上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟51及答案解析.doc

1、上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟 51 及答案解析(总分：300.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1 LISTENING (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A Spot Dictatio(总题数：1，分数：30.00)Self-esteem is the combination of 1 the conviction that you 2 cope with life“s challenges and are worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is the way you talk to yourself about yourself.

2、Self-esteem has two interrelated aspects; it entails a sense of 3 and a sense of personal worth. It is the 4 self-confidence and self-respect. It is the conviction that one is competent to live and 5 Our self-esteem and self-image are developed by 6 All of us have conscious and unconscious memories

3、of all the times 7 they are part of the 8 of childhood. This is where the critical voice gets started. Everyone has a 9 . People with low self-esteem simply have a more vicious and demeaning inner voice. Psychologists say that almost every aspect of our livesour personal happiness, success, relation

4、ships with others, 10 are dependent on 11 . The more we have, the better we deal with things. 12 is important because when people experience it, they feel good and look good, they are 13 , and they respond to other people and themselves in healthy, positive, growing ways. People who have positive se

5、lf-esteem know that they are 14 , and they care about themselves and other people. They do not have to 15 by tearing other people down or 16 competent people. Our background largely determines what we will become in personality and more importantly in self-esteem. Where do 17 come from? Many come fr

6、om our families, since more than 80% of our waking hours up to the age of eighteen are spent 18 . We are who we are because of where we“ve been. We build Our own brands of self-esteem 19 : fate, the positive things life offers, the negative things life offers and our own decisions about 20 , the pos

7、itives and the negatives. （分数：30.00）三、Part B Listening Com(总题数：4，分数：20.00)Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation. （分数：5.00）A.They have been accustomed to being obedient to their parents and teachers.B.They naturally do not need instant gratification before starting to do anything.C

8、.They know they must sit down and work hard before making any progress.D.They are repeatedly told by their parents, friends and neighbors to do so.A.The students can solve a given problem but cannot find the problem themselves.B.They have been disciplined to be willing to work and make good grades.C

9、.They are generally too timid and too lacking in imagination to ask questions.D.They are not bold and creative enough to break the widely accepted rules.A.In making children see things immediately and to the point.B.In training children to follow automatically the rules already given.C.In getting ch

10、ildren to learn things that require their steady efforts.D.In keeping children quiet, determined and not making jumps.A.Because the latter are not restrained from making imaginative leaps in their study.B.Because American culture is too young for people to realize the significance of learning.C.Beca

11、use the latter have the individual spirit which soars beyond the accepted boundary.D.Because most American people have shown an increasingly great respect for learning.A.Solely to explain why American kids today are impatient to learn.B.To illustrate in some way that this idea is not correct for edu

12、cation.C.To stress the basic difference between American and Chinese culture.D.To analyze the problems existing in American culture and education.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. （分数：5.00）A.95.B.195.C.226.D.251.A.The military rule in the country.B.The government“s decision to priva

13、tize the banking sector.C.The shortage of food at the detention centre.D.The detention without trial.A.When the plane was trying to take off.B.When the plane was landing.C.When the plane was flying across the Cuban-Ecuadorean border.D.When the plane was caught in a storm.A.Electronic commerce will r

14、eplace traditional ways of doing business in 20 years“ time.B.Electronic commerce would only supplement traditional ways of doing businesses.C.Electronic commerce is not suitable for their businesses.D.Electronic commerce has to be improved to handle day-to-day transactions.A.Violence is becoming wo

15、rse over the past week.B.Police used rubber bullets against the looters.C.Looting of ethnic Chinese houses is continuing.D.Troops shot and killed hundreds of rioters.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. （分数：5.00）A.Steel production in the third world.B.Economics about the develope

16、d countries.C.Grain trade in northern Europe.D.Cereal production in tropical areas.A.To experience a flood disaster at first hand.B.To study grain trade.C.To make a lecture tour.D.To attend an international conference on grain production.A.She took ferries.B.She had to hire a boat from the locals.C.

