上海中級口譯歷年真題

SECTION1LISTENINGTEST45minutes

PartASpotDictation

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassage

withblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardon

thetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.

Nowthelocationofyourcollege.Somecollegesareinthecentreofhugecities,some

inthesuburb.Andsomearesurroundedbyfieldsandwoods.Whereyourcollegeis

locatedwillbeimportanttoyourextra-curricularlife.Theadvantageofanurban

collegeisthattherearemanyexcitingthingstodooffcampus.Comparedtoarural

campus,therearemoremovies,plays,churches,restaurants,discos,museumsand

music.Thereisprobablygoodpublictransportation.Youarenearairports,trainsand

severalhighways,makingweekendorvacationtripstootherplacesmucheasier.All

ofthesemeanthatoffcampusexcitementiseasytoreachanddoesn*trequirealotof

planning.Thiscanbeanimportantpartofacollegeeducationandofyourgrowth.

Butthiseasilyavailableentertainmentcanalsotemptyouawayfromyourbooks.The

disadvantagesofanurbancollegecanbeexpenseandalackofpeaceandquiet.Off

campuslivinginthecityisalmostalwaysmoreexpensive.Evenifyouliveatschool,

youwillstilleatandshopoffcampusoften,probably,morethanyouwouldatarural

campus.Manyofthosewonderful,culturaleventscostmoneyandarehardtopassup.

Ifyouaremovingtothecityfromthecountry,bepreparedforunexpectedexpenses,

andadvantageofaruralcollegeistherelaxandoftenbeautifulsetting.Ruralcolleges

mayhavemuchmorepeacefulandcleanerair.Andcampusactivitieswillprobablybe

moreimportantinyourextra-curricularlife.Thisdoesn'tmeanthatnothinghappens

oncampusinsmalltowns.Thingsdo.Buttheyaremorelikelytobeconnectedwith

school.Ruralcollegesareoftenneargoodspotsforoutdooractivities,mountains,

lakesandbeaches.Ifyouhaveanyinterestinoutdooractivities,thisisagoodplaceto

learnmore.Thedisadvantagesoftheruralcollegecanbeisolation,boredomandthe

difficultyofadjustingtoamorerelaxedlifeifyoucomefromabigcity,lifeatasmall

ruralcollegecanbecomeveryingroan.

PartBListeningComprehension

I.Statements

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstatements.These

statementswillbespokenONLYONCE,andyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthe

paper;soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswer

choicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.

Thenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspacein

yourANSWERBOOKLET.

1.WhybothertocallJackandtellhimaboutourplan?Youwillseehimatlunch.

2.SinceyousaidyoutotallyagreedwithTom'sviews,yououghttohavestoodupfor

himintheargumentatthemeetingyesterdayafternoon.

3.Attherateofitsbeingused,thecopierisnotgoingtomakeitthoughttherestof

theyear,thoughitissupposestobegoodfor5years.

4.Thelatestinflationfigurewasissuedtoday:Thecurrentinflationrateis3.5%.

That's1%uponlastyea匚

5.Thereisagreatdealofconcerntodayabouttheproblemofscientificilliteracyand

shortcomingsintheteachingsofscience.Morefundsareneededinthisrespect.

6.It'ssmarttodresswarmwhileit'scoldoutside.Butcoldsarecausedbyvirusesand

notcoldweather.Washingyourhandsisagoodwaytoavoidcatchingmanyviruses.

7.It'saverynurturingenvironment.Thegeneralmanagerhasencouragedmetopush

myabilitiesandgrow.AndIamhonoredthecompanykeepsrenewingmycontract.

8.Inteamsportssuchasvolleyball,teamworkismuchmorethanjusthittingtheball

overthenet.Thesameistureofbusinessdealingsinacompany.

9.Fromchampstochumps.Just3yearsagotheirproductswereonthebusinessweek

listoftheworld'smostvaluablebrandsinhistory.Andnowtheyarehistory.

10.Sinceyoubought85chairslastmonth,naturallythistimewecanofferyoua

discountof10%forthismodelatourlowestpriceof45dollarseach.

II.TalksandConversations

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshorttalksandconversations.

Aftereachofthese,youwillhearafewquestions.Listencarefullybecauseyouwill

hearthetalkorconversationandquestionsONLYONCE.Whenyouhearaquestion,

readthefouranswerchoicesandchoosethebestanswertothatquestion.Thenwrite

theletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWER

BOOKLET.

Questions11-14

W:Jack,tellmeaboutyourself.

