上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟60及答案解析.doc

1、上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试模拟 60 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)Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is 1 , a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of 2 , and inte

2、nse effort not to make mistakes because of the 3 which doctors and hospitals must face in the courts if they 4 . But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in which the health care is 5 Contrary to public belief, it is not just a free competition system. The private system has been join

3、ed 6 , because private care was simply not looking after 7 . But even with this huge public part of this system, which this year will eat up 8 more than 10 per cent of the US Budget 9 are left out. These include about half the 10 unemployed and those who fail to meet 11 on income fixed on a governme

4、nt trying to 12 where it can. The basic problem, however, is that there“s no 13 over the health system. There“s no confinement to what doctors and hospitals 14 , other than what the public is able to pay. 15 has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a 16 , all

5、the unfortunate person concerned can do is pay up. Two-thirds of the population are 17 Doctors charge as much as they want, knowing that the insurance company will pay the bill. 18 in the U. S. A. is among the most worrying problems. In 2004 19 climbed 15.9 per cent-about twice 20 （分数：30.00）三、Part B

6、 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 are made of warm material.B.They have a hole for the thumb.C.They are only for sports.D.They are first made by a teenager.A.K-K made Wristies because she didn“t have gloves.B.K-K made the first pa

7、ir of Wristies on a snowy day.C.K-K made the first pair of Wristies when she was ten.D.Wristies are long gloves with no fingers.A.K-K“s mother had store.B.K-K and her mother have a lot of experience of doing business.C.K-K and her mother asked a lot of people for advice.D.K-K“s mother didn“t give he

8、r any help.A.In department stores.B.At the supermarket.C.At K-K“s home.D.From K-K“s friends.A.Be creative.B.Listen to your friends“ advice.C.Don“t be afraid to do something new.D.Play in snow in winter.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. （分数：5.00）A.Commuters found it harder than usual

9、 to get around in the city.B.The transit union thought the strike was illegal and imposed a large amount of fine onto the subways and bus workers.C.The transit union believed that the fine was too much and decided to appeal.D.The mayor said that the strike could cost New York City a considerable por

10、tion of its daily output.A.They want to continue their negotiation in Hong Kong.B.They will push the U.S. to drive down the global cotton price.C.They want the U. S. to reform its politics with the European Union.D.They hope the U. S. will stop providing subsidies to its cotton farmers.A.No sufficie

11、nt security has been provided to the witnesses and lawyers.B.Not every defendant has been offered an attorney.C.Some lawyers threatened to boycott the trial.D.Saddam Hussein refused to turn up at the new phase of the trial.A.A man was beaten to death in the immigrant community.B.Many cars, buses, an

12、d commute trains were torched.C.Two teenagers who were reported to have been chased by the police were electrocuted.D.Two young men hid themselves in a power sub-station.A.The United States has proposed a new solution to the nuclear issue of Iran.B.Iran hopes to continue its nuclear activities throu

13、gh cooperation with Russia.C.Iran welcomes the action taken by the IAES to refer its nuclear issue to the Security Council.D.Iran is looking forward to discussing its nuclear issue with the Europeans.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. （分数：5.00）A.The difference between a male na

14、nny and a female nanny.B.The difference between a nanny and a sitter,C.How to become a nanny in the United States.D.The job of a nanny.A.Help the children get dressed.B.Make super for the children.C.Help them with the homework.D.Play together with the children.A.A nanny usually lives with a family.B

15、.Manny and nanny do the same thing.C.Nanny is not a typical job for a man.D.A manny is usually like a father to children.A.He went to a special school.B.He was trained by his own family.C.He was trained by his employers.D.He had been a sitter before he became a nanny.A.He thinks his job is pretty fu

16、nny.B.He thinks his job is strange.C.He thinks he has a great job.D.He is sometimes embarrassed.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. （分数：5.00）A.Why do people fall asleep?B.Three kinds of sleep disorders.C.The treatment for sleep disorders.D.Staying up too late can be harmful.A.They wi

17、ll stop breathing.B.When they wake up, it“s hard for them to go back to sleep again.C.It can happen several hundred times one night.D.In the morning, they will remember waking up.A.Heavy breathing.B.Snoring.C.Feeling tired and sleepy.D.Falling asleep briefly.A.A condition that interferes with a pers

