1、口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 9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 finis
2、h this section. 1 Beckham was discovered by the reporters to have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when he had an unusually high frequency of rearranging the hotel rooms. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 One important symptom of OCD is the pursue of everything in the room in perfect order. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 Those who suf
3、fer from OCD would choose to have tattoos. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4 Beckham bought one more fridge to make the fridges in his house look symmetrical. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 Mrs. Beckham was reluctant to admit his husbands condition of OCD in public. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 Both the teammates of the former and present footb
4、all clubs of Beckham were amazed when they discovered his behavior. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 People with OCD seldom leave traces of the symptoms in public. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 There are already some specialized organizations established and operated to help the patients of OCD. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 People are less de
5、clined to seek medical help when they suffer this disease longer. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 Generally speaking, OCD is easily detected by even GP. （ 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. Ther
6、e are 10 questions in this section, 1 points for each question. You will hear the recording only ONCE. 11 Which of the following most probably means what youve just heard? （ A） It was coffee that Catherine drank. （ B） Catherine disliked to drink this kind of coffee. （ C） Is this the coffee that Cath
7、erine drank? （ D） What did Catherine drink with her coffee? 12 How did they get there? （ A） They started to look for the subway station. （ B） They Would rather drive than go by subway. （ C） They went by subway because the car wasnt working. （ D） They drove so they wouldnt have to go by subway. 13 Wh
8、at has the speaker been doing recently? （ A） I would like to go to the football stadium more frequently than I do now. （ B） My football team has recently won a couple of matches at that stadium. （ C） Lately, Ive been watching TV rather than going to the football stadium. （ D） I dont watch football m
9、atches on TV as frequently as I used to. 14 Could you describe the speakers recent activity? （ A） Hes never lonely, for he has worked in his own company. （ B） He started a business after he had gained some experience. （ C） Hes upset about his own business for three years. （ D） He needed to spend thr
10、ee more years working with the IT firm. 15 What does the speaker mean? （ A） Isnt he standing outside the concert hall? （ B） The concert hall in the city isnt new. （ C） Is the concert hall still standing? （ D） The new concert hall is excellent. 16 Which of the following is TRUE about the general mana
11、ger and his assistants? （ A） He has more assistant working part-time than he had expected. （ B） His assistants occasionally do more than the required amount of work. （ C） His assistants get him to help them with their work from time to time. （ D） He has so much work that he forgets to help his colle
12、agues now and then. 17 What does the speaker mean? （ A） What would be the cost of your project? （ B） How much will it cost by the time you carry out the project? （ C） You know what your project would include. （ D） That project of yours is very expensive. 18 Which of the following best shows the spea
13、kers feeling? （ A） We won a very close competition. （ B） Our firm is the best one by far. （ C） Its a pity we didnt open a downtown office. （ D） Their firm didnt open even one branch office downtown. 19 What does the speaker mean? （ A） Everyone has more enthusiasm than she does. （ B） Shes the most en
14、thusiastic person I know. （ C） Shes no more enthusiastic than the others. （ D） Nobody has any enthusiasm in the promotion. 20 Which of the following is TRUE about the man? （ A） He didnt suspect that she already knew his past. （ B） He realized that she knew very few about him. （ C） He suspected her b
15、ecause she knew almost everything. （ D） He suspected her past. 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 passages in this part,
16、 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 Long, long ago, people didnt know what the Milky Way was, so they explained it _. （ A） as we do today （ B） as they imagine
17、d （ C） as they studied （ D） as the Bible says 22 In early Christian times, people thought the Milky Way to be an opening in the sky for _. （ A） the servants of God to enter heaven （ B） the people on earth to have a look at the magnificent sight in it （ C） people on other stars to take a look at the
18、beauty of it （ D） the Christian to go up to heaven 23 What does the galaxy look like? （ A） If you were above it and look down on it, it would look like a flat and round watch. （ B） If you looked at it from its edge, it would look like the Milky Way. （ C） If you looked at it from its inside, it would
19、 look like a large watch. （ D） If you looked up, it would look like a night sky. 24 For light _, it takes about 27,000 years. （ A） from the earth to reach the sun （ B） from the sun to reach the earth （ C） from the middle point of the galaxy to reach the sun （ D） from the moon to reach the middle poi
20、nt of the galaxy 25 The galaxy turns _like a wheel. （ A） round the sun （ B） from our position （ C） from the middle point （ D） round the middle point 26 For a long time people believe that _. （ A） men and women have exactly the same brains in their heads （ B） men and women have quite different brains
21、 in their heads （ C） men are better at mathematics while women better at languages （ D） men and women see the world around them in different ways 27 Generally speaking, men play ball games much better than women because （ A） men play ball games more often than women （ B） men love ball games more tha
22、n women do （ C） mens hand and eye movements are quicker in response （ D） men have a smaller number of nerves in their brains than women 28 When you pass information onto your brain, for a boy _. （ A） you get more information than a girl （ B） you get less information than a girl （ C） you collect info
23、rmation faster than a girl （ D） you collect information more slowly than a girl 29 From the whole passage, we know that _. （ A） men and women have exactly the same brains in their heads （ B） men and women have quite different brains in their heads （ C） men think of mathematical problems while women
24、think of languages （ D） men and women see the world around them in just the same way 30 Why is a woman better at learning foreign languages than a man? （ A） The area of the left side of a womans brain for language learning develops better than that of a mans. （ B） The right side of a womans brain fo
