上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试.docx

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上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试

2009年3月上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试

SECTION1:

LISTENINGTEST（45minute）

PartA:

SpotDictationDirections:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassage

withblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.Writeyour

answerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Rememberyouwillhearthepassage

ONLYONCE.YoumightthinkthathamburgerswereinventedintheUnitedStates,butthatisnottotally

true.

These________

（1）,orpatties,actuallycamefromGermanyinthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury.They

werebroughttotheUnitedStatesby________

（2）whocamefromthecityofHamburg.Thatiswhy

________（3）was"hamburgersteak'However,peopleinotherplace________（4）that'theyinventedthehamburger.

Perhapswe'llneverhavea________（5）.thethere'snoquestionthatthehamburgerwasa________（6）.Why?

Perhapsbecauseatthattime,industrywasgrowingandakindoffoodwasneed_________（7）forworkers.

Thehamburgerbecameevenmorepopular_________（8）whenthefirstchainoffastfoodrestaurantswasstarted.

Thischainwascalled“WhiteCastle”.Itservedtinyhamburgersthatweresoldforonly_________（9）.Then,in

the1930stherecamethe_________（10）wherecustomerswereservedintheircarsbywaitersinuniform.Andthe

humburgerwasoneofthemost_________（11）.Bynow,Thehamburgerwasreadyto_______（12）theworld.And

thishappenedwithMcDonald’s,whichwasactuallya_________（13）atfirst.Butbytheearly1950sthehotdog

wasreplacedbythehamburger.McDonald’sandotherfastfoodrestaurants________（14）aroundtheworld

throughouttherestofthetwentiethcentury.McDonald’salonehas________（15）foreveryonepersonintheworld.

Theimportanceofthehamburgerto_________（16）remainssignificant.About_______（17）ofallsandwichesthat

areeatenarehamburgers.Accordingtosomesources,_________（18）ofcurrentworkersintheUnitedStateshad

theirfirstjobatMcDonald’s.Butthefaceofthehamburgerischanging_______（19）.Nowadaysitispossibleto

buyachickenburger,aturkeyburger,________（20）,orveggieburger.

PartB:

ListeningComprehension1.StatementsDirections:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveral

shortstatements.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCEandyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthe

paper,soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhich

oneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.Thenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhave

choseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSERBOOKLET.

l.（A）Weweremetbytheheadofthecompanyattheairport.

（B）WehawMrs.Joneswasthepresidentofthecompany,.

（C）Mrs.Jonesusedtobethesecretaryofthecompany

（D）Mrs.Jonescametoseeusoffattheairport.,

2.（A）Theboardofdirectorsaskedaboutthechanges.

（B）Theboard'ofdirectorsdecidedtoinvestmoreontheproject.

（C）Theboardofdirectorsapprovedtherevisions.

（D）Theboardofdirectorscouldnotunderstandherexplanation.

3.（A）Manyuniversitystudentsprefersoftdrinkstofreshfruits.

（B）Mostofthemarefirst-or-secondyearcollegestudents

（C）Anumberofcollegestudentsrefusetodisclosetheiridentities

（D）Notmanystudentsareinterestedinourresearchprojects.

4.（A）WedecidedtosellthecarwhentheoilPricesrose.

（B）Weshouldnotdelaysolvingtheproblemofoilprices.

（C）Wewereatalossastowhethertobuythatexpensivecarornot.

（D）Wedidn'tbuyacarbecauseofthefloatingoilprices.

5.（A）Mostofthemarefromlow-incomebelies.

（B）Mostofthemareinfavorofataxcut.

（C）IknowtheCongresswillvetothetaxreform.

（D）IproposethetaxreformbedebatedintheCongress.

6.（A）Effectiveselfmanagementskillsarekeytoacademicandcareersuccess.

（B）Ifyouspendalotoftimeonyourschoolwork,youwillbecomeagoodmanagerlater

（C）Schoolworkcanbetime-consumingandislikelytomakeyoufeelexhaustedafterclass.

（D）Goodmanagementcallsformoretimeandenergyonthepartoftheacademicstaff

7.（A）Mr.PaulWhitehasjustbeenfired.

（B）Mr.PaulWhitehasforgottenthewoman'sname.

（C）Mr.PaulWhiteislookingforajob.

（D）Mr.PaulWhitehasthewomanPromoted.

8.（A）Ishallgiveyouadiscount

（B）ThecrisisisaffectingtheWholeworld.

（C）IshallcomeinmySundaybest.

（D）Thepriceisstilltoohigh.

9.（A）Hefinishedthenegotiationinthreedays.

（B）Hewasonabusinesstriptendaysago.

（C）Histoughnesscosthimthreemoredays.

（D）Hisbusinesstriplastedthirteendays.

l0.（A）Wearesurethatourchildrenwillbecomepositivemembersofthechangingsociety.

（B）Childrenwithselfesteemcanmakepositiveadjustmentandachievecareersuccess.

