3月中级口译考试笔试真题及听力原文及答案.docx

201 4年3月中级口译笔试考试真题SECTION GLISTENING TEST (45 minu t es)Part A： Spot Di c ta t ionD i r e c t ions: In this par t o f the t e st, y o u will hear a p ass a ge a nd r ead the same p a s s a ge with b tanks in it. Fill in ea c h o f t he b tanks with the w o rd o r w o rds you h a ve hear don the t ape. Writ e y our a n sw e r i n t h e co r respo n ding space i n y our ANS WER B O OKLET. Rem e mb e r you will he a r the pa s sage ONLY ONCE.G o od aft e r n o o n, f oiks. To d ay's topic is "T r y Jogg i n g for Fitnes s When we run for f i t n es s , exercis e , a n d p 1 eas u re, i t is c ommonl y called jo g ging. Joggi n g (1) i n re c e n t y ears. The p opu 1 arity of joggi n g today stems f r om (2) First, jog ging i s on e of the mo s t ef f i c ient f o rms o f exerc i se. As a ru 1 e, a p e r so n jog g ing (3) more ca 1 or i es p e r minute than i n mos t other sports. Running, like b iking, swimming a n d (4), is a n aerobi c e x e rcise. Su c h an e x er ciseus es a g reat d eal of oxygen. I n addit i on, i t in c reases_(5).Aerob i c e xer c is es tr en g t h enstheheart m uscle so t h at i t (6).T hiskind o f exe r cise is a 1 s ooneof t he bestways toi m prov e our g enera1health a n d (7) o f o ur lu ngs . Jog g i n gis als opop u 1 ar b e ca usea 1mos t e v ery one of us(8).Jo g g i ngisa n acti vi t y th a t doesn'trequi re(9 ) or spe c i a 1 coordination. J og g ing is (10). Finally, it can be d o ne al o ne, with a n o th e r person, or in a group.For a ny o ne w ho ru n s mor e t han (11) a w eek, i t i s im p o rtan t t o ha v e good r unning s hoes. Tennis s ho e s or sneakers won't do. Running produces stre s s th a t is (12) t han t he s t r e ss o f w alking. W ith this added str e s s t o (1 3 ), w e need good shoe s . The s h oes shoul d be r e p 1 a ced wh e n they (14) or wo r n u nevenl y . Co 1 d weat her p ose s few problems for u sjogg e rs. Th e main h a z ard i n(15) iss lippin g on ic e orsnow. The r eisno da nge r o f free z in g ou rlungs, be c a us e o ur b o dy( 16) bef oreitreach e s ou r lungs. I n win t er we should b e sure t o (17) a n d k e ep our feet a s d ry and warm as possi b le. It's be s tto w e a r (1 8 ).In su m mer, wemus t be care f ul n o t to dry out.So it isim p o r tant fb r usto ( 1 9) onhot, hum i d day s . T h e best summ e r wear i s 1 oose f i tting an d (20).Part B： Lis t enin g Comprehension1 Stateme n t sDir e c tio n s: I n thi s par t of the t e s t, y o u w i 1 1 he a r seve r a 1 s hort stateme n ts. Th e se stateme n ts wil 1 be s poke n ONL Y ONC E , and y o u w i 11 not f in d them wr i tt e n o n the pape r ; so y o u mu s t list e n car e full y . When y d k no w that when w e ignore red 1 i ghts to ge t ahead o f t h e traffic, or g e t too close to trucks o r buse s becau s e we f e el i t's our righ t to be there, t h en we a re mak i n g a mist a ke even d um b er than E mma W a y's t w e et. In the wa r o f t h e cycl i st vs. t h e dr i v er, the drive r wil 1 n e arly always come o ut al i ve. Less s o the eye 1 i st.6. Ac c ord i ng to t he passa g e, who ha d been cyberbull i ed a n d had re c e i v ed mal i cious c ommuni c ations?(A) Toby Hock 1 ey.(B) Bo r is Jo h ns o n.(C) E mma Way.(D) A eye ling commissi o ner.7. Whi c h o f t he fb 1 1 o wing st a t e m e nts is NOT true i n t he conflict be t wee n cy c lists and drivers?(A) London s e emed like a part i c ula r ly da n gerous place for t h e c y clists.(B) 1 4 eye 1 is t s were killed in le s s than t wo we e ks in Lond o n .(C) The d e a ths o f cycl i s t s s parked a b ou t o f p u blic recrimination. (D) P e opl e are d ying in thi s conflict b e t w een c y clists a nd d r ivers.8. London's Mayor has e stabl i s h ed a $1.6 bi 1 lio n f und .