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 phenomena 5.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 each 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.
