[外语类试卷]口译三级综合能力模拟试卷2及答案与解析.doc

1、口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 2及答案与解析 SECTION 1 (10 points) Listen to the following passages and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. There are 10 questions in this section, with 1 points each. You will hear the recording only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finis

2、h this section. 1 White was killed in South Wales and the murder ran away. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 In 2000, a DNA test found the murder immediately. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 The DNA test found the murder was a 14-year-old boy. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4 According to the passage, the boys uncle was the murder. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 I

3、t is indicated by the passage that committing crimes might be inherited. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 Researchers all spoke favor of the DNA tests. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 In the US and Britain, there is a policy to allow the police to collect DNA of criminals. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 DNA database of criminal relatives has noth

4、ing to do with the justice system. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 DNA test violates civil rights. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 Kinship analysis is becoming more and more popular. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 SECTION 2 (10 points) Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each s

5、tatement. There are 10 questions in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear the recording only ONCE. 11 Has Nancy stopped smoking now? （ A） Yes. （ B） No. （ C） Not certain. 12 Why was I so late in getting home? （ A） My boss was working on the reports. （ B） I would have to finish the r

6、eports before the end of next month. （ C） I was directed to stay late and finish some work. 13 In which case can I recommend a hotel to you? （ A） If you tell me how much youre going to pay for the hotel. （ B） If you tell me where youre going to stay. （ C） If you can afford to visit New York. 14 Why

7、was he rejected by the university? （ A） Because he didnt apply for the university on time. （ B） Because he did poorly in the entrance examination. （ C） Because he was accepted by another university. 15 Which of the following is true according to the speaker? （ A） He is looking for a job in a law fir

8、m. （ B） His lawyer always works with him. （ C） He works in a law fn-m part-time. 16 Why is it likely that he wont come to this meeting? （ A） He doesnt want to come to this meeting. （ B） He has to go to his appointment with the dentist. （ C） He has another meeting to attend. 17 What does the speaker

9、mean? （ A） Our apartment has too much furniture in it. （ B） Our furniture is uncomfortable. （ C） Some of our furniture hasnt arrived yet. 18 What does the speaker want to know? （ A） Who calculated my electricity bills. （ B） Why the charges are so high. （ C） Whats wrong with my telephone bills. 19 Wh

10、ats wrong with the medicine the doctor gave me? （ A） The medicine doesnt work. （ B） The medicine has nothing wrong. （ C） The medicine makes me sleepy. 20 Whats true about, the visiting hours of the hospital? （ A） Hospital visiting hours begin at 10: 00. （ B） Visitors must leave before 10: 00. （ C） V

11、isitors can come and leave at any time. 一、 PART 2 (30 points, 10 minutes) Listen to the following passages and then choose the best answer to each question. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 3 passages in this part, each with 5 questions.

12、 And each question carries 2 points. You will hear the passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 21 Which of the following is beyond the capability of Heather Sellers? （ A） To remember the name of a TV show she has seen. （ B） To retell the plot

13、of a novel she has read. （ C） To recall the address of her friends. （ D） To pick out her sister in a group photo. 22 What is the proportion of prosopagnosia in the survey carried out in Munster, Germany? （ A） 2.47% （ B） 2.74% （ C） 2.64% （ D） 2.46% 23 Which of the following techniques used to compens

14、ate the face blindness is not mentioned in the text? （ A） To remember peoples face. （ B） To remember peoples hairstyle. （ C） To remember peoples way of walking. （ D） To remember peoples dressing style. 24 Which of the following is not a characteristic of people with face blindness? （ A） Detecting on

15、es facially expressed emotions. （ B） Determining ones gender from ones face. （ C） Judging a person is pretty or not from ones face. （ D） Recalling the face of a particular person if he or she is pretty. 25 Which of the following statement is true? （ A） Dr. Sellers invented the word face blindness. （

16、 B） Brain scans show that a certain part of the brain of person with face blindness is inactive at all compared with that of a normal person. （ C） A certain part of the brain of a normal person will react differently to the faces of two different persons. （ D） Face blindness is accompanied by some s

17、ymptoms like color blindness. 26 Which is of the following is not true about the new morning show? （ A） It will last from 9 am to 10 am. （ B） It will reserve one part for the latest international news. （ C） It will have two main hosts. （ D） It will touch upon the events in entertainment and lifestyl

