1、上海市中级口译第一阶段笔试模拟 34及答案解析(总分：250.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1: LISTENING(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、A: Spot Dictation(总题数：1，分数：30.00)We have all experienced days when everything 1 . A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to 2 . What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to g
2、o wrong 3 . It is as if a single unimportant event set up 4 . Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and 5 the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this 6 to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, smashing half y
3、our best crockery and cutting himself 7 . You hang up hurriedly and 8 baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal 9 . As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, 10 bringing three guests to dinner. Things can go wrong 11 , as a number of people recently discovered in Parram
4、atta, a suburb of Sydney. During the 12 one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two ears happened to be a learner. She suddenly 13 and stopped her ear. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a lar
5、ge cake. As she was 14 , the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was 15 alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them 16 the back of the vehicle and o
6、n to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic 17 . It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic 18 again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from 19 , for they 20 what was left of the cak
7、e. It was just one of those days! （分数：30.00）三、B: Listening Compreh(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Statements(总题数：2，分数：10.00)（分数：5.00）A.Proper shops, even foreign, should be allowed in the Forbidden City.B.The coffee shops do harm to the Forbidden City, so we should get rid of them.C.Whether the shops are harmful d
8、epends on their country they are from.D.The coffee shops in the Forbidden City used to be harmless, but not now.A.Since there are more jobs available, more students choose computer science as their major.B.There are not enough grads qualified for computer science employment.C.More students graduatin
9、g with computer science degrees can meet the qualification.D.There are more than enough grads qualified for computer science employment.A.Florence made possible this reception.B.I don“t mind if Florence comes to the reception.C.Florence did not get enough notice to come to the reception.D.Florence w
10、as able to come to the reception.A.Jack could not repair the lamp and it was repaired by an electrician.B.The lamp was so badly damaged that Jack had to buy a new one.C.Jack didn“t ask an electrician to repair the lamp, although it was badly damaged.D.Jack could repair the lamp himself, but he didn“
11、t bother and called in an electrician.A.Since I“ve bought a PSP, I can“t afford to go to the concert.B.My PSP is worth more than a ticket for the concert.C.I don“t have enough money, so it“s impossible for me to go to the concert.D.No matter how much the ticket costs, I will buy it.（分数：5.00）A.Tony i
12、s the last person to finish the task.B.Everyone can finish the task, including Tony.C.Tony can“t finish the task.D.Tony is the best person to finish the task.A.A minor mistake can have a huge influence.B.A slip of one“s pen can make important project.C.A minor mistake won“t cause a huge influence.D.
13、One can neglect minor mistakes.A.Iris felt Beatle“s tunes were not out of date.B.Iris preferred her brother“s hip-hops song to Beatle“s tunes.C.Iris enjoyed Beatle“s tunes more than hip-hops songs.D.Iris liked to play hip-hop songs with her brother.A.We can climb a high mountain very quickly.B.It“s
14、possible to climb this mountain in no time.C.It“s impossible to climb a high mountain.D.Climbing a high mountain takes time.A.We have to use strong drugs because this pill doesn“t work.B.This pill alleviates the pain, so we don“t need to use stronger drugs.C.We prefer this pill to stronger drugs to
15、alleviate the pain.D.This pill is better than any other stronger drugs to alleviate the pain.五、Talks and Conversati(总题数：5，分数：20.00)Questions 11-14 （分数：4.00）A.At a fair.B.At a cafeteria.C.In a computer lab.D.In a shopping mall.A.The latest computer technology.B.The organizing of an exhibition.C.The p
16、urchasing of some equipment.D.The dramatic changes in the job market.A.Data collection.B.Training consultancy.C.Corporate management.D.Information processing.A.1,050 pounds.B.1,500 pounds.C.5,000 pounds.D.500 pounds.Questions 15-18 （分数：4.00）A.Because people might have to migrate there someday.B.Beca
17、use it is very much like the earth.C.Because it is easier to explore than other planets.D.Because its atmosphere is different from that of the earth.A.Its chemical elements must be studied.B.Its temperature must be lowered.C.Big spaceships must be built.D.Its atmosphere must be changed.A.It influenc
18、es the surface temperature of Mars.B.It protects living beings from harmful rays.C.It keeps a planet from overheating.D.It is the main component of the air people breathe.A.Man will probably be able to live there in 200 years.B.Scientists are rather pessimistic about it.C.Man will probably be able t
19、o live there in 100,000 years“time.D.Scientists are optimistic about overcoming the difficulties soon.（分数：4.00）A.2,000.B.4,000.C.6,000.D.7,000.A.Clothing.B.Electrical appliance.C.Travel agencies.D.Photographic equipment.A.10%.B.20%.C.25%.D.30%.A.Two weeks.B.Less than two weeks.C.Two or three weeks.D
20、.More than three weeks.Questions 23-26 （分数：4.00）A.Because she was bored with her idle life at home.B.Because she was offered a good job by her neighbour.C.Because she wanted to help with the family“s finances.D.Because her family would like to see her more involved in social life.A.Doing housework.B
