1、中级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 13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 BOOKLET. Rememb
2、er you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. 0 In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care for【 C1】 _. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who reside with their parents【 C2】 _. In Thailand, too, ch
3、ildren are expected to care for their elderly parents; few Thai elderly【 C3】_. What explains these differences in【 C4】 _across cultures? Modernization theory linked【 C5】 _household to low levels of economic development. In【 C6】_, the elderly live with their children in large extended family units【 C
4、7】 _. But with modernization, children move to urban areas, leaving old people behind in【 C8】 _. Yet modernization theory cant explain why extended family households【 C9】 _in the United States or England, or why families in Italy, which is【 C10】 _, maintain a strong tradition of intergenerational li
5、ving. Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain【 C11】 _living arrangements. Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with【 C12】 _. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance predominates.【 C13】 _, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son
6、, who then【 C14】 _when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws,【 C15】 _broader social changes brought about by【 C16】 _and urbanization, have undermined the tradition. In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese【 C17】 _lived with their children; by 1990 onl
7、y 60 percent dida figure that is still high by U.S. standards, but which has been【 C18】 _. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are eroding:【 C19】 _who live with a son declined from 77 percent in 1984 to 50 percent【 C20】 _. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9
8、【 C9】 10 【 C10】 11 【 C11】 12 【 C12】 13 【 C13】 14 【 C14】 15 【 C15】 16 【 C16】 17 【 C17】 18 【 C18】 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
9、you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which 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） I spent an hour each on psychology and
10、 literature. （ B） The number one task I finished last night was literature. （ C） I should have studies literature first last night. （ D） I finished half of my work in mathematics last night. （ A） He was too sick to live another two months. （ B） The doctor advised an operation on his wife. （ C） He le
11、arned the case from the doctor. （ D） The doctor told him the truth about his illness. （ A） Jack wears a tight shirt. （ B） We can grasp English culture before graduation with the help of Jack. （ C） Jack hasnt got enough time to help us with English culture. （ D） Jack manages to teach us in spite of b
12、eing busy. （ A） This book is worth 30 dollars now. （ B） Im surprised to find this book cost 10 dollars last year. （ C） It will cost you three dollars to get this book this year. （ D） This book is 10 dollars each if you buy three. （ A） The speaker is asked to check his bag. （ B） The speaker is about
13、to finish his dinner. （ C） The speaker doesnt want to go to the desert any more. （ D） The speaker asks his driver to wait outside. （ A） The chairman signaled his assistant to cross the street at the traffic lights. （ B） The assistant developed the new kind of DVD home cinema system with a company. （
14、 C） The chairman suddenly got an idea of developing new home cinema system. （ D） The assistant got the permission to go ahead with the cooperation with that company. （ A） David was not put in jail. （ B） David escaped when the police found out that he was a thief. （ C） David was arrested because of s
15、tealing computers. （ D） David whos in charge of laptop computers escaped from being arrested. （ A） I eat no meat and only oranges. （ B） I paid four dollars for the oranges all together. （ C） I got 10 oranges one time for they were cheap. （ D） I bough 40 oranges for 40 cents each. （ A） I prefer a bos
16、s who speaks frankly. （ B） My former boss talks over the shoulder. （ C） A boss who straightens his shoulder while talking satisfies me more. （ D） The manager is a fast speaker. （ A） It is foolish to watch that movie on TV. （ B） If you can see the movie on TV, why pay for it? （ C） You will affect oth
17、ers while having popcorn in the cinema. （ D） It sounds great to enjoy that movie on TV. Talks and Conversations Directions: In this part of the test, 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 ta
18、lk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE, when you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） She had her vacation there. （ B） She took a divi
19、ng course there. （ C） She was there on a field trip. （ D） She visited a marine exhibition. （ A） She spent most of her time under the sea. （ B） She spent most of her time lying in the sun. （ C） She spent most of her time looking for sunken treasure. （ D） She spent most of her time taking photographs
20、of the sea. （ A） Planktons are too small to be seen. （ B） Most planktons have transparent tissues. （ C） Most planktons are practically invisible to predators. （ D） Planktons are fascinating organisms. （ A） For a marine exhibition. （ B） For a marine biology class. （ C） For a scuba diving class. （ D）
21、For a special treasure hunting trip. （ A） First year students. （ B） Second or third year students. （ C） Senior students. （ D） Graduates. （ A） Once a week. （ B） Once a month. （ C） Once every two weeks. （ D） Twice a week. （ A） Financial problems. （ B） Campus facilities. （ C） Academic systems. （ D） Stu
22、dying techniques. （ A） Library. （ B） Sports hall. （ C） Medical service. （ D） Cafeteria. （ A） They are waiting for their turn to file a claim for unemployment. （ B） They are waiting to talk to their boss. （ C） They are waiting to buy some plants. （ D） They are waiting to be interviewed. （ A） People d
