上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试摸拟试题
SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (40 Minutes)
Part A: Spot Dictation
Direction: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 corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.
Earthquakes may 1.rightly be listed as one of the most destroying forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been 2.estimated that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond 3.calculation.The greater part of such damage and loss of life 4.is due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease and other phenomena5.resulting from earthquakes, rather than due to the quakes themselves.
The 6.great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area includes the 7.Pacific Ocean and its neighboring areas. The other 8.extends from the East India to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran, Turkey, and Alpine regions. It is in these two great zones that 9.ninety percent of all earthquakes take place. They 10.may happen anywhere at any time.
11.In the recent years there have been 12.indications that earthquake prediction may be possible.
13.By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of 14.movements in the earth’s crust and frequency with which minor earthquakes 15.are observed, scientists have shown increasing 16.success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will occur. As a result, a worldwide 17.earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for the 18.great destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.
It is doubtful that man will ever 19.be able to control earthquakes, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to 20.deal with them.
Part B: Listening Comprehension
1. Statements
Directions: 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 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET. Now let's begin with question number one.
If you’d had your credit card, you would have paid by credit card.
1. (A) If you could have paid by credit card, you would have brought the card.
(B) You didn't bring your credit so you couldn’t pay by credit card.
(C) After you check your card, you will buy the card.
(D) You will use the credit card to buy something.
It took me less time than usual to complete my psychology assignment.
2. (A) I finished this assignment rather quickly.
(B) I seldom spend much time on psychology.
(C) The assignment was unusually long.
(D) Usually psychology is the last assignment I complete.
Not only did I forget my air ticket, but also I forgot my passport.
3.(A) I forgot my plane ticket as well as my passport
(B) Luckily I brought my ticket with me.
(C) I thought my passport was my identity.
(D) I didn’t know I needed a passport.
It seems as if they’d known e ach other for years instead of just two hours.
4.(A) They haven’t seen each other for a while.
(B) The met two hours ago
(C) They hardly know anything about each other.
(D) They’ve been friendly for a long time.
Because Marry was accepted by the State University, her brother Tom applied there too.
5.(A) Marry and Tom were accepted at the State university.
(B) Neither Marry nor Tom was interested in attending the State University.
(C) Tom did not want to go to the State University because Marry is there.
(D) Neither Marry nor Tom was interested in attending the State University.
(D) Tom applied to the State University because Marry was accepted there.
The bookstore is out of the textbooks for Applied Psychology.
6.(A) Textbooks on Applied Psychology are being sold outside the bookstore.
(B) There are no Applied Psychology books in the bookstore.
(C) The bookstore has only one or two textbooks on Applied Psychology.
(D) Bookstore selling Applied Psychology don’t open until one or two o’clock.
Jack wanted a laptop computer, but got a desktop instead.
7. (A) Jack wanted to repair the computer but got a new on instead.
(B) After buying the laptop, Jack also bought a desktop.
(C) Jack bought a desktop, though he’d planned to by a laptop.
(D) Jack bought two computers.
I must have left my glasses at home, because I can't find it anywhere.
8.(A) I didn’t have to look for my glasses.
(B) I left home for the school early today.
(C) I found my glasses in my classroom
(D) I forgot to bring my glasses.
After we have the classroom decorated, we’ll hold a party.
9.(A) We have to go to a party after work.
(B) We went to a huge party after the classroom was decorated.
(C) After someone decorates the house for us, we’ll hold a party.
(D) After we decorate the house for ourselves, we’ll hold a party.
John studies harder than Billy, but for some reason Billy gets higher marks on the exams.
10.(A) Billy gets better grades on the exams because he studies harder.
(B) John’s exams are harder than Billy’s
(C) Billy doesn’t study as hard as John.
(D) John Studies harder and gets better grades.
I. Talks and Conversations
Directions: 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 the questions only once. When you hear 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.
Guide: We are now approaching the famous Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed visitors to New York Harbor since 1886.
Andrew: Wow! Look at it.
James: Incredible isn’t it?
Guide: The statute was given to the United States by the people of France. It was designed by the French sculptor Bartholdi.
Andrew: It’s really huge. Do we get to go inside?
James: Of course. We can climb the stairs all the way up to the crown.
Andrew: Stairs? There’s no elevator?
James: Not to the top. But it's just 142 steps.
