2007年9月上海中级口译笔试真题听力原文

Now let's begin part A with Spot Dictation.

What is distance learning?It means that you study on your own at home or wherever suit to. Recently the world famous open university in the United Kingdom has designed a new style of distance learning which is called supported open learning.

The phrase \"open learning\" means you study in your own time,you read course material,work on course activities and write assignments.The word \"supported\" means you have help from a tutor, the student services staff at regional centers and centralized area such as the university's library.You can also contact other students through tutorials and informal groups.The university online conferencing system advanced and clubs organized by the Student Union.Most distance learning courses use printed paper materials.They also include some interactive materials such as a CD,DVD or video.Many courses have a website and online computer conference.You need access to a computer with Internet to make use of these.The open university can help it's students buy a computer and pay for the cost of accessing in the Internet.With most distance learning courses,no previous qualifications are required to study.of course, you have to be aged 18 when your courses starts.But there is no upper age limited.

Currently, the open university has around 150'000 undergraduates and more than 30'000 postgraduate students of which 10'000 have disabilities.Nearly all students are studying in part time.About 70 percent of undergraduate students are in full time employment.More than 50'000 students are sponsored by their employers for their studies.

Most distance learning courses are aviliable to Europe.Some of them are even available to other parts of the world.With over 25'000 other students living outside the UK,the open university is the only international institution that offer distance learning throughout the world.

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Part B: Listening comprehension

One: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.

When she first arrived in this city Ms.Allen shared a room with one of her colleagues in a rented house.Now she enjoys living in her own apartment.

Although where myself I'm not interested in investment.Recently topic such as buying shares in the stock market are sources of heated discussion among my friends.

From his resume,this candidate appears to be well qualified for the post of finance manager.Even so I think we still need to check with his references.

If you're interested I can arrange a meeting for you to meet our technicians to give you a overall understanding of our new products.

In case you need to appoint someone to be in charge of our local branch here,Mr.Brown was born in ShangHai and has good connections.

Insurances rate are factors that must be take into account.The more extensive the coverage,the higher the rates and more costly the goods.

7.Some dry regions of the world may go on for years without getting a rain drop,but when the rain does come they usually come in torrential down pours.

To succeed in the impersonal and competitive world of metropolitan cities you need to be honest, hard working highly receptive and well qualified.

Given the amount of such heavy expensive on our side,anything less than a 10 percent discount is not worth the trouble.

Extinction is the fate of many endangered species as them fail to adapt themselves abruptly enough to conditions of changing climate and competitions.

Talks and ConversationsDirections: 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 choices 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.

Question 11 to 14 are base on the following conversation.

---Thanks a lot,Jame.Thank you for your timely advice during the company trip last week.Otherwise I would end up buying that worhtless piece of so-called souvenir and regretting my purchasing all day along.

---My pleasure,Tom.Anyway I hate wasting money on worthless things.

---That's an extremely attractive point in your charter.My wife used to waste a lot of money.Stick to that and you will get married in no time.

---Oh,I've had plenty of offers.But you know it's a terrible thing to be a poor man's wife,when you have accustomed to a clean and decent job.I have seen so many bright,joy girls turn into dirty,old dradges though getting married.

---Don't be afraid of dirt.Mine is a clean job,but I often wish I were so set on a clean collors, that they make their sons clerks when they would be strong and earn more money as navies those construction works ,you know.Nowadays they earn more than our office clerks do.I wish I were a navy instead of writing guide books.

---Well, what's there to prevent you?

---I'm not trained to manual work.Half an hour work may make me wish myself dead.And 5 minutes of my work will produces a strike among the navies.I'm only a writing machine,just as navy is a digging machine.

---I don't think the world is fair and rightly arranged,do you?

---We must take the world as we find.It's we that are not rightly arranged.

What did the man and the woman do last week?

Which of the following can be concluded out of the woman?

What is the relationship between the man and the woman?

Why does the man think that he is not fit for a road construction worker?

Question 15 to 18 are based on the following talk.

We all find that learning English takes efforts and dedication.There're times when you seem to hit a plateau in learning.A plateau here refer to a flat spot

during which you don't feel any advancement taking place.Educational research reveals that this is normal,but don't give up. Keep on studying and practising,and you will soon feel as you feel progressing once again.Just tell yourself that this is a temporary condition.Meanwhile study faithfully,do your best.And reward will worth the struggle.Why do we learn English?Most people say that English now becoming a international language and it is a very useful tool, a means to achieve something else.But specifically, what is the use of a foreign language.We may use it to communicate freely with a native speaker.We may use it to get a job with decent pay.We may use it to help to negotiate a business contract with foreign company.In any case,when you hurry through the last lesson of the language course,you have your completion certificate hanging on you wall.A certificate may mean nothing in comparison with your accomplishment.What is really significant is that you have to learn to use that language to you advantage and benefit.A certificate may get stained,lost or be destroyed in a fire.But what's in your memory will go with you whatever you go.A language skill is worth money in today's international business world.So study well and cash in on success.

According to the talk what is a plateau?

What is the speaker suggestion for further advancement in learning English?

Which of the following is not the reason that people learn a foreign language?

What will you get when you complete a language course according to the talk?

Question 19 to 22 are based on the following conversation.

---Professor Peterson,could you give us a brief introduction of the well know educational system for adult students in Sweden?

---Yes,in Swedish we call it 'forkubi' learning.Which mean the popular nonformal and voluntary educational system for all ages.Although it has been made know very recently,the system has in fact evolved over a hundred years.People in Sweden come together to study on their on conditions,to listen to lectures and to take part in social and cultural events.

---Do they have to register for a school course and sit for a classroom teaching as well?

---Not exactly,those study groups are refer to as study circles which are conducted by a large volley called study associations.It is the most typical form of liberal adult education in Sweden.A small group of people meet regularly for a period of time,most often a night per a week to study a certain subject or thing

or to take part in a cultural activity.The circle consist of 5 to 12 participants.One is the leader.In Sweden today there're around 350 thousand study circles every year.With about 2 and a half million participants altogether.They also arrange more than 200 thousand cultural events with about 15 million participants or visitors.

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---This is really a large in moment.Given total population in your country.But how are the study circle supported?Do they get government grant or are they privately founded?

---Liberal adult education in Sweden is largely financed by grant from government,regional government and local councils.The parliament has laid down the aim that conditions for granting government support.The aims are to further individuals own creativity and broaden their interesting cultural.Further more priority should be given to such activities that aims at narrowing and breaching educational gaps,and that are gears to those who are educational ,socially and culturally disadvantaged.

How long has the Sweden adult educational system evolved?

Why do people participate in the activities of study circle?

21.According to the man how many study circles are there annually in Sweden today?

Which of the following is not an aim set by the parliament for the study circle?

Question 23 to 26 are based on the following talk.

You probably heard the slogan \"save the whales\".Do you know why the slogan began?It's started as the protest from the people who want to do banned the whale hunting.Some types of whales are among the hundreds of endangers species.Many people believe that it is important to save endangered species to maintain the balance of natural.Already some species are extinct.Among them are passager pigeon,dodo bird and labdo duck.Of course,dinosaurs are extinct too.But dinosaur did not disappear because of humans.Today as the human population increases all over the planet of earth,less and less space for other species to live in their natural habitats.

Species become endangers for many reasons.and they are all related to humans.For example, we cut down forests and that's destroyed the natural habitats for animals.We hunt for fun,enjoyment or excitement. Some animals

are extinction or near extinction.We kill them to get animal parts such as bone or furs.Since the 19th century people have been trying to protect the wild life with special programs.The endanger species are act passed in 1936 and by 1983 less than one thousand animal species were listed as endangered.Such animals as giant pandas and tigers are on the top.These species not only needs special measures and extra protection in order to survive.They also service as umbrella species,helping them helps numerous other species that living in the same habitats.We must ensure that the planet earth our children inherit will be home to elephants,tigers,giant pandas,whales and other wild life species as well as human's.

Why did people put up the slogan \"save the whales\"?

Which of the following is not a course for the extinction of many a species?

When was the endangered species act passed?

What is the typical of umbrella species?

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Question 27 to 30 are based on the following conversation.

---Did you go to the football match on Saturday?

---No.I had to attend a wedding ceremony,and I was driving all the way from Leeds to Edinburgh.But I listened to the football commentary over the car radio instead.It's sound very exciting indeed,I must say.

---You must be joking.

---Why?

---Well,it was pretty dull.

---Was it?Come to think of it that commentator what's his name.Emm.. Birdman or something?He does change over do it a bit.

---Well, if him made that football match sound exciting,he certainly did over do it.

---How did it go then?I should have though that Leadue United did well to win with the York city in their present form.

---Yes,I supposed they did.But 2-1 didn't do them justice.They should have at least 3 in the first half and another 2 in the second.

---Yes,he mentioned that there were some bad misses.

---I'll say you should have seen the one Johnson missed.He got hold of the ball out on the touch line,push it up to the outside right,and than run into the middle for the cross.And when it came it was a beauty.It dropped right in front of him and all he had to do was to take his time and pick his spot.And instead,he took a wild swipe about it.And skided miles over the bar.

---Any way,it was a relief that my team won the game.Let's not look on the black side.Perhaps they learned the their lesson.But I should have be off.When should I see you?

---Oh,on Saturday.I expect.I will be there in the stadium on Saturday.All being well that is.

---Where will you be?Usual place?

---Yes,usual place on the terraces.

---Ok,I'll say you than.

---Bye.

Where was the man when the football match took place on Saturday?

What does the woman think about the football commentator?

What was the score of the football match?

When will the man see the woman again?

Part C:Listening and Translation.

Sentences translation.

Directions:In this part of the test you will hear 5 sentences in English you will hear the sentences only once.After you have hear each sentence,translate into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in you answer booklet.Now let's begin Part C with sentence translation.

The most successful people are the same weather they are having a

conversation with friends or giving a public speech to large audience and their gestures match their words.

Americans have 4 major ways for making friends at work,at school, to a hobby or common interest such as volunteer work or through a mutual friend connection.

3 .There are certain things such as breathing and eating which babies can do at birth,soon they learn to distinguish various people and begin to make noise which seems like speech.

Three out of four pedestrians killed in traffic accidents are either under 15 or over 60 they may not judge speeds very well and may step into the road unexpectedly.

Often we learn wisdom from failure,we often discover what we will do by finding out what we cannot do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Passage translation.

Directions:In this part of the test,you will hear 2 passage in English,you will hear the passage only once.After you have heard each passage,translate into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in you answer booklet.You may take note while you are listening.Now let us begin passage translation with the first passage.

There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere.For example,there're lots of sleeping on the bus or train on the way home from work in the evenings.In some classes a student will start snoring so loudly that the professor has to ask another student to shake the sleeper awake.The worse time to fall asleep is when driving a car.Police reports are full of traffic accidents that occur when people doze off and bump into something else.

2.People with self-confidence are generally happier and better able to cope with unfavorable conditions. High self-confident provides a sense of security.It can also give people a sense of purpose and the believe that they're the productive member of the society.In contrast,individuals lacking in self-confidence are more insecure and their believe that they can reach their goal is weak.And when others are successful,people with low confidence may feel jealousy and envy.Low confidence lead to low expectations,reduce stefer increase anxiety and poor performance.