（C）Personalgoalscanbereachedwiththehelpofparentswhoarecompetentmembersofthesociety

（D）Parentswithconfidencewilladaptthemselvestothechangesandaccomplishpersonalgoals.

2.TalksandConversations

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshorttalksandconversations.Aftereachofthese,

youwillhearafterquestions.Listencarefullybecauseyouwillhearthetalkorconversationandquestions

ONLYONCEwhenyouhearaquestion,readthefouranswerchoicesandchoosethebestanswertothat

question.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWER

BOOKLET.

Question811--14

l1.（A）Theproductswereallmadefromfreshvegetablesandfruits

（B）Thehomemadeproductswereactuallymadeinthefactory

（C）Thefactorywasequippedwiththemostsophisticatedmachinery

（D）Therewerehomemadefreshvegetablesandfruitsinthefactory

l2.（A）Youarespecial.（B）Youarenatural.（C）Youarestupid.（D）Youaredumb

l3.（A）Tobetterexplainhowtousethatproduct.

（B）Tohelpreducethepromotioncostofthatproduct.

（C）Toinducemorefamouspeopletousethatproduct.

（D）TogetTVviewerstorememberthatproduct.

l4.（A）Beeasilyaffectedbyotherproducts.

（B）Beawareofthesamekindofproduct.

（C）Sticktothatparticularproduct.

（D）Strikeabargainforotherproducts.

Questions15--18

l5.（A）Aflightovertimezones.（B）Alossofone'scharacters.

（C）Asymptomoflegproblems.（D）Aconditionofsleepdisorders.

l6.（A）Sixhours.（B）Sevenhours.（C）Eighthours（D）Ninehours.

l7.（A）Avoidjunkfood,saltyfoods,caffeineandalcohol.

（B）Drinkaslittlewateraspossiblebetweenmeals

（C）TakedrinkswithlessSugar,carbonationorcaffeine

（D）Alwayshaveotherfluidontheplane.

l8.（A）Sleepassoonaspossible.（B）Napevenduringdaytime.

（C）Getagoodnight'ssleep.（D）Relaxyourselfinacafe.

Questions19--22

l9.（A）Heisoverweight.（B）Heisseriouslyill（C）Heisdownwithcold.（D）Heishaleandhearty

20.（A）Two（B）Ten.（C）twenty（D）Thirty

2l.（A）Itisthebest（B）Itisnutritious.（C）Itisnotenough（D）Itisnohealthy.

22.（A）themanisaheavysmoker（B）Themanisrathershort.'

（C）Themandrivesacar（D）Themanworkswithacomputer.''

Questions23--26

23.（A）ChainmanoftheAfricanClub.（B）ChainmanoftheInternationalClub.

（C）ChainmanoftheIrishClub.（D）ChainmanoftheFolkMusicClub.

24.（A）Onceaweek（B）Onceamonth（C）Onceasemester（D）Onceayear

25.（A）Theminutesofthelastmeeting.（B）Thetreasurer'sreport.

（C）TheScottishandIrishFolkDances.（D）TheInternationalDisplayWeek.

26.（A）tohelpthestudentsfromthesamecountriesovercometheirhomesicknessandotherproblems.

（B）Tosetupboothsdecoratedwithpicturesandthingsofinterestintherespectivecountries.

（C）Torecruitanyonewhocansewtohelpmakecostumessothateveryclubmembercanweartheirnational

costume.

（D）ToteachtheAmericanstudentsScottishandIrishfolkdancesduringthespecialevenofthedisplay.

Que8tions27--30

27.（A）InBath（B）InLondon.（C）InYork（D）Inthesuburbs.

28.（A）Studentsliveinhallsresidencearoundtheuniversitybuildings.

（B）Studentsareencouragedtoconducttheirindependentresearchproject

（C）Studentsfirstliveinhallsofresidenceandthenareallowedtomoveout.

（D）Studentscansharethecommonroomswithfacultymembers.

29.（A）Shecouldn'tfindaroomintheresidentialhall.（B）Shecouldsavemoneytopayforherstudies.

（C）Shecouldmixwellwiththelocalpeople.（D）Shecouldliveinacomfortablehouse.

30.（A）Givehersomeadviceonhowtostrikeabargain.（B）Introducehertothelocalpeople

（C）Helpherwiththevolunteerwork.（D）Showheraroundtheancientcathedralcity

PartC:

ListeningandTranslation1.SentenceTranslationDirections:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear5

sentencesinEnglish.YouwillhearthesentencesONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachsentence,

translateitintoChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

（l）

（2）

（3）

（4）

（5）

2.PassageTranslationDirections:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear2passagesinEnglish.Youwillhear

thepassageONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachpassage,translateitintoChineseandwriteyour

versioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouare

listening.

（1）

（2）

SECTION2:

STUDYSKILLS（45minutes）Directions:

Inthissection,youwiIlreadseveralpassages.Each

passageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsbasedonitscontent.YouaretochooseONEbestanswer,（A）,（B）,（C）

or（D）,toeachquestion.Answerallthequestionsfollowing