2002年9月上海英语中级口译考试真题及答案（5篇模版）

第一篇：2002年9月上海英语中级口译考试真题及答案

SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST（40 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 ward or words you have heard on the tape.Write your answer in the corresponding space in you ANSWER BOOKLET.Remember you will hear the passage only once.SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST（40 minutes）

As long as we are in a relationship, there is the potential for lasting happiness as well as for serious conflict.This applies at work, ______________（1）, and at home.The simple fact is that relationships are not always ________________（2）sailing.Conflict can lead to anger, hostility, and further conflicts.On the other hand, it can be used ad __________________（3）for solving problems.For example, you can handle conflict by _______________（4）that the problem exists, smoothing it over, or trying to overpower the other person.These, of course, will___________（5）win or lose situations.But when you resolve conflict through collaboration and compromise, you can achieve _______________（6）situations.In today's lecture, I shall outline a few steps on ________________（7）transform a conflict into a solution in which both parties win.First _______________（8）.Explain the problem to the other party.Y ou should ___________（9）the conflict.It s hard to fix something before ____________（10）on what is broken.Second, understand all points of view.Set aside your own opinions for a moment and _________（11）to understand the other points of view.When people feel that they have been heard, they're often more ________________（12）.Third, brainstorm.Dream up as many solutions as you can and _______________（13）them one by one.This step will require _______________（14）.Talk about which solutions will work and _______________（15）they will be to implement.Your solutions need to be acceptable by both parties, so you should be prepared to __________（16）.Later, you'll need to review the _______________（17）of the accepted solution.If it ______________（18）, be open to making changes or _____________（19）to bring about a new solution.Finally, implement.When you have both __________（20）, decide who is going to do what by when.Then keep your agreements.Part B: Listening Comprehension

I.Statements

Directions: 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 listen carefully.When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1.（A）Mr.Baker doesn't like to go to the meeting last night.（B）Last night Mr.Baker decided to cancel this morning's meeting.（C）Mr.Baker made up his mind not to go to this morning's meeting.（D）Mr.Baker made a last-minute decision to hold the meeting this morning.2.（A）Hard work often brings about discomfort in parts of the human body.（B）If you are nervous, you may hurt yourself in performing this kind of task.（C）Those staff members who work back to back are hard on each other.（D）This exercise is to relax your muscles in the neck, the shoulders and the back.3.（A）We have been working on this machine for two years.（B）Free maintenance work is for a period of two years.（C）You don't have to do repair work on this machine in two years.（D）With monthly cleaning, the oil in this machine can run for two years.4.（A）Only those high school graduates with excellent skills can be admitted into colleges.（B）No matter how difficult it is, high school graduates should at least try twice to get themselves into colleges.（C）Students should consider what they want to learn in the university.（D）Once in the university, you will feel superior to those drop-out students.5.（A）All the board members voted for the Chairman s proposal to open the branch office.（B）The Chairman was not in favor of the opening of a branch office in the suburbs.（C）the board members are expecting a new Chairman from the downtown office.（D）The Chairman's proposal to set up a branch office was turned down by the board members.6.（A）Mary had made an appointment to see the personnel manager last Tuesday.（B）Mary has been applying for a job and is going to see the personnel manager next week.（C）Mary is shortsighted and cannot see that personnel manager in the next office.（D）Mary didn’t t get that job since she was rue to the personnel manager on Tuesday.7.（A）The supermarket will be finished in sixty days.（B）It took us more than sixty days to finish building the supermarket.（C）The supermarket should have been finished sixty days ago.（D）The supermarket had been built sixty days earlier.8.（A）Her attendance record was severely damaged.（B）Her attendance record was never perfect.（C）She had once assisted in keeping the attendance record.（D）She had kept a near-perfect attendance record.9.（A）He didn't know what would happen if he made the suggestion.（B）He didn't feel nervous after he had put forward the suggestion.（C）He realized that the committee members would not adopt his suggestion.（D）He considered it important to the committee members first.10.（A）The Expo will be open the day after tomorrow.（B）The Expo is rescheduled to open on Friday.（C）The Expo's opening is delayed until tomorrow.（D）The Expo is not likely to open on Friday.II.Talks and Conversations

11.（A）Mr.Powell telephoned.（B）The woman dated Mr.Powell.（C）Someone came to see him.（D）There was a traffic jam.12.（A）Because she hasn't recorded the phone message.（B）Because she hasn't let Mr.Powell in.（C）Because she hasn't invited him to lunch.（D）Because she hasn't phoned him.13.（A）Mr.Powell's name card.（B）The restaurant's phone number.（C）Some money to make a phone call.（D）The name of a well-known department store.14.（A）the woman was not careful about the man's name card.（B）The man was expecting someone to bring some important information.（C）The man was not available when Mr.Powell came in.（D）The woman accepted the man's apology for his mistake.Questions 15~18

15.（A）In 1961.（B）In 1963.（C）In 1970.（D）In 1971.16.（A）Learning materials.（B）Laboratory facilities.（C）Summer course.（D）Party invitations.17.（A）Some laboratory tests can be done at home.（B）All the college course are available.（C）registrations are all the year round.（D）Invitations to parties are free to all the students.18.（A）part-time students may get cheaper snacks.（B）Students are able to get TV study programmes.（C）Students can attend lectures once a week.（D）Students may participate in summer school courses.Questions 19~22

19.（A）A lawyer.（B）An artist.（C）A student.（D）A physician.20.（A）She thinks that it is a well-paid profession.（B）She considers herself to be fit for it.（C）She is unable to find other jobs for some time.（D）She wants to live independently of other people.21.（A）She can speak several languages.（B）She is more careful and kinder.（C）She can serve women clients better.（D）She is likely to get more sympathy.22.（A）Because it is well known for its educational excellence.（B）Because it is inexpensive in terms of school tuition fees.（C）Because it offers married students' apartments.（D）Because it allows students to practice during the school terms.Questions 23~26

23.（A）studying socio-linguistics.（B）Talking about the weather.（C）Saying hullo to each other.（D）Listening to weather forecasts.24.（A）Linguists.（B）Drivers.（C）Teachers.（D）Students.25.（A）He is probably trying to begin a conversation.（B）He is earnestly requesting an answer.（C）He is carefully planning an out-door excursion.（D）He is tentatively preparing a composition on social conventions.26.（A）English people like to begin a conversation when the climate is favorable.（B）Foreign visitors are sometimes annoyed by the variability of the weather in England.（C）England is said to have the most effective transportation system in the world.（D）The weather conditions in England are not as bad as some people have imagined.Questions 27~30

27.（A）20,000.（B）200,000.（C）2,000,000.（D）2,500,000.28.（A）The family owners.（B）The pressure groups.（C）The government and the councils.（D）The local housing committees.29.（A）Because the rents are too high.（B）Because there are not enough hostels.（C）Because the local councils are inefficient and indifferent.（D）Because some state-run homes are less comfortable than prisons.30.（A）A state-run apartment building for the homeless.（B）An efficient local housing committee in the metropolis.（C）A southern city that has solved the housing problem.（D）A charity organization that offers help to the homeless.Part C: Listening and Translation

I.Sentence Translation

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II.Passage Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages.You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.You may take notes while you are listening.（1）

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SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS（50 minutes）

Directions: In this section, you will read several passages.Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content.Y ou 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 answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1~5

In a bay near Almeria in Southern Spain will be built the world's first underwater residence for tourists.The hotel will be 40 feet down in the Mediterranean.As all the world opened to tour operators, there was still a frontier behind which lay three quarters of the globe's surface, the sea;in whose cool depths light fades;no winds blow;there are no stars.There even the most bored travelers could recapture their sense of romance, terror or beauty.For a submerged hotel is such a beautiful idea.The hotel will cost 170,000 and will be able to accommodate up to ten people a night.Up until now only scientists and professional divers have lived under the sea, but soon, for the first time, the public will be able to go down into the darkness.T hey will have to swim down in diving suits, but at 40 feet there would be no problem about decompression.Design of the hotel was crucial.Most of the underwater structures used before had been in the shape of a diving bell or submarine.Professional divers could cope with such things but ordinary people would run the risk of violent claustrophobia.Then an Austrian architect had the idea of making three interconnecting circular structures, 18 feet in diameter, and looking much like flying saucers.They would be cast in concrete and launched from the shore.Towed into position they would then be sunk.A foundation of cast concrete would already be in place on the sea-bed.Pylons would attach the structures to this.Once in position the structures would be pumped dry.The pylons made to withstand an uplift pressure of 350 tons, would then take the strain.Cables linking the underwater structures to the hotel on shore would connect it with electricity, fresh water, television, and an air pump, and also dispose of sewage.Entry would be from underneath, up a ladder;because of the pressure inside there would be no need of airlocks or doors.The first structure would include a changing room and a shower area, where the divers would get out of their gear.There would also be a kitchen and a lavatory.The second structure would contain a dining room/ lecture theatre, and sleeping accommodation for eight people.The third structure would contain two suites.A steward would come down with the ten customers, to cook and look after them.Television monitors would relay all that went on to the shore so that discussions on the sea bed could be transmitted to all the world.1.From the passage we understand that tour operators and travelers will be interested in the submerged hotel as ___________.（A）it is a quiet place for research work

（B）it is an ideal sea-food restaurant

（C）it will offer new possibilities

（D）it will have unchanging weather

2.What design was finally considered most suitable for the new hotel?

（A）Three separated circles.（B）Three linked discs.（C）Three connected globes.（D）Three interlocked cylinders.3.The hotel would be able to float under water because it would be ____________.（A）made of light material

（B）350 tons in weight

（C）filled with air

（D）attached to pylons

4.It is planned that sleeping quarters will be provided for the guests in the __________.（A）second structure

（B）second and third structures

（C）first and third structures

（D）third structure

5.The purpose of television monitors under the sea would be to relay ____________.（A）.instructions from the sea bed to the shore

（B）.news from the shore to the sea bed

（C）.information from the world to the sea bed

（D）.information to the world from the sea bed

Questions 6~10

For most people, boasting about oneself does not come naturally.It is not easy or comfortable to tell someone all the wonderful things you have accomplished.But that is exactly what you need to do if you are seeking a new job, or trying to hold on to the one you have.Of course, there is a fine line between self-confidence and arrogance, so to be successful in winning over the interviewer you must learn to maximize your accomplishments and attributes without antagonizing the interviewer.The natural tendency for most job seekers is to behave modestly in a job interview.To do the best job of selling yourself in an interview, you have to be prepared in advance.As part of your job-hunting check list, write down on a piece of paper your major job-related accomplishments.Commit them to memory.You will probably be pleasantly surprised to see in writing all that you have done.By developing this list, you will have accomplished two things: the first is you will impress the interviewer by being able to talk confidently and succinctly about your accomplishments.You will not have to sit uncomfortably while you think of your successes.They will be at the tip of your tongue.Secondly, rather than dwell on your own personality characteristics, such as how hardworking or creative you are, you can discuss hard facts, such as how you saved your employer money or an idea you developed that helped a customer man more money.When chronicling your accomplishments for the interviewer, take as much credit as you honestly can.If you developed a specific idea without help from your supervisor, it is acceptable to say that.Remember, you are at that interview to sell yourself, not your former co-workers.However, never criticize your former employer.S haring your negative thoughts with the interviewer is an immediate turn-off and will only brand you as a complainer and gossip, whom no one likes or will hire.Keep in mind that the most important part of a job interview is making the employer like you and presenting yourself as the person he or she wants you to be.Consciously or not most employers tend to hire people who reflect their own values and standards.Once you get the job you want, boasting about your accomplishments does not stop.Although you may think all your successes and achievements are highly visible, remember that you are only one lf many people in a company.Lack of recognition is cited by a majority of discharged managers as the most frequent complaint against the former employer.To help make yourself more visible in the company, volunteer for additional assignments— both job-related and non-business-related.These could include community relations or charitable activities in which your company is involved.These types of activities may enable you to have more time and access to top executives of the company to whom you may endear yourself.You might even have the opportunity to tell them what you are doing for the company, which can never hurt.6.This article is mostly about how to _________________.（A）interview for a job

（B）please your boss

（C）get along with co-workers

（D）get and keep a job

7.In Paragraph 2, the word “maximize” means to ___________.（A）talk about

（B）make the most of

（C）be modest about

（D）play down

8.The author states that the one thing you should never do during an interview is __________.（A）list your successes in previous jobs

（B）promote your qualifications for the job

（C）tell your potential boss about the projects you ve worked on

（D）make negative comments about your former employer

9.The author provides his views on winning and holding a new job by ______________.（A）offering suggestions

（B）presenting facts and statistics

（C）describing extreme situations

（D）telling stories

10.In the passage, the author recommends all of the following EXCEPT _____________.（A）making a point of telling your supervisor what you have done

（B）taking part in non-business-related activities

（C）going on boasting about your successes and achievements

（D）giving the employer an idea on how to run his other business

Questions 11~15 Steps to Living Longer Watch Your Temper

Scientists have long believed that Type A's—those people driven by ambition, hard work and tight deadlines—were most prone to heart attacks.But it's not striving for goals that lead to disease;rather, it's being hostile, angry and cynical.Suggests Mittleman: if stress mounts so high that you begin snapping at people, “Ask yourself,' Is it worth having a heart attack over this?'”

