1、高级口译（笔试）-试卷 43 及答案解析(总分：212.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、LISTENING TEST(总题数：8，分数：80.00)1.SECTION 1 LISTENING TEST_2.Part A Spot DictationDirections: 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 t
2、he tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE._In the ruins of the Palm Beach Hotel you get a powerful sense that an era is drawing to a close that Israels attempt to settle its people on the Gaza Strip is in its last days.
3、 1 the fine sand in front of the beach hotel. But since the Palestinians launched their uprising against Israelthe intifada 2, Gaza has become a violent, dangerous place. People dont come on holiday anymore. The Palm Beach resort complex was abandoned 3. The reception area and the dining room have b
4、een stripped of their fixtures and fittings. The wind off the sea blows in across floors 4. A similar fate awaits everything that Israel has built hereif 5 in August, as planned. Some young settlers have been squatting in the hotel as its decayed around them. For Elazaar Elchiam, life is good. He li
5、ves for nothing in 6. The Mediterranean waves are just metres away, and Elazaar has a passion for surfing. 7 in one of the nearby settlementswhere red-roofed bungalows surrounded by lawns bake in the summer sun. Elazaar dreads the thought that this may well be his 8. The settlers say Israel is makin
6、g a mistake. That its handing victory to the Palestinian militants who have been attacking Gush Katif for years. 9 the possibility that the settlers homes will be treated as the spoils of victory by groups 10. To prevent that, its possible that the army will demolish everything in the days before th
7、e Israelis leave. Debbie Rosen, a mother 11 in Gush Katif, said she hates the thought of her home being destroyed. But at the same time she couldnt bear the idea of what she called “ 12“ taking over the house as they celebrate Israels retreat. Since the Israeli army captured Gaza 13in the Six Day Wa
8、rits been occupied territory. When it moved civilian settlers into the Strip it was breaching the Geneva Conventions 14. This means nothing to settlers like Debbie Rosen. She said she never thought of her home as being 15. For her, Gaza is part of the land that God promised the Jews. The occupation
9、may mean nothing to the settlers of Gush Katifbut it means everything 16, in the Palestinian town of Khan Younis. For decades, for Palestinian families, the occupation 17 and limits and humiliations in many areas of lifeand its hated. Along the western side of Khan Younis Israeli troops man watchtow
10、ers that are part of 18. And the area has seen many clashes between the army and Palestinian militants. They frequently 19 on the settler communities that they see as being so symbolic of the Israeli presence. The beach used to be an escape from the heat and 20 of Khan Younis. But to keep the milita
11、nts out of the settlement zone, the army has blocked the Palestinian road to the sea. Khan Younis has lost its beach.（分数：40.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_4.Part B Listening ComprehensionD
12、irections: 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 lett
13、er of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET._A.Winter Vacation.B.Carols by Candlelight.C.New Years Eve Celebration.D.Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.A.Single rooms and double rooms.B.A double room and an all-ensuited room.C.All-female dorms and all-male dorms.D.A d
14、ouble room and some dormitories.A.Its too far away from the downtown area of Sydney.B.The woman changed her mind and decided to live in dorms instead.C.Hostels in the downtown area are almost the same at that time.D.The woman didnt want to book rooms in separated hostels.A.$40.B.$50.C.$70.D.$90.A.Ag
15、uest kitchen.B.A lobby with TV.C.Balcony and bathroom.D.Telephone and fax facilities.A.Israelis hope to hold direct peace negotiations with Syrians.B.Israel wants Syria to be peaceful to the neighbors otherwise there could be wars.C.Syrians are responsible for miscalculations that lead to a security
16、 deterioration.D.The Israeli government is delivering military information to Damascus on various diplomatic channels.A.The US plan of deploying a missile defense shield in Central Europe.B.The development in Africa.C.Trans nuclear program and the security situation in the Middle East.D.The Doha Rou
17、nd of the World Trade Organization.A.9.B.5.C.4.D.8.A.Because they are trying to discuss whether the peninsula should be a a nuclear-free region.B.Because they have never held high-level reconciliation talks in more than half a year since the DPRK nuclear test.C.Because they want to pave the way for
18、a resumption of aid to Pyongyang.D.Because they are expected to hold even higher level talks after the current brief meeting.A.Engender the hatred.B.Change sociopolitical posture.C.Clarify the misunderstanding.D.Lift aid blockade.A.Somewhere between Laguna, Pueblo and Mexico.B.New Mexico, Alaska and
19、 Arizona.C.Laguna Pueblo Reservation.D.Tucson.A.A Laguna Woman.B.Rogner 85% of its clients are ages 45 to 60. “Theres been a huge upswing in ourroup-travel business,“ says sales manager Michael Meholic. While plenty of Trek Travels trips are for business groups, the majority are still for folks taki
20、ng up the sport as a means of maintaining or establishing social groups and staying connected with kids and grandkids. Among the top trends in cycling-related travel are programs that include children, says Cari Gray, a spokeswoman for Butterfield and Flemish Liberal leader and outgoing Prime Minist
21、er Guy Verhofstadt. Front-runner Leterme, 46, has sparked anger by saying that the Belgian nation is an “accident of history“ with “no intrinsic value“, and accusing Francophones of “lacking the mental capacity to learn Dutch“. But even if he emerges as Prime Minister, French speakers should not be
