1、口译二级综合能力（篇章听力理解与选择）模拟试卷 8及答案与解析 一、 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 points for each
2、 question. You will hear the passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 1 Which of the following is so special in central Nisyros? （ A） Caldera ridges. （ B） Shimmering craters. （ C） Sulfurous gases. （ D） Volcanoes. 2 What is “634 Minutes Inside a
3、 Volcano“? （ A） It is an activity for the tour of the volcano. （ B） It is a musical performance for inspiration. （ C） It is an experiment to explore the volcano. （ D） It is an adventure for 634 minutes. 3 Who are the Musicians? （ A） They belong to the same band. （ B） They are specialized in the clas
4、sic music. （ C） They have different musical backgrounds. （ D） They are preparing for a contest. 4 Which of the following can NOT explain the raw and primitive experience? （ A） Most of the pictures cannot be taken down. （ B） There was no artificial lighting. （ C） It was performed inside the volcano.
5、（ D） The musicians are young and unprofessional. 5 What did Mr. Dagritzikos think of the musical performance on the volcano? （ A） Successful. （ B） Very inspiring. （ C） Very hot. （ D） Very peculiar. 6 What can be inferred from the world population? （ A） Birth rates are rising. （ B） Birth rates are hi
6、gher than death rates. （ C） The problem of aging society is obvious. （ D） The structure of the population is unchanged. 7 How much of the population will be above the age of 65 in 2035? （ A） 50%. （ B） 8%. （ C） 13%. （ D） 21%. 8 What is the reason of the increasing share of aged population above 65? （
7、 A） Low birth rate. （ B） Slow growth rate. （ C） Fast growth of economy. （ D） Good social welfare. 9 Which of the following is NOT true about old-age dependency ratio? （ A） The average ratio of the world was 16% in 2010. （ B） The ratio has changed greatly from 1980 to 2010. （ C） The ratio in Japan wa
8、s 43% in 2010. （ D） The ratio in Germany was 38% in 2010. 10 Why does the speaker mention the example of China? （ A） To make a comparison with Latin American. （ B） To show a lower ratio. （ C） To explain the unavoidable rise in the aging population. （ D） To make a contrast with the developed countrie
9、s. 11 What is the passage mainly about? （ A） Unused vacation time. （ B） Too much leisure time. （ C） Work for free. （ D） Travel and work. 12 What can be inferred about the U. S. Travel Association? （ A） Nearly one fifth employees got paid vacation. （ B） Nearly 80% employees didnt use off vacation day
10、s. （ C） The company has a vocation problem. （ D） The company persuades its employees to take a vacation. 13 What does the phrase “vanish into the ether“ probably mean? （ A） Bank leisure time off year by year. （ B） Get payouts for not taking paid vacation. （ C） Let go of vacation without payment. （ D
11、） Get lost in the dilemma of work and leisure. 14 Which of the following is NOT the reason for giving up vacation days? （ A） staycation （ B） fear （ C） dedication （ D） money 15 Whats the percentage of workers who prefer work to vacation? （ A） 40% （ B） 60% （ C） 20% （ D） 52.4% 16 Which word can best de
12、scribe the freshmen? （ A） Over optimistic. （ B） Over pessimistic. （ C） Unreasonable. （ D） Daydreaming. 17 High school grades_. （ A） can exactly predicate college success （ B） accounts for a great portion of college success （ C） are relevant to college success （ D） have nothing to do with college suc
13、cess 18 Which of the following is NOT a difference between high-achievers and low-achievers? （ A） Socioeconomic status. （ B） Test scores. （ C） Personalities. （ D） Income. 19 What is the personality quiz designed to find out? （ A） Why students have different personality traits. （ B） Why discrepancies
14、 exist in college performance. （ C） What traits were correlated with college success. （ D） Who are “thrivers“ and “divers“. 20 What do “divers“ refer to? （ A） College students who do better than before. （ B） College students who do worse than before. （ C） College students who like diving. （ D） Colle
15、ge students who like driving. 口译二级综合能力（篇章听力理解与选择）模拟试卷 8答案与解析 一、 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 pa
16、rt 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. 1 【听力原文】 Central Nisyros, a jumble of looming caldera ridges and shimmering craters where fumaroles spit hot, sulfurous gases from the earths cru
17、st, is usually visited only by volcanologists and curious tourists. But last Thursday at dusk, 15 musicians gathered at an active volcanic crater for an experiment in improvisational site-specific performance. Lit by a glowing August full moon, they played for 10 hours, asked only to take inspiratio
