1、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 19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 According to the speaker, th
2、e first modern Olympic Games were held as an international competition. 2 The Clinton administration thought that the ban of US aid to Pakistan successfully stopped the spread of nuclear weapons in South Asia. 3 Inflation occurs when government sectors intervene the capitalist economic system. 4 The
3、 speaker says that the periods of seismic activity are increasingly complex and may cause the earth to wobble. 5 According to the speaker, a seat belt and an upright seat provide less protection for car passengers. 6 According to the speaker, even America is suffering from economic depression, the A
4、merican economy will soon be recovered if Americans can solve the problem of unemployment and control oil prices. 7 Private information from Polish secret agents enabled the British Customs authorities to confiscate the arms shipment which was ordered by the Ulster Volunteer Force. 8 To keep the pro
5、sperity of the air industry, the Department of Defense has invested a lot of money to develop an innovative type of aircraft which does not need a runway. 9 A new flaw was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. But the flaw will not affect computers which have been updated with Microsofts latest secu
6、rity patch. 10 The privacy of members of organizations has been invaded through the creation and maintenance of data files of computers. 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 re
7、ad only ONCE. There are 10 passages in this part of test, each with 1 question, which carries 2 points. 11 Which of the following is NOT the purpose of Americas central bank? （ A） Controlling the flow of money in the economy. （ B） Overseeing the activities of banks. （ C） Producing and distributing b
8、ank notes and coins. （ D） Contributing to the maintenance of a stable financial system. 12 Which of the following might be carried on board by hand? （ A） All cabin baggage. （ B） Items in transparent plastic carrier bags. （ C） Handbags and laptop computers. （ D） Handbags and mobile phones. 13 How man
9、y people were missing in the storm of July 17 that drenched North Korea? （ A） 549. （ B） 151. （ C） 295. （ D） 29. 14 What is one of the main reasons that restrict the mobile gambling market in Asia? （ A） Restrictions from the governments. （ B） The technological restrictions. （ C） The unclear situation
10、 of mobile gambling. （ D） The insufficient number of gaming operators. 15 What is the direct reason for the temporary shutdown of some of the turbines? （ A） Americans are not convinced of the virtues of wind power. （ B） Environmentalists believe that windmills are dangerous. （ C） Better energy sourc
11、es are available during the period. （ D） They are likely to threaten the lives of birds during their migration. 16 Which of the following is true about the immunity to HTV? （ A） It is partly resistance to the mutation. （ B） More Europeans have it than the people on other continents. （ C） It is the r
12、esult of outbreaks of the plague. （ D） It is a mutation that protects white blood cells. 17 Which of the following is responsible for 10% of preventable cancer? （ A） Smoking over 100 nations currently compete. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在围绕中心话题的纷繁信息中把握重要人物的主要观点和主张。根据信号词 desire找到重要人物 Baron Pierre de Coubertin
13、的主张是解题的关键。 2 【听力原文】 The Clinton administration has signaled its opposition to a 1985 law that bans most US aid to Pakistan because of its nuclear program. A US State Department spokesman said the law does not advance the US goal of stopping the spread of nuclear weapons in South Asia. 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题
14、解析】 能够正确找到指示代词所指对象是解题关键。原文该发言人所提的没能推进美国制止南亚核武器传播的目标的法律，就是指禁止向 巴基斯坦提供援助的命令。 3 【听力原文】 Inflation stems from the instability of capitalist economic systems. That this instability no longer creates cumulative depressions is due to the intervention of the government sector. Increased institutional rigidit
15、y also limits downward price adjustment. 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 1)掌握表示因果关系的信号词，可以帮助听者作出正确的判断。题干中 occur表明该题重点在于找寻和判断 inflation的原因，由此可使听者将重点放在找寻原文关于 inflation的原因上； 2)同义词替换。本题需掌握 stem from与题干中的 occur同义，均是表示因果关系的信号词。 4 【听力原文】 Our discussion of earthquakes would be incomplete if we didnt raise the possibility
16、 of their being caused by external forces. As you know there are increases and decreases in episodes of seismic activity, but there is no regular or predictable pattern. 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 识别听力材料中的关键信息，并对其上下文充分理解，是解答本题的关键。 如本题中的关键信息是 seismic activity，如果对有关该词部分的内容充分理解，便能作出正确的判断。 5 【听力原文】 It is already
17、 known that incorrect usage of combination lap and shoulder seat belts can lead to injuries of the spine, neck and pelvis. Now, evidence from three case reports suggests that individuals who ride in a reclined position while wearing these safety belts may place themselves at additional risk of injur