Lighten Your Dark Moods

for years, evidence linking depression to an increased risk of heart attack has been growing.Johns Hopkins researchers interviewed 1551 people who were free of heart disease in the early 1980s and again 14 years later.Those who reported having experienced major depression were four times as likely to have a heart attack as those who had not been depressed.Exercise is an often overlooked antidepressant.In a study at Duke University, 60 percent of clinically depressed people who took a brisk 30-minute walk or jog at least three times a week were no longer depressed after 16 weeks.Flatten That Belly

More than 50 years ago French scientist Jean Vague noted that people with a lot of upper-body fat（those who looked like apples rather than pears）often developed heart disease, diabetes and other ailments.But it wasn't until the introduction of CT and MRI scans that doctors discovered that a special kind of fat, visceral fat, located within the abdomen, was strongly linked to these diseases.According to the National Institutes of Health, there's trouble brewing when your waist measures 35 inches or more if you're a woman, and 40 inches or more if you re a man.And that's regardless of height.Limit Your Bad Habits

Heavy drinking.Moderate drinkers may be the least likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome, while alcoholics are the most likely.In part that's because, pound for pound, they carry more abdominal fat.In one Swedish study, researchers found that male alcoholics carried 48 percent of their body fat within the abdomen, compared with 38 percent for teetotalers.Cigarette smoking.Smoking is dangerous for reasons besides lung cancer or emphysema.Some 60 minutes after smoking a cigarette, one study revealed, smokers still showed elevated levels of cortisol, which promotes abdominal fat storage.Over-caffeinating.Moderate caffeine consumption doesn't seem to be harmful for most people.But recent studies suggest that when men who have both high blood pressure and a family history of hypertension drink a lot of caffeinated coffee while under job stress, they may experience a dangerous rise in blood pressure.Rev Up Your Metabolism

A new understanding of how disease sets up shop in your body focuses on metabolism—the sum of physical and chemical reactions necessary to maintain life.This approach reveals that a healthy metabolic profile counts for more than cardiovascular fitness or weight alone.As Glenn A.Gasser, professor of exercise physiology at the University of Virginia, notes, “Metabolic fitness is one of the best safeguards against heart disease, stroke and diabetes.”

11.The phrase “snapping at”（Step 1: Watch Your Temper）is closest in meaning to __________.（A）judging severely

（B）declaring publicly

（C）answering rudely

（D）understanding wrongly

12.According to the passage, which of the following people are liable to incur and suffer from heart attacks?

（A）Those whose waist measures 35 inches or less.（B）Those who take a brisk 20-minute walk twice a week.（C）Those who have experienced major depression.（D）Those who have been striving for goals.13.Stress may lead to all of the following EXCEPT_____________.（A）hostile disposition

（B）cynical behaviour

（C）over-caffeinating

（D）great ambition

14.According to the passage, what kind of people are teetotalers（Step 4: Limit Your Bad Habits）?

（A）Non-alcoholics.（B）Heavy drinkers.（C）Chain smokers.（D）Non-smokers.15.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

（A）There is trouble brewing when your waist measures 35 inches or less.（B）Metabolic fitness might prevent people from having heart disease.（C）Moderate drinkers may be the most likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome.（D）Moderate caffeine consumption seems to be harmful for most people.Questions 16~20

World prehistory is written from data recovered from thousands of archaeological sites, places where traces of human activity are to be found.Sites are normally identified through the presence of manufactured tools.Archaeological sites are most commonly classified by the activity that occurred there.Habitation sites are places where people lived and carried out a wide range of different activities.Most prehistoric sites come under this category, but habitation sites can vary from a small open campsite through rockshelters and caves, t o large accumulations of shellfish remains（shell middens）.Village habitation sites may consist of a small accumulation of occupation deposit and mud hut fragments, huge earthen mounds, or communes of stone buildings or entire buried cities.Each presents its own special excavation problems.Burial sites provide a wealth of information on the prehistoric past.Grinning skeletons are very much part of popular archaeological legend, and human remains are common finds in the archaeological record.T he earliest deliberate human burials are between fifty and seventy thousand years old.Individual burials are found in habitation sites, but often the inhabitants designated a special area for a cemetery.This cemetery could be a communal burial place where everyone was buried regardless of social status.Other burial sites, like the Shang royal cemeteries in China, were reserved for nobility alone.P arts of a cemetery were sometimes reserved for certain special individuals in society such as clan leaders or priests.The patterning of grave goods in a cemetery can provide information about intangible aspects of human society such as religious beliefs or social organization.So can the pattern of deposition of the burials, their orientation in their graves, even family grouping.Sometimes physical anthropologists can detect biological similarities between different skeletons that may reflect close family, or other, ties.Quarry sites are places where people mined prized raw materials such as obsidian（a volcanic glass used for fine knives and mirrors）or copper.Excavations at such sites yield roughed out blanks of stone, o r metal ingots, a s well as finished products ready for trading elsewhere.Such objects were bartered widely in prehistoric times.Art Sites such as the cave of Altamira in northern Spain, or Lascaux in southwestern France, are commonplace in some areas of the world, noticeably southern Africa and parts of North America.M any are caves and rockshelters where prehistoric people painted or engraved game animals, scenes of daily life, o r religious symbols.Some French art sites are at least fifteen thousand years old.Each of these site types represents a particular form of human activity, one that is represented in the archaeological record by specific artifact and surface indications found and recorded by the archaeologist.16.A n archaeological site is defined as a place where __________.（A）some record of human activity is found

（B）humans bury beloved animals

（C）evidence of plant or animal life exists

（D）particular rock formations suggest the patterns of history

17.Generally speaking, archaeological sites are classified according to ___________.（A）the people who lived there

（B）the historical period during which they were occupied

（C）the type of activity for which they were used

（D）the degree of civilization of those who lived there

18.T he author mentions all of the following features of graves which may provide archaeologists with information about a particular society EXCEPT_______.（A）the location of the grave

（B）the goods buried with the person

（C）The degree of preservation of the body

（D）The orientation of the body in the grave

19.Quarry sites are places where ________________.（A）paintings showing scenes of daily life

（B）engravings of famous people

（C）paintings recording the location of burial sites

（D）tools and primitive devices used for engraving

20.According to the passage, art sites often contain.（A）paintings showing scenes of daily life

（B）engravings of famous people

（C）paintings recording the location of burial sites

（D）tools and primitive devices used for engraving

Questions 21~25

I got used, too, to my employer's violent changes of front.There was one morning when Siegfried came down to breakfast, rubbing a hand wearily over red-rimmed eyes.“Out at 2 a.m.,” he groaned, buttering his toast listlessly, “And I don't like to have to say this, James, but it's all your fault.”

“My fault?” I said, startled.“Yes lad, your fault.T he farmer has a sick cow for several days and at 2 o'clock this morning he finally decided to call the vet.When I pointed out it could have waited a few hours more he said Mr.Herriot told him never to hesitate to ring—he'd come out any hour of the day or night.”

He tapped the top of his egg as though the effort was almost too much for him.“Well, it's all very well being conscientious and all that, but if a thing has waited several days it can wait till morning.You're spoiling these chaps, James, and I'm getting the backwash of it.I'm sick and tired of being dragged out of bed for trifles.”

“I'm truly sorry, Siegfried.I honestly had no wish to do that to you.Maybe it s just my inexperience.If I didn't go out, I d be worried the animal might die.If I left it till morning and it died, how would I feel?”

“That s all right,” snapped Siegfried.“There's nothing like a dead animal to bring them to their senses.They'll call us out a bit earlier next time.”

I absorbed this bit of advice and tried to act on it.A week later, Siegfried said he wanted a work with me.“James, I know you won't mind my saying this, but old Sumner was complaining to me today.He says he rang you the other night and you refused to come out to his cow.He's a good client, you know, and a very nice fellow, but he was quite shirty about it.We don t want to lose a chap like that.”

“But it was just a chronic mastitis,” I said' A bit of thickening in the milk, that's all.He d been dosing it himself for nearly a week with some quack remedy.The cow was eating all right, so I thought it would be quite safe to leave it till next day.“

Siegfried put a hand on my shoulder and an excessively patient look spread over his face.I steeled myself.I didn't mind his impartience, I was used to it and could stand it.But the patience was hard to take.“James,” he said in a gentle voice, “there is one fundamental rule in our job which transcends all others, and I'll tell you what it is.YOU MUST ATTEND.That is it and it ought to be written on your on your soul in letters of fire.”

21.Siegfried was not at his best on one morning because _____________.（A）his breakfast was not to his liking

（B）he had been called out during the night

（C）he had been woken up early for breakfast

（D）the farmer hadn't tried to cure the cow himself

22.According to the passage, who was the young vet?

（A）James.（B）Siegfried.（C）Sumner（D）Mr.Herrioson

23.James thought it was all right to leave Summer's cow till next day because _____________.（A）that was what Siegfried had advised

（B）Sumner had said there was no urgency

（C）He knew he could do nothing to save the animal

（D）Sumner never paid his bills on time

24.“You must attend ”（last paragraph）in the context of the passage means “_________”.（A）You must follow your conscience

（B）You must use your powers of discretion

（C）You must go out whenever you are called

（D）You must pay close attention at all times

25.The impression James gives of Siegfried is that of ____________.（A）a fairly easy-going generous employer

（B）someone rather pompous and unpredictable

（C）a conscientious but senile old man

（D）an insufferable, tyrannical boss

Questions 26~30

Most towns up to Elizabethan times were smaller than a modern village and each of them was built around its weekly market where local produce was brought for sale and the towns fold sold their work to the people from the countryside and provided them with refreshment for the day.Trade was virtually confined to that one day even in a town of a thousand or so people.On marlet days craftsmen put up their stalls in the open air whilst on one or two other days during the week the townsman would pack up his loaves, or nails, or cloth, and set out early to do a day s trade in the market of an adj oining town where, however, he would be charged a heavy toll for the privilege and get a less favourable spot for his stand than the local craftsmen.Another chance for him to make a sale was to the congregation gathered for Sunday morning worship.Although no trade was allowed anywhere during the hours of the service（except at annual fair times）, after church there would be some trade at the church door with departing country folk.The trade of markets was almost wholly concerned with exchanging the products of the nearby countryside and the goods sold in the market but particularly in food retail dealing was distrusted as a kind of profiteering.Even when there was enough trade being done to afford a livelihood to an enterprising man ready to buy wholesale and sell retail, town authorities were reluctant to allow it.Yet there were plainly people who were tempted to “forestall the market” by buying gogds outside it, and to “regrate” them, that is to resell them, at a higher price.The constantly repeated rules against these practices and the endlessly recurring prosecutions mentioned in the records of all the larger towns prove that some well-informed and sharp-witted people did these things.Every town made its own laws and if it was big enough to have craft guilds, these associations would regulate the business of their members and tried to enforce a strict monopoly of their own trades.Yet while the guild leaders, a s craftsmen, followed fiercely protectionist policies, at the same time, as leading townsmen, they wanted to see a big, busy market yielding a handsome revenue in various dues and tolls.C onflicts of interest led to endless, m inute regulations, c hangeable, often inconsistent, frequently absurd.There was a time in the fourteenth century, for example, when London fishmongers were not allowed to handle any fish that had not already been exposed for sale for three days by the men who caught it.26.Craftsmen might prefer to trade in their own town because there they could _________.（A）easily find good refreshment

（B）work in the open air

（C）start work very early

（D）have the well-placed stalls

27.A tradesman was not allowed to sell his goods only ________________.（A）on special market days

（B）at the annual fairs

（C）during Sunday morning services

（D）by the end of the services

28.In medieval markets there was little retail trade because ___________.（A）money was never used in sales

（B）producers sold directly to consumers

（C）there were no fixed positions for shops

（D）authorities were unwilling to make a profit

29.The expression “forestall the market”（Paragraph 3）means “______________”.（A）buy from a stall outside the market place

（B）acquire goods in quantity before the market

（C）have the best and the first stall in the market

（D）sell at a higher price than competitors

30.It can be concluded from the passage that the regulations enforced by craft guilds were often ______________.（A）unfair and unreasonable

（B）in the interest of the customers

（C）too complicated to comply with

（D）disapproved by the local authorities

SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST（1）（30 minutes）

Directions: translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.If the Immigration and Naturalization Service（INS）thinks it can largely curtail the nation's terrorism problems by focusing on college students, we all should worry.Identification cards already are required here for most persons to enter their workplace, take an airplane flight or go into a public building, including my campus library.T he idea of a national ID, however, was knocked out of earlier drafts of legislation by a coalition of civil rights and ethnic groups, w ho opposed a requirement that all non-citizens carry identifying documents.In some degree, they have a point.We must face the fact—and benefit from realizing－that no one can drive, or fly, or enter many private and public buildings without a picture ID, usually a driver's license or passport.That means that practically all Americans already must have what in effect is a national ID card.We already routinely screen people.If we would just make good use of the national ID cards we have—and improve them—we could enhance our safety, avoid discrimination and not spend millions on another system.SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST（2）（30 minutes）

Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.到2007 年，上海市人均国内生产总值预计将达到7500 美元。这一目标的实现，最直接的应该是老百姓住得更宽敞、更舒适了。因为从市民的“衣、食、住、行”消费来讲，住房是一个重要因素，而且占了大头。届时，上海人均住房面积将会大幅增加。除此之外，老百姓的服务性消费，如教育、信息、旅游等消费会大量增长。用一句话来表述，那便是未来老百姓的生活会更好，那时老百姓的生活将和中等发达国家的居民一样

参考答案

SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

1.in the classroom

2.smooth

3.a powerful opportunity

4.denying

5.lead to

6.win-win

7.how to

8.state the problem

9.clearly define

10.both of you agree

11.take the time 12.willing to listen 13.evaluate 14.time and honesty 16.make compromise 17.make compromise 18.does not work 19.be ready

15.how difficult

20.agreed on a solution

Part B: Listening Comprehension

1－5 CABCB

6－10 BDDAB 11－15 CDBAD 16－20 DACCB 21－25 CABDA

26－30 DACCD

Part C: Listening and Translation

I.Sentence Translation

1.如今，家庭成员往往在晚上、周末或其他闲暇时间观看电视节目，不再读书或闲谈。

2.现在的年轻人对自己的职业选择没有什么方向。这是因为他们先前没有实际的就业经验。

3.我们看到亚洲在我们的双边贸易和投资关系方面提供了巨大的增长潜力。我希望这种增长持续下去并且加快速度。

4.电子商务的出现以及网络经济的快速发展，正在为中国国内外贸易提供了新的增长机遇。

5.在我国，人民的生活水平在改善。如今，300 多万孩子有了健康保险。250 多万个家庭脱离了贫困。

II．Passage Translation

Passage 1

我是一名电脑程序员。我的难处是因为我母亲。她现在已经70 多岁，确实需要人顾，因为我父亲在10多年前因车祸死亡。然而她住在乡下，那里没有我可以做的工作，没有待遇好的工作。如果我做些其他工作，或许做秘书或邮局工作人员，那就意味着我们不得不接受工资大幅地下降。所以，我不知道如何才好。

