1、英语翻译高级口译-9 及答案解析(总分：300.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSECTION 1 LISTE(总题数：1，分数：30.00)There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the otherU (1) /U. People have generally viewed personal growth asU (2) /Uthat can easily beU (3) /U. The worker who gets a promotion, the studentU (4) /U, the foreigner
2、who learns a new language-all these are examples of people who haveU (5) /Ufor their efforts. By contrast, the process of personal growth isU (6) /U, since by definition it is a journey and not theU (7) /Ualong the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people
3、 have, U(8) /U, as they encounter new experiences andU (9) /U. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, U(10) /U, new challenges to accept. In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to haveU (11) /U, to confront the unknown, and to a
4、ccept the possibilityU (12) /U. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do weU (13) /U? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be moreU (14) /U. Do we think wereU (15) /U? Then ourU (16) /Ucan cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to ta
5、ke a step until we knowU (17) /U. Do we think were slow to adapt to change or that were not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? Then we are likely toU (18) /Uor not try at all. These feelings ofU (19) /Uare both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not confront and
6、 overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We becomeU (20) /Uof our own making.（分数：30.00）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 List
7、enin(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.（分数：5.00）A.(A) An AIDS patient.B.(B) A nurse assistant.C.(C) A nurse advisor.D.(D) A physician on AIDS ward.A.(A) He is worried about failing his supervisor and losing his job.B.(B) He is worried about being infected with HI
8、V.C.(C) He is worried about knowing someone infected with HIV.D.(D) He is worried about hurting AIDS patients feelings.A.(A) Its important not to isolate AIDS patients.B.(B) Its important to completely isolate AIDS patients.C.(C) Its important to carefully watch AIDS patients.D.(D) Its important to
9、wear protective clothing when serving lunch.A.(A) Through breathing the air next to an AIDS patient.B.(B) Through sharing a glass of water with an AIDS patient.C.(C) Through sharing bodily fluids with an AIDS patient.D.(D) Though giving blood to an AIDS patient.A.(A) They get cured sometimes.B.(B) T
10、hey become very sad.C.(C) Sometimes they can return to their normal life.D.(D) All of them can live for a long time after treatment.三、BQuestions 6 to (总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.(A) Smoking cigarette causes breast cancer among women.B.(B) Alcoholic consumption may lead to more cases of breast cancer among wome
11、n.C.(C) 150,000 women suffer the disease of breast cancer in Britain.D.(D) Alcoholic consumption causes more than 15 types of diseases.A.(A) It blew up on its way from France to the reprocessing plant in Germany.B.(B) It was found to be highly radioactive and dangerous to the environment.C.(C) Its e
12、ntrance into France was blocked by some protesters.D.(D) It ran down and killed the two protesters who attempted to stop the train.A.(A) Their asset value depreciated by a quarter.B.(B) They think Prime Minister Koizumi should do a better job in economy.C.(C) They believe the Japanese economy is ver
13、y stable and healthy.D.(D) They lose some confidence and believe its credit rating should be downgraded.A.(A) Its larger than Time Warner, as measured by its value of shares.B.(B) It received some financial support from benefactor at the very beginning.C.(C) Investors are confident that it is much m
14、ore valuable than Time Warner.D.(D) It has been growing at an amazing speed for quite a long time.A.(A) The Dutch people will delay their referendum on the EU constitution.B.(B) The Dutch government believes that it is not wise to follow the French government in vetoing the EU constitution.C.(C) The
15、 Dutch people will vote against the EU constitution in the referendum.D.(D) It will serve as the political basis to unite the European continent.四、BQuestions 11 to(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.(A) Because even when people hear the word “dog“, they may have different associations.B.(B) Because we may communicate
16、with each other through language, but sometimes we do not understand someone else s words and symbols.C.(C) Because words and concepts have personal meanings based on each users memories and experiences.D.(D) Because while languages help people understand each other, different languages also present
17、 difficulties.A.(A) The student has a violent dog named Steve King.B.(B) There are 5 million different public languages in the world.C.(C) Every person may have his/her own private language.D.(D) A red rose reminds everybody of romance or a lovely summer.A.(A) People learn language only by imitation
