上海外语口译证书考试：2022英语高级口译岗位资格证书考试真题模拟及答案(2)

上海外语口译证书考试：2022英语高级口译
岗位资格证书考试真题模拟及答案(2)
1、We can conclude from the passage that “binge drinking” means ______.（单选题）
A. a period of excessive indulgence in drinking
B. group drinking in the street
C. drinking for love affair
D. mixed strong alcohol drinking
试题答案：A
2、Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?（单选题）
A. New England winters are cold.
B. Some taxi drivers are impolite.
C. The U. S. A is a popular place for tourists.
D. Hotel staff are often sympathetic.
试题答案：D
3、Why didn’t Felix go back to England when the war started?（单选题）
A. His parents wanted him to be with them.
B. His mother would not agree to his going.
C. His father intended to teach Felix himself.
D. He himself did not really want to go.
试题答案：B
4、The expression “fared best” in the sentence “During the 1960s and 1970s, and again after 1992, the poorest groups fared best.” in para. 8 can be paraphrased by which of the following?（单选题）
A. obtained higher income
B. lived a better life
C. enjoyed more equality
D. paid lower income tax
试题答案：B
5、From the last paragraph the author tells us that ______.（单选题）
A. economy is the only reason for small car’s popularity.
B. the size of a car also does matter to people in their 20s
C. Honda is better than Suburban in terms of quality.
D. small car already has been popular for 10 years.
试题答案：B
6、In the United States, both genomicists and plant scientists want to find out ______.（单选题）
A. the way converting sugars from crops such as corn or sugarcane to ethanol.
B. how to process cellulose from the cell walls of stems and leaves.
C. how to increase the oil content of oil-producing crops.
D. how to make high-energy plants.
试题答案：D
7、Which of the following is most clearly similar to a cline as it is described in the second paragraph of the text?（单选题）
A. A vegetable market in which the various items are grouped according to place of origin.
B. A wheat field in which different varieties of wheat are planted to yield a crop that will bring the maximum profit.
C. A flower stall in which the various species of flowers are arranged according to their price.
D. A housing development in which the length of the front struts supporting the porch of each house increases as houses are built up the hill.
试题答案：D
8、African Americans stopped using chemical straighteners or hot irons because ______.（单选题）
A. they reversed the attitude the white people had towards them
B. they started to see beauty in their thick curly hair
C. they feel good and comfortable in being different
D. they accepted the white standards of beauty
试题答案：B
9、In the United States, both genomicists and plant scientists want to find out ______.（单选题）
A. the way converting sugars from crops such as corn or sugarcane to ethanol.
B. how to process cellulose from the cell walls of stems and leaves.
C. how to increase the oil content of oil-producing crops.
D. how to make high-energy plants.
试题答案：D
10、It can be inferred from the Text that public services ______.（单选题）
A. have benefited many people
B. are the focus of public attention
C. are an inappropriate subject for humor
D. have often been the laughing stock
试题答案：D
11、The author of the text puts the word “deepest” (line 13, paragraph 3) in quotation marks most probably in order to ______.（单选题）
A. signal her reservations about the accuracy of psychohistorians’ claims for their work
B. draw attention to a contradiction in the psychohistorians’ method
C. emphasize the major difference between the traditional historians’ method and that of psychohistorians
D. disassociate her opinion of the psychohistorians’ claims from her opinion of their method
试题答案：A
12、According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about Andry Rajoelina?（单选题）
A. He represents Antananarivo’s poor urban residents.
B. He is not accepted by most countries.
C. He was mayor of Antananarivo.
D. He has been a famous orator throughout Madagascar.
试题答案：D
13、The author cites the dog as an example of artificial selection because of all the following statements EXCEPT that ______.（单选题）
