1、口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 SECTION 1 (10 points) Listen to the following passages and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. There are 10 questions in this section, with 1 points each. You will hear the recording only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to fini
2、sh this section. 1 Talking about a firm may generally include showing people around the premises. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 Businesses may be of different shapes and sizes. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 Most of the worlds businesses are small. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4 Large firms dominate the economy of the U. S （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 A v
3、ery large firm may have just one owner. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 In large firms the management deals with the daily running of the firm. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 The board of directors is at the top of some companies. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 The shareholders can influence the board by various means. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 Many firm
4、s may produce only one product or service. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 Many large firms expand their businesses in several different countries. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 SECTION 2 (10 points) Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement. There are
5、 10 questions in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear the recording only ONCE. 11 Which of the following statements is true about George W. Bush? （ A） He is usually unwilling to accept facts that are unfavorable to him. （ B） He is always impatient to terrorist activities. （ C） He
6、is usually unable to fight terrorist activities. （ D） He sometimes feels uncomfortable when faced with anti-terrorist war. 12 What does the speaker mean? （ A） Many Americans are infected with flu and are unable to attend work. （ B） Many Americans are infected with flue and lose their jobs. （ C） Many
7、 Americans are infected with flu but have to attend work. （ D） Many Americans are infected with flu at the workplace. 13 Which of the following statements is true about conference interpreters? （ A） They need be very intelligent at operating relevant equipment. （ B） They are not good at their work a
8、t all. （ C） They are always panic at work though perform very well at exercises. （ D） They are normally not allowed to show their own feelings at work. 14 Why does the speaker worry about Bob? （ A） Because Bob recently drinks too much alcohol. （ B） Because Bob recently becomes seriously ill. （ C） Be
9、cause Bob is recently very homesick and does not want to work. （ D） Because Bob recently pays little attention to anything except work. 15 What does the speaker mean? （ A） It was a very important event for me to get my drivers license when I was sixteen years old. （ B） I spent a lot of money and tim
10、e to get my drivers license when I was sixteen years old. （ C） It was difficult for anyone under age sixteen to get a drivers license. （ D） I did not get a drivers license even after I turned sixteen. 16 What does the speaker think about Peters opinion of the problem? （ A） He agrees with Peter, but
11、only partially. （ B） He generally does not agree with Peter. （ C） He has no idea as to whether Peters is right or not. （ D） He thinks Peter is absolutely right. 17 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） The voters do not like Bill Brown. （ B） The voters always disagree with Bill Brown. （ C）
12、 Bill Brown often makes decisions according to his own interests. （ D） Bill Brown is not influenced by the lobbyist when making decisions. 18 What will the General Manager probably do? （ A） He will ask more people to analyze the root cause of the companys bad performance. （ B） He will try to find ou
13、t who should be responsible for the companys bad performance. （ C） He will recruit more people in order to increase the companys performance. （ D） He will sack those people that are responsible for the Companys bad performance. 19 Which of the following statements is true about Stephen? （ A） He watc
14、hed a soccer match last night and did not go to bed until very late. （ B） He went to a club to watch a soccer match last night. （ C） He could not fall asleep until very late last night because of the noise made by people watching a soccer match. （ D） He has been so immersed in the exciting soccer ma
15、tch last night that he is now not in the mood for work. 20 What did the newspaper do? （ A） It reported the heros love affair according to the wishes of his family. （ B） It did not report any thing about the hero according to the wishes of his family. （ C） It reported the heros love affair despite th
16、e opposition of his family. （ D） It did net report the heros love story out of the consideration of the feelings of his family. 一、 PART 2 (30 points, 10 minutes) Listen to the following passages and then choose the best answer to each question. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer
17、 the questions satisfactorily. There are 3 passages in this part, each with 5 questions. And each question carries 2 points. You will hear the passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 21 Instead of researching and writing their papers, some stu
18、dents _. （ A） ask other students to write their papers （ B） draw pictures instead （ C） copy from reference books （ D） copy papers or large parts of papers from the Internet 22 Using the program developed at the University of California at Berkeley, the papers are checked by _. （ A） printing and look
