英语翻译高级口译模拟10(暂缺语音)

英语翻译高级口译模拟10(暂缺语音) 全真模拟试题二(?) SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST 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 an the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. On December 5, 1945, at 2:00 pm, a group of (1) took off in perfect weather for a practice flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Two hours later, (2) , Lt. Charles Taylor, radioed back that he was "completely lost." He said that the planes' compasses were "going crazy," and that he could see no land. And then his radio died. The navy sent another plane to (3) , but it disappeared too. By the end of that day, (4) had disappeared in a mysterious area known as the Bermuda Triangle. This is just one of many frightening stories that people love to tell about the Bermuda Triangle, which is located on the West Atlantic Ocean between Miami, Florida, the island of Bermuda, and the island of Puerto Rico. Over the years, more than a hundred planes, ships, and small boats (5) have been lost in this area. Many of them disappeared in the middle of the day, in perfect weather. And in most cases, to make the stories even more mysterious, (6) have ever been found. The planes and ships have simply disappeared. There is no doubt that there is something strange, perhaps even mysterious, about this part of the Atlantic; the question is, what is it? How can we explain the disappearance of so many ships and planes in this region? In this lecture, we will examine some of the official, as well as (7) that people have offered over the years. The United States Navy does not believe that there is anything mysterious about the Triangle. It says that all the accidents are the result of the (8) . These features include the Gulf Stream current, which flows rapidly through the area, (9) , and changeable, often violent, weather patterns. In addition, the Triangle (10) that causes compasses in this area to point to true north instead of magnetic north. If the navigator of a ship or plane forgets this fact, he can easily get lost in the Bermuda Triangle. The navy believes that this is probably what happened to the five navy airplanes that I mentioned at the beginning of this talk. In conclusion, the navy believes that the disappearances (11) can be explained by human errors, changing weather, or (12) . Some of the other theories concerning so many accidents in the Triangle are a little bit difficult to believe. For example, John Wallace Spencer, who wrote a book called Limbo of the Lost, believes that (13) have established a civilization in the Triangle's underwater canyons, which have never been explored. He thinks that (14) human beings for their underwater zoo, and that they caused the disappearances. A similar theory states that the planes and ships disappeared because (15) -UFOs-attacked them. People who believe this theory refer to the fact that many of the missing planes and ships reported (16) before they suddenly disappeared. As you can see, there are (17) the strange things that have happened in the Bermuda Triangle. There have been (18) about this subject, and there was even a special exposition at the Library of Congress. Nevertheless. (19) travel to this popular area. Do these tourists ever wonder if they, too, will disappear (20) Bermuda Triangle? Part B: Listening Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversation. 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. 1. (A) American English. (B) British English. (C) Chinese English. (D) Australian English. 2. (A) Not as good as most of the other students that he taught. (B) The best ever amongst all the acquaintances that he knew in life. (C) Slightly over the intermediate level amongst all of the students that he had. (D) No worse than most of the other students that he came across. 3. (A) She does not fully understand the courses taught by native speakers. (B) Her spoken English is not as accurate as he expected it to be. (C) He could not communicate with the woman freely during their conversation. (D) The problem suggested by the woman isn't as serious as she thought. 4. (A) Economy course. (B) Philosophy course. (C) Professional course. (D) Finance course. 5. (A) IELTS. (B) Real Talk 7. (C) Market Leader. (D) SIA(Advanced). Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. 6. (A) The concept of sustainable utilization and management of natural resources has been denied. (B) The Zimbabwean government would fight for the proposed ban on ivory trade. (C) The Zimbabwean delegation leaves for CITES conference. (D) Various conservationists working for several private companies have voted against the local officials involved. 7. (A) Nine. (B) One. (C) Two. (D) Three. 8. (A) One of the marine veterans might lose the honorable discharge status. (B) None of the marine veterans was recognized in the photo caption in The Washington Post. (C) Four marine veterans deny to having wear uniform at protest without authorization. (D) Many military veterans are becoming leaders of Iraq Veterans Against the War. 9. (A) South Sudan is not satisfied with the little improvement in the implementation of the peace deal. (B) Africa's longest civil war in the vast region has not ended yet. (C) Regional countries are forced to ensure specific aspects of the deal are implemented to make unity attractive. (D) Disputes over ownership of Sudan's oil fields, mainly located in the south, have been addressed. 10. (A) The world economy. (B) Climate change. (C) Child labor. (D) Environment protection. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. 11. (A) They know they are going to be murdered so they are frightened. (B) They don't have the sense of security after the train bombings. (C) They are angry because those who are well-informed do not tell the truth to the public. (D) They feel nothing special and forget the whole thing three weeks later. 12. (A) Ten. (B) At least twelve. (C) Two. (D) Not mentioned. 13. (A) Threats from al Qaeda. (B) Concerns over corruption. (C) Loose information networks. (D) Unwillingness to fight against the terrorists. 14. (A) In a store. (B) In a railway station. (C) In an airfield. (D) In a police agency. 15. (A) The terrorists can achieve their greatest ever success in the future. (B) There is no prediction what shall happen to the residents in Madrid. (C) People shall lead their normal lives as they used to. (D) Nothing substantial has been proposed and carded out by the authorities so far. Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. 16. (A) Absorbed and attracted. (B) Sympathetic. (C) Both anger and despair. (D) Fair and objective. 17. (A) Educational establishments. (B) Power stations. (C) Recreational facilities. (D) Guillotine. 18. (A) The young man is considered mature enough to stand on his own feet and support his family. (B) The landowner promised a high income to the potential workers. (C) It is extremely competitive for Brazilians to find a work in the downtown area. (D) Many young people in Brazil realize the importance of the Amazon rain forest and try to protect it. 19. (A) Around 22 years. (B) Less than 8 years. (C) Approximately 30 years. (D) More than 33 years. 20. (A) Brazilians might not be able to seek a better life as expected in the near future. (B) We might accelerate global warming and disrupt the world's climate. (C) Residents in the developed nations might be encouraged to consume more and more meat. (D) Brazil, burdened with a heavy foreign debt, might be forced to export more beef and more soybeans. SECTION 2: READING TEST Directions: 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 the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1-5 Radio's got a problem. Although some 200 million people tune in each week to hear their favorite overcaffeinated DJ or catch those crucial rush-hour traffic updates, it's getting tougher to hold listeners' attention. Facing flat revenues and competition ranging from iPods to music phones, the 87-year-old industry is scrambling to reinvent itself. But not even satellite radio or the new HD format addresses this analog medium's fundamental flaw: it doesn't give people any say in which songs they hear. If you don't like a track or a DJ, your only option is to turn the dial-or turn it off. That could change if the pioneers behind personalized radio continue to win over music lovers who are burned out on regular radio but can't be bothered to constantly refresh their iPods with 99, iTunes. On websites such as Last. fm, Pandora.com and the new Slacker.com personalized radio lets you train it to understand your tastes. You can, of course, just listen to the music passively as it plays on your computer. But it's even better when you make it your own, by marking each song as a favorite, skipping past it or banishing it from the station's playlist altogether. And despite growing concern about how proposed new royalty fees for Internet radio stations could hamper the industry's growth, on May 23 Sprint became the first wireless carrier to offer personalized radio on its phones. Each customizable radio service has its own way of assessing what you like. Pandora refers to its database of more than 600,000 major-label songs-all of which have been categorized by musical attributes such as voice, tonality and chromatic harmony-then serves up similar-sounding tracks. That can get a little monotonous, so Slacker, which launched in March, uses professional DJs to dream up constantly changing playlists that give you more variety while still adhering to your basic tastes. If you ask for Gwen Stefani, for example, you'll also get the Cars, Talking Heads and Bjork in addition to more obvious matches such as BIondie and Madonna. And Last. fm, which is based in London, taps into the collective wisdom of its 20 million users worldwide. For example, if you like Beyonce, and other Last. fm members who like Beyonce also listen to Mary J. Blige, then