1、口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 32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 People of different fields c
2、ame together for the same dream of building a smart city. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 Local food is still in demand in the city and Ms. Ryans farm provides fresh apples for New York State. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 The shift in the visions shows the complexity of the tasks and uncertainties in the future. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4
3、 An Iranian actress stepped onto the world stage, which made her native country very proud. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 The plan of reconstruction finally took into effect in the capital city of Ohio, which interested developers. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 Shooting on campus at the University of California shocked student
4、s and teachers, with 2 victims. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 Uber, as the biggest private company, has received the investment from Saudi Arabia. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 It is very ambitious to live on the moon successfully, not to mention living on Mars. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 Compared to red meat, poultry enjoys the favorabl
5、e price and customers have better choices of poultry. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 Yo-Yo Ma is a top-level classical cellist, who has organized a group of composers and performers named the Silk Road Ensemble. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 二、 PART 2 (20 points) Listen to the following short passages and then choose one of the
6、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 Why are warriors capable of working together, although they like fighting with each other? （ A） They need a safe terri
7、tory. （ B） They worship the most powerful one. （ C） They cooperate when exhausted. （ D） They have a trait of reconciliation. 12 Which of the following is NOT CFSs symptoms? （ A） Exhaustion. （ B） Muscle weakness. （ C） Brain fog. （ D） Heart attack. 13 What does Johan think of the world? （ A） Getting w
8、orse. （ B） Getting better. （ C） Remaining the same. （ D） Staying gloomy. 14 Which of the following is NOT true about Enlightenment thinkers? （ A） They were freelance philosophers. （ B） They were from the universities. （ C） They criticized mainstream views. （ D） They challenged neo-Aristotelian dogma
9、tism. 15 What is the main idea of the passage? （ A） Artificial limbs has a very long history. （ B） The noblemen were the first to use artificial limbs. （ C） Articulated fingers are made of leather. （ D） The wearers should keep the nerves intact. 16 What is the result of the experiment? （ A） The work
10、ing-class people pay more attention to faces than upper-middle-class people. （ B） The working-class people pay more attention to objects than upper-middle-class people. （ C） The working-class people pay less attention to faces than upper-middle-class people. （ D） The working-class people pay less at
11、tention to objects than upper-middle-class people. 17 What is a defined-contribution pension? （ A） Employers save it for workers at the beginning. （ B） Employees save it for their own interests. （ C） It comes from the employers and employees. （ D） It is regulated by the government. 18 What is the ma
12、in idea of this passage? （ A） Adam Smith took water as the most precious thing. （ B） Scotland is abundant with water. （ C） Water is very important to the market. （ D） The paradox of water is persuasive. 19 What can be inferred from the passage? （ A） The taxes are only charged for the food. （ B） The
13、taxes are only charged for the service. （ C） Air-conditioning lay more burden on restaurants. （ D） The service tax makes the cooled restaurants less visited. 20 What is the main idea of the passage? （ A） 2017 is very critical to the whole world. （ B） 2017 would witness 3 elections. （ C） There would
14、come a wave of criticism on governments. （ D） There is still a long way to go for governments. 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.
15、 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 What is the main idea of this passage? （ A） The limitation of machinery. （ B） The future of artificial intel
16、ligence. （ C） The anxiety of technology advancement （ D） The frustrations of the job market. 22 Which of the following belongs to “machinery question“? （ A） The substitution of machinery for human labor. （ B） The discovery of the mighty power. （ C） How to upgrade machines. （ D） The facilities of the
17、 machines. 23 What is “deep learning“? （ A） Brain architecture. （ B） A technique. （ C） A process. （ D） A robot. 24 Which of the following is NOT benefiting from the “deep learning“ ? （ A） Google. （ B） Apple. （ C） Facebook. （ D） Musk. 25 What can be inferred from the passage? （ A） The appearance of A
18、I is not a good thing. （ B） AI may bring about some negative consequences. （ C） The machinery will replace the human labor. （ D） Most of companies take AI as the most important thing. 26 What does this passage center on? （ A） The illustration of interpreting and translation. （ B） The training of int
19、erpreting and translation. （ C） The categories of interpreting and translation. （ D） The differences between interpreting and translation. 27 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage? （ A） The translation is a creative work. （ B） Specialized information should be processed carefully.
