12007年3月中级口译考试真题SECTION1:LISTENINGTEST(45minutes)PartA:SpotDictationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.Everyhumanbeingisfallible;wemakemistakes.InAmericawhenamistakehasbeenmade,itisconsideredfittingfortheperson________(1)toacknowledgehisorhererrorandtoapologizetoanyonewhohasbeeninconvenienced.Even________(2)areexpectedtoadmittheirmistakesandapologizeforthem.Tryingto________(3)amistakeanddenyingyourguiltareconsideredtobeindicativeofserious________(4).Ifyoumakeamistakethat________(5)agroupofpeople,apublicapologyisconsideredthebestmethodfor________(6).Ifthemistakewasaseriousone,orifsomepeoplewereinconveniencedmorethanothers,thenthe________shouldfollowthepublicapologywithprivateonesto________(8).Itisespeciallyimportantforexecutivesandcompanyheadstobeabletoadmittheirmistakes.Sometimesleadersareafraidthatifthey________(9),theywilllosetherespectoftheiremployees.Actually________(10)—ifyouarehonestwithyouremployeesandyourself,________(11),andshowthatyouarewillingtoacceptblamewhenyoumakeamistake,thenyouremployeeswillbe________(12)you.Theywillalsobemorelikelytoadmittheirownmistakes.Ifyou________(13)oneperson,itisusuallybesttoapologizetothatpersonalone,unlessyourmistake________(14)byalargegroupofpeople.Forexample,ifLeonard________(15)toMr.Toddduringacommitteemeeting,itwouldbe________(16)forLeonardtoapologizetoMr.Toddatthenextcommitteemeeting.Ifthe________(17)createdbytheinitialmistakeispublic,thentheapologyshouldbepublic.However,ifLeonardraisedhisvoicetoMr.Toddwhenonlythetwoofthem________(18),hemayapologizeprivately.Noticeaswell________(19)theapologiesare.Assoonasyourealizeyouhavemadeamistake,youshould________(20).2PartB:ListeningComprehensionⅠ.StatementsDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstatements.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCE,andyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthepaper;soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.1.(A)Ihavefinishedmylunch.(B)Ican'twaittomakethephonecall.(C)Ihavetostayintheoffice.(D)Idon'tliketoeatinthecafeteria.2.(A)Someonefromthehousingofficewillfixthetoilet.(B)Peterwillphonethehousingofficeforyou.(C)Youcanfixthetoiletinthebathroombyyourself.(D)Peterwillrepairthetoiletinthebathroom.3.(A)Individualsgoodatconversationsmayfindithardtomaketheirfirstspeechbeforealargeaudience.(B)Studentstrainedfortheirfirstpublicspeechesshouldbegivenlessonsinaconversationalsetting.(C)Thefutureofthosepeopleafraidofgivingapublicspeechliesinthetrainingofmakingwonderfulconversations.(D)Mostindividualsprefertomakeapublicspeechinaconversationalsettingwithanattentiveaudience.(A)Thetreesarebeingcutdown.(B)Thetreesareblockingmyview.(C)Thetreesgrowbetteraroundtheoffice.(D)Thetreeshelpcoolmyoffice.5.(A)Everyonewantstoattendtothisschool,asitisaprivateinstitution.(B)Itisimpossibleforyoutokeeptoyourowninthisboardingschool.(C)Weallgetalongverywellinthisboardingschool,asifofclosefriends.(D)Itisnotimportanttostepintootherpeople'saffairshereatthisschool.6.(A)ThirtypercentoftheGermanpopulationcanreceivecollegeeducation.(B)Americanstudentsenjoyaveryhighrateofadmissiontocollegeintheworld.(C)Comparativelyspeaking,therearemoreBritishpeoplethantheFrenchattendingcollege.(D)Americancollegestudentsareenviedby60%ofhighschoolgraduatesaroundtheworld.37.(A)Weshouldadopta4-yeartermforthedirectorsandchairman.(B)Thetermofthedirectorsandchairmanwillbedecidedinfouryears.(C)Thetermofthedirectorsandchairmanturnsouttobe2years.(D)It'sreasonabletomakepoliciesofcontinuityandstabilityforthecompany.8.(A)Nogovernmentortheorycanalonecopewiththecomplexitiesoftheglobaleconomy.(B)Nogovernmentcanunderstandthetheoryoftheglobaleconomybecauseofitscomplexities.(C)WorldWarIIhasmadetheglobaleconomymorecomplextobeexplainedintermsoftraditionaleconomictheories.(D)Ourgovernmentmustframeanewtheorysoastocontrolthedevelopmentoftheglobaleconomy.9.(A)ChildrenshouldberesponsibleformostofthefiredeathsinAmerica.(B)Adultsloadthehouseswithtoomuchstuff,whichiseasytocatchfire.(C)Nineteenpercentofthefiresareattributedtochildrenplayingwithmatches.(D)Adultsshouldexercisemoreandstricterprecautionsagainstfires.10.(A)Ifyouarehungry,you'dbettergotothenearestsupermarket.(B)FewAmericanconsumerswouldchoosetogoshoppinginWal-Mart.(C)In2006,shoppingovertheInternetroseby28percent.(D)In2005,about$14billionofgoodswereboughtovertheInternet.Ⅱ.TalksandConversationsDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshorttalksandconversations.Aftereachofthese,youwillhearafewquestions.ListencarefullybecauseyouwillhearthetalkorconversationandquestionsONLYONCE.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefouranswerchoicesandchoosethebestanswertothatquestion.Thenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingsp