2000.3上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试参考答案:SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Spot Dictation1. a great deal2. eventually count3. mountain area expeditions4. fascinating aspects5. part of our heritage6. exploration7. to the full 8. without realizing it9. physical benefits 10. has expanded11. isolated classroom 12. outdoor activities13. walking 14. daily basis15. can be easily measured 16. opportunities for success17. young students 18. real achievement19. self-respect 20. more formal educationPart B: Listening Comprehension1—5 D A D B C 6—10 C D C A A11—15 C B C A D 16—20 D A C C B21—25 C D C D C 26—30 B B C C DPart C: Listening and TranslationⅠ. Sentence Translation1. 在香港，有一个地方你是一定要去的。
那是孩子们的必到之处。
去那里，他们一定会感到高兴。
2. 考虑到我们现在具备的良好的财政和政治上的支持以及投资环境，我想我们应该开始这个项目。
3. 在这个国家大约有150万人在旅游部门供职，每年旅游业为国家经济创收三亿元。
4. 彼得·布朗在公司里已经做了五年多的助理经理。
未能得到提升对他是个沉重的打击。
5. 你能从这一类的定期存款中获取5％的利息，那要高出平均利率。
但如果你提前支取就会有处罚。
Ⅱ. Passage Translation1. 在乡村生活的问题是那里太安静了。
要干的活儿不够多，而且公共汽车太少，你如果没有私车，晚上就很难进城。
商店和服务行业也太远。
在下雨时，有些路过于泥泞，无法走路。
昨天，雨下得那么大，以至于我仅仅在下班走回这一段路，膝盖以下都沾满了泥。
2. 关于自杀的一个错误概念，是认为自杀的大都是老年人或行将就木者。
事实是50岁以下的人更容易自杀。
自杀的原因通常是由于严重压抑或者无法处理个人学习和生涯中的失败。
因压抑或失败而自杀，现在已经是15至25岁的人群中第三大死亡原因，也是大学生中第二大死亡原因。
SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS1—5 C B B D C 6—10 A D A C D11—15 A C C C A 16—20 A A A C D21—25 B C A D D 26—30 C D B D CSECTION 3: TRANSLATION (1)信息和交流对现代社会和机构是非常重要的。
了解工作环境的一个方法是把一个机构看作一个交流系统。
如果一个机构有着公开的交流渠道，内部上下沟通，信息真实可靠，那么它就是颇有工作效能的，在这里工作比在一个企图限制信息交流或进行歪曲和欺骗的机构中工作要好得多。
领导如果什么事情都不对员工讲，员工就会对领导不信任。
这就破坏了他们的合作。
懂得公开真诚的交流和可靠信息的价值和重要性是不难的。
然而，只有极少数的机构可以做到这点。
从长远来看，交流不好，会破坏整个机构。
限制沟通和曲解信息是短期行为的思路。
我们必须避免这些愚昧、短视的陷阱，不断地努力营造一个以客观信息为基础的沟通体系。
SECTION 4: TRANSLATION (2)The Chinese people have been a freedom-and-peace-loving nation. They have always hoped for the world to be at peace and the peoples of various countries to co-exist peacefully. Having suffered from wars and foreign aggression in modern times, the Chinese people treasure freedom and peace all the more. Every nation needs a peaceful and stable international and domestic environment for its construction and development. The freedom of a country or nation is the prerequisite and base of the freedom of any individual.We hope that all nations can live in a world free from war and violence and that people from all parts of the world can enjoy freedom without oppression, discrimination, bullying and humiliation.听力测试题录音文字稿:SECTION 1: LISTENING TESTPart A: Sport DictationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your answer booklet. Remember you will hear the passage only once. Now let’s begin Part A with Spot Dictation.Experience is the great teacher. A student needs to be well versed in the theory. In otherwords, he can learn a great deal from books, but it is the experience of the situations and the application of this knowledge that will eventually count. With this in mind, many schools nowadays have incorporated into their curricula activities of outdoor education, such as field trips, camping holidays and mountain area expeditions. To our students from large cities, the countryside has two fascinating aspects: one is the vast wealth of wild life, historical relics and scenic grandeur that is part of our heritage; the other is the pure joy of physical exhilaration which is part and parcel of every trek or exploration. If we fail to exploit both to the full, we are the losers. While enjoying the former, we have moved into the realms of the latter without realising it. There should be no doubt about the very real physical benefits to be gained by participating in out-door activities. Although physical education in schools has expanded considerably, the general picture is still of isolated classroom periods dotted here and there throughout the academic year. In the wider field of outdoor activities, however, the physical effort, even though it may only involve walking, continues over long periods and often on a daily basis for several days on end. The physical improvement is very obvious and can easily be measured after as short a time as, say, ten days.The wide range of outdoor activities increases the opportunities for success. And there are many instances in which young students have tasted the lasting satisfaction of their first real achievement, often under testing situations. This is a basic essential and breeds self-respect as well as respect for others. Furthermore, it often produces an air of self-confidence which more formal education may well have damaged in some students.Part B: Listening ComprehensionⅠ. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONL Y 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.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the following interview in a sport programme. (Woman) Mr. Deluca, you’ve been a racing-driver for nearly 10 years. You’ve had a very dangerous life, haven’t you? I mean, you’ve almost been killed a couple of timesduring these years, haven’t you?(Man) Yes, I suppose that’s right.(Woman) When was your worst accident?(Man) I’d say last year. It was during the British Grand Prix last September. In the the middle of the race I smashed into a wall. The car was completely ruined and my leftleg was broken. Luckily, nobody was killed.(Woman) Is that the only time you’ve been… er… close to death?(Man) No. Once, during the Mexican Grand Prix, two cars in front of me had a bad accident. One of them ran into the other. I swerved to avoid them and hit a fence.My car was badly damaged but luckily I wasn’t ev en hurt.(Woman) You must enjoy danger. I mean, you wouldn’t be a racing-driver if you didn’t, would you?(Man) I don’t know about that. I had a very frightening experience quite recently. I was frightened to death! I thought I was going to be killed at any moment. (Woman) Really? When was that? During your last race?(Man) No. It was on my way to this studio. I had to drive through London streets during the lunch hour. There were so many cars all around me and they are so close to eachother.Question No.19. Why does the woman say that the man has led a dangerous life?Question No.20. According to the man, when was his worst accident?Question No.21. What happened during the Mexican Grand Prix?Question No.22. What frightening experience did the man have quite recently?Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following interview.