1、口译三级综合能力（完形填空）模拟试卷 6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 Newspaper Decline Not Due to the Rise of the Internet Some people assume that newsprint newspapers are dying at the hands of the internet. But a US 【 L1】 _professor will have none of it. According to a study by Chicago unive
3、rsitys Matthew Gentzkow, “Trading dollars for dollars: the price of attention 【 L2】 _“, the assumption is based on three false 【 L3】 _. Fallacy one: Online advertising revenues are 【 L4】 _ than print revenues, so 【 L5】 _ must adopt a less 【 L6】 _ business model that cannot support paying 【 L7】 _. “T
4、his perception that online ads are cheaper to buy is all about people 【 L8】_things in units that are not 【 L9】 _each other doing apples-to-oranges comparisons,“ Gentzkow writes. Online ad rates are 【 L10】 _ discussed in terms of the “number of unique monthly visitors“ the ad receives, while 【 L11】 _
5、determine newspaper rates. Several different studies already have shown that people spend more time with newspapers and magazine than the 【 L12】 _monthly visitor online, which makes looking at these rates as analogous 【 L13】 _. By comparing 【 L14】 _people actually see an ad, Gentzkow finds that the
6、price of attention for 【 L15】 _consumers is 【 L16】 _online. Fallacy two: The web has made the advertising market more 【 L17】 _, which has driven down rates and, in turn, revenues. That, says Gentzkow, just isnt so. Fallacy three: The net is 【 L18】 _the demise of the newspaper industry. No, writes Ge
7、ntzkow, the popularity of papers had already significantly diminished between 1980 and 1995, well before 【 L19】 _. And, he finds, sales of papers have 【 L20】 _at roughly the same rate ever since. He concludes: “People have not stopped reading newspapers because of the internet. “ 1 【 L1】 2 【 L2】 3 【
8、 L3】 4 【 L4】 5 【 L5】 6 【 L6】 7 【 L7】 8 【 L8】 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 Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RWB)was founded in 1985 in France. At first, the 【 L1】_worked to promote alternat
9、ive journalism, but there were 【 L2】 _between the founders. Finally, only Robert Menard stayed and he changed the organizations 【 L3】 _ towards promoting freedom of the press. It 【 L4】 _ from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to which everyone has “the right to freedom of 【 L
10、5】 _“ and also the right to “ seek, receive and impart“ information and ideas “【 L6】 _.“ RWBs primary means of direct action are 【 L7】 _ government authorities through letters or petitions, as well as frequent press releases. Through its world-wide network of roughly 【 L8】 _ correspondents, RWB gath
11、ers information and conducts investigations of press freedom violations by region or topic. 【 L9】 _, it will send a team of its own to assess working conditions for journalists in a specific country. It releases 【 L10】 _on countries as well as the Press Freedom Index. It has launched advertising cam
12、paigns to raise public 【 L11】 _of threats to freedom of information and freedom of the press, to undermine the 【 L12】 _of countries that it considers enemies of freedom of expression, and to discourage 【 L13】 _by the international community for governments that 【 L14】 _freedom of information. RWB al
13、so provides 【 L15】 _for journalists and media who are either in danger or are having difficulty subsisting. They provide money to assist 【 L16】_journalists and their families and the unsupported families of journalists who have been killed; to enable journalists to leave their home countries if they
14、 are in danger there; to 【 L17】 _the effects of vandalism on media outlets; to cover the 【 L18】_of journalists who have been prosecuted for their writings or the 【 L19】 _ bills of those who have been 【 L20】 _; and upon occasion, to provide bullet-proof vests for use by journalists. 21 【 L1】 22 【 L2】
15、 23 【 L3】 24 【 L4】 25 【 L5】 26 【 L6】 27 【 L7】 28 【 L8】 29 【 L9】 30 【 L10】 31 【 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 6答 案与解析 一、 PART 3 (20 points, 10 minutes) Parts of the following text are missing. While listening to the t
16、ape, 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. At the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to finish this part. 0 【听力原文】 Newspaper Decline Not Due to the Rise of th
17、e Internet Some people assume that newsprint newspapers are dying at the hands of the internet. But a US economics professor will have none of it. According to a study by Chicago universitys Matthew Gentzkow, “Trading dollars for dollars: the price of attention online and offline“ , the assumption i
18、s based on three false premises. Fallacy one: Online advertising revenues are naturally lower than print revenues, so traditional media must adopt a less profitable business model that cannot support paying real reporters. “ This perception that online ads are cheaper to buy is all about people quot