A. Dogs are domestic animals
B. The dog is one of nature’s survivors
C. Breeders register dogs to obtain a pedigree
D. Humans have been the primary agents in dog evolution
试题答案：B
14、This report ______.（单选题）
A. was commissioned by the government
B. agrees new ways of working
C. aims to find out how much the universities in the UK have been affected by the economy crisis
D. represents universities aiming to get more government funds on education
试题答案：B
15、What can NOT be concluded from Brown’s visit to the US last month?（单选题）
A. Brown was not warmly welcomed.
B. Obama is coming to make up for the cold reception that Brown got.
C. There was no formal news conference.
D. Brown made a speech on the American Congress.
试题答案：D
16、Mount Rushmore needs to be ______.（单选题）
A. protected from air pollution
B. polished for tourists
C. closed during the winter
D. repaired periodically
试题答案：D
17、According to the passage, why is the happiness of the general public a difficult subject for the government?（单选题）
A. It can not be adequately explained by statistical data.
B. It is not related to a culture of short-termism.
C. People need to cope with inflation and unemployment first.
D. People place too much value on happiness and well-being.
试题答案：A
18、How do many traditional societies see the use of one’s family name?（单选题）
A. It is a way to keep distant from another person.
B. It is seen as a sign of respect.
C. It is a sign of importance.
D. It is a sign of gratitude
试题答案：B
19、It can be concluded from the passage that the Emory University has collected the archives of all the following British poets EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. Ted Hughes
B. Andrew Motion
C. W B Yeats
D. Seamus Heaney
试题答案：B
20、Which of the following is true about the support for environment?（单选题）
A. South Korea turns back to ecological crisis.
B. Those who spent more on support for finance had stronger green spending.
C. The UK’s shares of the stimulus package in green measures was around 15%.
D. The G20 Summit had little space for talk on environment crisis.
试题答案：D
21、The word “aggravate” (para 2) is closest in meaning to “ ______”.（单选题）
A. make clear
B. encounter
C. settle
D. make serious
试题答案：D
22、Hiper is being planned ______.（单选题）
A. to compete with NIF
B. because NIF experiment, even successful, would not produce enough energy to run a nuclear fusion plant
C. to use the same laser technology but on a larger scale
D. to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion
试题答案：B
23、People trusted Freud because ______.（单选题）
A. they found it hard to believe the astrologers
B. Freudian theory sounded reasonable
C. they couldn’t make a sensible judgment
D. they wanted to have insights into human beings
试题答案：B
24、The word “imprimatur” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ______.（单选题）
