1、翻译二级口译综合能力-9 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart /B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)（分数：10.00）(1).The North Korea has millions of dollars deposited in a Macau bank.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The failure of the jet engine is the cause of the accident.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The Senate won the vote by a large margin.（分数：2.00）A.
2、正确B.错误(4).The boys were promised a good future before they were taken abroad.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The cellist and conductor celebrated his 80th birthday in Kremlin partly because of his fight for democracy.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误（分数：10.00）(1).The late Pope had cured himself of Parkinsons disease, thus mov
3、ing a step closer to sainthood.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Mr. Gates didnt think the result of the new deployment of American soldiers will come out soon.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Situation in Southern Thailand worsens since last September.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).The fate of the kidnapped British journalist remain
4、s dangerous.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The explosion took place in the northwestern Baghdad, killing at least 7 people.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart /B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is true? a. A lot of businesses including General Motors and Park Hyatt are investing in China. b. China is
5、 exporting commodities overseas. c. A small policy shift in China could make global finance chaotic. d. All of the above.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning that expressed in the passage? a. Chinas currency is totally free now. b. Chinas currency has been
6、 pegged firmly to the US dollars for decades. c. The Peoples Bank of China announced appreciation of Chinas currency under Bush Administrations pressure. d. The appreciation of Chinas currency has brought benefits to China.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Whats true about Toyota according to the passage? a. Toy
7、ota has won worldwide praise for its low maintenance and high mileage vehicles. b. Toyota is going to build an eighth assembly plan in South America. c. Toyotas expansion will not cause political pressure. d. According to an American politician from Washington, Toyota benefit from state-run pension
8、systems, which is unfair.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the governments estimation, how many university graduates will find jobs this year? a. 1 million. b. 2 million. c. 3 million. d. 4 million.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which description about Hilary Clinton is not true according to the passage? a. T
9、he former First Lady. b. The front runner of the republic nomination. c. The front runner of the democratic nomination. d. New York senator.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following statement is true? a. It was a down week on Wall Street. b. Consumer prices dropped a little bit more than
10、 expected in February. c. The Fed is likely to cut interest rates. d. Investors were not worried about the inflation.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, the highest rate of mental problems is not in the age of _. a. 18 b. 26 c. 22 d. 24（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why Mclean killed Shean Paul? a.
11、 Paul was not polite to him. b. Paul had an affair with his wife. c. Mclean found Paul was stealing his car. d. Paul killed his wife Erin Mclean.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Who is the celebrity that the news talked about? a. Monika. b. Ferrin. M. c. Madonna. d. Michael.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The topics Hilla
12、ry usually talked about in Clintons first term exclude: a. Human rights b. Education c. Economy d. Environment（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.三、BPart /B(总题数：4，分数：40.00)BPassage One/B（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, what cause(s) the problem of childhood obesity in Britain? a. Junk food. b. Too little exerci
13、se. c. An increasingly sedentary life style. d. All the above.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How long will it take experts to agree how to measure obesity? a. Half a year. b. One year. c. One and a half year. d. Two years.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How many experts arc involved in making an agreement on the measure
14、ment of obesity? a. 30 b. 31 c. 32 d. 33（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage? a. The government has full confidence in tackling the problem of obesity. b. Obesity costs the NHS one billion pounds a year. c. Obesity does harm to the health of up
15、to one million children under 16. d. There arent enough staff to tackle the problem of obesity.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of the passage? a. The British government risks missing its target of halting obesity in children under 11 by 2010. b. I
16、t could be the first generation for decades to die before their parents because of obesity. c. The British governments efforts to tackle the problem of obesity are inefficient, confused and under-resourced. d. The government has made some progress in dealing with the problem of obesity.（分数：2.00）A.B.
