2023年上海市英语中级口译笔试与答案.doc

2023.9
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试

SECTION 1： LISTENING TEST （40 minutes）
Part A: Spot Dictation
Directions: 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.
It is common knowledge that computers can also produce something stupid, as some (1) put it, GIGO, or ’garbage in, garbage out’. This means that if inaccurate information is
(2) a computer, the machine will produce the wrong information (3).
The reason for this is that computers cannot think (4). For example, imagine that a computer is given the information that (5) has hour legs and that a dog has four legs. The machine might well (6) when producing a list of suggested living-room and dining-room furniture.
But today, groups of (7) in the United States, Japan and Europe (8) a new type of computer. These new models will be incapable of making such (9).
Instead of being programmed with lots of unrelated (10), the new computers will contain knowledge of subjects that are (11). The machines will then
(12) items of information, and will be able to reject conclusions that do not (13).
These new computers will already know that dogs are animals that (14), bark, wag their tails and chase other animals. By (15) with features of living-room and dining-room furniture, the computer will conclude that a dog is an (16).
Even a present-day computer could (17) if given enough information and enough time. But it has to consider (18) one at a time before selecting the best. This means that it would (19) for even the most powerful computer to reach a (20).

Part B: Listening Comprehension
Ⅰ. Statements
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY 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.
1. (A) Michelle wanted to work in London.
(B) Michelle quitted his job in London.
(C) Michelle asked for a vacation in London.
(D) Michelle transferred his money to the London branch.
2. (A) Doctor Carter avoids the company of others whenever possible.
(B) Doctor Carter is too busy to have a cup of coffee.
(C) Doctor Carter is a quite sociable person.
(D) Doctor Carter is a lonely man, according to his colleagues.
3. (A) Tom checked his embarrassment.
(B) Tom bounced the ball against the telephone box.
(C) Tom felt embarrassed when he was asked to have a physical check.
(D) Tom was embarrassed when his check was returned as worthless.
4. (A) We couldn’t have opened five supermarkets there.
(B) To think that we have opened only five supermarkets there.
(C) We thought that you wanted to open five supermarkets there.
(D) We didn’t think that five supermarkets there were quite enough.
5. (A) Mrs. Green had to rush to the airport to meet the CEO from Chicago.
(B) Mrs. Green refused to attend the opening ceremony in Chicago last Tuesday.
(C) Mrs. Green was scheduled to see someone from Chicago last Tuesday.
(D) Mrs. Green didn’t accept the CEO’s invitation to work in Chicago at last.
6. (A) I’ve never been a cooperative person. (B) I’m very ready to cooperate now.
(C) I’ll be a corporate executive. (D) I never want to be an operator.
7. (A) The general manager asked them to account for the lying of important documents.
(B) The general manager refused to read those accounting papers.
(C) The documents are so important that they should be kept in safer places.
(D) It is important that the accountant lock his office before leaving for home.
8. (A) Every year, the city authorities propose to improve the road conditions on the highway.
(B) There have been arguments about the proposed highway extension for a long time.
(C) The environmental protection groups are quite satisfied with the proposed highway
extension.
(D) Both the administration and the environmentalists are against the building of a new
highway.
9. (A) Good management seldom gets better work from employees.
(B) Good management can make average employees work better.
(C) Average employees can do excellent work under any circumstances.
(D) Average employees cannot do excellent work, despite good management.
10. (A) No more visitors can be allowed in the exhibition hall.
(B) The exhibition hall can hold slightly over 250 visitors.
(C) Five hundred visitors wanted to see the Auto Show.
(D) More than one thousand visitors saw the Auto Show.

Ⅱ. Talks and Conversations
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choice and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 11~14
11. (A) She is out of job. (B) She feels very tired.
(C) She has a broken (D) She has a cold.
12. (A) Traveling around the country (B) Training hard for a competition
(C) Working on a research project (D) Writhing research paper on boxing
13. (A) Stay in bed and get some sleep
(B) Return the books and post the letters
(C) Have a glass of water before going outside.
(D) Write a letter of complaint about the air-conditioner
14. (A) Because she has to write a report.
(B) Because she has just returned from abroad.
(C) Because she wants something to read.
(D) Because she needs to find a new job.

