高级口译（笔试）-试卷41及答案解析.doc

1、高级口译（笔试）-试卷 41及答案解析(总分：212.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING TEST(总题数：8，分数：80.00)1.SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST_2.Part A Spot DictationDirections: 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 th

2、e tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE._In Australia, reports about Aboriginal people often make for depressing reading. Just a few days ago, the latest official report oh the community documented increases in child a

3、buse, and 1 than that of other Australians. But on a pair of remote islands off 2 the continent, Aboriginal life is very different. From the outside, the church 3. It was built in the 1930s and its white timber walls dazzle in the tropical sunshine. 4 and ancient mango trees provide shade at one end

4、. At the top of 5 is the front door. Its only when you enter that you realise this is no ordinary place of worship. 6 is decorated with an extraordinary array of Aboriginal art work. The walls are covered in 7, and above them is a parade of animalsstingrays, crocodiles, turtles and pelicans. Theres

5、a painting of 8 being held aloft by a bearded tribesman flanked by two 9. The warrior wears a head dress and a red loincloth. In front of that is a tabernacle made of 10. The most unusual of churches is the focal point of the tiny town of Nguiu, on Bathurst Island. Bathurst and neighbouring Melville

6、 are together known as the Tiwi islands. They lie 11, the capital of the Northern Territory. “My people have lived on the islands forever,“ John Munkara, 12, tells me. “We were isolated for so long that were different to the Aborigines 13.“ So different, in fact, that the Tiwis knew neither the didg

7、eridoo nor the boomerang, 14 believed they were the only people on earth. In the past, the only contact the Tiwis had with the tribes across the water was when they 15 and carried out raids to steal women. These days relations are a bit more genial, but the two and a half thousand Tiwis are still ve

8、ry different from their mainland cousins. 16 as soon as you set foot on the islands. In a lot of Aboriginal communities theres 17. You can hardly blame themcrime, domestic violence, unemployment and poor health are huge problems for many indigenous people. On the Tiwis, though, people smile as soon

9、as they see you. 18, adults wave and theres a real warmth in the welcome. Part of the reason is that the supply of alcohol is strictly controlled. The only place you can get a drink is the towns social club. The other reason for the 19 is their isolation. They have a long history of repelling outsid

10、ersfirst Macassan traders who 20, or beche-de-mer, and then Dutch explorers. The British established a settlement here in the 1820s but disease, the heat and the hostility of the locals drove them away after five years.（分数：40.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填

11、空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_4.Part B Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONC

12、E. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET._A.Not mentioned.B.Two.C.Five.D.None.A.In the Continent.B.Outside Europe.C.In the Italy.D.In the USA.A.Chair of Fla

13、xco.B.Chief Production Officer (CPO).C.Vice President (Accounting).D.General Sales Manager.A.Flaxco has focused all its manufacturing facilities in Europe.B.Flaxco has concentrated its resources and efforts on high-end medicines.C.Flaxcos biggest research and development efforts are in the UK.D.Flax

14、co is expanding its basic research activity in some countries like USA and Italy.A.In a campaign debate.B.In a telephone briefing.C.At a press conference.D.At a shareholders meeting.A.John Edwards.B.Barack Obama.C.Hillary Clinton.D.Not clear yet.A.They showed their hearts to their slain enemies.B.Th

15、ey decorated the commanders office with human entrails.C.They sliced open the stomachs of pregnant women.D.They charged pregnant women for predicting the sex of the unborn child.A.Before President Vladimir Putin was quoted yesterday.B.When US implements its plan to build a missile defense shield nea

16、r Russias borders.C.When Washington had started it and all the parties involved are all ready to keep the consequences.D.Before a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany on June 6.A.The Fair Russia party shall be headed by the future speaker of the Federation Council.B.The upper house of parliament sh