17、C.D.BPassage Two/B（分数：10.00）(1).Which statement about the ARJ-21 Advanced Regional Jet is false? a. It is the first homegrown Chinese jetliner for the 21st Century. b. It is of medium range. c. It should start to roll off the production line later this year. d. None of the above.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2)
18、.How many planes does China expect to sell to Chinese customers over the next 20 years? a. 300 b. 100 c. 71 d. 64（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is not China s target export market for the planes? a. Asia. b. North America. c. Africa. d. South America.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which country i
19、s the worlds largest market for planes? a. China. b. Russia. c. The US. d. Britian.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which statement about Airbus is false? a. It currently leads the way in China with a 64% market share. b. It has invested heavily in China. c. It takes a 36% market share in China. d. It manufactu
20、res parts and transfers technical know-how in China.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.BPassage Three/B（分数：10.00）(1).Whats not true about Trust-mart? a. Its a Taiwanese supermarket chain. b. The world largest retailer has agreed to buy Trust-Mart. c. Wal-Mart will buy Trust-Mart for 1 billion yuan. d. Buying Trust-Ma
21、rt will make Wal-Mart the biggest food and department store network in China.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How long will Wal-Mart take to become as big in China as it is in the America? a. Half a decade. b. A decade. c. Two decades. d. Several decades.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Whats the difference between Wal-Mar
22、t in China and in USA? a. Its not big. b. Trust-Mart is a branch of Wal-Mart. c. Wal-Mart permits labor unions into its stores. d. Wal-Mart is loath to give discounts.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning that expressed in the passage? a. Because of Wal-Mar
23、ts plan of buying Trust-Mart, millions more customers is shopping at Wal-Mart stores. b. Wal-Mart will continue to buy other retail stores to expand its market. c. Wall Street Journal firstly released Wal-Marts plan of buying Trust-Mart. d. Since China opened its door to competition, foreign and dom
24、estic retailers have been competing to dominate the market.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What are the plans of Wal-mart in China? a. To buy the retail stores of Trust-Mart. b. To allow the presence of labor unions into Wal-Mart. c. To become the biggest food and department store network. d. All except c.（分数：
25、2.00）A.B.C.D.BPassage Four/B（分数：10.00）(1).How many 2-year college students do not have the ability to figure out a tip? a. 50% b. 75% c. 70% d. 85%（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following activity may not be done correctly by college students? a. To figure out a tip. b. To balance a checkbook. c.
26、 To compare prices. d. All of the above.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is not true concerning the study? a. Its done by American Institutes for Research. b. It reveals students academic performance. c. It shows that the assumption that college students are graduating with ascertained le
27、vel of proficient skills. d. It reveals that graduates do a better job when filling out job applications than reading newspapers.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What are students responses about the result of the survey? a. They doubt this study. b. They are not surprised. c. They blame the result on universit
28、y. d. Both b high mileage vehicles. That formula is working in North America where the automaker is now thinking of building an eighth assembly plant, a move that could help ward off political pressure. But there has been growing criticism in the US over Toyotas rising imports. One American politici
29、an from the heart of the American auto industry in Detroit says the Japanese carmaker benefits unfairly from state-run pension systems and a government that dabbles in the currency markets. 难点 本题为细节题。根据第一句话“Drivers worldwide have praised Toyota for making what they consider low maintenance, high mil
30、eage vehicles.”便可以得出选项 a为正确选项。原文中个别句子较长，只要能准确理解涉及到的句子，不难做对这道题。(4).According to the governments estimation, how many university graduates will find jobs this year? a. 1 million. b. 2 million. c. 3 million. d. 4 million.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文 Now Chinas sizzling economy is growing at its fastest ra
31、te in a decade. This year 5 million young people will graduate from the countrys universities, with the potential to boost Chinas economy still further. But the government estimates that I million of them wont find jobs because the education system isnt supplying the need of an economy still based o
32、n manufacturing. Our Beijing correspondent Lindsey Hilsum went along to a graduate job fair. 难点 本题属于数字题。首先要听出两个数据5 million 和 1 million，并确定 5 million是今年的大学毕业生人数，而 1 million是政府估计会找不到工作的毕业生人数，最后做一个简单的减法运算即可得出找到工作的毕业生是 4 million。(5).Which description about Hilary Clinton is not true according to the pas
33、sage? a. The former First Lady. b. The front runner of the republic nomination. c. The front runner of the democratic nomination. d. New York senator.（分数：2.00）A.B. C.D.解析：听力原文 Taking her first step towards running for the White House next year, Hilary Clinton was confident to victory. “I am in to wi
