1、翻译二级口译综合能力 2004 年 11 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 two men have been very intimate and reliable friends throughout their lives.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The childrens health insurance program in Florida was intended to help kids from low income families.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3
2、).Iraqis stopped the development of long-range ballistic missiles because such programs were prohibited by the US.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).As a Washington insider, to win the support from all sides, Mr. Kerry has never let any body down over the years.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Darwinian theory neither explai
3、ns the process of evolution nor makes correct predictions about the results of evolution.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(1).Many young people doubt that their dreams for the good life could ever come true.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Such awful losses of human life in the Iranian quake should not have occurred.（分数：2.00）A
4、.正确B.错误(3).Gaddafi made headlines in 1998 by surrendering two Libyan suspects who plotted the bombing of an American jumbo jet.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Organic foods are accepted by most nutritionists.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The removal of the president was a very dangerous and unconstitutional example for
5、 other democratic countries.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart /B(总题数：2，分数：20.00)(1).Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear? a. The growth rate in 2003 is lower than that of the previous year. b. This year the government will continue to support lending and investment in construc
6、tion. c. The government will cut state bonds by 35% in 2004. d. State bonds issued to finance construction will be $3.6 billion less this year than last.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What conclusions can you make about the people in New York City? a. You cant please anyone in New York City. b. They dont like
7、 to recycle their trash. c. Mayor Bloomberg always tums a deaf ear to peoples complaints. d. People want to have their trash collected more frequently.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the result of globalization and liberalization? a. The gap between the d
8、eveloped and the developing countries has widened. b. The industrialized world has witnessed unprecedented wealth. c. The wealth of the world has been redistributed. d. The current developing countries will become the most rapidly rowing economies.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following places h
9、ave approved gay marriage? a. San Francisco and California. b. California, New Mexico and Oregon. c. California, New Mexico, Oregon and Massachusetts. d. California and New Mexico.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The Mediterranean region is cited as an example of _. a. the ability of nature to remedy human dest
10、ruction b. the ability of people to make use of natural resources c. the manner in which people replenish the environment d. the effects of human abuse of natural resources（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(1).According to the passage, what has made Americas system of higher education a great success? a. Accessibili
11、ty, diversity, academic freedom and centralized governance. b. Diversity, academic freedom, democracy and centralization. c. Shared governance, diversity, academic freedom and accessibility. d. Decentralization, diversity, academic freedom and shared governance.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What has happened
12、 to the capital flow into the emerging market economies? a. It has become difficult to get foreign direct investment. b. Banks no longer offer any loans. c. Portfolio investment has increased. d. Those market economies didnt take advantage of different kinds of capital.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The black
13、s who received Nobel Prizes for Literature are: a. Toni Morrison and Dereck Walcott. b. Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck and Wole Soyinka. c. Toni Morrison, Dereck Walcott and Wole Soyinka. d. Toni Morrison, Dereck Walcott and John Steinbeck.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why did Israelis prefer the “Red-Dead“ c
14、anal to the “Med-Dead“ proposal? a. Because they wanted to cooperate with their former Arab enemies. b. Because the Red-Dead canal would run across the desert. c. Because the Med-Dead canal would be much longer. d. Because they didnt want to take water from the Mediterranean Sea.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5)
15、.What does Dr. Kay believe? a. The Bush administration is justified to launch military operations in Iraq. b. Iraqs weapons of mass destruction have not been found yet. c. Iraqs weapons of mass destruction were destroyed during the Gulf War. d. Iraq destroyed all its weapons of mass destruction in t
16、he 1990s.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.三、BPart /B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BPassage One/B（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is considered a landmark ruling in interracial marriages? a. Loving v. Alabama. b. Loving v. Virginia. c. Loving v. U.S. d. Loving v. Richard and Mildred.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How many marriages in
17、the U.S. are between blacks and whites? a. 2 million. b. 5%. c. 2.5%. d. Half a million.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why is Thomas Jefferson mentioned in this passage? a. As an example of interracial intimacy. b. Because he was a slave owner and was strongly against interracial marriages. c. Because he was
18、one of the early advocates of interracial marriages. d. Because he married a black woman.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What can be inferred from the passage? a. The resistance to interracial marriages in the South still stays firm. b. The number of interracial marriages involving Asians, Latinos and Native A
19、mericans is greater than that of black-white marriages. c. There were no mixed marriages in Alabama until three years ago. d. The rise of an educated black middle class has increased opportunities for blacks and whites to develop romantic relationships.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).How did interracial marria
