1、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 13及答案与解析 一、 PART 1 (20 points) Listen to the following short passages and then decide whether the corresponding statements are true or false. You will hear the passages only ONCE. There are 10 questions in this part of the test, 2 points for each question. 1 Valerie Plame Wilson was con
2、victed of lying and obstruction in that leak investigation. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 The man was caught at the fence under the north lawn at the White House today. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 A later winter storm is occurring in the Northwest in Mid-Atlantic. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4 The British coroner criticized US military fo
3、r killing a British soldier unlawfully in a fire incident with US troops 5 years ago. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 A government health study backs up the recommendation that one should be eating fruit and vegs in his diet. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 The Navy Admiral William Fallon said the US miscalculated the war and that
4、 time is running out in front of the committee. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 A federal court in Atlanta has reinstated murder conspiracy charges against terror suspect Jose Padilla. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 The retirement age for commercial pilots in the US is 50. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 The Windows software went on sale in 70 c
5、ountries today. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 The group once disbanded following that completion of its 1983 “Synchronicity“ tour. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 二、 PART 2 (20 points) Listen to the following short passages and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each passage. The passages will be read on
6、ly ONCE. There are 10 passages in this part of test, each with 1 question, which carries 2 points. 11 The speaker mainly discusses _. （ A） cultural issues （ B） the learning process of a child （ C） behavior as a cultural construction （ D） how to educate a child 12 What are tides caused by? （ A） The s
7、uns gravity alone. （ B） The moons gravity alone. （ C） The moon and the suns gravity. （ D） The earth. 13 According to the speaker, what mistakes do many drivers make? （ A） They drive full time. （ B） They do not concentrate on their window-shopping. （ C） They cannot see the hood of their car. （ D） The
8、y drive while tired or worried. 14 What is remarkable about the cowbird? （ A） The cowbird builds its nest. （ B） The cowbird sits on the cow. （ C） The cowbird has its own chicks. （ D） The cowbird builds no nest. 15 The speaker indicates that the dramatic critic is _. （ A） inclined to be objective （ B
9、） conditioned by certain requirements of his column （ C） happy to oblige the backers of plays （ D） suspicious of criticism directed against him 16 According to the speaker, the area of greatest expenditure of investment funds occurred in _. （ A） public sector （ B） business premises （ C） industrial s
10、ector （ D） trade and services 17 Which of the following is true? （ A） Male insects are always smaller than females. （ B） In a given species nature provides differences between sexes to secure successful production. （ C） Size and strength protect females from other females. （ D） Longevity is characte
11、ristic of the Dynastes and Megasoma. 18 One global trend in business is to _. （ A） develop overseas market （ B） attract more foreign investment （ C） give the consumers more benefits （ D） merge with each other and become more competitive 19 The predictions about the future made by many writers, in th
12、e speakers opinion, are _. （ A） pessimistic （ B） optimistic （ C） pleasing （ D） reasonable. 20 We learn that Bill Clintons father _. （ A） died before Bill Clinton was born （ B） died when Bill Clinton was a few months old （ C） left his wife after Bill Clinton was born （ D） was his mothers second husba
13、nd 三、 PART 3 (40 points) Listen to the following longer passages and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 20 questions in this part of test, 2 points for each question. You will hear the
14、passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 21 What is the main topic of the talk? （ A） Jeffersons views about commercialized agriculture. （ B） International trade in the nineteenth century. （ C） Improvements in farm machinery in the United States
15、. （ D） Farmers loss of independence. 22 What was the major change in agriculture during the 19th century? （ A） Crop production became increasingly specialized （ B） Economic depressions lowered the prices of farm produce. （ C） New banking laws made it easy to buy farmland （ D） The United States incre
16、ased its agricultural imports. 23 What was one result of the increased use of machinery on farms of the United States? （ A） Prices for farm produce rose. （ B） Farmers became more dependent on loans from banks. （ C） Jefferson established government programs to assist farmers. （ D） Farmers relied less
17、 on foreign markets. 24 Why was the World market important for the United States agriculture? （ A） It provided evidence that Jeffersons ideal could be achieved （ B） It made farmers less dependent on local bankers. （ C） It affected the prices that farmers could receive for their crops. （ D） It decrea
18、sed the power of the railroads to control farm prices. 25 Which of the following is NOT a factor for the change in agriculture in the United States? （ A） Advances in machinery. （ B） Specialization in farming. （ C） The extensive network of railroads. （ D） The change in world supply and demand on oil.
