2015年度杭州师范大学第二届口译大赛暨第四届全国口译大赛(英语)初赛样卷（第一阶段笔试）PartANote-takingandGap-fillingDirections:Inthispartofthetestyouwillhearashorttalk.Youwillhearthetalkonlyonce.Whilelisteningtothetalk,youmaytakenotesontheimportantpointssothatyoucanhaveenoughinformationtocompleteagap-fillingtaskbelow.Fillineachblankwithonewordonly:Wearingclothescanalwaystransmitsignalsaboutpeople’ssocialrolesandattitudestowardstheirculture.Withtheexceptionofthetwoextremesonthesocial(1)______:theveryrichsocialitesandpoorvagrants.ClothingSignalsaretheresultofasingledailyeventforthe(2)________ofpeople.Theassumptionofanincreased(3)_________trendinmoderndressingbehaviorismisleading.Thereisno(4)________offormalitytoday,merelythe(5)__________ofoldformalitiesfornew.Oneofthemostmysteriousfashiontrendsistherelationshipbetweenfemaleskirtlengthand(6)__________conditions.Therehasbeenaprecisecorrelationbetweenthelengthoffemaleskirtsandtheperiodsofboomand(7)____________:ifthestockmarketrises,sodotheskirts.It’shardtoexplainexactlywhy,buthopefully,future(8)____________willgiveusacleverexplanation.Manyshort-termvariationsareatworkinahundreddifferentways,asfashiontrendsdiffusethemselvesrapidlyaroundtheglobe.Eachnewminortrend(9)_________orreversesthefashionofthepreviousseason.Unconsciously,weallplotgraphsofshiftingClothingSignalsallthetimeandreadoffthemanysignalsthatourcompanions’clothestransmittousineverysocialencounter.Clothingisasmuchapartofhumanbodylanguageas(10)__________,facialexpressionsandpostures.PartBListeningComprehensionDirections:Inthispartofthetesttherewillbesomeshorttalksandconversations.Aftereachone,youwillbeaskedsomequestions.Thetalks,conversationsandquestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Nowlistencarefullyandchoosetherightanswertoeachquestionyouhaveheard:Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingconversation.1.(A)Itisrequiredbythecourseheistaking.(B)Heispromotingaproductthroughadvertising.(C)Heisapplyingforascholarshipatauniversity.(D)Itispartoftheselectionprocessforajob.2.(A)Howtobecomeasuccessfuljobapplicant.(B)Howtoprepareforagoodspeech.(C)Howtomakeagoodimpressionontheinterviewer.(D)Ithasnotbeendecidedyet.3.(A)20minutes(B)30minutes(C)Anhour(D)It’snotmentionedintheconversation.4.(A)Tousetheoverheadprojector.(B)Toreadclearlyandloudenoughfromascript.(C)Toillustratehispointswithanecdotesoranalogies.(D)Tosaysomethingamusingorstrikingattheverystart.5.(A)Tolistentohimrehearsethetalk.(B)Tohelphimcollecttherequiredstatistics.(C)Toanalyzethedataalreadyavailable.(D)Towriteascriptforthetalk.Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingnews.6.(A)Becausetheymightharmthepoorpeople.(B)Becausetheirdrawbacksoutweighbenefits.(C)Becausetheycounterbalanceotherenvironmentalpolicies.(D)Becausetheycannotachievetheexpectedenvironmentalobjectives.7.(A)Germanbusinessconfidenceindexhasrisenasmuchasexpectedrecently.(B)Theoutlookformanufacturingisworseninginforeseeablefuture.(C)GlobaleconomicrecessionwillsapdemandforGermanexportsnextyear.(D)Germanbusinesssituationisexpectedtogetbetterinthenextfewmonths.8.(A)Theproposalcancutgreenhousegasemissionsfromcarstoaverylowlevel.(B)Thisactionisobviouslygoingtochangeglobaltemperaturesinthelongterm.(C)Thereductioningasemissionsisinsignificantforaddressingglobalwarming.(D)Theproposalrepresentsabigstepinsolvingtheproblemofglobalwarming.9.(A)$60.5abarrel(B)$61abarrel(C)$61.32abarrel(D)...
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