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1、09年春季上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段考试SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (45 minutes)Part A: Spot DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blankit. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding

2、space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.You might think that hamburgers were invented in the United States, but that is not totally true. These_ (1), or patties, actually came from Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century. They were brought to the United Sta

3、tes by_(2) who came from the city of Hamburg. That is why _(3)was hamburger steakHowever, e in other place_(4t they invented the hamburger. Perhaps well never have a _(5).the theres no question the hger was a_ (6). Why? Perhaps because at that time, industry was growing and a kind of food was need_(

4、7) for workers.The hamburger became even more popular_(8) when the first chain of fast food restaurants was started. This chain was called “White Castle”. It served tiny hamburgers that were sold for _(9). Then, in the 1930s there came the _(10) where customers were served in their cars by waiters i

5、n uniform. And the humburger was one of the most _(11).By now, The hamburger was ready to_(12) the world. And thppened with McDonaldhich was actually a _(13) at first. But by the earlys the hot dog was replaced by the hamburger. McDonalds and other fast food restaurants _(14) around the world throug

6、hout the rest of the twentieth century. McDonalds alone has_(15) for everyone person in the .The importance of the hamburger to _(16) remains significant. About _(17)of all sandwiches tha eaten are hgers. According to some sources,_(18)of current workers in the United States had their first job at M

7、cDonalds . But the face of the hamburger is changing _ (19). Nowadays it is possible to buy a chicken burger, a turkey burger, _(20),or veggie burger.Part B: Listening Comnsion1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken O

8、NLY ONCE and you will not find them written on the paper, so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard .Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in you

9、r ANSER BOOKLET.l. (A) We were met by the head of the company at the airport.(B) We haw Mrs. Jones was the president of the company,.(C) Mrs. Jones used to be the secretary of the company(D) Mrs. Jones came to see us off at the airport.,2. (A) The board of directors asked about the changes.(B) The b

10、oard of directors decided to invest more on the project.(C) The board of directors approved the revisions.(D) The board of directors could not understand her explanation.3. (A) Many university students prefer soft drinks to fresh fruits.(B) Most of them are first-or-second year college students(C) A

11、 number of college students refuse to disclose their identities(D) Not many students are interested in our research projects.4. (A) We decided ll the car when the oil Prices rose.(B) We should not delay solving the problem of oil prices.(C) We were at a loss as to whether to buy that expensive car o

12、r not.(D) We didnt buy a car because of the floating oil prices.5. (A )Most of them are from low-income belies.(B) Most of them are in favor of a tax cut.(C) I know the Congress will veto the tax reform.(D) I propose the tax reform be debated in the Congress. (A) Effective self management skills are

13、 key to academic and career success.(B) If you spend a lot of time on your school work, you will becomood manager later(C) School work can be time-consuming and is likely to make you feel exhausted after class.(D) Good management calls for more time and energy on the part of the academic staff7. (A

14、Paul White has just been fired.(. Paul White has forgotten the womans name.(C) Mr. Paul White is looking for a job.(D) Mr. Paul White has the woman Promoted.8. (A) I shall give you a discou) The crisis is affecting the Whole world.(C) I shall come in my Sunday best.(D) The price is still too high.9.

15、 (A) He finished the negotiation in three days.(B) He was on a business trip ten days ago.(C) His ness cost him three more days.(D) His business trip lasted thirteen days.l0. (A) We are sure that our children will become positive members of the changing society.(B) Children with self esteem can make

16、 positive adjustment and achieve career success.(C) Personal goals can be reached with the help of parents who are competent members of the society(D) Parents with confidence will adapt themselves to the changes and accomplish personal goals.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the

17、test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear after questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE when you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. T

18、hen write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Question8 11-14l 1. (A) The products were all made from fresh vegetables and fruits(B) The homemade products were actually made in the factory(C) The factory was equipped with the most sophisticated

19、machiner There were homemade fresh vegetables and fruits in the factoryl2. (A) You are special. (B) You are natural.(C) You are stupid. (D) You are dumbl3. (A) To better explain how to use that product.(B) To help reduce the promotion cost of that product.(C) To induce more famous people to use that

20、 product.(D) To get TV viewers to remember that product.l4. (A) Be easily affected by other products.(B) Be aware of the same kind of product.(C) Stick to that particular product. -(D) Strike a bargain for other products.Questions 15l5. (A) A flight over time zones. (B) A loss of ones characters.(C)

21、 A symptom of leg ems.A condition of sleep disorders.l6. (A) Six hours. (B) Seven hours.(C) Eight hours (D) Nine hours.l7. (A) Avoid junk food, salty foods, caffeine and alcohol.(B) Drink as little water as possible between meals(C) Take drinks with less Sugar, carbonation or caffeine(D) Always have

