9春季上海外语口译考试中级口译笔译真题

(A) want their kids to keep up with the IT World

(B) can't think of anything better for their kids to have fun (C) don't want their kids to miss 'what other kids have (D) believe cellphones enable them to stay connected

18. Which of the following is NOT the potential risk kids may face when using cellphones?

(A) Involvement in rape-related crime (B) Exposure to violent and obscene images (C) Falling victim to brutal curses.

(D) Being tracked down by unofficial school websites.

19. The report issued by the government’s Meeting on Education Rebuilding______.

(A) recommended minimizing the use of cellphones among kids (B) suggested setting “house rules” for cellphone use

(C) urged parents to remind their children about ce1lphone use

(D) pressed schools to educate their pupils on the dangers of cellphone use 20. What is the main idea of the passage?

(A) Parents neglect to protect their kids from cellphones. (B) Parenting with cellphones is a source of headache. (C) Cellphones should be banned from campus. (D) Kids need lessons on the uses of cellphones Question 21--25 Extract I

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A stylish dining room with cream walls and curtains and black carpet as perfect foil to an eclectic array of furniture. Many of the pieces are classics of their particular era, and demonstrate how old and new designs can be happily mixed together The prototype chair in the foreground has yet to prove its staying power and was thought up by the flat's occupant. He is pictured in his living room which has the same decorative theme and is linked to the dining room by a high Medieval-styled archway where was once a redundant and uninspiring fireplace. Extract 2

Old bathrooms often contain a great deal of ugly pipework in need of disguising. This can either be done by boxing in the exposed pipes, or by fitting wood paneling over them.

As wood paneling can be secured over almost anything---including odd ceramic tiles and chipped walls--- is an effective way of disguising pipework as well as being an attractive form of decoration. The paneling can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal.

An alternative way to approach the problem of exposed pipes is to actually make them a feature of the room by picking the pipework out in bright strong colours. Extract 3

Cooking takes second place in this charming room which, with its deep armchairs, is more of a sitting room than a kitchen, and the new RaybUm stove as a good choice, as it blends in well with the old brick and beamed fireplace. There are no fitted units or built-in appliances, so all food preparation is done at the big farm house table in the foreground。 and the china, pots and pans have been deliberately left on show to make an attractive display. What about the kitchen sink? It's hidden away behind an archway which leads into a small scullery. Here there's a second cooker and--- in the best farmhouse tradition--- a huge walk-in larder for all food storage.

2l. Why is the colour of the carpet described in Extract l a particular advantage? (A) It livens up the colour in an otherwise dull room. (B) It provides a contrast to the furniture. (C) It blends in with the tones of the furniture.

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(D) It gives the room a classical style.

22. What is the purpose of the archway described in Extract 1 ? (A) To hide an unattractive fireplace. (B) To give the room an exotic eastem style. (C) To join the dining room with the sitting room

(D) To make room for the unusual seating arrangements. 23. Extract 2 is probably taken from ________. (A) an architect's blueprint (B) a plumber’s manual

(C) a home renovation magazine

(D) an advertisement for new bathrooms 24. Extracts 2 and 3 deal with _________. (A) old and classic furniture (B) attractive colour schemes (C) cheap improvement schemes (D) home decoration

25. Compared with Extract l the room described in Extract 3 appears to _______.

(A) be more comfortable (B) be more colourful (C) contain more furniture

(D) possess a greater variety of style Questions26--30,.

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Large parts of the world have not enjoyed the remarkable global progress in health conditions that have taken place over the past century. Indeed, millions of deaths in impoverished nations are avoidable with prevention and treatment options that the rich world already uses. This year, l0 million children will die in low-and middle-income countries. If child death rates were the same as those in developed countries this figure would be lower than 1 million. Conversely, if child death rates were those of rich countries just 100 years ago, the figure would be 30 million. Today's tools for improving health are so powerful and inexpensive that health conditions could be reasonably good even in poor countries if policy makers spent even relatively little in the right places. Recent research for the Copeghagen Consensus identifies several highly cost-effective options that would tackle some of the planet's most urgent health problems. The most promising investment is in tuberculosis treatment. Some 90 percent of the l.6 million tuberculosis deaths in 2003 occurred in low-and middle-income countries. Because tuberculosis affects working-age people, it can be a trigger of household poverty .The comerstone of control is prompt treatment using first-line drugs, which doesn't require a sophisticated health system. Spending $l billion on tuberculosis treatment in a year would save l million lives. Because good health accompanies higher levels of national economic welfare in the long run, the economic benefits are worth $30 billion. The second most cost-effective investment is tackling new disease. Heart disease might not seem like a pressing issue for poor nations, but it represents more than a quarter of their death toll. Measures to reduce risk factors other than smoking--high intake or saturated animal fat, obesity, binge drinking of alcohol, physical inactivity , and low fruit and vegetable consumption-- have had little success. Treating acute heart attacks with inexpensive drugs is, however, cost-effective. Spending $200 million could avert several hundred thousand deaths, yielding benefits that are 25 times higher than costs. The third option is prevention and treatment of malaria. A billion dollars would expand the provision of insecticide-treated bed-nets and facilitate provision of highly effective treatment. This would save more than a million child deaths and produce economic benefits worth $20 billion.

The fourth alternative for policymakers is to focus on child health initiatives. The best measures are familiar ones expanding immunization coverage, promoting breast feeding, increasing the use of simple and cheap treatments for diarrhea and childhood pneumonia, and so on.

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