2011年职称英语等级考试综合类C级真题阅读文章翻译2015年职称英语真题备考

1、2011年职称英语等级考试真题（综合类C级） HYPERLINK http:/www.study/kecheng/english/zhicheng/ 2015年职称英语真题备考 HYPERLINK http:/www.study/kecheng/english/zhicheng/ 学派网职称英语团队原创翻译第2部分：阅读判断（第1622题，每题1分，共7分）下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。Travel Across AfricaFor six hours

2、 we shot through the barren（荒芜的）landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fo

3、urth, a beautiful leather notebook Id bought in a market in Mozambique.Southern Africa was full of stories. And visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring（咆哮）of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.And then the other things: dogs in the

4、streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room a kilometre from clean water.As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was emptywe hadnt seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving close enough to touch them, to smell their

5、 hot breath. I didnt know how long they had been there next to us.I shouted to Dan: “Look!” but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape.When Daniel woke up an hou

6、r later I told him what had happened. “Wild horses?” he said. “Why didnt you wake me up, Sophia?” “I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds. ” “Are you sure you didnt dream it?” “You were the one who was sleeping!” “Typical,” he said. “The best photos are the ones we never take.”We checked in

7、to a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.非洲之旅我们在南非台地高原荒芜的沙漠穿行了六个小时。只有石头，沙子以及烘烤的太阳。知道我们的旅行即将结束，丹尼尔和我只是想把我们看到的以及做过的事情都记住。他用相机，我用文字。我已经写了三本笔记，已经开始写第四本，第四本是我在莫桑比克市场买的精美的皮革笔记本。非洲南部充满了故事以及风景。我们几乎沉醉在各种震撼的感觉中。维多利亚瀑布咆哮的水流，位于博茨瓦纳的奥卡万戈三角洲让人难以置信的宁静。然后还有其他的一些：街上的狗，索维托地区一大家人挤在离干净水源一千米的屋里。我们开车往太阳下山的位置行驶的时候

8、，一种宁静笼罩着我们。路是空的我们连着几个小时一辆车都没见到。正当我开车的时候，我看到了什么，它们离的很近，几乎可以摸到，也可以闻到它们热乎乎的呼吸。我不知道它们这样跟我们近距离挨着有多久了。我对丹大喊，“快看！”。但是他睡得很沉，他的相机在他的脚下，也没法用。它们和汽车赛跑了几秒钟，然后消失在我们身后，给我在这片红色的土地上留下了英勇身影的记忆。一个小时后丹尼尔醒了，我告诉他发生了什么。 “野马？”他问道，“索菲，你为什么不叫醒我？” “我叫了，但是它们几秒钟就消失了。” “你确定你不是在做梦？” “是你在睡觉好不好！” “典型的例子”，他说，“最好的照片就是那些我们没照到的照片。”我们住进

9、了一家满是灰尘的旅馆，睡得很死。第3部分：概括大意和完成句子（第2330题，每题1分，共8分）下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23 26题要求从所给的6个选项中为指定段落每段选择1个小标题；（2）第27 30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。Operatunity1Operatunity is a TV talent show for amateur opera singers. The winners get the chance to sing with the English National Opera. When two housewives, Denise L

10、eigh and Jane Gilchrist won in 2002, their lives changed forever. As they sang Verdis Rigoletto at the Coliseum（音乐厅）in Rome, they were transformed from working mothers into opera celebrities（名人）.2“I live in the village I was born in,” says Denise, who is blind. “Lots of my neighbours are family, and

11、 my life is all about my three children.” Jane, who worked as a cleaner and a shop assistant, was in a similar situation. She says, “All I had to look forward to was seeing my four children grow up, and I love that, but. you think there must be more to life. Winning Operatunity has opened up avenues

12、 I never knew existed. ”3“This last year has been amazing,” Denise continues. “Last month was Paris, before that we were recording at Abbey Road, in London, and recently we had our album launch at the Royal Opera House.” “Weve been treated like princesses,” laughs Jane. “champagne, chocolates, five-

13、star hotels”4But it wasnt all so easy. For Denise, the worst part was waiting at the beginning. “After Id sent in my application form I worried for a month. Then I had to wait ten days after my first audition（试唱）. That was awful. ”Even when they won the competition they were allowed to tell their cl

