1、英语翻译高级口译-2 及答案解析(总分：279.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSECTION 1 LISTE(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Welcome to the University Library. Our library is an U(1) /U and the core of undergraduate teaching programs. A million U(2) /U supply the needs of all members of the University and form U(3) /U for research throughout the south
2、west region. The main library, comprising the headquarters of the system and the U(4) /U Library, is a modern functional building which seats over 700 readers and provides U(5) /U lending services. The remainder of the Librarys stock and services are located in faculty and U(6) /U in Medicine, Scien
3、ce, Engineering, Education and Law. All branches have access to the Librarys automated catalogue. Special attention is given to the U(7) /U of heavily used books to U(8) /U of material essential for undergraduate study. Reference and reading facilities remain available through the weekend. It is pla
4、nned to extend automated lending services and to provide U(9) /U catalogues throughout the campus.Next, Id like to talk about our computer facilities. Our Computer Centre, in the Winston Churchill Building, offers U(10) /U to both students and staff. In addition to U(11) /U the computer services in
5、common use; the Computer Centre organizes U(12) /U and provides documentation for all services. In addition to U(13) /U, the Centre has several based on video cassettes and others using U(14) /U.And finally, let me mention our Language Laboratory and U(15) /U. The Centre is situated in 35 Woodland R
6、oad in the new Faculty of U(16) /U. There are three language laboratories which may be used for classes or individual work to U(17) /U. The installation comprised sixty booths and three console teacher desks with machines capable of U(18) /U at the same time. The tape library of more than 3,000 tape
7、s includes languages at various levels. Provision is also made for U(19) /U and for listening to recordings of plays and poetry in a number of languages. The Centre is U(20) /U for the making in audio material. That completes my introduction to our University Library. I hope youll enjoy using our fa
8、cilities. If you have any questions, please stop by at any time. Thank you.（分数：20.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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:_二、BPart B Listenin(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BQuestions 1 to 5 are based
9、on the following conversation./B（分数：5.00）A.(A) From 6 am to 6 pm.B.(B) From 9 am to 9 pm.C.(C) From 6 am to midnight.D.(D) All day.A.(A) Because maternity patients get very tired if they have visitors all the time.B.(B) Because maternity patients want to be quiet.C.(C) Because hospitals open during
10、this period.D.(D) Because doctors visit patients early in the morning.A.(A) Everyone.B.(B) Children only.C.(C) Friends only.D.(D) Immediate family.A.(A) Patients relatives are allowed to be there for them.B.(B) Each patient shall have up to 4 visitors.C.(C) Everyone can visit the emergency departmen
11、t at all hours.D.(D) The room gets very crowded if there are many visitors in Emergency.A.(A) Dr. Thomas in the morning and Dr. Robertson in the afternoon.B.(B) Dr. Thomas in the afternoon and Dr. Robertson in the morning.C.(C) Dr. Kim in the morning and Dr. Robertson in the afternoon.D.(D) Dr. Kim
12、only.BQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following news./B（分数：5.00）A.(A) Encouraging industrial mergers and acquisitions.B.(B) Curbing monopolies in certain industries.C.(C) Re-writing the EUs governing treaty.D.(D) Solving their conflicts with national governments in EU.A.(A) Serious petrol shortag
13、e.B.(B) U.S. and British invasion.C.(C) Unreliable power supply.D.(D) Insurgent attacks.A.(A) They have combed Londons theater and entertainment district for bombs.B.(B) They have launched a new anti-terrorism command.C.(C) They hired more explosive officers for safety concerns.D.(D) They have found
14、 one more bomb packed into a car.A.(A) Insulting Islam in its government news release.B.(B) Awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie.C.(C) Offending Ayatollah Khomeini.D.(D) Constantly sheltering Salman Rushdie from one safe house to another.A.(A) 10 million dollars.B.(B) 15 million dollars.C.(C) 20
15、million dollars.D.(D) 25 million dollars.BQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview./B（分数：5.00）A.(A) To concentrate on people who the general public didnt know.B.(B) To focus on people who had something original to say.C.(C) To write about the lifestyles of local people.D.(D) To write
16、a weekly column for a local paper.A.(A) Actor.B.(B) Film producer.C.(C) Director.D.(D) Editor.A.(A) An actress.B.(B) An editor.C.(C) A journalist.D.(D) A film producer.A.(A) The owners were reluctant to change things.B.(B) The magazine didnt make any profit.C.(C) The owners wanted her to leave.D.(D)
