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上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试(TESTBOOK)SECTIONI:LISTENINGTEST(45minutes)PartA:SpotDictationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyouANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.Whatisagesture?Agestureisamovementofthehandorbodythatexpresses______(1)orintention.Itisanactionthatsendsa______(2)fromonepersontoanother.Tobecomeagesture,anacthastobeseenbysomeoneelseandhasto______(3)somepieceofinformationtothem.Therearesomegestures,however,thathave______(4)dependingonwhenandwheretheyareused.WhenanAmericanwantstosignalthatsomethingisOK,______(5),heraiseshishandandmakesacirclewithhisthumbandforefinger.Thiscircle-signhas______(6)forhim,andhemightbesurprisedto______(7)thatinothercountriesitcanmeansomethingverydifferent.InJapan,forinstance,itisthegestureformoney.______(8),itmeanszeroorworthless.Suchdifferencescan,ofcourse,leadto______(9)whenforeignersmeet,Butwhyisitthatthesamegesturebassomanydifferentmeanings?Whensomepeoplewanttoshowthatsomethingis______(10),theymakeasigntoshowtheyareholding______(11)betweenthetipsoftheirthumbandforefinger.Manypeoplefromallovertheworld______(12)whenemphasizingacertainpointastheyspeak.Theobjecttheyholdis______(13),andtheysimplyperformtheactionofholdingit.Inthisway,they______(14)withthethumbandforefinger.InAmerica,thisunconsciousgesturegrewintoa______(15)meaningexactlyrightorperfect.Thiswashowthe______(16)wasborn.TheJapanesesignformoneycomesfromacompletelydifferentsource.______(17),andcoinsareround.Therefore,makinga______(18)cameto.symbolizemoney.Itisassimpleasthat.TheFrenchsignfornothingorworthlessalso______(19)asimplesource.Thistime,however,thecircledoesnotrepresentacoin,itonlyindicatesnought.Noughtmeansnothing,______(20).PartB:ListeningComprehensionI.StatementsDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstatements.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCE,andyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthepaper;soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.1.(A)Dorispointedoutwherethekeywas.(B)Dorisdoesn'twanttobeappointed.(C)Dorisisusuallyapunctualperson.(D)Dorisdoesn'tknowshehasanappointment.2.(A)Eventhoughthecararrivedearly,themeetingbeganlate.(B)Themeetingwaspostponed,althoughwesetoffearlytoday.(C)Weleftearlytodayforthemeeting,butweweredelayed.(D)Westartedourjourneyearly,sowewereearlyforthemeeting.3.(A)Threeyearslater,thestockmarketcrashed.(B)Halfofthestocksinthemarketweredevaluedwithinfiveyears.(C)About50%ofriteproductsweremoreexpensivethantheyhadbeen3yearsbefore.(D)Thecountry'sGNPwasreducedbynearly50%inthreeyears.4.(A)Tonywon'treceiveadditionalpayment,nomatterhowhardheworks.(B)Tonycouldn'tunderstandwhyhisbossisnotsatisfiedwithhissuccess(C)Tonyisunabletomeethissalesquotathisyearbecauseoftheextraloadofwork.(D)Tonyisconfidentthathisworkwillsavethefirmfrombankruptcy.5.(A)EveryoneknewthatJenniferwastheCEO'ssecretaryinDetroit.(B)Jenniferdidn'tmeetthewell-knownCEOfromtheheadquarters,(C)TheCEOwasawaytomeetJenniferinourheadquartersinDetroit.(D)TheDetroitheadquartershaddecidedtoappointJennifertobeaCEO.6.(A)Themanagerhasrefusedtoseeyouoffatt...