翻译考试历年中级口译真题(18)

英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考

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.

      Doctors  are  starting  to believe that  laughter  not  only  improves your  state  of  mind, but actually affects your entire physical well-being. Britain's first laughter therapist, Robert Holden says:“Instinctively we know that  laughing help us                    (1)  and  alive. Each time we laugh we feel better and more                    (2).”

       A  French  newspaper  found  that  in 1930 the  French  laughed                     (3)  for  nineteen minutes per day. By 1980 this had fallen  to                    (4).  Eight per cent  of  the  people questioned said that they would like to                    (5). Other research suggests that children laugh on average about                     (6) a day, but by the time they reach                     (7) this has been  reduced  to about  fifteen times.  Somewhere in the process  of                    (8) we lose an astonishing 385 laughs a day.

       William Fry, a psychiatrist from California, studied the                     (9) on the body. He got patients to watch funny films, and monitored their                    (10), heart rate and muscle tone. He found that laughter has a similar effect to                    (11). It speeds up the heart rate, increases blood pressure and quickens breathing. It also makes out                     (12) muscles work.Fry thinks laughter is a type of                     (13) in the spot.  Laughter can even provide a  kind of                     (14).Fry had proved that laughter produces endorphins—chemicals in the body that relieve pain. Researchers divided                     (15) into four  groups. The  first  group  Listened to a                    (16)  for  twenty minutes. The other three groups listened to either an informative tape, or a cassette                    (17) hem,or no tape at all. Researchers found that  if they  produce pain  in the students, those who had listened to the humorous tape could                     (18)  much  longer.Some doctors are convinced that                     (19) should be a part of every medical consultation, as there is evidence to suggest that laughter stimulates the                      (20).

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. Florence's brother has four tickets.
   B. Florence still has two tickets.
   C. Florence's brother has to book two tickets.
   D. Florence didn't keep any tickets.
2. A. You have to pay for the pool but not for towels.
    B. There is no charge for the pool or for towels.
    C. You must pay to use the pool and to rent a towel.
    D. Towels cost money, but the pool is free.
3. A. Mr. Johnson lied. 
    B. Mr. Johnson denied that he had lied.
    C. Mr. Johnson denied that he had lied.
    D. Mr. Johnson insisted that he had not murdered the liar.
4. A. Fifteen students continued after the first two weeks.
    B. forty students dropped out after the first week.
    C. Twenty-five students continued after the second week.
    D. Fifteen students dropped out after the first lecture.
5. A. You will have it well done if you cook it less than ten minutes.
    B. If you don't want it well done, cook it more than ten minutes.
    C. It won't take more than ten minutes to have it well done.
    D. It will take over ten minutes to get it well done.
6. A. This week's holiday will be too late for trash collection.
    B. Trash collection is always late on Mondays and Thursdays.
    C. Trash will have to be collected earlier this week.
    D. This week trash will be collected later than usual.
7. A. The desire to seek happiness is stronger than the desire to seek good health.
    B. The desire to seek happiness is not strong.
    C. The desire for food is stronger than the desire to be happy.
    D. The desire for food is stronger than the desire to be happy.
8. A. I don't have a telephone.
    B. I don't have to write Peter a letter.
    C. I don't know Peter's telephone number.
    D. I know Peter's telephone number, but not his address.
9. A. School children like to play with noisemakers.
    B. Small children like toys that make noise.
    C. Small children like to ride in noisy cars and trucks. 
    D. Small children like to have quiet toys to play with.
10.A. I got it right after he sent it.
     B. It took a long time to reach me.
     C. He sent it only yesterday.
     D. I sent him the telegram on Monday.