2004年9月上海市高级口译笔试真题
6. (A) Because of the accumulation of funds in the real estate market.
(B) Because of the rising house prices and government budget deficits.
(C) Because of the resignation of the Finance Minister Gorden Brown.
(D) Because of the increase in the number of the houses being sold.
7. (A) Business confidence will probably remain unchanged for the next year.
(B) Business confidence was the highest in May since April 2001.
(C) Published National indexes show confidence unchanged in Germany and Italy and falling in France.
(D) The index of confidence may have stayed at plus 5, the highest in 3 years.
8. (A) They will deliver solid earning results this year.
(B) They will break even at the end of this year.
(C) They posted another year of losses due to bad loan write-offs.
(D) They reported mixed results for the year ended March 31.
9. (A) 50.
(B) 100.
(C) 150.
(D) 200.
10. (A) A Korean patrol boat operated illegally in Japanese waters.
(B) A Korean fishing vessel overturned and the captain was fatally wounded.
(C) A Japanese Coast Guard patrol boat fired teargas grenades at a Korean fishing vessel.
(D) A Japanese fishing vessel was repeatedly ordered to stop operating in Korean waters.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.
11. (A) Because the usage of the Internet is widespread now.
(B) Because Internet addiction is growing on college campuses.
(C) Because the computer is accessible to everyone on college campuses.
(D) Because Internet addiction is less harmful than other addictions.
12. (A) She cannot go to sleep without surfing on the Net first.
(B) She and other people are surfing on the Net in the middle of the night.
(C) She doesn't know when her Internet compulsiveness is turning into an addiction.
(D) She isn't sure the exact amount of time is really the issue.
13. (A) People's work performance and school performance may be affected.
(B) People may lose social skills that make face-to-face relationships successful.
(C) People may be cheated by those with false identities.
(D) People may have no time for taking walks and other leisure activities.
14. (A) Work performance.
(B) School performance.
(C) Relationships.
(D) Mental health.
15. (A) Practice self-discipline.
(B) Have some sort of balance in life.
(C) Set an alarm clock.
(D) Act upon your friend's advice.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
16. (A) In the late 1940s.
(B) In the early 1950s.
(C) In the late 1950s.
(D) In the early 1960s.
17. (A) Abstract Expressionism.
(B) The artistic movement that immediately preceded it.
(C) The internal struggles of the individual artists.
(D) Mass-produced visual media and the design of common household objects.
18. (A) Abstract Expressionism was a very personal art.
(B) Abstract Expressionism was more easily accessible to the masses than Pop Art.
(C) Abstract Expressionism reflected a direct relationship to the actual world.
(D) Abstract Expressionism was a little bit influenced by Pop Art.
19. (A) To direct art from the personalities of the individual artists towards the world.
(B) To impose a unified symbolic meaning on his collection of materials.
(C) To concentrate less on the objects and more on the images he found.
(D) To set the stage for further development in Pop Art.
20. (A) Because their use of found objects and images from everyday life was innovative.
(B) Because they believed that these images reflected the cultural values of contemporary society.
