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上海英语中级口译证书考试第一阶段考试注意事项上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段共分四个部分，依次是：第一部分：听力；第二部分：阅读；第三部分：英译汉，第四部分：汉译英。

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上海外语口译证书考试委员会编制上海英语中级口译证书第一阶段考试（TEST BOOK)SECTION 1:LISTENING TEST(45 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 your ANSWER BOOKLE T. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.For centuries people have been fighting over whether governments should allow trade between countries. There have been, and probably always will be, ________________(1) to the argument. Some people argue that just ________________(2) is best for both the country and the world. Others argue that trade with other countries _________________(3) for some people to make a good living. Both sides are at least ________________(4).International trade matters a lot. Its effects on ___________________(5) are enormous. Imagine a world in which your country __________________(6) at all with other countries. Imagine what kind of job you would be _________________(7) and what goods you could buy or not buy in such a world.For the United States, for example, start by imagining that it lived without its _______________(8) a year in imported oil, and cut back on its ______________(9) because the remaining domestic oil and other energy sources were _______________(10). Producers and consumers in other parts of the economy would ________________(11) if they were suddenly stripped of foreign-made goods like CD players and clothing. On the ______________(12) side, suppose that Boeing could sell airplanes, and farmers could sell their corps, _______________(13) the United States, and that US universities could admit only _______________(14). In each case, there are people who gain and people who lose from _______________(15) international trade. In any case, less or more international trade will have ______________(16) on your career as well as your life.For years, American companies are often faced with the choice of buying _______________(17), which are expensive, and foreign-made goods, which are cheap. If the company buys American goods, it may _______________(18) taxpayers by failing to keep prices low. But if it buys foreign goods, it may ________________(19) the jobs of American workers. Recently, Congress has passed a law compelling American companies with government contracts to _______________(20) domestic goods and services.Part B: Listening Comprehension1. 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) Your need to go to Brazil to do a translation course.(B) Your Portuguese is not good enough for translating this contract.(C) Our new secretary can type the contract in Portuguese for you.(D) The secretary might be able to help you with the translation.2.(A) Luckily, I have accepted the job offer.(B) I think you should accept the job offer.(C) I'm very glad you accepted the job offer.(D) I'm sure you can find a job in a smaller city.3.(A) Dr. Madison is absent from the conference.(B) Dr. Madison is an expert on economics.(C) Dr. Madison will present our view of global economy.(D) Dr. Madison will preside over the conference this afternoon.4.(A) There are vacancies for 18 more club members in the team.(B) There are training courses in the bungee-jumping club.(C) There are pre-requisites for participating in the sport.(D) There are bungee-jumping sports clubs all over the country.5.(A) Only a third of the business firms can survive more than 5 years.(B) Currently, two thirds of the business firms will collapse in their first year.(C) If you have the correct information, starting a new business is easy.(D) You must have a two-third majority consent to start a branch office6.(A) Evidence shows that wild animals can transmit virus to man.(B) Scientists report the extinction of some endangered wild animals.(C) Men and women cannot protect themselves from the attack of virus.(D) Hunting or eating animals will not bring the risk of being infected by virus.7.(A) It is not enough to learn a foreign language for three years.(B) It requires time and effort to master a foreign language.(C) A child can learn a foreign language better if her mother is around.(D) A child can learn a foreign language faster than an adult.8.(A) Our enrollment fee is only 30 pence if you have your own photos.(B) Our students pay only 30 pounds for their photocopying course.(C) Our students enjoy free services except for photocopying.(D) Our college is the best in the country for its photocopying course.9.(A) I don't think our sales figures in LA are good enough.(B) I cannot appoint Mrs. Colman to the post since she was born there.(C) I believe Mrs. Colman can easily be connected as she is now living in LA.(D) I recommend that Mrs. Colman be in charge of our office in LA.10.(A) 160 miles. (B) 200 miles.(C) 320 miles. (D) 400 miles.2.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 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.Questions 11-1411.(A) They like to show off.(B) They put work first.(C) They are depressed.(D) They are old-fashioned.12.(A) She runs very fast.(B) She often goes out at night.(C) She studies well at school.(D) She lives on her own.13.(A) Make a phone call home on his arrival.(B) Take the medicine as soon as he arrives.(C) Throw away all the drugs on his arrival.(D) Shut himself up in case he gets sick.14.(A) They should worry about him.(B) They should trust him.(C) They should give him more free time.(D) They should care more about him.15. (A) To predict an earthquake.(B) To prevent an earthquake.(C) To reduce the damage by an earthquake.(D) To report the occurrence of an earthquake.16. (A) To support the bronze ball inside the vessel.(B) To respond to light tremors of the earth.(C) To open the mouth of the frog sculpture.(D) To attach the bars to the dragon heads outside.17. (A) A major earthquake took place somewhere northwest of the capital.(B) An instrument that could record the occurrence of an earthquake was invented.(C) The invention of the seismoscope was approved by the central government.(D) The earthquake damaged more than 400 houses in the capital city.18. (A) By surveying on the earth surface changes.(B) By recording the frogs' movement in the field.