18、on“s ability to sleep normally.B.Stopping breathing for short periods.C.Difficulty in either falling asleep or staying asleep.D.Sudden attacks of deep sleep.A.There are only three kinds of sleep disorders.B.Everyone suffers from serious sleep disorders.C.The disorders have confusing symptoms.D.Docto

19、rs are now able to help people with sleeping problems.四、SECTION 2 READING TE(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Questions 15 Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia behind a veil of congressionally imposed secrecy in June 1776 for a country wracked by military and political uncertaintie

20、s. In anticipation of a vote for independence, the Continental Congress on June 11 appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee then delegated Thomas Jefferson to undertake the

21、task. Jefferson worked diligently in private for days to compose a document. Proof of the arduous nature of the work can be seen in the fragment of the first known composition draft of the declaration, which is on public display here for the first time. Jefferson then made a clean or “fair“ copy of

22、the composition declaration, which became the foundation of the document, labeled by Jefferson as the “original Rough draught. “ Revised first by Adams, then by Franklin, and then by the full committee, a total of forty-seven alterations including the insertion of three complete paragraphs was made

23、on the text before it was presented to Congress on June 28. After voting for independence on July 2, the Congress then continued to refine the document, making thirty-nine additional revisions to the committee draft before its final adoption on the morning of July 4. The “Original Rough Draught“ emb

24、odies the multiplicity of corrections, additions and deletions that were made at each step. Although most of the alterations are in Jefferson“s handwriting (Jefferson later indicated the changes he believed to have been made by Adams and Franklin), quite naturally he opposed many of the changes made

25、 to his document. Congress then ordered the Declaration of Independence printed and late on July 4, John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer, produced the first printed text of the Declaration of Independence, now known as the “Dunlap Broadside. “ The next day John Hancock, the president of the Continent

26、al Congress, began dispatching copies of the Declaration to America“s political and military leaders. On July 9, George Washington ordered that his personal copy of the “Dunlap Broadside,“ sent to him by John Hancock on July 6, be read to the assembled American army at New York. In 1783 at the war“s

27、 end, General Washington brought his copy of the broadside home to Mount Vernon. This remarkable document, which has come down to us only partially intact, is accompanied in this exhibit by a complete “Dunlap Broadside“one of only twenty-four known to exist. On July 19, Congress ordered the producti

28、on of an engrossed (officially inscribed) copy of the Declaration of Independence, which attending members of the Continental Congress, including some who had not voted for its adoption, began to sign on August 2, 1776. This document is on permanent display at the National Archives. On July 4, 1995,

29、 more than two centuries after its composition, the Declaration of Independence, just as Jefferson predicted on its fiftieth anniversary in his letter to Roger C. Weightman, towers aloft as “the signal of arousing men to burst the chains, to assume the blessings and security of self-government“ and

30、to restore “the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. “（分数：12.50）(1).Drafting the Declaration of Independence. _.（分数：2.50）A.was an artful workB.involved a lot of effortsC.was an ardent workD.was rather easy for Jefferson(2)._ were made on the text before and after it

31、 was presented to the Congress.（分数：2.50）A.47 alterations in addition to the insertion of three complete paragraphsB.47 alternationsC.39 revisionsD.86 revisions(3).The first printed text of the Declaration of Independence is known as the Dunlap Broadside because _.（分数：2.50）A.it was produced by John D

32、unlap and printed on large sheets of paperB.it was produced by John Dunlap and severely criticizedC.it was kept in Dunlap museumD.both A and B(4).Which copy is on permanent display at the National Archives?（分数：2.50）A.The engrossed copy on which members of the Congress signed.B.The Dunlap Broadside c

33、opy.C.General Washington“s copy.D.The fragment of the first draft of the declaration by Thomas Jefferson.(5).Which of the following is the best title for this passage?（分数：2.50）A.Thomas Jefferson.B.The Declaration of Independence.C.American Independence.D.American History.Questions 610 Gail Pasterczy