Passage 2

在今的英国，几乎有一半的房屋是居住者私有拥有的。约有三分之一属于本地的管理机构，其余是租借的私房。一间两卧室的公寓一个月的租金一般约300 磅。如果想自己买房，人们可以从银行借贷多达90％的购房款。但大笔贷款可能要20 年至30 年才能还清。

SECTION 2：STUDY SKILLS

1－5 CBDBD 6 －10 DBDAD 11－15 CCDAB 16－20 ACCCA

21－25 BAACB

26－30 DCBBA

SECTION 3：TRANSLATION TEST（1）

如果移民归化局认为，它能够通过对大学生进行重点管理，大幅度地减少在美国的恐怖主义活动，我们大家都应为此担心。

在美国，现在大多数人进入工作场所、乘飞机或进入公共大楼，包括我所在大学的图书馆，已经需要出示身份证。然而，倡导民权的团体和少数民族团体反对一切非美国公民必须随身携带身份证的规定，他们结成联盟，推翻了立法的最初几稿中关于实施全国统一身份证的主张。在某种程度上，他们是有道理的。

我们必须面对这一事实，并因认识到这一事实而获益，即每一个人驾车、乘飞机、或进入许多私人大楼或公共大楼，都必须出示有照片的身份证，通常是驾驶执照或护照。这意味着，实际上所有美国人早就必须持有事实上全国通用的身份证。

对人们进行甄别，在我们这儿早就是例行公事。只要好好使用大家已持有的全国通用身份证，并加以改进，就可以增强安全，避免歧视，而不必在另一个系统花上数百万美元。

SECTION 4：TRANSLATION TEST（2）

The per capita GDP in Shanghai is expected to reach US $7500 by 2007.T he common people should benefit most directly from the attainment of this goal.T hey will live more comfortably in bigger space.Among the basic necessities of life food, clothing, s helter and transportation housing is an important element, accounting for a big portion in the money they spend.In 2007, the average per capita living space in Shanghai will increase by a big margin.In addition, t he common people's spending on such services as education, information and traveling will grow substantially.To put it in a nutshell, in the future the common people will live a better life, a life of the same standard as enjoyed by those in the middle-ranking developed countries.听力测试题录音文字稿:

SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST

Part A: Spot Dictation

Directions: I n 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 you have heard on the tape.Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.Now let's begin Part A with Spot Dictation.（Woman）As long as we are in a relationship, there is the potential for lasting happiness as well as for serious conflict.This applies at work, in the classroom, and at home.The simple fact is that relationships are not always smooth sailing.C onflict can lead to anger, h ostility, a nd further conflicts.O n the other hand, i t can be used as a powerful opportunity for solving problems.For example, you can handle conflict by denying that the problem exists, smoothing it over, or trying to overpower the other person.These, of course, will lead to win or lose situations.But when you resolve conflict through collaboration and compromise, you can achieve win-win situations.In today's lecture, I shall outline a few steps on how to transform a conflict into a solution in which both parties win.First, state the problem.Explain the problem to the other party.You should clearly define the conflict, it's hard to fix something before both of you agree on what is broken.Second, understand all points of view.Ste aside your own opinions for a moment and take the time to understand the other points of view.When people feel that they have been heard, they're often more willing to listen.Third, brainstorm solutions.Dream up as many solutions as you can and evaluate them one by one.This step will require time and honesty.Talk about which solutions will work and how difficult they will be to implement.Your solutions need to be acceptable by both parties, so you should be prepared to make compromise.Later, you will need to review the effectiveness of the accepted solution.If it does not work, be open to making changes or be ready to bring about a new solution.Finally, implement.W hen you both have agreed on a solution, decide who is going to do what by when.They keep your agreements.Relationships change for better or for worse.B ut if you are honest, p atient and quite flexible in seeking a resolution for the conflict, your painstaking efforts will certainly pay off.Part B: Listening Comprehension

I.Statements

Directions: 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 listen carefully.When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Question No.1.（Man）I'm afraid Mr.Baker, our board director, had decided last night not to attend this morning's committee meeting.Question No.2.（Woman）A lot of people nowadays have muscular problems in the neck, the shoulders and the back that are really due to stress and tension in their work.Question No.3.（Man）For this machine, we also offer two year's guarantee and free monthly cleaning and oiling for this machine.Question No.4.（Woman）High school graduates should by all means go on to college.But they should first of all think about what they want to get, or need to get, out of a college education.Question No.5.（Woman）All the board members except the Chairman voted for my proposal to set up a branch office in the suburbs instead of the downtown area.Question No.6.（Woman）Just between you and me, Mary is shortlisted and has made an appointment to see that personnel manager next Tuesday.Question No.7.（Man）The building of the proposed down-town supermarket was completed sixty days ahead of the schedule.Question No.8.（Man）As an assistant manager, h er attendance record was perfect except for once when she was down with a severe cold.Question No.9.（Woman）Had he realized the possible consequences, he wouldn t have made the suggestion at the committee meeting last week.Question No.10.（Woman）The Gardening Expo was supposed to open tomorrow, but will be delayed until Friday, due to the bad weather conditions.II.Talks and Conversations

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations.After each of these, you will hear a few questions.L isten carefully, b ecause you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE.W hen you hear a question, r ead the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.（Woman）（Nervously）Good afternoon, Mr.Tigers.Did you have a good lunch?

（Man）Yes, thank you, Miss Bradley.It was very good.Did anyone phone while I was out?

（Woman）No, Nobody phoned, but … er …Mr.Powell came.（Man）What? But he s the man I told you about!

（Woman）Yes, I know, He came in for something urgent.He said he wanted to see you right away, but …

（Man）Well, then, why didn t you phone me? We all know that Mr.Powell has some very important information.I wanted to talk to him as soon as possible.I told you all that before I left.Didn't you understand me?

（Woman）Yes, of course, I understood you, Mr.Tigers, but …

（Man）I even gave you a card with the name and phone number of the restaurant!I put it on your desk.（Woman）But that sjust it!You didn't give me the card.You didn't put it on my desk!

（Man）What do you mean? Of course I did.I took the card out of my wallet just before I went to lunch!Look!It isn't in my wallet now!（suddenly）OH!

（Woman）Mr.Tigers, what s that card on the floor? It fell out of your wallet a second ago.（Man）That card? It's … er … it's the card I thought I gave you.（Woman）You see!You forgot to give me the card!That's why I didn't phone.I didn't know where you were having your lunch.（Man）No, o f course you didn't.I 'm very sorry, M iss Bradley.I t wasn't your fault.I apologize.（Woman）That s all right.Please forget it.Question No.11.What happened during the man's lunch time?

Question No.12.Why is the man angry with the woman?

Question No.13.What did the man think he had given to the woman?

Question No.14.Which of the following is NOT true according to the conversation?

Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following talk.（Woman）In the United Kingdom, the Open University has already been the symbol and pride of further education in Britain.I ts history can trace as far as the early 60's of the last century.In 1963 the leader of the Labour Party made a speech explaining plans for a “university of the air”.I was an educational system which would make use of television, radio and correspondence courses.At first many people thought that the plan was unrealistic and they laughed at the idea.However, it was to become part of the Labour Party s programme, that is, to give educational opportunity to those people who, f or one reason or another, h ad not had a chance to receive further education.B y August 1970 the Open University, as it is now called, had received 40,000 applications.B ut only 25,000 could be accepted for the first four'foundation'courses offered that year.And the University had to add a fifth course to cater for the increasing number and demand of candidates.In January 1971, the first teaching programmes appeared on the air and screen, with clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, policemen and many others as students.The Open University offered carefully-prepared correspondence units to its students and gave additional necessary equipment for a “mini”home laboratory to its science students.A number of study centers have been set up all over the country so that students can attend lectures once a week.Once a year the students are invited to spend a week or so at one of the university's summer schools.Although some critics complain of the cost the availability of the subj ects and the lack method of spreading further education in Britain.Question No.15.According to the talk, at what time were the first Open University programmes put on the air?

Question No.16.Which of the following are NOT given by the Open University?

Question No.17.What is one of the advantages of the Open University?

Question No.18.For what purpose were the study centers set up?

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation.（Man）What did you say you were going to take up as a career?

（Woman）Law.Actually, I’ve already started.I began my studies at the Bartlett Law School of the Festoon University last October.（Man）What are you going to do when you finish?

（Woman）Oh, I shall go back home and practice there.I may start with some clerical work, but eventually I'm going to set up my own law office.There's a great deal of scope for law years or solicitors in my country and a lot of useful work to be done there people get married and then divorced, people begin to buy their own houses, people feel mistreated by the community or the authority.They need law years, do they?

（Man）What made you decide to take up law as a career?

（Woman）Well, I was good at making a speech at school and I think I had a certain feeling for communication and persuasion.My teachers encouraged me and said I had a bent for law or the like.I suppose my personal qualities made me choose law, and not art or architecture, for instance.Of course, in my country lawyers are respected and well paid.And they are in great demand.（Man）But, will you find it difficult to become recognized in your own country?

（Woman）To a certain extent, yes.But I expect that a woman lawyer alxo9 has some advantages in the court.E specially for some kinds of cases, f or example, i f my client is a woman who claims certain rights from her divorced husband, a woman lawyer can understand better and do a better job.（Man）But why have you chosen America for your studies, why not some other country?

（Woman）Ah well, there are lots of reasons.But I'm not sorry because you've got some of the best law schools in the world.Question No.19.What is the woman?

Question No.20.For what reason does the woman choose law as her career?

Question No.21.According to the woman, what advantage does a woman lawyer have in the court?

Question No.22.Why does the woman go to an American university for her studies?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.（Man）Good morning.I 've been interested to read your last week's composition assignments on the Englishman's obsession with the weather, which is a characteristic noted with amusement and surprise by so many of our visitors from abroad.It's true that talking about the weather is a staple topic of conversation in this country, but as a native speaker and an expert on socio-linguistics, I an of the opinion that the reasons for this practice are not only climatic but also social.Greeting people with expressions such as “Lovely day, isn’t it?” or “What terrible weather we re having, aren’t t we?” is our way of being friendly or starting a conversation.It may have very little to do with the state of the weather as such when the conversation starts.As a matter of fact, we expect the other person to say “Yes, it is.” or “Yes, we are.” in the same way that we expect a person to say “Hullo!” when we say “Hullo!” to greet him or her.However, t his distinctive social convention can be very puzzling to foreigners.Of course, t his way of making conversation is closely related to the variability of the weather in this country.There must be few places in the world where the weather changes quite so much from day to day.If you drive a car on one of our motorways, you may find yourself in the sunshine, mist, rain, snow or even storms within the same day.No wonder we take a daily interest in it!But I do think we are much too fond of running down our own climate, which is not half as had as some people make out.Our obsession is not so much with talking about the weather as with speaking ill of it.It may as well be talking for talking s sake.Question No.23.According to the talk, what is a typical Englishman obsessed with?

Question No.24.To whom is the man addressing his speech?

Question No.25.Why does the Englishman say, “Lovely day, isn t it?”

Question No.26.Which of the following can be concluded from the talk?

Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation.（Man）Mrs.Brown, I understand that you are very concerned about the housing situation in this country.（Woman）Indeed I am.The government itself admits that there are more than two million houses which ought to be pulled down at once.It also admits that there are another two and half million in such a shocking state that it would be a waste of money to repair them.（Man）What do you mean by “shocking state”?

（Woman）I mean houses that are in such a bad condition that they are permanently damp, or houses where you ll find as four families sharing one tap and one toilet.（Man）What you are saying, in effect, Mrs.Brown, is that the housing in this country isn't worthy of a welfare state!

（Woman）Exactly!According to government figures there are about 20,000 homeless people in this country, but thousands more living in such terrible conditions that they ought to be classed as homeless.The figures can be as high as over 200,000.it isn't that these people can't afford a reasonable rent.Therejust aren't enough houses.（Man）Whom do you blame?

（Woman）The government, for not providing enough money, and the district councils for not spending properly what there is.（Man）What about the local housing committees? Many of them have been doing wonderful work during the past decade.（Woman）I agree, but that doesn't excuse the local councils that are inefficient and don't take enough interest.Don't you think it is shocking that in our modern civilization there are still families who have nowhere to live? Do you think it's right that whole families should have to sleep in the ruins of empty buildings or under bridges or in railway station waiting-rooms?

（Man）But Surely there are excellent hostels where they can go.（Woman）In some cities and towns, p erhaps, b ut things are very different in many of our midland and northern industrial cities, a nd in parts of the Metropolis.Even where there are;o ases, some of the state-run homes for the homeless are less comfortable than prisons.In any case, my point is that we shouldn't need so many hostels for homeless families because there shouldn't be any homeless families!

（Man）Mrs.Brown, I think many people would say that you are exaggerating and drawing attention to the worst housing conditions instead of looking at the situation as a whole.Would you agree that you belong to a “pressure group” which is trying to bring pressure on the government to do something about the housing problem?

（Woman）If that s what belonging to a pressure group means, the answer is “yes”!But I'm not exaggerating.Housing is the most serious problem of our welfare state.If it weren't, would we hear so much about that excellent charity organization, Shelter, which does such wonderful work in finding homes for the homeless?

Question No.27.According to the government figures, how many people are homeless?

Question No.28.Whom does the woman blame for the “shocking” housing situation?

Question No.29.According to the woman, why are there so many homeless families?

Question No.30.What is “Shelter”, as is mentioned at the end of the conversation?

