2013年3月上海中级口译考试翻译真题及答案解析汇总

3月上海中级口译考试真题及答案解析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 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.Question 11—14M: I love this car; I think it’s really cool. It’s called the clean car.W: Where is it made?M: It was produced in Sweden. It was designed in Italy. The engine of the vehicle runs on electricity which is generated by water.W: so the fuel is plain H2O? Fantastic!M: this car was made for the city. It can be parked in a small space and it reaches a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour.W: It looks very light. What’s it made of?M : It is made of a special metal which is being used for airplanes and space shuttles.W: And what’s the price of the clean car?M : That’s the only problem. It’s still rather expansive.11. What is the man and the woman talking about?12. Where is the vehicle produced?13. Which of the following is true about the vehicle?14. What is the only problem with the vehicle?【解析】本对话讨论的是一种以新能源供能的汽车。

历年上海英语翻译中级口译汉译英真题及答案原文：越来越多受英文教育的海外华人父母，已经认识到孩子在掌握不可或缺的英文的同时，也通晓中文的重要性。

中国的崛起，让他们充分认识到孩子掌握双语的好处——既能增加他们的就业机会，也能让他们接触和熟悉东西方两种不同的文化。

这些人对中文的态度几乎没有完全改变。

曾几何时，他们还非常骄傲地宣称自己只懂英文。

现在，他们已开始积极支持孩子学习中文和中国文化，而且还不时走访中国，欣赏壮观的自然风光，认识丰富的文化遗产。

译文：An increasing number of English-educated Chinese parents overseas have come to the realization that while English learning is indispensable to their children, it is essential that their kids have a good command of Chinese. China’s rise has fully awakened their awareness of the fact that their kids can benefit from their bilingual ability which can not only enhance their competitiveness in the job market, but also facilitate their exposure to and familiarity with the two different cultures between the East and the West.They have hardly changed their attitudes towards Chinese. At one time they proudly declared that they knew English only. Now, they have begun to give full support to their kids learning Chinese and its culture, and they also make occasional visits to China, where they can enjoy its magnificent natural landscape and get to know its rich cultural heritage.解析：本段是一篇文化类介绍文章。

2013年3月上海市高级口译第二阶段口试真题试卷（精选）(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 2. 口译题口译题Part A Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have 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 us begin Part A with the first passage.听力原文：The Olympic Games should be traced back to the ancient times. The Greeks were very fond of all sports that could make the body strong. Once in four years they had a great sports game. Many thousands of people came together upon a wide plain to see the contests of skill among men and boys from all parts of Greece. The great games were running races, wrestling matches, horse races, and chariot races. There were games for boys as well as for men. The prize for winning a game seemed very simple: no more than a wild olive tree leave crown; but to wear one of these crowns was the greatest honor, and he went home covered with glory. Ancient athletes competed as individuals. The emphasis on individual athletic achievement through public competition was related to the Greek ideal of excellence. Sportsmen who attained this ideal, through their outstanding words or deeds, won permanent glory and fame.1．Passage 1正确答案：奥林匹克运动会可以追溯到古代，希腊人喜欢各种运动，因为运动能够使身体强健。

历年上海英语中级口译翻译英译汉真题及答案原文：出自NewsweekWhy We Must Fire Bad TeachersThe relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation’s future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations.For much of this time—roughly the last half century—professional educators believed that if they could only find the right pedagogy, the right method of instruction, all would be well. They tried New Math, open classrooms, Whole Language—but nothing seemed to achieve significant or lasting improvements.Yet in recent years researchers have discovered something that may seem obvious, but for many reasons was overlooked or denied. What really makes a difference, what matters more than the class size or the textbook, the teaching method or the technology, or even the curriculum, is the quality of the teacher. Much of the ability to teach is innate—an ability to inspire young minds as well as control unruly classrooms that some people instinctively possess (and some people definitely do not). Teaching can be taught, to some degree, but not the way many graduate schools of education do it, with a lot of insipid or marginally relevant theorizing and pedagogy. In any case the research shows that within about five years, you can generally tell who is a good teacher and who is not.我们为什么必须叫停“不称职”的老师?一直以来，美国初高中教育质量的相对下降对整个民族的将来来说，不仅仅是窘境也是一种威胁。

2013年3月中级口译真题：阅读部分汇编（含解析）第二部分阅读SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (50 MINUTES)Direction:In this section, you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. 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 1~5（2013年春季中级口译阅读第一篇解析）The largest animal that ever lived on land or in water still exists. Not even the giant dinosaurs were as large as some whales. One sulphur-bottom whale caught in the Antarctic was 110 feet long, and weighed between 90 and 100 tons.注:最高级和数字是阅读时关注的重点.Whales can grow to such enormous size because their bodies are supported by the water. An animal that lives on land can only grow to a size that his legs can support, while a bird's size is limited by its wing size. A whale has none of these difficulties.Millions of years ago, whales lived on land and walked on four legs. Today, whales still have small bones that are the remains of their hind legs, but these bones can only be seen on the inside of the whale. No one knows why whales left the land to live in the water. however, scientists can surmise that when the whales changed their environment, their bodies underwent a change -- taking on a more fish-like appearance. This new form. offered less resistance to the water,enabling the whales to swim faster.Despite their fish-like form, whales are not fish. A whale will drown, just as a man will, if it stays under water too long. When a whale is under water, it closes its nostrils tightly and holds its breath. The air in its lungs becomes very hot and full of water vapour. When the whale rises to the surface and exhales, its hot breath produces a column of water vapor that rises high in the air. A man produces the same effect when he exhales warm air on a cold morning.注:转折关系是阅读时需重点关注的逻辑关系,阅读重点应该在despite后面所引导的信息.Whales are classified as mammals because they bear their young, rather than laying eggs,, and because the mother whales give the babies milk. Like other mammals, whales have warm blood.Their blood stays at the same temperature, even when they move from hot to cold water. They keep warm in cold water because they have a thick layer of fat just under their skins. This fat is called blubber, and it is thicker on whales that spend their lives in cold water. Almost all land mammals, except man, have hair on their bodies to keep them warm, but whales, which have very few hairs, are kept warm by their fat.注:因果关系,转折关系并存的句子作为考点的可能性很大，需重点关注及阅读.Whales do not bear young more often than every two years. The births are usually single births, but there have been instances of whale twins Mother whales show a great deal of affection for their! young. If the baby whale is killed, the mother will stay close to it for a long time. The young grow very rapidly during their first three or four years. And, although no one is certain how long a whale lives, the normal life span is probably less than 100 years.Questions 6~10（2013年春季中口阅读第二篇解析）第二篇文章选自The New York Times.原文题目是Near Cambodia's Temple Ruins, a Devotion to Learning。

2013年春季上海中高级口译考试于今日3月17日开考，沪江英语在考后第一时间提供真题、解析、答案信息，本文为2013年3月中级口译阅读真题，阅读第二篇来源和解析，由新东方提供。

2013年春季中口阅读第二篇解析by 新东方柳露第二篇文章选自The New York Times. 原文题目是Near Cambodia's Temple Ruins, a Devotion to Learning。

这是一篇社会生活类的小新闻，难度不大。

Millions of tourists come here every year to visit the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, an influx that has helped transform what once resembled a small, laid-back village into a thriving and cosmopolitan town with thumping nightlife and more than 10,000 hotel rooms. But the explosion of the tourism industry here has also done something less predictable. Siem Reap, which had no universities a decade ago, is now Cambodia’s second-largest hub for higher education, after the capital, Phnom Penh.全文首段呈现Angkor Wat过去和现在的强对比。

