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2011年等级考试3月真题(1)

全国英语等级考试第二级2011年3月真题第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where is Linda now?A. In the woman’s officeB. In the classroom.C. In the library2. What would the man like to do?A. To visit his parents.B. To drive to the countryside.C. To travel to another country.3. What is the man going to do?A. Talk to more students.B. Collect more informationC. Work on a research paper.4’ Where can the man get the tickets？A. From the club.B. From Susan.C. From Tom.5. What does the woman mean?A. She is warm enough.B. She has to study in.C. She likes the idea.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Police officers.B. Manager and clerk.C. Shop assistant and customer.7. What are the speakers going to do?A. Open a store.B. Make a plan.C. Have a meeting.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

2011年3月中级口译听力原文及听力解析

2011年3月中级口译听力原文Spot Dictation:My topic for today’s lecture is communication, culture and work. When most people use the word ―culture‖, they think of people from different national backgrounds. National cultures certainly do exist, and they play an important role in shaping the way people communicate. But there are other dimensions of culture too. Within a nation, regional differences can exert a powerful influence on communication. New Yorkers and Alaskans may find one another’ s styles of behaving so different that they might as well be from different countries. Race and ethnicity can also shape behavior, so can age. The customs, values and the attitudes of a 20-year-old girl may vary radically from those of her parents who were raised in the 1960s or her grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and World War II. Still, other differences can create distinctive cultures, gender, sexual orientation, physical disabilities, religion and social economic background or just a few. All of these factors lead to a definition of culture as a set of values, beliefs, norms, customs, rules, and codes that lead people to define themselves as a distinct group, giving them a sense of commonality. It’s important to realize that culture is learned, not innate. A Korea-born infant adapted soon after birth by American parents and raised in the United States will think and act differently than his or her cousins who grew up in Seoul An African-American who grew up in the city will view the world differently than he or she would if raised in the suburbs or in the countries like France when African heritage has different significance than it does in the United States. The norms and values we learned as a part of our culture conditioning shaped the way we view the world and the way we interact with one another. In short, culture has such an overwhelming influence on communication. The famous anthropologist Edward W. once remarked ―culture is communication and communication is culture‖. Statements:1: This report is urgent I have to finish typing it by Monday morning, so there goes my sleep this weekend.2: What this office needs is better sound-proofing. I can’t concentrate here with all that traffic passing by on the street below.3: Learning a language is a laborious (15:17) process, and adjusting to this subtle cultural differences require much more time and patience than anyone can imagine. 4: If you can talk your boss into investing in that project, it will be a turning point for your company and we both shall benefit in the long run.5: I am afraid we’ve undercharged them; the invoice doesn’t include the legal fee and our agency’s commission. I think we need to inform. them about this immediately. 6: Being bilingual or multilingual can be an advantage in landing a job abroad although fluency in other languages is not always a requirement.7: I believe our proposal is a real a contender for the contract. All we need to do is to walk ourselves into position to close the deal.8: We must prepare the ground for a deeper understanding of our differences and problems. Only through a shared view of our problem shall we be able to carry our collaboration forward.9: Give the size of the order and the amount of heavy expenses on our side, anything less than 10 per cent is not worth the trouble.10: Walking burns calories. It takes about 3500 calorie to lose just one pound of weight. And the 1–hour-walk at a moderate pace will burn up only 300 to 350 calories.Q11-Q14W: Hello, purchasing department. Alice Roger’s spe aking.M: Good morning, Mrs. Roger. This is John Stone from ABS Company. How are you?W: Quite good, thank you. Well, Mr. Stone, we are still studying your catalog and your products. M: That’s very thoughtful of you, Mrs. Roger. But I’m calling to see if y ou’d like to see our showroom at the trade fair that opened last week.W: Oh, I didn’t know you would have a showroom there. I’d be glad to go and have a tour around the exhibition.M: Just tell me when it would be convenient for you, and we can arrange for the tour. W: Let me see. How about next Monday afternoon, around two?M: That’s fine. I’ll be over at 1:30. It’s only a ten-to-fifteen-minute drive from your department.W: I can drive there in my own car. Shall we meet at the main gate of the trade fair? M: That’s ok. I’ll be at the main gate at about 1:50. See you then.W: Right. GoodbyeQuestion 11: Why is the man telephoning the woman?Question 12: What is the man’s profession according to the conversation?Question 13: When will the woman be free to visit the showroom and the trade fair? Question 14: Where will the man and the woman meet at the trade fair?Q15-Q18Every human being, no matter where they are from, is born with the ability to smile.A smile is a natural reaction to a positive moment, like a friendly face, or a clever joke. Most babies first smile between six and eight weeks’ old. At first, it is only an expression made when excursing their facial muscles or passing wind. But once they realize a smile gets them a lot of attention, huge smiles in return, happy noises, extra treats, they learn to try it again. And why wouldn’t they? It takes forty-three muscles to frown, but only seventeen to smile. We smile when we are happy. We smile when we see people we know. But what happens when you are not happy to see someone you know? You smile any way. You fake a smile. Unfortunately, however, a fake smile never looks quite the same as the real one. In a genuine smile, you not only show your lower teeth, but also move the muscles running all the way around themouth which in turn makes the skin around the eyes become tighter. And then your smile is real. However, when someone smiles politely, rather than because they really want to, they use the muscle, which only raises the size of the mouth, and which does not move the muscles at the corner of the eyes. This kind of fake smile is sometimes refer to as the ―Pan-Am Smile‖. As it is named, after the former airline whose flight attendants welcomed every passenger with the same force smile.Question 15: According to the talk, what is a smile?Question 16: What happens in a real smile?Question 17: What do we learn about the Pan-Am Smile?Question 18: Which of the following is not true according to the talk?Q19-Q20M: Hollow. This is Peter Smith’s spe aking.W: Hollow Peter, Betty’s speaking. I am calling about the open-door concert in London. Will it still be held this Sunday as is scheduled? It has been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week. I do hate the cold.M: Yes. It’s best to stay indo ors in such beastly weather. But I am afraid I have no idea about the oncoming concert. You noticed our new neighbors who have arrived at No. 35 though. Surely, perhaps they knew something.W: Well. I called on them yesterday. They seem such nice people at first but now I am not so sure.M: Really? Why?W: Well. They are from London and they think it’s the only place in the world worth talking about it. The wife made some very catty remarks about this area.M: Londoners always think they are always better than other people, but I always find them less cultured. What does she look like?W: Quite young and pretty. But she does wear a lot of makeup and she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps she isn’t as young as she looks.M: Anyway. I don’t want to mix with p eople like that because I knew they would snob when they saw that huge car. Surely they don’t need such a big one.W: No. Still my husband says it’s four years old and it probably costs less than our secondhand. And ours is certainly as fast theirs. Besides, it uses so much petroleum. You can hardly afford to run it.19. What has the woman done for the past week?20. Why is the woman telephoning?21. What does the man say in general?22. What does the man think of his new neighbor’s car?Q23-Q26:Most people are too anxious during tests. Their anxiety overshadows or even interferes with their ability to reason and makes them less efficient than normal. As a result, they score far lower than they should. This is an unnecessary handicap. Especially if you are a student, who is going to spend 12-16 years or more taking tests. The solution of course is to learn the rules and techniques of successful test taking.Success builds assurance and confidence which in turn frees you to perform. better and better. Once you realize that eight tenths of your score depends on the way you take a test, it becomes obvious that learning rules of the test-taking game is crucial. It is not complicated. You do not have to be clever, brilliant or dishonest to do it. It is just a matter of observation and practice. Oddly, most people have not really thought much about what it means to make, give and take tests. Once you see tests are school games that have actual little meaning in the real world. Once you realize the game has a format that can be recognized, rules that can be mastered, playing strategies that can be learned, it can become as entertaining as crossword puzzle. Mastering test-taking, like learning to absorb and retrieve from information, is part of process of educating yourself, so the effort will not be wasted or pointless. Figuring out tests is a problem-solving experience and developing confidence to recognize and solve problems is not just a school game but a true educational activity.Q 23 Why do many students score far lower than they should in the test?Q 24 According to the speaker, what is crucial for successful test-taking?Q 25 What does the speaker think of school tests?Q 26 Which of the following is not an educational activity?Q27-Q30W: I had a really strange experience while I was walking around on Saturday Morning.M: Oh? What was it?W: There was a crowd. And at first I thought there had been an accident. But then I thought that they were making a movie.M: That’s not so strange. You see a lot of film crews around town these days.W: Yes, but when I started to walk away, one of the men called me over. He turned out to be the director.M: Really? The director himself?W: Believe it or not, he wanted me to be in the picture.M: No kidding. Did he want you to say anything or were you just part of the crowd? W: I didn’t say anything, but I had to do something. This woman in pajamas was in the phone booth.M: Did you know who she was? Was she somebody famous?W: She wasn’t anybody I knew. Anyway, I had to w alk up to the phone booth. Then when I saw that there was somebody in it, I had to look disgusted and walk away. M: You mean we’ll be able to see your face in when it comes out?W: Well, maybe. But you know how it is. I’ll probably be cut out before anybod y ever sees the movie.M: How long did it take? Don’t they have to shoot these scenes over and over again? W: It didn’t take very long. After we’ve done it four times, the director said everything was OK.M: I hope you got paid.W: They took my name and ad dress, and they said they’d send me a check.M: Wonderful. Now we are going to have a movie star in the office.27 What was the woman’s strange experience?28 According to the woman, who was in the phone booth while she was approaching it?29 What was the woman suppose to do as she saw somebody in the phone booth?30 What is the most likely relationship between the man and woman in the conversation?Sentence Translation1. Interesting work, enough money, plenty of exercise and entertainment, that’s my idea of a good and healthy life.2. I don’t like the student canteen on campus. What’s wrong with it? It is interested in making money rather than serving good inexpensive foods for us students.3. Young people should be encouraged to see the value of all trades and professions. They should look upon the careers they’ve chosen with interest and pride.4. I think the best course of action would be to consult our lawyer before we sign the contract. Anyway, this is a big deal and is vital for our company.5. Over 12,000 visitors attended the trade fair this year, this not only equals and increases by 20 percent, almost 2400 visitors from last year, but is also a new visitor record.Passage Translation1. Australia is almost a continent by itself. The vastness of the land, the relative small population and the rich nature resources make the country the most ideal place to live. For the past decade, Australia has increased its exports of more materials to China, which in turn has greatly aided its economy. However, because of the global financial crisis, Australia’s economy has show signs of slowdown. The Australian dollar is said to have lost its value against the US dollar by ten percent in the last three weeks.2. In today’s world, your personal security is largel y your financial security. A balanced checkbook and a saving’s account not only increase your future options, but also protect your current life style. Money makes it easier to live in a safe area, to have nutritious diet and to get a sound education. Although there is still no absolute protection from all of life’s hazards, wise financial planning can soften its harshest blow.解析Spot Dictation【解析】作为中口笔试听力第一题Spot Dictation，考试选用了文化题材的内容，考生对此类型题材应该并不陌生，但若不集中注意力，也会比较难把握文章的层次。

