2008年9月中级口译考试试题

1、2008年9月中级口译考试试题2008年9月中级口译考试试题SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (45 minutes)Part A: Spot DictationDirections： 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 an swer in the

2、 corresp onding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.America ns have four primary ave nues for making frie nds: at work, at school, through a hobby or a(1) such as volu nteer work and discussi on group, or through a family or.In America n culture, a job is more

3、tha n the work that one performs betwee n the hours of 9 a.m.and(3).Workbecomesa major socializi ng in flue nee. Many you ng mothers who(4) their jobs to care for small children remark on the loneliness of their new lifestyles because they have lost their forum for(5).A great n umber of America n em

4、ployers recog nize bus in ess social(6) and use it to builda family atmosphere on the job so that employees will feel(7) in their worken viro nment. Some employers arrange compa ny get-togethers in their home or at a(8).America n compa nies have at least one(9) ann ually, usually at Christmas time.

5、Manycorporati ons have(10) where employees and admi nistrators alike dress(11)to play games such as baseball and volleyball.Top America n adm ini strators ofte n hold social gatheri ngs(12). Depe nding upon thesize of the employers home and the n umber of(13), these social gather ings may bepic ni c

6、s, pool parties, or(14). If the compa ny is large, an employer may hold whatAmerica ns call(15). For an ope n house, the employer will in vite his employees to cometo his home(16) between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on a certain day. Those invited usually stayfor(17), chatt ing with the other guests and their

7、 host. People come and go(18)duri ng the desig nated hours, and the host keeps refreshme nts, usually,(19) or horsdoeuvres and beverages, available for all who come. For such social gather in gs, it is con sidered(20) the in vitati on unl ess you have an excelle nt reas on.Part B: Liste ning Compreh

8、e nsion.Stateme ntsDirections: 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 liste n carefully. Whe n you hear a stateme nt, read the an swer choices and decide which one is cl

9、osest in meaning to the stateme nt you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1.(A) Going shopp ing is much more exhaustive tha n shopp ing on the Intern et.(B) For me, taking a rest is better than surfing the Internet or sho

10、pping.(C) I am not sure if I should take a break to work in the garden this morning.(D) My frie nd and I have to fin ish our annual report by this weeke nd.2.(A) It is hardly true that Mr Johnson is a new employee with such initiatives.(B) We are not sure if Mr Johnson is satisfied with his working

11、environment.(C) Usually new employees will not take such in itiatives as Mr Joh nson does.(D) Mr Joh nson is really very frie ndly as he helps us with our work ingin itiatives.3.(A) What are the differe nces betwee n marketi ng and cost-effective publicity?(B) Could you say somethi ng on the subject

12、 of cost-effective publicity?(C) How much will the conference on marketing and sales cost us?(D) When will the subject of the 50-minute conference be publicized?4.(A) Childre n will directly or in directly affect what their pare nts purchase.(B) Growing children will have special needs that their pa

13、rents cannot satisfy.(C) The n eeds for special food and cloth ing are more obvious in girls.(D) It is n ecessary for pare nts to in flue nce what their childre n eat and wear.5.(A) The apple is one of the fruits that can lower your blood sugar.(B) Apples are sugar-ccontaining fruits that may raise

14、your blood sugar.(C) Although it is sugar-ccontaining, the apple is a kind of healthy fruits.(D) For those who are on a diet, an apple a day is eno ugh because it digests slowly.6.(A) We decided to purchase a camera for our on li ne course.(B) I know that we cannot beat the price for the camera on t

15、he Net.(C) The order is that we n eed to buy the camera cheaper on the Intern et.(D) The camera we bought is more expe nsive tha n I expected.7.(A) The problem of in flati on could be worse ned due to rising un employme nt and wage explosi on.(B) Because of the rise of un employme nt duri ng in flat

16、i on, there could be a wage explosi on.(C) The most serious economic problem in the wake of inflation is a possible wage explosi on.(D) A possible way to curb in flati on and rising un employme nt is to raise the workers wages dramatically.8.(A) This kind of tax on imported goods is unn ecessary.(B)

17、 To practice economy, the gover nment imposes a tax.(C) A tariff is recomme nded by our econo mists.(D) The tariff is a gover nment tax on imported goods.9.(A) We had pla nned to sell $120,000 worth of this new product.(B) We had a promotion plan for our product that costs $ 360,000.(C) Originally,

18、there were 3 promotion plans for the new product.(D) The sales figure of our new product had reached a record high.10.(A) The committee voted aga inst the proposed project.(B) The committee approved the proposed project.(C) The committee con sidered the short report well writte n.(D) The committee w

19、as convin ced by the docume nted report.II. Talks and Con versati onsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks andconversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE.