第二句以but开头，引出核心话题,即伴随旅游业的发展，随之相关的教育业也发展起来。

The sons and daughters of impoverished rice farmers flock here to work as tour guides, receptionists, bartenders and waitresses. When their shifts are over, they study finance, English and accounting.“I never imagined that I could go to university,” said Hem Sophoan, a 31-year-old tour guide who is now studying for his second master’s degree. “There’s been so much change and opportunities for young people.”The establishment of five private universities here is helping to transform the work force in this part of Cambodia, one of Asia’s poorest countries.第二段指出当地孩子是怎样半工半读的。

上海市3月中级口译真题试卷SECTLON 1: LISTENING TEST (40 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 space in you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.Good afternoon, I’d like to thank professor Leach for giving me the chance to talk to you students. My topic today is “Attitudes, Values and Tastes”.An attitude, or the way we feel about something, can take different forms. On the one hand, there are attitudes that are simply_______(1). There may change from year to year, month to month and even, day to day. On the other hand, there are attitudes that can be firmly fixed ____________(2) that rarely, if ever, change.Included in the first___________ (3) are statements like “Sally has beautiful eyes”, or “I hate icecream”. Attitudes like these may simply ____________(4) a perso n, al taste or preference that does not always affect other people. Nobody will get particularly ___________(5), for example, if you have a preference for tea ____________(6) coffee.The second type of attitude could _________(7) such statements as “Sm oking should be banned in _________(8)”, and “War is a terrible thing”. With attitudes like these, however, we are expressing an opinion that we ____________(9) about. Opinions such as these are very much a part of ____________(10) since they express the way we feel about certain __________(11) and events.If someone is a smoker, for example, it can become very difficult to___________(12) that person if they smoke ____________(13) in our company. Preference and tastes refer to specific ______(14) , where values are general and include __________(15). There is big difference, for example, between these two ___________(16): “Your boss is very rude ” and “I could neverwork under a boss”. In the first statement, the speaker is____________ (17) an opinion based on one person, the boss. The idea is that other bosses are not _____________(18). In the second one, though, the speaker indicates a _____________(19) about work in general: he could not work for anyone, ______________(20) they were.Part B: Listening ComprehensionⅠ. 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 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.1. A. Jack left home without an umbrella.B. Jack didn’t hear the rain.C. Jack’s umbrella didn’t work.D. Jack had the day off due to the weather.2. A. They didn’t pay attention to the consulant’s opinion.B. They called in the consultant for her advice.C. They always do what their consultant tells them.D. They listened to the concert over the radio.3. A. The manufacturer wishes it could find a good advertising agent.B. The manufacturer hopes to increase its sales through advertising.C. The advertising campaign includes many sporting events.D. The advertising campaign is joined by well-known individuals.4. A. Did Cathy put a new report in here?B. Is the yearly report in here, or is it someplace else?C. Which picture do you like, the new one or the old one?D. Is it ture that Cathy only remembered to lock one of the drawers?5. A. A lawyer should sign the memo.B. We should get legal advice.C. We have seen a lawyer.D. Let’s wait for a lucky sign.6. A. The company was unable to order spare parts.B. The company was short of cash for delivery.C. The parts could be considered genuine.D. The parts could be sent in late January.7. A. The completion of the project was long.B. The project was none other than a stupid one.C. We finished the project rather quickly.D. We didn’t sign the contract in time.8. A. I can’t make any food for the party.B. I’m afraid to accept your party invitations.C. We won’t be able to hold the party this evening.D. We can’t come to the party this evening.9. A. Not many people enjoy that kind of design.B. It took a while for that design to become pupular.C. The public’s first reaction to that design was positive.D. You’d never catch me wearing that kind of design.10. A. The consultant is publishing an excellent report on geology.B. They consultant left after he turned in his research and investigation report.C. The consultant studied some excellent rock samples in his report.D. The consultant did very thorough research and investigation for his report.Ⅱ. Talks and ConversationsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of and questions only once. When you hear a question, read the four answer chioces 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. Hobbies that cost him little money.B. Hobbies that give him fresh air and excitement.C. An old hobby and a new hobby.D. An indoor hobby and an outdoor hobby.12. A. When she was still at school.B. After she got married.C. When she had her first baby.D. After she attended a special course.13. A. she was taught by an authority on bobbies.B. She attended special courses at school.C. She attended special courses at school.D. She learned it from her husband.14. A. Motor-racing.B. Radio-making.C. Making decorations.D. Collecting coins.Questions 15～1815. A. Ways of tracking wild animals.B. Animals in the wild.C. Radio receivers and satellites.D. Animal hunting.16. A. They hired native hunters or local people.B. They followed the animal’s footprints.C. They cornered animals into a special enclosure.D. They used radio transmitters.17. A. By receiving signals via satellites.B. By taking photos from satellites.C. By studying animals in the zoo.D. By attaching a specail collar to the wild animal.18. A. GeologyB. ChemistryC. BiologyD. AstronomyQuestions 19～2219. A. It means that you continue studying for as many years as you can.B. It means that you go back to school after you’ve finished formal education.C. It means that you go back to the high school to continue your study.D. It means that you have continued studying for twelve years in high school.20. A. He could use it in his work.B. He will continue to learn it after finishing high school.C. He had learnt a lot from high school.D. He hadn’t gotten much out of going to school.21. A. Because he had often been beaten up by other students.B. Because the school make him wear the school uniform.C. Because the school make him wear the school uniform.D. Because the school tried to regulate his life there.22. A. A prisonerB. A tailorC. A construction worker.D. A high school administrator.Questions 23～2623. A. About a hundred villagers were killed during an earthquake.B. A main road was rebuilt after the earthquake.C. There was an earthquake, but little damage occurred.D. A rock had fallen from the sky, but no one was injured.24. A. Near a volcano.B. Beside a mountain.C. Not far from a main road.D. In the Rockies.25. A. They decided to try again the following day.B. They sought advice from an old man.C. They asked for help from nearby villages.D. They planned to change the course of the road.26. A. He buried it in the main road.B. He called in more men to remove it.C. he did magic to it at night.D. He pushed it off the main road.Questions 27～3027. A. She’s going to Canada.B. She’s leaving the factory.C. She’s going to get married.D. She’s go ing to study engineering.28. A. Because he is a Canadian.B. Because he is a young engineer.C. Because he becomes homesickD. Because he wants to earn more.29. A. $200B. $220C. $400D. $42030. A. In her hometown.B. In the man’s factory.C. In Canada.D. In a department store.Part C: Listening and TranslationⅠ. Sentence TranslationDirections: 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.(1)___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ______________(2)___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________(3)___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ______________(4)___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________(5)___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ______________Ⅱ. Passage TranslationDirections: 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 you ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.(1)___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________(2)___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (50 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. Answer all the questions following eachpassage 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 1～5Today one in every ten of us has difficulty getting to sleep and, according to Dr. Ian Oswald of Edinburgh university, the reason is simple. Most people who can’t sleep are their own worst enemies. They go to bed too early.For every person who works most efficiently on the usual eight hours of sleep a night, two work best on five or six, and two on nine or ten. V oltaire made do with three hours but Sir Winston Churchill would happily sleep for 12～14 hours at a stretch if he could.So how much sleep does a person really need? It seems that the national average for men is seven hours and ten minutes, and for women ten minutes less, but everyone’s needs are different. Find out what you need and, according to Dr. Ernest Hartmann, one of America’s leading sleep scientists, you’re well on your way to allowing your body to work at its greatest efficiency.After studying the sleep h abits of nearly 1000 people, Dr Hartmann believes it’s the amount of deep sleep we get that really matters. We all need roughly the same amount—about 75 minutes a night. The rest, a shallower type of sllep, vaies greatly from person to person.How much of the second type of sleep, you need seems to depend on what sort of person you are. According to Dr. Hartmann short sleepers—those sleeping less than six hours a night—were busy, active people, employed in demanding jobs, and often worked a 60 or 70-hour week. Most of them had started sleeping shorter hours to deal with the pressure of schoolwork or business and fornd that a few hours sleep a nightwas quite enough. Their defence against worry and stress was usually “to keep so busy that I don’t have time to think about these things. ...”Most of the long sleepers —those needing at least nine hours —were self-employed. Almost all of them had slept for nine hours a night since late childhood, long before their work pattern became fixed. They tended to complain more than the short sleepers and several admitted that sleeping was an escape from life.In the past it was believed that too much sleep could be just as disturbing as too little, but now a study in America has shown that many people can enjoy ten hours or more and still be able to sleep through the following night.A sleep researcher says:“No one should worry about not sleeping unless they are not feeling well or cannot do their work properly. Lack of sleep doesn’t matter greatly if we are resting—the body can still get on with its repain work. But worrying about not sleeping can sometimes do you harm. There would be far less sleeplessness about if we planned our sleeping lives as carefully as we plan our waking ones.”1. According to the passage, people have difficulty getting to sleep because.A. they work more than sixty hours a weekB. they have too many enemiesC. they do not sleep happilyD. they are not tired enough2. In comparison with V oltaire, Sir Winston Churchill.A. was happier with three hours of sleepB. would sleep more when stretched outC. world enjoy a longer sleep if possibleD. was less happy when he was asleep3. Studies show that the average woman.A. sleeps less than the average manB. sleeps longer when she goes out to workC. has difficulty in getting to sleepD. sleeps over eight hours a night4. Dr. Harmann is mentioned in the passage.A. as the opponent of Dr. Ian OswaldB. because he has strange sleeping habitsC. as the pioneering sleep scientistD. because of his observation and analysis of sleep habits5. Not being able to sleep can be dangerous if we.A. are feeling wellB. worry about it too muchC. repair our bodies by restingD. plan our sleeping lives carefullyQuestions 6～10I think it was De Mandeville who suggested a river party for the staffs of the various embassies. Nor, on the face of it, was the idea a bad one. All winter long the logs come down the River