1、口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 13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 The businessman and nurse will not have their wedding ceremony until later this month. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 The bride will wear something red and something blue, among other things, for the wedding ceremony. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 The four traditional things the bride will wear are supposed t
3、o bring luck to the groom. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4 The groom and bride will exchange rings at the wedding ceremony. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 According to the passage, it is known that at a traditional wedding the bride will be kissed by her mother. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 According to the passage, both the brides and grooms
4、 parents will attend the wedding ceremony. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 The bride and groom finally agreed on the arrangement of music for the wedding ceremony. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 During the wedding, one will play a string instrument called a banjo, one will play a string instrument called a harp, and another will
5、sing a popular American song. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 Pop star Celine Dion will sing for the couples wedding ceremony. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 The couple will have their wedding ceremony at a religious place. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 SECTION 2 (10 points) Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the an
6、swers that best fits the meaning of each statement. There are 10 questions in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear the recording only ONCE. 11 Which of the following is true according to the speaker? （ A） There are some questions if we start over. （ B） We should do it again. （ C）
7、Its impossible to do it again. （ D） We should start over. 12 What does the speaker mean? （ A） He will follow the advice. （ B） He doesnt get the advice. （ C） He wants to make sure of the figure. （ D） He will make up his own mind. 13 What does the speaker imply? （ A） Your food is special. （ B） Your fo
8、od is nice. （ C） You are picky about food. （ D） You like some particular food. 14 Which of the following is true about him? （ A） He always makes mistakes. （ B） He is forty. （ C） He likes numbers about everything. （ D） He is overcritical. 15 Which of the following is true? （ A） I took the medicine aw
9、ay. （ B） The medicine is tasty. （ C） I like the medicine anyway. （ D） I ate the medicine. 16 Which is true about the speakers implication? （ A） I knew you have a key. （ B） Im sorry I locked the door. （ C） Im sorry I didnt lock the door. （ D） I didnt know you have a key. 17 What does the speaker mean
10、? （ A） We can have a far view here. （ B） We can have a good view here. （ C） Weve got rather different views. （ D） Our views are not so different. 18 What is tree about the vacation? （ A） We wanted to take the vacation. （ B） We didnt want to take the vacation. （ C） We could not take the vacation. （ D
11、） We took the vacation. 19 Which of the following is tree about Susan? （ A） Susan was on a different way. （ B） Susan was on a different road. （ C） Susan dealt with it in a different way. （ D） Susan approached me in a different way. 20 What does the speaker suggest? （ A） The house is not worth buying
12、. （ B） The cost of the house is low. （ C） The price of the house is not too high. （ D） The price of the house is worth it. 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 the
13、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 Whats the share of Vodafone KK in the mobile market? （ A） Abou
14、t 1/4. （ B） Below 1/5. （ C） Over 1/4. （ D） Over 1/3. 22 DoCoMo and KDDI will add the following services except: （ A） Auction sites （ B） Credit card （ C） Music downloads （ D） Movie downloads 23 Which is the worlds largest mobile phone operator? （ A） DoCoMo. （ B） KDDI. （ C） Nikko. （ D） Vodafone. 24 Ho
15、w much does Softbank have to pay for acquisition? （ A） 17.3 billion US dollars. （ B） 17.2 billion US dollars. （ C） 70.3 billion US dollars. （ D） 70.2 billion US dollars. 25 What is the attitude of investors toward Softbanks acquisition? （ A） Negative. （ B） Positive. （ C） Neutral. （ D） Not mentioned.