20、（ C） Different genres should be taken into consideration when writing. （ D） Translators should be very sensitive to the current events. 28 What does the example of “a foreign guest at a specialized conference“ emphasize? （ A） The importance of specialized information. （ B） The extent of exposure. （
21、C） The status of interpreter. （ D） The qualifications of interpreter. 29 What does the word “hypernyms“ refer to, according to the passage? （ A） Interpreting and translating. （ B） Different social activities. （ C） Distant occupations. （ D） Various incomes. 30 What can be inferred from the passage? （
22、 A） Interpreting and translation need to be standardized. （ B） Interpreting and translation should be trained to be better. （ C） There is a huge difference between professional and amateur interpreters. （ D） Translators regard rewriting as the top-level translating performance. 31 What does the pass
23、age focus on? （ A） The risk of sunlight. （ B） A wearable device. （ C） The photosensitive tech. （ D） The cancer of melanoma. 32 Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage? （ A） Over-exposure to the sunlight may cause cancer. （ B） Getting sunbath on the beach will get a lot of ultrav
24、iolet radiation. （ C） The ultraviolet radiation is not harmful in cloudy days. （ D） Summer sunlight has much related to melanoma. 33 What is My UV Patch? （ A） A device. （ B） A kind of cosmetics. （ C） A kind of medicine. （ D） A special umbrella. 34 What is the selling point of My UV Patch? （ A） Prote
25、cting people from the cancer. （ B） Keeping people away from the sunlight. （ C） Making people free of the ultraviolet radiation. （ D） Warning people of the much more exposure to sunlight. 35 What is the main idea this passage? （ A） Americans like sunbathing on the beach more. （ B） The wearable device
26、 has some medical function. （ C） My UV Patch involves high technology. （ D） People should protect themselves from UV radiation. 36 What is the main idea of this passage? （ A） People in Flint are poisoned by lead. （ B） Lead can make children irreparable damage. （ C） The standards of neurotoxic effect
27、s are unclear. （ D） The damage of lead is less serious than former thought. 37 Why have people in Flint been upset? （ A） For high lead levels in drinking water. （ B） For the inaction of the government. （ C） For the lethal effects. （ D） For the dying children. 38 Which of the following is NOT true, a
28、ccording to the passage? （ A） WHO suggests that children will get hurt from the pollution of water. （ B） Some medical professionals indicate that the damage can not be reversible. （ C） Personal injury attorneys think the lead pollution is like poisoning. （ D） The parents lost their faith in curing t
29、he neurological damage. 39 What can be inferred from the word “ relatively“? （ A） WHO wants to cover the truth. （ B） WHO does not have solid evidence. （ C） WHO tries to calm down people. （ D） WHO thinks the damage is not certain. 40 What is the “ blood-brain barrier“? （ A） A technique. （ B） A defici
30、t. （ C） A cell. （ D） An anatomical feature. 四、 PART 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 2
31、0 points. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to write your summary satisfactorily. 口译二级综合能力模拟试卷 32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 q
32、uestions in this part of the test, 2 points for each question. 1 【听力原文】 The prospect of a gleaming, green, high-tech experimental city was personally motivating to participants from diverse industry backgrounds, ranging from software to real estate development to city government. Their enthusiasm fo
33、r the projects unique combination of technical innovation and bold demonstration of new possibilities brought people together and gave them, for all their differences, a shared identity. 1 【正确答案】 A 2 【听力原文】 Ms. Ryans apples are also on school lunch menus and sold at fanners markets all over the city
34、. Her farm, is part of a rapidly expanding pipeline that carries fruits and vegetables from farms across New York State to consumers clamoring for fresh ingredients grown in soil not far away. 2 【正确答案】 A 3 【 听力原文】 The glue that held Living PlanIT together had long been the companys founding vision.
