoned.(B) The weather in the Lake District was ideal for brisk outdoor activities.(C) The foxes were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of turkeys.(D) The ice was bearing on some of the lakes in the district.Questions 16-20Why Men ExplodeAlthough women get angry just as often as men, rage remains the prototypical male emotion. "My kids still talk about my 'freak-outs,'" says Kim Garretson, 54, a corporate strategist in Minneapolis, who once erupted into volcanic fur5; in a restaurant when served a still-frozen entre2e. "1 didn't express much of anything, but once in a while, I'd just blow."Why do so many men lose their tempers? "The rage comes because there's so much frustration when you cut off something that is you. Yet that's what men do, because they're afraid that if you give emotions an inch, they'll take a mile," says psychologist Kenneth W. Christian, PhD, author of Your Own Worst Enemy. "If you don't learn how to work with your emotions, you're a shadow figure, a small incomplete version of yourself. It's only a matter of time until the house of cards20. What main idea is discussed in the passage?(A) How to develop your emotions.(B) How to check your emotions.(C) How to handle your emotions.(D) How to express your emotions.Questions 21-25"You're off to the World Economic Forum?" asked the Oxford economist, enviously. "How very impressive. They've never invited me."Three days later, t queued in the snow outside the conference center in Davos, standing behind mink coals and cashmere overcoats, watched over by' Swiss policemen with machineguns. "Reporting press? You can't come in here. Side entrance, please." I stood in line again, this time behind Puffa jackets and Newsweek journalists, waiting to collect my orange badge. Once inside. I found that the seminar I wanted to go to was being held ill a half-empty room. '"You can't sit here. All seats are reserved for white badges. Coloured badges have to stand." An acquaintance invited me to a dinner he was hosting: "There are people I'd like you to meet." The green-badged Forum employee stopped me at the door. "This is a participants' dinner. Orange badges are not allowed." Then, later, reluctantly: "If you're coming in. please can you turn your badge around? Diners may be upset if they see you're a colour.""Why does anyone put up with being treated like this?" t asked a Financial Times correspondent. "Because we all live in hope of becoming white badges," he said. "Then we'll know what's reall3 going on."A leading British businessman was wearing a white badge, but it bore a small logo on the top left-hand corner: GLT. "What's a GLT?" I asked.Ah, he said. "well, it's a Davos club. I'm a Global Leader for Tomorrow.""That sounds very important," I said. "Yes." He said, "t thought so myself until Ibumped into the man &o d sponsored me. on the way to my first meeting. I asked him if he was coming: and he said, 'Oh no, dear boy, I don't bother with that any, longer. I'm not a GLT any, more, I'm an IGWEL.' What's an IGWEL?' I asked him. ‘A member of tile Informal Group of World Economic Leaders of Today."The World Economic Forum has employed a simple psychological truth--that nothing is more desirable than that which excludes us--to brilliant effect. Year after Fear, its participants apply. to return, in the hope that this time they'll be a little closer to the real elite. Next year, they, too, might be invited to the private receptions for Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan or Bill Gates. instead of having to stand on the conference center's steps like teenage rock fans.It's the sheer concentration of individuals in possession of power, wealth or knowledge that makes the privately run Forum so desirable to its participants. The thousand chief executives who attend its annual meeting control, between them, more than 70 percent of international trade. Every year, they are joined by a couple of dozen presidents and prime ministers, by senior journalists, a changing selection of leading thinkers, academics and diplomats, and by rising stars of the business world. Access to the meeting is by invitation only, costs several thousand pounds a time for business participants,and is ruthlessly controlled.2l. "Mink" in line 4 refers to ____(A) colored badges(B) impressive artificial hide(C) expensive thick fur(D)jackets designed for GLT22. V,/e learn from the passage that orange badges represent(A) forum employees(B) conference correspondents(C) senior diplomats(D) leading thinkers23. "Because we all live in hope of becoming white badges." In this sentence ‘white badges' refer to_______.(A) former presidents(B) senior journalists(C) leading academics(D) chief executives24. Which of the following does NOT suggest that the forum is ruthlessly controlled'?(A) Participants must hold letters of invitation.(B) Participants should queue in the snow outside.C) Swiss policemen have to carry. machine-guns.(D) Forum employees could check anybody if they wish.25. According to the article, which of the following statements about badges is true?(A) The Forum employee wear green badges.(B) The participant wear colored badges.(C) The journalists wear white badges.(D) The executives wear orange badges.Questions 26-30Nutritional statements that depend on observation or anecdote should be given serious consideration, but consideration should also be given to the physical and psychological quirks of the observer. The significance attached to an experimental conclusion depends, in part, on the scientific credentials of the experimentalist; similarly, the significance of selected observations depends, again in part, on thepreconceptions of the observer. Regimes that are proposed by people who do not look as if they enjoyed their food, and who do not themselves have a well-fed air, may not be ideal for normal people. Graham Lusk, who combined expert knowledge with a normal appreciation of good food. describes how he and Chittenden, who advocated a low-protein diet, spent some weeks in Britain eating the rations of the 1914-18 war and then got more ample rations on board ship. Lusk attributed his sense of well-being to the extra meat he was eating; Chittenden attributed it to the sea air.When young animals are reared for sale as meat, the desirable amount of protein in their food is a simple matter of economics. Protein is expensive, so the amount given is increased up to the level at which the increased rate of growth is offset by the increased cost of the diet. As already mentioned, the efficiency with which protein is used to build the body diminishes as the percentage of protein in the diet increases. In practice, the best diets seem to contain between 15 and 25 per cent protein. It is not certain that maximum growth rate is desirable in children; some experiments with rats suggest that rapid growth is associated with a shorter ultimate expectation of life. There are practical and ethical obstacles to human experiments of life. There are practical and ethical obstacles to human experiments in which the effect of protein can be measured. Children do not grow as fast as the young animals in which there is a commercial interest, their need for protein is therefore presumably smaller, but there is no evidence that the desirable protein level, after weaning, is less than 15 per cent. An argument against this percentage of protein is that in human milk only 13 per cent of the solid material is protein. That protein is, however, of better quality than any protein likely to be given to infants that are not weaned on cow's milk. Furthermore, milk, like other products of evolution, is a compromise. Mothers are not expendable. A species would not long survive if mothers depleted their own proteins so much in the course of feeding the first child that the prospects of later children were seriously jeopardized. Human。
英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试题库【模拟试题及详解(一~二)】【圣才出品】
第三部分模拟试题上海市英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试模拟试题及详解（一）第一阶段考试SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST (45 minutes)（略）SECTION 2 STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE bestanswer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questionsfollowing each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in thatpassage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in thecorresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1～5The head of the Library of Congress is to name Donald Hall, a writer whose deceptively simple language builds on images of the New England landscape, as the nation’s 14th poet laureate today.Mr. Hall, a poet in the distinctive American tradition of Robert Frost, has also been a harsh critic of the religious right’s influence on government arts policy. And as a member of the advisory council of the National Endowment for the Arts during the administration of George H. W. Bush, he referred to those he thought were interfering with arts grants as “bullies and art bashers”.He will succeed Ted Kooser, the Nebraskan who has been the poet laureate since 2004.The announcement of Mr. Hall’s appointment is to be made by James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress. Mr. Billington said that he chose Mr. Hall because of “the sustained quality of his poetry, the reach and the variety of things he talks about.” Like Mr. Kooser, Mr. Billington said, Mr. Hall “evokes a sense of place.”Mr. Hall, 77, lives in a white clapboard farmhouse in Wilmot, N. H. , that has been in his family for generations, He said in a telephone interview that he didn’t see the poet laureateship as a bully pulpit. “But it’s a pulpit anyway,” he said. “If I see First Amendment violations, I will speak up.”Mr. Hall is an extremely productive writer who has published about 18 books of poetry, 20 books of prose and 12 children’s books. He has won many awards, including a national Book Critics Circle Award in 1989 for “The One Day.”a collection.In recent years much of his poetry has been preoccupied with the death of his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon, in 1995.Robert Pinsky, who was poet laureate from 1997 to 2000 said he welcomed Mr. Hall’s appointment, especially in light of his previous outspokenness about politics and arts. “There is something nicely symbolic, and maybe surprising,” Mr. Pinsky said, “that they have selected someone who has taken a stand for freedom.”The position carries an award of $35,000 and $5,000 travel allowance. It usually lasts a year, though poets are sometimes reappointed.1. Donald Hall _____.A. uses simple English to express the images of the New England landscapeB. dislikes the idea of impacting government by the right side of the religionC. is the 14th poet laureate appointed by the CongressD. is a member of the advisory council of the National Endowment for the Arts2. James H. Billington _____.A. likes the poems with great depth and widthB. speaks highly of poems in simple English rather than complex onesC. prefers the poems with sustained style and expressionD. likes the poems with the knowledge of various things3. The phrase “evokes a sense of place” underlined in Paragraph 4 means to _____.A. make readers think of a place.B. call up memories of nice things to readers.C. remind readers of important places.D. give readers the feeling of large areas.4. Which of the following is NOT true of Donald Hall?A. His family emigrated to the U. S. decades ago.B. He is a direct and upright person.C. He is a powerful person in American Congress.D. His style of poems follows the traditions of America.5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Mr. Hall has published many books and magazines on poems.B. Mr. Hall is a critic of literature in the U. S. .C. Mr. Hall has got many prizes for his talents in writing.D. Mr. Hall has got support from his predecessor【答案与解析】1.B 细节题。
2006年3月中级口译考试真题 参考答案及评析范文
Part A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the ward or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.In the early 1970's, Citibank of New York City became one of the first financial institutions to install ATM's on a large scale. Since then, the_______(1) of automated teller machines has increased dramatically. At the time, the bank hoped________ (2) their operating costs by replacing human tellers with machines. Little did they _______ (3) that the cash machines would become so successful. However, as more banks added_______ (4) automated service through ATM's, the machines mushroomed all over the world.To use an ATM, all you need is a _______(5) issued by your bank. Your bank may also_______(6) through a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa. To begin a _______(7), you need to insert the card into an ATM and punch in a personal identification number on the _______(8). The personal ID number may consist of_______(9) and can prevent anyone from using the card.The ATM next flashes instructions on its_______(10) for carrying out transaction. To get cash, for example, you are instructed to _______(11) that indicate whether the money should be withdrawn form a checking or a savings account and the _______(12). This request is then displayed on the screen. After you press a button to _______(13) that the information is correct, the ATM goes to _______(14).How safe, you may ask, is banking by ATM? The_______(15) is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card________(16). If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screenwill_______(18). As another precaution against_______(19), the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card______(20), say, to $200.Part B: Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. Statements1. (A) We didn't find one qualified applicant.(B) Nobody applied for the job.(C) Only one person applied for the job.(D) We interviewed nine candidates.2. (A) Florence finished her speech with some introductory remarks.(B) Florence found herself making a speech when the speaker became ill.(C) Florence came along with a fluent introduction about the eminent speaker.(D) Had the speaker not been ill, he would have made some introductoryremarks.3. (A) I cannot finish the report in time.(B) I hate to join in social activities this weekend.(C) I have to work extra time over the weekend.(D) I will not attend the board meeting next week.4. (A) The director is too busy to attend to your proposal right now.(B) The director will help you read the proposal tomorrow morning.(C) You should hand in your proposal no later than tomorrow morning.(D) You can make an appointment to see the director the next day.5. (A) We'll ask for more time to finish the financial plan.(B) We'll look for more information for the plan later than expected.(C) I'm afraid we'll turn in the financial plan later than expected.(D) We'll have to finish the plan with the materials available now.6. (A) Talking too much in business negotiations leaves a bad impression o Americans.(B) Silence often makes Americans feel uncomfortable in business situations.(C) Americans enjoy keeping silent in business negotiations and employ a variety of strategies.(D) Americans are rather aggressive, especially in business situations.7.(A) I think now it is the best time to do business in China, though we have hada 50-year relationship.(B) I believe that we could have done more business with China over the past50 years.(C) Although our company has a history of over 50 years, we are unable to start our business in China.(D) Despite our good relationship over the past 50 years, we need to find a better time for investment here.8. (A) The director has already signed the agreement.(B) The director has read the agreement for three times(C) The director is not in and cannot sign the agreement.(D) The director is not ready to sign the agreement.9. (A) We cannot compete with our rivals, since we have just started our business here.(B) We want to have more customers, so we're ready to make more favourable offers(C) We are unable to provide the best service here, because we do not have enough competitive advantage.(D) We plan to merge our competitors in this area, as we are growing and have more customers.10. (A) A diet with meat only is not enough for our body.(B) A diet with vegetables can sometimes be very costly.(C) Meatless meals are equally nutritious and less expensive.(D) Meatless meals cannot provide all the essential nutrients.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear Several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions Only ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11-1411. (A) She was fired.(B) She was given a raise.(C) She got a transfer.(D) She got married.12. (A) They bought her a birthday gift.(B) They gave her a farewell party.(C) They surprised her during the party.(D) They saw her off at the airport.13. (A) She was invited to stay with Nancy in New York.(B) She was warned not to give the surprise away.(C) She was unable to keep a secret.(D) She was a good friend of Nancy's.14. (A) The man.(B) Nancy.(C) Mrs Sampson.(D) Christina.Questions 15-1815. (A) Sending invitation cards to as many people as possible.(B) Reserving a table at least one day in advance.(C) Taking your order before you are seated.(D) Keeping calm and talking to your clients.16. (A) A soup.(B) Some cold dishes.(C) A salad.(D) A drink.17. (A) Consult the waiter about the dish in question.(B) Tell everyone that you have certain dietary restrictions.(C) Write beforehand to say that you don't care for some dishes.(D) Keep quiet and pretend that you enjoy the food.18. (A) Over your lap.(B) On the chair.(C) Under the plate.(D) Beside the plate.Questions 19-2219. (A) In a holiday camp.(B) In a caravan park.(C) In a hotel.(D) In a restaurant.20. (A) Because they had driven for a long time.(B) Because they had booked for another time.(C) Because they had planned to have their supper first.(D) Because they had found a better place to stay in.21 (A) She can avoid doing a lot of farm work.(B) She wants to stay in some quiet and peaceful place.(C) Her husband especially cares for seafood.(D) Her children enjoy building sandcastles.22. (A) In the car.(B) In the lounge.(C) In a farm.(D) In a quiet corner.Questions 23-2623. (A) In New Zealand.(B) In the USA.(C) In England.(D) In Japan.24. (A) Because they want to feel the thrill and excitement.(B) Because they are tired of modern-day university life.(C) Because they are interested in the scientific experiment.(D) Because they find that it is the best way to reduce weight.25. (A) Jumping into the sea.(B) Jumping onto the cliff.(C) Jumping with a body harness.(D) Jumping with a leg harness.26. (A) Be over the age of 18.(B) Receive due instructions.(C) Join a sports club.(D) Pay for the rubber band.Questions 27-3027. (A) Paper Research.(B) Examination Method.(C) Comparative Literature.(D) University Seminar System.28. (A) A college course in which new ideas and subjects are introduced.(B) A university class in which topics are discussed among the students.(C) A system where university students are allowed to choose their teachers.(D) A gathering where only teachers and students of about the same age can attend.29. (A) They were boring.(B) They were good lecturers.(C) They seldom asked questions.(D) They talked too much in class.30. (A) The unanswered questions during the lectures.(B) The discussion with the serious professors.(C) The results of his final examinations.(D) The low marks he had scored during the term.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLSDirections: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions followingeach passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5One of the most disturbing statistics I've read for a long time was published this week. The Work Foundation claims that job satisfaction in this country has fallen alarmingly. Women's satisfaction level has fallen from 51 percent in 1992 to 29 percent today; men's has fallen from 35 percent to 20. The reason-thelong-hours culture and job insecurity.For my father's generation, work was something that had to be endured so that real life could be maintained. But my generation has been gulled into thinking that work is real life. Most work is not satisfying. Most work stinks. Most work, however well paid, is meaningless and dull. But somehow we've been convinced that work provides self-fulfillment.Before Mrs Thatcher, we had a famous British attitude to work--the less we did the better. Thatcher introduced the idea that, in a world where identity was so fragile, you could become real through work, through long hours and assiduous consumption, in the small amount of time you had been left after clocking off. Now Blair carries on the crusade, I've got one of the best jobs in theworld--siV3ng in an once by myself all day trying to make up something that someone somewhere wit! be interested in. But I'd rather be stretched out in front of the TV, or in bed, or playing tennis, or doing just about anything else. Much of feminist thought has been about getting what men have traditionally had without examining the underlying assumption of whether it was worth having. Feminism never ended up with a life built around creative leisure, instead, women of talent and drive threw themselves into the labour pool, believing that work and its attendant income and power would affect the change of life and consciousness that would liberate them.Can anything be done? Only if we're willing to change the way we've been tricked into thinking. Most people now measure their lives primarily in units of currency--money saved and spent. I have a friend who'll travel halfway across London for a shoe sale, without factoring in how much of her precious time has been spent travelling. The most important truth I know is that ail we ever own is the time we were given on this earth. We need to seize it back. Now the future has arrived, and we have the means to do it--we just don't have the imagination.1. Before the British were persuaded to realize themselves through hard work,(A) they had little time left to themselves(B) they had struggled hard for equal treatment(C) they had enjoyed themselves more(D) they had a strong desire to be set free from work2. The sentence "Now Blair carries on the crusade" (para. 3) could be best illustrated by which of the following statements?(A) Blair continues to promote the idea of achieving self-fulfillment through work.(B) Blair opposes his people to be workaholic and has launched such a campaign.(C) Blair sets a perfect example as a hard-working person for his people in the UK.(D) Blair is most unwilling to have his people labouring as slaves.3. What is the author's attitude towards women's joining the workforce?(A) Supportive.(B) Negative.(C) Appreciative.(D) Defensive.4. What is the purpose of the author in mentioning her friend who travelled halfway across London for a shoe sale?(A) To praise her friend for her persistence in pursuing what she wants.(B) To introduce her friend to the general public.(C) To give an urgent call for people to take life easy.(D) To raise people's awareness as to how precious time is.5. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?(A) What's So Good about Hard Work?(B) What'd You Imagine for the Future?(C) Work Makes Everyone Free,(D)Seize Time Back for Your Own Sake.Questions 6-10"I delight in Buckingham Palace", said Queen Victoria, when she moved in three weeks after ascending to the throne. Today the 40-acre secluded garden contains specimen shrubs trees and a large lake. Eight to nine thousand people visit it during the annual garden parties.It took George IV, on becoming King in 1820, and John Nash,Surveyor-general to George IV when he was Prince Regent, many years to turn the house into a sumptuous palace. Nash demolished the North and South wings and rebuilt them. He constructed Marble Arch as a grand entrance to the enlarged courtyard. As work continued, Nash let his costs run away with him. and Parliament complained. Joseph Hume, ml English politician and reformer fighting for financial retrenchment, said, "The Crown of England does not require such splendour. Foreign countries might indulge in frippery, but England ought to pride herself on her plainness and simplicity." Nevertheless, elegance reigned.Queen Victoria was crowned in 1837. When she moved in, Buckingham Palace became, for the first time, the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns. There wasn't a room large enough for grand entertainments, so in 1853-55, Queen Victoria ordered the Ballroom built. 