34、k, the principal of Indian Pines Elementary in Palm Beach County, Fla. , has added two or three new teaching positions each of the past three years. She“s adding two more teachers next year as well as replacing those she“ll lose to maternity leave, transfers, and retirement. She doesn“t know where t

35、he new teachers will come from, if the new hires will be any good, and where she“ll find room for all of them. Indian Pines already has 27 portable classrooms and is waiting to break ground on a two-story, 25-classroom addition. “When you start reducing class size, you“ve got to find more teachers,

36、and you run out of space,“ she says. “That“s the reality. “ Her school district, one of the nation“s largest, has sent recruiters across the country, and even to Mexico and the Philippines, to fill an expected 1,700 teaching vacancies before the fall. “We are in a race to keep the schools staffed,“

37、says Robert Pinkos, a Palm Beach County recruiter who will travel to Baltimore and Madrid next month to troll for teachers. Two and a half years after Florida voters adopted a constitutional amendment to reduce class sizes, Palm Beach Countyand every other school district in the stateare tripping ov

38、er a major stumbling block: There just aren“t enough good teachers to go around. With classes in kindergarten through third grade capped at 18 students, fourth through eighth held at 22, and high school limited to 25, the state will need to hire an estimated 29,604 new teachers by 2009a prospect tha

39、t has many people worried. “I have every reason to expect that the quality of teachers will suffer,“ says John Winn, the state“s education commissioner. Nationwide, 33 states now have laws that restrict class size. And the politically popular educational reform has proved successful in some areas, p

40、articularly among the lowest-performing students. In Burke County, N. C. , for example, discipline problems are down and test scores are up, even for the most disadvantaged students in the district. “On paper these kids should not be succeeding, but they are,“ says Susan Wilson, a former teacher and

41、 now director of elementary education in the rural county. But this success comes at a price. It means hiring more teachers, building more classrooms, and retraining teachers to work with smaller groups of students. And it means, critics maintain, that states pit their own districts against one anot

42、her in the race to hire. “When you mandate class-size reduction statewide, the suburban schools tend to draw the best new teachers, and the more urban schools, which already have trouble attracting teachers, can“t attract the best candidates,“ says Steven Rivkin, an economics professor at Amherst Co

43、llege who has studied the effects of class-size reduction on teacher quality. Any gains from cutting class size could be undermined by hiring lower quality teachers. Resources. Proponents contend that the reform would be relatively pain-less if existing resources were managed well. “Hiring more teac

44、hers is only part of the solution,“ says Charles Achilles, one of the first researchers to study the effects of reducing class sizes. “The best programs for class-size reduction not only hire more teachers but reassign existing specialty teachers to get them back in the classroom. “ Florida policyma

45、kers are trying to find their own way out of the class-size quandary. This month, the Legislature is considering a proposal to roll back some of the size limits in exchange for an increase in teacher pay. Gov. Jeb Bush, who opposed the constitutional amendment in 2002, argues that the compromise wil

46、l attract more top-quality teachers to the state while reining in costs. Voters could see the proposed change on the ballot as early as September. In the meantime, recruiter Pinkos continues his search for new teachers, sometimes working 10-hour days. His pitch? “Palm Beach is very beautiful, but th

47、e small classes are one of the most attractive things I can tell them.“（分数：12.50）(1).In describing the results of the new constitutional amendment to reduce class size, the author comments. “Palm Beach Countyand every other school district in the state-are tripping over a major stumbling block. “ to

48、 imply _.（分数：2.50）A.the education authorities will trip to Mexico and the Philippines for new teachersB.there will be problems of placing redundant teachersC.quality of teachers will probably go downD.students are likely get more sophisticated education in smaller class(2).“On paper these kids shoul

49、d not be succeeding, but they are“ implies _.（分数：2.50）A.reducing class sizes has more positive effects than negative onesB.reducing class sizes does achieve satisfactory effects on disadvantageous studentsC.smaller class prevent the children from failing in testsD.smaller class works best for students with lacklustre performance(3).Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?（分数：2.50）A.Class size reduction increases difficulty to hire teachers in affluent districts.B.Cutting class sizes is no better than reassigning existing specialty teachers.C