1、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 2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 Schwar
2、genegger, who is running for governor of California, belongs to the conservative Democratic Party. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 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）正确 （ B）错误 3 According to the statemen
3、t, 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）正确 （ B）错误 4 It can be inferred from the statement that the Swedish social welfare system, which provides life-long care of its citizens, is no longer fe
4、asible and satisfactory. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 Out of the 325 million laborers in the Middle East and North Africa, 63 percent are women and 32 percent university students. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 According to the statement, the UN Security Council resolution concerning Israel and Yasser Arafat was presented by t
5、he United States and approved by 11 Council members including Britain, Germany and Bulgaria. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 Toyota Motor now ranks as the worlds second largest automobile manufacturers owing to its improved quality and enlarged market share. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 It is reasonable to assume that demand fo
6、r sophisticated emergency medical treatment is higher in Jerusalem, where terrorist bomb attacks were frequent incidents. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 As a free-floating currency, Japanese yen often fluctuates with the US dollar, and destabilizes the countrys economy and financial system. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 Ben Gl
7、isan Jr. is the highest-ranking executive of the Enron company found to be guilty for the accounting scandal. （ 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 only ONCE.
8、 There are 10 passages in this part of test, each with 1 question, which carries 2 points. 11 What did Jim Cantalupo promise at a Wall Street meeting on April 7? （ A） McDonalds will launch a 100-day campaign for a larger market. （ B） McDonalds will make adjustments to further improve its qualities.
9、（ C） As the worlds biggest fast-food chain, McDonalds will make further expansions. （ D） McDonalds will open 100 more chain stores in the near future all over the world. 12 According to the talk, for what is the Glasgow School of Art famous? （ A） Its educational faculty. （ B） Its collection of art w
10、orks. （ C） Its architectural design. （ D） Its museums and art galleries. 13 According to the passage, when will the person be contacted by the lost-and-found office? （ A） When the person is on the subway. （ B） When the person comes to the office in person. （ C） When the office finds a match for the
11、item lost. （ D） When the office finishes the search for the item lost. 14 What can be concluded from the passage? （ A） Medical tests and education for Americans with diabetes are not covered by the present healthcare schemes. （ B） If you are 20 years old or more, you are more likely to suffer from d
12、iabetes. （ C） Family help is the more important and most effective in detecting and treating diabetes. （ D） In the US, July 1 is a day of celebration for hospital staff, nurses and patients. 15 Which of the following is true, according to the passage? （ A） Email shows more authority than other produ
13、cts of digital technology. （ B） Email is as fragile a thing as it is convenient to its users. （ C） Email can keep as many as 1,500 saved messages. （ D） Email may help strengthen your own memory. 16 What is the main topic of the passage? （ A） Opportunities for All Americans （ B） Challenges of the Inf
14、ormation Age （ C） Engineering and Industrial Revolution （ D） Progress and Prosperity 17 Who is the speaker? （ A） A tourist guide. （ B） A department head （ C） A university student. （ D） An expert on language testing. 18 Who can tolerate pain much longer? （ A） People who are listening to an informativ
15、e tape. （ B） People who are listening to light music （ C） People who are listening to something funny. （ D） People who are listening to no tape at all. 19 What is the main source of death and destruction in a hurricane? （ A） The heat. （ B） The wind （ C） The water. （ D） The mountains. 20 Which of the
16、 following is true about the Japanese economy, according to the passage? （ A） It will slide into deflation very soon. （ B） It has been affected by economic recession for almost ten years. （ C） It has maintained a sustained economic recovery for the past decade. （ D） It will propose to attract more A
17、merican businesses to invest in key industries. 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
18、 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 According to psychologists, a compulsive spender wants to spend a lot of money because: （ A） he suffers from an irrational compulsion. （ B） he takes great
