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上海英语高级口译资格证书第1阶段测试G1.docx

上海英语高级口译资格证书第1阶段测试G1

SECTION4:

LISTENINGTEST（30minutes）

PartA:

Note-takingandGap-filling

Directions:

Inthispartofthetestyouwillhearashorttalk.Youwillhearthetalkonlyonce.

Whilelisteningtothetalk,youmaytakenotesnotheimportantpointssothatyoucanhave

enoughinformationtocompleteagapfillingtaskonaseparateANSWERBOOKLET.You

arerequiredtowriteONEwordorfigureonlyineachlank.YouwillnotgetyourANSWER

BOOKLETuntilafteryouhavelistenedtothetalk.

Advertisingisimportanttocompaniesbecausenocompanycanmakea________

（1）on

anyproductunlessitadvertisesitfirstinthe____________

（2）.Therearethreecategoriesof

media:

print,broadcastand__________（3）.Theprintmediaconsistofnewspapersand

________（4）.Newspaperadscanreachlargenumbersofpeople,buttheyarenotvery

___________（5）orglamorous.Magazineadvertisementallowsabusinesstodirectitsadstothe

peoplewhoaremost___________（6）intheproduct,butitcanbeveryexpensive.Thebroadcast

mediainclude__________（7）andtelevision.Ofallthemedia,televisionisthemostdramatic.

sotelevisionadsareeasyto__________（8）.

What’smore,almosteverybodywatchesTV,andmostTVprogrammesarebroadcast

_______（9）.TVadsareviewedbymillionsofpeoplealloverthecountry.TVadvertisementis

enormously___________（10）.

Themostcommondirectmediumisthe__________（11）.Theadvantageisthattheadgoes

directlyinthe___________（12）customer’shands.Buttheseadsareoftencalled“________（13）

mail”,andarethrownawaywithoutbeing___________（14）.

Anotherdirectmediumis_____________（15）,thosehugesignsonthestreet.Themessage

onbillboardsis____________（16）,butithastobevery_________（17）.Thethirdtypeofdirect

mediumissignsand____________（18）,whichareusuallyusedinpointofpurchaseadvertising

andcanbefoundin______________（19）andshopwindows.Theadvantageisthattheyare

______________（20）.

PartB:

ListeningandTranslation

ⅠSentenceTranslation

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear5Englishsentences.Youwillhearthesentences

onlyonce.Afteryouhaveheardeachsentence,translateitintoChineseandwriteyourversionin

thecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

（1）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

（2）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

（3）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

（4）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

（5）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Ⅱ.PassageTranslation

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear2Englishpassages.Youwillhearthepassages

onlyonce.Afteryouhaveheardeachpassage,translateitintoChineseandwriteyouversionin

thecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouare

listening.

（1）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_________

（2）___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_________

SECTION5:

READINGTEST（30minutes）

Directions:

ReadthefollowingpassagesandthenanswerINCOMPLETESENTENCESthe

questionswhichfolloweachpassage.Useonlyinformationfromthepassageyouhavejustread

andwriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questions1～3

A“CampaignforRealBraille”hasbeensetupafterplanstointroducecapitallettersinto

thebraillealphabethavesplittheblindcommunity.

TheBrailleAuthorityoftheUnitedKingdom（BAUK）hasannouncedthatby2000itis

introducingcapitallettersintoacodewhichhaspreviouslyonlyusedlower-casecharacters.

Supporterssaythatitisnecessarybecauseoftheincreasinguseofcapitalsasabbreviations,

aswellastheiruseine-mailaddresses.ItwillalsobringtheUKinlinewithother

English-speakingcountries.

Butopponents,suchasSaraMorgan,the25-year-oldfounderofthecampaign,argueitwill

pushupcostsandmakebooksmorecumbersome.“Therearen’tmanyindustrieswherethey

activelymakecostsgoup,”shesaid.“WhatIthinkinparticularlyironic,though,isthefact

thisisgoingtocomeinatthesametimeastheDisabilityDiscriminationAct.So,justaswe’re

askingrestaurantstoprovidebraillemenuswe’remakingitmoreexpensivetodoso.”