14、ose family but they werent allowed to tell anyone else until later. Denise and Jane also found the travelling difficult. They couldnt take their children with them while they were away singing so they had to organise childcare. However, theres been no problem with the physical side of singing: “We d

15、idnt have to worry about that as weve had lots of help and wonderful voice training,” says Jane. They also had to learn to deal with the media. “The kids loved the fact that they could stay up and watch us on TV, but I just couldnt understand why some newspapers were more interested in the fact I di

16、vorced at 21, rather than the fact I had just sung at the Coliseum,” says Denise.OperatunityOperatunity是面向业余歌剧歌手的电视才艺比赛。获奖者有机会和英国国家歌剧院一起演唱。当Denise Leigh和Jane Gilchrist这两位家庭主妇在2002年获奖之后，她们的生活因此永远改变。 “我生活在我出生的城市”Denise说道，她是个盲人。“我的很多邻居都是家人，我的整个生活也是关于我的三个孩子”。Jane，是一位清洁工和店员，情形跟Denise类似。Jane说道，“我所期待的就是看着我

17、的四个孩子长大，我喜欢这样，但是你还是会想生活应该还有更多东西”。赢得Operatunity这个比赛为我开启了之前从来不知道的道路。 “去年一年很不可思议”，Denise继续说道。“上个月在巴黎，在这之前是在伦敦的阿比大街录音，最近我们的专辑在英国皇家歌剧院发行。” “我们受到公主般的待遇”，Jane笑着说道。“香槟，巧克力，五星级酒店”。但是这并不容易。对Denise来说，最糟糕的部分是开始的等待。“我把申请表寄出去之后，我担心了一个月”。然后第一次试唱之后，我等了十天。等待的感觉很糟糕。”即使是当她们赢得了比赛，他们只允许告诉家人，直到后来才能告诉其他人。Denise和Jane还觉得旅行很

18、难。她们出去唱歌的时候不能带着孩子，所以她们还得找儿童托管。然而，她们唱歌时身体没有问题。“我们不用担心身体，因为我们得到了很多帮助以及很棒的嗓音训练”。Jane说道。她们还得学习如何应对媒体。“孩子们很高兴她们可以熬夜，在电视上看我们，但是我只是很不理解问什么有些报纸对我21岁离婚这件事比我在大剧场唱歌还要感兴趣”，Denise说道。第4部分：阅读理解（第3145题，每题3分，共45分）下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。第一篇How to Be a Successful BusinesspersonHave you ever wondered why

19、 some people are successful in business and others are not? Heres a story about one successful businessperson. He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants.Zubair Kazi was born in Bhatkal, a small town in southwest India. His dream was to be an airplane pilot, and when he was 16 y

20、ears old, he learned to fly a small plane.At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket, Mr. Kazi moved to the United States. He hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California. Instead, he ended up working for a company that rented cars.While Mr. Kazi was working at the car

21、rental（租赁的）company, he frequently ate at a nearby KFC restaurant. To save money on food, he decided to get a job with KFC. For two months, he worked as a cooks assistant. His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook. “I didnt like it,” Mr. Kazi says, “but I always did the best I could.”One day

22、, Mr. Kazis two coworkers failed to come to work. That day, Mr. Kazi did the work of all three people in the kitchen. This really impressed the owners of the restaurant. A few months later, the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant. They gave the job to Mr. Kazi. He worked hard as the manager

23、 and soon the restaurant was making a profit.A few years later, Mr. Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money. The restaurant was dirty inside and the food was terrible. Mr. Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant. For the first six months, Mr. Kazi worked in the restaura

24、nt from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. He and his wife cleaned up the restaurant, remodeled the front of the building, and improved the cooking. They also tried hard to please the customers. If someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food, Mrs. Kazi gave them a free soda. Before lo

25、ng the restaurant was making a profit.A year later, Mr. Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit. With the money he eared, he bought three more restaurants that were losing money. Again, he cleaned them up, improved the food, and retrained the employees. Before long these restaurants were making a prof

26、it, too.Today Mr. Kazi owns 168 restaurants, but he isnt planning to stop there. Hes looking for more poorly managed restaurants to buy, “I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find its a mess,” Mr. Kazi says. “The only way it can go is up.”如何成为一个成功的商人你有没有想知道为什么有些人做生意成功而有些人不行呢？这里有一个故事，是关于一个成功商人