18、e. 27 Which of the following is not one of the three main networking morning shows that draw most viewers? （ A） Good morning America. （ B） Early show. （ C） Good morning Americans. （ D） Today. 28 According to text, which of the following is not a motive behind the creation of the show? （ A） The profi

19、t potential of this morning show is promising. （ B） It poses little threat to other morning news show produced by Fox. （ C） It assimilates the best elements of other news programme. （ D） It has large potential audience. 29 Which of the following statement of Jim Murphy is true? （ A） He was a former

20、executive producer of the “CBS Evening News“. （ B） He will be offered a position in CBS as a senior producer of a morning news program. （ C） His new offer was first announced by a CBS staff member. （ D） The responsibilities and title of Mr. Murphy will be finalized this fall. 30 Which of the followi

21、ng local station of Fox group is planning to add a morning show of its own? （ A） Los Angels station. （ B） Washington station. （ C） Cleverland station. （ D） Chicago station. 31 Which of the following is not included in the services of Yahoo Go for Mobile? （ A） Yahoo e-mail. （ B） Searching engine. （ C

22、） Online MSN cheating. （ D） Address book. 32 Which of the following is not true about the Yahoo-Motorola deal? （ A） Motorola is the second handset producer to use Yahoo Go platform. （ B） It is expected to include different models of cell phones. （ C） The users of certain Motorola products can check

23、their emails via this service. （ D） The names of the specific Motorola models involved have been announced. 33 Which of the following is not true about the Nokia-Yahoo deal? （ A） It covers the mid-priced cell phone. （ B） It is dominated by high-priced cell phone. （ C） Some Nokia models have been ava

24、ilable in the market in different areas. （ D） The deal was first announced in January. 34 When will the Motorola handsets with the service of Yahoo Go appear in the market? （ A） First half of 2007. （ B） Second half of 2006. （ C） July 2005. （ D） Late 2007. 35 Which of the following statement is NOT t

25、rue? （ A） Consumers can enjoy more convenience as the cooperation between Internet companies and hardware makers develops. （ B） Yahoo is expected to cooperate with Google Inc. to provide Web services to the Nokia handset users. （ C） Nokia entered cooperation with Yahoo Inc. earlier than Motorola. （

26、D） Consumers need to wait for a period of time before their existing phones can be connected to the Internet. 二、 PART 3 (20 points, 10 minutes) Parts of the following text are missing. While listening to the tape, complete the passage by filling in each blank space with an appropriate word or words.

27、 There are 20 blanks, each carrying 1 points. You will hear the passage only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to finish this part. 35 For more than two centuries, Americans colleges and universities have been the backbone of the countrys progress. They have educated the tec

28、hnical, managerial, (1) and provided generation after generation of national leaders. Today educators from around the globe are turning to U. S. institutions of higher learning (2) . They are apt to find many reasons for the excellence of American universities, but (3) stand out as watersheds: Educa

29、tion (4) : In 1862 Congress enacted the Land-Grant College Act, which essentially extended the opportunity of higher education (5) , including such disenfranchised groups as women and minorities. Each state was permitted to sell large tracts of (6) and use the proceeds to endow at least one public c

30、ollege. (7) : Over the years, the decentralization and diversity of the Americas colleges and universities have promoted competition for students and resources. Competitive pressure first arose (8) . The academys impact really grew after World War II, when (9) commissioned by President Roosevelt arg

31、ued that it was the federal governments responsibility to (10) for basic research. Instead of being centralized in government laboratories, scientific research (11) in American universities and generated increasing investment. It also gave graduate students research opportunities and helped (12) far

32、 and wide, to the benefit of industry, medicine and society as a whole. (13) : The end of the World War II saw passage of the Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944. The law, which provided for (14) for returning veterans, made an already democratic higher-education system accessible in ways that were

33、 (15) in Europe, opening the doors of the best universities to men and women who had (16) of going to college. (17) : The creation of federal loan guarantees and subsidy programs, as well as outright grants for college students brought (18) to higher education and further helped to democratize acces

