1、高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 2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. Rem
2、ember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. 0 There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other【 C1】 _. People have generally viewed personal growth as【 C2】 _that can easily be【 C3】 _. The worker who gets a promotion, the student【 C4】 _, the foreigner who learns a new language-all t
3、hese are examples of people who have【 C5】_for their efforts. By contrast, the process of personal growth is【 C6】 _, since by definition it is a journey and not the【 C7】 _along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have,【 C8】 _, as they encounter ne
4、w experiences and【 C9】 _. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world,【 C10】 _, new challenges to accept. In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have【 C11】 _, to confront the unknown, and to accept the possibility【 C12】 _. How we s
5、ee ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we【 C13】 _? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more【 C14】 _. Do we think were【 C15】 _? Then our【 C16】 _can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know【 C17】 _. Do we think
6、 were slow to adapt to change or that were not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? Then we are likely to【 C18】 _or not try at all. These feelings of【 C19】 _are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if w
7、e protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We become【 C20】 _of our own making. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 11 【 C11】 12 【 C12】 13 【 C13】 14 【 C14】 15 【 C15】 16 【 C16】 17 【 C17】 18 【 C18】 19 【 C19】 20 【 C20】 Part B Listening Comprehensio
8、n 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 heard and write the l
9、etter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） Its up to fifteen pages. （ B） Its made by a professional organization covering nearly all parts of married life. （ C） It states in advance how many children they will have and where theyll live. （ D） It inclu
10、des in advance the detailed rules to follow in nearly every part of the married life. （ A） Shopping, cooking and taking care of the garden （ B） House cleaning, car repairs and watering the garden （ C） Laundry, house cleaning and car repairs （ D） Laundry, card pairing and cleaning the house （ A） Life
11、 is basically practical instead of romantic. （ B） Knowing what each other expects and working on a solution is more important. （ C） A bunch of flower or a box of candy surely cannot be an effective solution. （ D） Listening to your wife before choosing her the gifts is advisable. （ A） After the first
12、 child, the spouse who makes less money will stop working to take care of the children. （ B） The upper limit of household expense per week is $100, within which they might have own independent choice （ C） For anything exceeding their own upper limit, they will not buy before reaching a common ground
13、. （ D） They can buy whatever they want so long it does not exceed $100 per week. （ A） To illustrate how they succeed in solving a real problem by acting out the rules. （ B） To prove breaking rules is inevitable to both of them. （ C） To show their agreement is comprehensive in covering all detailed a
14、spects of life. （ D） To set an example for other couples to follow so as to cut down on divorce rates. （ A） Light cigarettes are not so risky to human health as regular ones. （ B） Smoking kills about 1,500 girls everyday in America. （ C） The number of female smokers in America has been on the increa
15、se in America recently. （ D） The majority of female smokers in America are between the age of thirty-five to sixty-nine. （ A） close, high-level ties between China and African countries （ B） great interest shown by Chinese companies to African countries （ C） the establishment of the China-Africa Foru
16、m in 2000 （ D） mutual complement in economy and trade of both sides （ A） President Vladimir Putin is considering the option of running for a third term of presidency. （ B） No amendment will be made to the constitution on Russian presidency. （ C） President Vladimir Putin enjoys the support of the maj
17、ority of citizens in Russia. （ D） It is not justifiable to doubt whether the successor to President Vladimir Putin could do an equally good job. （ A） It provides snapshots of the human family tree. （ B） It can help scientists form the most complete evolutionary chain so far. （ C） It clears away the
18、suspicion over its authenticity. （ D） It reflects mans primal development in the long evolutionary process. （ A） It signed a licensing agreement with some large Chinese technology companies. （ B） It pushed the US government to exert greater pressure on the Chinese government. （ C） It donated 250 mil
19、lion US dollars to some main PC makers in China. （ D） It sued some large computer companies in China for breaching intellectual property rights. （ A） It will automatically rate the TV shows so as to protect children from sex and violence. （ B） It will block out the offensive parts in a TV show. （ C）
20、 It will enrich peoples life by offering a variety of TV programs. （ D） It aims to help parents to have a better control on what children should watch on TV. （ A） Prime-time series （ B） Sports （ C） Bread-and-butter programming of television （ D） Hollywood Movies broadcast on TV （ A） They are not sui
21、table to kids. （ B） They are suitable to kids. （ C） They are either G or PG rated. （ D） If you flip a button, you can watch it whenever you want. （ A） Because we will want it more if theres a forbidden fruit label on something. （ B） Because the rating system is not scientifically and reasonably set.
