上海市2008年9月中级口译真题试卷答案与听力原文.docVIP

上海市2008年9月中级口译真题试卷答案与听力原文 SECTION 1　　 LISTENING TEST Part A Spot Dictation 1. common interest 2. mutual friend connection 3. 5 p.m. 4. sacrifice 5. adult interaction 6. potential 7. comfortable and secure 8. local restaurant 9. major function 10. annual summer picnics 11. in jeans and T-shirts 12. in their own homes 13. his employees 14. formal banquets 15. an open house 16. anytime 17. 1 to 2 hours 18. as they please 19. light snacks 20. poor practice to refuese Part B Listening Comprehension I. Statements Questions 1~10 1. (B) I really cannot decide whether to dig up information from the Internet for our annual report over the weekend or go shopping with my friends. But maybe a break would do me good. 2. (C) Rarely do new employees take such initiatives as Mr. Johnson does. Usually they’ll wait until they’re familiar with their working environment. 3. (B) The subject of the conference is marketing and sales. And I was wondering if you could give us a talk, say, fifty minutes or so, on cost-effective publicity. 4. (A) If a family has a baby, it brings about special food and clothing needs. When that child grows up, he or she will more directly influence their parents choice of daily commodities. 5. (C) Not all sugar-containing foods are bad. For example, an apple has its main calories come from sugar, but it’s surrounded by fiber, so it digests slowly and keeps blood sugar under control. 6. (D) Had I known that we could buy exactly the same type of camera cheaper on the Internet, I would not have placed the order and paid for this one. 7. (A) By far, the most serious economic problem is that of inflation, now being accelerated by the rise of unemployment, and threatened further by a possible wage explosion. 8. (D) According to our economists, a tariff is a kind of tax imposed by the government on goods imported from abroad. 9. (A) Due to our vigorous advertising campaign, the sales figure for our new product has reached 360,000 dollars this month, three times o