20、ge get approved in Alabama? a. By a Supreme Court ruling. b. By state legislation. c. By a vote of the residents. d. By the social trend that interracial marriages keep increasing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、BPassage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).What does the passage mainly discuss? a. Trends in teaching mathema
21、tics to children. b. The use of mathematics in child psychology. c. The development of mathematical ability in children. d. The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children must learn.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learn simple counting _. a. soo
22、n after they learn to talk b. by looking at the clock c. when they begin to be mathematically mature d. after they reach second grade in school（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The author implies that most small children believe that the quantity of water changes when it is transferred to a container of a differ
23、ent _. a. color b. quality c. weight d. shape（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the passage, what did small children do when they were asked to count a pile of red and blue pencils? a. They counted the number of pencils of each color. b. They guessed at the total number of pencils. c. They counted on
24、ly the pencils of their favorite color. d. They subtracted the number of red pencils from the number of blue pencils.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).With which of the following statements would the author be least likely to agree? a. Children naturally and easily learn mathematics. b. Children learn to add bef
25、ore they learn to subtract. c. Most people follow the same pattern of mathematical development. d. Mathematical development is subtle and gradual.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).What does the passage mainly discuss? a. The endangered species in Glacier National Park. b. The prot
26、ection of lands surrounding Glacier National Park. c. Conservation laws imposed by the state of Montana. d. Conservation laws imposed by Congress.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why are the private lands surrounding Glacier National Park so important? a. They function as a hunting preserve. b. They are restric
27、ted to government use. c. They are heavily populated. d. They contain natural habitats of threatened species.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following words best describes the relationship between park officials and neighboring landowners? a. Indifferent. b. Intimate. c. Cooperative. d. Disappoint
28、ing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the passage, what is the major interest of the officials of Glacier National Park? a. To limit land development around the park. b. To establish a new park in Montana. c. To influence national legislation. d. To settle border disputes with Canada.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.
29、D.(5).According to the passage, why would the landowners respond to environmental concerns? a. They wish to stimulate economic growth. b. They wish to improve their public image. c. They have a tradition of cooperating with the government. d. They are afraid of federal legislation.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.六
30、、BPassage Four/(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).Which of the following is not a form of wage erosion? a. Pay cuts. b. Pay freezes. c. Bonus reduction. d. Job-hopping.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, what did giant businesses like AT and Dereck Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992. But Morrison
31、 is also the first and only American-born Nobel laureate for literature since 1962, the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award. 分析 特定信息的找寻和判断。 本段落人名等专有名词较多。本题要求根据题干中的关键词，回原文找寻获诺贝尔文学奖的黑人姓名，将听力材料中其它无关的专有名词干扰项排除后，可知只有选项 c 的说法是正确的。 解题关键 根据要求迅速排除干扰项的影响。(4).Why did Israelis prefer the “Red-Dead“
32、canal to the “Med-Dead“ proposal? a. Because they wanted to cooperate with their former Arab enemies. b. Because the Red-Dead canal would run across the desert. c. Because the Med-Dead canal would be much longer. d. Because they didnt want to take water from the Mediterranean Sea.（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解
33、析：听力原文 At the Earth Summit in Johannesburg over a year ago, Israel and Jordan agreed to look into building a “Red-Dead“ pipeline that would run 320 km along their rugged desert border. Dubbed the “Peace Conduit“, the canal would be the biggest Israel-Jordanian joint venture since their 1994 peace tr
34、eaty. Israeli officials cite the importance of cooperation with former Arab enemies as one of the main reasons they favor the Red-Dead canal over an older “Med-Dead“ proposal to take water from the Mediterranean Sea, which would not involve Jordan. 分析 因果关系的判断。 根据题干中关键词 the “Red-Dead” canal 和“Med-Dea
35、d”proposal 可定位原文相关部分为“Israeli officials cite the importance of cooperation with former Arab enemies as one of the main reasons they favor the Red-Dead canal over an olderMed-Deadproposal.”，其中信号词“reasons”说明该词前后部分为因果关系，既然该词后部分为题干内容，显然该词前部分的内容应为正确答案。因此，选项 a 的说法是正确的。 解题关键 掌握通过信号词正确判断语义逻辑关系，如通过原文 reason
36、可判断出其上下文的因果关系。(5).What does Dr. Kay believe? a. The Bush administration is justified to launch military operations in Iraq. b. Iraqs weapons of mass destruction have not been found yet. c. Iraqs weapons of mass destruction were destroyed during the Gulf War. d. Iraq destroyed all its weapons of mass
37、 destruction in the 1990s.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文 More than 10 months after the end of major military operations in Iraq, American teams have still not found conclusive evidence that Iraq had any chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, raising doubts about one of the Bush administrations main arg
38、uments for going to war. Since he resigned from his post last month, Dr. Kay has said he believes that Iraq largely abandoned the production of weapons of mass destruction after the first Gulf War, and that it gradually destroyed its remaining stockpiles during the 1990s. 分析 特定信息的找寻和判断。 根据题干中关键词 Dr.