22、too distraught. As Leterme is the son of a Francophone father, they could even claim he is one of theirs.（分数：10.00）(1).The writing skill mainly used in the passage is_.（分数：2.00）A.illustrationB.argumentationC.narrationD.description(2).According to the author, all of the following about Elio Di Rupo a
23、re true EXCEPT that_.（分数：2.00）A.he does not speak Flemish wellB.he is not of French origin but he speaks FrenchC.he is handicappedD.he is publicly known as a gay(3).The election campaign in Belgium is restrained because_.（分数：2.00）A.there is fierce competition among candidatesB.doing well in the elec
24、tion is no guarantee of getting premiershipC.the Flemish and French communities have economic and cultural tensionsD.a gay man was elected Prime Minister of the country(4).The word “loath“ in the sentence “.both the Flemish and the Walloons are loath to split.“ (Para. 7) is closest in meaning to_.（分
25、数：2.00）A.supportiveB.hesitateC.indifferentD.reluctant(5).The sentence “.they are itching to smash the Flemish grip on the top job.“ in the first paragraph of the passage can be best paraphrased as_.（分数：2.00）A.they are fighting against Flemish people for the jobB.they are eager to repeal the Flemish
26、job as Prime MinisterC.they are eager to suspend the Flemish Prime Minister from his positionD.they are anxious to lift the Flemish control over the premiership三、TRANSLATION TEST(总题数：2，分数：4.00)6.SECTION 3 TRANSLATION TESTDirections: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version
27、 in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.（分数：2.00）_7.Our feverish planet badly needs a cure. It was probably always too much to believe that human beings would be responsible stewards of the planet. Yet make a mess we have. If droughts and wildfires, floods and crop failures, collapsing cl
28、imate-sensitive species and the images of drowning polar bears didnt quiet most of the remaining global-warming doubters, the hurricane-driven destruction of New Orleans did. This past year was the hottest on record in the US. The deceptively normal average temperature this winter masked record-brea
29、king highs in December and record-breaking lows in February. Thats the sign not of a planet keeping an even strain but of one thrashing through the alternating chills and night sweats of a serious illness. A crisis of this magnitude clearly calls for action that is both bottom-up and top-down. Thoug
30、h there is some debate about how much difference individuals can make, there is little question that the most powerful players government and industryhave to take the lead. Still, individuals too can move the carbon needle. Cleaning up the wreckage left by our 250-year industrial bacchanal will requ
31、ire fundamental changes in a society hooked on its fossil fuels. Beneath the grass-roots action, larger tectonic plates are shifting. Science is attacking the problem more aggressively than ever. So is industry. So are architects and lawmakers and urban planners. The world is awakened to the problem
32、 in a way it never has been before.（分数：2.00）_四、LISTENING TEST(总题数：7，分数：54.00)8.SECTION 4 LISTENING TEST_9.Part A Note-taking And Gap-fillingDirections: 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 import
33、ant points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk._Las Vegas was founded 1 years ago and was officially 2 in 1905. Since then, Las Vegas has transformed itself
34、 into the fastest growing city in the United States. I assumed the city is a fantastic fountain of 3 and 4, the high 5 of Kitsch. I consumed its image from the 6 and 7 in “Oceans Eleven“ to the high rolling 8 of Scorseses “Casino“. Youll partake freely of the supposed “ 9“ the city sells; from gambl
35、ing, to shopping to the 10 of sex. On the 11 the city is everything it promises to be: home to the 12 museum, a mini 13 tower, a shiny black pyramid, a 14 and out of scale replicas of 15 St. Marks Square, New Yorks skyline and 16Bridge. For the right price, Vegas can make anything possible. It is an
36、 unabashed advert for 17 and cash. But the truth is slightly different. Las Vegas is all about 18. Everything that happens here takes on a 19 quality. For many people, the ultimate American dream offering anyone who cares to try their 20 the chance to get rich quick will never be realised.（分数：40.00）
37、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_11.Part B Listening and TranslationTask 1 Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentenc
38、es ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET._12.Task 2 Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English passages. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you h
39、ave 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._五、READING TEST(总题数：4，分数：20.00)13.SECTION 5 READING TESTDirections: Read the following passages and then answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
40、 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._July 7, 2007. Its not just the day when Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives fame will get hitched to San Antonio Spurs star Ton
41、y Parker in a castle north of Paris, or when celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck walks down the aisle in Capri, Italy. It may well be the most popular wedding day in history. Superstitious Americans (and apparently one French-born point guard with an NBA championship on the line) have gone to great lengths
42、 to secure the triple sevens as their wedding date, hoping the lucky numbers will make them lucky in love. (Parker, not Longoria, insisted on the lucky date, claims US Weekly.) “Everyone loves that day because seven is lucky and three times seven is really lucky,“ says Mindy Weiss, the Los Angeles wedding planner in charge of the Longoria-Parker wedding. Longoria sent out Save the Date notices highlighting 777 on the front, “but shes