(C) By messengers on horseback.(D) By the astronomer observing the night sky.Questions 19-2219. (A) Working night shifts to make money.(B) Taking final examinations.(C) Visiting the United States.(D) Consulting a tourist agent.20. (A) He is engaged in a part-time job.(B) He likes the weather in England.(C) It will be more interesting.(D) It will cost him less money.21. (A) In the student centre. (B) In a travel agency.(C) In the classroom. (D) In the dining-hall.22. (A) Take a part-time job in England.(B) Go to the States with the man.(C) Discuss the plan with her parents.(D) Ask her parents to pay for her trip home.23. (A) It is a necessary part of life.(B) It is a time of pressure and stress.(C) It is a carefree period of life.(D) It is much shorter than it used to be.24. (A) Family problems.(B) Excellence in sports.(C) Self-esteem.(D) Acceptance by parents.25. (A) Those that used to be meant for adults only.(B) Those that divides childhood and adulthood.(C) Those that are only related to information technology.(D) Those that can help reduce the level of stress.26. (A) Children's games.(B) Living standard.(C) Language lessons.(D) Sports performance.Questions 27-3027. (A) Rather attractive.(B) Fairly significant.(C) Very formal.(D) Quite reasonable.28. (A) The man has always been a valuable employee.(B) The man has often been late for work after lunch.(C) The man has been addicted to alcohol while running errands.(D) The man has been engaging in work-related activities.29. (A) Making an appointment to see the manager.(B) Attending a warning session.(C) Having soft drinks over lunch.(D) Consulting a specialist.30.(A) Alcohol drinking during working hours is strictly forbidden.(B) Anyone who drinks beer on the job will be dismissed immediately.(C) A warning session will be conducted if an employee is late for work.(D) Anyone who is late for work must go and see a professional counselor.Part C: Listening and Translation1. Sentence TranslationDirections: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)(2)(3)(4)(5)2. Passage TranslationDirections:In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. 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.(1)(2)SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS(45 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 1-5Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job. Before then I had done bits of reviewing—novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio. That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for radio and television. He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff.At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn't require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio. There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there world also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable.It all felt a bit of a dream at that time: a new newspaper, and I was one of the team. It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market. It seemed just as likely that a millionaire wanted to help me personally, and was pretending to employ me. Such was my lack of self-confidence. In face, the first time I saw someone reading the newspaper on the London Underground, then turning to a page on which one of my reviews appeared, I didn't know where to look.Tom's original scheme for a team of critics for the arts never took off. It was a good idea, but we didn't get together as planned and so everything was done by phone. It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film. Without Tom's initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film.The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument—or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing. But what is my role in the public arena? I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity or the director. There is also such a thing as loyalty to 'type' or its opposite. It can only rarely happen that someone who hates westerns buys a ticket ofr one after reading a review, or a love story addict avoids a romantic film because of what the papers say.So if a film review isn't really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don't feel I have a responsibility to be 'right' about a movie. Nor do I think there should be a certain number of 'great' and 'bad' films each year. All I have to do is put forward an argument. I'm not a judge, and nor would I want to be.1. What do we learn about Tom Seaton in the first paragraph?(A) He has encouraged the author to become a writer.(B) He has worked for various areas of the media.(C) He met the author when working for television.(D) He preferred to employ people that he knows.2.A weekly lunch would be arranged in order to _____________.(A) help the writers get to know each other(B) provide an informal information session(C) distribute the work that had to be done(D) entertain important visitors from the arts circle3.What does the author mean when he says that Tom's scheme "never took off" (para. 4)?(A) It was unpopular.(B) It wasted too much time.(C) It wasn't planned properly.(D) It wasn't put into practice.4.According to the author, his articles _______________.(A) are seldom read by filmgoers(B) are ignored by stars and film directors(C) have little effect on public viewing habits(D) have greater persuasion than people realize5. Which of the following best describes what the author says about his work?(A) He can freely express his opinion.(B) He prefers to write about films he likes.(C) He success varies from year to year.