Braille,devisedbyLouisBrailleinthe19thcenturyisbaseduponasystemofsixraised

dotsarrangedtorepresenteachcharacterinthealphabetandseveralshort-formwords.Around

12,000peopleusebrailleinthiscountry.

BAUKsaidthatittookthedecisiontogo-aheadwithplanstointroducecapitalsaftera

questionnairecompletedby1,200braillereadersshowedthatamajoritywasinfavourof

change.

ThesecretaryofBAUK,StephenPhippen,said:

“Thereasonthedecisionwasmadewas

onthebasisofthequestionnaire,answeredbyindividualmembers,notonwhatBAUK

thought.”

Overall46percentofpeoplewereinfavourofintroducingacapitallettersignwherevera

capitalletterappearsinprintandjustunder30percentwereagainst.Amongtherespondents

classingthemselvesasvisuallyimpaired（thosewhohavesomeabilitytoreadbysight）itwas

morepopularcomparedtothosewhocanreadbrailleonlybytouch.

MsMorgansaidthefiguresshowed“therewasn’tevenamajority”.ButMr.Phippensaid:

“Thoseinfavourweremoreorless50percent.Thoseagainstwereroughlyhalfthat.Sotwice

asmanypeopleareinfavourasagainst.”

AspokesmanfortheNationalLibraryfortheBlindsaidasurveydonebyitin1994/5

foundreaderswerenotinfavour.TheresultsoftheBAUKsurveyhoweverconvincedthem,and

aspokesmansaidtheywouldimplementthechange.“Werecognisethereareadvantagesand

disadvantagesandweshallbeworkingwithourreaderstohelpthemunderstandhowthis

symbolwilloperate,”hesaid.

Theintroductionofcapitallettersisprojectedtotakeplacebytheendof1999.

“Thereareprosandcons,”admitsMr.Phippen.“Butitshouldbenotedthatwearethe

onlyEnglishspeakingcountrywhichhasnotyetintroducedcapitallettersandofalltheother

countrieswhichhavenotonehasregretteditandtriedtomoveback.”

HoweverMsMorganadded:

“Wearedeterminedtofightitalltheway.Theyhavegotto

stoptramplingoverpeople’srights.”

1.GiveabriefintroductionofBraillesystem.

2.Whatisthemajorissuediscussedinthepassage?

3.whatcanbelearnedfromMr.Phippen’stalk?

Questions4～6

Modernwomanmaybebettereducated,haveabetterjobandearnmoremoneythanher

grandmothereverdreamof,butinonewayheliferemainsthesame—eightoutoftenwomen

stilldothehouseholdchores.

Only1percentofmensaytheydothewashingandironingordecidewhattohavefor

dinner.Theonlyareawhereaveragemanismorelikelytohelpoutiswithsmallrepairsaround

thehouse.

ThereportSocialFocusonWomenandMen,bytheOfficeforNationalStatistics,found

thatattitudestowomenworkinghavechangeddrasticallyoverthepastdecade.Whereasin1987

morethanhalfofmenand40percentofwomenagreedwiththestatement,“Ahusband’sjobis

toearnthemoney,awife’sjobistolookafterthehomeandfamily”,thatviewhadhalved

amongbothsexesby1994.

Thenumbersagreeingstronglywiththestatement,“Ajobisallrightbutwhatmost

womenreallywantisahomeandchildren”,hadalsohalvedfrom15precentto7percentof

menfeelingthatwayand12percentto5percentofwomen.

Women’sincreasedparticipationintheworldofworkhasbeenoneofthemoststriking

featuresofrecentdecades.Nearlyhalfofallwomenaged55to59havenoqualifications.But

theirgranddaughtersareoutperformingtheirmalepeersacrosstheboard,andfrom

1989overtookboysatA-levels.

Genderstereotypespersistatthislevelofeducation,however,withmorethanthree-fifthsof

Englishentrantsbeingfemale,wileasimilarproportionofmathsentrantsaremale.Agreater

numberofboystakephysicsandchemistrywhereasgirlspredominateinsocialsciencesand

history.

Theexplosioninhighereducationmeanstherewasa66percentincreaseinnumberof

female

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