2001_3上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试[参考答.pdf

1 2001 3上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试 参考答案参考答案 SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST Part A Sport Dictation 1 television viewers 2 recent research 3 more far reaching 4 power of authority 5 gets away with 6 a social reality 7 escape from 8 dangerous and frightening 9 less trustful 10 police protection 11 estimate 12 further evidence 13 33 14 instead of 15 network TV 16 threat of danger 17 exploit by the media 18 increasing pressure 19 aggressive behavior 20 social control and stability Part B Listening Comprehension 1 5 BCDAC 6 10 BCCBAC 11 15 DACBC 16 20 DBABD 21 25 ABCBA 26 30 BCCAD Part C Listening and Translation Sentence Translation 当时那人就我们陈列在交易会上的新产品提了好多问题 但是 他没有下任何定单 2 多数人在劳累工作了一天回家后都希望能休闲一下 诸如洗个热水澡或者聆听轻音乐 3 慢跑是一种慢速 稳定的奔 最近几年来 慢跑已成为非常流行的一种户外活动 4 下山容易上山难 因此 染上坏习惯容易 养成好习惯难 5 如果你在快餐店或咖啡店就餐 你付 元钱或再多一点就能吃一顿 但是如果你在旅馆 或市中心的饭店用餐 你就要付十倍的钱 Passage Translation Passage 1 1970 年 一位美国人发明了一辆与众不同的自行车 它看上去好像是将两辆自行车合 为一辆 并且可同时供两人使用 每一位骑车人都有自己的座位 因为他们都有各自的手 把 都能驾驭自行车 然而 该项发明未能成功 如果其中一位骑车人略微向左拐 另一 位略微向右拐 两人都会摔倒在经 2 Passage 2 过去两年来 许多州和城市都已经在公共场所限制吸烟 越来越多的饭店和其他私人 企业鉴于健康的原因自觉出台有关吸烟的规定 在纽约市 数以十计的冰淇淋食品店划出 了禁烟区 而且看起来更多的顾客提出要坐在禁烟区 而不是吸烟区 SECTION 2 STUDYSKILLS 1 5 DDBBB 6 10 CBADB 11 15 BBCDC 16 20 CDCBA 21 25 CADCD 26 30 DDBDA SECTION 3 TRANSLATION TEST 1 20 年前 摩托罗拉公司带着近乎害怕的心理看待日本企业 早在 20 世纪 60 年代 这个公司芝加哥的电视制造分公司规模大 利润高 但在 70 年代初 高成本以及日本廉 价电视机日趋上升的势头使其遭受重创 日本人非常嚣张 摩托罗拉公司发言人马里 奥 萨尔瓦多瑞追忆道 他们想分享市场 通过残酷无情的价格战 他们如愿以偿 并 最终把几乎所有美国电子公司赶出电视机行业 1974 年 摩托罗拉将其 Quasar 电视生产 厂卖给了一家日本公司 但是 当其他美国公司在对外竞争中败北的时候 摩托罗拉公司 重新调整了产业方向 转向无线通讯 这是一个它在 20 年代开拓的产业 另外还有移动 收音机和步话机 此举确有先见之明 SECTION 4 TRANSLATION TEST 2 According to a survey about 40 of our country s youth do not read any books other than their textbooks I am shocked at the result I remain suspicious of the survey though the people concerned claim it to be scientific Despite my suspicion the fact is that more and more young people instead of reading spend their spare time watching TV going to dance parties playing video games or chitchatting Gorgy once said Books are steps toward human progress As we all know books is a crystallization of human wisdom Although modern media such as TV and computers enjoy advantages in the speed of information dissemination so far none of them can replace books in respect of the depth of knowledge being spread 听力测试题录音文字稿听力测试题录音文字稿 SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST Part A Sport 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 correstponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE Now let s begin Part A with Spot Dictation Woman Many people nowadays are concerned about violence on television Most of them 3 fear that it stimulates television viewers to violent or aggressive acts However in my lecture today I d like to show you from our recent research that the consequences of experiencing television s symbolic world of violence can be much more far reaching We have found that television dramatically demonstrates not only the power of authority in our society but also the risks involved in breaking society s rules Violence filled programs on television show us who gets away with what and against whom These programs teach the role of victim and help us to accept violence as a social reality which we must learn to live with or escape from We have found that people who watch a lot of television see the real world as more dangerous and frightening than those who watch very little Heavy TV viewers are less trustful of strangers on the street and more fearful of the real world Their fear may well bring increasing demands for police protection and election of law and order politicians When we asked viewers to estimate their own chances of being involved in some type of violence during any given week they provide further evidence that television can induce fear and alertness the heavy viewers were 33 percent more likely than the light viewers to pick such fearful estimates as 50 50 or one in 10 instead of a more plausible one in 100 We have found that violence on prime time network TV cultivates exaggerated assumptions about the threat of danger in the real world Fear is a universal emotion and naturally easy to exploit by the media The exaggerated sense of risk and insecurity may lead to increasing demands for protection and to increasing pressure for the use of force by established authority Therefore instead of stimulating individual aggressive behavior and threatening the social order television may have become our chief instrument of social control and stability 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 the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET Question No 1 Woman The MBA program of that well know university I attended last year was rather difficult but I got a lot out the courses there Question No 2 Woman The Vice President has a full schedule with a series of meetings next Monday and Tuesday and have assistants Question No 3 Man The general manager was surprised to see so many people shopping at his supermarkets during the holiday break Question No 4 Man I think the applicant lacks the necessary qualifications for the post as a computer programmer in that hi tech corporation Question No 