Part C: Listening and Translation

I.Sentence Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, y ou will hear 5 English sentences.Y ou will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Now let s begin Part C with Sentence Translation.Sentence No.1.Nowadays, i nstead of reading or talking, f amily members often spend their evenings, weekends or other leisure times watching programmes on television.Sentence No.2.Young people today have few guidelines on which to base their choice of career.This is because they have no previous practical experience of employment.Sentence No.3.We have seen Asia offer an enormous potential for growth in our bilateral trade and investment relations.I want this growth to continue and accelerate.Sentence No.4.The emergence of e-commerce and the fast-growing Internet economy are providing new growth opportunities in China s foreign and domestic trade.Sentence No.5.In our country, people's living conditions are improving.More than 3 million children have health insurance now, a nd more than two and a half million families have been lifted out of poverty.II.Passage Translation

（Woman）I am a computer programmer.My problem is with my mother.She is now well over 70 and she really needs help, a s my father died of a car accident more than ten years ago.But where she lives, i n the countryside, there's no work available for me, no job with a decent pay.If I work there as something else, perhaps as a secretary or a post-office clerk, it means we have to take a drastic drop in salary.So I don't really know what to do.Passage 2

（Man）In Britain today, almost half of the houses are owned by the people who live in them.About one third are owned by the local authorities, and the rest are rented from private owners.A typical rent for a two-bed roomed house is about 300a month.If people want to buy their own house, they can borrow from the banks up to 90 per cent of the cost of that house.But large mortgages may take 20 to 30 years to pay off.

第二篇：中级口译真题答案

TRANSLATION TEST(2)(30 MINUTES)

Direction: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.本届会议将围绕“新世纪、新挑战：参与、合作、促进共同繁荣”的主题，审议 5 个方面的议题，以期促进亚太地区和全球经贸的发展。

今年的亚太经济贸易合作组织会议将主要侧重两个方面：一是加强亚太经合组织成员之间的合作，共同应对可能出现的经济衰退，重树信心；二是继续推进亚太经合组织贸易投资自由化进程，推动世界贸易组织尽早开始新一轮谈判。

分析：

① 本届会议将围绕“新世纪、新挑战：参与、合作、促进共同繁荣”的主题，审议 5 个方面的议题，以期促进亚太地区和全球经贸的发展。

译文 1 ： This meeting will discuss the topic of “new century, new challenge: participate , cooperate and promote common prosperity covering 5 areas with a view to enhancing the development of economy and trade between the Asian-Pacific region and the rest world.译文 2 ： This meeting will center round the theme of “Meeting new challenges in the new century: achieving common prosperity through participation and cooperation” under 5 heads with a view to promoting the economic and trade development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large.考点：意译：“新世纪、新挑战：参与、合作、促进共同繁荣”如译文 1 翻译纯粹采取直译，把字面意思翻译出来，而译文 2 把这句话的含义翻译出来，值得推荐。

转性译法：动词 → 名词参与 →participation 合作 →cooperation

② 今年的亚太经济贸易合作组织会议将主要侧重两个方面：一是加强亚太经合组织成员之间的合作，共同应对可能出现的经济衰退，重树信心；二是继续推进亚太经合组织贸易投资自由化进程，推动世界贸易组织尽早开始新一轮谈判。

译文 1 ： The APEC meeting in this year will focus mainly on two aspects: one is on strengthening the cooperation among all the APEC members to cope with the possible economic recession through rebuilding up confidence;the other is on promoting the liberalization of trade and investment of APEC for the start of a new round of negotiations/talks for WTO.译文 2 ： This year’s APEC meeting will focus on two key missions: one is to strengthen the cooperation among APEC members in dealing with a possible economic slowdown to build up new confidence;the other is to continue to advance the process of APEC trade and invest liberalization and facilitation and urge the WTO to initiate a new round of talks as soon as possible.考点：增词译法：“一是加强” →one is on strengthening，因为前接 focus mainly on，因此增加 on 介词。

第三篇：2012年9月上海中级口译考试真题答案及解析

2012年9月中级口译考试真题+答案+解析（汇总版）

Spot Dictation: We all have problems and barriers that block our progress, or prevent us from moving into new areas.Our problems might include the fear of speaking in front of a group, anxiety about math problems, or the reluctance to sound silly trying to speak a foreign language.It's natural to have problems and barriers, but sometimes they limit our experience so much, we get bored with life.When that happens, consider the following three ways of dealing with the problem or barrier.One way is to pretend it doesn't exist.Avoid it, deny it, and lie about it.It's like turning your head the other way, putting on a fake grin, and saying, “See, there's really no problem at all.Everything is fine.” In addition to looking foolish, this approach leaves the barrier intact, and we keep bumping into it.So, a second approach is to fight the barrier, to struggle against it.This usually makes the barrier grow.It increases the barrier's magnitude.A person who is obsessed with weight might constantly worry about being fat.He might struggle with it every day, trying diet after diet.And the more he struggles, the bigger the problem gets.The third alternative is to love the barrier.Accept it.Totally experience it.Tell the truth about it.Describe it in detail.Applying this process is easier if you remember two ideas.First, loving a problem is not necessarily the same as enjoying it.Love in this sense means total and unconditional acceptance.Second, unconditional acceptance is not the same as unconditional surrender.Accepting a problem is different than giving up or escaping from it.Rather, this process involves escaping into the problem, diving into it headfirst, and getting to know it in detail.Often the most effective solutions come, when we face a problem squarely, with eyes wide open, then we can move through the problem, instead of around it.When you are willing to love your problems, you drain them of much of their energy.【评析】

本文选自Dave Ellis 的著作Becoming a Master Student其中的一个章节：Love your problems and experience your barriers，本文主要介绍了解决问题的三种办法，第一种是直接无视它，就当不存在；第二种是正视它，挑战它，第三种则是爱上困难，充分体验。然后又给出两个观点，教你更容易地应用这些办法。

总体而言，难度不大，文章选材方面还是比较中规中矩的，关于问题和困难的相关话题也是考生比较熟悉的部分。词汇方面也没有什么难词偏僻词，考生应该不会感到太难。Statements: Question1: Obviously Kell has been unhappy with her present job.She works as a nurse but she would drop a teacher at a primary or secondary school.Question2: We don't have enough information for our financial plan, but it's due tomorrow.I'm afraid we'll just have to make do with what we have got.Question3: There is more pressure than ever in the competitive job market to stand out from the crowd.Continuing your education is one way to get that extra edge.Question4: Our production supervisor warned John to punch in on time, dress appropriately for the job and stop taking extra breaks.Question5: The ability to work effectively with people from other countries is especially important if you plan a career in MMC management where international experience is an essential prerequisite.Question6: Now it is common to find fast food restaurants everywhere.These restaurants serve people who are too rushed to find time to eat a proper meal.Question7: Makinen hit what appeared to be oil on the road,and his car slammedinto a concrete barrier, tearing the right rear wheel almost completely off his Mitsubishi Lancer.Question8: One of the greatest public health successes has been the massive decline in smoking rates, which are now translating into reduced deaths from cancer and heart disease.Question9: In modern society, private houses are not just places for people to live in.Rich people have long-viewed real-estate as a suitable vehicle for their earnings.Question10: You need to draw a vertical line two inches from the left edge of your note-taking page.With this line, you still have six inches of space on the right to write down you notes.【评析】

1.此题描述对现在工作的不满和宁愿做的工作。重点在but后面。

2.此题描述利用现在资源做经济计划的事。考生应注意due（到期）以及make do with（勉强应对）便可知题意。

3.此题描述如何应对就业压力大的一种方法。难点在extra edge(额外的奖励或优势)。

4.此题描述主管对John的要求。找准三个并列动词就易于理解。

5.此题描述什么情况下同外国人有效地工作很必要。题中有个从句，where，修饰MMC。

6.此题描述快餐店服务的人群。重点在第二句，fast restaurant 应为熟知单词，根据意思也能理解题意。7.此题描述Makinen 撞车的原因和结果。难点是单词，concrete barrier(水泥栏杆)，rear wheel(后轮)。8.此题描述公众健康取得的一大成就。难点是要了解一些普通疾病的说法以及death rate(死亡率)，decline(下降)。

9.此题描述私人住宅不仅是用来居住的现状。real-estate(不动产)，vehicle(工具，媒介)。10.此题描述划线的问题。掌握单词vertical(垂直的)，考生还应注意具体数字。Talks and Conversations 1 W: Ah, Bill, have you got a minute? M: Yes, but can you make it fast? I’m pretty busy.W: OK.Ah, I’m sorry about this, Bill.I know you’re busy but I’ve got to go somewhere this afternoon.Can I take the afternoon off? M: Oh, come on, Helen!W: But it’s really important.I mean it is really something urgent.M: Look, I’m sorry Helen but I can’t.I’ve got two people off sick.W: Well, how about a couple...M: Look, we’ve got to finish this report today.The boss has been waiting in the office.W: I know that, Bill.How about just an hour? M: Yes, all right.I suppose so.But next time I want a bit more warning.Questions: 11.Why did Helen want to talk to Bill? 12.What is the relationship between the man and the woman? 13.At last, how long was Helen permitted to take her leave? 14.What did Bill want Helen to do next time? 【解析】

本篇属于情景对话，首先应当抓住关键词组take off（请假），接下来就很好理解了。对话中女士因为下午紧急要去某地向男士请假，但是男士一开始因为手上的报告必须要在今日之内完成交给老板而没有准假。之后女士告知实在佷重要，能否请一个小时的假，男士最终答应了。

关键词：take off：请假 urgent：adj.紧急的 warning：adj.警告的；引以为戒的

Talks and Conversations 2 Hi, welcome, today I am going to talk about how children learn social behaviors.Especially how they learn lessons from the family, which is the most basic unit of our social structure.There is a lot of discussion these days about how families are changing and whether non-traditional families have a good or bad effect on children.But it is important to remember that the type of family a child comes from is not nearly as important as the kind of love and support that exist in a home.There are three ways by which children acquire their behavior through rewards, punishments and finally modeling.In today’s lecture, let‘s first discuss rewards.A reward can be defined as a positive reinforcement for good behavior.An example of a reward is when a parent says, “If you eat your vegetables, you can have ice cream for dessert”.Or a parent might say, “Finish your homework first, then you can watch TV.” Most parents use rewards unconsciously because they want their children to behave well.For example, a parent might give a gift to a child, because the child behaved well.Or parents may give a child money for doing what the parents asked.Questions: 15.What is discussed in the lecture? 16.According to the talk , what is more important for children to learn good social behaviors?

17.There are three ways by which children acquire their behavior.Which one is discussed in detail in the talk? 18.Which of the following is not a positive reinforcement for good behavior? 【评析】

本篇文章内容难度适中。虽然其中穿插长句子。但是问题答案都是文章中可以直接听出来的。举例说明能帮助大家很好的理解内容。因此在听的时候，要有上下文的概念，前面如有长句没听懂，注意后面的例子说明。全文的意思就一目了然了。本篇话题是“孩子如何学习社会行为”。主要集中的讲的是家庭这个社会单元对孩子行为的影响。并且提到孩子学习社会行为的三种方式：奖励、惩罚、模范。本课中主要讲的是“奖励”这种方式。关键词：Social behavior 社会行为，社交行为 Social structure 社会结构 Talks and Conversations 3 John: Good morning, Betty.Do you know what the assignment is for our term paper in history? Betty: Sure John.But weren’t you in class on Monday? That’s when it was given out.John: No, I missed that class.Was there a handout? Betty: No, the instructor just wrote the assignment on the board.John: Could I copy the assignment from your notes? Betty: You could if I had copied it all down, but I just wrote down the part that I wanted.John: Oh no...Betty: You see, there were four choices of topics for the term paper, but when I saw them, I knew which one I wanted, so I didn’t copy the others down.John: Can you remember any of the others? Betty: Let’s see...There was one about World War I, something about it, but I don’t remember what.And there was one called the idea of progress in the 19th century.John: And what was the last one? Betty: I can’t remember.My mind is a complete blank.Maybe you could ask someone else.John: Yes, I will.Anyway, those are certainly broad topics.Betty: Yes, but you can focus on a special area within them.Which one would you take? John: Of course, I don’t know what the last one is, but of these three, I think I’d take the idea of progress.Betty: That’s very abstract.John: Yes, but it is one of my interests and I’ve read a lot on the subject.I’ve never written a term paper on it though.Betty: Me neither.I haven’t even read about it.Are you going to class on Wednesday? John: Yes.Betty: Maybe he’ll write it on the board again.John: I hope so.Good luck with your paper.Betty: Same to you.Questions: 19.How many topics did the teacher give for the term paper? 20.How was the assignment given out by the instructor? 21.Why can’t John copy the assignment from Betty’s notes?