34、s. Since its founding (19) , the Federal Family Education Loan Program has funded more than 74 million student loans worth more than (20) . 三、 PART 4 (30 points, 30 minutes) Listen to the following passage. Write a short English summary of around 150 words of what you have heard. You will hear the p

35、assage only ONCE and you will have 25 minutes to finish you English summary at the end of the recording. This part of test carries 30 points. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to write your summary satisfactorily. 56 Listen to the following passage. Write a short English summary of aroun

36、d 150 words of what you have heard. This part of the test carries 30 points. You will hear the passage only once. At the end of the recording, you will have 25 minutes to finish this part. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to write your summary satisfactorily. 口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 2答案与解析 SECTION

37、 1 (10 points) Listen to the following passages and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. There are 10 questions in this section, with 1 points each. You will hear the recording only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finish this section. 0 【听力原文】 In

38、1988, 20-year-old Lynette White was fatally stabbed in South Wales. The murder went unsolved for 15 years, until a fresh DNA sweep of her apartment in 2000 turned up spots of blood on a skirting board that had been missed the first time around. British police ran the results through a national DNA d

39、atabase of known criminals, but didnt turn up anyone with an exact match. They did, however, notice someone whose DNA profile was close: a 14-year-old boy who was not even alive when White was murdered but who had gotten into trouble with the cops. DNA testing of the boys family eventually led polic

40、e to Jeffrey Gafoor, the boys paternal uncle, whose DNA exactly matched that of the blood sample. When questioned, Gafoor admitted to murdering White. The case was a dramatic example of “kinship analysis,“ which could become more common as the practice of collecting DNA for crimes increases and the

41、technique becomes more systemized and efficient, researchers said Thursday. But widespread use of the technique raises issues about civil liberties violations, they caution. Studies have shown that a persons chances of committing a crime go up if a parent or sibling had previously done so. And a 199

42、9 US Department of Justice survey found that 46 percent of jail inmates had at least one close relative who had been incarcerated. Britain has adopted a policy where almost any run-in with the law, even minor ones, will allow police to collect DNA. In the United States, the rules vary depending on t

43、he state. Currently, the US criminal database contains DNA samples of about 3 million people. Despite the potential usefulness of the technique, experts worry that maintaining a DNA database of criminal relatives could reflect - perhaps even amplify - demographic disparities already present in the c

44、riminal justice system. 1 【正确答案】 A 2 【正确答案】 B 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【正确答案】 A 5 【正确答案】 A 6 【正确答案】 B 7 【正确答案】 B 8 【正确答案】 B 9 【正确答案】 A 10 【正确答案】 A SECTION 2 (10 points) Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement. There are 10 question

45、s in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear the recording only ONCE. 11 【听力原文】 Nancy has completely stayed off cigarettes after her last visit to the physician. 11 【正确答案】 A 12 【听力原文】 My boss had me finish all the month-end reports, so I was very late in getting home from work. 12 【正

46、确答案】 C 13 【听力原文】 If you want me to recommend a hotel in New York, you need to tell me your budget first. 13 【正确答案】 A 14 【听力原文】 He didnt get high scores in the entrance examination, so he wasnt admitted to the university. 14 【正确答案】 B 15 【听力原文】 To supplement his scholarship, he has a part-time job in

47、a law firm downtown. 15 【正确答案】 C 16 【听力原文】 Hes got a dental appointment for tomorrow afternoon, so Im afraid he cant come to this meeting. 16 【正确答案】 B 17 【听力原文】 We should take some of the furniture out of here, or maybe we should look for a bigger apartment. 17 【正确答案】 A 18 【听力原文】 Id like to inquire

48、about the charges on my electricity bills. It is so high this month. 18 【正确答案】 B 19 【听力原文】 The medicine the doctor gave me seemed to have helped, but its making me awfully drowsy. 19 【正确答案】 C 20 【听力原文】 According to the regulations, visitors arent allowed to stay in the hospital after 10: 00. 20 【正确答

49、案】 B 一、 PART 2 (30 points, 10 minutes) Listen to the following passages and then choose the best answer to each question. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 3 passages in this part, each with 5 questions. And each question carries 2 points. You will hear the passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 20 【听力原文】 Some people never forget a face. Heather Sellers never remembers one. She finds it almost impossible to recognize people simply