20、When you hear a questi on, read the four an swer choices and choose the best an swer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the correspo ndi ng space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questio ns 11-1411.(A) Discussing inflation with the man.(B) Help ing her pare nts pay for de

21、bts.(C) Seek ing a perma nent job overseas.(D) Study ing in a foreig n coun try.12.(A) Her pare nts un willi ngn ess to pay her tuiti on.(B) Her desire to earn as much as possible.(C) The rising cost of liv ing through in flatio n.(D) The fact that she is an overseas stude nt.13.(A) The educati on c

22、en tre.(B) The uni versity bookstore.(C) The university library.(D) The stude nt cafeteria.14.(A) She will use her study time more effectively.(B) She will buy sec on d-ha nd books from the store.(C) She will spe nd her money on somethi ng else.(D) She will devote more time to working extra hours. Q

23、uestio ns 15-1815.(A) A palm reader.(B) A speech therapist.(C) A stude nt.(D) A teacher.16.(A) She was ill.(B) She was afraid.(C) She was an xious.(D) She was excited.17.(A) 50.(B) 120.(C) 220.(D) 240.18.(A) Her an xiety.(B) Her mistake.(C) Her exciteme nt.(D) Her success.Questio ns 19-2219.(A) He w

24、as at a n ews conferen ce.(B) He was on a bus in ess trip.(C) He was traveling with the companys CEO.(D) He was n egotiat ing with a New York age nt.20.(A) The compa nys top executives.(B) Producers and serviceme n.(C) Age nts and customers.(D) Man agers from home and abroad.21.(A) 220.(B) 250.(C) 3

25、00.(D) 350.22.(A) The loudspeakers.(B) The visual aids.(C) The hall capacity.(D) The lunch menu.Questio ns 23-2623.(A) Working is more important than having a holiday.(B) A driver should be more careful tha n a pedestria n.(C) In driv in g, it is always safety that comes first.(D) It is dan gerous t

26、o drive fast in crowded areas.24.(A) Because they may not judge speeds very well.(B) Because they may step into the road for convenience.(C) Because they cannot run very fast.(D) Because they may become n ervous easily.25.(A) Shoppers.(B) Traffic police.(C) Young people.(D) The han dicapped.26.(A) S

27、ignal to a school cross ing patrol.(B) Slow dow n or stop to let people cross.(C) Overtake other drivers for safety.(D) Watch out for a Stop-Childre n sig n.Questio ns 27-3027.(A) Programme writi ng.(B) Note-tak ind tech niq ues.(C) Han dwrit ing an alysis.(D) Sample collect ing.28.(A) A good self-c

28、 on trolled pers on ality.(B) An in trospective n ature.(C) A frie ndly and sociable dispositi on.(D) A mix of interest and emotion.29.(A) Socially-mi nded people.(B) Scie ntists and in tellectuals.(C) Mediocre writers.(D) Frie ndly compa nions.30.(A) The roun ded, medium size of the letters.(B) The

29、 small ope n as and os.(C) The wide spaces betwee n the words.(D) The upright sla nt and the sig nature.Part C: Liste ning and Tran slati on.Sentence Tran slati onDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the senten ces ONLY ONCE. After you have heard

30、each senten ce, tran slate it into Chin ese and write your versi on in the corresp onding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)II. Passage Tran slati onDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, tran

31、slate it into Chin ese and write your versi on in the corresp onding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take no tes while you are liste ning.SECTION 2: STUD Y SKILLS (45 min utes)Directions : In this sect ion, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on

32、its content. 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 an swer you have chose n in the corresp onding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Qu

33、esti ons 1-5Mankind s fascination with gold is as oid as civilization itself. The ancient Egyptians esteemedgold, which had religious significanee to them, and King Tutankhamen was buried in a solid-goJd coffin 3300 years ago.People have always lon ged to possess gold. Un fortu nately, this longing

34、has also brought out theworst in the huma n character. The Spanish con quistadores robbed palaces, temples, and graves,and killed thousa nds of In dia ns in their ruthless search for gold. Often the only rule in you ngCalifornia during the days of the gold rush was exercised by the mob with a rope.

35、Even today,the economic running of South Africa s gold mines depends largely on the employment of blacklaboures who are paid about 40 a mon th, plus room and board, and who must work incon diti ons that can only be described as cruel. About 400 min ers are killed in mine accide nts inSouth Africa ea

36、ch year, or one for every two tons of gold produced.Much of gold s value lies in its scarcity. Only about 80,000 tons h ave been mined in the history of the world. All of it could be stored in a vault 60 feet square, or a supertanker.Great Britain was the first country to adopt the gold standard, wh

37、en the Master of the Mint, Sir Isaac Newt on, established a fixed price for gold in 1717. But un til the big discoveries of gold in the last half of the nineteenth century starting in California in 1848 and later in Australia andSouth Africa there simply was n t eno ugh gold arou nd for all the trad

38、i ng n ati ons to link theircurre ncies to the precious metal.An out-of-work prospector n amed George Harris on lau nched South Africa into the gold age in1886 whe n he discovered the metal on a farm n ear what is now Joha nn esburg. Harris on was given a 1氏reward by the farmer. He then disappeared

39、and reportedly was eaten by a lion. Historically, the desire to hoard gold at home has been primarily an occupation of the working and peasa nt classes, who have no faith in paper mon ey. George Bern ard Shaw defe nded their instinets eloquently: Ydxu havose between trusting to the natural stability

