1、口译二级综合能力（听力理解与正误判断）模拟试卷 5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 Vitamin C, which c
2、an be found in some certain berries and cherries, helps rid the body of heavy metals and toxins. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 2 People criticize economists by comparing them to cynics who focus on price instead of value. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 3 Japanese women regard it as a reverse to share their husbands last name. （ A）正
3、确 （ B）错误 4 The speaker suggests that we analyze available information online or on TV and buy the stock with high potential. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 5 We can naturally detox our body with cleansing foods, which is the easiest and most effective. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 6 Some creatures achieve night vision by accumulat
4、ing light signals. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 7 Graphic literacy is not sufficiently taught all over the world. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 8 About 17% of Peace Corps volunteers are senior citizens and the percentage is growing. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 9 There are many factors responsible for the rise of employment. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 10 Th
5、e premotor cortex may play a role in the direct control of behavior. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 11 The increasing number of the unaccompanied children across the U. S. border press the United States to detain more and more children. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 12 Automated online therapy program can help those who are insomni
6、ac get better in dozens of days. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 13 People tend to be superstitious, because supernatural beliefs could influence the mind. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 14 This earthquake was disastrous, but almost everyone was safe because they were in the fields. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 15 The brain is reliable when healthy
7、, and mental illness can not be cured. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 16 Taste receptors can send the information to the brain, after stimulated by the particles of food. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 17 Scientists are very familiar with the functions of the cerebral cortex, which are for the language. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 18 Entrepreneur
8、ship involves the high risk of stepping forward, because there are no fixed models to follow. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 19 The island is a good habitat for some precious species, such as the bee hummingbird and ivory-billed woodpecker. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 20 The museum, opened in 1977, is so famous for its architect
9、and the superb collection . （ A）正确 （ B）错误 21 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is near collapse, for it failed to pay back bailout cash. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 22 African-American representation on the football field does not correspond with that in the classroom. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 23 Nearly one-third of frag
10、ile states have halved extreme poverty by the end of 2015. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 24 Among those who survive heart attacks, about less than 10 percent will have severe brain damage. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 25 Six years of near zero interest rates lead to a drop in consumer price index. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 26 About 6, 000 te
11、lecommunications companies and health care industries will pay $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion to comply with the SEC rule. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 27 By 2025, China is expected to have 221 cities with more than 5 million people. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 28 It is still a mystery why anger triggers heart attack. （ A）正确 （ B）错误
12、 29 In the U. S. , over 70 percent of medical decisions are informed by blood tests. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 30 Employment in manufacturing and construction decreases at nearly the same rate. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 31 Kansas and Iowa, rich in wind resources, can provide more electricity than other states. （ A）正确 （ B）错
13、误 32 Zika is infecting more than 90 million people and 2 million babies with birth defects. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 33 The expense on cancer drug is far beyond the capability of U. S. family, with annual income of $25,000. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 34 Those who are under age 18 will get more tolerance when violating crim
14、inal law, because they cannot completely control their behavior. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 35 The real estate has swallowed more than 471,000 farms during 15 years, resulting in the huge decline of farmland. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 36 Thai officials seize 33 tigers from a temple, and have nearly 100 to go. （ A）正确 （ B）错误
15、37 The death rate from heart disease kept increasing, but the increase is very slight. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 38 The Eastern Province possesses about 7% of the worlds oil reserves and 50% national oil production. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 39 More than half a million Chinese pupils go to America for studying, with their
16、mothers. （ A）正确 （ B）错误 40 More than 100 Afghans have been obliged to leave homes because of the chaos in their country. （ 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 5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. Yo