19、ing carefully at the hundreds of papers on the internet （ B） searching many web pages and comparing words used （ C） asking the students where they got the information in the paper （ D） comparing all the papers which are turned in by the students 23 If teachers want to find out if their students wrot
20、e their own papers, they _. （ A） ask other teachers to read their students papers （ B） ask their students to list their sources of information （ C） can sign up for the Internet service （ D） search the Internet and compare papers 24 The results from the Internet service _. （ A） are done in a week （ B
21、） arent very clear （ C） are done in 24 hours （ D） take a long time 25 Out of 300 papers checked for fakes, _. （ A） 255 were originals （ B） 45 were originals （ C） 85% were fakes （ D） 155 were originals 26 The author states that no modem newspaper _. （ A） is free of propaganda （ B） is controlled by bi
22、g business interests （ C） separates fact and opinion （ D） operates according to a code of ethics 27 According to the journalistic code of ethics, a newspaper must _. （ A） accept only responsible advertisers （ B） separate editorials from news （ C） interpret news according to its editorial viewpoint （
23、 D） determine what the reader should know about the news 28 According to the passage, a newspaper publisher may use the editorial page to support _. （ A） only the cause which is most popular （ B） any cause supported by the advertisers （ C） any cause he believes in （ D） only the cause of the owners 2
24、9 Newspapers have entered the category of large business organizations because of _. （ A） their influence on the reading public （ B） their reports of stock market activities （ C） the millions of papers sold daily （ D） the tremendous costs of production 30 When only one side of the news is regularly
25、presented in newspaper, the reader may assume that _. （ A） the paper is a member of a large press association （ B） the papers ethical standards are suspected （ C） the paper is in financial trouble （ D） the paper upholds a journalistic code of ethics 31 As is stated in the passage, learning _. （ A） i
26、s generally a complex biological process （ B） has nothing to do with organic development （ C） is mostly independent of external environmental conditions （ D） is directed to changes that can be attributed to training 32 A childs development depends on _. （ A） learning process in particular （ B） eithe
27、r of the two processes （ C） the interactions between the two processes （ D） maturation process in the main 33 Which is NOT true according to the passage? （ A） Growth in height of a body is an example of maturation. （ B） Maturation is the development of organization as a function of time or age. （ C）
28、 Maturation is a process of accumulation of personal experience. （ D） Learning plays a vital role in changes of a childs behavior. 34 In the authors opinion, _. （ A） learning plays an important part in most aspects of a childs development and change （ B） there are hardly any principles of learning w
29、hich are generally accepted （ C） a child never learns anything unless he has some need or desire for it （ D） a child should not be rewarded until he has learned a response 35 The subject discussed in the passage mainly belongs to the realm of _. （ A） psychological biology （ B） developmental psycholo
30、gy （ C） biological psychology （ D） evolutional physiology 二、 PART 3 (20 points, 10 minutes) Parts of the following text are missing. While listening to the tape, complete the passage by filling in each blank space with an appropriate word or words. There are 20 blanks, each carrying 1 points. You wi
31、ll hear the passage only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to finish this part. 35 The Larsen B ice shelf covered more than 3,000 square kilometers and was (36) meters thick until its northern part (37) in the 1990s. Three years ago, the central part also broke up. An intern
32、ational team of researchers used data collected from six (38) near the former ice shelf to show the shelf had been (39) for at least (40) years or since the last ice age. The (41) therefore goes beyond what would be expected naturally at the time. Rather, the (42) is likely the result of (43) due to
33、 melting from underneath, as well as short-term (44) from global climate change, the researchers suggest. Then in five years, the shelf shrunk by (45) square kilometers, say scientists who found the break up caused changes in (46) in the area. “As the ice shelves are disintegrating, the (47) that ar
34、e feeding them from the land are (48) ,“ said Robert Gilbert, a (49) at Queens University in Kingston, Ont. Glaciers are no longer being held back from the ice shelf, and are pushing (50) into the sea, said Gilbert, one of the co-authors of the study in (51) of the Journal Nature. As the glaciers me
35、lt, global sea levels could change more than (52) , he said. Flooding could result in (53) . Scientists are now watching to see if the (54) of the Larsen ice shelf, the coldest part of (55) , is going to break up. 三、 PART 4 (30 points, 30 minutes) Listen to the following passage. Write a short Engli
36、sh summary of around 150 words of what you have heard. You will hear the passage only ONCE and you will have 25 minutes to finish you English summary at the end of the recording. This part of test carries 30 points. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to write your summary satisfactorily.