18、n from their surroundings. Titled “634 Minutes Inside a Volcano“ , the event was organized by six d. o. g. s, an Athens arts space, and the Onassis Cultural Center. The musicians, mostly Greek and in their 20s and 30s, came from improvisational backgrounds, including jazz, classical, avant-garde and
19、 electronic, and many met for the first time at the sound check. The organizers documented the event with photographs and an audio recording, which they plan to release in coming months. No artificial lighting was used inside the crater, so aside from the very beginning and end, when there was sunli
20、ght, the performance could not be captured by cellphone cameras. Mr. Dagritzikos began coming to Nisyros a few years ago and was entranced by the islands volcanic terrain, which attracts up to 500 visitors a day in high season, many from Kos, the popular beach-holiday island to the north. “ Its comp
21、letely unique, basically the closest you can get to the center of the earth,“ Mr. Dagritzikos said. “And if you realize where you are, that around those walls lava erupted 20, 000 years ago and this whole island was created, its just mind-blowing. “ 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项 A和 B都是对火山口的描述，选项 C是对火山冒出的硫磺气体
22、的描述。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 从文中 “improvisational site -specific performance Lit by a glowing August full moon， they played for 10 hours， asked only to take inspiration from their surroundings ”可以看出，选项 B的叙述与原文大意相符。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 原文 “The musicians， mostly Greek and in
23、their 20s and 30s，crime from improvisational backgrounds， including jazz， classical， avant-garde and electronic， and many met for the first time at the sound check ”告诉听者，这些音乐家在表演中展现了不同的音乐技能，其中很多人都是第一次相遇合作。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 结合上下文，我们可以知道在火山口举办的这次音乐会，是年轻人在最自然的原生态的地方寻求灵感的一次尝试，没有人工灯光，只靠
24、自然光。这次音乐会被称为是自然原生态的体验应该是基于上述几点，全文并没有讨论这些音乐家专业不专业。因此选项 D的内容与原文大意不符。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 5 【正确答案】 B 【 试题解析】 从文中 “its just mind-blowing”可以知道， Dagritzikos认为能在火山举行这样的音乐活动，是能够激发灵感，令人振奋的。因此，选项 B与原文大意一致。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 6 【听力原文】 In the 20th century the planets population doubled twice. It will not double even
25、 once in the current century, because birth rates in much of the world have declined steeply. But the number of people over 65 is set to double within just 25 years. This shift in the structure of the population is not as momentous as the expansion that came before. The author Fred Pearce claims it
26、is possible that half of all the humans who have ever been over 65 are alive today. But as a share of the total population, at 8% , it is not that different to what it was a few decades ago. By 2035, however, more than 1. 1 billion people 13% of the population will be above the age of 65. This is a
27、natural corollary of the dropping birth rates that are slowing overall population growth; they mean there are proportionally fewer young people around. The “old-age dependency ratio“ the ratio of old people to those of working age will grow even faster. In 2010 the world had 16 people aged 65 and ov
28、er for every 100 adults between the ages of 25 and 64, almost the same ratio it had in 1980. By 2035 the UN expects that number to have risen to 26. In rich countries it will be much higher. Japan will have 69 old people for every 100 of working age by 2035 (up from 43 in 2010) , Germany 66 (from 38
29、). Even America, which has a relatively high fertility rate, will see its old-age dependency rate rise by more than 70% , to 44. Developing countries, where todays ratio is much lower, will not see absolute levels rise that high; but the proportional growth will be higher. Over the same time period
30、the old-age dependency rate in China will more than double from 15 to 36. Latin America will see a shift from 14 to 27. 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推断题。选项 C是 “But the number of people over 65 is set to double within just 25 years”推断出来的内容。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 从文中 “By 2035， however， more than 1 1
31、 billion people一 13of the populationwill be above the age of 65”可以知道，到 2035年人口的 13是65岁以上的老年人。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项 C和 D在原文中从未提及。从文中 “dropping birth rates that are slowing overall population growth”可以看出，出生率的降低导致社会人口增长缓慢，从而 65岁以上老年人的比例增加。因此，根本原因还是出生率的降低。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 9 【正确答案】 B 【试
32、题解析】 从文中 “almost the same ratio it had in 1980” 可以看出，从 1980到 2010这个比率基本上没有变化。因此，选项 B的叙述与原文大意不符。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 从文中 “Developing countries， where todays ratio is much lower，will not see absolute levels rise that high： but the proportional growth will be higher”可以知道，文章举中国和拉美的例子，就是为
