1、中级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 2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. Remembe
2、r you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. 0 It is difficult to give a description of【 C1】 _because they vary from state to state and city to city. Some towns allow the sale of very weak,【 C2】 _, known as “three-two“ beer. Some places【 C3】 _of any alcohol on Sundays, not only in bars but also in shops.
3、You may find a locked bar over the alcohol shelves. In many parts of America, you are not allowed to drink alcohol【 C4】 _. That is, you may not sit in a park or【 C5】 _drinking beer, and you cannot even take a nice bottle of wine【 C6】 _. In some public places, people can be seen taking drinks from ca
4、ns【 C7】 _. These are not cans of Coca-Cola.【 C8】 _you are not allowed to drink alcohol while driving, or even【 C9】 _container in the car. Some bars【 C10】 _only for beer and wine. Others are also allowed to sell spirits and thus, as Americans say, “【 C11】 _“. Many bars have a period【 C12】 _, often lo
5、nger than an hour, when they sell drinks with prices【 C13】 _. This is usually around 5p.m. and may be only【 C14】 _of the week. Legal drinking age varies from state to state but is generally【 C15】 _. Some states permit【 C16】 _at 18 but spirits only at 21. Others permit the consumption only of “three-
6、two“ beer from 18 to 21.【 C17】 _, in some parts of the USA, young people【 C18】 _, marry, raise children, keep full-time jobs, be tried in courts as adults, join the army and even buy guns but not【 C19】 _. In some places 18 to 21 year olds are allowed into bars but not allowed to drink. Another even
7、more interesting aspect of American drinking-age laws is that in some places people【 C20】 _are not even allowed to sell alcohol. 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】 19 【 C19】
8、 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 one is clo
9、sest 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） Both Jeff and I were surprised, （ B） Neither Jeff nor I was surprised. （ C） Jeff was less surprised than I was. （ D） Jeff was more surprised th
10、an I was. （ A） The assignment is boring. （ B） The class was canceled. （ C） Dr. Hardly phoned the class members. （ D） Dr. Hardly is taking over this week. （ A） Colleges accept more students than they have room for. （ B） Many students are accepted to more than on college. （ C） Each year the number of
11、students applying to colleges is greater. （ D） College usually reserved rooms for students they have accepted. （ A） The school wouldnt understand her. （ B） The school wouldnt give her the money. （ C） The school wouldnt trust her. （ D） The school wouldnt answer her question. （ A） Janes writing is onl
12、y average. （ B） Jane misspells too many words in her essay. （ C） Jane shouldnt improve her spelling. （ D） Jane cant stand to write in her essay. （ A） Bill will graduate in June even if he fails in his chemistry course. （ B） Bill intends to do graduate work in chemistry after June. （ C） Bill wont gra
13、duate in June, so hes going away. （ D） Bill must take the chemistry course before he can graduate in June. （ A） Mike found two different types of apartment. （ B） Mike is paying $ 400 per month. （ C） Mike has already paid two months rent. （ D） Mike doubled his efforts to find an apartment. （ A） Altho
14、ugh I feel it is a long time, we actually met only eight days ago. （ B） Although weve known each other for a short time, weve been friends for a long time. （ C） I feel we havent seen each other for a long time. （ D） We met when we ate in a restaurant eight days ago. （ A） First class delivery will co
15、st 7 dollars. （ B） Third class delivery will take a fortnight to arrive. （ C） First class is a popular means of delivery. （ D） Third class costs only a dollar fifty but it is slow in delivery. （ A） The government should take steps to protect the environment. （ B） The government should appoint a depa
16、rtment to clean up rivers and lakes. （ C） Factories will Contribute funds towards environmental protection. （ D） Factories will be fined for discharging waste products into water bodies. Talks and Conversations Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations
17、. 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. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in th
18、e corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） They dont help sports players at all. （ B） They dont live up to their fame. （ C） They may be comfortable but are too expensive. （ D） They are good for track and field sports but not for ball games. （ A） He and his friends have never worn Adidas. （ B
19、） Adidas is just for great sports players like the Chicago Bulls. （ C） Adidas helps sports players do better. （ D） He has been wanting to wear Adidas shoes himself. （ A） He thinks Adidas would cost him quite a lot of money. （ B） He doesnt think Joyce will run. （ C） He doesnt think the shoes will hel
20、p Joyce in the games. （ D） He doesnt think Joyce will play sports for long. （ A） She makes good use of an ad to convince her father. （ B） She is easily fooled by ads. （ C） She didnt play much sports before. （ D） She wants her fathers opinion about Adidas shoes. （ A） To get consent from their parents
21、. （ B） To prepare rings for exchange. （ C） To be of legal age and to meet certain medical requirements. （ D） To send out announcements and invitations. （ A） Because it would make the wedding less exciting. （ B） Because it would bring the new couple bad luck. （ C） Because it would bring the bride bad
22、 luck. （ D） Because it would be considered inappropriate by others. （ A） Fathers might object to their daughters leaving home. （ B） Gifts were forced into marriages. （ C） Friendship between men was important. （ D） Every wedding ceremony should be witnessed by a respectable man, （ A） The third finger
23、 is the lucky finger. （ B） The third finger is the middle finger. （ C） The third finger is supposed to be linked to the heart. （ D） The third finger is a symbol of lasting affection. （ A） A formal talk between the boss and his secretary. （ B） An informal talk between two friends. （ C） A formal talk
24、between a professor and a student. （ D） An interview between the interviewer and the job applicant. （ A） General manager. （ B） An official worker. （ C） Head of the Personnel Department. （ D） A secretary. （ A） She types Chinese well. （ B） She is English. （ C） She is good at languages. （ D） She used t
25、o be a school teacher. （ A） The man is not satisfied with the speed Miss Jenkins types. （ B） The man is hesitating whether to accept Miss Jenkins or not. （ C） The man does not think Miss Jenkins is qualified. （ D） The man will probably recommend Miss Jenkins to the general manager, （ A） The disease