37、56 Listen to the following passage. Write a short summary of 150 to 200 words of what you have heard. You may need to take some notes while youre listening. This part of the test carries 30 points. You will hear the passage only once. 口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 12答案与解析 SECTION 1 (10 points) Listen to the followin
38、g passages and then decide whether the statements below are true or false. There are 10 questions in this section, with 1 points each. You will hear the recording only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finish this section. 0 【听力原文】 There are many occasions on which you ca
39、n be expected to talk about your firm. This may include actually showing someone physically around the place of work or premises. But it may more generally involve referring to the way in which the company is organized and run. Firms are a very important part of the economy. They are responsible for
40、 producing goods and services. Businesses come in every shape and size. While the vast majority of the worlds businesses are small, large firms often dominate the economy in some countries. Indeed, the income of the worlds largest fifty industrial companies added together represents more than haft t
41、he total output of the United States. Large businesses differ very much from small ones in a wide variety of ways. In many countries there are both private firms and nationalized firms belonging to the government. A small private firm may have just one owner but a very large firm has thousands of sh
42、areholders. In very large firms the owners have very little to do with the day-to-day running of the firm. This is left to the management. Very large companies may be organized into several large departments, or sometimes even divisions. The organizational structure of some companies is very hierarc
43、hical with the board of directors at the top and the various departmental heads reporting to them. Often the only time shareholders can influence the board is at yearly shareholders meetings. Some firms may only produce one product or service. Others may produce many different products: in fact they
44、 may seem to be like a collection of businesses inside one company. The bigger a business becomes the further it may expand geographically. Many large firms have manufacturing plants and trading locations in several different countries spread around the world. 1 【正确答案】 B 2 【正确答案】 A 3 【正确答案】 A 4 【正确答
45、案】 A 5 【正确答案】 B 6 【正确答案】 A 7 【正确答案】 A 8 【正确答案】 B 9 【正确答案】 B 10 【正确答案】 A SECTION 2 (10 points) Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement. There are 10 questions in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear th
46、e recording only ONCE. 11 【听力原文】 George W. Bush is normally impervious to uncomfortable facts like his administrations failure in the anti-terrorist war. 11 【正确答案】 A 12 【听力原文】 Each year millions of Americans miss days of work because of their flu. 12 【正确答案】 A 13 【听力原文】 Conference interpreters are al
47、ways very intelligent but, once at work, are more like machines than people. 13 【正确答案】 D 14 【听力原文】 Im really worried about Bob. He seems as though he has recently turned into a real workaholic. 14 【正确答案】 D 15 【听力原文】 It was a big deal for me when I turned 16 and got a drivers license. 15 【正确答案】 A 16
48、【听力原文】 Peter, you get a point of the problem but I have to say I am inclined to think otherwise. 16 【正确答案】 B 17 【听力原文】 The voters dont always agree with Senator Bill Brown, but they really like the way he stands on his own feet and makes his own decisions, regardless of pressures from all the lobbyi
49、sts. 17 【正确答案】 D 18 【听力原文】 The General Manager wants to have long discussions about the recent decline of the companys performance but has not yet got enough people interested in working on that. 18 【正确答案】 A 19 【听力原文】 Stephen stayed up last night watching a soccer live broadcast. Now he can hardly keep his eyes open. 19 【正确答案】 A 20 【听力原文】 Out of respect for the wishes of the family of the hero, who sacrificed his life last week to save a school child fallen into a river, his love affair w
