2001_9上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试.pdf

沪江英语沪江英语 1 2001 9上海市英语中口译资格证书第一阶段考试上海市英语中口译资格证书第一阶段考试 SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST 40 minutes Part A Spot Dictation Directions In this part of the test you will hear a passage and read the same passage with banks 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 Welcome to this edition of Human Nature a series of lectures delivered by the local Community College Today We d like to discuss another aspect of 1 We are all human and one part of human nature is to try to sum one another up The first day in class for example we 2 the teacher and our classmates The same is true with our first day 3 where we are most likely to sum up our boss or colleagues We do this in order to 4 two things Firstly to discover what kind of people they are and secondly to find out if we might like to 5 There are two main ways in which we sum up other people that is by 6 If the person we are watching sends messages through his 7 that we find annoying our first impression of him will be as an annoying person We will therefore try to avoid or simply 8 this kind of person If on the other hand we are pleased by what he says as well as 9 behaves or acts we will probably try to become friendly with him Some people however seem 10 the kind of person they really are They try their utmost to 11 their real personality and purposes so that we never know how they feel about us and what they 12 Since we can not be sure of 13 we are not sure how we feel about them either When we get to know people there are certain things that we tell them 14 For example our name address 15 our appearance our leisure likes and music preferences the way we sit 16 But there will be things that we do not share As people spend 17 they each encourage the other to 18 and show more of themselves In this way a relationship grows 19 provided of course that we like what wee see and 20 Part B Listening Comprehension Statements Directions In this part of the test you will hear several short statements These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE and you will not find them written on the paper so you must listen carefully When you hear a statement read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in 沪江英语沪江英语 2 the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET 1 A Betty brought a week s work home because of the cold weather outside B Betty was absent from work seven days while recovering from a cold C Betty did not have enough time to recover from a bad cold D Betty felt quite weak for seven days after she had caught a bad cold 2 A Florence has made possible this reception B I don t mind if Florence comes to the reception C Florence didn t get enough notice to come to the reception D Florence was able to come to the reception 3 A Lena has trouble with office work B Lena doesn t like her colleagues in the office C Lena intends to become a full time student D Lena gets on very well in her MBA studies 4 A The last thing that the advertiser will do is go grab money from your pocket B Like his father the advertiser had from his childhood been interested in hockey C The advertiser will distribute a free portable instrument for the treatment of your eye D The advertiser will try to make you first interested in products and then buy them 5 A The company charged us 5 0000 dollars B The company charged us 10 000 dollars C The company charged us 15 000 dollars D The company charged us 30 000 dollars 6 A Any one with a university degree will probably get the job B The applicants if short listed will be trained in a foreign country C No one but those with required certificates are qualified for the job D We need only those applicants who have gained diplomatic experience 7 A The new secretary was required to hand in the report B The assistant manager wanted to see the new secretary C The new secretary was reported to the assistant manager D The assistant manager told her to clear up his desk 8 A The Chairman didn t attend the ceremony at the last minute B The Chairman refused to attend the opening ceremony at the last minute C The Chairman never changes his mind at the last minute D The Chairman made a last minute decision to attend the ceremony 9 A Jack could not repair the lamp and it was repaired by an electrician B The lamp was so badly damaged that Jack had to buy a new one C Jack didn t ask an electrician to repair the lamp although it was badly damaged D Jack could repair the lamp himself but he didn t bother and called in an electrician 10 A I know why Mr Nicholas hasn t arrived although he was due earlier B I can t understand why Mr Nicholas is here C Mr Nicholas is due for the board meeting right away 沪江英语沪江英语 3 D I have no idea why Mr Nicholas is late for the meeting Talks and Conversations Directions In this part of the test you will hear several short talks and conversations After each of these you will hear a few questions Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE When you hear a question read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question Then write the letter of the answer you chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET Questions 11 14 11 A Ten months B Only four years C No more than 14 years D Nearly forty years 12 A Satisfied B Negative C Passionate D Gautious 13 A The man is always proud of his work B The man feels that he should have quitted earlier C The man is unable to get along with his managers D The man thinks that his managers are very original and competent 14 A He is very efficient B He is quite friendly C He is utterly incompetent D He is rather dishonest Questions 15 18 15 A It