122 feet long, 60 feet wide and 45 feet high, it is, today, used for many events such as the State Banquet, the Diplomatic Reception, and memorial concerts. This is the site of Investitures, where the Queen (who was crowned in 1952) presents the recipients of British honours with their awards. During World War 11 a chapel, converted by Queen Victoria from Nash's conservatory, was bombed. Prince Philip oversaw itsrebuilding as the Queen's Gallery, home to a rotating collection of art from the Royal Collection. The Gallery, currently in the process of renovation, will reopen in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.More than 600 rooms, including 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms comprise the castle's assets. But the "room" best known around the world is the Balcony where the Royal family' gathers on celebratory' and solemn occasions to be seen by' their subjects.The Palace is more than a home for the Royals. It is the official administrative headquarters of the monarchy and contains the offices of their staff. It is the place where all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held. Government ministers, top civil servants and heads of state visit to carry out their duties. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'working from home'.6. What was the result of Joseph Hume's fighting for financial retrenchment?(A) He succeeded in cutting the budget of Nash's rebuilding work.(B) His opposition turned out a failure and the palace was built with extravagance.(C) He became Nash's strong opponent and they fought with each other since then.(D) He came to fame as a well-known reformer for financial retrenchment.7. According to the passage, which of the following are NOT supposed to be held in the Ballroom?(A) Investitures.(B) Government banquets.(C) Religious services.(D) Diplomatic receptions.8. According to "the Queen's Golden Jubilee" (para. 3), how long has been the reign of the Queen?(A) It has to be 25 years under the reign of the Queen.(B) 45 years should be the minimum for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(C) At her age of 50, people usually celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(D)The Queen's Golden Jubilee would be celebrated at her 50 year's reign.9. Why does Buckingham Palace bring a new meaning to the phrase "working from home"?(A) Because Government offices are located in Buckingham Palace.(B) Because the Royal family live and work in Buckingham Palace.(C) Because all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held in Buckingham Palace.(D) Because the Royal staff have their offices and residences in Buckingham Palace.10. According to the passage, which is the most famous place in Buckingham Palace?(A) The Ballroom.(B) The Queen's Gallery.(C) Marble Arch.(D) The Balcony,Questions 11-15The Lake District in north-west England is an area remarkably little affected by industrialization. The principal activity is still sheep-farming, as it has been for a tho usand years, and many ancient words like ‘fell' for ‘hill' and ‘tam' for ‘lake' are still in daily use. In spite of its heavy rainfall and relative inaccessibility, its special atmosphere and spectacular natural beauty combine to make this one of England's favourite holiday areas at all seasons of the year. But at Christmas 1968, still gripped by the fear that foot-and-mouth disease could spread to the hill flocks and sweep like wildfire right up to the Scottish border, it was quieter than ever before in this century. Luckily not a single farm had caught tile infection, the nearest case having been an isolated one at Kendal several weeks before. but every Lakeland farmer knows that one case among the unfenced hill flocks on the fells could lead to complete annihilation of hundreds of thousands of sheep and the virtual end of the district's principal industry; you cannot replace sheep, acclimatized to their own part of the fell for generations, in the same way that you can replace cattle in a field.Nobody could remember a Christmas like it, especially Boxing Dab, which is traditionally one of the big outdoor holidays of the Lakeland year. Normally this is a day spent following the mountain packs of hounds, felt-walking and, if the weather is propitious, skiing and skating, but this time there were none of these things. Visitors were actively discouraged, and those who did come were asked not to go on the fells, footpaths or bridleways or near farmland, while motorists were requested not to drive on minor roads and to shun the smaller valleys. The enterprising hotels which had earlier in the year decided to keep open during the winter were by the end of October having a desperate time. Hundreds of bookings had been cancelled and scores of dinner parties and young farmers' reunions eliminated. All youth hostels were closed. At least one climbing club, unable to climb, substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs on the more substantial municipal buildings.The weather in the area was dry, crisp, windless and cold, in fact ideal for brisk outdoor activities. But nobody was able to enjoy it. Everything was stopped: hunting, walking, climbing, skiing, motor cycle trials, sporting events of every description. All the seasonal dances, festivals, conferences, shepherds' meets and a hundred and one other social occasions abandoned. The ice was bearing on some of the lakes but you could not go skating there. Meanwhile the foxes, emboldened by an unprecedented freedom from harassment, were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of Christmas turkeys, while the hounds sulked miserably in their kennels.Farmers are apt to criticize some sections of the outdoor fraternity for their occasional thoughtless behaviour, but the way that walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, hunters and the rest went out of their way to help them at this time should never be forgotten. The general public, locals and visitors a like., tried to give the fell farmers a sporting chance, and this remarkable display of public spirit was the one bright note in a very sad time.11. The word "this" in line 5 refers to_______.(A) its special atmosphere(B) the Industrial Revolution(C) the spectacular natural beauty(D) the Lake District12. The district's principal industry is_______.(A) fell-walking(B) snow-skiing(C) sheep-farming(D) animal-hunting13. Because the sheep in the hills are unfenced toot-and-mouth disease might _______.(A) spread beyond the lakes(B) annihilate thousands of horses(C) lead to the virtual end of the tourist industry(D) destroy the flocks of sheep completely14. Why were some hotels described as "enterprising"?(A) Because hundreds of bookings had been cancelled.(B) Because they decided to keep open during the winter.(C) Because they still held dinner parties and young farmers reunions.(D) Because they substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs.15. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true during Christmas time in 1968?(A) The seasonal dances, festivals and other social occasions were abandoned.(B) The weather in the Lake District was ideal for brisk outdoor activities.(C) The foxes were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of turkeys.(D) The ice was bearing on some of the lakes in the district.Questions 16-20Why Men ExplodeAlthough women get angry just as often as men, rage remains the prototypical male emotion. "My kids still talk about my 'freak-outs,'" says Kim Garretson, 54, a corporate strategist in Minneapolis, who once erupted into volcanic fur5; in a restaurant when served a still-frozen entre2e. "1 didn't express much of anything, but once in a while, I'd just blow."Why do so many men lose their tempers? "The rage comes because there's so much frustration when you cut off something that is you. Yet that's what men do, because they're afraid that if you give emotions an inch, they'll take a mile," says psychologist Kenneth W. Christian, PhD, author of Your Own Worst Enemy. "If you don't learn how to work with your emotions, you're a shadow figure, a small incomplete version of yourself. It's only a matter of time until the house of cards that you are falls apart."For Kim Garretson, that day came four years ago when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. As often happens when illness strikes men, he realized he had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by letting himself feel. "I'm no longer afraid of expressing almost any emotion," he says. "I get anger out with my quick, sharp tongue and move on. I use humor as an outlet, I've reconnected with old friends. I talk about the big questions of life. 1 search for spiritual meaning."Guys, Try TheseIn his Dirty Harry days, Clint Eastwood never flinched. Now as a husband, fatherand Oscar-winning director of movies that explore the depths of men's souls, the tough guy has turned tender--but not talkative. "The men who hide their emotions the most may; in fact be the most sensitive," observes Christian. Yet men can become more emotionally expressive without tears or fears. Here are some ways to start:∙Develop a creative outlet. Hobbies like painting or playing a musical instrument can tap into a man's soul. Remember that much of theworld's greatest art, music and literature was created by the allegedlyemotionally challenged sex.∙Release stress and anger through exercise. "When you get to the breaking point where you just want to put your head through a wall,taking a ten-minute time-out isn't enough to calm down," says Westover, who in moments of extreme emotion finds a place to drop to the floor and do push-ups.∙Try' expressing "a little" emotion. "Start with feelings you can control, find a sympathetic ear and use the term 'a little,'" suggests Coleman,Saying you feel "a little" sad or "a little" scared feels safer than a fulldeclaration of vulnerability.•Lean into the discomfort. "Rather than avoiding a feeling that you're not sure how to handle, move toward it," says psychologist Travis Bradbury, PhD,co-author of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. "Learning to handle emotions takes time and practice, because you need to retrain your brain, but it does get easier."16. Kim Garretson, a 54-year-old corporate strategist, once got very angry when_______.(A) diagnosed with lung cancer(B) given a take musical instrument(C) dragged into a mountainous trip(D) served cold food in a restaurant17. "They'll take a mile." (para. 2), 'they' refers to_______.(A) psychologists(B) cards(C) emotions(D) friends18. If you fail to learn how to work with your emotions,_______.(A) you will sooner or later break down(B) you will be an active figure in shadow boxing(C) you will be afraid of expressing almost any emotion(D) you will spend more time searching for spiritual meaning19. Which of the following ways to control emotions is NOT recommended in the passage?(A) To talk as much as possible.(B) To lean into the discomfort.(C) To develop a creative outlet.(D) To try expressing "a little" emotion.20. What main idea is discussed in the passage?(A) How to develop your emotions.(B) How to check your emotions.(C) How to handle your emotions.(D) How to express your emotions.Questions 21-25"You're off to the World Economic Forum?" asked the Oxford economist, enviously. "How very impressive. They've never invited me."Three days later, t queued in the snow outside the conference center in Davos, standing behind mink coals and cashmere overcoats, watched over by' Swiss policemen with machineguns. "Reporting press? You can't come in here. Side entrance, please." I stood in line again, this time behind Puffa jackets and Newsweek journalists, waiting to collect my orange badge. Once inside. I found that the seminar I wanted to go to was being held ill a half-empty room. '"You can't sit here. All seats are reserved for white badges. Coloured badges have to stand."An acquaintance invited me to a dinner he was hosting: "There are people I'd like you to meet." The green-badged Forum employee stopped me at the door. "This is a participants' dinner. Orange badges are not allowed." Then, later, reluctantly: "If you're coming in. please can you turn your badge around? Diners may be upset if they see you're a colour.""Why does anyone put up with being treated like this?" t asked a Financial Times correspondent. "Because we all live in hope of becoming white badges," he said. "Then we'll know what's reall3 going on."A leading British businessman was wearing a white badge, but it bore a small logo on the top left-hand corner: GLT. "What's a GLT?" I asked.Ah, he said. "well, it's a Davos club. I'm a Global Leader for Tomorrow." "That sounds very important," I said. "Yes." He said, "t thought so myself until I bumped into the man &o d sponsored me. on the way to my first meeting. I asked him if he was coming: and he said, 'Oh no, dear boy, I don't bother with that any, longer. I'm not a GLT any, more, I'm an IGWEL.' What's an IGWEL?' I asked him. ‘A member of tile Informal Group of World Economic Leaders of Today."The World Economic Forum has employed a simple psychological truth--that nothing is more desirable than that which excludes us--to brilliant effect. Year after Fear, its participants apply. to return, in the hope that this time they'll be a little closer to the real elite. Next year, they, too, might be invited to the private receptions for Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan or Bill Gates. instead of having to stand on the conference center's steps like teenage rock fans.It's the sheer concentration of individuals in possession of power, wealth or knowledge that makes the privately run Forum so desirable to its participants. The thousand chief executives who attend its annual meeting control, between them, more than 70 percent of international trade. Every year, they are joined by a couple of dozen presidents and prime ministers, by senior journalists, a changing selection of leading thinkers, academics and diplomats, and by rising stars of the business world. Access to the meeting is by invitation only, costs。
上海市英语高级口译岗位资格证书考试第一阶段试题及答案
上海市英语高级口译岗位资格证书考试第一阶段试题及答案上海市英语高级口译岗位资格证书考试第一阶段试题(06.9) SECTION1:LISTENING TEST(30minutes)Part A:Spot Dictation Directions:In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it.Fill in each of the blanks with the world or words you have heard on the tape.Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.Play is very important for humans from birth to death.Play is not meant to be just for children.It is a form of___________(1)that can tap into your creativity,and can allow you the chance to find your inner child and the inner child of others.I have collected the___________(2)of play here.Play can stimulate you___________(3).It can go against all the rules,and change the same___________(4).Walt Disney was devoted to play,and his willingness to___________ (5)changed the world of entertainment.The next time you are stuck in a___________(6)way of life,pull out a box of color pencils,modeling clay,glue and scissors,and___________(7)and break free.You will be amazed at the way your thinking___________(8).Playing can bring greater joy into your life.What do you think the world would be like-if___________(9)each day in play?I bet just asking you this question has___________(10).Play creates laughter,joy,entertainment, ___________(11).Starting today,try to get30minutes each day to engage in some form of play,and ___________(12)rise!Play is known___________(13). Studies show that,as humans,play is part of our nature. We have the need to play because it is instinctive and ___________(14).With regular play,our problem-solving and___________(15)will be in much better shape to handle this complex world,and we are much more likely to choose ___________(16)as they arise.It creates laughter and freedom that can instantly reduce stress and__________ (17)to our daily living.Play can___________(18), curiosity,and creativity.Research shows that play is both a‘hands-on’and‘minds-on’learning process.It produces a deeper,___________(19)of the world and its possibilities.We begin giving meaning to life through story making,and playing out___________(20).Part B:Listening Comprehension Directions:In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations.After each one,you will be asked some questions.The talks,conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE.Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions1to5are based on the following conversation.1.(A)in Cherry Blossoms Village ninety of the residents are over85years old.(B)In the United States,there are twice as many centenarians as there were ten years ago.(C)All the people studied by these scientists from Georgia live in institutions for the elderly.(D)Almost all the residents in Cherry Blossoms Village have unusual hobbies.2.(A)Whether the centenarians can live independently in small apartments.(B)Whether it is feasible to establish a village for the”oldest old”people.(C)What percentage of the population are centenarians inthe state of Georgia.(D)What the real secrets are to becoming an active and healthy100-year-old.3.(A)Diet,optimism,activity or mobility,and genetics.(B)Optimism,commitment to interesting things,activity or mobility,and adaptability to loss.(C)The strength to adapt to loss,diet,exercise,and genetics.(D)Diet,exercise,commitment to something they were interested in,and genetics.4.(A)The centenarians had a high calorie and fat intake.(B)The centenarians basically eat something different.(C)The centenarians eat a low-fat and low-calorie, unprocessed food diet.(D)The centenarians eat spicy food,drink whiskey,and have sweet pork every day.5.(A)Work hard.(B)Stay busy.(C)Stick to a balanced diet.(D)Always find something to laugh about.Questions6to10are based on the following news.6.(A)Global temperatures rose by3degrees in the20thcentury.(B)Global warming may spread disease that could kill a lot of people in Africa.(C)Developed countries no longer depend on fossil fuels for transport and power.(D)The impact of the global warming will be radically reduced by2050.7.(A)Taking bribes.(B)Creating a leadership vacuum at the country’s top car maker.(C)Misusing company funds for personal spending.(D)Offering cash for political favors.8.(A)The nation has raised alert status to the highest level and thousands of people have moved to safety. (B)The eruption of Mount Merapi has been the worst in Indonesia over the past two decades.(C)All residents in the region ten kilometers from the base of the mountain have evacuated.(D)The eruption process was a sudden burst and has caused extensive damage and heavy casualty.9.(A)6to7.(B)8to10.(C)11to16.(D)17to25.10.(A)Curbing high-level corruption.(B)Fighting organized crime.(C)Investigating convictions of criminals.(D)Surveying the threats to national security. Questions11to15are based on the following interview.11.(A)A wine taster.(B)A master water taster.(C)The host of the show.(D)The engineer who works on the water treatment plant.12.(A)Berkeley Springs.(B)Santa Barbara.(C)Atlantic City.(D)Sacramento.13.(A)Being saucy and piquant.(B)Tasting sweet(C)A certain amount of minerals.(D)An absence of taste. 14.(A)Looking—smelling—tasting.(B)Tasting—smelling—looking.(C)Smelling—looking—tasting.(D)Tasting—looking—smelling.15.(A)Bathing.(B)Boiling pasta in.(C)Swimming.(D) Making tea.Questions16to20are based on the following talk. 16.(A)Enhance reading and math skills.(B)Increase the students’appreciation of nature.(C)Improve math,but not reading skills.(D)Develop reading,but not math skills.17.(A)To help the students appreciate the arts.(B)To make the students’educatio n more well-rounded.(C)To investigate the impact of arts training.(D)To enhance the students’math skills.18.(A)Once weekly.(B)Twice weekly.(C)Once a month.(D)Twice a month.19.(A)Six months.(B)Seven months.(C)Eight months.(D) Nine months.20.(A)The children’s attitude.(B)The children’s test scores.(C)Both the children’s attitude and test scores.(D)Both the teachers’and the children’s attitude. SECTION2:READING TEST(30minutes)Directions:In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it.You are to choose ONE best answer,(A),(B),(C)or(D),to each question.Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated orimplied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in thecorresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions1—5Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with ababy eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler starting to talk.No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts,most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill.It is only several years later,around the start of middle or junior high school,many psychologists and teachers agree,that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed and end up joining the ranks of underachievers. For the parents of such kids,whose own ambition is often inextricably tied to their children’s su ccess,it can be a bewildering,painful experience.So it’s no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that,just maybe, ambition can be taught like any other subject at school. It’s not quite that simple.”Kids can be given the opportunities to become passionate about a subject or activity,but they can’t be forced,”says Jacquelynne Eccles,a psychology professor at the University of Michigan,who led a landmark,25-year study examining what motivated first-and seventh-grades in three school districts.Even so,a growing number of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don’t seem to have much.Theysay that by instilling confidence,encouraging some risk taking,being accepting of failure and expanding the areas in which children may be successful,both parents and teachers can reignite that innate desire to achieve. Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesn’t suffer froman emotional or learning disability,or isn’t involved in some family crisis at home,manyeducators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or peer pressure thatconveys the message that doing well academically somehow isn’t cool.”Kids get so caught up in the moment-to-moment issue of will they look smart or dumb,and it blocks them from thinking about the long term,”says Carol Dweck,a psychology professor at Stanford.”You have to teach them that they are in charge of their intellectual growth.”Over the past couple of years,Dweck has helped run an experimental workshop with New York City public school seventh-graders to do just that.Dubbed Brainology,the unorthodox approach uses basic neuroscience to teach kids how the brain works and how it can continue to develop throughou t life.”The message is that everything iswithin the kids’control,that their intelligence is malleable,”says Lisa Blackwell,a research scientist at Columbia University who has worked with Dweck to develop and run the program,which has helped increase the students’interest in school and turned around their declining math grades.More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says,”parents can play a critical role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort,strategy and progres s rather than emphasizing their‘smartness’or praising high performance alone. Most of all,parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning.”Some experts say our education system,with its strong emphasis on testing and rigid separation of students into different levels of ability,also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids.”These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who aren’t considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence,”says Jeff How ard,a social psychologist and president of the Efficacy Institute,a Boston-area organization that works with teachers and parents in school districts around the country to help improve children’sacademic performance.Howard and other educators say it’s important to expose kids to aworld beyond homework and tests,through volunteer work,sports,hobbies and other extracurricular activities.”The crux of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions,”says Michael Nakkual,a Harvard education professor who runs a Boston-area mentoring program called Project IF(Inventing the Future),which works to get low-income underachievers in touch with their aspirations.The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to disabuse them of the notion that classwork is irrelevant,to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it.Like any ambitious toddler,they need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run.1.Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?(A)Children are born with a kind of healthy ambition.(B)How a baby learns to walk and talk.(C)Ambition can be taught like other subjects at school.(D)Some teenage children lose their drive to succeed.2.According to some educators and psychologists,all ofthe following would be helpful to cultivate students’ambition to succeed EXCEPT________.(A)stimulating them to build up self-confidence(B)cultivating the attitude of risk taking(C)enlarging the areas for children to succeed(D)making them understand their family crisis3.What is the message that peer pressure conveys to children?