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1、口译二级综合能力（篇章听力理解与选择）模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 一、 PART 3 (40 points) Listen to the following longer passages and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 20 questions in this part of test, 2 points for each

2、 question. You will hear the passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 1 What is suggested to do before making a decision to change? （ A） Make a list about what to change. （ B） Make a list about staying the same. （ C） Identify the pros and cons

3、of changing. （ D） Identify the number of pros versus cons. 2 What may influence your final decision of changing? （ A） Weighing consequences of changing over unchanging. （ B） Weighing advantages of changing over disadvantages. （ C） Examining the list and reading it over many times. （ D） Examining the

4、 list and thinking about its procedures. 3 How to judge your decision? （ A） Consider the need to change. （ B） Consider the consequences of changing. （ C） Consider the benefit of changing. （ D） Consider the reasons to change. 4 For those who are hesitant, which is feasible? （ A） Make an all-or-nothin

5、g change. （ B） Make a tentative change. （ C） Evaluate your behavior. （ D） Evaluate your progress. 5 It can be inferred that making a decision to change involves_. （ A） attentive factor （ B） irrational factor （ C） motion （ D） senses 6 California Governor visited China to_. （ A） seek Chinese investmen

6、t （ B） seek help in high-speed rail （ C） offer help in renewable energy （ D） offer help in reducing smog 7 What is the non-binding agreement about? （ A） Developing technologies. （ B） Reducing greenhouse gases. （ C） Reducing pollution. （ D） Making investment. 8 Los Angeles reduced its smog problem by

7、 the following efforts except_. （ A） create 20,000 new megawatts of renewable electricity （ B） improving its vehicle emission standards （ C） offering special rewards for clean energy policies （ D） holding auction of carbon credits under the law 9 In which field is California seeking help from China?

8、 （ A） Trade. （ B） Strategic partnerships. （ C） Electric vehicles. （ D） Biofuels. 10 Which of the following is appropriate to be the title for the passage? （ A） China and California in the Near Future. （ B） The Strategic Partnership between California and Beijing. （ C） Air pollution: A Big Headache f

9、or Beijing. （ D） California Seeks Chinas Help in Going Green. 11 Which of the following is NOT true of Verbalizelt? （ A） It provides live interpretation. （ B） It is a new entrant in translation industry. （ C） It is located in New York. （ D） It also makes investment in translating. 12 How big is the

10、market for translation in U. S. ? （ A） $37 billion. （ B） $37 million. （ C） $73 billion. （ D） $73 million. 13 Person-to-person interpretation is favored for the following reasons except_. （ A） the accuracy of interpretation （ B） the private atmosphere （ C） guidance on conversational idioms （ D） help

11、with street directions 14 Why are automatic apps popular among leisure travelers? （ A） Because they are less fluid. （ B） Because they have a large vocabulary. （ C） Because they are timely. （ D） Because they are convenient. 15 Machine translation has been improved by_. （ A） Google Translate （ B） voic

12、e-recognition technology （ C） statistical databases （ D） free programs 16 Which of the following is NOT true of freshmen at Peking and Tsinghua Universities? （ A） They are winners of Chinas education system. （ B） They possess the cosmopolitan outlook. （ C） They have narrow career possibilities. （ D）

13、 They are more likely to be civil servants. 17 How does the percentage of rural students at Peking University change in recent years? （ A） It has decreased by 10% . （ B） It has decreased by 20% . （ C） It has decreased by 30% . （ D） It has decreased by 90% . 18 Chinas education system is criticized f

14、or its_. （ A） nine years of compulsory schooling （ B） strict college entrance exam （ C） quadrupling output of college graduates （ D） discrimination against less wealthy citizens 19 Who are victims of the education system? （ A） Left-behind children. （ B） Children from Beijing. （ C） Children from well

15、-connected families. （ D） Urban children and their rural peers. 20 What is the main idea of the passage? （ A） Chinas education gap. （ B） Chinas education system. （ C） Students of Peking and Tsinghua Universities. （ D） The educational opportunity for migrant children. 口译二级综合能力（篇章听力理解与选择）模拟试卷 1答案与解析 一

16、、 PART 3 (40 points) Listen to the following longer passages and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. You may need to scribble a few notes in order to answer the questions satisfactorily. There are 20 questions in this part of test, 2 points for each question. You will hear the pass