the service will put Mary on your playlist as well. Personalized radio isn't just a quirky idea for tech geeks to fawn over and venture capitalists to gamble their millions on. Although its revenues are minuscule compared with the $21 billion of the terrestrial-radio industry, more than 4 million people in the US visit Pandora and Last. fm each month, according to comScore Media Metrix. That makes them the fifth and sixth most popular Web radio stations in the country. "It's the ideal middle ground between having an intact experience and being in control of what you receive," says Last. fm co-founder Martin Stiksel. Making personalized radio portable could be the key to its long-term success. "The biggest problem with Internet radio is that it's stuck on the PC," says Slacker CEO Dennis Mudd. "What you really want is this device you can play in your living room, in your car or in the desert walking around." In addition to Sprint's move to put Pandora on phones, SanDisk recently demonstrated a prototype portable player that could run Pandora, and Slacker plans to sell a $150 iPod-like player this summer that can get wireless music downloads from its website. Unlike iTunes, music from Slacker is free. "Most people don't want to pay for radio," says Mudd, who hopes to bring in revenue through audio advertising spots. That model is showing some promise. The overall Internet-radio market brought in more than $400 million in ad revenue last year, according to JPMorgan Chase. About half of that came from online ads on websites owned by conventional radio broadcasters like CBS Radio and Clear Channel. "Internet radio, when you tie it in with our business model, I think it works," says Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays, who is beefing up his stations' Web presence with online videos and promotions. Even old-school DJs see the appeal of personalized radio. Elvis Duran, who hosts a popular morning show on New York City's Z100, says he could imagine a future in which listeners wake up to some comedy and conversation from the show followed by three songs tailored to their tastes. But he doesn't expect live DJs to become obsolete: "When people wake up in the morning, it's good to hear some people who are talking about interesting topics and who let you know, hey, the world's still spinning and I can go out there." Good idea. No wonder Apple never built a radio tuner in the iPod: it's scared of the competition. 1. Which of the following is not the problem of old school radio DJs? (A) The 87-year-old industry is too old to catch on. (B) Listeners' attention is more likely to be deviated. (C) Fierce competition with counterparts. (D) Floundering profit-earning modes. 2. Personalized radio's improvement does NOT include ______. (A) customing your own list of favorite music (B) assessing your choice of music (C) expanding database of music (D) recommending similar music on your own fancy 3. We can conclude from the passage that ______. (A) personalized radios have made great benefits until now (B) companies like Sprint, Slacker, and Pandora are teaming up to make personalized radio wireless and portable (C) iTune will cut its price to catch up with others (D) the author suggests that old style DJs will ultimately disappear 4. The last sentence implies that ______. (A) people need live DJs more than they need customized radios (B) people tend to think live DJs will still remain (C) Apple company is too weak to build a radio channel on its own products (D) live DJs are struggling to survive the heated competition 5. The word "beefing up" (Para. 6) is closest to ______. (A) working on (B) reinforcing (C) cutting (D) staying put Questions 6-10 For almost six years Lyle Craker, a researcher who studies medicinal plants at the University of Massachusetts, has been trying to grow pot. Quite a long time, one might think, for a professor of agronomy-his students, presumably, have far less trouble. The difficulty for Dr. Craker, though, is that he would like to grow marijuana legally, but the Drag Enforcement Administration (DEA) has so far refused to give him a licence. Last month a judge appointed by the Department of Justice recommended that it would be in the public interest for Dr. Craker to grow the drug. Mary Ellen Bittner said that the government's monopoly on the legal growing of cannabis is hindering legitimate research and that there is a need for a second licensed facility to grow and supply it to authorised researchers. Dr. Craker' s case is backed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a not-for-profit group that supports research into the medicinal benefits of unapproved drugs. Lawyers for the groups argued that if cannabis is to be successfully licensed as a medicine by the Food and Drug Administration, a stable and secure supply is necessary. Moreover this supply is not available from the National Institute on Drag Abuse, the only body licensed by the DEA to grow it. The lawyers pointed to the case of Donald Abrams, a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He tried for many years to get cannabis from the national institute in order to conduct research on how it might help AIDS patients. This research was approved by all the necessary authorities-yet he was still refused cannabis. Later, when he changed his research to investigate whether it was dangerous for AIDS patients, his demand was supplied. Why is there such resistance? The DEA declined to comment on the case because it is ongoing, However Allen Hopper, a senior attorney based in Santa Cruz who works for the American Civil Liberties Union, says that the reasons for the lack of supply are political rather than scientific. Dr. Craker' s fight is by no means over. The decision on whether he can have his licence still rests with the deputy administrator of the DEA. The agency's decision must be as carefully argued as the judicial ruling. Even if it turns down Dr. Craker' s application, he will be free to take the decision to a court of appeal. The grass elsewhere is most certainly greener. The British government has encouraged research into cannabis medicines, with the result that a new drag, Sativex, based on an extract of cannabis, is now being used for the relief of nerve pain by multiple-sclerosis patients in Britain, Canada and Spain. In January GW Pharmaceuticals, the British producer of Sativex, announced research which suggests that a version of the drug might relieve pain in conditions other than multiple sclerosis. Back in America, an article published last month in the journal Neurology showed that smoking cannabis relieved chronic HIV-associated nerve pain-a condition that is often impervious to other treatments. For a long time many politicians in America have argued that cannabis has no proven medicinal value. At the same time, legitimate research has been hindered by supply problems. The only way to resolve whether marijuana has useful medical properties is to test it. The DEA should grant Dr. Craker his licence. 6. Which of the following conclusion is true according to the passage? (A) Lack of unanimity, the Craker case is a deadlock. (B) BEA will certainly approve Craker' s licence for growing marijuana. (C) Craker' s dissenters have political considerations on this issue. (D) Marijuana research in America is far behind that in Europe. 7. Which of the following is NOT an obstacle for American drug research? (A) Scientists and politicians rarely go together. (B) DEA always keeps their mouth shut on this topic. (C) Needs for marijuana outnumber its real supply. (D) Government red tapes frustrated the process. 8. "The grass elsewhere is most certainly greener." (Para. 7 ) implies that ______. (A) The United States can never parallel European countries in medical research (B) environmental protection in other countries is more successful (C) cannabis research is smoother in other countries because of governmental support (D) British breakthrough in cannabis research can be attributed to the plentiful supply of cannabis 9. Among supporters for Craker, ______. (A) Mary Ellen Bittner suggests government allow more pot growers to satisfy legal research (B) many of them are being counterattacked by DEA (C) many think that pot growing industry should open entirely rather than being monopolized by National Institute on Drug Abuse. (D) many think cannabis has no proven medicinal values 10. The lawyers pointed to the case of Domald Abraham to illustrate that ______. (A) DEA and other agencies don't work concertedly (B) American cannabis researchers have got a victory in cannabis supplies (C) National Institute on Drug Abuse is the only body licensed by the DEA (D) stagnation of American cannabis research lies in unreasonable government resistance Questions 11-15 Marriage may be about love, but divorce is a business. For global couples-born in different countries, married in a third, now working somewhere else and with children, pensions and other assets sprinkled over the world-a contested divorce is bliss for lawyers and a nightmare for others. Divorce laws vary wildly, from countries (such as Malta) that still forbid it to Islamic states where-for the husband, at least-it may be obtained in minutes. Rules on the division of property and future financial obligations vary hugely too. France expects the poorer party, usually the wife, to start fending for herself almost immediately; England and some American states insist on lifelong support. Some systems look only at the "acquest" (assets built during the marriage); others count the lot. A few, like Austria, still link cash to blame (eg, for adultery). Japan offers a temptingly quick cheap break, but-for foreigners-little or no enforceable contact with the kids thereafter, notes Jeremy Morley, a New York-based "international divorce strategist". Other places may be mum-friendly when it comes to money but dad-friendly on child custody. The