Sava until the frost locks them in: now with the spring thaw the river has a pontoon of treetrunks some forty feet wide lining the bank under the willows so that you can walk out over the river, avoiding the margins, and swim in the deep water.These logs had been made into a hundred feet by sixty—big enough even to dance on. While everyone was dancing the rumba and while the buffet was plying a heavytrade, it was noticed that the distance between the raft and the shore had noticeably increased. The gang-plank subsided in the ooze. It was not a great distance—perhaps ten feet. But owing to the solid resistance such a large raft set up in the main current the pull was definitely outward. But as yet nobody was alarmed; indeed most of the party thought it was part of a planned entertainment.As we approached the next bend of the river it looked as if the whole thing would run aground on the bank, and a few of us made preparations to grab hold of the overhanging willows and halt our progress. But by ill luck a change in the current carried us just too far into the centre of the river and we were carried past the spit of land, vainly groping at the tips of bushes.It was about another five minutes before the full significance of our position began to dawn upon us. By this time we were moving in stately fashion down the centre of the river, all lit up like a Christmas tree. Exclamations, suggestions, counter suggestions poured from the lips of the diplomates and their spouses in a dozen tongues.Unknown to us, too, other factors were being introduced which were to make this a memorable night for us all. Spy-mania was at its height and the Yugoslav forces lived in a permanent state of alertness. There were frequent rumours of armed raids from Czechoslovakia.It was in this context that some Yugoslav infantryman at an observation post along the river saw what he took to be a large armed man on war full of Czech paratroops in dinner jackets and ball dresses sailing upon Belgrade. He did not wait to verify this first impression. He galloped into Belgrade Castle a quarter of an hour later on a foam-flecked mule with the news that the city was about to be invaded.6. According to the passage, a river party was practicable because__________.A. the river was lined with willow treesB. the banks were not muddy at this timeC. there was a suitable surface for walking onD. there was not too much frost at this season7. The raft started moving from the shore because___________.A. the gang-plank had fallen in the mudB. the buffet was too heavyC. it was too large to stay in placeD. the organisers wanted to surprise the guests8. The raft did not stop at the next bend because_______________.A. there was too much mud on the river bankB. There were only bushes to catch hold ofC. the current made it swirl outwardsD. the water was not shallow enough9. According to the passage, people on the raft were____________.A. completely unaware of their situationB. quarrelling angrilyC. indignant with the organizers of the partyD. anxious to help solve the problem10. The Yugoslav look out made a mistake because______________.A. the party were dressed in soldiers’ uniformsB. the raft was sailing towards BelgradeC. many of the party were armedD. he was affected by the general tensionQuestions 11～15The elephants left the shade, crossed an open piece of grass between bushes, and came towards the mud-pool where my truck was parked. One by one they arrived on the shore, but, just as they seemed to be about to bathe in the inviting muddy liquid, they became aware of the silent truck with its tell-tale smell of man. the leading elephant merely spread her ears and cautiously backed away taking the young elephants with her.A smaller mother elephant continued to stand next to the pool, however, swinging her long trunk and swaying her head from side to side, always keeping an eye on the truck. The baby elephant behind her held up his head, waving his trunk to sample the suspicious smell in the wind. The mother elephant seemed to be uncertain about whether to come on and investigate the truck or to back away with the other. Finally she made up her mind and slowly advanced on the truck. Her ears were helf out, and her trunk moved inquiringly towards the vehicle and then back under her stomach in a rhythmic swing.I was fascinated by this close approach. Never before had I been able to see the hairiness around the jaw, nor smell the warm scent of elephant, which now reached me in concentrat ed waves. The mother elephant’s steps were slow but determine, and brought her to within a couple of metres of me.She gave the impression of being intensely curious about this metal object with had appeared in her world and behaved as if it were itself an animal. I wondered how far she would accept the situation and, if after all the centuries of men killing elephant, she would ever allow me to approach her on foot. To be able to move freely among theelephants without their minding was an exciting thought, but I certainly did not expect it would ever be possible.11. It was the elephants’ intention to___________.A. feed on the grassB. lie in the sunshineC. swim in the poolD. avoid the mud12. The presence of the writer and his vehicle______________.A. was not noticed by the elephantsB. made the leading elephant suspiciousC. made the adult elephants curiousD. frightened all the elephants away13. How did the smaller elephant react to the truck?A. She showed more curiosity than other elephants.B. She kept her baby away from it.C. After some hesitation she moved away with other elephants.D. She rushed up to it excitedly.14. While he watched the mother elephant approaching, the author______________.A. was worried that the elephants were too closeB. found the smell very unpleasantC. was impressed by the elephant’s sizeD. saw the details he had not noticed before15. The author did not expect he would ever be able to_________________.A. see the elephants killedB. touch the elephantsC. walk about freely near the elephantsD. drive his truck close to the elephantsQuestions 16～20Whatever may be said against mass circulation magazines and newspapers, it can hardly be argued that they are out of touch with their reader’s daydreams, and therefore the inducements such as gifts and prizes and prizes they hold out to them must be a near accurate reflection of their unfulfilled wants and aspirations. Study these and you will assuredly understand a good deal of what it is that makes society tick.Looking back, for example, to the twenties and thirties, we can see that circulation managers unerringly diagnosed the twin obsessions which dominated that era of mass unemployment-economic insecurity and a passionate concern for the next generation. Thus it was that readers were recruited with offers of free insurance policies for the one, and free instant, or an arm in a flood, could confidently expect to collect several hundred pounds from the Daily This of the Evening That. The family who could not afford to send their son to grammar school could find consolation in equipping him with the complete works of Shakespeare in one magnificent, easy to read volume.After the war the need to fall into step with the new consumer society was soon realised. If you were flanked by neighbours who, unlike you, could afford a holiday abroad, then winning an easy competition could set you up with a fortnight in an exotic sunspot. Dishwashers, washing machines, slow-cookers and deep-fat-friers were—and still are — available by the same means.16. The writer finds the study of gifts and prizes interesting because it_____________.A. shows the power of the popular pressB. reveals social trendsC. confirms his view of human natureD. exposes journalistic dishonesty17. It can be inferred from the passage that newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s offered their readers gifts in order to______________.A. spread popular educationB. increase their circulationC. improve social conditionsD. enrich their readers’ knowledge18. The choice of gifts tells us that the circulation managers______________.A. despised their readersB. wanted to educate their readersC. understood their readersD. enjoyed being powerful19. According to the passage, one of the reasons why readers in the 1920s and 130s were attracted by free insurance policies was that_____________.A. they were afraid of being unable to workB. jobs were more dangerous thenC. they had bigger families to look afterD. money was given away with the policies20. Why did holidays abroad become a common prize after the war?A. People became more interested in material possessions.B. Everyone wanted the opportuity to travel.C. Group travel became easier.D. People wanted to get away from familiar surroundings.Questions 21～25Extract 1A stylish dining room with cream walls and curtains and black carpet ad foil to an eclectic array of furniture. Many of the pieces are classics of their particular era, and demonstrate how old and new designs can be happily mixed together. The prototype chair in the foreground has yet to prove its staying power and was thought up by the flat’s occupant. He is pictured in his living area which has the same decorative theme and is linked to the dining-room by a high Medieval-styled archway where there was once a redundant and uninspiring fireplace.Extract 2Old bathrooms often contain a great deal of ugly pipework in need of disguising. This can either be done by boxing in the exposed pipes, or by fitting wood panelling over them.As wood panelling can be secured over almost anything—including old ceramic tiles and chipped walls—it is an effective way of disguising pipework as well as being an attractive form of decoration. The panelling can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal.An alternative way to approach the problem of exposed pipes is to actually make them a feature of the room by picking the pipework out in bright strong colours.Extract 3Cooking takes second place in this charming room which, with its deep armchairs,is more of a sitting-room than a kitchen, and the new Rayburn stove was a good choice, as it blends in well with the old brick and beamed fireplace. There are no fitted units or built-in appliances, so all food preparation is done at the big farmhouse table in the foreground, and the china, pots and pans have been deliberately left on show to make an attractive display. What about the kitchen sink? It’s hidden away behind an archway which leads into a small scullery. Here there’s a sec ond cooker and —in the best farmhouse tradition )a huge, walk-in larder for all food storage.21. In what way does the colour of the carpet contribute to the stylishness of the dining room?A. It darkens the interior of the room.B. It provides a contrast to the furniture.C. It blends in with the tones of the funrniture.D. It gives the room a classical style.22. What is the purpose of the archway described in Extract 1?A. To hide an unattractive fireplace.B. To give the room an exotic eastern style.C. To Join the dining room with another room.D. to make room for the unusual seating arrangements.23. Extract 2 is most probably taken from___________.A. a fashion magazineB. a plumber’s manualC. a do-it –yourself magazineD. an advertisement for new bathrooms24. Extracts 2 and 3 focus on____________.A. old furnitureB. colour schemesC. cheap improvementsD. decorative approaches25. Which of the following rooms is NOT described in the three extracts?A. Dining-room.B. Siting-room.C. Bath-room.D. Kitchen.Question 26～30If You Really Want to Read This, You’ll Be too BusyNEW YORK—Pythagoras had his theorems, Einstein his theories and Murphy his laws. I have developed the maxim of inverse reciprocals.After years of research, I’ve determined inverse rec iprocals affecting all human endeavors. Consider these categorized examples.Travel There is an inverse reciprocal between:·the amount of luggage you are carrying and the distance from curbside to the airline ticket counter. The more luggage, the greater the distance.·the ammount of time you have left before the flight leaves and the distance you must go to reach the gate from which the plane leaves. If you have 30 minutes, the gate is 25 feet from the ticket counter. If you have three minutes, the gate is on the other side of airport.Vacations These is an inverse reciprocal between:·the size of the nonrefundable deposit you have already made and the health of the children(or spouse) the night before you are scheduled to leave.·the time at which you take a much needed long weekend, and the weather。