M:IwasborninLA.ButmyfamilyisfromChina.MyfathercametotheUStostudy.

HegotaPHDincomputerscience.Andhestayedonasaprofessoratacollegein

California.

W:IsyourmotherfromChina,too?

M:No,mymomisfromhere.She'sAsian-American.HerfolkscametotheUS

duringthe19thcentury.Infact,oneofhergreat-grandfathersactuallyhelpedtobuild

thefirstrailroadacrosstheUnitedStatesinthe1860s.Whataboutyou?

W:Well,I'mathird-generationMexican-American.Mygrandparentswerebornin

VeraCruz.Andtheyimmigratedtothiscountryalongtimeago.Westillhavealotof

relativesinMexico.

M:Doyoukeepintouchwiththem?

W:Wevisitwheneverwecan.

M:Bytheway,how'syourSpanish?

W:Ifsprettygood.Wespeakitathomemostofthetime.DoyouspeakChinese?

M:Yeah,I'mquitefluent.AndI'mnowlearningtowriteit.IthinksomedayImight

bebackinChinaandtakeupmycareerthere.

Questions:

11.Whatdoestheman'sfatherdoforaliving?

12.Whatdoesthemansayabouthismother?

13.Accordingtothewoman,whycanshespeakverygoodSpanish?

14.Whatisthemandoingnow?

Questions15?18

Mostofususeoilinsomeway.Anditisdifficulttoimaginethemodernworld

withoutoil.Butoilisnoteasytofindandgetoutoftheearth,asitistrappeddeep

downintheground.Wemustfirststudytherockscarefully.Whenwethinkthatthe

rocksinacertainplacemaycontainoil,wewillbuildametaltowerinthelocation,

eitheronthelandoronthesea.Thismetaltoweriscalledaderrick.Thederrickis

equippedwithoil-drillingmachinery.Themachinewillcutanarrowholedowninto

theground.Meanwhile,asteelpipeispusheddowntostopthesidesfromfallingand

tokeepoutwater.Atlast,ifwehavejudgedcorrectly,theoilwouldrushupthepipe

withgreatforce.Thisisbasicallyhowanoilwellissetup.Oil,aswecansee,is

obtainedmoreeasilythancoal.Forcoal,veryoften,wemustdigitfromamineand

haveitsentouttothegroundsurface.Butforoil,itrushesupapipe.Ifanoilwellis

madenearthemiddleoftheoilfield,thennaturalgascanbeobtained.Inpartsofthe

world,suchgasisoftensentthroughpipestodistanttownsandcities,sothatitcanbe

usedlikecoalgasinhousesandfactories.

Questions:

15.Whyisitdifficulttofindoil?

16.Whatisaderrick?

17.Whydoesthespeakersaythatoilisobtainedmoreeasilythancoal?

18.Accordingtothespeaker,whatcanbeobtainedwhenanoilwellismadenearthe

middleoftheoilfield?

Questions19?22

W:Goodevening,Mr.Smith.ICsnicetomeetyouandyourboyinsuchniceand

cozyweather.IsJohngoingtoschoolthisyear?

M:Yes.Wearethinkingofsendinghimtoaprivateboardingschoolinsteadofthe

localstateschool.

W:Really?Well,Iwouldn'tdreamofsendingmylittleboyawaytosomestrange

institutionfbrmonthonendeveryyear.Itwillbreakmyhearteverytime.

M:Idon'tthinkso.Iwouldsaythataboardingschooleducationisgoodforchildren

becauseitteachesthemtohaveconfidenceinthemselves.Inaboardingschool,they

canlearntobemoreindependentofthemselvesandlessdependentontheirparents.

W:Butnoteverychildcanaffordtogotoaprivateschool.Mynephewonlywentto

hislocalstateschoolandhe'sjustbeenawardedascholarshiptostudyclassicsat

Cambridge.

M:Anyway,theprivateschoolismoreanimativeandopen-mindedinteaching

childrentolearn.Youwillgetthevalueofyourmoney,andthisisworthwhile.

W:Still,Idon'tknowwhatFildowithmylittleboynextyear.Idon'twanthimtogo

tothatbignewschool.Thechildrenofallthecommonpeopleintheareagothere.

M:Well,theyareclosingalltheotherschools.Ifyoudon'tlikethenewstateschool,

you'lljusthavetopaytosendhimtoaprivateschool,won'tyou?

Questions:

19.Accordingtotheman,whatisgoodaboutaprivateboardingschool?

20.Whydoesthewomanmentionhernephewintheconversation?

