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2010年9月中级口译真题

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.

British people are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 50 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you'll know where ___________ (1) goes. However, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of ___________ (2) and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a ___________ (3).

Although tea is available in more places than ever, it remains to be _____________ (4) of a typical British family.

If you are invited to an English home,

_____________ (5) in the morning you get a cup of tea. It is either brought in by a heartily _____________ (6) or an almost malevolently silent maid. When you are _____________ (7) in your sweetest morning sleep you must not say: 'Go away, you _____________ (8).' On the contrary, you have to declare with your best five o'clock smile: 'Thank you very much. I _____________ (9) a cup of tea, especially in the morning.' If they leave you alone with the liquid you may pour it _____________ (10)!

Then you have ___________ (11); then you have tea at 11 o'clock in the morning; _____________ (12); then you have tea for tea; then after supper; and again at eleven o'clock _____________ (13).

You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the _____________ (14): if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are _____________ (15); if you are nervous; if you are watching TV; _____________ (16); if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it;

if you have had no tea ______________ (17); if you have just had a cup.

You definitely must not ______________ (18). I sleep at five o'clock in the morning; I have coffee for breakfast; I drink innumerable _____________ (19) during the day; I have the _____________ (20) even at tea-time!

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 ANSWER BOOKLET.

1. (A) The program on Channel Eight reminds me of TV commercials.

(B) The product advertised in the TV

commercial cannot help cure my illness.

(D) I have to sit on the sofa, because I am too sick to stand in front of the television.

2. (A) The plane arrived at 7:30.

(B) The plane arrived at 8:00.

(D) The plane arrived at 10:00.

3. (A) I'll ask someone else to read and check this agreement for errors.

(B) I'll think more about the agreement before making a decision.

(D) It's out of question that I should get into any agreement with you.

4. (A) The better members decided to cancel the meeting.

(B) Less than half of the committee was away on business trips.

this morning's committee meeting……

(D) The meeting was cancelled because of low attendance.

5.(A) Supermarkets in the inner city and the suburbs are usually owned by the same company.

(B) Products in grocery stores are more expensive than those in supermarkets.

(D) People prefer to shop in supermarkets, which are mostly located in the suburbs, with free parking space.

6. (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.

(B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.

higher education institutions.

(D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.

7. (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.

(B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring in liberal arts is declining.

(D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.

8. (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.

(B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.

(D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.

9. (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.

(B) We'd better draft and then sign a written agreement.

(D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.

10. (A) I don't think you have more to say on that topic.

(B) I think we'd better talk about that in detail sometime later.

(D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.

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 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 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 11-14

11. (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five

12. (A) A profit-making private school.

(B) A non-profit-making independent school.

(D) A secondary school that is open to the majority of British students.

13. (A) Many children are no longer placed in schools according to their academic abilities.

(B) Many children can afford to study in private schools, as they become part of the state system.

(D) Cleverer children will be sent to the best private schools in the country for a better development.

14. (A) Clever and less bright children will mix well with each other.

(B) School authorities will receive more funds from the government.

(D) Every child will have an equal opportunity to go on to higher education.

Questions 15-18

15. (A) One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.

(B) One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.

(D) One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories

16. (A) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary

(B) The American Heritage Dictionary

(D) The Drinking Water Dictionary

17. (A) It lists abbreviations, proper nouns, and tables of measures.

(B) It is an unabridged edition providing as many as 500,000 entries.

(D) It provides detailed information of famous people and places.

18. (A) A school dictionary. (B) A college dictionary.

Questions 19-22

19. (A) He's bought his wife a present. (B) He's missed an important phone call.

20. (A) Talking about the latest fashion.

(B) Offering special reductions.

(D) Pressing on the customer to make a decision.

21. (A) Upside down and inside out. (B) Inside out and back to front.

22. (A) A V-necked pullover with short sleeves.

(B) A high-necked pullover with long sleeves.

(D) A blue pullover with a high neck.

Questions 23-26

23. (A) That of a creator. (B) That of a re-creator.

24. (A) Because we need to concentrate for our quiet thought.

(B) Because we want to give full attention to the driving.

(D) Because we intend to be as casual as possible in the driving.

25. (A) In the elevator. (B) In the car.

26. (A) By perceptive and analytical listening.

(B) By taking a sonic bath.

(D) By listening to an emotional piece of music.

Questions 27-30

27. (A) His grandfather's house. (B) His parents' remarks.

28. (A) Enjoying visiting zoos. (B) Driving a car.

museum.

29. (A) It died a few years ago. (B) It killed several tourists.

30. (A) No one has provided an accurate description of the animal.

(B) No dead bodies of the animal have ever been found.

(D) The lake is not deep enough for such a huge animal.

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.

(1)

(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 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)

（2）

We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action

replace a thousand men.

Industrial automation has moved along three lines. First there is the conveyor belt system of continuous production whereby separate operations are linked into a single sequence. The goods produced by this well-established method are untouched by the worker, and the machine replaces both unskilled and semiskilled. Secondly, there is automation with feedback control of the quality of the product: here mechanisms are built into the system which can compare the output with a norm, that is, the actual product with what it is supposed to be, and then correct any shortcomings. The entire cycle of operations dispenses with human control except in so far as monitors are concerned. One or two examples of this type of automation will illustrate its immense possibilities. There is a factory in the U.S.A. which makes 1,000 million electric light bulbs a year, and the factory employs three hundred people. If the preautomation

techniques were to be employed, the labour force required would leap to 25,000. A motor manufacturing company with 45,000 spare parts regulates their entire supply entirely by computer. Computers can be entrusted with most of the supervision of industrial installations, such as chemical plants or oil refineries. Thirdly, there is computer automation, for banks, accounting departments, insurance companies and the like. Here the essential features are the recording, storing, sorting and retrieval of information.

The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their vastly greater speed of operation by comparison with unaided human effort; a task which otherwise might take years, if attempted at all, now takes days or hours.

One of the most urgent problems of industrial societies rapidly introducing automation is how to fill the time that will be made free by the machines which will take over

the tasks of the workers. The question is not simply of filling empty time but also of utilizing the surplus human energy that will be released. We are already seeing straws in the wind: destructive outbursts on the part of youth whose work no longer demands muscular strength. While automation will undoubtedly do away with a large number of tedious jobs, are we sure that it will not put others which are equally tedious in their place? For an enormous amount of sheer monitoring will be required. A man in an automated plant may have to sit for hours on and watching dials and taking decisive action when some signal informs him that all is not well. What meaning will his occupation bear for the worker? How will he devote his free time after a four or five hour stint of labour? Moreover, what, indeed, will be the significance for him of his leisure? If industry of the future could be purged of its monotony and meaninglessness, man would then be better equipped to use his leisure time constructively.

16. The main purpose of automation is _________.

(A) to devise the machine which could replace the semi-skilled

(B) to process information as fast as possible

(D) to make an individual man perform many different actions

17. The chief benefit of computing machines is ________.

(A) their greater speed of operation

(B) their control of the product quality

(D) their supervision of industrial installations

18. One of the problems brought about by automation in industrial societies is _________.

(A) plenty of information

(B) surplus human energy

(D) less leisure time

19. Which of the following best explains the use of 'stint' (para.4)?

(A) Effort.

(B) Force.

(D) Period.

20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

(A) There is no automation with feedback control of the quality of the product.

(B) Computers are reliable in any supervision of industrial installations.

(D) Automation will undoubtedly eliminate numerous tedious jobs.

Questions 21-25

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