上海市3月中级口译真题试卷Ⅱ.Passage TranslationDirections: 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.SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (50 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. 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 1～5Some kinds of animals that are still around today were in existence millions of years ago during the time of dinosaur.One of these survivors is the crocodile, which has been around for about 100 million years Today’s c rocodiles can grow to a length of 20 feet and weigh about a ton. Their prehistoric ancestors were about two-and-a-half times the size of today’s animals.Another survivor form the past is the Galapagos tortoise, whose history goes back around 200 million years. The tortoise of today has not evolved much over the last 200 million years; it looks aboutThe oldest survivor from prehistoric times is, can you believe it, the cockroaches have been able to stick around for more than 250 million years. The main reason fortheir incredible endurance is their ability to live in all kinds of conditions and survive on all kinds of fooD.1. This passage is mainly about.A.the dinosaurB.how the crocodile has survivedC.animals that live to be very oldD.types of animals that have existed for a long time2. According to the passage, the crocodile.A.survived an attack by dinosaursB.first appeared 100,000 years agoC.has increased in size over timeD.has existed for millions of years3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the cockroach?A.It has evolved considerably over years.B.It has been around for a quarter of a billion years.C.It lived at the time of the dinosaur.D.It eats many kinds of fooD.4. The expression “stick around” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to.A.endureB.attackC.travel aroundD.look around5. Which of the animals mentioned in the passage has been around for the longest time?A.The dinosaur.B.The crocodile.C.The Galapagos tortoise.D.The cockroach.Questions 6～10Lincoln’s now famous Gettysburg Address was not, on the occasion of its delivery, recognized as the masterpiece that it is today. Lincoln was not even the primary speaker at the ceremonies, held at the height of the Civil War in 1863, to dedicate the battle field at Gettysburg. The main speaker was orator Edward Everest, whose two-hour speech was followed by Lincoln’s shorter r emarks. Lincoln began his small portion of the program with the words that today are immediately recognized by most Americans:”Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” At the time of the speech, little notice was given to what Lincoln had said, and Lincoln considered his appearance at the ceremonies rather unsuccessful. After his speech appeared in print, appreciation for his words began to grow, and today it is recognized as one of the all-time greatest speeches.6. The main idea of this passage is that .A.the Gettysburg Address has always been regarded as a masterpieceB.at the time of its delivery the Gettysburg Address was truly appreciated as a masterpieceC.it was not until after 1863 that Lincoln’s speech was recorded in historyD.Lincoln is better recognized today than he was at the time of his presidency7. Which of the following is true about the ceremonies at Gettysburg during theCivil War?A.Lincoln was the main speaker.B.Lincoln gave a two-hour speech.C.Everest was the closing speaker.D.Everest’s speech was longer than Lincoln’s.8. According to the passage, when Lincoln spoke at the Gettysburg ceremonies, .A.his words were immediately recognized by most AmericansB.he spoke for only a short period of timeC.he was enthusiastically cheeredD.he was extremely proud of his performance9. When did Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address begin to receive public acclaim?A.After it had been publisheD.B.Immediately after the speech.C.Not until the present day.D.After Lincoln received growing recognition.10. The pronoun “it” in the last sentence refers to which of the following?A.His speech.B.Print.C.Appreciation.D.His appearance.Questions 11～14Even if the saying “cold hands, warm heart” were really true, the warmhearted probably would prefer to forgo frozen fingers during the winter. In Japan, where central heating is still something of a luxury. Aoi Co., LtD.has been distributing asmall disposable hand-and-body warmer that makes use of a harmless chemical reaction in order to generate heat. This winter the Poco body warmer is making its debut in Canada, the United States and patrs of Europe. In addition to chasing away winter chills, the body warmer can be used to help relieve pain that results from muscle sprains and arthritis. The Poco body warmer measures about three by five inches and is one-quarter inch thick.. It consists of a cloth bag containing a mixture of iron powder, moisturized wood powder, activated carbon and salt. To get it going, the user simply opens the outer vinyl bag in which the unit is vacuum-packed and shakes the cloth bag. The unit then absorbs oxygen from the air, which in conjunction with the moisture from the wood powder oxidizes the iron, giving off heat. The packet maintains an average temperature of 140 degree Fahrenheit for 24 hours, according to the manufacturer. Aoi Co. officials say that the product contains o toxic chemicals. The only precaution users need to follow is to avoid direct contact between the skin and the body warmer because burns can occur. The unit sells for about 1.11. What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?A.To explain a chemical reaction.B.To recommend a cure for arthritis.C.To introduce a new product.D.To compare central heating with the body warmer.12. Which of the following is LEAST likely to generate heat.A.It makes use of electric power to generate heat.B.It measures about three by five inches and is one quarter inch thick.C.It contains iron powder, wood powder, carbon and salt.D.It maintains an average temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit.13. In the first paragraph, the word “forgo” in “to forgo frozen fingers”could best be replaced by which of the following?A.warm.B.forgetC.put up with.D.do without14. In the second paragraph, the word”it” in “To get it going” refers to.A.arthritisB.muscle sprainC.the body warmerD.moisturized wood powderQuestions 15～19Seoul, once city for kings, can now claim to be a city for commuters. The third nation in the Orient to develop an underground rapid-transit system, Korea opened its first line in 1974. After 12 years of continuing construction, Seoul had finally completed the rest of its extensive subway system, capable of serving 5 million commuters a day.The 73-mile-long system, the world’s seventh largest, is expected to alleviate the acute daily traffic congestion downtown.For an estimated $ 2.7 billion, the city has built one of the most modem subways in the world, replete with air-conditioning, high-tech ticket machines and escalators to deep-level stations. The subway stops, bucking an international tradition of dull concrete walls, are attractions themselves: many ate lined with shopping arcades, others sponsor art exhibits and several have been blasted out of granite and left in theirnatural state, creating an eerie, cave like effect.The subway is a long-term solution to transit problems in a city that is bursting at the seams with 9.5 million people. It is designed to encourage the growth of satellite cities along the lines that run outside the city proper. Efficiency, safety and economy are the catchwords of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation, which handled construction and now manages the four lines. But traditional concern for cleanliness adds to the popularity of this rapid mode of underground transportation.Recently 20 young couples chose the subway as the site for their wedding ceremonies, proof that the system is heralding a new age of modem living for the inhabitants of the nation’s capital.15. According to the passage, how many cities in the world have subway systems larger than that in Seoul, Korea?A.None.B.Three.C.SixD.Seven.16. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be seen in the subway in Seoul?muters.B.Shopping arcades and art exhibits.C.Natural caves.D.Wedding couples.17. Which of the following can be concluded from the passage?A.The subway system was completed in 1986.B.Everyday more than nine million people travel by subway.C.The subway was built in a huge cave.D.The subway corporation is making a huge profit.18. Which of the following is NOT the reason for constructing the underground transit system?A.The growth of population in the city.B.The traffic congestion downtown.C.The traditional concern for a better environment.D.The lack of wedding ceremony sites.19. Why do some young couples choose the subway as the site for their wedding ceremonies?A.It is cleaner than places on the grounD.B.It is a symbol of modem living.C.It is the world’s seventh largest subway.D.It is built in the nation’s capital.Questions 20～24The whole world is going, or has already gone, maD.I do not say this because of problems like the arms race, pollution or the population explosion. These are bad enough, but I think we now have a more serious problem: our desire to make ourselves miserable by sitting ourselves unnecessary problems, called puzzles. Dozens of magazines are published every month with names like The Puzzler, Enigmatic and Brain Teasers. They contain problems which you can do without, and solutions which do not make you feel any better.The electronics industry is now cashing in on our strange need to set ourselves difficult tasks. Their computer games are even nastier, because the torture (the painthey cause) is not only mental but also physical. Only a superman could possibly keep up with the fast-moving dots which represent space invaders, or whatever they are supposed to be.Where does it all start, and why do we do it? It starts when our well-meaning parents try to amuse, amaze and puzzle us wit h games like “I-Spy”. Later the whole thing becomes more sinister, when these puzzles (like “Odd Man Out” and the number series) are used as tests to see if we are clever enough or suitable for a particular course or joB.And it ends on the bookstalls with those piles of puzzle magazines—usually with a pretty smiling girl on the front cover. (What is she smiling about? Why isn’t she as miserable as the rest of us?)We have plenty of real problems to worry us, and yet we create artificial problems to enable us to be miserable in our spare time as well. Why all this misery? The reason is actually very simple: because of a huge cosmic mistake, we have been put, by accident, on the wrong planet. Out there some where, deep in space, is a beautiful planet where we should have been put, a much more peaceful place than ours, a place with no problems, either real or imagineD.The sad thing is that it is probably inhabited by creatures who should have been put on Earth. I bet they have a thriving puzzle book industry too!20. The writer thinks the world is mad because of.A.the arms raceB.the increasing world populationC.our spending little time doing puzzlesD.the electronics industry21. The writer defines a puzzle as kind of problem which is.A.artificialB.unnecessaryC.odd or strangeD.miserable22. When parents set puzzles for their children, they are trying to.cate themB.test themC.entertain themD.control them23. Puzzles like”Odd Man Out”and the number series are also used as tests. The writer thinks that this use of puzzles isA.amusingB.dangerousC.cleverD.a good idea24. The writer’s questions about the girl on the puzzle magazine cover sugge st he finds her smile.A.attractiveB.irritatingC.amusingD.prettyQuestions 25～30One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wages. Butthe question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare, say, a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor, the engineer and the teacher have in common is that they have devoted several years of their lives to studying in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and these years, when they were studying instead of earning money, should be rewardeD.At the same time we recognize that the work of the miner and the oil-rig labourer is both hard and dangerous, and that they must be highly paid for the risks they take.Another factor we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man’s work is regardless of the talents he may bring to it. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or teaching children is more important than, say selling second-hand cars or improving the taste of toothpaste by adding a red stripe to it. Yet it is almost certain that the used-car salesman earns more than the nurse and the research chemist earns more than the schoolteacher.Indeed, this whole question of just rewards can be burned on its heaD.You can argue that a man who does job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward in the form of a so-called”psychic wage”, and that it is the man with the boring, repetitive job who needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying monotony of his work. It is significant that those jobs which are traditionally regarded as “vocations”—nursing, teaching and the Church, for example—continue to be poorly paid, while others, such as those in the world of sport or entertainment, carry financial rewards out of all proportion to their social worth.25. The professional man, such as the doctor, should be well-paid because.A.he has spent several years learning how to do his jobB.his work involves much greater intelligence than, say, a bus conductor’sC.he has to work much harder than most other peopleD.he knows more than other people about his subject26. It is difficult to compare a doctor and a miner because.A.a miner’s work is not as useful as a doctor’sB.a miner has a specialist in his own fieldC.a miner has to learn just as many skills to be able to do his job wellD.a miner’s job is less skilled but on the other hand it is more dangerous27. You can compare an engineer with a teacher because.A.they both do useful workB.they both earn the same kind of salaryC.one does socially important work and the other does dangerous workD.they have both spent several years in training28 As far as rewarding people for their work is concerned, the writer thinks that.A.people doing manual work should be double paidB.we should pay people according to their talentsC.we should pay for socially-useful work, regardless of the person’s talentD.qualified people should be the highest paid29. The argument of the‘psychic wage’ is used to explain why.A.people who do socially important work are not always well paidB.people who do monotonous jobs are highly paidC.you should not try to compare the pay of different professionsD.some professional people are paid more than others30. We learn from the passage that a man who does a boring, repetitive joB.A.receives less money than he deservesB.should receive more money as a compensation for the drudgery of his workC.can only expect more money if his job is a highly-skilled oneD.has no interest in his work apart from the money he receives for doing itSECTION 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 shape of the world is changing almost as dramatically as this city’s skyline. Today the cold war is over. The risk of the global nuclear conflict has been greatly reduced and the free flow of goods and ideas is bringing to life the concept of a global village. But just as all nations can benefit from the promise of this new world, no nation is immune to its perils. We all have a stake in building peace and prosperity, and in confronting threats that respects no borders—terrorism and drug trafficking, disease and environmental destruction. To meet these challenges most effectively, China and the United States must act in concert. Some argue that with the Cold War’s end, the strategic importance of the US-China relationship has diminisheD.I believe they have it exactly backwards. As a new century begins, the importance of strengthening the ties between the United States and China will grow even greater.SEOTIOW 4: TRANSLATION TEST (2) (30 minutes)Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKRLET.手术室的门开了，我和爸爸急忙走进去。