(A)A sudden lack of motivation is attributed to the student’s failure.(B)Book knowledge is not as important as practical experience.(C)Looking smart is more important for young people at school.(D)To achieve academic excellence should not be treated as the top priority.4.The word”malleable”in the clause”that their intelligence is malleable,”(para.3)most probably means capable of being________.(A)altered and developed(B)blocked and impaired(C)sharpened and advanced(D)replaced and transplanted5.The expression”to disabuse them of the notion”(para.4) can be paraphrased as________.(A)to free them of the idea(B)to help them understand the idea(C)to imbue them with the notion(D)to inform them of the conceptQuestions6—10Civil-liberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had something else to worry about last week:the privacy of the billions of search queries made on sites like Google,AOL,Yahoo and Microsoft.As part of a long-running court case,the government has asked those companies to turn over i nformation on its users’search behavior.All but Google have handed over data,and now the Department of Justice has moved to compel the search giant to turn over the goods. What makes this case different is that the intended use of the information is not related tonational security,but the government’s continuing attempt to police Internet pornography.In1998,Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA),but courts have blocked its implementation due toFirst Amendment concerns.In its appeal,the DOJ wants to prove how easy it is to inadvertently stumble upon pore. In order to conduct a controlled experiment—to be performed by a UC Berkeley professor of statistics—the DOJ wants to use a large sample of actual search terms from the different search engines.It would then use those terms to do its own searches,employing the different kinds of filters each search engine offers,in an attempt to quantify how often”material that is harmful to minors”might appear.Google contends that since it is not a party to the case,the government has not right to demand its proprietary information to perform its test.”We intend to resist their motion vigorously,”said Google attorney Nicole Wong.DOJ spokesperson Charles Miller says that the government is requesting only the actual search terms,and not anything that would link the queries to those who made them.(The DOJ is also demanding a list of a million Web sites that Google indexes to determine the degree to which objectionable sites are searched.)Originally,the government asked for a treasure trove of all searches made in June and July;the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of search queries.One oddity about the DOJ’s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case.If the built-in filters that each search engine provides are effective in blocking porn sites,the government will have wound up proving what the opposition has said all along—you don’t need to suppress speech to protect minors on the Net.”We think that our filtering technology does a good job protecting minors from inadvertently seeing adult content,”says Ramez Naam,group program manager of MSN Search. Though the government intends to use these data specifically for its COPA-related test,it’s possible that the information could lead to further investigations and, perhaps,subpoenas to find out who was doing the searching. What if certain search terms indicated that people were contemplating terrorist actions or other criminal activities?Says the DOJ’s Miller,”I’m assuming that if something raised alarms,we would hand it over to the proper authorities.”Privacy advocates fear that if the government request is upheld,it will open the door to further government examination of search behavior.One solution would be for Google to stop storing the information,but the company hopes to eventually use thepersonal information of consenting customers to improve search performance.”Search is a window into people’s personalities,”says Kurt Opsahl,an El ectronic Frontier Foundation attorney.”They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.”6.When the American government asked Google,AOL,Yahoo and Microsoft to turn over information on its users’search behavior,the major intention is_________.(A)to protect national security(B)to help protect personal freedom(C)to monitor Internet pornography(D)to implement the Child Online Protection Act7.Google refused to turn over”its proprietary information”(para.2)required by DOJ as it believes that ________.(A)it is not involved in the court case(B)users’privacy is most important(C)the government has violated the First Amendment(D)search terms is the company’s busin ess secret8.The phrase”scaled back to”in the sentence”the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of searchqueries”(para.3)can be replaced by_________.(A)maximized to(B)minimized to(C)returned to(D)reduced to9.In the sentenc e”One oddity about the DOJ’s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case.”(para.4),the expression”sink its own case”most probably means that_________.(A)counterattack the opposition(B)lead to blocking of porn sites(C)provide evidence to disprove the case(D)give full ground to support the case10.When Kurt Opsahl says that”They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.”(para.5),the expression”Big Brother”is used to refer to_________.(A)a friend or relative showing much concern(B)a colleague who is much more experienced(C)a dominating and all-powerful ruling power(D)a benevolent and democratic organizationQuestions11—15On New Y ear’s Day,50,000inmates in Kenyan jails went without lunch.This was not somemass hunger strike to highlight poor living conditions. It was an extraordinary humanitarian gesture:the money that would have been spent on their lunches went to the charity Food Aid to help feed an estimated 3.5million Kenyans who,because of a severe drought,are threatened with starvation.The drought is big news in Africa, affecting huge areas of east Africa and the Horn.If you are reading this in the west,however,you may not be aware of it—the media is not interested in old stories.Even if you do know about the drought,you may not be aware that it is devastating one group of people disproportionately: the pastoralists.There are20million nomadic or semi-nomadic herders in this region,and they are fast becoming some of the poorest people in the continent.Their plight encapsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine.How so?It comes down to the reluctance of governments,aid agencies and foreign lenders to support the herders’traditional way of life.Instead they have tended to try to turn them into commercial ranchers or agriculturalists,even though it has been demonstratedtime and again that pastoralists are well adapted to their harsh environments,and that moving livestock according to the seasons or climatic changes makes their methods far more viable than agriculture in sub-Saharan drylands. Furthermore,African pastoralist systems are often more productive,in terms of protein and cash per hectare,than Australian,American and other African ranches in similar climatic conditions.They make a substantial contribution to their countries’national economies.In Kenya,for example,the turnover of the pastoralist sector is worth $800million per year.In countries such as Burkina Faso, Eritrea and Ethiopia,hides from pastoralists’herds make up over10per cent of export earnings.Despite this productivity,pastoralists still starve andtheir animals perish when drought hits.One reason is that only a trickle of the profits goesto the herders themselves;the lion’s share is pocketed by traders.This is partly because the herders only sell much of their stock during times of drought and famine, when they need the cash to buy food,and the terms of trade in this situation never work in their favour.Another reason is the lack of investment in herding areas.Fundingbodies such as the World Bank and-USAID tried to address some of the problems in the1960s,investing millions of dollars in commercial beef and dairy production.It didn’t work.Firstly,no one bothered to consult the pastoralists about what they wanted.Secondly,rearing livestock took precedence over human progress.The policies and strategies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their colonial predecessors.They were based on two false assumptions:that pastoralism is primitive and inefficient,which led to numerous failed schemes aimed at converting herders to modern ranching models;and that Afri ca’s drylands can support commercial ranching.They cannot.Most of Africa’s herders live in areas with unpredictable weather systems that are totally unsuited to commercial ranching.What the pastoralists need is support for their traditional lifestyle.Over the past few years,funders and policy-makers have been starting to get the message.One example is intervention by governments to ensure that pastoralists get fair prices for their cattle when they sell them in times of drought,so that they can afford to buy fodder for their remaining livestockand cereals to keep themselves and their families alive (the problem in African famines is not so much a lack of food as a lack of money to buy it).Another example is a drought early-warning system run by the Kenyan government and the World Bank that hashelped avert livestock deaths.This is all promising,but more needs to be done.Some African governments still favour forcing pastoralists to settle.They should heed the latest scientific research demonstrating the productivity of traditional cattle-herding.Ultimately,sustainable rural development in pastoralist areas will depend on increasing trade,so one thing going for them is the growing demand for livestock products:there will likely be an additional 2billion consumers worldwide by2020,the vast majority in developing countries.To ensure that pastoralists benefit,it will be crucial to give them a greater say in local policies.Other key tasks include giving a greater say to women,who play critical roles in livestock production.The rich world should pay proper attention to the plight of the pastoralists.Leaving them dependent on foreign food aid is unsustainable and will lead to moreresentment,conflict,environmental degradation and malnutrition.It is in the rich world’s interests to help out.11.Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the passage?(A)Forcing Africa’s nomadic herders to become ranchers will save them from drought.(B)The difference between pastoralist and agriculturalist is vital to the African people.(C)The rich world should give more support to the African people to overcome drought.(D)Environmental degradation should be the major concern in developing Africa’s pastoralism.12.The word”encapsulates”in the sentence”Their plight encapsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine.”(para.l)can be replaced by________.(A)concludes.(B)involves.(C)represents.(D)aggravates.13.What is the author’s attitude toward African drought and tr aditional lifestyle of pastoralism?(A)Neutral and indifferent.(B)Sympathetic and understanding.(C)Critical and vehement.(D)Subjective and fatalistic.14.When the author writes”the policies and strategies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their colonial predecessors.”(para.4),he implies all the following EXCEPT that the aid agencies did not__________.(A)have an objective view of the situation in Africa(B)understand the unpredictable weather systems there(C)feel themselves superior in decision making(D)care about the development of the local people15.The author’s main purpose in writing this article in _________.(A)to evaluate the living conditions of Kenyan pastoralists(B)to give suggestions on the support of the traditional pastoralism in Africa(C)to illustrate the difference between commercial ranching and pastoralism(D)to criticize the colonial thinking of western aidagenciesQuestions16—20The prospects for finding life beyond Earth may be brightening.Today,scientists are reporting evidence for yet another potential habitat in our solar system:Saturn’s moon Enceladus.Scientists mining new data from the Cassini spacecraft say they may have found evidence that Enceladus—the planet’s fourth-largest moon —hosts liquid water.If the results hold up,this would bring to four the number of bodies in the solar system—including Earth—that display active volcanism.And since life as biologists know it requires liquid water and a source of energy, Enceladus would join Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Titan,as well as Mars,as possible spots beyond Earth where simple forms of life may have gained or still maintain a foothold.The discovery,however,is bittersweet for many scientists.NASA’s proposed budget for fiscal calls for a50percent cut in its astrobiology program.Although the program is a tiny piece of the agency’s overall spending plan for science,it’s a significant source of money for probing fundamental questions of how and why life emerged on Earth and whetherlife arose elsewhere in the universe.A50-percent cut”is almost a going-out-of-business-level cut”in a vibrant line of research that stands as one pillar supporting President Bush’s vision for space exploration,says planetary scientist Sean Solomon,who heads the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.Nevertheless,the research in today’s issue of the journal Science is the sort of thing that continues to light a fire under the field. Its report about liquid water under the icy surface of Enceladus is a”radical conclusion,”acknowledges Carolyn Porco,who leads the imaging team working with data from the Cassini orbiter.But if the team is right,”we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar-system environments”that might have rolled out the welcome mat”for living organisms,”she concludes.Images released last fall show the moon ejecting vast plumes of material near itsunexpectedly warm south pole.As the team pondered the evidence,they nixed severalexplanations,including the idea that the particles in the plumes were driven by vaporbillowing out as ice reached the surface and immediately turned into a gas.The last idea standing:Liquid water was venting from reservoirs near the surface,perhaps only tens of meters below the frigid crust.This explanation also helped solve the riddle of puzzlingly high levels of oxygen atoms found in Saturn’s neighborhood.Confirmation could come with additional flybys,if water—and perhaps life—is present,it wouldn’t be”luxuriant,”notes Jeffrey Kargel,a researcher at the University of Arizona at Tucson.It likely would face tough conditions—nasty chemicals,very low temperatures,and little energy to drive i t.Still,he adds,it’s premature to cross the moon off the list of possible”outposts”for life beyond Earth.Yet the prospect of building on these results could be dimmer with the threat of budget cuts.The proposed reductions post several challenges,researchers say.One is the loss of important financial leverage.While money for experiments and other research related to astrobiology can come from other funding agencies,such as the National Science Foundation or even the National Institutes of Health,NASA’s program often provides the crucial missing piece that turns demanding and sometimes dangerous。
中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试0603-0903参考答案
参考答案：0609SECTION ONE：LISTENING TESTPART A SPOT DICTATION1. the trend2. cancer and heart disease3. similar and a reviving jolt4. a long tradition5. at 5 o'clock6. smiling hostess7. disturbed 8. deserve to be shot9. do adore 10. down the wash basin11. breakfast 12. Then, after lunch13. at night 14. following circumstances15. exhausted 16. Before you go out17. for some time 18. follow my example19. cups of black coffee 20. most unusual drinksPART B LISTENING COMPREHENSIONStatements:1-5 CCBDC 6-10 DADBBL&C11-14 CBAD 15-18 CBAD19-22 DCBA 23-26 CBDA27-30 CADBPART C LISTENING AND TRANSLATIONGSentence translation1. 昨天我们过的很愉快。
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2006年9月中级口译真题+参考答案英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where ___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3).Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be _____________ (4) of a typical British family.If you are invited to an English home, _____________ (5) in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily_____________ (6) or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are _____________ (7) in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: ‘Go away, you _____________ (8).’ On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o’clock smile: ‘Thank you very much. I _____________ (9) a cup of tea, especially in the morning.’ If they leave you alone with the liquid you may pour it _____________ (10)!Then you have ___________ (11); then you have tea at 11 o’clock in the morning; _____________ (12); then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o’clock _____________ (13).You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the_____________ (14): if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are_____________ (15); if you are nervous; if you are watching TV;_____________ (16); if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea ______________ (17); if you have just had a cup.You definitely must not ______________ (18). I sleep at five o’clock in the morning; I have coffee for breakfast; I drink innumerable_____________ (19) during the day; I have the _____________ (20) even at tea-time!Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. (A) The program on Channel Eight reminds me of TV commercials.(B) The product advertised in the TV commercial cannot help cure my illness.(C) I don’t watch TV that much, because of the omnipresent advertisements.(D) I have to sit on the sofa, because I am too sick to stand in front of the television.2. (A) The plane arrived at 7:30.1(B) The plane arrived at 8:00.(C) The plane arrived at 9:00.(D) The plane arrived at 10:00.3. (A) I’ll ask someone else to rea d and check this agreement for errors.(B) I’ll think more about the agreement before making a decision.(C) It’s obvious that I’ll discuss the agreement with my assistant first.(D) It’s out of question that I should get into any agreement with you.4. (A) The better members decided to cancel the meeting.(B) Less than half of the committee was away on business trips.(C) It’d be better if no one had attended this morning’s committee meeting..(D) The meeting was cancelled because of low attendance.5. (A) Supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs are usually owned by the same company.(B) Products in grocery stores are more expensive than those in supermarkets.(C) There is a price difference for the same product even in shops run by the same company.(D) People prefer to shop in supermarkets, which are mostly located in the suburbs, with free parking space.6. (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.(B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.(C) The American government has set the goal that it will eventually stop funding higher education institutions.(D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.7. (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.(B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring in liberal arts is declining.(C) University students who are interested in liberal arts will have more job opportunities upon graduation.(D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.8. (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.(B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.(C) Good business negotiators are sometimes curious about other people’s restatements.(D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.9. (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.(B) We’d better draft and then sign a written agreement.(C) We generally keep our promises in business transactions.(D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.10. (A) I don’t think you have more to say on that topic.(B) I think we’d better talk about that in detail sometime later.(C) I am truly appreciative if you can elaborate on that topic after lunch.(D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations After each of2these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11—1411. (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five12. (A) A profit-making private school.(B) A non-profit-making independent school.(C) A state school that is funded by non-governmental sources.(D) A secondary school that is open to the majority of British students.13. (A) Many children are no longer placed in schools according to their academic abilities.(B) Many children can afford to study in private schools, as they become part of the state system.(C) Children from wealthy families no longer choose to go and study in public schools.(D) Cleverer children will be sent to the best private schools in the country for a better development.14. (A) Clever and less bright children will mix well with each other.(B) School authorities will receive more funds from the government.(C) Most students will do well in their entrance examination for the higher education.(D) Every child will have an equal opportunity to go on to higher education.Questions 15—1815. (A) One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.(B) One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.(C) One that contains a broad range of words in common usage.(D) One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories16. (A) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary(B) The American Heritage Dictionary(C) The Dictionary of Legal Terms(D) The Drinking Water Dictionary17. (A) It lists abbreviations, proper nouns, and tables of measures.(B) It is an unabridged edition providing as many as 500,000 entries.(C) It was randomly compiled and contains as many foreign words as possible.(D) It provides detailed information of famous people and places.18. (A) A school dictionary. (B) A college dictionary.(C) A general dictionary. (D) A specialized dictionary.Questions 19—2219. (A) He’s bought his wife a present. (B) He’s missed an important phone call.(C) He’s dismissed his new secretary. (D) He’s popped out shopping.20. (A) Talking about the latest fashion.(B) Offering special reductions.(C) Giving bigger discounts to female customers.(D) Pressing on the customer to make a decision.21. (A) Upside down and inside out. (B) Inside out and back to front.(C) With its sleeves as trouser legs. (D) With its pattern upside down.22. (A) A V-necked pullover with short sleeves.3(B) A high-necked pullover with long sleeves.(C) A white pullover with a pattern.(D) A blue pullover with a high neck.Questions 23—2623. (A) That of a creator. (B) That of a re-creator.(C) That of a receiver. (D) That of a performer.24. (A) Because we need to concentrate for our quiet thought.(B) Because we want to give full attention to the driving.(C) Because we try to avoid being caught by the patrolling police.(D) Because we intend to be as casual as possible in the driving.25. (A) In the elevator. (B) In the car.(C) In the bathroom. (D) In the church.26. (A) By perceptive and analytical listening.(B) By taking a sonic bath.(C) By attending classical concerts.(D) By listening to an emotional piece of music.Questions 27—3027. (A) His grandfather’s house. (B) His parents’ remarks.(C) A magazine. (D) A coursebook.28. (A) Enjoying visiting zoos. (B) Driving a car.(C) Making money. (D) Taking kids to a museum.29. (A) It died a few years ago. (B) It killed several tourists.(C) It is only a legend. (D) It is a living dinosaur.30. (A) No one has provided an accurate description of the animal.(B) No dead bodies of the animal have ever been found.(C) There are only 500 species living in Loch Ness.(D) The lake is not deep enough for such a huge animal.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)4SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answeryou have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1—5The purpose of the American court system is to protect the rights of the people. According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he or she is considered innocent until the court proves that the person is guilty. In other words, it is the responsibility of the court to prove that a person is guilty. It is not the responsibility of the person to prove that he or she is innocent.In order to arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been committed. The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station to “book” him. “Bookin g means that the name of the person and the charges against him are formally listed at the police station.The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or released. If the suspect has no previous criminal record and the judge feels that he will return to court rather than run away—for example, because he owns a house and has a family—he can go free. Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail. At this time, too, the judge will appoint a cour t layer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. This is called a hearing. The attorney may present evidence as well aswitnesses. The judge at the hearing then decides whether there is enough reason to hold a trial. If the judge decides that there is sufficient evidence to call for a trial, he or she sets a date for the suspect to appear in court to formally plead guilty or not guilty.At the trial, a jury of 12 people listens to the evidence from both attorneys and hears the testimony of the witnesses. Then the jury goes into a private room to consider the evidence and decide whether the defendant is guilty of the crime. If the jury decides that the defendant is innocent, he goes free. However, if he is convicted, the judge sets a date for the defendant to appear in court again for sentencing. At this time, the judge tells the convicted person what his punishment will be. The judge may sentence him to prison, order him to pay a fine, or place him on probation.The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is designed to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the basis, or foundation, of the American government.1. What is the main idea of the passage?(A) The American court system requires that a suspect prove that he or she is innocent.(B) The US court system is designed to protect the rights of the people.(C) Under the American court system, judge decides if a suspect is innocent or guilty.(D) The US court system is designed to help the police present a case against the suspect.2. What follows ‘in other words’ (para.1)?(A) An example of the previous sentence.(B) A new idea about the court system.(C) An item of evidence to call for a trial. 5(D) A restatement of the previous sentence.3. According to the passage, ‘he can go free’ (para.3) means_________.(A) the suspect is free to choose a lawyer to defend him(B) the suspect does not have to go to trial because the judge has decided he is innocent(C) the suspect will be informed by mail whether he is innocent or not(D) the suspect does not have to wait in jail or pay money until he goes to trial4. What is the purpose of having the suspect pay bail?(A) To pay for the judge and the trial.(B) To pay for a court lawyer to defend the suspect.(C) To ensure that the suspect will return to court.(D) To ensure that the suspect will appear in prison.5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) The American justice system sometimes operates slowly.(B) The police can arrest a suspect without giving any reasons.(C) It is the responsibility of the suspect to prove he is innocent.(D) The jury considers the evidence in the court room.Questions 6—10So you’ve got an invention—you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the one to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense?One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.The building houses the Patent Office. It’s an ant h eap of corridors, offices and filing rooms—a sorting house and storage depot for one of the world’s biggest and most varied collections of technical data. Some ten million patents—English and foreign—are listed there.File after file, catalogue after catalogue detail the brain-children of inventors down the centuries, from a 1600’s machine gun designed to fire square bullets at infidels and round ones at Christians, to present-day laser, nuclear and computer technology.The first ‘letters patent’ were grant ed as long ago as 1449 to a Flemish craftsman by the name of John Utynam. The letters, written in Latin, are still on file at the office. They were granted by King Henry VI and entitled Utynam to ‘import into this country’ his knowledge of making stained glass windows in order to install such windows at Eton College.Present-day patents procedure is a more sophisticated affair than getting a go-ahead note from the monarch. These days the strict procedures governing whether you get a patent for your revolutionary mouse-trap or solar-powered back-scratcher have been reduced to a pretty exact science.From start to finish it will take around two and a half years and cost ￡165 for the inventor to gain patent protection for his brainchild. That’s if he’s lucky. B y no means all who apply to the Patent Office, which is a branch of the Department of Trade, get a patent. 6A key man at the Patent Office is Bernard Partridge, Principal Examiner (Administration), who boils down to one word the vital ingredient any inventor needs before he can hope to overcome the many hurdles in the complex procedure of obtaining apatent—‘ingenuity’.6. People take out a patent because they want to __________.(A) keep their ideas from being stolen(B) reap the rewards of somebody else’s ingenuity(C) visit the patent office building(D) come up with more new devices7. The phrase ‘the brain-children of inventors’ (para.5) means_________.(A) the children with high intelligence(B) the inventions that people come up with(C) a device that a child believes to be the answer to the energy crisis(D) a lawnmower that an individual has invented to cut grass8. What have the 1600’s machine gun and the present-day laser in common?(A) Both were approved by the monarch.(B) Both were granted by King Henry VI.(C) Both were rejected by the Department of Trade.(D) Both were patented.9. Why is John Utynam still remembered?(A) He is the first person to get a patent for his revolutionary mouse-trap.(B) He is the first person to be granted an official patent.(C) He is the first person to be an officer in the Patent Office.(D) He is the first person to have invented a lawnmower.10. According to the passage, how would you describe the complex procedure of obtaining a patent for an invention?(A) It is rather expensive.(B) It is an impossible task.(C) It is extremely difficult.(D) It is very tricky.Questions 11—15All living cells on earth require moisture for their metabolism. Cereal grains when brought in from the field, although they may appear to be dry, may contain 20 per cent of moisture or more. If they are stored in a bin thus, there is sufficient moisture in them to support several varieties of insects. These insects will, therefore, live and breed and, as they grow and eat the grain, it provides them with biological energy for their life processes. This energy will, just as in man, become manifest as heat. Since the bulk of the grain acts as an insulator, the temperature surrounding the colony of insects will rise so that, not only is part of the grain spoiled by the direct attack of the insects but more may be damaged by the heat. Sometimes, the temperature may even rise to the point where the stored grain catches fire. For safe storage, grain must be dried until its moisture content is 13 per cent or less.Traditional arts of food preservation took advantage of this principle in a number of ways. The plant seeds, wheat, rye, rice, barley millet, maize, are themselves structures evolved by nature to provide stored food. The starch of their endosperm is used for the nourishment of the embryo during the time it over-winters (if it is a plant of the Temperate Zone) and until its new leaves have 7grown and their chlorophyll can trap energy from the sunlight to nourish the new-grown plant. The separation by threshing and winnowing is, therefore, to some degree part of a technique of food preservation.The direct drying of other foods has also been used. Fish has been dried in many parts of the world besides Africa. Slices of dried meat are prepared by numerous races. Biltong, a form of dried meat, was a customary food for travelers. The drying of meat or fish, either in the sun or over a fire, quite apart from the degree to which it exposes the food to infection by bacteria and infestation by insects, tends also to harm its quality. Proteins are complex molecular structures which are readily disrupted. This is the reason why dried meat becomes tough and can, with some scientific justification, by likened to leather. The technical process of drying foods indirectly by pickling them in the strong salt solutions commonly called ‘brine’ does less harm to the protein than straightforward drying, particularly if this is carried out at high temperatures. It is for this reason that many of the typical drying processes are not taken to completion. That is to say, the outer parts may be dried leaving a moist inner section. Under these circumstances, preservation is only partial. The dried food keeps longer than it would have undried but it cannot be kept indefinitely. For this reason, traditional processes are to be found in many parts of the world in which a combination of partial drying and pickling in brine is used. Quite often the drying involves exposure to smoke. Foods treated in this way are, besides fish of various sorts, bacon, hams and numerous types of sausages.11. According to the passage, insects spoil stored cereals by________.(A) consuming all the grain themselves(B) generating heat and raising the surrounding temperature(C) increasing the moisture content in the grain(D) attacking each other for more grain12. In speaking of the traditional methods of food preservation, the writer ________.(A) expresses doubts about direct smoking(B) describes salting and pickling as ineffective(C) condemns direct drying(D) mentions threshing and winnowing13. Direct drying affects the quality of meat or fish because________.(A) it exposes them to insects(B) it makes them hard(C) it damages the protein(D) it develops bacteria14. We can learn from the passage that salting preserves food by ________.(A) destroying the protein(B) drawing away moisture from the food(C) drying the food in the sun(D) dressing the food15. According to the passage, partial drying is useful because________.(A) it damages the protein less(B) it can be combined with pickling(C) it leaves the inside moist(D) it makes the food soft8Questions 16—20We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men.The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their vastly greater speed of operation by comparison with unaided human effort; a task which otherwise might take years, if attempted at all, now takes days or hours.One of the most urgent problems of industrial societies rapidly introducing automation is how to fill the time that will be made free by the machines which will take over the tasks of the workers. The question is not simply of filling empty time but also of utilizing the surplus human energy that will be released. We are already seeing straws in the wind: destructive outbursts on the part of youth whose work no longer demands muscular strength. While automation will undoubtedly do away with a large number of tedious jobs, are we sure that it will not put others which are equally tedious in their place? For an enormous amount of sheer monitoring will be required. A man in an automated plant may have to sit for hours on and watching dials and taking decisive action when some signal informs him that all is not well. What meaning will his occupation bear for the worker? How willhe devote his free time after a four or five hour stint of labour? Moreover, what, indeed, will be the significance for him of his leisure? If industry of the future could be purged of its monotony and meaninglessness, man would then be better equipped to use his leisure time constructively.16. The main purpose of automation is _________.(A) to devise the machine which could replace the semi-skilled(B) to process information as fast as possible(C) to develop an efficient labor-saving mechanism(D) to make an individual man perform many different actions17. The chief benefit of computing machines is ________.(A) their greater speed of operation(B) their control of the product quality(C) their conveyor belt system of continuous production9(D) their supervision of industrial installations18. One of the problems brought about by automation in industrial societies is _________.(A) plenty of information(B) surplus human energy(C) destructive outbursts(D) less leisure time19. Which of the following best explains the use of ‘stint’ (pa ra.4)?(A) Effort.(B) Force.(C) Excess.(D) Period.20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) There is no automation with feedback control of the quality of the product.(B) Computers are reliable in any supervision of industrial installations.(C) The essential features for banks are the recording and sorting of information.(D) Automation will undoubtedly eliminate numerous tedious jobs. Questions 21—25The city water pipes in Rome were usually of baked clay or lead; copper was sometimes used and also hollowed stone. For the large supply conduits leading to the city the Romans used covered channels with free water surfaces, rather than pipes. Perhaps this choice was a matter of economics, for apparently they could make lead pipes up to 15 inches in diameter. While pipes can follow the profile of undulating ground, with the pressure increasing in the lower areas, channels cannot. They must slope continuously downwards, because water in channels does not normally flow uphill; and the grade must be flat, from 1 in 60 in small channels to perhaps 1 in 3,000 in large ones, to keep the water speed down to a few feet per second. Thus the main supply channels or aqueducts had long lengths of flat grade and where they crossed depressions or valleys they were carried onelevated stone bridges in the form of tiered arches. At the beginning of the Christian era there were over 30 miles of these raised aqueducts in the 250 miles of channels and tunnels bringing water to Rome. The channels were up to 6 feet wide and 5 to 8 feet high. Sometimes channels were later added on the tops of existing ones. The remains of some of these aqueducts still grace the skyline on the outskirts of Rome and elsewhere in Europe similar ruins are found. Brick and stone drains were constructed in various parts of Rome. The oldest existing one is the Cloaca Maxima which follows the course of an old stream. It dates back at least to the third century B.C. Later the drains were used for sewage, flushed by water from the public baths and fountains, as well as street storm run-off.The truly surprising aspect of the achievements of all the ancient hydraulic artisans is the lack of theoretical knowledge behind their designs. Apart from the hydrostatics of Archimedes, there was no sound understanding of the most elementary principles of fluid behaviour. Sextus Frontinus, Rome’s water commissioner around A.D. 100, did not fully realize that in order to calculate the volume rate of flow in a channel it is necessary to allow for the speed of the flow as well as the area of cross-section. The Romans’ flow standard was the rate at which water would flow through a bronze pipe roughly 4/3 inch in diameter and 9 inches long. When this pipe was connected to the side of a water-supply pipe or channel as a delivery outlet, it was assumed that the outflow was at10。
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2006年9月中级口译真题+参考答案英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution an d you’ll know where___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3).Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be_____________ (4) of a typical British family.If you are invited to an English home, _____________ (5) in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily _____________ (6) or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are _____________ (7) in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: ‘Go away, you _____________ (8).’ On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o’clock smile: ‘Thank you very much. I _____________ (9) a cup of tea, especially in the mor ning.’ If they leave you alone with the liquid you may pour it _____________ (10)! Then you have ___________ (11); then you have tea at 11 o’clock in the morning; _____________ (12); then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o’clock _____________ (13).You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the _____________ (14): if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are _____________ (15); if you are nervous; if you are watching TV; _____________ (16); if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea ______________ (17); if you have just had a cup.You definitely must not ______________ (18). I sleep at five o’clock in the morning; I have coffee for breakfast; I drink innumerable _____________ (19) during the day; I have the _____________ (20) even at tea-time!Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. (A) The program on Channel Eight reminds me of TV commercials.(B) The product advertised in the TV commercial cannot help cure my illness.(C) I don’t watch TV that much, because of the omnipresent advertisem ents.(D) I have to sit on the sofa, because I am too sick to stand in front of the television.2. (A) The plane arrived at 7:30.1(B) The plane arrived at 8:00.(C) The plane arrived at 9:00.(D) The plane arrived at 10:00.3. (A) I’ll ask someone else t o read and check this agreement for errors.(B) I’ll think more about the agreement before making a decision.(C) It’s obvious that I’ll discuss the agreement with my assistant first.(D) It’s out of question that I should get into any agreement with you.4. (A) The better members decided to cancel the meeting.(B) Less than half of the committee was away on business trips.(C) It’d be better if no one had attended this morning’s committee meeting..(D) The meeting was cancelled because of low attendance.5. (A) Supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs are usually owned by the same company.(B) Products in grocery stores are more expensive than those in supermarkets.(C) There is a price difference for the same product even in shops run by the same company.(D) People prefer to shop in supermarkets, which are mostly located in the suburbs, with free parking space.6. (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.(B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.(C) The American government has set the goal that it will eventually stop funding higher education institutions.(D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.7. (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.(B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring in liberal arts is declining.(C) University students who are interested in liberal arts will have more job opportunities upon graduation.(D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.8. (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.(B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.(C) Good business negotiators are sometimes curious about other people’s restatements.(D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.9. (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.(B) We’d better draft and then sign a written agreement.(C) We generally keep our promises in business transactions.(D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.10. (A) I don’t think you have more to say on that topic.(B) I think we’d better talk about that in detail sometime later.(C) I am truly appreciative if you can elaborate on that topic after lunch.(D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations After each of2these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11—1411. (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five12. (A) A profit-making private school.(B) A non-profit-making independent school.(C) A state school that is funded by non-governmental sources.(D) A secondary school that is open to the majority of British students.13. (A) Many children are no longer placed in schools according to their academic abilities.(B) Many children can afford to study in private schools, as they become part of the state system.(C) Children from wealthy families no longer choose to go and study in public schools.(D) Cleverer children will be sent to the best private schools in the country for a better development.14. (A) Clever and less bright children will mix well with each other.(B) School authorities will receive more funds from the government.(C) Most students will do well in their entrance examination for the higher education.(D) Every child will have an equal opportunity to go on to higher education. Questions 15—1815. (A) One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.(B) One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.(C) One that contains a broad range of words in common usage.(D) One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories16. (A) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary(B) The American Heritage Dictionary(C) The Dictionary of Legal Terms(D) The Drinking Water Dictionary17. (A) It lists abbreviations, proper nouns, and tables of measures.(B) It is an unabridged edition providing as many as 500,000 entries.(C) It was randomly compiled and contains as many foreign words as possible.(D) It provides detailed information of famous people and places.18. (A) A school dictionary. (B) A college dictionary.(C) A general dictionary. (D) A specialized dictionary.Questions 19—2219. (A) He’s bought his wife a present. (B) He’s missed an important phone call.(C) He’s dismissed his new secretary. (D) He’s popped out shopping.20. (A) Talking about the latest fashion.(B) Offering special reductions.(C) Giving bigger discounts to female customers.(D) Pressing on the customer to make a decision.21. (A) Upside down and inside out. (B) Inside out and back to front.(C) With its sleeves as trouser legs. (D) With its pattern upside down.22. (A) A V-necked pullover with short sleeves.3(B) A high-necked pullover with long sleeves.(C) A white pullover with a pattern.(D) A blue pullover with a high neck.Questions 23—2623. (A) That of a creator. (B) That of a re-creator.(C) That of a receiver. (D) That of a performer.24. (A) Because we need to concentrate for our quiet thought.(B) Because we want to give full attention to the driving.(C) Because we try to avoid being caught by the patrolling police.(D) Because we intend to be as casual as possible in the driving.25. (A) In the elevator. (B) In the car.(C) In the bathroom. (D) In the church.26. (A) By perceptive and analytical listening.(B) By taking a sonic bath.(C) By attending classical concerts.(D) By listening to an emotional piece of music.Questions 27—3027. (A) His grandfather’s house. (B) His parents’ remarks.(C) A magazine. (D) A coursebook.28. (A) Enjoying visiting zoos. (B) Driving a car.(C) Making money. (D) Taking kids to a museum.29. (A) It died a few years ago. (B) It killed several tourists.(C) It is only a legend. (D) It is a living dinosaur.30. (A) No one has provided an accurate description of the animal.(B) No dead bodies of the animal have ever been found.(C) There are only 500 species living in Loch Ness.(D) The lake is not deep enough for such a huge animal.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)4SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1—5The purpose of the American court system is to protect the rights of the people. According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he or she is considered innocent until the court proves that the person is guilty. In other words, it is the responsibility of the court to prove that a person is guilty. It is not the responsibility of the person to prove that he or she is innocent.In order to arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been committed. The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station to “book” him. “Booking means that the name of the person and the charges against him are formally listed at the police station. The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or released. If the suspect has no previous criminal record and the judge feels that he will return to court rather than run away—for example, because he owns a house and has a family—he can go free. Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail. At this time, too, the judge will appoint a court layer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. This is called a hearing. The attorney may present evidence as well as witnesses. The judge at the hearing then decides whether there is enough reason to hold a trial. If the judge decides that there is sufficient evidence to call for a trial, he or she sets a date for the suspect to appear in court to formally plead guilty or not guilty.At the trial, a jury of 12 people listens to the evidence from both attorneys and hears the testimony of the witnesses. Then the jury goes into a private room to consider the evidence and decide whether the defendant is guilty of the crime. If the jury decides that the defendant is innocent, he goes free. However, if he is convicted, the judge sets a date for the defendant to appear in court again for sentencing. At this time, the judge tells the convicted person what his punishment will be. The judge may sentence him to prison, order him to pay a fine, or place him on probation.The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is designed to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the basis, or foundation, of the American government.1. What is the main idea of the passage?