1、高级口译（笔试）模拟试卷 37（无答案）Part A Spot DictationDirections: 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. Remem
2、ber you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.0 In Bolivia, life is slowly returning to normal after almost a month of demonstrations.【C1 】_from poor peasant farmers to miners have been demanding【C2】_ and calling for constitutional reform. The protesters are angry at what they see as【C3 】_ natural resourc
3、es by foreign companies and governments. Theres a long history of the countrys rich natural resources being exploited by foreigners with【C4】_, 60 per cent of whom are native residents. Many now hope the new president, Eduardo Rodriguez, may find a solution to the countrys problems. Rebecca Hampson h
4、as been visiting La Paz and【C5】_.“Put your hands over your ears!“ shouted the boy in the hotel.【C6】_ was marching past the front door letting off【C7】_ as they went. A few minutes later the sting of police tear gas seeped under the door frame. That was【C8】_, then no one imagined that the protests and
5、 gradual shutting down of the country would last this long.“Itll all calm down in a few days,“ people kept telling us. But we decided to 【C9】 _, on what turned out to be one of the last buses, to Sorata, a small town in the beautiful Cordillera Real mountains. Two weeks later the whole country had【C
6、10】_, and the only way we could get back to La Paz was to join a convoy of protestors.【C11】_ the night before with an official from the local Aymarathe largest indigenous group in Bolivia. “【C12】_ with scarves and hats so that our brothers at the road blockades dont question you,“ he told us, “and b
7、e here in the square at 4:30 in the morning.“ I had no idea how I,【C13】_ and short hair, could be mistaken for an Aymara woman with their bowler hats, long plaits and【C14】_! But it was an offer we gratefully accepted.Next morning we were eventually bundled into the back of a crowded bus. The few wor
8、ds of Aymara wed picked up went down very well with our fellow passengers and【C15】_ Spanish conversation. Eduardo, a high school teacher, explained how the local council leader【C16 】_ from every organisationschools, hospitals, farms, tour agencies, etc.to go to La Paz to march. There was a long list
9、 of names, and anyone extra trying to sneak onto the buses would be kicked off. This list might also be checked at【C17】_ between Sorata and La Paz. Our presence on the bus【C18】_ as dedicated protestors at risk so the warm welcome we received showed real generosity. Eduardo and his friends were very
10、keen to start marching. “Its the only way to get the government to listen to us,“ they all said.【C19】_first: nationalisation of Bolivias oils and gas reserves “so that we can keep the revenue ourselves to 【C20 】_“. Second: a change in the constitution “to give equal rights and opportunities to us.1
11、【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 ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you wil
12、l 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 letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.（A）American English.（B） Br
13、itish English.（C） Chinese English.（D）Australian English.（A）Not as good as most of the other students that he taught.（B） The best ever amongst all the acquaintances that he knew in life.（C） Slightly over the intermediate level amongst all of the students that he had.（D）No worse than most of the other
14、 students that he came across.（A）She does not fully understand the courses taught by native speakers.（B） Her spoken English is not as accurate as he expected it to be.（C） He could not communicate with the woman freely during their conversation.（D）The problem suggested by the woman isnt as serious as
15、 she thought.（A）Economy course.（B） Philosophy course.（C） Professional course.（D）Finance course.（A）IELTS.（B） Real Talk 7.（C） Market Leader.（D）SIA(Advanced).（A）The concept of sustainable utilization and management of natural resources has been denied.（B） The Zimbabwean government would fight for the p
16、roposed ban on ivory trade.（C） The Zimbabwean delegation leaves for CITES conference.（D）Various conservationists working for several private companies have voted against the local officials involved.（A）Nine.（B） One.（C） Two.（D）Three.（A）One of the marine veterans might lose the honorable discharge sta
17、tus.（B） None of the marine veterans was recognized in the photo caption in The Washington Post.（C） Four marine veterans deny to having wear uniform at protest without authorization.（D）Many military veterans are becoming leaders of Iraq Veterans Against the War.（A）South Sudan is not satisfied with th