(A) t o encoura g e citi z en s to c y cle to work(B) to bu i 1 d mor e b i ke lan e s in London(C) t o lessen the i mpac t on th e e nvironment(D) to make c y c 1 ing s a f e r in Lond o n9. Accordin g t o the p a ss a ge, a ra s h o f a c cid e nts in v ol v i n g c a rs h a s mad e L ondon's b i eye 1 i st s .(A) outraged(B) a larmed(C) caut i o u s(D) cybe r b u Hied10. Wh a t wo u Id be th e best ti t le for t his pass a ge?(A) Cycl e ra t her than Dr i ve t o Work(B) Watch yo u r Cyc 1 in g Man ners(C) Peda 1 at Yo u r Own Peril(D) Les s e n the Impa c t on Traffi c【参考答案】6 . C 7.B 8.D 9 . A 10.CQue s t ions 1 1 1 5Ed u c a tors h a ve known f o r 30 y e ars t h at stude n t s p e rfbnn b e t t e r when given o n e on-one tut o ri n g and mastery learn ing - w o rking o n a subjec t until it is ma s t e r ed, not just unt i 1 a t e st is sch e dul e d . Succ ess als o re q u i res mot i vat i o n, w h eth e r f r om an inner drive o r from paren t s, me n t o rs o r pee r s.Will the rise of ma s s iv e op e n o n 1 i n e courses (M 0 OCs) qu a sh these s u cce s s fa c tor s ? Not at a 11. I n fact, d i g ital tools offer ou r best path t o c os t-effect i ve, personalized learn ing. I kn o w b e c a use I h a v e t a ugh t b oth ways. For year s S ebas t ian T hr u n and I ha v e given arti f i cial-i n t e lligence cours e s a t S t a nfbr d Universi t y and o t h e r s c h o ols; w e lectured, a s sign e d h o mework and gave e v eryone the same e xam a t the same tim e . Ea c h s e m e ste r just 5 t o 1 0 p ercent of students regularly engag e d in dee p di s c ussio n s i n class or o f fice h ou r s; the rest we r e more pas s ive. W e felt ther e h a d t o b e a better way.S o, in thefall of 2011,we t r i eds o meth i ng new. In add i tio ntoour tra d i tionalc 1 a ssroom,we ere a t e da f r ee onl i ne co u r s eopen t o anyon e. On o urf i rst t r y , we a ttracteda city'sw ort h of p a rticipa nts 一 abou t 1 0 0 ,000e n gaged wi t ht he course,and 23,00 0 fin i shed.Insp i re d by N ob e 1 laure a te Her b e r t Simo c o mment that “lear n ing r esults from wh a 11 h e s t u d e nt d oes and t h ink s and o n 1 y from what th e s t u d e nt doe s and thinks J w e crea t eda c ourse ce n t e red on t h e s tuden t s d o i n g thing s and getting f r eque n t fee d b ack. Our " 1 ec t u r es”were short (tw o - t o si x -mi n ute) videos d e s i g ne d t o prim e t he attendee s f or doi n g the n e xt ex e rcise. Some pro blems r equired the a p p 1 ic a tio n of ma t h e mat i ca 1te c h niques described in the vi d e os . Ot he rswe r eo pe n -ended qu e s ti o ns t hat gave students a chance to th in k on t heiro wnand then t o h a sh o u t ideas in onli n e d is cu s s i o n forums.Our scheme to help m a ke leami n g h a p p enac t ively, r ath e r thanpassivey, crea ted many b ene f it s a k i n t o tut oring andhe 1ped t oinc reasemotivation. F irs t , as sho w nin a 2 0 13 studyi n the P rocee d in gs ofthe N ati o na 1 Aca d emy of S c i encesUSA, frequenti nteraction s ke e patte n tion f rom wander i ng. Seco n d, a s Will i amB. W o od and Kim b erlyD.Tan ne rdescribe in a 2012 Life Sci e n ce s Educati o n p a pe r 5 1 e a rn i n g i s e nha n ced w hen st u d e n ts wor k t o const r u c t thei r own e x plana t ions, rathe r t h a n passi v ely liste n ing to t he t ea c h er's. T h at is why a p rope r 1 y d esigne d a u tom a t e d i n t e 1 1 i g e nt tutor ing system can foster 1 e ar n i n g out c o mes as we 1 1 as h u man instr u c t o r s can, a s Ku r t va n L ehn fb u nd in a 2011 meta -analy s is