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1、2011年3月中级口译真题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 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 spa

2、ce in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.My topic for todays lecture is “Communication, Culture and Work”. When most People use the word culture, they think of people from different _ (1). National cultures certainly do exist, and they play an important role in shaping

3、 the way _ (2). But there are other dimensions of culture too. Within a nation, _ (3) can exert a powerful influence on communication. New Yorkers and Alaskans may find one anothers styles of behaving _ (4) that they might as well be from different countries. Race and ethnicity can also _ (5). So ca

4、n age: the customs, values, and attitudes of a 20-year-old girl may _ (6) radically from those of her parents who were raised in the _ (7), or her grandparents, who lived through _ (8) and World War II. Still other differences can create distinctive cultures: gender, sexual orientation, _ (9), relig

5、ion, and socioeconomic background are just a few.All of these factors lead to a _ (10) as a set of values, beliefs, norms, customs, rules, and codes that lead people to define themselves as _ (11), giving them a sense of commonality. Its important to realize that culture is learned. _ (12). A Korean

6、-born infant adopted soon aider birth by American parents and raised in the United States will _ (13) differently than his or her cousins who grew up in Seoul. An African-American who _ (14) in the inner city will view the world differently than he or she would if raised _ (15)-or in a country like

7、France, where _ (16) has different significance than it does in the United States.The _ (17) we learn as part of our cultural conditioning shape the way we view the world and the way we _ (18). In short, culture has such an _ (19) on communication that famous anthropologist Edward Hall once remarked

8、 “_ (20) and communication is culture”.Part B: Listening Comprehension1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a s

9、tatement, 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET.1.(A) Id like to make an appointment Monday morning.(B) I must finish typing before goin

10、g to bed.(C) I have to work overtime this weekend.(D) I decide to sleep this weekend away.2.(A) I am interested in the vehicles on the street.(B) I dont want to complain about the noise here.(C) The noise of traffic disturbs my work.(D) Traffic never stops passing by.3.(A) It requires imagination in

11、 learning a language.(B) It takes time and effort to learn a language.(C) The cultural differences are more important.(D) Learning a language can be easier than anyone thinks.4.(A) Talking with your boss will be part of our companys business activities.(B) Investing in that project will help your co

12、mpany and mine as well.(C) Turning the project into a profit-making is on the top of our long-term plan.(D) Doing business with your company will benefit both of us in the long run.5.(A) The invoice should include the legal fee and the agents commission.(B) The price we quoted should be lower, as we

13、 missed a few items.(C) We got more money from them than we had expected.(D) We should send the invoice as soon as we receive the payment.6.(A) Working abroad is not always a requirement of foreign language teachers.(B) When you arrive in a foreign country, you must find a job first.(C) The advantag

14、e of working abroad is fluency in other languages.(D) The mastering of a foreign language will help you find a job overseas.7.(A) We cannot beat our competitor because of a staff shortage.(B) We should be prepared to sign the business contract.(C) We sometimes make a deal with one of our rivals.(D)

15、We are happy to see that our rival has gone bankrupt.8.(A) Our collaboration depends on a mutual understanding of our differences.(B) Our differences are deeply rooted, and we are unable to continue our collaboration.(C) We must first prepare a memorandum for a common view of our problems.(D) We und

16、erstand that we must share the cost of our collaboration in the future.9.(A) Although we spend much on the project, a 10% budget increase is neck.(B) At least 10% of the expenses should be devoted to solving the problem.(C) With such a big order, we demand a discount which is 10 % or more.(D) We ask

17、 for a 10% discount, which has caused all the trouble on our side.10.(A) To lose one pound of weight, you need to walk up to 10 hours.(B) One-hour walk at a moderate pace will burn up 3500 calories.(C) You should limit your intake of food to 300 to 350 calories daily.(D) Walking an hour every day ca

18、n burn up 350 pounds a month.2. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear

19、 a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 11-1411.(A) To advise her to work in a showroom.(B) To help her understand the product.(C) To invite

20、her to visit a trade fair.(D) To expound the details of the catalogue.12.(A) A healthcare worker.(B) A company consultant.(C) A lawyer.(D) A salesman.13.(A) Tomorrow afternoon.(B) Next week.(C) Coming Tuesday.(D) In ten days.14.(A) At the womans office.(B) At the main gate.(C) Inside the parking lot

21、.(D) Inside the showroom.Questions 15-1815.(A) It is a friendly face or a clever joke.(B) It is a facial expression involving 43 muscles.(C) It is an exercise of facial muscles when passing wind.(D) It is a natural reaction to a positive moment.16.(A) The muscle raises the sides of the mouth.(B) The

22、 muscles run all the way around the mouth.(C) you only show your lower teeth.(D) Your eyes are wide open.17.(A) It is a morning smile.(B) It is an afternoon smile.(C) It is a fake smile.(D) It is a genuine smile.18.(A) You smile politely when you happen to see someone you know.(B) A fake smile never

