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2003年7月翻译资格英语高级口译实务真题及答案 ORAL TEST Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 3 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is…”, “My registration number is…”. Topic: Brain Death and Mercy Killing Questions for Reference: 1. In China, the traditional definition of death has been based on the cessation of breath and heartbeat. If we implement the brain death criterion, what changes will it bring in values, social ethics and legal systems? 2. Clinically, once brain death occurs, human body function cannot be recovered. Is it possible, necessary or legal for the doctor to stop useless medical treatments? Give reasons for you answer. 3. Discuss the benefits, if any, of the brain death criterion in terms of medical resources, family burdens, patients sufferings and organ transplants. 4. If a doctor stops the treatments for the brain dead, is it a kind of mercy killing? What are the possible responses from the patients family, and the society in general? INTERPRETATION TEST Part A Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage. Passage 1: Our country has a worldwide reputation for quality agricultural products, and almost half of the countrys export earnings are derived from farming. Scientific agricultural research, the use of modern machinery and efficient pasture and soil management enables full advantage to be taken of a temperate climate and ample rainfall to obtain high yields from the land. Grassland farming remains our most important industry. As a