1、高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 4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 hundreds of Native American Indian tribes in North America today, each with its own religious beliefs. Because of their【 C1】 _for the Earth, many Native Americans are interested in【 C2】 _. The Cherokee is just a typical native American tribe fro
3、m the southeastern United States. 【 C3】 _that nature exists for the benefit of people, Cherokees contend we should not compete with or try to【 C4】 _. To them, there are three great Laws of Nature, telling us how to live in relationship to everything else. Firstly, people should not【 C5】 _such as for
4、 food, for medicine, for protection etc. Basically, life is sacred. Taking the life of a plant is【 C6】 _as taking the life of an animal. And all of those things should be done【 C7】 _. Secondly, everything man does should【 C8】 _. And to give an example【 C9】_, lots of people might go out and get an el
5、ectric toothbrush. However, the extra electricity necessary to power that toothbrush requires【 C10】 _that harms the air, the water and the Great Life. So a manual toothbrush will be【 C11】 _. Thirdly, man should not pollute where he lives. It is not just his home, not just【 C12】_or his country. Its t
6、his planet,【 C13】 _called the Earth. People should not pour chemical wastes down the drain because they all【 C14】 _in the water. The Cherokees dont have a problem with plastic as they dont have it. They still【 C15】 _. There are small things to conserve the natural resources like【 C16】_wastes. There
7、are other simple things they would do-instead of using the car for【 C17】 _, save them up so they would use the car as little as possible. And while minimizing the amount of【 C18】 _in farming, they may take leftover food and turn it into rich garden compost, an excellent【 C19】 _and flower garden. Thi
8、s is the so-called organic gardening. All in all, to many Native Americans, there are both【 C20】 _interest in protecting the land. 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 【 C1
9、9】 20 【 C20】 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 some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to ea
10、ch question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. （ A） From 6 am to 6 pm. （ B） From 9 am to 9 pm. （ C） From 6 am to midnight. （ D） All day. （ A） Because maternity patients get very tired if they have visitors all the time
11、. （ B） Because maternity patients want to be quiet. （ C） Because hospitals open during this period. （ D） Because doctors visit patients early in the morning. （ A） Everyone. （ B） Children only. （ C） Friends only. （ D） Immediate family. （ A） Patients relatives are allowed to be there for them. （ B） Ea
12、ch patient shall have up to 4 visitors. （ C） Everyone can visit the emergency department at all hours. （ D） The room gets very crowded if there are many visitors in Emergency. （ A） Dr. Thomas in the morning and Dr. Robertson in the afternoon. （ B） Dr. Thomas in the afternoon and Dr. Robertson in the
13、 morning. （ C） Dr. Kim in the morning and Dr. Robertson in the afternoon. （ D） Dr. Kim only. （ A） Encouraging industrial mergers and acquisitions. （ B） Curbing monopolies in certain industries. （ C） Re-writing the EUs governing treaty. （ D） Solving their conflicts with national governments in EU. （
14、A） Serious petrol shortage. （ B） U.S. and British invasion. （ C） Unreliable power supply. （ D） Insurgent attacks. （ A） They have combed Londons theater and entertainment district for bombs. （ B） They have launched a new anti-terrorism command. （ C） They hired more explosive officers for safety conce
15、rns. （ D） They have found one more bomb packed into a car. （ A） Insulting Islam in its government news release. （ B） Awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie. （ C） Offending Ayatollah Khomeini. （ D） Constantly sheltering Salman Rushdie from one safe house to another. （ A） 10 million dollars. （ B） 15
16、million dollars. （ C） 20 million dollars. （ D） 25 million dollars. （ A） To concentrate on people who the general public didnt know. （ B） To focus on people who had something original to say. （ C） To write about the lifestyles of local people. （ D） To write a weekly column for a local paper. （ A） Act
17、or. （ B） Film producer. （ C） Director. （ D） Editor. （ A） An actress. （ B） An editor. （ C） A journalist. （ D） A film producer. （ A） The owners were reluctant to change things. （ B） The magazine didnt make any profit. （ C） The owners wanted her to leave. （ D） The magazine was unpopular. （ A） She had t
