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09 年春季上海外语口译考试高级口译笔译真题年春季上海外语口译考试高级口译笔译真题年春季上海外语口译考试高级口译笔译真题年春季上海外语口译考试高级口译笔译真题 SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST 30 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 blank 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 When Americans think about hunger we usually think in terms of mass starvation in far away countries But hunger too often lurks 1 In 2006 35 1 million people including 2 children in the United States did not have access to enough food for an active healthy life Some of these individuals relied on emergency food sources and 3 Although most people think of hungry people and homeless people as the same the problem of hunger reaches 4 While the number of people being hungry or 5 may be surprising it is the faces of those hungry individuals that would probably 6 The face of hunger is 7 who has worked hard for their entire lives only to find their savings 8 or a single mother who has to choose whether the salary from 9 will go to buy food or pay rent or a child who struggles to 10 because his family couldn t afford dinner the night before A December 2006 survey estimated that 11 those requesting emergency food assistance were either children or their parents Children l2 to live in households where someone experiences hunger and food insecurity than adults 13 compared to one in five children live in households where someone suffers from hunger 14 Child poverty is more widespread in the United States than in l5 at the same time the U S government spends less than any industrialized country to l6 We have long known that the l7 of small children need adequate food l8 But science is just beginning to understand the full extent of this relationship As late as the l980s conventional wisdom held that only the l9 actually alter brain development The latest empirical evidence however shows that even relatively mild under nutrition 20 in children which can last a lifetime Part B Listening Comprehension Directions In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations After each one you will be asked some questions The talks conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation l A Her purse was stolen on the metro B Her home was broken into when she was vacationing C She was robbed on her way home D She was attacked by two kids on the street 2 A Last week B On a summer day C Towards evening D Late at night 3 A Four dollars B Thirty dollars C Forty dollars D Three hundred dollars 4 A She hailed a taxi B She just went home C She reported the crime D She phoned her best friend 5 A They need prosecuting B They have to be punished C They should get supervision D They must be held responsible Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following hews 6 A A NATO naval force has successfully reduced pirate attacks in that region B A UN resolution has been passed to stem the upsurge in pirate attacks on shipping C Several African countries have joined hand to patrol the coast D An EU team of warships and aircraft will start its anti piracy operations 7 A To resume a talk on improving its relations with India B To cooperate fully with India in looking into the terrorist attacks C To act swiftly to arrest the 10 militants who rampaged through Mumbai D To quicken the 5 year old peace process between the two nuclear rivals 8 A To seek the temporary suspension of Parliament B To sign a deal with the opposition parties C To form a coalition government with the Liberals D To tackle the fallout from the financial crisis 9 A President Arroyo has escaped an attempt by troops to seize power B Philippine lawmakers have voted to unseat the current president C An impeachment complaint against President Arroyo was thrown out D A majority of lawmakers are going to abstain in voting over the impeachment 10 A 8 billion B 22 bil1ion C 36 9 billion D 39 bi1lion Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview 11 A Professions and ways we actually wear B Trends and fashions in clothing C Fashion designing D Psychology clothing 12 A An awareness of impressing others B An urge to look smart and trendy C A conscious act of indicating individual taste D A general feeling of insecurity 13 A Peop1e who are absorbed by other things B People who are sociable and outgoing C People with an aggressive personality D People with a preference for light colors l4 A The colors of one s clothing B The length of trousers one wears C Sticking to grey or dark suits D Wearing outrageous clothing 15 A Young hairdrssers B Pop music fans C Minority groups D Ageing pop stars Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk l6 A Participating in Intenet chats B Writing and receiving email messages C Purchasing things online D Doing research by clicking a mouse l7 A Because the Intenet binds fewer people together than we actually need B Because the hyperlinks often send us to commercial Web sites C Because the Web can t always show clearly how to get where we want D Because the Web is often a database organized for commercial purposes 18 A The inconvenience of placing orders B The dropping out rate of online shoppers C Time wasted in filling out information D Issues related to privacy l9 A They are becoming socially isolated B 60 percent of them spend less time with family and friends C How long they stay on the Web is the most frequent cause for divorce D They no longer have close friends as they used to do 20 A Computers offer a perfect system for work and communications B The effects of the Internet on our lives are still debatable C The Intenet has revolutionized the way we do things D We can get information products and friends quickly with the Intenet 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 