Guide: Let me tell you a little more about the statue before you climb to the top. In case your are wondering what is the statue is made of, it has a framework inside that’s
made of iron; the outer skin is made of copper. The copper skin is only 2.4
millimeters thick. The supporting framework inside the statue is what holds the
whole thing together.
The Statue of Liberty is a major tourist attraction, and every year about two million
people from all over the world come here to visit it.
Questions 11-14
Since when has the Statue of Liberty been in New Y ork Harbor?
11. (A) 1886.(B) 1816.
(C) 1866. (D) 1868
Where was the designer of the Statue of Liberty From?
12. (A) USA (B) New York
(C) France(D) UK
What is the Statue of Liberty made of?
13. (A) Iron (B) Copper
(C) Marble (D) Stone
How many people visit statue every year?
14. (A) 2,000,000,000 (B) 2,000,000
(C) 200,000 (D) 20,000
Questions 15-18
Today, college students in the United States use more than just books, paper, and pens to help them succeed in school. They now take advantage of some of the most recent advances in technology to help them successfully finish their education.
Internet access is a good example. When students study late into the night, they can’t go to the library. Today’s students, however, can do research on the Internet, which gives them up-to-date information that a library can’t provide. Indeed, some universities are now offering classes through the Internet. This helps people who otherwise would not be able to go to classes. Electronic mail also provides students with an easier way to stay in touch with family and friends living far away.
Pagers and portable phones are another example. Students today are busy with more than just getting an education. Many have jobs. Some already have families. Going to classes makes them feel cut off. A pager or portable phone, however, allows them to be easily contacted by others. This means they no longer feel stress. These communication tools also give students instant access to the outside world. Since more students are going to college who are not longer between the ages of 18 to 22, these tools are more commonly seen on campus. For these students, who are parents, grandparents, or businesspeople, such tools are necessity. College students of the more traditional age find them useful too. They feel safe knowing they can easily call for help when they are in trouble. There is no doubt that students in America will become more and more electronically connected in the future.
Because of the recent advances in technology what can the American students do now?
15.(A) Find information that is not in the library
(B) Stop using books, paper and pens.
(C) Study at the library more often than before
(D) Now borrow books from the library over the internet.
What is the advantage of university classes taught through the Internet?
16.(A) Appeal to people who don't have computers.
(B) Are useful for people who can’t go to classes.
(C) Keep students in touch with their family
(D) No longer require human teachers.
What can make students today feel free from stress?
17. (A) Pagers (B) Portable phone
(C) Internet (D) Both A and B
Which of the following statements is true?
18.(A) Students feel lonelier now as a result of using computers.
(B) Pagers and portable phones offer students quick access to the Internet.
(C) Most college classes are now taken through the Internet.
(D) Students use electronic tools for both educational and other reason.
Questions 19-22
Black is the color of mourning. Red symbolizes danger, violence, or bloodshed. If you are afraid, you're yellow. None of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world. In China and Korea white is the color of mourning. In Russia red stands for beauty and life. In I taly and Germany you’re yellow with anger, not with fear.
It is not necessary to leave our own language area to find color contradictions. A redcap in the United States is a porter in a station; In Britain a redcap is a military policeman. Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps. Likewise, the British equivalent of an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black0coated worker.
We needn’t even cross an ocean to have logical color distinctions. Would you rather be red-blooded or a blue-blooded? The first is literal, and so is the second if we trace is origin. The expression, which is now international, comes from Spain, where some noble Castilian families asserted they had sangre azul, meaning that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood. But why “blue” blood? Because the veins stand out when their possessor is fair-skinned.
What does red symbolize in Russia?
19. (A) Beauty and life
(B) Danger
(C) Violence
(D) Bloodshed
Which of the following color in Italy and Germany stands for anger?
20.(A) Red
(B) Black
(C) Yellow
(D) Brown
Where are the terms “red-blooded” and “ blueblood” from?
21.(A) Britain
(B) Italy and German
(C) Spain
(D) China and Korea
What is the main idea of the passage?
22.(A) Meaning of “ blueblood” is not literal.
(B) The meaning attached to certain colors.
(C) Meanings of colors have long history.
(D) Meanings of colors remain the same in the English-speaking world.
Where is this conversation probably talking place?
23. (A) In a car
(B) At a wedding party
(C) At a Christmas party
(D) At home
What’s the time now?