was always barren B It was extensively devastated C It was a colonized land D It was a very fertile area 16 A They cultivated the land B They migrated to other places C They left the land without their animals D They fed on their livestock 17 A The worked day and night on the land B They raised corps every other year in an area C They used traditional fertilizers D They applied modern technology 18 A The growing population B The cease of the sandstorm C The slaughter of animals D The rising prices of agricultural products Questions 19 22 19 A Metal B Plastic C Paper D Wood 20 A It is lightweight B It can be used for making pasta 沪江英语沪江英语 4 C It is a standard item D It has a built in clean system 21 A He has just bought a new house B He considers his kitchen gadgets out of fashion C He plans to set up a new food store D He needs to arrange for a week long display 22 A Employer and employee B Chef and restaurant owner C Client and sales representative D Customer and supermarket assistant Questions 23 26 23 A Tablets B Vitamins C Proteins D Carbohydrates 24 A 35 B 30 C 25 D 20 25 A People have always believed in a balanced and nutritious diet B Vitamins as food constituents were unknown in the eighteenth century C Today proteins and carbohydrates are no longer constituents of wholesome food D Artificial food constituents in the future will be tastier than present day natural foods 26 A A more balanced diet B Foods with rich vitamins C Highly artificial foods D Meals with many courses Questions 27 30 27 A There was a traffic accident B A car was smashed by a falling object C Someone was hit near a high building D A driver was killed in his new car 28 A The woman never reads newspapers B The man is always proud of his car C The woman had new car damaged D The man had his old car insured 29 A He had his car hit by a falling chunk B He was fined for speeding in South Street C He had been unable to park his specially made car D He could not claim from the insurance company 30 A He was annoyed B He was pleased C He felt he could have a replacement D He did not care 沪江英语沪江英语 5 Part C Listening and Translation Sentence Translation Directions 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 Passage Translation Directions In this part of the test you will hear 2passages 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 SECTION 2 STUDY SKILLS 50 minutes Directions In this section you will read several passages Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content You are to choose ONE best answer A B C or D to each 沪江英语沪江英语 6 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 Before Felix arrived in Baghdad Miss Bohun had arranged for him to have lessons with a Mr Posthorn of the Education Office Mr Posthorn was a busy man he not only had his government job but also taught some Arab boys from a wealthy family who hoped eventually to go to an English university He had agreed to fit Felix in his spare time which meant that sometimes Felix went to Mr Posthorn s office and was told to study this or that and occasionally Mr Posthorn managed to find a spare hour when he dropped in to Miss Bohun s and gave Felix some instruction Most of Felix s day was spent in study in his bedroom He knew he would not get far in this way and he knew also the Mr Posthorn would have been willing to give hime more attention had he like Miss Bohun not been disappointed in him Miss Bohun did ot say or do anything that gave Felix any clue as to how he had failed her but Mr Posthorn after testing his knowledge said without hesitation What on earth have you been doing with yourself since you left England Felix explained that in Cairo he had taken lessons with an old English lady and ex governess to a royal family who had taught him English composition French drawing geography and history Unfortunately she had known less Greek Latin and mathematics than he had His mother had treated lessons there as a joke and said Never mind darling when we return to England we ll make up for lost time Your parents ought to have been ashamed of themselves keeping you away from school during the most important years of your life I can t understand it said Mr Posthorn Your father was an educated man wasn t he Felix explained it wasn t my father s fault Mother would let me go back to England when the war started Father was angry but Mother said If he goes I may not see him again Mr Posthorn said You ll never make up for it But Felix although he knew it to be a serious matter could not really care 1 Miss Bohun had arranged for Felix before he arrived A to go to school in the Education Office B to have lessons with some Arab boys C to study at home every morning D to receive private tuition 2 Felix did not feel the arrangements Miss Bohun had mad were satisfactory because A he knew Miss Bohun was disappointed in him B he could not have regular lessons C he did not like Mr Posthorn D he didn t like studying at Miss Bohun s 3 Before he came to stay with Miss Bohun Felix s lessons 沪江英语沪江英语 7 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 4 What did Mr Posthorn think of Felix s education A He thought his father had not encouraged him enough B He was surprised that Felix had managed to learn anything at all C He Thought Felix had wasted a great deal of valuable time D He believed that Felix could catch up with the other boys later 5 Why didn t Felix go back to England when the war started 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 Questions 6 10 Many fold cures which have been around for centuries may be more therapeutic than preciously suspected A case in point is that of penicillin Alexander Fleming did not just randomly