5 They treat us like mules the guy installing my washer te1ls me his eyes narrowing as he wipes his hands I had just complimented him and his partner on the speed and assurance of their work He explains that it s rare that customers speak to him this way I know what he s talking about My mother was a waitress all her life in coffee shops and fast paced chain restaurants It was hard work but she liked it liked being among the public as she would say But that work had its sting too the customer who would treat her like a servant or her biggest complaint like she was not that bright There s a lesson here for this political season the subtle and not so subtle insults that blue collar and service workers endure as part of their working lives And those insults often have to do with intelligence We like to think of the United States as a classless society The belief in economic mobility is central to the American Dream and we pride ourselves on our spirit of egalitarianism But we also have a troubling streak of aristocratic bias in our national temperament and one way it manifests itself is in the assumptions we mark about people who work with their hands Working people sense this bias and react to it when they vote The common political wisdom is that hot button social issues have driven blue collar voters rightward But there are other cultural dynamics at play as well And Democrats can be as oblivious to these dynamics as Repub1icans though the Grand Old Party did appea1 to them in St Paul Let s go back to those two men installing my washer and dryer They do a lot of heavy lifting quickly mine was the first of l5 deliveries and efficiently to avoid injury Between them there is ongoing communication verbal and nonverbal to coordinate the lift negotiate the tight fit move in rhythm with each other And al1 the while they are weighing options making decisions and so1ving problems as when my new dryer didn t match up with the gas outlet Think about what a good waitress has to do in the busy restaurant remember orders and monitor them attend to a dynamic quickly changing environment prioritize tasks and manage the flow of work make decisions on the fly There s the carpenter using a number of mathematica1 concepts symmetry proportion congruence the properties of angles and visualizing these concepts while building a cabinet a flight of stairs or a pitched roof The hairstylist s practice is a mix of technique knowledge about the biology of hair aesthetic judgment and communication skill The mechanic electrician and plumber are troubleshooters and problem solvers Even the routinized factory floor cal1s for working smarts When has any of this made its way into our political speeches From either party Even on Labor Day Last week the GOP masterfully invoked some old cultural suspicions country folk versus city and east coast versus heartland education But these are symbolic populist gestures not the stuff of true engagement Judgments about intelligence carry great weigh in our society and we have a tendency to make sweeping assessments of people s intelligence based on the kind of work they do Political tributes to labor over the next two months will render the muscled arm sleeve rolled tight against biceps But few will also celebrate the thought bright behind the eye or offer an image that links hand and brain It would be fitting in a country with an egalitarian vision of itself to have a truer richer sense of all that is involved in the wide range of work that surrounds and sustains us Those politicians who can communicate that sense will tap a deep reserve of neglected feeling And those who can honor and use work in explaining and personalizing their policies will find a welcome reception l To illustrate the intelligence of the working class the author cites the examples of all of the following EXCEPT A hairstylist and waitress B carpenter and mechanic C electrician and plumber D street cleaner and shop assistant 2 In the sentence we pride ourselves on our spirit of egalitarianism para 3 the word egalitarianism can be replaced by A individualism B enlightenment C equality D liberalism 3 We can conclude from the passage that A in America judgments about people s intelligence are often based on the kind of work they do B the subtle and not so subtle insults towards blue collars are a daily phenomenon in America C the United States is a classless society D the old cultural suspicions of country folk versus city and east coast versus heartland education show the Republican s true engagement 4 One of the major groups of targeted readers of the author should be A blue collar American workers B middle class American businessmen C American politicians D American company leaders 5 Which of the following summarizes the main idea of the passage A The Democratic Party and the Republican Party should stop symbolic populist gestures B Political tributes should mind the subtle bias against the intelligence of the working class C The ruling party should acknowledge the working smarts of blue collars D The whole American society should change the attitude towards the blue collar workers Questions 6 10 From cyborg housemaids and water powered cars to dog translators and rocket boots Japanese boffins have racked up plenty of near misses in the quest to turn science fiction into reality Now the finest scientific minds of Japan are devoting themse1ves to cracking the greatest sci fi vision of all the space elevator Man has so far conquered space by painfully and inefficiently blasting himself out of the atmosphere but the 2lst century should bring a more leisurely ride to the final frontier For chemists physicists material scientists astronauts and dreamers across the