19、 26 When did the blasts hit the hotels? （ A） At about 1:40 a.m. local time. （ B） At about 1:14 a.m. local time. （ C） One at about 1:14 a.m., while the other around 2:14 a.m. （ D） One at about 1:40 a.m., while the other around 2:40 a.m. 27 How many people were injured or killed in the blasts? （ A） No
20、body was killed, four injured （ B） Two were killed, five injured （ C） Two were killed, seven injured （ D） Nobody was killed, seven injured. 28 Which of the following is NOT accurate about the Spaniards injured in the blasts? （ A） None of them were seriously wounded （ B） They were buried by the debri
21、s after the explosion. （ C） They didnt want their names or ages released （ D） They stayed at the same hotel. 29 What did the Spanish government do to help its injured citizens? （ A） It sent them back to Spain. （ B） It had constant phone contact with the Spanish Consul in Istanbul. （ C） It treated th
22、em in Spanish hospitals in Istanbul. （ D） It took care of their necessities. 30 Which of the following is NOT true about the attack at the fuel tanks? （ A） The large fuel tanks were broken. （ B） It was an obvious terrorist attack. （ C） Nobody was injured or killed （ D） The attackers tried to explode
23、 the tanks at about the same time as they blasted the hotels. 31 Which of the following is NOT true about the new capital according to the report? （ A） Its in the center area of South Korea （ B） It has excellent transport and environmental conditions. （ C） The relocation will cost $94 million. （ D）
24、It is not named yet. 32 How large is the site? （ A） 7,100 acres. （ B） 7,100 hectares. （ C） 70,100 acres. （ D） 70,100 hectares. 33 How many years is construction of the new capital schedule0 to take? （ A） About 23 years. （ B） About 27 years. （ C） About 30 years. （ D） About 13 years. 34 Which of the f
25、ollowing is President Roh Moo-hyuns argument for relocation of the capital? （ A） Efficiency of government. （ B） Environmental protection. （ C） Decentralization. （ D） Traffic concerns. 35 Which of the following does NOT describe the rival parties opinion on the relocation? （ A） Feasible. （ B） Impract
26、ical. （ C） Unpopular. （ D） Inefficient. 36 How many 2-year college students do not have the ability to figure out a tip? （ A） 50% （ B） 75% （ C） 70% （ D） 85% 37 Which of the following activity may not be done correctly by college students? （ A） To figure out a tip. （ B） To balance a checkbook. （ C） T
27、o compare prices. （ D） All of the above. 38 Which of the following is not true concerning the study? （ A） Its done by American Institutes for Research. （ B） It reveals students academic performance. （ C） It shows that the assumption that college students are graduating with ascertained level of prof
28、icient skills. （ D） It reveals that graduates do a better job when filling out job applications than reading newspapers. 39 What are students responses about the result of the survey? （ A） They doubt this study. （ B） They are not surprised. （ C） They blame the result on university. （ D） Both b anoth
29、er bulge of water is drawn on the earths far side. 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 1)根据题干中关键词判断听的重点。本题中的关键词是 tides和caused by，由此可迅速排除第一句和最后一句； 2)绝对化的表达一般是错误的，如 A和 B中 alone的使用，使全句过于绝对化，因此是错误的。 13 【听力原文】 Many drivers do little more than look over the hood while driving. You must train yourself to fix your eyes so t
30、hat they can see not only the road ahead of you but objects on each side of you and behind you. Concentration is one of the most important elements in safe driving. The drivers seat is no place for window-shopping, nor it is a place for a tired driver or worried one. Driving an automobile is a full-
31、time job. 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 1)有关汽车驾驶的常识有助于正确解题； 2)根据各个选项中关键词定位到原文相关处，可帮助听者做出迅速判断。 14 【听力原文】 The cowbird is an unusual American bird, which builds no nest. Instead, a female lays an egg in the nest of another bird and leaves the chicks to be hatched and raised by the adopted parents. Usually, these
32、adopted parents dont seem to notice anything strange about the young cowbird.Even though it may be twice size of their own chicks. 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 能够正确找到题干中关键词在原文中的同义替换，有助于迅速定位原文相关句。本题中原文 unusual与题干中 remarkable是同义替换。 15 【听力原文】 The dramatic critic, on the other hand, has no such advantage. He cann
33、ot be selective; he must cover everything that is offered for public scrutiny in the principal playhouse of the city where he works. The column space that seemed, yesterday, so pitifully inadequate to contain his comments on Long Days Journey Into Night is roughly the same as that which yawns today
