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1、上海市高级口译第一阶段笔试分类模拟笔记题五总分： 100.00 ，做题时间： 90 分钟一、 Note-taking and Gap-Filling总题数： 0，分数： 0.00 二、A总题数：1，分数：50.00 Can we save the worlds 1 languages? The Hadza community lives in Tanzania. Their language Hadza is unique. However the language may not be 2 for long. There are now fewer than 1,000 Hadza 3 .
2、The number will continue to 4 and their sing-song tongue, 5 with clicks and glottal stops, is no longer being learned by all Hadza children. The language is in danger of being 6 .The Hadza are not alone in facing the loss of their 7 tongue. Every 8 days a language dies. Over half of the approximatel
3、y 7,000 languages spoken on the planet may 9 by the end of the 20th century. Eighty percent of the 10 languages have no 11 form. 12 the last speaker dies, so does the language. But eighty percent of the worlds population now speak just 13 of its languages. So, will the languages on the 14 be reduced
4、 to a 15 of tongues?Not if some people have their way, who are fighting back to 16 rarer tongues successfully. Perhaps the most successful example is 17 , which was dead two centuries ago but is a living language now. Other languages have also been brought back from the brink of 18 through the sheer
5、 will and determination of their communities. Language preservation works best when the language, culture and 19 of minority-speaker communities are 20 by national governments.Can we save the worlds 1 languages? The Hadza community lives in Tanzania. Their language Hadza is unique. However the langu
6、age may not be 2 for long. There are now fewer than 1,000 Hadza 3 . The number will continue to 4 and their sing-song tongue, 5 with clicks and glottal stops, is no longer being learned by all Hadza children. The language is in danger of being 6 .The Hadza are not alone in facing the loss of their 7
7、 tongue. Every 8 days a language dies. Over half of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken on the planet may 9 by the end of the 20th century. Eighty percent of the 10 languages have no 11 form. 12 the last speaker dies, so does the language. But eighty percent of the worlds population now speak j
8、ust 13 of its languages. So, will the languages on the 14 be reduced to a 15 of tongues? Not if some people have their way, who are fighting back to 16 rarer tongues successfully. Perhaps the most successful example is 17 , which was dead two centuries ago but is a living language now. Other languag
9、es have also been brought back from the brink of 18 through the sheer will and determination of their communities. Language preservation works best when the language, culture and 19 of minority-speaker communities are 20 by national governments.分数： 50.00 解析： dying 听力原文 Can we save the worlds dying l
10、anguages? After witnessing how one of our earliest languages is in danger of disappearing, we should look at efforts to preserve our oral culture.Along Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania there lives the Hadza community sitting in male-and female-only groups, with the men playing small lute-like stringe
11、d instruments and applying a pre-hunt poisonous tree resin to their metal arrowheads. They light a small fire by rapidly twisting a hardwood twig into a softwood stick from the local Commiphora tree. It soon smolders and, intrigued, I have a go too. Its surprisingly difficult, but with their help, I
12、 get it to smoke eventually. You have to travel four hours west from the city of Arusha to meet this ancient tribe of hunter-gatherers, and join them in a bow-and-arrow hunt for prey among the thorn bushes. The Hadza people may have nothing no animals, land or possessions aside from the clothes on t
13、heir backs, but they are rich in the skills and resourcefulness they need to produce everything from their environment.Thats not all that sets them apart from most societies. The Hadza are thought to be the most ancient modern humans, the first surviving peoples to have split off from our ancestral
14、family tree, and are not closely related genetically to any other peoples. Their language a clickington gue, also called Hadza is unique and un related eve n to other click ing Ian guages. Somelin guists believe Hadza may be close to huma nkin ds first an cestral la nguage.However the Ian guage may