39、 Kay，在原文中找寻与其相关的特定信息，可发现原文相关部分为“Dr. Kay has said he believes that Iraq largely abandoned the production of weapons of mass destruction after the first Gulf War, and that it gradually destroyed its remaining stockpiles during the 1990s.”只有选项 c 和 d 的内容与其相关，但选项 c 中“were destroyed”与原文“abandoned”含义不相符，而选
40、项 d 的内容则是正确的。 解题关键 近义词辨析，如选项中 destroy(毁灭)和原文 abandon(放弃)的含义是不同的。三、BPart /B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BPassage One/B（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following is considered a landmark ruling in interracial marriages? a. Loving v. Alabama. b. Loving v. Virginia. c. Loving v. U.S. d. Loving v. Richard and Mildred.（分数：2
41、.00）A.B. C.D.解析：听力原文21-25 Once a social taboo, love across the color line is becoming increasingly common. The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has leaped almost 1,000% since 1967, when a landmark Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia, voided state antimiscegenation laws that forbid
42、unions between the races. Today there are more than 2 million interracial marriages, accounting for about 5% of all U.S. marriages, and almost half a million of them are between blacks and whites. Yet even after the Loving decision, which required the state of Virginia to recognize the marriage betw
43、een a white man and a black woman, Richard and Mildred Loving, the resistance to mixed nuptials in the South seemed to stay as firm as the reverence some there still have for the Confederate flag. It was only three years ago that Alabama became the last state to drop its unenforceable ban on mixed m
44、arriage, and it did so with just a 60%-to-40% vote by residents. Of course, interracial intimacy has been a fact of life in the region since African slaves first arrived in the U.S.and white slave owners like Thomas Jefferson began sneaking into the slave quarters at night. But what used to be brand
45、ed clandestine lust has finally evolved into sanctioned love: black-white interracial marriages in Alabama have more than tripled, from 297 in 1990 to 1,000 in 2000, or about 2.5% of the married couples in the state. An additional 1% of Alabama marriages are unions also involving Asians, Latinos and
46、 Native Americans. 分析 特定信息的找寻和判断。 根据题干中关键词“a landmark ruling”在原文中找寻与其相关的特定信息部分为原文第一段第二句中“.a landmark Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia”。由此可见，选项 b 的说法是正确的。 解题关键 掌握单词的归类。原文中 Supreme Court和题干中 ruling 同属于法律范畴，因此正确答案就在有 Supreme Court 出现的上下文中。(2).How many marriages in the U.S. are between blacks
47、and whites? a. 2 million. b. 5%. c. 2.5%. d. Half a million.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：分析 数字信息的找寻和判断。 原文关于跨种族通婚的数据颇多，根据题干内容可确定原文第一段最后一句中“.almost half a million of them are between blacks and whites”是正确答案，符合这一说法的只有选项 d。 解题关键 迅速找寻有关数字信息并作出正确判断。(3).Why is Thomas Jefferson mentioned in this passage? a. As an
48、example of interracial intimacy. b. Because he was a slave owner and was strongly against interracial marriages. c. Because he was one of the early advocates of interracial marriages. d. Because he married a black woman.（分数：2.00）A. B.C.D.解析：分析 隐含事实的判断。 根据原文第三段第一句，可知该句隐含的事实就是 Thomas Jefferson被当作一个例子来
49、说明“interracial intimacy”。因此，选项 a 的说法是正确的。 解题关键 正确判断主题句和支持性细节间的关系。Thomas Jefferson 为 interracial intimacy 这一主题的支持性细节，(4).What can be inferred from the passage? a. The resistance to interracial marriages in the South still stays firm. b. The number of interracial marriages involving Asians, Latinos and Native Americans is greater than that of black-white marriages. c. There were no mixed marriages in Alabama until three years ago. d. The rise of an educated
