英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试
section 1: listening test (30 minutes)
part a: spot dictation
directions: 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 words you have heard on the tape. write your answer in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. remember you will hear. the passage only once.
news can be something the authorities want you to know, or something they would rather keep secret. an announcement of a ___________(1), denial of a failure,or,a secret scandal that nobody really wants you to ____________(2). if the authorities want to tell the world some good news, they issue statements, communiques,and call _____________(3).or politicians make speeches. local newspapers, radio and television help to ___________(4) to what is going on. and by making contacts with ________(5),journalists can ask for more information or explanations to help them _________(6).
unless the correspondent is an ________(7), it is rare to trust any single source.officials have a policy to defend,and __________(8) want to attack it. rumour and gossip can also confuse the situation.so,you have to __________(9) as much as possible,using common sense and experience as final checks to help establish just what's likely to be the truth,or ____________(10).
just getting the news is only half the job. a correspondent may be well-informed, but his job is to ______________(11), the public. so, once the information is available it has to be written _______________(12) which is also easily understood. particularly for radio, since, while a newspaper reader can turn back and re-read a sentence or two, the radio listener has _______(13). this also means that only a limited number of facts can be contained in a sentence. that there should be an __________(14). and vital information necessary to understand the latest development should be presented ___________(15) in case the producer of a news programme decides to ____________(16) an item, by cutting for example the last sentence or tow.
finally,the style of presentation must ____________(17).a cheerful voice might be perfect for a _____________(18).but it would be sadly out of place for a report of a ____________(19).and this would also confuse and distract the listener,probably ______________(20) just what had happened and to whom.
part b: listening comprehension
directions: in this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations.after each one, you will be asked some questions. the talks, conversations and questions will be spoken only once.now listen care fully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
question 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.
1. (a) a compact car. (b) a wrist watch.
(c) a walkman. (d) a small television.
2. (a) eight year ago. (b) in the spring of 1982.
(c) at the end of 1982. (d) in 1983.
3. (a) sinclair. (b) casio.
(c) hattori. (d) sony.
4. (a) people who show great interest in novelty items.
(b) people who work at railway or bus stations.
(c) people who travel on trains and buses regularly.
(d) people who have monotonous work.
5. (a) it's getting smaller every year.
(b) it's increasing rapidly.
(c) it's expanding only in japan.
(d) it started in the 70's.
question 6 to 10 are based on the following conversations.
6. (a) about fourteen. (b) twenty-eight.
(c) around forty. (d) over fifty.
7. (a) the west coast of canada.
(b) a british seaside resort.
(c) the rocky mountains.
(d) a quiet,unspoilt place in asia.
8. (a) she travels only to safe places.
(b) she usually hitchhikes during thejourney.
(c) she very often travels by day.
(d) she avoids travelling alone as much as possible.
9. (a) she stayed in a prison in norway.
(b) she was robbed on a train in hungary.
(c) she was once arrested in germany.
(d) she chose to go to the middle east to cover the war.
10. (a) she wants to enjoy mild climates and hectic life.
(b) she feels completely alive while she's travelling.
(c) she can have a lot of experience with others.
(d) both (b) and (c).
question 11 to 15 are based on the following news.
11. (a) she's considering holding a general election.
(b) no general election is to be held very soon.
(c) a quick election is in the best interests of the nation.
(d) there might be a general election in the near future.
12. (a) a strong earthquake hit this area one might.
(b) hundreds of people were killed in the earthquake.
(c) many families have been made homeless by the avalanches.
(d) five people were missing in the earthquake.
13. (a) in north london. (b) in south london.
(c) in central london. (d) in west london.
14. (a) 250,000 pounds. (b) 500,000 pounds.
(c) 750,000 pounds (d) 1,000,000 pounds.
15. (a) the hospitals are obviously overstaffed.
(b) more people are waiting to be hospitalized.
(c) there is a sharp shortage of qualified nurses.
(d) the hospitals are charging too much from the patients.
question 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
16. (a) well over 50,0000. (b) approximately 50,000.
(c) less than 400,000. (d) more than 400,000.
17. (a) some insurance companies are refusing to provide cover for burglaries in high-risk areas.
(b) insurance agents are selling more and more burglary policies.
(c) insurance premiums rose considerably last year.
(d) insurance companies are planning to offer more insurance products.
18. (a) to fit a burglar alarm.
(b) to fix good locks and bolts on doors and windows.
(c) to leave milk bottles on the doorstep.
(d) to check callers' credentials.
19. (a) burglaries always happen while you're out.
(b) a burglary may take only a little time to finish.
(c) you should keep your curtains drawn in the day to avoid a burglary.
(d) milk bottles left on the doorstep are a warning to burglars.
20. (a) a rising number of burglaries.
(b) how to prevent household burglaries.
(c) crime and punishment.
(d) police--an effective force to cut burglaries.
sectlon 2: readlng test (30 minutes)
directions: 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 started or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
question 1~5
the rise of tourist traffic has brought the relatively recent phenomenon of the tourist attraction pureand simple.it often has no purpose but to attract in the interest of the owner or of the nation.as we might expect,this use of the word "attraction" as "a thing or feature which `draws' people,especially any interesting or amusing exhibition" dates only from about 1862.it is a new species: the most attenuated form of a nation's culture.all over the world now we find these "attractions"--of little significance for the inward life of a people,but wonderfully saleable as tourist commodities: examples are madame tussaud's exhibition of was figures in london (she first became known for her modelled heads of the leaders and victims of the french revolution) and the tiger balm gardens in hong kong; disneyland in california--the american "attraction" which tourist khrushchev most wanted to see--is the example to end all examples.here indeed nature imitates art.the visitor to disneyland encounters not the two-dimensional comic strip of movie originals,but only their three-dimensional facsimiles.
tourist attractions serve their purpose best when they are pseudo-events.to be repeatable at will,they must be factitious.emphasis on the artificial comes from the ruthless truthfulness of tourist agents.what they can really guarantee you are not spontaneous cultural products but only those made especially for tourist consumpiton,for foreign cash customers.not only in mexico city and montreal,but also in the remote guatemalan tourist mecca of chichecastenango and in far-off villages of japan,earnest honest natives embellish their ancient rites,change,enlarge,and spectacularize their festivals, so that tourists will not be disappointed.in order to satisfy the exaggerated expectations of tour agents and tourists,people everywhere obligingly become dishonest mimics of themselves.to provide a full schedule of events at the best seasons and at convenient hours, they travesty their most solemn rituals, holidays,and folk celebrations--all for the benefit of the tourists.
in berlin,in the days before the first world war,legend tells us that precisely at the stroke of noon,just as the imperial military band would begin its daily concert in front of the imperial palace,kaiser wilhelm used to interrupt whatever he was doing inside the palace.if he was in a council of state he would say: "with your kind forbearance,gentlemen,i must excuse myself now,to appear at the window. you see,it says in baedeker that at this hour i always do."
modern tourist guide-books have helped to raise tourist expectations. and they have provided the natives--from kaiser wilhelm down to raise tourist expectations. and they have provided the natives--from kaiser wilhelm down to the villagers of chichecastenango--with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when.these are the up-to-date scripts for actors on the tourists' stage.
1.which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph?
(a) these tourist attractions do not appeal to the local people spiritually.
(b) disneyland is no longer a typical example of tourist attractions.
(c) both tourists and local people are equally drawn by these tourist attractions.
(d) madam tussaud's exhibition is not one of saleable tourist commodities.
2. "nature imitates art" means that__________ .
(a) art is two-dimensional and nature is three-dimensional
(b) disney created a two-dimensional art form
(c) the facsimiles are three-dimensional
(d) disneyland is a life-like copy of the original film cartoons
3. to be repeatable at will, a tourist attraction must be __________.
(a) artificial (b) attractive
(c) fictitious (d) facetious
4. the locals all over the world in order to satisfy the travelling agents and tourists__________.
(a) make their festivals more material
(b) adorn and exaggerate their traditional ceremonies
(c) change into dishonest tourist attractions
(d) decorate their villages for the tourists
5. according to the passage, modern tourist guide books ___________.
(a) help make tourists excited
(b) give vips like kaiser wilhelm instructions for him to appear
(c) are also a source of information for the natives
(d) can be used as scripts for acting on stage
question 6~10
new vocational qualifications to provide an alternative to gcse and transform school life for 14-to 16-year-olds are expected to be announced on thursday by the government.
ministers have decided to run a pilot next year in 90 of 4,000 secondary schools.courses for under-16s could be available in all schools by 1997. vocational courses for over-16s have proved extremely popular,and hundreds of schools are thought to have volunteered for next year's pilot.
the general national vocational qualification courses are not designed as training for a particular job.they are class-room-based,so a pupil taking,for instance,manufacturing,might do work experience in a local factory but would not have to make anything.
last week sir ron dearing,chairman of the schools curriculum and assessment authority,said 40 per cent of the timetable for 14-to 16-year-olds would be freed so that some pupils could pursue vocational courses,while others do the more academic gcses.all will continue to do gcses in english,math and science, and short courses in modern languages and technology.
critics say the arrangements will divide pupils into sheep and goats,and could lead to the creation of specialist academic and vocational schools. supporters say the new courses will motivate non-academic pupils so that fewer leave school without qualifications.
the new courses in health and social care,business and manufacturing are being introduced despite fierce criticism of present vocational qualifications for over-16s in reports from school inspectors and academics.the inspectors said the course content was too vague and that assessments,done mainly by teachers, were unreliable.
however,the gnvqs will be modelled closely on those for over-16s, which have six units.pupils will study three of the six,and will also have to reach agreed standards in three "core skills" of literacy, numeracy and information technology, which will account for 40 per cent of the marks.
david blunkett, labour's education spokesman, said it was vital that the new qualifications were seen as high-quality.
don foster,the liberal democrats' education spokesman,said: "there must be some concern that the recent criticism of the new gnvqs appears not to have been taken on board.it is vital that they are got right first time, given the crucial role they will play in achieving parity of esteem between academic and vocational qualifications."
6. according to the passage, the vocational qualifications ____.
(a) constitute part of the gcses
(b) serve as a supplement to gcses
(c) are mainly for over-16s
(d) are designed as training for a particular job
7. the phrase "to run a pilot" (para. 2) can best be paraphrased as which of the following?
(a) to set up a vocational school
(b) to continue a training course
(c) to operate an experimental course
(d) to begin a driving class
8. the critic's view that "the arrangements will divide pupils into sheep and goats" means that pupils ____.
(a) will be fairly separated and treated
(b) will be grouped based on their vocational abilities.
(c) will be placed either in more academic or non academic groups
(d) will be treated either cruelly or indiscrimitively
9. the last two paragraphs of the passage ____.
(a) summarize the main idea of the article
(b) convey the general plan for vocational qualifications
(c) show the opposition against vocational qualifications
(d) introduce responses from other parties
10.which of the following can not be found in the passage?
(a) courses for vocational qualifications will be modelled on those for over -16s.
(b) vocational courses will not be offered in most schools before 1997.
(c) courses in health and social care, business and manufacturing meet fierce criticisms from school inspectors.
(d) courses in english, math and science are required of all the pupils.
question 11~15
one in eight students with a government loan is unlikely ever to repay the debt,a report published today says.the figure is likely to be a further blow to government plans to privatise the loan scheme,announced in the queen's speech last week.
the student loans company has told the national audit office that 142 million of outstanding debt is unlikely to be recovered.the loans company admitted recently that outstanding loans totalled more than 1 billion.
the report also highlights questions about the loans company's competence, and records the collapse of its telephone system. out of 1.1 million attempted calls by students in november 1994 only 41,000 were answered.
sir eric ash,head of the student loans company,has already told ministers that the banks are unlikely to want to take over the scheme.the audit office report is likely to reinforce their reluctance.
the audit office, the public spending watchdog, found that almost half of all students who had received loans had been granted a deferment on repayments because their income fell beneath the statutory threshold. students are not required to repay a loan until a year after completing their course and then only if their income reaches 85 per cent of national average earnings.
the audit office found that of 269,000 students who should be repaying loans,122,000 had been granted deferment.the loans company told the audit office that it recognised "it may be difficult to maintain contact with the large number of repayers in deferment".
the company admitted that ￡142 million,about 12 per cent of the outstanding loan portfolio of ￡1.178 billion,might not be recovered due to long-term deferment,death and default.
the audit office report says that the loans company's financial statements do not include any record of nonrecoverable sums "because they are liable to remit to the education department only those monies they actually succeed in recovering".as a result of the audit office's objections,the annual accounts will in future include provision for irrecoverable loan debt.
the report found that the loans company had improved its efficiency in the light of previous criticism and processed 517,000 applications for loans in the last academic year.however,35,000 students experienced significant delay in getting grants.
the commons public accounts committee will question officials on the report next month,when the proposed privatisation is expected to come under attack as unrealistic.
bryan davies,labour's education spokesman,said: "the report shows there is considerable uncertainty in detailed business planning for student loans. the government has not answered why banks and building societies should want to handle such unpredictable loans,yet it is rushing privatisation through parliament."the student loans bill will be debated in parliament on monday.
11.what does the passage mainly discuss?
(a) the privatisation of the student loan project.