21.Whichofthefollowingcanbeconcludedfromtheconversation?

22.Whatisthewomanworriedabout?

Questions23?26

Earthquakesareviolent,destructiveandunpredictable.Theoverallhistoryof

earthquakesleadstoonegeneralrule.Themoretimethathaspassedsincean

earthquake,thebiggerthechanceonewillstrike.Scientiststhereforeuseinformation

aboutpastearthquakestoguessprobabilitiesaboutfutureearthquakes.

Forexample,theysaythatwithinthenext30years,thereisa60percentprobability

thatanearthquakewillhitsomewhereinsouthernCalifornia.Butexactlywhereor

whenisamystery.Inatleastonecase,anearthquakeinnorthernchinahasbeen

predictedbypayingattentiontocluesfromnature

Inchina,earthquakeshavebeenstudiedfornearly4,000years.Andtherearerecords

ofmorethan9,000earthquakes,goingbacktotheyear1831BC.Theofficial

earthquakerecordsofthestateofCaliforniaonlygobackto1950.Intheirlonghard

lookearthquakes,theChinesehaveobservedmanythings.Beforeanearthquake,

animalsstarttoactstrangely.Thegroundchangedinshape,andearth9smagnetic

fieldsgetstrongerintheearthquakearea.Thewaterinwildbubblesup,andthen

returnstoitsnormallevel.Also,aseriesofsmallearthquakescanmeanthatabig

quakeisonitsway.TheChineseusethesecluesin1974tomakethefirstsuccessful

predictionofanearthquake.TheUnitedStatesgeologicalsurvey,ontheotherhand,

hasneverpredictedamajorearthquake.

Questions:

23.Whatisthegeneralruleabouttheoccurrenceofanearthquake?

24.Accordingtothespeaker,whichareaislikelytobehitbyanearthquakewithin

thenext30years?

25.HowlonghavetheChinesestudiedearthquakes?

26.WhichofthefollowingisnotacluethatisusedbytheChinesetopredictan

earthquake?

Questions27?

Man:Howdidyoulikethefireworkslastnight?

Woman:Ireallydidn'tenjoythemtoomuch.Therewassuchabigcrowdthatwe

couldn'tgetveryclose.

Man:Ithoughtyouweregoingearly.

Woman:Wedid.Buteventhoughwegotthereon7o'clock,theparkwasalready

jammed.Itwassocrowedthatwehadahardtimefindingaplaceeventostand.

Man:That'stoobadbecausethefireworkswerereallyspectacular.

Woman:Whatdidyoudo?Howdidyoumanagetogetagoodview?

Man:Wewentearly.Wedecidedtohaveapicnicdinnerinthepark,sowe'dbesure

togetthereearlyenoughtofindagoodspot.

Woman:Iguessthat'swhatIshoulddonextFourthofJuly.

Man:Wefoundaplaceontopofsomerockswherenobodycouldgetinfrontofus.

Woman:Wasn'titprettyhot?Thetemperaturewasupinthe80syesterday.

Man:Itwasniceandcoolwherewewerebecausetherewerealotoftreesright

behindus.Sowehadsomeshadetositin.

Woman:Whatdidyoudoaboutgoinghome?Fveneverbeenpushedandshovedso

muchinmywholelife.

Man:Well,theyrentextrabusesuntilmidnight,sowedidn'thaveanyproblem.

Woman:Ithinkyouwerelucky.

Man:Itwasn'tluck.Itwasgoodplanning.Youhavetocomewithusnextyear.

Woman:Idon'tknowwhetherIwanttotryitagainnextyear.EventhoughIlike

fireworks,Idon'tlikebigcrowds.

Man:Well,nextyearisstillalongtimeawayandnextweekendwearegoingtothe

beach,awholebunchofus.Wouldyouliketocomewithus?

Woman:Yes,thankyou,Iwould.AndmaybeIcanfindhowyougoaboutplanning

things.

Questions:

27.Accordingtothewoman,whycouldn'tsheenjoythefireworks?

28.Whatdidthemandotoensureagoodviewofthefireworks?

29.Howdidthemanexplainthesuccessfortheirparktrip?

30.Whatdidthemandoattheendofconversation?

PartCListeningandTranslation

I.SentenceTranslation

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear5sentencesinEnglish.Youwillhear

thesentencesONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachsentence,translateitinto

ChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWER

BOOKLET.

1.原文：Weknowthatlanguageuseisthelife-longprocess,soistheforeign

languagelearning.Thereisnoshortcutinlearningaforeignlanguage.