18、e little improvement in the implementation of the peace deal.（B） Africas longest civil war in the vast region has not ended yet.（C） Regional countries are forced to ensure specific aspects of the deal are implemented to make unity attractive.（D）Disputes over ownership of Sudans oil fields, mainly lo
19、cated in the south, have been addressed.（A）The world economy.（B） Climate change.（C） Child labor.（D）Environment protection.（A）They know they are going to be murdered so they are frightened.（B） They dont have the sense of security after the train bombings.（C） They are angry because those who are well-
20、informed do not tell the truth to the public.（D）They feel nothing special and forget the whole thing three weeks later.（A）Ten.（B） At least twelve.（C） Two.（D）Not mentioned.（A）Threats from al Qaeda.（B） Concerns over corruption.（C） Loose information networks.（D）Unwillingness to fight against the terror
21、ists.（A）In a store.（B） In a railway station.（C） In an airfield.（D）In a police agency.（A）The terrorists can achieve their greatest ever success in the future.（B） There is no prediction what shall happen to the residents in Madrid.（C） People shall lead their normal lives as they used to.（D）Nothing sub
22、stantial has been proposed and carried out by the authorities so far.（A）Absorbed and attracted.（B） Sympathetic.（C） Both anger and despair.（D）Fair and objective.（A）Educational establishments.（B） Power stations.（C） Recreational facilities.（D）Guillotine.（A）The young man is considered mature enough to s
23、tand on his own feet and support his family.（B） The landowner promised a high income to the potential workers.（C） It is extremely competitive for Brazilians to find a work in the downtown area.（D）Many young people in Brazil realize the importance of the Amazon rain forest and try to protect it.（A）Ar
24、ound 22 years.（B） Less than 8 years.（C） Approximately 30 years.（D）More than 33 years.（A）Brazilians might not be able to seek a better life as expected in the near future.（B） We might accelerate global warming and disrupt the worlds climate.（C） Residents in the developed nations might be encouraged t
25、o consume more and more meat.（D）Brazil, burdened with a heavy foreign debt, might be forced to export more beef and more soybeans.一、SECTION 2 READING TESTDirections: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer,
26、 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET.40 In this season of celebrity babies, with the coming of B
27、aby Suri, Tom and Katies new addition, and Gwyneths Baby Moses and the imminent arrival of Baby Brangelina, I cant help wonder how these parents handle the insatiable public curiosity about this most profoundly personal event, as they head home from the hospital, in Tom and Katies case, to find seve
28、n satellite trucks parked outside, and a lemonade stand. We are used to beautiful weddings being celebrated in the pages of People and In Style, and ugly divorces scorching the pages of the tabloids. But there is something so different about childbirth that it makes me wonder whether, just this once
29、, the famous parents should crawl into a very private hole and pull it in after them, rather than sending Diane Sawyer an e-mail telling all about it. (Maybe this is one reason Angelina Jolie was heading off to a secluded resort in Namibia as her due date approached.)A wedding can be a beautiful and
30、 blessed day; but the most perfect romance scripted into the most storybook ceremony does not have the spirit of raw astonishment that childbirth has. You are in control of your wedding; you have planned and listed and catered and crafted every detail, and if you are a celebrity you have the help of
31、 an army of event planners to make sure that the cake rises and the willows weep and everything goes according to plan.But you cant do that with childbirth. You can eat right, practice breathing, prepare the nursery, try out names, pack the hospital bag with non-slip socks and lollipops (to keep you
32、r mouth moist) and tennis balls (for a counterpressure back massage). But this is mainly about creating the illusion of control. Once it starts, once the contractions begin, once the baby launches towards delivery, the momentum heads in the opposite direction, towards mystery, not management, and ch
33、aos, not control. However calm the doctors and however smooth the delivery, this is still a moment to marvel. It is when you feel both most unique, as though you are the first person ever to have done this, and most united with everyone else, because people have been having babies as long as there h
34、ave been people. The very ordinariness of the experience is one of the most extraordinary things about it.And then you are left, belly tender, breasts leaking, veins visible from the effort, sweaty, exhausted and astounded at what you are holding. Where did YOU come from? Who ARE you, you ask this v
