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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 4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 the function of carbon capture technology? （ A） Replacing coal-fired power plant. （ B） Reusing fossil energy resources. （ C） Capturing carbon dioxide from the air.

3、（ D） Making existing energy production cleaner. 2 Why is carbon dioxide to be captured? （ A） To release it into the air. （ B） To reduce greenhouse effect. （ C） To advance the technology. （ D） To make it cleaner. 3 How much is the federal funding for The Houston-area project? （ A） $ 167 million. （ B）

4、 $60 million. （ C） $240 million. （ D） $ 176 million. 4 Which is NOT true of the capacity of the NRG & JX Nippon project? （ A） It will capture up to 90 percent of CO2 from the power plant. （ B） It will capture the emissions from 240 megawatts of generation. （ C） It will capture the amount of CO2 rele

5、ased by 250,000 cars per year. （ D） It will capture the emissions from 250,000 megawatts of generation. 5 What is the main idea of the passage? （ A） Capturing Carbon for a Cleaner Planet. （ B） Reducing U. S. greenhouse gas emissions. （ C） Making use of cleaner energy. （ D） Addressing climate changes

6、. 6 Why does free condom distribution at school increase teenage pregnancy? （ A） There are not enough free condoms. （ B） No counseling was provided. （ C） It has the opposite effect. （ D） It is not a surefire way. 7 Which of the following is NOT a kind of birth control? （ A） Implants. （ B） Contracept

7、ive pills. （ C） Gonorrhea. （ D） IUDs. 8 Compared with other birth control, condoms have the following flaws, except_. （ A） failure rate （ B） proper time to use （ C） frequency to use （ D） high expenses 9 In the 1990s free condoms programs without counseling accounts for_. （ A） 10% （ B） 2/3 （ C） 1/3 （

8、 D） 12% 10 What is the speakers attitude towards free condoms? （ A） It should be forbidden. （ B） It should be improved. （ C） It should be charged. （ D） It should be replaced. 11 Which of the following is NOT a drawback of traditional education in China? （ A） Inflexible teaching style. （ B） Dim job p

9、rospects. （ C） High cost. （ D） Exam-orientation. 12 What does “bricks-and-mortar“ probably mean? （ A） Cramming. （ B） Virtual. （ C） Real. （ D） Old-fashioned. 13 How many members registered in One-Man University? （ A） 130, 000. （ B） 201, 100. （ C） 7 million. （ D） 13, 000. 14 What is the governments at

10、titude to open online courses? （ A） Open. （ B） Reserved. （ C） Detached. （ D） Suppressive. 15 What is the topic of the passage? （ A） One-Man University. （ B） MOOC （ C） Higher education. （ D） A new teaching style. 16 What is the towering machine for? （ A） The sailors. （ B） The seashore. （ C） Weather r

11、eport. （ D） Electricity. 17 Which of the following is true about the wind farm? （ A） It is a renewable energy. （ B） It can reduce the air pollution greatly. （ C） It has been operated for a long time. （ D） It can generate a large amount of electricity. 18 What were the American proposals of wind farm

12、 met with? （ A） The competition abroad. （ B） Opposition from people. （ C） Lack of support from government. （ D） The unpredictable changes. 19 What can be inferred from the examples of the American government? （ A） President George W. Bush is the first person to put the offshore wind on the table. （

13、B） The Obama administration makes a further step on developing the renewable energy. （ C） With the support of the government, the project of offshore wind has been under way. （ D） The Local governments are communicating with the local people on the pollution of sea. 20 What is the passage mainly abo

14、ut? （ A） The exploration of new energy. （ B） The implementation of wind power projects. （ C） The difficulties in the realization of ideas. （ D） Another way to generate electricity. 口译二级综合能力（篇章听力理解与选择）模拟试卷 4答案与解析 一、 PART 3 (40 points) Listen to the following longer passages and then choose the best a

15、nswer 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 passages only ONCE. At the end of each passage, you will have 2 minutes to finish the quest

16、ions. 1 【听力原文】 A coal-fired power plant in Texas is on its way to capturing 1. 4 million tons of carbon dioxide that previously would have been released into the air. Rather than building an entirely new facility, the Petra Novo project will apply carbon capture technology to an existing coal-fired