choose cheese molds to study when he discovered this very important bacteria killing substance Moldy cheese was frequently given to patients as a remedy for illness at one tome Fleming just isolated what if was about the cheese which cured the patients In parts of South America a powder obtained from sugar cane is used for healing infections in wounds and ulcers This usage may may date back to pre Colombian times Experiments carried out on several hundred patients indicate that ordinary sugar in high concentrations is lethal to bacteria Its suction effect eliminates dead cells and it generated a glasslike layer which protects the wound and ensures healing Another example of folk medicine which scientists are investigating is that of Arab fishermen who rub their wounds with a venomous catfish to quicken healing This catfish excretes a gemlike slime which scientists have found to contain antibiotics a coagulant that helps close injured hood vessels anti inflammatory agents and a chemical that directs production of a glue like material that aids healing It is hope that by documenting these folk remedies and experimenting to see if results are indeed beneficial an analysis of the substances can be made and synthetic substances can be developed for human consumption 6 This passage is mainly about A using folk medicine to replace modern medicine B Antibiotics in the field of medicine C The effectiveness of folk remedies D Isolating antibiotics in cheese sugar and slime 7 The world therapeutic in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to 沪江英语沪江英语 8 A physiological B medicinal C traditional D psychological 8 It can be inferred from the passage that Alexander Fleming A discovered moldy cheese B isolated infectious patients C suspected medicinal properties of molds D Enjoyed eating different kinds of cheese 9 The world eliminates in paragraph 2 can be replaced by which of the following A bacteria feed on sugar B sugar kills unhealthy cells C glass is formed from sugar D sugar promotes healing Questions 11 15 More than a hundred years ago before the Civil War a crew of busting cowboys stood outside a large horse corral With them was their boss Bradford Grimes a cattleman who owned a large South Texas ranch near the Gulf of Mexico Inside the corral was a herd of wild mustangs horsed that had never been ridden They milled around snorting and rearing One of the bronco busters roped a strong stallion and held him to be saddled Then another cowboy climbed up and tried to ride At first the animal trotted nervously humping a little and shying from side to side Then it went off in high jumps spinning and shaking and jolting its rider Finally it put its head between its front legs bucked high in the air and threw the cowboy off into the dust Just then Mrs Grimes the cattleman s wife came to the ranch house door and cried out Bradford Bradford Those Blacks are worth a thousand dollars apiece One might get killed The cowboys laughed but they knew she was telling the truth For they were all Black slaves Bradford Grimes was their owner Most of the first Black cowboys were slaves brought by their masters from the old South On the plantations in South the slaves cut cotton On the ranches in Texas they had to learn a new trade breaking horses and handling cattle Some were taught by Mexican cowboys some by Indians who knew the ways of horses and cattle Grimes was only one of hundreds of slave owning ranchers who ran cattle in Texas The ranchers had brought their families and slaves from Mississippi Georgia and other southern states They came on horseback on foot and in buggies and wagons They drove hogs oxen and stock Some ranchers settled near the Mexican border but there they found that it was too easy for their slaves to escape Even slaves as far north as Austin the capital of Texas came to think of Mexico as the promised land As early as 1845 the year that Texas became a state a Texas newspaper reported the escape of twenty five Blacks They were mounted on some of the best 沪江英语沪江英语 9 horses than could be found the story said and several of them were armed Thousands of other Black slaves escaped in the same way East of the Nieces farther from the Mexican border most slaves found it hard to escape So there they stayed learning to become cowboys in bleak rough country and learning to chase wild cattle through heavy coastal brush All Black cattle crews were common throughout central and eastern Texas There were even a few free Blacks who owned rankles before the Civil War Ashworth was one of them and he owned 2 500 cattle as well as some slaves of his own He employed a white schoolmaster to tutor his children Black cowboys helped to tame and settle a wild country 11 The word bronc busting in the beginning sentence of the passage can be paraphrased as A driving hogs B cutting cotton C breaking horses D handling cattle 12 Most of the first Black slaves that became cowboys A had been brought to Texas by their owners from the old South B Came on their own to look for the promised land C Came from the ranches in Mexico looking for work on Texas cattle ranches D Had been employed by Bradfrod Grimes who owned a large South Texas ranch 13 How did the Black slaves on the ranches in Texas differ from those on the plantations in the old South A They cut cotton B They escaped from slavery C They took care of cattle D They rode the best horses that could be found 14 What do you think most slaves thought about living and working on ranches A They liked it so much they were going to find others to bring back B They were unhappy and wanted to run away C They wanted to buy slaves and start ranches of their own D They enjoyed t