19、ing things in units that are not comparable to each other doing apples-to-oranges comparisons,“ Gentzkow writes. Online ad rates are typically discussed in terms of the “number of unique monthly visitors“ the ad receives, while circulation numbers determine newspaper rates. Several different studies
20、 already have shown that people spend more time with newspapers and magazine than the average monthly visitor online, which makes looking at these rates as analogous incorrect. By comparing the amount of time people actually see an ad, Gentzkow finds that the price of attention for similar consumers
21、 is actually higher online. Fallacy two: The web has made the advertising market more competitive, which has driven down rates and, in turn, revenues. That, says Gentzkow, just isnt so. Fallacy three: The net is responsible for the demise of the newspaper industry. No, writes Gentzkow, the popularit
22、y of papers had already significantly diminished between 1980 and 1995, well before the internet age. And, he finds, sales of papers have dropped at roughly the same rate ever since. He concludes: “People have not stopped reading newspapers because of the internet. “ 【知识模块】 完形填 空 1 【正确答案】 economics
23、【知识模块】 完形填空 2 【正确答案】 online and offline 【知识模块】 完形填空 3 【正确答案】 premises 【知识模块】 完形填空 4 【正确答案】 naturally lower 【知识模块】 完形填空 5 【正确答案】 traditional media 【知识模块】 完形填空 6 【正确答案】 profitable 【知识模块】 完形填空 7 【正确答案】 real reporters 【知识模块】 完形填空 8 【正确答案】 quoting 【知识模块】 完形填空 9 【正确答案】 comparable to 【知识模块】 完形填空 10 【正确答案】
24、typically 【知识模块】 完形填空 11 【正确答案】 circulation numbers 【知识模块】 完形填空 12 【正确答案】 average 【知识模块】 完形填空 13 【正确答案】 incorrect 【知识模块】 完形填空 14 【正确答案】 the amount of time 【知识模块】 完形填空 15 【正确答案】 similar 【知识模块】 完形填空 16 【正确答案】 actually higher 【知识模块】 完形填空 17 【正确答案】 competitive 【知识模块】 完形填空 18 【正确答案】 responsible for 【知识模块
25、】 完形填空 19 【正确答案】 the internet age 【知识模块】 完形填空 20 【 正确答案】 dropped 【知识模块】 完形填空 20 【听力原文】 Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RWB)was founded in 1985 in France. At first, the association worked to promote alternative journalism, but there were disagreements between the founders. Finall
26、y, only Robert Menard stayed and he changed the organizations direction towards promoting freedom of the press. It draws inspiration from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to which everyone has “the right to freedom of opinion and expression“ and also the right to “seek, rece
27、ive and impart“ information and ideas “regardless of frontiers. “ RWBs primary means of direct action are appeals to government authorities through letters or petitions, as well as frequent press releases. Through its world-wide network of roughly 150 correspondents, RWB gathers information and cond
28、ucts investigations of press freedom violations by region or topic. If necessary, it will send a team of its own to assess working conditions for journalists in a specific country. It releases annual reports on countries as well as the Press Freedom Index. It has launched advertising campaigns to ra
29、ise public awareness of threats to freedom of information and freedom of the press, to undermine the image of countries that it considers enemies of freedom of expression, and to discourage political support by the international community for governments that attack rather than protect freedom of in
30、formation. RWB also provides assistance for journalists and media who are either in danger or are having difficulty subsisting. They provide money to assist exiled or imprisoned journalists and their families and the unsupported families of journalists who have been killed; to enable journalists to
31、leave their home countries if they are in danger there; to repair the effects of vandalism on media outlets; to cover the legal fees of journalists who have been prosecuted for their writings or the medical bills of those who have been physically attacked; and upon occasion, to provide bulletproof v
32、ests for use by journalists. 【知识模块】 完形填空 21 【正确答案】 association 【知识模块】 完形填空 22 【正确答案】 disagreements 【知识模块】 完形填空 23 【正确答案】 direction 【知识模块】 完形填空 24 【正确答案】 draws inspiration 【知识模块】 完形填空 25 【正确答案】 opinion and expression 【知识模块】 完形填空 26 【正确答案】 regardless of frontiers 【知识模块】 完形填空 27 【正确答案】 appeals to 【知识模块
33、】 完形填空 28 【正确答案】 one hundred and fifty 【知识模块】 完形填空 29 【正确答案】 If necessary 【知识模块】 完形填空 30 【正确答案】 annual reports 【知识模块】 完形填空 31 【正确答案】 awareness 【知识模块】 完形填空 32 【正确答案】 image 【知识模块】 完形填空 33 【正确答案】 political support 【知识模块】 完形填空 34 【正确答案】 attack rather than protect 【知识模块】 完形填空 35 【正确答案】 assistance 【知识模块】 完形填空 36 【正确答案】 exiled or imprisoned 【知识模块】 完形填空 37 【正确答案】 repair 【知识模块】 完形填空 38 【正确答案】 legal fees 【知识模块】 完形填空 39 【正确答案】 medical 【知识模块】 完形填空 40 【正确答案】 physically attacked 【知识模块】 完形填空
