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1、高口3笔试2000.3月上海市英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1： LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)Part A: Spot 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 words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corres

2、ponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. For centuries Oxford has been at Britains intellectual heart, perhaps the_(1) among Europes many ancient universities. It is an exclusive greenhouse in which the countrys _(2) are bred, and it lies only 50 miles from

3、 London, close to the centers of powerParliament, the Law Courts and the City. Oxford University has _(3) from all over the world who have gone on to achieve the highest position in their own countries _(4), administration, science and the arts. Oxford alumini include _(5), literary figures and such

4、 overseas politicians as American President Bill Clint on and former Pakistani _(6) Benazir Bhutto. Fewer positions _(7) are grander than being head of an Oxford college. Usually the post _(8) of diplomat, administrator and academic. As Sir Roger Bannister, former Master of Pembroke College, put it

5、:“_(9) was a new challenge. You have to recognize _(10) of the students and you have to help _(11). The three-year period students spend at Oxford is the most important of their lives; it _(12) and the friendships they form in their university days will _(13).”Every year, _(14) from home and abroad

6、only a few hundred are chosen by each college through an increasingly _(15). Once they are accepted, the undergraduates benefit from _(16). The most notable and the rarest of these privileges in the one to one tutorial, at which a student _(17) to the tutor. It is a personal system that goes back to

7、 the 13th century. The relationship of _(18) that can develop between teacher and pupil over three years can be lasting as it is_(19). Years after students have left the university, they often return to their tutors _(20).Part B: Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test there will

8、 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 to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corres

9、ponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation. 1. (A) primary school principal. (B) A teacher of English and other subjects.(C) A short-story writer (D) A poet.2. (A) The USA. (B) Britain. (C) Singapore. (D) Malaysia. 3. (A) Education in Singapore. (B

10、) Poems and short stories. (C) English medium schools. (D) A research project. 4. (A) Shes going to write some poems herself. (B) She will have some poems published. (C) She wants to use poems which are already published. (D) She wants the children to write poems. 5. (A) Only the man is pleased. (B)

11、 Only the woman is pleased. (C) Both of them are pleased. (D) Neither of them is pleased. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. 6. (A) The digging of a major tunnel was slowing down. (B) A water supply project failed because of unexpected difficulties. (C) Eight people were killed in a

12、train accident. (D) A helicopter was reported missing. 7. (A) To go on providing humanitarian aid. (B) To increase the food supply. (C) To revise the oil-for-food programme. (D) To lift the embargo on his country.8. (A) To cut down on the US military presence in Europe. (B) To increase the European

13、Unions military influence. (C) To make combined efforts to sustain its economic growth. (D) To take concrete actions to stop arms race. 9. (A) Sex discrimination in the U.S troops is far less obvious than in other fields of American life. (B) Race relations have considerably improved in the US milit

14、ary. (C) There are more black or Hispanic officers in the armed services than before.(D) Many minority military personnel complained about negative race relations. 10. (A) 4.4%. (B) 11.2% (C) 14.4%. (D) 44%.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. 11. (A) The language used by the loc

15、als. (B) Driving on the wrong side of the road. (C) Naming of the same objects in different ways. (D) All different types of bright colours on men.12. (A) “Chips” and “crisps”. (B) “Queue” and “line”.(C) “Fries” and “potato”. (D) “Mate” and “Love”.13. (A) He has a generally negative view of Britain

16、and the British. (B) He is interested in getting to know Britain. (C) He is not happy in Britain. (D) He feels completely at home in Britain. 14. (A) So many men wear earrings in one of their ears. (B) People here are politically radical. (C) Young women often wear black. (D) Everyone looks like Mad

17、onna. 15. (A) Because Britain has a close affinity with the USA. (B) Because Britain has been so much affected by US policies. (C) Because Britain is closer to continental Europe than the USA. (D) Because Britain is more concerned now with world affairs than it used to be.Questions 16 to 20 are base

18、d on the following talk. 16. (A) Local government in parts of Britain. (B) Education at Oxford University. (C) The financing of a university by a county council. (D) Council housing in England and Wales. 17. (A) Two. (B) Three. (C) Four. (D) Five. 18. (A) Housing and local plans. (B) Highways, libra

19、ries and museums. (C) Dustbin collection and environmental health. (D) Swimming baths. 19. (A) The Minister of Education is elected every four years. (B) The Minister of Education meets regularly with county councilors. (C) Most of the county councilors on the Education Committee are Paid officials.

20、(D) County councils actually run the schools and colleges in the area. 20. (A) The employment of qualified teachers. (B) The role of parents in school education. (C) The question of pupil-teacher ratio. (D) The communication between parents and teachers.SECTION 2: READING TEST (30 minutes)Directions

21、: 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 write the lett

22、er of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 15 Youve insulated the attic, installed triple-glazed windows, and bought high-efficiency appliances. Can you make your home any more eco-friendly? For an increasing number of Americans, the answer is yes.

23、You can let nature help cut your utility bill. It may be as simple as replacing outdoor lights with solar-powered fixtures or signing up for your unility s “green power” program. Thanks to rapidly improving technology and government subsidies, thousands of Americans living in remote locations are fi

24、nding it can be cheaper to use the sun and wind than fossil fuels. Dont cut your ties to the local utility just yet. But while renewable energy wont replace coal and natural gas soon (or ever, critics contend), consumers have more choice in their energy mix than ever before. Many are choosing to go

25、“green”at least a bit. And theyre not all whole-bran environmentalists. Rodman Montello runs a gas station here in Hebbronville, Texas. But when he wanted to bring electricity to his cabin eight miles out of town, he went solar. The reason was simple. The utility wanted $100，000 to extend its electr

26、ic line to his cabin. Mr. Montalvo paid less than $8,000 for his solar system. “Its all right so far,”he says, looking up at the three solar panels that run a few lights, a fan, and a TV inside. “I can run power tools.” Others, of course, take a more enthusiastic line. “Theres a new focus on renewab

27、les,” says Thomas White, chairman and chief executive of Enron Renewable Corporation, which has completed the worlds largest wind farm in Minnesota. “My feeling is that we are at the point in time where the personal computer was in the late70s,adds Mac Moore, director of business development for BP

28、Solar, one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of solar electric systems in the world. “Over the next 10 years, if things go well, there going to be a revolutionary change in the way that we obtain power.” Wind power represents an even more compelling argument for remote homeowners. Turbines

29、have become so much more efficient over the past decade that homeowners a quarter-mile from a utility line may find it cheaper to put up a wind turbine than to pay the utility to extend its service. But for most consumers, barriers remain. For one thing, renewable energy systems are expensive to ins

30、tall and require more than a decade before consumers see a payback. Even a good deal on solar panels in a high-sun area would still cost a typical homeowner 30 to 40 cents a kilowatt-hour for electricity, estimates Bob Johnson, industry analyst with Strategies Unlimited, a technology-research firm i

31、n Mountain View, Calif. That s far above the six to 15 cents that Americans typically pay their local utility, he adds. Small-scale wind turbines are much more competitive-anywhere from 8 to 15 cents a kilowatt-hour, says Mike Bergey, president of Bergey Windpower in Norman, Okla. But they still require a $30,000 to $35,000 investment up front and it would take most homeowners 15 to 20 years before theyd see any payback. There are other drawbacks. Since these systems only produce energy intermittently, theres no guarantee homeowners can store e