中级口译笔试历年真题听力文字稿最完整版(97-08)

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历年上海中级口译听力部分录音文稿（97.3 － 08.9）

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SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST Part A: Spot Dictation

The 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 Comprehension Ⅰ. Statements

Question 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 Conversations

Questions 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 Olympic Airways

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flight 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

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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 Translation Ⅰ. Sentence Translation

Sentence 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 and experience.

Sentence No. 5. Soon after he started working, he discovered that it was far harder work than he‘d expected.

Ⅱ Passage Translation Passage 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 and 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.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST Part A: Sport Dictation

Doctors are starting to believe that laughter not only improves your state of mind, but actually affects your entire physical well-being. Britain‘s first laughter 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.

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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 Comprehension Ⅰ Statements

Question 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 insisted 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 after

a 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 Conversations

Questions 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 conversation

W: 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 kind of club. I guess I‘ll come along with you and try it.

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