25、r language develops better than that of a mans. （ C） The area of the left side of a womans brain for feelings develops better than that of a mans. （ D） The area of the right side of a womans brain fit for seeing in the dark develops betterthan that of a mans. 31 What would happen to some countries i
26、f tourism stopped? （ A） Their economies would be ruined. （ B） It would keep their economies going. （ C） There would be no more environmental pollution there. （ D） People have no chance to travel there. 32 A trip to the Himalayas is _. （ A） comfortable but expensive （ B） hard but cheap （ C） comfortab
27、le and cheap （ D） hard and expensive 33 Countries sometimes spoil their beauty spots because _. （ A） they are too poor to build beautiful hotels on them （ B） they have to cut down trees to build hotels on them （ C） they have to sell them to borrow money from foreign banks （ D） they are lacking exper
28、ience in building hotels 34 The profits from some hotels unfortunately go _. （ A） to the local government （ B） into the country in which they have been built （ C） abroad （ D） to the local inhabitants 35 The local people sometimes kill tourists when _. （ A） the tourists are much richer than themselve
29、s （ B） the tourists are robbed （ C） the tourists do not enjoy local customs and habits （ D） the tourists resist attempts to rob them 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 app
30、ropriate 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 Id like to talk about (1) in England and Wales, and in England and Wales there are (2) of council. For instance, if I
31、 could take the example of Oxfordshire, there is (3) where they are responsible for education, (4) , structure planning, highways, (5) , and so on. And there are (6) district councils, again in Oxfordshire, and they are (7) , in particular council housing, for local plans, for (8) , environment heal
32、th, and theyre also responsible for (9) , and in Oxford, for instance, they are building an ice-rink (10) of the city. If we could (11) the question of education, I think this would (12) of local government in the (13) . First of all, there is a minister at (14) level. He is the (15) for Education a
33、nd hes responsible for running a (16) education system in the (17) . But (18) there is a lot of local control. So the local councils, (19) such as Oxfordshire County Council, actually run the schools and colleges in their (20) . 三、 PART 4 (30 points, 30 minutes) Listen to the following passage. Writ
34、e 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 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 s
35、atisfactorily. 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 hear the passage only once. At the end of the recording, you will have 25 minutes to finish this part. You may need to scribb
36、le a few notes in order to write your summary satisfactorily. 口译三级综合能力模拟试卷 9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.
37、At the end of the recording, you will have 2 minutes to finish this section. 0 【听力原文】 David Beckham has admitted that he suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The footballer has spoken for the first time of his addiction to rearranging hotel rooms and lining up cans of soft drinks to make “eve
38、rything perfect“. In a television interview to be screened before the World Cup this summer, Beckham says he has tried to break his cycle of repetitive behavior but cannot stop. OCD, as it is known, affects one in 60 people in Britain, ranging from mild traits to a debilitating dependency on rituals
39、 of cleanliness, symmetry or other issues. “Ive got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line or everything has to be in pairs,“ Beckham said in the interview. “Ill put my Pepsi cans in the fridge and if theres one too many then Ill put it in another cupbo
40、ard somewhere.“ Ill go into a hotel room and before I can relax, I have to move all the leaflets and all the books and put them in a drawer. “Everything has to be perfect.“ Asked if he wanted to stop his obsessive behavior, he said: “I would like to. Ive tried and cant stop.“ Beckham admitted he was
41、 also addicted to having tattoos, partly because he enjoys the pain. The England captain said that his wife, Victoria, calls him a “weirdo“ because of his condition. Newspapers have delighted in stories of Beckhams eccentric behavior, with reports that he wears white clothes to match his furniture,
42、buys 30 pairs of identical Calvin Klein underpants every fortnight and insists on lining up his shirts according to color. Mrs. Beckham, who has revealed her husbands inner secrets before, recently told one interviewer: “Hes got that obsessive compulsive thing where everything has to match. If you o
43、pen our fridge, its all coordinated down either side. Weve got three fridges -food in one, salad in another and drinks in the third. In the drinks one, everything is symmetrical. If there are three cans, hell throw one away because it has to be an even number.“ Beckham said that his teammates at Rea
44、l Madrid were unaware of his condition, but that players at his former club, Manchester United, would deliberately rearrange his clothes in hotel rooms or move magazines around to make them “wonky“ to infuriate him. Beckham is not the first footballer to admit to suffering from OCD, which is estimat
45、ed to affect more than two million people at some point in their lives. The former England star Paul Gascoigne said last year that he was obsessed with cleanliness and needed help for the condition. Other famous sufferers include the actor Billy Bob Thornton, who has spoken of having to repeat words
46、 and count up to particular numbers, and the singer Natalie Appleton, who is obsessed with cleanliness and broke down in tears when she had to touch a tree on the reality show Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. A spokesman for the charity OCD UK said: “There is still a lot of stigma about the condit
47、ion and even GPs (General Practitioners) are not very good at picking up on it. “Young men in particular are often reluctant to come forward and ask for treatment, so to have someone like David Beckham come out and talk about it is very good.“ 1 【正确答案】 B 2 【正确答案】 A 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【正确答案】 B 5 【正确答案】 B 6
48、 【 正确答案】 B 7 【正确答案】 B 8 【正确答案】 A 9 【正确答案】 A 10 【正确答案】 B 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 the recording only
49、 ONCE. 11 【听力原文】 What Catherine has had this morning was a cup of coffee. 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 语义理解题。原文意思是 “今天早上 Catherine只喝了一杯咖啡。 ”由此可见选项 A内容与原文相符，因此该项是正确答案。 12 【听力原文】 The car wouldnt start, so they went there by subway. 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 语义理解题。原文意思是 “汽车无法启动，所以他们乘地铁去那里了。 ”由此可见选项 C内容与原文相符，因此该项是正确答案。 13 【听力原文】 I used to go to the football stadium often, but now I generally stay at home watching TV instead. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 词义理解题。原文意思是 “我过去常常 去看足球，但现在我通常在家看电视。 ”由此可见选项 C内容与原文相符，因此该项是正确答案。 14
