历年上海中级口译听力部分录音文稿（97.3 － 08.9）97．3SECTION 1：LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationThe development of the Space Shuttle has dramatically reduced the cost of sending loads into space. The Shuttle takes off from Earth like a rocket, and lands again like a huge aircraft. It can transport not only its own crew, but also passengers, and has a huge cargo-hold which is capable of carrying large satellites or a space laboratory.Before the Space Shuttle was created, it was necessary to plan trips into space several years in advance. However, for the rest of the century it should be possible to make space flights every week or so. Any scientist or engineer needing to travel into orbit will simply take the next Shuttle flight, stay as long as necessary, and then return at his or her convenience.It is difficult to imagine the immense opportunities created by the Shuttle. One of the great advantages of having a reusable space vehicle is that it can take one load after another into orbit.Very large space stations could not be launched in their complete form directly from Earth, but they could be built piece by piece in space. The Space Shuttle is likely to be used as a general ―workhorse‖ for the rest of this century, and the building of such stations in orbit should become commonplace.Once these huge orbiting space stations are completed, they are likely to become the platforms from which hundreds of robot space ships could be launched cheaply and easily to explore the solar system and to start mining operations on the Moon. The technology needed for this is already developed and available. And because of commercial and military pressures to develop space technology, it is likely that governments will be increasingly willing to start extensive programs of space engineering, exploration and research.Part B: Listening ComprehensionⅠ. StatementsQuestion No. 1. Jane remained in London for the summer.Question No. 2. Daniel requested that he be transferred to Tokyo to start a new branch.Question No. 3. According to our correspondent, the rain has flooded several areas of South India.Question No. 4. Jason ran across his former college teacher during a business trip to Chicago.Question No. 5. The plane was due at 9：30, but has been delayed half an hour.Question No. 6. I‘d have bought Smith‘s computer if I had known he was selling it.Question No. 7. Please let me know whether you will come to the meeting or not.Question No. 8. May I suggest Friday for our trip to Hong Kong?Question No. 9. We tried to persuade him not to go to Australia, but in vain.Question No. 10. When they were searching the area, the police all but caught the thieves.Ⅱ. Talks and ConversationsQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following announcement.This is the final for Olympic Airways to Athens flight number OA260. Any remaining passengers must go immediately to gate 2 where the flight is now closing. Olympic Airways flight number OA 260 closing now at gate 2.Scandinavian Airlines to Stockholm, flight number Sk528 now boarding at gate 4.Passengers to New York. British Airways regret to advise a delay of 35 minutes on their flight number BA175 to New York. That is a delay of 35 minutes on British Airways flight number BA 175 to New York.Austrian Airlines to Vienna, flight number OS455 now boarding at gate 8. Austrian Airlines flight number OS455 boarding now at gate 8.Question No.11. Where is this announcement most probably made?Question No.12. Which of the following statements is true about a about the Qlympic Airwaysflight to Athens?Question No.13. Where is the Scandinavian Airlines flight scheduled to fly?Question No.14. According to the announcement, how much longer will passengers to New York have to wait? Question No.15. According to the announcement, at which gate passengers to Vienna boarding?Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.A demonstration against race prejudice drew thousands of people to central London this morning. It was organized by the Labor Party and the Trades Union Congress under the banner ―United against Racialism‖. The march was led by several leading Labor Party and Trades Union officials. It was a column that stretched for over two miles and it took the demonstrators nearly three hours to cover the distance from Speakers‘ Corner to Trafalgar Square. There were representatives from more than twenty major unions, as well as community workers and various ethnic groups. By the time the march reached Trafalgar Square an estimated fifteen thousand people had joined it.Question No. 16. Where did the demonstration take place?Question No. 17. Who organized the demonstration?Question No. 18. What did the demonstrators protest against?Question No. 19. According to the news, where did the demonstration march start?Question No. 20. About how many people joined the march?Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following conversation.Male: Now could you tell me your name, please?Female: Yes, officer, it‘s Daniels, Mrs. Jennifer Daniels.Male: And could I have your address too, please?Female: Yes, of course. It‘s 27 Springfield Road, Bristol.Male: So, could you tell me, please, exactly what you saw of the incident?Female: Yes, well, I was just coming out of the supermarket exit when all of the a sudden I heard this cry, and when I turned round to see what it was, I saw this man sort of tugging at this woman‘s handbag, and she was hitting him with her free hand, and then he pushed her and she fell to the ground. He then ran off down the street and round the corner. Male: I see. And could you describe the man for me?Female: Well, um…let me see. He was medium height, about thirtyish. I all happened so quickly it‘s hard to remember.Male: Do please try, it could be very important in helping us to catch him.Female: Oh yes, I do remember something else. He was wearing a yellow jacket-you know, a light anorak sort of thing-and jeans, blue jeans.Male: Did you notice the color of his hair by any chance?Female: Oh, dark I should say…yes, dark brown. And that‘s about all I can remember, I‘m afraid, and it was very wavy.Male: Thank you very much, Mrs. Daniels. You‘ve been very helpful.We‘ll probably be in touch.Question No. 21. Who is asking Mrs. Daniels, most probably?Question No. 22. Where did the incident take place?Question No. 23. According to Mrs. Daniels, about what age was the man involved?Question No. 24. What was the man wearing?Question No. 25. What color was the man‘s hair, as far as Mrs. Daniels could remember?Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following talk.There is a great deal of land in the United States, but there are also a great many people. Where did the people come from?The first Americans were Indians. Today there are about 900,000 American Indians. There is one part of the country with an especially large Indian population. That is the southwest.Blacks first came to America from Africa as slaves. President Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863. About eleven percent of the present American population are Blacks.The first immigrants in American history came form England and the Netherlands. Soon immigrants began to arriver from many other countries, and they are still arriving. In 1790 the new nation had fewer than four million. Today there are more than 210 million. There include people from all parts of the world.Question No. 26. What might be the best title for this passage?Question No. 27. How much is the American Indian population?Question No. 28. Who were the first people living in America?Question No. 29. What is current size of the American population?Question No. 30. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?Part C: Listening and TranslationⅠ. Sentence TranslationSentence No. 1. There was a heavy fog in New York and we were delayed there.Sentence No. 2. During our stay in China, we hope to find out if we can open a new branch here.Sentence No. 3. I hope I can meet you sometime next week; would Monday morning suit you?Sentence No. 4. The salary will be a little bit more if you have the right qualifications andexperience.Sentence No. 5. Soon after he started working, he discovered that it was far harder work than he‘d expected.Ⅱ Passage TranslationPassage 1:I arrived in the United States ten years ago, but I remember my first day there very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o‘clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold a nd it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind.Passage 2:About seven out of ten people released from prison will be put into prison again sooner or later. Some people think this simply shows that once a person becomes a criminal he will probably remain a criminal. But it could equally suggest that being in prison actually makes people more likely to commit crimes.97．9SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Sport DictationDoctors are starting to believe that laughter not only improves your state of mind, but actually affects your entire physical well-being. Britain‘s first laughte r therapist, Robert Holden says, ―Instinctively we know that laughing help us feel healthy and alive. Each time we laugh we feel better and more content.‖A French newspaper found that in 1930 the French laughed on average for nineteen minutes per day. By 1980 this had fallen to six minutes. Eight per cent of the people questioned said that they would like to laugh more. Other research suggests that children laugh on average about 400 times a day, but by the time they reach adulthood this had been reduced to about fifteen times. Somewhere in the process of growing up we lose an astonishing 385 laughs a day.William Fry, a psychiatrist from California studied the effects of laughter on the body. He got patients to watch funny films, and monitored their blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tone. He found that laughter has a similar effect to physical exercise. It speeds up the heart rate, increases blood pressure and quickens breathing. It also makes our facial and stomach muscles work. Fry thinks laughter is a type of jogging on the spot.Laughter can even provide a kind of pain relief. Fry had proved that laughter produces endorphins-chemicals in the body that relieve pain. Researchers divided forty university students into four groups. The first group listened to a funny cassette for twenty minutes. The other three groups listened to either an informative tape, or a cassette intended to relax them, or no tape at all. Researchers found that if they produce pain in the students, those who had listened to the humorous tape could tolerate the discomfort much longer. Some doctors are convinced that humour should be a part of every medical consultation, as there is evidence to suggest that laughter stimulates the immune system.Part B: Listening ComprehensionⅠ StatementsQuestion