1、口译二级综合能力（听力理解与正误判断）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 book, Who Move
2、d My Cheese?, is the first best seller of Spencer Johnson. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 A fintech approach is to make use of data to solve your problem. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 The Wright brothers are well-known for the first flight powered by electricity. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 4 The price of the oil has a great impact on the e
3、conomy. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 The pacemakers can help the heart failure patients get the perfect synchrony of heart contractions. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 The crisis in France put the government into unrest, because of the problem of the petrol supply. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 Euthanasia in Canada ran into dilemma, because
4、 there still existed some disagreement. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 The “ Summer Davos“ conference in Tianjin has the topic of the fourth industrial revolution. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 LOreal, a makeup company, developed new products for CES with the help of biophysicist Guive. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 The government has reali
5、zed the importance of farmland and started to protect it for the food system. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 11 Economics endows prospective businessmen with quite a few desirable qualities, such as intelligence and intuition. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 12 A cyborg is a surgeon who implants devices into the body of patients. （ A
6、）正确 （ B）错误 13 A lot of carbon neutral cities plan to decrease the number of residents and increase bicycles to diminish CO2 emissions. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 14 In the near future people are able to do different jobs at the same time. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 15 What geek culture values is not physical fitness but inte
7、lligence and technical achievement. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 16 Many revolutionary ideas come from long-held assumptions. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 17 Some women have been named “Woman of the Year“ at random with another person. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 18 Translation services are now more reliable than they were ten years ago. （ A）
8、正确 （ B）错误 19 The confederate in the study was actually part of the experiment, but the participants didnt know that. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 20 A hormone released in childbirth can affect the infants emotions. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 21 The economy urges the government to take measures to counter the inflation and lowe
9、ring salaries. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 22 The good momentum of American and British economies has been coming to the end, although there are still good signs. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 23 The richer countries can do more to control the disease than poor countries. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 24 After 13 games, the two chess players ca
10、me to the final step for the championship. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 25 Junior doctors will be more satisfied than before with a pay rise and proper working time. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 26 Online shopping will be a mainstream of selling and buying in the future. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 27 The UN made an apology for its ineffectiv
11、e role in Haiti, where the cholera had lingered six years. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 28 The fake news may affect political activities, which is a concern for leadership. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 29 Multitasking is an efficient way to save the time in completing a good resume, with few errors. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 30 Acquisitions
12、 can bring many resources to companies with fewer risks, especially in noncore markets. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 口译二级综合能力（听力理解与正误判断）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 ON
13、CE. There are 10 questions in this part of the test, 2 points for each question. 1 【听力原文】 Spencer Johnson, a onetime physician and childrens book author, whose best-selling books on business management, including The One-Minute Manager and Who Moved My Cheese ?, sold millions of copies and inspired
14、a cultlike following, died July 3 at a hospital. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中并未提及谁动了我的奶酪在 Spencer的最畅销的书中名列榜首。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 2 【听力原文】 A fintech approach is also taken within data science, where a lot of the properly intelligent work is about understanding the problem and how best to use the data for the p
15、roblem you have. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 fintech指的是 “金融科技 ”。金融科技是基于金融本身萌发而出的一种 全新的产品。这种产品不仅与大数据、区块链等创新的互联网技术产生了紧密的联系，而且能够形成新的产品，并从金融本身做出改变，从而再借助互联网的力量将这种产品带到用户面前。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 3 【听力原文】 Everyone remembers the Wright brothers, who made the first powered, heavier-than-air flights by human beings on a bea
16、ch in North Carolina in 1903. 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题中的 “powered by electricity”在听辨原文中并没有提到。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 4 【听力原文】 Along with bank runs and market crashes, oil shocks have rare power to set monsters loose. Starting with the Arab oil embargo of 1973, people have learnt that sudden surges in the pric