23、 looks quite the same as a real one.(C) Flight attendants may welcome passengers with the same, forged smile.(D) Every human being is born with the ability to smile.Questions 19-2219.(A) She has been to a concert.(B) She has met the new neighbors.(C) She has had to stay indoors.(D) She has helped th

24、e man with house chores.20.(A) Shed like to inquire about an open-door concert.(B) She wants to complain about the cold weather.(C) She asks the man to buy a concert ticket in advance.(D) She invites the man to go to the concert in London.21.(A) They are better.(B) They are less cultured.(C) They ta

25、lk more.(D) They look younger.22.(A) It is petrol-consuming.(B) It is fast.(C) It is second-hand.(D) It is too bigQuestions 23-2623.(A) Because their anxiety makes them less efficient than normal.(B) Because their ability to reason overshadows their anxiety for the test.(C) Because they cannot sleep

26、 well the night before the actual test.(D) Because they cannot get necessary assistance from other students.24.(A) You have to be honest and confident.(B) You have to be clever and brilliant.(C) You need to learn the techniques of test taking.(D) You need to observe and practise the school rules.25.

27、(A) They often interfere with school games.(B) They have actual meaning in the real world.(C) They dont have a format and governing rules.(D) They can be as entertaining as crossword puzzles.26.(A) Learning to absorb and retrieve information.(B) Developing confidence to solve problems.(C) Figuring o

28、ut school tests.(D) Spotting dishonesty in a test.Questions 27-3027.(A) She was disgusted by the movie crew.(B) She was asked to act in a movie on the spot.(C) She saw a movie being shot around town.(D) She had an accident while diving through town.28.(A) The director himself.(B) The womans twin sis

29、ter.(C) A woman in pajamas.(D) A man from the crowd.29.(A) She had to look disgusted and walk away.(B) She had to stay outside for some time.(C) She had to identify the person in the booth.(D) She had to put up a face in front of the camera.30.(A) Police and driver.(B) Director and actress.(C) Perfo

30、rmers.(D) Colleagues.Part C: Listening and TranslationI. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will 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 sp

31、ace in your ANSWER BOOKLET.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)II. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANS

32、WER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (45 minutes)Directions: In this section, you will 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

33、. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5Around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kill

34、s an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organization (WHO) researchers said on Friday.In the fast study to assess the global impact of second-hand smoke, WHO experts found that children are more heavily exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a ye

35、ar die because of it.“Two-thirds of these deaths occur in Africa and South Asia,” the researchers, led by Annette Pruss-Ustun of the WHO in Geneva, wrote in their study.Childrens exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious diseases and tobacco “s

36、eems to be a deadly combination for children in these regions”, they said.While deaths due to passive smoking in children were skewed toward poor and middle-in come countries, deaths in adults were spread across countries at all income levels.In Europes high-income countries, only 71 child deaths oc

37、curred, while 35.388 deaths were in adults. Yet in the countries assessed in Africa, an estimated 43,375 deaths due to passive smoking were in children compared with 9,514 in adults.Pruss-Ustun urged countries to enforce the WHOs Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which includes higher tobacco

38、 taxes, plain packaging and advertising bans. among other steps.“Policymakers should bear in mind that enforcing complete smoke-free laws will probably substantially reduce the number of deaths attributable to exposure to second-hand smoke within the first year of its implementation, with accompanyi

39、ng reduction in costs of illness in social and health systems,” she wrote.Only 7.4 percent of the world population currently lives in jurisdictions with comprehensive smoke-free laws, and those laws are not always robustly enforced.In places where smoke free rules are adhered to, research shows that

40、 exposure to second-hand smoke in high-risk places like bars and restaurants can be cut by 90 percent and in general by 60 percent, the researchers said.Studies also show such laws help to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked by smokers and lead to higher success rates in those trying to quit.1.Wh

41、at does the passage mainly discuss?(A) Lack of enforcement of smoke-free laws.(B) protection of children from second-hand smoke.(C) Exposure to and deaths from passive smoking.(D) Impact of second-hand smoke in European and Aft-lean countries.2.Where do children most likely suffer the exposure to se

42、cond-hand smoke?(A) In their schools.(B) in their homes.(C) in bars and restaurants.(D) In disease-infected areas.3.Apart from passive smoking, what is also responsible for the high death rate of African and South Asian children?(A) Long-term starvation.(B) Active smoking.(C) Poor parental care.(D)

43、infectious diseases.4.According to the passage, mortality in children due to passive smoking _.(A) is partly attributable to their active use of tobacco(B) is similar in countries at all income levels(C) is controlled in some South Asian countries(D) is low in high-income countries5.In the last few

44、paragraphs, the author gets it across to the reader that smoke-free laws _.(A) have worked reasonably well so far(B) leave much to be desired(C) should be enforced rigorously(D) should be made with cautionQuestions 6-10There are still many things that Peter Cooke would like to try his hand at-paperm