3月高级口译听力Passage Translation 答案

3月高级口译听力Passage Translation 答案+评析Passage translation 1Mass urbanization of the world’s population is an unprecedented trend worldwide. The most important reason why people are moving to cities is economic. People are moving to the cities because that’s where they can find jobs and earn money. Until the 20th century, the major source of employment, full and part-time, was farming. Now, according to recent statistics, no more than 15 percent of all jobs are connected to farming. Jobs now are being created in information technology, manufacturing and service areas, such as tourism and financing, and all of these new jobs are in or around major cities.译文：世界人口大规模的城市化在世界范围内达到史无前例的规模。

驱使人们不断涌向城市的最重要原因是经济因素。

人们都涌向城市是因为在城里可以找到工作和挣钱。

在20世纪以前，就业的主要途径，不管是全职还是兼职，一直都是农耕。

而现在，根据最近的统计数据，只有不到15%的工作是和农业相关的。

越来越多的工作产生于信息技术产业、制造业和服务行业，如旅游业和融资，而所有这些新兴工作都在大城市及其周边地区。

20110529人事部笔译三级英译汉真题

20110529人事部笔译三级英译汉真题The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge stands tall in the British countryside as one of the last remnants of the Neolithic Age. Recently it has also become the latest symbol of another era: the new fiscal austerity.A plan to replace the site’s run-down visitors center with one almost five times bigger and to close a busy road that runs along the 5,000-year-old monument had to be mothballed in June. The British government had suddenly withdrawn ￡10 million, or $16 million, in financing for the project as part of a budget austerity.Stonehenge, once a temple with giant stone slabs aligned in a circle to mark the passage of the sun, is among the most prominent victi ms of the government’s spending cuts. The decision was heavily criticized by local lawmakers, especially because Stonehenge, a UNESCO W orld Heritage site, was part of London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The shabby visitors’ center ther e now is already too small for th e 950,000 people who visit Stonehenge each year, let alone the additional onslaught of tourists expected for the Games, the official says.Stonehenge is the busiest tourist attraction in Britain’s southwest, topping even Windsor Castle. But no major impro vements havebeen made to the facilities there since they were built 40 years ago. For now, portable toilets lead from a crammed parking lot, a makeshift souvenir shop in a tent, a ticket office opposite a small kiosk that sells coffee and snacks.The overhaul was scheduled for next spring in 2011. The plan,held by Denton Corker Marshall, the architectural firm, would keep the stone monument itself unchanged. But the current ticket office and shop would be demolished and a new visitors center would be built on the other side of the monument, about 2.5 kilometers, or 1.5 miles, from the stones. The center would have included a shop almost five times the size of the current one, a proper restaurant, three times as many parking spots and an exhibition space to provide more information about Stonehenge’s history.A transit system would have shuttled visitors between the center and the stones while footpaths would have encouraged tourists to walk to the monument and explore the surrounding burial hills. The closed road would be grassed over to improve the surrounding landscape.Last year, the ￡27 million project won the backing of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. After more than 25 years of bickering with local communities about how and where to build the new center, planning permission was granted in January. Construction was supposed to start and be completed in time for the Olympics, but the economic recession has changed.The new prime minister, David Cameron, has reversed many of his predecessor’s promi ses as part of a program to cut more than ￡99 billion annually over a period of five years to help to close a gaping budget deficit. The financing for Stonehenge fell in the first round of cuts, worth about ￡6.2 billion, from the budget for the current year, along with support for a hospital and t he British Film Institute.English Heritage, a partly government-financed organization that owns Stonehenge and more than 400 other historic sites in the country, is now aggressively looking for private donations.But the economic downturn has made the endeavor more difficult.Loraine Knowles, Stonehenge’s project director, said she was disappointed that the government had withdrawn money while continuing to support museums in London. But she said she was hopeful that English Heritage could raise the money elsewhere. Stonehenge, she said, could then also become “a shining example of how philanthropy could work.”。