17、e of oil cause economic havoc. Conversely, when the price slumps because of a glut, as in 1986, it has done the world a power of good. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 “rare power”表示 “有能力 ”； havoc是 “灾难 ”的意思。 “Arab oil embargo of 1973”是阿拉伯石油禁令。 1973年中东产油国对美国实行石油禁运，因此美国经济受到重创。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 5 【听力原文】 A new study s
18、hows that intentionally throwing off the timing of a hearts contractions can effectively treat a failure to pump sufficient blood. In about a quarter of the five million Americans with the condition known as heart failure, the organs chambers fail to contract in perfect synchrony. When pacemakers ar
19、e implanted to restore favorable timing known as cardiac resynchronization therapy the heart often ends up stronger than in heart failure patients who never had out-of-step contractions. 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 “cardiac resynchronization therapy”意为 “心脏再同步化治疗 ”，这是一种全新的治疗手段，能有效提高患者的泵血效率，从而改善其心脏功能。“heart fai
20、lure”意为 “心脏衰竭 ”， pacemakers意为 “心脏起搏器 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 6 【听力原文】 A week after a blockade of oil refineries led to panic at the petrol pumps, the country was crippled by another round of strikes, as transport workers joined the picket lines. The dispute, over the governments modest reforms to loosen
21、 Labor-market restrictions, has pitted unionized workers against the Socialist government of Francois Hollande. 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 “pit sb against sb ”意为 “使二者对立 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 7 【听力原文】 Canada enacted a law that allows people with terminal illnesses to end their lives with the assistance of a doc
22、tor or nurse. The countrys Liberal government rejected proposals that would have extended the right to people with nonfatal “ grievous and irremediable“ diseases. 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中一共两句话，第一句话表明加拿大政府批准了安乐死。第二句话告诉我们政府认为安乐死只能应用于致命的疾病。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 8 【听力原文】 Tianjin, a charmless industrial city nea
23、r Beijing, hosts the annual “Summer Davos“ conference. This talking shop for big shots, organized by the World Economic Forum, will feature endless discussions about the fourth industrial revolution, panels on the internet of things and briefings on other whizzy topics that occupy the minds of busin
24、ess leaders the world over. 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文 “feature endless discussions about the fourth industrial revolution”中的 feature提示听者，后面的 “the fourth industrial revolution”是这次大会的主题。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 9 【听力原文】 LOreal debuted the wearable at this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it was r
25、eleased to the public in June. CES may seem like a strange place for a makeup company, but LOreal has had an incubator for some time now, and in 2011 the company hired biophysicist Guive to run it, with the mandate to create new products at the speed of a tech startup. 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中两句话是递进关系，第
26、一句话提出问题，第二句进一步解释说明了为什么欧莱雅公司能够参加消费类电子展，是因为欧莱雅聘请生物物理学家，研发了新的产品。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 10 【听力原文】 Now a group of New York City lawmakers has teamed up with another preservation group, to create a plan to preserve the regions existing food system. As part of the initiative, lawmakers are seeking for the first
27、 time to set aside money in the municipal budget for the preservation of farmland. 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文主要谈及了纽约的立法者为了保护本地区现有的食物体系，开始着手利用市政资金来保护农场不被买卖。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 11 【听力原文】 Successful business people do use their intuition, their intelligence, and their experience to make decisions. But economi
28、cs could add something to the repertoire of business people that goes beyond these eminently desirable qualities. Economics should give people a different perspective on things. 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 讲话者认为学一点经济学，可以增加商务人士的综合技能，经济学为他们提供了不同的视角。本论述则认为经济学给未来的商人带来聪明才智和直觉，与原文不符。其中 prospective是对原文 perspective的
29、误听误判，聪明才智和直觉是成功的商务人士固有的品质，不是经济学赋予的。 repertoire意思是 “保留节目 ”，在美语里还指某人的全部技能； eminently意为 “突出地，显著地 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 12 【听力原文】 A cyborg is someone who feels their technology is a part of their biology. They have integrated a device or devices into their body and this has added something to their senses
30、 or capability above and beyond whats currently normal for humans. 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文是对 cyborg一 词的定义。 cyborg把技术当成了他们生命的一部分，他们与装置融为一体，这使得他们的感觉和能力超乎常人。 cyborg是cybernetic organism两词的缩合形式，指用机械装置维持生命的人，也指科幻小说中一半是人一半是机器的半机器人。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 13 【听力原文】 Plenty of cities which are carbon neutral make pla
31、ns to increase the number of residents using bicycles as a means of further cutting CO2 emissions. 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文指出一些碳中和的城市正在计划增加使用自行车的居民人数以减少二氧化碳的排放量。本论述将同一手段拆分成两个：减少居民人数和增加自行车数量，与原文不符。 carbon neutral意为 “碳中和 ”，它是一种新兴的环保理念。在计算出二氧化碳的排放总量后，人们通过一定方式把这些排放量中和掉，比如植树和使用再生能源等方式，都能帮助实现碳中和。 【知识模块】 听力理解
32、与正误判 断 14 【听力原文】 Doing one job at a time is about to become as quaint as having one phone in the house. In your new career, youll get to have many different jobs every day. Were seeing the dawn of the era of horizontal work, an amalgam of jobs that cut across our lives. 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出人们能同时做
33、很多工作的时代就要来临。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 15 【听力原文】 The first annual Geek Pride Festival was held in Boston, and the highlight of the event was The Sexiest Geek Alive contest. First prize went not to the most buff physique but to the brainiest contestant. In this geek culture, “ sexy“ is equated with intelligen
