[外语类试卷]高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷35及答案与解析.doc

1、高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 35及答案与解析 Part A Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Re

2、member you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. 0 On this day a year ago, a young woman lay dying, in a cold and spartan house, in a village in South Africas remote Eastern Cape Province. AIDS had eaten into her body; she weighed less than four and half stone. 【 C1】 _ that she could barely leave her bed

3、. Her mouth was infected with the thrush that makes it【 C2】 _. Her name was Prudence Radebe and she was resigned to her fate. Today, Prudence is still alive. In fact, she【 C3】 _ that its hard to believe just how sick she was. Her weight has【 C4】 _, to sixty-one kilograms. Her skin is smooth and shin

4、y. She carries【 C5】 _ from the well up the hill with no difficulty. And, every so often, she likes to does stretching exercises【 C6】 _behind her house. Prudence knows why she is still alive. “Anti-retroviral drugs saved my life“, she says, matter-of-factly. I first met her【 C7】 _, when she started t

5、aking anti-retrovirals. Since then, Ive been travelling down to the Eastern Cape every two months【 C8】 _. We do a lot of AIDS stories in this part of the worldbut not many like thiswith a happy ending. Prudence is a clever,cheerful person, with a loving family【 C9】 _ with a warm feeling, it shows th

6、ere is hope amidst the dark,【 C10】 _. Prudence is, above all, lucky. Shed heard that the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres had started an anti-retroviral project【 C11】 _, and she applied for treatment. A fluke of geography, if you likethere are almost【 C12】 _ people in the Eastern Cape, and only 4,00

7、0 are receiving free anti-retrovirals. But Prudence is not just luckyshe had to 【 C13】 _ that she was serious and dedicated. She had to learn about all 【 C14】 _ which she now needs to take every single day for the rest of her life. She discovered that she might build up resistance if she does not ta

8、ke them properly, and that they can 【 C15】 _. Today she has the zeal of a convert, her language is peppered with the terminology of【 C16】 _, viral-load, voluntary testing, nevirapine. If Prudence took you round her village, you would realise just how fortunate she is. This is one of the most beautif

9、ul parts of South Africa【 C17】 _ the steep, green hillsides, and childrens voices echo across the valleys. But its a landscape that is haunted by death. Prudence is surrounded by tragedy. I fear the worst for her neighbour, Nontandozela,【 C18】 _ for the past six months, too weak to stand. Nontandoze

10、las sister, Victoria, was also sick and lying in the bed on the other side of the room.【 C19】 _ Victoria died. Nontandozelas daughters watch in silence. Their faces betray no emotions, but I cant imagine their fear. The men in the family; the fathers of these young girls【 C20】 _; nobody knows how to

11、 contact them. And nobody has enough money to pay for a taxi to take Nontandozela to the clinic where Prudence started her treatment. If nothing happens, Nontandozelas days are numbered. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 11 【 C11】 12 【 C12】 13 【 C13】 1

12、4 【 C14】 15 【 C15】 16 【 C16】 17 【 C17】 18 【 C18】 19 【 C19】 20 【 C20】 Part B Listening Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE

13、. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） St. Johns College. （ B） Clare Bridge beside the Clare College. （ C） The rebuilt buildings of Trinity College.

14、（ D） The chapel of Kings College. （ A） Only fellows are admitted to the Chamber. （ B） Only fellows are allowed to visit the Chancellor. （ C） Only fellows are permanently attached to the college. （ D） Only fellows are permitted to walk on the grass. （ A） A professor of Trinity College. （ B） A lecture

15、r of Clare College. （ C） The Director of the Board. （ D） The treasurer of a college. （ A） St. Johns College. （ B） Clare College. （ C） Trinity College. （ D） Kings College. （ A） St. Johns College. （ B） Clare College. （ C） Trinity College. （ D） Kings College. （ A） 74.59%. （ B） 25.41%. （ C） 21.78%. （ D）

16、 30.98%. （ A） To be hastily scheduled for early next week in Germany. （ B） To reach some conclusion during the G8 summit in Heilingendamm, Germany. （ C） To increase aid to Africa. （ D） To divide over commitments on climate change and on whether to reiterate earlier promises made to America. （ A） Kia

17、mbu district is about 22km west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. （ B） Residents have been living in fear for the past twelve months. （ C） Members of an outlawed sect, Mungiki, are trying to maintain local security. （ D） There are many security officers in the village. （ A） At least twenty-two. （ B） T