European Union (home to 875,000 divorces a year, of which a fifth are "international" ) is trying to tidy up its divorce laws. A reform in 2001 called Brussels II tried to stop forum shopping, in which each party sought the most favourable jurisdiction, by ruling that the first court to be approached decides the divorce. That worked-but at the cost of encouraging trigger-happy spouses to kill troubled marriages quickly, rather than trying to patch them up. This, says David Hodson, a specialist in international divorce law, favours the "wealthier, more aggressive, more unscrupulous party". It goes against the general trend towards counselling, mediation and out-of-court settlement. An EU measure called Rome ?, now under negotiation and pencilled in to come into force in 2008, tries to ensure that the marriage is ended by the law that has governed it most closely. It may be easy for a Dutch court to apply Belgian law when dealing with the uncontested divorce of a Belgian couple, but less so for a Spanish court to apply Polish rules, let alone Iranian or Indonesian, and especially not when the divorce is contested. Such snags make Rome ? "laughably idiotic-a recipe for increasing costs", according to John Cornwell, a London lawyer. Britain and Ireland say they will opt out. That, says Mr. Hodson, will give a further edge to London. Since a judgment in 2000 entrenched the principle of "equality" in division of marital assets, England, home to hundreds of thousands of expatriates, has become a "Mecca for wives", says Louise Spitz of Manches, a London law firm. David Truex, who runs a specialist international divorce outfit, reckons that at least a fifth of divorce cases registered in London's higher courts now have an international element. That trend is accelerating as more and more foreign professionals move to Britain: the latest bunch of customers, says Ms. Spitz, are from the former Soviet Union: hugely wealthy and based in London for political masons. That may protect their assets from being grabbed by the Kremlin; but it does not shield them from their wives. English courts are slowly edging towards the principle (already entrenched in some American states) that the wife's efforts during the marriage to boost her husband's earning power must be compensated, meaning that future income, as well as current assets, must be shared. Compared with most other jurisdictions, English courts are not just wife-friendly but sharp-toothed and clear-sighted. A case to be heard next week by the Court of Appeal will determine the fate of the huge offshore fortune of John Charman, a financier. A lower court ruled that his wife was entitled to her share of the assets held in a Bermuda trust. Rich couples with troubled marriages and a London connection are watching with a mixture of glee and foreboding. For the typical global couple, such high-profile, big-money cases matter less than the three basic (and deeply unromantic factors) in marriage planning. According to Mr. Truex, a rich man should choose his bride from a country with a stingy divorce law, such as Sweden or France, and marry her there. Second, he should draw up a pre-nuptial agreement. These are binding in many countries and have begun to count even in England. Third, once divorce looms, a wife may want to move to England or America (but should avoid no-alimony states such as Florida); for husbands, staying in continental Europe is wise. Outside Europe, the Country-or American state-deemed the most "appropriate" in terms of the couple's family and business connections will normally get to hear the case. But here too unilateral action may be decisive. When Earl Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, divorced his first wife he surprised her by issuing proceedings in South Africa where they were then living. In England, where they had been domiciled, she might have got a better deal. She ended up suing her lawyers. The lesson for couples? How you live may determine the length and happiness of your marriage. Where you live is likely to determine how it ends. 11. which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Britain and Ireland will not participate Rome ? because of its breach of "equality". (B) France is a country where laws don't favor newly-divorced wives in terms of alimony. (C) In European countries, the first court to be approached decides the divorce from 2008. (D) Some American states insist husbands to provide lifelong support for their ex-wives. 12. What does the sentence "That, says Mr. Hodson, will give a further edge to London."( Para. 5 ) mean? (A) Rome ? is not trustworthy and will be abandoned by British people. (B) More and more rejected wives will roam in London for more favorable divorce settlements. (C) It will hugely expand divorcers' cost. (D) London now is on the edge of divorce upsurge. 13. By" a country with a stingy divorce law" (Para. 8 ), the author refers to ______. (A) a country where laws favor the poorer side (B) a country where laws don't favor the poorer side (C) a country where laws is absolutely just (D) a country where laws promote frugal walks of living 14. To avoid financial loss while divorcing, global couples should ______. (A) draw up a pre-divorce agreement in case there is any dispute (B) draw up a separation agreement (C) settle in places where laws favor them most (D) marry in their birth place 15. The main topic of this article is ______. (A) rich people with wobbly marriages need to think hard about where they live (B) EU' s new laws about marriage and divorce (C) new trend of alimony claimed by ex-wives (D) London, Mecca for wives Questions 16-20 Tycoons gathering this weekend at Google' s Silicon Valley headquarters will be giving money away, not trying to make more. Larry Page, one of the search firm's founders and, with a personal fortune estimated at over $14 billion, one of the world's richest 33-year-olds, is holding a fundraiser for one of his favourite charitable causes, the X Prize Foundation. The foundation is a force behind one of the most intriguing trends in philanthropy: promoting change by offering prizes. It has worked before. The chronometer was invented to win an 18th-century British government prize. Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to win $25,000 offered by Raymond Orteig, a hotelier. That inspired Peter Diamandis, the X Prize's creator, to offer $10 million for the first private space flight, won in 2004 by SpaceShipOne. In October the foundation launched its second prize, for genomics: $10 million to the first inventor able to sequence 100 human genomes in ten days. In the same month Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese mobile-phone entrepreneur, endowed an annual prize of $5 million plus $200,000 a year for life for former African leaders reckoned to have governed well. Last month a British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, launched the Virgin Earth Challenge, offering $25 million to the inventor of a commercially and environmentally viable method of removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The Rockefeller Foundation has recently formed a partnership with InnoCentive, an entrepreneurial website, to offer financial rewards to people who solve specific social challenges posted on the site. The $1.5 billion Advance Market Commitments, recently put up by a group of rich states and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stimulate the production of vaccines, is a prize of sorts. And if this weekend's event goes well, the X Prize Foundation plans to add to the boom by announcing a further ten prizes worth $200 million over the next five years, in areas ranging from space and medicine (again) to education, energy and entrepreneurship. This spring, a further X Prize for the creator of a super-efficient car is likely. Matthew Leerberg of Duke University, points out that prizes are more commonly based on recognition of past achievement (such as the Nobel awards), or promote awareness of causes favoured by the donor. "Incentivising" prizes, by contrast, stimulate achievement of specific goals. That has big attractions for businesslike philanthropists such as Mr. Page. This new generation of donors believes that traditional philanthropy is hugely inefficient. On past experience, Dr. Diamandis reckons that a prize means "ten to 40 times the amount of money gets spent". Transatlantic fliers spent a combined $400,000 to win $25,000 from Mr. Orteig; the 26 teams competing for the $10 million spaceflight prize spent $100 million. Dr. Diamandis says Mr. Page's fundraising efforts offer even greater leverage: "Larry. says that if he were to give to a university, he'd get about 50 cents on the dollar of value, maybe $2 if there are matching funds. But he gets ten-times leverage by launching a prize, and 100-times leverage by supporting a prize-giving organisation." Prizes may also stimulate those whom old-style grant-making processes fail to reach, such as people outside mainstream research institutions and corporate life. It can go wrong: prizes, such as that for honest government in Africa, may be too small, given other incentives. The criteria need to be clear and sensible-easier in science than in woollier areas such as social policy. The efficiency of a car engine can be defined in terms of a miles-per-gallon equivalent. But, as the X Prize Foundation may soon discover, coming up with a clear, testable and useful challenge in, say, education is tricky. Developing roles for such tricky prizes is one reason why the foundation needs $50 million for its running costs, which will support a staff of 40 "prize experts" who will identify suitable prizes, write the rules and try to generate public excitement. Even clear rules and a big prize may not deliver the desired result. From 1994 to 1999 the Rockefeller Foundation offered a $1 million prize for a cheap, reliable test for sexually transmitted diseases. The offer expired without being claimed. Sir Richard describes the chances of the Virgin Earth Challenge being won as "less likely than likely". And yet, he says, if the prize is won, "It will be the happiest day of my life, the best cheque I've ever written." 