17、She walked without any shoes.D.She managed to drive a van.A.Snake bites.B.Big black ants.C.Worms fleeing from the floods.D.A fatal epidemic disease.A.The government organized relief in conjunction with international charities.B.The government brought down grain prices by selling its stock on the ope

18、n market.C.The merchants managed to keep their stock of grain safe from the flood water.D.The merchants pushed up grain prices twice as much in some areas.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. （分数：5.00）A.A metropolitan city.B.Seaside beaches.C.A mountainous area.D.Beautiful lakes.A.Bec

19、ause the English people enjoy comparatively cheap accommodation there.B.Because a boarding-house can offer bed and breakfast.C.Because the English people would like to experience the different events from the usual hotels or restaurants.D.Because there are whole streets of boarding-houses in most be

20、auty spots.A.Central building halls.B.Dancing halls.C.Holiday camps.D.Swimming pools.A.In the past decade, more and more local people are encouraged to buy the surplus of cottages.B.Thanks to the development of modern transportation, the town people are willing to buy the unwanted cottages.C.The pri

21、ce of these cottages has risen so much that nobody can afford to buy them.D.Cottage owners often let the houses in winter but sometimes spend the weekend there.A.The British may be said to be conservative, but they are always pioneers in travelling far away.B.Many English men, women and children wou

22、ld like to choose the travelling destinations in the continental Europe now.C.Some English people prefer group travels and hotel booking arranged by travel agency when having an outing.D.The British people devote themselves to sight-seeing when they are away and purchases are of little importance to

23、 them.四、SECTION 2 READING TE(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Questions 15 We had been wanting to expand our children“s horizons by taking them to a place that was unlike anything we“d been exposed to during our travels in Europe and the United States. In thinking about what was possible from Geneva, where we are bas

24、ed, we decided on a trip to Istanbul, a two-hour plane ride from Zurich. We envisioned the trip as a prelude to more exotic ones, perhaps to New Delhi or Bangkok later this year, but thought our 11-and 13-year-olds needed a first step away from manicured boulevards and pristine monuments. What we di

25、dn“t foresee was the reaction of friends, who warned that we were putting our children “in danger,“ referring vaguely, and most incorrectly, to disease, terrorism or just the unknown. To help us get acquainted with the peculiarities of Istanbul and to give our children a chance to choose what they w

26、ere particularly interested in seeing, we bought an excellent guidebook and read it thoroughly before leaving. Friendly warnings didn“t change our planning, although we might have more prudently checked with the U. S. State Department“s list of trouble spots. We didn“t see a lot of children among th

27、e foreign visitors during our six-day stay in Istanbul, but we found the tourist areas quite safe, very interesting and varied enough even to suit our son, whose oft-repeated request is that we not see “every single“ church and museum in a given city. Vaccinations weren“t needed for the city, but we

28、 were concerned about adapting to the water for a short stay. So we used bottled water for drinking and brushing our teeth, a precaution that may seem excessive, but we all stayed healthy. Taking the advice of a friend, we booked a hotel a 20-minute walk from most of Istanbul“s major tourist sites.

29、This not only got us some morning exercise, strolling over the Karakoy Bridge, but took us past a colorful assortment of fishermen, vendors and shoe shiners. From a teenager and pre-teen“s view, Istanbul street life is fascinating since almost everything can be bought outdoors. They were at a good a

30、ge to spend time wandering the labyrinth of the Spice Bazaar, where shops display mounds of pungent herbs in sacks. Doing this with younger children would be harder simply because the streets are so packed with people; it would be easy to get lost. For our two, whose buying experience consisted of d

31、epartment stores and shopping mall boutiques, it was amazing to discover that you could bargain over price and perhaps end up with two of something for the price of one. They also learned to figure out the relative value of the Turkish lira, not a small matter with its many zeros. Being exposed to I

32、slam was an important part of our trip. Visiting the mosques, especially the enormous Blue Mosque, was our first glimpse into how this major religion is practiced. Our children“s curiosity already had been piqued by the five daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers in every corner of the city, and th

33、e scarves covering the heads of many women. Navigating meals can be troublesome with children, but a kebab, bought on the street or in restaurants, was unfailingly popular. Since we had decided this trip was not for gourmets, kebabs spared us the agony of trying to find a restaurant each day that wo