17、all call for its members to join Fair Russia.C.It will be reorganized into a public organization called the Peoples Front of Fight Against Corruption.D.Gennady Gudkov shall hold the partys last congress in its six-year history to announce the decision to all the members.A.MyastheniaB.Human Immunodef

18、iciency VirusC.Pulmonary TuberculosisD.ImpaludismA.They want democracy.B.They want a reliable government.C.They want the entire Lebanese to join the revolution.D.They want the Syrian army to leave Lebanon.A.The assassination of the popular former prime minister months ago.B.The United States is enco

19、uraging democracy by challenging Syria.C.God bless Lebanese people and their alliance, the USA.D.The Cedar Revolution started a fashion in Lebanon that people all speak out.A.The freedom and the democracy.B.The makeshift encampment.C.Money, food and happiness.D.Good weather in the desert.A.To decora

20、te the wall.B.To wash his face.C.To show his willingness.D.To make the smell better.A.Influencing Iraq.B.Lighting candles in the Square.C.Marching.D.Demonstrating against Syria.A.A collaboratory is an environment where people use and find many of the resources for inquiry learning.B.A collaboratory

21、is an environment where people can share resources and information.C.A collaboratory is an environment where people can make unlimited copies of digital resources.D.A collaboratory is an environment where only a few copies of any given resource were available.A.A specific circle of interest.B.Instru

22、ctors interested in inquiry learning.C.Netizens and their peers.D.The preservation of digital resources.A.Exchange information on dates.B.Perform computations.C.A means of communication.D.Process data.A.It could be complicated to make units easy to use and understand.B.It might be intertwined with s

23、ome other points the speaker wants to talk about.C.People have to address the difficulty in adding hundreds more.D.It is hard to imagine what the form would look like then.A.The types of things members of a collaboratory can do.B.The reason why a collaboratory is a community, not a set of technologi

24、es.C.The immediate and future benefits of belonging to collaboratory.D.Description and terminology of a collaboratory.二、READING TEST(总题数：5，分数：50.00)5.SECTION 2 READING TESTDirections: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choos

25、e 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 tile letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.（分数：10.00）_Of all the troubles that US tr

26、oops may face when they come home, getting their old jobs back should not be one. Uncle Sam supposedly took care of that with a law saying civilians turned soldiers cannot be fired for serving their countryor denied the right to sue in federal court.That is why returning veterans should hear the sto

27、ry of Michael Garrett. Thirteen years ago, Captain Garrett of the US Marine Corps traded his camouflage utility uniform for the business-casual dress of a Circuit City service manager. The electronics company was booming, and Garrett could still get his dose of a soldiers life as a member of the Mar

28、ine Reserve. For almost a decade, Garrett ascended the companys ranks. But in October 2002, with war in Iraq near certain, his bosses asked whether he would go on active duty, according to Garrett. He said it was possible, and within weeks, the sniping began: his department took too long with repair

29、s, one boss said, and its work was sometimes shoddy. Then, on March 17two days before the US invaded IraqGarrett got fired. The company declined to comment, saying only that it “supported the mission and values of the United States Armed Forces“. But Garrett said the timing was no coincidence: he lo

30、st his job because of his military status. If true, that would violate a 1994 federal law. So Garrett sued Circuit City, only to see it spring yet another surprise. Garrett, the company said, had to take his case to private arbitration, a quasi-legal process offering sharply limited rights. Garrett

31、acknowledged that his employment contract required arbitration, but he argued that the 1994 Act overrode the contract. A federal judge in Dallas agreed in 2004, just before Garrett was activated for a 10-month tour in the Horn of Africa. Last year, though, the US Court of Appeals in New Orleans reve

32、rsed that decision, becoming the first court to rule that a contract crafted to help employers trump the law designed to protect the rights of veterans. “That just blows me away,“ says Garrett, whose case heads for arbitration. No one knows how many veterans are in a similar bind, but the numbers ar