22、 （ C） Because therell be a lag between the rating system and the popularity of V-chip technology. （ D） Because it is sure to end trashy tidal waves on TV sooner or later. （ A） Optimistic. （ B） Negative （ C） Doubtful （ D） Reserved （ A） Students who have been in the United States for more than four ye
23、ars are not eligible for admission. （ B） Its mission is to help new immigrant students develop not only academic skills, but also the necessary cultural skills. （ C） Their students are all immigrants from different countries. （ D） English is exclusively used in teaching. （ A） Offering multilingual i
24、nstead of bilingual programs. （ B） Learning by practicing instead of following the teachers lecture. （ C） Helping new immigrant students adapt quickly to the new environment. （ D） Helping the students to speak English correctly and fluently. （ A） They all share common experiences. （ B） They all want
25、 to improve their English as soon as possible. （ C） They use gestures to assist their expression. （ D） They all like math course and building their own miniature temple out of cardboard. （ A） Improving their English skills. （ B） The feelings of completely safe and welcomed in the new environment. （
26、C） Assimilating as quickly as possible into mainstream American culture. （ D） Learn to speak more than one language. （ A） It will help you do interpretation in your career. （ B） It is something that passes on from generation to generation. （ C） It is of great help to understand where you are from as
27、 well as where you are. （ D） It will facilitate the studying of other subjects in schools. 一、 SECTION 2 READING TEST Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, A, B, C or D, to each question. Answ
28、er 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET. 40 Its 1997, and its raining. And youll have to walk to work again. Any given subway train brea
29、ks down one morning out of five. The buses are gone, and on a day like today, bicycles slosh and slide. Lucky you have a job in demolition. Its slow and dirty work, but steady. The fading structures of a decaying city are the great mineral mines and hardware shops of the nation. Break them down and
30、reuse the parts. Coal is too difficult to dig up and transport to give us energy in the amounts we need, nuclear fission is judged to be too dangerous, the hoped-for breakthrough toward nuclear fusion never took place, and solar batteries are too expensive to maintain in sufficient quantity. Anyone
31、older than ten can remember automobiles. At first, the price of gasoline climbedway up. Finally, only the well-to-do drove, and that was too clear an indication that they were filthy rich; so any automobile on a city street was overturned and burned. The cars vanished, becoming part of the metal res
32、ource. There are advantages in 1997, if you want to look for them. The air is cleaner, and there seem to be fewer cold. The crime rate has dropped. With the police car too expensive, policemen are back on their beats. More important, the streets are full. Legs are king, and people walk everywhere fa
33、r into the night. There is mutual protection in crowds. If the weather isnt too cold, people sit out front. If it is hot, the open air is the only air conditioning they get. At least the street lights still burn. Indoors, few people can afford to keep light burning after supper. As for the winterwel
34、l, it is inconvenient to be cold, with most of what furnace fuel is allowed hoarded for the dawn. But sweaters are popular indoor wear. Showers are not an everyday luxury. Lukewarm sponge baths must do, and if the air is not always very fragrant in the human vicinity, the automobile fumes are gone.
35、It is worse in the suburbs, which were born with the auto, lived with the auto, and are dying with the auto. Suburbanites form associations that assign turns to the procurement and distribution of food. Pushcarts creak from house to house along the posh suburban roads, and every bad snowstorm is a d
36、isaster. It isnt easy to hoard enough food to last till the roads are open. There is not much refrigeration except for the snow-banks, and then the dogs must be fought off. What energy is left must be conserved for agriculture. The great car factories make trucks and farm machinery almost exclusivel
37、y. The American population isnt going up much anymore, but the food supply must be kept high even though the prices and difficulty of distribution force each American to eat less. Food is needed for export to pay for some trickles of oil and for other resources. The rest of the world is not as lucky
38、 as we are. Theyre starving out there because earths population has continued to rise. The population on earth is 5.5 billionup by 1.5 billion since 1977and, outside the United States and Europe, not more than one in five has enough to eat at any given time. There is a high infant mortality rate. It
39、s more than just starvation, though. There are those who manage to survive on barely enough to keep the body working, and that proves to be not enough for the brain. It is estimated that nearly two billion people in the world are permanently brain-damaged by undernutrition, and the number is growing
40、. At least the big armies are gone. Only the United States and the Soviet Union can maintain a few tanks, planes, and shipswhich they dare not move for fear of biting into limited fuel reserves. Machines must be replaced by human muscle and beasts of burden. People are working longer hours, andwith
41、lighting restricted, television only three hours a night, new books few and printed in small editionswhat is there to do with leisure? Work, sleep, and eating are the great trinity of 1997, and only the first two are guaranteed. Where will it end? It must end in a return to the days before 1800, to
42、the days before the fossil fuels powered a vast machine industry and technology. It must end in subsistence farming and in a world population reduced by starvation, disease, and violence to less than a billion. And what can we do to prevent all this now? Now? In 1997? Almost nothing. 41 Article “Lif
43、e Without Fuel“ is _. （ A） a scientific study of life in 1997 （ B） an imaginary account of life in 1997 （ C） a history of life in 1997 （ D） a difficult time of life in 1997 42 According to Paragraph 2, a good kind of job to have is in: _. （ A） demolition （ B） a gasoline station （ C） construction （ D
44、） a hardware shop 43 Which statement is NOT true according to this article? （ A） Energy will be expensive and in short supply. （ B） There will be more cars than ever in 1997. （ C） The air will be cleaner in 1997. （ D） People will walk everywhere instead of going by cars. 44 Paragraph 4 discusses: _.
45、 （ A） the crime rate in 1997 （ B） the disadvantages of life in 1997 （ C） the advantages of life today （ D） the advantages of life in 1997 45 Paragraph 5 shows that in 1997, people will: _. （ A） not use any electricity （ B） use more electricity than they do today （ C） use less electricity than they d
46、o today （ D） keep lights burning after supper indoors 45 At first glance, the image that flashed on the 19-inch computer screen looked like an ordinary road map. Then J. Richardson, acting manager of the Federal Aviation Administrations Central Flow Control Facility in Washington, began tapping at h
47、is keyboard. With one stroke he zoomed in to an aerial view of the New York Metropolitan area, divided not along town or county lines but along sectors of airspace. With another keystroke he eliminated hundreds of tiny black dots showing the location of low-flying aircraft and private jets. What rem
48、ained on the screen were larger, winged symbols representing commercial airliners. With a few more key taps he color-coded the jetliners according to their airport destination: red for La Guardia, green for Newark, brown for John F. Kennedy. To computer buffs at ease with the graphic virtuosity of M
49、ax Headroom, the FAA demonstration might seem primitive. But to air-traffic professionals gathered in the agencys sixth floor “war room“, it represented a technological breakthrough. Prior to last week, FAA radar data showing the location of planes flying over the U. S. could be shown only piecemeal on computer screens at one or more of the aviation agencys 20 regional control centers. Now, all that information has been merged and displaye