in Ed u ca t io n a 1 Psycholo g is t .A fina 1 key adva n tage was the ra p i d imp r o v ement of t he cou r se it s elf. We ana 1 y ze d thejun ctu res w h ere our thou s a nd s o f students s uccee d ed o r fa i 1 e d and f ound w h e re our c ourse n e ede d fine tu n i n g . Be t ter still, w e could captu r e this in f o r m at i on o n an hou r-by-hourbas i s. Fo rour class, h uman te a c h e rs analy z ed the data, but an artif i c i a 1 i ntell i gence s y s t em could perfbr m t h is fu n ction and t hen ma k e r ecommenda t ions f or w h at a pupil c o ul dtry next to i mpr o ve 一a s onl i ne s hoppi n g s i t e s t o d ay make a u t oma ted rec o mmenda tion sfb rw h at boo k o r mo v ie yo u mig h t en j oy. Onl ine lear n i n g is atool,ju st a s th etextb o ok i s a tool. The wa y the t e a c h e rand t h e stud e nt us e theto ol is whatre a 11 y counts.11. Wh a t do e s the passage main 1 y d i sc u ss?(A) D iff e r ent so u rces of motiva t i o n fd r st u de n t s9 succe s s.(B) E ffc c t i v e o n e- o n- o ne tuto r ing and mast e r y le a r n i ng.(C) Pers onalized mass i ve o p en o n line c o u r ses fo r studen t s.(D) C onsid e r abl e im p r o v em e nt of the c o 1 lege courses.12. The word Cq u a s h ( par a . 2) i s c lo s est i n meaning t o.(A) int e nsify(B) i nspire(C) c a n ce 1 (D) disc ount1 3. When t he au t ho r and h is colleag u e o ffered the i r f irst on 1 ine c ourse ；.(A) i t at t r a ct e d about 100, 0 00 city residen t s to s tud y(B) i t created a c limate o f p a s s i v ity for introverted stud ents(C) it wa s d e s i g n ed f or b ot h studen tsandworking adults(D) it was a tte n ded by a gre a t n u mber of stu d ents1 4. T he "le c t ur e s" i n the MOOCs are meant fd rt he st u d e ntst o _.(A) do a nd th i nk a c tively on th e ir ow n(B) m a ke u p fd r what they mi s s i n c 1 assro o ms(C) g e t f requ e nt fee d b ackfrom men t or s and p ee r s(D) focus on what they no e d most15. O n e way onl i n e co u r s e s a r e s im i 1 a r t o o n li n e shopping sit e s i s that _.(A) t hey mak e re c omm e ndatio n s for what u s ers do next(B) t hey f u n c tion autom a tically for t ho u sands o f you n g stu d en t s(C) t h ey a re a boon t o computer s a v vy stud e nts and sho p p ers(D) they u p date th e i r con t ents on a n hou r by-hour b asis【参考答案】1 1 .C 12. C 1 3 . D 14. A 15.A Q uest i o ns 1 6 20M o st pe o pl e h a ve s een b allies i n action, making life mi s era b le f o r oth e rs. Their t arg e ts o f ten escape the in t imid a t i o n relat i v e 1 y unh a rme d , butsometime si t is t oo mu c h to bear.Tha t c a n be true whether thevictim is a 12- y ea r -old g i rl o r a 136 k ilogram America nf oo t ball player.A membe r o f the Miami Dolphin s lef t t h e N ational Foot ball L e a g u e teamrece n tly bee a u se h e wasr e pea t e d 1y i n s u 1 ted a n dthre atened by at eamm a te, Richie I ncogni to . Many fan swe r e di s gus ted bydeta i Is of In c ogn i to* s ex p le t i ve fi 1 1 e d v o ic e mai 1 and tex t mess a ge s , w h ile others d efen d e d h is beh a v i or a s a n at u ral pa r t o f a rough-an d - t u mble s p ort.Some p eople a re astonished t ha t Jo n athan Ma r tin, who is 1.9 5 met e rst a 11, " c ould actually b e emoti o nal 1y dam a ge dby t a u nts from a tea m m at e, “ th e co 1 umnis t Timothy E gan wr o ter ec e n tl y in TheTim e s.