上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟54及答案解析.doc

1、上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟 54 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)There are two ways of thinking of history. There is, first, history regarded as 1 , really the 2 , from the universe to this nib with which I am writing. 3 There is the history of

2、 the universe, 4 -and we know something of it, if we do not. know much. Nor is 5 , when you come to think of it, between 6 . A mere pen-nib has quite 7 There is, to begin with, 8 with it, and that might be 9 After all it was probably only 10 that wrote Hamlet. Whatever has been written with the pen-

3、nib is part of its history. 11 there is the history 12 : this particular nib is a “Relief“ nib, No. 314, made by R. Esterbrook Co. in England, who supply the Midland Bank with pen-nibs, 13 a gift, I may say, but behind this nib there is 14 In fact a pen nib 15 , and the history of it implies its his

4、tory. We may regard this way of looking at ithistoryas 16 of all things: a pen-nib, 17 before me as I write, as a 18 There is, secondly, what we may call 19 , what we usually mean by it, history proper as 20 . （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 followin

5、g conversation. （分数：5.00）A.A teacher.B.A typist.C.An accountant.D.An architect.A.2.B.3.C.4.D.5.A.The physical size.B.The environment.C.The use.D.The chip.A.Word processing.B.Graphic application.C.Networking.D.Entertainment.A.The woman needn“t a printer.B.Communication by e-mail takes a long time.C.T

6、he woman will buy a good computer with Pentium IV.D.The woman has an overall knowledge about computers.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. （分数：5.00）A.Attacking the Palestinian government.B.Launching a new incursion.C.Opposing the Palestinian election.D.Holding back the Palestinian ele

7、ction.A.He was ready to negotiate with insurgents in Fallujah.B.He planned to give up the city.C.He planned to make an air raid against the insurgents.D.He was quite irritated by the insurgents.A.A call for research papers to be read at the conference.B.An international conference on Tibetan traditi

8、onal medicine.C.The number of participants at the conference and their nationalities.D.The preparations made by the sponsors for the international conference.A.Resolute.B.Wavering.C.Supportive.D.Ambiguous.A.Because some unexpected technical problems had occurred.B.Because Spain had blocked a deal on

9、 how the system would be run.C.Because the project had run out of money.D.Because the system had been replaced by GPS.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. （分数：5.00）A.That colloquial Arabic is the everyday spoken language, which varies from country to country.B.That Arabic is just

10、 one language that all Arabs understand, speak and write.C.That classical Arabic and modern Arabic are two different kinds of written Arabic.D.That pan-Arabic provides a means of communication between educated people of different Arab nationalities.A.Colloquial Arabic.B.Esperanto.C.Proper Arabic.D.W

11、ritten Arabic.A.Both pan-Arabic and Esperanto are spoken on the radio and television in the Arab world.B.Esperanto is now widely used by educated people in the world.C.Both pan-Arabic and Esperanto are taught in school.D.Pan-Arabic provides a means of communication between educated people of differe

12、nt Arab nationalities.A.Written English.B.Colloquial English.C.Written Arabic.D.Colloquial Arabic.A.The colloquial Arabic spoken in different Arabic countries differs as widely between Arab countries as do Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.B.Arabs speak and write in exactly the same language.C.The dif

13、ferences of grammar and vocabulary between artificial pan-Arabic and the living colloquial language is far less than between the written and spoken English.D.An Egyptian will usually speak in pan-Arabic to his family and other Egyptians.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. （分数：5.00）A.

14、It is produced by famous people.B.It gives advice about life.C.It“s expressed in myths, fairy tales, legends and songs.D.It is extremely humorous.A.They have different opinions about life.B.They have different opinions about humor.C.They have different moral principles.D.They have different ways of

15、expressing folk wisdom.A.They are elegant and wise short sayings.B.Franklin is best at “horse sense“ humor.C.It was started by Abraham Lincoln.D.It“s in the form of simple commonsense humor.A.To prove that many popular ideas were actually harmful.B.To influence people in power.C.To show everyone els

16、e“s mistakes.D.To irritate and make fun of people.A.Because most people didn“t know he was going to die.B.Because he thought it would be fun to tell people that he was dying while he was not.C.Because he wanted to show that he was stronger than people in power.D.Because he wanted to prove that the r

17、eports were misleading again.四、SECTION 2 READING TE(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Questions 15 According to the old Jewish stories, the world was in a sad state. The hand of man was lifted against his neighbor. People murdered and stole from each other. It was not safe for a girl to leave her home, lest she be kid

18、napped by the boys in the neighboring villages. Jehovah, the God of the Israelites, wanted to begin civilization again, hoping that a new generation would prove to be more obedient to his will. In those days there lived a man called Noah. He was descendant of Seth, a younger brother of Cain and Abel

19、, who was born after the family tragedy had taken place. Noah was a good man who tried to be at peace with his conscience and with his fellowmen. If the human race had to began once more, Noah would make a very good ancestor. Jehovah therefore decided to kill all other people, but spare Noah. He cam

20、e to Noah and told him to build a ship. The vessel was to be four hundred and fifty feet long and thirty feet wide and it was to have a depth of forty-three feet. So Noah and his faithful workmen cut down large cypress trees and laid the kneel and built the sides and covered them with pitch, that th

21、e hold might be dry. When the third deck had been finished, a roof was built. It was made of heavy timber, to withstand the violence of the rain that was to pour down upon this wicked earth. Then Noah and his household, his three sons and their wives, made ready for the voyage. They went into the fi

22、elds and into the mountains and gathered all the animals they could find that they might have beasts for food and for sacrifices when they should return to dry land. A whole week they hunted successfully. And then the “Ark“ (for so was the ship called) was full of the noises of the various creatures

23、 who did not like their cramped quarters. On the evening of the seventh day, Noah and his family went on board. Later that night, it began to rain. It rained for forty nights and forty days. At the end of this time, the whole world was covered with water, Noah and his fellow travelers in the Ark wer

24、e the only living things to survive this terrible deluge. Finally, a new wind swept the clouds away. Once more the rays of the sun rested upon the turbulent waves as they had done when the world was first created. Noah opened a window on the Ark and peered out. His ship floated peacefully in the mid

25、st of an endless ocean, and no land was in sight. To see if there was dry land, Noah sent out a raven, but the bird came back. Next he sent a pigeon. Pigeons can fly longer than almost any other bird, but the poor thing could not find a single branch upon which to rest, and it also came back to Ark.

26、 He waited a week, and once more he set the pigeon free. It was gone all day, but in the evening it returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. The waters were receding. Another week went by before Noah released the pigeon for the third time. It did not return and this was a good sign. S

27、o afterward the Ark landed on the top of Mount Ararat, in the country which is now called Armenia. The next day Noah went ashore. At once he took some stones and built an altar, and then killed a number of his animals to make a sacrifice for Jehovah. And behold, the sky was bright with the colors of

28、 a mighty rainbow. It was a sign from Jehovah to his faithful servant, promising never again would he destroy the entire earth.（分数：12.50）(1).According to the story, Jehovah wanted to destroy the whole world because _.（分数：2.50）A.people on earth were wicked and they did not listen to God“s instruction

29、sB.there were crimes of murder and theftC.the world was dirtyD.Cain killed his brother(2).In the story, Jehovah decided to kill all other people in earth, but to spare Noah and his family because _.（分数：2.50）A.only Noah could make a shipB.Noah was a descendant of Adam and EveC.Jehovah believed Noah c

30、ould make a good ancestor after the world was wiped outD.Noah did not murder his brother(3).According to the story, Noah was on board his ship for at least _.（分数：2.50）A.a whole weekB.forty daysC.forty-seven daysD.fifty-four days(4).Near the end of the story, Noah sent out birds _ to assess the condi

31、tions outside the ship.（分数：2.50）A.twiceB.three timesC.four timesD.five times(5).After Noah was ashore, he killed some animals because _.（分数：2.50）A.he wanted to show his respect and gratitude to JehovahB.he was unreasonableC.Jehovah asked him to do itD.there was no food except for those animalsQuesti

32、ons 610 Campaigning on the Indian frontier is an experience by itself. Neither the landscape nor the people find their counterparts in any other portion of the globe. Valley walls rise steeply five or six thousand feet on every side. The columns crawl through a maze of giant corridors down which fie