5 Woman Don t worry I think Jack can fix that projector in the lab there s really nothing to it 4 Question No 6 Woman Although Jenny and I have many differences of opinion we usually get along well most of the time Question No 7 Man I m afraid you ll have to revise and type the memorandum of understanding a second time Question No 8 Man In their studies and reports both economists and government officials have underestimated the rate of inflation of this country Question No 9 Man Our company has decided to set up a display for the city s forthcoming Science and Technology Week Question No 10 Woman Within the past century scientists have been trying unsuccessfully to find a real cure for the common cold 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 have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation Woman Good afternoon I d like some information about the trains please Man Yes madam Which train Where are you going Woman To Newcastle You see I have a sister there you know We had a phone all yesterday and she invited me over to stay for the weekend so Man So your question is when s the next train to Newcastle Is that right Woman Yes that s right When is next train to Newcastle please Man At half past eleven That s in about a minute Woman Thank you very much Oh Can I get something to eat on the train I always have something to eat when I travel I find that a cup of tea and a sandwich always help my nerves Man Yes madam There s a buffet car on the train Woman Oh good Er how much does a cup of tea cost Man I m not sure madam Half a pound I think Woman You mean fifty pennies Oh dear Things are getting so expensive Man Yes madam Your train s going to leave in half a minute now Woman Thank you Oh Which platform does it leave from Man Platform 13 Woman platform 13 Oh dear I never travel on trains that leave from platform 13 13 s an unlucky number When is the next train after the 11 30 Question No 11 Why does the woman want to go to Newcastle Question No 12 According to the man when will the next train to Newcastle leave Question No 13 What does the woman like to have when she is traveling 5 Question No 14 How much will the woman have to pay for a cup of tea Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following advertisement Woman Geographically speaking Britain is by no means a big country From north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles or four hundred and eighty kilometers across But small as it is Britain has a surprising range of climates People who have never visited this country or who have visited only one part of it often make the mistake of thinking that it is clod and wet in Britain Have you ever heard of a typical Englishman wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella all the time His image is well known all over the world You may assume that this is because he lives in a cold and rainy country Well except for the summer months of June to September this is a probably true of the north of Britain and the Midlands In the south however the weather is much more pleasant As a result when people retire from a job in the north they often prefer no move down to the warmer and milder south Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest namely the counties of Devon and Cornwall Every year the warm Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and brings a quite warm and mild climate to the coastal regions of the southwest In this part of the country grows semi tropical plants such as bamboo and palm trees Flowers and vegetables ripen as a month earlier than those elsewhere In winter while there may be several feet of snow in other parts of Britain there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest That is why the southwestern counties remain to be Britain s most popular holiday areas all the year round Question No 15 According to the talk which is the best season for people in the north of Britain to enjoy mild and pleasant climates Question No 16 What is the approximate distance from the north coastal lines of Britain to the south coastal lines Question No 17 Which of the following best describes the weather conditions in Britain Question No 18 Why are Devon and Cornwall popular holiday areas all the year round Question 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation Woman John do you think we make too much use of tinned and frozen food in Britain The supermarkets here are full of them aren t they Perhaps that is why our food is not very tasty as you may have found out already Man But frozen foods are convenient and handy aren t they Just think of all the tedious work we have to do in the kitchen if it weren t for the frozen foods and the like Woman Yes that s true But you spend much more time cooking and preparing meals in your country than we do in Britain don t you Man Yes I suppose we do You make less fuss about food than we do In my own country we have two big meals a day that is lunch and dinner and we spend a lot of time preparing them Here in Britain you have only one big meal a day apart from breakfast and lunch snack and you spend much less time preparing it Woman Yes but we re just as fond of good and delicious food as you are 6 Man Well you certainly don t show it Woman We do fuss about our meals sometimes