2013年上海市初中毕业统一学业考试英语(含答案全解全析)(满分:150分时间:100分钟)Part1Listening(第一部分听力)Ⅰ.Listening comprehension(听力理解)(共30分)(略)Part2Vocabulary and Grammar(第二部分词汇和语法)Ⅱ.Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)(共20分)31.Perhaps the famous football star won t play football any longer.A.aB.anC.theD./32.My parents showed some old pictures that brought back sweet memories.A.IB.meC.myD.mine33.Wow!Ten students in our class will celebrate their fourteenth birthdays October!A.inB.onC.atD.to34.The chemicals in the vegetables and fruit are bad our health.A.fromB.withC.ofD.for35.A lot of foreigners familiar with the famous places of interest in China.A.amB.isC.areD.be36.The student didn t find much about the topic on that website.A.reportB.articlermationD.story37.is waiting for you at the gate.He wants to say thanks to you.A.SomebodyB.AnybodyC.EverybodyD.Nobody38.—have you been in the sports club?—Since the first month I came to the school.A.How oldB.How longC.How muchD.How soon39.My old neighbour Charles felt after his children moved out.A.lonelyB.safelyC.angrilyD.happily40.—Must I go to medical school and be a doctor like you,Dad?—No,you,son.You re free to make your own decision.A.can tB.mustn tC.shouldn tD.needn t41.The volunteer spoke as as she could to make the visitors understand her.A.clearlyB.more clearlyC.most clearlyD.the most clearly42.Which do you prefer to use to keep in touch with your friends,QQ MSN?A.andB.butC.orD.so43.I hate travelling by air you usually have to wait for hours before the plane takes off.A.becauseB.thoughC.untilD.unless44.Look,so many passengers with their smart phones on the underground.A.playedB.will playC.are playingD.have played45.The schoolboy to the blind man on his way home yesterday afternoon.A.apologizesB.apologizedC.will apologizeD.has apologized46.The official said they a new law to protect the tourists the next year.A.makesB.would makeC.madeD.have made47.Even Tony s granddaughter,a five-year-old girl,asked him smoking.A.give upB.gave upC.to give upD.giving up48.The retired couple enjoy photos.They always go out with their cameras.A.takeB.tookC.to takeD.taking49.—Tim and I will visit the exhibition this weekend.Would you like to join us?—A.Well done.B.That s right.C.You re welcome.D.I d love to.50.—We ll study in different schools next term.Enjoy your time in the new school!—A.I ll take your advice.B.The same to you.C.Congratulations!D.Me too.Ⅲ.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box.Each can only be usedDo you know what is special about November and June in the UK?They are,possibly,the only two months with no school holidays.A newspaper51did a survey among a group of students.In the survey,68percent of the students said that their parents were at work in the school holidays.73percent said that they were bored during the school holidays and35percent said they were happy to go back to school!The52of the survey show that not everybody wants to have many holidays.If you don t want to stay at home and get bored,go out and53some interesting activities.A lot of schools organize various trips during the holidays,especially when they have a one-week holiday.You have many54to make.Many schools take groups of students to some training centres.There,students can learn a lot from55activities.For example,students learn how to make a camp in the forest.They also learn more about56animals and plants.At the same time,they are taught how to find their way back to the centre.In most towns,some other centres57students different courses,such as computer game design,film making and painting.Students can also58for school trips.They can practise their foreign languages and experience everyday life in different cultures.Ⅳ.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。