2011年3月上海高级口译真题-推荐下载

2011年3月高级口译真题Renowned U.S. economist, John Rutledge, who helped frame the fiscal policies of two former U.S. presidents, warned that an abrupt rise in China’s currency could lead to another Asian financial crisis. The founder of Rutledge Capital told the media that if the yuan rises _____(1) it would discourage foreign direct investment in China while ________(2) by market speculators. Currency change is more difficult for investors and ___________(3).The Chinese currency has appreciated by____________(4) since July 2005 when the country allowed the yuan to________(5) within a daily band of 0.3 percent. The analysts are expecting the currency to rise_________(6) by the end of this year. But if the yuan rose 20 to 30 percent, as some U.S. politicians are demanding, it would _________(7) causing a recession and deflation. Similar advice to allow an abrupt appreciation of a currency led to_____________(8) in 1997, and came very close to destroying___________(9). The U.S. economist says that investors want foremost to__________(10) associated with large fluctuations in currency and inflation. They __________(11) after evaluating risks to benefits such as ____________________(12). A rising yuan would drive up labor costs for foreign investors and would not __________(13).Earlier reports said that currency speculators had pumped__________(14) U.S. dollars into China by the end of last year, with another 70 billion U.S. dollars__________(15) in the first three months of this year. There is no way to________________(16) of this type of investment and many economists disagree that____________(17) is so high. Instead of further appreciating its currency, China should make the yuan____________(18). If the yuan were more easily converted into foreign currencies it would allow Chinese companies to expand overseas, ____________(19), and provide management experience and capital that China needs. It would also ___________(20) and reduce speculative money coming into the country.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.1. (A) Younger people are more comfortable with technology than adults.(B) Adults are less intimidated by technology than they used to be.(C) Robert himself is comparatively better with computers than other people.(D) Most of his friends are a lot more addicted to games than he is.2. (A) E-mail is very convenient. (B) E-mail messages make better keepsakes.(C) E-mail messages make a casual form of communication.(D) E-mail is great for just saying hello and checking up on people.3. (A) Playing games. (B) Checking on little things.(C) Instant messaging. (D) An interesting program.4. (A) The Internet makes too many things accessible to people.(B) His generation is hooked on the Internet.(C) Some of his friends make the Internet their whole life.(D) Not everyone has access to the Internet.5. (A) They cannot become part of the work force.(B) They won’t be an added asset as they are today.(C) They will have to get over their fear of these skills.(D) They are going to be at a disadvantage.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news.6. (A) Because the nuclear reactor is Pakistan’s property.(B) Because Russia helped build the reactor in the 1960s.(C) Because the uranium was provided by other nations.(D) Because its neighbors are very sensitive about its nuclear program.7. (A) Insisting that the revelations were unlikely to affect world events.(B) Dismissing those diplomatic cables as untrue.(C) Purposely making some confidential materials public.(D) Effectively containing Iran’s nuclear program.8. (A) He thought the elections should be cancelled.(B) He was open to letting the results be counted.(C) He thought he was one of the two front-runners in the balloting.(D) He proposed that reelections should be held as soon as possible.9. (A) 1.5%. (B) 1.8%.(C) 3.3%. (D) 4.8%.10. (A) Few people expect a breakthrough on reaching an international treaty.(B) The toughest issues on climate change would remain unresolved.(C) The United Nations negotiating process itself is at risk.(D) The United States entered the talks in a strong position.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.11. (A) Dressing styles throughout the world.(B) Taking a journey to Sri Lanka in South Asia.(C) Life of a native Sri Lankan now living in California.(D) Traditional dress in the interviewee’s home country.12. (A) Saris are not practical.(B) Saris are old-fashioned.(C) Saris are not cheap.(D) Saris are hot and difficult to walk in.13. (A) Education.(B) Family background.(C) Friends people make.(D) Countries they have been to.14. (A) Men in the countryside used to wear a sarong.(B) Men in the city wear sarongs to relax at home.(C) Men wear pants and shirts now, never sarongs.(D) Men wear sarongs only on formal occasions.15. (A) Because she sees more value in saris.(B) Because she has married an American.(C) Because she wants to be in style.(D) Because she likes to appear really exotic.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.16. (A) 10%. (B) 20%.(C) 30%. (D) 40%.17. (A) Insomnia. (B) Narcolepsy.(C) Sleep apnea. (D) Self-hypnosis.18. (A) Snoring throughout the night.(B) Heavy breathing in sleep.(C) Stopping breathing when sleeping.(D) Not remembering to wake up in the morning.19. (A) They get sudden attacks of sleep any time any place.(B) They are mostly students enrolled in 8 A.M. classes.(C) They are not easily cured if narcolepsy is diagnosed.(D) They often sit at a table and their faces fall into a soup.20. (A) Chronic insomnia is a rare condition compared with apnea or narcolepsy.(B) Almost everybody has chronic insomnia once in a while.(C) The cause for chronic insomnia is most often psychological.(D) There is no effective cure for this type of sleep disorder.SECTION 2: READING TEST(30 minutes)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 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--5There is no more fashionable answer to woes of the global recession than “green jobs.” Some state leaders are pinning their hopes for future growth and new jobs on creating clean-technologyindustries, like wind and solar power, or recycling saw grass as fuel. It all sounds like the ultimate win-win deal: beat the worst recession in decades and save the planet from global warming, all in one spending plan. So who cares how much it costs? And since the financial crisis and recession began, governments, environmental nonprofits, and even labor unions have been busy spinning out reports on just how many new jobs might be created from these new industries—estimates that range from the thousands to the millions.The problem is that history doesn’t bear out the optimism. As a new study from McKinsey consulting points out, clean energy is less like old manufacturing industries that required a lot of workers than it is like new manufacturing and service industries that don’t. The best parallel is the semiconductor industry, which was expected to create a boom in high-paid high-tech jobs but today employs mainly robots. Clean-technology workers now make up only 0.6 percent of the American workforce. The McKinsey study, which examined how countries should compete in the post-crisis world, figures that clean energy won’t command much more of the total job market in the years ahead. “The bottom line is that these ‘clean’ industries are too small to create the millions of jobs that are needed right away,” says James Manylka, a director at the McKinsey Global Institute. They might not create those jobs—but they could help other industries do just that. Here, too, the story of the computer chip is instructive. Today the big chip makers employ only 0.4 percent of the total American workforce, down from a peak of 0.6 percent in 2000. But they did create a lot of jobs, indirectly, by making other industries more efficient: throughout the 1990s, American companies saw massive gains in labor productivity and efficiency from new technologies incorporating the semiconductor. Companies in retail, manufacturing, and many other areas got faster and stronger, and millions of new jobs were created.McKinsey and others say that the same could be true today if governments focus not on building a “green economy,” but on greening every part of the economy using cutting-edge green products and services. That’s where policies like U.S. efforts to promote corn-based ethanol, and giant German subsidies for the solar industry fall down. In both cases the state is creating bloated, unproductive sectors, with jobs that are not likely to last. A better start would be encouraging business and consumers to do the basics, such is improve building insulation and replace obsolete heating and cooling equipment. In places like California, 30 percent of the summer energy load comes from air conditioning, which has prompted government to offer low-interest loans to consumers to replace old units with more efficient ones. The energy efficiency is an indirect job creator, just as IT productivity had been, not only because of the cost savings but also because of the new disposable income that is created. The stimulus effect of not driving is particularly impressive. “If you can get people out of cars, or at least get them to drive less, you can typically save between $1,000 and $8,000 per household per year,” says Lisa Margonelli at the New America Foundation.Indeed, energy and efficiency savings have been behind the major green efforts of the world’s biggest corporations, like Walmart, which remains the world’s biggest retailer and added 22,000 jobs in the U.S. alone in 2009. In 2008, when oil hit $148 a barrel, Walmart insisted that its top 1,000 suppliers in China retool their factories and their products, cutting back on excess packaging to make shipping cheaper. It’s no accident that Walmart, a company that looks for savings wherever it can find them, is one of the only American firms that continued growing robustly throughout the recession.The policy implications of it all are clear: stop betting government money on particular green technologies that may or may not pan out, and start thinking more broadly. As McKinsey makesclear, countries don’t become more competitive by tweaking their “mix” of industries but by outperforming in each individual sector. Green thinking can be a part of that. The U.S. could conceivably export much more to Europe, for example, if America’s environmental standards for products were higher. Taking care of the environment at the broadest levels is often portrayed as a political red herring that will undercut competitiveness in the global economy. In fact, the future of growth and job creation may depend on it.1. According to the passage, the creation of clean-technology industries will______.