1998.3上海市语中级口译笔试.doc

1998.3 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: Is 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. Britain is changing more rapidly than ever before in her long history. In some respects the new British society reflects general world trends. In other respects it has kept its own _________(1). British society is evolving, that is to say, developing and suiting itself to __________(2). Evolution rather than revolution or violent change is a ___________(3) of the British way of life. This is shown in one way by how the British people __________(4). The Conservative and Labour Parties have controlled __________(5) for the last fifty years, but today neither party can any longer be sure from which class or __________(6) its support will come. Not long ago you _______(7) the working classes always to vote for the Labour Party. The word 揕abour?means 揾ard work敆especially hard work? a p___________(8). The Labour Party is the party which is supposed _________(9) the 搘orking man? Your would also have expected thePa ________ (10) classes to vote for the Conservative Party. The word揅onservative?means 搆eeping thingsrk敆 _________(11)?The Conservative Party is supposed to be the party which representse __________(12), businessmen and the self-employed. In some respects traditional British揷leass distinctions?are becomingl _________(13), and you can be less sure how people will vote. Many members of the middle class __________(14). Many ordinary working people enjoy a better standard of living and are ___________(15) any change which might affect them. But the ___________(16) between the classes remain. Many Conservative fear that the sovereignty of Parliament is being threatened by __________(1