19、pleasure in the things he buys. （ C） he needs more necessities in life. （ D） he feels he can do anything with his credit card. 22 Which of the following is true about compulsive bargain hunters? （ A） They buy things to save money. （ B） They are easily excited at playing games. （ C） Small budgets mak
20、e it necessary for them to buy cheap things. （ D） They dont need all the things theyve bought. 23 According to the passage, how do stores and companies use the psychology of money spending to promote business? （ A） They stress the practical value of the things they sell. （ B） They try to improve the
21、 quality of the things they sell. （ C） They stress the non-practical value of the things they sell. （ D） They try to diversify the functions of the things they sell. 24 How can compulsive spenders solve their problems? （ A） By constant buying. （ B） By giving up credit spending. （ C） By consulting ps
22、ychologists. （ D） No way. 25 According to psychologists, most people buy things _. （ A） to meet their basic needs in life （ B） to enjoy spending money （ C） for a different reason from the one they claim （ D） to satisfy their inexplicable psychological needs 26 The German court is facing a legal dile
23、mma because the law hasnt stipulated the punishment of _. （ A） tomato-throwing （ B） unemployed people in Germany （ C） throwing yellow tomatoes （ D） throwing yellow tomatoes for a joke 27 According to the passage, what kind of tomatoes will induce the biggest offense? （ A） Red and soft. （ B） Yellow a
24、nd soft. （ C） Green and hard. （ D） Not mentioned. 28 According to the spokeswoman for a local court, what is the most important feature of a tomato in deciding a tomato-throwing offense? （ A） Color. （ B） Hardness. （ C） Weight. （ D） Quality. 29 According to the passage, why are the public in eastern
25、Germany especially furious with the politicians? （ A） Because the politicians have failed to fulfill the objective of employment. （ B） Because the court falls to convict the tomato-thrower very soon. （ C） Because the unemployment benefits are going to be reduced （ D） Because the unemployment benefit
26、s are going to be stopped. 30 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? （ A） Many people protested in the past six months. （ B） Many people threw tomatoes at the German Chancellor. （ C） Many people threw eggs at an important member of the German Chancellors Social Democrats
27、. （ D） Many people threw eggs at the German Chancellor, but he was not hit. 31 What did PETA ask Hamburg authorities to do in its letter? （ A） To have a new name for the city. （ B） To stop the sale of hamburgers in the city. （ C） To help with charities in the city. （ D） To stop selling unhealthy bee
28、f burgers to its citizens. 32 The German section of PETA has _ members. （ A） 10,500 （ B） 15,000 （ C） 75,000 （ D） Not known how many 33 Which of the following words best describes the city governments attitude towards this request? （ A） Indifferent. （ B） Surprised （ C） Cooperative. （ D） Confused. 34
29、Which of the following is NOT true of Hamburg according to the passage? （ A） The original meaning of Hamburg means bay and fortress. （ B） Hamburg is the third largest city in the country. （ C） The origin of Hamburg traces back to the ninth century （ D） Hamburg is where hamburger steak originated. 35
30、 According to the passage, PETA attribute _ to eating hamburgers. （ A） peoples death （ B） cattle being pulverized （ C） emphysema （ D） strokes 36 How much will Lenovo pay in cash to purchase IBM? （ A） US 1.75 billion. （ B） US 1.25 billion. （ C） US 0.6 billion. （ D） US 0.5 billion. 37 What was Lenovos
31、 ranking in PC in the world before the merger? （ A） Third （ B） Fourth. （ C） Sixth. （ D） Eighth. 38 Why did IBM decide to sell its PC business? （ A） Because IBM has been brewing this sale for about 10 years. （ B） Because IBM is going to produce mobile phones that have access to the Internet. （ C） Bec
32、ause IBM can enlarge its PC sales with this merger. （ D） Because IBM no longer enjoys any edges in PC making. 39 The three largest PC makers in the world are: （ A） Hewlett, Dell, and Packard （ B） Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo. （ C） Aptiva, Dell, and Lenovo. （ D） Dell, TCW. and Lenovo. 40 What ad
33、vantage does the purchase give Lenovo? （ A） Lenovo can use a world-famous brand name for some time. （ B） Lenovo can hold 18.9% of the stocks of IBM. （ C） Lenovo can enter into the area of catering to businesses over the Internet. （ D） Lenovo can shake off a US 500 million debt. 四、 PART 4 (20 points)
34、 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 order to write
35、your summary satisfactorily. 41 Listen to the following passage. Write in English a short summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear the passage only once and then you will have 25 minutes to finish your summary. You may need to scribble a few notes to write your summary.
