1、高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 25及答案与解析 Part A Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Re
2、member you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. 0 Self-esteem is the combination of (1) the conviction that you (2) cope with lifes challenges and are worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is the way you talk to yourself about yourself. Self-esteem has two interrelated aspects; it entails a sense of (3) and
3、a sense of personal worth. It is the (4) self-confidence and self-respect. It is the conviction that one is competent to live and (5) Our self-esteem and self-image are developed by (6) All of us have conscious and unconscious memories of all the times (7) they are part of the (8) of childhood. This
4、 is where the critical voice gets started. Everyone has a (9) . People with low self-esteem simply have a more vicious and demeaning inner voice. Psychologists say that almost every aspect of our livesour personal happiness, success, relationships with others, (10) are dependent on (11) . The more w
5、e have, the better we deal with things. (12) is important because when people experience it, they feel good and look good, they are (13) , and they respond to other people and themselves in healthy, positive, growing ways. People who have positive self-esteem know that they are (14) , and they care
6、about themselves and other people. They do not have to (15) by tearing other people down or (16) competent people. Our background largely determines what we will become in personality and more importantly in self-esteem. Where do (17) come from? Many come from our families, since more than 80% of ou
7、r waking hours up to the age of eighteen are spent (18) . We are who we are because of where weve been. We build Our own brands of self-esteem (19) : fate, the positive things life offers, the negative things life offers and our own decisions about (20) , the positives and the negatives. Part B List
8、ening Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have hea
9、rd and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） Because many Australians are taking time off to travel. （ B） Because the woman worked for some time in New Zealand. （ C） Because the woman raised enough money for travel. （ D） Because Austra
10、lians prefer to work in New Zealand. （ A） Cleanness. （ B） Multi-ethnicity. （ C） Modern characteristics. （ D） Shopping opportunities. （ A） Respective locations. （ B） Historic interests. （ C） Ancient tombs. （ D） Jewish descendants. （ A） Amusement. （ B） Disbelief. （ C） Ecstasy. （ D） Delight. （ A） The u
11、nsettledness of travel. （ B） The difficulties of trekking. （ C） The loneliness of travel. （ D） The unfamiliar environment （ A） Rioters should be executed. （ B） There was no fraud in the election. （ C） More than 17 people died in the violence. （ D） Thousands of Iranians had visited Tehrans main cemet
12、ery. （ A） The industry has come down. （ B） Negative growth of exports has come up. （ C） Government stimulus spending. （ D） The boost of stock market. （ A） Three. （ B） Ten. （ C） Fourteen. （ D） Thirty. （ A） The Internet file-sharing services have made the entertainment companies lose lots of money. （
13、B） The Internet file-sharing companies have led their customers to download copyright materials. （ C） The Internet file-sharing companies have download copyright materials themselves: （ D） The Internet file-sharing companies are recovering money by downloading copyright materials. （ A） Three people
14、on a village lane. （ B） A bridge built to commemorate the Olympics. （ C） Several vehicles on a suburban highway. （ D） A building near a police station. （ A） She owned a car. （ B） She drove well. （ C） She liked drivers uniforms. （ D） It was her childhood dream. （ A） The right sense of direction. （ B）
15、 The sense of judgment. （ C） The skill of maneuvering. （ D） The size of vehicles. （ A） Seeing interesting buildings in the city. （ B） Being able to enjoy the world of nature. （ C） Driving in unsettled weather. （ D） Taking long drives outside the city. （ A） Uncaring. （ B） Strict. （ C） Affectionate. （
16、 D） Permissive. （ A） Rather difficult to please. （ B） Rude to women drivers. （ C） Talkative and generous with tips. （ D） Different in personality. （ A） The expansion of its loan program. （ B） The inclusion of its hard loans. （ C） The inclusion of its soft loans. （ D） The previous lending policies. （
17、 A） Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small families. （ B） Lack of basic health services and inequality in income distribution. （ C） The discovery that a low fertility rate would lead to economic development. （ D） Poor nutrition and low literacy in many poor countries of the world. （ A）
