2008年9月上海中级口译笔试真题答案及听力原文

2008年9月上海中级口译笔试真题答案及听力原文

SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

1. common interest

2. mutual friend connection

3. 5 p.m.

4. sacrifice

5. adult interaction

6. potential

7. comfortable and secure

8. local restaurant

9. major function 10. annual summer picnics 11. in jeans and T-shirts 12. in their own homes 13. his employees 14. formal banquets 15. an open house 16. anytime 17. 1 to 2 hours 18. as they please 19. light snacks 20. poor practice to refuse

Part B: I. Statements

1. B 原文：I really cannot decide whether to dig up information from the Internet for our annual report over the weekend or go shopping with my friends. But maybe a break would do me good.

2. C 原文：Rarely do new employees take such initiatives as Mr. Johnson does. Usually they’ll w ait until they’re familiar with their working environment.

3. B原文：The subject of the conference is marketing and sales. And I was wondering if you could give us a talk, say, fifty minutes or so, on cost-effective publicity.

4. A原文：If a family has a baby, it brings about special food and clothing needs. When that child grows up, he or she will more directly influence their parents' choice of daily commodities.

5. C原文：Not all sugar-containing foods are bad. For example, an apple has its main calories come f rom sugar, but it’s surrounded by fiber, so it digests slowly and keeps blood sugar under control.

6. D原文：Had I known that we could buy exactly the same type of camera cheaper on the Internet,

I would not have placed the order and paid for this one.

7. A原文：By far, the most serious economic problem is that of inflation, now being accelerated by the rise of unemployment, and threatened further by a possible wage explosion.

8. D原文：According to our economists, a tariff is a kind of tax imposed by the government on goods imported from abroad.

9. A原文：Due to our vigorous advertising campaign, the sales figure for our new product has reached 360,000 dollars this month, three times of our original promotion plan.

10. B原文：Although the short report was well written and documented, it failed to convince the committee to vote against the proposed project.

II. Talks and Conversations

Questions 11-14

M: Well, as an overseas student, I suppose you don't have a great deal of earning power, so inflation must have affected you to some extent.

W：Yes, it affects me in that my parents aren't able to afford to pay my tuition. So I've been forced into taking part of my study time to devote to earning as much as I can to help pay for that.

M: You mean you've been taking part-time jobs? What kind of jobs are they?

W: There are quite a number of par-time jobs available for overseas students here. There are the student cafeteria, university libraries, and of course, the summer course programs offered by the education centre. Presently, I've been working in the university book store, the second-hand book division.

M: But that kind of cuts into your studies, I suppose.

W: It does, to a certain extent. But I found that with the added pressure of having to earn money, I use my study time more effectively and get more done.