1、高级口译（笔试）-试卷 44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 th
2、e tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE._I met Cameron at his home in the village of Newtonmore, in the Scottish Highlands. Hes 1, so when we went out of his comfortable home, up onto the open hillside above the villag
3、e. I could easily tell how much he loves 2. As he looked round, enjoying the scenery and talking, his face lit up. But when I asked him about memorials to the dead in the countryside 3. He talked about all the stuff hes seen, left by people whove been on the mountains before him. 4, he tells me. But
4、 also, more and more monuments, marble plaques, laminated photographs. 5 in plastic. Children toys cemented onto boulders. He hates them all, he says. Hes never destroyed a memorial himself, but he knows other people who have and he 6. On the other side of the argument are Mo and Moragtwo women whos
5、e friend, Ailsa, died last year of breast cancer. Mo told me Ailsa was 7. Its difficult to believe that shes one. And she talked about the plan for a sponsored walk up Britains highest mountain, Ben Nevis. The aim is 8 a cancer charity, to help Ailsas friends say good-bye, and to build a small cairn
6、 of piled-up rocks in her memorycomplete with 9. Morag explained that they picked Ben Nevis because, on a grey day of mist and low cloud, the summit 10. It was as though the decision had been made for them. And, she added, the top of the mountain is the closest 11. Ben Nevis towers over Fort William
7、, a small town in the west of the Scottish Highlands. It promotes itself as 12 the UKnot least because the mountain is on the doorstep. Admittedly, at one thousand three hundred and forty-three meters the Ben 13 on a world scale. But it does feature some extraordinary wild and rugged scenery, which
8、draws tens of thousands of people every year. They come 14, and in all sorts of ways. Some walk up a wide, easy path to the top because its something to do on Sunday morning when it feels like everything else in Fort William is shut. 15 the much more challenging Alpine-esque cliffs and ridges on the
9、 mountains north face. And somelike Mo and Moragcome to 16, a family member, or a friend whos died. The mountaineers and walkers say all these memorials are crass, intrusive, and worse than leaving litter in a wild, unspoiled place. 17 that mountains are special, spiritual placesbut say that they sh
10、ould be free to leave monuments to the dead in the wilderness, if thats what 18. Its complicated. A sensitive and difficult subject. And its been dealt with in a variety of different ways. Some land-owners 19 on hill and lake-sides. Others remove anything and everything they find even digging up sno
11、w-drops and other wild flowers that have been planted in places 20. Now the Mountaineering Council of Scotland is calling for a debate about what shouldand shouldntbe allowed.（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
12、 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_4.Part B Listening ComprehensionDirections: 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
13、 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._A.200.B.100.C.80.D.3.A.Local residents werent going to allow a Superdome to go into their side of the bridge.B.The city could be burned, looted and pillaged j
14、ust like New Orleans.C.The police deputies were not going to allow their town to build another New Orleans.D.There were possibly not enough places in the town for so many evacuees to stay in.A.Because the police allowed a very small portion of white people cross the bridge.B.Because most of the peop
15、le asking for help were African-American women and children.C.Because there were almost no black police officers on the spot that day.D.Because any black people who wanted to cross the bridge had to be with some white people.A.There was a chaos caused by the front people running backwards so they co
16、uldnt go fast.B.The bridge was quite high so its dangerous for them to climb up to the bridge at high speed.C.Some of them were injured, disabled and others children so they couldnt go very fast.D.There were some camping sites established by evacuees which block the traffic.A.Complain against the po
17、lice officer.B.Try to find a solution and help the woman.C.Communicate with other witnesses.D.Find the police officer and the reason behind.A.Sri Lanka aims for over 8% economic growth in 2007.B.The particular focus of the national economy is consistently on raising per capita income.C.It has built
18、a market economy through a series of structural reforms since its independence.D.The country has enjoyed strong economic growth since 1979.A.The key post of Finance Minister was vacated by Yongyuth Mayalarp.B.Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont resigned.C.Former World Bank economist was responsible for
19、 tank design in an institute.D.The minor restructuring of the Thai cabinet is approved.A.49.B.47.C.44.D.43.A.There is no guarantee that constituent assembly election will be held even after six months.B.All agreements between the CPN-M and the seven-party alliance (SPA) had been broken.C.Declaring r
20、epublic through parliament could save eight-party unity.D.Prachanda should address a talk program organized by the Reporters Club.A.Bahrain.B.Oman.C.Saudi Arabia.D.Caretaker.A.They finally refused the awful aid from the West in any form.B.They were still at their worst and there is no sign for recov
21、ery.C.They wanted to eliminate hunger and poverty with the help of the West.D.They have been damaged in the interior wars for the past 40 years.A.Africans are taught to be dependent on the aid from the West.B.Local markets are weakened everywhere by the aid.C.Huge bureaucracies are emerging because
22、the officials abuse the aid money.D.Corruption and complacency are promoted by the fast growing economy.A.They encouraged the Kenyans to help themselves in the fighting against the catastrophe.B.They requested help from the United Nations World Food Program.C.They worked with the United Nations and
23、tried to create more job opportunities in the region.D.They took effective measures to eliminate the devastation and minimize human casualties.A.The government would be forced to improve the infrastructure and establish market economy.B.The Kenyans would be forced to do business with Uganda or Tanza
24、nia.C.The local people would starve because they have nothing to eat.D.African countries would make their national borders more permeable.A.Africans have many opportunities of development when they are in the drought.B.African countries have vast natural resources such as oil, gold, and diamonds.C.H