A. dislike
B. betrayal
C. approval
D. suspicion
试题答案：C
25、According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the woman?（单选题）
A. She is married to a school teacher.
B. Her eyes move around a lot at times.
C. She is ten years older than Jerome.
D. She has found what she is looking for.
试题答案：D
26、According to the passage, Borglum’s son ______.（单选题）
A. is dead
B. was a president
C. did maintenance work
D. spent a million dollars
试题答案：A
27、Which of the following is true about the witness of the attack?（单选题）
A. Very few witnesses were at the site.
B. A lot of witnesses have been interrogated seriously.
C. Some witnesses were inside the academy during the attack.
D. No witness dares to describe the scene.
试题答案：C
28、Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?（单选题）
A. The extra increase in benefit rates for families with young children is more important than other issues.
B. To reduce poverty, the most important thing is to lower unemployment.
C. To narrow the gap between rich and poor, the benefit rates should be raised higher than inflation rate.
D. The government’s welfare reform programme has met strong criticism and opposition.
试题答案：C
29、According the passage, it can be concluded that ______.（单选题）
A. the UK government does not want to change the not-so-good concept of home birth
B. the UK medical bodies are not ready for more home births
C. the UK medical bodies are ready to meet the demand for home births
D. there will soon be a quick increase of home birth
试题答案：B
30、The sentence “Nature doesn’t do bailouts.” in para 2 means ______.（单选题）
A. governments should spend much more on environmental crisis
B. nature is fragile and, once shifts, hard to shift back
C. environmentalists encourage a larger share of the stimulus package
D. nature can give us more than banks
试题答案：B
31、What is the role the T5 plays?（单选题）
A. Throttles up and down to counteract the buffeting from air molecules.
B. Feels the subtle variations in Earth’s tug.
C. Helps accelerometers surive the launch
D. Provides powerful force to counteract the drag on Goce.
试题答案：A
32、All of the following are mentioned as sources of energy of rural agricultural societies EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. firewood
B. dung cake
C. solar power
D. agricultural waste
试题答案：C
33、The expression “flummoxed by” in the sentence “Politicians, obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls, are flummoxed by immeasurable concepts such as the value people place on spending time with their families.”(para.2) can best be replaced by ______.（单选题）
A. confronted with
B. fascinated with
C. perplexed by
D. haunted by
试题答案：C
34、Which of the following statements is NOT true about the main types of shop-lifting?（单选题）
A. A big percentage of the total losses are caused by the professionals.
B. The deliberate amateurs will be punished severely if they get caught.
C. People would expect that those who can’t help themselves are poor.
D. The professionals don’t cause a lot of trouble to the store detectives.
试题答案：A
35、The following can be concluded from the demonstration EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. anti-capitalist groups plan to protest
B. G20 Meltdown’s demonstrations would be peaceful
C. Lib Dem MPs would possibly bring big troubles to the police
D. the security plan would cost 27.5m
试题答案：C
36、We can NOT conclude that the accelerometers ______.（单选题）
A. are bound into three pairs
B. are able to sense fantastically small disturbances
C. keep the satellite stable and prevent it from falling out of the sky
D. contain some very fragile mechanisms
试题答案：C
37、Which of the following CANNOT be concluded from the passage?（单选题）
A. Most average teachers want to leave school because of high pressure.
B. Excellent teachers often leave schools for better jobs.
C. The average quality of the teachers in America is declining.
D. Teachers’ quality is closely related to a number of factors.
试题答案：A
38、Wherever you are in the U. S., the most important factor in surviving cardiac arrest is ______.（单选题）
A. to keep tracking outcomes of the cases.
B. to have very well-organized EMS system.
C. to make people well-informed before an emergency.
D. to have rapid treatment with as little delay as possible.
试题答案：D
39、According to the passage, airline travelers should keep their feet flat on the floor ______.（单选题）
A. throughout the flight
B. during takeoffs and s
C. especially during landings
D. in case of an accident
试题答案：B
40、The expression “fared best” in the sentence “During the 1960s and 1970s, and again after 1992, the poorest groups fared best.” in para. 8 can be paraphrased by which of the following?（单选题）
A. obtained higher income
B. lived a better life
C. enjoyed more equality
D. paid lower income tax
试题答案：B
41、People are more likely to survive fires in the aircraft if they ______.（单选题）
A. keep their heads low
B. wear a safety belt
C. don’t smoke in or near a plane
D. read airline safety statistics
试题答案：A
42、According to the passage, the use of an adjustable mirror increases the oven temperature by ______.（单选题）
A. 80-120 degrees Celsius
B. at least 80 degrees Celsius
C. up to 30 degrees Celsius
D. up to 15 degrees Celsius
试题答案：C
43、As manifested in the experimental study, rapid eye movement is characterized by ______.（单选题）
A. intensely active brainwave traces
B. subjects’ quicker response times
C. complicated memory patterns
D. revival of events in the previous day
试题答案：A
44、The following aspects explain why Spaniards have a minor alcohol problem EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. small beer glass
B. family drinking
C. high social tolerance for alcohol consumption
D. early drinking years
试题答案：D
45、We can conclude from the passage that the author’s attitude towards Brazil is ______.（单选题）
A. with great respect
B. neutral and understanding
C. favorable with a bit contempt
D. critical
试题答案：C
46、Andry Rajoelina’s No.1 concern lies in ______.（单选题）
A. international recognition
B. cohesion in the army
C. having the administrative staff back
D. economy program
试题答案：B
47、The following contribute to the likeliness of Mr. Morales’s winning the latest poll EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. his abolishing Catholicism as state religion
