上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟58及答案解析.doc

1、上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟 58 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)International pressure is growing on Yugoslavia to 1 in Kosovo. Diplomats from the international contact group on Yugoslavia have called for 2 the crisis. They were speaking 3 in

2、the province with the leader of the Ethnic Albanians Eblar Himulagova. There have also been calls from the United Nations Security Council to 4 . An emergency meeting of the major powers 5 be held in London on Monday. But our 6 correspondent Marlott Bonnet Meyson says they may find it difficult to 7

3、 what to do. “The Americans have given 8 of severe consequences and raised the possibility of sanction being 9 Yugoslavia.“ That issue will be discussed on Monday by Foreign Ministers of the contact group which 10 the United States, Britain, Russia, France, Germany and Italy. But the Russia Foreign

4、Minister Yevgeny Primakov is sending a deputy 11 and a statement from Moscow rejected what is described as “western suggestions of 12 the crisis and the use of sanctions to influence Yugoslavia“. British officials say 13 measures will be discussed at the London meeting, but they“re now emphasizing 1

5、4 persuade Belgrade, in their words, to act in a more reasonable way. That would include 15 as well as punishments. One suggestion is that if the political dialogue were begun 16 restoring some autonomy to Kosovo, there might be 17 toward removing the existing sanctions which deny Yugoslavia 18 inte

6、rnational credit. Discussions are also 19 about a possible mediation effort by the former Spanish Prime Minister Philipy Gonzales, 20 the Organizations for Security and Cooperation in Europe. （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

7、数：5.00）A.In a studio.B.In a clothing store.C.At a beach resort.D.At a fashion show.A.To live there permanently.B.To stay there for half a year.C.To find a better job to support herself.D.To sell leather goods for a British company.A.Designing fashion items for several companies.B.Modeling for a worl

8、d-famous Italian company.C.Working as an employee for Ferragamo.D.Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys.A.It has seen a steady decline in its profits.B.It has become much more competitive.C.it has lost many customers to foreign companies.D.It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.A.Leather

9、 goods.B.Shoes.C.Handbags.D.Clothes.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. （分数：5.00）A.Fomenting strife.B.Violence.C.Attempting to overthrow the government.D.Bribery.A.Launch a campaign.B.Sign a petition.C.Launch violence.D.Address speeches.A.Gender equality.B.Compulsory voting.C.The Aust

10、ralian legal system.D.Public welfare.A.The annual revenue of China“s Internet bars tops 3.68 billion US dollars.B.The annual revenue of China“ s Internet bars tops 25.58 billion Yuan.C.The annual revenue of China“s Internet bars tops 25.68 billion Yuan.D.The annual revenue of China“s Internet bars t

11、ops 128 billion Yuan.A.He was a foreigner.B.The spokesman made adverse remarks.C.He made false reports.D.He committed crime.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. （分数：5.00）A.He had excellent academic records at school and university.B.He was once on a PhD program at Yale University

12、C.He received professional training in acting.D.He came from a single-parent family.A.Aliens.B.UFOs.C.The TV character.D.Government conspiracies.A.Professional training.B.Personality.C.Life experience.D.Appearance.A.A sense of frustration.B.Haunted by the unknown things.C.Confident but moody.D.Succ

13、essful yet unsatisfied.A.He feels a sense of anger.B.He has a sense of sadness.C.It helped him grow up.D.It left no effect on him.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. （分数：5.00）A.The legislature.B.The librarian.C.John Harvard.D.The faculty members.A.Books could be lent to everyone.B.Bo

14、oks could be lent by book stores.C.Books were lent to students and the faculty.D.Books were lent on a membership basis.A.To provide readers with comfortable reading rooms.B.To provide adults with opportunities of further education.C.To serve the community“s cultural and recreational needs.D.To suppl

15、y technical literature on specialized subjects.A.Readership.B.Content.C.Service.D Function.A.To introduce categories of books in US libraries.B.To demonstrate the importance of US libraries.C.To explain the roles of different US libraries.D.To define the circulation system of US libraries.四、SECTION

16、2 READING TE(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Questions 15 It was a day that Michael Eisner would undoubtedly like to forget. Sitting in a Los Angeles witness box for four hours last week, the usually unflappable chairman of the Walt Disney Co. struggled to maintain his composure. Eisner“s protg turned nemesis. Jeffr