(A) ultimately be a win-win deal(B) beat the worst recession in decades(C) largely solve the problem of unemployment(D) contribute little to the total job market2. The McKinsey study concludes that _______.(A) clean industries will create the millions of jobs that are needed right away(B) both old and new manufacturing industries have employed large numbers of workers(C) clean industries are similar to the semiconductor industry in the creation of jobs(D) more robots will be used in clean industries than in the semiconductor industry3. The phrase “fall down” in the sentence “That’s where policies like U.S. efforts to promote corn-based ethanol, and German subsidies for the solar industry fall down.” (para. 4) can best be paraphrased as ______.(A) fail of expectation (B) meet with strong opposition(C) confront sharp criticism (D) need further clarification4. The author uses the example of Walmart to show ______.(A) how it remains the world’s biggest retailer(B) how it takes all kinds of measures for cost savings(C) how energy and efficiency savings can be achieved(D) how the recession has affected Walmart’s development5. Which of the following is the best conclusion of the passage?(A) “Green jobs” are considered by politicians a major solution to the global recession.(B) The financial crisis and recession stimulate the increasing of green jobs.(C) The government should spend money on particular green technologies to create morejobs.(D) Job creation may depend on the overall care of the environment at the broadest levels. Questions 6--10The majority of the country’s top universities have introduced schemes to give preferential treatment to pupils from poorly performing comprehensives. They range from lower A-level offers to reserving places for them. Supporters of “handicapping” argue that it gives recognition to bright pupils who have been inadequately taught and promotes social mobility. Opponents, however, believe some schemes crudely discriminate against private and grammar school pupils because of political pressure.Out of the 39 institutions that are members of the Russell Group and 1994 Group of research universities, at least 30 have introduced schemes that give some form of extra recognition to whole categories of applicants from comprehensives or from deprived areas. Gillian Low, head of theLady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, west London, and president of the Girls’ Schools association, said: “We are absolutely in favour of social mobility. The issue is how that is achieved, how talented people from disadvantaged backgrounds are identified. Our objection is to anything that is generic by type of school as it does not address the individual pupil, it potentially discriminates against them.”Low added: “It doesn’t, for example, take account of the person at the low-performing school who is having private tuition—or the fact that many of our pupils are on full bursary support. It’s too crude a tool.” Programmes include one at Manchester introduced for 2011 entry that gives priority consideration to applicants from underachieving schools and deprived areas. Durham is using a similar system.Bristol, Exeter, Nottingham and some departments at Edinburgh advise admissions tutors to consider lowering the standard offer for a course if a successful applicant is from an underperforming school. Research at Bristol released earlier this year justified this approach on the grounds that students who had attended poor schools outperformed those with the same grades who had been better educated.This autumn, a group of 12 universities led by Newcastle and including Birmingham, Essex, Leeds and York will pilot a scheme for about 300 promising candidates nominated by their comprehensives. They will be given coaching and in most cases will be entitled to offers up to two grades lower than applicants going to university through standard routes. Cambridge gives extra points to candidates from schools with poor average GCSE grades when shortlisting candidates, while Oxford gives priority to similar applicants when deciding who to interview. Neither university lowers its grade offers for places on this basis, however.Pressure on universities to increase their numbers of state school pupils was expected to ease with the election of the Conservative-led coalition. Instead, however, the government, under pressure from the Liberal Democrats, has pursued a similar approach. This weekend, David Willetts, the universities minister, said: “These are the kinds of initiatives, transparent, based on robust evidence, looking at applicants’ potential, which are a good way of promoting social mobility.”Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of Exeter and president of Universities UK, said: “Universities make strenuous efforts to seek out potential by looking at a number of factors when selecting students, but they cannot admit people who are not applying. “This is why schemes that provide varied offers and seek out potential, as well as supporting applicants in preparing for higher education, can be so important.”Only a handful of universities, including the London School of Economics, University College London, Warwick and Queen Mary, London, have held out against favoring whole categories of applicants although all four give extra individual recognition to candidates who have succeeded against the odds. Birmingham, Southampton and the medical school at King’s College London, set aside places for students at comprehensives in their regions. The Access to Birmingham scheme, which this year will admit 193 students—4% of the intake—gives candidate lower offers on condition they complete courses to prepare them for higher education.6. The expression “social mobility” used in the passage mainly means that _______.(A) private and grammar school pupils go to study in comprehensive schools(B) state school pupils go to study in private and grammar schools(C) talented students from underachieving schools are admitted to top universities(D) students from all sorts of schools are treated equally in university admission7. A major concern of the head of the Lady Eleanor Holles school is______.　(A) how to implement social mobility in university admission(B) how to identify talented pupils from poor schools(C) how to teach students from underachieving schools(D) how to investigate the backgrounds of applicants8. When Gillian Low gave the example of the student “at the low-performing school who is having private tuition”, what she wanted to convey is ______.(A) students from underachieving schools should not have private tuition(B) students from low-performing schools vary in their financial conditions(C) students should be treated on an individual basis instead of “type of school”(D) students’ academic achievements are related to their economic conditions9. All of the following can be found in universities’ new entry schemes EXCEPT___.(A) lowering the standard offer for a course if an applicant is from a poor school(B) giving extra points to students from schools with poor average GCSE grades(C) giving priority consideration to students from low-performing schools(D) reserving places for applicants from poor schools at a fixed proportion10. Which of the following cannot be true according to the passage?(A) The London School of Economics, University College London, Warwick and QueenMary, London have not offered the new entry scheme.(B) The majority of the British universities have agreed to give preferential treatment tostudents from low-performing comprehensives.(C) The education in comprehensive schools is often poorer than that of private andgrammar schools in Britain.(D) British universities are allowed to adopt different approaches to enrol students from underachieving comprehensive schools.Questions 11--15You know Adam Smith for his “invisible hand,” the mysterious force that steers the selfish economic decisions of individuals toward a result that leaves us all better off. It’s been a hugely influential idea, one that during the last few decades of the 20th century began to take on the trappings of a universal truth.Lately, though, the invisible hand has been getting slapped. The selfish economic decisions of home buyers, mortgage brokers, investment bankers and institutional investors over the past decade clearly did not leave us all better off. Did Smith have it wrong?No, Smith did not have it wrong. It’s just that some of his self-proclaimed disciples have given us a terribly incomplete picture of what he believed. The man himself used the phrase invisible hand only three times: once in the famous passage from The Wealth of Nations that everybody cites; once in his other big book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; and once in a posthumously published history of astronomy (in which he was talking about “the invisible hand of Jupiter”—the god, not the planet). For Smith, the invisible hand was but one of an array of interesting social and economic forces worth thinking about.Why did the invisible hand emerge as the one idea from Smith’s work that everybody remembers? Mainly because it’s so simple and powerful. If the invisible hand of the market really can be reliedon at all times and in all places to deliver the most prosperous and just society possible, then we’d be idiots not to get out of the way and let it work its magic. Plus, the supply-meets-demand straightforwardness of the invisible-hand metaphor lends itself to mathematical treatment, and math is the language in which economists communicate with one another.Hardly anything else in Smith’s work is nearly