1、高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 31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 Good afternoon, everybody. Im pleased to be here with you, graduates of 2007. Im a (1) , and students often approach me with (2) . You see, we are living in a society of great changes. With the presence of (3) , the process of getting a job in todays wor
3、ld has changed for (4) . Well, how can you use new technologies to help you? First, lets look at how you (5) . The traditional method of hunting for a job in the past required first, doing research on jobs that were (6) , typically by looking in newspapers, periodicals and magazines, as well as TV a
4、ds, and (7) . Then you decided where and for what post you were going to apply, put your resume (8) in a stamped envelope, and waited anxiously for someone to (9) . Well, today, maybe the job search and (10) are very much the same, but the tools used are much more advanced, and they (11) . In fact,
5、technology has not so much changed the process as enhanced it. The benefit, both for (12) , is that this makes the search more open to people of (13) from all over the world. But as more people are involved, it becomes (14) for the applicant than it ever was before. The (15) for the working world to
6、day is learning these new and (16) and combining them with the older methods people have been using for years. For example, (17) , you can research employment not just in your city, but also in your state, your country, and (18) . You can copy information from a web page and paste it into a Microsof
7、t Word document thats easy to (19) . In many ways, its easier now: Just type your job application, click, and (20) ; it gets there in an instant. Part B Listening Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked so
8、me 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 letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） A trainee nurse. （ B） A resident
9、doctor. （ C） A researcher of AIDS. （ D） An advisor to nurses. （ A） They dont care what she does at her job. （ B） They have bad feelings about her job. （ C） They think it is a good job. （ D） They have no worries about the job. （ A） To isolate them completely. （ B） To watch them carefully. （ C） To tre
10、at them with respect. （ D） To provide them with nutritious food. （ A） Sharing bodily fluids with an AIDS patient. （ B） Shaking hands with an AIDS patient. （ C） Serving meals to an AIDS patient. （ D） Staying very close to an AIDS patient. （ A） The man is Susans advisor. （ B） It is not possible to get
11、 AIDS from sharing a glass of water. （ C） There is a high risk of getting infected with HIV at work. （ D） Susans patient was angry when she wore protective clothing to bring himlunch. （ A） A talk show. （ B） A case investigation. （ C） A soap opera. （ D） A report on the East End of London. （ A） It sho
12、cks the audience. （ B） It is a realistic situation drama. （ C） It is the first programme that tells about the Cockney way of life. （ D） It deals with the problems other similar programmes have not done before. （ A） The anchorwoman of the programme. （ B） The star actress playing a girl in the soap op
13、era. （ C） The landlady of a local pub in the East End of London. （ D） The producer of the programme. （ A） Michelles brother ran away from home. （ B） Michelles mother had another baby. （ C） Michelle married the landlord of a local pub. （ D） Michelle got pregnant and no one knew who the father was. （
14、A） Because Michelle decided to have the baby. （ B） Because Michelle married a local lad she had known for a few years. （ C） Because Michelle revealed who was the father of her new-born child. （ D） Because Michelle got the strength to keep the secret for the rest of her life. （ A） What to do to contr
15、ol crime. （ B） What role a lawyer plays in a court case. （ C） How to tell a hardened criminal from a first-time offender. （ D） How to convict a criminal and put him in prison. （ A） Deterrence. （ B） Quick conviction. （ C） The social structure. （ D） The economy. （ A） Education programs are not so effe
16、ctive as required. （ B） Drug treatment programs are insufficiently funded. （ C） Some rehabilitation programs inside prisons have been stopped. （ D） More people are convicted than prison space can accommodate. （ A） These programs are mainly intended for the kingpins of drug deals to get rehabilitated
17、. （ B） These programs are currently carried out in most states in the country. （ C） These programs aim to develop a culture inside the prisons. （ D） These programs have psychological and educational components. （ A） Because gangs start in prisons and make prison a repressive experience. （ B） Because
