英语高级口译资格证书试题
第一阶段考试
SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)
Part A: Spot Dictation http://tr.hjenglish.com/
Directions: In this part of the test,youwillhearapassageand read thesamepassage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the 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.
Today I'm going to consider very briefly a problem concerned with the competition for land use, that is, whether crops should be used to produce food or should be used to _________(1) and in considering this problem I will look at ________(2): the historical background to the problem, the economic involved in the competition for land use, some examples, and ________(3) to a potential problem.
In considering the historical background we should ___________(4) of the 1970s due to the rapid trend in increasing oil prices. Many countries have looked for ____________(5) to make them independent of other countries' _____________(6). Examples of alternative energy sources include such things as solar power. the ____________(7), and also the production of biogas. Biogas is methane which is produced from _____________(8). http://tr.hjenglish.com/
A particularly interesting possibility for many developing countries has been the ___________(9) to alcohol. This is interesting because in many developing countries there is a ____________(10) and at the same time a small industrial sector and thus the ____________(11) the agricultural sector to produce fuel is of interest to those countries.
Research is going on ___________(12), for example, from sugar and there are two main economic reasons for this. First of all, the world price of sugar _________(13) or the world price of sugar has fallen in very real terms __________(14). This has caused a problem for those economics which are ____________(15) their sugar production, as it gives them an alternative possibility for ______________(16). And secondly sugar is the most efficient source of alcohol, therefore, it is __________(17) to make fuel by distilling alcohol from it. http://tr.hjenglish.com/
In addition to sugar there are _______(18) that can be used to make alcohol, for example, ____________(19) such plants as the cassava plant and the sweet potato are good sources from which alcohol can be made and in non-tropical countries you have such things as __________(20).
Part B: Listening Comprehension
Directions: In this part of the test there will be some 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 the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation. http://tr.hjenglish.com/
1. (A) Blue. (B) Green.
(C) Red. (D) Yellow.
2. (A) "Swimming". (B) "Wills's Woodbines".
(C) A petrol company badge. (D) "Tidy".
3. (A) In the early 1900s. (B) In the early 1950s.
(C) Around 1945. (D) After 1955.
4. (A) "Smoked by Millions". (B) "Bought by Millions."
(C) "Love for Humankind".(D) "I've been to Disneyland."
5. (A) Two (B) Three
(C) Four (D) Five
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. http://tr.hjenglish.com/
6. (A) 25% (B) 35%
(C) 45% (D) 75%
7. (A) Inadequate pay.
(B) Short-staffing at air-traffic control centers.
(C) Certain government welfare policies.
(D) The company pension scheme proposals.
8. (A) There was a substantial increase in the number of employment.
(B) Just over 12,000 people were still unemployed last month.
(C) The unemployment situation has got a little better.
(D) There is no real reduction in unemployment.
9. (A) More than fourteen-million-pound worth ofjewellery.
(B) Over forty-million-pound worth ofjewellery.
(C) Over one-quarter million pound of cash.
(D) A very large but unspecified amount of money.
10. (A) A woman and a child. (B) Three men.
(C) Three men and a woman. (D) Three men, a woman and a child.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following intervies.
11. (A) A South African Businessman.
(B) A British diamond supplier.
(C) An American writer and journalist.
(D) A chief executive officer of De Beers Corporation.
12. (A) Because they are difficult to mine.
(B) Because they are rare.
(C) Because they are sort of marriage license.
(D) Because they are controlled by a monopoly. http://tr.hjenglish.com/
13. (A) An advertising agency for diamonds(B) A South African diamond company.
(C) A Belgian diamond cutter. (D) A Japanese diamond designer.
14. (A) Russia.(B) Japan.
(C) Israel. (D) Belgium.
15. (A) Diamonds are a good investment.
(B) Diamonds are expensive because there is a monopoly.
(C) Diamonds are an international symbol of marriage.
(D) Diamonds are rare and therefore precious.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
16. (A) The dangers of computer use to health.
(B) The dangers and benefits of computer use.
(C) Computer use and personal privacy.
(D) Computer use and national or industrial security.
17. (A) Less than 25%. (B) About 35%.
(C) More than 45%. (D) Around 55%.
18. (A) USA. (B) UK.
(C) Australia. (D) Denmark.
19. (A) Disturbance to vision. (B) Increased stress.
(C) Abnormality in pregnancy. (D) Skin disease.
20. (A) Because they stay longer hours in front of the terminal screen than do professional users.
(B) Because they use computers in places without safeguards against potential risks.
(C) Because they usually use computers of an inferior quality.
(D) Because they use computers only for interest or pleasure.http://tr.hjenglish.com/
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