1、2016年 3月上海市中级口译第一阶段笔试真题试卷及答案与解析 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 BOOKL
2、ET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. 0 In the summer of 2010, record-high temperatures hit Moscow. At first it was just another 【 C1】 _but the scorching heat that started in 【 C2】 _continued through mid-August. Western Russia was 【 C3】 _in early August that 300 or 400 new fires were sta
3、rting every day. Millions of acres of forest 【 C4】 _. So did thousands of homes. Crops withered. Day after day Moscow was bathed in【 C5】_. The elderly and those with impaired respiratory systems【 C6】 _. The death rate climbed as heat stress and smoke【 C7】 _. The average July temperature in Moscow wa
4、s a scarcely believable 14 degrees Fahrenheit 【 C8】 _. Twice during the heat wave, the Moscow temperature 【 C9】 _Fahrenheit, a level Muscovites had never before【 C10】 _. Watching the heat wave play out over a seven-week period on the TV 【 C11】 _, with the thousands of fires and the smoke everywhere,
5、 was like watching 【 C12】 _that had no end. Russias 140 million people were 【 C13】 _, traumatized by what was happening to them and their country. The most 【 C14】 _in Russias 130 years of record keeping was taking a heavy economic toll. The loss of 【 C15】 _and the projected cost of their restoration
6、 【 C16】 _some $300 billion. Thousands of farmers faced bankruptcy. Russias 【 C17】 _shrank from nearly 100 million tons to scarcely 60 million tons as crops withered. Recently the worlds number three wheat exporter, Russia banned grain exports 【 C18】 _to rein in soaring domestic food prices. Between
7、mid-June and mid-August, the world price of wheat 【 C19】 _. Prolonged drought and the worst heat wave in Russian history【 C20】 _worldwide. 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】 14 【 C14】 15 【 C15】 16 【 C16】 17 【 C17】 18 【 C18】
8、 19 【 C19】 20 【 C20】 Statements Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper, so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which
9、one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） Im pleased that George came to Italy with us. （ B） Im sorry that George didnt come to Italy with us. （ C） I dont think that George wi
10、ll go to Italy with us. （ D） I hope that George isnt going to Italy with us. （ A） Jane will arrive at 8:45. （ B） Jane will not arrive until 9:15. （ C） Jane is not going to work. （ D） Jane usually arrives on time. （ A） He lost his voice in arguing for the matter. （ B） He had no opinion whatever of th
11、e matter. （ C） He had little idea of what the matter was about. （ D） He had no say whatever in the matter. （ A） I feel sleepy because of the medicine Im taking. （ B） The doctor hasnt been able to help me. （ C） The doctor advised me to get more sleep. （ D） I think I should ask the doctor to give me m
12、ore medicine. （ A） Im satisfied with my current schedule. （ B） I should design a new work schedule. （ C） My workload is extremely heavy as it is. （ D） My work schedule has put me to a lot of trouble. （ A） You should resist in face of a robbers threat. （ B） You must not fight when your life is not th
13、reatened. （ C） The robber will run away when you fight back. （ D） The robber will threaten your life if you show your weakness. （ A） Development plans will be reviewed at our next meeting. （ B） Our next meeting will be scheduled at 10 a. m. May 9. （ C） Contracts will be crossed off from our next mee
14、ting. （ D） More than two items will be discussed at our next meeting. （ A） Jack will not make the agreement to share profits. （ B） Profits from the product will be divided between Susan and Jack. （ C） Its difficult for Susan to make an agreement with Jack. （ D） Susan will not share profits with Jack
15、 unless he promotes the product. （ A） Many tourists like the places with the French colonial influence. （ B） The menu features the Vietnamese and French styles. （ C） French cuisine is influenced by Vietnamese cuisine. （ D） Vietnam attracts a lot of French tourists. （ A） A larger European Union is su
16、re to face more differences. （ B） The member countries will help the European Union solve differences. （ C） It is inevitable that the European Union will get bigger. （ D） The European Union is likely to settle differences if it gets bigger. Talks and Conversations Directions: In this part of the tes
17、t, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE, when you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. The
18、n write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） He arrived too early for the appointment. （ B） He missed the early bus. （ C） He went to a wrong address. （ D） He felt very bad when he got up. （ A） Because he was late for the appointment. （ B） B
19、ecause he was going to bother the other speaker. （ C） Because he wasnt sure what was wrong with him. （ D） Because he said something improper. （ A） A weak heart. （ B） A headache. （ C） Pneumonia. （ D） Bronchitis. （ A） Three days. （ B） Four days. （ C） Five days. （ D） Six days. （ A） At 12:01 a.m. （ B） A
20、t 4:00 a. m. （ C） At 6:00 a.m. （ D） At 8:00 a. m. （ A） Because they want to get products discounted 50% or more. （ B） Because they want to camp in front of the store to play games. （ C） Because they can meet interesting friends there. （ D） Because they can save more than $ 400. （ A） It should be a s
21、eason of shopping gifts for families and friends. （ B） It should be a season of giving and taking. （ C） It should be a season of helping others. （ D） It should be a season of remembering Santa Claus. （ A） William Graham thinks Christmas season has been commercialized. （ B） Shoppers may spend as much
22、 as $ 400 on Friday after Thanksgiving. （ C） Discounted items are available in stores during this season. （ D） Many businesses rely on Black Friday to make more profits. （ A） Because he plans to work for a national company. （ B） Because he wants Jenny to give him some advice. （ C） Because Jenny spea
23、ks good English. （ D） Because Jenny often attends interviews in English. （ A） Shaking hands firmly with interviewers. （ B） Smiling while greeting the interviewer. （ C） Keeping eye contact during the interview. （ D） Memorizing answers beforehand. （ A） Prepare a quick speech to show your confidence. （
24、 B） Find out as much as possible about the company. （ C） Guess the interviewers questions and memorize your answers. （ D） Use some appropriate body language. （ A） Asking about the salary. （ B） Trying to be confident. （ C） Using interviewers words when answering questions. （ D） Paraphrasing some word