18、o read everything about six times. （ B） She didnt have the brilliant writers. （ C） She didnt have right staff to read all the material when it came in. （ D） She trusted her employees. （ A） Because of its quality. （ B） Because of its price. （ C） Because of commercials and advertisements. （ D） Because
19、 of its package. （ A） It gives us true information about everything. （ B） It informs consumers about new products available on the market. （ C） It confuses our sense of reality. （ D） It tells us the products benefits. （ A） To whiten our teeth immediately. （ B） To be a member of a football team. （ C）
20、 To become a movie star. （ D） To be popular and have friends. （ A） Certain colors. （ B） Consumers personal preferences. （ C） Certain words. （ D） Motives of fear. （ A） Because they think they have the freedom of choice. （ B） Because they like to think they make wise choices. （ C） Because they probabl
21、y dont realize the powerful effect of advertising. （ D） Because they dont watch TV a lot. 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. Answe
22、r 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 We live, it is said, in a world of standardization: a place in which increasingly you can buy
23、 the same thingscappuccinos, food, cosmetics, fashionsin similar shops, in similar mails, in similar cities. The heart laments this and hopes it isnt really happening. The head, though, has to accept that it has advantages, for standardized products save time, reduce confusion, and may be cheaper an
24、d more predictable, especially when attached to a trusted brand. There is one market, however, in which hearts and heads alike are forcing things in a different direction: womens clothing. There, the customer is queen, and she seems to prefer confusion. It is not the fashions themselves that are flo
25、uting standardization. It is the sizes in which they are sold. Once upon a time these were predictable and numerological, even if the numbers used varied from country to country. It did not matter if a size 12 dress in Britain was called a 38 in Germany and a 44 in Italy, for a simple conversion cha
26、rt would suffice. No longer. Increasingly, size is a matter of vanity not of measurement, for women have, well, become larger in various ways. Not surprisingly, they would like to have their cake, eat it, and stay exactly the same dress size. Some clothing firms have accommodated such delusional des
27、ires by sticking to the same sizing numbers but making the clothes larger. Others have resorted to therapeutic wordspetite, regular, “missy“. In America, it is even possible to buy womens clothes in size 0; presumably negative sizing cannot be far behind. Men are, of course, going through the same d
28、imensional change. They are not, however, encountering, or inviting, the same confusion. Occasionally it may be hard to work out what exactly is meant by “medium“ or “extra large“, but mainly real measurements still rule. This may be because men have another option: for suit-wearers the best trick i
29、s to buy not the right new size but a size too big, for then the suit looks loose and people may be fooled into thinking you are getting slimmer, not fatter. Or perhaps their vanity is of a more primitive sort. A (possibly apocryphal) story about Winston Churchill has the great man recommending that
30、 among aid shipments sent during the second world war should be packages of British condoms, all large size but labeled “small“. But for women, meanwhile, shopping is becoming harder: more things must be tried on, taking more time, and buying online is a poor option. Central planners, ignoring the f
31、act that this is the result of expressed female preferences, would want standardization reimposed. Heres an alternative suggestion for our freer era: clothing firms could agree a standard sizing to be put on some sort of bar code or tag. Then those who want speed and clarity could buy (or be given)
32、an electronic reader to find out the easily comparable truth. Those who would rather fool themselves can continue to do so by reading the written labels. Such are the workings of invisible hands. 41 Which of the following topics is mainly discussed in the passage? （ A） World Standardization Organiza
33、tion （ B） some new development in womens clothes （ C） standardization in various aspects of social life （ D） the dynamics of free market economy in the world of fashion 42 Which of the following best explains the sentence “Increasingly, size is a matter of vanity not of measurement“ in Paragraph 2?