that simple or consistent. Consider The Theory of Moral Sentiments, his long-neglected other masterpiece, published 17 years before The Wealth of Nations, in 1759. I recently cracked open a new 250th-anniversary edition, complete with a lucid introduction by economist AmartyaSen, in hopes that it would make clearer how we ought to organize our economy.Fat chance. Most of the book is an account of how we decide whether behavior is good or not. In Smith’s telling, the most important factor is our sympathy for one another. “To restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature,” he writes. But he goes on to say that “the commands and laws of the Deity” (he seems to be referring to the Ten Commandments) are crucial guides to conduct too. Then, in what seems to be a strange detour from those earthly and divine parameters, he argues that the invisible hand ensures that the selfish and sometimes profligate spending habits of the rich tend to promote the public good.There are similar whiplash moments in The Wealth of Nations. The dominant theme running through the book is that self-interest and free, competitive markets can be powerful forces for prosperity and for good. But Smith also calls for regulation of interest rates and laws to protect workers from their employers. He argues that the corporation, the dominant form of economic organization in today’s world, is an abomination.The point here isn’t that Smith was right in every last one of his prescriptions and proscriptions. He was an 18th century Scottish scholar, not an all-knowing being. Many of his apparent self-contradictions are just that—contradictions that don’t make a lot of sense.But Smith was also onto something that many free-market fans who pledge allegiance to him miss. The world is a complicated place. Markets don’t exist free of societies and governments and regulators and customs and moral sentiments; they are entwined. Also, while markets often deliver wondrous results, an outcome is not by definition good simply because the market delivers it. Some other standards have to be engaged.Applying Smith’s teachings to the modern world, then, is a much more complex and doubtful endeavor than it’s usually made out to be. He certainly wouldn’t have been opposed to every government intervention in the market. On financial reform, it’s easy to imagine Smith supporting the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and crackdowns on giant financial institutions. He might have also favored the just-passed health care reform bill, at least the part that requires states to set up exchanges to ensure retail competition for health insurance. Then again, he might not have. Asking “What would Adam Smith say?” is a lot easier than conclusively answering it. It is pretty clear, though, that he wouldn’t just shout, “Don’t interfere with the invisible hand!” and leave it at that.11. The author introduced the selfish economic decisions of home buyers, mortgage brokers,investment bankers and institutional investors over the past decade to illustrate that_____.(A) the invisible hand was a universal truth(B) supply-meets-demand is the law of market economy(C) economic decisions are always guided by selfish motivations(D) the invisible hand can sometimes lead to disastrous consequences12. The reason that everybody remembers Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” is that ______.(A) it is plain, simple, and forceful(B) it can be relied on at all times(C) it can be proved through mathematical calculation(D) it is a metaphor used in everyday life13. Which of the following best paraphrases the meaning of the short sentence “Fatchance.”(para. 6)? (A) There is almost no possibility of expounding the “invisible hand” theory.(B) The possibilities are plentiful for the discussion of free market.(C) There will be enough opportunities to introduce classical economy.(D) There is little discussion about how to organize our economy.14. The author tries to show that Adam Smith’s ideas expressed in his books ______. (A) are all related to the study of the nature of market forces(B) are consistent and systematic throughout(C) are sometimes apparently self-contradictory(D) are supportive of the corporation as the dominant economic organization15. Which of the following can serve as the conclusion of this passage?(A) Adam Smith’s analysis of the invisible hand is still the guideline for today’seconomy.(B) Adam Smith’s self-proclaimed disciples have misunderstood the expression of “the invisible hand”.(C) Adam Smith used the metaphor of “the invisible hand” to describe different kinds of social phenomena.(D) Adam Smith’s self-contradictory assertions and discussions are understandable. Questions 16--20If the past couple of weeks are any indication, mainstream media may be primed for a comeback. In July, The Washington Post published its massive “Top Secret America” series, painstakingly detailing the growth of the US intelligence community after 9/11. When it ran, New York Observer editor Kyle Pope crowed (on Twitter, ironically), “Show me the bloggers who could have done this!” The Los Angeles Times recently mobilized a community to action when it broke the news that top city officials in Bell, Calif., one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles county, were raking in annual salaries ranging from $100,000 to $800,000.Clearly, if mainstream media is an aging fighter against the ropes, it still has a few punches left to throw. But such make-a-difference journalism requires lots of time and money, something most news outlets don’t have. And it runs counter to the frantic pace of modern, Web-driven newsrooms. So for journalism to survive in the Digital Age, it needs to be simultaneously fast-paced and substantive, snarky and thought-provoking. Or, at the very least, it must find some middle ground where illuminating investigative pieces and Mel Gibson telephone call mash-ups can coexist.The 24/7 newsroom has become an intractable part of the media landscape, and the Web is the primary battleground news outlets have to win in order to stay competitive. That has forced journalists to become much more mindful of online traffic, which can sap morale. As a recent New York Times piece put it: “Young journalists who once dreamed of trotting the globe in pursuit of a story are instead shackled to their computers, where they try to eke out a fresh thought or be first to report anything that will impress Google algorithms and draw readers their way.” But theWashington Post and Los Angeles Times pieces demonstrate that, regardless of whether the stories appear in print or online, reporters still need the time and space to be effective watchdogs—to track down sources and slog through financial disclosures, and court documents that often fill the better part of a journalist’s working life.Right out of college, I spent several years working for a mid-size regional daily newspaper. I covered endless city and county government meetings, reported on crime and education, and learned that reporters should always carry a sensible pair of shoes in their car in case they are sent into the mountains to cover a wildfire. In my relatively short time in the newspaper trenches, I developed a profound respect for the people who do the decidedly unglamorous work of keeping government honest for little pay and even less job security.The Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2010 report found that, while reported journalism is contracting and commentary and analysis is growing, 99 percent of the links on blogs circle back to the mainstream press. (Just four outlets—BBC, CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post—account for 80 percent of all links.) The report concludes that new media are largely filled with debate that is dependent on the shrinking base of reporting coming from old media. The same report included polling data showing that 72 percent of Americans feel that most news sources are biased in their coverage, feel overwhelmed rather than informed by the amount of news and information they’re taking in.I’m not advocating a return to some supposed halcyon period before the Internet. I’m still a product of my generation. I like the alacrity of the Web and admire its ability to conned people around the world, and to aggregate and spread information at lightning speed. Its warming glow gives me probably 90 percent of the news I consume, and I enjoy commenting on articles that friends post on Facebook.But I hope it won’t make me sound prematurely aged to say that sometimes the Internet exhausts me. That I’m troubled by how frequently I find myself sucked into the blogging vortex of endless linkage, circuitous kvetching, and petty media infighting. I often emerge from these binges hours later, bleary-eyed and less informed than when I started.The media need to be quick and smart. They should tell us something new, rather than simply recycle outrage. Some of the watchdog role has been shouldered by nonprofit outfits like the Pulitzer Prize-winning ProPublica—which has recruited a number of top investigative reporters with a mission of producing journalism in the public interest—as well as smaller nonprofit ventures springing up around the country.Many old-school media outlets are moving, toward a primarily Web-focused model. The “Top Secret America” series may be the best example to date of a deeply reported piece that probably could not have been achieved without the resources and support of a major news operation, but which is also packaged appealingly for the Web. All of this seems to indicate that, despite reported journalism’s painful contractions, a few small inroads are being made toward creating a new model for news. Solid reporting and thoughtful analysis shouldn’t be the sole province of a dying medium.16. The author introduced The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times at the beginningof the passage in order to show that ______.(A) newspapers can still play their role of effective watchdogs(B) newspapers will spend lots of time and money to provide solid report(C) mainstream media is an aging fighter that runs counter to Web-driven newsrooms。

