2008年3月中级口译真题.docVIP

上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试2008年3月 真题SECTION 1　　 LISTENING TEST　　45 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 yourANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage?ONLY ONCE. 　　How did the Olympic Games start? In ancient Greece, athletic festivals were very important and have strong _________ (1). Originally, the festival was held in honor of Zeus, the supreme God in Greek mythology. Eventually, the Olympian athletic festival had lost its _________ (2) and became an international event. No one knows exactly _________ (3) the Olympic Games go, but some scholars recorded date from 776 B.C.?　　According to some scholars, at first, the only Olympic event was _________ (4), called a stadium and that was the only event until 724 B.C. After that, other _________ (5) were added and 16 years later in _________ (6), the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the Games. This Pentathlon was a five-event match, which _________ (7) running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus and hurling the javelin.　　The Games were held _________ (8) and after an uninterrupted history of 1170 years, the Games were _________ (9) in A.D. 394, the Christen era, because of the pagan origin.?　　It was over _________ (10) before there was another such international athletic gathering. In 1896, the first of the modern _________ (11) opened in Athens, Greece.?　　Nowadays the Games are held in different countries _________ (12). The host country provides vast facilities, such as stadiums and _________ (13). Many more sports are represented, including the very celebrated event: _________ (14).?　　The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, _________ (15) on Mount Olympus by the suns rays. The torch is carried by _________ (16) to the stadium. The Olympic