历年上海英语翻译考试中级口译英译汉原文真题及参考答案原文A majority of the world’s climate scientists have convinced themselves, and also a lot of laymen, some of whom have political power, that the Earth’s climate is changing; that the change, from humanity’s point of view, is for the worse; and that the cause is human activity, in the form of excessive emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.A minority, though, are sceptical. Some think that recent data suggesting the Earth’s average temperature is rising are explained by natural variations in solar radiation, and that this trend may be coming to an end. Others argue that there is no conclusive evidence that modern temperatures are higher than they used to be.We believe that global warming is a serious threat, and that the world needs to take steps to try to avert it. That is the job of the politicians. But we do not believe that climate change is a certainty. There are no certainties in science. Prevailing theories must be constantly tested against evidence, and more evidence collected, and the theories tested again. That is the job of the scientists.参考答案世界上大部分气候学家已经使他们自己及许多普通民众(包括一些政界人士)确信，地球的气候正处于变化之中;对人类而言，这一变化正日趋严重;罪魁祸首是人类活动，其表现形式为过量排放二氧化碳之类的温室气体。

真题阅读部分第三篇 Napoleon famously described the British as a nation of shopkeepers. These days it would be equally true to describe them as a nation of shoppers. Either way, London is the UK’s shopping mecca; if you can’t find it here you probably can’t find it at all. Some London shops are more or less tourist attractions in their own right. Few visitors come away without popping into Harrods, even if only to gawp. This famous store is a real one-off. The toilets are fab, the food hall enough to make you swoon, and if they haven’t got what you want, it probably doesn’t exist. No other store has such a sense of sheer, outrageous abundance. Since Absolutely Fabulous brought Edina and Patsy steaming onto our screens, Harvey Nichols (’Harvey Nicks’) has become another must-see attraction. It boasts a great food hall, an extravagant perfume department and jewellery to save up for. But with all the big names from Miyake to Lauren, Hammett to Calvin Klein and a whole floor of up-to-the-minute menswear, it’s fashion that Harvey Nichols does better than the rest. The selection is unrivalled and the prices high, although the sales offer some great bargains, and the store’s own clothing line is reasonable. Carnaby Street still reeks of the 60s although it’s had something of a revival since the ’Cool Britannia’ kick brought Union Jack dresses back into fashion. The last punks have long since slunk away from Chelsea’s King’s Rd but there are still plenty of interesting shops slotted in amid the high-street chains. The shops and stalls inside the old Covent Garden market building tend to be pricey and tourist-oriented, while the streets running off it remain a happy hunting ground for shoppers, with Neal St and Neal’s Yard in particular offering a range of interesting one-off shops. Oxford St and classier Regent St come into their own in the six weeks running up to Christmas when they’re festooned with lights. At other times of the year Oxford St can be a great disappointment. Selfridge’s is up there with Harrods as a place to visit and the flagship Marks & Spencer at the Marble Arch end has its fans, but the farther east you go the tackier and less interesting it becomes. Although most things can be bought in most parts of town, there are also streets with their own specialities; Tottenham Court R& for example, is one long electrical goods shop (watch out for tip-offs though), while Charing Cross Rd is still the place to come for offbeat books. Many tourist attractions have excellent shops, selling good-quality souvenirs like mugs, pens, pencils, stationery and T-shirts, often with themes to match their content (war books and videos at the Imperial War Museum). By buying from these shops you help contribute towards the building’s maintenance, especially important in the cases of those without entry charges.。