18、 and association.B.(B) Language is a wonderful way of communicating our ideas to other people.C.(C) Children learn words by themselves, but learn how to make requests, to agree or disagree, even to lie from others.D.(D) Children are natural born learners of languages.A.(A) bite.B.(B) collage.C.(C) d
19、eja-vu.D.(D) croissant.A.(A) The learning of another language can somehow change our views and even personalities.B.(B) English sometimes borrows words from other languages to express or thought or name a thing in a better way.C.(C) The language we speak since our childhood determines the way we see
20、 the world.D.(D) A language without words for anger, fear, or jealousy does not exist.五、BQuestions 16 to(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.(A) The report, as is mentioned in the talk, is the 10th in a series.B.(B) The report is published jointly by the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute and
21、 a private environmental research group.C.(C) Nine countries, including Thailand and the United States, are studied by the report.D.(D) The report urges changes in decision making for care of worlds natural resources.A.(A) It means governmental organizations and private research groups should work t
22、ogether to carry out environmental research.B.(B) It means countries all over the world should have strong laws providing citizens access to environmental information.C.(C) It means rich and poor communities should have equal say on environmental issues.D.(D) It means citizens, governments and busin
23、esses should be equally aware of what needs to be done.A.(A) Non-governmental organizations can communicate very rapidly about environmental problems.B.(B) Non-governmental organizations are capable of expressing views in environmental issues in a significant way.C.(C) The process by which environme
24、ntal problems are identified and addressed is changed.D.(D) Non-governmental organizations get more opportunity to obtain environmental information.A.(A) They are particularly vulnerable.B.(B) They are less likely to have control over resources on which they depend.C.(C) They are more willing to eng
25、age their governments on decisions that bear directly on environmental protection.D.(D) They are more likely to resolve environmental problems and social justice.A.(A) To raise more fund for the poor communities which need assistance on environmental issues.B.(B) To stem the terrible tide of global
26、poverty and environmental degradation.C.(C) To improve citizen access to environmental information, decision-making and environmental justice.D.(D) To study the degrading environmental situations all over the world.六、BSECTION 2 READI(总题数：20，分数：50.00)1.In this report on the company Google, why does t
27、he author mention the magazine Playboy?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Because Playboy has an editorial style in stark contrast to that of Google.B.(B) Because Playboy is an important strategic partner of Google.C.(C) Because Playboys interview of some Google executives implicated the IPO of Google.D.(D) Because Pla
28、yboy offers a sound platform for Google to proceed with its IPO.2.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “remyelinate“ in Paragraph 5?（分数：2.50）A.(A) analyzeB.(B) cureC.(C) changeD.(D) eliminate3.Which of the following word is closest in meaning to “devastating“ in Paragraph 4?（分数：2
29、.50）A.(A) destructiveB.(B) delusiveC.(C) devaluatingD.(D) demonizing4.Which of the following is NOT implied in the sentences “Men are, of course, going through the same dimensional change. They are not, however, encountering, or inviting, the same confusion“?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Some confusion in measurem
30、ent is caused and preferred by women themselves.B.(B) Men never meet any confusion in clothing.C.(C) Mens problems in clothing are different from womens.D.(D) Theres also some change in the size measurement of mens clothes.5.According to the passage, which of the following research will Republican S
31、enator Sam Brownback support?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Both reproductive and therapeutic cloningB.(B) Reproductive cloning onlyC.(C) Therapeutic cloning onlyD.(D) Neither reproductive nor therapeutic cloning6.Which of the following best explains the sentence “Increasingly, size is a matter of vanity not of mea
32、surement“ in Paragraph 2?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Women are proud of getting larger in size.B.(B) Women are eager to have their sizes precisely measured.C.(C) Women feel good when their sizes are measured smaller.D.(D) Womens vanity cannot be measured correctly.7.What can we know from the sentence “And Wall S
