1、翻译二级口译综合能力 2004 年 05 月及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart /B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)(1).The wavelengths of light and radio waves, unlike high energy gamma radiation, are much shorter.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The speaker believes that a practical solution to the problem of starvation is to remove obstacles to ade
2、quate supply of food rather than to increase production of it.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3).According to the speaker, it is foolish and childish for a filmmaker to mix his preconceptions with objective truth when he produces a documentary.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).In Japanese party politics, the Liberal Democrats
3、 are more prone to stand by their principles than their conservative and nationalist counterparts.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The author believes that, given the similarities between pig and human organs, future technology will allow pig livers to be transplanted to humans.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(1).Bioinformati
4、cs is a new computer software technology that makes research findings on genetic engineering publicly available to the public.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Imports from Asian countries are more competitive than U.S. home-made products because of lower wages in Asia and the exemption of duties for imported go
5、ods shipped to the United States.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3).States should respect international law even if some people are skeptical about its power to be enacted.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).The international community should seek other effective methods in establishing economic global governance instead of rel
6、ying on the WTO.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Economists attribute the world soybean boom to the rise in soybean production in China and its increased export of related products.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart /B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)(1).Why have the Americans developed space shuttle according to the passage? a. It is a
7、first step to explore outer space. b. It is a follow-up action of the Apollo moon landings. c. It is a compromise to the exorbitant human expeditions to the Mars. d. It is a compensation for the wishful thinking of human landing on the Mars.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following statements best
8、 describes humor in China? a. It is more or less the same in all parts of the country. b. It is drastically different in every part of the country. c. It is distinguished from Hong Kong. d. It is more a verbal act than a physical act in the north.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statement
9、s is NOT true according to the passage? a. The term “averted vision“ refers to the act of looking out of the comers of ones eyes. b. If you want to see very faint things, you should better look sideways rather than straight on. c. The receptors located in the eyes center are less sensitive to dim li
10、ght. d. To “look“ is to see something straight ahead.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is NOT true of the euro? a. Sweden refuses to join the euro framework. b. Some big countries tailor the euros roles to their own benefits. c. Euro is not a reliable currency in the world marke
11、t. d. The euro zone is suffering from a sluggish economy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true of the passage? a. It discusses fertility clinics. b. It defines stem cells. c. It mentions artificial fertilization. d. It identifies the origins of stem cells.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.