globe the space elevator represents the most tantalizing of concepts cables stronger and lighter than any fibre yet woven tethered to the ground and disappearing beyond the atmosphere to a satellite docking station in geosynchronous orbit above Earth UP and down the 22 000 mile long 36 000km cables or flat ribbons wil1 run the elevator carriages themselves requiring huge breakthroughs in engineering to which the biggest Japanese companies and universities have turned their collective attention In the carriages the scientists behind the idea told The Times could be any number of cargoes A space elevator could carry people huge solar powered generators or even casks of radioactive waste The point is that breaking free of Earth s gravity will no longer require so much energy perhaps 100 times less than launching the space shuttle Just like traveling abroad anyone will be able to ride the elevator into space Shuichi Ono chairman of the Japan Space Elevator Association sad The vision has inspired scientists around the world and government organizations including Nasa Several competing space elevator projects are gathering pace as various groups vie to build practical carriages tethers and the hundreds of other parts required to carry out the plan There are prizes offered by space elevator related scientific organizations for breakthroughs and competitions for the bes and fastest design of carriage First envisioned by the celebrated master of science fiction Arthur C Clarke in his l979 work The Fountains of Paradise the concept has all the best qualities of great science fiction it is bold it is a leap of imagination and it would change life as we know it Unlike the warp drives in Star Trek or H G Wells s The Time Machine the idea of the space elevator does not mess with the laws of science it just presents a series of very very complex engineering problems Japan is increasingly confident that its sprawling academic and industrial base can so1ve those issues and has even put the astonishingly low price tag of a trillion yen 5 billion on building the elevator Japan is renowned as a global leader in the precision engineering and high quality material production without which the idea could never be possible The biggest obstacle lies in the cables To extend the elevator to a stationary satellite from the Earth s surface world require twice that length of cable to reach a counterweight ensuring that the cable maintains its tension The cable must be exceptionally light staggeringly strong and able to withstand all projectiles thrown at it inside and outside the atmosphere The answer according to the groups working on designs will lie in carbon nanotubes microscopic particles that can be formed into fibres and whose mass production is now a focus of Japan s big texti1e companies According to Yoshio Aoki a professor of precision machinery engineering at Nihon University and a director of the Japan Space Elevator Association the cable would need to be about four times stronger than what is currently the strongest carbon nanotube fibre or about l80 times stronger than steel Pioneering work on carbon nanotubes in Cambridge has produced strength improvement of about l00 times over the past five years Equally there is the issue of powering the carriages as they climb into space We are thinking of using the technology employed in our bullet trains Professor Aoki said Carbon nanotubes are good conductors of electricity so we are thinking of having a second cable to provide power all along the route Japan is hosting an international conference in November to draw up a timetable for the machine 6 Cyborg housemaids water powered cars dog translators and rocket boots are A some of the illusory imaginations of Japanese scientists and technologists B the inventions Japanese scientists are still making on the basis of science fiction C some of the examples of inventions created in science fiction D a few examples which will lead to the invention of the space elevator 7 All of the following would be the features of the cables of the future space elevator EXCEPT that they would be A 22 000 miles long B exceptionally light C 180 times stronger than steel D made of fibres currently available 8 According to the passage the idea of the space elevator A was first suggested by H G Wells in his The Time Machine B was based on the warp drives from Star Trek by Arthur C Clarke C was first proposed by Arthur C Clarks in his The Fountains of Paradise D was the imagination of scientists from the Japan Space Elevator Association 9 According to the passage how is the idea of the space elevator different from some other imaginations in science fiction A It is in agreement with the laws of science B It is less functiona1 but more expensive C It is easier to launch than other space vehicles D It is more essential for the space elevator to break free of Earth s gravity l0 If can be inferred from the passage that A science fiction stimulates the development of space science B science fiction usually does not follow the laws of science C science fiction has greatly changed life as we know it D science fiction will never equal the research of space exploration Questions 11 15 When the British artist Paul Day unveiled his nine metre high bronze statue of two lovers 1ocked in an embrace at London s brand new St Pancreas Intenational station last year it was lambasted as kitsch overb1own and truly horrific Now a brief glimpse of a new frieze to wrap around a plinth for The Meeting Place statue has been revealed depicting dream like scenes inspired by the railways Passengers arriving from the continent will be greeted with a series of images including a Tube train driven by a ske1eton as a bearded drunk s