1、上海市中级口译第一阶段笔试模拟 7 及答案解析(总分：250.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1: LISTENING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、A: Spot Dictation(总题数：1，分数：30.00)The automobile, along with a house and a garden, is 1 of the American Dream. The 2 had 1.8 vehicles; each vehicle is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year at an average highway s
2、peed of 3 . Most cars are used for 4 ; less than 6% of the American workforce uses 5 to get to work. Some of the country“s wonderful high-speed highways now carry three or more times the 6 and twice a day mm into parking lots. San Francisco and Washington D.C win the prize for the two cities with 7
3、. Even if 8 could walk to anything other than the house next door, they wouldn“t. Walking is un-American. Whenever possible, Americans drive and, if necessary, wait to get a parking place 9 . Congestion occurs as drivers 10 , looking for a parking place that“s closer to where they want to go. Americ
4、an cars are all 11 . A stick shift (manual) is harder to drive and therefore considered sportier, 12 . And continually pressing on the clutch can get tiresome if one drives 30 miles each day to work in heavy traffic, as many Americans do. An American man might 13 so his wife won“t be able to drive i
5、tand vice versa. A car is not just an American“s 14 , it“s a suit of clothes, a haircut, 15 to the world. Car owners not only select vehicles that reflect this, they also customize them in different ways. They paint the cars 16 or woodland scenes; they add mirrors and chrome and 17 ; they put shingl
6、e all over old school buses and mm them into 18 . More conventional drivers .satisfy themselves with bumper stickers that reveal their 19 , political opinions, or 20 , form “Yale School of Law“ to “If you are rich, I am single“. （分数：30.00）三、B: Listening Compreh(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Statements(总题数：2，分数：10
7、.00)（分数：5.00）A.The prices in the catalogue are going too far.B.The quotations from the book are amazing.C.I can“t believe I can“t log on to the internet.D.The catalogue offers a reasonable price list.A.Getting older is avoidable if you keep doing exercises regularly.B.Even if we are getting older ph
8、ysically, we can stay young mentally.C.It is impossible for us to stay healthy due to the fact that we are getting older year after year.D.The idea of trying to keep fit has nothing to do with age.A.I changed my performing clothes in my room right before the performance.B.The performance is about to
9、 start and I have no time to change my clothes.C.I can“t go to see the performance without changing into my formal clothes.D.The performance has special dress code for those who axe going to watch it.A.The expiration date for the application of student loan is later than I expected.B.I missed the ch
10、ance of getting a student loan.C.The deadline for the application of student loan was last Thursday.D.The student loan office was closed last Wednesday.A.The art exhibition turned out to be a failure.B.The marketing strategy for the show was good, but the show itself was bad.C.Not many people came t
11、o the opening of the show.D.The show had a grand opening which was successful.（分数：5.00）A.If you cut the edge of the TV cable, you can get 500 channels through it.B.The modern technology allows us to see a lot more channels on TV.C.The old cable TV system can provide as many as 500 different programs
12、 if it“s not aging.D.To cut the number of programs, you need to be careful with the edge of the TV system.A.My homework should be done with my own hand but I can“t remember how.B.I don“t have the habit of writing down information on my hand.C.I can“t recall the details of the homework immediately wi
13、thout looking at it.D.The assignment has got out of my hand and I need you to call me to help.A.To do homework on the computers in the student center can be very tiring.B.To use the computer in the student center, we have to pay a lot.C.The computers in the students center are not available because
14、they are all locked with ropes.D.We can“t find a free computer to do our homework.A.I can“t afford a printer right now.B.I lost all the money because of the hole in my pocket.C.My money has been burnt so I am broke.D.I am so careless about money that I don“t know where I put it.A.The younger a perso
15、n is, the less likely it4s he will get married.B.The older a person is, the more likely it is he will get divorced.C.There is a connection between the age of getting married and the divorce rate.D.Older people are less likely to get divorced than young people.五、Talks and Conversati(总题数：5，分数：20.00)Qu
16、estions 11-14 （分数：4.00）A.Australia.B.Auckland.C.Christchurch.D.New Zealand.A.Because he could stay with his relatives.B.Because a trip to that place is within his budget.C.Because the man wants to improve his English.D.Because the man Wants to make some new friends.A.The man wants to leave Australia
