翻译考试历年中级口译真题(15)

SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (40 minutes)

Part A: Spot Dictation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with banks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer inthecorresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.

     Good afternoon, I'd like to thank professor Leach for giving me the chance to talk to you students. My topic today is “Attitudes, Values and Tastes”.An attitude, or the way we feel about something,  can  take different  forms.  On  the one hand, there are attitudes that are simply_______(1). There may change from year to year, month to month and even, day to day. On the other hand, there are attitudes that  can be firmly  fixed ____________(2) that rarely, if ever, change.

      Included in the first___________ (3) are statements like “Sally has beautiful eyes”, or “I hate  icecream”.  Attitudes  like these may simply  ____________(4) a person, al taste or preference  that  does not always affect other people. Nobody will get  particularly ___________(5), for example, if you have a preference for tea ____________(6) coffee. 

      The second type of attitude could _________(7) such statements as “Smoking should be banned in_________(8)”, and “War is a terrible thing”. With attitudes like these, however, we are  expressing  an  opinion  that  we  ____________(9)  about.  Opinions  such  as  these  are  very much a part  of ____________(10) since  they   express   the  way    we   feel  about  certain __________(11) and events.

      If someone is a smoker, for example, it can become very difficult to ___________(12) that person if they smoke ____________(13) in our company. Preference and tastes refer to specific ______(14) , where values are general and include __________(15). There is big difference, for example, between these two ___________(16): “Your boss is very rude”and  “I could never  work under a boss”. In the first statement, the speaker is____________ (17) an opinion based on one person, the boss. The idea is that other bosses are not _____________(18). In the second one, though, the speaker  indicates a _____________(19)  about  work  in  general: he could not work for anyone, ______________(20) they were.

Part B: Listening Comprehension 
 Ⅰ. Statements
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be  spoken  only  once.  and  you  will  not  find  them  written  on  the  paper;  so  you  must  listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in  meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

1.A. Jack left home without an umbrella.
   B. Jack didn't hear the rain.
   C. Jack's umbrella didn't work. 
   D. Jack had the day off due to the weather.
2. A. They didn't pay attention to the consulant's opinion. 
    B. They called in the consultant for her advice.
    C. They always do what their consultant tells them.
    D. They listened to the concert over the radio.
3. A. The manufacturer wishes it could find a good advertising agent.
    B. The manufacturer hopes to increase its sales through advertising.
    C. The advertising campaign includes many sporting events.
    D. The advertising campaign isjoined by well-known individuals.
4. A. Did Cathy put a new report in here?
    B. Is the yearly report in here, or is it someplace else?
    C. Which picture do you like, the new one or the old one?
    D. Is it ture that Cathy only remembered to lock one of the drawers?
5. A. A lawyer should sign the memo.
    B. We should get legal advice.
    C. We have seen a lawyer. 
    D. Let's wait for a lucky sign.
6. A. The company was unable to order spare parts.
    B. The company was short of cash for delivery.
    C. The parts could be considered genuine.
    D. The parts could be sent in late January.
7. A. The completion of the project was long.
    B. The project was none other than a stupid one.
    C. We finished the project rather quickly. 
    D. We didn't sign the contract in time.
8. A. I can't make any food for the party.
    B. I'm afraid to accept your party invitations.
    C. We won't be able to hold the party this evening.
    D. We can't come to the party this evening.
9. A. Not many people enjoy that kind of design.
    B. It took a while for that design to become pupular.
    C. The public's first reaction to that design was positive.
    D. You'd never catch me wearing that kind of design.
10.A. The consultant is publishing an excellent report on geology.
     B. They consultant left after he turned in his research and investigation report. 
     C. The consultant studied some excellent rock samples in his report.
     D. The consultant did very thorough research and investigation for his report.

 Ⅱ. Talks and Conversations
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of and questions only once. When you hear a question, read the four answer chioces and choose the best  answer  to that  question. Then  write the  letter  of the  answer  you  have  chosen  in  the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.