24.(A) 9:00
(B) 9:25
(C) 8:35
(D) 8:25
Why was the man unable to stop his car?
25.(A) It was raining
(B) The road was wet
(C) I did n’t see the light.
(D) All above
What happened to the driver of the car I hit?
26.(A) OK
(B) Was sent to the hospital
(C) Was badly damaged
(D) Totally broken
Questions 27-30
Nonverbal communication has to do with gesture, movements and closeness of two people when they are talking. The scientists say that these gestures, movements, and so forth have the meaning our words do not carry.
For example, the physical distance between two speakers can be important. North Americans often complain that South America ns are being “pushy” because they tend to stand close to the North American when speaking, whereas the South American often considers the North American to be “cold” or “distant” because he keeps a greater distance between himself and the person he is spea king to. In the Middle East it is considered flirtatious for a woman to allow a man to look her in the eye. This “eye contact” provides another example of what we’re calling nonverbal communication. A social psychologist has observed that there is more eye contact between people who like each other than there is person whom you are speaking to looks at you eyes indicates the amount of interest he has in you rather than the amount of interest he has in the thing you are talking about.
On the other hand, too long a gaze can be discomfiting. Most people become uncomfortable when they are stared at. The eyes apparently play a great part in nonverbal communication. Frequently looking down can indicate humility, or embarrassment, or even boredom or dislike. Genuine warmth or interest can often be seen in the eyes. One scientist suggests that pleasant, satisfying experiences tend to make the pupils of the eyes grow larger. Sometimes when we feel that a person is being “warm” or “friendly” it is possible that we are reacting to a form of nonverbal communication ---- his opened pupils.
We do not always consider a smile to be a sign of friendliness. Some one who is always smiling, and with little apparent reason, often makes us feel uneasy.
Keep in mind what we’ve said about nonverbal communication, and the next time you’re at a party try to notice which persons seem to draw close together when speaking ---- which persons seem to try to stay further apart or even to avoid each other. You may find this silent language, wh ich we’ve called nonverbal communication, very interesting and even fascinating.
Which of the following is NOT nonverbal communication?
27. (A) Gestures
(B) Body movements
(C) Writings
(D) Eye contact
While talking, what do the South Americans tend to do?
28.(A) Talk loudly
(B) Be close to each other
(C) Keep a certain distance between them
(D) Push each other
Frequently looking down cannot indicate which of the following?
29.(A) Satisfaction
(B) Boredom
(C) Submissiveness
(D) Embarrassment
Which of the following often makes you uneasy?
30.(A) Smiling
(B) Looking you in the eye
(C) Staring at you for long time
(D) Does not use words to communicate with you
Part C: Listening and Translation
1. Sentence Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. 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.
An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon overtaken by a young motorcycle policeman.
(1) 一辆名车在一个小镇的马路上超速行驶,不久便被年青的巡警追上.
Legendary actress Katherine Hepburn has died at the age of 96. Hepburn holds the record for winning the most Oscars for Best Actress.
(2)具有传奇色彩的女演员凯瑟琳赫本去世了,赫本保持了赢得奥斯卡最佳女主角的记录
China expressed the hope that the talks about nuclear weapons control should be held recently.
(3) 中方表达了希望核武器控制的会谈在近期开始的愿望
A quick-thinking 15-year-old boy used his cell phone camera to take pictures of a man who tried to kidnap him, leading to the man’s arrest, police said.
(4) 警方称一个15岁机智男孩利用他的手机拍下了一个试图绑架他的人的照片,并使此人被捕.
3G mobile phone---Third generation wireless technology. 3G offers cell phone users high speed mobile internet access.
(5) 3G 手机,第三代无线技术,为手机用户提供高速的因特网接入技术服务.
II. Passage Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages. 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 ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening. Passage 1
Investing money in the stock market is not the safest way in the world to make more money. There is no guarantee that the company you invest in will do well and that the stock will go up. The company may do badly. Then the stock will go down and the investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of very complex reasons. Everyone wants the stock market to go up, but some times even when a company does well the stock may go down. This is usually true for all stocks.
为了赚得更多的钱而将钱投入股市是不安全的.因为不能保证你投资的公司业绩因为不错,而其的股票就会涨.公司的业绩差,其股票就会跌,你就输钱.股票的涨跌是有着这样那样的原因的.每个人都想自己的股票涨.有时甚至连业绩较好公司的股票也会跌.通常所有股票都是这样.
