英语翻译资格考试-上海市中级笔译第一阶段笔试真题2010年3月.doc

上海市中级笔译第一阶段笔试真题2010年3月 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. ?Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. Now lets begin Part A with Spot Dictation. The Internet is an excellent source for finding many types of information and for keeping up with new developments in the world. Today an ever-increasing number of people are using the Internet to ?1 ? related information, conduct business or personal activities, access electronic databases, send E-mail, and network with relatives, ?2 ?. Frequently referred to as the information superhighway, the Internet is actually a network of ?3 ?. You may think of the Internet as analogous to the ?4 ?; just as the interstate system connects to different cities via ?5 ?, the Internet connects computers around the world via a number of different ?6 ?. At the most basic level, a computer, a modem, and the right type of ?7 ? can get a person onto the Internet. ? ?Through the Internet, you can access massive amounts of information by ?8 ? that are linked together. Generally speaking, two types of information ?9 ? are the most ?useful ?for ?people, ?i. ?e. ? conversational ?resources ?and ?10 ?. Conversational resources allow users to have conversations with individuals ?11 ?. Mailing lists and newsgroups are the ?12 ? of conversational resources. Mailing lists include electronic mail, whereby the user ?13 ? sent to any other individual or group of individuals who have subscribed by having their name and electronic ?14 ? placed on the senders list of addresses. Newsgroups are essentially electronic ?15 ?. Anyone with Internet access can ?16 ? to the board and anyone with Internet access can read the board. The reference resources you ?17 ? are the World Wide Web,