上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试

SECTION 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.

       It is common knowledge that computers can also produce something stupid, as some       (1) put it, GIGO, or ’garbage in, garbage out’. This means that if inaccurate information is       

         (2) a computer, the machine will produce the wrong information              (3).

       The reason for this is that computers cannot think                 (4). For example, imagine that a computer is given the information that                (5) has hour legs and that a dog has four legs. The machine might well             (6) when producing a list of suggested living-room and dining-room furniture.

       But today, groups of           (7) in the United States, Japan and Europe           (8) a new type of computer. These new models will be incapable of making such            (9).

       Instead of being programmed with lots of unrelated            (10), the new computers will contain knowledge of subjects that are           (11). The machines will then         

    (12) items of information, and will be able to reject conclusions that do not         (13).

       These new computers will already know that dogs are animals that             (14), bark, wag their tails and chase other animals. By            (15) with features of living-room and dining-room furniture, the computer will conclude that a dog is an            (16).

       Even a present-day computer could             (17) if given enough information and enough time. But it has to consider                  (18) one at a time before selecting the best. This means that it would                  (19) for even the most powerful computer to reach a               (20).

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) Michelle wanted to work in London.

(B) Michelle quitted his job in London.

(C) Michelle asked for a vacation in London.

(D) Michelle transferred his money to the London branch.

2.    (A) Doctor Carter avoids the company of others whenever possible.

       (B) Doctor Carter is too busy to have a cup of coffee.

       (C) Doctor Carter is a quite sociable person.

       (D) Doctor Carter is a lonely man, according to his colleagues.

3.    (A) Tom checked his embarrassment.

       (B) Tom bounced the ball against the telephone box.

       (C) Tom felt embarrassed when he was asked to have a physical check.

       (D) Tom was embarrassed when his check was returned as worthless.

4.    (A) We couldn’t have opened five supermarkets there.

       (B) To think that we have opened only five supermarkets there.

       (C) We thought that you wanted to open five supermarkets there.

       (D) We didn’t think that five supermarkets there were quite enough.

5.    (A) Mrs. Green had to rush to the airport to meet the CEO from Chicago.

       (B) Mrs. Green refused to attend the opening ceremony in Chicago last Tuesday.

       (C) Mrs. Green was scheduled to see someone from Chicago last Tuesday.

       (D) Mrs. Green didn’t accept the CEO’s invitation to work in Chicago at last.

6.    (A) I’ve never been a cooperative person.                  (B) I’m very ready to cooperate now.

       (C) I’ll be a corporate executive.                                   (D) I never want to be an operator.

7.    (A) The general manager asked them to account for the lying of important documents.

       (B) The general manager refused to read those accounting papers.

       (C) The documents are so important that they should be kept in safer places.

       (D) It is important that the accountant lock his office before leaving for home.

8.    (A) Every year, the city authorities propose to improve the road conditions on the highway.

       (B) There have been arguments about the proposed highway extension for a long time.

       (C) The environmental protection groups are quite satisfied with the proposed highway

extension.

       (D) Both the administration and the environmentalists are against the building of a new

highway.

9.    (A) Good management seldom gets better work from employees.

       (B) Good management can make average employees work better.

       (C) Average employees can do excellent work under any circumstances.

       (D) Average employees cannot do excellent work, despite good management.

10.   (A) No more visitors can be allowed in the exhibition hall.

       (B) The exhibition hall can hold slightly over 250 visitors.

       (C) Five hundred visitors wanted to see the Auto Show.

       (D) More than one thousand visitors saw the Auto Show.