“Can you p o s s ibly hurt a hulk w ith words? ” Based on hi s own experien cep layi n g fbotbal 1 in hi gh school,Mr . Ega n a r gues t h atyou can. He was smal 1 e r tha n the othe rguys andhad a bi g , u n ruly hea dof h air tha t m ade him stand out. His teammate s taunted h i m. “Did it hur t ? Y e s it did, “ he w r ote. “I knew very well what i t f el t li k e t o g i ve so mu c h t o a g ame and have p e o p le who w e re p a r t o f i t9 his t e amm a t es, hurt him. ”B u 1 lie s ar e n 9t a 1 1 men. The Time s rep orted recentl y that scien t ists had made big st r idesin unde r standinga ggress i o n b y young women. “T h e e xi ste nc e of f ema1e competition mayseem o bvi o u s to a n yon e whohasbeeni n a high sc h oolcaf e teria o r sing 1e s b a r,Jo h n T i e mey wrote, "but an a1yzi n g i t ha sbeen d iff i c ultbecause it t e n ds to b e m o re s u b t le a n din d irect (an d a 1 ot 1 e s s vio 1 ent) than the ma 1 e variety.Researchers f o un d that w o me n were mo r e lik e ly to ma k e mea n c om m en t s abou t o ther women if they saw t hem as com p etiti o n f or ma 1 e a ttentio n . I n an ex p eri m en t , a group of f e male college s t udents r e a ct e d ne g atively w h en a w om a n wearing a low-cu t blouse and a sh o r t ski r t e n tered t he room,whi let hey b arc 1y n o ticed the same womand r esse d i naT - s h i rt andje an s.? But i nperhaps one di f f e ren c e between t he s e xes,i n s tead of con f r on t i n g th ew oman directly, the o thers made fu no f heronc esh e lef t the room . ?” Worn e nar e i n dee d verycapableof agg ressingagainst o thers, esp e cia 1 ly w o me n t h ey percei v e asrival s J said Dr. T r ac yVa il 1 ancou r t , a p s y cho 1 o gis t at t he University of Ottaw a .For t hoseo nthe re c e iving end who are yo u ngo r othe r wis evulner a ble, th edamage can be t ragic. In S ep t ember, a 12y ear-old gir 1 inFlorida n a med Re b e c ca Ann S e d w i ck ki 1 led her s elf afterother girls bu 1 1 i ed h e r o n line. She wen t t o a n ab a n d on e d ceme n t p 1 ant, c 1 imbe d t o a pl a tfbrm a n d jumped.“Reb e c ca became one of t h e younge s t mem b ers of a g ro w ing lis t of c h i 1 d r e n and t eenag ers appare n t 1 y d ri v e n to s u i ci d e, at 1 eas t in part, a fter being mali g ne d , thr e a t e ned and t a un t e d on 1 in e , “ The Time s reported. An d t e e n ag e rs ar enjust usin gFaceboo ko r Ins t a gram t o p ic k on on e a nothe r . Newa p plicatio n s ap pe a r c onstant 1 y,making it d iffic u 1 t for parents to keep tab s ont heir ch i 1d r e n'sact i v it y. R e becc a'smother, Trie i a No r man, didn'tknow h e rd a ughterw as receiv in g mess a gesthat s a id: “You're ugly" and "Can u di e p lease?”“You hear about thi s all t h e tim e J Ms. Norm a n said of cybe r bu 1 lyin g . "I n e v er, ever thou ght i t wou 1 d h app e n to me or my da ught e r.”1 6 . How di d Jonath a n Marti n react when t a unted and in s u Ited b y his t ea mmate?(A) H e remained sile n t a t f irst an d then chai 1 e nge d t h e b u I 1 y to a fight.(B) He took no n o tic e o f the ta u nt s and insults from his te a mma t e .(C) H e c o ul d no 1 o nger p u t u p with t h e b u 1 1 y i n g an d le f t the te a m.(D) He acc e p t ed the bull y i n g a s a n atural p art o f a rough- a nd- t u m b le spor t .17. Which o f th e f o 11 o wing is t yp i ca 1 o f f e ma 1 e bullying?(A) Conf r o n t ing the v i c tim indirect! y .(B) Cau sing t he v i ctim to d i e i n the end.(C ) Ma king fun of the v ictim with nasty words.(D) Maki n g mea neo mm e nts a b out th e victim's c lot h e s.18. A ccordi n g t o the p assage, T r icia Norma n 9 s d a ugh t er .(A) i s a pr e t t y, lov e 1 y g ir 1(B) uses F a cebook or Insta gram a lot(C) c ommitt e d suicide b ecause o f c y b er b ull y i n g(D) us e dto isolate h ers e 1 f from her c 1 ass mat e s19. Parents are often ke p t i n t h e dark ab o utt heir ch i 1 dr e n being bull i ed