25、s to explain what you want to say. （ A） Single-sex schools. （ B） Co-educational schools. （ C） Public schools. （ D） Famous schools. （ A） They will be banned from enrollment. （ B） They will risk losing students. （ C） They will be denied federal support. （ D） They will rank low among schools. （ A） Some
26、times teachers pay more attention to boys. （ B） Male students outperform them in math and science. （ C） Girls start to lose confidence when boys begin to gain it. （ D） Boys make trouble for them and put them in a fragile condition. （ A） Romance. （ B） Depression. （ C） Addiction. （ D） Weight obsession
27、. （ A） The present apartment is noisy. （ B） The present apartment is not bright. （ C） The present apartment is far from the university. （ D） The present apartment gets no sunshine. （ A） Furnishings. （ B） Surrounding. （ C） Exposure. （ D） Location. （ A） 2,500 RMB. （ B） 3,000 RMB. （ C） 4,500 RMB. （ D）
28、5,000 RMB. （ A） Find a small apartment. （ B） Find a one-bedroom apartment. （ C） Find an apartment with special furnishings. （ D） Find a young person to share an apartment. Sectence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONL
29、Y ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 51 _ 52 _ 53 _ 54 _ 55 _ Passage Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE
30、. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening. 56 _ 57 _ 一、 SECTION 2: STUDA SKILLS Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is follo
31、wed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose 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 the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding
32、 space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 57 Drunken driving sometimes called Americas socially accepted form of murderhas become a national epidemic. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade. A drunken drive
33、r is usually defined as one with a 0. 10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were not severe in most courts, but the deaths caused by drunken drivi
34、ng have recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant. Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, changing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of peo
35、ple killed by 18-20 year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21. Reformers, however, fear that raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop “responsible attitudes“ about drinking and teac
36、h them to resist peer pressure to drink. Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A bar or pub in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more br
37、andies to a customer who was “obviously drunk“ and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy. As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Ho
38、over called the “noble experiment“. They forget that legal prohibition didnt stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution. 58 Why has public opinion regarding drunken driving changed? （ A） Increasing accid
39、ents attract so much publicity. （ B） The news media have highlighted the problem. （ C） Judges are giving more severe sentences. （ D） Drivers are more conscious of their image. 59 The word “well-publicized“(para. 2)is closest in meaning to_. （ A） well-known （ B） recently circulated （ C） generally acc
40、epted （ D） widespread 60 Statistics issued in New Jersey indicated that_. （ A） many drivers were not of legal age （ B） young drivers were often bad drivers （ C） the legal drinking age was to be raised （ D） the level of drinking increased in the 1960s 61 Laws recently introduced in some states have_.
41、 （ A） reduced the number of convictions （ B） resulted in fewer deaths on the road （ C） prevented bars from serving drunken customers （ D） specified the amount drivers can drink 62 According to the passage, why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve? （ A） Alcohol is easily obtained
42、. （ B） Drinking is linked to the drug trade. （ C） Legal prohibition has already failed. （ D） Legislation alone is not sufficient. 62 The ancient reputation of Vikings as bloodthirsty raiders on cold northern seas has undergone a radical change in recent decades. A kinder, gentler, and more fashionab
43、le Viking emerged. But our view of the Norse may be about to alter course again as scholars turn their gaze to a segment of Viking society that has long remained in the shadows. Archaeologists are using recent findings and analysis of previous discoveries from iron collars in Ireland to possible pla
44、ntation houses in Sweden to illuminate the role of slavery in creating and maintaining the Viking way of life. Scandinavian slavery still echoes in the English language today. The expression “to be held in thrall,“ meaning to be under someones power, traces back to the Old Norse term for a slave: th
45、rall. Slavery in the region long predates the Vikings. There is evidence of vast economic disparity as early as the first century A. D. , with some people living with animals in barns while others live nearby in large, prosperous homes. Ancient chronicles long mentioned that people, as well as preci
46、ous objects, were a target of the Viking raids that began in 793 A. D. at the Scottish monastery of Lindisfarne. The Annals of Ulster record “a great booty of women“ taken in a raid near Dublin in 821 A. D. , while the same account contends that 3,000 people were captured in a single attack a centur
47、y later. Neil Price, an archaeologist at Swedens Uppsala University, suspects that “slavery was a very significant motivator in raiding. “ One key factor may have been a dire need for women. Some scholars believe that the Vikings were a polygamous society that made it hard for non-elites to find bri
48、des. That may have driven the raids and ambitious exploration voyages for which Vikings are best known. Some genetic studies, for example, suggest that a majority of Icelandic women are related to Scottish and Irish ancestors who likely were raid booty. As Viking fleets expanded, so did the need for
49、 wool to produce the sails necessary to power the ships. This also may have driven the need for slaves. The pressing need for wool production likely led to a plantation-like economy, a topic now being studied by researchers. For example, at a Swedish site called Sanda, researchers in the 1990s found a great hall surrounded by small houses. Some Swedish archaeologists now believe this could have been a Viking plantat