譯文：眾所周知，語言的使用是終身的，外語學習也是如此。學習外語是沒

有捷徑可走的。

2.原文：rmafraidwe'11havetochangeourappointmentforFridaymorning.

SomethingunexpectedcameupandI'msorryfortheinconveniencethismightcause

you.

譯文：出于意外，我們恐怕要更改周五早上的預(yù)約。對此給您造成不便，我

表示十分抱歉。

3.原文：Aftersomediscussions,wehavereachedacompromiseonthekeypoint,

andwe'11comedowntodetailsofthecontractatournextmeetingtomorrow

afternoon.

譯文：經(jīng)過幾番討論后，我們在關(guān)鍵問題上作出讓步并達成一致，合同的具

體細節(jié)將于明天下午的會議上討論。

4.原文：Afamouseducationalistoncesaid:Nobodyiscompletelyignorant.Nobody

knowseverything.Allofuslackknowledgeofsomething.Thatiswhywecontinueto

learn.

譯文：一位著名的教育家曾說過：“無人無知，無人全知。我們所有人都缺乏

某方面的知識。因此我們要不斷學習J

5.原文：Today,Iampleasedtoannouncethatourgovernmentwilldramatically

expandthenumberofourstudentswhostudyinChinato50,000inthenext10years.

譯文：今天，我很高興地宣布，在未來的10年內(nèi)，我們政府將大幅度增加赴

中留學生至5萬人。

II.PassageTranslation

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhear2passagesinEnglish.Youwillhear

thepassagesONLYONCE.Afteryouhaveheardeachpassage,translateitinto

ChineseandwriteyourversioninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWER

BOOKLET.Youmaytakenoteswhileyouarelistening.

1.Maniscloselyconnectedtotheenvironment.Ourenvironmentprovidesuswith

freshairtobreathe,cleanwatertodrink,andvariousvegetablestoeat.However,our

environmentisfacedwithmanydangers.Itisseriouslypollutedbychemicalwastes

fromfactoriesandgarbageincities.Treesarebeingcutdown.Largeareasofforests

arebeingdestroyed.Andvariousanimalsarebeinghuntedandkilled.Asaresult,

manykindsofplantsandanimalsaredisappearingfromtheearth.

譯文：人與環(huán)境緊密相連。我們的環(huán)境提供了新鮮的空氣、干凈的水和各種蔬菜，

讓我們呼吸、飲用。但我們的環(huán)境卻正在面臨許多危險。它被工廠的化學廢物、

城市里的垃圾所污染。樹木被砍伐、大片的森林被破壞、多種動物遭到獵殺。由

此，地球上許多種類的植物和動物，正在走向滅絕。

2.In1979,tradebetweentheUnitedStatesandChinastoodatroughly$5billion.

Today,ittopsover$400billioneachyear.Thecommerceaffectsourpeople'slifein

somanyways.AmericaimportsfromChina,manyofthecomputerpartsweuse,the

clotheswewear.AndweexporttoChinamachinerythathelpspoweryourindustry.

ThistradecouldcreateevenmorejobsonbothsidesofthePacific,whileallowing

ourpeopletoenjoyabetterqualityoflife.

譯文：1979年，美中貿(mào)易保持在50億美元上下。而今，每年貿(mào)易總額則已超過

了4000億美元。這一貿(mào)易往來在很多方面影響了兩國人民的生活。我們電腦上

的許多零件、我們穿的衣服，都是美國從中國進U而來的，而我們也向中國出口

可以讓貴國工業(yè)更加強大的機械設(shè)備。兩國貿(mào)易為太平洋兩岸提供了大量的就業(yè)

機會，讓我們的人民能夠享受更加美好的生活。

SECTION2STUDYSKILLS45minutes

Directions:Inthissection,youwillreadseveralpassages.Eachpassageisfollowed

byseveralquestionsbasedonitscontent.YouaretochooseONEbestanswer,(A),

(B),(C)or(D),toeachquestion.Answerallthequestionsfollowingeachpassageon

thebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthatpassageandwritetheletteroftheanswer

youhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questions21?25

AnyrequestintheUnitedKingdomtoremoveadisabledperson'sabilitytoreproduce

shouldbetreatedwithgreatcaution.

Thenewsthat15-year-oldKatieThorpe,whohasseverecerebralpalsy,mayhavea

hysterectomyathermother*srequestshouldbeacauseofgreatconcernfordisabled

people.