上海中级口译英语真题及答案5篇(优质上海中级口译英语真题及答案篇一口译题part bdirections: in this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in chinese. after you have heard eachsentence or paragraph, interpret it into english. start interpreting at the signal. and stop it at thesignal. you may take notes while you are listening. remember you will hear the passages only once. now, let us begin part b with the first passage.passage 2【原文】随着科学技术的突飞猛进，世界经济秩序和经济格局发生急剧变化，人口与发展进一步成为国际社会广泛关注的重大问题。

走人口与经济、社会、资源、环境相互协调的可持续发展道路，正成为世界各国的共同选择。

中国解决人口与发展问题的基本指导方针是相当清楚的：根据我国的基本国情，走中国特色的道路解决人口与发展的问题。

中国将继续做出巨大努力，在充分尊重各族人民的不同文化背景、宗教信仰的基础上，制定和实施人口与发展的规划和政策。

【答案】with the rapid development of science and technology and the swift changes in the worldeconomic order and patterns, population and development have further bee an importantissue, which draws general concern of the international munity.it is the mon choice of all countries to seek a way to achieve sustainable development withpopulation, economy, society, resources and environment all in harmony.chinas main guidelines for tackling the population and development issue are clearly speltout. china will take into consideration its basic national conditions, and tackle its ownpopulation and development issue in its own specific way.with a full consideration of different cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs among omnationalities, china will persistently make great efforts in formulating and implementingpopulation and development plans and policies.上海中级口译英语真题及答案篇二①spot dictation 20个话题是：生态破坏，栖息地遭到破坏，英国实行了一个政策，保护当地生态，最后呼吁更多的人参与环境保护。

请关注新浪微博【上海中高口资料】更多精彩中高级口译资料分享2013年3月中级口译听力真题及解析S POT D ICTATIONGood afternoon, folks. Today's discussion topic is online shopping. With only 2 weeks to go before Christmas, buying presents is a high priority for a lot of people. However, this year not so many people are leaving their homes to browse around the shops. These days, lots of people can do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the Internet. Online shopping is becoming more and more popular for a number of reasons. Prices are often lower online. You don’t have to queue up in busy shops. And you can buy almost any product imaginable with just a few clicks of your mouse. Computer trends are often male-dominated, but this year, women are expected to do more shopping on the Internet than men. It seems women are now more attracted to the convenience of online shopping than they used to be. Average spending online these Christmas by women will rise to £240 compared to the slightly lower average £233 for men. While the average spend per person on the high street is only £197. 17% of Internet users, mainland female are not buying their Christmas gifts online. In the past, a lot of people were reluctant to shop online. Many were worried about the security of entering their card details on the Internet and reliability of the Internet. But as shopping online has become more widespread, these worries have begun to disappear. 45% of Internet users still do have security worries but it hasn’t slowed down the ever increasing numbers of online shoppers. One victim of the online shopping boom is the UK high street. Christmas trading can represent up to 60% of turnover for some stores. Many companies are concerned not enough shoppers are coming through their doors in the run-up to Christmas. As a result there are lots of special offers in the shops.S TATEMENTS1. I hear that Mitchell turned down that job. Well the hours were convenient but she wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.2. The committee finally reached a decision, and I couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome. Everybody says they haven’t seen me like this for weeks.3. I do understand your problem. It’s not easy for me to deal with it right away but I’ll certainly try as soon as possible.4. Being a sales representative is harder than you think. Last week I was in Washington, and before that in New York. Next week I have to go to Chicago.5. I’m getting used to a lot of things at my new job. But I wish the manager would give me some feedback.6. According to some researchers, men who eat cooked tomatoes 2-3 times a week have up to a 50% reduction in their risk of developing prostate cancer.7. Despite her success in designing an adventure game series, which had won numerous praises from fans and critics, Jane Jansen considers herself at heart, a writer and a novelist.8. China is now the third largest producer of films in the world. However, most of the revenue generated was from a handful of the movies produced.9. If you lost 2% of your body weight in water, the performance level of your brain may start to weaken. Another 4% may leave in feeling dizzy.10. Since it is a big order, I accept your price of $30. However it ’s a very special price and it leaves us little profit.T ALKS AND C ONVERSATIONSDirections: 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.Question 11—14M: I love this car; I think it ’s really cool. It ’s called the clean car.W: Where is it made?M: It was produced in Sweden. It was designed in Italy. The engine of the vehicle runs on electricity which is generated by water.W: so the fuel is plain H2O? Fantastic!M: this car was made for the city. It can be parked in a small space and it reaches a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour.W: It looks very light. What ’s it made of?M : It is made of a special metal which is being used for airplanes and space shuttles.W: And what ’s the price of the clean car?M : That ’s the only problem. It ’s still rather expansive.11. What is the man and the woman talking about?12. Where is the vehicle produced?13. Which of the following is true about the vehicle?14. What is the only problem with the vehicle?Questions 15—18Once every year for the last few years we visited our friends in a small tiny little village in the middle of France. And they bought a cowshed, and it was literally a cowshed not fit to live in. And 请关注新浪微博【上海中高口资料】更多精彩中高级口译资料分享 请关注新浪微博【上海中高口资料】更多精彩中高级口译资料分享 请关注新浪微博【上海中高口资料】更多精彩中高级口译资料分享 请关注新浪微博【上海中高口资料】更多精彩中高级口译资料分享they have gradually made it better and renovated it. And it’s in a beautiful position. It’s on the top of a hill. And for miles around you can see this beautiful countryside. And I think only one another house. So you do need a car and you take the car into the tiny little village where there are about 4 or 5 shops and a very nice restaurant where you can go and have a 5 course meal for very little money. And also near is a very big lake, because this place is in the DorDon, and there are lots of lakes there. And we go there most afternoons and wind surf and sail. Also there is a very nice market, French Market, there once a week, where you get lovely parties, lovely fresh fish, really good fresh fish and lovely bowls and baskets which the local people have made. I like this part of France very much. But I think it’s a shame that there are too many English people there.15. In which part of France do the speaker’s friends live?16. What was the house before they modernized it?17. Where is the house located?18. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?Questions 19—22W: I like that picture you put up on the wall．M: Oh, thank you．It’s a photograph that I took on my vacation last year．W: You took it yourself? I didn’t know you were a photographer．M: Oh, yes．I’ve been taking pictures for years．W: It sounds like an interesting hobby．Do you have any more of your pictures here?M: I have some that I haven’t enlarged.W: May I see them?M: Yes, certainly．I haven’t really sorted them out yet. Some of them are faces, just faces of people whom I see when I’m walking around．W: Do you let them know that you’re taking pictures of them?M: I try not to．I don’t like pictures of people who pose for the camera．I like people who are going about their daily business without being aware of the camera．W: And what are the rest of the pictures?M: A few of them are landscapes. And the rest of them are still life studies that I took in my studio.W: Oh, you have your own studio? But I suppose you need a lot of equipment．How many cameras do you have?M: Well, I have several, but I use two of them more than the others．Here, this is the one that I use to get the portrait shots.W: What’s your other favourite?M: It’s the one I use for the pictures that I take in my studio. It’s too big to carry around.W: When are you going to take a picture of me?M: Some time when you don’t know that I am taking one.19. What picture did the man put on the wall?20. How does the man take pictures of people when he is walking around?21. According to the man, when does he use the bigger camera?22. What kind of pictures has the man not taken yet?Questions 23—26Traveling by air is one of the major conveniences of modern times. The whole field of aviation is geared to meet our needs for our safe, efficient and fast transportation. Let me give you an account of my recent trip on a major airline to illustrate my point.I began preparations for my trip early by calling the airline and making a reservation. A few days later, I got the e-mail telling me my flight number and the times of departure from my city and arrival at my destination. I was advised to arrive at the airline terminal an hour before take-off in order to check in for my flight.On the day of my flight, I went to the ticket counter for my boarding card, and then headed for the waiting area of the gate, from which my airplane will depart. Of course, you have to go through security system first. While I was waiting, I noticed how busy everyone was. The mechanics were checking the plane for last minute repairs, and a large truck was fueling the plane with gasoline to make it ready for take-off.When my flight was called, I boarded the airplane. I was pleasantly greeted by the flight attendants and ordered light drinks and food. The weather was good, and there was no air turbulence to cause us worry or discomfort.Although my flight was trouble-free, during the holidays, air travel becomes more hectic. Often, airlines sell too many tickets for a flight and are then overbooked. Some unlucky passengers will be bumped and asked to reschedule on a later flight. Bad weather might also cause a later take-off, and this delay often results in misconnections at the next stop.On the whole, however, air travel is worth the expense. It is fast, safe and usually reliable.23. How did the speaker make his flight reservation?24. Why is the speaker advised to arrive an hour earlier?25. How was his flight going according to the speaker?26. Which of the following is not true about air travel?Questions 27--30W: Robert, I know you have strong feelings about the media.M: I do. I’ve never had a television in my life. I grew up before television was really common. And I just don’t have time for it. I think you have to look at the “trade off” for whatever you do.W: What do you mean by “trade off”?M: What it costs, not only in money, but in terms what it does to your life. I have no real machines in my apartment. Well, I do have an FM radio.W: What do you listen to?M: Oh, weather reports, good music. And I have a telephone now. But I lived for eight yearswithout one.W: Eight years without a telephone?M: Well, I discovered there were telephones on every street corner, and I really didn’t need one for anything.W: Do you have a computer?M: I do not own a computer. Because when I go on the Internet, I’m always disappointed. You see, I think modern technology destroys all the beauty and meaning in life. The machine gets in the way, and I don’t want to be part of a machine. That’s not the way I want to live my life.W: Aren’t there any good things that the modern media bring us? I don’t know. Closer contact with other people?M: Well, I do have a confession to make. The only modern form of media I really like is the jet plane. I mean, I know it’s not “the media”, but I really consider it to be a form of communication. It has allowed me to travel all over the world. I get great enjoyment out of travelling. I link up with people from foreign countries. I meet them. I talked to them. And so in that way, the jet plane has improved international communication much more than fax or e-mail will ever do. W: What an interesting idea. Thank you, Robert.27. Why has Robert never had a television in his life?28. Which type of modern machine does Robert have now in his apartment?29. What does Robert think of modern technology?30. What does Robert enjoy most?S ENTENCE T RANSLATIONDirections: 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 space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.1. Walking is a skill people learn as a babies, but it is not as simple as that. In any given year, some 15,000 American pedestrians are killed by motor-vehicles.行走是人们婴儿时期学会的一种技能，但它远没有这么简单。

