1、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 22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 wavelengths of light and
2、 radio waves, unlike high energy gamma radiation, are much shorter. （ A） true （ B） false 2 The speaker believes that a practical solution to the problem of starvation is to remove obstacles to adequate supply of food rather than to increase production of it. （ A） true （ B） false 3 According to the s
3、peaker, it is foolish and childish for a filmmaker to mix his preconceptions with objective truth when he produces a documentary. （ A） true （ B） false 4 In Japanese party politics, the Liberal Democrats are more prone to stand by their principles than their conservative and nationalist counterparts.
4、 （ A） true （ B） false 5 The author believes that, given the similarities between pig and human organs, future technology will allow pig livers to be transplanted to humans. （ A） true （ B） false 6 Bioinformatics is a new computer software technology that makes research findings on genetic engineering
5、 publicly available to the public. （ A） true （ B） false 7 Imports from Asian countries are more competitive than U.S. home-made products because of lower wages in Asia and the exemption of duties for imported goods shipped to the United States. （ A） true （ B） false 8 States should respect internatio
6、nal law even if some people are skeptical about its power to be enacted. （ A） true （ B） false 9 The international community should seek other effective methods in establishing economic global governance instead of relying on the WTO. （ A） true （ B） false 10 Economists attribute the world soybean boo
7、m to the rise in soybean production in China and its increased export of related products. （ A） true （ B） false 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 only ONCE. There are 1
8、0 passages in this part of test, each with 1 question, which carries 2 points. 11 Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear? （ A） The growth rate in 2003 is lower than that of the previous year. （ B） This year the government will continue to support lending and investment
9、in construction. （ C） The government will cut state bonds by 35% in 2004. （ D） State bonds issued to finance construction will be $3.6 billion less this year than last. 12 What conclusions can you make about the people in New York City? （ A） You cant please anyone in New York City. （ B） They dont li
10、ke to recycle their trash. （ C） Mayor Bloomberg always turns a deaf ear to peoples complaints. （ D） People want to have their trash collected more frequently. 13 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the result of globalization and liberalization? （ A） The gap between the developed
11、 and the developing countries has widened. （ B） The industrialized world has witnessed unprecedented wealth. （ C） The wealth of the world has been redistributed. （ D） The current developing countries will become the most rapidly rowing economies. 14 Which of the following places have approved gay ma
12、rriage? （ A） San Francisco and California. （ B） California, New Mexico and Oregon. （ C） California, New Mexico, Oregon and Massachusetts. （ D） California and New Mexico. 15 The Mediterranean region is cited as an example of_. （ A） the ability of nature to remedy human destruction （ B） the ability of
13、 people to make use of natural resources （ C） the manner in which people replenish the environment （ D） the effects of human abuse of natural resources 16 According to the passage, what has made Americas system of higher education a great success? （ A） Accessibility, diversity, academic freedom and
14、centralized governance. （ B） Diversity, academic freedom, democracy and centralization. （ C） Shared governance, diversity, academic freedom and accessibility. （ D） Decentralization, diversity, academic freedom and shared governance. 17 What has happened to the capital flow into the emerging market e
15、conomies? （ A） It has become difficult to get foreign direct investment. （ B） Banks no longer offer any loans. （ C） Portfolio investment has increased. （ D） Those market economies didnt take advantage of different kinds of capital. 18 The blacks who received Nobel Prizes for Literature are_. （ A） To