40、 of gold and the,he said,natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the governmentwith due respect to these gen tleme n, I advise you . to vote for gold.1.lt can be in ferred from the passage that duri ng the days of the gold-rush in Califor nia(A) people had to mark out the

41、ir gold claims with a rope(B) people carried ropes in stead of guns(C) hanging was a com mon form of puni shme nt(D) the rope was the symbol of law and order2.0ne of the problems with gold is that.(A) it loses its shape too easily(B) it cha nges the huma n characters(C) it en tails dan ger to the mi

42、ners(D) it costs money to produce .3. Accord ing to the passage, gold has always bee n con sidered a precious metal mainly because(A) money is made of it(B) it is rare(C) a small qua ntity goes a long way(D) it has religious sig nifica nce4. After the big gold discoveries in the late nin etee nth ce

43、n tury(A) the tradi ng n ati ons adopted the gold sta ndard(B) the tradi ng n ati ons were un able to get en ough gold(C) gold coins were used by most n ati ons(D) gold was con sidered to be a kind of precious metal5. George Bernard Shaw thought that.(A) the members of the gover nment were hon est a

44、nd in tellige nt(B) the value of gold was likely to cha nge un expectedly(C) gold was more valuable tha n paper money(D) one could place more faith in gold than in politiciansQuestio ns 6-10Let us take a brief look at the pla net on which we live. As Earth hurtles through space at a speedof 70,000 m

45、iles an hour, it spins, as we all know, on its axis, which causes it to be flattened at thePoles. Thus if you were to stand at sea level at the North or South Pole you would be 13 milesnearer the centre of the earth than if you stood on the Equator.The earth is made up of three major layers a cen tr

46、al core, probably metallic, some 4000 milesacross, a surrou nding layer of compressed rock, and to top it all a very thin skin of softer rock,only about 20 to 40 miles thick -that s about as thin as the skin of an apple, talking in relative terms.The pressure on the cen tral core is uni magi nable.

47、It has bee n calculated that at the centre it is 60milli on pou nds to the square in ch, and this at a temperature of perhaps 10,000 degreesFahrenheit. The earth s interior, therefore, would seem to be of liquid metal and evidenee for this is give n by the behaviour of earthquakes.When an earthquake

48、 occurs, shock waves radiate from the centre just as waves radiate outwardsfrom the point where a stone drops into a pond. And these waves pulsate through the earth svarious layers. Some waves descend vertically and pass right through the earth, providing evidence for the existence of the core and a

49、n indication that it is fluid rather than solid. Thus, with their sen sitive in strume nts, the scie ntists who study earthquakes, the seismologists, can in effect X-ray the earth.Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions of the world. And it was to Iceland that JulesVer ne sent the hero of

50、 his book A Jour ney to the Centre of the Earth. This in trepid explorerclambered down the opening of an extinct volcano and followed its windings until he reached theearth s core. There he found geat oceans, and continents with vegetation. This conception of ahollow earth we now know to be false. I

51、n the 100 years since Jules Ver ne published his book, thescie nce of vulca no logy, as it is called, has made great strides. But eve n so the deepest man has yetpen etrated is about 10,000 feet. This hole, the Robinson Deep mine in South Africa, barelyscratches the surface; so great is the heat at

52、10,000 feet that were it not for an elaborateair-conditioning system, the miners working there would be roasted. Oil borings down to 20,000feet have show n that the deeper they go, the hotter it becomes.The temperature of the earth at the cen tre is estimated to be an yth ing betwee n 3,000 and 11,0

53、00degrees Fahre nheit. Some scie ntists believe that this treme ndous heat is caused by thebreak in g-dow n of radio-active eleme nts, which release large amou nts of en ergy and compe nsatefor the loss of heat from the earth s surface. If this theory is correct, then we are all living on topof a n

54、atural atomic powerhouse.6. The outer layer of the earth is compared to the skin of an apple because.(A) it is about 20 to 40 miles thick(B) it is th in in proporti on to the earth s mass(C) it is softer than the central core(D) it is thi nner tha n the surrou nding layer7. Which of the following ca

55、nnot explain why the interior of the earth is fluid?(A) There is great pressure at the cen tre.(B) Earthquake waves can move vertically.(C) The outer layer is made of rock.(D) The heat at the centre is too great.(A) too deep to work in(B) too hot to work in(C) close to the centre(D) still in use9.Si

56、nce the publication of Jules Verne s book it has been proved that.(A) the centre of the earth is not hollow(B) oil bori ngs cannot go deeper tha n 20,000 feet(C) there are active volcanic regions at the centre(D) the earth is not in dan ger of explod ing10. What is the best title for the passage?(A)

57、 The Earthquake.(B) The Un derworld.(C) The Volca nic Regi ons.(D) The Great Ocea ns.Questio ns 11-15Many people will have heard of the Alexa nder tech ni que but have only a vague idea what it isabout. Un til earlier this year, I did n t have the fain test idea about it. But, hun ched over acomputer screen one day, I noticed that the neck- and backache I regularly suffered were morepainful tha n usual. I con sulted a doctor, who said:I can treat the symptoms by massag ing yourn eck and upper back. But you actually have bad posture. That