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英语高级口译考试笔试真题及答案
英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试
SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)
Part A: Spot Dictation
Directions: In this part of the test,youwillhearapassageand read thesamepassage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear. the passage ONLY ONCE.
Every nation and region in the world has its own set of folk heroes. Sometimes, the heroes from _______ (1) are strikingly similar. When this is true, the stories connected with these figures can _______ (2) between two seemingly different cultures. Often, however, heroes from one culture or region are _______ (3). When this is the case, the heroic figure demonstrates the unique aspects of a specific people, not merely _______ (4) to similar circumstances. Now, in this lecture, we will look at a number of American folk heroes in order to focus on several aspects of _______ (5).
By folk heroes, we mean figures whose stories have evolved over time and whose legends cannot be _______ (6). Instead of being created by a single writer, folk heroes evolve through time and reflect the efforts and creativity of _______ (7). Of course, professional writers sometimes _______ (8) folk heroes, just as those who create folk heroes often incorporate aspects of _______ (9) into their stories. Nonetheless, folk heroes and the folklore concerning them are _______ (10) by people who perform _______ (11) their audiences. One example of this process might be the poet Homer reciting his heroic tales to a _______ (12) audience of ancient Greeks. This was a favorite form of entertainment long before _______ (13).
America is a diverse country in which various people and sub-cultures embrace their own unique history and lore. _______ (14) under these circumstances, a wide variety of heroes have become a part of _______ (15). Any yet many of these heroes share similarities that make them distinctively American, in spite of _______ (16). By focusing on these similarities, we can _______ (17) of America and its people.
For hundreds of years, Americans have struggled to understand their place in the New World. There were _______ (18) in the New World. In addition, the social and economic position of people was not as _______ (19) as in Europe, Africa and Asia. As a result, storytellers created heroes _______ (20) the unique opportunities and challenges that America provided.
Part B: Listening Comprehension
Directions: In this pa rt of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. Af ter each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen caref ully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the correspond ing sp ace in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.
1. (A) In the professor's home.
(B) In the professor's office.
(C) In the classroom.
(D) In the school library.
2. (A) Children always have the same accents as their mothers.
(B) Most adult language learners can lose their accents.
(C) Students don't usually learn their classmates' accents.
(D) There will be big misunderstandings if you speak with accents.
3. (A) He used the wrong stress.
(B) He used the wrong intonation.
(C) He misunderstood the word.
(D) He spoke the word with a very different accent.
4. (A) Australian.
(B) British.
(C) Indian.
(D) South African.
5. (A) To drop the pronunciation class.
(B) To sign up for a listening / speaking class.
(C) To check in the library the schedule for the new semester.
(D) To wait to make a decision about the pronunciation class.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news.
6. (A) Because of the accumulation of funds in the real estate market.
(B) Because of the rising house prices and government budget deficits.
(C) Because of the resignation of the Finance Minister Gorden Brown.
(D) Because of the increase in the number of the houses being sold.
7. (A) Business confidence will probably remain unchanged for the next year.
(B) Business confidence was the highest in May since April 2001.
(C) Published National indexes show confidence unchanged in Germany and Italy and falling in France.
(D) The index of confidence may have stayed at plus 5, the highest in 3 years.
8. (A) They will deliver solid earning results this year.
(B) They will break even at the end of this year.
(C) They posted another year of losses due to bad loan write-offs.
(D) They reported mixed results for the year ended March 31.
9. (A) 50.
(B) 100.
(C) 150.
(D) 200.
10. (A) A Korean patrol boat operated illegally in Japanese waters.
(B) A Korean fishing vessel overturned and the captain was fatally wounded.
(C) A Japanese Coast Guard patrol boat fired teargas grenades at a Korean fishing vessel.
(D) A Japanese fishing vessel was repeatedly ordered to stop operating in Korean waters.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.
11. (A) Because the usage of the Internet is widespread now.
(B) Because Internet addiction is growing on college campuses.
(C) Because the computer is accessible to everyone on college campuses.
(D) Because Internet addiction is less harmful than other addictions.
12. (A) She cannot go to sleep without surfing on the Net first.
(B) She and other people are surfing on the Net in the middle of the night.
(C) She doesn't know when her Internet compulsiveness is turning into an addiction.
(D) She isn't sure the exact amount of time is really the issue.
13. (A) People's work performance and school performance may be affected.
(B) People may lose social skills that make face-to-face relationships successful.
(C) People may be cheated by those with false identities.
(D) People may have no time for taking walks and other leisure activities.
14. (A) Work performance.
(B) School performance.
(C) Relationships.
(D) Mental health.
15. (A) Practice self-discipline.
(B) Have some sort of balance in life.
(C) Set an alarm clock.
(D) Act upon your friend's advice.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
16. (A) In the late 1940s.
(B) In the early 1950s.
(C) In the late 1950s.
(D) In the early 1960s.
17. (A) Abstract Expressionism.
(B) The artistic movement that immediately preceded it.
(C) The internal struggles of the individual artists.
(D) Mass-produced visual media and the design of common household objects.
18. (A) Abstract Expressionism was a very personal art.
(B) Abstract Expressionism was more easily accessible to the masses than Pop Art.
(C) Abstract Expressionism reflected a direct relationship to the actual world.
(D) Abstract Expressionism was a little bit influenced by Pop Art.
19. (A) To direct art from the personalities of the individual artists towards the world.
(B) To impose a unified symbolic meaning on his collection of materials.
(C) To concentrate less on the objects and more on the images he found.
(D) To set the stage for further development in Pop Art.
20. (A) Because their use of found objects and images from everyday life was innovative.
(B) Because they believed that these images reflected the cultural values of contemporary society.
(C) Because they use everyday objects found on the street as the material for their art.
(D) Because they combined and repeated images from print media to make one single artwork.
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