16. The passage raised such a question as ______. (A) how to assess a social research breakthrough as well as a scientific one (B) whether a boom in philanthropic prize-giving will change the world (C) how to work out the amount of money as a prize (D) which area should receive the biggest charitable money 17. According to the passage, the bright side of prize-giving charity does NOT include ______. (A) it may help those outside mainstream research institutions and corporate life (B) it saves money and makes philanthropy more efficient (C) it promotes awareness of causes favored by the donor (D) it makes defining scientific feat easier 18. The main problem of prize-giving donation is ______. (A) it is often difficult to measure achievements in social science (B) we need a team to write rules for the project (C) it doesn't work in education or social science (D) some donors don't pay for the prize 19. "Leverage" in the 7th paragraph refers to ______. (A) power (B) the action of a lever (C) prize (D) prospective goodness 20. When Sir Richard describes the chances of the Virgin Earth Challenge being won as "less likely than likely" (the last paragraph ), he implies ______. (A) he doesn't want to pay for the prize (B) he has lost faith in such a prize (C) current accomplishment is not even close to reaching the prize requirement (D) the prize should not have been set up SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Dolly was no ordinary iamb. She was cloned from a single mammary cell of an adult ewe, overturning long- held scientific dogma that had declared such a thing biologically impossible. Her birth set off a race in laboratories around the world to duplicate the breakthrough and raised the specter of human cloning. A decade later, scientists are starting to come to grips with just how different Dolly was. Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first little lamb and it's becoming increasingly clear that they are all, in one way or another, defective. It's tempting to think of clones as perfect carbon copies of the original-down to every hair and quirk of temperament. It turns out, though, that there are various degrees of genetic replication. Not only are clones separated from the original template by time-in Dolly's case, six years-but they are also the product of an unnatural molecular mechanism that turns out not to be very good at making identical copies. But scientists see a role for cloning in treating human diseases-and perhaps someday conquering some of man's most intractable conditions. It may be another 10 years or more before the approach yields anything safe and reliable enough to be used in real patients, and there is no guarantee that it will ever be successful. But nobody thought Dolly was possible until she made history that warm July night 10 years ago. 全真模拟试题二(?) SECTION 4: MSTENING TEST Part A: Note-taking and Gap-filling Directions: In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You are required to write ONE word or figure only in each blank. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk. G8 summit is discussing (1) aid, (2) debt and (3) fairer trading systems. Meanwhile, (4) of Africa's former leaders are to discuss development issues although many of them have already been putting their skills to good use. African presidents used to be (5) for only leaving State House feet first. Some were (6) while others clung on grimly to power. Ex-presidents used to be rare as hen's (7) . But Nigeria was an exception because the leaders had all been to (8) college together. Besides, President Nyerere of Tanzania went into voluntary (9) . But under it all lay a serious issue-how to find a (10) afterwards and how to live in (11) with the successor. Some simply go back and pick up the (12) of their old lives. For instance, Amos Sawyer returned to (13) life, Albert Zafy of Madagascar is once again a (14) , and Sam Nujoma is studying (15) at university in Namibia ex-presidents can also make very good (16) while others have campaigned on (17) . For example, Jerry Rawlings is a much younger (18) who plays on these social (19) for deliberate effect, as a UN representative on sexually (20) diseases. Part B: Listening and Translation 1. Sentence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. 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) ______ 2. Passage Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. 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 5: READING TEST Directions: Read the following passages and then answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES the questions which follow each passage. Use only information from the passage you have just read and write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1-3 Sexual allure is often hinted as being the prize for buying this or that. Yet advertising wares during commercial breaks in programmes with an erotic theme can be tricky: the minds of viewers tend to be preoccupied with what they have just seen and the advertisement is ignored. New research now suggests that even if the commercial is made sexually enticing, people still fail to remember it. Ellie Parker and Adrian Furnham of University College London devised an experiment to test three ideas. The first was to confirm that men and women alike would struggle to remember the brand of a product that was advertised during a break in a programme that contained sex. The second was that commercials that had an erotic element would be recalled more readily than those that did not. Finally they wanted to know whether people would remember the advertisement more easily if its theme contrasted with the programme into which it had been inserted. They recruited 60 young adults and divided them into four groups. The first and third groups were treated to an episode of Sex and the City called "Was it good for you?" in which the four female characters try to ascertain whether they are good in bed. It includes kissing, foreplay, nudity and sex scenes, and a discussion of the merits of sex, sexual failings and homosexuality. The second and fourth groups were shown an episode of Malcolm in the Middle, about the second-eldest of three boys raised at home in a dysfunctional family. It contained no such titillating material. During a commercial break in the screenings, the researchers showed the first and second groups a series of six advertisements for products including shampoo, perfume and beer, all of which played on sex. The third and fourth groups were also shown a series of six advertisements for the same type of products that did not employ eroticism. They then asked their subjects about what they had seen. The results are published in the March issue of Applied Cognitive Psychology. Those who had watched Sex and the City could remember little other than the programme. They were less able to name which brands had been advertised than were the groups that had watched Malcolm in the Middle, whether or not the advertisement tried to be sexy. Even when the researchers prompted their recall, by naming the type of product that had been advertised, the viewers of Sex and the City failed to remember what they had seen, compared with the groups that had seen more mundane scenes. To test the second hypothesis, the researchers compared the recollections of those who had seen the advertisements that used the promise of sexual allure with those of the people who saw advertisements that did not titillate. They found no significant difference between the two groups. There was, however, a difference between the sexes: men were more likely to remember sexual advertisements (albeit not the brand advertised) whereas women were more likely to remember non-sexual advertisements. Finally the researchers tested to see whether the people who had watched Sex and the City, combined with non-sexual commercials and those who had watched Malcolm in the Middle combined with sexual commercials remembered what was being advertised better than those shown more homogenous fare. Again, they found no significant difference between the two groups; this time, men and women reacted in the same way. Earlier work has suggested that sex and violence in television programmes deter people from paying attention to advertisements, but speculated that this may be overcome by using sex in the commercials as well. The new work suggests that this view is mistaken. It would appear that sex does not sell anything other than itself. 1. What was Ellie Parker and Adrian Furnham's purpose on their experiment? 2. How did they test the second hypothesis? 