上海中级口译口试部分历年真题集锦含答案

上海市英语中级口译证书第二阶段考试试题集锦(201009)口语题Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 3 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supportingdetails adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. Youneed to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is…”，”My registrationnumber is…”Topic: Can shopping vouchers increase consumption?Questions for Reference:1.To stimulate consumption, which is more effective, tax reduction or shopping vouchers?2.What are the major purposes of issuing shopping vouchers?3.In what way can the shopping vouchers best be distributes? Shall every citizen be given the same amount ofshopping vouchers or should the vouchers be limited to the lower-income people only?口译题Part ADirections: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you heard each paragraph, interpret itinto 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.Passage 1As for us Americans, you may think that we give toomuch importance to individualism and personal gains, somuch so that it might sacrifice collective benefits, and even bring harm to the harmony of the society.//Yes, but you don’t have to be worried. American work ethic is more individual-oriented. We often value the resultsand accomplishments of work more than its process.//If I am not mistaken, the traditional Chinese work ethic is based on Confucianism, which stresses the benefit ofcommunal harmony rather than individual freedom.//It’s really very hard to say wh...