22.Why does John choose to write on the idea of progress in the 19th century? 【评析】

本段听力讲述的是男同学周一没有去上课，来询问女同学老师给出的期末论文题目是什么。恰巧老师给出的是4个话题以供挑选，女同学没有记下所有的话题，只是凭记忆讲述了两个话题给男同学听。男同学在已知的话题中倾向于写“the idea of progress in the 19th century”，因为他喜欢这方面知识，而且之前也有阅读。问题都是常见细节题，涉及所给话题数目、话题告知方式等，难度不大，只要认真听不难得出答案。Talks and Conversations 4 Welcome to my lecture on interpreting.Interpreting is a relatively new area of research.It is all too often subsumed under the heading of translation.For example, many translators associations include interpreters.Many books on translation include a section on interpreting.Many translators do some interpreting work and vice versa.Of course, there is an overlap between the two areas that are so alike and yet so different.All of this means that interpreting is still in the process of establishing itself as a discipline in its own right.My aim in this lecture is to provide an overview of interpreting to anyone interested in interpreting in general, or indeed in becoming an interpreter.For years, I have been collecting information about international and regional organizations in this field.I was quite surprised about some of the results of the questionnaire.Firstly, with the exceptions of the European Union and the United nations, the actual number of interpreters employed by many organizations is quite small.Secondly, I have not found any support for the common notion that interpreters do not have a lifelong career that they work solidly for five years or so, earning quite a lot of money, and then disappear into the sunset.On the contrary, they continue to work as interpreters until retirement age, and in some cases, beyond it.Thirdly, English is the international language of business, and it’s used in boardrooms and business meetings throughout the world.English is also the international language of science.In the 1960s and 1970s of the last century when foreign languages were not like widely taught, many international conferences needed interpreters.Nowadays, most educated people learn foreign languages.And as a result, the need for interpreters at this type of meeting has diminished.Questions: 23.Who are most likely to be interested in the lecture? 24.Which of the following is not true about interpreting? 25.What is the common notion about interpreters? 26.What accounts for the smaller number of conference interpreters today? 【评析】

本文节选自美国作家费伦的The Interpreter's Resource（口译员的资源），属于“外教社翻译硕士专业系列教材”口译实践指南丛书。内容上，先是讲口译与翻译的一些区别，然后说明是要对口译做概述，最后提出在调查研究中发现的一些比较奇怪的现象，包括：①公司录用口译者很少；②并没有任何证据表明口译者的工作是吃青春饭的；③现在社会对商务和科学方面的口译者的需求正在减少。文章介绍的都是口译翻译相关的词汇，这些词本身并没有太大的难度，属于考生比较熟悉的词汇范围之内。Talks and Conversations 5 W:David Macdonald is best known for his work with watercolor painting.His work has been included in over 36 exhibitions.He is also renowned as an art teacher with work in a summer watercolor painting intensive program for high school students.David, how did you start making art? M: Initially, it was a way to create some private space.As the third in a family of nine children, I always shared a bedroom with at least three of my brothers.I would help my parents unpack the groceries and unfold the paper bags that I could use inside as drawing paper.Through hours of drawing, I was able to create my own little world.I was introduced to watercolor painting during my second year in college.And ever since then, I’ve been fascinated by it.W: What is the source of your ideas? M: Anything can become a conscious or unconscious inspiration.I can get lost in the country or in the city streets or in the supermarket.Even the shapes and colors of the vegetables give me all sorts of ideas.On a more scholarly level, I was influenced by Chinese and Japanese painters during college.W: Is there any advice you would like to give to our students? M: An artist has to believe in him or herself.The dedication, courage and energy my students bring to classroom are more important than anything I can offer.If you want to stand above the crowd, your passion for your art must be manifest through a willingness to work harder than anyone else.The students who succeed see their art as a way of life and not simply as a way of earning a living.My job as a teacher is to help my students realize their potential and bring eloquence to their unique voice.Questions: 27.What is the topic of the interview? 28.How did the man start to learn watercolor painting? 29.Why did the man talk about the vegetables in the supermarket? 30.Which of the following is not true about the successful art students? 【评析】

此篇是对水彩画家David Macdonald的一篇采访。涉及到David如何开始学画画，他什么时候开始画油画，怎么样获得灵感以及对学生们的建议。一个采访问题，相应的回答，中等难度，没有生僻词，采访对话也较易于理解。

掌握单词：watercolor painting 水彩画；grocery n.食品杂货；inspiration n.灵感；conscious adj.有意识的；unconscious adj.无意识的；dedication n.奉献，献身；potential n.潜力；eloquence n.雄辩，口才；

Sentence Translation: 1.Courses for adults students may be vocational or recreational, that is, they may be related to a person’s job or taken purely for interest and pleasure.参考译文：针对成年学生的课程可能是职业性的或者是娱乐性的，即课程可能与一个人的工作相关或者纯粹的是出于兴趣娱乐而上课。

【解析】

本句话难度不大，如果考生一时没有反映出vocational和recreational的意思，也不必慌张，因为之后就是对这两个单词的解释，如果记下来，完全可以倒推出这两个单词的意思。关键词：

vocational：adj.职业的，行业的 recreational：adj.娱乐的，消遣的

2.To overcome their fear of unknown attackers on the cities’ streets, many Americans now take instruction in Sun Swordof Oriental Self Defense such as karate and martial arts, commonly known as Gongfu or Wushu.参考译文：为了克服对城市街道上陌生的攻击者的恐惧，很多美国人采取《太阳之剑》中的东方自卫术，诸如空手道和技击，它们通常又被成为功夫或者武术。【解析】

本句话稍有难度，sword, karate等词需要考生平时的积累，但是通过attackers，Gongfu，Wushu这样的词语，考生应该能判断出句子的大意。instruction：n.指令，教导 sword：n.剑

karate：n.空手道

martial arts：武术，技击

3.Drinking tea has been a long tradition of a typical British family.Recent studies suggest that tea can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process.参考译文：喝茶一直以来都是典型英国家庭的传统。近期的研究显示，茶能够降低罹患癌症和心脏病的风险，还能延缓衰老。【解析】

本句带有科普性质，但是内容并不陌生，也没有太多的难词、生词，唯一的难点可能是retard，解释为“减慢，延迟”。关键词：

retard：v.延迟，减慢

aging process：衰老

4.I’ve been looking into the question of having the goods sent by air.It’s quick.The goods are less liable to damage than by sea and there’s less risk of hold-ups.参考译文：我一直在研究空运货物的问题。它很快，而且相比海运，空运的货物不宜损坏，延误的风险也较小。

【解析】

本句稍有难度，诸如be liable to...和hold-up可能对不少考生有点陌生。关键词：

be less liable to：不易„„ hold-up：n.停顿，耽误

5.If you lost two percent of your body weight in water, your brain power and performance level may start to weaken.Another four to seven percent may leave youfeeling dizzy.参考译文：如果你身体中的水份减少2%，你的头脑开始迟钝，表现力开始下降。如果再减少4-7%，你会感到眩晕。

【解析】

这句话难度适中，但是考生要注意听的同时，快速反应所提及的数字，好在这句话中的数字比较简单。另外诸如dizzy这样的词也需要平时的积累。关键词：

weaken：v.减少，衰弱 dizzy：adj.眩晕的 Passage 1：【原文】

While the rest of the world played soccer or the British football, Americans played basketball and baseball.But now soccer is rapidly becoming a major sport in the United States for reasons as simple as the game itself.School officials like it and kids like it.For the school authorities, it’s much cheaper to set up a soccer team.And for the kids, they don’t need to be big or tall to play soccer.All they need is the desire to run.【参考译文】

当世界其他地方都在踢足球或英式足球的时候，美国人在打篮球和棒球。但是现在，足球已经快速成为美国一个主要的运动项目，其中的缘由和这项运动本身一样简单。校领导喜欢足球，孩子们也喜欢足球。对于校方来说，成立一个足球队成本更少。而对孩子们来说，踢足球并不要求他们长得高高壮壮。他们所需要的就是对奔跑的渴望。

【评析】

这篇文章还是很容易的。话题是我们非常熟悉的体育。平时注意体育话题相关词汇积累。

翻译的时候，注意表达。本篇语气篇口语化。因此翻译一篇文章弄清楚文章的风格也很重要，这样表达时，就知道到底是正式语气表达还是非正式语气表达。有时也有必要了解文章的体材：议论性、说明性还是描述性，从整体把握译文的风格。

1.“as simple as „itself”一般译为“正如„本身一样简单或纯粹” 2.“big or tall”。在这里我们形象地译为“高高壮壮”或“高高大大”

Passage 2：【原文】

What really makes me mad is the attitude towards morals.Some people are really shocked because actors are allowed to walk about the stage with little clothes on these days.But these same people are not shocked by advertisements which persuade the public to buy things which can do real harm to people, like cigarettes and alcohol for example.I think a lot of advertisements are much more immoral than so-called pornographic or dirty plays and books because they lie or at least disguise the truth.【参考译文】

真正让我发狂的是人们对道德的态度。演员可以着装暴露，在台上走来走去，这让一些人感到惊讶，然而同样是这批人，却不会因为广告劝说公众购买如烟酒等对他们有害的产品而震惊。我认为比起那些所谓的色情或黄色节目和书刊，很多广告更不道德，因为它们在说谎，至少在掩盖真相。

【评析】

本段话共由4句话组成，后三个句子都略微偏长，但是并不复杂，所以难度一般。较难把握的几个词组如下：

1.little clothes连用。little如果作为“少”修饰的是不可数名词，很明显这里不合适，可以考虑little表示“短的”意思，意译为“着装暴露”。

2.pornographic对学生词汇量要求较高。这个单词表示“色情的、黄色的”。同时，dirty这里不能直译为“脏的”，而应该采用它的引申义“下流的、色情的”。3.disguise较难，表示“掩饰、掩盖”，disguise the truth也就可以翻译为“掩盖真相”。阅读理解第一篇：

阅读理解第一篇选自口译阅读教程 Unit 5 Reading B “artificial waterways”

Today, most countries in the world have canals.Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other means of transport.Some canals, such as the Suez or the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter.Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not located on the coast.Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough water, and furnish water power for factories and mills.3.The size of a canal depends on the kind of boats going through it.The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boat using it to pass each other easily.It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water beneath the keel of the largest boat using the canal.4.Some canals have sloping sides, while others have sides that are nearly vertical.Canals that are cut through rock can have nearly vertical sides.However, canals with earth banks may crumble if the angle of their sides is too steep.5.Some canals are lined with brick, stone, or concrete to keep the water from soaking into the mud.This also permits ships to go at greater speeds, since they cannot make the banks fall in by stirring up the water.In small canals with mud banks, ships and barges must limit their speed.6.When the canal goes through different levels of water, the ships must be raised or lowered from one level to the other.This is generally done up by means of locks.If a ship wants to go up to higher water, the lower end of the lock opens to let the boat in.Then this gate closes, and the water is let into the lock chamber from the upper level.This raises the level of the water in the lock until it is the same as the upper level of water.Now the upper gates can be opened to release the ship into the higher water.Of course there must always be enough water on the upper level to allow for the flooding of the lock.Sometimes a canal contains a series of locks when the difference in levels is very great.7.In places where it does not rain very often, irrigation canals drain water from rivers or lakes and carry it to fields.Sometimes artificial lakes, such as the lake behind the Aswan Dam on the Nile River, provide the irrigation water.8.In places where there is too much water, canals can drain the water off the land for use in farming.In Holland, acres and acres of land have been drained in this way.Since much of this drained land is below sea level, the water in the canals has to be pumped up to sea level.Dikes have been built in Holland to keep the sea from covering the land, as it did in the past.9.Sometimes canals have to be built across deep valleys.Bridges or aqueducts are constructed for this purpose.The Romans often brought water to cities from great distances by building such bridges, at the top of which were canals.Some canals go through mountains by means of tunnels.One such tunnel, near Marseille, France, is over four miles long.10.Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago.The great canal at Babylon, between the Tigris and Euphrates, was built about 2000 B.C..The Grand Canal of China, which is over 900 miles long, was begun about 2,500 years ago, and took centuries to finish.During the seventeenth century, France built many canals that are still in use today.However, they are not so heavily traveled as they were a hundred years ago, before railways were built.One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.In Russia, there are canals reaching from Leningrad to the Caspian Sea.Canals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea to the North Sea.The Kiel Canal provides a passageway between the North Sea and the Baltic.In America, the Great Lakes are all connected by canals, enabling ships to go from the Atlantic Ocean and the St.Lawrence River to Lake Superior.Since the lakes are at different levels, they are connected by locks.11.Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel to the coast.These waterways make it possible for boats to travel between ports along the coast without being exposed to the dangers of the open sea.【简析】历年中级口译考试没有出现过的现象出现了，阅读部分，没有直接采用过《阅读教程》上的篇章，而这次就这样被搬到了考场上，一方面，我们意识到出题老师越来越浆糊意外，也了解，随着中级口译低龄化的出现，出题老师对考生也越来越仁慈了，不管怎么样，我们老师都有要求同学回家完成教程，所以，看过书的同学一定很开心，因为开篇，我们就捡了个大便宜。阅读理解第二篇：

Squeezed Into Smaller Spaces, Koalas Now Face Deadly Disease（出自：http://www.xiexiebang.com）

The invention of banking preceded that of coinage.Banking originated something like 4,000 years ago in Ancient Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safekeeping of grain and other commodities.Receipts came to be used for transfers not only to the original depositors but also to third parties.Eventually private houses in Mesopotamia also got involved in these banking operations, and laws regulating them were included in the code of Hammurabi, the legal code developed not long afterwards.In Ancient Egypt too, the centralisation of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of banking.Written orders for the withdrawal of separate lots of grain by owners whose crops had been deposited there for safety and convenience, or which had been compulsorily deposited to the credit of the king, soon became used as a more general method of payment of debts to other people, including tax gatherers, priests and traders.Even after the introduction of coinage, these Egyptian grain banks served to reduce the need for precious metals, which tended to be reserved for foreign purchases, particularly in connection with military activities.5.In both Mesopotamia and Egypt the banking systems A.were initially limited to transactions involving depositors.B.were created to provide income for the king.C.required a large staff to administer them.D.grew out of the provision of storage facilities for food.6.What does the writer suggest about banking? A.It can take place without the existence of coins.B.It is likely to begin when people are in debt.C.It normally requires precious metals.D.It was started to provide the state with an income.【简析】再次证明出题老师偷懒了，再一次直接用了Cambridge Certificate上面用的阅读，尽管我们还没有看到题目，但根据以往的经验，题目一定是无修改照搬。原文有3个extracts,但现在老师能搜索到的只有其中一个extract,讲的银行的起源；既然是起源，一定跟古代有关，也一定不会跟钱有关，但文章信息还是很明确：where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safekeeping of grain and other commodities./ the centralization of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of banking.两道题，一道细节，一道推断，也符合这种类型文章的出题风格。Passage Translation E-C: 【原文】

For years, many Asian-Americans have been convinced that it's harder for them to gain admission to the nation's top colleges.Studies show that Asian-Americans meet these colleges' admissions standards far out of proportion to their 6 percent representation in the U.S.population, and that they often need test scores hundreds of points higher than applicants from other ethnic groups to have an equal chance of admission.Critics say these numbers, along with the fact that some top colleges with race-blind admissions have double the Asian percentage of Ivy League schools, prove the existence of discrimination.The way it works, the critics believe, is that Asian-Americans are evaluated not as individuals, but against the thousands of other ultra-achieving Asians who are stereotyped as boring academic robots.Of course, not all Asian-Americans fit this stereotype.They are not always obedient hard workers who get top marks.Their economic status, ancestral countries and customs vary.But compared with American society in general, Asian-Americans have developed a much stronger emphasis on intense academic preparation as a path to a handful of the very best schools.【参考译文】

