2004年9月上海市中級口譯筆試真題

13. (A) It should be abolished.
(B) It is no longer effective.
(C) It is more time-consuming.
(D) It should be reintroduced.
14. (A) She needs to cancel an appointment.
(B) She intends to dine with Mrs. Brown.
(C) She plans to call a taxi.
(D) She does not believe what the man has said.
Questions 15-18
15. (A) Secretary work.
(B) Sales.
(C) Domestic service.
(D) Language teaching.
16. (A) People who come in to collect bills every weekend.
(B) People employed to do housework during the week.
(C) People who give help to foreign students daily.
(D) People attending language courses once a week.
17. (A) She takes care of the children.
(B) She helps clean the house.
(C) She lives as one member of the family.
(D) She pays for her meals and accommodation.
18. (A) She wants to be in Britain to learn English.
(B) She enjoys British foods and fruits very much.
(C) She thinks that a British family is safer and more convenient.
(D) She does not like to live on a British university campus.
Questions 19-22
19. (A) Because he was worried about the rattling noise from his car.
(B) Because he was sure that he would not be overcharged for the repair.
(C) Because he had found a loose wire and other things that needed replacing.
(D) Because he had made a bargain with the proprietor of the garage.
20. (A) In a rented car.
(B) In his wife's car.
(C) In his own car.
(D) In Sampson's car.
21. (A) They are all efficient.
(B) They are all expensive.
(C) They are deceptive and dishonest.
(D) They are unfriendly toward car-owners.
22. (A) They refuse to be members of the trade union.
(B) They seldom offer emergency repairs to car-owners.
(C) They would not allow car-owners to stand by and watch.
(D) They cannot do a good job when the car-owner is in the shop.
Questions 23-26
23. (A) A wide road built by the Chinese government.
(B) A British concession in Shanghai.
(C) The original name for the Yangtze River.
(D) A small river parallel to the city wall.
24. (A) They set up concessions along some of the rivers.
(B) They sold imported fruits to local people.
(C) They built toll bridges across the rivers.
(D) They ruled the area according to European traditions.
25. (A) Because it was a river of strategic importance for military maneuvers.
(B) Because it was located between concessions and Chinese-run areas.
(C) Because there was many commercial buildings on either side of its banks.
(D) Because it was so deep that the foreign cargo ships could go up to unload.
26. (A) To purchase something from their fellow countrymen.
(B) To bargain with native small-business people.
(C) To draft contracts or documents for European merchants.
(D) To communicate with people from European countries.
Questions 27-30
27. (A) Some thieves broke into her house.
(B) She had an accident during her night shift.
(C) Her car broke down and she had to walk home.
(D) She had valuable things stolen whi
