1、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 21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 The movie actor Arnold Schwa
2、rgenegger, who is running for governor of California, belongs to the conservative Democratic Party. （ A） true （ B） false 2 School failure and social isolation can lead to early onset of depression in children and teens, and the trend is becoming increasingly common. （ A） true （ B） false 3 According
3、to the statement, Cheliean sea bass, a species of fish available along the coasts of the South Pole, might have already become extinct due to illegal hunting. （ A） true （ B） false 4 It can be inferred from the statement that the Swedish social welfare system, which provides life-long care of its cit
4、izens, is no longer feasible and satisfactory. （ A） true （ B） false 5 Out of the 325 million laborers in the Middle East and North Africa, 63 percent are women and 32 percent university students. （ A） true （ B） false 6 According to the statement, the UN Security Council resolution concerning Israel
5、and Yasser Arafat was presented by the United States and approved by 11 Council members including Britain, Germany and Bulgaria. （ A） true （ B） false 7 Toyota Motor now ranks as the worlds second largest automobile manufacturers owing to its improved quality and enlarged market share. （ A） true （ B）
6、 false 8 It is reasonable to assume that demand for sophisticated emergency medical treatment is higher in Jerusalem, where terrorist bomb attacks were frequent incidents. （ A） true （ B） false 9 As a free-floating currency, Japanese yen often fluctuates with the US dollar, and destabilizes the count
7、rys economy and financial system. （ A） true （ B） false 10 Ben Glisan Jr. is the highest-ranking executive of the Enron company found to be guilty for the accounting scandal. （ A） true （ B） false 二、 PART 2 (20 points) Listen to the following short passages and then choose one of the answers that best
8、 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 Why have the Americans developed space shuttle according to the passage? （ A） It is a first step to explore outer space. （ B） It is a f
9、ollow-up action of the Apollo moon landings. （ C） It is a compromise to the exorbitant human expeditions to the Mars. （ D） It is a compensation for the wishful thinking of human landing on the Mars. 12 Which of the following statements best describes humor in China? （ A） It is more or less the same
10、in all parts of the country. （ B） It is drastically different in every part of the country. （ C） It is distinguished from Hong Kong. （ D） It is more a verbal act than a physical act in the north. 13 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? （ A） The term “averted vision
11、“ refers to the act of looking out of the corners of ones eyes. （ B） If you want to see very faint things, you should better look sideways rather than straight on. （ C） The receptors located in the eyes center are less sensitive to dim light. （ D） To “look“ is to see something straight ahead. 14 Whi
12、ch of the following statements is NOT true of the euro? （ A） Sweden refuses to join the euro framework. （ B） Some big countries tailor the euros rules to their own benefits. （ C） Euro is not a reliable currency in the world market. （ D） The euro zone is suffering from a sluggish economy. 15 Which of
13、 the following statements is NOT true of the passage? （ A） It discusses fertility clinics. （ B） It defines stem cells. （ C） It mentions artificial fertilization. （ D） It identifies the origins of stem cells. 16 Which of the following index represents small-company stocks? （ A） The Dow Jones Industri
14、al. （ B） The Russell 2000. （ C） The Wilshire 5000. （ D） The S 选项 D的说法可与原文 “It distanceditself from the stagnant economic performance of the euro zone”相对应；只有选项 C的说法在原文中找不到对应，因此该项的说法是 错误的。 15 【听力原文】 Stem cells are undeveloped human cells that can grow into many or all of the different specialized cell
15、s in the human body. Although stem cells have been harvested from adults, the most versatile stem cells come from embryos. The main source of embryos is fertility clinics. Vitro fertilization, the process that produces test-tube babies, involves the fertilization of eggs to produce embryos outside t
16、he womans body. 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 语义逻辑关系的识别。本题要求识别原文的逻辑结构。原文主要讨论的是 stem cells(干细胞 )，如干细 胞的定义、起源等， fertility clinics(人工受精 )虽有提及，但不属于主要讨论的话题。因此选项 A的说法符合题义，是正确答案。 16 【听力原文】 An index is a statistical composite representing the value of all stocks in a certain market segment. Its presented as one simple
17、 number so investors can track trends in that segment.The broader the index, the more representative it is of the entire stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial is an average of 30 of the most widely held stocks. The S the Wilshire 5000 includes both small- and large-company stocks and is weighted to