34、for his verdict on the latest scrap of milk-fed Kitsch that has chanced to find for itself a numbskull backer with a hundred thousand dollars to lose. 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 能够从某些词语的内涵中探察作者的观点态度。 16 【听力原文】 Investment in the public sector, such as electricity, irrigation, quarrying, public services and t
35、ransport increased by about 10%, although the emphasis moved to transport and away from the other sectors mentioned. Trade and services recorded a 16- 17% investment growth, including a 30% increase in investment in business premises. Industrial investment is estimated to have risen by 8%. 16 【正确答案】
36、 D 【试题解析】 把握与数字有关的短语表达是解题的关键。本题中 30是听到的最高投资增长额度，但注意该数目前的 including短语的使用，说明该数是被包含在 16-17之中的。因此 B项不是正确答案。 17 【听力原文】 There are exceptions to the rule of male insects being smaller than the females, and some of these exceptions are intelligible. Size and strength would be advantage to the males which fi
37、ght for the possession of the females, and in these cases, as with the stag-beetle, the males are larger than the females. There are, however, other beetles which are not known to fight together, of which the males exceed the females in size. But in some of the other cases, as with the huge Dynastes
38、 and Megasoma, we can see that there would be no necessity for the males to be smaller in order to be matured before them, for these beetles are not short-lived. 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 能够利用信号词判断段落的脉络主线，可以有效帮助识别正确答案。如本题中原文第一句点明了全段中心 There are exceptions to the rule of male insects being smaller than the
39、females，即谈论雄性昆虫比雌性昆虫个头小这一规律有特例。然后根据某些短语如 in these cases. There are， however， other beetles. But in some of the other cases. 等发出的信号，可判断文章基本结构是以三种昆虫的例子来说明中心，这样可迅速排除与原文中心意思不符的 A和并非本文谈论中心的 B和 C。 18 【听力原文】 The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed.The process
40、sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying “wont the wave of business concentration turn into uncontrollable anticompetitive force?“ 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 正确识别段落的中心句。一般首句点明全段中心，结尾句
41、概括段落主要内容。 19 【听 力原文】 Today in the techno-society there is an almost ironclad consensus about the future of freedom. Maximum individual choice is regarded as the democratic ideal. Yet most writers predict that we shall move further and further from this ideal. They conjured up a dark vision of the fu
42、ture, in which people appear as mindless consumer creatures, surrounded by standardized goods, educated in standardized schools, fed a diet of standardized mass culture, and forced to adopt standardized styles of life. Such predictions have spawned a generation of future haters and technophobes, as
43、one might expect. 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 1)通过表示转折关系的信号词，如本题原文中的 yet可判断作者的观点态度； 2)能够把握某些短语隐含的意义，如本题中 dark vision传递出的一种对未来的悲观态度。 20 【听力原文】 President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on August 19, 1946. But his name was not Bill Clinton. It was William Jefferson Blythe. His m
44、other named him for his father, who had been killed in a car accident a few months earlier. When Bill was four years old, his mother married Roger Clinton who then legally became Bills father. Roger Clinton and Bills mother had a son, Roger Jr. 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据题干中关键词定位到原文中相关信息处。 三、 PART 3 (40 p
45、oints) Listen to the following longer passages and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 20 questions in this part of test, 2 points for each question. You will hear the passages only ONCE
46、. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 20 【听力原文】 One of the most popular myths about the United States in the 19th century was that of the free and simple life of the farmers. It was said that the farmers worked hard on their own land to produce whatever their
47、 families needed. They might sometimes trade with their neighbors, but in general they could get along just fine by relying on themselves, not on commercial ties with others. This was how Thomas Jefferson idealized the farmers at the beginning of the 19th century. And at that time, this might have b
48、een close to the truth especially on the frontier. But by the mid century sweeping changes in agriculture were well underway as farmers began to specialize in raising crops such as cotton or com or wheat. By late in the century, revolutionary advances in farm machinery have vastly increased producti
49、on of specialized crops and an extensive network of railroads had linked farmers throughout the country to markets in the east. By raising and selling specialized crops, farmers could afford more and finer goods and achieve a much higher standard of living but at a price. Now farmers are no longer dependent just on the weather and their own effort, their lives are increasingly controlled by banks, which have the power to grant or deny loans for new machinery, and by the railroads, which set the rates for shipping their crops to t