34、n.“ she wrote on her website. The former First Lady and New York senator today set up an exploratory committee, allowing her to raise money and hire staff for a full presidential bid. But while she is the front runner for the democratic nomination, she faces strong competition, as Keme Nzerem report
35、s from Washington. 难点 本题难度不大，但是要注意题干要求的是不正确的说法。从“The former First Lady and New York senator today set up an exploratory committee.”这一句就可以确定选项 a和 d 是正确的说法。而根据“But while she is the front runner for the democratic nomination.”则可以确定选项 c为正确的说法。本题如果有相关的背景知识，甚至不用听材料就可以得出答案。（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the follow
36、ing statement is true? a. It was a down week on Wall Street. b. Consumer prices dropped a little bit more than expected in February. c. The Fed is likely to cut interest rates. d. Investors were not worried about the inflation.（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：听力原文 I have to tell it was another down day on Wall
37、Street, ending a down week. Earlier in the week it was the Subprime Mortgage story, now renewed concerns about inflation, consumer prices rose a little bit more than expected in February, and that has investors worded, partly because the Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates while prices are on the
38、rise. So as a result, stocks ended broadly lower today, taking a look at the Big Board at the New York Exchange, the Dow lost 49 points, the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.25%, the S confused and under-resourced ac-cording to Todays Report. Obesity costs the NHS one billion pounds a year, and blights the h
39、ealth of up to one million children under 16. Doctors say this could be the first generation for decades to die before their parents unless urgent action is taken. Yet, progress is so slow according to Todays Report that the government risks missing its target of halting obesity in children under 11
40、 by 2010. The Health Care Commission, Audit Commission and National Audit Officere pointing out its taken 31 experts 18 months to agree how to measure obesity. The report says there are many initiatives to tackle the problem, but no specific funding. It complains that many organizations involved are
41、 unclear about their roles, causing potential confusion and wasting resources. And it adds that there are too few frontline staff to deal with the complex problem of obesity. 难点 开篇第一句就点出了三个原因，分别是“Junk food”，“too little exercise”和“an increasingly sedentary life style”。(2).How long will it take expert
42、s to agree how to measure obesity? a. Half a year. b. One year. c. One and a half year. d. Two years.（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：难点 从“Audit Commission and National Audit Officere pointing out its taken 31 ex- pens 18 months to agree how to measure obesity”。一句中记下 18月这个时间，并进行简单转换，可得出“一年半”这个时间段。(3).How many e
43、xperts arc involved in making an agreement on the measurement of obesity? a. 30 b. 31 c. 32 d. 33（分数：2.00）A.B. C.D.解析：难点 本题纯粹是数字听力题。从“Audit Commission and National Audit Officere pointing out its taken 31 experts 18 months to agree how to measure obesity一句可得出。(4).Which of the following statements is
44、 not true according to the passage? a. The government has full confidence in tackling the problem of obesity. b. Obesity costs the NHS one billion pounds a year. c. Obesity does harm to the health of up to one million children under 16. d. There arent enough staff to tackle the problem of obesity.（分
45、数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：难点 首先，题干是要找出错误的表述。其次，选项并非全部照搬原文，需要根据笔记理解做出选择。从第一段“The causes are clear, but the governments efforts to tackle the problem are inefficient, confused and under-resourced according to Todays Report.”可得出政府目前对于解决肥胖问题信心不足，故选 a项。而其他选项文中均涉及了。(5).Which of the following statements best summ
46、arizes the main idea of the passage? a. The British government risks missing its target of halting obesity in children under 11 by 2010. b. It could be the first generation for decades to die before their parents because of obesity. c. The British governments efforts to tackle the problem of obesity
47、 are inefficient, confused and under-resourced. d. The government has made some progress in dealing with the problem of obesity.（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：难点 本题难度较大，虽然选项里基本上都是原文的句子，但是因为选项较长，且内容覆盖了整个文段，需要依靠全面的笔记完成。一般主题句可以从第一段或者文段的第一句话获得。而本文中“The British governments efforts to tackle the problem of obesity
48、are inefficient, confused and under-resourced.”这一句则概括了这个文段的中心。故选 a项。其他选项虽然文中涉及了，但是不全面。BPassage Two/B（分数：10.00）(1).Which statement about the ARJ-21 Advanced Regional Jet is false? a. It is the first homegrown Chinese jetliner for the 21st Century. b. It is of medium range. c. It should start to roll
49、off the production line later this year. d. None of the above.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文26-30 The first homegrown Chinese jetliner, the medium range ARJ-21 Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century, should start to roll off the production line later this year. China expects to sell 300 of the 100-seater planes to Chinese customers over the next 20 years. There are 71 firm orders from smaller domestic carriers, and China intends to target export
