09年春季上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段考试.docx

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09年春季上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段考试

09年春季上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段考试

SECTION1:

LISTENINGTEST（45minutes）

PartA:

SpotDictationDirections:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.

YoumightthinkthathamburgerswereinventedintheUnitedStates,butthatisnottotallytrue.These________

（1）,orpatties,actuallycamefromGermanyinthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury.TheywerebroughttotheUnitedStatesby________

（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,inthe1930stherecamethe_________（10）wherecustomerswereservedintheircarsbywaitersinuniform.Andthehumburgerwasoneofthemost_________（11）.

Bynow,Thehamburgerwasreadyto_______（12）theworld.AndthishappenedwithMcDonald’s,whichwasactuallya_________（13）atfirst.Butbytheearly1950sthehotdogwasreplacedbythehamburger.McDonald’sandotherfastfoodrestaurants________（14）aroundtheworldthroughouttherestofthetwentiethcentury.McDonald’salonehas________（15）foreveryonepersonintheworld.

Theimportanceofthehamburgerto_________（16）remainssignificant.About_______（17）ofallsandwichesthatareeatenarehamburgers.Accordingtosomesources,_________（18）ofcurrentworkersintheUnitedStateshadtheirfirstjobatMcDonald’s.Butthefaceofthehamburgerischanging_______（19）.Nowadaysitispossibletobuyachickenburger,aturkeyburger,________（20）,orveggieburger.

PartB:

ListeningComprehension1.Statements

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstatements.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCEandyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthepaper,soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSERBOOKLET.

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.ListencarefullybecauseyouwillhearthetalkorconversationandquestionsONLYONCEwhenyouhearaquestion,readthefouranswerchoicesandchoosethebestanswertothatquestion.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

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）Torecruitanyonewhocansewtohelpmakecostumessothateveryclubmembercanweartheirnationalcostume.（D）ToteachtheAmericanstudentsScottishandIrishfolkdancesduringthespecialevenofthedisplay.

Questions27--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:

ListeningandTranslation

1.SentenceTranslation

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear5sentencesinEnglish.YouwillhearthesentencesONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachsentence,translateitintoChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

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（2）（3）（4）（5）

2.PassageTranslation

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear2passagesinEnglish.YouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachpassage,translateitintoChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouarelistening.

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SECTION2:

STUDYSKILLS（45minutes）

Directions:

Inthissection,youwiIlreadseveralpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsbasedonitscontent.YouaretochooseONEbestanswer,（A）,（B）,（C）or（D）,toeachquestion.AnswerallthequestionsfollowingeachpassageonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthatpassageandwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questions1--5

Icameacrossanoldcountryguidetheotherday.Itlistedallthetradesmenin