17、ey Katzenberg, his former employee, was seeking $ 500 million in his breach-of-contract suit against Disney, and Eisner was trying to defend his, and his company“s integrity. At one point Eisner became flustered when Katzenberg“s attorney, Bertram Fields, asked if he recalled telling his biographer,

18、 Tony Schwartz, “I think I hate the little midget.“ Later Eisner recalled that the same day, he had received a fax from Katzenberg meant for Fields, thanking the lawyer for “managing“ a magazine story that praised Katzenberg at Eisner“s expense: “I said to Schwartz, “Screw that. If he is going to pl

19、ay this disingenuous game, I simply was not going to pay him his money.“ Last week“s revelations were the latest twist in a dispute that has entertained Hollywood and tarnished Disney“s corporate image. The dash began five years ago, when Katzenberg quit Disney after a 10-year reign as studio chief,

20、 during which he oversaw production of such animated blockbusters as The Lion King . Disney“s attorneys said that Katzenberg forfeited his bonus2 percent of profits in perpetuity from all Disney movies, TV shows and stage productions from 1984 to 1994, as well as their sequels and tie-inswhen he lef

21、t. The company ultimately paid Katzenberg a partial settlement of nearly $ 117 million, sources say. But talks broke down over how much Disney owed, and the dispute landed in court. Industry insiders never expected that Disney would push it this far. The last Hollywood accounting dispute that aired

22、in public was Art Buchwalds“s lawsuit against Paramount for profits he claimed to be owed from the 1988 Eddie Murphy hit Coming to America. Paramount chose to fight Buchwald in courtonly to wind up paying him $1 million after embarrassing revelations about its business practices. After that, studios

23、 made a practice of quietly settling such claims. But Disney under Eisner would rather fight than settle. And he and Katzenberg are both proud, combative types whose business disagreement deepened into personal animus. So far, Disney“s imageas well as Eisner“shas taken a beating. In his testimony la

24、st week Eisner repeatedly responded to questions by saying “I don“t recall“ or “I don“t know“. Katzenberg, by contrast, offered a stack of notes and memos that appeared to bolster his claim. (The Disney executive who negotiated Katzenberg“s deal, Frank Wells, died in a helicopter crash five years ag

25、o. ) The trial has also offered a devastating glimpse into the Magic Kingdom“s business dealings. Internal documents detail sensitive Disney financial information. One Hollywood lawyer calls a memo sent to Katzenberg from a former Disney top accountant “a road map to riches“ for writers, directors a

26、nd producers eager to press cases against Disney. The company declined requests to comment on the case. The next phase of the trial could be even more embarrassing. As Katzenberg“s profit participation is calculated, Eisner will have to argue that his animated treasures are far less valuable than Ka

27、tzenberg claims. No matter how the judge rules, Disney will look like a loser.（分数：12.50）(1).At the end of the first paragraph, the pronoun “I“ in the quoted sentence “I said to Schwartz“ refers to _.（分数：2.50）A.EisnerB.FieldsC.SchwartzD.Katzenberg(2).Katzenberg made a lawsuit against Disney because（分

28、数：2.50）A.Disney dismissed him before the contract expiredB.Eisner insulted him in a magazine by calling him “the little midget“C.Disney did not pay him in accordance with the contractD.Disney owed him $ 117 million(3).Hollywood studios now try to avoid sealing disputes with their employees in court

29、because they fear that _.（分数：2.50）A.involvement in a lawsuit will tarnish their reputationB.many of their illegal business practices will be found out by the publicC.lawyers will overcharge them for such casesD.their confidential business information will be divulged(4).It is implied in the last par

30、agraph that _.（分数：2.50）A.Disney has profited much less than the general public expectedB.Disney has underpaid many of their employeesC.Eisner“s animated movies didn“t bring as much money as Katzenberg thinksD.Disney is undergoing a financial crisis(5).We can infer from this passage that _.（分数：2.50）A

31、Katzenberg will undoubtedly win the lawsuit and get all the money he claimedB.Eisner will remain imperturbable all through the trialC.Katzenberg will suffer great embarrassmentD.Disney will face more lawsuits from its employeesQuestions 610 Roger Rosenblatt“s book Black Fiction, in attempting to ap