34、ce, and “coolness“ is measured by intellectual and technical achievement. 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出最性感极客竞赛的一等奖颁给了最聪明的选手，而不是最健美的选手。极客文化中的 “性感 ”和 “酷 ”等同于智力和技术成就。 geek，美国俚语 “极客 ”，一般理解为性格古怪的人，后用于对电脑黑客的贬称，现指对计算机和网络技术有狂热兴趣并投入大量时间钻研的人。这个词含有智力超群和努力的语意。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 16 【听力原文】 It is fair to say that many re
35、volutionary ideas were wafting through the early 20th century, and they surely commingled. And just as surely, Einstein was a prime example of how breaking from long-held assumptions could uncover breathtaking new landscapes. 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文用爱因斯坦的例子证明，打破长期被认可的假设就能打开一片全新的天地。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 17
36、 【听力原文】 Time had its first “Woman of the Year“ in 1937, when it gave Wallis Simpson the distinction. In its history, Time has had four women who have earned the magazines title alone. Some women have been named in tandem with another person or as part of a group. 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文指出有史以来，时代周刊只单独报
37、道过四个 “年 度女人 ”，其他都是和别人一起报道的。注意不要将原文中的 tandem误听成 random。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 18 【听力原文】 Translation services are now dependable tools for many, instead of the sometimes-accurate, sometimes-not Web contrivances they were a decade ago. In large part, this is due simply to the large number of resources commi
38、tted to making translation work. 18 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出现在的翻译服务是可靠的，而十年前的翻译服务有时准确，有时不准确。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 19 【听力原文】 Watch two people talking. If you observe them closely youll see that over time they start to imitate each others body language. Tanya had people sit down and talk with a confederate wh
39、o would make various gestures and movements in a planned way. The participants in the study would unconsciously start to imitate their confederates. 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 听者即便不认识 confederate一词，也可以推知它的意思。原文指出 confederate按计划做出很多动作，这说明作为参与者，他们是事先知情的。confederate：同党，同谋，同盟。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 20 【听力原文】 Why exa
40、ctly do people bond when they do something together like laughing or clapping ? The bonding happens because of a hormone called oxytocin. All people release oxytocin at certain times, although its more active in women. The most well-known cause of oxytocin release is childbirth and nursing. But oxyt
41、ocin is also related to emotions. 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文指出女人在 生产和养育孩子期间释放催产素，这一点大家都知道。其实人人都可以释放出催产素。催产素与情绪相关。 oxytocin：催产素 (脑下垂体后叶荷尔蒙中的一种 )。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 21 【听力原文】 Unless the government steps in with new supportive measures, the survivors nonetheless face a bumpy road ahead. Interest rates remain
42、 high, having been hiked in response to the economic crisis. This, together with galloping inflation and tumbling incomes, will continue to depress consumer sentiment. 21 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 这段话有三个语言点。 “the economic crisis”说明了经济形势不好，“galloping inflation and tumbling incomes”说明了通货膨胀发展很快，人们的收入越来越低。文章用 Unl
43、ess指出除非政府做出整改，不然未来之路一定崎岖不平。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 22 【听力原文】 For the American and British economies it has been a long road out of the woods, but the journey is nearing its end. Americas unemployment rate fell below 6% in September. Britains economy, where output was up 3. 2% in the year to June, is growi
44、ng faster than any other big rich countrys. 22 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 理解这道题的关键在于如何来理解 “it has been a long road out of the woods”，一般来讲 “out of woods”指的是 “脱险，摆脱困境 ”的意思。由此看来，本题论述与原文 大意相反。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 23 【听力原文】 No one is denying that Ebola is a huge problem in Africa, nor that it would be a disaster were
45、it to reach and spread through the slums of say, Mumbai. But rich nations have the resources to contain it if it reaches their shores. 23 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中 “No one is denying”是理解的关键点，意思为 “毫无疑问 ”。 but连接前后两种不同的情况。前者是 problem、 disaster，后者的情况是与前面相反的好的情况。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 24 【听力原文】 It took nearly three
46、weeks, 12 closely fought games and a day of high-speed tiebreakers to decide the World Chess Championship, but at the end of play on Wednesday, victory went to Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian grandmaster, leaving Sergey Karjakin to return home to Russia in noble defeat. 24 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 “closely fou
47、ght games”是 “难分上下的比赛 ”； tiebreakers是 “决胜局 ”的意思。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 25 【听力原文】 Junior doctors in England start on a basic salary of a little under 23, 000, so youd think theyd be happy to be offered a pay raise of 13. 5 percent. Not so fast. The government wants to change the way overtime is calculated
48、in return, making most hours worked on Saturday normal hours rather than overtime a move that would leave many of them losing out. 25 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本文有两个解题的关键，第一个是 “Not so fast”，它告诉听者虽然这些医生的工资很高， “但是 (不要急于下结论 )” 。第二个是 “leave many of them losing out”，它告诉听者医生们并不是赢家，因为增加了工作时间，以前周日的加班时间被重新计算为正常的工作时间。
49、【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 26 【听力原文】 Despite low unemployment levels, buoyant consumer confidence and, by many measures, a robust economy, analysts increasingly suggest a future is not far off when people will do nearly all their shopping online, visiting brick-and-mortar retailers mainly for comparison pricing and to partake of shopping spectacle. 26 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文章大意是 “尽管失业率不高、消费者热情高涨、以及经济形势一片大好，但是网上购物还是会成为人们购物的主要方式，实体店将失去其半壁江山 ”。 【知识 模块】 听力理解与正误判断 27 【听力原文】 After six years and 10,000 deaths, the United Nations issued a carefully worded public apology on Thur
