2004年11月英语三级口译综合能力试题

2004年11月英语三级《口译综合能力》试题

Answer Sheet

Part I

A．Listen to the follo wing passage and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. After hearing a short passage, tick the circle of "True" on the answer sheet if you think the statement is true, or tick the circ le for "False" if it is false. There are 10 statements in this part of the test, with 1 point each. You will hear the passage only once. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finish this part.

1．My mother was a typ ical housewife, who cared for her family.

O True O False

2．My mother spent a lot of "quality time" with us.

O True O False

3．We didn't have a car until the 1960s.

O True O False

4．We walked to the store with my mother to get groceries even in winter.

O True O False

5．My brothers and I went home for lunch every day.

O True O False

6. We always had dinner at exactly 6 o'clock.

O True O False

7. My older brother Tony wanted to dig a hole to China.

O True O False

8. My mother once helped me make up fairy tales for my dolls.

O True O False

9. Tony often found cookies that my mother hid for him.

O True O False

10. Mom and I had fun even in the middle of hanging the wash in

the backyard.

O True O False

B. Listen to the following short statements and then choose one

of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement by ticking the corresponding circle. There are 10 questions in this part of the test, 1 point for each question. You will hear

the statement only once.

11．Which of the following can best describe his situation?

a. Hurt.

b. Scared.

c. Dumbfounde

d. d. Ruined.

12. Why didn't I do the job?

a. Because it would be too time-consuming.

b. Because I wanted to do it myself.

c. Because nobody had done it before.

d. Because nobody joined m

e.

13. What could he do for the rest of his life?

a. Nothing.

b. Be a councilman.

c. Reconsider his life.

d. Be a humble clerk.

14. Which of the following is closest in meaning to what you've just heard?

a. I have no doubt that she will type her paper tomorrow.

b. No one believes that she is a good typist.

c. I didn't know she had so many pages to type tomorrow.

d. It seems that she won't be able to complete her typing by

tomorrow morning.

15. What do we know about Susan?

a. She learned Spanish in America.

b. She doesn't know Spanish.

c. She improved her Spanish in Mexico.

d. She knew Spanish before going to Mexico.

16. Which of the following is true about the politician?

a. He had proposed the same policy 2 years before the speech.

b. He did mention his old advocacy in his speech.

c. There was no time for the politician to talk about his advocacy.

d. His speech was just the opposite of what he had advocated 2

years before.

17. What happened to train travel?

a. Trains were stuck in the snow.

b. People couldn't get train tickets.

c. Many people had to stand on the train.

d. Train travel was suspended because of severe snowstorm.