(b) the debate on the student loan scheme.
(c) the issue of nonrecoverable student loan debt.
(d) the development of the student loans company.
12.which of the following can be concluded from the passage?
(a) one in eight students receives government loans.
(b) fifty percent of students repay government loans.
(c) most students apply for government loans.
(d) over twelve percent of loan receivers may not repay their loan debts.
13.which of the following is not true about the student loans company?
(a) its telephone system is simply not adequate enough.
(b) the company improved its efficiency greatly.
(c) it is a privatised company.
(d) the company has difficulty in keeping contact with loan repayers.
14. all of the following are causes of difficulty in the repayment of student loans except that ____.
(a) the student loans company loses contact with repayers
(b) some students' income falls beneath 85% of national average earnings
(c) some students are granted long-term deferment
(d) banks are not directly involved in student loans
15.which of the following is not directly stated, but implied in the passage?
(a) students should start to repay a loan a year after graduation.
(b) the student loans company expects banks' involvement in the loan scheme.
(c) the privatisation of student loans project does not receive much support.
(d) the labour party holds critical view towards the privatisation of the loan scheme.
question 16~20
the government yesterday unveiled a "new realist" strategy against drugs and acknowledged the failings of previous attempts to stop growing abuse.four cabinet ministers announced proposals emphasizing the need to educate and inform young people of the facts and risks, abandoning earlier shock tactics.
michael howard,the home secretary,said there was "no magic wand" that would wish away the problem once and for all.instead, ministers sought to co-ordinate and build on the successes of local initiatives, while targeting suppliers.they pledged to train more teachers to take the anti-drugs message into classrooms,including primary schools,issue guidance to head teachers and launch a national helpline for parents.
the home office estimates that heroin users financing their habit were responsible for thefts and robberies worth up to ￡864 million in 1992. in any one year,some three million people take an illegal drug.most police forces only caution people caught using soft drugs for the first time.
tony newton,the chairman of the cabinet sub-committee on the misuse of drugs,highlighted the shift in strategy and publicly recognised the "intractable" nature of the problem."we always want to learn from experience.i think some of the shock tactics that have been used in one or two earlier campaigns have not proved as effective as we would have liked."
the 114-page green paper,tackling drugs together,has jettisoned earlier language about "drug abusers" and the "war on drugs",talking instead of "drug users" while putting a premium on pragmatic,community-led initiatives.
it concedes that contact with drugs is now part of growing up.the paper says:"as part of adolescence and maturing,young people experiment with different values and behaviours.while this strategy proposes a strong emphasis on preventing young people from misusing drugs in the first place there will still be some who choose to experiment even if they have both the knowledge and the skills to resist peer pressure."
eric forth,the education minister,said that some schools had been inclined to ignore the drugs problem,because even talking about it risked giving them a bad name.he said: "we hope that by acknowledging the need to deal with this problem,saying it's something that all schools should be doing,we will give action against drugs the seal of approval."
16.which of the following summarizes the main idea of the passage?
(a) the government admits its failure in fighting against drugs.
(b) the home office will continue its policy to reduce drug-related crime.
(c) the government plans to change its strategy against drugs.
(d) police forces fully support government's policy against drugs.
17. it can be inferred from the passage that shock tactics against drugs ________.
(a) have never received full support from all parties
(b) have laid stress on prohibition of drug use and punishment
(c) have often proved as effective as expected
(d) have concentrated on preventing people from misusing drugs
18.which of the following can best replace the word "jettisoned" used in paragraph 5?
(a) adopted. (b) supported.
(c) criticized. (d) discarded.
19. the statement that "contact with drugs is now part of growing up" can be paraphrased as _____.
(a) drug use is a kind of learning process necessary for young people
(b) most young people have contact with drugs
(c) young people try to learn certain social values through drugs
(d) drug abuse is mainly related to the teenagers
20. according to the passage,some schools were inclined to ignore the drugs problem because _____.
(a) there was no drugs problem in those schools
(b) the schools fear that their reputation would be damaged
(c) they felt it should be the government's responsibility to fight drug abuse
(d) drug abuse is mainly a social problem
英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试
section 1: listening test (30 minutes)
part a: spot dictation
directions: 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 words you have heard on the tape. write your answer in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. remember you will hear. the passage only once.
news can be something the authorities want you to know, or something they would rather keep secret. an announcement of a ___________(1), denial of a failure,or,a secret scandal that nobody really wants you to ____________(2). if the authorities want to tell the world some good news, they issue statements, communiques,and call _____________(3).or politicians make speeches. local newspapers, radio and television help to ___________(4) to what is going on. and by making contacts with ________(5),journalists can ask for more information or explanations to help them _________(6).
unless the correspondent is an ________(7), it is rare to trust any single source.officials have a policy to defend,and __________(8) want to attack it. rumour and gossip can also confuse the situation.so,you have to __________(9) as much as possible,using common sense and experience as final checks to help establish just what's likely to be the truth,or ____________(10).
just getting the news is only half the job. a correspondent may be well-informed, but his job is to ______________(11), the public. so, once the information is available it has to be written _______________(12) which is also easily understood. particularly for radio, since, while a newspaper reader can turn back and re-read a sentence or two, the radio listener has _______(13). this also means that only a limited number of facts can be contained in a sentence. that there should be an __________(14). and vital information necessary to understand the latest development should be presented ___________(15) in case the producer of a news programme decides to ____________(16) an item, by cutting for example the last sentence or tow.
finally,the style of presentation must ____________(17).a cheerful voice might be perfect for a _____________(18).but it would be sadly out of place for a report of a ____________(19).and this would also confuse and distract the listener,probably ______________(20) just what had happened and to whom.
part b: listening comprehension
directions: in this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations.after each one, you will be asked some questions. the talks, conversations and questions will be spoken only once.now listen care fully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
question 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.
1. (a) a compact car. (b) a wrist watch.
(c) a walkman. (d) a small television.
2. (a) eight year ago. (b) in the spring of 1982.
(c) at the end of 1982. (d) in 1983.
3. (a) sinclair. (b) casio.
(c) hattori. (d) sony.
4. (a) people who show great interest in novelty items.
(b) people who work at railway or bus stations.
(c) people who travel on trains and buses regularly.
(d) people who have monotonous work.
5. (a) it's getting smaller every year.
(b) it's increasing rapidly.
(c) it's expanding only in japan.
(d) it started in the 70's.
question 6 to 10 are based on the following conversations.
6. (a) about fourteen. (b) twenty-eight.
(c) around forty. (d) over fifty.
7. (a) the west coast of canada.
(b) a british seaside resort.
(c) the rocky mountains.
(d) a quiet,unspoilt place in asia.
8. (a) she travels only to safe places.