18、y. 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 理解关键单词和短语的含义是解题的关键。本题原文中 recline意思是 “斜倚着的 ”，与题干中 sit upright意思相反； at additional risk of injury意思为 “受伤可能性加大 ”，与题干中 less protection相呼应。 6 【听力原文】 The economic slump is the biggest problem facing Americans today. Despite all the talks about deficit spending, oil prices, unemployment
19、, and the impending depression, Americans continue to spend large sums of money on goods which are frivolous and damaging to the country. 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 1)中心句和支持性细节的关系。材料中第一句是中心句，概括了当今美国面临的最大问题是经济疲软。后面的内容具体说明了这一点。 2)根据原文中词汇的色彩，可作出正确推断。如原文中自始至终使用了带有贬义色彩的词，如： slump， deficit， unemployment， depressio
20、n， frivolous， damaging等，由此可判断，美国的经济不会在短期内 recover“恢复 ”。 7 【听力原文】 British Customs authorities have confiscated a huge shipment of weapons bound for Protestant gunmen in Northern Ireland. It was said to be the biggest seizure of arms in British history. Authorities, tipped off by Polish agents, found
21、more than 300 assault rifles and two metric tons of explosives on a polish freighter in Northern Britain. The outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force admitted that it was waiting for the shipment in Belfast. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 1)从复杂的信息中识别主干部分的主要内容是解题的关键。本题的信息庞杂，因此 要根据题干内容抓住原文话语中的主干部分，排除次要信息，如一些起修饰作用的短语和词汇及对这
22、批军火的具体统计数据等； 2)掌握同义词替换，原文中 tip off意为 “为 通风报信 ”，与题干中 enabledto 相呼应。 8 【听力原文】 With major airports facing chronic traffic jams and nobody volunteering to have a new airport built in his backyard, how is the air-travel boom going to sustain itself? One answer may come from the Department of Defense, whi
23、ch had sponsored development of an innovative new type of aircraft that doesnt need a runway; its engine pods point upward for vertical takeoff, then tilt horizontally for forward flight. 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 能够确定题干中 prosperity， invest分别与原文中 boom， sponsor是同义替换。 9 【听力原文】 An independent researcher warned
24、 that an Internet Explorer vulnerability could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect, even on computers updated for Microsofts latest security patch. The flaw affects the latest version of Internet Explorer running on Windows XP, even after the latest major update known as Service Pack 2 is applie
25、d. 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 理解关键词含义。本文中明确了缺陷会 affect(影响 )Windows XP上的 Internet Explorer。这里 affect一般指带来负面的影响。 10 【听力原文】 The potential of computers for increasing the control of organizations or society over their members and for invading the privacy of those members has caused considerable concern. The priv
26、acy issue has been raised most insistently with respect to creation and maintenance of data files that assemble information about persons from a multitude of sources. 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 迅速识别所听内容的主干内容并排除次要信息，是解答本题的关键。 二、 PART 2 (20 points) Listen to the following short passages and then choose one of
27、 the answers that best fits the meaning of each passage. The passages will be read only ONCE. There are 10 passages in this part of test, each with 1 question, which carries 2 points. 11 【听力原文】 Americas Central Bank is part of a larger financial system called the United States Federal Reserve System
28、. It is not a single bank, but a banking system with operations that are both public and private. Its purpose is to control the flow of money in the economy, to supervise banking activity and to protect the financial system. 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 掌握同义词的替换，如本题中原文 supervise与选项 B中 oversee同义。 12 【听力原文】 The
29、 UK Department for Transport said that all cabin baggage would be processed as check-in baggage and carried in the holds of aircraft departing the countrys airports with immediate effect. Passengers are only allowed to take a limited number of items on board by hand in a single, ideally transparent,
30、 plastic carrier bag. Among the items banned from being carried on board are handbags, mobile phones, laptop computers and iPods. 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据题干关键词定位到原文相关信息处。 13 【听力原文】 Three major storms drenched North Korea in July, washing away crops and raising the possibility of famine in a reclusive c
31、ountry that already battles chronic food shortages. The Choson Sinbo said that as of July 17,549 people were killed, 295 went missing and 3,043 were injured in the storms. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said last Friday that flooding in the second week of July h
32、ad killed 151 people and left 29 missing. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据题干中关键词，找到正确的数字信息。本题中的数字信息较多，听的重点应与题干关键词相结合。 14 【听力原文】 Governments from Singapore to South Korea are increasingly lifting restrictions on gambling. But gamblers do not have to wait for new casinos to open to place their bets: They can jus
33、t use their mobile phones. Telecommunications analysts predict that Asia will catch up soon. British Informa, a telecom and media consulting company, forecasts that close to 100 million people in the Asia-Pacific region will use mobile phones to place bets in 2010, half of the users globally. The mo