12、D.(1).Which of the following index represents small-company stocks? a. The Dow Jones Industrial. b. The Russell 2000. c. The Wilshire 5000. d. The S while the former learn otherwise inaccessible technology and produce sophisticated goods that compete with domestic American goods, even allowing for s
13、hipping charges and import duties. 分析 语义逻辑推理判断。 根据原文可知，对于美国海外资本家来说使用外国劳力，尤其是亚洲国家的劳力费用非常低。而这些国家却从此得到先进技术，生产尖端产品。这些产品，即使在增加运费和进口税的水平上仍可与美国国内制造的产品竞争。由此可见海外美国人使用亚洲劳力制造的产品，即使有运费和进口税的压力，仍然可与美国本土制造的产品竞争。显然这与题干中所言进口美国的商品免除税费的说法不相符。因此，题干的说法是错误的。 解题关键 掌握短语含义。原文中“allowing for.”意为“将计算在内”而题干中“the exemption of”意为
14、“免除”，二者含义正好相反。(3).States should respect international law even if some people are skeptical about its power to be enacted.（分数：2.00）A.正确 B.错误解析：听力原文 It is significant that those who regard international law as a form of morality usually speak of it as “mere morality“. Although experienced diplomats d
15、o not often share the popular skepticism about international law, there is a danger that the popular attitude may affect inexperienced officials and pressure groups within a state, and that the state may, as a result, be pushed into breaking international law. 分析 因果关系的理解和推断。 原文认为公众对国际法的怀疑态度会影响国内那些经验
16、尚不丰富的官员和重要的集团，其结果便是，这种怀疑态度会导致违反国际法。由此可推断，即使一些人对国际法持怀疑态度，国家要尊重该法，才能使国际法得以贯彻实施。显然，题干的含义符合对原文的推断，因此，该题的说法是正确的。 解题关键 注意识别表因果关系的信号词，以便正确理解因果关系。原文中使用了“as a result”。(4).The international community should seek other effective methods in establishing economic global governance instead of relying on the WTO.（
17、分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误 解析：听力原文 Asking for a WTO focused on its trade mission is not to neglect the importance of the other problems the institution has been asked to deal with. But the balance that many countries expect to see in the economic global governance agenda should not be pursued solely at the WT
18、O. The international community should create effective ad-hoc instruments to confront the other challenges. 分析 语义逻辑关系的理解和判断。 原文最后部分指出国际共同体应该“create effective ad-hoc instruments to con front the other challenges”即“创造有效、特别的方法面对其他挑战”，而题干中却说国际共同体寻求有效的方法是为了“in establishing economic global governance.”即“建
19、立经济的全球管理方式”，显然题干所言的目的与原文不相符，因此，该题的说法是错误的。 解题关键 掌握表示目的的信号词，有助于快速理解语义。原文中信号词为最后一句中动词不定式短语；而题目中为介词 in 短语。(5).Economists attribute the world soybean boom to the rise in soybean production in China and its increased export of related products.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误 解析：听力原文 Economists say that the main spur to
20、 the global soybean boom is the emergence of a middle class in China, much of whose newly disposable income has been spent on a richer, more varied diet. Over the past decade, China has been transformed from a net exporter of soybeans to the worlds largest importer in some years of whole soybeans as
21、 well as oil and meal byproducts. 分析 因果关系的理解和判断。 根据原文，文中把全球大豆畅销的原因归结为“the emergence of a middle class in China”即“中国中产阶级的出现”，而题干中却将其原因归结为“the rise in soybean production in China and its increased export of related products”即“中国大豆产量的增加和相关产品出口的增加”，显然该说法与原文不符，因此，该题的说法是错误的。 解题关键 掌握表因果关系的信号词，可以帮助听者作出正确的判断
22、。原文第一句使用系表结构，直截了当说明原因。题干使用了短语 attribute to (归因于)。二、BPart /B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)(1).Why have the Americans developed space shuttle according to the passage? a. It is a first step to explore outer space. b. It is a follow-up action of the Apollo moon landings. c. It is a compromise to the exorbitant human
23、 expeditions to the Mars. d. It is a compensation for the wishful thinking of human landing on the Mars.（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文 Ever since the Apollo moon landings, the idea of human expeditions to the Mars has come up repeatedly as the kind of grand adventures that would give focus, purpose, and
24、inspirational lift to the space program. But confronted with the costestimated at $150 billion last weekpresidents starting with Richard Nixon and others have flinched and resorted to halfway measures tike the shuttle. 分析 因果关系的判断。 根据原文，人类梦想去火星探险，但是“confronted with the cost.presidents. have flinched