Passage 2
Nowadays people travel, not from necessity, but for the joy and excitement of seeing and experiencing new things. Traveling, of course, has now become a highly organize business. There are cars and splendid roads, express trains, huge ships and jet airliners, all of which provide us with comforts and security. Scientists have also invented machines that can explore outer space. Eventually there will be cheap day excursions to the moon and honeymoon on Venus. People will be able to travel from one planet to another by a space shuttle.
如今,人们出行并不是一种需求,而是一种体验一种享受新事物的目的.现在旅行也成为一个高度组织性的行业.汽车,一流的道路,特快,大型游船,喷气式飞机,所有的一切为我们提供了舒适安全的旅行.科学家们还发明了能将我们带到外太空的机器.最终我们可以到月球作便宜的旅行或到金星渡蜜月.乘坐航天飞机人们可以从一个星球至另一个星球旅行.
1997.9 上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试 参考答案: SECTION1:LISTENING TEST Part A: Spot Diction 1. feel healthy 2. content 3. on average 4. six minutes 5. laugh more 6. 400 times 7. adulthood 8. growing up 9. effects of laughter 10. blood and stomach 11. physical exercises 12. facial and stomach 13. jogging 14. pain relief 15. forty university students 16. funny cassette 17. intended to relax 18. tolerate the discomfort 19. humour 20. immune system Part B: Listening Comprehension 1-5 B D C A D 6-10 D D C B B 11-15 B D A A C 16-20 D A B A D 21-25 B D C A C 26-30 D A C B C Part C: Listening and Translation Ⅰ.Sentence Translation 1.这类独特的酒被认为是世界上最好的一种酒。 2.由于他打算扩店，他开价要买下隔壁的房产。 3.我再也不准备容忍你的无能。你被开除了。 4.会上有人提议在委员会里应该有一位教工代表。 5.“广告”这个词最简单的涵义就是“让某事物引起他人注意”。或者“将某事物告知某人”。 Ⅱ.Passage Translation 1. 请各位注意，图书馆马上就要关门了。请把参考书放回原处，如果要外借备用书籍以 便当夜使用，现在可以办理（手续），多谢各位合作。 2. 30年前，我还是个小孩子的时候，我父亲曾安排我去乡下一个农场过了两个暑假。他 认为那对我有好处，他是对的。那使我懂得了不少有关自立的重要意义。那地方非常偏僻，农场主的地位当时肯定已是二十出头的女儿说她从未离开过家门，也未见过火车。
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沪江英语绿宝书之 2011年3月上海中级口译考试 听力原文及解析 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (45 minutes) Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: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 space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. My topic for today?s lecture is communication, culture and work. When most people use the word culture, they think of people from different national backgrounds. National cultures certainly do exist and they play an important role in shaping the way people communicate, but there are other dimensions of culture too. Within a nation, regional differences can exert a powerful influence on communication. New Yorkers and Alaskans may find one another?s styles of behaving so different that they might as well be from different countries. Race and ethnicity can also shape behavior. So can age. The customs, values and attitudes of a twenty-year-old girl may vary radically from those of her parents who were raised in the 1960s or her grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and World War Ⅱ. Still, other differences can create distinctive cultures. Gender, sexual orientation, physical disabilities, religion and socio-economic background are just a few. All of these factors lead to a definition of culture as a set of values, beliefs, norms, customs, rules and codes that lead people to define themselves as a distinct group, giving them a sense of commonality. It?s important to realize that culture is learned, not innate.A Korean-born infant adopted soon after her birth by American parents and raised in the United States will think and act differently than his or her cousins who grew up in Seoul. An African American who grew up in the inner city will view the world differently than he or she would if raised in the suburbs or in a country like France where African heritage has different significance than it does in the United States. The norms and values we learn as part of our cultural conditioning shape the way we view the world and the way we interact with one another. In short, culture has such an overwhelming influence on communication that famous anthropologist Edward Hall once remarked, …culture is communication and communication is culture.?