(A) The American court system requires that a suspect prove that he or she is innocent.(B) The US court system is designed to protect the rights of the people.(C) Under the American court system, judge decides if a suspect is innocent or guilty.(D) The US court system is designed to help the police present a case against the suspect.2. What follows ‘in other words’ (para.1)?(A) An example of the previous sentence.(B) A new idea about the court system.(C) An item of evidence to call for a trial. 5(D) A restatement of the previous sentence.3. According to the passage, ‘he can go free’ (para.3) means _________.(A) the suspect is free to choose a lawyer to defend him(B) the suspect does not have to go to trial because the judge has decided he is innocent(C) the suspect will be informed by mail whether he is innocent or not(D) the suspect does not have to wait in jail or pay money until he goes to trial4. What is the purpose of having the suspect pay bail?(A) To pay for the judge and the trial.(B) To pay for a court lawyer to defend the suspect.(C) To ensure that the suspect will return to court.(D) To ensure that the suspect will appear in prison.5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) The American justice system sometimes operates slowly.(B) The police can arrest a suspect without giving any reasons.(C) It is the responsibility of the suspect to prove he is innocent.(D) The jury considers the evidence in the court room.Questions 6—10So you’ve got an invention—you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the one to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense?One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.The building houses the Patent Office. It’s an ant heap of corridors, offices and filing rooms—a sorting house and storage depot for one of the world’s biggest and most varied collections of technical data. Some ten million patents—English and foreign—are listed there.File after file, catalogue after catalogue detail the brain-children of inventors down the centuries, from a 1600’s machine gun designed to fire square bullets at infidels and round ones at Christians, to present-day laser, nuclear and computer technology.The first ‘letters patent’ were granted as long ago as 1449 to a Flemish craftsman by the name of John Utynam. The letters, written in Latin, are still on file at the office. They were granted by King Henry VI and entitled Utynam to ‘import into this country’ his knowledge of making stained glass windows in order to install such windows at Eton College.Present-day patents procedure is a more sophisticated affair than getting ago-ahead note from the monarch. These days the strict procedures governing whether you get a patent for your revolutionary mouse-trap or solar-powered back-scratcher have been reduced to a pretty exact science.From start to finish it will take around two and a half years and cost ￡165 for the inventor to gain patent protection for his brainchild. That’s if he’s lucky. By no means all who apply to the Patent Office, which is a branch of the Department of Trade, get a patent. 6A key man at the Patent Office is Bernard Partridge, Principal Examiner (Administration), who boils down to one word the vital ingredient any inventor needs before he can hope to overcome the many hurdles in the complex procedure of obtaining a patent—‘ingenuity’.6. People take out a patent because they want to __________.(A) keep their ideas from being stolen(B) reap the rewards of some body else’s ingenuity(C) visit the patent office building(D) come up with more new devices7. The phrase ‘the brain-children of inventors’ (para.5) means _________.(A) the children with high intelligence(B) the inventions that people come up with(C) a device that a child believes to be the answer to the energy crisis(D) a lawnmower that an individual has invented to cut grass8. What have the 1600’s machine gun and the present-day laser in common?(A) Both were approved by the monarch.(B) Both were granted by King Henry VI.(C) Both were rejected by the Department of Trade.(D) Both were patented.9. Why is John Utynam still remembered?(A) He is the first person to get a patent for his revolutionary mouse-trap.(B) He is the first person to be granted an official patent.(C) He is the first person to be an officer in the Patent Office.(D) He is the first person to have invented a lawnmower.10. According to the passage, how would you describe the complex procedure of obtaining a patent for an invention?(A) It is rather expensive.(B) It is an impossible task.(C) It is extremely difficult.(D) It is very tricky.Questions 11—15All living cells on earth require moisture for their metabolism. Cereal grains when brought in from the field, although they may appear to be dry, may contain 20 per cent of moisture or more. If they are stored in a bin thus, there is sufficient moisture in them to support several varieties of insects. These insects will, therefore, live and breed and, as they grow and eat the grain, it provides them with biological energy for their life processes. This energy will, just as in man, become manifest as heat. Since the bulk of the grain acts as an insulator, the temperature surrounding the colony of insects will rise so that, not only is part of the grain spoiled by the direct attack of the insects but more may be damaged by the heat. Sometimes, the temperature may even rise to thepoint where the stored grain catches fire. For safe storage, grain must be dried until its moisture content is 13 per cent or less.Traditional arts of food preservation took advantage of this principle in a number of ways. The plant seeds, wheat, rye, rice, barley millet, maize, are themselves structures evolved by nature to provide stored food. The starch of their endosperm is used for the nourishment of the embryo during the time itover-winters (if it is a plant of the Temperate Zone) and until its new leaves have 7grown and their chlorophyll can trap energy from the sunlight to nourish the new-grown plant. The separation by threshing and winnowing is, therefore, to some degree part of a technique of food preservation.The direct drying of other foods has also been used. Fish has been dried in many parts of the world besides Africa. Slices of dried meat are prepared by numerous races. Biltong, a form of dried meat, was a customary food for travelers. The drying of meat or fish, either in the sun or over a fire, quite apart from the degree to which it exposes the food to infection by bacteria and infestation by insects, tends also to harm its quality. Proteins are complex molecular structures which are readily disrupted. This is the reason why dried meat becomes tough and can, with some scientific justification, by likened to leather. The technical process of drying foods indirectly by pickling them in the strong salt solutions commonly called ‘brine’ does less harm to the protein than straightforward drying, particularly if this is carried out at high temperatures. It is for this reason that many of the typical drying processes are not taken to completion. That is to say, the outer parts may be dried leaving a moist inner section. Under these circumstances, preservation is only partial. The dried foodkeeps longer than it would have undried but it cannot be kept indefinitely. For this reason, traditional processes are to be found in many parts of the world in which a combination of partial drying and pickling in brine is used. Quite often the drying involves exposure to smoke. Foods treated in this way are, besides fish of various sorts, bacon, hams and numerous types of sausages.11. According to the passage, insects spoil stored cereals by ________.(A) consuming all the grain themselves(B) generating heat and raising the surrounding temperature(C) increasing the moisture content in the grain(D) attacking each other for more grain12. In speaking of the traditional methods of food preservation, the writer________.(A) expresses doubts about direct smoking(B) describes salting and pickling as ineffective(C) condemns direct drying(D) mentions threshing and winnowing13. Direct drying affects the quality of meat or fish because ________.(A) it exposes them to insects(B) it makes them hard(C) it damages the protein(D) it develops bacteria14. We can learn from the passage that salting preserves food by ________.(A) destroying the protein(B) drawing away moisture from the food(C) drying the food in the sun(D) dressing the food15. According to the passage, partial drying is useful because ________.(A) it damages the protein less(B) it can be combined with pickling(C) it leaves the inside moist(D) it makes the food soft8Questions 16—20We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men.The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their vastly greater speed of operation by comparison with unaided human effort; a task which otherwise might take years, if attempted at all, now takes days or hours.One of the most urgent problems of industrial societies rapidly introducing automation is how to fill the time that will be made free by the machines which will take over the tasks of the workers. The question is not simply of filling empty time but also of utilizing the surplus human energy that will be released. We are already seeing straws in the wind: destructive outbursts on the part of youth whose work no longer demands muscular strength. While automation will undoubtedly do away with a large number of tedious jobs, are we sure that it will not put others which are equally tedious in their place? For an enormous amount of sheer monitoring will be required. A man in an automated plant may have tosit for hours on and watching dials and taking decisive action when some signal informs him that all is not well. What meaning will his occupation bear for the worker? How will he devote his free time after a four or five hour stint of labour? Moreover, what, indeed, will be the significance for him of his leisure? If industry of the future could be purged of its monotony and meaninglessness, man would then be better equipped to use his leisure time constructively.16. The main purpose of automation is _________.(A) to devise the machine which could replace the semi-skilled(B) to process information as fast as possible(C) to develop an efficient labor-saving mechanism(D) to make an individual man perform many different actions17. The chief benefit of computing machines is ________.(A) their greater speed of operation(B) their control of the product quality(C) their conveyor belt system of continuous production9(D) their supervision of industrial installations18. One of the problems brought about by automation in industrial societies is _________.(A) plenty of information(B) surplus human energy(C) destructive outbursts(D) less leisure time19. Which of the following best explains t he use of ‘stint’ (para.4)?(A) Effort.(B) Force.(C) Excess.(D) Period.20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) There is no automation with feedback control of the quality of the product.(B) Computers are reliable in any supervision of industrial installations.(C) The essential features for banks are the recording and sorting of information.(D) Automation will undoubtedly eliminate numerous tedious jobs. Questions 21—25The city water pipes in Rome were usually of baked clay or lead; copper was sometimes used and also hollowed stone. For the large supply conduits leading to the city the Romans used covered channels with free water surfaces, rather than pipes. Perhaps this choice was a matter of economics, for apparently they could make lead pipes up to 15 inches in diameter. While pipes can follow the profile of undulating ground, with the pressure increasing in the lower areas, channels cannot. They must slope continuously downwards, because water in channels does not normally flow uphill; and the grade must be flat, from 1 in 60 in small channels to perhaps 1 in 3,000 in large ones, to keep the water speed down to a few feet per second. Thus the main supply channels or aqueducts had long lengths of flat grade and where they crossed depressions or valleys they were carried on elevated stone bridges in the form of tiered arches. At the beginning of the Christian era there were over 30 miles of these raised aqueducts in the 250 miles of channels and tunnels bringing water to Rome. The channels were up to 6 feet wide and 5 to 8 feet high. Sometimes channels werelater added on the tops of existing ones. The remains of some of these aqueducts still grace the skyline on the outskirts of Rome and elsewhere in Europe similar ruins are found.Brick and stone drains were constructed in various parts of Rome. The oldest existing one is the Cloaca Maxima which follows the course of an old stream. It dates back at least to the third century B.C. Later the drains were used for sewage, flushed by water from the public baths and fountains, as well as street storm run-off.The truly surprising aspect of the achievements of all the ancient hydraulic artisans is the lack of theoretical knowledge behind their designs. Apart from the hydrostatics of Archimedes, there was no sound understanding of the most elementary principles of fluid behaviour. Sextus Frontinus, Rome’s water commissioner around A.D. 100, did not fully realize that in order to calculate the volume rate of flow in a channel it is necessary to allow for the speed of the flow as well as the area of cross-section. The Romans’ flow standard was the rate at which water would flow through a bronze pipe roughly 4/3 inch in diameter and 9 inches long. When this pipe was connected to the side of a water-supply pipe or channel as a delivery outlet, it was assumed that the outflow was at10the standard rate. In fact, the amount of water delivered depended not only on the cross-sectional area of the outlet pipe but also on the speed of water flowing through it and this speed depended on the pressure in the supply pipe.21. The Romans used all of the following to make water pipes EXCEPT_________.(A) earth (B) wood (C) copper (D) stone。
2006年3月上海中级口译资格证书考试第一阶段实考试卷2006年3月上海中级口译资格证书考试第一阶段
2006年3月上海中级口译资格证书考试第一阶段实考试卷Part A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the ward or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.In the early 1970's, Citibank of New York City became one of the first financial institutions to install ATM's on a large scale. Since then, the_______(1) of automated teller machines has increased dramatically. At the time, the bank hoped________ (2) their operating costs by replacing human tellers with machines. Little did they _______ (3) that the cash machines would become so successful. However, as more banks added_______ (4) automated service through ATM's, the machines mushroomed all over the world.To use an ATM, all you need is a _______(5) issued by your bank. Your bank may also_______(6) through a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa. To begin a_______(7), you need to insert the card into an ATM and punch in a personal identification number on the _______(8). The personal ID number may consistof_______(9) and can prevent anyone from using the card.The ATM next flashes instructions on its_______(10) for carrying out transaction. To get cash, for example, you are instructed to _______(11) that indicate whether the money should be withdrawn form a checking or a savings account and the _______(12). This request is then displayed on the screen. After you press a button to _______(13) that the information is correct, the ATM goes to _______(14).How safe, you may ask, is banking by ATM? The_______(15) is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card________(16). If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screen will_______(18). As another precaution against_______(19), the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card______(20), say, to $200.化学教案想了好久化学教案老板终于想起这位法官竟然就是他在故事里经常讲到的那个小伙子试卷试题老板一阵眩晕化Part B: Listening Comprehension注意事项：答题前化学教案考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、学号写Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.、杯水风波化学教案脱离大众化学教案脱离现实化学教案难兴文艺之春试卷试题1. Statements1. (A) We didn't find one qualified applicant.(B) Nobody applied for the job.(C) Only one person applied for the job.(D) We interviewed nine candidates.2. (A) Florence finished her speech with some introductory remarks.(B) Florence found herself making a speech when the speaker became ill.(C) Florence came along with a fluent introduction about the eminent speaker.(D) Had the speaker not been ill, he would have made some introductory remarks.3. (A) I cannot finish the report in time.(B) I hate to join in social activities this weekend.(C) I have to work extra time over the weekend.(D) I will not attend the board meeting next week.4. (A) The director is too busy to attend to your proposal right now.(B) The director will help you read the proposal tomorrow morning.(C) You should hand in your proposal no later than tomorrow morning.(D) You can make an appointment to see the director the next day.5. (A) We'll ask for more time to finish the financial plan.(B) We'll look for more information for the plan later than expected.(C) I'm afraid we'll turn in the financial plan later than expected.(D) We'll have to finish the plan with the materials available now.6. (A) Talking too much in business negotiations leaves a bad impression o Americans.(B) Silence often makes Americans feel uncomfortable in business situations.(C) Americans enjoy keeping silent in business negotiations and employ a variety of strategies.(D) Americans are rather aggressive, especially in business situations.7.(A) I think now it is the best time to do business in China, though we have had a50-year relationship.(B) I believe that we could have done more business with China over the past 50 years.(C) Although our company has a history of over 50 years, we are unable to start our business in China.(D) Despite our good relationship over the past 50 years, we need to find a better time for investment here.8. (A) The director has already signed the agreement.(B) The director has read the agreement for three times(C) The director is not in and cannot sign the agreement.(D) The director is not ready to sign the agreement.9. (A) We cannot compete with our rivals, since we have just started our business here.(B) We want to have more customers, so we're ready to make more favourable offers(C) We are unable to provide the best service here, because we do not have enoughcompetitive advantage.(D) We plan to merge our competitors in this area, as we are growing and have more customers.10. (A) A diet with meat only is not enough for our body.(B) A diet with vegetables can sometimes be very costly.(C) Meatless meals are equally nutritious and less expensive.(D) Meatless meals cannot provide all the essential nutrients.教案他自己却更像一只以狐狸的方式行事的刺猬试卷试题狐狸与刺猬的说法化学教案是伯林对2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear Several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions Only ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.目前孩子的教育消费化学教案过半网友认为偏高了化学教案增加了家庭的经济负担化学教案同时认可放养式教育的家长寥Questions 11-1411. (A) She was fired.(B) She was given a raise.(C) She got a transfer.(D) She got married.12. (A) They bought her a birthday gift.(B) They gave her a farewell party.(C) They surprised her during the party.(D) They saw her off at the airport.13. (A) She was invited to stay with Nancy in New York.(B) She was warned not to give the surprise away.(C) She was unable to keep a secret.(D) She was a good friend of Nancy's.14. (A) The man.(B) Nancy.(C) Mrs Sampson.(D) Christina.粉末均匀混合化学教案在800℃.的氩气中烧结6小时化学教案即可制成硅酸亚铁锂试卷试题①合成硅酸Questions 15-1815. (A) Sending invitation cards to as many people as possible.(B) Reserving a table at least one day in advance.(C) Taking your order before you are seated.(D) Keeping calm and talking to your clients.16. (A) A soup.(B) Some cold dishes.(C) A salad.(D) A drink.17. (A) Consult the waiter about the dish in question.(B) Tell everyone that you have certain dietary restrictions.(C) Write beforehand to say that you don't care for some dishes.(D) Keep quiet and pretend that you enjoy the food.18. (A) Over your lap.(B) On the chair.(C) Under the plate.(D) Beside the plate.试题仆夫童奴怪诧不知所谓化学教案苞之心事谁可告语？吾兄得举试卷试题士友间鲜不相庆Questions 19-2219. (A) In a holiday camp.(B) In a caravan park.(C) In a hotel.(D) In a restaurant.20. (A) Because they had driven for a long time.(B) Because they had booked for another time.(C) Because they had planned to have their supper first.(D) Because they had found a better place to stay in.21 (A) She can avoid doing a lot of farm work.(B) She wants to stay in some quiet and peaceful place.(C) Her husband especially cares for seafood.(D) Her children enjoy building sandcastles.22. (A) In the car.(B) In the lounge.(C) In a farm.(D) In a quiet corner.溶液化学教案过滤出沉淀物化学教案沉淀物经洗涤、灼烧、冷却、称重化学教案残留固体Questions 23-2623. (A) In New Zealand.(B) In the USA.(C) In England.(D) In Japan.24. (A) Because they want to feel the thrill and excitement.(B) Because they are tired of modern-day university life.(C) Because they are interested in the scientific experiment.(D) Because they find that it is the best way to reduce weight.25. (A) Jumping into the sea.(B) Jumping onto the cliff.(C) Jumping with a body harness.(D) Jumping with a leg harness.26. (A) Be over the age of 18.(B) Receive due instructions.(C) Join a sports club.(D) Pay for the rubber band.分析了伯林反刺猬、反体系的思想基础化学教案并指出伯林实质上还是“刺猬”；最后指出伯林、Questions 27-3027. (A) Paper Research.(B) Examination Method.(C) Comparative Literature.(D) University Seminar System.28. (A) A college course in which new ideas and subjects are introduced.(B) A university class in which topics are discussed among the students.(C) A system where university students are allowed to choose their teachers.(D) A gathering where only teachers and students of about the same age can attend.29. (A) They were boring.(B) They were good lecturers.(C) They seldom asked questions.(D) They talked too much in class.30. (A) The unanswered questions during the lectures.(B) The discussion with the serious professors.(C) The results of his final examinations.(D) The low marks he had scored during the term.水化学教案否则就触犯了试卷试题”这时化学教案还有一个客户在办公室里和老板谈生意化学教案也连连点头称是Part C: Listening and Translation（2）虽业高振古,而德刑未孚,宜推亡固存,广树威略试卷试题（5 分）（二）古代诗歌阅读（本题共2小题化学教案11分）1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)13试卷试题把文中画横线的句子翻译成现代汉语试卷试题（10 分）（1）竟安坐饱食,然后应召试卷试题高祖甚感之,常多景仁是太傅安孙试卷试题（5 分）(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)点缀和相伴柴达木的唯一秀色试卷试题（选自《陈忠实文集》）12.文章是从哪些方面来描写(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLSDirections: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.教案旁观者实在不必对那些追求编制、希求稳定工作的年轻人痛心疾首试卷试题Questions 1-5One of the most disturbing statistics I've read for a long time was published this week. The Work Foundation claims that job satisfaction in this country has fallen alarmingly. Women's satisfaction level has fallen from 51 percent in 1992 to 29 percent today; men's has fallen from 35 percent to 20. The reason-the long-hours culture and job insecurity.For my father's generation, work was something that had to be endured so that real life could be maintained. But my generation has been gulled into thinking that work is real life. Most work is not satisfying. Most work stinks. Most work, however well paid, is meaningless and dull. But somehow we've been convinced that work providesself-fulfillment.Before Mrs Thatcher, we had a famous British attitude to work--the less we did the better. Thatcher introduced the idea that, in a world where identity was so fragile, you could become real through work, through long hours and assiduous consumption, in the small amount of time you had been left after clocking off. Now Blair carries on the crusade, I've got one of the best jobs in the world--siV3ng in an once by myself all daytrying to make up something that someone somewhere wit! be interested in. But I'd rather be stretched out in front of the TV, or in bed, or playing tennis, or doing just about anything else.Much of feminist thought has been about getting what men have traditionally had without examining the underlying assumption of whether it was worth having. Feminism never ended up with a life built around creative leisure, instead, women of talent and drive threw themselves into the labour pool, believing that work and its attendant income and power would affect the change of life and consciousness that would liberate them.Can anything be done? Only if we're willing to change the way we've been tricked into thinking. Most people now measure their lives primarily in units of currency--money saved and spent. I have a friend who'll travel halfway across London for a shoe sale, without factoring in how much of her precious time has been spent travelling. The most important truth I know is that ail we ever own is the time we were given on this earth. We need to seize it back. Now the future has arrived, and we have the means to doit--we just don't have the imagination.