中级口译真题（翻译部分）中级口译实考试题汇编（翻译部分）贷款问题十六2004．09 美国人口问题上海某公司简介十七2005．03 美国人对总统的期望值香港的文化氛围十八2005．09 美国劳动力市场竞争残酷中国与亚欧各国的合作互助十九2006．03 肥胖问题上海繁荣发展二十2006．09 物质文化和非物质文化的定义胡锦涛主席在耶鲁大学的演讲－夸耶鲁大学二一2007.03 古董文物价格世博会二二2007.09 美国贫富心态中国和平发展不怕苦，吃苦半辈子，怕吃苦，吃苦一辈子！0409 翻译部分As individuals and as a nation, we're defined by the choices we make. And too often, by the tough decisions we avoid. Most of us have avoided even thinking about how our rapidly growingpopulation is affecting our quality of life and shaping our society.Our population has more than doubled since World War II, and at this rate, we could be on our way to 1 billion people living in the United States by the end of the century. Our population growth, driven in part by unchecked immigration, is already straining our healthcare and educational systems and, less noticeably —but far more important —putting a heavy burden on our natural resources.All these pressures on our resources will only worsen unless our leaders begin a national dialogue on the future of this country and start making the tough choices. Politicians are avoiding debate on these issues because they are the most difficult ones to confront. In campaign debating, these are wedge issues. But failure to come to terms with them will drive a wedge between all of us and a prosperous, healthy future for this country.我们作为个人和一个国家（民族），其特性表现为我们所做的选择，而且还常常表现为我们不想/避免做出的艰难决定（来确定的）。

3月翻译资格中级英语口译实务试卷及答案英译中Imagine you have two candidates for a job. There CVs are equally good , and they both handsome. Are you swayed by their appearance?If you were swayed by someone's looks, would that be wrong? In the past, people often equated beauty with virtue and ugliness with vice.Even now, the expression "as ugly as sin" has not quite passed from the language. There is, of course, the equally famous expression "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", to counter it. Most beholders agree what is beautiful——and modern biology suggests there is a good rule of thumb for assessing someone of either sex. Not an infallible one. And certainly no substitute for an in-depth investigation. But, nevertheless, an instinctive one, and one that is bound to contribute to the advantage of the physically well endowed.中译英我国首次月球探测工程的成功，实现了中华民族的千年奔月梦想，并开始了中国人走向深空探索宇宙奥秘的时代，标志着我国已经进入世界具有探测能力的国家行列。

2013年3月上海中级口译考试翻译（英译汉）(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、英译汉(总题数：1，分数：100.00)1.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.（分数：100.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：( 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。

2013年3月上海高级口译翻译（汉译英）(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、汉译英(总题数：1，分数：100.00)1.之所以把论坛取名为“蓝厅论坛”，是因为蓝色让人联想到大海和天空，既包容万象又蕴含热情与活力，契合了和谐共存、开放共赢的理念。

它寓意着我们将以海纳百川的包容精神，汲取各界智慧，深化对话交流；以纵论天下的开阔视野，把握时代脉搏，共谋发展大计。

对于21世纪的亚太，人们曾经有不同的看法。

有人认为亚太人文荟萃，潜力巨大，前景光明。

也有人认为亚太问题丛生，麻烦不断，不容乐观。

如今，当21世纪第一个10年即将结束的时候，回顾亚太发展进程，我们不难发现，尽管亚太地区由于历史和现实的原因，还存在这样那样的问题和挑战，但谋和平、维稳定、求合作、促发展是人心所向、大势所趋，亚太正在成为一个充满活力、生机与希望的地区（分数：100.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Lanting, as you may know, means the blue hall in Chinese. This Forum is called Lanting Forum because people naturally associate the blue color with the sea and the sky. It symbolizes inclusiveness, passion and vitality, and it accords to the philosophy of harmonious coexistence, openness and win-win progress. It shows that we will adopt an inclusive approach, pool together the wisdom of various sectors and deepen dialogue and exchanges. It also means that we will take a global perspective, keep pace with the times and work together for development. There were different views about the Asia Pacific in the 21st century. Some believed that rich human resources and cultural diversity held out great potential and bright prospects for the Asia-Pacific region, while others thought this region was beset with problems and troubles and could hardly offer any reason for optimism. Now the first decade of the 21st century is coming to an end. When we look back on the journey that the region has travelled, I believe we can come to the following conclusions: Despite the various problems and challenges due to reasons both of the past and present, peace, stability, cooperation and development represent the shared aspiration of the people and the trend of the times. What has happened shows that the Asia Pacific is transforming into a dynamic, vibrant and promising region. )解析：文本节选自前外交部长杨洁篪于2010年12月1日在首届“蓝厅论坛”上的讲话，是整篇演讲的第一段。

2013年3月上海中级口译考试翻译（汉译英）(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、汉译英(总题数：1，分数：100.00)1.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。

（分数：100.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：( 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. )解析：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。