9月中级口译真题+参考答案(4) Questions 16-20 We are moving inexorably into the age of automation. Our aim is not to devise a mechanism which can perform a thousand different actions of any individual man but, on the contrary, one which could by a single action replace a thousand men. Industrial automation has moved along three lines. First there is the conveyor belt system of continuous production whereby separate operations are linked into a single sequence. The goods produced by this well-established method are untouched by the worker, and the machine replaces both unskilled and semiskilled. Secondly, there is automation with feedback control of the quality of the product: here mechanisms are built into the system which can compare the output with a norm, that is, the actual product with what it is supposed to be, and then correct any shortcomings. The entire cycle of operations dispenses with human control except in so far as monitors are concerned. One or two examples of this type of automation will illustrate its immense possibilities. There is a factory in the U.S.A. which makes 1,000 million electric light bulbs a year, and the factory employs three hundred people. If the preautomation techniques were to be employed, the labour force required would leap to 25,000. A motor manufacturing company with 45,000 spare parts regulates their entire supply entirely by computer. Computers can be entrusted with most of the supervision of industrial installations, such as chemical plants or oil refineries. Thirdly, there is computer automation, for banks, accounting departments, insurance companies and the like. Here the essential features are the recording, storing, sorting and retrieval of information. The principal merit of modern computing machines is the achievement of their
历年上海中级口译听力部分录音文稿（97.3 － 08.9） 97．3 SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST Part A: Spot Dictation The development of the Space Shuttle has dramatically reduced the cost of sending loads into space. The Shuttle takes off from Earth like a rocket, and lands again like a huge aircraft. It can transport not only its own crew, but also passengers, and has a huge cargo-hold which is capable of carrying large satellites or a space laboratory. Before the Space Shuttle was created, it was necessary to plan trips into space several years in advance. However, for the rest of the century it should be possible to make space flights every week or so. Any scientist or engineer needing to travel into orbit will simply take the next Shuttle flight, stay as long as necessary, and then return at his or her convenience. It is difficult to imagine the immense opportunities created by the Shuttle. One of the great advantages of having a reusable space vehicle is that it can take one load after another into orbit. Very large space stations could not be launched in their complete form directly from Earth, but they could be built piece by piece in space. The Space Shuttle is likely to be used as a general ―workhorse‖ for the rest of this century, and the building of such stations in orbit should become commonplace. Once these huge orbiting space stations are completed, they are likely to become the platforms from which hundreds of robot space ships could be launched cheaply and easily to explore the solar system and to start mining operations on the Moon. The technology needed for this is already developed and available. And because of commercial and military pressures to develop space technology, it is likely that governments will be increasingly willing to start extensive programs of space engineering, exploration and research. Part B: Listening Comprehension Ⅰ. Statements Question No. 1. Jane remained in London for the summer. Question No. 2. Daniel requested that he be transferred to Tokyo to start a new branch. Question No. 3. According to our correspondent, the rain has flooded several areas of South India. Question No. 4. Jason ran across his former college teacher during a business trip to Chicago. Question No. 5. The plane was due at 9：30, but has been delayed half an hour. Question No. 6. I‘d have bought Smith‘s computer if I had known he was selling it. Question No. 7. Please let me know whether you will come to the meeting or not. Question No. 8. May I suggest Friday for our trip to Hong Kong? Question No. 9. We tried to persuade him not to go to Australia, but in vain. Question No. 10. When they were searching the area, the police all but caught the thieves. Ⅱ. Talks and Conversations Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following