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0809上海外语口译考试高级口译笔试真题

高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试

08.09

SECTION1:

LISTENINGTEST（45minutes）

PartA:

SpotDictation

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.

Whenyoustopandthinkaboutyourhighschoolorcollegealmamater,wereyouresperiencesmorepositiveornegative?

Doyourfeelingsof________

（1）inthatschoolhaveanythingtodowithwhetherornotyourschoolwassingle-sexorcoed?

________

（2）tosendtheirchildrentosingle-sexschools,becausetheyfeelboth________（3）whentheystudyinthecompanyofstudentsofthesamesex.They________（4）.

Foryears,onlyparentswhocouldaffordtosendtheirchildrentoprivateschools,orwhohad________（5）,chosesingle-sexeducationfortheirchildren.Single-sexschoolingwas________（6）formostAmericanfamilies.Today,however,alongwith________（7）,publicschoolsareexperimentingwiththeideaof________（8）.

Girlsmaybetheoneswhobenefitmostfromsingle-sexschooling.Studieshaveshownthat________（9）incoedclassroomsbecauseteacherssometimespaymoreattentiontoboys.Girls’________（10）towardtheirstudiestendstodisappearastheybegintofeellesssuccessful.Theystartto________（11）outperformtheminmathandscience.Asboys________（12）,girlsstarttoloseit.Moreover,adolescenceis________（13）forgirls.Astheyexperienceadolescentchanges,somegirlsbecomedepressed,developanaddiction,orsufferfrom________（14）.

Intheearly1990s,someinfluentialpeoplesaidthatbeinginsingle-sexclassescould________（15）.Schoolsacrossthecountrybegancreatingsingle-sexclassroomsandschools.Butmanycriticsclaimthat________（16）manyactuallybedetrimentaltoagirl’seducationbecausethey________（17）ofsexdifferences.

Therenewedinterestinsingle-sexschooling________（18）amongAmericans.Thosewhogiveitfullendorsementbelivegirlsneedanall-femaleenvironmenttotakerisksandfindtheirownvoices.Thosewho________（19）ofsingle-sexschoolingwonderwhetherstudents’lackofachievementwarrantsreturningtoaneducationalsystemthatdividesthesexes.Theybelievethereisno________（20）.

PartB:

ListeningComprehension

Directions:

Inthispartofthetesttherewillbesomeshorttalksandconversations.Aftereachone,youwillbeaskedsomequestions.Thetalks,conversationsandquestionswillbespokenONLYONCE.NowlistencarefullyandchoosetherightanswertoeachquestionyouhaveheardandwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

1.（A）Acourierforatouroperator.

（B）Anagentformodels.

（C）Anagencymanager.

（D）Apersonalassistant.

2.（A）Tokeeptheaccounts.

（B）Towritelettersandanswerthetelephone.

（C）Toorganizebusinesstripsandconferences.

（D）Tolookafterthemodelsandkeepthemhappy.

3.（A）SpanishandFrench.

（B）FrenchandItalian.

（C）ItalianandEnglish.

（D）EnglishandSpanish.

4.（A）Around15,000.

（B）Notlessthan18,000.

（C）Somewherebetween20,000and22,000.

（D）Atleast25,000.

5.（A）Shehasauniverstitydegreeinaccountingandeconomics.

（B）Sheisinherearlytwenties.

（C）Sheisapplyingforthejobofaconferencecoordinator.

（D）Shehasadequateformalqualificationsforthejob.

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingnews.

6.（A）11（B）57

（C）106（D）175

7.（A）Thetradedesicithitanall-timehighinthepreviousquarter.

（B）Theriseingrossdomesticproductwasequalto6.8percentinthethirdquarter.

（C）TheimbalancebetweenimportsandesportsimprovedfromJulytoSeptember.

（D）TherateortheBritishcurrencyagainsttheUSdollarsurgedtoarecordhign.

8.（A）AcarbombwasexplodedneartheAssociatedPressoffice.

（B）ASpanishbusinessmanwaskidnappedbyunidentifiedarmedmen.

（C）AdealerinVokswagencarswasarrestedbyPalestinianpolice.

（D）AnA.P.photographerwastakenawaybymaskedgunmen.

9.（A）Dealinginlionsandotherbigcatswillberetrained.

（B）Killinglargepredatorsbredincaptivetywillbemadeillegal.

（C）Thebiggamehuntingwillbeoutlawedthroughoutthewholecountry.

（D）Tranquilizinganimalsinacontrolledenvironmentwillbeforbidden.

10.（A）Thegovernormobilizedthestate’sNatingalGuardatshortnotice.

（B）Theearthquakecausedextensivedamageandseriousinjuries.

（C）Thestatereceivedfederalemergencyfundsimmediatelyafterthequake.

（D）Landandairtraffic,andcommunicationswereconsiderablyaffected.

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowinginterview.

11.（A）Peoplewanttousetheirsickdayswhenthey’renotactuallysick.

（B）Peoplegetintroublewiththeirbossattheirplaceofwork.

（C）Employeesarededicatedtotheirjobalthoughthey’reundernopressure.