17、 The magazine was unpopular.A.(A) She had to read everything about six times.B.(B) She didnt have the brilliant writers.C.(C) She didnt have right staff to read all the material when it came in.D.(D) She trusted her employees.BQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk./B（分数：5.00）A.(A) Becau
18、se of its quality.B.(B) Because of its price.C.(C) Because of commercials and advertisements.D.(D) Because of its package.A.(A) It gives us true information about everything.B.(B) It informs consumers about new products available on the market.C.(C) It confuses our sense of reality.D.(D) It tells us
19、 the products benefits.A.(A) To whiten our teeth immediately.B.(B) To be a member of a football team.C.(C) To become a movie star.D.(D) To be popular and have friends.A.(A) Certain colors.B.(B) Consumers personal preferences.C.(C) Certain words.D.(D) Motives of fear.A.(A) Because they think they hav
20、e the freedom of choice.B.(B) Because they like to think they make wise choices.C.(C) Because they probably dont realize the powerful effect of advertising.D.(D) Because they dont watch TV a lot.三、BSECTION 2 READI(总题数：4，分数：40.00)You have seen them in movies: scientists who are infallible and coldly
21、objective-little more than animated computers in white lab coats. They take measurements and record results as if the collection of data were the sole object of their lives. The assumption= If one gathers enough facts about something, the relationships between those facts will spontaneously reveal t
22、hemselves.Nonsense!The myth of the infallible scientist evaporates when one thinks of the number of great ideas in science whose originators were correct in general but wrong in detail. The English physicist John Dalton gets credit for modern atomic theory, but his mathematical formulas for calculat
23、ing atomic weights were incorrect. The Polish astronomer Copernicus, who corrected Ptolemys ancient concept of an Earth-centered universe, nevertheless was mistaken in the particulars of the planets orbits.Luck, too, has played a determining role in scientific discovery. The French chemist Pasteur d
24、emonstrated that life does not arise spontaneously from air. But it may have been luck that he happened to use an easy-to-kill yeast and not the hay bacillus that another, long-forgotten, investigator had chosen for the same experiment. We now know that hay bacillus is heat-resistant and grows even
25、after the boiling that killed Pasteurs yeast. If Pasteur had used the hay bacillus, his “proof“ would not have materialized.Gregor Mendel, the founder of modern genetics, epitomizes the humanness of the scientist. Plant hybridization intrigued and puzzled Mendel, an Augustinian monk with some traini
26、ng in mathematics and the natural sciences. He had read in the professional literature that crosses between certain species regularly yielded many hybrids with identical traits; but when hybrids were crossed, all kinds of strange new combinations of traits cropped up. The principle of inheritance, i
27、f there was one, was elusive.Mendel had the basic idea that there might be simple mathematical relationships among plants in different generations. To pursue this hypothesis, he decided to establish experimental plots in the monastery garden at Brunn, raise a number of varieties of peas, interbreed
28、them, count and classify the offspring of each generation, and see whether any reliable mathematical ratios could be deduced.After many years of meticulously growing, harvesting, and counting pea plants, Mendel thought he had something worth talking about. So, in 1865, he appeared before the Brunn S
29、ociety for the Study of Natural Science, reported on his research, and postulated what have since come to be called the Mendelian laws. Society members listened politely but, insofar as anybody knows, asked few questions and engaged in little discussion. It may even be that, as he proceeded, a certa
30、in suspicion emerged out of the embarrassed silence. After all, Mendel lacked a degree and had published no research. Now, if Pasteur had advanced this idea.Mendels assertion that separate and distinct “elements“ of inheritance must exist, despite the fact that he couldnt produce any, was close to a
31、sking the society to accept something on faith. There was no evidence for Mendels hypothesis other than his computations; and his wildly unconventional application of algebra to botany made it difficult for his listeners to understand that those computations were the evidence.Mendel undoubtedly died
32、 without knowing that his findings on peas had indeed illuminated a well-nigh universal pattern. Luck had been with him in his choice of which particular traits to study. We now know that groups of genes do not always act independently. Often they are linked, their effect being to transmit a package