22、 other fluid on the plane. (A) Sleep as soon as possible.(B) Nap even during daytime.(C) Get a good nights sleep.(D) Relax yourself in a cafe.Questions 19-22l9. (A) He is overweight. (B) He is seriously ill(C) He is down with cold. (D) He is hale and hearty20. (A) Two (B) Ten.(C) twenty (D) Thirty2l

23、. (A) It is the best (B) It is nious.(C) It is not enough (D) It is no healthy.22. (A) the man is a heavy smoker(B) The man is rather short.(C) The man drives a car(D) The man works with a computer.Questions 23-2623. (A) Chainman of the African Club.(B) Chainman of the International Club.(C) Chainma

24、n of the Irish Club.(D) Chainman of the Folk Music Club.24. (A) Once a week (B) Once a month(C) Once a semester (D) Once a year25. (A) The minutes of the last meeting.(B) The treasurers report.(C) The Scottish and Irish Folk Dances.(D) The International Display Week.26. (A) to help the students from

25、 the same countries overcome their homesickness and other problems.(B) To set up booths decorated with pictures and things of interest in the respective countries.(C) To recruit anyone who can sew to help make costumes so that every club member can wear their national costume.(D) To teach the Americ

26、an students Scottish and Irish folk dances during the special even of the display.Questions 27-3027. (A) In Bath (B) In London.(C) In York (D) In the suburbs.28. (A) Students live in halls residence around the university buildings.(B) Students are encouraged to conduct their independent research pro

27、ject(C) Students first live in halls of residence and then are allowed to move out.(D) Students can share the common rooms with faculty members.29. (A) She couldnt find m in the residential hall.(B) She could save money to pay for hudies.(C) She could mix well with the local people.(D) She could liv

28、e in a comfortable house.30. (A) Give her some advice on how to strike a bargain.(B) Introduce her to the local people(C) Help her with the volunteer work.(D) Show her around the ancient cathedral cityPart C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you w

29、ill hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(l)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 pa

30、ssages in English. Your the passage ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you

31、wiIl read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questionsowing each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the

32、answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSOOKLET.Questions 1-5I came across an old country guide the other day.It listed all the tradesmen in each village in my part of the country,and it was impressive to see the great variety of services which were available on ones own doorstep

33、 in the late Victorian countryside.Nowadays a superficial traveler in rural Eng1and might conclude that the only village tradesmen still flourishing were either ng f food to the inhabitants or selling antiques to visitors. Nevertheless, this would really be a false impression. Admittedly there has b

34、een a contraction of village commerce, bul its vigor is still remarkable.Our local grocers shop, for example, is actually expanding in spite of the competition from supermarkets in the nearest town. Women sensibly prefer to go there and exchange the local news whi1e doing their shopping, instead of

35、queueing up anonymously at a supermarket. And the proprietor knows well that persona1 service has a substantial cash value.His Prices may be a bit higher than those in the town, bu he will deliver anything at any time. His assistants think nothing of bicycling down the village street in their lunch

36、hour to take a piece of cheese to an old age pensioner who sent her order by word of mouth with a friend who happened to be passing. The more affluent customers telephone their shopping lists and the goods are on their doorsteps within an hour.They have only to hint at a fancy for some commodity out

37、side the usual stock and the grocer a red-faced figure, instantly obtains it for them.The village gains from this sort of enterprise, of course. But I also find it satisfactory because a village shop offers one of the few ways in which a modest individualist can still get along in the world without

38、attaching himself to the big battalions of industry or commerce.Most of the village shopkeepers I know, at any rate, are decidedly individualist in their ways. For example, our shoemaker is a formidable figure: a thick-set, irritable man whom children treat with marked respect, knowing that an ill-j

39、udged word can provoke an angry eruption at any time. He stares with contempt at the pairs of cheap, mass-produced shoes taken to him for repair: has it come to this, he seems to be saying, that he, a craftsman, should have to waste his skills upon such trash? But we all know he will in fact do exce

40、llent work upon them.And he makes beautiful shoes for those who can afford such luxury.1services available in villages nowadays are normally_.(A) fewer but still very active(B) less successful than earbut managing to survive(C) active in providing food for the village and tourists(D) surprisingly en

41、ergetic considering the little demand for them2.The local grocers shop is expanding even though_.(A) town shops are more attractive(B) town shops are larger and less well-known(C) people like to shop where they are less well-known(D) people get extra service in townshops3.How do the village grocers

42、assistants feel about delivering goodsA) They tend to forget it. (B) They will not consider it.(C) They take it for granted. (D) It does not seem worth their while4.Another aspect of personal service available in the village shop is that_.(A) there is a wide range of goos available(B) goods not in s

43、tock can be obtained whenever they are needed(C) special attention is given to the needs of wealthier customers(D) goods are always restocked before they run out5.In what way is the village shoemaker a “formidable figure”?(A) He seems to pay little attention to public opinion.(B) He refuses to mend