No. 1. Florence had four tickets for the concert, but she gave two to her brother.Question No. 2. There is no additional charge for the use of the pool, and towels may be rented for a nominal fee. Question No. 3. Mr. Johnson insi sted that he hadn‘t lied about his whereabouts the night of the murder.Question No. 4. Forty students came to Professor Green‘s first lecture on economics, but aftera fortnight, all but fifteen had dropped out.Question No. 5. According to the recipe, you don‘t have to cook it more than 10 minutes unless you want it well done. Question No. 6. Trash is normally collected Monday and Thursday, but this week the holiday will cause a delay. Question No. 7. There is no stronger desire than the desire to seek happiness or good health.Question No. 8. If I knew Peter‘s telephone number, I wouldn‘t have to write this letter.Question No. 9. Pre-school children usually like to play with toy cars and trucks or anything that makes noise. Question No. 10. Martin sent the telegram on Monday, but I received it only yesterday.Ⅱ Talks and ConversationsQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the following talk.One of the most deadly plants in the world is poison hemlock. This plant grows in many parts of the world. It is quite dangerous to humans; people can die if they eat it.One thing that makes poison hemlock really dangerous is that it looks like some plants that people normally eat. Hemlock belongs to the same family of plants as the carrot. The leaves of the plant look very much like parsley, and its roots look like carrots. People will die when they have made a mistake and have eaten poison hemlock when they thought that they were eating either parsley or carrots.Question No. 11. What is the topic of the talk?Question No. 12. Where is hemlock found?Question No. 13. What is true about hemlock?Question No. 14. What can happen to someone who eats hemlock?Questions 15 to 18 are based on the following conversationW: Hi, Jack.M: Hi, Wanda. Where are you rushing to?W: I‘m heading for a meeting of the ski club. It starts at three o‘clock.M: The ski club?W: Yes, the ski club. Do you want to come along?M: What does the ski club do?W: Well, you get to know other people who enjoy skiing, listen to lectures and presentations on skiing, techniques and equipment, and--best of all--plan skiing trips. Doesn‘t that sound good ?M: It does sound great, but I don‘t exactly know how to ski very well.W: That doesn‘t matter. You don‘t have to know how to ski. You just have to want to learn how to ski.M: That sounds like my kin d of club. I guess I‘ll come along with you and try it.W: We‘ve got to hurry. It‘s almost three o‘clock.Question No. 15. What time does the meeting begin?Question No. 16. What do people do at ski club meetings?Question No. 17. What problem does the man have?Question No. 18. What will the man probably do next?Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following talk.I‘m sure you all enjoyed that trip along the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. It‘s quite amazing, isn‘t it?The next stop on our tour is the Petrified Forest. This is a huge desert forest that is not exactly made of trees. You see, the trees are so old that they have fallen and have turned to stone. They look just like fallen logs, but they are no longer made of wood. Instead they are made o f beautifully colored stone, such as jasper, agate, carnelian, and onyx. It‘s unbelievable to see all of these fallen trees from a distance and then up close see that they are really stone and not wood.When we arrive at the Petrified Forest, please be sure to keep in mind that it is against the law to take any petrified wood out of the forest with you. You may think about picking up just a tiny little piece, but please don‘t do it.Question No. 19. Where have they just been?Question No. 20. Where are they heading now?Question No. 21. What has happened to the trees?Question No. 22. What does the man ask them not to do?Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following conversation.M: I was reading an article in the paper about a new type of fast-food packaging. It‘s reallygreat!W: What‘s so great about this packaging for fast food?M: What‘s great isthat the packaging is edible.W: Edible?M: That‘s right. With this new packaging, you can go to fast-food restaurant, order a burgerand fries, and then eat the wrappings that the burger and fries came in.W: So, you‘d be eating paper.M: (laughs) Oh, no. The wrappers sort of look and feel like paper, but they‘re really madefrom things like soybeans, corn and flour.W: It sounds like the wrappers might be even better for you than the fast food!Question No. 23. Where did the man learn about the new fast-food packaging?Question No. 24. What is interesting about the new fast-food packaging?Question No. 25. Which of the following is used in making the fast-food packaging?Question No. 26. What does the woman think about the new fast-food packaging?Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following talk.Today dogs are being trained in a variety of ways. One way that dogs are being trained involves ―smell.