1、口译三级综合能力（完形填空）模拟试卷 2及答案与解析 一、 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 will hear the passage only ONCE.
2、At the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to finish this part. 0 Space Tourism Space Tourism is the term thats come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back. Many people find this idea 【 L1】_. But over the past few years a growing volume
3、 of 【 L2】 _has been done on the subject, and its now clear that 【 L3】 _commercial space tourism services is 【 L4】 _for business today. The first steps will just be short sub-orbital 【 L5】 _, like Alan Shepard made in 1961, since these are easier than getting to orbit. But the technical know-how to m
4、ake 【 L6】 _ and orbiting hotel accommodation is available, and there is enormous unsatisfied demand 【 L7】 _has revealed that most people, at least in the industrialized countries, would like to 【 L8】 _to space if it was possible. This gives huge scope for reducing 【 L9】 _ space travel by large-scale
5、 operation like airlines. The main 【 L10】 _is simply the conservatism of the space industry 【 L11】_. Since Sputnik was launched in 1957 most space activities have been 【 L12】_ by governments. And this “cold war“ pattern of space activities has created 【 L13】 _ that colors everyones thinking about it
6、 writers, journalists, 【 L14】 _, scientists and engineers, and the general public. Even 【 L15】 _assume as obvious that most space activities will always be government activities. Like any other business, once space tourism 【 L16】 _it will develop progressively. It can be helpful to think of it as 【
7、L17】 _ several phases. Starting with a relatively 【 L18】 _and relatively high-priced “ 【 L19】 _“ , the scale of activity will grow and prices will fall as it 【 L20】 _. Finally it will become a mass-market business, like aviation today. 1 【 L1】 2 【 L2】 3 【 L3】 4 【 L4】 5 【 L5】 6 【 L6】 7 【 L7】 8 【 L8】
8、9 【 L9】 10 【 L10】 11 【 L11】 12 【 L12】 13 【 L13】 14 【 L14】 15 【 L15】 16 【 L16】 17 【 L17】 18 【 L18】 19 【 L19】 20 【 L20】 20 Preparing for Chinas Urban Billion The scale and pace of Chinas urbanization continues at an unprecedented rate. If 【 L1】 _hold, Chinas urban population will hit the one billion m
9、ark 【 L2】_. In 20 years, Chinas cities will have added 350 million people more than the entire population of the United States today. By 2025, China will have 221 cities with one million-plus 【 L3】 _ compared with 35 cities of 【 L4】 _in Europe today and 23 cities with more than five million. For com
10、panies in China and around the world, 【 L5】 _ Chinas urbanization promises substantial 【 L6】 _and investment opportunities. Yet the 【 L7】 _of Chinas cities will represent a huge challenge for local and national leaders. Of the slightly more than 350 million people that China will 【 L8】_ its urban po
11、pulation by 2025, more than 240 million will be 【 L9】 _. This growth will imply major 【 L10】 _for many cities including the challenge of managing these expanding populations, 【 L11】 _sufficient public funding for the provision of 【 L12】 _, and dealing with demand and supply pressures on land, energy
12、, water, and the environment. The research examines these issues and the policy choices that Chinas leaders could make at national and local levels that can 【 L13】_the shape of urbanization significantly. McKinsey Global Institute finds that 【 L14】 _ in focus from solely driving GDP growth to an age
13、nda of 【 L15】_ urban productivity, achieving the same or better economic results 【 L16】_, is not only an opportunity but a necessity. The analysis suggests that China should tailor policies that would shift urbanization toward a more 【 L17】 _ shape of urbanization. This pattern of urbanization could
14、 produce 【 L18】 _with average populations of 25 million people, or 【 L19】 _ the further development of 11 urban clusters of cities, each with strong economic networks and combined populations of 【 L20】 _. 21 【 L1】 22 【 L2】 23 【 L3】 24 【 L4】 25 【 L5】 26 【 L6】 27 【 L7】 28 【 L8】 29 【 L9】 30 【 L10】 31 【
15、 L11】 32 【 L12】 33 【 L13】 34 【 L14】 35 【 L15】 36 【 L16】 37 【 L17】 38 【 L18】 39 【 L19】 40 【 L20】 口译三级综合能力（完形填空）模拟试卷 2答案与解析 一、 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 wo
16、rd 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. 0 【听力原文 】 Space Tourism Space Tourism is the term thats come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to tr
17、avel to space and back. Many people find this idea futuristic. But over the past few years a growing volume of professional work has been done on the subject, and its now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today. The first steps will just be sh