(b) she usually hitchhikes during thejourney.
(c) she very often travels by day.
(d) she avoids travelling alone as much as possible.
9. (a) she stayed in a prison in norway.
(b) she was robbed on a train in hungary.
(c) she was once arrested in germany.
(d) she chose to go to the middle east to cover the war.
10. (a) she wants to enjoy mild climates and hectic life.
(b) she feels completely alive while she's travelling.
(c) she can have a lot of experience with others.
(d) both (b) and (c).
question 11 to 15 are based on the following news.
11. (a) she's considering holding a general election.
(b) no general election is to be held very soon.
(c) a quick election is in the best interests of the nation.
(d) there might be a general election in the near future.
12. (a) a strong earthquake hit this area one might.
(b) hundreds of people were killed in the earthquake.
(c) many families have been made homeless by the avalanches.
(d) five people were missing in the earthquake.
13. (a) in north london. (b) in south london.
(c) in central london. (d) in west london.
14. (a) 250,000 pounds. (b) 500,000 pounds.
(c) 750,000 pounds (d) 1,000,000 pounds.
15. (a) the hospitals are obviously overstaffed.
(b) more people are waiting to be hospitalized.
(c) there is a sharp shortage of qualified nurses.
(d) the hospitals are charging too much from the patients.
question 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
16. (a) well over 50,0000. (b) approximately 50,000.
(c) less than 400,000. (d) more than 400,000.
17. (a) some insurance companies are refusing to provide cover for burglaries in high-risk areas.
(b) insurance agents are selling more and more burglary policies.
(c) insurance premiums rose considerably last year.
(d) insurance companies are planning to offer more insurance products.
18. (a) to fit a burglar alarm.
(b) to fix good locks and bolts on doors and windows.
(c) to leave milk bottles on the doorstep.
(d) to check callers' credentials.
19. (a) burglaries always happen while you're out.
(b) a burglary may take only a little time to finish.
(c) you should keep your curtains drawn in the day to avoid a burglary.
(d) milk bottles left on the doorstep are a warning to burglars.
20. (a) a rising number of burglaries.
(b) how to prevent household burglaries.
(c) crime and punishment.
(d) police--an effective force to cut burglaries.
section 3: translation test (30 minutes)
directions: translate the following passage into chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
since darwin, biologists have been firmly convinced that nature works without plan or meaning,pursuing no aim by the direct road of design.but today we see that this conviction is a fatal error.why should evolution,exactly as darwin knew it and described it,be planless and irrational?do not aircraft design engineers work,at precisely that point where specific calculations and plans give out,according to the same principle of evolution,when they test the serviceability of a great number of statistically determined forms in the wind tunnel,in order to choose the one that functions best?can we say that there is no process of natural selection when nuclear physicists,through thousands of computer operations,try to find out which materials,in which combinations and with what structural form,are best suited to the building of an atomic reactor?they also practise no designed adaptation,but work by the principle of selection.but it would never occur to anyone to call their method planless and irrational.
section 4:listenng test (30 minutes)
part a: note-taking and gap-filling
directions: in this part of the test you will hear a short talk.you will hear the talk only once. while listening to the talk,you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on your answer booklet afterwards.you are required to write one word or figure only in each blank:
in the past fifty years the invention of ______(1) devices and appliances has made housework much easier.among these devices and appliances are _______(2) cleaners, electric irons,washing machines, and some others.probably the most important piece of ________(3) equipment which has been widely used in the last twenty years is the _______(4). washing up by hand is not only _______(5) but also extremely boring. dishwashers are of different sizes and ________(6). their capacity ranges from six to ______(7) placesettings. after the dishwasher is plumbed into the mains __________(8) supply, all you have to do is to load dirty dishes, glasses and ____________(9) into the machine, pour in some special _____________(10),close the door and _____________(11) it on.the machine will wash almost everything except the large ___________(12) and dishes with scraps of ___________(13) food.it also __________(14) the plates and glasses with its own heat.if your dishwasher is ___________(15) or larger, probably you need to wash up only ______________(16) a day. of course this means you have to have ___________(17) dishes, glasses and cutlery to last three or four ___________(18).remember that dishwashers can be quite ________________(19),so you may prefer to use the machine just once a day, preferably _____________(20) thing at night.
part b: listening and translation
Ⅰ. sentence translation
directions: 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 in into chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
(1)___________________________________________________________________________
(2)___________________________________________________________________________
(3)___________________________________________________________________________
(4)___________________________________________________________________________
(5)___________________________________________________________________________
Ⅱ. passage translation
directions: in this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages. you will hear the passage 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 5: reading test (30minutes)
directions: read the following passage and then answer in complete sentences the questions which follow each passage. use only information from the passage you have just read and write your answer in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
question 1~3
british telecom has been thwarted in its attempt to cut telephone links to a south american city that is operating a sex chatline service in britain.
direct dialing services to georgetown,guyana,were due to be suspended after the one-to-one contacts company ignored an ultimatum from bt to close down.
but the chatline company,which is based in dublin,manchester and guyana,has secured an injunction from the high court to prevent the threatened action taking place. the matter will be resolved before a judge at a full hearing later this month.a preliminary hearing due yesterday was postponed until friday.
the one-to-one contacts service,which is advertised in the national press,breaches the strict guidelines set down by icstis,the information line watchdog, because of the sexual nature of the calls.
the company does not use british 0898 numbers.callers from britain are directed to ring telephone numbers in the virgin isles.and then given guyanan number for the chatline service,ringing up pounds in international calls in the process.the countries of origin were not stated in the advertisements.
bt wanted to end the services,but because of the relatively unsophisticated routing between britain and guyana,it could not isolate the 52 numbers involved. the company told guyana telecom and telephones that it would block direct dialling from britain to every number in georgetown, the capital,if the recorded sex lines were not put out of business.but the chatline company claimed that bt acted unfairly.
a high court judge has granted an injunction preventing bt from taking action until he can hear both sides of the story.
the chatline company broke industry rules by advertising a sex line outside top-shelf publications--in the daily and sunday sport newspapers.
a bt spokeswoman explained: "the stop on idd calls to georgetown would have lasted two or three days while we found ways to block the relevant numbers. in the meantime, calls to other numbers would have been put through the operator at international direct dialling costs."
1. why does the british telecom plan to end the one-to-one contacts service?
2. introduce briefly in your own words the practice of the one-to-one contacts company.