27、的。他从开始洗盘子到今天拥有168家餐馆。祖贝尔卡齐出生于巴特卡尔，位于印度西南的一个小镇。他的梦想是成为一个飞行员。他16岁的时候学会了驾驶小型飞机。卡齐23岁的时候，带着口袋里的一点钱，搬到了美国。他希望能在加利福利亚的飞机工业谋得一份工作。然而，他最终是为一家汽车租赁公司工作。卡齐在汽车租赁公司工作的时候，经常去附近的一家肯德基餐馆吃饭。为了省钱，他决定在肯德基找一份工作。他当了两月的厨师助手。他的工作是清洗鸡肉，给厨师帮忙。“我不喜欢那份工作”，卡齐说，“但是我总是尽力做到最好”。一天，卡齐的两个同事没来上班。那天，卡齐把厨房三个人的工作都拿下来了，这给店主留下了深刻印象。几个月之后，

28、店主另外一个新餐馆需要一个经理。他们把这份工作交给了卡齐。作为餐馆经理，他工作很卖力，很快，这家餐馆开始盈利了。几年之后，卡齐听说有一家餐馆在亏本。这家餐馆里面很脏，食物也很难吃。卡齐从银行借钱买下了这家餐馆。在前六个月，卡齐每周七天从上午八点到晚上十点都在餐馆工作。卡齐和他妻子把餐馆打扫干净，把餐馆外面的建筑重新改造了一下，也改进了烹饪。他们也极力让顾客满意。如果有顾客等餐时间超过十分钟，卡齐会免费赠送汽水。不久之后，这家餐馆开始盈利了。一年之后，卡齐把这家餐馆以一定利润卖掉。他用他赚的钱，买了三家在亏本的餐馆。他再次把餐馆打扫干净，改善食物，重新培训员工。不久之后，这三家餐厅也开始盈利了。

29、现在卡齐已经有168家餐馆，但他并不打算就此止步。他还在寻找购买更多经营不善的餐馆。“当我进去一个餐馆的时候，发现里面一团糟，我就很高兴”，卡齐说，“它唯一的道路是往上走”。第二篇Three Ways to Become More CreativeMost people believe they dont have much imagination. They are wrong. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to access it. Creativity isnt a

30、lways connected with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time routinely think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.This technique involve

31、s taking unrelated ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words associated with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silen

32、ce, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ideas to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original present; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.Imagine that normal limitations dont exist. You have as much time/space/m

33、oney, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new possibilities. If, for example, your goal is to learn to ski（滑雪）, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now adapt this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or

34、 every Monday in January.Look at the situation from a different point of view. Good negotiators(谈判者) use this technique in business, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the characters in their books. They ask questions: what does this character want? Why cant she get it? What c

35、hanges must she make to get what she wants? What does she dream about? If your goal involves other people, put yourself “in their shoes”. The best fishermen think like fish!变得更有创造性的三种方式大多数人认为他们没有多少想象力。他们错了。每个人都有想象力，但是我们大多数人在成年之后，忘了怎么去想象。创造力并不总是和大量的艺术以及思想联系在一起。人们在工作或者是在业余时间通常都会想一些有创意的方式来解决问题。或许你有个目标要

36、完成，一个棘手的问题要回答或者你只是想扩散你的思维。这里有三个技巧能帮助你。这个技巧涉及到捕捉不相关的思想，并且努力寻找他们之间的联系。首先，想想你要解决的问题或者你需要做的工作。然后寻找一个图像，一句话，一个想法或者一个物体，比如一根蜡烛。写下所有和蜡烛相关的想法或者语言：光、火、火柴、蜡、夜晚以及安静等等。尽可能多想一些。下一阶段就是将这些想法跟你要做的工作联系起来。所以想想你要给你的朋友买一个新颖的礼物，你可以给他买一张比赛门票或者晚上带他出去。想象一下一些常规的限制并不存在。你有你所需要的时间、场所以及金钱。想一想你的目标以及新的可能性。比如如果你的目标是去学滑雪，你现在可以在你生命中