18、 criminals tend to be repeat offenders. （ C） Because there is no stigma attached to most criminals. （ D） Because society doesnt look at released prisoners with disdain. （ A） Because they might harm the poor people. （ B） Because their drawbacks outweigh benefits. （ C） Because they counterbalance othe
19、r environmental policies. （ D） Because they cannot achieve the expected environmental objectives. （ A） German business confidence index has risen as much as expected recently. （ B） The outlook for manufacturing is worsening in foreseeable future. （ C） Global economic recession will sap demand for Ge
20、rman exports next year. （ D） German business situation is expected to get better in the next few months. （ A） The proposal can cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars to a very low level. （ B） This action is obviously going to change global temperatures in the long run. （ C） The reduction in gas emis
21、sions is insignificant for addressing global warming. （ D） The proposal represents a big step in solving the problem of global warming. （ A） $ 60. 5 a barrel. （ B） $ 61 a barrel. （ C） $ 61.32 a barrel. （ D） $ 61.67 a barrel. （ A） 92. （ B） 250. （ C） 1500 （ D） 2500 一、 SECTION 2 READING TEST Directions
22、: 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. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write tile letter of
23、the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 40 The British author Salman Rushdie is selling his personal archive to a wealthy American university. The archive, which includes personal diaries written during the decade that he spent living in hiding from Islamic extr
24、emists, is being bought by the Emory University in Atlanta for an undisclosed sum. The move has sparked concern that Britains literary heritage is being lost to foreign buyers. The archive also includes two unpublished novels. Rushdie, 59, said last week that his priority had been to “find a good ho
25、me“ for his papers, but admitted that money had also been a factor. “I dont see why I should give them away,“ he said. “It seemed to me quite reasonable that one should be paid.“ The sum involved is likely to match or exceed similar deals. In 2003 Emory bought the archive of Ted Hughes, the late poe
26、t laureate, for a reported $ 600,000. Julian Barnes, the author of Flauberts Parrot, is said to have sold his papers to the University of Texas at Austin for $200,000. Rushdie was born in Bombay (Mumbai) but educated in Britain. His book Midnights Children was voted the best Booker prize winner in 2
27、5 years and he is regarded as a leading British literary novelist. The sale of his papers will annoy the British Library, which is about to hold a conference to discuss how to stop famous writers archives being sold abroad. Yesterday Clive Field, the director of scholarship and collections at the li
28、brary, said: “I am pleased that Rushdies papers will be preserved in a publicly accessible institution, but disappointed that we didnt have an opportunity to discuss the acquisition of the archive with him.“ Rushdie said the British Library “never asked me about the archive“. Emory University enjoys
29、 a large endowment thanks to a student who became a senior executive at Coca-Cola, and already holds the archives of the poets W B Yeats and Seamus Heaney, as well as Hughes. “Emory seems to be very serious about building a collection of contemporary literature,“ said Rushdie. “Not only do they have
30、 the papers of Hughes and Heaney, but also Paul Muldoon and other writers. I got the sense that they want to collect contemporary novelists as well and it just felt very good to be part of that. “ Rushdie, who now lives in New York, has accepted a position as a visiting fellow and will spend a month
31、 on the campus in Decatur, a leafy suburb of Atlanta, every year until 2012. “They asked if Id ever thought about putting my archive anywhere and, to tell you the truth, until that moment I really hadnt,“ Rushdie said. “My archive is so voluminous that I dont have room in my house for it and its in
32、an outside storage facility. I was worried about that and wanted to feel it was in a safe place. “ The papers will be open for scholars to study with one key exception, the “fatwa“ diaries that Rushdie wrote under threat of death from Islamic extremists for writing The Satanic Verses. He spent a dec
33、ade in hiding under the protection of Scotland Yard after Ayatollah Khomeini, then leader of Iran, called the book “blasphemous against Islam“ in 1989. The author may use the diaries as the basis for a book. “I wouldnt want them out in the open, I want to be the first person to have a go at the mate
34、rial, whether as a serious autobiography or as a memoir. “ He was ambivalent about the idea of scholars studying his papers. “The whole thing is very bizarre, you know, its like imagining someone going through your underwear. “ The two unpublished novelsThe Antagonist, influenced by Thomas Pynchon,