2011年上海高级口译笔试真题完整版（附答案）

2011年上海高级口译笔试真题完整版（附答案) SECTION1:LISTENING TEST(30minutes)Part A:Spot DictationDirections:In this part of the test,you will hear a passage and read the same passag e with blanks in it.Fill in each of the blanks with the world or words you have heard o n 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 collecte d the___________(2)of play here.Play can stimulate you___________(3).It can go against all the rules,and change t he 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,tryto get30minutes each day to engage in some form of play,and___________(12)ris e!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 bot h a‘hands-on’and‘minds-on’learning process.It produces a deeper,___________(19)o f the world and its possibilities.We begin giving meaning to life through story making,a nd playing out___________(20).Part 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.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 year s 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 in the 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 the20th century.(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 ev acuated.(D)The eruption process was a sudden burst and has caused extensive damage and h eavy 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’education 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.2011年上海口译考试高级口译笔试(全真试题+答案)完整版SECTION1:LISTENING TEST(30minutes)Part A:Spot DictationDirections:In this part of the test,you will hear a passage and read the same passag e with blanks in it.Fill in each of the blanks with the world or words you have heard o n 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 collecte d the___________(2)of play here.Play can stimulate you___________(3).It can go against all the rules,and change t he 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)ris e!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 bot h a‘hands-on’and‘minds-on’learning process.It produces a deeper,___________(19)o f the world and its possibilities.We begin giving meaning to life through story making,a nd playing out___________(20).Part 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 questionswill be spoken ONLY ONCE.Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each q uestion 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 year s 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 in the 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 the20th century.(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 ev acuated.(D)The eruption process was a sudden burst and has caused extensive damage and h eavy 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’education 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 se veral questions about it.You are to choose ONE best answer,(A),(B),(C)or(D),to ea ch question.Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is state d or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the co rresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions1—5Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need s pend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler sta rting to talk.No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts,mo st keep on trying,determined to master their amazing new skill.It is only several years l ater,around the start of middle or junior high school,many psychologists and teachers ag ree,that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed and end up j oining the ranks of underachievers.For the parents of such kids,whose own ambition is often inextricably tied to their children’s success,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 psycholo gy 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 num ber of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in student s who don’t seem to have much.They say 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 suff er from an emotional or learning disability,or isn’t involved in some family crisis at hom e,many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or peer pressu re that conveys the message that doing well academically somehow isn’t cool.“Kids get s o caught up in the moment-to-moment issue of will they look smart or dumb,and it bloc ks 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 Ne w York City public school seventh-graders to do just that.Dubbed Brainology,the unorth odox approach uses basic neuroscience to teach kids how the brain works and how it can continue to develop throughout life.“The message is that everything is within the kids’control,that their intelligence is malleable,”says Lisa Blackwell,a research scientist at Co lumbia University who has worked with Dweck to develop and run the program,which h as helped increase the students’interest in school and turned around their declining mathgrades.More than any teacher or workshop,Blackwell says,“parents can play a critical r ole in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort,strategy and progr ess 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 disappearan ce of drive in some kids.“These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who are n’t considered gifted and talented.They destroy their confidence,”says Jeff Howard,a soc ial psychologist and president of the Efficacy Institute,a Boston-area organization that wor ks with teachers and parents in school districts around the country to help improve childre n’s academic performance.Howard and other educators say it’s important to expose kids t o a world 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 educatio n professor who runs a Boston-area mentoring program called Project IF(Inventing the Fu ture),which works to get low-income underachievers in touch with their aspirations.Thekey to getting kids to aim higher at school is to disabuse them of the notion that classwo rk 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 tolearn 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 of the following would be help ful 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 concept Questions6—10Civil-liberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had someth ing 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 g overnment has asked those companies to turn over information on its users’search behavi or.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 relat ed to national security,but the government’s continuing attempt to police Internet pornogr aphy.In1998,Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act(COPA),but courts have blocked its implementation due to First Amendment concerns.In its appeal,the DOJ wan ts to prove how easy it is to inadvertently stumble upon pore.In order to conduct a cont rolled experiment—to be performed by a UC Berkeley professor of statistics—the DOJ wa nts 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 ea ch 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 govern ment has not right to demand its proprietary information to perform its test.“We intend t o resist their motion vigorously,”said Google attorney Nicole Wong.DOJ spokesperson Charles Miller says that the government is requesting only the actu al 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 determi ne the degree to which objectionable sites are searched.)Originally,the government asked for a treasure trove of all searches made in June and July2005;the request has been sc aled 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 o ur 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 tes t,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’sMiller,“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 the p ersonal information of consenting customers to improve search performance.“Search is a window into people’s personalities,”says Kurt Opsahl,an Electronic Frontier Foundation a ttorney.“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 a s 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 business secret8.The phrase“scaled back to”in the sentence“the request has been scaled back to one week’s worth of search queries”(para.3)can be replaced by_________.(A)maximized to(B)minimized to(C)returned to(D)reduced to9.In the sentence“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 Inter net without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.”(para.5),the express ion“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 Year’s Day,50,000inmates in Kenyan jails went without lunch.This was not s ome mass hunger strike to highlight poor living conditions.It was an extraordinary human itarian gesture:the money that would have been spent on their lunches went to the charit y Food Aid to help feed an estimated 3.5million Kenyans who,because of a severe drou ght,are threatened with starvation.The drought is big news in Africa,affecting huge area s 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 th e drought,you may not be aware that it is devastating one group of people disproportiona tely: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 enc apsulates Africa’s perennial problem with drought and famine.How so?It comes down to the reluctance of governments,aid agencies and foreign l enders 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 demonstrate d time and again that pastoralists are well adapted to their harsh environments,and thatmoving 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 peryear.In countries such as Burkina Faso,Eritrea and Ethiopia,hides from pastoralists’her ds make up over10per cent of export earnings.Despite this productivity,pastoralists still starve and their animals perish when drought hits.One reason is that only a trickle of th e profits goes to the herders themselves;the lion’s share is pocketed by traders.This is p artly because the herders only sell much of their stock during times of drought and famin e,when they need the cash to buy food,and the terms of trade in this situation never w ork in their favour.Another reason is the lack of investment in herding areas.Funding bodies such as the World Bank and-USAID tried to address some of the pro blems 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 wante d.Secondly,rearing livestock took precedence over human progress.The policies and strat egies of international development agencies more or less mirrored the thinking of their col onial predecessors.They were based on two false assumptions:that pastoralism is primitiv e and inefficient,which led to numerous failed schemes aimed at converting herders to m odern ranching models;and that Africa’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 i ntervention 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 remain ing livestock and cereals to keep themselves and their families alive(the problem in Afric an famines is not so much a lack of food as a lack of money to buy it).Another examp。

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2011年3月高级口译翻译真题及答案（汉译英）合营企业设董事会，其人数组成由合营各方协商，在合同、章程中确定，并由合营各方委派。

董事会是合营企业的最高权力机构，决定合营企业的一切重大问题。

董事长由合营各方协商确定或由董事会选举产生。

董事长是合营企业法定代表人。

董事长不能履行职责时，应授权其他董事代表合营企业。

An equity joint venture shall have a board of directors; the number of the directors thereof from each party and the composition of the board shall be stipulated in the contract and articles of association after consultation among the parties to the venture; such directors shall be appointed by the relevant parties. The highest authority of the joint venture shall be its board of directors, which shall decide all major issues concerning the joint venture. The chairman shall be determined through consultation by the parties to the venture or elected by the board of directors. The chairman of the board is the legal representative of the joint venture. Should the chairman be unable to perform his duties, he shall authorize another director to represent the joint venture.董事会会议由董事长负责召集并主持。

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春季上海中高级口译考试真题及答案解析汇总2011年春季中级口译真题翻译原文及参考答案2011年春季中级口译考试听力S-T小评2011年春季中级口译考试听力P-T第一篇小评2011年春季中级口译考试听力P-T第二篇小评2011年春季中级口译考试听力T&C小评2011年春季中级口译考试听力Spot小评2011年春季中级口译考试听力Statements小评2011年春季中级口译考试翻译原文和参考答案(沪江版)2011年春季中级口译考试听力原文及评析2011年春季中级口译考试听力单句听译SD点评2011年春季中级口译考试听力详细笔记2011年春季中级口译考试阅读第一篇简述2011年春季中级口译考试阅读第二篇简述2011年春季中级口译考试阅读第三篇简述2011年春季中级口译考试阅读第四篇简述2011年春季中级口译考试阅读第五篇简述2011年春季中级口译考试阅读第六篇简述2011年春季上海高级口译考试真题及答案解析汇总1 2011年春季高级口译真题翻译原文及参考答案查看2 2011年3月高级口译听力Spot Dictation原文(昂立教育版) 查看3 2011年3月高级口译听力Spot Dictation原文(沪江) 查看4 2011年3月高级口译听力上半场第二部分原文(沪江) 查看5 2011年3月高级口译听力上半场第四篇原文(昂立教育版) 查看6 2011年3月高级口译句子听译原文和答案(沪江) 查看7 2011年3月高级口译段落听译原文和答案(沪江) 查看8 2011年3月高级口译阅读上半场第一篇原文(新东方版) 查看9 2011年3月高级口译阅读上半场第三篇原文(新东方版) 查看10 2011年3月高级口译阅读上半场第四篇原文(新东方版) 查看11 2011年3月高级口译翻译原文和参考答案(新东方版) 查看12 2011年3月高级口译阅读下半场第一篇原文及解析(新东方版) 查看13 2011年3月高级口译阅读下半场第二篇原文及解析(新东方版) 查看14 2011年3月高级口译翻译原文和参考答案(沪江版) 查看15 2011年3月高级口译英译汉的八大难词分析查看考试大口译笔译站点收集整理。