37、的每一天都练习滑雪（因为你有的是时间和金钱）。现在，让这个和现实相适应。或许你可以在十二月份的每一天都练习滑雪，或者在一月份的每个周一。从不同的角度考虑现状。好的谈判者在商业中运用这一技巧，作家也是。小说家经常想象着他们是书中的角色。他们自己问问题：“这个角色需要什么？她得不到什么？为了得到她所想要的，她需要做什么？她的梦想是什么？” 如果你的目标涉及到他人，设身处地从他们的角度想一想。最牛的渔民会像鱼一样思考！第三篇The State of Marriage TodayIs there something seriously wrong with marriage today? During

38、 the past 50 years, the rate of divorce in the United States has exploded: almost 50% of marriages end in divorce now, and the evidence suggests it is going to get worse. If this trend continues, it will lead to the breakup of the family, according to a spokesperson for the National Family Associati

39、on. Some futurists predict that in 100 years, the average American will marry at least four times ,and extramarital（婚外的）affairs will be even more common than they are now.But what are the reasons for this, and is the picture really so gloomy（阴暗的）? The answer to the first question is really quite sim

40、ple: marriage is no longer the necessity it once was. The institution of marriage has been based for years partly on economic need. Women used to be economically dependent on their husbands as they usually didnt have jobs outside the home. But with the rising number of women in well-paying jobs, thi

41、s is no longer the case, so they dont feel that they need to stay in a failing marriage.In answer to the second question, the outlook may not be as pessimistic（悲观的）as it seems. While the rate of divorce has risen, the rate of couples marrying has never actually fallen very much, so marriage is still

42、 quite popular. In addition to this, many couples now simply live together and dont bother to marry. These couples are effectively married, but they do not appear in either the marriage or divorce statistics. In fact, more than 50% of first marriages survive.So is marriage really an outdated institu

43、tion? The fact that most people still get married indicates that it isnt. And it is also true that married couples have a healthier life than single people: they suffer less from stress and its consequences, such as heart problems, and married men generally consider themselves more contented than th

44、eir single counterparts. Perhaps the key is to find out what makes a successful marriage and apply it to all of our relationships!如今的婚姻状况如今的婚姻出什么严重问题了吗？在过去50年中，美国的离婚率暴涨：现在几乎50%的婚姻以离婚告终，证据显示，情况还将持续恶化。据美国国家联合会的发言人称，如果这种趋势持续下去，将导致家庭的破裂。一些未来学家预测，100年后的美国人将平均至少结四次婚，而婚外恋甚至将比现在更为普遍。那问题的原因是什么？现状真的如此糟糕吗？第一个问

45、题的答案十分简单：婚姻早已不像它过去那样非有不可了。从好些年前开始，经济需求已经只是婚姻的部分基础。过去，由于女性除了家庭以外没有任何工作，她们常常在经济上依赖丈夫。现在，随着高薪女性的增多，情况也已经改变。因此，她们觉得没有必要被一段失败的婚姻捆住手脚。回答第二个问题，前景似乎不像它看起来那么令人悲观。尽管离婚率升高，但实际结婚率并没有下降，所以说结婚还是挺流行的。除此之外，现在许多恋人同居但并不急着领证。这些人事实上已经结婚，但他们却是统计结婚与离婚率的盲区。超过50%的第一次婚姻实际上是成功的。之前数据的欺骗性在于二度与三度婚姻的离婚率要高于首次婚姻。婚姻真的过时了吗？大多数人仍会结婚这

46、一事实证明不是这样的。而且事实上婚后夫妻比单身过着更健康的生活：他们压力较小，因压力产生的诸如心脏问题也相应减少。而且，婚后男性总体上较之配偶更为满意。也许，关键在于找出成功婚姻背后的秘诀并把它运用到我们所有人与人的关系中去。第5部分：补全短文（第4650题，每题2分，共10分）下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章面貌。Some Unusual CelebrationsSome holidays are well-known all around the world. Among them are New Years Eve

47、celebrations. Also common are days in honor of love and friendship, like Valentines Day. Each country has its own special holidays, too, often to mark important events in its history. Schools, banks, and government offices all close on days like these. Some of the days people celebrate, however are

48、less serious. (46) A few of them are really very strange.Of course, they are not strange to the people who celebrate them. Perhaps that is because the celebrations have long traditions. Consider April Fools Day, for example. No one knows when or why it began. Today it is celebrated in many countries

49、France, England, and Australia among others. On this day, people play practical jokes. Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokes do not make everyone laugh.(47) The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes. The people they fool often get angry. Does celebrating this day make sense to you?