21、.Looking after her neighbour“s children.C.Reading papers and watching TV.D.Taking good care of her husband.(3).A. Jane got angry at Bill“s idle life. B. Bill failed to adapt to the new situation. C. Bill blamed Jane for neglecting the family.D. The children were not taken good care of.（分数：1.00）A.B.C
22、.D.A.Neighbours should help each other.B.Women should have their own careers.C.Man and wife should share household duties.D.Parents should take good care of their children.Questions 27-30 （分数：4.00）A.To buy a plane ticket.B.To talk to a friend.C.To ask for some information.D.To arrange for her confer
23、ence.A.An excursion.B.A full return ticket.C.A single ticket.D.Three single tickets.A.2104 pounds.B.1402 pounds.C.2401 pounds.D.1204 pounds.A.London-Cairo-Melbourne.B.London-Melbourne-Cairo.C.London-Singapore-Melbourne.D.London-Singapore-Cairo.六、C: Listening Transla(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Sectence Translat
24、ion(总题数：1，分数：20.00)（分数：20.00）(1).Even a self-confident person needs to practice before making a speech in public.（分数：4.00）_(2).We are not trying to practice medicine. We are trying to give consumers detailed information on their various health care issue.（分数：4.00）_(3).Boeing, the world“s largest com
25、mercial airplane maker, announced it has 18 billion dollars in new orders this year for its new 777 jetliner.（分数：4.00）_(4).Tourism clearly counts as one of the most remarkable economic and social phenomena of the last century. It undoubtedly will keep this position for the century to come.（分数：4.00）_
26、(5).We are all intimately familiar with at least one language, yet few of US ever stop to consider what we know about it. The words of a language can be listed in a dictionary, but not all the sentences.（分数：4.00）_八、Passage Translation(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).The U.S. unemployment rate dropped i
27、n November, while the nation“s economy lost the fewest jobs since 2007. A report from the Labor Department Friday says the jobless rate was 10 percent last month, a slight decline from the 26-year high of 10.2% it hit in the previous month. The U.S. economy also lost 11,000 jobs in November, which i
28、s far less than the prior month.（分数：5.00）_(2).Your time is limited, so don“t waste it living someone else“s 1ife. Don“t be trapped by dogma- which is living with the results of other people“s thinking. Don“t let the noise of others“ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have t
29、he courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.（分数：5.00）_九、SECTION 2: STUDA SKI(总题数：6，分数：60.00)Questions 1-5 It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures
30、 from the Department of Education are sufficient- 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society. But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly
31、 more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading, it has been suggested that almost 80 percent o
32、f America“s literate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise (music) in the background or a television screen flickering at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common
33、-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration, silence, solitude goes to the very heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension
34、and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital. Under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of readi
35、ng is a real one. Ahead of us lie technical, psychic, and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. The information rev
36、olution will touch every fact of composition, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we“ve known it.（分数：10.00）(1).The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is _.（分数：2.00）A.r
37、ather bleakB.fairly brightC.very impressiveD.quite encouraging(2).The author“s biggest concern is _.（分数：2.00）A.elementary school children“s disinterest in reading classicsB.the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U. S.C.the musical setting American readers require for readingD.the reading abili
38、ty and reading behavior of the middle class(3).A major problem with most adolescents who can read is _.（分数：2.00）A.their fondness of music and TV programsB.their ignorance of various forms of art and literatureC.their lack of attentiveness and basic understandingD.their inability to focus on conflict
39、ing input(4).The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetry or prose is _.（分数：2.00）A.to be able to appreciate it and memorize itB.to analyze its essential featuresC.to think it over conscientiouslyD.to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value(5).About the f
40、uture of the arts of reading the author feels _.（分数：2.00）A.upsetB.uncertainC.alarmedD.pessimisticQuestions 6-10 In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our hous
41、ework. But as useful as computers are, they“re nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementa
42、ry of tasks for a ten-month-old kid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical,
43、step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital c
44、omputers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field. Imitating the brain“s neural network is a huge step in
45、the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. “People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors“, he explains, “but it“s not simply a clever network of switches. There are
46、lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves. “ Specifically, Conrad believes that many of the brain“s capabilities stem from the pattern recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The best way to build an artificially intelligent device,
47、 he claims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills. Right now, the option that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town.（分数：10.00）(1).The author says that the powerful computers of today _.（分数：2.00）A.are capable of reliably recognizing the shape of an objectB.are close to exhibiting humanlike beh
