2023年最全上海中级口译历年真题.doc

2023.3
上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试

SECTION 1：LISTENING TEST （40 minutes）
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.
Many people nowadays are concerned about violence on television. Most of them fear that it stimulates (1) to violent or aggressive acts. However, in my lecture today, I’d like to show you, from our (2), that the consequences of experiencing television’s symbolic world of violence can be much (3).
We have found that television dramatically demonstrates not only the (4) in our society, but also the risks involved in breaking society’s rules. Violence-filled programs on television show us who (5) what, and against whom. These programs teach the role of victim, and help us to accept violence as (6) which we must learn to live with or (7).
We have found that people who watch a lot of television see the real world as more (8) than those who watch very little. Heavy TV viewers are (9) of strangers on the street and more fearful of the world. Their fear may well bring increasing demands for (10), and election of law-and-order politicians. When we asked viewers to (11) their own chances of being involved in some type of violence during any given week, they provide (12) that television can induce fear and alertness: the heavy viewers were (13) percent more likely than the light viewers to pick such fearful estimates as 50-50 or one in 10, (14) a more plausible one in 100.
We have found that violence on prime-time (15) cultivates exaggerated assumptions about the (16) in the real world. Fear is a universal emotion, and naturally, easy to (17). The exaggerated sense of risk and insecurity my lead to increasing demands for protection, and to (18) for the use of force by established authority. Therefore, instead of stimulating individual (19) and threatening the social order, television may have become our chief instrument of (20).

Part B: Listening Comprehension
Ⅰ. 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 s 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.
1. (A) I was the last to know about the MBA program.
(B) I learned a great deal from the MBA program.
(C) I misunderstood only the most difficult part of the program.
(D) I dropped out of the program because it was difficult.
2. (A) Our fall schedule will be discussed next Monday and Tuesday.
(B) The Vice President has more meetings than her assistants do.
(C) The Vice President and her assistants are not available on Monday and Tuesday.
(D) The Vice President and her assistants usually have full schedules two days a week.
3. (A) Few people did shopping at the supermarket because of the holiday break.
(B) Most people did not like shopping during the holiday break.
(C) The general manager was surprised that people paid little attention to his supermarkets.
(D) The general manager did not expect to see so many customers at his supermarkets.
4. (A) I don’t think he has the qualifications for such a post.
(B) I am not sure if he has enough money to pay his college tuition.
C) He is not qualified to teach in the advanced Computing program.
(D) He takes courses in Computing because he needs more qualifications.
5. (A) Nothing can stop Jack from buying that projector.
(B) The projector is so old that it becomes useless.
(C) Repairing the projector is quite easy for Jack.
(D) Jack has checked and found nothing in the projector.
6. (A) Jenny and I do not get along because of our differences of opinion.
(B) Jenny and I usually get up early most of the mornings.
(C) Jenny and I can generally have a harmonious relationship.
(D) Jenny and I do not get along because we make no effort to do so.
7. (A) Typing the memorandum is sometimes unnecessary.
(B) You will understand it if you read the memorandum a second time.
(C) The first draft of the memorandum is not satisfactory.
(D) The first draft of the memorandum is better than the second. one.
8. (A) The study of inflation has interested both economists and government officials.
(B) The rate of inflation is higher than they expected.
(C) Economists can not slow down the inflation rate.
(D) Government officials and economists do not agree on the inflation rate.
9. (A) Our company will arrange an exhibit for the Science and Technology Week.
(B) Our company has been upset by the city authorities’ final decision.
(C) We are displeased with the arrangement of the Science and Technology Week.
(D) We have dissuaded the city authorities from setting up the week’s display.
10. (A) Scientists have found a cure for the common cold in the past century.
(B) Scientific discoveries were often misunderstood by the common people.
(C) Scientists have yet to discover effective ways to conquer the cold virus.
(D) Scientist have been unable to explain the cold climate in the past century.

Ⅱ. Talks and Conversations
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few question. 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.
Questions 11~14
11. (A) She received an emergency call the previous day.
(B) She has never been to the city before.
(C) She was invited to attend a wedding ceremony.
(D) She’d like to spend the weekend there.
12. (A) In a minute. (B) In less than half an hour.
(C) At 111:13. (D) At noon.
13. (A) Someone to talk with (B) Interesting books to read.
(C) Something to eat and drink. (D) Puzzles and crossword games.
14. (A) Thirteen pennies. (B) Fifty pennies.
(C) A pound. (D) Half price.