33、 of traits. Knowing nothing about genes, let alone the phenomenon of linkage, Mendel was spared failure because the traits that he chose to follow were each controlled separately. The probability of making such a happy choice in random picks is only about 1 in 163!（分数：10.00）(1).The word “Nonsense!“
34、conveys the extent to which the author（分数：2.00）A.(A) objects to the tendency of scientists to rely on existing dataB.(B) rejects the way in which scientists are portrayed in the mediaC.(C) is amused at the accidental nature of some scientific findingsD.(D) opposes the glorification of certain scient
35、ists at the expense of others(2).The author cites the example of Copernicus to substantiate which of the following claims?（分数：2.00）A.(A) The achievements of scientists are not always recognized.B.(B) Scientific progress depends on a variety of factors.C.(C) Scientists often suffer from professional
36、jealousy and competition.D.(D) Noted scientists are not always wholly accurate in their theories.(3).The authors imply that in comparison to Mendel, Pasteur（分数：2.00）A.(A) was a more proficient researcherB.(B) based his theories on more extensive investigationsC.(C) possessed a more impressive profes
37、sional reputationD.(D) was more meticulous in his observations(4).The “universal pattern“ in the last paragraph refers to（分数：2.00）A.(A) the way traits usually reappear in succeeding generationsB.(B) a tendency of botanists to resist purely theoretical proofC.(C) the way peas tend to exhibit the qual
38、ity of linked traitsD.(D) a similarity between Mendels experiments and those of succeeding geneticists(5).The passage suggests that Mendels experiments succeeded because（分数：2.00）A.(A) Mendel discovered flaws in his research design and corrected themB.(B) Mendel had a thorough understanding of the co
39、ncept of linked traitsC.(C) the scientific community finally understood the connection between mathematical computations and heredityD.(D) the traits in peas happen to reappear in a distinct and predictable wayAn eccentric is by definition someone whose behavior is abnormal, someone who refuses to c
40、onform to the accepted norms of his society. This, of course, immediately begs the question, “What is normal?“ Most of us, after all, have our quirks and oddities. It may be a passion for entering newspaper competitions, a compulsion for collecting beer mats, a tendency to write indignant letters to
41、 the press on every conceivable subject. Eccentricity is the assertion of our individuality. Within most of us that urge is constantly in conflict with the contrary force. It is as though in the depths of our psyche we have two locomotives head-to- head on the same track, pushing against each other.
42、 One is called individualism and the other conformity, and in most of us it is conformity that is more powerful. The desire to be accepted, loved, appreciated, to feel at one with our fellows, is stronger than the desire to stand out in the crowd, to be our own man, to do our own thing.Notice, for e
43、xample, how people who have unusual hobbies, strong opinions, or unconventional behaviour, tend to congregate. They form clubs, hold meetings, and organize rallies where they can get together and discuss their common enthusiasms or problems. The important word is “common“. They look for other people
44、 with whom they can share what in the normal run of events is regarded by relatives, friends and neighbors as an oddity. A crowd, even a small crowd, is reassuring.Probably all of us recognize a tension within ourselves between the two forces of individualism and conformity, for at the same time tha
45、t most of us are going with the crowd, we tend to resent any suggestion that this is what we are doing. We feel a self-conscious need to assert our individuality as when the belligerent man at the bar informs his small audience, “Well, I say what I think.“ Or the wary stranger to whom we have just b
46、een introduced announces, “You must take me as you find me. I dont stand on ceremony.“Any of us can, at any time, reverse this trend. We can stoke the boiler of individualism, assert our own personality. Many people have made it to the top in their chosen professions. One example is Bob Dylan, the A
47、merican singer, who has gone on record as saying, “When you feel in your gut what you are doing and then dynamically pursue itdont back down and dont give upthen youre going to mystify a lot of folk.“ But that self-conscious assertion of individuality is not eccentricity, at least not in the early s
48、tages. When a pop singer deliberately wears bizarre clothes to gain publicity, or a society hostess makes outrageous comments about her guests in order to get herself noticed in the gossip columns, that is not eccentricity. However, if the pop star and the society hostess perpetuate such activities until they become a part o