35、But over time, the complexity of agreeing on a master plan, let alone building a city, came into sharp relief. As project leaders learned more about what was doable and what was not, the vision morphed. The new vision to develop and globally distribute smart city software was not readily embraced by
36、 all. 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【听力原文】 A popular Iranian actress whose latest movie won two awards at the recent Cannes Film Festival threw her native country into an uproar on Tuesday after images emerged suggesting that she had a feminist tattoo on her arm. 4 【正确答案】 B 5 【听力原文】 The capital city of Ohio adopted
37、a reconstruction plan for encouraging development 14 years ago that emphasized three unexpected ingredients: more grass, less water and targeted taxpayer spending. This year, those words on paper are fully coming to life in the southern blocks of the downtown area of Columbus, which is beckoning dev
38、elopers after decades of disinvestment. 5 【正确答案】 A 6 【听力原文】 Two men were killed in a shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles on Wednesday, prompting thousands of frightened students and staff members to hunker down or run for shelter as the police went door to door searching for the gu
39、nman or other victims. 6 【正确答案】 A 7 【听力原文】 In its quest to build a global empire, Uber has turned to the Middle East for its biggest infusion of cash from a single investor. Uber said on Wednesday that it had raised $ 3. 5 billion from Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund, the kingdoms main investme
40、nt fund, in one of the largest-ever investments into a privately held start-up. 7 【正确答案】 B 8 【听力原文】 In January 2004 President George W. Bush announced his own Vision for Space Exploration, in which the U. S. would lead the world back to the moon. Once we had gone there, and humans had learned to liv
41、e and work successfully on another world, we would head on to Mars as the ultimate destination. 8 【正确答案】 B 9 【听力原文】 Poultry is now competitive in price with red meat and fish and is offered in inviting new forms. The aged, noble hen that used to require several hours of boiling to be made edible has
42、 been relegated to canned dog food and is replaced in the market by young fryers or broilers or by the chicken “ TV dinner“. 9 【正确答案】 A 10 【听力原文】 Yo-Yo Ma was by age 30 widely regarded as one of the worlds finest classical cellists, both onstage and in the studio. Then he branched out to bluegrass,
43、tango, jazz, and other genres and also projects with filmmakers, artists, and designers. A documentary on the Silk Road Ensemble, a group he formed in 2000 to showcase composers and performers from around the world, will be released this month. 10 【正确答案】 A 二、 PART 2 (20 points) Listen to the followi
44、ng 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】 Men have a long history of fighting with one another for dominance
45、, but why such duels did not leave tribal unity in tatters and warriors less capable of working together to fend off attacks from predators and hostile clans remains a mystery. One common theory is that men more readily make up after fierce physical conflicts than do women. And an experiment run rec
46、ently at Harvard University suggests this may be true. 11 【正确答案】 D 12 【听力原文】 Chronic-fatigue syndrome, or CFS, which afflicts over 1 million people in America and 250,000 in Britain, is certainly chronic and surely fatiguing. CFSs symptoms debilitating exhaustion often accompanied by pain, muscle we
47、akness, sleep problems, “brain fog“ and depression overlap with those of other conditions. 12 【正确答案】 D 13 【听力原文】 Humans are a gloomy species. Some 71% of Britons think the world is getting worse; only 5% think it is improving. Asked whether global poverty had fallen by half, doubled or remained the
48、same in the past 20 years, only 5% of Americans answered correctly that it had fallen by half. This is not simple ignorance, observes Johan Norberg, a Swedish economic historian and the author of a new book called “Progress“. 13 【正确答案】 B 14 【听力原文】 In “The Dream of Enlightenment“, Anthony Gottlieb fo
49、cuses on some of the great Enlightenment thinkers. He offers engaging summaries of their main ideas and choice details of their lives. They were freelance philosophers working independently of the universities, criticizing mainstream views and liberating thought from its academic straitjacket and neo-Aristotelian dogmatism. 14 【正确答案】 B 15 【听力原文】 Artificial limbs are nothing new. An ersatz toe, made of wood and leather and found attached to the mummified body of an Egyptian noblewoman in Cairo, in 2000, is thought to be between 2, 500 and 3, 000 years old. Things have moved o