B. his continuing popularity
C. his concessions to the Congress
D. divisions within the opposition
试题答案：A
48、Shadow chancellor George Osborne holds that ______.（单选题）
A. London is not capable of hosting the summit
B. Lord Myners should not have signed off Sir Fred Goodwin’s pension
C. there was no “common ground” on the G20
D. the UK government’s entire economic strategy has fallen apart
试题答案：B
49、Mr. Morales’s concessions exclude ______.（单选题）
A. restriction of his candidature as president to a single five-year term
B. autonomy, land reform
C. limits on land ownership will not be retroactive
D. loosening state control over the country’s natural resources
试题答案：D
50、Which of the following is true about the support for environment?（单选题）
A. South Korea turns back to ecological crisis.
B. Those who spent more on support for finance had stronger green spending.
C. The UK’s shares of the stimulus package in green measures was around 15%.
D. The G20 Summit had little space for talk on environment crisis.
试题答案：D
51、Dr Iyaid Sarraj ______.（单选题）
A. believes only a small proportion of them are interested in militant activity
B. thinks the generation that saw their fathers beaten by Israeli troops would grow more violent
C. senses more Palestinians strengthen their view that only violence can fight back Israel
D. believes his rich experience will make treatment easier
试题答案：B
52、The author quotes U. N. Secretary General’s remark in the last paragraph mainly to demonstrate that ______.（单选题）
A. telephone is more important to the poor than the Web
B. digital revolution will be welcomed by the poor
C. the gap between the rich and the poor can be wider in the information age
D. half the world’s population will benefit from knowledge explosion
试题答案：C
53、The expression “flummoxed by” in the sentence “Politicians, obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls, are flummoxed by immeasurable concepts such as the value people place on spending time with their families.”(para.2) can best be replaced by ______.（单选题）
A. confronted with
B. fascinated with
C. perplexed by
D. haunted by
试题答案：C
54、In their study, researchers led by Pierre Maquet took advantage of the technique of ______.（单选题）
A. exposing a long-held folk wisdom
B. clarifying the predictions on dreams
C. making contrasts and comparisons
D. correlating effects with their causes
试题答案：C
55、What is the main topic of this passage?（单选题）
A. The increasing rate of crime in London.
B. The center of England’s cultural diversity.
C. The people’s criticism of London police.
D. The poor inter-racial relations in London.
试题答案：D
56、The demonstrations ______.（单选题）
A. which once supported Andry Rajoelina have been replaced by the ones against him
B. are spreading nationwide
C. are being cracked down by the military
D. show most people in Madagascar don’t accept the new president
试题答案：A
57、Which of the following is what the Pakistan officials have done?（单选题）
A. They counted the number clearly.
B. They gave official exact figures to the media.
C. They gegan being serious about the militant threat.
D. They claimed the attackers were sent by Baitullah Mehsud.
试题答案：D
58、What does the author mean by “The earlier slight may be more manufactured than real.” in para. 4?（单选题）
A. Obama was not well prepared for Brown’s visit.
B. Obama arranged the reception low profile on purpose to show his not-so-warm relationship with Europe.
C. Both Obama and Brown arranged it on purpose to keep the achievement of the G20 summit not so highly expected.
D. The difference on the aim of the G20 summit divides the US and the UK.
试题答案：C
59、The word “domestic”(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to ______.（单选题）
A. industrial
B. agricultural
C. natural
D. household
试题答案：D
60、The passage implies that ______.（单选题）
A. the fever process is widespread because moderate fevers have benefits
B. the reduction of fevers can inhibit bacterial growth
C. man can use sun lamp to raise lizards’ temperature
D. Crayfish injected with bacteria have a purpose for moving to hot areas
试题答案：D
61、The choice of gifts tells us that the circulation managers ______.（单选题）
A. despised their readers
B. wanted to educate their readers
C. understood their readers
D. enjoyed being powerful
试题答案：C
62、It can be inferred from the passage that newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s offered their readers gifts in order to ______.（单选题）
A. spread popular education
B. increase their circulation
C. improve social conditions
D. enrich their readers' knowledge
试题答案：B
63、The following aspects explain why Spaniards have a minor alcohol problem EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. small beer glass
B. family drinking
C. high social tolerance for alcohol consumption
D. early drinking years
试题答案：D
64、Baitullah Mehsud is accused of ______.（单选题）
A. the attack on the Manawan police academy
B. brutal attack in South Waziristan
C. assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto
D. the daring attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore
试题答案：B
65、The author concludes that only shared myths can help Americans ______.（单选题）
A. to bring about the uniformity of their culture
B. to regain their consensus about a common experience
C. to stay away from negative feelings in their life
D. to counteract the effects of consensus about society
试题答案：C
66、The expression “separate the wheat from the chaff in the teaching profession”is closest in meaning to ______.（单选题）