34、（ A） Women are proud of getting larger in size. （ B） Women are eager to have their sizes precisely measured. （ C） Women feel good when their sizes are measured smaller. （ D） Womens vanity cannot be measured correctly. 43 Which of the following is NOT implied in the sentences “Men are, of course, goi
35、ng through the same dimensional change. They are not, however, encountering, or inviting, the same confusion“? （ A） Some confusion in measurement is caused and preferred by women themselves. （ B） Men never meet any confusion in clothing. （ C） Mens problems in clothing are different from womens. （ D）
36、 Theres also some change in the size measurement of mens clothes. 44 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “flout“ in Paragraph 2? （ A） establish （ B） embrace （ C） flirt （ D） scorn 45 According to the passage, all of the following statements are true except _. （ A） Online purchasi
37、ng is a good choice for women. （ B） Keeping the original system of size measurement unchanged is preferred by women. （ C） The dual system combining standardization and customized labels is a good idea. （ D） Its urgent that a uniform system of size measurement worldwide should be established immediat
38、ely. 45 Schools hit by this summers education funding crisis were forced to lay off 21,000 teachers and support staff, a new study shows. Almost half the secondary schools surveyed and one in five primaries have increased class sizes as a result. The report, by Professor Alan Smithers and Dr Pamela
39、Robinson from the University of Liverpool, shows the budget crisis is worse than thought. It also questions Government claims that the number of “loser“ schools are in a minority, with an estimate that between 14,000 and 15,000 of the countrys 23,000 state schools suffered a budget cut in real terms
40、. In all, 56 per cent of primary schools and 63 per cent of secondaries surveyed reported that this years budget was worse than last year. The funding cuts were the first since Labour came to power in 1997, pledging to make education a top priority. “The consequences for the majority of schools have
41、 been disastrous,“ Professor Smithers said. The report shows 8,800 teaching posts (5,502 in primary schools and 3,115 in secondaries) were cut along with 12,300 support staff. About 2,000 teachers were made redundant, compared with the 500 redundancies estimated by Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier
42、in the summer. The report said some schools emerged as “winners“, taking on teachers. But the net reduction in teachers jobs was 4,537, putting the pressure on Labours election pledge to employ 10,000 extra teachers in its second term. Doug McAvoy, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers
43、, which commissioned the research, said ministers were “deliberately underfunding schools“ so that heads were forced to employ cheaper classroom assistants. The union is opposed to a national agreement on reducing teachers workload which allows classroom assistants to take control of lessons. “The i
44、mpact on the pupils could be devastating,“ Mr. McAvoy said. “We dont think this is happening by chance. It is a deliberate government policy.“ Professor Smithers said schools would struggle to avoid further redundancies, despite 800 million in funding pledged for the next two years. Many schools had
45、 slashed their reserves and could not protect teachers jobs. He said class sizes were “nudging upwards“ as a result of the funding cuts, and over 40 per cent of secondary schools said more classes would be taken by teachers not trained in the relevant subject. Primary schools said that head teachers
46、 and senior staff would have to do more teaching. “Primary schools were often planning to reduce the teachers already very limited planning, preparation, marking and assessment time,“ the report said. Under the new teachers contract, however, they should be guaranteed 10 per cent of time away from t
47、he classroom by 2005. The report was based on a survey of 980 primary schools and 368 secondaries. The Department of Education has questioned the findings, saying the report “appears to have lost touch with reality“. “The scale of these figures, based on a very small sample, does not tally with asse
48、ssments we have seen from other teachers unions,“ a spokesman said. Graham Lane, Labour education chairman of the Local Government Association, said: “In surveys like this, the schools that have got problems respond.“ 46 Which of the following is NOT an impact of the policy on classes involved? （ A）
49、 some teachers will be laid off （ B） the size of some classes will be increased （ C） teachers workload will be increased （ D） some classroom assistants will help teaching 47 Which of the following word is closest in meaning to “devastating“ in Paragraph 4? （ A） destructive （ B） delusive （ C） devaluating （ D） demonizing 48 Whats the response of the Department of Education towards the report by Professor Alan Smithers and Dr Pamela Robinson? （ A