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2011年3月高级口译听力完整答案及听力原文及解析听力答案SECTION ONE：LISTENING TESTPart A Spot Dictation：1. freedom and connection2. top five benefits3. to think differently4. old boring way of doing things5. oppose the common wisdom6. fixed and boring7. invite your inner child out8. shifts the new world of discovery9. every human spent time10. brought a smile to your face11. and a feeling of inner peace12. watch your joy factor13. to reduce stress14. basic to human existence15. adaptive abilities16. healthy answers to challenging situations17. add a feeling of relaxation18. stimulate the imagination19. more meaningful understanding20. various possible situationsPart B Listening Comprehension：1-5 BDBBC 6-10 BDACB11-15 BCDAC 16-20 ABCBCSECTION TWO：READING TEST1-5 C D D A A 6-10 C D B C C11-15 A D B D B 16-20 B D B B CSECTION FOUR：LISTENING TESTPart A Note-taking and Gap-filling：critical/ vital/ important/ essentialsaving/ cure/categoricallydeprofessionalizeddistancinghistoryListening75%10%laboratorytechnologyrelationshipinefficienttechnologiesdrugshospitalizationrewardbeyondcaringpatientPart B: Listening and Translation：Ⅰsentence translation1、首先让我们来定义这两个术语。

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三级口译《口译实务》汉译英真题：驻巴基斯坦大使刘健在第十届“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛巴基斯坦赛区决赛上的讲话来源地址：外交部官网(2011年)/chn/gxh/tyb/zwbd/t821399.htm女士们，先生们!早上好!我非常高兴出席今天在这里举行的第十届“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛巴基斯坦赛区决赛。

我想对巴国立现代语言大学和伊斯兰堡孔子学院为此次比赛做出的各项细心周到的安排表示感谢。

我还想向参赛选手们表示祝贺。

你们非凡的语言天赋、流利的汉语水平和对中国文化的理解令我印象深刻。

我相信，你们一定能在决赛中脱颖而出，创造佳绩。

诞生于2002年的“汉语桥”世界大学生中文比赛至今已经吸引了来自全世界70多个国家的上万名学生参赛，极大推动了中文普及并掀起了一股学习汉语的热潮。

我们应当为它喝彩。

在今天这个场合，我想就语言谈一些个人看法。

语言是技能。

掌握一门语言无疑是多了一项交流沟通的技能，对个人事业发展有好处。

由于中巴特殊的“全天候”战略伙伴关系，巴基斯坦学生学习汉语拥有更为有利的条件。

中国总理******去年底的成功访问极大丰富了两国人文交流的内涵。

在《联合声明》中，双方同意全面拓展人文交流，重点加强中文和乌尔都语教育。

中方今年将邀请100名巴基斯坦高中生赴华参加“汉语桥”夏令营，并继续向伊斯兰堡孔子学院提供奖学金。

中方还将自今年起，在三年之内向巴方提供500名政府奖学金名额。

可以说，你们学习汉语正逢其时。

语言是桥梁。

第13任中国驻巴大使张春贤能够说一口流利的乌尔都语。

我知道我的很多同事对学习乌尔都语怀有浓厚的兴趣。

我还知道，很多巴基斯坦朋友会说汉语，其中就有巴国立现代语言大学和伊斯兰堡孔子学院的校友。

我们为他们骄傲。

今天，我还想特别提及伊斯兰堡孔子学院的学生。

去年温总理来巴，我们在巴中友谊中心举办了这样一场活动，就是两国总理与为中巴友谊做出突出贡献人士座谈。

座谈会临近结束的时候，伊斯兰堡孔子学院学员朱雷和14岁女孩拉比亚分别用中文和英文深情并茂地朗诵了一首题为“巴中友谊”的诗。

2007年03月~2013年09月高级口译汉译英翻译真题及答案

2007年03月~2013年09月高级口译汉译英翻译真题及答案一、2007年03月翻译二（汉译英）：中国政府高度重视保护环境，认为保护环境关系到国家现代化建设的全局和长远发展，是造福当代、惠及子孙的事业。

中国政府将环境保护确立为一项基本国策，在推进经济发展的同时，采取一系列措施加强保护环境。

特别是近年来，中国政府坚持预防为主、综合治理、全面推进、重点突破，着力解决危害人民群众健康的突出环境问题；坚持创新体制机制，领先科学进步，强化环境法治，发挥社会各方面的积极性。

经过努力，环境污染和生态破坏加剧的趋势减缓，部分流域污染治理初见成效，部分城市和地区环境质量有所改善，全社会保护环境意识进一步增强。

汉译英答案：The Chinese government attaches great importance to environmental protection. It believes that environmental protection has a bearing on the overall situation of China’s modernization drive and its long-term development and that it is an undertaking which will not only benefit the Chinese people of today but also bring benefit to their children and grand children. The Chinese government has established environmental protection as a basic national policy. While promoting economic growth, it has adopted a series of measures to protect the environment. Especially in recent years, adhering to the principle of prevention first, comprehensive control, entire push-on and key-point breakthrough, Chinese government has made great efforts to solve those outstanding environmental problems that threaten people’s health. It has persisted in institutional innovation, relied on technological advances, strengthened the role of law in environmental protection and brought into full play the initiative of various sectors of the society. Thanks to these efforts, the trend toward aggravated environmental pollution and ecological destruction has slowed down, pollution control in some river basins has achieved some initial success, the environmental quality of some cities and regions has improved to some extent, and the people’s awareness of the importance of environmental protection has increased further.二、2007年09月翻译二（汉译英）：据说，上海男人是最好丈夫。

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3月英语高级口译考试真题(3)SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TESTDirections: Translate of 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 to day 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 favorite traumatic 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 hors has improved in a truly phenomenal fashion.SECTION 4: LISTENING TESTPart A: Note-taking And Gap-fillingDirections: In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talkONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You will not get your test book and ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talkToday, we’ll be discussing EQ: emotional intelligence quotient. Your emotional intelligence quotient seems to indicate how well you __________ （1）your own emotions, and how well you __________ （2）to others.EQ is not exactly a new idea, but the __________ （3）itself is a new one. People have realized the way you control your feelings is just as important as your __________ （4）, maybe, even more important.The focus of today’s session is: can you learn EQ? Some __________ （5）school teachers think that some kids have __________ （6）EQs than others. Even at five or six years old, some of the kids tend to be much more __________ （7）and __________ （8）than others. Another example is that kids deal with __________ （9）in different ways. One may get frustrated with a __________ （10）problem, but another child, with a higher EQ, might be able to handle the situation better. She might try __________ （11）ways to approach the problem, or ask for __________ （12）.Can you __________ （13）to have a higher EQ? People seem to have different views on this question. Most of the people believe that the answer to this question is __________ （14）. For example, kids can be __________ （15）to have patience and not to give up when things go wrong. They learn to respond well to their __________ （16）. But others don’t agree. They find that some people never learn to __________ （17）their EQ. The problem is that people with a low EQ have a __________ （18）time seeing how their behavior affects other people. They see no reason to __________ （19）. They’ll probably never adjust their __________ （20）.Part B: 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.（1）（2）（3）（4）（5）2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English 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）。