18、 represent all U.S.-headquartered securities. 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 特定信息的找寻和判断。根据题干中提到的特定信息找寻原文，发现 “The Russell 2000 includes 2000smallcompany stocks”，由此可见，选项 B的说法符合题意，是正确答案。 17 【听力原文】 The new nepotism operates not from the top down but from the bottom up: it is voluntary, not coercive; it springs from
19、 the initiative of children, not the interest of the parents; it tends to seem “natural“ rather than planned. Although no nepotism in the classic sense, it is rightly nepotism because it involves exploiting the family name, connections, or wealth. The method may be different, but the result is much
20、the same. 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 语义的推理判断。原文表面上没有提到 old nepotism(旧式裙带关系 )，但根据文中关于 newnepotism的说法可以推断出答案。根据原文第一句 “The new nepotism operates not from the top down but from the bottom up”，可推测出旧式的裙带关系强调 the top down(自上而下 )，显然这里的 “上 ”指 “父母 ”， “下 ”指“子女 ”；此外从第一句后部的 not和 rather than结构可推测，其中的内容直指 old nepotism的特点，
21、即： coercive(强迫的 )， the interest of the parents(父母的利益 )； planned(有计划的 )；由第二句话可推测两种 nepotism都 “involve exploiting the family name， connections， or wealth”即 “利用家族的声望、关系或财富 (使孩子受益 )”，从上述推测中可知，选项 A的说法 “父母最大限度地利用家庭优势，使孩子受益 ”符合题意，是正确答案。 18 【听力原文】 Two years ago, in the Qatari capital, trade ministers agreed
22、 to begin global trade negotiations driven by what is known as the Doha Development Agenda, which put the question of development at its core. It is widely acknowledged today that trade is a vitally important element in any program for development, as it can deliver benefits to developing countries
23、worth many times more than all the development aid they receive. 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 事实细节的识别和判断。原文主要谈论在 Qatari首都部长会议达成的共识，即：发展中国家在发展过程中，从贸易中得到的利益远比从援助中得到的利益多。但文中并没有提及将要举行高峰会议讨论国际贸易问题，因此选项B的说法与原文不符，因此是正确答案。 19 【听力原文】 Meditation is being recommended by more and more physicians as a way to prevent, slow
24、 or at least control the pain of chronic diseases like heart conditions, AIDS, cancer, and infertility. It is also being used to restore balance in the face of such psychiatric disturbances as depression, hyperactivity, and attention-deficit disorder(ADD). In a confluence of Eastern mysticism and we
25、stern science, doctors are embracing meditation not because they think its hip or cool but because scientific studies are beginning to show that it works, particularly for stress-related conditions. 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实细节的找寻和判断。根据题干要求在原文中找寻关于meditation的说法，原文第一句中 “to prevent， slow or at least contro
26、l the pain ofcancer” 可与选项 A的说法对应，原文 “torestore balance in the face of such psychiatric disturbances as depression” 可与选项 B的说法对应，原文 “In a confluence of Eastern mysticism” 可与选项 C的说法对应；只有选项 D的说法在原文中找不到对应，因此该选项是正确答案。 20 【听力原文】 Its a trick that time and memory play on us: Comedy like glamour or courage, i
27、s never what it used to be. The present may sometimes make us laugh the hardest, but we like to tell ourselves that the past makes us laugh the best. Todays emphasis on physical comedy is perhaps a natural reaction to the more cerebral comedy of the past two decades. 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对比表达的识别和判断。原文
28、将喜剧的过去和现在加以对比，听者可发现 “The presentlaugh the hardest ， the pastl augh the best Todayphysical comedy ， cerebral comedy of the past”。由此可判断，人们对喜剧的看法是有变化，而非一成不变的。因此，选项 B的说法符合题意，是正确答案。 三、 PART 3 (40 points) Listen to the following longer passages and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. You
29、 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. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 21 【听力原文】 Once a social taboo
30、, love across the color line is becoming increasingly common. The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has leaped almost 1,000% since 1967, when a landmark Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia, voided state antimiscegenation laws that forbid unions between the races. Today there are mor
31、e than 2 million interracial marriages, accounting for about 5% of all U.S. marriages, and almost half a million of them are between blacks and whites. Yet even after the Loving decision, which required the state of Virginia to recognize the marriage between a white man and a black woman, Richard an
32、d Mildred Loving, the resistance to mixed nuptials in the South seemed to stay as firm as the reverence some there still have for the Confederate flag. It was only three years ago that Alabama became the last state to drop its unenforceable ban on mixed marriage, and it did so with just a 60%-to-40%
