上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试试题(三)

　　
　　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 answer is easy,” says Dr.. A. Burton. “With the
　　
　　right amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five
　　
　　minutes before the alarm rings.” If he is right many people must be
　　
　　under sleeping, including myself. But we must remember that some
　　
　　people have a grater inertia than others. This is not meant rudely.
　　
　　They switch on slowly, and they are reluctant to switch off. They
　　
　　are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this
　　
　　many have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how
　　
　　much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue.
　　
　　Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too
　　
　　little sleep. To quote one medical opinion, “Thousands of people
　　
　　drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep;
　　
　　the reason is not that can’t sleep. Like advancing colonists, we do
　　
　　seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking
　　
　　needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a
　　
　　point in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself,
　　
　　of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous,
　　
　　however, is that we should press to quickly towards this goal,
　　
　　sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our
　　
　　civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue.”
　　
　　Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe
　　
　　that more people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr H. Roberts,
　　
　　writing in Every Man in, asserts: “It may safely be stated that,
　　
　　just as the majority eat too much, so the majority sleep too much.”
　　
　　One can see the point of this also. It would be a pity to retard our
　　
　　development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to
　　
　　work and play well less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed
　　
　　it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolutions is that
　　
　　more of the life span is to be spent in gainful waking activity,
　　
　　then surely these people are in the van of this advance.
　　
　　6.The author seems to indicate that          .
　　
　　(A)   there are many controversial issues like the right amount of
　　
　　sleep
　　
　　(B)   among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least
　　
　　controversial
　　
　　(C)   the right amount of sleep is topic of much controversy among
　　
　　doctors
　　
　　(D)  people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues
　　
　　concerning sleep
　　
　　7.According to the author, sleeping habits          .
　　
　　(A)   are related to the amount of sleep
　　
　　(B)   are inherited from the parents
　　
　　(C)   vary from person to person
　　
　　(D)  would not change in one’s lifetime
　　
　　8.The world “jeopardize” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to     
　　
　　.
　　
　　(A) endeavor                                           (B) endanger
　　
　　(C) endorse                                           (D) endow
　　
　　9. In the last paragraph the author points out that          .
　　
　　(A)   sleeping less is good for human health
　　
　　(B)   people ought to be persuaded to sleep less than before
　　
　　(C)   it is incorrect to say that people too little
　　
　　(D)  those who can sleep less should be encouraged
　　
　　10. We learn from the passage that the author          .
　　
　　(A)   revises someone else’s opinion
　　
　　(B)   explains an opinion of his own
　　
　　(C)   favors one of the three opinions
　　
　　(D)  comments on three different opinions
　　
　　

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