2009年春季高级口译真题

1、/09年春季高级口译考题 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 blank with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your

2、ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCEWhen 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 f

3、ood for an active healthy life. Some of these individuals relied on emergency food sources and (3).Although most people think of hungy 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 th

4、ose hungy 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 famil

5、y couldnt 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 c

6、hildren 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. govemment spends less than any industrialized country to_ (l6).We have long known that the _(l7) of small children need adequate food _(l

7、8). 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 ca

8、n last a lifetime.Part B: Listening ComprehensionDirections: 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 t

9、o each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in thecorresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLETQuestions 1 to 5 are based on the following convetsation.l. (A) Her purse was stolen on the metro.(B) Her home was broken into when she was vacationing.(C) She was robbed

10、 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 crim

11、e.(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 re

12、solution has been passed to stem the upsurge in pirate attacks on shipping(C) Several African countries have joined handg 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 f

13、ully 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 part

14、ies.(C) To form a coalition govemment with the Liberals.(D) To tackle the fallout from the fillancial 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 Arro

15、yo 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 interview11. (A)Professions and ways we actually wear(B) Trends and fashions in clot

16、hing.(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 out

17、going.(C) People with an aggressive personality(D) People with a preference for light colors.l4. (A) The colors of ones 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.

18、(D) Ageing pop stars.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.l6. (A) Participating in Intemet chats.(B) Writing and receiving email messages.(C) Purchasing things online.(D) Doing research by clicking a mouse.l7. (A) Because the Intemet binds fewer people together than we actually need.(B

19、) Because the hyperlinks often send us to commercial Web sites.(C) Because the Web cant 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)

20、Time wasted in filling out information.(D) Issues related to privay.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

21、 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 Intemet has revolutionized the way we do things.(D) We can get information, products and friends quickly with the Intemet.SECTION 2: READING TEST(30 minut

22、es)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 w

23、rite the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLETQuestions 1-5They 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.

24、 He explains that its rare that customers speak to him this way. I know what hes 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

25、 the customer who would treat her like a servant or, her biggest complaint, like she was not that bright.Theres 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

26、 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

27、 it manifests itself is in the assumptions we mak about people who work with their hands. Working people sense this bias and react to it when they vote. The cornmon political wisdom is that hot-button social issues have driven blue-collar voters rightward. But there are other cultural dynamics at pl

28、ay as well. And Democrats can be as oblivious to these dynamics as Repub1icansthough the Grand Old Party did appea1 to them in St. Paul.Lets go back to those two men installing my washer and dryer. They do a lot of heavy lifting quicklymine was the first of l5 deliveriesand efficiently to avoid inju

29、ry Between them there is ongoing communication, verbal and nonverbal, to coordinate the lift, negotiate the tigh fit, move in rhythm with each other. And al1 the while, they are weighing options, making decisions and so1ving problemsas when my new dryer didnt match up with the gas outlet.Think about

30、 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. Theres the carpenter using a number of mathematica1 conceptssymmetry proportion, congr

31、uence, the properties of anglesand visualizing these concepts while building a cabinet, a flight of stairs, or a pitched roofThe hairstylists practice is a mix of technique, knowledge aboat the biology of hair, aesthetic judgment, and communication skill. The mechanic, electrician, and plumber are t

32、roubleshooters 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-c

33、oast versus heatland 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 peoples intelligence based on the kind of work they do.Political tributes

34、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

35、 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.

36、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-assistant2. In the sentence we pride ourselves on our spirit of egalitari

37、anism(para. 3), the word egalitarianism can be replaced by_.(A) individualism (B) enlightenment (C) equality (D) liberalism3. We can conclude from the passage that _.(A) in America, judgments about peoples intelligence are often based on the kind of work they do(B) the subtle and not-so-subtle insul

38、ts 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 Republicans true engagement4. One of the major groups of targeted readers of the author

39、should be_.(A) blue-collar American workers (B) middle-class American businessmen(C) American politicians (D) American company leaders5. 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) Politic

40、al 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 6-10From cyborg housemaids and water-po

41、wered 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

42、 conquered space by paichlly 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 tantali

43、zing of concepts: cables stronger and lighter than any fibre yet woven, tethered to the ground and disappearing beyond the atmosphere to a sateilite docking station in geosynchronous orbit above Earth.UP and down the 22,000 mile-long (36,000km) cablesor flat ribbonswil1 run the elevator carriages. t

44、hemselves requiring huge breakthroughs in engineering to which the bigges Japanese companies and universities have turned their collective attention.In the catriages, the scientists behind the idea told The Times, could be any number of cargoes. A space elevator could carry people, huge solar-powere

45、d generators or even casks of radioactive waste. The point is that breaking free of Earths gravity will no longer require so much energyperhaps 100 times less than launching the space shuttle. Just like traveling abroad, anyone wili be able to ride the elevator into space, Shuichi Ono, chairInan of

46、the Japan Space Elevator Association, sad.The vision has inspired scientists around the world and governmtnt 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 require

47、d 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 Paradis

48、e, 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 Wellss The Time Machine, the idea of the space elevator does not mess with the laws of science; it just pre

49、sents 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 lea

50、der 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 Earths surface world require twice that length of cable to reach a counterweight, en

51、suring that the cable mantains 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

52、 can be formed into fibres and whose mass production is now a focus of Japans 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 stronge

53、r than what is currently the strongest carbon nanotube fibre, or about l80 times stronger than steel. Pioneering work on carbon nanotubes inCambridge 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

54、 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 confrence in November to draw

55、 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 Japanses scientists are still making on the basis of science fiction(C) some of the example

56、s of inventions created in science fiction(D) a few examples which will lead to the invention of the space elevator7. 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

57、than steel (D) made of fibres currently available8. 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 Arthu C. Clarks in hisThe Fountains of Paradise(D) was the imagination of scientists from the Japan Space Elevator Association9. According to the passag