34、uld suit the adults“ desire to try something new amid children“s insistence that the food be served immediately. Gradually, we branched out to try some other Turkish specialties. Although our son had studied Islam briefly, it is impossible to be prepared for every awkward question that might come up

35、, such as during our visits to the Topkapi Sarayi, the Ottoman Sultans“ palace. No guides were available so it was do-it-yourself, using our guidebook, which cheated us of a lot of interesting history and anecdotes that a professional guide could provide. Next time, we resolved to make such arrangem

36、ents in advance. On his trip, we wandered through the magnificent complex, with its imperial treasures, its courtyards and its harem. The last required a bit of explanation that we would have happily left to a learned third party.（分数：12.50）(1).The couple chose Istanbul as their holiday destination m

37、ainly because _.（分数：2.50）A.the city is not too far away from where they livedB.the city is not on the list of the U. S. State DepartmentC.the city is between the familiar and the exoticD.the city is more familiar than exotic(2).Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?（分数：2.50）A.The family fou

38、nd the city was exactly what they had expected.B.Their friends were opposed to their holiday plan.C.They could have been more cautious about bringing kids along.D.They were a bit cautious about the quality of water in the city.(3).We learn from the couple“s shopping experience back home that _.（分数：2

39、.50）A.they were used to bargaining over priceB.they preferred to buy things outdoorsC.street markets were their favoriteD.they preferred fashion and brand names(4).The last two paragraphs suggest that to visit places of interest in Istanbul _.（分数：2.50）A.guidebooks are very usefulB.a professional gui

40、de is a mustC.one has to be prepared for questionsD.one has to make arrangements in advance(5).The family have seen or visited all the following in Istanbul EXCEPT _.（分数：2.50）A.religious prayersB.historical buildingsC.local-style marketsD.shopping mall boutiquesQuestions 610 Despite Denmark“s manife

41、st virtues, Danes never talk about how proud they are to be Danes. This would sound weird in Danish. When Danes talk to foreigners about Denmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and self-indulgence of the

42、ir countrymen and the high taxes. No Dane would look you in the eye and say “Denmark is a great country“. You are supposed to figure this out for yourself. It is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out life“s inequalities, and there is plenty

43、of money for schools, day care, retraining programs, job seminarsDanes love seminar, three days at a study center hearing about waste management is almost as good as a ski trip. It is a culture bombarded by English, in advertising, pop music, the Internet, and despite all the English that Danish abs

44、orbsthere is no Danish Academy to defend against itold dialects persist in Jutland that can barely be understood by Copenhageners. It is the land where, as the saying goes, “Few have too much and fewer have too little“, and a foreigner is struck by the sweet egalitarianism that prevails, where the l

45、owliest clerk gives you a level gaze, where Sir and Madame have disappeared from common usage, even Mr. and Mrs. It“s a nation of recyclersbout 55% of Danish garbage gets made into something newand no nuclear power plants. It“s a nation of tireless planners. Trains run on time. Things operate well i

46、n general. Such a nation of overachieversa brochure from the Ministry of Business and Industry says, “Denmark is one of the world“s cleanest and most organized countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or poverty. Denmark is the most corruption-free society in the Northern Hemisphere.“ So, of c

47、ourse, one“s heart lifts at any sighting of Danish sleaze, skinhead graffiti on buildings (“Foreigners out of Denmark!“), broken beer bottles in the gutters, drunken teenagers slumped in the park. Nonetheless, it is an orderly land. You drive through a Danish town, it comes to an end at a stone wall

48、, and on the other side is a field of barley, a nice clean line. town here, country there. It is not a nation of jaywalkers. People stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change, even if it“s 2 a.m. and there“s not a car in sight. However, Danes don“t think of themselves as a waiting-at-2-a

49、, m. -for-the-green-light people-that is how they see Swedes and Germans. Danes see themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free spirited than Swedes, but the truth is (though one should not say it) that Danes are very much like Germans and Swedes. Orderliness is a main selling point. Denmark has few natural resources, limited manufacturing capability; its future in Europe will be as a broker, banker, and distributor of goods. You send your goods by container ship to Copenhagen, and these bright, young, English-speaking, utterly honest, highly disciplined p