17、ages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the questions. 1 【听力原文】 Create a list of what is good about staying the same and what is bad about staying the same. Then, create a list about the potentially good and bad outcomes of making a change. Dont simply make your

18、 decision based on the sheer number of pros versus cons. Instead, examine the list. Read it over a few times and think about the potential consequences of changing versus staying the same. If youre still considering change, this exercise can help you move closer to making a decision. Theres no need

19、to change for the sake of change. Moving to a new home, starting a new relationship, or switching jobs arent inherently going to increase your mental strength. Instead, its important to pay close attention to the reasons why you want to change so you can determine whether the decision is about doing

20、 whats ultimately best for you. If youre still ambivalent, create a behavioral experiment. Unless youre dealing with an all-or-nothing change, try something new for one week. After youve done it for a week, evaluate your progress and motivation. Decide if you want to continue with the change or not.

21、 Pay attention to the emotions that are influencing your decision as well. Once you identify some of your emotions, you can decide whether it makes sense to act contrary to those emotions. 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 讲话者连续使用祈使句，就如何做出是否改变的决定，给听者提出了几条建议。建议的核心内容是列出改变和不改变的利弊。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 讲话

22、者认为当你考虑过改变和保持原样的后果，还在想着改变时，你离做出决定就不远了。也就是说，斟酌改变和保持原样的后果，会影响最终的决定。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 3 【正确答 案】 D 【试题解析】 讲话者指出要想知道你决定改变是否给你带来好处，先要考虑下你要做改变的原因是什么。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对于那些犹豫不决的人，讲话者提出的建议是先改变一周，再评估一下自己的进步和动机，最后决定是否坚持这一改变。总结一下，是先做一个尝试性的改变。讲话者也指出，不能试那些 all-or-nothing的改变，即要么全改要么不改的改变，孤注一掷的改变，

23、所以 A不能入选。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 5 【正确 答案】 B 【试题解析】 快速梳理讲话信息，不难发现，讲话者说了四层意思，分别是“make a list of pros and cons” “think about reasons for a change” “create a behavioral experiment” 和 “pay attention to emotions”。其中前三项基本上与理智有关，最后一项是情绪 emotion，可以说是非理智因素。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 6 【听力原文】 California Governor Jerry Brown

24、 wants to increase partnerships between his state and China. The governor traveled to China last week to seek Chinese investment in things like high-speed rail, renewable energy and electric vehicles. The California governor spoke at Tsinghua University. He called for a partnership between the Unite

25、d States and China to develop technologies to reduce greenhouse gases. Mr. Brown met with Chinas minister of environmental protection, Zhou Shengxian. Mr. Brown and Mr. Zhou signed a non-binding agreement to share information about policies to reduce pollution. Pollution is a leading concern in Beij

26、ing, where officials advise people to stay indoors when air pollution levels peak. Californias biggest city, Los Angeles, has successfully reduced its smog problem. Its efforts included improving its vehicle emission standards, and offering special incentives or rewards for clean energy policies. La

27、st year California held its first auction of carbon credits under the states greenhouse gas reduction law. The law forces big polluting industries to buy credits to release carbon dioxide, methane and related gases. Governor Brown also hopes to create 20, 000 new megawatts of renewable electricity b

28、y 2020. “Electric vehicles, were looking at fuel cell vehicles. And also biofuels. And a lot of those areas where the technology needs to be advanced but we need a whole new infrastructure. “ To achieve those goals California is seeking help from China. State-backed industries in the country have ma

29、de gains in reducing the cost of green technologies such as solar panels and electric buses. Governor Brown says his trip was an appeal for increased trade with China. Green technology is just one of the industries the California governor is interested in working on. 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文开篇指出加州州长访问中国

30、，旨在寻求投资。然后指出在何种领域投资：高铁、可再生能源和电车。其目的应该是寻求投资，而不是更具体的在哪方面的投资，所以选 A，不选 B。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 选项中 A和 B两项是加州州长在清华大学演讲的主题， C选项才是本协定 的主题。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文列举了洛杉矶治理雾霾的三项措施，分别是 BCD所述内容。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文尾段指出，布朗此行意在增进加州与中国的贸易，绿色科技是其中的一项。参见原文： “Governor Br