3. why didn't the british telecom cut the chatline service immediately?
question 4~6
summer is coming, and woe is you.you'd like to bake in the blazing sun and get a deep,dark tan.but worries about skin cancer may keep you indoors.tanning salons are an alternative,but they're awfully expensive (and so artificial).what to do?before long you may be able to acquire the perfect tan from the inside of your body out.no sun or sunlamps will be needed.
researchers at the university of arizona have discovered a synthetic peptide hormone that stimulates certain skin cells to produce melanin,a pigment that darkens the skin and protects it from ultraviolet radiation.the hormone could be useful not only in acquiring a tan but also in preventing aging of the skin. in addition,it might help to cure vitiligo--a disease that causes a progressive depigmentation of the skin and afflicts 1 to 2 percent of the world's population.
the hormone,which the arizona researchers have dubbed melano-tan,is a chemical variation (or analog) of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone (msh) that some animals,such as frogs or chameleons,secrete from their pituitary glands,causing them to change color.it was discovered as part of a u.s. government-sponsored study of ways of reverse or cure vitiligo. "in the process of these studies," says mac hadley, an endocrinologist at the university of arizona,"we discovered that if this molecule was delivered across the skin of a certain strain of mice,the skin would turn dark brown. and not just where we placed the chemical, but all over." what's more,says hadley, another research center has just demonstrated that the hormone will cause in vitro human skin to tan as well, "which is pretty close to saying this product will work."
if melano-tan becomes commercially available--and a large american pharmaceutical company is now funding studies toward that end--it could be taken orally or applied topically.after application.it would enter the bloodstream and systematically tan the entire body.depending on the concentration,initial tanning would begin in two or three days and a dark,uniform tan could be achieved within two weeks.when the hormone is no longer applied,the tanned skin could be peeled off.there are already tanning pills on the market,such as french bronze tablets (with carotene),but hadley dismisses them as "gimmicks" that merely dye the skin unevenly,like easter eggs.
according to hadley,melano-tan could lower the incidence of skin cancer by allowing fair-skinned people to tan before going out in the sun.it could also help those who suffer from vitiligo or hyperpigmentation,and those who are allergic to sun screens.
4. what are the disadvantages of tanning in the sun or in a tanning salon?
5. in what other ways can the synthetic peptide hormone be useful to people apart from acquiring a tan?
6. how will the hormone work when taken orally or applied topically?
questions 7~10
if vitamin c is good for you, does more mean better? millions of people think so but scientists have been divided on the issue.despite a huge research effort,there is little evidence that megadoses of vitamin c,up to 100 times the recommended daily amounts, have beneficial effects.
now an american scientist has come up with an explanation of the lack of effect--and a simple remedy. millions of americans take supplements of the vitamin in the belief that its anti-oxidant properties help prevent heart disease,cancer and the ageing process. most of it, however,goes straight down the pan:the body cannot deal with excess vitamin c,which is rapidly excreted.even large doses are eliminated in 12 hours and slow-release ones in 16.
the way to keep blood levels of the vitamin continuously high,according to roc ordman,professor of biochemistry at beloit college,wisconsin,is to take it twice a day--one 500 milligram does every 12 hours.
"if vitamin c really does work as an antioxidant,then taking a supplement once a day might be like wearing a condom half the time."professor ordman said. "nobody has ever thought to look at how much you have to take to keep the level elevated."
in a study published in the current issue of the gerontology journal age, professor ordman gave varying doses of vitamin c at different times to students and measured the amount excreted in their urine. he found a 500 mg dose was needed every 12 hours "to enrich the blood just enough to ensure there is a little bit leaking out all the time." this compares with the us-recommended adult daily allowance of 60 mgs.
recommended levels of vitamin c,and other vitamins,have been raised following recognition of their role in mopping up "free radicals" in the blood linked with a range of diseases.however, the british figure of 40 mgs daily for vitamin c is still below the u.s. figure and likely to be raised again.
research on megadoses of vitamin c of 10 and 20 times this level have shown it to have some protective effect against the common cold taken at the first sign.but there is no evidence of a beneficial effect against other diseases of doses vastly higher than the recommended daily amounts.
linus pauling,the nobel laureate,whose book on vitamin c and the common cold in 1970 popularised the idea of taking fistfuls of supplements,is said to have swallowed 10,000 mgs a day.it is because it is water-soluble and quickly excreted that vitamin c is safe in such quantities;it does not build up in the tissues.
professor ordman's twice-daily regime may help keep blood levels of the vitamin high. but dosing on the scale followed by pauling,who died last august aged 93,will seriously damage your bank balance--at $ 2,500 a year.
7. what do you know about professor ordman's view towards vitamin c from the passage?
8. why was the nobel prize winner linus pauling mentioned in the passage?
9. explain in your town words the sentence from paragraph 2 "most of it, however, goes straight down the pan".
10.what is concluded about effects of megadoses of vitamin c in the passage?
section 6：translation test (30 minutes)
directions: translate the following passage into english and write your version in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
1995 年10 月，黄浦江上又一座大桥凌空飞架，将浦南与奉贤连接起来，成为继徐浦、南浦、杨浦三座大桥之后建成通车的第四座大桥——奉浦大桥。
奉浦大桥是首座由地方筹资兴建的黄浦江大桥，奉贤县与市区有关部门和企业共同集 资4.46 亿元，仅用1 年零7 个月的时间即胜利建成。大桥的建成解决了长期困扰奉贤与浦 南地区的过江问题，同时还改善了该地区的投资环境，为杭州湾北的开发、建设打下了良好的基础。
金秋10 月的黄浦江畔，徐浦、南浦、杨浦、奉浦四座大桥沐浴着金秋阳光，各显神姿，交相辉映，为上海这座充满生机与魅力的国际大都市增添了更加夺目的风采。不久的将来，上海还将建造更多的过江设施，把浦江两岸更紧密地连结在一起。
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sectlon1: listenlng test (30 minutes)
part a: spot dictation
1. government success2. talk about 3. press conferences4. alert foreign correspondents5. local officials6. write their stories7. eye witness 8. opposition politicians9. check information10. close to it11. inform other people 12. in an interesting way13. only one chance14. element of repetition15. at the start of a report16. shorten17. match the subject matter18. royal wedding19. plane crash20. making it difficult to understand
part b: listening comprehension
1-5 d b d c b6-10 c a d a d 11-15 b a c a b16-20 d a c b b
section 2: reading test
1-5 a b a b c6-10 b c c d b11-15 c d c d b16-20 c b d c b
section 3: translation test