18、ort sub-orbital flights, like Alan Shepard made in 1961, since these are easier than getting to orbit. But the technical know-how to make passenger launch vehicles and orbiting hotel accommodation is available, and there is enormous unsatisfied demand market research has revealed that most people, a
19、t least in the industrialized countries, would like to take a trip to space if it was possible. This gives huge scope for reducing the cost of space travel by large-scale operation like airlines. The main obstacle is simply the conservatism of the space industry as it is today. Since Sputnik was lau
20、nched in 1957 most space activities have been funded by governments. And this “cold war“ pattern of space activities has created an image of space that colors everyones thinking about it writers, journalists, politicians, scientists and engineers, and the general public. Even science fiction writers
21、 assume as obvious that most space activities will always be government activities. Like any other business, once space tourism gets started it will develop progressively. It can be helpful to think of it as going through several phases. Starting with a relatively small-scale and relatively high-pri
22、ced “pioneering phase“ , the scale of activity will grow and prices will fall as it matures. Finally it will become a mass-market business, like aviation today. 【知识模块】 完形填空 1 【正确答案】 futuristic 【知识模块】 完形填空 2 【正确答案】 professional work 【知识模块】 完形填空 3 【正确答案】 setting up 【知识模块】 完形填空 4 【正确答 案】 a realistic ta
23、rget 【知识模块】 完形填空 5 【正确答案】 flights 【知识模块】 完形填空 6 【正确答案】 passenger launch vehicles 【知识模块】 完形填空 7 【正确答案】 market research 【知识模块】 完形填空 8 【正确答案】 take a trip 【知识模块】 完形填空 9 【正确答案】 the cost of 【知识模块】 完形填空 10 【正确答案】 obstacle 【知识模块】 完形填空 11 【正确答案】 as it is today 【知识模块】 完形填空 12 【正确答案】 funded 【知识模块】 完形填空 13 【正确答
24、案】 an image of space 【知识模块】 完形填空 14 【正确答案】 politicians 【知识模块】 完形填空 15 【正确答案】 science fiction writers 【知识模块】 完形填空 16 【正确答案】 gets started 【知识模块】 完形填空 17 【正确答案】 going through 【知识模块】 完形填空 18 【正确答案】 small-scale 【知识模块】 完形填空 19 【正确答案】 pioneering phase 【知识模块】 完形填空 20 【正确答案】 matures 【知识模块】 完形填空 20 【听力原文】 Pre
25、paring for Chinas Urban Billion The scale and pace of Chinas urbanization continues at an unprecedented rate. If current trends hold, Chinas urban population will hit the one billion mark by 2030. In 20 years, Chinas cities will have added 350 million people more than the entire population of the Un
26、ited States today. By 2025, China will have 221 cities with one million-plus inhabitants compared with 35 cities of this size in Europe today and 23 cities with more than five million. For companies in China and around the world, the scale of Chinas urbanization promises substantial new markets and
27、investment opportunities. Yet the expansion of Chinas cities will represent a huge challenge for local and national leaders. Of the slightly more than 350 million people that China will add to its urban population by 2025, more than 240 million will be migrants. This growth will imply major pressure
28、 points for many cities including the challenge of managing these expanding populations, securing sufficient public funding for the provision of social services, and dealing with demand and supply pressures on land, energy, water, and the environment. The research examines these issues and the polic
29、y choices that Chinas leaders could make at national and local levels that can alter the shape of urbanization significantly. McKinsey Global Institute finds that an urgent shift in focus from solely driving GDP growth to an agenda of boosting urban productivity, achieving the same or better economi
30、c results with fewer resources, is not only an opportunity but a necessity. The analysis suggests that China should tailor policies that would shift urbanization toward a more concentrated shape of urbanization. This pattern of urbanization could produce 15 super cities with average populations of 2
31、5 million people, or spur the further development of 11 urban clusters of cities, each with strong economic networks and combined populations of 60-plus million. 【知识模块】 完形填空 21 【正确答案】 current trends 【知识模块】 完形填空 22 【正确答案】 by 2030 【知识模块】 完形填空 23 【正确答案】 inhabitants 【知识模块】 完形填空 24 【正确答案】 this size 【知识模块
32、】 完形填空 25 【正确答案】 the scale of 【知识模块】 完形填空 26 【正确答案】 new markets 【知识模块】 完形填空 27 【正确答案】 expansion 【知识模块】 完形填空 28 【正确答案】 add to 【知识模块】 完形填空 29 【正确答案】 migrants 【知识模块】 完形填空 30 【正确答案】 pressure points 【知识模块】 完形填空 31 【正确答案】 securing 【知识模块】 完形填空 32 【正确答案】 social services 【知识模块】 完形填空 33 【正确答案】 alter 【知识模块】 完形填空 34 【正确答案】 an urgent shift 【知识模块】 完形填空 35 【正确答案】 boosting 【知识模块】 完形填空 36 【正确答案】 with fewer resources 【知识模块】 完形填空 37 【正确答案】 concentrated 【知识模块】 完形填空 38 【正确答案】 fifteen super cities 【知识模块】 完形填空 39 【正确答案】 spur 【知识模块】 完形填空 40 【正确答案】 60-plus million 【知识模块】 完形填空