34、bile gambling market in Asia is still limited by the lack of suitable phones. Another obstacle for gaming operators is the unclear legal situation in many places. 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据表示因果关系的信号词来判断相关信息的因果关系。本题中原文使用 by短语表示前后文的因果关系。 15 【听力原文】 Windmills are sprouting across the United States, as Americ
35、ans search for non-polluting alternative energy sources. However, the industry still has work to convince Americans of the virtues of wind power. Some residents complain that the large towers are unsightly, and environmentalists have criticized the windmills as dangerous to birds. This is more of a
36、problem at another site in Northern California, which is on a migration route. In response to complaints, owners have agreed to a temporary shutdown of some of that areas wind turbines during this years winter migration. 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据上下文内在逻辑关系判断因果关系。 16 【听力原文】 About 10 percent of Europes pre
37、sent-day population seems to be resistant to HIV a significantly higher proportion than on other continents. Researchers have traced this immunity to a genetic mutation that seems to have appeared some 2,500 years ago, and that protects white blood cells against penetration by HIV. From the mid-14th
38、 century through the 17th century the prevalence of the mutation increased, in tandem with repeated outbreaks of the plague. The researchers suggest that the mutation protected against the disease, which culled the population of people who lacked it. 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 掌握篇章结构形成的意义上的内在逻辑，支持性细节往往具体说明或
39、解释主题。 17 【听力原文】 US, Australian, and New Zealand scientists report in the journal Lancet that nine factors that people and societies can control cause nearly 2. 5 million cancer cases each year. That is about one-third of the seven million annual global total. Leading the list of causes is smoking, w
40、hich the researchers say is responsible for 20 percent of preventable cancers. Alcohol use and low consumption of fruits and vegetables cause another five percent each. Also significant are overweight and obesity, physical inactivity, urban air pollution, indoor smoke from household cooking, contami
41、nated injections in health clinics, and unsafe sex. 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据题干关键词正确找到相关信息，并进行简单的数字运算。 18 【听力原文】 A recent report finds that the number of working hours in Asia has started to decline. But the economists say that what is needed is not only a reduction in working time, but also more flexib
42、ility in working hours. Both businesses and workers would profit if working hours can be adjusted according to demand, allowing workers to better control their days. And, as many economies in the region see a growth in service industries, such as hotels and restaurants, which need flexible work sche
43、dules, more flexibility could help boost growth. 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 1)段首处 but之后的内容往往是全段中心内容。 2)段落中的中心词，包括其词形变化形式往往频繁出现，如段首中心句中的中心词 flexibility及其形容词 flexible在该段出现若干次。 19 【听力原文】 On September 13, 1956, IBM shipped the first unit of the RAMAC, in other words, Random Access Method of Accounting and Contr
44、ol. The RAMAC, designed in Big Blues San Jose, Calif. , research center would have made a lousy music player. The drive weighed a full ton, and to lease it youd pay about $250,000 a year in todays dollars. Since it required a separate air compressor to protect the two moving “heads“ that read and wr
45、ote information, it was noisy. The total amount of information stored in its 50 spinning iron-oxide-coated disks each of them a pizza-size 24 inches was 5 megabytes. 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据各选项中关键词定位到原文相关信息，将选项内容与原文比较。有时可根据选项内容的特点，先排除干扰项，最后剩下的选项即为正确答案。如本题中 B、 C、 D三项内容均含有易识别信息，如专有名词或数字等，很容易定位其原文中相关信息以判断
46、正误。 20 【听力原文】 A study done in Greece says people can live longer and healthier lives if they eat what is known as the Mediterranean diet. Such a diet generally gets about 40 percent of its calories from olive oil and other fats that are considered healthy. Researchers from the University of Athens a
47、nd Harvard University Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts did the study. They published the results in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers say it is all the foods together in the Mediterranean diet that make the difference. So they say people should eat a lot of fruits, vegetables,
48、beans and fish. And they should use olive oil in their cooking. 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据选项特点，侧重听原文中的相关信息。本题中选项均为地点专有名词，因此在听的过程中应侧重听与地点有关的内容。 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 or
49、der 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. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 21 【听力原文】 Half of the 6,000 or so languages spoken in the world are under threat and a wealth of human knowledge could be lost with them, according to a new study. The study says pressures from dominant languages such as English, French, Spanish and Russian are drowning out minority tongues at an accelerating pace. “The dying and disapp