自达尔文以来，生物学家们一直坚信，大自然的运作是没有计划的或者是没有意义的，它不会通过直接的设计途径去追求目标。但是，今天我们知道，这一信念是个严重错误。 为什么恰如达尔文所理解和描述的进化就该是无计划、无理性的呢？当飞机设计工程师们 利用风洞对大量的、根据统计数据制造的机体模型的耐用性能进行检试，以从中选出功能最佳的设计时，物理学家经过上万次的计算机运算，试图找出是哪些材料、以怎样的结合方式、以及什么的结构形式才最适宜用于原子核反应堆的建造时，我们能够说这中间没有自然选择的过程么？他们也未进行事先设计的适应性调节，而是根据选择原理开展工作的。但是人们从未认为这种方法是无计划、无理性的。
section 4：listening test
part a：note taking and gap filling
1. labor saving2. vacuum3. electrical4. dishwasher5. time-consuming6. models/types/kinds 7. twelve8. water9. cutlery10. detergent11. turn/switch12. saucepans/pans13. solid 14. dries15. medium-sized16. once 17. enough18. meals19. noisy20. last
part b ：listening and translation
Ⅰ. sentence translation
(1) 这是本世纪内袭击该地区的最严重的飓风，但是至今未收到有关破坏或伤亡的报告。
(2) 我刚收到香港办事处迈克尔的电话，他需最新的销售数字，你能否明天上午一上 班就把数字传真给他？
(3) 如果你能在周末以前约个时间来见我们，我们将能告诉你我们的决定。
(4) 在今年剩下的这段时间里，美国经济将有稳定的发展，失业率下降，通货膨胀得到 控制。
(5) 总统说政府正在鼓励大企业在该国、特别是在东南沿海地区投资。
Ⅱ. passage translation
(1) 伦敦的旅游季节过去主 是夏季数月，现在已全年如此。每年约有1500 万人来英国， 其中大部分游客在伦敦至少 住几天。但伦敦不仅所旅游城市，它是行政中心，女王的住地。它还是英国的金融中心。
(2) 加拿大幅员辽阔，其面 仅次于俄罗斯。可是它只有2600 万人口，是联合王国人口 的一半还不到。国土的三分之一覆盖着森林，还有大片的草原，无数的湖泊和河流。其气候差异甚大。除了温哥华以外，冬天异常寒冷。温哥华由于地处西海岸，气候较温和。加拿大的夏天总的来说天气暖和，特别是内陆地区，因此你只需 轻薄的衣服。
section 5：reading test
1．because the chatline company provides sex lines to british callers and it breaks industry rules of advertisement.
2．the company offers sex line to callers from britain without using the british 0898 numbers.the callers have to ring phone numbers in the virgin isles first and then they are given guyanan numbers for the chatline service,thus the company earns more money in the process.the company didn't give the countries of origin in their advertisement.
3．because the routing between britain and guyana is relatively simple and direct,bt could not isolate the 52 numbers involved.the high court also prevents bt from taking such action until a full hearing is heard from both sides.
4．tanning in the sun may cause skin cancer while a tanning salon may be awfully expensive.
5．the hormone may also prevent aging of skin.in addition,it might hep to cure vitligo,a disease that causes a progressive depigmentation of the skin.
6．after application (taken orally or applied topically),the hormone (melano-tan) would enter the bloodstream and systematically tan the entire body;initial tanning would begin in two or three days and a dark, uniform tan could be achieved within two weeks.
7．professor ordman found that taking vitamin c twice a day (one 500mg dose every 12 hours) can keep blood levels of the vitamin continuously high.he was not definte/certain about vitamin c's anti-oxidant properties.
8．because pauling's book on vitamin c popularized the idea of taking large doses of vitamin c. he is also known for taking huge doses/megadoses of vitamin c every day.
9．the sentence can be paraphrased as;however,most of the vitamin taken becomes/is useless//has no effects//brings no obvious effects.
10. megadoses of vitamin c have some protective effect against the common cold.however there is no evidence of a beneficial effect against other diseases (such as heart disease,cancer and ageing process.)
section 6：translation test
in october 1995,another bridge flew to span the huangpu river, connecting punan with fengxian.this fengpu bridge is the fourth huangpu river bridge completed and open to traffic after the xupu, nanpu and yangpu bridges.
the fengpu bridge is the first bridge across the huangpu river built with funds totaling 446 million yuan jointly raised by the departments concerned and enterprises of fengxian county and urban districts of the city.it was successfully completed in one year and 7 months only.the completion of the bridge has solved the problem of crossing the huangpu river that bothered the residents in fengxian and punan for a long time.it has also improved the investment environment in the area and laid a good foundation for the development and construction on the north bank of the hangzhou bay.
in the golden autumn of october,the xupu,nanpu,yangpu and fengpu bridges on the huangpu river,bathed in the golden sunshine,show their distinctive features and enhance each other's magnificence,adding more luster to shanghai,a cosmopolis that is full off charm and vitality.in the near future,shanghai is going to build more facilities across the river to link both banks of the huangpu river closer.
听力测试题录音文字稿：
section 1：listening test
part a：spot dictation
directions: 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 only once.now let's begin part a with spot dictation.
news can be something the authorities want you to know,or something they would rather keep secret.an announcement of a government success,a denial of a ailure,or,a secret scandal that nobody really wants you to talk about.
if the authorities want to tell the world some good news,they issue statements,communiqués,and call press conferences.or politicians make speeches. local newspapers,radio and television help to alert foreign correspondents to what is going on.and by making contacts with local officials,journalists can ask for more information or explanation to help them write their stories.
unless the correspondent is an eye-witness,it's rare to trust any single source.officials have a policy to defend,and opposition politicians want to attack it.rumor and gossip can also confuse the situation. so, you have to check information as much as possible using common sense and experience as final checks to help establish just what's likely to be the truth,or close to it.
just getting the news is only half the job.a correspondent may be well-informed,but his job is to inform other people,the public.so once the information is available it has to be written in an interesting way which is also easily understood.particularly for radio,since,while a newspaper reader can turn back and re-read a sentence or two,the radio listener has only one chance.this also means that only a limited number of facts can be contained in a sentence,that there should be an element of repetition.and vital information necessary to understand the latest development should be presented at the start of a report-in case the producer of a news program decides to shorten an item,by cutting for example the last sentence or two.
finally,the style of presentation must match the subj ect matter.a cheerful voice might be perfect for a royal wedding.but it would be sadly out of place for a report of a plane crash.and this would also confuse and distract the listener,probably making it difficult to understand just what had happened and to whom.
part b ：listening comprehension
directions: in this part of the test, there will be some short talks and conversations. after each one, you will be asked some questions. the talks, conversations and questions will be spoken only once. now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. now let's begin part b with listening comprehension.
questions 1~5 are based on the following conversation.
fred: well,vic,i'm sure all our listeners would love to be brought up to date on the latest in tiny television.
vic: it's an expanding market,fred,that's for sure,and they seem to be getting smaller every year.
fred: which countries are dominating the market?
vic: at the moment it's japan,principally.in the spring of 1982 sony introduced the watchman.
fred: is that the walkman?
