2001年9月英语高级口译考试笔试真题+音频+答案

SECTLON1: LISTENLNG TEST (30 minutes)

Part A: Spot Dictationhttp://tr.hjenglish.com/

PART B: Listening Comprehension

SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST http://tr.hjenglish.com/
    星期四，华盛顿政府未能再次当选为联合国人权委员会成员，这是自1947 年以来的头一遭。这件事中最重要的事实是：导致美国失利的是美国的朋友，而不是美国的 敌人。毕竟，中国、古巴以及在人权委员会中受到以美国为首批评的其他国家总是会投票和游说反对华盛顿。令人震惊的是，以往一贯确保美国连选连任的欧洲国家和其他西文国家，这次竟然背叛了华盛顿。

    很显然，许多惯常支持美国的国家未将选票投给美国，是对美国的单边主义表示不满。从禁止使用地雷到京都防止气候变暖条件，在一系列问题上华盛顿总是不理会 国际上达成的共识，这使得这些国家越来越懊恼。他们还提出批评，认为华盛顿总是在人权问题上大做文章，只要符合美国外交政策的目标，就会利用年度的人权委员会决议去谴责中国或古巴，但出于同样理由，当以色列的行径遭到众多国家谴责，美国却独自投票偏袒以色列。

SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST
Part A: Note-taking and Gap-filling

Part B: Listening and Translation
I. Sentence Translation
1. 他们正削减工作岗位，让年老雇员提早退休。而且，他们新雇人员减 。
2. 我不知道/很想知道市政府是否会在12月1日前实施针对乱抛垃圾的新法律。
3. 北美大陆由美国与加拿大组成，面积约730平方英里。
4. 随着劳力和其他成本提高，通胀攀升，有些亚洲国家经济现在面临过热危险。
5. 贸易商预测，由于贸易出超增加，中国货币有望保持坚挺。

Ⅱ. Passage Translation
     我老家在美国北方，那镇上人口约5 万。是一座普通的城镇，但有一点异乎寻常，因为那是一家著名的医院的所在地，因此每年数千人来此。另一件事是还有许多外国b 居民—许多医生护士来自其他国家，这样就使原本确实乏味的小镇变得有点特点。天很冷，约有6 个月，由于太冷几乎无法外出。许多建筑的设计使你能从地底下从一 处走到另一处。有一个巨大的地下人行系统，使你可以避开到处都是的积雪。
 
     在英国，国内旅游增加，英国居民选择在英国度长假/主要节假的，约有半数选择去海边。短假占市场的比例越来越大，购物约占旅游消费总量的三分之一。

     传统上英国人喜欢四出旅游。大多数希望去海边旅游的英国度假者参加旅行社组织的一揽子旅游，费用包括交通和住宿。一揽子旅游中最受欢迎的目的地是西班牙、法国和希腊。

SECTION 5：READING TEST(答案要点)
1. Use of drugs and / or alcohol, drug abuse (by school children) almost equivalent to one-strike policy / no agreed definition / children are expelled from school when first caught with drug offence / using illegal drugs

2. a system of “discipline and treatment” / no immediate expulsion when first found with drugs / two-week suspension / counseling and support given / after returning to school, a “support plan” carried out with random drug testing and counseling         

3. strict and tough drug penalties necessary / random drug testing / offering counseling and a second chance / distinction between drug abuser and children just “experiment” with drugs

4. world's biggest and richest oil company / American jury decisions are excessively huge in punitives / “out of proportion” to the damage it had caused / it defies the law / think “it's above the law”

5. documents show that the company knew their behavior was against the law / but they did it / thinking they could “get away with it ” without being punished / such misbehavior was more serious

6. fighting jury decision / denouncing / appealing the decision / attaching American legal system / arrogant towards the court

7. recollection of the past often starts from tea and / or cakes / in the past / such habit / always with us / no “pass away” / access to “the vast structure of recollection” / familiar / common / usual surroundings and sever homesickness

8. the generation born after World War II, from mid-40s to early 60s / in their 40s-50s, music films of 50s-60s become their favourites / a big market for producers of “entertainment imprinting”

9. exiles or refugees with a population of 150 million in the world / leaving homes own country behind / longing for homes and past life or experience.