25、and resorted to halfway measures like the shuttle”即“面临经费问题，美国总统们畏缩了，不得不做出妥协，先发展航天飞机”。由此可见，发展航天飞机只是人类去火星探险梦想的妥协。只有选项 c 符合这种判断，因此该项的说法是正确的。 解题关键 掌握因果关系的表达法，可快速理解原文。文中使用了过去分词短语 (confronted with)的形式来表示因果关系。(2).Which of the following statements best describes humor in China? a. It is more or less the sam
26、e in all parts of the country. b. It is drastically different in every part of the country. c. It is distinguished from Hong Kong. d. It is more a verbal act than a physical act in the north.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文 More difficult for foreign managers to grasp are the intricacies of culture, such a
27、s the advertising staple of humor. “In southern China humour is more slapstick and physical, like you find in Hong Kong movies,“ Taw says. “In the north, people love clever wordplays, a legacy of traditional Chinese opera and verbal sparring. For national campaigns, the challenge is to tap into a un
28、iversal interest.“ 分析 比较结构的识别和理解。 关于中国的幽默，原文将南方和北方作了比较。发现南方幽默“more slap stick and physical”即“更为打闹滑稽，强调形体动作”，而北方则“love clever wordplays”即“更喜欢口齿伶俐的文字游戏”。由此可见，只有选项 d 的说法与原文含义相符，因此，选项 d 的说法是正确的。 解题关键 1) 掌握比较表达的结构，本文在平行结构中使用反义词，以提起读者注意：2) 掌握近义词替换，原文中 wordplays 与选项中verbal act (言辞)意思相近。(3).Which of the fol
29、lowing statements is NOT true according to the passage? a. The term “averted vision“ refers to the act of looking out of the comers of ones eyes. b. If you want to see very faint things, you should better look sideways rather than straight on. c. The receptors located in the eyes center are less sen
30、sitive to dim light. d. To “look“ is to see something straight ahead.（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文 Its amazing what you can see when you dont look. Astronomers often practice a technique known as averted vision to see very faint things. By looking to the side rather than straight on, they avoid using re
31、ceptors in the eyes center, which are more sensitive to dim light. So canny stargazers try to see the wonders of the cosmos out of the corners of their eyes. 分析 比较结构的识别和理解。 同原文“they avoid using receptors in the eyes center, which are more sensitive to dim light”比较中看，显然选项 c 的说法正好与此相背，因此，选项 c 是正确答案。 解
32、题关键 掌握所比较的对象之间的关系是该题解题的关键。(4).Which of the following statements is NOT true of the euro? a. Sweden refuses to join the euro framework. b. Some big countries tailor the euros roles to their own benefits. c. Euro is not a reliable currency in the world market. d. The euro zone is suffering from a slug
33、gish economy.（分数：2.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文 Swedens rejection of the European Unions common currency was a coldly rational statement of mistrust in the euro. It distanced itself from the stagnant economic performance of the euro zone, and flatly refused to place its monetary future under the sway of big
34、countries like France and Germany, who have bent the euros rules to suit themselves. 分析 事实细节的理解和判断。 将各选项中关键词与原文对比，发现选项 a 的说法可与原文第一句“Swedens rejection of the European Unions common currency.”相对应；选项 b 的说法可与原文“.big countries like France and Germany, who have bent the euros rules to suit themselves”相对应：
35、选项 d 的说法可与原文“It distanced itself from the stagnant economic performance of the euro zone”相对应；只有选项 c 的说法在原文中找不到对应，因此该项的说法是错误的。 解题关键 掌握同义词的替换可快速解题。如原文中 rejection 与选项中 refuse 同义；bent the rule to suit themselves 与 tailor the rule to their own benefit 同义，均指为自己利益而调整规则；sluggish 与 stagnant 同义，均指经济的不景气。(5).W
36、hich of the following statements is NOT true of the passage? a. It discusses fertility clinics. b. It defines stem cells. c. It mentions artificial fertilization. d. It identifies the origins of stem cells.（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：听力原文 Stem cells are undeveloped human cells that can grow into many or al
37、l of the different specialized cells in the human body. Although stem cells have been harvested from adults, the most versatile stem cells come from embryos. The main source of embryos is fertility clinics. Vitro fertilization, the process that produces test-tube babies, involves the fertilization o