15、not be around for long. The Hadza bushme n, who live in groups of around15 people, are believed to have bee n liv ing in this remote area for at least 10,000 years, but there are now fewer tha n1,000 Hadza left. Fewer tha n 400 of them con ti nue to live a ston e-age lifestyle they are among the las
16、thun ter-gatherers in a continent of farmers and pastoralists. The nu mbers will continue to drop, as their land is swallowed up by farmers, gover nmen t-desig nated con servatio n areas and private game reserves. And their sin g-s ong ton gue, pun ctuated with clicks and glottal stops, and which ha
17、s no words for nu mbers past four, is no Ion ger being learned by all Hadza childre n. As the moder n world en croaches, the Ian guage is in dan ger of being lost as the Hadza make greater use of the widely spoke n Swahili ton gue. What is at risk is not simply the vocabulary and grammar of this uni
18、que Ian guage, but the Hadzas, and by exte nsion, part of huma ni tys cultural heritage and expressi on.The Hadza are not alone in facing the loss of their n ative ton gue. Every 14 days a Ian guage dies. Over half of the approximately 7,000 Ian guages spoke n on the pla net may disappear by the end
19、 of the cen tury .In the age of the An thropoce ne, la nguage ext in cti on is happe ning faster tha n species ext in cti on. Eighty perce nt of the endan gered Ianguages are African, including Hadza, and the majority have no written form. Once the last speaker dies, so does the Ianguage. And for an
20、 oral culture, preserving Ianguage becomes even more important for maintaining the identity and heritage of a com muni ty.It is said that with every Ianguage you speak you gain a new soul. But eighty percent of the worlds population now speak just 1.1% of its Ianguages, and universal languages, like
21、 English, dominate the Internet, signage and the majority of published texts. So, is the An thropoce ne beco ming a duller place, in which the rich diversity of huma ni tys full and won derful la nguage abilities is reduced to a han dful of ton gues: En glish, Man dari n, and a few others? Are we in
22、 dan ger of los ing our soul?Not if some people have their way. They are fighting back to preserve rarer tongues, in some cases, with great success. Perhaps the most successful example is Hebrew, which was dead two cen turies ago, before being revived and brought into the 20th cen tury as a liv ing
23、Ian guage and the mother ton gue of an en tire gen eratio n of Israelis. Other Ian guages have also bee n brought backfrom thebri nk of ext in cti on through the sheer will and determ in ati on of their com mun ities, in cludi ng Welsh, Corni sh, Gaelic and New Zeala nd Maori.Lan guage preservatio n
24、 works best whe n the Ian guage, culture and ide ntity of min ority-speaker com mun ities are respected by n ati onal gover nmen ts, rather tha n being bann ed; and if childre n are either fully taught in their mother ton gue or give n dedicated classes in it, i n additi on to lear ning the n ati on
25、al or regi on al la nguage. Evide nee is moun ti ng for the ben efits of bi-or multi-li ngualism, and for the social and psychological importa nee of mother-t on gue con servati on, which allows con versati on across multiple gen erati ons and stre ngthe ns cultural con ti nuity and com mun ity ide
26、ntity.解析： around 解析： left 解析： drop 解析：punctuated 解析： lost 解析：native解析14解析disappear解析endangered解析writte n解析Once解析1.1%解析pla net解析han dful解析preserve解析Hebrew解析ext in cti on解析ide ntity解析respected三、B 总题数：1，分数：50.00 As I applied to study 1 at the Uni versity of Illi nois in 1978, my father 2 objected, and
27、quoted me a 3 . Every year, 4 performers compete for 200 available roles on Broadway. Someyears later, when I graduated from film school, I came to 5 my fathers concern. It was nearly unheard of fora Chinese newcomerto make it in the American film industry. I struggled 6 six years of 7 , hopeless un
28、certainty. Much of the time, I was helping film 8 with their equipment or working as editorsassistant. My most painful experience involved touting a 9 at more than 30 production companiesand meeting with 10 rejection each time. That year, I 11 30. Yet, I couldnt even support myself. What could I do?