33、rce snow-fed torrents foam under skies of brass. Amid these scenes of savage brilliancy there dwells a race whose qualities seem to harmonize with their environment. Except at harvest-time, when self- preservation requires a temporary truce, the Pathan tribes are always engaged in private or public

34、war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian. Every large house is a real feudal fortress made, it is true, only of sun-baked clay, but with battlements, turrets, loopholes, drawbridges, etc. complete. Every village has its defense. Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its

35、 feud. The numerous tribes and combinations of tribes all have their accounts to settle with one another. Nothing is ever forgotten, and very few debts are left unpaid. For the purposes of social life, in addition to the convention about harvest-time, a most elaborate code of honor has been establis

36、hed and is on the whole faithfully observed. A man who knew it and observed it faultlessly might pass unarmed from one end of the frontier to another. The slightest technical slip would, however, be fatal. The life of the Pathans is thus full of interest; and his valleys, nourished alike by endless

37、sunshine and abundant water, are fertile enough to yield with little labor the modest material requirements of a sparse population. Into this happy world the nineteenth century brought two new facts: the rifle and the British government. The first was an enormous luxury and blessing; the second, an

38、unmitigated nuisance. The convenience of the rifle was nowhere more appreciated than in the Indian highlands. A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. One could actually remain in one“s own h

39、ouse and fire at one“s neighbor nearly a mile away. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below. Even villages could fire at each other without the trouble of going far from home. Fabulous prices were therefore offered for these glorious produc

40、ts of science. Rifle- thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler. A steady flow of the coveted weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced. government

41、 on the other hand was entirely unsatisfactory. The great organizing, advancing, absorbing power to the southward seemed to be little better than a monstrous spoil-sport. If the Pathans made forays into the plains, not only were they driven back (which after all was no more than fair), but a whole s

42、eries of subsequent interferences took place, followed at intervals by expeditions which toiled laboriously through the valleys, scolding the tribesmen and exacting fines for any damage which they had done. No one would have minded these expeditions if they had simply come, had a fight and then gone

43、 away again. In many cases this was their practice under what was called the “butcher and bolt policy“ to which the government of India long adhered. But towards the end of the nineteenth century these intruders began to make roads through many of the valleys, and in particular the great road to Chi

44、tral. They sought to ensure the safety of these roads by threats, by forts and by subsidies. There was no objection to the last method so far as it went. But the whole of this tendency to road-making was regarded by the Pathans with profound distaste. All along the road people were expected to keep

45、quiet, not to shoot one another, and above all not to shoot at travelers along the road. It was too much to ask, and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source.（分数：12.50）(1).The word debts in “very few debts are left unpaid“ in the first paragraph means _.（分数：2.50）A.loansB.account

46、sC.killingsD.bargains(2).Which of the following is NOT one of the geographical facts about the Indian frontier?（分数：2.50）A.Melting snows.B.Large population.C.Steep hillsides.D.Fertile valleys.(3).According to the passage, the Pathans welcomed _.（分数：2.50）A.the introduction of the rifleB.the spread of

47、British ruleC.the extension of luxuriesD.the spread of trade(4).Building roads by the British _.（分数：2.50）A.put an end to a whole series of quarrelsB.prevented the Pathans from earning on feudsC.lessened the subsidies paid to the PathansD.gave the Pathans a much quieter life(5).A suitable title for t

48、he passage would be _.（分数：2.50）A.Campaigning on the Indian FrontierB.Why the Pathans Resented the British RuleC.The Popularity of Rifles Among the PathansD.The Pathans at WarQuestions 1115 “Museum“ is a slippery word. It first meant in Greek anything consecrated to the Muses: a hill, a shrine, a gar

49、den, a festival or even a textbook. Both Plato“s Academy and Aristotle“s Lyceum had a mouseion, a muses“ shrine. Although the Greeks already collected detached works of art, many templesnotably that of Hera at Olympia (before which the Olympic flame is still lit)had collections of objects, some of which were works of art by well-known masters, while paintings and sculptures in the Alexandrian Museum were incidental to its main purpose. The Romans also collected and exhibited art from disbanded temples, as well as mineral specimens, exotic