33、treet banks, whose lucrative stranglehold on IPOs is threatened, are also keen to prove that companies cannot list without the help of banks in finding buyers for them“ in Paragraph 4?（分数：2.50）A.(A) IPOs are controlled by Wall Street banks, SEC, and big investors.B.(B) Compared with investors, Wall
34、Street banks are not big stakeholders in IPOs.C.(C) Wall Street banks usually make a lot of profit out of their service in companies IPOs.D.(D) Wall Street banks refuse to find buyers for those companies who threaten their own business development.8.According to the passage, which of the following s
35、tatements is NOT true?（分数：2.50）A.(A) The UN has almost achieved consensus among its members over the issue of human cloning.B.(B) The issue of human cloning has been in debate in both Senate and House of representatives in America recently, but the outcome is yet to be decided.C.(C) Asia and Europe
36、have their own understanding over the issue of human cloning.D.(D) The debate over human cloning might influence the final result of next falls Congressional elections.9.According to the passage, which of the following figures is LEAST likely to voice his or her support for the stem cell research?（分
37、数：2.50）A.(A) Christopher ReeveB.(B) Paul BergC.(C) Elias ZerhouniD.(D) Carl B. Feldbaum10.According to the passage, which of the following is true?（分数：2.50）A.(A) All schools are cutting teachers and support staff.B.(B) Its the first time that such a survey is conducted in Britain.C.(C) Teachers unio
38、n welcomes the policy of reducing teachers workload.D.(D) The National Teachers Union believe the governments policy is intentional rather than accidental.11.According to the passage, which of the following is true but not directly mentioned?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Christopher Reeves fame as a former movie s
39、tar and experience of the riding accident will help persuade the public of the advantages of stem cell researchB.(B) Paul Berg of Stanford University is a Nobel Prize laureate, and as an expert of this field, he is firmly against the Brownback bill.C.(C) Advocates of stem cell research come from dif
40、ferent professions, including former movie stars and prominent scientists.D.(D) The Brownback bill will have a total ban on stem cell research, but will permit the importing of such technologies from countries like UK for the treatment of US citizens.12.Which of the following topics is mainly discus
41、sed in the passage?（分数：2.50）A.(A) World Standardization OrganizationB.(B) some new development in womens clothesC.(C) standardization in various aspects of social lifeD.(D) the dynamics of free market economy in the world of fashion13.According to the passage, all of the following statements are tru
42、e except _.（分数：2.50）A.(A) Online purchasing is a good choice for women.B.(B) Keeping the original system of size measurement unchanged is preferred by women.C.(C) The dual system combining standardization and customized labels is a good idea.D.(D) Its urgent that a uniform system of size measurement
43、 worldwide should be established immediately.14.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the sentence “Alas, such interviews can fall foul of Americas tight rules on stock market flotations, which are designed to prevent companies from hyping their stock ahead of a listing“ in Paragrap
44、h 2?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Such interviews can help stop companies from making backroom dealings before their IPOs.B.(B) Such interviews can be well deemed as possible violation of relevant rules on stock market flotations in America.C.(C) Stock market flotations in America are usually self-regulated by com
45、panies themselves.D.(D) Such interviews have proved very harmful for the stock market flotations in America, as it has explicitly cheated the investors prior to the IPO.15.Whats the response of the Department of Education towards the report by Professor Alan Smithers and Dr Pamela Robinson?（分数：2.50）
46、A.(A) It welcomed the report.B.(B) It strongly criticized the report as being fussy and absurd.C.(C) It cast doubt upon the reliability of the report.D.(D) It made no comment at all.16.Which of the following is NOT an impact of the policy on classes involved?（分数：2.50）A.(A) some teachers will be laid
47、 offB.(B) the size of some classes will be increasedC.(C) teachers workload will be increasedD.(D) some classroom assistants will help teaching17.The term “winners“ in the passage is used to refer to schools with _.（分数：2.50）A.(A) the best performance in sports gamesB.(B) the highest enrolment rateC.
48、(C) the most fund allocated from government authoritiesD.(D) more teachers recruited18.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “fiasco“ in Paragraph 4?（分数：2.50）A.(A) failureB.(B) scandalC.(C) dealD.(D) bankruptcy19.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about Google?（分数：2.50）A.(A) Go