2011年3月上海市高级口译第二阶段口试真题试卷(精选)(题后含答案及解析)

2011年3月上海市高级口译第二阶段口试真题试卷（精选）(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 2. 口译题口译题Part A Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal.., and stop it at the signal...You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage.听力原文：Feeling tired? Under too much stress? WelI，you may want to try yoga．It’s what more and more people have been turning to ease the troubles of modern life．Practically unheard of in the West until 50 years ago，yoga has become one of the most popular health trends around．Yoga schools are having difficulty keeping up with the demand．Most of the so-called yogis seem to focus on figure correction，not true awareness．They make statements about yoga being for the body，mind and soul．But this is just semantics．If one practices yoga just for health，he’d better take up walking．If one needs to cure a disease，see a doctor．Yoga is not a therapy．Nor is it a philosophy．Yoga is about inside awareness．It is the process of union of the self with the whole．Some scientists research mainly external phenomena．Yoga practitioners focus on the inside．They know that the external world is illusionary and everything inside is truth．It is essentially to train our bodies to find the most comfortable pose that we can sit in for hours．1．Passage 1正确答案：累了吗?压力太大吗?那么，你可以试试瑜珈。

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2011年3月中级口译笔试真题完整版（含答案） SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (45 minutes) 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 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. My topic for today’s lecture is communication, culture and work. When most people use the word culture, they think of people from different national backgrounds. National cultures certainly do exist and they play an important role in shaping the way people communicate, but there are other dimensions of culture too. Within a nation, regional differences can exert a powerful influence on communication. New Yorkers and Alaskans may find one another’s styles of behaving so different that they might as well be from different countries. Race and ethnicity can also shape behavior. So can age. The customs, values and attitudes of a twenty-year-old girl may vary radically from those of her parents who were raised in the 1960s or her grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and World War Ⅱ. Still, other differences can create distinctive cultures. Gender, sexual orientation, physical disabilities, religion and socio-economic background are just a few. All of these factors lead to a definition of culture as a set of values, beliefs, norms, customs, rules and codes that lead people to define themselves as a distinct group, giving them a sense of commonality. It’s important to realize that culture is learned, not innate. A Korean-born infant adopted soon after her birth by American parents and raised in the United States will think and act differently than his or her cousins who grew up in Seoul. An African American who grew up in the inner city will view the world differently than he or she would if raised in the suburbs or in a country like France where African heritage has different significance than it does in the United States. The norms and values we learn as part of our cultural conditioning shape the way we view the world and the way we interact with one another. In short, culture has such an overwhelming influence on communication that famous anthropologist Edward Hall once remarked, ‘culture is communication and communication is culture.’ 【解析】作为中口笔试听力第一题Spot Dictation，考试选用了文化题材的内容，考生对此类型题材应该并不陌生，但若不集中注意力，也会比较难把握文章的层次。

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2011年3月公共英语试题一、听力 (25 minutes) 1～25略二、SECTION Ⅱ Use of English(15 minutes) Directions：Read the following text．Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，or D on ANSWER SHEET 1．What might the house of the future be like? Grace can tell．More formally known as the Microsoft Home，her high—tech devices，along with 26 in design and construction，will change the 27 we think about our homes．You enter the house，and Grace’s 28 ，coming from hidden speakers，passes on your messages；In the kitchen，you set a bag of flour on the intelligently 29 stone counter．Grace sees what you’re 30，and projects a list of flour—based food on the counter． 31 you choose on，Grace repeats instructions tor cooking．She 32 knows what’S in the cupb oard．The day when your house、viii be like a family member is not that faroff．This 33 0f seamless computing，in which technology is everywhere yetnowhere(34 when we want it)，is emphasized in most future—home thinking．Microsoft， 35 ，isn’t the only o ne exploring 36 technology can make our homes more 37 and comfortable．At the Georgia Institute of Technology，scientists are 38 systems that will allow older people to continue living 39．So Grandma’s home can be intelligently wired to 40 her patterns of wake，sleep and movement；family members would be 4l of any changes via computer．Does spying on Grandma sound 42 ? Director Beth Mynatt says“A good bit of our 43 has been working on how to convey information without 44 privacy．We alsodon’t want tocreate 45 anxiety．Maybe she just took a quiet day to read，and the system would have to recognize that．”26．[A]promotions[B]applications[C]practices[D]advances27．[A]way[B]manner[C]style[D]scope28[A]image[B]figure[C]voice[D]sound29．[A]disposed[B]shaped[C]engineered[D]conditioned 30．[A]saying[B]feeling[C]searching[D]doing32[A]Before[B]Once[C]Since[D]Unless32．[A]even[B]thus[C]yet[D]only33[A]hope[B]passion[C]faith[D]notion34．[A]perhaps[B]except[C]provided[D]especially35．[A]therefore[B]likewise[C]however[D]moreover36．[A]how[B]whether[C]what[D]why37．[A]fashionable[B]complicated[C]efficient[D]attractive38．[A]decorating[B]designing[C]delivering[D]debating39．[A]independently[B]enthusiastically[C]colorfully[D]satisfactorily 40．[A]receive[B]recognize[C]represent[D]review41．[A]warned[B]relieved[C]advised[D]informed42．[A]interesting[B]boring[C]disturbing[D]appealing43．[A]analysis[B]research[C]concern[D]focus44．[A]sacrificing[B]affecting[C]preventing[D]losing45．[A]unusual[B]unfortunate[C]uncertain[D]unnecessary三、SECTIONⅢ Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)PartA Directions：Read the following three texts．Answer the questions on each text by choosing A，B，C or D．Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1．Text 1Whenever Catherine Brown， a 37-year．old journalist， and her friends，professionals in their 30s and early 40s，meet at a London cafa ，their favorite topic of conversation is relationships：men’s reluctance to commit，wo men’s independence，and when to have children--or，increasingly，whether to have them at all．“With the years passing my chances of having a child go down，but I Won’t malty anyone just to have a child，”says Brown．To people like Brown，babies are great _if the timing is right．But they’re certainly not essential．In much of the world，having kids is no longer a given．“Never before has childlessness been an understandable decision for women and men in so many societies，” says Frank Hakim at the London School of Economics．Young people are extending their child—free adulthood by postponing children until they are well into their 30s．or even40s and beyond．A growing share are ending up with no children at all．Lifetime childlessness in western Germany has hit 30 percent among university—educated women，and is rapidly rising among lower—class men．In Britain，the number of women remaining childless has doubled in 20 years．The latest trend of childlessness does not follow historic patterns．For centuries it was not unusual for a quarter of European women to remain childless．But in the past．Childlessness was usually the product of poverty or disaster．of missing men in times of war．Today the decision to have—or not have——a child is the result of a complex combination of factors，including relationships，career, Opportunities，life style and economics．In some cases childlessness among women can be seen as a quiet form of protest．In Japan，support for working mothers hardly exists．Childcare is expensive，men don’t help out，and some companies strongly discourage mothers from returning to work．“In Japan，it's career or child，”says writer KaoriHaishi．It’s not just women who are deciding against children；according to a recent study，Japanese men are even less inclined to marry or want achild．Their motivations，though，may have more to do with economic factors．46．Catherine Brown and her friends feel that having children is not__________．[A]totally wise[B]a huge problem[C]a rational choice[D]absolutely necessary47．It Can be inferred that，for many women，having babies nowadays is__________．[A]a hard commitment[B]helpful to their career[C]essential for happiness[D]an understandable decision48．In the old days。

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A minority, though, are sceptical. Some think that recent data suggesting the Earth‟s average temperature is rising are explained by natural variations in solar radiation, and that this trend may be coming to an end. Others argue that there is no conclusive evidence that modern temperatures are higher than they used to be.少数人对此表示怀疑。

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董事会是合营企业的最高权力机构，决定合营企业的一切重大问题。

董事长由合营各方协商确定或由董事会选举产生。

董事长是合营企业法定代表人。

董事长不能履行职责时，应授权其他董事代表合营企业。