29、 Give up my dream? My wife gave me 12 support.She worked at a small 13 research lab after graduation and her income was terribly 14 . To 15my ownfeelings of 16 , I took on cooking, cleaning, taking care of our sonin addition to reading, 17 films and writingscripts, which was rather 18 for a man. Aft
30、erward, I enrolled in a computercourse at a nearby community 19 . For the days that followed, I descended into malaise. So mywife said, Ang, dont forget your dream. And today, Ive finally won that golden statue. I think my own perseverance and my wifes immeasurable 20 have finally met their reward.A
31、s I applied to study 1 at the University of Illinois in 1978, my father 2 objected, and quotedme a 3 . Every year, 4 performers compete for 200 available roles on Broadway. Someyears later, when I graduated from film school, I came to 5 my fathers concern. It was nearly unheard of fora Chinese newco
32、merto make it in the American film industry. I struggled 6 six years of 7 , hopeless uncertainty. Much of the time, I was helping film 8 with their equipment or working as editorsassistant. My most painful experience involved touting a 9 at more than 30 production companiesand meeting with 10 reject
33、ion each time. That year, I 11 30. Yet, I couldnt even support myself. What could I do? Give up my dream? My wife gave me 12 support.She worked at a small 13 research lab after graduation and her income was terribly 14 . To 15_ _my ownfeelings of 16 , I took on cooking, cleaning, taking care of our
34、sonin addition to reading, 17 films and writingscripts, which was rather 18 for a man. Afterward, I enrolled in a computer course at a nearby community 19 . For the days that followed, I descended into malaise. So mywife said, Ang, dont forget your dream. And today, Ive finally won that golden statu
35、e. I think my own perseverance and my wifes immeasurable 20 have finally met their reward.(分数： 50.00 )解析： film 听力原文 In 1978, as I applied to study film at the University of Illinois, my father vehemently objected. He quoted me a statistic:Every year, 50,000 performers compete for 200 available roles
36、 onBroadway. Against his advice, I boarded a flight to the U.S. This strained our relationship.In the two decades following, we exchanged less than a hundred phrases in conversation.Some years later, when I graduated from film school, I came to comprehend my fathers concern.It was nearly unheard of
37、for a Chinese newcomer to make it in the American film industry. Beginning in 1983, I struggled through six years of agonizing, hopeless uncertainty. Much of the time, I was helping film crews with their equipment or working as editors assistant, among other miscellaneous duties. Mymost painful expe
38、rience involved touting a screenplay at more than thirty different production companies, and being met with harsh rejection each time.That year, I turned 30. Theres an old Chinese saying. At 30, one stands firm. Yet, I couldnt even support myself.What could 1 do? Keep waiting, or give up my movie-ma
39、king dream? My wife gave me invaluable support.My wife was my college classmate. She was a biology major, and after graduation, went to work for a small pharmaceutical research lab. Her income was terribly modest. At the time, we already had our elder son, Haan, to raise. To appease my own feelings
40、of guilt, I took on all housework cooking, cleaning, taking care of our son inaddition to reading, reviewing films and writing scripts. Every evening after preparing dinner, I would sit on the front steps withHaan, telling him stories as we waited for his mother the heroic huntress to come home with
41、our sustenance.This kind of life felt rather undignified for a man. At one point, my in-laws gave their daughter (my wife) a sum of money, intended as start-up capital for me to open a Chinese restaurant hoping that a business would help support my family. But my wife refused the money. When I found
42、 out about this exchange, I stayed up several nights and finally decided. This dream of mine is not meant to be. I must face reality.Afterward (and with a heavy heart), I enrolled in a computer course at a nearby community college. At a time when employment trumped all other considerations, it seeme
43、d that only a knowledge of computers could quickly make meemployable. For the days that followed, I descended into malaise. My wife, noticing my unusual demeanor, discovered a schedule of classes tucked in my bag. She made no comment that night.The next morning, right before she got in her car to he
44、ad off to work, my wife turned back and, standing there on our front steps, said, Ang, dont forget your dream.And that dream of mine drowned by demands of reality came back to life. As my wife drove off,I took the class schedule out of my bag and slowly, deliberately tore it to pieces. And tossed it
45、 in the trash.Sometime after, I obtained funding for my screenplay, and began to shoot my own films. And after that, a few of my films started to win international awards. Recalling earlier times, my wife confessed, Ive always believed that you only need one gift. Your gift is making films. There ar
46、e so many people studying computers already, they dont need an Ang Lee to do that. If you want that golden statue, you have to commit to the dream.And today, Ive finally won that golden statue. I think my own perseverance and my wifes immeasurable sacrifice have finally met their reward. And I am no
47、w more assured than ever before: I must continue making films.You see, I have this never-ending dream.解析：vehemently解析：statistic解析：50,000解析：comprehend解析：through解析：agonizing解析：crews解析：screenplay 解析： harsh 解析： turned解析：invaluable 解析： pharmaceutical 解析： modest 解析： appease 解析： guilt 解析： reviewing 解析： undignified解析：college 解析： sacrifice