announcement. This is the final for Olympic Airways to Athens flight number OA260. Any remaining passengers must go immediately to gate 2 where the flight is now closing. Olympic Airways flight number OA 260 closing now at gate 2. Scandinavian Airlines to Stockholm, flight number Sk528 now boarding at gate 4. Passengers to New York. British Airways regret to advise a delay of 35 minutes on their flight number BA175 to New York. That is a delay of 35 minutes on British Airways flight number BA 175 to New York. Austrian Airlines to Vienna, flight number OS455 now boarding at gate 8. Austrian Airlines flight number OS455 boarding now at gate 8. Question No.11. Where is this announcement most probably made? Question No.12. Which of the following statements is true about a about the Qlympic Airways
2013年3月上海中级口译考试翻译真题及答案解析汇总 【原文】 朝气蓬勃，充满活力，丰富多彩的上海是现代中国的缩影。虽然上海的文化遗迹不能与北京媲美，但是上海迷人的城市风貌，风格各异的万国建筑为这座城市注入了无限的魅力。今日之上海，已经成为享誉中外的国际大都市。 漫步在这座日新月异的现代大都市里，你会发现许多精彩的历史亮点，隐现在众多摩天大楼背后的是上海发展变化的轨迹。它们记述了上海自十九世纪末开埠以来，尤其是新中国成立以后，是如何迅猛发展的。 【参考译文】 Shanghai is a dynamic, diverse and stimulating city - the very epitome of modern China. Though Shanghai cannot rival Beijing in cultural heritage, its varied architectural styles and cosmopolitan feel give it a charm of its own. Today's Shanghai has become a world-famous international metropolis. A walk through this booming city reveals many glimpses of its colorful past. Hidden amongst the skyscrapers are remains of the original Shanghai. They keep on showing how Shanghai has been developing fast and enormously since its opening as a commercial port in the late 19th century, especially after the founding of new China. 【评析】 该篇翻译属于经典话题，类似于上海城市介绍，考生如果熟悉教材，注意积累相关句型词汇，特别是对“朝气蓬勃、充满活力dynamic, diverse and stimulating、缩影epitome、遗迹heritage、城市风貌cosmopolitan feel、万国建筑varied architectural styles”等常考的表达，应该可以顺利取得高分。 If you’ve ever been on a jury, you might have noticed that a funny thing happens the minute you get behind closed doors. Everybody starts talking about themselves. They say what they would have done if they had been the plaintiff or the defendant. Being on a jury reminds me why I can’t tolerate talk radio. We Americans seem to have lost the ability to talk about anything but our own experiences. We can’t seem to generalize without stereotyping or to consider evidence that goes against our own experience. I heard a doctor on a radio show talking about a study that found that exercise reduces the incidence of Alzheimer’s. And caller after caller couldn’t wait to make essentially the opposite point: “Well, my grandmother never exercised and she lived to 95.”We are in an age summed up by the saying: “I experience, therefore I’m right.”Historically, the hallmarks of an uneducated person were the lack of ability to think critically, to use deductive reasoning to distinguish the personal from the universal. Now that seems an apt description of many Americans. 【参考译文】 如果你曾经当过陪审员，你可能会注意到一件有趣的事情：一旦关上了门，所有人就开始谈论他们自己。他们会讨论，如果自己是原告或被告的话会做什么。担任陪审员的经历让我明白了我为什么无法忍受谈话性的广播节目。我们美国人似乎只剩下了谈论自己经历的能力。我们似乎无法抛开固有的成见进行总结，也无法客观地分析与自身经历相悖的证据。 我曾听过一位医生在之声节目上讲述一项研究，该研究发现锻炼能降低阿兹海默症（老
1上海市英语中级口译证书第二阶段考试试题集锦 (201009) 口语题 Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 3 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is…”，”My registration number is…” Topic: Can shopping vouchers increase consumption? Questions for Reference: 1.To stimulate consumption, which is more effective, tax reduction or shopping vouchers? 2.What are the major purposes of issuing shopping vouchers? 3.In what way can the shopping vouchers best be distributes? Shall every citizen be given the same amount of shopping vouchers or should the vouchers be limited to the lower-income people only? 口译题 Part A Directions:In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you heard each paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. Now let’s begin Part A with the first passage. Passage 1 As for us Americans, you may think that we give too much importance to individualism and personal gains, so much so that it might sacrifice collective benefits, and even bring harm to the harmony of the society.// Yes, but you don’t have to be worried. American work ethic is more individual-oriented. We often value the results and accomplishments of work more than its process.// If I am not mistaken, the traditional Chinese work ethic is based on Confucianism, which stresses the benefit of communal harmony rather than individual freedom.// It’s really very hard to say which is better because if the cultural differences. With the economic globalization, cultural exchanges have become more and more extensive and Americans and Chinese will know and understand each other better. 至于我们美国人，你们会感到我们太看重个人主义，太看重个人利益，这样可能会牺牲集体的利益，甚至会损害社会的和谐。// 是的，但你们不必担忧。我们美国人的工作理念更强调个人主义。我们一般重视的是结果和成就，而不是过程。// 如果我没理解错的话，中国传统的够工作理念是以儒家学说为基础的，这种思想强调整体和谐高于个体自由。// 由于文化差异的存在，真的很难说哪种理念更好。随着经济全球化，文化交流也随之变得越来越广泛，美国人民和中国人民将会更加互相了解和理解。
