07-12年英语专业八级考试，口译考试试题
07年
Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic.
Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event. Y ou will have four minutes for preparation. The time limit for your comment is three minutes.
Low Salaries for College Graduates
In recent years, with competition in the job market getting more and more intense, college students’ graduates are lowering their salary expectations in order to gain employment opportunities. Statistics show that one third of graduates are willing to accept a salary of about 1000 yuan RMB per month if they can not find better jobs while two-thirds are not. Do you think college graduates should take low-paying jobs when satisfactory jobs are not available？Why or Why not?
08年
Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic.
Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event. Y ou will have four minutes for preparation. The time limit for your comment is three minutes.
The "Car Free Day" Campaign in China
Every September 22 is a "Car Free Day" in many countries around the world. Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, pioneered China's first "Car Free Day" on October 14, 2000. So far, over 100 Chinese cities have responded positively to the "Car Free Day" idea. Residents of these cities are urged to take public transport, ride bikes or walk instead of using their cars. Do you think this "Car Free Day" campaign is meaningful?
09年
Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic.
Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event. Y ou will have four minutes for preparation. The time limit for your comment is three minutes.
Should the week-long labor day holiday be resumed?
Since 1999, Chinese people have enjoyed three week-long holidays (or so-called “golden weeks”): the lunar new year, the labor day, and the national day holiday. However, in 2008, the government shortened the labor day golden week to a three-day holiday and added three new holidays to celebrate the Qingming, Duanwu, and Autumn Festivals. Recently, there have been calls for resuming the week-long labor day holiday. Do you think the labor day golden week should be resumed?
10年
Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic.
Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event. Y ou will have four minutes for preparation. The time limit for your comment is three minutes.
Talent Show Fever in China
From Super Girl to Happy Boys, from My Hero to China’s Got Talent, talent shows are getting increasingly popular among China’s national and local TV programs. These shows feature ordinary Chinese—schoolteachers to housewives, teenagers to senior citizens—and showcase their talents in singing, dancing, doing magic or imitating celebrities, and some of them can become stars overnight. However, the talent shows are also considered vulgar and as having negative influence on society. Some people even suggest that they should be banned or at least be discouraged. What is your opinion? Why?
12年
Task Three: Making a comment on a given topic.
Directions: Please read the following passage carefully and then express your views on the given event. Y ou will have four minutes for preparation. The time limit for your comment is three minutes.
The future of Nuclear Power
Since the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011, the safety of nuclear power plants and the development of nuclear energy have raised global concerns. Opposition to atomic reactor constructor construction has mounted throughout the world. Switzerland froze plans to build new nuclear plants. Germany raised questions about it nuclear future. Y et some people insist the development of the global nuclear power industry should not be slowed despite its safety risks. Do you agree? Why?。