10. a market helps customers recall their past life or experience / selling everything which has such functions, including pop songs and music / films

SECTION 6: TRANSLATION TEST
     Negotiations for China's accession to the World trade Organization (WTO) have been going on for 15 years. China's stance remains the same. After its entry into the WTO, China will steadily expand its opening-up in the areas of commodity and service trades, create a level playing field for open and unified competition between Chinese and overseas enterprises, establish and improve a foreign economic and trade system which complies with the internationally accepted rule for economic activities and which is conforms to the national with increased and more stable market access. China's admission to the WTO will inject new vigour to the economic developments of China, Asia and other countries and regions of the world. The Chinese people will benefit from China's accession to the WTO, and so will the people of other countries in Asia and the world.

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST
Part A: Spot Dictation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. Now, let's begin Part A with Spot Dictation.

    The parents set the rules and the children obey, right? Wrong. In a growing number of North American families, adults have let their children take over. “Parents want to be nurturing love and make their small children happy, but many have become confused about the best way to achieve this,” explains a noted psychologist. “Large numbers of parents are being controlled by their child, to the point that entire families end up organizing themselves around a small child's emotions.”

    The problem is that many fathers and mothers try to be a friend to their children. However, parenting is not a popularity contest. Challenging authority is a normal part of child development and is strongest between the ages of four and six. Setting rules and enforcing them teaches the child that he or she is equal in value but not equal in authority. Then a child feels safe and secure and can be a ked again. Believe it or not, it's frightening for a child to realize they are in charge of a situation. In upside-down families, when parents back down from the rules they set, children become very insecure, anxious, and out of control. They don't trust their parents to protect them. In order to avoid this situation and keep control, parents should act in accordance with the following tips:

    First, be a leader. Parents cannot guide a child and seek his or her approval of their decision at the same time. Don't say, “It's time for bed. OK?” Instead, say, “It's time for bed, kids.”

    Second, don't make rules quickly and then change them. It's very important to be consistent. Once you make a rule, stick to it.

    Third, pay less attention to your children when their behavior is bad and more when it is good. Do not reward bad behavior by giving extra attention to it. Instead, save your attention for when the child acts properly.

    Finally, don't allow your kids to call you by your first name. this removes the authority figure in a child's life. Children need parents, not another friend.

Part B: Listening Comprehension
Directions: In this part of the test there will be short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.
(Man)        James Jarvie.
(Woman)      James, this is Catherine. I'm phoning about the autumn catalogue.
(Man)        Have you done the costings?
(Woman)      Yes. I've got tow estimates-one for printing in Hong Kong and one for printing in Europe.                      
(Man)        Yes?
(Woman)      I've calculated on the basis of 368 pages, the same as last year.
(Man)        Yes, that's right. How do they compare?
(Woman)      Europe's much more expensive. The printing costs are far lower in Hong Kong.
(Man)        Yes, they say Europe has the highest prices. But what about freight?
(woman)      Well, that's more from Hong Kong, of course. It's only a thousand pounds from Europe but it's three and a half thousand from Hong Kong. On the other hand, that's only a small part of the bill.
(Man)        And delivery? If we order next week, when will they get here?
(Woman)      Europe's quicker obviously. Just two weeks. It takes six from Hong Kong.
(Man)        But even if it takes six weeks, we'll still be in time for the September mailing.
(Woman)      Exactly. Of course, there's another factor.
(Man)        What's that?
(Woman)      The exchange rate. I've used a rate of one pound to eleven Hong Kong dollars.
(Man)        Then we ought to buy dollars now, in case the rate changes.
(Woman)      I can't do that until I've got the go-ahead from head office.
(Man)        I'm going there this afternoon. You could give me the figures and I'll have a word with Finance when I see them.
(Woman)      OK. In Hong Kong, the total production costs work out at two pounds fifty-one a copy. Got that?
(Man)        Uh huh.
(Woman)      And they're tow pounds seventy a copy in Europe.
(Man)        Europe's much dearer, isn't it?
(Woman)      Yes, unless the Hong Kong dollar rises dramatically in the next few days.
(Man)        Don't worry. I'll tell them we need a quick decision.
(Woman)      Thanks, James.

Question No.1.     What is the woman telephoning about?
Question No.2.     How many pages were there in last year's catalogue?
Question No.3.     What is the price estimate for each copy of the catalogue printed in Hong Kong?
Question No.4.     According to the woman, what is the other factor in making the decision as to where to print the catalogue?
Question No.5.     What do they decide at the end of the telephone conversation?

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news.
    BUDAPEST: NATO foreign ministers yesterday decided not to back a US missile defence plan but agreed to continue consultations with Washington on the issue.