18、en. （ C） Twenty-five. （ D） Two. （ A） The Surf: A Hub for Small Coastal Towns （ B） The Season: Running from the October School Holidays （ C） Australia: Cutting Energy Consumption （ D） The Club: Saving 750 US Dollars a Year （ A） Not after ten past or half past nine. （ B） At nine oclock sharp. （ C） Fle

19、xtime. （ D） Not before ten oclock. （ A） At most fifteen minutes. （ B） At least twenty minutes. （ C） Thirty minutes or so. （ D） Forty minutes or more. （ A） People may relax all the time when they have once got a job. （ B） People may sit idle when their boss is not there. （ C） Many of the big companie

20、s in the US now have flextime. （ D） People may start or end work earlier or later as they wish to. （ A） Flextime is common in the US although in parts of Europe this is not the case. （ B） People are not paid for what they do but for their time. （ C） It is difficult for people to get a job contract i

21、n the US and Europe. （ D） Employees are expected to work their flextime before the coffee break and after the lunch hour. （ A） The difference in office life between the US and Europe. （ B） The democratic aspect of American office life. （ C） The problems people are faced with in American offices. （ D

22、） Office routines in the US. （ A） Both parents working and raising two or three children. （ B） A working father, a housewife mother and a couple of children. （ C） Married couples who decide not to have any children. （ D） Adult children living with only one of their parents. （ A） High divorce rate in

23、 the culture and the new trend of DINK in the country. （ B） Rapid economic growth in the past decades despite of the “womens problems“. （ C） The sustained high unemployment rate in this country despite of the economic development. （ D） Previous full-time homemakers now working outside their homes. （

24、 A） 44.5%. （ B） 45.5%. （ C） 54.5%. （ D） 55.5%. （ A） By allowing the transferred employee to work on flextime so as to take care of the family. （ B） By providing extra allowance and perks for the employees family. （ C） By helping the employees spouse to find a new job. （ D） By setting up affordable o

25、r even free day-care centers in the company. （ A） Only some large companies implement the new policies listed in the talk. （ B） The situation of modern working parents has been greatly improved owing to the adoption of these policies. （ C） These policies are very expensive to implement even in large

26、 American companies. （ D） Some of these policies make it even more difficult for the employees to work and take care of the family unexpectedly. 一、 SECTION 2 READING TEST Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose

27、 ONE best answer, A, B, C or D, to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write tile letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 40 On the RER Line from Paris that serves

28、 the banlieue of Sartrouville, an advertising hoarding shows the three leading candidates for the French presidential election: the Socialists Segolene Royal, the centre-rights Nicolas Sarkozy and the centrist Francois Bayrou. The picture of Mr. Sarkozy has been sprayed out and a graffiti caption ad

29、ded: “dictator“. Mr. Sarkozy inspires dread or admiration, but seldom indifference. In the banlieues, with their young, jobless ethnic minorities, these feelings are intensified. To some, Mr. Sarkozy is a straight talker, ready to take on gangs, welfare fraudsters and illegal immigrants. To others,

30、he is an authoritarian who favours heavy-handed policing and panders to anti-immigrant prejudice. “Voters are very divided about him,“ concedes Pierre Fond, Sartrouvilles mayor, who is from Mr. Sarkozys party. “His image is strong, so he provokes strong reactions.“ Mr. Sarkozy has not been to the ba

31、nlieues during his campaign. With only two weeks left before the first round, fears of trouble in the banlieues have erupted again. Six hours of fighting and vandalism last week at the Gare du Nord, the station that serves many Parisian suburbs, after a passenger jumped the barrier and resisted a ti

32、cket check, stirred memories, and gave candidates a chance to air their differences over law and order. Mr. Sarkozy swiftly accused Ms. Royal of “moral bankruptcy“ for deploring the breakdown of trust between the police and ordinary citizens before denouncing the barrier-hopping passenger. In turn,

33、Ms. Royal charged Mr. Sarkozy with failing to do anything for the banlieues and of using repressive policing methods. “Fire is smouldering in the ashes,“ she said. “The slightest spark could set it off again.“ Five years ago, popular anxieties about insecurity, crime and the banlieues helped the far

34、-right Jean-Marie Le Pen to edge out the Socialist candidate, Lionel Jospin, in the first round. Who stands to benefit from similar concerns this time? The Socialists have in Ms. Royal a candidate who has sounded tough on crime, arguing on one occasion that young offenders should be put under milita

35、ry supervision. Mr. Sarkozy has a mixed record in office. Overall crime has dropped since 2002 by 9%; but violent attacks have risen by 14%. Yet Mr. Sarkozy escaped mostly undamaged from the 2005 riots in the banlieues, and has retained his tough-cop image. A new poll by Ifop, a pollster, suggested

36、that 43% of respondents find him the most credible candidate on security, next to just 15% for Ms Royal, and a surprisingly low 8% for Mr. Le Pen. It is not natural territory for Ms. Royal. This week she tried to steer the debate back to jobs and wages, by visiting striking workers at a car factory.

37、 In the banlieues themselves, the political picture is more mixed. Sartrouville, with 53,000 residents, is home both to the housing project of Les Indes, one of Frances 23 “most sensitive“ zones, and to neat rows of detached houses with shutters and net curtains. It was badly scarred by riots in 199

38、1, but only lightly touched in 2005. Today Sartrouvilles main square has been scrubbed up, pedestrianised and decorated with giant potted plants and a fountain. A Muslim prayer hall has opened in a disused industrial building. Three tower-blocks are to be demolished. After a pilot project that inclu

39、ded more video-surveillance and outdoor lighting, crime has dropped. Older residents like Mr. Sarkozys tough line. But young hooded men complain of police harassment, and blame him for it. Others fear that he is pitting the French against one another, a factor that could work against him in a second

40、-round run-off. In the town hall, just up from the Afro-Beaute Salon, the mayor bets on Mr. Sarkozy coming top in the first round. But he also says Mr. Le Pens support of 14% in the polls is underestimated. “I think hell get closer to 20%,“ he says. “The same preoccupations from 2002 are still there

41、 today.“ 41 The phrase “take on“ (Para.2) is closest in meaning to_. （ A） confront （ B） attack （ C） yield to （ D） eliminate 42 According to the passage, which of the following is true? （ A） There is ambivalent feeling towards Mr. Sarkozy. （ B） Ms. Royal is contrary to Mr. Sarkozy in many ways, espec

42、ially in repressing street crimes. （ C） Ms. Royal accused Sarkozy of his failure to create a harmonious atmosphere between community and police. （ D） Sarkozy and Royal should both be responsible for the barrier-hopping. 43 In the 5th paragraph, the author raised a question “Who stands to benefit fro

43、m similar concerns this time?“. The answer should be_. （ A） Mr. Sarkozy lowered overall crime by 9% （ B） Mr. Sarkozy won 43% of respondents in a poll by making them believe hes the most credible candidate on security. （ C） Ms. Royal lowered violent attacks by 14% （ D） Ms. Royal displayed her tough s

44、ide in rebuilding security community and repressing crimes. 44 Why is the political picture more mixed? （ A） Rich and poor people live here altogether. （ B） Old and young residents live together. （ C） Massive changes are taking place here and street security level is not stable. （ D） Mr. Sarkozy and

45、 Ms Royal are grappling over this quarter. 45 The passage is mainly about_. （ A） French future and street crimes （ B） two French candidates and their claims （ C） Sarkozys victory and Royals failure （ D） Royals victory and Sarkozys failure 45 For as long as multinational companies have existedand som

46、e historians trace them back to banking under the Knights Templar in 1135they have been derided by their critics as rapacious rich-world beasts. If there was ever any truth to that accusation, it is fast disappearing. While globalisation has opened new markets to rich-world companies, it has also gi

47、ven birth to a pack of fast-moving, sharp-toothed new multinationals that is emerging from the poor world. Indian and Chinese firms are now starting to give their rich-world rivals a run for their money. So far this year, Indian firms, led by Hindalco and Tata Steel, have bought some 34 foreign comp

48、anies for a combined $10.7 billion. Indian IT-services companies such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro are putting the fear of God into the old guard, including Accenture and even mighty IBM. Big Blue sold its personal-computer business to a Chinese multinational, Lenovo, which is now

49、 starting to get its act together. PetroChina has become a force in Africa, including, controversially, Sudan. Brazilian and Russian multinationals are also starting to make their mark. The Russians have outdone the Indians this year, splashing $11.4 billion abroad, and are now in the running to buy Alitalia, Italys state airline. These are very early days, of course. Indias Ranbaxy is still minute compared with a branded-drugs make