各类题型精析

　　(该部分是从历届考题中找出考生和辅导班学员在做听力、听力翻译、阅读、笔译以及口译各题型中最容易出错的典型例句进行精析，以供考生在考前复习时参考。)

　　考题题型构成：

　　英语高级口译资格证书考试分为第一阶段考试和第二阶段考试。第一阶段考试为笔试，试卷题型包括以下几种类型：

　　第一部分(Section l)：听力测试(包括听写和听力理解)(Part A：Spot Dictation；Part B：

　　Listening Comprehension)(30minutes)；

　　第二部分(Section2)：阅读测试(多项选择题)(Reading Test)(30minutes)；

　　第三部分(Section 3)：翻译测试(英译汉)(Translation Test)(30minutes)；

　　第四部分(Section4)：听力测试(笔记及填空和听译)(Part A：Note-taking and Gap-filling；Part B：Listening and Translation)(30minutes)；

　　第五部分(Section5)：阅读测试(简答题)(Reading Test)(30minutes)；

　　第六部分(Section6)：翻译测试(汉译英)(Translation Test)(30minutes)。

　　考生通过第一阶段考试后，方可参加第二阶段考试。

　　第二阶段考试为口试，包括口语和口译。

　　口语试卷有A卷或B卷之分，但题型一样，难易程度相当。

　　口译试卷(1NTERPRETATIONSECTION)也有A卷或B卷之分。A卷或B卷均包括Part A(two English passages) and Part B (two Chinese passages)。

　　第一节 听力精析(听写、听力理解)

　　该部分(Section 1)为听力测试，分为Part A：Spot Dictation和Part B：Listening Comprehension。Part A and Part B要求考生在30分钟内完成。题目要求如下：

　　SECTION l：LISTENINGTEST(30minutes)

　　I．Part A：Spot Dictation

　　Direction: 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 your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.

　　该部分(Part A)为听写填空题(Spot Dictation)。该部分题材广泛，体裁多样。试题中有20处标号的空缺部分需要考生填写。空缺部分多为2-4个词组成的短语或习惯用语。听写内容播放后有3-5分钟间隙供考生填写。听写文字内容长度为300-400个词。（中级口译为250-350个词）

　　只念一遍，语速为每分钟100词左右。考生在听写开始前可提前浏览文章，做到心中有数，有的放矢。这样有助于考生听力理解。现就一听力实考题进行分析。

　　Today I'm going to consider very briefly¹ a problem concerned with the competition for land use, that is, whether crops should be used to produce food or should be used to ___(1) and in considering this problem I will look at ___ (2): the historical background to the problem, the economics² involved in the competition for land use, some examples, and ___ (3) to a potential problem.

　　In considering the historical background we should ___ (4) of the 1970s due to the rapid trend in increasing oil prices. Many countries have looked for ___ (5) to make them independent of other countries' ___ (6). Examples of alternative energy sources include such things as solar power, the ___ (7), and also the production of biogas. Biogas is methane³ which is produced from ___ (8).

　　A particularly interesting possibility for many developing countries has been the ___ (9) to alcohol. This is interesting because in many developing countries there is a ___ (10) and at the same time a small industrial sector⁴ and thus the ___ (11) the agricultural sector to produce fuel is of interest to those countries.

　　Research is going on ___ (12), for example, from sugar and there are two main economic reasons for this. First of all, the world price of sugar ___ (13) or the world price of sugar has fallen in very real terms ___ (14). This has caused a problem for those economics which are ___ (15) their sugar production, as it gives them an alternative possibility for ___ (16). And secondly⁵ sugar is the most efficient source of alcohol; therefore, it is ___ (17) to make fuel. by, distilling⁶ alcohol from it.

　　In addition to sugar there are ___ (18) that can be used to make alcohol, for example, ___ (19) such plants as the cassava plant and the sweet potato are good sources from which alcohol can be made and in non-tropical countries you have such things as ___ (20).