16、ni Morrison and Dereck Walcott （ B） Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck and Wole Soyinka （ C） Toni Morrison, Dereck Walcott and Wole Soyinka （ D） Toni Morrison, Dereck Walcott and John Steinbeck 19 Why did Israelis prefer the “Red-Dead“ canal to the “Med-Dead“ proposal? （ A） Because they wanted to coopera
17、te with their former Arab enemies. （ B） Because the Red-Dead canal would run across the desert. （ C） Because the Med-Dead canal would be much longer. （ D） Because they didnt want to take water from the Mediterranean Sea. 20 What does Dr. Kay believe? （ A） The Bush administration is justified to laun
18、ch military operations in Iraq. （ B） Iraqs weapons of mass destruction have not been found yet. （ C） Iraqs weapons of mass destruction were destroyed during the Gulf War. （ D） Iraq destroyed all its weapons of mass destruction in the 1990s. 三、 PART 3 (40 points) Listen to the following longer passag
19、es 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. At the end of each passage, you will have
20、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. （ D） Farmers loss of independence. 22 What was the major cha
21、nge 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 increased its agricultural imports. 23 What was one result of the
22、 increased use of machinery on farms of me 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 on foreign markets. 24 Why was the world market important fo
23、r 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 decreased the power of the railroads to control farm prices. 25 Wh
24、ich 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. 26 When did the blasts hit the hotels? （ A） At about 1:40 a
25、.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） Nobody was killed, four injured. （ B） Two were killed, five in
26、jured. （ 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 debris after the explosion. （ C） They didnt want their names
27、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 them in Spanish hospitals in Istanbul. （ D） It took care
28、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 the tanks at about the same time as they blasted me h
29、otels. 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） It is not named yet. 32 How large is the site? （ A） 7,
30、100 acres. （ B） 7,100 hectares. （ C） 70, 100 acres. （ D） 70,100 hectares. 33 How many years is construction of the new capital scheduled to take? （ A） About 23 years. （ B） About 27 years. （ C） About 30 years. （ D） About 13 years. 34 Which of the following is President Roh Moo-hyuns argument for relo
31、cation of the capital? （ A） Efficiency of government. （ B） Environmentalprotection. （ C） Decentralization. （ D） Traffic concerns. 35 Which of the following does NOT describe the rival parties opinion on the relocation? （ A） Feasible. （ B） Impractical. （ C） Unpopular. （ D） Inefficient. 36 Why do peop
32、le doubt about the pickup of Japans economy? （ A） Low domestic demand. （ B） High energy cost. （ C） Deflation. （ D） Weaker economic growth in the U.S. and China. 37 According to the report, what did IEA keep doing in the past half a year? （ A） It kept revising the forecast of world oil demand upwards
33、. （ B） It kept making serious mistakes in forecasting. （ C） It kept lowering down the world energy consumption. （ D） It kept increasing the oil prices. 38 Compared with this year, the estimated world oil growth for 2005 will_. （ A） be 84 million more barrels per day （ B） increase by 2.5% （ C） be up
34、2.53 million barrels per day （ D） be up 1.8 million barrels per day 39 Which of the following is true about China? （ A） The oil demand growth in the second quarter is 12.3%. （ B） Restrictions on trucking and economic growth will help reduce the oil demand. （ C） Extra refining capacity is also under
35、tight control. （ D） The oil demand in the third quarter will fall by 9%. 40 Which of the following is NOT the reason for the slowdown of world oil demand? （ A） The cooling down of the Chinese economy. （ B） Weaker growth of U.S. economy. （ C） Inflation. （ D） Uncertainty about Japans rebound. 四、 PART
36、4 (20 points) Listen to the following passage. Write a short English summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear the passage only ONCE and you will have 25 minutes to finish you English summary. This part of test carries 20 points. You may need to scribble a few notes in or