16、 26 Which of the following is not mentioned as an obstacle of the world tourism industry? （ A） SARS. （ B） Terrorism. （ C） Inflation. （ D） Sluggish economy. 27 What is this talk mainly about? （ A） Why is the world tourism industry declining. （ B） How does the world economy influence the tourism indus
17、try. （ C） What is the development of the world tourism industry in the past 5 years. （ D） What are the factors that influence the world tourism industry. 28 Whats the world economic growth rate in 2004? （ A） 4% （ B） 3% （ C） 5% （ D） 7% 29 Whats the number of international tourist arrivals in 2004? （
18、A） 763 million. （ B） 643 million. （ C） 553 million. （ D） 663 million. 30 It is expected that tourist arrivals for Asia in 2005 will increase by _. （ A） 5% （ B） 6% （ C） 10% （ D） 14% 31 Why most of us hear women voices more clearly? （ A） Because their voices are more pleasant to listen to. （ B） Becaus
19、e the place possessing voices in the brain is different. （ C） Because listening to women requires more brain activities. （ D） Because womens voices are full of melodies. 32 What does the qualifies of voice relate to? （ A） Pitch. （ B） Rhyme. （ C） Rap. （ D） Vibration. 33 What does the study by Hunter
20、show? （ A） The sections activated by men and womens voices are different. （ B） Womens voices are more easily to identify and listen to. （ C） Men and womens brains have a significant difference. （ D） Womens voices are more complex than mens. 34 Whats the section activated in mens brain while they lis
21、ten to others? （ A） The auditory region. （ B） The minds eye. （ C） The area at the front of the brain. （ D） The area at the left side of the brain. 35 Why does Hunter think female voices may also activate the minds eye in females? （ A） Because those womens voices sound like mens. （ B） Because a woman
22、 would compare her voice to that of the other female speakers. （ C） He does not explain it clearly in this article. （ D） Because the area of the minds eye is geared for sound. 二、 PART 3 (20 points, 10 minutes) Parts of the following text are missing. While listening to the tape, complete the passage
23、 by filling in each blank space with an appropriate word or words. There are 20 blanks, each carrying 1 points. You will hear the passage only ONCE. At the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to finish this part. 35 Despite (1) that alcoholic beverages may (2) , a leading medical expert is
24、 advising: dont (3) just yet. Anybody whos ever worked in a hospital sees the hospital is full of patients that have (4) disease, but the hospital is not full of patients that have disease related to cholesterol and (5) . In an (6) in the current New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Goldberg of Colu
25、mbia University said it is time to see (7) prevents heart disease. Such a study would give (8) to one group of heart disease patients and not to another, and see (9) . In the latest study, which followed (10) over a 12-year period, researchers found that those who drank (11) drinks per week (12) of
26、heart attack by (13) compared to (14) . The lead author, (15) Kenneth Mukamal of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, insists his study is (16) . For one thing, other studies have not looked at (17) . Dr. Mukamal says (18) also appear to settle which alcoholic beverage are (19) . “Beer an
27、d spirits, beer and liquor, were most strongly (20) .“ 三、 PART 4 (30 points, 30 minutes) Listen to the following passage. Write a short English 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 en
28、d 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. 56 Listen to the following passage. Write a short English summary of around 150 words of what you have heard. This part of the test carries 30 points. You will
29、 hear the passage only once. At the end of the recording, you will have 25 minutes to finish this part. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to write your summary satisfactorily. 口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 13答案与解析 SECTION 1 (10 points) Listen to the following passages and then decide whether the statemen
30、ts 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】 A businessman and a nurse in Boston, Massachusetts will marry later this month. They wi
31、ll have a traditional American church wedding. The bride will wear a long white dress and a white head covering called a veil. She also will wear four other traditional things: something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. These four things are supposed to bring her good luck.
32、 During the ceremony she and hey groom will accept each other as husband and wife. They will promise to love and honor each other always. The groom will place a gold wedding ring on the third finger of the brides left hand. The bride will place a gold wedding ring on the third finger of the grooms l
33、eft hand. The clergy member performing the ceremony will declare that they are husband and wife. Then the bride and groom will kiss. In the past few months the couple agreed about all the plans for their wedding except the music. The groom wanted a friend to play a string instrument called a banjo d