25、unger should not be a problem in most of the countries south of the Sahara.D.Africa has a long history and Africans did well before the Europeans came to the continent.A.The Olympics were as important as the Pythian Games in ancient Greece.B.The Pythian Games have been staged at Delphi since the 6th
26、 century BC.C.The Pythian Games were more like a celebration of the arts than sport.D.The city of Kuching in Malaysian Borneo shall host the venue this year.A.Around 1,000.B.About 40.C.Approximately 6.D.Not mentioned.A.Senior members of the International Delphic Committee held a very serious meeting
27、.B.Some parts of the fences of the games arena collapsed.C.The Russians sent a letter to remind the committee of the difficulties of the host nation.D.There seemed to be no organisation, no funding, and no competitors from Malaysia.A.Building friendships across cultures.B.Promoting different culture
28、s of different nations.C.Performing traditional activities of the peoples.D.Showing the wealth of exotic cultures.A.It is a chaos because all the performers are chatting, sitting and eating the same food together.B.It is not well organized because they are going on stage to represent completely diff
29、erent worlds.C.It is a fierce competition because all the performers are all doing their best and their performance are equally attractive.D.It is a bridge of understanding across which one day the Russians may share the delight.二、READING TEST(总题数：5，分数：50.00)5.SECTION 2 READING TESTDirections: In th
30、is 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 stated or implied in that passage and write tile letter of the ans
31、wer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.（分数：10.00）_Quipus are the mysterious bundles of colored and knotted threads that served as the Inca empires means of recording information. The code of the quipus has long since been forgotten, and the only major advance in unders
32、tanding them was the insight, made in 1923, that the knots were used to represent numbers. The quantity and positioning of the knots, at least in certain quipus, is agreed to represent a decimal system. A new and possibly significant advance in deciphering the quipu system may now have been gained b
33、y two Harvard researchers, Gary Urton and Carrie J. Brezine. They believe they may have decoded the first worda place nameto be found in a quipu (pronounced KWEE-poo), and have also identified what some of the many numbers in the quipu records may be referring to. Though a single word would be just
34、the first step in a very long road, it would open the possibility of discovering a whole new level of meaning in the quipus. It could also resolve a longstanding controversy by establishing that quipus included a writing system and were not just personal mnemonic devices understood only by the perso
35、n who made them, as some scholars have maintained. That in turn would help explain the “Inca paradox,“ that among states of large size and administrative complexity the Inca empire stands out as the only one that apparently did not invent writing. The paradox would be resolved if indeed the quipu en
36、codes a writing system as well as numbers. The Harvard researchers also have ideas about the nature of the item being so carefully tallied in the quipus under study: units of labor, like an ancient time log. The Inca empire, which lasted from about 1450 to 1532, depended on tribute levied in the for
37、m of a labor tax. Because of the importance of the tax for building the imperial roads and other public works, both the requisition and delivery of the labor days owed in tax were likely to have been carefully recorded by the Inca bureaucrats. Quipus were used both by high officials to issue instruc
38、tions and by lower officials to report what they had done. It is easy to imagine a diligent accountant wanting to compare the outgoing quipu, or a copy of it, with the incoming response quipu. Since the quipu could represent instructions sent to the ruler of Puruchuco from the provincial governor, o
39、r accounting records sent from Puruchuco to the governor, it would have been useful for the records to carry a tag identifying the place they referred to. As it happens, all the quipu in the two top summarizing layers carry an initial set of knots designating three ones, as if 1-1-1 designated the p
40、lace name for Puruchuco. The lowest level quipus do not carry this ZIP code, perhaps because they never left Puruchuco and so didnt need one. If this interpretation is accepted by other scholars, it would be the first meaning beyond the number system to be identified in quipus, Dr. Urton said. Galen
41、 Brokaw, a quipu expert at the State University of New York at Buffalo, said it was plausible to suggest the numbers being tallied in many quipu referred to the labor tax. Dr. Urtons identification of 1-1-1 as a place name would, if confirmed, be “a substantive contribution to understanding how quip
42、u worked,“ Dr. Brokaw said. The proposal is fascinating, he said, but hard to verify because the provenance of most quipu is unknown. Only 700 or so quipus have been preserved, since the Spanish destroyed them as a matter of policy. About two-thirds are clearly numerical records, with knots placed i
43、n a series of levels, each corresponding to a power of 10. But scholars have been baffled by the nature of the remaining third, which embody some different meaning. Those who believe the nonnumerical quipus were just personal mnemonic devices cite a 17th-century Jesuit chronicler who reported that e
44、ach quipu maker could understand only his own quipu, not those of others. But the chronicler may have been misinformed, Dr. Urton wrote in his book Signs of the Inka Khipu, because his report was made 70 years after the Spanish authorities in Lima had condemned quipu as idolatrous in a decree of 158
45、3 and had ordered them burned. Dr. Urton believes that the Puruchuco hierarchy of quipus would have been made by different people and hence show information passing between them via quipu. This would be a significant finding, if true, since it points to the quipu encoding generally understood signs,
46、 not a personal set of signs.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, what is NOT the significance of the latest decoding of the quipu system by two Harvard researchers?（分数：2.00）A.It casts light on the understanding of the whole quipu system.B.It helps to settle a long-standing debate over the nature
47、 of the quipu system.C.It is likely to prove that the Inca Empire did create its own writing system.D.It shows that the “Inca paradox“ only concerns the cultural development of the ancient Empire.(2).Based on the latest discovery by Harvard researchers, quipus might be all the following EXCEPT_.（分数：2.00）A.an approach to exchange information between individualsB.a system of numbersC.accounting records of labor taxD.a form of instructions or reports by bureaucrats