50、Dyngus Day in Poland seems strange, too. On this day, it is traditional for boys to pour water over the heads of girls. Here is the strangest part: They do it to girls they like.Other unusual celebrations take place in a single city or town. A holiday called La Tomatina is celebrated in Bunol, Spain

51、. Every year, in late August, big trucks carry more than 200,000 pounds of tomatoes into this little town. Then begins the worlds biggest food fight. (48) For two hours, people in the streets throw tomatoes at each other. Everyone ends up red from head to toe.August 10 marks the start of the Puck Fa

52、ir, an Irish festival with a very unusual tradition. People from the town of Killorglin go up into the mountains and catch a wild goat. They bring him back to town put a crown on his head, and make him king for three days. (49)There are also some celebrations that are really strange. In the United S

53、tates, sometimes one person gets an idea for a new holiday and tries to get others to accept it. Whose idea was Public Sleeping Day? That one is on February 28. It may seem strange, but it sounds like more fun than the one on February 9. That is supposed to be Toothache Day. (50)Do you like the idea

54、 of inventing a new holiday? If you do, then you will want to mark March 26 on your calendar. That is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.一些不同寻常的节日庆祝有些节日在全世界都很有名，跨年夜的庆祝就是其中之一。有些庆祝爱情和友谊的节日也很常见，比如情人节。每个国家也都有自己的节日，通常是为了纪念历史上的重大事件。像这样的节日，学校、银行以及政府办公室都会放假。然而人们庆祝的有些节日就没有那么严肃了。有些还非常奇怪。当然，对那些参加庆祝的人们来说那些节日并不奇怪。或许是因

55、为有些庆祝节日有着很长的传统。例如愚人节，没人知道这个节日什么时候或者为什么开始的。现在愚人节在很多国家都有庆祝，其中有法国、英国以及澳大利亚。在这一天，人们开些无伤大雅的玩笑。玩笑本来应该是很有趣的，但是这些玩笑并不能让所有人都笑。笑的人就是开玩笑的人。被开玩笑的人通常都会生气。庆祝愚人节对你有什么意义么？波兰的复活节星期一似乎也很奇怪。这天的传统是男孩把水倒到女孩的头上。最奇怪的部分是，男孩把水倒到自己喜欢的女孩头上。其他一些不同寻常的庆祝则发生在单个的城市或者城镇。西班牙的布诺镇会庆祝一个叫做番茄大战的节日。每年八月底，大卡车会载着超过200000英镑的番茄到这个小镇。世界上最大的食物大

56、战就开始了。在两个小时的世界里，街上的人们互扔番茄。最后每个人从头到脚都是红的。帕克节是爱尔兰一个有着特殊传统的节日，每年的8月10日开始。基诺格林这个小镇的人们上山抓一只野山羊。他们把羊带回小镇，给羊加冕，让羊当三天的国王。还有一些其他的节日庆祝真的非常奇怪。在美国，有时候一个人萌生了一个新节日的想法，并且设法让其他人接受。公共睡觉日是谁的主意？这个节日是在2月28号。这个节日似乎有些奇怪，但是比2月9日这个节日听着更有趣。2月9日被认为是牙痛节。你喜欢发明新节日这个主意么？如果喜欢，那么你会想在日历上标出3月26日。将这一天作为“发明你自己的节日”节。第6部分：完形填空（第5165题，每题

57、1分，共15分）下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。Why People Use Pseudonyms（假名字）?You cant choose the name you are given at birth, but in many countries you can change it legally when you reach adulthood. Of course, most people never change their names even if (51) they feel unhappy about them. However, some

58、people do take (52) this course of actionparticularly artists! What makes an artist want to change their name? Sometimes its for purely personal (53) reasons, such as the Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile, Neftalii Reyes. He didnt want his father to know (54) he was writing poetry, so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man. At (55) other times the reason may appear strange; take the case of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, who (56) wrote under 75 different names. The reason? “When I use a different name, I always write in a different way,” he explain