    The final statement by the council of NATO foreign ministers, the decision-making body of the western military alliance, said the NATO allies welcomed consultations initiated by US President George W. Bush on the American strategic review, including missile defence.

    Although US Secretary of State Colin Powell hoped to persuade skeptical European allies to be more supportive of the US missile defence plan, the US approach met with resistance from France and Germany at the meeting of the council of NATO foreign ministers in Budapest, capital of Hungary.

    TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will have his first meeting will US President George W. Bush on June 30, chief government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said yesterday.

    The two leaders, who spoke by telephone shortly after Koizumi took office on April 26, will meet at the presidential retreat of Camp Daivd, just outside Washington D.C.

    “They will discuss a wide range of issues concerning the relationship between Japan and the United States,” Fukuda said.

    Koizumi is expected to brief Bush on his plans for the structural reform needed to bolster Japan's struggling economy.

    BRUSSELS: Euro-zone inflation is falling, with a rate of less than 2 per cent foreseeable next year, European Central Bank. President Wim Duissenberg said on Monday. Inflation should stabilize at around 2.5 per cent this year form its current 12-month level of 2.9 per cent, he told the European Parliament's economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

    The inflation rate should dip below 2 per cent in the year 2002, he added.

    Duisenberg said he expected economic growth in the euro zone of about 2.5 per cent this year after a slowdown in global growth forced the ECB to revise down it's “guesstimates.” The comments came against the backdrop of confusion in the markets after the European Central Bank's decision to cut rates on May 10, from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent.

    ENGLAND: Britain's worst race riots for years have brought into the open the determination of Asian and black youths to challenge a mainly white society in which their immigrant parents were simply happy to find a place to live.

    The weekend violence, which burst onto the British political agenda in the middle of an election campaign, typified the struggle for identity many of the youths in immigrant communities endure in modern Britain.

    Police in this rundown northern English town have pinned immediate blame for Saturday's riots on “outside influences” —mainly ultra-rightwing English nationalists and white power supremacist—stirring up trouble ahead of the June 7 general election.

    But community leaders say tension had been brewing for years inside ethnic Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Kashmiri groups as well as among blacks from Africa and the Caribbean— all of them from nations which were once colonies of the British Empire.

    SEOUL: A South Korean military helicopter crashed onto a bridge in Seoul yesterday, apparently killing all three people aboard.

    A police spokesman said the rotors of the CH47 got caught in support wires while it hovered above during decoration work on the Olympic Bridge, built to commemorate the 1988 Olympic Games.

    “We have recovered one body from the Han River below,” said the spokesman. “Given the time tha has passed since the accident there are no chances of survival for the other two crew.”

    No vehicles on the bridge were involved in the accident, which occurred about one hour before the afternoon rush hour, because the police had cleared the area for the work.

Question No.6.      What did the NATO foreign ministers decide at the meeting yesterday?
Question No.7.      What is the Japanese Prime Minister expected to talk about during his first meeting with the US president?
Question No.8.      According to the president of the European Central Bank, what might be the inflation rate in the Euro-zone for the year 2002?
Question No.9.      Which of the following statements is true about eh recent race riots in England?
Question No.10.     According to the new, what did a South Korean military helicopter crash onto?

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following intervies.
(Man)           I could put it in one sentence because the Today programme I always say is the place to drop a word in the ear of the nation. It is the only national new and current affairs programme on radio in the morningthere are those on television but they seem to be rather for the under fives—instead of for adults. Today's the one that everyone who has a decision on take listens to. Mr. Blair listens to it, er Prince Charles listens to it, most leaders of industry, most trade union leaders, most headmasters, most school teachers for that matter— about five million people in all.

(Woman)         And what is your role in the programme? What do you do in the programme?

(Man)           Well I'm one of the four presenters of the programme. We have two presenters on duty every morning and the programme is on six days a week. The presenter's function is first of all to introduce the recorded items that the reporters have done overnight or the day before and then to do all the live interview.

(Woman)         And what about interviewing because you interview a number of politicians and well, the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the exchequer, that kind of thing. Is that an easy thing to do, and how difficult is it when you're interviewing people that you don't particularly agree with or who get difficult with you during an interview?