从目前来看化学教案游学传统的回归弥补了学校教育的很多不足化学教案扩大了见闻化学教案磨炼了意志化学教案陶冶了情操化学1. Before the British were persuaded to realize themselves through hard work,(A) they had little time left to themselves(B) they had struggled hard for equal treatment(C) they had enjoyed themselves more(D) they had a strong desire to be set free from work步行走;“逛”散步,闲游;“晃”侧重摇动摆动试卷试题可以说,四个词都有慢步走的意思,根据语境,该语、2. The sentence "Now Blair carries on the crusade" (para. 3) could be best illustrated by which of the following statements?试卷试题我和同事也都明白老板经常讲这个故事的用意试卷试题每次我听到老板讲这个故事化学教案就会想起那个姓刘(A) Blair continues to promote the idea of achieving self-fulfillment through work.(B) Blair opposes his people to be workaholic and has launched such a campaign.(C) Blair sets a perfect example as a hard-working person for his people in the UK.(D) Blair is most unwilling to have his people labouring as slaves.①在沉沉夜幕中化学教案列车进入柴达木试卷试题已是满天星斗化学教案我浑然没有察3. What is the author's attitude towards women's joining the workforce?(A) Supportive.(B) Negative.(C) Appreciative.(D) Defensive.4. What is the purpose of the author in mentioning her friend who travelled halfway across London for a shoe sale?移民却多数来自福建化学教案所以宋代的《舆地纪胜》说潮州：“虽境土有闽广之异化学教案、(A) To praise her friend for her persistence in pursuing what she wants.(B) To introduce her friend to the general public.(C) To give an urgent call for people to take life easy.(D) To raise people's awareness as to how precious time is.④生命力化学教案顽强坚忍（每点1分）13试卷试题（6分）写出了柴达木的单调、苍茫和苍凉、5. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?(A) What's So Good about Hard Work?(B) What'd You Imagine for the Future?(C) Work Makes Everyone Free,(D)Seize Time Back for Your Own Sake.衣服都快不敢买了化学教案原因就是孩子一个暑假就花了35000试卷试题20000(美国游学)+5000(阿姨)+2000(钢琴)+200Questions 6-10"I delight in Buckingham Palace", said Queen Victoria, when she moved in three weeks after ascending to the throne. Today the 40-acre secluded garden contains specimen shrubs trees and a large lake. Eight to nine thousand people visit it during the annual garden parties.It took George IV, on becoming King in 1820, and John Nash, Surveyor-general to George IV when he was Prince Regent, many years to turn the house into a sumptuous palace. Nash demolished the North and South wings and rebuilt them. He constructed Marble Arch as a grand entrance to the enlarged courtyard. As work continued, Nash let his costs run away with him. and Parliament complained. Joseph Hume, ml English politician and reformer fighting for financial retrenchment, said, "The Crown of England does not require such splendour. Foreign countries might indulge in frippery, but England ought to pride herself on her plainness and simplicity." Nevertheless, elegance reigned.Queen Victoria was crowned in 1837. When she moved in, Buckingham Palace became, for the first time, the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns. There wasn't a room large enough for grand entertainments, so in 1853-55, Queen Victoria ordered the Ballroom built. 122 feet long, 60 feet wide and 45 feet high, it is, today, used for many events such as the State Banquet, the Diplomatic Reception, and memorial concerts. This is the site of Investitures, where the Queen (who was crowned in 1952) presents the recipients of British honours with their awards. During World War 11 a chapel, converted by Queen Victoria from Nash's conservatory, was bombed. Prince Philip oversaw its rebuilding as the Queen's Gallery, home to a rotating collection of art from the Royal Collection. The Gallery, currently in the process of renovation, will reopen in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.More than 600 rooms, including 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms comprise the castle's assets. But the "room" best known around the world is the Balcony where the Royal family' gathers on celebratory' and solemn occasions to be seen by' their subjects.The Palace is more than a home for the Royals. It is the official administrative headquarters of the monarchy and contains the offices of their staff. It is the place whereall Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held. Government ministers, top civil servants and heads of state visit to carry out their duties. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'working from home'.B试卷试题潮汕本土、香港和南洋三种风格不同的潮州菜流派的产生化学教案是地理隔绝和社会隔绝造成的族群文化多样的呈现试卷试题[]6. What was the result of Joseph Hume's fighting for financial retrenchment?(A) He succeeded in cutting the budget of Nash's rebuilding work.(B) His opposition turned out a failure and the palace was built with extravagance.(C) He became Nash's strong opponent and they fought with each other since then.(D) He came to fame as a well-known reformer for financial retrenchment.和高端精良的研发平台化学教案妻子苦口相劝化学教案义无反顾地应聘回国试卷试题7. According to the passage, which of the following are NOT supposed to be held in the Ballroom?(A) Investitures.(B) Government banquets.(C) Religious services.(D) Diplomatic receptions.然试卷试题他在《饔飨集》中说：“八大菜系中无潮州菜化学教案大约以为潮州菜可入粤菜、8. According to "the Queen's Golden Jubilee" (para. 3), how long has been the reign of the Queen?(A) It has to be 25 years under the reign of the Queen.(B) 45 years should be the minimum for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(C) At her age of 50, people usually celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.(D)The Queen's Golden Jubilee would be celebrated at her 50 year's reign.奢靡化学教案与老百姓的的劳作吃穿作对比化学教案其中描写“乐声之多与市井言语对比”的句子是：“9. Why does Buckingham Palace bring a new meaning to the phrase "working from home"?(A) Because Government offices are located in Buckingham Palace.(B) Because the Royal family live and work in Buckingham Palace.(C) Because all Royal ceremonies and official banquets are held in Buckingham Palace.(D) Because the Royal staff have their offices and residences in Buckingham Palace.潮菜进一步走向成熟化学教案潮菜的独特健康的饮食理念受到越来越广泛的关注和喜爱化学教案所以在10. According to the passage, which is the most famous place in Buckingham Palace?(A) The Ballroom.(B) The Queen's Gallery.(C) Marble Arch.(D) The Balcony,教案现代人使用的是白话文化学教案没有必要再学习文言文了；而另一方则认为化学教案①_______________化学教案Questions 11-15The Lake District in north-west England is an area remarkably little affected by industrialization. The principal activity is still sheep-farming, as it has been for a thousand years, and many ancient words like ‘fell' for ‘hill' and ‘tam' for ‘lake' are still indaily use. In spite of its heavy rainfall and relative inaccessibility, its special atmosphere and spectacular natural beauty combine to make this one of England's favourite holiday areas at all seasons of the year. But at Christmas 1968, still gripped by the fear that foot-and-mouth disease could spread to the hill flocks and sweep like wildfire right up to the Scottish border, it was quieter than ever before in this century. Luckily not a single farm had caught tile infection, the nearest case having been an isolated one at Kendal several weeks before. but every Lakeland farmer knows that one case among the unfenced hill flocks on the fells could lead to complete annihilation of hundreds of thousands of sheep and the virtual end of the district's principal industry; you cannot replace sheep, acclimatized to their own part of the fell for generations, in the same way that you can replace cattle in a field.Nobody could remember a Christmas like it, especially Boxing Dab, which is traditionally one of the big outdoor holidays of the Lakeland year. Normally this is a day spent following the mountain packs of hounds, felt-walking and, if the weather is propitious, skiing and skating, but this time there were none of these things. Visitors were actively discouraged, and those who did come were asked not to go on the fells, footpaths or bridleways or near farmland, while motorists were requested not to drive on minor roads and to shun the smaller valleys. The enterprising hotels which had earlier in the year decided to keep open during the winter were by the end of October having a desperate time. Hundreds of bookings had been cancelled and scores of dinner parties and young farmers' reunions eliminated. All youth hostels were closed. At least one climbing club, unable to climb, substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs on the more substantial municipal buildings.The weather in the area was dry, crisp, windless and cold, in fact ideal for brisk outdoor activities. But nobody was able to enjoy it. Everything was stopped: hunting, walking, climbing, skiing, motor cycle trials, sporting events of every description. All the seasonal dances, festivals, conferences, shepherds' meets and a hundred and one other social occasions abandoned. The ice was bearing on some of the lakes but you could not go skating there. Meanwhile the foxes, emboldened by an unprecedented freedom from harassment, were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of Christmas turkeys, while the hounds sulked miserably in their kennels.Farmers are apt to criticize some sections of the outdoor fraternity for their occasional thoughtless behaviour, but the way that walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, hunters and the rest went out of their way to help them at this time should never be forgotten. The general public, locals and visitors a like., tried to give the fell farmers a sporting chance, and this remarkable display of public spirit was the one bright note in a very sad time.教案目的是用更严格的监管、更严厉的处罚、更严肃的问责化学教案切实保障“舌尖上的安全11. The word "this" in line 5 refers to_______.(A) its special atmosphere(B) the Industrial Revolution(C) the spectacular natural beauty(D) the Lake District15.（2）①运用了虚实结合的表现手法（2 分）试卷试题②一二句实写诗人在长安遥望如雪的明月（1 分）；③中间四句虚写12. The district's principal industry is_______.(A) fell-walking(B) snow-skiing(C) sheep-farming(D) animal-hunting14.下列对本诗的理解和赏析化学教案不正确的两项是( )（5 分）A试卷试题“一望雪相似”出语平易而境界真切13. Because the sheep in the hills are unfenced toot-and-mouth disease might _______.(A) spread beyond the lakes(B) annihilate thousands of horses(C) lead to the virtual end of the tourist industry(D) destroy the flocks of sheep completely文化活动试卷试题人有恒言曰：“百闻不如一见试卷试题”“读万卷书不如行万里路试卷试题”游学之益在于体验化学教案14. Why were some hotels described as "enterprising"?(A) Because hundreds of bookings had been cancelled.(B) Because they decided to keep open during the winter.(C) Because they still held dinner parties and young farmers reunions.(D) Because they substituted a training programme of films and simulated climbs.N2与C2H4的混合气体所含电子数为1.4 NAB试卷试题标准状况下化学教案1.1215. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true during Christmas time in 1968?(A) The seasonal dances, festivals and other social occasions were abandoned.(B) The weather in the Lake District was ideal for brisk outdoor activities.(C) The foxes were stalking closer to the farms and the flocks of turkeys.(D) The ice was bearing on some of the lakes in the district.力振荡化学教案使之变成糊状物化学教案放置24 h试卷试题①苯甲醛要求新蒸馏的化学教案否Questions 16-20Why Men ExplodeAlthough women get angry just as often as men, rage remains the prototypical male emotion. "My kids still talk about my 'freak-outs,'" says Kim Garretson, 54, a corporate strategist in Minneapolis, who once erupted into volcanic fur5; in a restaurant when served a still-frozen entre2e. "1 didn't express much of anything, but once in a while, I'd just blow."Why do so many men lose their tempers? "The rage comes because there's so much frustration when you cut off something that is you. Yet that's what men do, because they're afraid that if you give emotions an inch, they'll take a mile," says psychologist Kenneth W. Christian, PhD, author of Your Own Worst Enemy. "If you don't learn how to work with your emotions, you're a shadow figure, a small incomplete version of yourself. It's only a matter of time until the house of cards that you are falls apart."For Kim Garretson, that day came four years ago when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. As often happens when illness strikes men, he realized he had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by letting himself feel. "I'm no longer afraid of expressing almostany emotion," he says. "I get anger out with my quick, sharp tongue and move on. I use humor as an outlet, I've reconnected with old friends. I talk about the big questions of life. 1 search for spiritual meaning."Guys, Try TheseIn his Dirty Harry days, Clint Eastwood never flinched. Now as a husband, father and Oscar-winning director of movies that explore the depths of men's souls, the tough guy has turned tender--but not talkative. "The men who hide their emotions the most may; in fact be the most sensitive," observes Christian. Yet men can become more emotionally expressive without tears or fears. Here are some ways to start:乙醚－116.234.5微溶于水化学教案易溶于乙醇实验步骤：（1）在250 mL锥形瓶中化学教案•Develop a creative outlet. Hobbies like painting or playing a musical instrument can tap into a man's soul. Remember that much of the world's greatest art,music and literature was created by the allegedly emotionally challenged sex.C试卷试题②③ D试卷试题①②③④4试卷试题常温下化学教案下•Release stress and anger through exercise. "When you get to the breaking point where you just want to put your head through a wall, taking a ten-minutetime-out isn't enough to calm down," says Westover, who in moments ofextreme emotion finds a place to drop to the floor and do push-ups. 19试卷试题（14分）草酸亚铁可用于合成锂电池的正极材料硅酸亚铁锂（Li2FeSiO4）等化学•Try' expressing "a little" emotion. "Start with feelings you can control, find a sympathetic ear and use the term 'a little,'" suggests Coleman, Saying you feel "a little" sad or "a little" scared feels safer than a full declaration of vulnerability.（2）AsH3是无色稍有大蒜味气体试卷试题AsH3的沸点高于PH3化学教案其主要原因是▲•Lean into the discomfort. "Rather than avoiding a feeling that you're not sure how to handle, move toward it," says psychologist Travis Bradbury, PhD, co-author of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. "Learning to handle emotions takes time and practice, because you need to retrain your brain, but it does get easier." A试卷试题54%的网友根据自己的经济条件是否让孩子参加海外游学化学教案表现得很理试卷试题16. Kim Garretson, a 54-year-old corporate strategist, once got very angrywhen_______.(A) diagnosed with lung cancer(B) given a take musical instrument(C) dragged into a mountainous trip(D) served cold food in a restaurant们的未来”试卷试题下列有关叙述不正确的是（）A试卷试题在家用17. "They'll take a mile." (para. 2), 'they' refers to_______.(A) psychologists(B) cards(C) emotions(D) friends③就潮州人而言化学教案大概认为粤菜或广东菜其实都是广府菜的别称化学教案是讲粤语的广、。
上海中级口译摸拟试题
上海中级口译摸拟试题上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试摸拟试题SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (40 Minutes)Part A: Spot DictationDirection: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.Earthquakes may 1.rightly be listed as one of the most destroying forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been 2.estimated that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond 3.calculation. The greater part of such damage and loss of life 4.is due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease and other phenomena 5.resulting from earthquakes, rather than due to the quakes themselves.The 6.great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area includes the 7.Pacific Ocean and its neighboring areas. The other 8.extends from the East India to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran, Turkey, and Alpine regions. It is in these two great zones that 9.ninety percent of all earthquakes take place. They 10.may happen anywhere at any time. 11.In the recent years there have been 12.indications that earthquake prediction may be possible. 13.By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of 14.movements in the earth’s crust and frequency with which minor earthquakes 15.are observed, scientists have shown increasing16.success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will occur. As a result,a worldwide 17.earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for the 18.great destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.It is doubtful that man will ever 19.be able to control earthquakes, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to 20.deal with them.Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken only once, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaningto the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Now let's begin with question number one. If you’d had your credit card, you would have paid by credit card. 1. (A) If you could have paid by credit card, you would have brought the card.(B) You didn't bring your credit so you couldn’t pay by credit card. (C) After you check your card, you will buy the card. (D) You will use the credit card to buy something.It took me less time than usual to complete my psychology assignment.2. (A) I finished this assignment rather quickly.(B) I seldom spend much time on psychology. (C) The assignment was unusually long.(D) Usually psychology is the last assignment I complete.Not only did I forget my air ticket, but also I forgot my passport. 3. (A) I forgot my plane ticket as well as my passport(B) Luckily I brought my ticket with me. (C) I thought my passport was my identity. (D) I didn’t know I needed a passport.It seems as if they’d known each other for years instead of jus t two hours. 4. (A) They haven’t seen each other for a while.(B) The met two hours ago(C) They hardly know anything about each other. (D) They’ve been friendly for a long time.Because Marry was accepted by the State University, her brother Tomapplied there too. 5. (A) Marry and Tom were accepted at the State university.(B) Neither Marry nor Tom was interested in attending the State University.(C) Tom did not want to go to the State University because Marry is there. (D) Neither Marry nor Tom was interested in attending the State University. (D)Tom applied to the State University because Marry was accepted there. The bookstore is out of the textbooks for Applied Psychology.6. (A) Textbooks on Applied Psychology are being sold outside the bookstore.(B) There are no Applied Psychology books in the bookstore.(C) The bookstore has only one or two textbooks on Applied Psychology. (D) Bookstore selling Applied Psychology don’t open until one or two o’clock. Jack wanted a laptop computer, but got a desktop instead. 7. (A) Jack wanted to repair the computer but got a new on instead.(B) After buying the laptop, Jack also bought a desktop.(C) Jack bought a desktop, though he’d planned to by a laptop. (D) Jack bought two computers.I must have left my glasses at home, because I can't find it anywhere. 8.(A) I didn’t have to look for my glasses.(B) I left home for the school early today. (C) I found my glasses in my classroom (D) I forgot to bring my glasses.After we have the classroom decorated, we’ll hold a party.9. (A) We have to go to a party after work.(B) We went to a huge party after the classroom was decorated. (C) After someone decorates the house for us, we’ll hold a party. (D) After we decorate the house for ourselves, we’ll hold a party.John studies harder than Billy, but for some reason Billy gets higher marks on the exams. 10. (A) Billy gets better grades on the exams because he studies harder.(B) John’s exams are harder than Billy’s (C) Billy doesn’t study as hard as John. (D) John Studies harder and gets better grades.I. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you -will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and the questions only once. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choosethe best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Guide:We are now approaching the famous Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed visitors to New York Harbor since 1886.Andrew: Wow! Look at it. James: Guide:Incredible isn’t it?The statute was given to the United States by the people of France. It was designed by the French sculptor Bartholdi.Andrew: It’s really huge. Do we get to go i nside? James:Of course. We can climb the stairs all the way up to the crown.Andrew: Stairs? There’s no elevator? James: Guide:Not to the top. But it's just 142 steps.Let me tell you a little more about the statue before you climb to the top. In case your are wondering what is the statue is made of, it has a framework inside that’s made of iron; the outer skin is made of copper. The copper skin is only 2.4 millimeters thick. The supporting framework inside the statue is what holds the whole thing together.The Statue of Liberty is a major tourist attraction, and every year about two million people from all over the world come here to visit it.Questions 11-14Since when has the Statue of Liberty been in New York Harbor? 11. (A) 1886.(C) 1866.(B) 1816. (D) 1868Where was the designer of the Statue of Liberty From? 12. (A) USA(C) France(B) New York (D) UKWhat is the Statue of Liberty made of? 13. (A) Iron(C) Marble(B) Copper (D) StoneHow many people visit statue every year? 14. (A) 2,000,000,000Questions 15-18Today, college students in the United States use more than just books, paper, and pens to help them succeed in school. They now take advantage of some of the most recent advances in technology to help them successfullyfinish their education.Internet access is a good example. When students study late into the night, t hey can’t go to the library. Today’s students, however, can do research on the Internet, which gives them up-to-date information that a library can’t provide. Indeed, some universities are now offering classes through the Internet. This helps people who otherwise would not be able to go to classes. Electronic mail also provides students with an easier way to stay in touchwith family and friends living far away.Pagers and portable phones are another example. Students today are busywith more than just getting an education. Many have jobs. Some already have families. Going to classes makes them feel cut off. A pager or portable phone, however, allows them to be easily contacted by others. This means they nolonger feel stress. These communication tools also give students instantaccess to the outside world. Since more students are going to college who are not longer between the ages of 18 to 22, these tools are more commonly seen on campus. For these students, who are parents, grandparents, or businesspeople, such tools are necessity. College students of the more traditional age find them useful too. They feel safe knowing they can easily call for help whenthey are in trouble. There is no doubt that students in America will become more and more electronically connected in the future.Because of the recent advances in technology what can the Americanstudents do now? 15. (A) Find information that is not in the library(B) Stop using books, paper and pens. (C) Study at the library more often than before(D) Now borrow books from the library over the internet. (C) 200,000(B) 2,000,000 (D) 20,000What is the advantage of university classes taught through the Internet? 16. (A) Appeal to people who don't have computers.(B) Are useful f or people who can’t go to classes. (C) Keep students in touch with their family (D) No longer require human teachers.What can make students today feel free from stress? 17. (A) Pagers (B) Portable phone (C) Internet (D) Both A and B Which of thefollowing statements is true?18. (A) Students feel lonelier now as a result of using computers.(B) Pagers and portable phones offer students quick access to the Internet.(C) Most college classes are now taken through the Internet.(D) Students use electronic tools for both educational and other reason.Questions 19-22Black is the color of mourning. Red symbolizes danger, violence, or bloodshed. If you are afraid, you're yellow. None of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world. In China and Korea white is the color of mourning. In Russia red stands for beauty and life. In Italy and Germanyyou’re yellow with anger, not with fear.It is not necessary to leave our own language area to find color contradictions. A redcap in the United States is a porter in a station; In Britain a redcap is a military policeman. Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps. Likewise, the British equivalent of an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black0coated worker.We needn’t even cross an ocean to have logical color distinctions. Would you rather be red-blooded or a blue-blooded? The first is literal, and so isthe second if we trace is origin. The expression, which is now international,comes from Spain, where some noble Castilian families asserted they had sangre azul, meaning that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood. But why “blue” blood? Because the veins stand out when their possessor is fair-skinned.What does red symbolize in Russia? 19. (A) Beauty and life(B) Danger (C) Violence (D) BloodshedWhich of the following color in Italy and Germany stands for anger? 20. (A) Red(B) Black (C) Yellow(D) BrownWhere are the terms “red-blooded” and “ blueblood” from? 21. (A)Britain(B) Italy and German (C) Spain(D) China and KoreaWhat is the main idea of the passage? 22. (A) Meaning of “ blueblood” is not literal.(B) The meaning attached to certain colors.感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。
