Passage 2:
过去,中国被称为“东亚病夫”。1949年前,在竞技体育的世界运动员或世界纪录保持者中找不到一个中国人的名字。//中华人民共和国的成立给体育界带来了重大的变化。中国运动员的技能迅速提高,至1996年为止,中国运动员获得了2653项世界冠军。
三、参考答案:
1、口语题答案略
2、口译题
Part A (英译中)
Passage 1:
纽约因人而异可以是两类城市中的一种:对旅游观光客来说,那是一座人流拥挤、汽车喇叭声不停、交通堵塞、街道肮脏、地铁闷臭的城市—所有这一切同华尔街和联合国大厦等国际性标志性建筑形成了鲜明的对照。//
然而,对大多数本地居民和上班族来说,纽约只不过是一个巨大繁忙的商业活动场所—到晚上,就应该立即离开,前往环境更加宁静的地区。当然,纽约仍然是西半球人口最多、最繁华的大都市。
Passage 2:
贵方产品改进后的式样给我留下了深刻的印象。产品有新意,而工艺尚不尽如人意。不过我还是打算询个价。这是一份我所感兴趣的产品的购物单,请您给我一个有效期为30天、目的港为旧金山的到岸价。
您知道我是一个诚心诚意的大买主。当然,我的采购量则完全取决于贵方的报盘。得到您的底价后我想与您讨论一下付款方式问题。
Part B(中译英)
Passage 1:
Welcome to the Shanghai Museum. Completed in the 90s, the Shanghai Museum is a large museum equipped with modern facilities. Its bronze ware collection is a fine treasure of the Chinese cultural heritage highly respected in the world. //
The Shanghai museum also displays over 500 pieces of the finest ceramics as well as nearly 200 pieces of sculpture, with the Buddhist sculpture and figurine modeling art as the main subject. Each of these exhibits depicts the artistic styles of different historical periods.
Passage 2:
In the past, China was called “the sick man of East Asia”. Not a single Chinese name could be found among the top world-class athletes or world-record holders in competitive sports before 1949. //
The founding of the People’s Republic of China brought fundamental changes to the field of sports, and the skills of Chinese athletes improved quickly. By 1996, Chinese athletes had won 2563 world championship titles.
一、口语题
Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 5 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...”
1、Topic: Many people like to travel a lot on holidays. People may travel by air, by sea, by train, by coach or on foot. What do you think is the ideal way of traveling? Explain your argument.
2、Question for Reference:
1. Describe one of your interesting traveling experiences.
2. Make a comparison between air travel and train travel.
3. What do you think is the reward of traveling?
二、口译题
1、Part A (英译中)
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each passage, 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’s begin Part A with the first passage.