A. distinguish better teachers from less capable ones
B. differentiate young teachers from old ones
C. tell the essential qualities of good teaching
D. reevaluate the role of senior teachers
试题答案：A
67、How many states in the United States have banned smoking in restaurants?（单选题）
A. 12.
B. 13.
C. 14.
D. 15.
试题答案：B
68、The passage implies that ______.（单选题）
A. the fever process is widespread because moderate fevers have benefits
B. the reduction of fevers can inhibit bacterial growth
C. man can use sun lamp to raise lizards’ temperature
D. Crayfish injected with bacteria have a purpose for moving to hot areas
试题答案：D
69、According to Ericsson, good memory ______.（单选题）
A. depends on meaningful processing of information
B. results from intuitive rather than cognitive exercises
C. is determined by genetic rather than psychological factors
D. requires immediate feedback and a high degree of concentration
试题答案：D
70、Which of the following is NOT true about the NIF?（单选题）
A. NIF contains the world’s most powerful laser.
B. NIF experiments will not get significant results until after 2010.
C. NIF is by far the only experimental facility aimed at demonstrating the building blocks of nuclear fusion.
D. NIF is at the beginning of its experimental life.
试题答案：C
71、We can conclude from the passage that the author’s attitude towards Brazil is ______.（单选题）
A. with great respect
B. neutral and understanding
C. favorable with a bit contempt
D. critical
试题答案：C
72、Fevers cause ______.（单选题）
A. prostaglandins to be formed
B. iron to be made available to bacteria
C. leukocytes to be more mobile
D. lizards to be cold-blooded animals
试题答案：C
73、Mr. Morales’s concessions exclude ______.（单选题）
A. restriction of his candidature as president to a single five-year term
B. autonomy, land reform
C. limits on land ownership will not be retroactive
D. loosening state control over the country’s natural resources
试题答案：D
74、Which of the following statements is true?（单选题）
A. Developing fever is the privilege of warm-blooded animals, so sick lizards cannot run a fever.
B. Invertebrates also have the ability to raise their temperature.
C. The internal temperatures of warm-blooded creatures are independent of the weather, so are the cold-blooded animals.
D. Sick lizards move into the sun to develop fever.
试题答案：B
75、What does “this” in “Even expecting this... ” (para.2) refer to?（单选题）
A. The distance between San Francisco and New York.
B. The vastness of the country.
C. The size of the Mediterranean Sea.
D. The country’s borders.
试题答案：B
76、The passage suggests that the forum ______.（单选题）
A. has provided a solution to the global economy crisis
B. cast the attendants in a deeper depression
C. managed to reach a deal to help the poorest out
D. failed to get any solid useful agreement
试题答案：D
77、This passage is mainly about ______.（单选题）
A. deforestation in the rural agricultural societies
B. use of rice husks as an insulation material
C. design and use of a solar oven
D. maintenance of temperature in a solar oven
试题答案：C
78、The author implies that Beethoven’s music was strikingly original because Beethoven ______.（单选题）
A. strove to outdo his predecessors by becoming the first composer to exploit limits
B. fundamentally changed the musical forms of his predecessors by his own strategy
C. distorted the melodies of several of the great composers who preceded him
D. manipulated the established musical conventions in a highly innovative fashion
试题答案：D
79、Shadow chancellor George Osborne holds that ______.（单选题）
A. London is not capable of hosting the summit
B. Lord Myners should not have signed off Sir Fred Goodwin’s pension
C. there was no “common ground” on the G20
D. the UK government’s entire economic strategy has fallen apart
试题答案：B
80、It can be concluded from the passage that the author’s major concern is ______.（单选题）
