上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试摸拟试题
SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (40 Minutes)
Part A: Spot Dictation
Direction:In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.
Earthquakes may 1.rightly be listed as one of the most destroying forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been 2.estimated that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond 3.calculation.The greater part of such damage and loss of life 4.is due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease and other phenomena5.resulting from earthquakes, rather than due to the quakes themselves.
The 6.great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area includes the 7.Pacific Ocean and its neighboring areas. The other 8.extends from the East India to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran, Turkey, and Alpine regions. It is in these two great zones that 9.ninety percent of all earthquakes take place. They 10.may happen anywhere at any time.
11.In the recent years there have been 12.indications that earthquake prediction may be possible.
13.By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of 14.movements in the earth’s crust and frequency with which minor earthquakes 15.are observed, scientists have shown increasing 16.success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will occur. As a result, a worldwide 17.earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for the 18.great destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.
It is doubtful that man will ever 19.be able to control earthquakes, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to 20.deal with them.
Part B: Listening Comprehension
1. Statements
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken only once, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Now let's begin with question number one.
If you’d had your credit card, you would have paid by credit card.
1. (A) If you could have paid by credit card, you would have brought the card.
(B) You didn't bring your credit so you couldn’t pay by credit card.
(C) After you check your card, you will buy the card.
(D) You will use the credit card to buy something.
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