35、the American writer, and The Book of Peerwere written by Rushdie in the 1970s. “The Antagonist was a contemporary London novel, set around Ladbroke Grove where I was living at the time. I think it was embarrassingly Pynchonesque. “Chris Smith, the former culture minister who chairs the UK Literary H
36、eritage Working Group, said: “It is a very sad day for British literature and scholarship. Our literary heritage is arguably our greatest contribution to culture and we should be taking special care to protect that.“ Andrew Motion, the poet laureate, last week called for the government to remove Vat
37、 from unbound papers, which increases the cost of purchases in this country. Stephen Enniss, of Emory University, said: “There is worldwide interest in Rushdie. We are catering for the long-term care of the archive and will welcome scholars from all over the world. “ 41 It can be learned from the pa
38、ssage that the British author Salman Rushdie _. （ A） lived in hiding under the protection of Scotland Yard for a decade （ B） had spent the decade living in Scotland Yard until 1998 （ C） lived in hiding in New York for one decade （ D） had moved from place to place since the publication of The Satanic
39、 Verses 42 According to the passage, the British Library _. （ A） is going to buy back Rushdies personal archive from Amory University （ B） opposes the American universities acquisition of archives from British literary people （ C） has discussed with Salman Rushdie about the acquisition of his person
40、al archive （ D） has expressed much concern over foreign buyers acquisition of Britains literary heritage 43 It can be concluded from the passage that the Emory University has collected the archives of all the following British poets EXCEPT _. （ A） Ted Hughes （ B） Andrew Motion （ C） W B Yeats （ D） Se
41、amus Heaney 44 According to the passage, the “fatwa“ diaries (para. 7) _. （ A） were not included in the archive sold to the Emory University （ B） will not be open to the public in the near future （ C） were all about the writing of The Satanic Verses （ D） will soon be published to expose the persecut
42、ion of Islamic extremists 45 Why was Salman Rushdie ambivalent about the idea of scholars studying his papers? （ A） He was afraid that he would be pursued by Islamic extremists again. （ B） The scholars might use the papers to write a biography about him. （ C） He felt that his privacy might be easily
43、 exposed to the public. （ D） He could not imagine what kind of consequences would be following. 45 Britain, somewhat proudly, has been crowned the most watched society in the world. The country boasts 4.2 million security cameras (one for every 14 people) , a number expected to double in the next de
44、cade. A typical Londoner makes an estimated 300 closed-circuit television (CCTV) appearances a day, according to the British nonprofit surveillance Studies Network, an average easily met in the short walk between Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament. Public opinion on this state of affairs
45、is generally positive, according to recent polls. And how useful is CCTV in busting bad guys? Not much, according to Scotland Yard. In terms of cost benefit, the enormous expenditure has done very little in actually preventing and solving crime. Right under Big Brother- s nose, a new class of guerri
46、lla artists and hackers are comrnandeering the boring, grainy images of vacant parking lots and empty corridors for their own purposes. For about $ 80 at any electronics supply store and some technical know-how, it is possible to tap into Londons CCTV hotspots with a simple wireless receiver (sold w
47、ith any home-security camera) and a battery to power it. Dubbed “video sniffing,“ the pastime evolved out of the days before broadband became widely available, when “war-chalkers“ scouted the city for unsecured Wi-Fi networks and marked them with chalk using special symbols. Sniffing is catching on
48、in other parts of Europe, spread by a small but globally connected community of practitioners. “Its actually a really relaxing thing to do on a Sunday,“ says Joao Wilbert, a masters student in interactive media, who slowly paces the streets in London like a treasure hunter, carefully watching a tiny
49、 handheld monitor for something to flicker onto the screen. The excursions pick up obscure, random shots from the upper corners of restaurants and hotel lobbies, or of a young couple shopping in a house wares department nearby. Eerily, baby cribs are the most common images. Wireless child monitors work on the same frequency as other surveillance systems, and are almost never encrypted or secured. Given that sniffing is illegal, some artists have found another way to obtain security footage: they ask for it, in a letter along