45、aking and feather-work are on his list. For the moment though, he will stick to the skill that he has been delighted to perfect over the past ten years: making delicate and unusual objects out of shells.“Tell me if I am boring you,” he says, as he leads me round his apartment showing me his work. Th

46、ere is a fine line between being a bore and being an enthusiast, but Cooke need not worry: he fits into the latter category, helped both by his charm and by the beauty of the things he makes.He points to a pair of shell-covered ornaments above a fireplace. I shant be at all bothered if people dont b

47、uy them because I have got so used to them, and to me theyre adorable. I never meant to sell my work commercially. Some friends came to see me about five years ago and said.“You must have an exhibition-people ought to see these. Well talk to a man who owns an art gallery”. The result was an exhibiti

48、on in London, at which 70 per cent of the objects were sold. His second exhibition opened at the gallery yesterday. Considering the enormous prices the pieces command-around 2,000 for the ornaments-and empty space above the fireplace would seem a small sacrifice for Cooke to make.There are 86 pieces

49、 in the exhibition, with prices starting at 225 for a shell-flower in crystal vase. Cooke insists that he has nothing to do with the prices and is cheerily open about their level: he claims there is nobody else in the world who produces work like his, and, as the gallery-owner told him, “Well, youre

50、 going to stop one day and everybody will want your pieces because there wont be any more.”“I do wish, though,” says Cooke, “that Id taken this up a lot earlier, because then I would have been able to produce really wonderful things-at least the potential would have been there. Although the ideas ar

51、e still there and Im doing the best I can now, Im more limited physically. than I was when I started.” Still, the work that he has managed to produce is a long way from the common shell constructions that can be found in seaside shops. “I have a miniature mind.” He says, and this has resulted in box

52、es covered in thousands of tiny shells, little shaded pictures made from shells and baskets of astonishingly realistic flowers.6.What does the reader learn about Peter Cooke in the first paragraph?(A) He has produced hand-made objects in different materials.(B) He has been praised for his shell obje

53、cts.(C) He hopes to work with other materials in the future.(D) He has written about his love of making shell objects.7.When looking round his apartment, the writer _.(A) is attracted by Cooke and his works(B) senses that Cooke wants his products to be admired(C) finds Cookes work boring(D) feels un

54、certain about giving Cooke his opinion8.The small sacrifice (para. 3) refers to _ above the fireplace.(A) the absence of Cookes ornaments(B) the display of Cookes ornaments(C) the keeping of Cookes ornaments(D) the space required to store Cookes ornaments9.When the writer enquires about the prices o

55、f his shell objects, Cooke _.(A) cleverly changes the subject.(B) defends the pricing of his works.(C) says he has no idea why the prices are so high.(D) notes that his works will not be so expensive.10.What does Cooke regret about his work?(A)He is not as famous as he should have been.(B) He makes

56、less money than he should make.(C) He is less imaginative than he used to be.(D)He is not as skilful as he used to be.Questions 11-15In the information technology industry it is widely acknowledged that how Well IT departments of the future can fulfil their business goals will depend not on the regu

57、lar updating of technology, which is essential for them to an out on now well they can hold on to the people skilled at manipulating the newest technology. This is becoming more difficult. Best estimates of the current shortfall in IT staff in the UK are between 30,000 and 50,000, and growing.And th

58、ere is no end to the problem in sight. A severe industry-wide lack of investment in training means the long-term skills base is both ageing and shrinking. Employers are chasing experienced staff in ever-decreasing circles, and according to a recent government report, 250,000 new IT jobs will be crea

59、ted over the next decade.Most employers are confining themselves to dealing with the immediate problems. There is little evidence, for example, that they are stepping up their intake of raw recruits for in-house training, or re-training existing staff from other functions. This is the course of acti

60、on recommended by the Computer Software Services Association, but research shows its members are adopting the short-term measure of bringing in more and more consultants on a contract basis. However, this approach is becoming less and less acceptable as the general shortage of skills, coupled with h

61、igh demand, sends contractor rates soaring. “An experienced contract programmer. for example, can now earn at least double the current permanent salary.With IT professionals increasingly attracted to the financial rewards and flexibility of consultancy work, average staff turnover rates are estimate

62、d to be around 15%. While many companies in the financial services sector are managing to contain their losses by offering skilled IT staff golden handcuffs-deferred loyalty bonuses that tie them in until a certain date-other organisations, like local governments, are unable to match the competitive

63、 salaries and perks on offer in the private sector and contractor market, and are suffering turnover rates of up to 60% a year.Many industry experts advise employers to link bonuses to performance wherever possible. However, employers are realising that bonuses will only succeed if they are accompanied by other incentives such as attractive career prospects, training, and challenging work that meets the individuals long-term ambition.