(D) He writes according to accepted rules.Questions 6-10It is Monday morning, and you’re having trouble waking your teenagers. You are not alone. Indeed, each morning, few of the country’s 17 million high school students are awake enough to get much out of their first class, particularly if it starts before 8 a.m. Sure, many of them stayed up too late the night before, but not because they wanted to.Research shows that teenagers’ body clocks are set to a s schedule that is different from that of younger children or adults. This prevents adolescents from dropping off until around 11 p.m. when they produce the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, and waking up much before 8 a.m. when their bodies stop producing melatonin.The result is that the first class of the morning is often a waste, with as many as 28 percent of students falling asleep, according to a National Sleep Foundation poll. Some are so sleepy they do not even show up, contributing to failure and dropout rates.Here is an idea: stop focusing on testing and instead support changing the hours of the school day, starting it later for teenagers and ending it later for all children. Indeed, no one does well when they are sleep-deprived, but insufficient sleep among children has been linked to obesity and to learning issues like attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder. You would think this would spur educators to take action, and a few have.In 2002, high schools in Jessamine County in Kentucky pushed back the first bell to 8:40 a.m., from 7:30 a.m. Attendance immediately went up, as did scores on standardized tests, which have continued to rise each year. In Minneapolis and Edina, Minnesota, which Instituted high school start times of 8:40 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. respectively in 1997, students’ grades rose slightly and lateness, beha vioral problems and dropout rates decreases. Later is also safer. When high schools in Fayette County in Kentucky delayed their start times to 8:30 a.m., the number of teenagers involved in car crashes dropped, even as they rose in the state.So why hasn’t every school board moved back that first bell? Well, it seems that improving teenagers’ performance takes a back seat to more pressing concerns: the cost of additional bus service, the difficulty of adjusting after-school activity schedules and the inconvenience to teachers and parents.But few of these problems actually come to pass, according to the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota. In Kentucky and Minnesota, simply flipping the starting times for the elementary and high schools meant no extra cost for buses.There are other reasons to start and end school at a later time. According to Paul Reville, a professor of education policy at Harvard and chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Education, “trying to cram everything our 21st-century students need into a 19th-century six-and-a-half-hour day just isn’t working.” He says that children learn more at a less frantic pace, and that lengthening the school day would help “close the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their better-off peers.”6. According to the passage, what determines a person's body clock is ___________.(A) melatonin production (B) one's lifestyle(C) schedule setting (D) one's sleep patterns7. According to the passage, what has something to do with teenagers' obesity and scant attention in class?(A) Unhealthy dietary habit. (B) Internal disorder.(C) Unnecessary drop-off. (D) Insufficient sleep.8.Which of the following is NOT a positive result that some schools have achieved after they have pushed back their first classes?(A) Better grades. (B) Improved attendance.(C) Fewer car crashes. (D) Decreased dropout rate.9.The phrase "takes a back seat to" (para. 6) could be best replaced by____________?(A) is secondary to (B) is a prelude to(C) lends support to (D) provides a solution to10.What does the passage mainly discuss?(A) Teenagers need much more sleep than they actually have now.(B) The schedule of teenagers should be made different from that of adults.(C) Starting the first class late is advantageous in more than one way.(D) Unanticipated problems will arise from the postponement of the first class.Questions 11-15It's estimated that every year 100,000 children aged 16 and under run away from home. The London Refuge, an unremarkable house on an unremarkable street, is the only place in Britain that will give them a bed. Last year it gave sanctuary to 238 children, of whom the youngest was 11. What happened to the other 99,762? Nobody knows, although it's a fair bet that some of them ended up on the streets, that some fell into inappropriate and dangerous company, that some didn't survive. “The mere fact that they're running away puts them at risk,” says Lorna Simpson, the refuge's deputy manager. “On the streets they'll mix with other young people. They're so naive; they don't understand that people who are nice to them will want payback. Our job is to make them safe.”Simpson, a former social worker, is a calm woman of great warmth. The refuge has six beds and has been open since 1993, often with the threat of closure hanging over it. The problem has nothing to do with the quality of its service and everything to do with funding. A week's placement costs &2,278 and three successive governments have argued that the annual running costs of &720,000 should be locally funded. But because it is used by children from many parts of London, and beyond, local authorities are reluctant to contribute.The Government has now agreed to work on a strategy to support runaway children in England and Wales, which is rich after its withdrawal of funding from the refuge in December. Since then the NSPCC, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which runs the refuge in conjunction with St Christopher's Fellowship, has financed it through a donation from an individual, but that money will last only until late next year. “Without this facility there's nothing; children who run away are on the street,” says Nasima Patel, the assistant director of the NSPCC. “One of the strengths of the refuge is that children who have left home can ring up directly and will get a bed and supportive staff without having to go through a process of assessment.The refuge accommodates six children plus staff. Many of the admissions are at night and children can stay up to 21 days in three months, although most stay for three to five days. They find it through social services, through Child Line and through word of mouth."Children run away from everything you can think of,” Simpson says. “Arguments with step-parents, sexual abuse, alcoholic parents, being left to bring up their younger siblings, neglected children who have been failed by social services, girls who have been trafficked. We get doctors' and lawyers' children who run away because they want more pocket money, or want to stay out later than their parents allow. They've been given everything, they get to 15 and no one thinks to pull the reins in. By that time it's too late; they rebel.”Most of the children are from families known to social services, and for them the refuge's ordered regimen is a welcome contrast to the chaos they know. Staff listen without judging and without encouraging dependency, trying to establish why the children have run away. The aim is to get them home or into the care of social services and, after discharge from the refuge, a family support worker is available.11. The word "sanctuary" (para. 1) is closest in meaning to ___________.