多年来，许多美籍亚裔深信在美国要想被顶尖级名校录取，他们需要付出更加艰辛的努力。研究表明，美籍亚裔中达到这些大学的入学要求的人数的比例与他们所占美国总人口的百分之六的比例不相称，并且要想获得均等的入学机会，他们往往要考出比其他国家学生高出几百分的成绩。事实表明一些名牌大学在实行无种族歧视的招生政策之后，使常春藤联盟亚裔学生的招生比例翻了一番。评论家指出这些数据恰巧反映出歧视依然存在。

评论家们认为，这种方式之所以行得通，是因为美籍亚裔学生并非作为个体被评估，而是被参照了许多做法极端的亚洲人而评估的，这些人为达到目的，刻板陈腐，像学术机器。当然，并非每个亚裔学生都是这种类型的。有些人并非寒窗苦读，名列前茅。他们的家庭条件，血统，风俗习惯都不尽相同。但是总体来说，与一般的美国学生相比，亚裔学生更重视紧张的学业准备，这也是他们挤进那些顶尖名校的必经之路。【评析】

这篇文章略有难度。整段由三个长句组成。因此翻译时要理清思路，弄清句子前后的逻辑关系。然后再下笔。

主要是第二个句子，数据进行比较。一方是亚裔美籍能达到这些名校入学标准所占比例，另一方是亚裔美籍人占美国总人口的比例6%，弄清这个关系，这句就不难翻译了。”far out of”指的是“与„(很)不成比例，与„(很)不相称”。第二个句子后半句，比较的是亚裔美籍人入这些名校的分数要比其他国家的人入这些学校要高出很多分，比较的是“不同民族不同分数”这样一个概念。“higher than”关键词

最后一句话，要注意找准句子主干，即“Critics say these numbers prove the existence of discrimination.” Passage Translation C-E: 【原文】

近代以来，亚洲经历了曲折和艰难的发展历程。亚洲人们为改变自己的命运，始终以不屈的意志和艰辛的奋斗开辟前进道路。今天，人们所看到的亚洲发展成就，是勤劳智慧的亚洲人民不屈不挠、锲而不舍奋斗的结果。

亚洲人民深知，世界上没有放之四海而皆准的发展模式，也没有一成不变的发展道路，亚洲人民勇于变革创新，不断开拓进取，探索和开辟适应时代潮流，符合自身实际的发展道路，为经济社会发展打开了广阔前景。【译文】

In modern times, Asia experienced twists and turns in its development.To change their destiny, the people of Asia have been forging ahead in an indomitable spirit and with hard struggle.Asia's development achievements today are the result of the persistent efforts of the industrious and talented Asian people.The people of Asia are fully aware that there is no ready model or unchanging path of development that is universally applicable.They never shy away from reform and innovation.Instead, they are committed to exploring and finding development paths that are in line with the trend of the times and their own situations, and have opened up bright prospects for economic and social development.【评析】

文中较难处理的句子有：“亚洲人们为改变自己的命运，始终以不屈的意志和艰辛的奋斗开辟前进道路。”其中“亚洲人们„„开辟前进道路”是主干结构，“为改变自己的命运”表示目的，可以译成不定式to change their destiny放在句子前面，“以不同的意志和艰辛的奋斗”译成介词短语放在句尾。“放之四海而皆准的发展模式”的中心词是“模式”，修饰语“放之四海而皆准的”意为“普遍适用的”，可译为定语从句放在中心词后。最后一个句子较长，可根据句意进行拆分，确定主干词，对语序进行调整，以流畅的英文表达出来。

第四篇：英语中级口译历年真题2002.9答案

点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.compromise 17.make compromise 18.does not work 19.be ready

20.agreed on a solution 3.a powerful opportunity 4.denying

5.lead to

6.win-win

7.how to

8.state the problem 9.clearly define 10.both of you agree

Part B: Listening Comprehension 1—5 CABCB

11—15 CDBAD

21－25 CABDA

Part C: Listening and Translation

6—10

BDDAB

16－20 DACCB 26－30 DACCD I.Sentence Translation 1.如今，家庭成员往往在晚上、周末或其他闲暇时间观看电视节目，不再读书或闲谈。

2.现在的年轻人对自己的职业选择没有什么方向。这是因为他们先前没有实际的就业经验。

3.我们看到亚洲在我们的双边贸易和投资关系方面提供了巨大的增长潜力。我希望这种增长持续下去并且加快速度。

4.电子商务的出现以及网络经济的快速发展，正在为中国国内外贸易提供了新的增长机遇。

5.在我国，人民的生活水平在改善。如今，300多万孩子有了健康保险。250多万个家庭脱离了贫困。

II．Passage Translation Passage 1 我是一名电脑程序员。我的难处是因为我母亲。她现在已经70多岁，确实需要人顾，因为我父亲在10多年前因车祸死亡。然而她住在乡下，那里没有我可以做的工作，没有点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.common people should benefit most directly from the attainment of this goal.They will live more comfortably in bigger space.Among the basic necessities of life—food, clothing, shelter and transportation—housing is an important element, accounting for a big portion in the money they spend.In 2007, the average per capita living space in Shanghai will increase by a big margin.In addition, the common people‟s spending on such services as education, information and traveling will grow substantially.To put it in a nutshell, in the future the common people will live a better life, a life of the same standard as enjoyed by those in the middle-ranking developed countries.16－20 ACCCA 26－30 DCBBA 听力测试题录音文字稿: SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST 点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.compromise, you can achieve win-win situations.In today‟s lecture, I shall outline a few steps on how to transform a conflict into a solution in which both parties win.First, state the problem.Explain the problem to the other party.You should clearly define the conflict, it‟s hard to fix something before both of you agree on what is broken.Second, understand all points of view.Ste aside your own opinions for a moment and take the time to understand the other points of view.When people feel that they have been heard, they‟re often more willing to listen.Third, brainstorm solutions.Dream up as many solutions as you can and evaluate them one by one.This step will require time and honesty.Talk about which solutions will work and how difficult they will be to implement.Your solutions need to be acceptable by both parties, so you should be prepared to make compromise.Later, you will need to review the effectiveness of the accepted solution.If it does not work, be open to making changes or be ready to bring about a new solution.Finally, implement.When you both have agreed on a solution, decide who is going to do what by when.They keep your agreements.Relationships change for better or for worse.But if you are honest, patient and quite flexible in seeking a resolution for the conflict, your painstaking efforts will certainly pay off.Part B: Listening Comprehension I.Statements Directions: 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 listen carefully.When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Question No.1.(Man)I‟m afraid Mr.Baker, our board director, had decided last night not to attend this morning‟s committee meeting.点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.completed sixty days ahead of the schedule.Question No.8.(Man)As an assistant manager, her attendance record was perfect except for once when she was down with a severe cold.Question No.9.(Woman)Had he realized the possible consequences, he wouldn‟t have made the suggestion at the committee meeting last week.Question No.10.(Woman)The Gardening Expo was supposed to open tomorrow, but will be delayed until Friday, due to the bad weather conditions.II.Talks and Conversations Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations.After each of these, you will hear a few questions.Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE.When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.(Woman)(Nervously)Good afternoon, Mr.Tigers.Did you have a good lunch?(Man)

Yes, thank you, Miss Bradley.It was very good.Did anyone phone while I was out?(Woman)No, Nobody phoned, but … er … Mr.Powell came.(Man)

What? But he‟s the man I told you about!

(Woman)Yes, I know, He came in for something urgent.He said he wanted to see you right away, but …

(Man)

Well, then, why didn‟t you phone me? We all know that Mr.Powell has some very important information.I wanted to talk to him as soon as possible.I told you all that before I left.Didn‟t you understand me?(Woman)Yes, of course, I understood you, Mr.Tigers, but …

(Man)

I even gave you a card with the name and phone number of the restaurant!I put it on your desk.(Woman)But that‟s just it!You didn‟t give me the card.You didn‟t put it on my desk!点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.come part of the Labour Party‟s programme, that is, to give educational opportunity to those people who, for one reason or another, had not had a chance to receive further education.By August 1970 the Open University, as it is now called, had received 40,000 applications.But only 25,000 could be accepted for the first four „foundation‟ courses offered that year.And the University had to add a fifth course to cater for the increasing number and demand of candidates.In January 1971, the first teaching programmes appeared on the air and screen, with clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, policemen and many others as students.The Open University offered carefully-prepared correspondence units to its students and gave additional necessary equipment for a “mini” home laboratory to its science students.A number of study centers have been set up all over the country so that students can attend lectures once a week.Once a year the students are invited to spend a week or so at one of the university‟s summer schools.Although some critics complain of the cost the availability of the subjects and the lack method of spreading further education in Britain.Question No.15.According to the talk, at what time were the first Open University programmes put on the air? Question No.16.Which of the following are NOT given by the Open University? Question No.17.What is one of the advantages of the Open University? Question No.18.For what purpose were the study centers set up? 点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.community or the authority.They need law years, do they?(Man)

What made you decide to take up law as a career?(Woman)Well, I was good at making a speech at school and I think I had a certain feeling for communication and persuasion.My teachers encouraged me and said I had a bent for law or the like.I suppose my personal qualities made me choose law, and not art or architecture, for instance.Of course, in my country lawyers are respected and well paid.And they are in great demand.(Man)

But, will you find it difficult to become recognized in your own country?(Woman)To a certain extent, yes.But I expect that a woman lawyer alxo9 has some advantages in the court.Especially for some kinds of cases, for example, if my client is a woman who claims certain rights from her divorced husband, a woman lawyer can understand better and do a better job.(Man)

But why have you chosen America for your studies, why not some other country?(Woman)Ah well, there are lots of reasons.But I‟m not sorry because you‟ve got some of the best law schools in the world.Question No.19.What is the woman? Question No.20.For what reason does the woman choose law as her career? Question No.21.According to the woman, what advantage does a woman lawyer have in the court? Question No.22.Why does the woman go to an American university for her studies?

Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.(Man)Good morning.I‟ve been interested to read your last week‟s composition assignments on the Englishman‟s obsession with the weather, which is a characteristic noted with amusement and surprise by so many of our visitors from abroad.It‟s true that talking about the weather is a staple topic of conversation in this country , but as a native speaker and an expert on socio-linguistics, I an of the opinion that the reasons for this practice are not only climatic but also social.Greeting people with expressions such as “Lovely day, isn‟t it?” or “What terrible weather we‟re having, aren‟t we?” is our way of being friendly or starting a conversation.It may have very little to do with the state of the weather as such when the conversation starts.As a matter of 点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.committees? Many of them have been doing wonderful work during the past decade.(Woman)I agree, but that doesn‟t excuse the local councils that are inefficient and don‟t take enough interest.Don‟t you think it is shocking that in our modern civilization there are still families who have nowhere to live? Do you think it‟s right that whole families should have to sleep in the ruins of empty buildings or under bridges or in 点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.comfortable than prisons.In any case, my point is that we shouldn‟t need so many hostels for homeless families because there shouldn‟t be any homeless families!

(Man)

Mrs.Brown, I think many people would say that you are exaggerating and drawing attention to the worst housing conditions instead of looking at the situation as a whole.Would you agree that you belong to a “pressure group” which is trying to bring pressure on the government to do something about the housing problem?(Woman)If that‟s what belonging to a pressure group means, the answer is “yes”!But I‟m not exaggerating.Housing is the most serious problem of our welfare state.If it weren‟t, would we hear so much about that excellent charity organization, Shelter, which does such wonderful work in finding homes for the homeless? Question No.27.According to the government figures, how many people are homeless? Question No.28.Whom does the woman blame for the “shocking” housing situation? Question No.29.According to the woman, why are there so many homeless families? Question No.30.What is “Shelter”, as is mentioned at the end of the conversation?