‖ For example, dogs are being trained to use their sense of smell to find missing persons, hidden drugs, or explosives such as dynamite. Dog trainers have found that almost all types of dogs have equally good senses Of smell. Even though different types of dogs have equivalent sense of smell, they are not equally good at different tasks. However, certain types of dogs are better at certain tasks because of other characteristics they have. For example, beagles are small and friendly, so they are often used at crowded airports to smell for illegal food products in luggage. German shepherds have quick reactions, so they are often used to smell for explosives such as dynamite. Golden retrievers work well in the cold, so they are often used to find people lost in the snow.Question No. 27. What is the topic of the talk?Question No. 28. What is true about the various types of dogs?Question No. 29. According to the talk, what are golden retrievers trained to find?Question No. 30. Why are German shepherds used to find explosives?Part C: Listening and TranslationI Sentence TranslationSentence No. 1. This particular wine is regarded as one of the finest in the world.Sentence No. 2. As he intended to expand his shop, he made an offer for the premises next door.Sentence No. 3. I‘m just not prepared to put up with your inefficiency any longer. You‘re fired!Sentence No. 4. At the meeting someone suggested that there should be a staff representative on the committee. Sentence No. 5. In its simplest sense the word ―advertising‖ means ―drawing attention to something‖, or notifying or informing somebody of something.Ⅱ Passage TranslationPassage 1:May I have your attention, please. The library is closing in a few minutes. Please return the reference books to the shelves they belong to. Those who want to check out reserved books for overnight use may do so now. Thank you very much for your co-operation.Passage 2:Thirty years ago, when I was a small child, my father arranged for me to spend two summer holidays at a farm in the countryside. He thought it would be good for me, and he was right. It taught me a great deal about the importance of independence. The place was so isolated that the owner‘s daughter, who must have been in her early twenties, said that she had never been away from home or seen a locomotive.98．3SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot DictationBritain is changing more rapidly than ever before in her long history. In some respects the new British society reflects general world trends. In other respects it has kept its own particular flavour. British society is evolving, that is to say, developing and suiting itself to rapidly changing conditions. Evolution rather than revolution or violent change is a special characteristic of the British way of life.This is shown in one way by how the British people vote at elections. The Conservative and Labour Parties have controlled the political scene for the last fifty years, but today neither party can any longer be sure from which class or income group its support will come. Not long ago you would have expected the working classes always to vote for the Labour Party. The word ―labour‖ means ―hard work‖—especially hard work with the hands. The Labour Party is the party which is supposed to represent the ―working man‖. You would also have expected the up per and middle classes to vote for the Conservative Party. The word conservative means ―keeping things as they are‖. The Conservative Party is supposed to be the party which represents property owners, businessmen and the self-employed. In some respects t raditional British ―class distinctions‖ are becoming less clear, and you can be less sure how people will vote. Many members of the middle class support social reform. Many ordinary working people enjoy a better standard of living and are suspicious of any change which might affect them. But the old divisions between the classes remain. Many Conservatives fear that the sovereignty of Parliament is being threatened by the Trade Unions. Many workers are afraid that the Conservative bosses are trying to keep their wages down. But class feelings have not reached a personal level yet. Middle-class and working-class men can stand together at a football match and be the best of friends.Part B: Listening ComprehensionI StatementsQuestion No. 1. These houses have been on the market since last January.Question No. 2. Alice writes novels, but her real background is in business administration.Question No. 3. If we had your phone number, we would have called you on our arrival.Question No. 4. The suitcase sells for nineteen-eighty-five and are available in three colors.Question No. 5. All the board members except the director voted for a company-wide dress code.Question No. 6. Cathy called the police as soon as she found her office had been broken into.Question No. 7. Our general manager is planning to visit a few factories when he travels to the North this summer. Question No. 8. About one-third of the sixty invited guests failed to show up at the dinner party.Question No. 9. May I have your attention, please. Flight 114 was called off due to the thunderstorm.Question No. 10. Despite a decrease in the downtown areas, the sales figure is on the up swing in the suburbs.