(A) support (B) security(C) shelter (D) stipend12.What is Lorne Simpson's concern about runaway children?(A) They don't understand people who are nice to them.(B) They have no direct access to the London Refuge.(C) They will distance themselves from their parents.(D) They will keep company undesirables.13. We learn from the passage that the London Refuge is faced with the threat of closure ___________.(A) for its failure to meet the demand(B) for lack of money(C) because of its poor service(D) because of limited accommodation14. According to the passage, the London Refuge used to be funded by __________.(A) the Government(B) the NSPCC(C) individual donors(D) local authorities15.What do the refuge staff do in the interest of the runaway children?(A) Ring up their parents directly about the runaway.(B) Encourage them to have dependency in their teens.(C) Put them into the care of their parents or social services.(D) Allow them to stay there until they want to go back home.Questions 16-20It is already common knowledge, on the beaches and in the cafes of mainland Europe, that Americans work too hard - just as it is well known on the other side of the Atlantic that Europeans, above all the French and the Germans, are slackers who could do with a bit of America's vigorous work ethic.But a new survey suggests that even those vacations American employees do take are rapidly vanishing, to the extent that 40% of workers questioned at the start of the summer said they had no plans to take any holiday at all for the next six months, more than at any time since the late 1970s.It is probably mere coincidence that George W. Bush, one of the few Americans who has been known to enjoy a French-style month off during August, cut back his holiday in Texas to a fortnight. But the survey by the Conference Board research group, along with other recent statistics, suggests an epidemic of overwork among ordinary Americans.A quarter of people employed in the private sector in the US get no paid vacation at all, according to government figures. Unlike almost all other industrialized nations, including Britain, American employers do not have to give paid holidays.The average American gets a little less than four weeks of paid time off, including public holidays, compared with 6.6 weeks in the UK - where the law requires a minimum of four weeks off for full-time workers - and 7.9 weeks for Italy. One study showed that people employed by the US subsidiary of a London-based bank would have to work there for 10 years just to be entitled to the same vacation time as colleagues in Britain who had just started their jobs.Even when they do take vacations, overworked Americans find it hard to switch off. One in three finds not checking their email and voicemail more stressful than working, according to a study by the Travelocity website, while the traumas of travel take their own toll. "We commonly complain we need a vacation from our vacations," the author Po Bronson wrote recently. "We leave home tired; we come back exhausted."Christian Schneider, a German-born scholar at the Wharton business school in Philadelphia, argues that there is "a tendency to really relax in Europe, to disengage from work. When an American finally does take those few days of vacation per year they are most likely to be in constant contact with the office."Mindful that well-rested workers are more productive than burnt-out ones, the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has started closing all its US offices completely twice a year, for 10 days over Christmas and about five around Independence Day. "We wanted to create an environment where people could walk away and not worry about missing a meeting, a conference call or 300 emails," Barbara Kraft, a partner at the company, told the New York Times.Left to themselves, Americans fail to take an average of four days of their vacation entitlement—an annual national total of 574 million unclaimed days.16. According to the first paragraph, what do the people in America think of Europeans?(A) They work less vigorously except the French and the Germans.(B) They work almost as vigorously as Americans.(C) They should work with some more vigor as Americans do.(D) They could work a bit more vigorously than Americans.17.The author mentions George W. Bush cutting back his holiday to indicate that___________.(A) the tendency to overwork is limited to people holding important positions(B) ordinary Americans overwork and important ones are no exception(C) the president finds it necessary to cut back his holiday, let alone others(D) the president has every reason to overwork, but ordinary Americans don't18.In which of the following countries are employees entitled to more weeks per yearfor their holidays?(A) The US. (B) The UK.(C) France. (D) Italy19.Why do Americans "... need a vacation from our vacations" (para. 6)?(A) Because they do not have enough vacations compared with Europeans.(B) Because they cannot take their mind off work during their vacations.(C) Because emails and voicemails that keep pouring in disrupt their vacations.(D) Because travel is more stressful and exhausting than their normal work.20.What did PricewaterhouseCoopers do to make it possible for its employees toreally relax in their vacation?(A) It created an environment for its employees to be disengaged from work.(B) It advised its employees not to worry about missing telephone calls or emails.(C) It set aside for its employees 10 days for Christmas and Independence Day.(D) It left it to its employees themselves to decide on more vacation entitlement.。