17、 forever.B.Christchurch is on the South Island of New Zealand.C.Auckland is a good place for skiing.D.The man lost some money in Australia.A.The man is an Australian.B.The man wants to become a sailor.C.The man has decided to join a walking tour.D.The man does not like sea-traveling.Questions 15-18
18、（分数：4.00）A.Financial.B.Personnel.C.Strategy.D.Technology.A.Domestic consumer market share.B.Turnover.C.Profits.D.Costs.A.The training department no longer do quality assurance training now.B.The results in the domestic consumer market has dropped and thus is not very satisfactory.C.The R yet all thi
19、s oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he is bored with it. In fact, the blue-and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management. T
20、he worker and employee are anxious, not only because they might find themselves out of a job; they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life. They live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotional
21、ly and intellectually independent and productive human beings. Those higher up on the social ladder axe no less anxious. Their lives axe no less empty than those of their subordinates. They axe even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behi
22、nd is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence. From that moment on they axe tested again and again-by the psychologists, for whom testing i
23、s a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etc. This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one“s fellow-competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness. Am I suggesting that
24、 we should return to the preindustrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century “free enterprise“ capitalism? Certainly not. Problems axe never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in
25、which maximal production and consumption axe ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialitiesthose of love and of reason-are the aims of all social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end, and should be p
26、revented from ruling man.（分数：10.00）(1).By “a well-oiled cog in the machinery“ the author intends to render the idea that man is _.（分数：2.00）A.a necessary part of the society though each individual“s function is negligibleB.working in complete harmony with the rest of the societyC.an unimportant part
27、in comparison with the rest of the society, though functioning smoothlyD.a humble component of the society, especially when working smoothly(2).The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that _.（分数：2.00）A.they axe likely to lose their jobsB.they have no genuine satisfaction or int
28、erest in lifeC.they axe faced with the fundamental realities of human existenceD.they axe deprived of their individuality and independence(3).From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those _.（分数：2.00）A.who are at the bottom of the societyB.who axe higher up in their socia
29、l statusC.who prove better that their fellow-competitorsD.who could keep far away from this competitive world(4).To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should _.（分数：2.00）A.resort to the production mode of our ancestorsB.offer higher wages to the workers and employeesC.enabl
30、e man to fully develop his potentialitiesD.take the fundamental realities for granted(5).The author“s attitude towards industrialism might best be summarized as one of _.（分数：2.00）A.approvalB.dissatisfactionC.suspicionD.toleranceThe farm is a major marketplace for millions of tons of synthetic fertil
31、izers and pesticides, and for advanced machinery and the fuel required to run it. The modern superfarm, large and highly capitalized, is resource dependent compared with the diversified small farms that were once dominant. On diversified farms, major energy needs may be supplied by resident humans a
32、nd animals. Soil fertility may be maintained by alternating cash crops and restorative crops, and also by returning animal manure to the soil. This fanning model of relatively self-sufficient agriculture, and the way of life associated with it, are still economically viable, as demonstrated by prosp
33、erous Amish farmers and other practitioners of “alternative“ agriculture. Particularly relevant to today“s mainstream agriculture are the energy-saving practices on large “organic“ farms, which are thoroughly mechanized but which minimize the use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. By compariso
34、n, mainstream American agriculture has until lately been careless in its use of energy, water, and land. When fossil energy was cheap, applications of fertilizers and pesticides paid large dividends, so farmers were encouraged to use these products. Soon most farmers used too much fertilizer and pes
35、ticide. Farmers in dry regions enjoyed an era of cheap water, obtained from publicly subsidized irrigation systems or from pumping groundwater using inexpensive energy. The soil too was expendable as demand grew for U.S. agricultural products. The period of extraordinary profligacy in the use of soi
36、l, water, and fossil fuels may well be at an end. The new structure of large farms is quite sensitive to cost factors. These adaptive farms, whose development was assisted by public tax, subsidy and research policies, have access to capital, technologies, and management skills, enabling them to swit
37、ch relatively quickly to resource-conserving practicesfor example, to low-tillage system that requires less fuel, that shepherds soil moisture, and that may reduce soil erosion. It seems likely that federal programs that have enlarged our farms, therefore, have had a further result of creating the p
38、otential for a more conserving agriculture. With respect to energy use. for example, energy costs per unit of output are lower for large farms, mainly because these farms quickly economized on energy as costs rose. In the future, according to one authoritative assessment, “agricultural production is
39、 likely to use capital and land more intensively but energy, fertilizer and labor less intensively“.（分数：10.00）(1).The main difference between the modem super farm and diversified farms lies in _.（分数：2.00）A.their sizesB.the machinery employedC.the degree of dependence on resourcesD.the kinds of crops
40、 cultivated and animals raised(2).The second paragraph focuses on the fact that _.（分数：2.00）A.fossil energy was once very cheapB.farm in dry areas could get cheap waterC.most American farmers used too much fertilizer and pesticideD.mainstream American agriculture used to be wasteful of energy, water
41、and land(3).The word “profligacy“ (para. 3) most probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.wastefulnessB.carefulnessC.profitabilityD.economy(4).According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.The farming model and the way of life on diversified farms are workable.B.Large “organic“ farms us
42、e large amounts of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.C.The new adaptive farms are capable of resource-conserving practices.D.To reduce soil erosion is a resource-conserving practice.(5).It can be seen from the passage that the problem of resource conservation in agriculture _.（分数：2.00）A.has been
43、solved in the U.S.B.has not yet been paid any attention toC.is being seriously and effectively dealt withD.will soon be solved by using more capital and landOver the last decade, demand for the most common cosmetic surgery procedures, like breast enlargement and nose jobs, has increased by more than
44、 400 per cent. According to Dr. Dai Davies, of the Plastic Surgery Partnership in Hammersmith, the majority of cosmetic surgery patients are not chasing physical perfection. Rather, they are driven to fantastic lengths to improve their appearance by a desire to look normal. “What we all crave is to
45、look normal, and normal is what is prescribed by the advertising media and other external pressures. They give us a perception of what is physically acceptable and we feel we must look like that.“ In America, the debate is no longer about whether surgery is normal; rather, it centers on what age peo
46、ple should be before going under the knife. New York surgeon Dr. Gerard Imber recommends “maintenance“ work for people in their thirties. “The idea if waiting until one need a heroic transformation is silly,“ he says. “By then, you“ve wasted 20 great years of your life and allowed things to get out
47、of hand.“ Dr. Imber draws the line at operating on people who are under 18, however, “It seems that someone we don“t consider old enough to order a drink shouldn“t be considering plastic surgery.“ In the UK cosmetic surgery has long been seen as the exclusive domain of the very rich and famous. But
48、the proportionate cost of treatment has fallen substantially, bringing all but the most advanced laser technology within the reach of most people. Dr. Davie, who claims to “cater for the average person“, agrees. He says: “I treat a few of the rich and famous and an awful lot of secretaries. Of cours
49、e, 3,000 for an operation is a lot of money. But it is also an investment for life which costs about half the price of a good family holiday.“ Dr. Davies suspects that the increasing sophistication of the fat injecting and removal techniques that allow patients to be treated with a local anaesthetic in an afternoon has also helped promote the popularity of cosmetic surgery. Yet, as one woman who recently paid 2,500 for liposuction to remove cellulite from her thighs admitted, the slope to becoming a cosmetic surgery veteran is a deceptively g