Questions 15~18
15. (A)US census officials (B) Government employees
(C) People who live in the city (D) Lawyers who work for the Church
16. (A) London and Westminster (B) London and Birmingham
(C) London and St Asaph (D) London and St Paul’s
17. (A) It has a cathedral. (B) It has a population of 4000.
(C) It has a large population. (D) It has a city hall.
18. (A) Britain (B) USA
(C) India (D) Japan

Questions 19~22
19. (A) She’s got married. (B) She’s graduated from high school.
(C) She’s spent her holiday (D) She’s moved to West Virginia.
20. (A) She would have stayed in her hometown for the rest of her life.
(B) She would have made a grave mistake in her life career.
(C) She would have happy to come to the city to look for a job.
(D) She would become a secretary to someone in her village.
21. (A) She had left the place in which she was born.
(B) She has not been given much job opportunity in the city.
(C) She has so far no promotion or transfer.
(D) She cannot avoid making mistakes in her routine work.
22. (A) Her boyfriend. (B) Her colleague.
(C) Her assistant. (D) Her former schoolmate.

Questions 23~26
23. (A) Keeping warm and dry (B) Drinking a lot of liquid
(C) Living close to the hospital (D) Kissing the nose of an animal
24. (A) Men who live in windy areas
(B) Women who volunteered to stay outside
(C) Travelers who take showers
(D) People who are under stress
25. (A) Because cold viruses can endure adverse climates.
(B) Because winters are wet and cold.
(C) Because people tend to stay more time indoors.
(D) Because the disease may be caused by contaminated foods.
26. (A) Men are more likely to suffer from colds.
(B) No effective medicine has been found to cure colds.
(C) In the winter, people should try to stay outdoors.
(D) One could avoid catching colds by taking a hot bath every day.

Questions 27~30
27. (A) None (B) Thirteen
(C) Fourteen (D) Fifteen
28. (A) The housewife (B) The elder sisters
(C) The servants (D) The nannies
29. (A) They had to bring up their families.
(B) They had no choice in selecting a spouse.
(C) They had to work hard to support their families.
(D)They had no chance to receive higher education.
30. (A) A woman was financially dependent on her future husband.
(B) A man had to ask a girl’s father for permission to marry her.
(C) A woman should be ready to give up her job for the marriage.
(D) A man should arrange a marriage ceremony in his father’s house.

Part C: Listening and Translation
Ⅰ. Sentence Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Ⅱ. Passage Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you hear 2 passages. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.
(1)

(2)

SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (50 minutes)
Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B),(C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 1~5
In some rural agricultural societies, the collection of available fuel such as firewood, dung cake, and agricultural waste can take 200 to 300 person-days per year. As well as being time consuming, the typical patterns of collection lead to deforestation, soil erosion, and ecological imbalances. In the future, experts predict that even if food supplies are adequate for rural populations, fuel supplies for domestic use may not be.
In the light of such considerations, a team in India has developed a solar oven for home use. The oven is cheaply constructed, easily operated, and extremely energy efficient. The device consists of an inner and outer metal box, a top cover, and two panes of plain glass. The inner box is painted black to absorb maximum solar radiation. The space between the two boxes is filled with an insulating material, such as rice husks, which are easily available and which, because of their high silicon content, neither attract insects nor rot easily. Other easily available materials for insulation are ground nutshells or coconut shells. An adjustable mirror mounted on one side of the oven box reflects the sunlight into the interior, boosting the temperatures by 15-30 degrees Celsius. This is most useful during the winter when the sun is lower. Inside the oven, a temperature between 80 and 120 degrees Celsius above ambient temperature can be maintained. This is sufficient to cook food gradually but surely. Trials have shown that all typical food dishes can be prepared in this solar device without loss of taste or nutrition.
1.This passage is mainly about .
(A) deforestation in the rural agricultural societies
(B) use of rice husks as an insulation material
(C) design and use of a solar oven
(D) maintenance of temperature in a solar oven
2. All of the following are mentioned as sources of energy of rural agricultural societies EXCEPT .
(A) firewood (B) dung cake
(C) solar power (D) agricultural waste
3.The word “domestic”(paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to .
(A) industrial (B) agricultural
(C) natural (D) household
4. According to the passage, the use of an adjustable mirror increases the oven temperature by .
(A) 80-120 degrees Celsius (B) at least 80 degrees Celsius
(C) up to 30 degrees Celsius (D) up to 15 degrees Celsius
5.According to the passage, the adjustable mirror is most useful .
(A) at midday (B) when it is cold
(C) When firewood is lacking (D) in improving taste and nutrition

Questions 6~10
There must be few questions on which responsible opinion is so utterly divided as on that of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can leave body to regulate these matters for itself. “The