Ⅱ Talks and ConversationsQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the following conversation.Man: Can you tell me about the university shuttle bus system? This is such a large campus, and I have classes all over campus. I need to take the shuttle bus from one class to another, or I will never make it on time. Woman: What do you need to kn ow? I think it‘s a really great system.Man: First of all, where does it go?Woman: The university shuttle bus system goes all over campus. It does not leave the campus; if want to travel off-campus, you‘ll need to take the city bus system. But the university shuttle bus system will get youfrom one class to the next, very efficiently.Man: And how much does it cost?Woman: It‘s free, can you believe it? So you don‘t have to pay a cent to get all around theuniversity campus.Man: T hat‘s really great. And how do I catch the shuttle bus?Woman: Just look for one of the bright yellow shuttle bus signs, and go stand next to it. You can see the yellow shuttle bus signs all over campus. A Shuttle bus will come alongapproximately every five minutes, so you shouldn‘t have to wait long.Man: That all sounds good. Thanks for your help.Woman: No problem.Question No. 11. What are the man and the woman discussing?Question No. 12. What area does the university shuttle bus cover?Question No. 13. How much does the shuttle bus cost?Question No. 14. What color are the shuttle bus signs?Question 15 to 18 are based on the following advertisement.You may think IBM makes only big computers. The range of products pictured here should change your mind.But more important, it‘s likely that one of them is a perfect fit for you and the work you have to do.IBM‘s portable computers bring problem--solving power to the people who need it most. Small businesses can use them to prosper today and plan for tomorrow. Large companies can use them to help a key person or department become more productive. Professional people can use them to make the most of their own special skills.IBM portable computers are easy to use and their price tags make them easy to buy. Best of all, even our smallest portable computers give you biggest benefits, i.e. IBM experience and reliability.So, when you begin sizing up portable computers, think of IBM, the International Business Machines Corporation. Obviously, we‘v e thought and will think a lot about you.Question No. 15. What is this advertisement trying to sell?Question No. 16. What does IBM produce?Question No. 17. According to the ad. , who will use IBM‘s portable computers?Question No. 18. Which of the following is the full name of IBM?Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation.Woman: Did you read this magazine article? The information in it is unbelievable.Man: What‘s the article about?Woman: It‘s about paper, specifically ab out how much paper Americans use up each year.Man: Why are you so interested in paper?Woman: It‘s not paper that I‘m interested in; it‘s trees. Because Americans use so much paper,many trees have to be cut down.Man: According to the article, how much paper do Americans use?Woman: About 50 million tons of paper a year, can you believe it?Man: That‘s probably a lot of trees, isn‘t it ?Woman: You bet it is; 850 million trees a year.Man: I can‘t believe we really need to use so much paper.Woman: Neither can I. I‘m sure we could reduce the amount of paper we use if we wanted to.Question No.19. Where did the woman learn the information?Question No 20. What is the topic of the conversation?Question No 21. Approximately how much paper do Americans use in one year?Question No 22. What does the woman want people to do?Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.Today I‘d like to discuss something new that botanists may be bringing us in the near future: plants that Produce plastic. I‘m not talking about artificial plants made from plastic. I‘m talking about living, growing plants that produce a plastic-like substance.The natural plastic from these plants has at least one major advantage over the artificial plastic that is so common today. This new plastic from plants biodegrades quickly, which means that it is much better for the environment. Today‘s artificial plastic biodegrades very slowly. When people finish with plastic products and throw them away, the plastic remains intact for years. These unused plastic products are covering the Earth and causing quite a problem. Perhaps the new, natural plastics from plants can help to solve that problem.Question No. 23. What type of plant is the woman discussing?Question No. 24. What is the major advantage of the new natural plastic?Question No. 25. What is the problem with today‘s artificial plastic?Question No. 26. This lecture might be given in which course?Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following talk.The public schools are famous private schools. The oldest of the public schools were founded to give free education to clever boys whose parents could not afford to educate them privately. They were under ―public‖ management or control. But today these schools, and similar ones founded within the past 120 years, are mostly boarding schools. The pupils live as well as study there. Some public schools also take day-pupils. Normally pupils are admitted by examination. Since state schools do not prepare children for this, parents who wish to send their children to a public school often send them first to a preparatory school. Preparatory schools are small, private primary schools which prepare children for the public school examination.Public schools have produ ced many of Britain‘s most famous and distinguished men and women and many parents are still ready to make great sacrifices to send their children there. More pupils come from Britain‘s upper classes or wealthy families. Recently, however, there has been a great deal of argument about the future of all private schools.。