23、o not earn so much as they used to. （ B） Fewer people drive now. （ C） The interest rates keep rising. （ D） Gasoline price is up again. （ A） It was sold. （ B） It was destroyed. （ C） It was moved to another place. （ D） It was divided by the management. （ A） $2.50. （ B） $9. （ C） $8. （ D） $7. （ A） They
24、are weather researchers. （ B） They study human health in response to atmospheric conditions. （ C） They study peoples emotional changes under different weather conditions. （ D） They forecast weather conditions. （ A） Increase the number of strokes. （ B） Increase heart attacks. （ C） Increase asthma att
25、acks. （ D） Decrease blood pressure. （ A） Blood diseases. （ B） Heart attacks. （ C） Colds or flu. （ D） Pneumonia. （ A） People everywhere have bad headaches during time of forceful winds. （ B） The weather conditions of the atmosphere greatly influence peoples health, thinking, and feelings. （ C） Italia
26、ns have more asthma attacks during times of strong winds. （ D） In some very hot and humid regions, there are more heart attacks in summer. （ A） She is planning to buy a refrigerator. （ B） She is interested in fashion design. （ C） She wanted to know something about a subject. （ D） She asked the man t
27、o help her find a job. （ A） Office management. （ B） Mechanical engineering. （ C） Air conditioning. （ D） Automobile industry. （ A） History. （ B） Chemistry. （ C） Astronomy. （ D） Mathematics. （ A） A friend of the mans. （ B） An air conditioning expert. （ C） A scientist who set out the principles for int
28、ernal combustion. （ D） A professor who invented automobiles and airplane. Sectence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in th
29、e corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Passage Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your AN
30、SWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening. 一、 SECTION 2: STUDA SKILLS Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose one best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all
31、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 space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 57 Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being correc
32、ted all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other peoples. In the same way, children learning t
33、o do all the other things they learn to do without being taughtto walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicyclecompare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alon
34、e correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it,
35、 what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be hi mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine
36、 work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he cant find the way to get the right answer. Lets end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understandi
37、ng, how to know what they know or do not know. Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of ones life is nonsense in a world a
38、s complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?“ Dont worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it. 58 What does the author think is the best
39、 way for children to learn things? （ A） By copying what other people do. （ B） By making mistakes and having them corrected. （ C） By listening to explanations from skilled people. （ D） By asking a great many questions. 59 What does the author think teachers do which they should not do? （ A） They give
40、 children correct answers. （ B） They point out childrens mistakes to them. （ C） They allow children to mark their own work. （ D） They encourage children to copy from one another. 60 The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are _. （ A） not really important skills （ B
41、） more important than other skills （ C） basically different from learning adult skills （ D） basically the same as learning other skills 61 Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because childrens progress should only be estimated by _. （ A） educated persons （ B） the children themselves （ C） tea
42、chers （ D） parents 62 The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are _. （ A） too independent of others （ B） too critical of themselves （ C） unable to think for themselves （ D） unable to use basic skills 62 A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is
43、 for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people. Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingr
44、edient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability. Accountability isnt hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences. Of the many values that hold civilization togetherhonesty, kindness, and so on accountability
45、 may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law-and, ultimately, no society. My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on peo
46、ples behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. Fortunately there are still communitiessmaller towns, usuallywhere schools maintain discipline and where parents hole up standards that proclaim: “In this family certain things are not toleratedthey
47、 simply are not done!“ Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him. The main cause of this break-down is a ra
48、dical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didnt teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him w
49、ith moral guidance, by the parents who didnt provide a stable home. I dont believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything. We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for i