Thiscaseraisesprofoundlegalandethicaldilemmas.LegallyKatieshouldbe

assumedtobecapableofmakingadecisionand,ifnecessary,supportedtodoso

beforeanyoneelsecandecidewhatisorisnotinher"bestinterests'1.

Ethicallywehavetorememberthatrightthroughthe20thcenturymanycountriesin

Europeandbeyondlegislatedpositivelyinfavorofsterilisingdisabledpeople,often

withouttheirknowledge-letalonetheirconsent.AsJudgeHolmesfamouslyputitin

alandmarkcaseintheUnitedStateslessthanacenturyago,"threegenerationsof

imbecilesareenough".

Withtheshadowofthisrecenthistorystilloverus,weshouldexerciseutmostcaution

beforesanctioningdecisionstoremoveanydisabledwoman'sreproductiverights.The

mosteffectivepaththroughboththelegalandethicaldilemmashastobeto

encourageself-determinationonthepartofdisabledpeoplesuchasKatie.

Ofcourse,therightsandneedsofcarersneedtobetakenintoaccountaswell,butitis

imperativethatthisisneverattheexpenseofthedisabledperson'sownviews.

Thereasonthatthiscasehascausedsomuchcontroversyisthat,oninitialinspection,

itappearsthatanassumptionisbeingmadeaboutwhatisbestforadisabledperson

withoutattemptingtounderstandthedesiresoftheindividualwhowillbeultimately

affectedbythedecision.

Unfortunately,assumptionsthatlimitdisabledpeople'slivesareprevalentinour

society,andthemedicalprofessionisnotimmune.Ihavecomeacrosscaseswhere

disabledpeoplewhopersonallybelievetheyenjoyagoodqualityoflife,havebeen

toldbydoctorsthattheyassumetheywouldnotwanttoberesuscitatedintheeventof

respiratoryfailure.Whentheindividualstellthedoctorsthattheywould,ofcourse,

wanttoberesuscitated,theyhavebeenmetwithnothingbutapuzzledlook.

NotonlydoestheUKdisabilitynetworkRadaradvocatethatalldisabledpeople

shouldbetheauthorsoftheirowndestiny,butthattheyshouldhavetheappropriate

supportinplacetoenablethemtoachievetheirhopesandambitions.Thisdoesnot

justmeangoingtotheshops,orhavingarewardingjob,butitalsomeansarightto

relationshipsandtofamilylife,whichmeansensuringself-determinationisakey

aspectofeveryone'sexistence.

Thesearetherightsthatnon-disabledpeopletakeforgranted,andtheymustbe

affordedtoallifwearetoliveinanequalsociety.

Weknowthatwiththerightsupportinplace,trueindependentlivingisnotonly

possible,butdesirablebothfromasocialandaneconomicperspective.Oncewecan

livethelivesthatwewanttolive,wecanencourageotherdisabledpeopletodothe

same.Weallhaveambitions,andweshouldallbeenabledtofulfillthemandinspire

others.

Beforewecanachievethis,wemusthavethemechanismsinplacetoensurethat

peoplelikeKatie,andallotherswhocannoteasilyexpresstheirneedsanddesires,are

fullyrepresentedinthelegalsystemandoursocietyasawhole.

Lifecanbeverydifficultforparentswhoarealsocarersfortheirseverelydisabled

children.Butthatdoesnotmeanthattheyalwaysknowwhatisinthebestinterestsof

theirchildren.Forallchildren,independencefromtheirparentscanbeahard-won

right.Fordisabledyoungpeople,theymayneedsupportthroughouttheirlivesto

achievethis.

SECTION3TRANSLATIONTEST(1)30minutes

Directions:TranslatethefollowingpassageintoChineseandwriteyourversioninthe

correspondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

TheeconomicsystemoftheUnitedStatesisprincipallyoneofprivateownership.In

thissystem,consumers,producersandgovernmentmakeeconomicdecisionsona

dailybasis,mainlythroughthepricesystem.Thedynamicinteractionofthesethree

groupsmakestheeconomicfunction.Themarket'sprimaryforce,however,isthe

interactionofproducersandconsumers;hencethe"marketeconomy^^designation.

Asarule,consumerslookforthebestvaluesforwhattheyspendwhileproducers

seekthebestpriceandprofitforwhattheyhavetosell.Government,atthefederal,

state,andlocallevel,seekstopromotepublicsecurity,assurereasonablecompetition,

andprovidearangeofservicesbelievedtobebetterperformedbypublicratherthan

privateenterpris