33、e substantialand will grow as more troops return home. Complaints under the 1994 Act have increased steadily, to more than 1,500 in 2006 from about 800 in 2001. Some have become lawsuits, and employers may have tried to steer many toward arbitration, since about one-fifth of US companies require the

34、 procedure for workplace disputes. In defense of employers, its not easy reserving jobs for workers called to active duty. But Congress judged that the cost was worth the peace of mind of citizen soldiers, willing to sacrifice their time and perhaps lives to the military. Like predecessor statutes d

35、ating from 1940, the 1994 Acts broad protections rest on the promise of a federal jury trialwith rights to evidence, a fair hearing and an appealif an employer fails to comply. Companies like Circuit City say binding arbitration is faster and cheaper than going to court, though studies have cast dou

36、bt on both claims. What really bugs employees are the rights they lose in arbitrationand the apparent bias of arbitrators. There are strict limits on gathering evidence for arbitration hearings, and it is virtually impossible to appeal them. Arbitrators dont necessarily have to follow the law, and s

37、tudies suggest they favor companies that regularly hire them. Still, the courts generally uphold arbitration clauses unless a law makes absolutely clear that the employee can go to court, arbitration be damned. That pretty much describes the 1994 Act, as three federal courts have ruled. But the magi

38、c of law is that even federal judges can give it surprising twists, as the court of appeals judges did in Garretts case. Sure, they explained, the Act says the rights it grants cant be limited. But the judges said that referred to “substantive rights“ like the guarantee of a job. Whether such rights

39、 are enforced in court or arbitration, the judges thought, is just a matter of process. Its hard to believe, though, that Congress thought a second-class justice system like arbitration was just as good as the federal courts for veterans. As Bob Goodman, Garretts lawyer, says, “Taking away the Seven

40、th Amendment right to a jury trial is no way to treat the troops.“ Or to welcome them home.（分数：10.00）(1).The case of Michael Garrett is mentioned in the passage to_.（分数：2.00）A.show that a large number of returned veterans are at the risk of losing their jobsB.condemn Circuit City companys unjustifie

41、d dismission of its peopleC.introduce the issue of conflicts between American companies and their staffD.to explain why veterans are getting fired by their companies(2).The word “quasi-legal“ in the sentence “Garrett, the company said, had to take his case to private arbitration, a quasi-legal proce

42、ss offering.“ (Para. 6) is closest in meaning to_.（分数：2.00）A.standardB.privateC.subordinateD.almost but not completely legal(3).Which of the following is NOT in the defense of employers?（分数：2.00）A.US Court of Appeals in New Orleans.B.The 1994 Act.C.American Congress.D.Federal courts.(4).All of the f

43、ollowing statements is true about arbitration EXCEPT that_.（分数：2.00）A.it is not of the first-class justice systemB.it is very limited in protecting employees rightsC.arbitrators always take a neutral stand in this processD.it is preferred by both employers and employees(5).By saying that “Taking awa

44、y the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial is no way to treat the troops.“ (the last paragraph), Bob Goodman means that_.（分数：2.00）A.the Seventh Amendment could never be taken away from the ConstitutionB.the Seventh Amendment right is intended to protect the interests of veteransC.veterans are not

45、 so well treated under the Seventh Amendment as expectedD.it is not justifiable to deny the federal jury trial that provide broad protection for employeesIn early June, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)the club of the worlds wealthy and almost wealthy nationsreleased a

46、 208-page document perversely titled Pensions at a Glance. Inside is a rundown of how generous OECD members are to their burgeoning ranks of retirees. The US is near the bottom, with the average wage earner able to count on a government-mandated pension for just 52.4% of what he got (after taxes) in

47、 his working daysand higher-income workers even less. But the picture at the other end of the scale (dominated by Continental Europe) is misleading. Most of these governments havent put aside money for pensions. As the ranks of retirees grow and workforces do not, countries will have to either renege on commitments or tax the hides off future workers. What the OECD data seem to suggest is that you can run a retirement plan thats fiscally sou