Part C: Listening and Translation I.Sentence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences.You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Now let‟s begin Part C with Sentence Translation.Sentence No.1.Nowadays, instead of reading or talking, family members often spend their evenings, weekends or other leisure times watching programmes on television.Sentence No.2.Young people today have few guidelines on which to base their choice of career.This is because they have no previous practical experience of employment.Sentence No.3.We have seen Asia offer an enormous potential for growth in our bilateral trade and investment relations.I want this growth to continue and accelerate.Sentence No.4.The emergence of e-commerce and the fast-growing Internet economy are providing new growth opportunities in China‟s foreign and domestic trade.Sentence No.5.In our country, people‟s living conditions are improving.More than 3 million children have health insurance now, and more than two and a half million families have been lifted out of poverty.II.Passage Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages.You will hear the passages ONLY 点点英语——专业致力于四六级、考研和口译口语

www.xiexiebang.computer programmer.My problem is with my mother.She is now well over 70and she really needs help, as my father died of a car accident more than ten years ago.But where she lives, in the countryside, there‟s no work available for me, no job with a decent pay.If I work there as something else, perhaps as a secretary or a post-office clerk, it means we have to take a drastic drop in salary.So I don‟t really know what to do.Passage 2(Man)In Britain today, almost half of the houses are owned by the people who live in them.About one third are owned by the local authorities, and the rest are rented from private owners.A typical rent for a two-bed roomed house is about 300a month.If people want to buy their own house, they can borrow from the banks up to 90 per cent of the cost of that house.But large mortgages may take 20 to 30 years to pay off.更多资料下载敬请登陆点点英语网站：www.diandian.net

第五篇：09年3月上海中级口译真题(附答案)

09年3月上海中级口译真题

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 word or words you have heard on the tape.Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.You might think that hamburgers were invented in the United States, but that is not totally true.These________(1), or patties, actually came from Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century.They were brought to the United States by________(2)who came from the city of Hamburg.That is why ________(3)was “hamburger steak' However, people in other place________(4)that 'they invented the hamburger.Perhaps we'll never have a ________(5).the there's no question that the hamburger was a________(6).Why? Perhaps because at that time, industry was growing and a kind of food was need_________(7)for workers.The hamburger became even more popular_________(8)when the first chain of fast food restaurants was started.This chain was called “White Castle”.It served tiny hamburgers that were sold for only _________(9).Then, in the 1930s there came the _________(10)where customers were served in their cars by waiters in uniform.And the humburger was one of the most _________(11).By now, The hamburger was ready to_______(12)the world.And this happened with McDonald’s, which was actually a _________(13)at first.But by the early 1950s the hot dog was replaced by the hamburger.McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants ________(14)around the world throughout the rest of the twentieth century.McDonald’s alone has________(15)for everyone person in the world.The importance of the hamburger to _________(16)remains significant.About _______(17)of all sandwiches that are eaten are hamburgers.According to some sources,_________(18)of current workers in the United States had their first job at McDonald’s.But the face of the hamburger is changing _______(19).Nowadays it is possible to buy a chicken burger, a turkey burger, ________(20),or veggie burger.Part B: Listening Comprehension 1.Statements Directions: 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 listen carefully.When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSER BOOKLET.l.(A)We were met by the head of the company at the airport.(B)We haw Mrs.Jones was the president of the company,.(C)Mrs.Jones used to be the secretary of the company(D)Mrs.Jones came to see us off at the airport.，2.(A)The board of directors asked about the changes.(B)The board 'of directors decided to invest more on the project.(C)The board of directors approved the revisions.(D)The board of directors could not understand her explanation.3.(A)Many university students prefer soft drinks to fresh fruits.(B)Most of them are first-or-second year college students(C)A number of college students refuse to disclose their identities(D)Not many students are interested in our research projects.4.(A)We decided to sell the car when the oil Prices rose.(B)We should not delay solving the problem of oil prices.(C)We were at a loss as to whether to buy that expensive car or not.(D)We didn't buy a car because of the floating oil prices.5.(A)Most of them are from low-income belies.(B)Most of them are in favor of a tax cut.(C)I know the Congress will veto the tax reform.(D)I propose the tax reform be debated in the Congress.6.(A)Effective self management skills are key to academic and career success.(B)If you spend a lot of time on your school work, you will become a good manager later(C)School work can be time-consuming and is likely to make you feel exhausted after class.(D)Good management calls for more time and energy on the part of the academic staff

7.(A)Mr.Paul White has just been fired.(B)Mr.Paul White has forgotten the woman's name.(C)Mr.Paul White is looking for a job.(D)Mr.Paul White has the woman Promoted.8.(A)I shall give you a discount(B)The crisis is affecting the Whole world.(C)I shall come in my Sunday best.(D)The price is still too high.9.(A)He finished the negotiation in three days.(B)He was on a business trip ten days ago.(C)His toughness cost him three more days.(D)His business trip lasted thirteen days.l0.(A)We are sure that our children will become positive members of the changing society.(B)Children with self esteem can make positive adjustment and achieve career success.(C)Personal goals can be reached with the help of parents who are competent members of the society(D)Parents with confidence will adapt themselves to the changes and accomplish personal goals.2.Talks and Conversations Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations.After each of these, you will hear after questions.Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE when you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question.Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Question8 11--14 l 1.(A)The products were all made from fresh vegetables and fruits(B)The homemade products were actually made in the factory(C)The factory was equipped with the most sophisticated machinery(D)There were homemade fresh vegetables and fruits in the factory l2.(A)You are special.(B)You are natural.(C)You are stupid.(D)You are dumb l3.(A)To better explain how to use that product.(B)To help reduce the promotion cost of that product.(C)To induce more famous people to use that product.(D)To get TV viewers to remember that product.l4.(A)Be easily affected by other products.(B)Be aware of the same kind of product.(C)Stick to that particular product.-(D)Strike a bargain for other products.Questions 15--18 l5.(A)A flight over time zones.(B)A loss of one's characters.(C)A symptom of leg problems.(D)A condition of sleep disorders.l6.(A)Six hours.(B)Seven hours.(C)Eight hours

(D)Nine hours.l7.(A)Avoid junk food, salty foods, caffeine and alcohol.(B)Drink as little water as possible between meals(C)Take drinks with less Sugar, carbonation or caffeine(D)Always have other fluid on the plane.l8.(A)Sleep as soon as possible.(B)Nap even during daytime.(C)Get a good night's sleep.(D)Relax yourself in a cafe.Questions 19--22 l9.(A)He is overweight.(B)He is seriously ill(C)He is down with cold.(D)He is hale and hearty 20.(A)Two

(B)Ten.(C)twenty

(D)Thirty 2l.(A)It is the best

(B)It is nutritious.(C)It is not enough

(D)It is no healthy.22.(A)the man is a heavy smoker(B)The man is rather short.'(C)The man drives a car(D)The man works with a computer.''

Questions 23--26 23.(A)Chainman of the African Club.(B)Chainman of the International Club.(C)Chainman of the Irish Club.(D)Chainman of the Folk Music Club.24.(A)Once a week

(B)Once a month(C)Once a semester

(D)Once a year 25.(A)The minutes of the last meeting.(B)The treasurer's report.(C)The Scottish and Irish Folk Dances.(D)The International Display Week.26.(A)to help the students from the same countries overcome their homesickness and other problems.(B)To set up booths decorated with pictures and things of interest in the respective countries.(C)To recruit anyone who can sew to help make costumes so that every club member can wear their national costume.(D)To teach the American students Scottish and Irish folk dances during the special even of the display.Que8tions 27--30 27.(A)In Bath

(B)In London.(C)In York

(D)In the suburbs.28.(A)Students live in halls residence around the university buildings.(B)Students are encouraged to conduct their independent research project(C)Students first live in halls of residence and then are allowed to move out.(D)Students can share the common rooms with faculty members.29.(A)She couldn't find a room in the residential hall.(B)She could save money to pay for her studies.(C)She could mix well with the local people.(D)She could live in a comfortable house.30.(A)Give her some advice on how to strike a bargain.(B)Introduce her to the local people(C)Help her with the volunteer work.(D)Show her around the ancient cathedral city Part C: Listening and Translation 1.Sentence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English.You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(l)(2)(3)(4)(5)2.Passage Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English.You will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)

SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS(45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you wiIl read several passages.Each passage is followed by several questions based on 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 answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1--5 I came across an old country guide the other day.It listed all the tradesmen in each village in my part of the country,and it was impressive to see the great variety of services which were available on one's own doorstep in the late Victorian countryside.Nowadays a superficial traveler in rural Eng1and might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either selling frozen food to the inhabitants or selling antiques to visitors.Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression.Admittedly there has been a contraction of village commerce, bul its vigor is still remarkable.Our local grocer's shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town.Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news whi1e doing their shopping, instead of queueing up anonymously at a supermarket.And the proprietor knows well that persona1 service has a substantial cash value.His Prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, bu he will deliver anything at any time.His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch hour to take a piece of cheese to an old age pensioner who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing.The more affluent customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour.They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity outside the usual stock and the grocer a red-faced figure, instantly obtains it for them..The village gains from this sort of enterprise, of course.But I also find it satisfactory because a village shop offers one of the few ways in which a modest individualist can still get along in the world without attaching himself to the big battalions of industry or commerce.Most of the village shopkeepers I know, at any rate, are decidedly individualist in their ways.For example, our shoemaker is a formidable figure: a thick-set, irritable man whom children treat with marked respect, knowing that an ill-judged word can provoke an angry eruption at any time.He stares with contempt at the pairs of cheap, mass-produced shoes taken to him for repair: has it come to this, he seems to be saying, that he, a craftsman, should have to waste his skills upon such trash? But we all know he will in fact do excellent work upon them.And he makes beautiful shoes for those who can afford such luxury.1.The services available in villages nowadays are normally_________.(A)fewer but still very active(B)less successful than earlier but managing to survive(C)active in providing food for the village and tourists(D)surprisingly energetic considering the little demand for them 2.The local grocer’s shop is expanding even though________.(A)town shops are more attractive(B)town shops are larger and less well-known(C)people like to shop where they are less well-known(D)people get extra service in townshops 3.How do the village grocer’s assistants feel about delivering goods?

(A)They tend to forget it.(B)They will not consider it.(C)They take it for granted.(D)It does not seem worth their while 4.Another aspect of personal service available in the village shop is that_________.(A)there is a wide range of goos available(B)goods not in stock can be obtained whenever they are needed(C)special attention is given to the needs of wealthier customers(D)goods are always restocked before they run out 5.In what way is the village shoemaker a “formidable figure”?(A)He seems to pay little attention to public opinion.(B)He refuses to mend cheap,mass-produced shoes.(C)He has a very rough temper.(D)He has very high standards of workmanship.Questions 6--10 Drivers on the Basingstoke by-pass used to have their attention diverted by a sign that read—A MOMENT'S INATTENTION CAUSES ACCIDENTS.This self-defeating warning has now been removed, but its message is still very much to the point.Almost anyting can cause an accident.Apart from momentary inattention, it might be a minor miscalculation, a sudden fit of coughing, a bop on the head with a teddy-bear from a child in the back seat, an argument with the wife, fog, falling asleep at the wheel, bad eyesight, a glaring sun, ice, rain, wind, or snow—a1l these can make the difference between a tragic hit and a lucky miss.Although human error plays its part, it is by no means the only cause of accidends.There must be some cause other than simple human error.Road construction plays its part: researchers have found that it is not at the obvious danger spot—sharp corners, cross-roads, narrow lanes—that accidents happen.It is on those roads where there are subtle visual traps, unexpected changes in the shape or surface of the.road, or even insufficient or badly-placed signs.Wherever there is a 'black spot', it means that something is seriously wrong with the road.Why else did the careless driving of so many come out at that particular spot? What the law requires when you have an accident There are, firstly the legal formalities of exchanging names and addresses with others involved in an accident and, in certain cases, informing the police.However, you are required by law to stop after an accident only if: l Somebody other than yourself in or outside your car has been injured.2 A vehicle not your own has been damaged.3 Any horse, cow,donkey,sheep, or dog has been injured.It has been said that if a driver continues unaware of causing injury he must be acquitted.But the courts are wary of that excuse.Furthermore, the driver himself must wait at the scene;it is not enough for him to leave his chauffeur or a friend to attend to the boring formalities while he goes off on more important business.If you have been involved in an accident and have stopped, you must give your name, address, and registration number to anyone who has a good reason for requesting it;this means anyone affected by the accident.If these formalities are complied with it is not necessary to wait for the arrival of the police.It is, however, often wise to do so.The police are expert at drawing plans, taking measurements and photographs and gathering other evidence.In your absence the police could be given a biased story against you;and you yourself migh wam to point out certain features of the accident to the police.6.A MOMENT'S INATTENTION CAUSES ACCIDENTS'(para.l)is a self defeating Warning because______.(A)it will make a driver wait at the scene(B)it will distract the driver's attention(C)it is too difficult to understand(D)it is too long to be read by drivers 7.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A)After an accident you have to give your name to anyone who asks for it.(B)Drivers on the Basingstoke by-pass used to ignore the sign.(C)Road construction problems can be a major cause of accidents.(D)A 'black spot' is a part of the road where there are no signs.8.'Subtle visual traps'(para.3)are ______.(A)places where the police hide in order to trap motorists(B)parts of the road which are deceptive to the driver's eye(C)danger spots such as sharp corners and cross-roads(D)places where there are man road-signs 9.As required by the law, you must stop after an accident, if ______.(A)you have been injured by somebody.(B)your car has been damaged.(C)you have injured somebody else(D)you have witnessed the accident l 0.After an accident it is recommended that you wait for the police because _________.(A)it is against the law to drive off(B)they have to examine your licence and insurance certificate(C)they have to noto the position of your car(D)somebody may give them a false account of the accident

Questions 11--15 Just as word oil scarcity is already causing intemational conflicts, so will the scarcity of water reach a point where wars will break out.The statistics on water are already scary.Already well over l billion people suffer from water shortages and 30 countries get more than a third of their water from outside their borders—an obvious source of disputes and instability especially as the climate changes.The whole of the sub-Saharan Africa, most of South Asia and western South America are most at risk.The reason: the rapid melting of glaciers due to global warning.At the meeting of the coalition of 27 Intemaional charities last month, Gareth Thomas, minister of Intenatonal Development of the British government, wrote to prime minister Gordon Brown demanding action to ensure fresh water to 1.1 billion people with poor supplies.”If we do not act now, the reality is that water supplies may become the subject of international conflict in the years ahead.We need to invest now to prevent us having to pay that price in the future“, Thomas said.The department warned that two-thirds of theword's population will live in water-stressed countries by 2025.The coalition of charities has appealed for a global effort to bring running water to the developing world and supply sanitation to a further 2.6 billion people.It said that international investment is needed now to prevent competition for water to destabilize communities and escalate into conflicts.Tackling the water and sanitation crisis is essential if the Millennium Development Goal Call to Action is to be a success.Otherwise, progress on health, education, and environment sustainability will be undermined.Each year 443 million school days are lost globally to diarrhea and 1.8 million children die from these diseases.In fact, it is often not realized tha investing in sanitation and water brillgs the greatest public health gains, more than any other single development intervention and delivers enormous economic gains.Already, some Asian countries have put tackling these issues at the forefront of theirdevelopment efforts.The Millennium Development Goals aim to halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 20l5.To achieve that urgent action needs to be taken.There is no doubt that climate change is potentially the most important factor affecting water shor tage.This, compounded with a growing and increasingly urbanized global population will put pressure on food and water.For a temperature rise of 2°C, which is likely to happen by 2050, there would be a catastrophic 2 to 3 billion people suffering from water stress.11.What does the author think is primarily responsible for water shortages in the world ?(A)Climate chance.(B)Border dispute.(C)World competition.(D)Political instability 12.According to Gareth Thomas, _______ is the price we have to pay for water shortage if we do not take immediate action.(A)sanitation crisis