17、power plant helping to advance the technologies that help enable cleaner energy production from fossil energy resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Houston-area project was awarded $ 167 million from the U. S. Department of Energy to capture emissions from 60 megawatts of generation. Pr

18、oject sponsor NRG Energy Inc. and JX Nippon decided they could quadrupled the size of the project expanding the design to capture the emissions from 240 megawatts of generation with no additional federal funding. When completed, the project has the potential to capture the same amount of CO2 each ye

19、ar as taking 250, 000 cars off the road. Using a process previously tested in a three-year pilot scale test in Alabama, the project will capture up to 90 percent of CO2 from the power plant. The captured carbon dioxide will then be compressed, dried and transported to an oil field where it will be u

20、sed to recover previously unreachable oil a process known as Enhanced Oil Recovery or EOR. 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文指出捕碳技术将化石能源产生的二氧化碳捕获，使其更加清洁。在本文中，捕碳技术不是从空气中捕捉二氧化碳，所以选项 C不正确，选项D符合原文。 carbon capture technology意为 “捕碳技术 ”。这种技术能够将电厂或工厂烟囱中的二氧化碳及时捕捉，以免排放到空气中，污染环境。捕捉到的二氧化碳会被压缩、深埋。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 2 【正确答案】 B

21、【试题解析】 原文指出捕捉二氧化碳可以使能源更清洁并减少温室气体的排放。greenhouse gases意为 “温室气体 ”。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文多处列举数字，有的是基金的数量，有的是发电量。其中 The Houston-area project所获政府资助应为 $167 million。区分这几个数字的关键在于它们的单位不同： $和 megawatts。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文指出捕碳项目可以捕捉电厂 90的二氧化碳，可以捕捉发电240兆瓦所产生的二氧化碳，相当于每年公路上减少了 25

22、0， 000辆汽车。所以ABC三个选项正确。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本文的主题词是捕碳技术，其目的是让能源更清洁，保护环境，保护地球。 综合起来，本文主旨应该是 A。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 6 【听力原文】 Giving out free condoms at school is not a surefire way to avoid teenage pregnancy or it might not be enough. Access to condoms in schools increases teen fertility ra

23、tes by about 10 per cent, according to a new study by the University of Notre Dame. However the increase happened in schools where no counseling was provided when condoms were given out and giving out guidance as well as birth control could have the opposite effect. Access to other kinds of birth co

24、ntrol, such as the contraceptive pill, IUDs and implants, has been shown to lower teen fertility rates but condoms might have opposite consequences due to their failure rate as well as the time and frequency at which theyre used. Most of the free condoms programs began in 1992 or 1993 and about two

25、thirds involved mandatory counseling. The 10 per cent increased occurred as a result of schools that gave out condoms without counseling. Teenage girls were also more likely to develop gonorrhea when condoms were given for free. Access to contraceptives in general has been shown to lower teen fertil

26、ity, or in some cases had no effect at all. But condoms might have a different impact because of several factors, such as the fact that their failure rate is more important than that of other contraceptives. 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本文主要讨论了校园免费发放避孕套引起青少年怀孕率上涨的原因，在开篇时指出第一个原因，也是主要原因，即免费发放避孕套的同时，未提供咨询服务。 A选项是

27、对原文 “or it might not be enough”的误读。原文认为仅仅发放避孕套还不够，还应该有配套措施，而不是发放的避孕套数量不够。 C、 D选项与题干意思相同，讨论 结果，不是原因。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本文列举了四种避孕措施，也指出免费发放避孕套而不提供咨询顾问的后果，其中 C选项 Gonorrhea(性病 )是后果之一， ABD为避孕措施。gonorrhea意为 “淋病 ”， “性病 ”。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文指出避孕套的坏处： “Condoms might have o

28、pposite consequences due to their failure rate as well as the time and frequency at which theyre used ”，所以 D不在列举范围内。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 原文提到在 20世纪 90年代发放避孕套并提供咨询顾问的占三分之二，那么未提供咨询顾问的就占三分之一。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 说话者指出发放免费避孕套而不提供咨询，造成了严重的后果。可以判断他意图不在取缔这一项 目，而是要改进它。 【知识模块】