37、der to write your summary satisfactorily. 口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 22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
38、 question. 1 【听力原文】 Nuclear energy is released at the suns center as high energy gamma radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation like light and radio waves, only of very much shorter wavelength. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 比较结构的理解。本题要求听者分辨清所比较之物及其对比关系。原文谈到 nuclear energy(核能 )时，将其解释为 high energy gamma rad
39、iation(高能伽马辐射 )，像光波和无线电波一样属于 一种光磁射线，只是其波长更短一些。由此可见，题干说光波和无线电波的波长短得多的说法是错误的。 2 【听力原文】 Hunger is not caused by a global scarcity of food. The world can easily produce enough to feed everyone, without any government support. When people go hungry, it is because they do not have access to food sometimes
40、 for reasons of war or politics, most often because of poverty. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 因果关系判断。关于饥馑问题，文章认为 “Hunger is not caused by a global scarcity of food”即 “饥饿不是由于全球粮食匮乏造成的 ”，而且进一步说“it is becausethey do not have access to food sometimes for reasons of war or politics， mostoften because of poverty”即 “饥
41、饿问题是因为人们由于战争、政治、贫穷等原因而无法得到食物 ”，显然文章认为饥馑问题与粮食供应的畅通与否有关。因此，题干说解决饥馑问题需要消除粮食供应的障碍而非提高粮食产量的说法是正确的。 3 【听力原文】 A documentary is an arrangement of non-fictional films, structured to support the preexisting ideas of the filmmaker. Only the terminally stupid and the childishly innocent imagine that anyone maki
42、ng a documentary film aspires to objective truth. 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 观点态度的找寻和判断。关于 documentary(记录片 )，文章认为这种影片 “structured to support the preexisting ideas of the filmmaker”即 “就是要迎合支持制片商的先入之见 ”，文章还认为只有愚蠢、幼稚的制片商才会使记录片“aspires to objective truth” 即 “追求客观事实 ”。由此可见，题干认为记录片是制片商 “mix his preconceptions with
43、objective truth”即 “将其先入之见和客观事实融合 ”的说法与原文不符，因此是错误的。 4 【听力原文】 Too often, Japans conservative and nationalist leaders have managed to spot the forces of change more quickly than their liberal domestic counterparts, and have used those changes to seize the advantages and preserve their power. 4 【正确答案】 B
44、 【试题解析】 比较结构的理解。本题要求将 conservative and nationalist leaders和 liberal democrats的政治立场进行比较。根据原文 “Japans conservative and nationalist leaders have managed to spot the forces of change more quickly than their liberal domestic counterparts”即 “日本保守党和民族主义者比自民党更能发现变化的力量 ”，由此可知，自民党不能很快地发现变化的力量，但与题干所言自由民主党更倾向于遵
45、守其原则含义不相符，因此题干的 说法是错误的。 5 【听力原文】 As a super hero in her own right, Xena is a female piglet cloned from fetal-pig skin cells. She may prove to be more than the latest addition to the biotech clone farm. Because of similarities between porcine and human organs, the techniques that made Xena may eventu
46、ally create a supply of genetically modified pig livers that would be acceptable to the human immune system. 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 语义逻辑推理判断。原文认为 “Because of similarities between porcine and human organs， the techniques that made Xena may eventually create a supply of genetically modified piglivers that
47、would be acceptable to the human immune system ”即 “鉴于猪和人的器官有相似性，创造了 xena的技术必将创造出可以为人类免疫系统接受的转基因猪肝脏 ”，由此可推断由于猪和人内脏器官有相似性，未来技术将会使得猪的肝脏移植到人身上。因此，题干的说法是正确的。 6 【听力原文】 Bioinformatics is the name given to the computer software technologies that are being devised to manage information overload. The field in
48、cludes everything from storage to classification, analysis and distribution of gene and protein sequence data. Bioinformatics tools have moved genetic research out of the laboratory and transferred it to computer databases for use by anyone with access to the Internet. 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 定义及细节的理解。通过原
49、文定义可知 bioinformatics是一种计算机软件技术，其特点之一是 “movegenetic research out of the laboratory and transferred it to computer databases for use by anyonewith access to the Internet”即 “将基因研究搬出实验室，将其转移到计算机数据库，可以让能够上网的任何人使用 ”，由此可见，题干的说法是正确的。 7 【听力原文】 Foreign laborers, especially Asian ones earning low wages, are pictured as working willingly for American capitalists abroad who pay slightly better than average wages; while the former learn otherwise inaccessible technology and produce sophisticated goods that compete with domestic American goods, even allowing for sh