(Man)           Oh that's not the problem at all. Er … interviewing politicians is always very entertaining because they always have something to say and they come in determined to say it. Now that seems to me the way the game goes. The job of the interviewer is to make sure first of all that they say what they intended to say. And then if what they've said appears to be in conflict with the known evidence—and I mean known evidence; I don't mean bit of gossip or something your know that you just happen to have heard, but what you might call the published evidence—you then say, well wait a minute, how do you reconcile what you've just said with what we all know? and then they begin to get cross or amused. It depends upon their temperament.

(Woman)         There have been one or two celebrated moments, haven't there, of um slightly cross politicians?

(Man)           Yes, but very few… People make a lot of it. I had a famous encounter with the Chancellor, the morning after the budget. But if you listen to the recording of it you'll find the whole thing is conducted in the midst of a lot of laughter I mean there wa… it wasn't really an angry exchange at all. And when I listened to it afterwards I have to say if I were honest that I thought I was teasing him a bit too much which was probably why he got momentarily cross.

(Woman)         Momentarily cross. You spend, what two or three days of your week down here and the rest of the time…?

(Man)           I come down from…. I live just outside a town called Macclesfield in Cheshire, and I come down usually on a Monday evening and I go home, all being well, round about teatime on Thursday. So I spend Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in London, and the rest of the week at home.

(Woman)         And in London you have to get up at some quite extraordinary hour, don't you, for this programme?

(Man)           I get up at half-past four in the morning. Cab comes at ten to five and I'm here in the BBC at five o'clock and that gives us an hour and a half to prepare the programme and then we're on the air at half past six.

(Woman)         So what sort of time do you go to bed when you re in London?

(Man)           I go to bed usually at about eleven, erm if I can try and fit in an hour's sleep in the afternoon but I don't always manage that. But I don't find that difficult. I'm not a person who needs a vast amount of sleep and in any case I can sleep as long ad I like the rest of the time.

Question No.11.      Who is the man being interviewed?
Question No.12.      According to the man, how many people listen to this programme?
Question No.13.      What does a radio presenter do in this programme?
Question No.14.      Which of the following statements is true about this programme?
Question No.15.      What is the start time of this programme?

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
     As you can see, sales have risen gradually over the last five years. This growth is largely due to the record levels of sunshine we have enjoyed in recent years. This may be a result of global warming and so it could continue, but climatic trends are difficult to predict. For this reason we have made a fairly conservative projection for next year.

     Toiletry sales through supermarkets are rising rapidly, but this has not been the trend with our sun-care products. In fact, of our sun-care products, sales through supermarkets have fallen slightly. Sales through department stores have remained steady and there's been a sharp increase in sales through chemists. We expect this trend to continue because consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the health issues involved in sunbathing. The number of people contracting skin cancer has doubled for the last two decades and there's a growing demand for sun-care products that offer greater protection.

     As you can see, we've been able to reduce this budget and still improve our turnover. Our experiment with TV shots four years ago did not lead to significantly higher sales. Since then we have been steadily raising the proportion of spending devoted to press advertising. This enables us to target consumers with high incomes, who will be more likely to take holidays abroad. Demographic changes will probably have an adverse effect on the market in the future. The population is ageing and it's likely that this will have a negative influence. The 21-to-30 age group are traditionally heavy users of sun creams and this group is very low among the 50 plus age groups and these groups are expanding.

     Sun protection creams and lotions account for the largest part of our turnover, but after-sun preparations are becoming slightly more important, as this pie chart show. The new green and cruelty-free brand that we launched last year is selling well and this sector will definitely grow over the next few years to become a significant niche market.

Question No.16.      What is the main reason for the rising sales of the company s products?
Question No.17.      How is the sales situation of sun-care products?
Question No.18.      What was the consequence of the company's experiment with TV advertising four years ago?
Question No.19.      Which age group are traditionally heavy users of sun creams?
Question No.20.      Which products account for the largest part of the company s turnover?

SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST
Part A: Note-taking and Gap-filling
Directions: In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk. Now listen to the talk carefully.

     Do you think studying in a different country is something that sounds very exciting? Like many young people who leave home to study in another country, do you think you would have lots of desirable fun? Certainly, it is a new experience, which brings the opportunity of discovering fascinating things and a felling of freedom. In spite of these advantages, however, there are also some challenges you will encounter. Because your views may clash with the different beliefs, norms, values, and traditions that exist indifferent countries, you many have difficulty adjusting to a new culture and to those parts of the culture not familiar to you. This is culture shock. Evidently, at least four essential stages to adjustment occur.