上海中级口译真题
2006年9月中级口译真题+参考答案英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where ___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3).Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be _____________ (4) of a typical British family.If you are invited to an English home, _____________ (5) in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily_____________ (6) or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are _____________ (7) in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: ‘Go away, you _____________ (8).’ On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o’clock smile: ‘Thank you very much. I _____________ (9) a cup of tea, especially in the morning.’ If they leave you alone with the liquid you may pour it _____________ (10)!Then you have ___________ (11); then you have tea at 11 o’clock in the morning; _____________ (12); then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o’clock _____________ (13).You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the_____________ (14): if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are_____________ (15); if you are nervous; if you are watching TV;_____________ (16); if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea ______________ (17); if you have just had a cup.You definitely must not ______________ (18). I sleep at five o’clock in the morning; I have coffee for breakfast; I drink innumerable_____________ (19) during the day; I have the _____________ (20) even at tea-time!Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. (A) The program on Channel Eight reminds me of TV commercials.(B) The product advertised in the TV commercial cannot help cure my illness.(C) I don’t watch TV that much, because of the omnipresent advertisements.(D) I have to sit on the sofa, because I am too sick to stand in front of the television.2. (A) The plane arrived at 7:30.1(B) The plane arrived at 8:00.(C) The plane arrived at 9:00.(D) The plane arrived at 10:00.3. (A) I’ll ask someone else to rea d and check this agreement for errors.(B) I’ll think more about the agreement before making a decision.(C) It’s obvious that I’ll discuss the agreement with my assistant first.(D) It’s out of question that I should get into any agreement with you.4. (A) The better members decided to cancel the meeting.(B) Less than half of the committee was away on business trips.(C) It’d be better if no one had attended this morning’s committee meeting..(D) The meeting was cancelled because of low attendance.5. (A) Supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs are usually owned by the same company.(B) Products in grocery stores are more expensive than those in supermarkets.(C) There is a price difference for the same product even in shops run by the same company.(D) People prefer to shop in supermarkets, which are mostly located in the suburbs, with free parking space.6. (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.(B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.(C) The American government has set the goal that it will eventually stop funding higher education institutions.(D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.7. (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.(B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring in liberal arts is declining.(C) University students who are interested in liberal arts will have more job opportunities upon graduation.(D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.8. (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.(B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.(C) Good business negotiators are sometimes curious about other people’s restatements.(D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.9. (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.(B) We’d better draft and then sign a written agreement.(C) We generally keep our promises in business transactions.(D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.10. (A) I don’t think you have more to say on that topic.(B) I think we’d better talk about that in detail sometime later.(C) I am truly appreciative if you can elaborate on that topic after lunch.(D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations After each of2these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11—1411. (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five12. (A) A profit-making private school.(B) A non-profit-making independent school.(C) A state school that is funded by non-governmental sources.(D) A secondary school that is open to the majority of British students.13. (A) Many children are no longer placed in schools according to their academic abilities.(B) Many children can afford to study in private schools, as they become part of the state system.(C) Children from wealthy families no longer choose to go and study in public schools.(D) Cleverer children will be sent to the best private schools in the country for a better development.14. (A) Clever and less bright children will mix well with each other.(B) School authorities will receive more funds from the government.(C) Most students will do well in their entrance examination for the higher education.(D) Every child will have an equal opportunity to go on to higher education.Questions 15—1815. (A) One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.(B) One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.(C) One that contains a broad range of words in common usage.(D) One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories16. (A) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary(B) The American Heritage Dictionary(C) The Dictionary of Legal Terms(D) The Drinking Water Dictionary17. (A) It lists abbreviations, proper nouns, and tables of measures.(B) It is an unabridged edition providing as many as 500,000 entries.(C) It was randomly compiled and contains as many foreign words as possible.(D) It provides detailed information of famous people and places.18. (A) A school dictionary. (B) A college dictionary.(C) A general dictionary. (D) A specialized dictionary.Questions 19—2219. (A) He’s bought his wife a present. (B) He’s missed an important phone call.(C) He’s dismissed his new secretary. (D) He’s popped out shopping.20. (A) Talking about the latest fashion.(B) Offering special reductions.(C) Giving bigger discounts to female customers.(D) Pressing on the customer to make a decision.21. (A) Upside down and inside out. (B) Inside out and back to front.(C) With its sleeves as trouser legs. (D) With its pattern upside down.22. (A) A V-necked pullover with short sleeves.3(B) A high-necked pullover with long sleeves.(C) A white pullover with a pattern.(D) A blue pullover with a high neck.Questions 23—2623. (A) That of a creator. (B) That of a re-creator.(C) That of a receiver. (D) That of a performer.24. (A) Because we need to concentrate for our quiet thought.(B) Because we want to give full attention to the driving.(C) Because we try to avoid being caught by the patrolling police.(D) Because we intend to be as casual as possible in the driving.25. (A) In the elevator. (B) In the car.(C) In the bathroom. (D) In the church.26. (A) By perceptive and analytical listening.(B) By taking a sonic bath.(C) By attending classical concerts.(D) By listening to an emotional piece of music.Questions 27—3027. (A) His grandfather’s house. (B) His parents’ remarks.(C) A magazine. (D) A coursebook.28. (A) Enjoying visiting zoos. (B) Driving a car.(C) Making money. (D) Taking kids to a museum.29. (A) It died a few years ago. (B) It killed several tourists.(C) It is only a legend. (D) It is a living dinosaur.30. (A) No one has provided an accurate description of the animal.(B) No dead bodies of the animal have ever been found.(C) There are only 500 species living in Loch Ness.(D) The lake is not deep enough for such a huge animal.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)4SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answeryou have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1—5The purpose of the American court system is to protect the rights of the people. According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he or she is considered innocent until the court proves that the person is guilty. In other words, it is the responsibility of the court to prove that a person is guilty. It is not the responsibility of the person to prove that he or she is innocent.In order to arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been committed. The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station to “book” him. “Bookin g means that the name of the person and the charges against him are formally listed at the police station.The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or released. If the suspect has no previous criminal record and the judge feels that he will return to court rather than run away—for example, because he owns a house and has a family—he can go free. Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail. At this time, too, the judge will appoint a cour t layer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. This is called a hearing. The attorney may present evidence as well aswitnesses. The judge at the hearing then decides whether there is enough reason to hold a trial. If the judge decides that there is sufficient evidence to call for a trial, he or she sets a date for the suspect to appear in court to formally plead guilty or not guilty.At the trial, a jury of 12 people listens to the evidence from both attorneys and hears the testimony of the witnesses. Then the jury goes into a private room to consider the evidence and decide whether the defendant is guilty of the crime. If the jury decides that the defendant is innocent, he goes free. However, if he is convicted, the judge sets a date for the defendant to appear in court again for sentencing. At this time, the judge tells the convicted person what his punishment will be. The judge may sentence him to prison, order him to pay a fine, or place him on probation.The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is designed to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the basis, or foundation, of the American government.1. What is the main idea of the passage?(A) The American court system requires that a suspect prove that he or she is innocent.(B) The US court system is designed to protect the rights of the people.(C) Under the American court system, judge decides if a suspect is innocent or guilty.(D) The US court system is designed to help the police present a case against the suspect.2. What follows ‘in other words’ (para.1)?(A) An example of the previous sentence.(B) A new idea about the court system.(C) An item of evidence to call for a trial. 5(D) A restatement of the previous sentence.3. According to the passage, ‘he can go free’ (para.3) means_________.(A) the suspect is free to choose a lawyer to defend him(B) the suspect does not have to go to trial because the judge has decided he is innocent(C) the suspect will be informed by mail whether he is innocent or not(D) the suspect does not have to wait in jail or pay money until he goes to trial4. What is the purpose of having the suspect pay bail?(A) To pay for the judge and the trial.(B) To pay for a court lawyer to defend the suspect.(C) To ensure that the suspect will return to court.(D) To ensure that the suspect will appear in prison.5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) The American justice system sometimes operates slowly.(B) The police can arrest a suspect without giving any reasons.(C) It is the responsibility of the suspect to prove he is innocent.(D) The jury considers the evidence in the court room.Questions 6—10So you’ve got an invention—you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the one to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense?One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.The building houses the Patent Office. It’s an ant h eap of corridors, offices and filing rooms—a sorting house and storage depot for one of the world’s biggest and most varied collections of technical data. Some ten million patents—English and foreign—are listed there.File after file, catalogue after catalogue detail the brain-children of inventors down the centuries, from a 1600’s machine gun designed to fire square bullets at infidels and round ones at Christians, to present-day laser, nuclear and computer technology.The first ‘letters patent’ were grant ed as long ago as 1449 to a Flemish craftsman by the name of John Utynam. The letters, written in Latin, are still on file at the office. They were granted by King Henry VI and entitled Utynam to ‘import into this country’ his knowledge of making stained glass windows in order to install such windows at Eton College.Present-day patents procedure is a more sophisticated affair than getting a go-ahead note from the monarch. These days the strict procedures governing whether you get a patent for your revolutionary mouse-trap or solar-powered back-scratcher have been reduced to a pretty exact science.From start to finish it will take around two and a half years and cost ￡165 for the inventor to gain patent protection for his brainchild. That’s if he’s lucky. B y no means all who apply to the Patent Office, which is a branch of the Department of Trade, get a patent. 6A key man at the Patent Office is Bernard Partridge, Principal Examiner (Administration), who boils down to one word the vital ingredient any inventor needs before he can hope to overcome the many hurdles in the complex procedure of obtaining apatent—‘ingenuity’.6. People take out a patent because they want to __________.(A) keep their ideas from being stolen(B) reap the rewards of somebody else’s ingenuity(C) visit the patent office building(D) come up with more new devices7. The phrase ‘the brain-children of inventors’ (para.5) means_________.(A) the children with high intelligence(B) the inventions that people come up with(C) a device that a child believes to be the answer to the energy crisis(D) a lawnmower that an individual has invented to cut grass8. What have the 1600’s machine gun and the present-day laser in common?(A) Both were approved by the monarch.(B) Both were granted by King Henry VI.(C) Both were rejected by the Department of Trade.(D) Both were patented.9. Why is John Utynam still remembered?(A) He is the first person to get a patent for his revolutionary mouse-trap.(B) He is the first person to be granted an official patent.(C) He is the first person to be an officer in the Patent Office.(D) He is the first person to have invented a lawnmower.10. According to the passage, how would you describe the complex procedure of obtaining a patent for an invention?(A) It is rather expensive.(B) It is an impossible task.(C) It is extremely difficult.(D) It is very tricky.Questions 11—15All living cells on earth require moisture for their metabolism. Cereal grains when brought in from the field, although they may appear to be dry, may contain 20 per cent of moisture or more. If they are stored in a bin thus, there is sufficient moisture in them to support several varieties of insects. These insects will, therefore, live and breed and, as they grow and eat the grain, it provides them with biological energy for their life processes. This energy will, just as in man, become manifest as heat. Since the bulk of the grain acts as an insulator, the temperature surrounding the colony of insects will rise so that, not only is part of the grain spoiled by the direct attack of the insects but more may be damaged by the heat. Sometimes, the temperature may even rise to the point where the stored grain catches fire. For safe storage, grain must be dried until its moisture content is 13 per cent or less.Traditional arts of food preservation took advantage of this principle in a number of ways. The plant seeds, wheat, rye, rice, barley millet, maize, are themselves structures evolved by nature to provide stored food. The starch of their endosperm is used for the nourishment of the embryo during the time it over-winters (if it is a plant of the Temperate Zone) and until its new leaves have 7grown and their chlorophyll can trap energy from the sunlight to nourish the new-grown plant. The separation by threshing and winnowing is, therefore, to some degree part of a technique of food preservation.The direct drying of other foods has also been used. Fish has been dried in many parts of the world besides Africa. Slices of dried meat are prepared by numerous races. Biltong, a form of dried meat, was a customary food for travelers. The drying of meat or fish, either in the sun or over a fire, quite apart from the degree to which it exposes the food to infection by bacteria and infestation by insects, tends also to harm its quality. Proteins are complex molecular structures which are readily disrupted. This is the reason why dried meat becomes tough and can, with some scientific justification, by likened to leather. The technical process of drying foods indirectly by pickling them in the strong salt solutions commonly called ‘brine’ does less harm to the protein than straightforward drying, particularly if this is carried out at high temperatures. It is for this reason that many of the typical drying processes are not taken to completion. That is to say, the outer parts may be dried leaving a moist inner section. Under these circumstances, preservation is only partial. The dried food keeps longer than it would have undried but it cannot be kept indefinitely. For this reason, traditional processes are to be found in many parts of the world in which a combination of partial drying and pickling in brine is used. Quite often the drying involves exposure to smoke. Foods treated in this way are, besides fish of various sorts, bacon, hams and numerous types of sausages.11. According to the passage, insects spoil stored cereals by________.(A) consuming all the grain themselves(B) generating heat and raising the surrounding temperature(C) increasing the moisture content in the grain(D) attacking each other for more grain12. In speaking of the traditional methods of food preservation, the writer ________.(A) expresses doubts about direct smoking(B) describes salting and pickling as ineffective(C) condemns direct drying(D) mentions threshing and winnowing13. Direct drying affects the quality of meat or fish because________.(A) it exposes them to insects(B) it makes them hard(C) it damages the protein(D) it develops bacteria14. We can learn from the passage that salting preserves food by ________.(A) destroying the protein(B) drawing away moisture from the food(C) drying the food in the sun(D) dressing the food15. According to the passage, partial drying is useful because________.(A) it damages the protein less(B) it can be combined with pickling(C) it leaves the inside moist(D) it makes the food soft8Questions 16—20We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men.The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their vastly greater speed of operation by comparison with unaided human effort; a task which otherwise might take years, if attempted at all, now takes days or hours.One of the most urgent problems of industrial societies rapidly introducing automation is how to fill the time that will be made free by the machines which will take over the tasks of the workers. The question is not simply of filling empty time but also of utilizing the surplus human energy that will be released. We are already seeing straws in the wind: destructive outbursts on the part of youth whose work no longer demands muscular strength. While automation will undoubtedly do away with a large number of tedious jobs, are we sure that it will not put others which are equally tedious in their place? For an enormous amount of sheer monitoring will be required. A man in an automated plant may have to sit for hours on and watching dials and taking decisive action when some signal informs him that all is not well. What meaning will his occupation bear for the worker? How willhe devote his free time after a four or five hour stint of labour? Moreover, what, indeed, will be the significance for him of his leisure? If industry of the future could be purged of its monotony and meaninglessness, man would then be better equipped to use his leisure time constructively.16. The main purpose of automation is _________.(A) to devise the machine which could replace the semi-skilled(B) to process information as fast as possible(C) to develop an efficient labor-saving mechanism(D) to make an individual man perform many different actions17. The chief benefit of computing machines is ________.(A) their greater speed of operation(B) their control of the product quality(C) their conveyor belt system of continuous production9(D) their supervision of industrial installations18. One of the problems brought about by automation in industrial societies is _________.(A) plenty of information(B) surplus human energy(C) destructive outbursts(D) less leisure time19. Which of the following best explains the use of ‘stint’ (pa ra.4)?(A) Effort.(B) Force.(C) Excess.(D) Period.20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) There is no automation with feedback control of the quality of the product.(B) Computers are reliable in any supervision of industrial installations.(C) The essential features for banks are the recording and sorting of information.(D) Automation will undoubtedly eliminate numerous tedious jobs. Questions 21—25The city water pipes in Rome were usually of baked clay or lead; copper was sometimes used and also hollowed stone. For the large supply conduits leading to the city the Romans used covered channels with free water surfaces, rather than pipes. Perhaps this choice was a matter of economics, for apparently they could make lead pipes up to 15 inches in diameter. While pipes can follow the profile of undulating ground, with the pressure increasing in the lower areas, channels cannot. They must slope continuously downwards, because water in channels does not normally flow uphill; and the grade must be flat, from 1 in 60 in small channels to perhaps 1 in 3,000 in large ones, to keep the water speed down to a few feet per second. Thus the main supply channels or aqueducts had long lengths of flat grade and where they crossed depressions or valleys they were carried onelevated stone bridges in the form of tiered arches. At the beginning of the Christian era there were over 30 miles of these raised aqueducts in the 250 miles of channels and tunnels bringing water to Rome. The channels were up to 6 feet wide and 5 to 8 feet high. Sometimes channels were later added on the tops of existing ones. The remains of some of these aqueducts still grace the skyline on the outskirts of Rome and elsewhere in Europe similar ruins are found. Brick and stone drains were constructed in various parts of Rome. The oldest existing one is the Cloaca Maxima which follows the course of an old stream. It dates back at least to the third century B.C. Later the drains were used for sewage, flushed by water from the public baths and fountains, as well as street storm run-off.The truly surprising aspect of the achievements of all the ancient hydraulic artisans is the lack of theoretical knowledge behind their designs. Apart from the hydrostatics of Archimedes, there was no sound understanding of the most elementary principles of fluid behaviour. Sextus Frontinus, Rome’s water commissioner around A.D. 100, did not fully realize that in order to calculate the volume rate of flow in a channel it is necessary to allow for the speed of the flow as well as the area of cross-section. The Romans’ flow standard was the rate at which water would flow through a bronze pipe roughly 4/3 inch in diameter and 9 inches long. When this pipe was connected to the side of a water-supply pipe or channel as a delivery outlet, it was assumed that the outflow was at10。
上海中级口译真题(06-10)