32、ply literary rather than sociopolitical criteria to its subject, successfully alters the approach taken by most previous studies. As Rosenblatt notes, criticism of Black writing has often served as a pretext for expounding on Black history. Addison Gayle“s recent work, for example, judges the value

33、of Black fiction by overtly political standards, rating each work according to the notions of Black identity which it introduces. Although fiction assuredly springs from political circumstances, its authors react to those circumstances in ways other than ideological, and talking about novels and sto

34、ries primarily as instruments of ideology outwits much of the fictional enterprise. Rosenblatt“s literary analysis discloses affinities and connections among works of Black fiction which solely political studies have overlooked or ignored. Writing acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, pres

35、upposes giving satisfactory answers to a number of questions. First of all, is there a sufficient reason, other than the racial identity to the authors, to group together works by Black authors? Second, how does Black fiction make itself distinct from other modem fiction with which it is largely con

36、temporaneous? Rosenblatt shows that Black fiction constitutes a distinct body of writing that has an identifiable, coherent literary tradition. Looking at novels written by Blacks over the last eighty years, he discovers recurring concerns and designs independent of chronology. These structures are

37、related to the themes, and they spring, not surprisingly, from the central fact that the Black characters in these novels exist in a predominantly White culture, whether they try to conform to that culture or rebel against it. Black Fiction does leave some aesthetic questions open. Rosenblatt“ s the

38、me-based analysis permits considerable objectivity, he even explicitly states that it is not his intention to judge the merit of the various works, yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For instance, some of the novels appe

39、ar to be structurally diffuse. Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic? In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Tommer“s Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the preval

40、ent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression? In spite of such omissions, what Rosenblatt does include in his discussion makes for an astute and worthwhile study. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of nove

41、ls, bringing to our attention in the process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson“s Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man . Its argument is tightly constructed, and its forthright, lucid style exemplifies levelheaded and penetrating criticism.（分数：12.50）(1).The author object

42、s to criticism of Black fiction like that by Addison Gayle because it _.（分数：2.50）A.emphasizes purely literary aspects of such fictionB.misinterprets the ideological content of such fictionC.misunderstands the notions of Black identity contained in such fictionD.substitutes political for literary cri

43、teria in evaluating such fiction(2).The author of the passage is primarily concerned with _.（分数：2.50）A.evaluating the soundness of a work of criticismB.comparing various critical approaches to a subjectC.discussing the limitations of a particular kind of criticismD.summarizing the major points made

44、in a work of criticism(3).The author believes that Black Fiction would have been improved, had Resenblatt _.（分数：2.50）A.evaluated more carefully the ideological and historical aspects of Black fictionB.attempted to be more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black authorsC.explored in

45、greater detail the recurrent thematic concerns of Black fiction throughout its historyD.assessed the relative literary merit of the novels he analyzes thematically(4).The author“s discussion of Black Fiction can be best described as _.（分数：2.50）A.pedantic and contentiousB.critical but admiringC.ironi

46、c and deprecatingD.argumentative but unfocused(5).It can be inferred that the author would be LEAST likely to approve of which of the following?（分数：2.50）A.An analysis of the influence of political events on the personal ideology of Black writers.B.A critical study that applies sociopolitical criteri

47、a to autobiographies by Black authors.C.A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits of poems according to the political acceptability of their themes.D.An examination of the growth of a distinct Black literary tradition within the context of Black history.Questions 1115 Something abou

48、t Naples just seems to be made for comedy. The name alone conjures up pizza, and lovable, incorrigible innocents warbling “O Sole Mio“; a nutty little corner of the world where the id runs wild and the only answer to the question “Why?“ appears to be “Why not?“ Naples: the butter-side-down of Italia

49、n cities, where even the truth has a strangely fictitious tinge. One day a car rear-ended one of the city“s minibuses. The bus driver got out to investigate. While he stood there talking, his only passenger took the wheel and drove off. Neither passenger nor bus was ever seen again. Then there was that busy lunch hour in the central post office when a crack in the ceiling opened and postal workers were overwhelmed by an avalanche of stale croissants. As the cleaners hauled away garbage bags of moldy breakfast rolls, the questions remained: Who