     The first stage is called “the honeymoon”. In this sage, you feel excited about living in a different place, and everything seems to be marvelous. You like everything, and everybody seems to be so nice to you. Also, the amusement of life in a new culture seems as though it will have no ending.

     Eventually, however, the second stage of culture shock appears. This is the “hostility stage”. You begin to notice that not everything is as good as you had originally thought it was. You become tired of many things about the new culture. Moreover, people don't treat you like a guest anymore. Everything that seemed to be so wonderful at first is now awful, and everything makes your feel distressed and tired.

     Usually at this point in your adjustment to a new culture, you devise some defense mechanisms to help your cope and to protect yourself against the effects of culture shock. One type of coping mechanism is called “repression.” This happens when you pretend that everything is acceptable and that nothing bothers you. Another type of defense mechanism is called “regression”. This occurs when you start to act as if you are younger than you actually are; you act like a child. You forget everything, and sometimes you become careless and irresponsible. The third kind of defense mechanism is called “isolation”. You would rather be home alone, and you don't want to communicate with anybody. With isolation, you try to avoid the effects of culture shock, or at least that's what you think. Isolation is one of the worst coping mechanisms you can use because it separates you from those things that could really help you. The last type of defense mechanism is called “rejection”. With this coping mechanism, you think you don't need anybody. You feel you are coping fine alone, so you don't try to ask for help.

     The defense mechanisms you utilize in the hostility stage are not helpful. If you only occasionally use one of these coping mechanisms to help yourself survive, that is acceptable. You must be cautious, however. These mechanisms can really hurt you because they prevent you from making necessary adjustments the new culture.

     After you deal with your hostile feelings, recognition of the temporary nature of culture shock begins. Then you come to the third stage called “recovery”. In this stage, you start feeling more positive, and you try to develop comprehension of everything you don t understand. The whole situation starts to become more favourable; you recover from the symptoms of the first two stages, and you adjust yourself to the new norms, values, and, and even beliefs and traditions of the new country. You being to see that even though the distinctions of the culture are different from your own, it has elements that you can learn to appreciate.

     The last stage of culture shock is called “adjustment”. In this stage, you have reached a point where you actually feel good because you have learned enough to understand the new culture. The things that initially made you feel uncomfortable or strange are now things that you understand. This acquisition of understanding alleviates much of the stress. Now you feel comfortable; you have adjusted to the new culture.

     Evidently, culture shock is something you cannot avoid when living in a foreign country. It does not seem like a very helpful experience when you are going through its four stages. However, when you have completely adjusted to a new culture you can more fully enjoy it. You learn how to interact with other people, and you learn a lot about life in a culture that is not your own. Furthermore, learning about other cultures and how to adjust to the shock of living in them helps you learn more about yourself.

Part B: 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. Now let us begin Part B with Sentence Translation.

Sentence No.1.      They are cutting jobs and offering older employees early retirement. In addition, they are hiring fewer new employees.
Sentence No.2.      I wonder whether or not the municipal government is going to enforce the new law against littering before December 1st.
Sentence No.3.      The North American continent, consisting of the United States and Canada, covers and area of approximately 7,300,000 square miles.
Sentence No.4.      Some Asian economies now face the danger of overheating as labour and other costs rise, and inflation climbs.
Sentence No.5.      Business dealers predict that the Chinese currency is expected to remain strong with expanded trade surplus.

 Ⅱ. Passage Translation
Directions:  In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English passage. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have 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. Now let us begin Passage Translation with the first passage.

Passage 1
       I come from the northern United States. It's a town of about 50,000 people. It is an ordinary tow, but it's a bit strange it's the home of a well-known hospital, and so there are thousands of people coming every year. The other thing is that there re also a lot of foreign resident—most of them doctors and nurses from other countries. So it makes what could be a really dull town something special. It is very cold in winter and you have about six months when it's almost too cold to go outside. A lot of the buildings are so designed that you can walk from one to the other underground. There's a big pedestrian subway system so you can avoid all this snow.                    

Passage 2
     In the United Kingdom, domestic tourism is on the rise. Of British residents choosing to take their main holiday in Britain, around half choose to go to the seaside. Short holidays make up an increasingly significant part of the market, with shopping accounting for about one third of all expenditure on tourist trips. http://tr.hjenglish.com/

     The British have traditionally traveled widely. Most British holiday-makers who wish to go overseas buy package holidays from travel agencies, where the cost covers both transport and accommodation. The most popular package holiday destinations are Spain, France and Greece.

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