上海英语口译基础能力证书听力考试预测卷(4)Sectio n One: Liste ning TestPART 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage TWICE.Now let us begin Part A with Spot Dictation.In the United States, the area of study with the fewest international students is agriculture. The number was about nine thousand during the last school year. More than ten times as many studied business or engineering. But the crop of foreign students in agriculture and natural resources was twenty percent bigger than the year before. The Institute of International Education in New Y ork says that was the biggest increase of any area of study.About one hundred colleges and universities began as public agricultural schools and continue to teach agriculture. These are known as land-grant schools. In eighteen sixty-two, Congress passed legislation that gave thousands of hectares to each state. States were to sell the land and use the money to establish colleges to teach agriculture, engineering and military science.The state of Michigan already had an agricultural college. But that college was the first to officially agree to receive support under the Morrill Act. It grew into what is now Michigan State University in East Lansing. Today, Michigan State has more than forty thousand students. More than four thousand of them are international students. They come from one hundred twenty-five countries. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University offers sixty programs of study. Richard Brandenburg is the associate dean for graduate programs. He says foreign agriculture students this year are from countries including Japan, the Netherlands, Rwanda, El Salvador, Turkey, Sri Lanka and India. In all, the college has four hundred thirty-three foreign students in East Lansing. It also has eleven students at a campus in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The only agriculture program currently offered in Dubai is construction management. Michigan State opened its Dubai campus in August. It has only about fifty students now, but the university says it has received about ninety applications for admission this fall.Part B: Listening ComprehensionI. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 10 short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on thepaper; 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 us begin statements with question number 1.1.Alex told me that he came down with the flu and couldn’t make it home forthanksgiving dinner.2. When the meeting lasted more than 15 minutes, he thought that they must behaving trouble reaching a decision.3. If you order the chair from the catalog it will cost $250 but if you buy it in thestore it will cost $265.4. I am glad to have telephone call from Tom that he is not coming tonight. We don’thave an extra bed for him to sleep in.5. I am so confused! My watch says 7:55 and my wife’s watch says 7:50 but theclock in the living room says 8:12.6. In this store many of these 80-dollar silk blouse will be on sale for half price at theend of the month.7. It is so terrific and I am so satisfied. Rarely have I had such a wonderful meal inWhite Rose Restaurant with you.8. As the head of the financial department, he never manages to hand in his monthlybudget reports on time.9. It is impossible for to read all the books on the reading list within such a shorttime, because there are more than fifty.10. Last night Gary just came back from Alaska. He said his trip to Alaska was worthneither the time nor the money.II.Directions:In this part of the test, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a third voice will ask a question about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and a question about it, read the four possible answers in your test-book and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Now let us begin short conversations with question number 11.11.W: So, What are supposed to be building over there? Another gym?M: Isn’t that where the new library’s going?Q: What are the speakers talking about?12.W: Do you mind if I use your computer to w rite the history paper? Mine’s out for repairsM: Sorry, but I am in the middle of typing something and it’s gonna be a while. Y ou know, the computer lab is still open.Q: What does the man imply the women should do?13.M: It was such a great weekend. I saw two really good movies and play. What did you do?W: What were you supposed to be doing? ...studying. Did you forget we have an exam today?Q: What are the speakers talking about?14.M: Do you know when the next train is? I need to be at the museum of fine arts by 10:30.W: Actually there is a shuttle bus at 10 that takes you directly there and it’s only a 25-minute ride.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?15.W: I am starting to lose my voice, which usually means about to catch a cold. Do you think I should go to the clinic and have my throat looked at?M: As soon as possible, especially since we have oral exams next week in German classes.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?16.W: Wow, you are really tall. Are you on the basketball team?M: I may be tall, but that doesn’t mean I’ve ever been any good as a player.Q: What does the man imply?17.M: Are you sure you want to rent that apartment? It’s the first one you saw.W: Y ou are right. I shouldn’t be so hasty. It wouldn’t hurt to check out a few more. Q: What will the woman probably do?18.M: I was surprised to hear that you accepted the job offer from the bank. Are you sure you like working there?W: I just thought I gave it a try. If I don’t like it, I can quit anytime.Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?19.M: Which of the shirts do you think I should buy, the red one or green one?W: Well, didn’t you already buy a red one last week? A little variety would be good. Q: What does the woman imply the man should do?20.W: How are you going to pay for classes next year? Did you apply for financial aid? M: Well, I’m working at the bookstore and doing some tutoring. That should be enough, don’t you think?Q: What can be inferred about the woman?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.I would have driven my new car to the theater last night with my family, thoughfinding a parking place has always been difficult for me.2.Because of the current war in the Middle East, the price of fuel increases and thewhole world has to suffer. But we don’t want less.3.For over a hundred years Hong Kong had develop from a self-sufficientagricultural area into a modern metropolis.4.An adult might say that the TV programmes are all nonsense. They are makingchildren become vicious, less responsible and indifferent about life and death.5.Drive- in Service is a service which enables customers to do ordering withouthaving to step out of their cars，such as KFC and sp forth.II. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 3 English 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 yo ur ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.1. Forty years ago, when I was a small child, my father arranged for me to spend my summer holiday at a farm in the countryside. It was a beautiful place, and the experience taught me a lot. I learned the importance of independence. The farm was so isolated that most of the local people said they had never been away from their homes. Some even had not seen a locomotive.2. I think that this problem of teenagers getting into trouble with the law is mainly caused by unemployment. Because of the high level of unemployment, so many teenagers nowadays leave school and find that they have no chance of getting a job. As a result of this, they feel bored and are much more likely to get drunk and wandering around the streets with nothing to do, which can easily lead to trouble of one sort or another.3. Package holidays are major products offered by the travel agency. The travel agency will arrange for the holiday-makers the transportation and the hotel accommodation and even order the food. That is why it is called a package holiday. Such holidays are usually very cheap. However more and more people nowadays prefer to arrange their holidays themselves. Package holidays are no longer as popular as they were.Section 2: Oral TestPart A: Passage reading:Directions: In this part of the test, you are to read a passage. Start your reading at the signal…and stop your reading at the signal…Y ou need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start the oral test with “My name is…” “My registration number is…” Now let us begin Part A passage reading.Part B: Free talkDirections: The pace of life is becoming increasingly fast. Some people think earning money is very important, while others think health is more important than earning money. What is your opinion? Talk on the topic for at least 2 minutes. Start your talk at the signal…and stop at the signal…Part C: InterpretationI．English-Chinese Sentence Interpretation:Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. After you have heard each sentence, 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 sentences only once. Now let's begin Part I with the first sentence.Sentence No.1 Does Chinese education kill thinking or are the Chinese that way by nature?Sentence No.2 The United States has not confirmed its participation in the Expo as funds have not been raised.Sentence No.3 No matter how hard you work and how much money you earn, you'll never achieve financial security if you spend more than you earnSentence No.4 Kofi Annan says that around 300,000 people die each year from disasters related to climate change.Sentence No.5 The world economy is expected to shrink by 2.6 percent in 2009.II. English-Chinese Passage Interpretation:Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 1 passage in English. After you have heard thepassage, 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 passage only once. Now let's begin Part II with the passage.On October 8, I was in Beijing for a visit. With me were my wife, Katie, my son, Gary, and daughter and son-in-law. We stayed at the Beijing Hotel, my favorite.//Emily and Robert were celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary. For dinner we took a cab to a café to celebrate my birthday and their anniversary.Later, we returned in separate cabs to the hotel. //When Emily and Robert got out of their cab, they unknowingly left behind a borrowed 1,000 US dollars Sony video camera. We hadn’t only lost an expensive borrowed camera, but the pictures as well. //But fortunately, the taxi driver came to our hotel with our camera. He is an honest whom the Chinese can be proud of.III. Chinese-English Sentence Interpretation:Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in Chinese. After you have heard each sentence, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal …and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the sentences only once. Now let's begin Part III with the first sentence.Sentence No.1. 我永远都不会忘记大学毕业后的那个夏天，我是多么的开心。
