上海市20xx年9月中级口译试题(doc16)-考试学习(编辑修改稿)

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ed in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1~5 In a bay near Almeria in Southern Spain will be built the world’ first underwater residence for tourists. The hotel will be 40 feet down in the Mediterranean. As all the world opened to tour operators, there was still a frontier behind which lay three quarters of the globe’ s surface, the sea。 in whose cool depths light fades。 no winds blow。 there are no stars. There even the most bored travelers could recapture their sense of romance, terror or beauty. For a submerged hotel is such a beautiful idea. The hotel will cost ?170,000 and will be able to acmodate up to ten people a night. Up until now only scientists and professional divers have lived under the sea, but soon, for the first time, the public will be able to go down into the darkness. They will have to swim down in diving suits, but at 40 feet there would be no problem about depression. Design of the hotel was crucial. Most of the underwater structures used before had been in the shape of a diving bell or submarine. Professional divers could cope with such things but ordinary people would run the risk of violent claustrophobia. Then an Austrian architect had the idea of making three interconnecting circular structures, 18 feet in diameter, and looking much like flying saucers. They would be cast in concrete and launched from the shore. Towed into position they would then be sunk. A foundation of cast concrete would already be in place on the seabed. Pylons would attach the structures to this. Once in position the structures would be pumped dry. The pylons made to withstand an uplift pressure of 350 tons, would then take the strain. Cables linking the underwater structures to the hotel on shore would connect it with electricity, fresh water, television, and an air pump, and also dispose of sewage. Entry would be from underneath, up a ladder。 because of the pressure inside there would be no need of airlocks or doors. The first structure would include a changing room and a shower area, where the divers would get out of their gear. There would also be a kitchen and a lavatory. The second structure would contain a dining room/lecture theatre, and sleeping acmodation for eight people. The third structure would contain 中国最大的管理资 源中心 (大量免费资源共享 ) 第 7 页 共 16 页 two suites. A steward would e down with the ten customers, to cook and look after them. Television monitors would relay all that went on to the shore so that discussions on the sea bed could be transmitted to all the world. 1. From the passage we understand that tour operators and travelers will be interested in the submerged hotel as _________. (A) it is a quiet place for research work (B) it is an ideal seafood restaurant (C) it will offer new possibilities (D) it will have unchanging weather 2. What design was finally considered most suitable for the new hotel? (A) Three separated circles. (B) Three linked discs. (C) Three connected globes. (D) Three interlocked cylinders. 3. The hotel would be able to float under water because it would be _______. (A) made of light material (B) 350 tons in weight (C) filled with air (D) attached to pylons 4. It is planned that sleeping quarters will be provided for the guests in the ________. (A) second structure (B) second and third structures (C) first and third structures (D) third structure 5. The purpose of television monitors under the sea would be to relay ________. (A) instructions from the sea bed to the shore (B) news from the shore to the sea bed (C) information from the world to the sea bed (D) information to the world from the sea bed Questions 6~10 For most people, boasting about oneself does not e naturally. It is not easy or fortable to tell someone all the wonderful things you have acplished. But that is exactly what you need to do if you are seeking a new job, or trying to hold on to the one you have. Of course, there is a fine line between selfconfidence and arrogance, so to be successful in winning over the interviewer you must learn to maximize your acplishments and attributes without antagonizing the interviewer. The natural tendency for most job seekers is to behave modestly in a jobinterview. To do the best job of selling yourself in an interview, you have to be prepared in advance. As part of your jobhunting check 中国最大的管理资 源中心 (大量免费资源共享 ) 第 8 页 共 16 页 list, write down on a piece of paper your major jobrelated acplishments. Commit them to memory. You will probably be pleasantly surprised to see in writing all that you have done. By developing this list, you will have acplished two things: the first is you will impress the interviewer by being able to talk confidently and succinctly about your acplishments. You will not have to sit unfortably while you think of your successes. They will be at the tip of your tongue. Secondly, rather than dwell on your own personality characteristics, such as how hardworking or creative you are, you can discuss hard facts, such as how you saved your employer money or an idea you developed that helped a customer make more money. When chronicling your acplishments for the interviewer, take as much credit as you honestly can. If you were a key part behind a major group project, tell the interviewer. If you developed a specific idea without help from your supervisor, it is acceptable to say that. Remember, you are at that interview to sell yourself, not your former c。