17、u 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】 Vitamin C helps rid the body of mercury, cadmium, and other heavy metals, as well as aluminum and other toxins. Excellent natural sources of high-dose vitamin C include camu camu
18、 berries and acerola cherries. 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出维 C有助于排除体内的汞、镉等重金属和铝等毒素。维C含量高的食物有卡姆果和金虎尾樱桃。本论述对原文稍作总结，并进行了同义转述。对于不熟悉的词，如 camu camu berries和 acerola cherries，可以不过多地深究，采用抓大放小的策略，只需知道其中一种 是莓，另一种是樱桃。对于cadmium一词，可通过后文的上义词 “and other heavy metals”猜到，这是一种重金属。可见，采用抓大放小策略，无论是生僻的专业词汇，还是拉丁文学名，都不会影响对原文的理解。
19、 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 2 【听力原文】 There are people who criticize economists by saying that “an economist knows the price of everything and the value of nothing“. That statement is a takeoff on a quotation from Oscar Wilde, who wrote; “What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value o
20、f nothing. “ 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 人们模仿奥斯卡 -王尔德的名言来批评经济学家，认为他们只知价格不知价值。王尔德这句名言原本用来讽刺愤世嫉俗的人，现在被仿拟，用 来讽刺经济学家，但是批评者并未将经济学家比作愤世嫉俗者，不可做泛化的结论。Oscar Wilde(奥斯卡 -王尔德 )， 19世纪爱尔兰著名诗人、剧作家，英国唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者。他的作品为后人留下很多格言和惯用语，至今还为人津津乐道。 takeoff意思与 parody相近，指以幽默的方式模仿某人的风格，即仿拟。cynic，最早指希腊哲学派中的犬儒学派，也指愤世嫉俗的人。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误
21、判断 3 【听力原文】 Japans Supreme Court upheld a 19th century law on Dec. 15 forcing married couples to share the same last name. Critics called it a setback for womens rights in a patriarchal society where studies show married women opt to take the husbands name 96% of the time. 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文指出在日本
22、这个父权社会， 96的已婚女人都姓丈夫的姓。最高法院支持 19世纪的法律，要求已婚夫妇必须姓同一个姓，评论家认为这是女权的倒退。本论述错误之处在于张冠李戴，将评论家的观点强加给日本女人。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 4 【听力原文】 The common economic lesson that is seldom lampooned here is that there is no point in buying the stock of a company that you hear about on TV or see on the Internet as having high
23、earnings, for example, buying the stock of a company that has discovered a new technology. 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在本段话中， lampoon一词可能是听者不太熟悉的低频词，可以暂且搁置，继续听下文，寻找对它的解释，也可以直奔主题，了解讲话者态度。抓住主体信息，生词问题就可以解决，或者已经变得不重要了。 在这一段中，讲话者明确指出 “there is rio point(这样做毫无意义 )”可见，他不建议我们通过电视、网上信息来购买自认为有潜力的股票。 lampoon意为 “讽刺 ”。 【知
24、识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 5 【听力原文】 There are all kinds of intense detoxification protocols out there that can help cleanse the colon, blood, liver, and other bodily organs and systems of toxic materials. But sometimes the easiest and most effective way to keep your body maintained and in check is to simply inc
25、orporate more cleansing foods into your everyday diet. 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 讲话者建议，我们可以通过摄入排毒食物来对身体进行排毒，这也是最简单易行、最有效 的方法。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 6 【听力原文】 Some species can hold their breath for as long as 40 minutes. Others can survive blasts of strong radiation, or live for weeks without a head. Recently rese
26、archers discovered another superpower: the nocturnal creatures can see in near-pitch black by pooling light signals over time, like timelapse photography. 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出某些夜视生物能像延时摄影一样，长时间积累光源信号，从而能在漆黑一片时，看见事物。 timelapse photography， “延时摄影 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 7 【听力原文】 Education experts agree
27、that students in many developed nations, including the U. S. , lack experience with visual data. Apart from basic x- and y- axis graphs, educators around the world dont sufficiently teach students how to represent information graphically. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出学生 的读图能力没有得到良好的指导。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 8 【
28、听力原文】 About 7% of Peace Corps volunteers are age 50 or older. Grads and undergrads make up a table-to-declining portion of its volunteer force. Meanwhile, those with professional experience have grown from 17% to 27% of volunteers since 2011. You are never too old to get a fresh start. 8 【正确答案】 B 【试
29、题解析】 原文指出 Peace Corps志愿者中， 50岁以上的人占了 7。 grads，“毕业生 ”。 undergrads， “在校大学生 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 9 【听力原文】 The domestic economy tacked on 178, 000 new jobs in November. And while much ado has been made of the unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level in the post-recession era, in part because of slu
30、mping labor force participation, there are plenty of intricacies to those 178, 000 additions. 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出 (政府 )为降低失业率做了很多工作，是一些错综复杂的原因引起这次就业机会的增长。 slump， “滑塌 ”， “衰退 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 10 【听力原文】 In the front of the brain theres an area called the premotor cortex. This is not the part of t
31、he brain where you actually send out the signals that make you move. That part of the brain is the primary motor cortex. The premotor cortex makes plans to move. 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 听者可能不太熟悉 premotor cortex这个词，无法立刻做出反应。结合下文的描述，知道这是大脑中负责控制运动的区域。 premotor cortex， “运动前区皮质 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 11 【听力原文】 T
32、he United States pressured Mexico to step up detentions of migrants after the number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U. S. border soared to more than 44, 500 in the first six months of 2014. Last year, Mexican authorities apprehended nearly 36,000 children, more than half of whom were unac
33、companied. By comparison, Mexico detained just 9, 600 children in 2013. 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 非法移民数量的急剧上升使美国督促墨西哥加大力度拘捕非法跨境者，其中包括大量无人陪伴的儿童。墨西哥官方 2013年拘捕了 9600名儿童，2014年 36000名。所以美国政府向墨西哥政府施压，而不是由美国政府来实施拘捕。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 12 【听力原文】 The same digital screens that have helped nurture a generation of insom