33、 vote by residents. Of course, interracial intimacy has been a fact of life in the region since African slaves first arrived in the U.S. and white slave owners like Thomas Jefferson began sneaking into the slave quarters at night. But what used to be branded clandestine lust has finally evolved into
34、 sanctioned love: black-white interracial marriages in Alabama have more than tripled, from 297 in 1990 to 1,000 in 2000, or about 2.5% of the married couples in the state. An additional 1% of Alabama marriages are unions also involving Asians, Latinos and Native Americans. 21 【正确答案】 B 【试 题解析】 特定信息的
35、找寻和判断。根据题干中关键词 “a landmark ruling”在原文中找寻与其相关的特定信息部分为原文第一段第二句中 “a landmark Supreme Court decision， Loving V Virginia”。由此可见，选项 B的说法是正确的。 22 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 数字信息的找寻和判断。原文关于跨种族通婚的数据颇多，根据题干内容可确定原文第一段最后一句中 “almost half a million of them are between blacks and whites”是正确答案，符合这一说法的只有选项 D。 23 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】
36、 隐含事实的判断。根据原文第三段第一句，可知该句隐含的事实就是 Thomas Jefferson被当作一个例子来说明 “interracial intimacy”。因此，选项 A的说法是正确的。 24 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推理判断题。根据原文第二段第一句 “the resistance to mixed nuptials in the South seemed tostay as firm as” 即 “在南方人们对 (黑人和白人间 )通婚的行为依然坚决反对 ”，显然选项 A的说法是正确的。因此，该项为正确答案。 25 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 特定信息的找寻和判断。通过对
37、Alabama婚姻情况这一特定信息进行找寻，发现原文第二段最后一句提到 Alabama是最后一个放弃混合婚姻禁令的州时说明这是 “just a 60 -to-40 vote by residents”，即 “当地居民 60对 40投票的结果 ”，这与选项 C内容吻合。因此，该选项的说法是正确的。 26 【听力 原文】 People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so inexorably that it is easy to imagine an inter
38、nal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy one plate, one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of noting that they have placed five knives, spoons, and fo
39、rks on the table and, a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, they move on to subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were secluded on a desert island at birth and retrieved seven years later, he or she could enter a se
40、cond-grade mathematics class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment. Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slo
41、wly grasped or, as the case might be encountered concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pen
42、cils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers the idea of a oneness
43、, a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of objects and is a prerequisite for doing anything more mathematically demanding than setting a table is itself far from innate. 26 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨题。该题的解题关键是把握整个听力材料内容的脉络。文章一开始声明儿童似乎天生具有计算能力，而后举例说明，但随后话锋一转，作者提出实际情况并非如此简单，认知心理学家的研究证明，儿童是逐步通过自身努力来
44、学习掌握数学基础知识的。总之，虽然作者对儿童数学能力的发展有不同见解，但全篇都围绕该话题展开。因此，选项 C的说法是正确的。 27 【正确答案】 A 【试 题解析】 推理判断题。文章在第一段第二句说明 “the numerical skills of children develop so early”，即 “儿童数字能力在早期便得以发展 ”，随后在第三句作者用儿童学会走路和说话不久便在摆放刀叉方面显现出的数字能力来说明上述观点，由此可推断，儿童是在学会说话后就可学会简单的计数，这与选项 A的观点是吻合的。因此，选项 A的说法是正确的。 28 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 隐含事实的找寻和判
45、断。根据题干关键词可找寻到原文相关信息处第二段第三句 “they refused， forinstance to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short stout glassinto a tall thin one”，可知小孩认为将水从矮粗的杯子倒入细高的杯子，其量会有变化。由此可见他们认为杯子的形状发生改变，水量也会改变，因此，选项 D的说法是正确的。 29 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实细节的找寻和判断。根据题干线索找寻到原文第二段第四句可知当被要求数红、蓝铅笔时，孩子们会 “report the
46、 number of blue or red pencils，but must be coaxed into findingthetotal”，即 “他们会将红、蓝铅笔分开来数，只有经过诱导，他们才会将这些铅笔的总数数出来 ”。因此，选项 A的说法与原文相符。 30 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 观点态度的判断。该题要求注意听力材料中有关观点态度方面的用语或信号词，文中在说到儿童天生具有计算能力时，作者使用了 “appear， seems”等词，向听者发出信号，表明作者实际并不赞同 这种说法；此外，作者也从正面表示了对这种说法的不同意见，在第二段第一句，作者便称 “Of course， th
47、e truthis not so simple ”由此可见，选项 A的说法与原文相符。 31 【听力原文】 Glacier National Park in Montana shares boundaries with Canada, an American Indian reservation, and a national forest. Along the North Fork of the Flathead River, the park also borders about 17,000 acres of private lands that are currently used f
48、or ranching, timber, and agriculture. This land is an important part of the habitat and migratory routes for several endangered species that frequent the park. These private lands are essentially the only ones available for development in the region. With encouragement from the park, local landowner
49、s initiated a land-use planning effort to guide the future of the North Fork. The park is a partner in an interlocal agreement that calls for resource-managing agencies to work together with the more than 400 private owners in the area. A draft plan has been prepared, with the objective of maintaining traditional economic uses but limiting new development that would damage park resources. Voluntary action by landowners, in cooperation with the park and the county, is helping to restrict small-lot subdivisions, maintain wildlife corridors, and mi
