新东方网络课堂：中级口译真题1

SECTLON 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 you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.

　　Good afternoon, I'd like to thank professor Leach for giving me the chance to talk to you students. My topic today is “Attitudes, Values and Tastes”.An attitude, or the way we feel about something, can take different forms. On the one hand, there are attitudes that are simply_______(1). There may change from year to year, month to month and even, day to day. On the other hand, there are attitudes that can be firmly fixed ____________(2) that rarely, if ever, change.

　　Included in the first___________ (3) are statements like “Sally has beautiful eyes”, or “I hate icecream”. Attitudes like these may simply ____________(4) a person, al taste or preference that does not always affect other people. Nobody will get particularly ___________(5), for example, if you have a preference for tea ____________(6) coffee.

　　The second type of attitude could _________(7) such statements as “Smoking should be banned in _________(8)”, and “War is a terrible thing”. With attitudes like these, however, we are expressing an opinion that we ____________(9) about. Opinions such as these are very much a part of ____________(10) since they express the way we feel about certain __________(11) and events.

　　If someone is a smoker, for example, it can become very difficult to ___________(12) that person if they smoke ____________(13) in our company. Preference and tastes refer to specific ______(14) , where values are general and include __________(15). There is big difference, for example, between these two ___________(16): “Your boss is very rude ” and “I could never

　　work under a boss”. In the first statement, the speaker is____________ (17) an opinion based on one person, the boss. The idea is that other bosses are not _____________(18). In the second one, though, the speaker indicates a _____________(19) about work in general: he could not work for anyone, ______________(20) they were.

　　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 a 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. Jack left home without an umbrella.

　　B. Jack didn't hear the rain.

　　C. Jack's umbrella didn't work.

　　D. Jack had the day off due to the weather.

　　2. A. They didn't pay attention to the consulant's opinion.

　　B. They called in the consultant for her advice.

　　C. They always do what their consultant tells them.

　　D. They listened to the concert over the radio.

　　3. A. The manufacturer wishes it could find a good advertising agent.

　　B. The manufacturer hopes to increase its sales through advertising.

　　C. The advertising campaign includes many sporting events.

　　D. The advertising campaign is joined by well-known individuals.

　　4. A. Did Cathy put a new report in here?

　　B. Is the yearly report in here, or is it someplace else?

　　C. Which picture do you like, the new one or the old one?

　　D. Is it ture that Cathy only remembered to lock one of the drawers?

　　5. A. A lawyer should sign the memo. 

　　B. We should get legal advice.

　　C. We have seen a lawyer.

　　D. Let's wait for a lucky sign.