34、niacs can also help restore regular sleep, researchers reported on Wednesday. In a new study, more than half of chronic insomniacs who used an automated online therapy program reported improvement within weeks and were sleeping normally a year later. 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文的理解关键在于 “reported improvemen
35、t within weeks and were sleeping normally a year later”，听者可以判断出多数的失眠症患者几周之内睡眠得以改善，一年之后睡眠恢复正常。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 13 【听力原文】 Many people think that religious belief is inherent to human psychology. This does not mean that specific beliefs are wired, but that the brain is predisposed to believe in supern
36、atural agents. Some proponents of this idea argue that supernatural beliefs have hijacked innocent or otherwise useful features of the mind. 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第一句是主题句。接下来两句阐明原因。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 14 【听力原文】 It was a miracle, the Nepalis say, that the 2015 earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 7
37、. 8 and shook their Valley onto the world stage, happened on a Saturday morning. Throughout rural Nepal, children were in their home villages instead of away in the schoolhouses, and almost everyone was out in the fields planting, picking, cooking and playing. 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文章首句是主 题句，告诉我们虽然是 7
38、8级大地震，但结果却是个奇迹。接着给我们解释了原因。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 15 【听力原文】 When things go right, the brain is our most trustworthy ally, sharing all our experiences, affirming our beliefs and helping us act on our passions. The mass of soft tissue suspended beneath the skull is your soul mate until it turns, as it often
39、 does, into a source of pain. For some, mental or cognitive distress is a temporary challenge; for others, it can be an intractable and devastating problem. 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题的前半句是对听力原文 第一句的概括，与原文相符。原文只说明了精神类疾病给人们带来痛苦，并未谈及能否治愈的问题，因此题干论述的后半部分与原文事实不符。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 16 【听力原文】 When food is broken
40、down and dissolved in the mouth through chewing and the addition of saliva the particles (tastant molecules) come in contact with taste receptors that detect sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (savory). These receptors send the information to the gustatory center of the brain. 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 g
41、ustatory意为 “味觉的 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 17 【听力原文】 The cerebral cortex is the furrowed, outer layer made up of gray matter. It is responsible for higher-order functions like information-processing and language. Scientists have pinpointed some specific functions in the cerebral cortex but are still workin
42、g on a complete map. 17 【正确答案】 B 【试 题解析】 “the cerebral cortex”意为 “大脑皮层 ”。从文中 “still working on a complete map”可以看出，科学家还在研究。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 18 【听力原文】 Leaders of start-ups often see strategy, the pursuit of a clearly defined path that is systematically identified in advance, as the enemy of entrepre
43、neurship, which requires ventures to be opportunistic and quickly shift course as they learn what customers want. 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文章表明创业是不需要一成不变的策略的，因为创业是需要抓住机遇，并及时作出变化的。而试题中所谈及的创业需要承担的高风险是因为缺少现成的模式，这种说法与原文大意不符。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 19 【 听力原文】 But the island or islands, more than 4, 000 of them is al
44、so a great natural theater. Extending nearly 800 miles, greater than the distance between New York and Atlanta, it embraces mangrove swamps, scrubland, savannas, forests and spectacular coral reefs, habitats for the worlds smallest bird (the bee hummingbird), an alarming leaping crocodile and the ul
45、tra-exclusive ivory-billed woodpecker. 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 这是一道细节题，文章首句是主题句，表明这个小岛上有 4000多种物种。在接下来的叙述中谈到了蜂鸟和象牙嘴啄木鸟。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 20 【听力原文】 After a decade of planning, six years of construction and a 16-month closure, the Yale Center for British Art one of the half-dozen or so masterpieces designe
46、d by the Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn during the last 15 years of his life reopens to the public on May 11. And for those who have loved this award-winning museum since it first opened in 1977, showcasing Paul Mellons superb collection of British art, the good news is that you can barely see th
47、e difference. 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中有很 多细节，要学会抓住主要信息。试题中的主要信息“famous for its architect and the superb collection”和 “opened in 1977”与原文都相符。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 21 【听力原文】 In spring 2009, a bank examiner inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York called colleagues with worrisome news: The global banking g
48、iant that despite taking more than $476 billion in bailout cash and guarantees, the most of any rescued bank, was near collapse. 21 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文说纽约的联邦储备银行虽然得到了 $476 billion的救市基金，还是走到了崩溃边缘。 bailout意为 “救市 ”， “紧急援助 ”， “财政援助 ”。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 22 【听力原文】 African-American representation on the foot
49、ball field does not mirror that in the classroom. Non-Hispanic whites make up 58% of undergraduates, while black students constitute only 14% . But black men comprise 57% of college teams, on average. 22 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 美国白人和非洲裔学生在大学里所占比重与在运动队所占比重有很大差距。 【知识模块】 听力理解与正误判断 23 【听力原文】 Fifty fragile and conflict states account for 20% of the worlds population but 43% of the extreme poor. Nearly two-thirds of fragile states have failed to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty by the end of 2015. 23 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出三分之二的贫弱州郡没有将极度贫困减半，也就是说，有三分之一的