26、is now spreading from patients to doctors. （ B） 10% of Africans are HIV positive. （ C） The disease has spread very fast in Africa, （ D） The disease is now spreading to more people and more places. （ A） Many people in Africa are still unaware of the danger of AIDS. （ B） The younger generation in Afri
27、ca is threatened by AIDS. （ C） Its not yet discovered as to how serious the situation is. （ D） Lots of health workers are infected by HIV virus in Africa. （ A） How AIDS spreads to Africa. （ B） How innocent people contract AIDS. （ C） What can be done to save innocent victims of AIDS. （ D） How HIV-pos
28、itive persons develop AIDS. （ A） Mother-to-child transmission. （ B） Blood transfusions. （ C） Patient-to-healthcare workers. （ D） Drug abuser. （ A） He likes to do things with his own hands. （ B） He wants to make things easier for Paul. （ C） His house was in a very bad state when he bought it. （ D） He
29、 wants to save money. （ A） Paul is physically handicapped. （ B） Paul does not live in a flat. （ C） Paul is mentally retarded. （ D） Paul cannot move about without his wheelchair. （ A） The corridor was widened. （ B） The house was rewired. （ C） The smoke alarms were installed. （ D） The front door can b
30、e opened automatically. （ A） To put a device on Pauls wheelchair. （ B） To build an extension to the house. （ C） To start a business on house alterations for disabled people, （ D） To redesign the kitchen, Sectence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English.
31、 You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the 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 ON
32、LY ONCE. 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. 一、 SECTION 2: STUDA SKILLS Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed
33、 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 sp
34、ace in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 57 Reading the papers and looking at television these days, one can easily be persuaded that the human species is on its last legs, still tottering along but only barely making it. In this view, disease is the biggest menace of all. Even when we are not endangering our li
35、ves by eating the wrong sorts of food and taking the wrong kinds of exercise, we are placing ourselves in harms way by means of the toxins we keep inserting into the environment around us. As if this were not enough, we have fallen into the new habit of thinking our way into illness: ff we take up t
36、he wrong kind of personality, we nm the risk of contracting a new disease called stress, followed quickly by coronary occlusion. Or if we just sit tight and try to let the world slip by, here comes cancer, from something we ate, breathed or touched. No wonder we are a nervous lot. The word is out th
37、at if we were not surrounded and propped up by platoons of health professionals, we would drop in our tracks. The truth is something different, in my view. There has never been a time in history when human beings in general have been statistically as healthy as the people now living in the industria
38、l societies of the Western world. Our average life expectancy has stretched from 45 years a century ago to todays figure of around 75. More of us than ever before are living into our 80s and 90s. Dying from disease in childhood and adolescence is no longer the common occurrence that it was 100 years
39、 ago, when tuberculosis and other lethal microbial infections were the chief causes of premature death. Today, dying young is a rare and catastrophic occurrence, and when it does happen, it is usually caused by trauma. Medicine must get some of the credit for the remarkable improvement in human heal
40、th, but not all. The profession of plumbing also had much to do with the change. When sanitary engineering assured the populace of uncontaminated water, the great epidemics of typhoid fever and cholera came to an end. Even before such advances, as early as the 17th century, improvements in agricultu
41、re and nutrition had increased peoples resistance to infection. In short we have come a long way-the longest part of that way with common sense, cleanliness and a better standard of living, but a substantial recent distance as well with medicine. We still have an agenda of lethal and incapacitating
42、illnesses to cause us anxiety, but these shouldnt worry us to death. The diseases that used to kill off most of us early in life have been brought under control. Meanwhile, biomedical research has moved us into the early stage of a totally new era in medicine. So much has recently been learned about
43、 fundamental processes at cellular and subcellular levels that there are no longer any disease mechanisms that have the look of impenetrable mysteries. There is a great deal still to be learned about the ailments of our middle years and old agecancer, heart disease, stroke, dementia, arthritis and t
44、he rest. But they no longer seem unapproachable, as they did just ten years ago. Todays powerful technologies for basic research have made it possible for scientists to investigate almost any question. This does not guarantee a quick answer, of course, or even a correct one; but the ability to make
45、intelligent guesses and then to formulate sharp questions concerning medicines hardest problems is something new. It no longer stretches the imagination to see a time ahead when human beings, in industrialized society, can be relatively free of disease for a full run through life. This does not mean
46、 that we shall be any happier or be living much longer than we do now. We shall still die most often by wearing out, according to our individual genetic clocks; but we shall not be so humiliated by the chronic illnesses that now make old age itself seem a disease. 58 The author believes that people
47、are doing great harm to their lives by _. （ A） eating too much （ B） taking wrong exercises （ C） polluting the environment （ D） A, B and C 59 Nowadays people are likely to feel that they _. （ A） are all right （ B） are very tired （ C） tend to be ill （ D） are stressed 60 Today, dying young is _. （ A） a
48、 common phenomenon （ B） the case with many people （ C） usually caused by trauma （ D） never reported 61 One hundred years ago, people were _. （ A） not as healthy as today （ B） as strong as today （ C） not as poor as today （ D） as hard as today 62 Today, most people in America can live as long as _. （
49、A） 45 （ B） 75 （ C） 80 （ D） 90 62 The discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical adventures, but created what might be called “the heroic age of Antarctic exploration“. By their tremendous heroism, men such as Shackleton, Scott, and Amundsen, caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing. Modem science and in
