英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试真题一（阅读）
Whatever may be said against mass circulation magazines and newspapers, it can hardly be argued that they are out of touch with their reader’s daydreams, and therefore the inducements such as gifts and prizes they hold out to them must be a near accurate reflection of their unfulfilled wants and aspirations. Study these and you will assuredly understand a good deal of what it is that makes society tick.
Looking back, for example, to the twenties and thirties, we can see that circulation managers unerringly diagnosed the twin obsessions which dominated that era of mass unemployment-economic insecurity and a passionate concern for the next generation. Thus it was that readers were recruited with offers of free insurance policies for the one, and free instant education for the other. The family whose breadwinner lost an eye in a double railway derailment, or an arm in a flood, could confidently expect to collect several hundred pounds from the Daily This or the Evening That. The family who could not afford to send their son to grammar school could find consolation in equipping him with the complete works of Shakespeare in one magnificent, easy to read volume.
After the war the need to fall into step with the new consumer society was soon realised. If you were flanked by neighbours who, unlike you, could afford a holiday abroad, then winning an easy competition could set you up with a fortnight in an exotic sunspot. Dishwashers, washing machines, slow-cookers and deep-fat-friers were—and still are— available by the same means.
1、The writer finds the study of gifts and prizes interesting because it ______.
A．shows the power of the popular press
B．reveals social trends
C．confirms his view of human nature
D．exposes journalistic dishonesty
【答案】B
【文得解析】文章首段指出关于畅销杂志和报纸，不管怎样都不能说它们脱离了读者的daydreams，因此它们为吸引读者所提供的礼品和奖品近乎准确地反映出读者unfulfilled wants和aspirations，通过对此进行研究，定可以对“what it is that makes society tick”有很大程度的了解，可见作者认为该研究可以反映出社会的趋势。故选B。
2、It can be inferred from the passage that newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s offered their readers gifts in order to ______.
A．spread popular education
B．increase their circulation
C．improve social conditions
D．enrich their readers' knowledge
【答案】B
【解析】文章第二段指出回顾20和30年代，我们可以发现那时的发行部经理（circulation managers）准确地诊断出主导那个mass unemployment-economic insecurity和a passionate concern for the next generation年代的两个obsessions，因此向读者提供免费保险和免费教育的礼品，故B项正确。
3、The choice of gifts tells us that the circulation managers ______.
A．despised their readers
B．wanted to educate their readers
C．understood their readers
D．enjoyed being powerful
【答案】C
【文得解析】有上题解析可知发行部经理了解当时人们的需求，因此C项符合题意。
4、According to the passage, one of the reasons why readers in the 1920s and 130s were attracted by free insurance policies was that ______.
A．they were afraid of being unable to work
B．jobs were more dangerous then
C．they had bigger families to look after
D．money was given away with the policies
【答案】A
【文得解析】文中提到20世纪20、30年代是一个充斥着mass unemployment-economic insecurity和a passionate concern for the next generation的年代，由此可知读者之所以会对报纸和杂志提供的免费保险所吸引是因为他们担心失去工作后没有依靠，故A项正确。
5、Why did holidays abroad become a common prize after the war?
A．People became more interested in material possessions.
B．Everyone wanted the opportunity to travel.
C．Group travel became easier.
D．People wanted to get away from familiar surroundings.
【答案】B
【文得解析】最后一段指出战争后，与新消费社会保持一致的需求也很快得到实现，那时如果你的邻居都有能力出国度假，而你却不能，“winning an easy competition”就可以使你在异国地区度过两周的假期，可见战后每个人都想去国外度假，因此报纸和杂志又以此作为奖品，故选B。
英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试真题二（英译汉）
Our greatest responsibility is the active defense of the American people. Twenty-eight months have passed since September 1lth, 2001—over two years without an attack on American soil. And it is tempting to believe that the danger is behind us. That hope is understandable, comforting and false. The killing has continued in Bali, Jakarta, Casablanca, Riyadh, Mombassa, Jerusalem, Istanbul, and Baghdad. The terrorists continue to plot against America and the civilized world. And by our will and courage, this danger will be defeated.
Inside the United States, where the war began, we must continue to give our homeland security and law enforcement personnel every tool they need to defend us. And one of those essential tools is the Patriot Act, which allows federal law enforcement to better share information, to track terrorists, to disrupt their cells, and to seize their assets. For years, we have used similar provisions to catch embezzlers and drug traffickers. If these methods are good for hunting criminals, they are even more important for hunting terrorists. Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year. The terrorist threat will not expire on that schedule. Our law enforcement needs this vital legislation to protect our citizens. You need to renew the Patriot Act.（2004 State of the Union Address—President George W. Bush）
【文得译文】
我们最伟大的责任就是积极的保护美国人民的安全。2001年9月11日至今，28个月已经过去了，在两年多的时间里，美国本土没有遭到一次袭击。一些人会不由自主地认为，危险已经被我们抛在了身后。这种美好的愿望可以理解，也令人感到欣慰，但遗憾的是，这种想法是不妥的。在巴厘、雅加达、卡萨布兰卡、利雅得、蒙巴萨、耶路撒冷、伊斯坦布尔和巴格达等地，杀戮还在继续。恐怖分子们还在继续阴谋策划对美国和文明社会发动袭击。但是，我们有意志和勇气必将消灭这些危险。
美国国内是这场战争开始的地方，为了使国土安全人员和其他执法人员能够保护我们的安全，我们必须赋予他们所需的一切手段和工具。其中最重要的一个工具就是《爱国法》，因为它授权联邦执法人员可以更有效地实现情报共享、追踪恐怖分子、破坏他们的组织以及剥夺他们的财产。多年以来，我们一直使用类似的法律对付贪污者和贩毒者。如果说这些措施在对付刑事罪犯时很有效，那么它们在追踪恐怖分子时会发挥更重要的作用。《爱国法》最关键的一些条款将在明年终止，而恐怖威胁却不会在那时结束。这项立法对我们的执法机构保护国家的职责至关重要，因此，你们应该让《爱国法》展期。
英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试真题三（汉译英）
中美贸易之所以能迅速发展，根本原因在于两国经济具有极大的互补性。这种互补性，很大程度上来自两国经济资源条件、经济结构以及消费水平存在着很大的差异。中国是最大的发展中国家，市场广阔，发展迅速，劳动力成本低，但资金短缺、科技和管理相对落后。美国是最大的发达国家，经济总量大，资本充足，科技发达，但劳动力成本高。这种差异性和互补性，将在今后长期存在，在经济全球化的大背景下显得更加突出。
【文得译文】
The reason for such rapid growth in China-US trade is, in the final analysis, the high degree to which the economies complement each other. This neat fit, to a large extent, stems from their differences in economic resources, economic structures and consumption levels. China is the world's largest developing country with a huge market, fast development and low labor costs, but short of capital and relatively backward in technology and management skills. On the other hand, the US is the world's largest developed country, big in economic size, with abundant capital, and advanced in science and technology. But the cost of labor in the US is high. These diverse yet interlocking qualities will remain for a long time, and are likely to feature more prominently in the ongoing economic globalization. This, in my view, is the material basis for the sustained and rapid expansion of China-US trade.
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