44、cheap,mass-produced shoes.(C) He has a very rough temper.(D) He has very high standards of workmanship.Questions 6-10Drivers on the Basingstoke by-pass used to have their attention diverted by a sign that readA MOMENTS INATTENTION CAUSES ACCIDENTS. This self-defeating warning has nowbeen removed, bu

45、t its message is still very much to the point.Almost anyting can cause an accident. Apart from momentary inattention, it might be a minor miscalculation, a sudden fit of coughing, a bop on the head with a teddy-from a in the back seat, an argument with the wife, fog, falling asleep at the wheel, bad

46、 eyesight, a glaring sun, ice, rain, wind, or snowa1l these can make the difference between a tragic hit and a lucky miss.Although human error plays its part, it is by no means the only cause of accidends. There must be some cause other than simple human error. Road construction plays its part: rese

47、archers haved that it is not at the obvious danger spotsharp corners, cross-roads, narrow lanesthat accidents happen. It is on those roads where there are s visual traps, unexpected changes in the shape or surface of the .road, or even insufficient or badly-placed signs. Wherever there is a black sp

48、ot, it means that something is seriously wrong with the road. Why else did the careless driving of so many come out at that particular spot?What the law requires when you have an accidentThere are, firstly the legal fories of exchanging names and addresses with others involved inccident and, in cert

49、ain cases, informing the police.However, you are required by law to stop after an accident only if:l Somebody other than yourself in or outside your car has been injured.2 A vehicle not your own has been damaged.3 Any horse, cow,donkey,sheep, or dog has been injured.It has been said that if a driver

50、 continues unaware of causing injury he me acquitted. But the c are wary of that excuse. Furthermore, the driver himself mustwait at the scene; it is not enough for him to leave his chauffeur or a friend to attend to the boring formalities while he goes off on more important business.If you have bee

51、n involved in an accident and have stopped, you must give your name, address, and registration number yone who has a gooson for requesting it; this means anyone affected by the accident. If these formalities are complied with it is not necessary to wait for the arrival of the police.s, however, ofte

52、n wise to do so. The police are expert at drawing plans, taking measurements and photographs and gathering other evidence. In your absence the police could be given a biased story against you; and you yourself migh wam to point out certain features of the accident to the police.6. A MOMENTS INATTENT

53、ION CAUSES ACCIDENTS (para. l) is a self defeating Warning because_.(A) it will make a driver wait at the scene(B) it will distract the drivers attention(C) it is too difficult to understand(D) it is too long to be read by drivers7. ding to the passage, which of the following statements is true?(A)

54、After an accident you ho give your name to anyone who asks for it.(B) Drivers on the Basingstoke by-pass used to ignore the sign.(C) Road construction problems can be a major cause of accidents.(D) A black spot is a part of the road where there are no signs.8. Subtle visual traps (para.3) are _.(A)

55、places where the police hide in order to trap motorists(B) parts of the road which are decepto the drivers eye(C) danger spots such as sharp corners and cross-roa) places where there are man road-signs9. As required by the law, you must stop after an accident, if _.(A) you have been injured by someb

56、ody.(B) your car has been damaged.(C) you have injured somebody else(D) you have witnessed the accidl 0. After an accident it is recommended that you wait for the police because _.(A) it is against the law to drive off(B) they have to examine your licence anurance certificate(C) they have to noto th

57、e position of your car(D) somebody may give them a false account of the accidentQuestions 11-15Just as word oil scarcity is already causing intemational conflicts, so will the scarcity of water reach a point where wars will break out. The statistics on water arealready scary. Already well over l bil

58、lion people suffer from wahortages and 30 countries get more than a third of their water from outside their bordersan obvious source of disputes and instability especially as the climate changes. The whole of the sub-Saharan Africa, most of South Asia and western South America are most at risk. The

59、reason: the rapid melting of glaciers due to global warning.At the meeting of the coalition of 27 Intemaional charitist month, Gareth Thomas, minister of Intenatonal Development of the British government, wrote to prime minister Gordon Brown demanding action to ensure fresh water to 1.1 billion peop

60、le with poor supplies. If we do not act now, the reality is that water supplies may becomesubject of international conflict in the years ahead. We need to invest now to prevent us having to pay that price in the future, Thomas said. The department warned that two-thirds of thewords population will l

61、ive in water-stressed countries by 2025.The coalition of charities has appealed for a global effort to bringing water to the developing world and supply sanitation to a further 2.6 billion people. It said that international investment is needed now to prevent competition for water to destabilize com

62、munities and escalate into conflicts.Tackling the water andtation crisis is essential if the Millennium Development Goal Call to Action is to be a success. Otherwise, progress on health, education, and environment sustainability will be undermined. Each year 443 million school days are lost globally to diarrhea and 1.8 million children die from these dise In fact, it is often not realized tha investing in sanitation and water brillgs the greate