(Woman) Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of “Consumers’ Rights”. Today we’ve brought you out of the city center and into Mr. Nick Marshfield’s office whichoverlooks the Armlay International Airport. Mr. Nick Marshfield is the assistantmanager of the Atlantic Airlines. And he is going to tell us something about thechanges, if any, taking place in our airline companies. Nick?(Man) Hello. A few months ago four airline companies decided to create what you could call a third-class section by separating their discount passengers and giving themless service than the regular full-fare fliers.(Woman) I should think that would make things more complicated for the crew, with another group of passengers to take care of.(Man) Well, the plan turned out to be rather unpopular with some people anyway. One airline has completely dropped the idea after using it for about a month, saying“nobody liked it”. Another company doesn’t know whethe r it will go on with it ornot. Two other companies say they will continue the service only on their overseasflights. One thing about it—it’s competition. The airline companies have been freedfrom federal government, and can now make their policies to please the customers. Isuppose there is some advantage for the regular flight passengers because under thisplan they get better service than the discount passengers. At any rate, the good partabout it is that the customers will be the ones to decide what they want rather thanthe federal government. If the airline companies get more customers with thethree-class system they may let it stay that way. If flights with only two classes aremore popular overall, that is the way it will turn out.Question No.23. Initially, how many passenger classes were approved by the federal government?Question No.24. What does the man tell us about the new plan being tried out by the airlinecompanies?Question No.25. How did the airline companies respond to the new idea?Question No.26. Who would be expected to benefit most from the new plan?Questions 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation.(Man) Do you know what day it is tomorrow?(Woman) Yes, it’s Wednesday, the eleventh of March. Why? What’s special a bout that? (Man) The eleventh of March. It’s my anniversary. I will have been here for two years tomorrow.(Woman) Really? It can’t have been that long! It seems like just a couple of weeks ago. (Man) I must have seemed like a green kid when I walked in that door.(Woman) It was your first job, wasn’t it?(Man) My first job, and the only job I’ve ever had.(Woman) But you’ve been promoted and transferred. You’ve done pretty well, I think. (Man) Yes, I suppose I have, but I should have kept on in night school. I should have gone ahead and taken some courses in Business Administration.(Woman) Are you thinking about going back and doing it now?(Man) I may. The work in the accounting department is getting to be pretty routine. And I feel that I ca n do with some change. Don’t you ever feel that way about your job? (woman) All the traveling I do keeps it interesting. I get to see a lot of different places. (Man) You must have visited just about every big city in the country.(Woman) Most of them, and quite a few in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean too. (Man) While I just stay in the same old office day after day.(Woman) You do sound restless! You’d really better look into the business administration course.(Man) Yes, I guess I should. I’l l talk with Joyce and see what she has to say bout it. (Woman) You mean Joyce Carter, the Accounting Manager? I’m sure she’d encourage you to go ahead.(Man) I was so afraid of her when I first walked in. And now I just think of her as a friend.I wonder what the next two years are going to bring.Question No.27. When is the conversation taking place?Question No.28. How long will the man have worked there by the eleventh of March? Question No.29. According to the woman, why does she find her job interesting?Question No.30. Why does the man want to take the business administration course?Part C: Listening and TranslationⅠ. Sentence TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONL Y ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Now let’s begin SentenceTranslation with Sentence No. 1.Sentence No.1. There’s one other place you shouldn’t miss while you are in Hong Kong. It’s an absolute must for the kids. They would certainly enjoy going there. Sentence No.2. Considering the favourable financial and political support and investment environment we now have, I think we ought to go ahead with the project. Sentence No.3. In this country, about 1.5 million people are employed in tourism, and every year the tourist industry contributes 300 million dollars to the nationaleconomy.Sentence No.4. His failure to get the promotion was a real blow to Peter Brown, who had been an assistant manager in the company for more than five years.Sentence No.5. You’ll earn a 5 percent interest on this type of deposit account, which is higher than the average interest rate, but there’ll be a penalty for early withdra wal.Ⅱ. Passage TranslationDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages. You will hear the passages ONL Y ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOLLET. You may take notes while you are listening. Now, let’s begin Passage Translation with the first passage.Passage 1The trouble with living in the country is that it’s much too quiet. There aren’t enough things to do, and there are so few buses that you cannot get into town easily in the evening if you haven’t got a car. Shops and services are not near enough, either. And when it rains, some of the roads get too muddy to walk on. Yesterday it rained so much that I got covered in mud up to my knees just walking home from work.Passage 2A common misconception about suicide is that most people who take their own lives are old and near death. The truth is that those under 50 are more likely to commit suicide than those over 50. Suicide, or taking on e’s own life, usually results from severe depression or inability to cope with failure in one’s study and career. It is now the third leading cause of death among young people between age 15 and 25, and it is the second leading cause of death among university and college students.。