Question 15~18
15. (A) Winter. (B) Spring.
(C) Summer. (D) Fall.
16. (A) 150 kilometres. (B) 240 kilometres.
(C) 300 kilometres.. (D) 480 kilometres.
17. (A) It is cold and dry,
(B) It has a variety of climates.
(C) It is largely predictable.
(D) It snows in winter and rains in summer.
18. (A) Because they have milder and warmer climates.
(B) Because they have built more holiday inns and hotels.
(C) Because they are located in the tropical region.
(D) Because they are abundant in cheap flowers and vegetables.

Questions 19~22
19. (A) They don’t like food from other countries.
(B) They don’t bother much about what they eat.
(C) They fell that their food is better than any other in the world.
(D) They really enjoy tinned and frozen foods.
20. (A) Snack. (B) Breakfast.
(C) Lunch. (D) Dinner.
21. (A) Eat out in a foreign restaurant. (B) Prepare a big meal at home.
(C) Tour around the world (D) Give a birthday party.
22. (A) Because it is full of foreign tourists.
(B) Because it has got a lot of foreign restaurants.
(C) Because it is an ideal place for buying frozen foods.
(D) Because it has attracted many college students.

Questions 23~26
23. (A) It is a free meal offered by TV producers.’
(B) It is an evening meal to strengthen the family relationship.
(C) It is a kind of snack food, especially for TV viewers.
(D) It can be prepared by children, regardless of their age.
24. (A) The preparation stage and the eating stage.
(B) The preparation stage and the clean-up stage.
(C) The eating stage and the clean-up stage.
(D) The watch-TV stage and the talking stage.
25. (A) They helped with setting the dinner table.
(B) They washed and cut the vegetables and meats.
(C) They watched TV programs in the sitting room.
(D) They went out to buy TV dinners for the family.
26. (A) Just a few minutes. (B) About 20 minutes.
(C) Over 30 minutes. (D) As long as the commercial break lasts

Questions 27~30
27. (A) A wine-bar attendant. (B) A musical artist.
(C) A computer programmer. (D) An accountant.
28. (A) Central London. (B) North London.
(C) South-east London. (D) West London.
29. (A) Playing the piano. (B) Teaching music.
(C) Managing concerts. (D) Helping to run a charity.
30. (A) Doing a home concert.
(B) Finding a part-time job.
(C) Giving piano recitals in the North.
(D) Entering for a competition.

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 will 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 SKLLS (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 your have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 1~5
Some children do not like school. So what else is new? But in Japan that familiar aversion has reached alarming proportions. About 50,000 unhappy youngsters a year (out of a total school-age population of 20 million) suffer what Japanese behavioral experts call school phobia. School phobia is distinguished from other common childhood and adolescent psychological and emotional disorders by the patient’s reaction to, and fear of, the idea of going to school. Typically, it begins with fever, sweating, headaches, and diarrhoea; it often progresses to complete physical inertia, depression, and even autism.
A doctor on a house call found a thirteen-year-old Tokyo boy who had not been to school in more than a year. He lives in a darkened room, receiving his food through a slot under the door and lashing out violently at his parents if they came too close. Once the boy was placed in a psychiatric ward treatment, he again became an open, seemingly healthy youngster. When he was sent home, however, his symptoms returned, and he was never able to go back to school.
School phobia can be cured, usually with tranquilizers and psychotherapy. Rehabilitation takes about two years. Yet victims who are put in clinics or mental wards often prefer to stay there. Their day is filled with activities like knitting, painting, music, free time, and sports. Nurses try to create a familiar environment in which the children can feel that they are taking a certain amount of responsibility for their lives and can find some sense of self-worth.
The causes of school phobia are not precisely known. In a few severe cases brain disorders have been diagnosed. A more common factor may be the overprotective Japanese mother who, some psychiatrists say, leaves her children ill-prepared to face the real world. Many researchers point to the unrelenting pressures for success faced by both children and adults in Japan, where stress-related disorders of all sorts are common. In addition, the Japanese educational system is one of the world’s most rigid, suppressing a child’s individual creative and analytical development. Says Dr. Hitoshi Ishikawa, head of the department of psychosomatic medicine at Tokyo University, “The problem won’t be cured until Japanese society as a whole is cured of its deep-rooted social ills.”
1. The author chooses to write about school phob