（D）Employeesgotoworkevenwhentheyaresick.

12.（A）Itcostsmoreproductivityforcompaniesthanactuallyabsenteeism.

（B）Itcanbetakenasanindicationthatthereissomuchpressuretogotowork.

（C）Thecompanieshavetopaysickemployeesagreatdealtostayhome.

（D）Theremightbetoomanypeoplewhostayhomewhenthey’renotsick.

13.（A）22%

（B）40%

（C）56%

（D）72%

14.（A）Educatingtheirworkersabouttheimportantceofstayinghomewhensick.

（B）Lettingpeopletelecommutesothattheycanstayathome.

（C）Announcingdisciplinarymeasuresagainstthoseworkingwhensick.

（D）Fosteringanenvironmenttoencourageandpayingsickemployeestostayhome.

15.（A）Telephones（B）Respiratorydroplets.

（C）Door-knobs.（D）Computerkeyboards.

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingtalk.

16.（A）ThewidespreaduseofillegaldrugsisthegreatestconcernoftheAmericans.

（B）Almostalldrugsaresoldinthepoorestneighborhoodsinthecountry.

（C）MostAmericansagreethattheyhavewonamajorvictoryinthedrugwar.

（D）Thelengthydebateoverlegalizingdrugshasbeenrecentlyresolved.

17.（A）$15million.

（B）$50million

（C）$15billion.

（D）100timesgreaterthanthecostofproducingthesedrgs.

18.（A）Opiumbeingmadelegalinmid-nineteenth-centuryChina.

（B）TheendofprohibitionofalcoholinAmericainthe1920sand1930s.

（C）Drugpushersmakingbillionsofdollarseachyear.

（D）Moremoneybeingneededineducationandmedicalcare.

19.（A）Legalizingdrugswouldbeconsideredunconstitutional.

（B）Decriminalizingdrugswouldbeasurrenderinadrugwarthathasnotreallyevenbegun.

（C）Theblackmarketwouldnotreallydisappearwiththelegalizationofdrug.

（D）Legalizationwouldleadtoanincreaseinviolentcrimeandchildabuse.

20.（A）Americationshavenotchosenlegalizationasasolutiontothedrugproblem

（B）Thecurrentdrugwarisnotworkingandlegalizationmaybetheonlysolution.

（C）Theblackmarketwouldreallydisappearwiththelegalizationofdrugs.

（D）Politicianswhohaveanswerstothedrugproblemclaimthemostvotes.

SECTION2:

READINGTEST（30minutes）

Directions:

Inthissectionyouwillreadseveralpassages.Eachoneisfollowedbyseveralquestionsaboutit.YouaretochooseONEbestanswer,（A）,（B）,（C）or（D）,toeachquestion.AnswerallthequestionsfollowingeachpassageonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthatpassageandwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questions1-5

Yearsago,whenIfirststartedbuildingwebsitesfornewspapers,manyjournaliststoldmethattheysawtheInternetastheendofreliablejournalism.Sinceanyonecouldpublishwhatevertheywantedonline,“realjournalism”wouldbeoverwhelmed,theysaid.Whowouldneedprofessionalreportersandeditorsifanyonecouldbeareporteroraneditor?

Iwouldtellthemnottoworry.Whilemypersonalbeliefisthatanyonecanbeareporteroreditor,Ialsoknowthatqualitycounts.Andthatthe“viral”natureoftheInternetmeansthatwhenpeoplefindquality,theyletotherpeopleknowaboutit.Evennontraditionalmediasitesonlinewillsurviveonlyifthequalityoftheirinformationistrusted.Thefutureofonlinenewswilldemandmoregoodreportersandeditors,notfewer.

SoIwasintriguedwhenNewsweekrecentlypublishedastorycalled“RevengeoftheExpert.”Itarguedthatexpertisewouldbethemaincomponentof“Web3.0.”“Thewisdomofthecrowdshaspeaked,”saysJasonCalacanis,founderoftheMaholo“people-poweredsearchengine”andaformerAOLexecutive.“Web3.0istakingwhatwe’vebuiltinWeb2.0–thewisdomofthecrowds–andputtinganeditoriallayeronitoftrulytalented,compensatedpeopletomaketheproductmoretrustedandrefined.”Well,yesandno.Sure,itisimportantforpeopletotrusttheinformationtheyfindonline.AndastheNewsweekarticleargues,theneedforpeopletofindtrustedinformationonlineisincreasing,thustheneedformoreexpertise.Butthearticlefailstomentionthemostimportantfeatureoftheworldofdigitalinformation.It’snotexpertise–it’schoice.

Inmanycasesthesitesthatpeoplecometotrustarebuiltonnontraditionalmodelsofexpertise.LookatsiteslikeD,R,orS.There,usersprovidetheexpertiseonwhichothersdepend.Whenmanyusersselectaparticularstory,thatstoryaccumulatesvotesofconfidence,whichoftenleadotheruserstochoosethatstory.Thechoicesoftheaccumulatedcommunityareseenasmoretrustworthythanthe“gatekeeper”modeloftraditionalnewsandinformation.Sometimessuc