and remember we like to eat out on special occasions such as weekend evenings birthday parties and other celebrations London is full of foreign restaurants where you can get all the exotic dishes of the world You must come out with us one evening John Man Thank you very much I d love to And that s what I like about London There s always so much to see and do I think I have made a wise decision when I chose to live and study in London Question No 19 According to John what is true about the British people Question No 20 Which of the following is the only big meal for the British people Question No 21 According to the conversation what do the British people like to do on special occasions Question No 22 Why do the man and the woman prefer toe live in London Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk Man The first TV dinners came out in the United States in the 1950s and they were immediately regarded as a major advance in the invention of social convenience However there are those people who believe that the introduction of TV dinners has weakened the ties of the American family This was brought about by the change in that long standing tradition of family life the evening meal Before television became popular with the average American family the typical American dinner would involve almost all th4e family members The dinner would take part in three stages the preparation stage the eating stage and the clean up stage In the preparation stage the children often helped with setting the table while the mother cooked the meal In the eating stage the family members old and young would talk about their day s activities as they ate As noon as the evening meal was over the children were again involved in the cleaning up stage so that as in the first two stages their importance within the family was clear After the arrival of television the eating stage began to change Family members could now eat and watch television at the same time As a result they stopped talking to each other It was the TV dinner however that killed off the preparation and the clean up stages Before long all people had to do was use a fork since the TV dinner could go from the oven to the lap and from the lap to the rubbish bin with great ease By the beginning of the 1980s the typical American family dinner was just 20 minutes long Of course the pace of modern life has increased and this has affected the time we spent over dinner But the introduction of a meal that could be eaten between the start and finish of a 30 minute television programmed has also contributed to this change of our family life Question No 23 According to the talk what is a TV dinner Question No 24 Compared with the traditional American dinner what stages are not included in the modern TV dinner Question No 25 What did American Children use to do in the preparation stage of the evening 7 meal Question No 26 According to the talk how long will a typical American dinner last in the 1980s Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation Man Erm well you name s Julia Woman Julia Brown yes Man Julia Brown I m Allan Lee Woman Hello Man Hi Erm whereabouts do you live Woman I live in Forest Hill south east London Man Oh yeah I used to live near there Woman Not far away Man No Very near Actually I really enjoyed living there Are you working near there Woman I work in London I am with the IBM as a computer programmer I also work as an administrator for a small charity organization Erm that s only part time I also work in a wine bar That s part time too Man You mean part time work in the evenings Woman Erm yeah two evenings a week Man Right Yeah It s quite a long way in from Forest Hill mm Woman It s quite a journey into Central London Both the charity office and the wine bar are in Hatton Garden Central London you know Man Yeah That s right But you get the mainline in I mean the mainline from southeast London into Central London Woman Yes that s into Charing Cross and erm I tend to walk from there to Hatton Garden yes Trying to get fit Man Right I m quite lucky I work at home Woman What do you do Man I m a pianist So I spend most of the day practicing Trying to er get as many recitals as possible Woman Do you teach piano lessons Man Er I don t at the moment no I m just concentrating on playing sort of six hours a day five days a week that kind of thing But erm getting yourself established is pretty difficult Woman Yes so do you are actually working playing at the moment Man Erm Yeah well I ve just done two concerts in the North And I am now trying to enter for a competition in Austria next January So erm maybe something ll come out of that I look forward to that kind of competition and I m really working hard Question No 27 What is the woman s full time job during the day Question No 28 In which part of London does the woman live 8 Question No 29 What does the man do for a living Question No 30 What is the man going to do earlier next year 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 herd each sentence translate it into Chinese and write you version in the corresponding space in ANSWER BOOKLET Now let s begin Sentence Translation with Sentence No 1 The man asked a lot of questions about our new products displayed at the trade fair Nevertheless he didn t book