新东方网络课堂：上海高级口译真题7

16. The author introduced The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times at the beginning

   of the passage in order to show that ______.

     (A) newspapers can still play their role of effective watchdogs

     (B) newspapers will spend lots of time and money to provide solid report 

     (C) mainstream media is an aging fighter that runs counter to Web-driven newsrooms

     (D) mainstream media is planning for a comeback in the Digital Age

 

17. According to the passage, journalists in the Digital Age______.

　    (A) need only to use online traffic to provide all kinds of news

     (B) can rely on computer to realize their dream of trotting the globe

     (C) are often forced to be fastened to their computers to do their work

     (D) should be aware of the possible restrictions of online-based news reporting 

 

18. The Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2010 report concludes that______.

　    (A) most links on blogs and debates from new media are still dependent on old medina

     (B) new media are separated farther away from old media

     (C) reported journalism, commentary and analysis are growing

     (D) with rapidly developing new media, the coverage of news becomes more balanced 

 

19. When the author was telling his own experience with the Internet, he was______.

　    (A) simply showing his admiration and appreciation

     (B) trying to let readers share his fascinating experience

     (C) displaying his ambivalent attitude and confusion over the Internet 

     (D) criticizing the power of the Internet

 

20. The author implies at the end of the passage that ______.

　    (A) online journalism has little to learn from mainstream media

     (B) solid reporting and thoughtful analysis is still one major advantage of old media

     (C) the painful contractions of reported journalism are inevitable and necessary, and 

　　　mainstream media is dying fast

     (D) with the coming of the Digital Age, it is almost impossible to inherit the old media’s 

　　　tradition of effective watchdogs

　　

SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST

(30 minutes)

 

Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

 

　　When President Obama took the stage here Wednesday to address a community—and a nation—traumatized by Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, it invited comparisons to President George W. Bush’s speech to the nation after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the memorial service President Bill Clinton led after the bombing of a federal office building killed 168 people in Oklahoma City in 1995. But Mr. Obama’s appearance presented a deeper challenge, reflecting the tenor of his times. Unlike those tragedies—which, at least initially, united a mournful country and quieted partisan divisions—this one has, in the days since the killings, had the opposite effect, inflaming the divide.

　　It was a political reality Mr. Obama seemed to recognize the moment he took the stage. He directly confronted the political debate that erupted after the rampage, asking people of all beliefs not to use the tragedy to turn on one another. He called for an end to partisan recriminations, and for a unity that has seemed increasingly elusive as each day has brought more harsh condemnations from the left and the right. It was one of the more powerful addresses that Mr. Obama has delivered as president, harnessing the emotion generated by the shock and loss from Saturday’s shootings to urge Americans “to remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together.”