34、uring the ceremony. The bride wanted a friend to play a string instrument called a harp. Finally they compromised. They agreed that another friend will sing one of the most popular songs heard at American weddings: My Heart Will Go On, which is originally sung by the pop star Celine Dion. 1 【正确答案】 A
35、 2 【正确答案】 B 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【正确答案】 A 5 【正确答案】 B 6 【正确答案】 B 7 【正确答案】 A 8 【正确答案】 A 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 ea
36、ch question. You will hear the recording only ONCE. 11 【听力原文】 Starting over is out of the question. 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 词组辨析题。原文意思是 “重新开始是不可能的。 ”由此可见选项 C的含义与原文意思相符，该项是正确答案。 12 【听力原文】 Thanks for the advice, but this is something I have to figure out myself. 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 词义理解题。原文意思是 “谢谢你的建议，但有些事情
37、我得自己弄明白。 ”由此可见，选项 D“他要自己拿定主意 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 13 【听力原文】 Im afraid youre being too particular about your food. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 词义理解题。原文意思是 “恐怕你对食物过于挑剔了。 ”由此可见，选项 C“你对食物太挑剔了 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 14 【听力原文】 He always finds fault with everything. 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 词义理解题。原文意思是 “他总是对所有事挑毛病。 ”由此可见，选项
38、C“你对食物太挑剔了 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 15 【听力原文】 I didnt like the taste of the medicine, but I took it anyway. 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 语义理解题。原文意思是 “我不喜欢这药味，但还是把药吃了。 ”由此可见，选项 D“我把药吃了 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 16 【听力原文】 Had I known you didnt have a key, I wouldnt have locked the door. 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 语法题。原文意思是 “如果我知道
39、你没钥匙，就不会锁门了。 ”由此可见，选项 B“很抱歉我把门锁上了 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 17 【听力原文】 Our views are not so far apart, after all. 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 词义理解题。原文意思是 “毕竟我们的观点分歧不大。 ”由此可见，选项 D“我们的观点并非那么不同 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 18 【听力原文】 Even if we could have taken a vacation, we might not have wanted to. 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 语法题。原文意
40、思是 “即使能够度假，我们可能也不想去。 ”由此可见，选项 B“我们不想度假 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 19 【听力原文】 Susan approached it in a different way than I did. 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 语义理解题。原文意思是 “Susan与我不同，她对此事采取另一种方式。 ”由此可见，选项 C“Susan以另一种方式处理此事 ”与原文意思相符，因此该项为正确答案。 20 【听力原文】 In my opinion, the house isnt worth the price theyre asking. 20 【正确答
41、案】 A 【试题解析】 态度观点题。原文意思是 “以我之见，这所房子不值他们的要价。 ”由此可见，选项 A“这房子不值得买 ”与原文意思相当，因此该项为正确答案。 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 the questions satisfactorily. There are 3 pas
42、sages 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. 20 【听力原文】 NIT DoCoMo Inc, Japans largest mobile phone service provider, has 50.5 million customers and KDD
43、I Corp has 24.1 million. Vodafone KK has just 17 percent of the Japanese market and is straggling to match services such as wireless credit card payments and song downloads offered at the larger companies. DoCoMo and KDDI “are trying to add new services such as auction sites, credit card and movie d
44、ownloads,“ says Gerhard Fasol, president of Eurotechnology Japan KK, a telecommunications consulting and research company in Tokyo. “Vodafone KK doesnt have a real edge at the moment.“ Vodafone, the worlds largest mobile phone operator, and Tokyo-based Softbank said on March 3 that they are in talks
45、 on a transaction, but didnt provide details. Softbank may pay as much as 2 trillion yen (17.2 billion US dollars) for 98 percent of Vodafone KK, one of the biggest acquisitions by a Japanese company, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported March 5, without citing anyone. “Were committing all our effort
46、s into the talks,“ says Softbank spokesman Hideo Azuma on March 4. “We cant comment on time frame, price or any other details.“ Softbanks stock has more than doubled in the past year. “Investors are less concerned about Softbanks risk of large-scale financing but are reacting positively to the forwa
47、rd-looking move,“ says Hiroichi Nishi, an equities manager at Nikko Cordial Securities Inc in Tokyo. 21 【正确答案】 B 22 【正确答案】 C 23 【正确答案】 D 24 【正确答案】 B 25 【正确答案】 B 25 【听力原文】 We all know what a significant number of obstacles the tourist industry had to face between 2001 and 2003. From military conflict
48、s to SARS, passing through terrorism and a sluggish economic situation, all negative factors came together to damage tourism results. The impact was significant and rather global. For the first time since 1982, 2003 shows a drop in international tourist arrivals (-1.5%). However, the period 2004 - 2
49、005 was not much calmer. From the devastating Tsunami to the more recent hurricanes distressing the coasts of the US and Mexico, without forgetting several terrorist attacks and the surge in oil prices. The good news though was that world economy resisted in spite all, and grew by 5% in 2004 and is set to increase by 4% in 2005. And the other good news is that notwithstanding all these threats, world tourism showed again its resilience with such events having only a limited impact in terms of geographical and temporal spread. Intern