36、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 2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 【听力原文】 In a series of radio br
37、oadcasts, Arnold Schwargenegger, the actor-turned-candidate-for- governor, staked out some middle ground on social issues, taking positions that might alienate his conservative fellow Republicans but match the views of a majority of Californians. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 1) 理解关键词含义，如原文中 alienate的意思； 2)对重要信
38、息作出正确推断，比如能推断出原文中 fellow(同伴 )，表明 Arnold Schwargenegger的党派关系。 2 【听力原文】 Early onset of depression in children and teens is increasingly common. Depressed adolescents are at high risk for school failure, social isolation, promiscuity, “self-medication“, and even suicide the third leading cause of death
39、 among 15-to 24-year-olds. 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在没有明显信号词提示的情况下，迅速对上下文语义逻辑关系作出判断，如对上面句子中信息的逻辑关系作出判断。 3 【听力原文】 Cheliean sea bass is a snow-white, flaky delicacy in restaurants in the United States, Japan and Europe. Environmentalists have warned that over-fishing and poaching could cause it to vanish fro
40、m the coasts of Antarctica. 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析 】 正确理解语法概念。 4 【听力原文】 In western Sweden, a five-year-old girl was abducted and stabbed to death last week by an inmate from a psychiatric institute who was able to come and go at will in part because the cost of looking after such patients in this cradle-t
41、o-grave welfare state is becoming too high. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 能够凭借信号词对语义关系作出正确判断，如可根据原文中 because对语义关系作出因果关系的判断。 5 【听力原文】 While women make up half the 325 million people in the Middle East and North Africa, and in some countries as many as 63 percent of university students, they comprise only 32 perc
42、ent of the labor force, according to a World Bank report released on the eve of its annual meeting with the International Monetary Fund. 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 迅速对数字及其相关信息作出反应和判断。 6 【听力原文】 The United States on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, backed by Islamic and nonaligned nations, dema
43、nding that Israel back off its threat to deport the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Eleven Council members voted in favor of the measure, while Britain, Germany and Bulgaria abstained. 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据信号词对原文语义关系作出正确判断，如原句中 while表明了其前后内容的对比。 7 【听力原文】 Toyota Motor, having topped Daimler-Chrysler
44、s American unit in sales for the first time last month, may be poised to dethrone Ford Motor as the worlds second-biggest automaker within two years. It has gained market share since the 1970s, in part by improving the quality of the vehicles it makes. That is reflected in higher customer satisfacti
45、on ratings and fewer defects. 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据信号词对原文语义关系作出正确判断，如原句中 by表明了其前后内容的因果关系。 8 【听力原文】 In Jerusalem, where responding to terror attacks has become a grim medical specialty, Dr. David Applebaum was known as the “first man on the scene“. He spent years dashing to the bomb sites to treat the
46、 wounded, and was an innovator in emergency medical services that are called into action all too often in the city. 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 在没有明显信号词提示的情况下，迅速对上下文语义逻辑关系作出判断。 9 【听力原文】 The Chinese currency, the yuan, is not a free-floating currency like the Japanese yen but is pegged to the US dollar. Its va
47、lue is therefore essentially unchanged.Beijing is not expected to change this system in the near term, in part because officials there fear that a move now towards free-floating currency could destabilize the countrys economy and financial system. 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 正确识别句子成分是解此题的关键。 10 【听力原文】 Ben Gli
48、san Jr., a former treasurer of Enron, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he committed securities and wire fraud, making him the highest-ranking former Enron executive to admit wrongdoing in the accounting scandal that drove the energy company into bankruptcy. 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主要信息的修饰成分，如定
49、语等经常成为考查目标，因此要对该句中的 former多加留意。 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 10 passages in this part of test, each with 1 question, which carries 2 points. 11 【听力原文】 The world has changeDOur customers have changeDWe have to change, too. Brave words from Jim Cantalupo, chairman and chief executive of McDonalds for the previous 100 days, who promised investors at a Wall Street meeting on April