3. What is the final result of their experiments? Questions 4-6 Nothing is more terrifying than a mother who scents a threat to her offspring. So it is not surprising that residents of the posher parts of Brighton and Hove, a seaside town with an eclectic social mix, are on the warpath about a change to the way school places are awarded. Threatening e-mails, allegations of gerrymandering and warnings that parents would sue were only part of the reaction to this week's news that, from 2008, the local authority will allocate places in popular schools by lottery. Until now, if more children applied to a school than it had room for, those who lived nearest usually won out. As a result, houses next to the most sought-after schools soared in value-entrenching the schools as middleclass ghettoes and increasing their desirability still further. Those who could not afford to live within spitting distance had to go elsewhere. Families living in east Brighton, with no schools nearby, were left to squabble over the crumbs. Eight secondary schools have been divided into six "catchment areas", two of which have pairs of adjacent schools. If a school cannot accommodate all the children who apply, the council will allocate places randomly, giving preference to those within the catchment area. Some children who would previously have walked to the school around the comer will be bused or driven past children going the opposite way. The scheme has been two years in the hatching. It was nearly derailed by the bitter opposition of parents who had paid top prices for houses next to the schools they liked. They now face not only the possible frustration of their educational hopes for their children but also the prospect that their investment will slump in value. In the end these parents were defeated by the nifty footwork of Labour councillors determined to push the plan through. The vice-chairman of the committee that voted on the scheme was sacked by the city's Labour leader just two hours before the vote on February 27th-after she made it clear that she would be voting against. It went through only on the chairman's casting vote. Similar battles may soon be fought all over Britain. On February 28th a new admissions code for schools in England and Wales came into force, setting out how a school may decide among the competing claims of children who apply. Religion, proximity and having siblings at the school are all still acceptable, but very popular schools are "encouraged" to use lotteries, as some academies in Britain and charter schools in America now do. They are also urged to consider "fair banding"-working out what mix of abilities their area provides, getting children to take an entrance exam, and then admitting representative numbers from each level of ability. The admissions code was a sop to left-wingers who hate the government's broader reforms to free schools from the control of councils, fearing that more segregation will result. Both the code and the Brighton row confirm a depressing aspect of the debate over school choice and standards: an obsession with sharing out places at the best schools rather than creating more of them. Prospective winners in Brighton are as elated as the losers are despondent. They now have a chance to send their children to schools that they could not previously aspire to. That puts those schools on their mettle: they must prove that it was their teaching and facilities that won good grades, not their middle-class pupils. If they fail, expect to see more children in Brighton going private. 4. How does the local authority allocate places in popular schools? 5. How do parents respond to the scheme? 6. What is "fair-banding"? Questions 7-10 I don't see a lot of TV commercials anymore, but those saccharine eHarmony ads featuring Natalie Cole trala-laing the blight-on-humanity song "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" have been unavoidable the last couple of years. The couples in the ads, many of them fed in the middle, seem to cling to each other with barely contained desperation, as though if they let go they will return to nights encumbered only by pints of ice cream for one and acres of Grey's Anatomy DVDs. So when I became single last year and started signing up with dating sites, I didn't even log on to eHarmony. It turns out that if I had, I would not have been welcome. One has two choices on the first page of eharmony. com: "Man seeking a woman" and "Woman seeking a man." In the first place, I'm not "seeking" anyone. One seeks a job. Unless you're a bounty hunter, you don't seek another person. For my part, I'd like to meet a nice guy. But the founder of eHarmony, Neil Clark Warren, has no interest in helping me meet a nice guy. Warren is a conservative Christian, a former recurring guest on James Dobson's radio show, a man who used the overweening right-wing group Focus on the Family to help promote eHarmony in its early days-and a man who apparently believes that gays are some kind of different species. Warren, a psychologist, told NPR's Terry Gross a couple of years ago that "I don't know exactly what the dynamics are [with gay couples ]...We've done a deep amount of research on about 5,000 married people, but never on people who are same-sex. So we don't know how to do that, and we think the principles probably are different, and so we've never chosen to do it." He noted later in the interview that "same-sex marriage in this country is largely illegal at this time, and we do try to match people for marriage." Warren seems like a sweet guy in those ads, but this line of reasoning is transparently convenient: gays are just such an exotic and curious people, why, I could never understand them! And anyway their relationships are illegal-so best to ignore them completely. A class-action lawsuit was inevitable. It was filed yesterday by a lesbian from (naturally) the San Francisco Bay Area. She claims that eHarmony's no-gays policy is discriminatory under California law. The company replied that it might offer gay matching services in the future and denied that it discriminates. Which is silly: of course it discriminates, in the most basic sense of the term-it doesn't allow gays to use its site! Still, I think the lawsuit is a mistake, for two reasons: first, it once again casts gays in the role of victim. If you're wondering why kids still use "faggot" as a slur to mean weak and simpering, it's because gays too often whine about silly things like not being able to use a dating website for fat suburbanites. Second, and more important, gays manifestly do not need eHarmony. We already have too many dating sites. All of eHarmony's competitors--match.com and its offshoot chemistry.com; true.com; personals.aol.com; lavalife.com and so on- allow gays. There are also many gay sites like gay. com and connexion.org, some of which could easily be charged with reverse discrimination. For instance, please visit manhunt.net for a second. I just did, and the main page says there are "OVER 21,739 MEN ONLINE NOW!" Manhunt offers nothing for straight men. Maybe my heterosexual brother should file a class-action lawsuit. Recently eHarmony competitor chemistry.com produced a funny ad you should watch. The ad is smarmily self-serving, but it approaches eHarmony the right way: not with a lawsuit, but with ridicule. 7. What are eHarmony's ads like? 8. Why doesn't the author sign up with eHarmony? 9. Why did a lesbian sue eHarmony? 10. What does the author think about the lawsuit? SECTION 6: TRANSLATION TEST Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. 中华文明历来注重社会和谐，强调团结互助。中国人早就提出了“和为贵”的思想，追求天人和谐、 人际和谐、身心和谐，向往“人人相亲，人人平等，天下为公”的理想社会。 今天，中国提出构建和谐社会，就是要建设一个民主法治、公平正义、诚信友爱、充满活力、安定有 序、人与自然和谐相处的社会，实现物质和精神、民主和法治、公平和效率、活力和秩序的有机统一。 中国人民把维护民族团结作为自己义不容辞的职责，把维护国家主权和领土完整作为自己至高无上的 使命。一切有利于民族团结和国家统一的行为，都会得到中国人民真诚的欢迎和拥护。一切有损于民族团 结和国家统一的举动，都会遭到中国人民强烈的反对和抗争。 全真模拟试题二(?) 听力原文 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST 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. Now let's begin Part A with Spot Dictation. On December 5, 1945, at 2:00 pm, a group of five Unite States navy airplanes took off in perfect weather for a practice flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Two hours later, the captain of the group, Lt. Charles Taylor, radioed back that he was "completely lost." He said that the planes' compasses were "going crazy," and that he could see no land. And then his radio died. The navy sent another plane to search for the missing group, but it disappeared too. By the end of that day, six airplanes and twenty-seven men had disappeared in a mysterious area known as the Bermuda Triangle. This is just one of many frightening stories that people love to tell about the Bermuda Triangle, which is located on the West Atlantic Ocean between Miami, Florida, the island of Bermuda, and the island of Puerto Rico. Over the years, more than a hundred planes, ships, and small boats and more than one thousand people have been lost in this area. Many of them disappeared in the middle of the day, in perfect weather. And in most cases, to make the stories even more mysterious, no wreckage or survivors have ever been found. The planes and ships have simply disappeared. There is no doubt that there is something strange, perhaps even mysterious, about this part of the Atlantic; the question is, what is it? How can we explain the disappearance of so many ships and planes in this region? In this lecture, we will examine some of the official, as well as the more imaginative explanation that people have offered over the years. The United States Navy does not believe that there is anything mysterious about the Triangle. It says that all the accidents are the result of the special geographical features of this area. These features include the Gulf Stream current, which flows rapidly through the area, many underwater canyons, and changeable, often violent, weather patterns. In addition, the Triangle has an unusual magnetic characteristic that causes compasses in this area to point to true north instead of magnetic north. If the navigator of a ship or plane forgets this fact, he can easily get lost in the Bermuda Triangle. The navy believes that this is probably what happened to the five navy airplanes that I mentioned at the beginning of this talk. In conclusion, the navy believes that the disappearances of so many ships and planes can be explained by human error, changing weather, or magnetic abnormalities. Some of the other theories concerning so many accidents in the Triangle are a little bit difficult to believe. For example, John Wallace Spencer, who wrote a book called Limbo of the Lost, believes that creatures from outer space have established a civilization in the Triangle's underwater canyons, which have never been explored. He thinks that these alien creatures wanted human beings for their underwater zoo, and that they caused the disappearances. A similar theory states that the planes and ships disappeared because unidentified flying objects from outer space-UFOs-attacked them. People who believe this theory refer to the fact that many of the missing planes and ships reported seeing strange white lights before they suddenly disappeared. As you can see, there are many theories to explain the strange things that have happened in the Bermuda Triangle. There have been many books and TV shows about this subject, and there was even a special exposition at the Library of Congress. Nevertheless, thousands of people continue to travel to this popular area. Do these tourists ever wonder if they, too, will disappear in the depths of the Bermuda Triangle? 