18、 Be more involved in big infrastructure projects. （ B） Adopt similar investment strategies in poor and rich countries. （ C） Embark upon a review of the investment in huge dams and steel mills. （ D） Invest in projects that would benefit the low-income sector of society. （ A） Colossal travel expenses
19、of its staff. （ B） Fixed annual loans to certain countries. （ C） Limited impact of the banks projects. （ D） Role as a financial deal-maker. （ A） Biased. （ B） Unfriendly. （ C） Objective. （ D） Sensational. 一、 SECTION 2 READING TEST Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one i
20、s followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, A, B, C or D, to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write tile letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in you
21、r ANSWER BOOKLET. 40 According to the old Jewish stories, the world was in a sad state. The hand of man was lifted against his neighbor. People murdered and stole from each other. It was not safe for a girl to leave her home, lest she be kidnapped by the boys in the neighboring villages. Jehovah, th
22、e God of the Israelites, wanted to begin civilization again, hoping that a new generation would prove to be more obedient to his will. In those days there lived a man called Noah. He was descendant of Seth, a younger brother of Cain and Abel, who was born after the family tragedy had taken place. No
23、ah was a good man who tried to be at peace with his conscience and with his fellowmen. If the human race had to began once more, Noah would make a very good ancestor. Jehovah therefore decided to kill all other people, but spare Noah. He came to Noah and told him to build a ship. The vessel was to b
24、e four hundred and fifty feet long and thirty feet wide and it was to have a depth of forty-three feet. So Noah and his faithful workmen cut down large cypress trees and laid the kneel and built the sides and covered them with pitch, that the hold might be dry. When the third deck had been finished,
25、 a roof was built. It was made of heavy timber, to withstand the violence of the rain that was to pour down upon this wicked earth. Then Noah and his household, his three sons and their wives, made ready for the voyage. They went into the fields and into the mountains and gathered all the animals th
26、ey could find that they might have beasts for food and for sacrifices when they should return to dry land. A whole week they hunted successfully. And then the “Ark“ (for so was the ship called) was full of the noises of the various creatures who did not like their cramped quarters. On the evening of
27、 the seventh day, Noah and his family went on board. Later that night, it began to rain. It rained for forty nights and forty days. At the end of this time, the whole world was covered with water, Noah and his fellow travelers in the Ark were the only living things to survive this terrible deluge. F
28、inally, a new wind swept the clouds away. Once more the rays of the sun rested upon the turbulent waves as they had done when the world was first created. Noah opened a window on the Ark and peered out. His ship floated peacefully in the midst of an endless ocean, and no land was in sight. To see if
29、 there was dry land, Noah sent out a raven, but the bird came back. Next he sent a pigeon. Pigeons can fly longer than almost any other bird, but the poor thing could not find a single branch upon which to rest, and it also came back to Ark. He waited a week, and once more he set the pigeon free. It
30、 was gone all day, but in the evening it returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. The waters were receding. Another week went by before Noah released the pigeon for the third time. It did not return and this was a good sign. So afterward the Ark landed on the top of Mount Ararat, in t
31、he country which is now called Armenia. The next day Noah went ashore. At once he took some stones and built an altar, and then killed a number of his animals to make a sacrifice for Jehovah. And behold, the sky was bright with the colors of a mighty rainbow. It was a sign from Jehovah to his faithf
32、ul servant, promising never again would he destroy the entire earth. 41 According to the story, Jehovah wanted to destroy the whole world because _. （ A） people on earth were wicked and they did not listen to Gods instructions （ B） there were crimes of murder and theft （ C） the world was dirty （ D）
33、Cain killed his brother 42 In the story, Jehovah decided to kill all other people in earth, but to spare Noah and his family because _. （ A） only Noah could make a ship （ B） Noah was a descendant of Adam and Eve （ C） Jehovah believed Noah could make a good ancestor after the world was wiped out （ D）