(B)intemational conflict(C)global warming

(D)over-urbanization 13.What can the coalition of charities do to prevent competition for water ?(A)Appealing for international investment.(B)Bringing running water to the developing world.(C)Supplying sanitation to billions of water-stressed people.(D)Enhancing world environment sustainability 13.The Millennium Development Goals aim to_______ in the near future.(A)tackle the water and sanitation crisis(B)yield economic gains as well as public health gains(C)mak progress on health, education and environment sustainability(D)provide more people with clean drinking water 15.According to the passage, what will add to water shortage ?(A)Oil scarcity.(B)A drop in temperature(C)A growing population.(D)Reduced food supply

Questions 16.-20 Parenting was never a piece of cake in any age, but probably the greatest source of headache for parents today in Japan is the ubiquitous cellphone.Today, 96 percent of senior high school students and 58 percent of junior high school students have cellphones.Even among primary school children, 3l percent have them.By enabling youngsters to stay connected with their parents at all times, these gadgets help to keep children safe.For the kids, they are fun toys, too, that let them text to or chat with their pals whenever they wat, play Intemet games, and enjoy blogging for their own profile and diary purposes.But terrible dangers lurk beneath all that fun and convenience.Every year about l,000 children become involved in rape and other crimes through dating service sites.Violent and obscene images are only a couple of clicks away.On gakkoura saito, or so-called unofficial school websites where kids can post whatever they want, anyone can fall victim to brutal ''verbal mob lynching” by their peers.Amid today's urgent need to address these problems, the government’s Meeting on Education Rebuilding has issued a report.In response to the Prime Minister's recent comments---“I carmot think of one good reason for(letting youngsters)have a cellphone“ and ”I would like everyone to discuss whether cellphones are really necessary:“----the report recommended that ”parents, guardians, schools and all parties concerned should cooperate among themselves, so that elementary school pupils and junior high school students do not have a cellphone unless there is a compelling reason for them to do so.“ But since many parents believe in the necessity of cellphones as a safety tool, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to do away with them.Rather, it would make more sense for guardians, schools and cellphone companies to consider, from their respective standpoints,how cellphones should be used by children.We suggest that parents sit down with their offspring and talk about their “houserules”for cellphone use.For instance, sct the hours allowed, so the kids won't be texting to their friends late into the night, remind them never to give away personal information online, and so on..But there are limits to what individual families can do, and this is where we also suggest that schools should educate their pupils on the dangers of cellphone use.One way to go about this, for instance, may be for each class to set its own rules on sending e-mail messages.16.The word ”ubiquitous"(para.l)is closest in meaning to ________.(A)updated

(B)sophisticated(C)prevalent

(D)obsolete 17.Many parents let their kids have cellphones because they ________.(A)want their kids to keep up with the IT World(B)can't think of anything better for their kids to have fun(C)don't want their kids to miss 'what other kids have(D)believe cellphones endble them to stay connected 18.Which of the following is NOT the potential risk kids may face when using cellphones?(A)Involvement in rape-related crime(B)Exposure to violent and obscene images(C)Falling victim to brutal curses.(D)Being tracked down by unofficial school websites.19.The report issued by the government’s Meeting on Education Rebuilding______.(A)recommended minimizing the use of cellphones among kids(B)suggested setting “house rules” for cellphone use

(C)urged parents to remind their children about ce1lphone use(D)pressed schools to educate their pupils on the dangers of cellphone use 20.What is the main idea of the passage?(A)Parents neglect to protect their kids from cellphones.(B)Parenting with cellphones is a source of headache.(C)Cellphones should be banned from campus.(D)Kids need lessons on the uses of cellphones Question 21--25 Extract I A stylish dining room with cream walls and curtains and black carpet as perfect foil to an eclectic array of furniture.Many of the pieces are classics of their particular era, and demonstrate how old and new designs can be happily mixed together Thc prototype chair in the foreground has yet to prove its staying power and was thought up by the flat's occupant.He is pictured in his living room which has the same decorative theme and is linked to the dining room by a high Medieval-styled archway where was once a redundant and uninspiring fireplace.Extract 2 Old bathrooms often contain a great deal of ugly pipework in need of disguising.This can either be done by boxing in the exposed pipes, or by fitting wood paneling over them.As wood paneling can be secured over almost anyting---including oid ceramic tiles and chipped walls---is an effective way of disguising pipework as well as being an attractive form of decoration.The paneling can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal.An alternative way to approach the problem of exposed pipes is to actually make them a feature of the room by picking the pipework out in bright strong colours.Extract 3 Cooking takes second place in this charming room which, with its deep armchairs, is more of a sitting room than a kitohen, and th6 ntw RaybUm stove as a good choice, as it blends in well with the old brick and beamed fireplace.There are no fitted units or built-in appliances, so all food preparation is done at the big farmbouse table in the foreground;and the china, pots and pans have been deliberately left on show to make an attractive display.What about the kitchen sink? It's hidden away behind an archway which leads into a small scullery.Here there's a second cooker and---in the best farmhouse tradition---a huge walk-in larder for all food storage.2l.Why is the colour of the carpet described in Extract l a particular advantage?(A)It livens up the colour in an otherwise dull room.(B)It provides a contrast to the furniture.(C)It blends in with the tones of the furniture.(D)It gives the room a classical style.22.What is the purpose of the archway described in Extract 1 ?(A)To hide an unattractive fireplace.(B)To give the room an exotic eastem style.(C)To join the dining room with the sitting room(D)To make room for the unusual seating arrangements.23.Extract 2 is probably taken from ________.(A)an architect's blueprint(B)a plumber’s manual

(C)a home renovation magazine(D)an advertisement for new bathrooms 24.Extracts 2 and 3 deal with _________.(A)old and classic furniture(B)attractive colour schemes(C)cheap improvement schemes(D)home decoration 25.Compared with Extract l the room described in Extract 3 appears to _______.(A)be more comfortable(B)be more colourful(C)contain more furniture(D)posspss a greater variety of style Questions26--30,.Large parts of the world have not enjoyed the remarkale global progress in health conditions that have taken place over the past century.Indeed, millions of deaths in impoverished nations are avoidable with prevention and treatment options that the rich world already uses.This year, l0 million children will die in low-and middle-income countries.If child death rates were the same as those in developed countries this figuer would be lower than 1 million.Conversely, if child death rates were those of rich countries just 100 years ago, the figure would be 30 million.Today's tools for improving health are so powerful and inexpensive that health conditions could be reasonably good even in poor countries if policy makers spent even relatively little in the right places.Recent research for the Copeghagen Consensus idenifies several highly cost-effective options that would tackle some of the planet's most urgent health problems.The most promising investment is in tuberculosis treatment.Some 90 percent of the l.6 million tuberculosis deaths in 2003 occurred in low-and middle-income countries.Because tuberculosis affects working-age people, it can be a trigger of household poverty.The comerstone of control is prompt treatment using first-line drugs, which doesn't require a sophisticated health system.Spending $l billion on tuberculosis treatment in a year would save l million lives.Because good health accompanies higher levels of national economic welfare in the long run, the economic benefits are worth $30 billion.The second most cost-effective investment is tackling hewt disease.Heart disease migh not seem like a pressing issue for poor nations, but it represents more than a quarter of their death toll.Measures to reduce risk factors other than smoking--high intake or saturated animal fat, obesity, binge drinking of alcohol, physical inactivity , and low fruit and vegetable consumption--have had little success.Treating acute heart attacks with inexpensive drugs is, however, cost-effective.Spending $200 million could avert several hundred thousand deaths, yielding benefits that are 25 times higher than costs.The third option is prevention and treatment of malaria.A billion dollars would expand the provision of insecticide-treated bed-nets and facilitate provision of highly effective treatment.This would save more than a million child deaths and produce economic benefits worth $20 billion.The fourth altermative for policymakers is to focus on child health initiatives.The best measures are familiar ones expanding immunization coverage, promoting breasfeeding, increasing the use of simple and cheap treatments for diarrhea and childhood pneumonia, and so on.Even if the costs of all these initiatives were two or three times higher than we estimate, these efforts would still provide amazing opportunities to reduce health inequality and do good in the world.26.Over the past century, the child death rates hatve _________.(A)climbed steadily in impoverished countries(B)dropped remarkably in developed countries(C)fluctuated wildly in low-incoine countries(D)remained stable in middle-income countries 27.The most effective investment is in the treatment for ________.(A)tuberculosis(B)heart disease(C)malaria(D)diarrhea 28.All of the following could be the contributing factors to heart disease EXCETP________.(A)heavy smoking(B)binge drinking(C)saturated animal fat intake(D)vegetable consumption 29.According to the author, if $ l billion were invested in the prevention and treatment of heart discase, whih of the following economic benefits would be produced?(A)$20 billion.(B)$25 billion.(C)$30 billion.(D)$35 billion.30.What would be the best title for this passage ?(A)Best Options for Tackling World’s Killer Diseases.(B)Cost-effective Investment in Impoverished Nations.(C)Health Inequality between Developed and Developing Countries.(D)Earth’s Killer Diseases: Tuberculosis, HeartAttak and Malaria...SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST(1)(30 minutes)Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corrsponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.In a normal recession, the to-do list is clear.Copies of Keynes are dusted off, the Fed lowers interest rates, the president and Congress cut taxes and hike spending.In time, purchasing, production and loans perk up, and Keynes is placed back on the shelf.No larger alterations to the economy are made, because our economy, but for the occasional bump in the road, is fundamentally sound.This has been the drill in every recession since World War II.Republicans and Democrats argue over whose taxes should be cut the most and which projects should be funded, but under public pressure to do something, they usually find some mutually acceptable midpoint and enact a stimulus package.Even in today's hyperpartisan Washington, the odds still favor such a deal.This time, though, donâ€™t expect that to be the end of the story-----because the coming recession will not be normal, and our economy is not fundamentally sound.This time around, the nation will have to craft new versions of some of the reforms that Franklin Roosevelt created to steer the nation out of the Great Depression.SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST(2)(30 minutes)Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.钟表上的秒针一下一下地移动，每移动一下就是表示我们的寿命已经缩短了一部分。再看看墙上挂着的可以一张张撕下的日历，每天撕下一张就是表示我们的寿命又缩短了一天。因为时间即生命。

没有人不爱惜他的生命，但很少人珍视他的时间。如果想在有生之年做一点什么事，学一点什么学问，充实自己，帮助别人，使生命成为有意义，不虚此生，那么就不可浪费光阴。这个道理人人都懂，可是很少人能积极不懈地善为利用他的时间。

Sentence Translation 1.请不要挂断，先留个言，我一会儿打回过去。现在我必须静静地先集中精力看一下这些数字

2.这家公司有1500万美元的注册资金，主营各类数码产品的进出口。

3.今天伦敦市场股价骤跌，随之华尔街也遭受了巨大损失，金融银行的股价遭受重创。

4.健康的身体和锻炼是紧密相连的，但这并不是全部。保持身体健康还需要吃好、睡好和良好的自我感觉。

5.很多年轻人梦想成为名模，苗条是她们非常渴望的。为了减肥，她们不吃东西。Passage Translation

1.美国商人经常利用社交场合来做生意，最好的例子就是商务午餐，可以用来争取客户、扩大影响、讨论并解决内部分歧，甚至面试未来的员工。很多面试工作都是在商务午餐中完成的。商务午餐通常持续一到两个半小时，在餐厅中举行，那里安静宜人，适合进行私人谈话。

2.世界人口密度不断加大，越来越多的人带来的压力也不断增加。专家认为，我们正在接近地球所能有效供养的人口的极限，因此应该进行人口计划控制。也有人认为这样会危及到人类的未来，通常高智商人群生育的孩子比较少。因此，有人担忧，这会引起人类整体智力水平的下降。

Section 2 1-5 ABCCC 6-10 BCBCD

11-15 ABADC 16-20 CDDAD

21-25 CCBDC 26-30 BADBA

Section 3平常的经济萧条一旦来临，大家都明确应该马上着手做哪些事情：重新翻开尘封已久的凯恩斯的著作，联邦政府调低利息率，总统和国会开始减税，增加财政支出。用不了多久，市场上购销两旺，生产线生机勃勃，贷款扶摇而上，于是乎，凯恩斯的书又回了书架。不需要对经济体制做重大的改革，要知道我们的经济固然偶尔会有一点磕磕碰碰，从根本上说还是健康的。第二次世界大战以后，每次萧条一来，我们都这样如法炮制。

关于哪个阶层应该减税最多，哪些计划可以得到政府资金援助，共和党人和民主党人一直都争论不休。不过，公众舆论自然会要求他们有所作为，因此他们也往往能找到双方都可接受的中间路线，共同推动一个经济刺激的一揽子计划。就算在今天的华盛顿，两党意见空前分歧，我们依然相信，两党都能接受的计划最终一定会出台。然而这次，我们不能指望事情就能就此了结--因为

这一次到来的萧条非比寻常，我们的经济从根本上说也已经不健康。这一次，这个国家需要一些富兰克林·罗斯福的改革手段，并将他们进行更新。在当年的大萧条中，这些改革扭转了乾坤。

Section 4

Our life is shortened by every tick of the second hand of the clock.Each page peeled away from the wall calendar marks a bygone day.Time is life, while life is cherished by everybody, but time, by few.How can we achieve something in our brief life? To learn some knowledge!To replenish ourselves!To help those in need!To add significance to our life!Time should not be squandered if we want to make our life meaningful(to get a lot out of our life).This principle is accepted by all, but wisely observed by very few.1.round, flat cakes

2.German immigrants 3.their name 4.claim

5.clear answer 6.great hit

7.fast, practical and cheap

8.in the 1920s 9.5 cents each

10.drive-in restaurant

11.popular menu items 12.conquer

13.hot dog stand 14.spring up

15.sold 12 hamburgers 16.US culture 17.60% 18.7%

19.according to the times

20.a fish burger

Statements

1-5 ACBDB 6-10 ACDDB Talks

Conversations

11-14 BADC 15-18 DACC 19-22 ABDB 23-26 BCDA 27-30 BACD

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