33、了说明虽然发展中国家的老龄化问题不如发达国家严重，但是老龄化人口增长的比率也渐渐提高。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 11 【听力原文】 We represent a surprisingly potent threat to our own leisure time. Even the U. S. Travel Association has a vacation problem. In 2013 the company saw just 19% of its employees use all their time off. They joined the millions of Am
34、erican workers with access to paid time off who left 429 million vacation days on the table. While some employers allow workers to bank their time off from year to year, or to receive payouts for the time off upon termination, a whopping 169 million vacation days came from “use it or lose it“ polici
35、es and vanished into the ether. Americans essentially did $ 52. 4 billion worth of work that year for free. We have good excuses. Money is one. In tight times, leisure can be the first thing to go hence the “staycation“ or three-day weekend where once a full weeks trip would have been. A mix of fear
36、 and dedication is another excuse. “Too much work to do“ was the most popular explanation for not taking all allotted vacation days, cited by 40% of respondents. Some people claim not to want a break: nearly 20% said they just didnt need the days, and almost as many workers suggested simply, “I enjo
37、y my job. “ 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文开篇先笼统指出主题：休闲时光面临的潜在威胁 (potent threat to our own leisure time)，或者说是度假问题 (a vacation problem)。然后指出这一问题的具体内容是 “很多带薪假期被搁置或放弃了 ”： “left 429 million vacation days on the table”， “not taking all allotted vacation days”。选项 A是对全文主旨的总结提炼。 【知识模块 】 篇章听力理解与选择 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原
38、文指出美国旅游协会有 19的员工把假期用完了，可以推断出大概 80的雇员没有将假期用完。在听辨时，注意原文 “Even the U S Travel Association has a vacation problem ”这句话是说美国旅游协会面临假期问题，而不是 vocation problem“职业问题 ”，选项 C与原文读音接近，意思却有很大差距。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 这个词组的含义可以通过上下文推断出来。上文指出 “came fromuse it or lose itpolicies”，通过 from可知 “要么度假，要么放弃 ”这种
39、政策是造成假期 “vanish into the ether”的原因。下文指出结果，美国人做了很多没有报酬的工作： “Americans essentially did $52 4 billion worth of work that year for free ”分析原因和结果，可知这个词组要表达的含义是 “既没有度假，也没得到假期薪酬 ”， “假期消 失在空中 ”。 ether意为 “太空 ”“天空 ”。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出很多人选择工作而不去度假的原因有三：金钱、恐惧和事业心。在解释经济压力这个原因时，讲话者认为经济不景气时，
40、人们往往选择staycation，即宅在家里度假，就近度假。 staycation意为 “就近度假、居家度假 ”，也称 “宅度假 ”。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 原文指出 40的调查对象因为工作不愿度假，其中 20的人认为他们不需要假期，同样多的人表示他们喜欢工作 (所以不去度假 )。可以推断，这样的人占 20。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 16 【听力原文】 The first year of college is a tough transition, and for many students, a disillusioning one
41、. A study conducted last fall at the University of Toronto found that incoming students arrived with unreasonably optimistic expectations. On average, students predicted they would earn grade-point averages of 3. 6. Those dreams were swiftly punctured. By the end of the year, the average freshman ha
42、d only a 2. 3. What separated the high-achievers from the low-achievers? As any college admissions counselor will tell you, high school grades have always been the single best predictor of college success. But that does not mean that high school grades are good predictors. Research shows that differ
43、ences in students high school GPAs explain only about 20 percent of the differences between students college GPAs. What accounts for the remainder is still something of a debate and a mystery. Standardized test scores factor in, as does socioeconomic status. And increasingly, education experts think
44、 that character traits play a role. The University of Toronto study sought to understand why there were such wide discrepancies in college performance among students with similar high school records. The researchers gave students personality quizzes to determine which traits were correlated with col
45、lege success. They focused on two kinds of students. The “thrivers“ were those who did much better in college than their high school grades would have predicted. The “divers“ were those who did much worse. Mostly, these students all got fairly good, respectable grades. But upon arriving at college,
46、the thrivers averaged As, while the divers averaged Fs. 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出大一新生对自己期望值过高，不太 理智。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 原文指出高中成绩不能很好地预测大学生的在校表现，高中的平均成绩点数只能说明大学成绩点数的 20。所以依此做出的推断只能是两者相关，ABD选项内容都过于绝对了。 GPA(Grade Point Average)意为 “平均成绩点数 ”。美国普通课程的 GPA满分是 4分，其计分标准是 A=4， B=3， C=2， D=1。也有一些
47、高级课程满分可达 5分或 6分。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文指出高分者和低分者在社会经济地位、标准化考试成绩和个性方面都有差异。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 个性测验是整个实验研究的一个部分，它的目的在于寻找个性与成功之间的联系。 B选项 “大学成绩存在差异的原因 ”是整个研究的目的，不能入选。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文用比喻的方式将大学成绩低于高中成绩的学生称为 “跳水者 ”，不能从字面意思上理解为 “喜欢跳水的人 ”。 【知识 模块】 篇章听力理解与选择