vic: no, the watchman is a portable black and white tv set with a tiny 5 cm screen and aerial.
fred: how big is the whole thing?
vic: oh, i'd say about 35 cm by 12 cm and it weighs only a couple of kilograms.
fred: was it a success from the start?
vic: funnily enough,a sony executive said that no one would want to watch a tv while walking around-and also a slightly larger model could be bought for half the price!
fred: really?
vic: but, despite this pessimistic view, sales of this model far outnumbered projections.
fred: well, you never can tell! how big was the initial production?
vic: the company started with 2000 units per month and increased to 5000 by the end of 1982, but they still couldn't keep up with the demand.
fred: so i suppose they upped the production levels even higher.
vic: it was much more radical than that! in the spring of 1983 sony pulled out all the stops and launched the watchman all over again with a new model.
fred: oh, what's it like?
vic: well, it's 20 per cent smaller and the price is 25 per cent less…
fred: mmmm.
vic: … and the components were designed from scratch.
fred: and what about production levels?
vic: they quadrupled to 20,000 units a month just for the japanese market!
fred: wow! the watchman certainly seems to have taken off.
vic: indeed it has.
fred: and i believe there were other japanese companies as well.
vic: yes. at the end of 1982 hattori-that's h—a—t—t—o—r—i—you know,the makersof seiko watches—well,they unveiled an even smaller tv,around 3 cm, which is built into a wrist-watch.
fred: incredible!
vic: it certainly is.the rest of the set is carried separately in your pocket and it's about the size of a packet of kingsize cigarettes.
fred: and how does it work?
vic: it has a liquid crystal display screen.the tv receiver and battery pack fit into your pocket,and they re connected by a cord to the watch.
fred: is there a headphone?
vic: oh, yes, that's plugged into the receiver as well.
fred: seems a bit complicated, that one, with all the wires and bits and pieces.
vic: yes, it does.
fred: any other japanese models?
vic: yes,casio—that's c—a—s—i—o.their latest is a calculator-sized tv about one-third the bulk of the watchman and with 1983 production figures of 2000 units a month.
fred: i see.
vic: and,according to a spokesman,they hope to match their calculator sales,which are about 25 million units per year.
fred: very impressive.and no doubt other japanese companies will jump on the bandwagon.
vic: most likely.
fred: now,could you tell us about other countries making these tiny tvs?
vic: of course. from sinclair in england there s one similar in size to the casio,and their production levels were 1 million for 1983.
fred: obviously they're planning on backing a winner!
vic: how right you are. a representative said they expect a mass-market response,not just as a novelty item.
fred: and just which market are the manufacturers aiming at?
vic: mainly the commuters who spend hours going to and from work. these tiny tvs will provide relief from the monotonous train and bus rides.
fred: well,vic,thanks for keeping us in touch with this extremely popular gadget.
vic: my pleasure,and happy viewing to all of you with those wee tvs.
question no.1. what is being discussed in the talk?
question no.2. when was this product recommended to the public?
question no.3. which of the following companies first introduced this product?
question no.4. which group of people are most likely to form the main market for this product?
question no.5. according to the talk, which of the following is true about its market?
questions 6~10 are based on the following conversation.
male: how many different countries do you think you ve been to?
female: once i made a count of how many countries i'd hitchhiked through and it came to twenty eight.so if you add on a few more for those where i haven't hitched, i imagine it comes to about forty by now.
male: about forty!and are there any of these that you feel you really would like to go back to?
female: two that i could actually live in i think.one would be the west coast of canada because i think that had everything to offer.it was rich culturally,it was very bright,it had a very pleasant climate,slightly improved on britain.it had the rocky mountains behind,loads of coastline,um,a lot going on both day and night,a large university,and it wasjust near america if you felt like crossing the border.the other place i liked,but more for a holiday,was sardinia,which i found was one of the quietest,most unspoilt parts of europe that i've seen.
male: what is it about traveling that makes you want to keep doing it?
female: i think it's the one time when i feel completely alive every minute of the day.i also feel i have a tremendous amount of experience to bring back every time i've traveled,there's so much to share with other people.i feel i've got, sort of,two hundred per cent of me to give once i come back. but when i'm actually doing it,you're free from all the bounds of routine,you re free from the assumptions people make about you.you re free from the inhibitons that cause you not to fully be yourself and enjoy yourself because of what people might think and so on.
male: but it can also be a little bit dangerous at times too, can't it?
female: it can certainly be dangerous if you re doing it alone.i avoid traveling alone whenever i can.i mostly go with people i know very well and this is part of the traveler discovering the person you're traveling with and discovering the differences in taste and the similarities in taste. but, um the most dangerous situation i found myself in was nearly being knifed here in devon,in tlfracombe.but apart from that,i was on a train in hungary where there was a murder in the loo,and we were kept for 10 hours while they investigated why somebody had been stabbed in the loo. i've also slept,voluntarily,in a prison in norway and another prison in germany. um and in one of them we were locked in and heard the other prisoners shouting and banging on the doors and that felt quite frightening.um i managed to get right into the center of the middle east war through no choice of my own.they wouldn't let us out of the plane and we were caught throughout the whole war in the country and couldn't get around at all.that felt as if you were living on a knife edge;we were lying there contemplating quite coolly whether,if you were living on a knife edge;we were lying there contemplating quite coolly whether,if there was an air raid, we should actually go into the shelter or allow ourselves to be killed on the spot.and,er there are certainly risks and i think more so when you do travel alone,so i try and avoid it.
question no.6. how many countries has the woman been to?
question no.7. which place does the woman seem to like most?
question no.8. considering that traveling can be dangerous at times, what does the woman do?
question no.9. which of the following is true about the woman?
question no.10. why does the woman want to keep traveling?
questions 11~15 are based on the following news.
here is a summary of the news.