29、篇章听力理解与选择 11 【听力原文】 Nearly 7 million students began their courses at Chinese universities at the start of a new academic year this month. But some young Chinese see drawbacks in bricks-and-mortar tuition in China because of a rigid style of teaching, the tunneling of students into courses they do no

30、t enjoy, the cost and dim job prospects for many graduates. Small but growing numbers are considering options online. Internet-based methods of teaching, known as Massive Online Open Courses or MOOCs, are already gaining in popularity in other countries. Typically, MOOCs offer students free access t

31、o instructional videos but charge for certificates showing satisfactory completion of coursework. In China, despite deeply ingrained reverence for traditional institutions, the trend is also beginning to catch on. One startup in the field is a non-profit organization in Beijing calling itself One-Ma

32、n University. It is not officially recognized as a university, but it has gained a big leg-up with backing from non-state companies that see MOOCs as a potentially large new market. Since it opened in 2011, One-Man University has acquired 130, 000 registered members. The government has allowed a fir

33、st wave of open online courses such as those provided by Xuetang, a MOOC supported by Tsinghua University to be hosted on EdX, a non-profit platform, which is sponsored by Harvard and MIT. 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 原文指出中国教育的几大弊端，分别是 ABC选项， D选项按常识来讲，也是弊端之一，但不是讲话者提出来的内容。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 原

34、文先指出 bricks-and-mortar教育的弊端，然后说逐渐有人选择网上课程： “some young Chinese see drawbacks in bricks-and-mortar tuitionSmall but growing numbers are considering options online ”，可见bricks-and-mortar与 online意思相反， online代表的是虚拟，那么 bricks-and-mortar指的应该是现实中的。 【知识 模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出在 One-Man Universi

35、ty登记入学的有 130， 000人。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 原文指出政府已经批准第一批慕课上线，可见态度是开放的，不是保守或打压。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 MOOC是本文高频使用的名词，也是主题词，全文围绕 MOOC展开。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 16 【听力原文】 The towering machines stand in a precise line across the seafloor, and they will be turned loose to capture the

36、 power of the wind. And then, after weeks of testing and fine-tuning, Americas first offshore wind farm will begin pumping power into the New England electric grid. The idea of building turbines offshore, where strong, steady wind could, in theory, generate large amounts of power, has long been seen

37、 as a vital step toward a future based on renewable energy. Yet even as European nations installed thousands of the machines, American proposals ran into roadblocks, including high costs, murky rules about the use of the seafloor, and stiff opposition from people who did not want their ocean views m

38、arred by machinery. Now, offshore wind may be on the verge of rapid growth in the United States. Using a law passed by a Republican-led Congress in 2005 and signed by President George W. Bush, the Obama administration has been clarifying the ground rules and leasing out large patches of the ocean fl

39、oor for wind-power development. Nearly two dozen projects are on the drawing board, with some potentially including scores of turbines. Equally important, state governments in recent months have been making big, new commitments to renewable power, driven by a rising sense of urgency about climate ch

40、ange. 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 从原文中 “pumping power into the New England electric grid” 可以知道，这些高耸的机器就是利用风力发电的。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 从文中 “generate large amounts of power， has long been seen as a vital step toward a future based on renewable energy ”可以知道，风力农场可以利用可再生资源风力来大量地发电。选项 B和 C在文中并没有提及。选

41、项 A描述的是风力，而不是风力农场这个项目。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文 “American proposals ran into roadblocks， including high costs， murky rules about the use of the seafloor， and stiff opposition from people who did not want their ocean views marred by machinery”告诉听者，之所以此项目还未全面展开是因为遇到了多方面的阻碍。只有选项 B被提及。 【知识

42、模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文中举了四个例子。第一个是布什的例子，说明从布什政府就为海上风力发电制定了法规。第二个是奥巴马政府的例子，奥巴马政府详细制定了可以进 行风力发电的海上区域。第三个例子说明 20多个海风发电项目正在进行当中，大量的涡轮机正在安装。第四个例子，当地政府也积极推行这个项目。综上所述，只有选项 C的叙述是对原文大意的综述。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 原文一开始就谈到风力发电的风力农场项目，以及它会带给人们的好处，接着谈及在实际的实施过程中遇到了种种困难。最后列举了美国的多届政府为这个项目顺利实施所做的种种努力。 【知识模块】 篇章听力理解与选择