35、ery small human, who has been living with you, in you, for the past nine months and yet who now seems suddenly so new and alien and separate, her own body, her own soul. Hello. Nice to see you. Let me sing you a quiet song.There can be few more precious or private moments than this. It is not a natu
36、ral place for strangers to enter, or press handlers or paparazzi. For just a little while at least, you would think a brand new little family would want more than anything to be left alone and be mammals together and feel safe, protected. I cant imagine what it would be like to have the world waitin
37、g right outside.Maybe by the time youve lived under the lights this long you are used to it. But nothing can really prepare you for what it feels like to walk into a hospital as a patient and walk out as a parent. It makes a normal person feel like a celebrity: Ive just done this incredible thing. I
38、 wonder if maybe it also makes a celebrity feel, just once, strangely normal.41 The word “insatiable“ in the sentence “.I cant help wonder how these parents handle the insatiable public curiosity about this most profoundly personal event.“ (Para.l) can best be replaced by_.（A）pleasant（B） breathtakin
39、g（C） notorious（D）impossible to satisfy42 The purpose of the second paragraph is_.（A）to describe the superlativeness of weddings（B） to be a prelude to a dramatic contrast between a wedding and labor practice（C） to explain why Angelina Jolie was heading off to a secluded resort in Namibia（D）to be a su
40、mmary of the article43 The sentence “because people have been having babies as long as there have been people“ (Para. 3) can be interpreted as_.（A）people give birth only when there were human beings（B） celebrities feel part of ordinary people when they do the same thing as commons（C） they can feel u
41、nique giving birth（D）celebrities prefer not to give birth44 The last paragraph can be understood as_.（A）people have the ambivalence of being ordinary and being famous（B） everybody wants to be famous（C） people become parents when they step out of the hospital（D）celebrities are used to being centers a
42、ll the time45 The best title of the passage is_.（A）Giving Birth to Entertainment Tonight（B） Weddings and Labor Pains（C） Tips to Famous Pregnant Women（D）How to Enjoy Freedom While Being a Celebrity45 Fifty years ago, Robert Solow published the first of two papers on economic growth that eventually wo
43、n him a Nobel prize. Celebrated and seasoned, he was thus a natural choice to serve on an independent “commission on growth“ announced last month by the World Bank. (The commission will weigh and sift what is known about growth, and what might be done to boost it.)Natural, that is, except for anyone
44、 who takes his 1956 contribution literally. For, according to the model he laid out in that article, the efforts of policymakers to raise the rate of growth per head are ultimately futile.A government eager to force the pace of economic advance may be tempted by savings drives, tax cuts, investment
45、subsidies or even population controls. As a result of these measures, each member of the labour force may enjoy more capital to work with. But this process of “capital deepening“, as economists call it, eventually runs into diminishing returns. Giving a worker a second computer does not double his o
46、utput.Accumulation alone cannot yield lasting progress, Mr. Solow showed. What can? Anything that allows the economy to add to its output without necessarily adding more labour and capital. Mr. Solow labeled this font of wealth “technological progress“ in 1956, and measured its importance in 1957. B
47、ut in neither paper did he explain where it came from or how it could be accelerated. Invention, innovation and ingenuity were all “exogenous“ influences, lying outside the remit of his theory. To practical men of action, Mr. Solows model was thus an impossible tease: what it illuminated did not ult
48、imately matter; and what really mattered, it did little to illuminate.The law of diminishing returns holds great sway over the economic imagination. But its writ has not gone unchallenged. A fascinating new book, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations by David Warsh, tells the story of the rebel econom
49、ics of increasing returns. A veteran observer of dismal scientists at work, first at the Boston Globe and now in an online column called Economic Principals, Mr. Warsh has written the best book of its kind since Peter Bernsteins Capital Ideas.Diminishing returns ensure that firms cannot grow too big, preserving competition between them. This, in turn, allows the invisible hand of the market to perform its magic. But, as Mr. Warsh makes
