1、英语翻译资格高级口译模拟试题及答案解析（2）（1-20/共 20 题）Part A Spot DictationDirections: 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
2、 BOOKLET, Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.Play00:0003:31VolumeThe momentum is building ahead of next months G8 summit in Scotland where the leaders of the worlds richest nations will debate what they can do to help some of the worlds poorest. Africa is the priority and the politicians w
3、ill discuss _1_, ending trade regulations which put the continents economy at a disadvantage, and giving more aid._2_along the coastline, near the continentsz portsare monuments to exploitation. On the island of Goree, for example,_3_ Senegal, therezs the Slave House. This was the last place many Af
4、ricans saw before being shipped off 4_ in the Americas or; just as often, to death on the high seas.There are many more places like this_5_ or so of the African slave trade. When people wonder why Africa is so poor, they need look no further for_6_.Some people argue that_7_railways and schools and s
5、o onthe system was principally designed to turn Africa into a_8_ for the profit of outsiders.Of course, some Africans gained from this period. Chiefs who sold their enemies_9_, for example, and coastal people who creamed a little off the colonial trade which flowed through their land.But on the whol
6、e,_10_, the general rule was systematic exploitation, This must, surely, be the basic reason why Africa is poor. You could add that the climate is punishing, that _11_, and that todays independent African rulers are far from perfect. All true. But these factors, powerful in recent decades, seem marg
7、inal when_12_ that was set for centuries.The solution, or, at least, the project sold as the solution, has been aid. Emergency aid, development aid, agricultural aid, economic advice._13_. The problem with this solution is that, patently, it hasnt worked.On the whole, Africa has got poorer. The fail
8、ure hasnt really been the idea of real aid but_14_. Clearly, if, in the famous phrase, you teach a man to fish, youzre probably helping him.But most aid hasnt been like that. Most of it has been top-down aid, money thatzs given to African governments_15_ the aid givers. A good proportion of it has b
9、een creamed off by the recipient governments officials and_16_ paid back to the so-called donors in consultancy fees, salaries, cars, houses-and-servants for aid officials,_17_ of arms.During the Cold War, which only ended in the 1990s, most aid to Africa was never really even_18_. It was designed t
10、o reward client states for supporting or opposing_19_. This led to inappropriate and sometimes laughable results. Therezs an apocryphal tale that does the rounds, for example, of the former Soviet Union, in the 1970s,_20_ to tropical Guinea. To be honest, I dont know if this story is true. But I do
11、know of many cases where so-called food aid has destroyed markets for local farmers by driving down prices.第1题 第2题 第3题 第4题 第5题 第6题 第7题 第8题 第9题 第10题 第11题 第12题 第13题 第14题 第15题 第16题 第17题 第18题 第19题 第20题 下一题（2125/共 20 题）Part B Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of the test there will be some
12、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 s
13、pace in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Play00:0004:19Volume第21题A.A photographer.B.A documenter.C.An African artist.D.A founder of Tara.第22题A.Nearly five million.B.Thirty thousand.C.Over a million.Innumerable.第23题A.They exaggerated what they feel and think about their environment to achieve extraordinary artist
14、ic effects.B.Their thoughts and struggles are very much like that of modern human today.C.The estimated number of their rock images in Africa is extraordinary.D.They didnt know their work might change the way in which African history was previously thought.第24题A.Conscious destruction.B.Tourism indus
15、try.C.Theft.Carelessness.第25题A.Tara will make up one of the oldest and most extensive records on Earth of human thought.B.Tara will digitize some 20,000 photographic images of African rock art.C.Tara will ask the giants, all Africas leaders and peoples for the help.D.Tara will make the photographic
16、images available to scholars worldwide. 上一题下一题（2630/共 20 题）Part B Listening ComprehensionDirections: 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 liste
17、n 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.Play00:0005:23Volume第26题A.Around 150 women from Latin America swarm into the town.B.The Spanish village has hosted a love-in fo
18、r its male residents.C.The population of the village will surpass 4,000 shortly.D.The village will pay 45 euros for every female participant.第27题A.To discharge a hybrid force made up of AU and UN.B.To station its troops in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur.C.To sign a peace deal with one
19、 of the rebel groups in Darfur.D.To agree to deploy international peace keeping troops to the region.第28题A.Luxembourg.B.Britain.C.France.Holland.第29题A.The 41 -year-old man claimed to be responsible for last Mondays explosion in Nairobi.B.The man released the name and one photograph of a suspect in t
20、he mysterious explosion.C.The man surrendered to Kenya Police and was immediately put into custody for questioning.D.The man was involved in the 1998 US embassy bombing which killed more than 200 people.第30题A.20B.22C.24D.35上一题下一题（3135/共 20 题）Part B Listening ComprehensionDirections: In this part of
21、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 c
22、hosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Play00:0005:41Volume第31题A.Because she is hopeful about the outcome of restarting the peace process.B.Because it is a pin given by a very important friend of hers.C.Because people in the Middle East need a lot of dove pins.Because the dove pin i
23、s like a window of opportunity which will last very long.第32题A.Because she wants to make sure that the democrat system runs successfully in the area.B.Because Mahmoud Abbas is not the only really democratically elected leader in the area.C.Because the conditions in Gaza have really improved in an un
24、expected way.Because people realize that they have address the current concern in a peaceful way.第33题A.American special envoys.B.Americas money and commitment.C.Americazs support in bringing the parties together.American goods and employment opportunities.第34题A.Find all of the terror organizations i
25、n the area.B.Meet Madame Secretary in person with the new foreign minister.C.Dismiss security chiefs that were not doing the job.Control the violence and getting security under control.第35题A.The two-state solution of support.B.Israelis withdrawal from Gaza.C.The importance of moving forward.D.The co
26、mmitments and promises delivered.上一题下一题（3640/共 20 题）Part B Listening ComprehensionDirections: 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 caref
27、ully 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.Play00:0006:53Volume第36题A.To hear inspiring speeches.B.To elect a new party leader.C.To appraise the partys performance.D.To discuss p
28、olicy.第37题A.Having too much influence over the annual conference of the ruling party.B.Seeking power without responsibilitythe prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.C.Running their papers as engines according to an inappropriate agenda.Expressing peoples wishes, likes and dislikes without sh
29、owing respect to the authorities.第38题A.To ask Brown to knock the story out by coming up with a better one.B.To ask the interviewee to claim that he was obsessed with the media.C.To ask the Prime Minister to announce a war on drugs during the interview.D.To ask the interviewer to talk about the new r
30、ift between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.第39题A.The Sun.B.The Daily Mirror.C.The Daily Mail.D.The News Briefs.第40题A.The Relationship Between Politicians and the PressB.The Press: the Resentment of the PoliticiansC.The Prime Ministers and Conservative NewspapersD.Report on the Annual Conference of the
31、Ruling Party上一题下一题(4145/共 20 题)SECTION 2 READING TESTDirections: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. 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 tile letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.In this season of celebrity babies, with the coming of Baby Suri, Tom and Katies new addition, and Gwyneths Baby Moses and the imminent arrival of Ba