31、own says his trip was an appeal for increased trade with China Green technology is just one of the industries” 。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 布朗此行旨在寻求与中国合作的机会和促进贸易。在合作方面，主要是绿色科技。文章提到的几个要点如遏制温室效应、空气污染和生产生物燃料汽车均属于 Going Green的范畴。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 11 【听力原文】 VerbalizeIt is a company that instantl

32、y pairs international travelers with live translators via phone call or video chat. In 2012, a few months after forming, the New York startup gained a national audience and secured an investment deal. Verbalizelt is just one of many new language interpretation services to recently secure a foothold

33、in the United Statess $37 billion translation industry. The company share the space with automatic translation software; person-to-person is most favored for business users due to its lower margin of error, and because individual interpreters can offer guidance on any conversational idioms and stree

34、t directions that could prove tricky if misinterpreted. Automatic apps and programs, with their less fluid but usually coherent results and broader vocabulary, are the most popular option for leisure travelers; Google Translate and iTranslate are the leaders in this field, not least because they are

35、 free and include voice-recognition options. Machine translation is not a new endeavor Google offered its first translation service, of eight languages to and from English, in 2001. Accuracy was poor and remained so for many years. However, Google Translate has improved dramatically in the past few

36、years and currently supports 80 languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu. This is due to the slow-build nature of statistical databases, which provide the most common translation option for inputted words. 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文指出 VerbalizeIt是个新创业的公司，成立于纽约，为客户提供现场翻译，最近获得了投资。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题

37、解析】 这是一道数字题。听辨时注意以下几点：是否美元，是 billion还是 million以及具体的数字。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 讲话者用举实例的方式解释了面对面翻译受欢迎的三个具体原因，B选项的内容没有提到。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 讲话者认为自动翻译软件虽然翻译得不流畅但基本连贯，因其词汇量大，旅行者愿意使用。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 Google Translate是讲话者举的机器翻 译的实例。通过对它的描述，我们可以得知因为统计型数据库的不

38、断完善，机器翻译质量大幅提升。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 16 【听力原文】 Every September, the campuses of Peking and Tsinghua Universities brim with eager new students, the winners of Chinas cutthroat education system. These young men and women possess the outlook of cosmopolitan youth worldwide. They are destined for bright fut

39、ures: In a few decades, they will fill high-powered positions in government and become executives in state banks and multinational companies. But their ever-expanding career possibilities belie the increasingly narrow slice of society they represent. The percentage of students at Peking University f

40、rom rural origins, for example, has fallen to about 10 percent in the past decade, down from around 30 percent in the 1990s. Chinas state education system, which offers nine years of compulsory schooling and admits students to colleges strictly through exam scores, is often hailed abroad as a paradi

41、gm for educational equity. But this reputation is built on a myth. While China has phenomenally expanded basic education for its people, quadrupling its output of college graduates in the past decade, it has also created a system that discriminates against its less wealthy and well-connected citizen

42、s, thwarting social mobility at every step with bureaucratic and financial barriers. A huge gap in educational opportunities between students from rural areas and those from cities is one of the main culprits. Some 60 million students in rural schools are “left-behind“ children, cared for by their g

43、randparents as their parents seek work in faraway cities. 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 原文开篇描述了清华大学、北京大学新生的面貌、状态，由此展开对中国教育的评价。根据原文的描述，这些新生是高考的优胜者，有国际都市范儿，前程一片光明：可能做高管或公务员。只有 C选项与原文意思相反，所以选C。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题涉及简单的数字运算。原文指出农村学 生在北京大学所占的比例由 20世纪 90年代的 30下降到现在的 10。计算一下，这中间减少了 20，所以选 B。 【知识模块】

44、 篇章听力理解与选择 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 在批评中国教育体制的弊端时，原文先提出这种教育体制做出了哪些贡献，如 ABC选项的内容，然后指出它的不公平之处，即 D。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出中国教育体制的不公平之处在于城乡教育机会的差别，具体说来，是留守儿童教育机会受限。 【知识模块 】 篇章听力理解与选择 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文的主题词是 Chinas education system，对它的论述用得最多的关键词是 gap，重点讨论城乡教育差距。所以本文主旨应该是 Chinas education gap。 Chinas education system范围过大，不能入选。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择