2004年9月上海市高级口译笔试真题
Ethical behavior in one culture may be ________ (15) in another. For example, in the United States, ________ (16) are both unethical and ________ (17). People who offer and accept bribes can be charged with ________ (18) activity and can be ________ (19) for these crimes. But in other countries, bribes may be a more acceptable or even ________ (20) part of doing business.
Part B: Listening and Translation
1. Sentence Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
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2. Passage Translation
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English passages. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.
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SECTION 5: READING TEST (30 minutes)
Directions: Read the following passages and then answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES the questions which follow each passage. Use only information from the passage you have just read and write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
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Stolen masterpieces are being used by crime gangs as "get out of jail free cards" to trade for more lenient sentences. The criminals stash paintings and other works of art and use them in plea bargaining for other offences, the head of the Metropolitan Police's arts and antiques unit has revealed. Detective Sergeant Vernon Rapley also disclosed that Scotland Yard had started compiling the country's first national police database of stolen works of art. He said: "Some have clearly been held as a 'get out of jail for free' by criminal gangs. There is clear evidence this has been done."
He explained: "If you bury the painting in a dustbin in a wood and you wait until you get arrested for another crime, such as armed robbery, you can tell the police you know about a 'nasty villain' who stole the painting, which could be worth £13m to £14m. If you are instrumental in the recovery of the painting you can get a credit from sentencing for the armed robbery. The concern is that it's becoming more common."
Alexandra Smith, director of operations at the Art Loss Register, a London-based company that holds the details of 140,000 stolen works of art from around the world, said that in some cases criminals probably stole famous paintings and then discovered they were impossible to sell because they were so easy to recognize. "What is more plausible is that criminals steal something valuable and find they cannot get rid of it, so when they are caught for another crime they trade the painting to commute the sentence."
Det Sgt Rapley, the head of the country's only dedicated stolen art squad, estimated that the trade in illicit art in Britain is worth about £1bn a year. To help crack down on the criminal enterprise, the Metropolitan Police is expanding its database and hopes to produce the first national register of stolen works. It currently has records of 50,000 stolen items and is encouraging other forces to add to the database.
Det Sgt Rapley said he hoped that by the end of the year the public would be able to access parts of the database to check for stolen items. He said the criminals who stole the paintings and artworks only made a fraction of the massive profits available for stolen art, getting at most about 10 per cent of the value. In one case a thief stole a silver beaker from a museum without knowing that it was priceless. He later sold it to a market trader for a new pounds.
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