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. Now let's begin Part B with Listening Comprehension. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation. M: Eh...you, you speak very good English, already, actually... W: Thanks. M: ...and...very...natural...And you, you say that you want to correct your pronunciation but... W: Yep, yep... M: But I feel...it's, it's very good. It sounds a little bit Australian... W: Yep... M: ...and so maybe because you have some contact with Australian people... W: Um, um... M: Ah...but it's very good. I can understand perfectly what you're saying...Actually your pronunciation is better than most of the other students that I meet. W: Um... M: Eh...also your vocabulary is good. W: Um... M: Oh, it's obviously good. So...ah...you need to be...ah...I, l, well, I think, ah, you need to be realistic about what kinds of improvements...ah you need to make. Ah...I don't think pronunciation should be a priority for you... W: But it might, I might come across with some problems, com...communicative problems, with my lecturers from...the University of Sydney. I, I don't know why but we just, we just..., we don't quite understand each other... M: Um... W: When we are discussing problems... M: Yeah, but... W: So I think it might be my, my, my problem because they are native speakers... M: Um...Um.. W: Just... M: I think it's more likely to be...eh...a, a problem of ah...ultimately, it's a fluency problem... W: Yeah,.. M: But there, the reason is that you don't have so much experience of discussing complex subjects...So it's NOT your pronunciation...your pronunciation is fine...It's the, the, the way that you use language to express your ideas...Ah, and also, you are not familiar with the way that native speakers would normally use to express their ideas... W: So...so you mean that my spoken English is OK...but it's the, some other problems? M: Um...Well, eh, I just mean that you need, need more practice...discussing things at a high level...You need... W: Like casual talk or...? M: Eh, yeah, casual talk...eh, but also I think eh...it, eh...discussing high level concepts... W: What, what kind of...high level...concepts? M: Such as...ah...the economy...or...philosophy...or...finance...or... W: That's very specific. M: Yep...eh but it would give you more...eh more experience discussing eh...complex ideas... W: Well, yes, yes, yes, I believe i want a kind of eh...professional course... M: Yep...um...um...um... W: ...especially set up for high level students...not general course for...you know... M: Yeah, I know... W: ...more than ten students at the same time... M: Eh...Yes...Oh, oh, eh...the, the contents of the…or the level of the course... W: Um... M: is a separate thing to how many students are in the course... W: Oh, yeah, yeah... M: Ah, all of our classes ah...have between twelve and sixteen students... W: Twelve and sixteen? M: Yeah, that's right...So, ah...but that value…ah...doesn't... mean...we, we can still have very high level classes between twelve and sixteen students... W: Um...Um, um, um... M: What I suggest is...you start off...studying this one...Real Talk 7... W: Um...Um, um... M: Cos that...this is the IELTS equivalent... W: Um...Yep, yep... M: That's where you need to begin with... W: Um... M: and when you...studied this... W: Um... M: and then...after that...you could move on to Market Leader, which is... W: Um... M: ...eh higher level again... 1. What variation of English does the woman speak according to the man? 2. How does the man feel about the woman's pronunciation? 3. Why does the man think the woman needs to be realistic about what kinds of improvements she needs to make? 4. What kind of course does the woman want to take? 5. which course is the most suitable for the woman at the current stage, according to the man? Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. A high-powered Zimbabwean delegation, which is optimistic that the proposed ban on ivory trade will not be effected, has left here for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) conference in the Netherlands, The Herald reported on Friday. The delegation comprises Environment and Tourism Minister Francis Nhema and the ministry's permanent secretary Margaret Sangarwe, various conservationists working for several private companies and six senior parks' officials. Some delegates said Zimbabwe will base its arguments on the advantages of sustainable utilization and management of natural resources. The concept, they said, puts emphasis on the proper management of natural resources such as wildlife, while at the same time considering benefits accrued from wildlife management as a critical component of encouraging good conservation practices. At least nine people, including a paramilitary trooper, were killed in separate insurgency-related violence in East Indian Manipur region even as security forces in strength have been deployed in vulnerable areas, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported Friday. A police spokesman said three volunteers of the Anti-Narcotic and Drug Organization (ANDO), a nongovernmental group spearheading a campaign to eliminate drug abuse in the state, were shot dead Thursday near Wangoi in Imphal in Manipur. "Unidentified militants shot at the three ANDO workers from close range. Two of them were killed near the magistrate's office complex in Wangoi and another was shot dead a little further away," IANS quoted police official B. Singh as saying. A US veteran who served in the Iraq War could lose his honorable discharge status after being photographed wearing fatigues at an anti-war protest. Marine Corporal Adam Kokesh and other veterans marked the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq in April by wearing their uniforms-with military insignia removed-and roaming around the nation's capital on a mock patrol. After Kokesh was identified in a photo caption in The Washington Post, a superior officer sent him a letter saying he might have violated a rule prohibiting troops from wearing uniforms without authorization. Kokesh, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, responded with an obscenity. South Sudan on Saturday decried the slow progress in the implementation of the historic north-south peace agreement, which ended Africa's longest civil war in the vast region. Addressing a news conference in Nairobi, South Sudan Regional Cooperation Minister Bernaba Marial Benjamin called on regional countries, which spearheaded the peace process to move to intervene and ensure specific aspects of the deal are implemented to make unity attractive. Benjamin said two years after the triumphant signing of the landmark peace deal, escalating militia attacks in the south and continued disputes over ownership of Sudan's oil fields, mainly located in the south, and power sharing have not been resolved. Leaders of five major developing countries met here Thursday to discuss the world economy, climate change, child labor and other key issues ahead of a meeting with leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations. Attending the meeting were Chinese President Hu Jintao, Brazilian President Luiz Infcio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calder6n, South African President Thabo Mbeki and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The leaders will also hold "an outreach session" with their counterparts of the G8 countries on Friday in Heiligendamm, a Baltic resort town in northern Germany. 6. Which of the following statements is true about recent Zimbabwe? 7. How many ANDO workers were killed near the magistrate's office complex in Wangoi according to the police officer? 8. What happened to the marine veterans after the report released by The Washington Post? 9. Which of the following statements is true about recent South Sudan? 10. Leaders of the five major developing countries are to discuss some key issues ahead of GS. Which issue is NOT directly mentioned in the report? Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. W: What people learn is that they are in the hands of assassins. There's nothing that assures them that tomorrow will be the same as today, M: These silent security camera pictures from the escalator in the central Atocha station captured one of the 10 blasts that day. W: I can't see the camera now, but it's over there. M: So you are still trying to piece together what's been learned? W: It was not a mistake, because, in Spain, the police and the civil world have a lot of information about the possibilities of a terrorist attack, but they don't put in common this information. M: Investigators concede that some of the attackers were Islamic radicals already under investigation for logistical support of al Qaeda. Such loose networks, Rodriguez says, are still a problem for police trying to prevent further attacks. W: Simple. You can find a terrorist in Spain without explosives, but maybe the explosive is in France. The telephone that you can use to initiate the explosive, maybe is in Portugal. M: Spanish authorities say they have tightened security at stations. But it appears as easy now to get on a train with a bag as it did before the attack. W: On the line targeted by the bombers, the majority of passengers scared away by the attack have returned. Most we talk to doubt they are safer. But lessons are being learned. The intelligence service and the connections with the police service were not enough. There was a lack of coordination in other fields. And this is what now we are trying to solve. The judicial and police action has to be in the ideological phase of the groups before the groups prepare their attacks. M: Perceived wisdom is much still needed to be done. In the meantime, terrorists have some advantages. W: They can attack whenever they want, because to leave a bag, a bomb bag, in every place-in a mall, in a railway station, in an airport-is easy. M: The lesson of the train attack, adding station security is not enough. The solution is finding the adversary before the attack. W: These types of groups can germinate in the United States, as they did in Spain or as is happening in Europe. Therefore, effective coordination of information and fluid international cooperation is important. No nation is exempt from this type of attack, especially the United States. M: And for survivors the lesson is simple. W: They must not feel restricted by these people. That would be their greatest success. M: We must keep on living...the best as possible. 