2006年9月中级口译真题+参考答案英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where ___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3). Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be _____________ (4) of a typical British family.If you are invited to an English home, _____________ (5) in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily _____________ (6) or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are _____________ (7) in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: ‘Go away, you _____________ (8).’ On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o’clock smile: ‘Thank you very much. I _____________ (9) a cup of tea, especially in the morning.’If they leave you alone with the liquid you may pour it _____________ (10)!Then you have ___________ (11); then you have tea at 11 o’clock in the morning; _____________ (12); then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o’clock _____________ (13).You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the _____________ (14): if itis hot; if it is cold; if you are _____________ (15); if you are nervous; if you are watching TV; _____________ (16); if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea ______________ (17); if you have just had a cup.You definitely must not ______________ (18). I sleep at five o’clock in the morning;I have coffee for breakfast; I drink innumerable _____________ (19) during the day;I have the _____________ (20) even at tea-time!Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. (A) The program on Channel Eight reminds me of TV commercials.(B) The product advertised in the TV commercial cannot help cure my illness.(C) I don’t watch TV that much, because of the omnipresent advertisements.(D) I have to sit on the sofa, because I am too sick to stand in front of the television.2. (A) The plane arrived at 7:30.1(B) The plane arrived at 8:00.(C) The plane arrived at 9:00.(D) The plane arrived at 10:00.3. (A) I’ll ask someone else to read and check this agreement for errors.(B) I’ll think more about the agreement before making a decision.(C) It’s obvious that I’ll discuss the agreement with my assistant first.(D) It’s out of question that I should get into any agreement with you.4. (A) The better members decided to cancel the meeting.(B) Less than half of the committee was away on business trips.(C) It’d be better if no one had attended this morning’s committee meeting..(D) The meeting was cancelled because of low attendance.5. (A) Supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs are usually owned by the same company.(B) Products in grocery stores are more expensive than those in supermarkets.(C) There is a price difference for the same product even in shops run by the same company.(D) People prefer to shop in supermarkets, which are mostly located in the suburbs, with free parking space.6. (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.(B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.(C) The American government has set the goal that it will eventually stop funding higher education institutions.(D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.7. (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.(B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring inliberal arts is declining.(C) University students who are interested in liberal arts will have more job opportunities upon graduation.(D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.8. (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.(B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.(C) Good business negotiators are sometimes curious about other people’s restatements.(D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.9. (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.(B) We’d better draft and then sign a written agreement.(C) We generally keep our promises in business transactions.(D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.10. (A) I don’t think you have more to say on that topic.(B) I think we’d better talk about that in detail sometime later.(C) I am truly appreciative if you can elaborate on that topic after lunch.(D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations After each of2these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear thetalk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 11—1411. (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five12. (A) A profit-making private school.(B) A non-profit-making independent school.(C) A state school that is funded by non-governmental sources.(D) A secondary school that is open to the majority of British students.13. (A) Many children are no longer placed in schools according to their academic abilities.(B) Many children can afford to study in private schools, as they become part of the state system.(C) Children from wealthy families no longer choose to go and study in public schools.(D) Cleverer children will be sent to the best private schools in the country fora better development.14. (A) Clever and less bright children will mix well with each other.(B) School authorities will receive more funds from the government.(C) Most students will do well in their entrance examination for the higher education.(D) Every child will have an equal opportunity to go on to higher education. Questions 15—1815. (A) One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.(B) One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.(C) One that contains a broad range of words in common usage.(D) One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories16. (A) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary(B) The American Heritage Dictionary(C) The Dictionary of Legal Terms(D) The Drinking Water Dictionary17. (A) It lists abbreviations, proper nouns, and tables of measures.(B) It is an unabridged edition providing as many as 500,000 entries.(C) It was randomly compiled and contains as many foreign words as possible.(D) It provides detailed information of famous people and places.18. (A) A school dictionary. (B) A college dictionary.(C) A general dictionary. (D) A specialized dictionary.Questions 19—2219. (A) He’s bought his wife a present. (B) He’s missed an important phone call.(C) He’s dismissed his new secretary. (D) He’s popped out shopping.20. (A) Talking about the latest fashion.(B) Offering special reductions.(C) Giving bigger discounts to female customers.(D) Pressing on the customer to make a decision.21. (A) Upside down and inside out. (B) Inside out and back to front.(C) With its sleeves as trouser legs. (D) With its pattern upside down.22. (A) A V-necked pullover with short sleeves.3(B) A high-necked pullover with long sleeves.(C) A white pullover with a pattern.(D) A blue pullover with a high neck.Questions 23—2623. (A) That of a creator. (B) That of a re-creator.(C) That of a receiver. (D) That of a performer.24. (A) Because we need to concentrate for our quiet thought.(B) Because we want to give full attention to the driving.(C) Because we try to avoid being caught by the patrolling police.(D) Because we intend to be as casual as possible in the driving.25. (A) In the elevator. (B) In the car.(C) In the bathroom. (D) In the church.26. (A) By perceptive and analytical listening.(B) By taking a sonic bath.(C) By attending classical concerts.(D) By listening to an emotional piece of music.Questions 27—3027. (A) His grandfather’s house. (B) His parents’ remarks.(C) A magazine. (D) A coursebook.28. (A) Enjoying visiting zoos. (B) Driving a car.(C) Making money. (D) Taking kids to a museum.29. (A) It died a few years ago. (B) It killed several tourists.(C) It is only a legend. (D) It is a living dinosaur.30. (A) No one has provided an accurate description of the animal.(B) No dead bodies of the animal have ever been found.(C) There are only 500 species living in Loch Ness.(D) The lake is not deep enough for such a huge animal.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)4SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1—5The purpose of the American court system is to protect the rights of the people.According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he or she is considered innocent until the court proves that the person is guilty. In other words, it is the responsibility of the court to prove that a person is guilty. It is not the responsibility of the person to prove that he or she is innocent.In order to arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been committed. The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station to “book” him. “Booking means that the name of the person and the charges against him are formally listed at the police station.The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or released. If the suspect has no previous criminal record and the judge feels that he will return to court rather than run away—for example, because he owns a house and has a family—he can go free. Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail. At this time, too, the judge will appoint a court layer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. This is called a hearing. The attorney may present evidence as well as witnesses. The judge at the hearing then decides whether there is enough reason to hold a trial. If the judge decides that there is sufficient evidence to call for a trial, he or she sets a date for the suspect to appear in court to formally plead guilty or not guilty.At the trial, a jury of 12 people listens to the evidence from both attorneys and hears the testimony of the witnesses. Then the jury goes into a private room to consider the evidence and decide whether the defendant is guilty of the crime. If the jury decides that the defendant is innocent, he goes free. However, if he isconvicted, the judge sets a date for the defendant to appear in court again for sentencing. At this time, the judge tells the convicted person what his punishment will be. The judge may sentence him to prison, order him to pay a fine, or place him on probation.The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is designed to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the basis, or foundation, of the American government.1. What is the main idea of the passage?(A) The American court system requires that a suspect prove that he or she is innocent.(B) The US court system is designed to protect the rights of the people.(C) Under the American court system, judge decides if a suspect is innocent or guilty.(D) The US court system is designed to help the police present a case against the suspect.2. What follows ‘in other words’ (para.1)?(A) An example of the previous sentence.(B) A new idea about the court system.(C) An item of evidence to call for a trial. 5(D) A restatement of the previous sentence.3. According to the passage, ‘he can go free’ (para.3) means _________.(A) the suspect is free to choose a lawyer to defend him(B) the suspect does not have to go to trial because the judge has decided he is innocent(C) the suspect will be informed by mail whether he is innocent or not(D) the suspect does not have to wait in jail or pay money until he goes to trial4. What is the purpose of having the suspect pay bail?(A) To pay for the judge and the trial.(B) To pay for a court lawyer to defend the suspect.(C) To ensure that the suspect will return to court.(D) To ensure that the suspect will appear in prison.5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) The American justice system sometimes operates slowly.(B) The police can arrest a suspect without giving any reasons.(C) It is the responsibility of the suspect to prove he is innocent.(D) The jury considers the evidence in the court room.Questions 6—10So you’ve got an invention—you and around 39,000 others each year, according to 2002 statistics!The 64,000-dollar question, if you have come up with a device which you believe to be the answer to the energy crisis or you’ve invented a lawnmower which cuts grass with a jet of water (not so daft, someone has invented one), is how to ensure you’re the one to reap the rewards of your ingenuity. How will all you garden shed boffins out there keep others from capitalizing on your ideas and lining their pockets at your expense?One of the first steps to protect your interest is to patent your invention. That can keep it out of the grasp of the pirates for at least the next 20 years. And for this reason inventors in their droves beat a constant trail from all over the country to the doors of an anonymous grey-fronted building just behind London’s Holborn to try and patent their devices.The building houses the Patent Office. It’s an ant heap of corridors, offices andfiling rooms—a sorting house and storage depot for one of the world’s biggest and most varied collections of technical data. Some ten million patents—English and foreign—are listed there.File after file, catalogue after catalogue detail the brain-children of inventors down the centuries, from a 1600’s machine gun designed to fire square bullets at infidels and round ones at Christians, to present-day laser, nuclear and computer technology.The first ‘letters patent’ were granted as long ago as 1449 to a Flemish craftsman by the name of John Utynam. The letters, written in Latin, are still on file at the office. They were granted by King Henry VI and entitled Utynam to ‘import into this country’ his knowledge of making stained glass windows in order to install such windows at Eton College.Present-day patents procedure is a more sophisticated affair than getting a go-ahead note from the monarch. These days the strict procedures governing whether you get a patent for your revolutionary mouse-trap or solar-powered back-scratcher have been reduced to a pretty exact science.From start to finish it will take around two and a half years and cost ￡165 for the inventor to gain patent protection for his brainchild. That’s if he’s lucky. By no means all who apply to the Patent Office, which is a branch of the Department of Trade, get a patent. 6A key man at the Patent Office is Bernard Partridge, Principal Examiner (Administration), who boils down to one word the vital ingredient any inventor needs before he can hope to overcome the many hurdles in the complex procedure of obtaininga patent—‘ingenuity’.6. People take out a patent because they want to __________.(A) keep their ideas from being stolen(B) reap the rewards of somebody else’s ingenuity(C) visit the patent office building(D) come up with more new devices7. The phrase ‘the brain-children of inventors’ (para.5) means _________.(A) the children with high intelligence(B) the inventions that people come up with(C) a device that a child believes to be the answer to the energy crisis(D) a lawnmower that an individual has invented to cut grass8. What have the 1600’s machine gun and the present-day laser in common?(A) Both were approved by the monarch.(B) Both were granted by King Henry VI.(C) Both were rejected by the Department of Trade.(D) Both were patented.9. Why is John Utynam still remembered?(A) He is the first person to get a patent for his revolutionary mouse-trap.(B) He is the first person to be granted an official patent.(C) He is the first person to be an officer in the Patent Office.(D) He is the first person to have invented a lawnmower.10. According to the passage, how would you describe the complex procedure of obtaining a patent for an invention?(A) It is rather expensive.(B) It is an impossible task.(C) It is extremely difficult.(D) It is very tricky.Questions 11—15All living cells on earth require moisture for their metabolism. Cereal grains when brought in from the field, although they may appear to be dry, may contain 20 per cent of moisture or more. If they are stored in a bin thus, there is sufficient moisture in them to support several varieties of insects. These insects will, therefore, live and breed and, as they grow and eat the grain, it provides them with biological energy for their life processes. This energy will, just as in man, become manifest as heat. Since the bulk of the grain acts as an insulator, the temperature surrounding the colony of insects will rise so that, not only is part of the grain spoiled by the direct attack of the insects but more may be damaged by the heat. Sometimes, the temperature may even rise to the point where the stored grain catches fire. For safe storage, grain must be dried until its moisture content is 13 per cent or less.Traditional arts of food preservation took advantage of this principle in a number of ways. The plant seeds, wheat, rye, rice, barley millet, maize, are themselves structures evolved by nature to provide stored food. The starch of their endosperm is used for the nourishment of the embryo during the time it over-winters (if it is a plant of the Temperate Zone) and until its new leaves have 7grown and their chlorophyll can trap energy from the sunlight to nourish the new-grown plant. The separation by threshing and winnowing is, therefore, to some degree part of a technique of food preservation.The direct drying of other foods has also been used. Fish has been dried in many parts of the world besides Africa. Slices of dried meat are prepared by numerous races. Biltong, a form of dried meat, was a customary food for travelers. The drying of meat or fish, either in the sun or over a fire, quite apart from the degree towhich it exposes the food to infection by bacteria and infestation by insects, tends also to harm its quality. Proteins are complex molecular structures which are readily disrupted. This is the reason why dried meat becomes tough and can, with some scientific justification, by likened to leather.The technical process of drying foods indirectly by pickling them in the strong salt solutions commonly called ‘brine’does less harm to the protein than straightforward drying, particularly if this is carried out at high temperatures. It is for this reason that many of the typical drying processes are not taken to completion. That is to say, the outer parts may be dried leaving a moist inner section. Under these circumstances, preservation is only partial. The dried food keeps longer than it would have undried but it cannot be kept indefinitely. For this reason, traditional processes are to be found in many parts of the world in which a combination of partial drying and pickling in brine is used. Quite often the drying involves exposure to smoke. Foods treated in this way are, besides fish of various sorts, bacon, hams and numerous types of sausages.11. According to the passage, insects spoil stored cereals by ________.(A) consuming all the grain themselves(B) generating heat and raising the surrounding temperature(C) increasing the moisture content in the grain(D) attacking each other for more grain12. In speaking of the traditional methods of food preservation, the writer ________.(A) expresses doubts about direct smoking(B) describes salting and pickling as ineffective(C) condemns direct drying(D) mentions threshing and winnowing13. Direct drying affects the quality of meat or fish because ________.(A) it exposes them to insects(B) it makes them hard(C) it damages the protein(D) it develops bacteria14. We can learn from the passage that salting preserves food by ________.(A) destroying the protein(B) drawing away moisture from the food(C) drying the food in the sun(D) dressing the food15. According to the passage, partial drying is useful because ________.(A) it damages the protein less(B) it can be combined with pickling(C) it leaves the inside moist(D) it makes the food soft8Questions 16—20We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men. Industrial automation has moved along three lines. First there is the conveyor belt system of continuous production whereby separate operations are linked into a single sequence. The goods produced by this well-established method are untouched by the worker, and the machine replaces both unskilled and semiskilled. Secondly, there is automation with feedback control of the quality of the product: here mechanismsare built into the system which can compare the output with a norm, that is, the actual product with what it is supposed to be, and then correct any shortcomings. The entire cycle of operations dispenses with human control except in so far as monitors are concerned. One or two examples of this type of automation will illustrate its immense possibilities. There is a factory in the U.S.A. which makes 1,000 million electric light bulbs a year, and the factory employs three hundred people. If the preautomation techniques were to be employed, the labour force required would leap to 25,000. A motor manufacturing company with 45,000 spare parts regulates their entire supply entirely by computer. Computers can be entrusted with most of the supervision of industrial installations, such as chemical plants or oil refineries. Thirdly, there is computer automation, for banks, accounting departments, insurance companies and the like. Here the essential features are the recording, storing, sorting and retrieval of information.The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their vastly greater speed of operation by comparison with unaided human effort; a task which otherwise might take years, if attempted at all, now takes days or hours.One of the most urgent problems of industrial societies rapidly introducing automation is how to fill the time that will be made free by the machines which will take over the tasks of the workers. The question is not simply of filling empty time but also of utilizing the surplus human energy that will be released. We are already seeing straws in the wind: destructive outbursts on the part of youth whose work no longer demands muscular strength. While automation will undoubtedly do away with a large number of tedious jobs, are we sure that it will not put others which are equally tedious in their place? For an enormous amount of sheer monitoring will be required. A man in an automated plant may have to sit for hours on and watching dialsand taking decisive action when some signal informs him that all is not well. What meaning will his occupation bear for the worker? How will he devote his free time after a four or five hour stint of labour? Moreover, what, indeed, will be the significance for him of his leisure? If industry of the future could be purged of its monotony and meaninglessness, man would then be better equipped to use his leisure time constructively.16. The main purpose of automation is _________.(A) to devise the machine which could replace the semi-skilled(B) to process information as fast as possible(C) to develop an efficient labor-saving mechanism(D) to make an individual man perform many different actions17. The chief benefit of computing machines is ________.(A) their greater speed of operation(B) their control of the product quality(C) their conveyor belt system of continuous production9(D) their supervision of industrial installations18. One of the problems brought about by automation in industrial societies is _________.(A) plenty of information(B) surplus human energy(C) destructive outbursts(D) less leisure time19. Which of the following best explains the use of ‘stint’ (para.4)?(A) Effort.(B) Force.(C) Excess.(D) Period.20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A) There is no automation with feedback control of the quality of the product.(B) Computers are reliable in any supervision of industrial installations.(C) The essential features for banks are the recording and sorting of information.(D) Automation will undoubtedly eliminate numerous tedious jobs.Questions 21—25The city water pipes in Rome were usually of baked clay or lead; copper was sometimes used and also hollowed stone. For the large supply conduits leading to the city the Romans used covered channels with free water surfaces, rather than pipes. Perhaps this choice was a matter of economics, for apparently they could make lead pipes up to 15 inches in diameter. While pipes can follow the profile of undulating ground, with the pressure increasing in the lower areas, channels cannot. They must slope continuously downwards, because water in channels does not normally flow uphill; and the grade must be flat, from 1 in 60 in small channels to perhaps 1 in 3,000 in large ones, to keep the water speed down to a few feet per second. Thus the main supply channels or aqueducts had long lengths of flat grade and where they crossed depressions or valleys they were carried on elevated stone bridges in the form of tiered arches. At the beginning of the Christian era there were over 30 miles of these raised aqueducts in the 250 miles of channels and tunnels bringing water to Rome. The channels were up to 6 feet wide and 5 to 8 feet high. Sometimes channels were later added on the tops of existing ones. The remains of some of these aqueducts still grace the skyline on the outskirts of Rome and elsewhere in Europe similar。