38、f eggs to produce embryos outside the womans body. 分析 语义逻辑关系的识别。 本题要求识别原文的逻辑结构。原文主要讨论的是 stem cells(干细胞)，如干细胞的定义、起源等，fertility clinics(人工受精)虽有提及，但不属于主要讨论的话题。因此选项 a 的说法符合题义，是正确答案。 解题关键 掌握主题及支持性细节是解题的关键。本文主题是干细胞，支持性细节是干细胞的定义(原文第一句)及起源(第二句至最后一句)。显然，选项 b、c 和 d 的说法均围绕这一框架。(1).Which of the following index
39、represents small-company stocks? a. The Dow Jones Industrial. b. The Russell 2000. c. The Wilshire 5000. d. The S the Wilshire 5000 includes both small-and large-company stocks and is weighted to represent all U.S.-headquartered securities. 分析 特定信息的找寻和判断。 根据题干中提到的特定信息找寻原文，发现“The Russell 2000 include
40、s 2000 small-company stocks”，由此可见，选项 b 的说法符合题意，是正确答案。 解题关键 找寻特定信息要迅速排除干扰项。本题中各种专有名词和数字的信息量颇大，需要迅速排除这些信息的干扰，才能快速准确地找到正确答案。(2).What can be inferred about old nepotism? a. Parents maximized the family advantages for the benefits of their children. b. Parents gave full respect to the likes and dislikes
41、of their children. c. Children had their own choice of career and marriage. d. Children willingly lived on the expectations of their families.（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：听力原文 The new nepotism operates not from the top down but from the bottom up: it is voluntary, not coercive; it springs from the initiativ
42、e of children, not the interest of the parents; it tends to seem “natural“ rather than planned. Although no nepotism in the classic sense, it is rightly nepotism because it involves exploiting the family name, connections, or wealth. The method may be different, but the result is much the same. 分析 语
43、义的推理判断。 原文表面上没有提到 old nepotism(旧式裙带关系)，但根据文中关于 new nepotism的说法可以推断出答案。根据原文第一句“The new nepotism operates not from the top down but from the bottom up”，可推测出旧式的裙带关系强调 the top down(自上而下)，显然这里的“上”指“父母”，“下”指“子女”；此外从第一句后部的 not 和 rather than 结构可推测，其中的内容直指old nepotism 的特点，即：coercive(强迫的)；the interest of the
44、parents (父母的利益)；planned (有计划的)；由第二句话可推测两种 nepotism 都“involve exploiting the family name, connections, or wealth”即“利用家族的声望、关系或财富(使孩子受益)”，从上述推测中可知，选项 a 的说法“父母最大限度地利用家庭优势，使孩子受益”符合题意，是正确答案。 解题关键 1) 掌握根据反义词推断语义的方法，如根据原文中种种 new nepotism 的说法推断出 old nepotism；2) 掌握同义词替换，如原文中 exploiting 与选项 maximize 近义。(3).Wh
45、ich of the following statements is NOT true of the passage? a. International trade has become an important part of national development. b. Summit talks will be held to discuss problems in international trade. c. Developing countries benefit more from international trade than development aid. d. The
46、 Doha Development Agenda has made development its pivotal concern.（分数：2.00）A.B. C.D.解析：听力原文 Two years ago, in the Qatar; capital, trade ministers agreed to begin global trade negotiations driven by what is known as the Doha Development Agenda, which put the question of development at its core. It is
47、 widely acknowledged today that trade is a vitally important element in any program for development, as it can deliver benefits to developing countries worth many times more than all the development aid they receive. 分析 事实细节的识别和判断。 原文主要谈论在 Qatari 首都部长会议达成的共识，即：发展中国家在发展过程中，从贸易中得到的利益远比从援助中得到的利益多。但文中并没
48、有提及将要举行高峰会议讨论国际贸易问题，因此选项 b 的说法与原文不符，因此是正确答案。 解题关键 掌握主题及支持性细节是本题关键。本文主题是贸易发展，支持性细节包括贸易发展共识的介绍及其背景。而选项 b 的内容不包括在其中。(4).Which of the following is NOT true of meditation? a. It relieves the pain of cancer. b. It counteracts the effect of depression. c. It has mystic elements. d. It has long been used as
49、 a cure-all.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文 Meditation is being recommended by more and more physicians as a way to prevent, slow or at least control the pain of chronic diseases like heart conditions, AIDS, cancer; and infertility. It is also being used to restore balance in the face of such psychiatric disturbances as depression, hyperactivity, and attention-deficit disorder (ADD). In a confluence of Eastern mysticism and western science, doctors are embracing meditat