3月中口笔试真题(1) Part A: Spot Dictation Direction: 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 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 human being is fallible; we make mistakes. In America when a mistake has been made, it is considered fitting for the person ________ (1) to acknowledge his or her error and to apologize to anyone who has been inconvenienced. Even ________ (2) are expected to admit their mistakes and apologize for them. Trying to ________ (3) a mistake and denying your guilt are considered to be indicative of serious ________ (4). If you make a mistake that ________ (5) a group of people, a public apology is considered the best method for ________ (6). If the mistake was a serious one, or if some people were inconvenienced more than others, then the ________ should follow the public apology with private ones to ________ (8). It is especially important for executives and company heads to be able to admit their mistakes. Sometimes leaders are afraid that if they ________ (9), they will lose the respect of their employees. Actually ________ (10)—if you are honest with your employees and yourself, ________ (11), and show that you are willing to accept blame when you make a mistake, then your employees will be ________ (12) you. They will also be more likely to admit their own mistakes. If you ________ (13) one person, it is usually best to apologize to that person alone, unless your mistake ________ (14) by a large group of people. For example, if
博联兄弟同声翻译提醒大家专注本帖： 上海市中级口译考试历届试题前12套考卷的总结 2009-08-11 以下内容包括二百六十九个语言点 , 包括好句子 , 需要记忆的词组以及常见句型 , 关注于语言表达的结构功能 . 1. 我非常感谢 ... Reference:Thank you very much for... 2. 热情友好的欢迎辞 Reference:gracious speech of welcome 3...之一 Reference:be one of 4. 访问 ...是... Reference:A visit to...has... 5. 多年梦寐以求的愿望 Reference:has long been my dream 6...给予我一次...的机会... Reference:(The visit will) give me (an excellent ) opportunity to ... 7.我为 ... ，再次表达（我的愉快之情和荣幸之感）。 8.（我对您为我到达贵国后所做的一切安排）深表感谢。 note: 注意这里“到达”的动词向名词形式的转变。 Reference:I'm deeply grateful for everything you've done for me since my arrival in China. 9. （我很高兴）有此机会（来贵公司工作），与中国汽车业的杰出人士合作共事。 note ：（ 1）这里的“合作共事”可以不译，由前面的“工作”统领，用with 连接就可以了。（2）“杰出人士”的翻译 Reference:I'm very glad to have the opportunity to work in your company with a group of brilliant people in China's automobile industries. 10....多年来一直盼望... note ：主要是对“盼望”一词的快速反应。 Reference:have been looking forward to ...for many years 11. 我很感激 ... note ：出现“感激”，首先反应就是appreciate 及其同族词。 Reference:I appreciate... 12. 你若不在意的话，... Reference:If you don't mind,... 13. 去 ...走走 Reference:tour around... 14. 浦江商务旅游公司 note ：注意其中的旅游的选词 Reference:Pu Jiang Business Travel Campany 15. 国家旅游局 note ：局不一定要用bureau Reference:the Chinese National Tourist Administration
9月中级口译真题+参考答案(5) SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST （1）（30 minutes） Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. The culture of any society is usually thought to be of two kinds: material and nonmaterial. Material culture includes the man-made phenomena which have physical properties such as height, breadth, and weight. A boat, a machine, a house-all these objects are part of the material culture. The nonmaterial culture is that portion of the environment which surrounds man and which has an impact on his behavior but which lacks these material properties: values, beliefs, traditions, and all the other habits and ideas invented and acquired by man as a member of society. Contemporary sociological theory tends to assign primary importance to the nonmaterial culture in choosing problems for study. It assumes, for example, that boats, planes, automobiles, and so forth, are not nearly so important as the traditions we have developed which make their manufacture possible-indeed, which prescribe how we are to use them. The emphasis of contemporary sociology is to insist that the material culture would not exist had not the nonmaterial culture first been available to suggest the ideas which are embodied in the inventions of material culture. SECTION 4: TRANSLATION TEST （2）（30 minutes） Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 进入耶鲁大学的校园，看到莘莘学子青春洋溢的脸庞，呼吸着书香浓郁的空气，我不由回想起40年前在北京清华大学度过的美好时光。当年老师们对我的教诲，同学们给我的启发，我至今仍受用不尽。