34、 Noah did not murder his brother 43 According to the story, Noah was on board his ship for at least _. （ A） a whole week （ B） forty days （ C） forty-seven days （ D） fifty-four days 44 Near the end of the story, Noah sent out birds _ to assess the conditions outside the ship. （ A） twice （ B） three tim
35、es （ C） four times （ D） five times 45 After Noah was ashore, he killed some animals because _. （ A） he wanted to show his respect and gratitude to Jehovah （ B） he was unreasonable （ C） Jehovah asked him to do it （ D） there was no food except for those animals 45 Campaigning on the Indian frontier is
36、 an experience by itself. Neither the landscape nor the people find their counterparts in any other portion of the globe. Valley walls rise steeply five or six thousand feet on every side. The columns crawl through a maze of giant corridors down which fierce snow-fed torrents foam under skies of bra
37、ss. Amid these scenes of savage brilliancy there dwells a race whose qualities seem to harmonize with their environment. Except at harvest-time, when self- preservation requires a temporary truce, the Pathan tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and
38、 a theologian. Every large house is a real feudal fortress made, it is true, only of sun-baked clay, but with battlements, turrets, loopholes, drawbridges, etc. complete. Every village has its defense. Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud. The numerous tribes and combinations o
39、f tribes all have their accounts to settle with one another. Nothing is ever forgotten, and very few debts are left unpaid. For the purposes of social life, in addition to the convention about harvest-time, a most elaborate code of honor has been established and is on the whole faithfully observed.
40、A man who knew it and observed it faultlessly might pass unarmed from one end of the frontier to another. The slightest technical slip would, however, be fatal. The life of the Pathans is thus full of interest; and his valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water, are fertile enou
41、gh to yield with little labor the modest material requirements of a sparse population. Into this happy world the nineteenth century brought two new facts: the rifle and the British government. The first was an enormous luxury and blessing; the second, an unmitigated nuisance. The convenience of the
42、rifle was nowhere more appreciated than in the Indian highlands. A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. One could actually remain in ones own house and fire at ones neighbor nearly a mile a
43、way. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below. Even villages could fire at each other without the trouble of going far from home. Fabulous prices were therefore offered for these glorious products of science. Rifle- thieves scoured all India
44、 to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler. A steady flow of the coveted weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced. government on the other hand was entirely unsatisfactory.
45、 The great organizing, advancing, absorbing power to the southward seemed to be little better than a monstrous spoil-sport. If the Pathans made forays into the plains, not only were they driven back (which after all was no more than fair), but a whole series of subsequent interferences took place, f
46、ollowed at intervals by expeditions which toiled laboriously through the valleys, scolding the tribesmen and exacting fines for any damage which they had done. No one would have minded these expeditions if they had simply come, had a fight and then gone away again. In many cases this was their pract
47、ice under what was called the “butcher and bolt policy“ to which the government of India long adhered. But towards the end of the nineteenth century these intruders began to make roads through many of the valleys, and in particular the great road to Chitral. They sought to ensure the safety of these
48、 roads by threats, by forts and by subsidies. There was no objection to the last method so far as it went. But the whole of this tendency to road-making was regarded by the Pathans with profound distaste. All along the road people were expected to keep quiet, not to shoot one another, and above all
49、not to shoot at travelers along the road. It was too much to ask, and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source. 46 The word debts in “very few debts are left unpaid“ in the first paragraph means _. （ A） loans （ B） accounts （ C） killings （ D） bargains 47 Which of the following is NOT one of the geographical facts about the Indian frontier? （ A） Melting snows. （ B） Large population. （ C） Steep hillsides. （ D） Fertile valleys. 48 According to the passage, the Pathans welcomed _. （ A） the introduction of the rifle （ B） the sp