A. the continuing social progress and prosperity
B. the development of western philosophy
C. corporate, civic and personal responsibilities
D. general well-being of the society
试题答案：D
81、Before he came to stay with Miss Bohun, Felix’s lessons ______.（单选题）
A. Were shared with some children from a royal family
B. Were not suitable in his father’s eye
C. Had not been adequate in some subjects
D. Had frequently been interrupted by his mother.
试题答案：C
82、It can be inferred from the passage that more people will ______.（单选题）
A. use both non-renewable and renewable energy
B. stick to the use of local utility
C. not be used to renewable energy
D. use renewable energy only
试题答案：A
83、The world “jeopardize” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ______.（单选题）
A. endeavor
B. endanger
C. endorse
D. endow
试题答案：B
84、Which of the following is true about Mahmoud Abuqammar?（单选题）
A. He wants to join militant faction after he saw three children killed by an airstrike.
B. His ID paper was burned in the war, but he doesn’t want to join militant faction because no faction was helping him.
C. He wants to join militant faction now, but really wants to build a family; to live, like any normal person.
D. He really wants to build a family, to live, like any normal person, he is not willing to join militant faction.
试题答案：C
85、In the author’s opinion, what is the relationship between Andry Rajoelina and the military?（单选题）
A. All of the military are supporting Andry Rajoelina.
B. Andry Rajoelina is head of the military.
C. Part of the military is said to oppose Andry Rajoelina.
D. The military support Andry Rajoelina but require more power.
试题答案：C
86、In an emergency airline passengers are advised to do all of the following EXCEPT ______.（单选题）
A. follow crew commands
B. jump on fully inflated escape slides
C. run away as soon as possible
D. carry personal belongings
试题答案：D
87、From which country could Obama expect a warm welcome?（单选题）
A. France.
B. Germany.
C. Turkey.
D. Czech.
试题答案：C
88、The underlined word “screenings”in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.（单选题）
A. projections
B. revelations
C. demonstrations
D. diversions
试题答案：A
89、From the last paragraph the author tells us that ______.（单选题）
A. economy is the only reason for small car’s popularity.
B. the size of a car also does matter to people in their 20s
C. Honda is better than Suburban in terms of quality.
D. small car already has been popular for 10 years.
试题答案：B
90、When do Americans prefer to use their family names?（单选题）
A. When they are working.
B. When writing a business letter.
C. They use their family names on formal occasions.
D. When they are in trouble
试题答案：C
91、Which of the following is true about Mahmoud Abuqammar?（单选题）
A. He wants to join militant faction after he saw three children killed by an airstrike.
B. His ID paper was burned in the war, but he doesn’t want to join militant faction because no faction was helping him.
C. He wants to join militant faction now, but really wants to build a family; to live, like any normal person.
D. He really wants to build a family, to live, like any normal person, he is not willing to join militant faction.
试题答案：C
92、China and Russia’s speeches ______.（单选题）
A. gave the attendants a chance to see the rise of emerging economies out of the crisis
B. proved that the economic crisis is truly global
C. brought hope to the plummeting world economy
D. gave the world a template of walking out of the crisis
试题答案：B
93、According to the passage, the “fatwa” diaries (para.7) ______.（单选题）
A. were not included in the archive sold to the Emory University
B. will not be open to the public in the near future
C. were all about the writing of The Satanic Verses
D. will soon be published to expose the persecution of Islamic extremists
试题答案：B
94、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?（单选题）
A. Women usually suffer from osteoporosis when advanced in years.
B. Women tend to be anemic more than men due to menstruation.
C. Gallbladder disease afflicts fewer women than men.
D. Food high in soy protein can lower cholesterol.
试题答案：C
95、After the age of 40 ______.（单选题）
A. most workers are tired of their present jobs
B. many workers tend to stick their present jobs
C. people find their jobs more rewarding than before
D. people still wish to hunt for more suitable jobs
试题答案：B
96、We may infer from the second paragraph that ______.（单选题）
A. gas price has no influence on drivers.
B. Toyota Yaris is not welcome in Manhattan.
C. Nissan Versa has already been well selling for its six-speed transmission.
D. Honda Fit is more economical than Chevy Suburban SUV.
试题答案：D
97、We may conclude from the passage that the four media luna departments ______.（单选题）
A. are mainly from western highlands。