1998年上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试四(编辑修改稿)

1998年上海市英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试四(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

_____________________________________________________________________________ 中国最大的管理资源中心 (大量免费资源共享 ) 第 5 页 共 12 页 SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS (50 minutes) Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A.), (B.), (C),or (D.),to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1～ 5 An unexpectedly bitter dispute between the Royal Mail and the union of postal workers has kept Britain39。 s postal service closed for two weeks. Streeter mail boxes are sealed and international mail suspended until the Union of Communication Workers and post office management settle their differences over special pay for new recruits. The strike began as a spotty, 24hour work stoppage Aug. 31 but was extended last week to include most of the 1,500 Royal Mail offices and more than 100,000 union members. It is the first major disruption of service since 1981,and has prompted discussion of further privatizing postal deliveries. British Prime Minister has said the Royal Mail is one public service that should remain in government hands. But some businessmen have pressed British Prime Minister to expand the market for private courier services to include carrying large volumes of mail. The pay dispute concerns special bonuses of between ￡ 15 and ￡ 35 a week for workers in the London area where the cost of living is high and it is difficult to attract new recruits. The Royal Mail is offering the premiums to help alleviate an acute shortage of workers in London but union leader want the bonuses distributed equally across the country. The post office has asked other countries to hold all mail deliveries for Britain until the strike is settled, because it is difficult to guarantee security for mail bags piling up at air and seaports. 1. The passage suggests that a strike is happening _______. A. within the Union of Communication Workers B. within postoffice management C. within the British government D. within the postal service of Great Britain 2. According to the passage, the postal strike_________. A. has been the second major strike since 1981 B. has been settled by the British government C. has attracted many new recruits D. has already lasted for two weeks 3. Which of the following is NOOT true about the postal strike? A. The strike began as a spotty, 24 hour work stoppage . B. The strike has included all the 1,500 Royal Mail offices. C. The strike has made the streeter mail boxes sealed. D. The strike has been joined by more than 100,000 union members. 4. According to the passage, the purpose for the postal strike is________. A. to prompt discussion of further privatizing postal deliveries B. to expand the market for private courier services C. to have special pay for newly hired workers 中国最大的管理资源中心 (大量免费资源共享 ) 第 6 页 共 12 页 D. to offer the premiums to help workers in London. 5. What would be the best title for this passage? A. Britain39。 s postal strike B. Britain39。 s postoffice management C. Britain39。 s private courier services D. Britain39。 s Royal Mail offices Questions 6～ 10 Hong Kong, where buildings rise and fall like mood swings, has never had much time for the past. Yet even by those normally harried standards, authorities face a remarkably tight deadline for the transition between old and new airports. In the seven hours between 11:30 . on July 5, when venerable Kai Tak shuts down, down, and 6:30 . on July 6 when HKIA opens, a lumbering menagerie of equipment will trek the 39 km from one to the other. Thousands of items have been logged and assigned a moving time.“ The plan is a living thing, and it changes all the time,” says Michael Winarick, the exBritish Army colonel in charge of the move. The operation actually began May 6, when the first pieces of equipment were transferred to the new site, and won39。 t end until early August. But pressure will be greatest on the critical night, when a parade of ungainly vehicles will take to the closedoff roads of Kowloon— “ deck loaders” that equip planes, the tractors that nudge jumbo jets into position, the scuttling baggage trains and fire trucks and erect moving staircases. Winarick admits to tense moments when crews discovered they only had 15cm to spare under some overpasses:“ We looked at letting out tire pressure.” Heaver items like the scaffolding used by maintenance crews will sail on 17 barges through Victoria Harbor. Thirty planes will take off from Kai Tak on a rare set of domestic flights, winging the 15 minutes to Chek Lap Kok. Some 1,000 police will watch over the move, which will be televised to discourage rubberneckers. But the greatest threat is beyond anyone39。 s control: officials say that if a typhoon hits that night, they39。 ll postpone HKLA39。 S opening for a week. 6. The word “ trek” (paragraph 1) means__________. A. to go through wild country B. to walk slowly for pleasure C. to travel to a holy place D. to make a long hard journey. 7. The passage suggests that authorities_________. A. nudge jumbo jets into position before July 5 B. watch over the move on July 6 C. have a tight d。