“no general election yet” says the prime minister.
five people die in an earthquake in central italy.
and one-fourth million pounds is stolen from a security van.
and one-fourth million pounds is stolen from a security van.
in a speech in the city of london last night, the prime minister announced that there will be no general election in the near future. talk of a quick elction was pure speculation,she said.a general election would be held when it was in the best interests of the nation to do so.
in central italy, several small towns and villages are still cut off by avalanches following the earthquake during the night which killed five people. it was central italy's strongest earthquake for several years and hundreds of people have been made homeless.in rome,as well as in florence,naples and perugia,gas pipes were broken,windows shattered and electric cables thrown onto the streets.
thieves got away with almost one-fourth million pounds after security van was ambushed in central london early this morning. the security van was rammed by a lorry as it was taking a short cut through a narrow street off piccadilly.three masked men then threatened the driver and his assistant with shotguns and forced one of them to unlock the van.the thieves made their escape in a car parked nearby.this car was later found abandoned in south london.the driver of the van and his assistant were badly shaken but not seriously hurt.
hospital waiting lists in the southwest of england have gone up by a quarter in the last five years.while the number of doctors,nurses and other staff have increased,the demand on the service has grown even faster.
question no.11. what does the prime minister say about the general election?
question no.12. what happened in central italy?
question no.13. where did the raid on a security van take place?
question no.14. about how much money was stolen from the security van?
question no.15. which of the following statements is true about the hospitals in south-western england
questions 16~20 are based on the following talk.
the figures for burglaries have risen alarmingly over the last few years and are now quite appalling.let me quote you a few statistics about break-ins.
a house is burgled in britain now about every two minutes,and over the past three years the number of burglaries reported to the police has risen by approximately 50,000 to well over 400,000 this year.the insurance companies report that last year alone household burglary losses rose by 27 per cent over the previous year to 138.2 million,and several companies are refusing to provide burglary cover in what we might call high-risk areas.
there are, nevertheless,half a dozen measures which can be taken against burglaries,which i will briefly outline for you.it really only requires some basic common sense and a small outlay,combined with a little knowledge of the way a burglar thinks and operates.you have to put yourself in his position, really. most burglars are opportunists looking for an easy break-in, so don t make things simple for them.don't advertise the fact you re out or away, or be careless about security.even if you're just popping out for a quarter of an hour,don't leave doors and windows open or unlocked.a burglary can take less than ten minutes.
this time element leads me to my second main point,that where a house is hard to get into and will take a long time to do so because you've fitted good locks and bolts on your exterior doors and windows or even burglar alarms,the chances are that the burglar will move on to somewhere easier.there are plenty of these,i can assure you.milk bottles left on the doorstep,papers by the front door,garage doors wide open,curtains drawn in the daytime or undrawn at night are all indications.for comparatively little you can buy a programmed time-switch that'll turn on and off a light at appropriate times.
not all burglaries happen while you are out,of course.you should always be wary of callers at the door who say, for example,that they ve come to read the gas meter;always check their credentials,and if in doubt don't let them in.it's also a good idea to keep a record of serial numbers on electrical equipment, radios,tvs and so on,or even to take photographs of valuable jewelry, antiques or pictures.
question no.16. how many burglaries have been reported this year?
question no.17. how does the insurance industry react to the rise of burglaries?
question no.18. which does the insurance industry react to the rise of burglaries?
question no.19. which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?
question no.20. what might be the best title for this passage?
section 4: listening test
part a: note-taking and gap-filling
directions: in this part of the test,you will hear a short talk.you will hear the talk only once. while listening to the talk,you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate answer booklet.you are required to write one word or figure only in each blank.you will not get your answer booklet until after you have listened to the talk.now listen to the talk carefully.
over the last fifty years housework has been made considerably easier by the invention of an increasing number of labor-saving devices and appliances, mostly electrical,which have drastically cut down the amount of time and effort previously needed to do the everyday household chores.for many years now there have been vacuum cleaners, electric irons,washing machines and floor-polishers;now we have electric potato-peelers and even electric carving knives.we can buy cookers that will switch themselves on and produce a meal that is ready to eat the minute we get back home.if we have one of those electric pop-up toasters, we can make toast at the breakfast table itself. mashed potatoes can be quickly and effortlesslymade with a mixer,which usually has a variety of attachments that enable you to make all sorts of other more exotic things like fresh orange juice or real mayonnaise.and a tumble-drier can save you from the frustration of hanging out the washing only to have to bring it in again ten minutes later when a menacing storm-cloud looms over.probably the most important piece of electrical equipment to become widely used in the last twenty years is the dishwasher.washing up by hand is not only a time-consuming task (it can take longer than eating the meal itself), but also an extremely boring one, particularly when you are on your own, and it also ruins your hands. dishwashers come in a range of different sizes and models to suit your purse,the size of your family,and the layout of your kitchen.they can be stood up on the floor or on a worktop,or they can be mounted on a wall. and their capacity ranges from six to twelve place-settings. if you buy one, it is worth having it plumbed into the mains water supply to save you from having to connect rubber pipes to your taps each time you use it. all you have to do is load the dirty dishes, glasses and cutlery into the racks inside the machine, pour in some special detergent powder, close the door and switch it on; it does the rest by itself while you get on and do more interesting things. of course, most dishwashers can't accommodate large saucepan and frying pans, and you do have to scrape all scraps of solid food from the dishes before you put them in to avoid blocking the filters, but the machine will wash almost everything else and get rid of even the most stubborn egg and listick stains. when the washing cycle is over, the machine dries the plates and glasses with its own heat, and indeed they can be left inside until they are needed for the next meal.
if you buy a medium-sized dishwasher,you probably won't need to wash up more than once a day. the drawback of this, of course, is that you have to have enough dishes, cutlery, etc. to last three or four meals. so it can happen that people who buy a dishwasher have to buy new china and glasses, either because they haven't got enough or because the ones they ve got don't fit the machine. this extra expense may not only be necessary, but also desirable, for one has to remember that dishwashers can be aute noisy. this means that many people prefer only to use their machine once a day, preferably last thing at night, when you can just shut the kitchen door on it and go to bed.
part b: listening and translation
Ⅰ. sentence translation
directions: 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.now let's begin part b with sentence translation.
sentence no.1. this is the most serious hurricane to have hit the region this century, but so far there have been no reports of damage or injuries.
sentence no.2. i've just got a call from michael in the hong-kong office and he needs the latest sales figures,so could you fax them to him first thing tomorrow morning?
sentence no.3. if you make an appointment and see us towards the end of the week, we'll be able to let you know our decision.
sentence no.4. the u s economy is going to enj oy steady growth for the remainder of the year with unemployment rate lowered and inflation kept under control.
sentence no.5. the president said that his government is encouraging its big enterprises to invest in this country, especially in the south-eastern coastal area.
Ⅱ. passage translation
directions: in this part of the test, you will hear 2 english passages. you will hear the passage 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. now let's begin passage translation with the first passage.
passage 1:
the tourist season in london, which used to be mainly in the summer months, is now all the year round. around 15 million people visit britain each year, and most of these visitors spend at least a few days in london.
but london is more than this. it is the center of government and the home of the queen. it is also the financial center of britain.
passage 2:
canada is huge country, second in size only to russia. yet it has only 26 million people, which is less than half the population of the united kingdom.
a third of the country is covered by forest and there are also vast grasslands and countless lakes and rivers.
there are great variations in climate. winters are extremely cold except in vancouver, which has a milder climate owing to its location on the west coast. canadian summers are warm on the whole, especially inland, so you'll only need lightweight clothing.
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