11. Which of the following statements best sums up how people feel now? 12. How many blasts did local residents experience that day in Spain? 13. According to Rodriguez, what is still a problem for police trying to prevent further attacks? 14. According to the interview, several places are considered easy to leave a bomb bag. Which of the following is NOT one of them? 15. What is suggested at the end of the interview? Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. I first went to the Amazon basin in 1974, on one of my first journalist assignments, finding out what was going on. I'd never been to the Amazon before and I was overwhelmed by it all. The beauty of the forest was breathtaking. There were trees so huge that it would have taken ten men with outstretched arms to encircle their minks. Turtles basked in the sun on the white sand dunes that lined the rivers. But, along with this natural beauty, was man-made conflict. When the loggers and cattle companies arrived, they found peasant families living in parts of the forest. As well as fishing, hunting and collecting Brazil nuts, they were clearing small plots of land to grow food. The companies sent in gunmen to deal with them. Day after day I met traumatised peasants who'd been forcibly evicted. On another occasion I saw a group of disoriented, emaciated Amerindians, begging for food by the side of the road. For a few days I travelled in a lorry along one of the half-finished roads. One afternoon, after hours of dense forest, we stopped at a tiny hamlet. It was called Redencao, Redemption. And there among the wooden shacks, with their roofs made of palm leaves, was a bar selling ice-cream. The owner, an eccentric Italian, had somehow managed to bring an ice-cream maker into this remote region. The machine was fuelled by diesel, which was in short supply, so it often lay idle. But we were in luck. Six or seven rough-looking men, some with revolvers tucked into their waists, were standing at the bar, licking ice-cream. We joined them. And we chatted about the violence. "Nearly every week some one here is killed," said the Italian. A few minutes later a shot rang out. I saw a man lying on the ground, about 20 yards from the bar. Hesitantly, I moved towards him, but the lorry driver stopped me. "Ah-ah," he said. "Vamos embora! We're off." In a trice, we were back in the lorry and on our way. Earlier this month I was back in Redencao, travelling by bus along the same route. Passengers were still complaining about the rots in the road but that's about all that was the same. The forest has disappeared, except for a few fragments. In its place are cattle and, increasingly, soybeans, which is exported as animal fodder. The town itself now has a population of 80,000. It's got paved roads, electricity, cinemas, shops, schools, hospitals. The Italian ice-cream maker shut down his bar and retired just a few years ago. More people are still arriving. They're driven by the Brazilian dream of building a new life on the agricultural frontier. It often ends in disaster. I spoke to Regivaldo, a 22-year-old man, who had been lured by the promise of high wages to travel deep into the forest to clear land for a rancher. He and others had been stranded without food or proper accommodation for six months. Eventually they'd escaped by repairing a leaky canoe. And new-and this didn't happen 30 years ago-they were suing the landowner for violating the labour legislation. So what do I make of it all? This extraordinary transformation of the region? I have mixed feelings. I sympathise with many of the Brazilians who are only seeking a better life. But I also feel anger and despair. Each year we learn more about the importance of the Amazon rain forest. We know that, by destroying it, we're accelerating global warming and disrupting the world's climate. Yet we, in the developed world, go on eating more and more meat. And this in turn encourages Brazil, which is burdened with a heavy foreign debt, to export more beef and more soybeans. It makes no sense at all to let market forces destroy a precious ecosystem that we all need for our survival and yet somehow we are letting it happen. 16. How did the speaker feel about the rain forest when he first arrived? 17. Which establishment was NOT found previously in the rain forest? 18. What is the most important reason for workers to travel deep in the forest according to Regivaldo? 19. How many years have passed since the speaker left the Amazon basin? 20. What might be the consequence of destroying the Amazon rain forest according to the speaker? This is the end of SECTION 1, Listening Test. 全真模拟试题二(?) SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST Part A: Note-taking and Gap-filling Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You are required to write ONE word or figure only in each blank. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk. Now listen to the talk carefully. There's been much talk recently among leaders of western governments, as they look ahead to the G8 summit in Scotland in July, about what can be done to help Africa. There's been discussion about increasing aid, cancelling debt and providing fairer trading conditions. Meanwhile, fifteen of Africa's former heads of state have been meeting in Mall to consider what they can do to assist political and economic development. But as Elizabeth Blunt's been learning, many of the former leaders have already been putting their skills to good use. African presidents used to be notorious for only leaving State House feet first. Some were murdered by the men who took over from them in a coup d'etat; those who survived clung on grimly to power, for ten, twenty, thirty years. The late president of Togo was a man in that tradition. He murdered his predecessor, and then held on tight to power and ruled for thirty-eight years until he finally succumbed to a heart attack. Ex-presidents used to be as rare as hen's teeth. The main exception was Nigeria where military leaders were quite prepared to overthrow each other but then on the whole treated their fellow predecessors as fellow officers and gentlemen-presumably because they had all been to staff college together. And President Nyerere of Tanzania did famously go into voluntary retirement (although only it has to be said after a pretty long innings ). In Bamako last week much was made of the fact that things have now changed enough in Africa for a meeting of ex-presidents to be possible-and ex-presidents who have stood down or accepted defeat in elections, and who are able to live in retirement in their own countries, as would be considered perfectly normal elsewhere in the world. The organisers sent out twenty-five invitations and fifteen were able to attend. As old boys clubs go, this one was pretty good. There were delighted reunions with former colleagues not seen for years, and the ex-leaders were treated with full honours and always scrupulously addressed as Mr. President. But under it all lay a serious issue--how to find a role after retirement, and how to make a success of what can be a tricky relationship with those who come after. Having your predecessor around can be a bit of an embarrassment for anyone. No one who is new in a job likes to have the person who did it before hanging about and criticising what he is doing-especially if that person never really wanted to leave. And Presidents are no exception. So those ex-heads of state who live harmoniously with their successors are usually very careful not to interfere, and to choose their activities wisely. Some simply go back and pick up the threads of their old lives before they lived in State House. Liberia's Professor Amos Sawyer returned to academic life, and former President Albert Zafy of Madagascar is once again a doctor. Sam Nujoma, whose own education lost out to the independence struggle, is studying geology at university in Namibia, going off on field trips with his fellow students and-I'm told-enjoying it hugely. But it's not always easy. Sir Ketumile Masire told his colleagues at this meeting that when he finally retired from the presidency of Botswana he wanted nothing more than to go back to his farm and to raise cattle. But he was pressured to get involved first with the enquiry into the massacres in Rwanda, and then with the inter- Congolese dialogue. The cattle are still waiting, but Sir Ketumile has enhanced his reputation both inside and outside his country. He did good work, and, crucially, neither project had anything to do with Botswana. Similarly with election monitoring. Ex-presidents can make very good monitors (cynics would say because they already know all the tricks) but