2007年9月上海中级口译笔试真题及答案及听力原文

2007年9月上海英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试真题SECTION1:LISTENINGTEST（45minutes）PartA:SpotDictationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.Whatisdistancelearning?Itmeansthatyoustudyonyourown,athomeorwhereversuitsyou.Recently,theworldfamousOpenUniversityintheUnitedKingdomhasdesignedanewstyleofdistancelearning,whichiscalled'__supportedopenlearning__'（1）。Thephrase'OpenLearning'meansyoustudy___inyourowntime___（2）。Youreadcoursematerial,workoncourseactivities,andwrite__assignments__（3）。Theword'Supported'meansyouhavehelp_fromatutor____（4），thestudentservicesstaffatregionalcenters,andcentralizedareassuchas__theuniversity'slibrary___（5）。Youcanalsocontactotherstudentsthroughtutorialsand__informalstudygroups______（6），theUniversity'sonlineconferencingsystem,andeventsandclubsorganizedby__thestudent'sunion_（7）。Mostdistancelearningcoursesuseprintedpapermaterials.Theyalsoincludesome__interactivematerials___（8）materialssuchasaCD,DVDorvideo.Manycourseshaveawebsiteandan____onlinecomputerconference____（9）。You'llneedaccesstoacomputer___withinternet___（10）tomakeuseofthese.TheOpenUniversitycanhelpitsstudentsbuyacomputerand_____payfor___（11）thecostofaccessingtheInternet.Withmostdistancelearningcourses,no___previousqualifications___（12）arerequiredtostudy.Ofcourse,youhavetobeaged18whenyourcoursestartsbutthereisno___upperagelimit___（13）。CurrentlytheOpenUniversityhasaround___150,000undergraduate___（14）undergraduateandmorethan30,000postgraduatestudents,ofwhich10,000have___disabilities___（15）。Nearlyallstudentsarestudying__part-time___（16）。About70percentofundergraduatestudentsarein___full-timeemployment__（17）。Morethan50,000students_aresponsored____（18）bytheiremployersfortheirstudies.Mostdistancelearningcourses__areavailablethroughoutEurope__（19）。Someofthemareevenavailableinotherpartsoftheworld.Withover25,000ofitsstudentslivingoutsidetheUK,theOpenUniversityisthe___onlyinternationalinstitution__（20）thatoffersdistancelearningthroughouttheworld.1supportedopenlearning2inyourowntime3assignments4fromatutor5theuniversity'slibrary6informalstudygroups7thestudent'sunion8interactivematerials9onlinecomputerconference10withinternet11payfor12previousqualifications13upperagelimit14150,000undergraduate15disabilities16part-time17full-timeemployment18aresponsored19areavailablethroughoutEurope20onlyinternationalinstitutionPartB:ListeningComprehension1.StatementsDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstatements.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCE,andyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthepaper;soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.1.（A）MissAllanhasjustinheritedafortune.（B）MissAllandoesn'tlikehercolleague.（C）MissAllanpreferstosharetheroomwithhercolleague.（D）MissAllanhasmovedintoanewapartment.2.（A）Myfriendstrytopersuademetoinvestinthestockmarket.（B）Myfriendstalkalotaboutinvestinginthestockmarket.（C）Myfriendssaythatinvestinginthestockmarketiscrazy.（D）MyfriendsandIhavedifferentopinionsaboutthestockmarket.3.（A）Thecandidateisdefinitelywellqualified,whetherwecheckwithhisreferencesornot.（B）Thecandidateneedstobecheckedbythefinancemanager,eventhoughhehasworkexperience.（C）Wearesatisfiedwiththecandidate'sreferences,whorecommendedhimforthejob.（D）Weshouldfindmoreaboutthecandidate,thoughheisapparentlyeligibleforthepost.4.（A）IaminterestedinyournewtechniquesandIwanttomakeanappointment.（B）Iwanttotalktoourtechniciantoseeifheisinterestedinyournewproducts.（C）Icanasksomeofourstafftogiveyouinformationaboutournewproducts.（D）IhopeyouunderstandthatIhavetoattendameetingaboutournewproducts.5.（A）Idon'tthinkweshouldopenourlocalbranchhereinShanghai.（B）IcannotappointMr.BrowntothepostalthoughhewasborninShanghai.（C）IbelieveMr.BrowncaneasilybeconnectedasheisnowlivinginShanghai.（D）IrecommendthatMr.BrownbeinchargeofourlocalbranchinShanghai.6.（A）Insuranceisunnecessaryforthetransportationofgoods.（B）Insuranceisafactorthataffectsthepriceofgoods.（C）Insurancecontributestoreducingthepriceofgoods.（D）Insurancehelpsimprovethequalityofgoods.7.（A）Somepeopleprefertoliveindryplaces,astheydislikewetclimate.（B）Waterisinshortsupplyinsomeregions,sopeoplethererelyalotonrains.（C）Itisnotsurprisingtoseetorrentialrainsinsomeareasduringdryseasons.（D）Insomedryareas,itseldomrains,butwhenitrains,itpours.8.（A）Ifyouaretooaggressive,youwillfinditdifficulttobecomesuccessfulinyourcitylife.（B）Yourpersonalityhasnothingtodowithyourcompetitivenesswhenyouchoosetoworkinabigcity.（C）Livingandworkinginalargecitydemandscertainpersonaltraitsandqualifications.（D）Ifyouliveinanimpersonalandcompetitiveworld,youaremorelikelytobesuccessful.9.（A）Withsuchabigorder,oursidedemandsadiscountwhichis10%orover.（B）Atleast10%oftheexpensesshouldbedevotedtosolvingtheproblem.（C）Althoughwehavespentmu