it's only a good idea to do it abroad-never in your own country. And probably not in the country next door, either. The one political row here was over the elections in Togo, and that involved three ex-leaders-Jerry Rawlings, Nicephore Soglo and Yakubu Gowon, all of whom had past personal history with Togo. If you must work at home then the trick is to find a good cause which is totally uncontroversial. So health issues are very popular. Several ex-presidents have campaigned on AIDS. It's something that sitting Presidents are often reluctant to do; in traditionally modest societies they may have doubts about the dignity and propriety of talking about sex-and that, after all, is what you have to do if you're running an AIDS campaign. But old men, tree elders, can rise above these concerns. Sir Dawda Jawara, the former President of the Gambia, said this was something that someone of his age and his stature could now do. And a much younger retiree, Jerry Rawlings, plays on these social tensions for deliberate effect, as a UN special representative on sexually transmitted diseases. He electrified the session of health with stories of his attempts to persuade old men in rural Ghana that they didn't actually have to stop having sex in order to avoid aids and unwanted babies. And after all, if your former President comes to your village and tells you that he too is only human, and he knows that sex is sweet, then it's going to be a lesson that you certainly won't forget. Part B: Listening and Translation ?. Sentence Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. 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. Now let's begin Part B with Sentence Translation. 1. Work is viewed as one of the central meanings of life, but at the same time, it now takes so much of many adults' lives that there is little room for anything else. 2. Currently, Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet. 3. Successful foreign policy requires not only military strength, but judicious use of that strength along with economic, political and social assets that build friendships for cooperative efforts to shape a better world. 4. Sometimes the power of diplomacy is not just saying "no", but figuring out a way to protect your interests and principles and help the other guy move forward as well. 5. Many have said that the US may be physically winning the war on terror, but that it is losing the war of information. Would you agree with that statement? ?. Passage Translation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. 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 ma), take notes while you are listening. Now let's begin Passage Translation with the first passage. Passage One: It happens that the real success stories, those countries that we now call the developed economies, were the high-income economies or, the industrialized economies. Those countries represent only about one-sixth of humanity. And five-sixths of humanity is what we call the developing world. It's the vast majority of the world. The gap can be two hundred to one in some cases if you simply measure the gross national product per person in the United States versus, say, a country in Africa, maybe a gap of $30,000 per person and $150 per person. That's absolutely astounding, to be on the same planet and to have that extreme variation in material well-being. Passage Two: Arms control, as part of an overall strategy of advancing American interests, remains a very high priority. Arms control can be an important part of American foreign policy, but I think the real question is what advances our national interests. And in those cases where, for example, arms control treaties are ineffective or counterproductive or obsolete, they shouldn't be allowed to stand in the way of the development of our foreign policy. And I think that's part of what we're trying to articulate as we go through reviewing some existing treaty obligations and considering whether or not to get into potential new obligations as well. This is the end of SECTION 4, Listening Test. 参考答案 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST Part A: Spot Dictation 1. five Unite States navy airplanes 2. the captain of the group 3. search for the missing group 4. six airplanes and twenty-seven men 5. and more than one thousand people 6. no wreckage or survivors 7. the more imaginative explanation 8. special geographical features of this area 9. many underwater canyons 10. has an unusual magnetic characteristic 11. of so many ships and planes 12. magnetic abnormalities 13. creatures from outer space 14. these alien creatures wanted 15. unidentified flying objects from outer space 16. seeing strange white lights 17. many theories to explain 18. many books and TV shows 19. thousands of people continue to 20. in the depths of the Part B: Listening Comprehension 1-5 D D D C B 6-10 C D A A D 11-15 B A C D C 16-20 A D B C B SECTION 2: READING TEST 1-5 B C B B B 6-10 C B D A A 11-15 C B B A B 16-20 B D A A C SECTION 3: TRANSLATION TEST 多利羊绝不是普通的羊羔，它由成年绵羊的体细胞克隆而成。科学界长期认为克隆是生物学领域不 可能创造的奇迹，多利羊的诞生颠覆了这一科学教条。它的出生使全世界各大实验室纷纷加入克隆的竞赛， 希望再现这项科学上的突破，它的出生也使克隆人的可怕前景展现在我们面前。 十年以后，科学家开始发现多利羊与普通羊的许多不同之处。克隆羊诞生后，数十种动物都复制出来， 但是有越来越多的情况表明，这些克隆动物存在着这样或那样的缺陷。 我们希望克隆出的个体是母体的翻版，小到每一根毛发，大到每一点脾性的怪癖，都毫无二致。然而， 事实表明，尽管基因在不同程度上得到了复制，却仍然存在不少缺陷。首先，克隆的个体和母体在时间上 有断层，多利羊和它的母体羊就相差六岁，同时，克隆个体仍然是人工分子机制的产物，这样的机制似乎 还不擅长进行完全复制。 科学家认为克隆在治疗人类疾病方面将起到一定作用，也许终有一天能够克服一些最难以寻找病因的 人类疾病。要达到安全可靠的结果尚需时日，需要十年，也许更长，成功与否也未能完全确定。但是有谁 想过多利羊能够出世呢?而在十年前那个温暖的六月夜晚，多利羊创造了历史。 SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST Part A: Note-taking and Gap-filling 1. increasing/adding/rising/expanding 2. cancelling/abolishing 3. providing/offering/establishing 4. fifteen 5. notorious/infamous/dishonorable/disreputable/disgraceful 6. killed/murdered/assassinated 7. teeth 8. staff 9. retirement 10. role/part 11. peace/harmony 12. threads/living 13. academic 14. doctor 15. geology 16. monitors 17. AIDS 18. retiree 19. tensions 20. transmitted Part B: Listening and Translation 1. Sentence Translation (1) 工作常被看做是生命的重要意义之一，但同时，它又占据了许多成年人生命中太多的时间，导致 他们没有机会去做其他事情。 (2) 现在，非洲就像孩子一样，一出什么事情就哭喊着去找保姆。非洲应该学会独立自主。 (3) 成功的外交政策不仅需要军事力量，更需要将这种力量与经济、政治和社会资源明智地结合起来 使用，这样才能建立友谊，合作共筑一个更加美好的世界。 (4) 有时，外交的力量并不在于光说“不”，而在于想出一个既能维护你自身的利益和原则又能使对方 有所收获的方法。 (5) 很多人说，美国也许在反恐战争中取得了有形的胜利，但却在信息战中吃了败仗。你同意这种说 法吗? 2(Passage Translation (1) 那些真正成功的例子，那些我们现在称为发达经济体的国家，都是高收入经济体，或者说是工业 化经济体。那些国家只代表六分之一的人类。剩下六分之五的人类被我们称作发展中经济体。这是世界上 极大的一部分。有些情况下两者之间的差距可以达到200:1，如果你简单地将美国的人均国民生产总值与 例如非洲某国相比，也许是人均3万美元比人均150美元的差异。这实在令人震惊，在同一个星球上却有 那么巨大的物质生活差异。 (2) 作为增进美国利益的总战略的一部分，军备控制仍处于十分重要的地位。军备控制可以成为美国 对外政策的—个重要部分，但我认为真正的问题在于到底什么能增进我们国家的利益。在这些，比如，军 备控制协定不起作用或产生相反效果或已作废的情况下，它们不应该成为我们外交政策发展的拦路虎。我 想那正是我们在回顾现有的条约义务以及考虑是否要讨论可能的新义务时，想试着表达清楚的部分之一。 SECTION 5: READING TEST 1. The experiment is expected to show that even if the commercial is made sexually enticing, people still fail to remember it. Commercials that had an erotic element would be recalled more readily than those that did not. 2. They compared the recollections of those who had seen the advertisements that used sexual allure with people who saw advertisements that did not titillate. No significant difference, but men were more likely to remember sexual advertisements while women weren't. 3. Sexual promotion doesn't help remembering brands and sexual ads don't help people remember the shows. 4. Schools can be attended by those who lived nearest. Those who could not afford to live near schools had to go elsewhere. Eight secondary schools have been divided into six areas and two of which have pairs of adjacent schools. The council allocates places randomly. 5. It was nearly derailed by the bitter opposition of parents. Their investment would slump in value. In the end these parents were defeated. 6. Working out what mix of abilities their area provides, getting children to take an entrance exam, and then admitting representative numbers from each level of ability. 7. The couples in the ads seem to be desperate and couldn't wait to divorce and fed up with their deadlock marriage. The ads were ubiquitous and people can't even try to avoid them in seeking a partner. 8. The author doesn't like the ad. "man seeking a woman" and "woman seeking a man". Eharmony believes that gays are some kind of different species. 9. A lesbian claimed that eHarmony's no-gays policy is discriminatory under California law. The company replied that it might offer gay matching services in the future and denied that it discriminates. 10. Of course it discriminates. However, the lawsuit is a mistake. It once again casts gays in the role of victim. Gays manifestly do not need eHarmony. They already have dating sites. SECTION 6: TRANSLATION TEST The Chinese civilization has always given prominence to social harmony, unity and mutual assistance. Back in the early days of the Chinese nation, the Chinese already advocated that "harmony is most valuable." They strove for harmony between man and nature, among people and between man's body and soul, and yearned for an ideal society where "everyone loves everyone else, everyone is equal and the whole world is one community." Today, China is endeavoring to build a harmonious society. It is a society of democracy and rule of law, fairness and justice, integrity, fraternity, vitality, stability, order and harmony between man and nature. It is a society where there is unity between the material and the spirit, democracy and rule of law, fairness and efficiency, and vitality and order. The Chinese people takes the maintenance of ethnic unity and harmony as their bounden duty and the defense of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity their sacred mission. Any act that promoted ethnic harmony and national unity will receive the warm welcome and support of the Chinese people. On the other hand, any act that undermines China's ethnic harmony and national unity will meet their strong opposition and resistance.