【正文】 attractive fireplace.(B) To give the room an exotic eastem style.(C) To join the dining room with the sitting room(D) To make room for the unusual seating arrangements. 23. Extract 2 is probably taken from ________. (A) an architect39。t require a sophisticated health system. Spending $l billion on tuberculosis treatment in a year would save l million lives. Bec。s tools for improving health are so powerful and inexpensive that health conditions could be reasonably good even in poor countries if policy makers spent even relatively little in the right places. Recent research for the Copeghagen Consensus idenifies several highly costeffective options that would tackle some of the planet39。 and the china, pots and pans have been deliberately left on show to make an attractive display. What about the kitchen sink? It39。t think of anything better for their kids to have fun(C) don39。verbal mob lynching by their peers. Amid today39。s eye(C) danger spots such as sharp corners and crossroads(D) places where there are man roadsigns 9. As required by the law, you must stop after an accident, if ______. (A) you have been injured by somebody.(B) your car has been damaged.(C) you have injured somebody else(D) you have witnessed the accident l 0. After an accident it is remended that you wait for the police because _________. (A) it is against the law to drive off(B) they have to examine your licence and insurance certificate(C) they have to noto the position of your car(D) somebody may give them a false account of the accident Questions 1115 Just as word oil scarcity is already causing intemational conflicts, so will the scarcity of water reach a point where wars will break out. The statistics on water arealready scary. Already well over l billion people suffer from water shortages and 30 countries get more than a third of their water from outside their borders—an obvious source of disputes and instability especially as the climate changes. The whole of the subSaharan Africa, most of South Asia and western South America are most at risk. The reason: the rapid melting of glaciers due to global warning. At the meeting of the coalition of 27 Intemaional charities last month, Gareth Thomas, minister of Intenatonal Development of the British government, wrote to prime minister Gordon Brown demanding action to ensure fresh water to billion people with poor supplies. If we do not act now, the reality is that water supplies may bee the subject of international conflict in the years ahead. We need to invest now to prevent us having to pay that price in the future, Thomas said. The department warned that twothirds of theword39。black spot39。 and you yourself migh wam to point out certain features of the accident to the police. 6. A MOMENT39。black spot39。09年春季上海英語(yǔ)中級(jí)口譯證書(shū)第一階段考試 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (45 minutes)Part 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. You might think that hamburgers were invented in the United States, but that is not totally true. These________ (1), or patties, actually came from Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century. They were brought to the United States by________(2) who came from the city of Hamburg. That is why ________(3)was hamburger steak’ However, people in other place________(4) that ’they invented the hamburger. Perhaps we’ll never have a ________(5).the there’s no question that the hamburger was a________ (6). Why? Perhaps because at that time, industry was growing and a kind of food was need_________(7) for workers. The hamburger became even more popular_________(8) when the first chain of fast food restaurants was started. This chain was called “White Castle”. It served tiny hamburgers that were sold for only _________(9). Then, in the 1930s there came the _________(10) where customers were served in their cars by waiters in uniform. And the humburger was one of the most _________(11). By now, The hamburger was ready to_______(12) the world. And this happened with McDonald’s, which was actually a _________(13) at first. But by the early 1950s the hot dog was replaced by the hamburger. McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants ________(14) around the world throughout the rest of the twentieth century. McDonald’s alone has________(15) for everyone person in the world. The importance of the hamburger to _________(16) remains significant. About _______(17)of all sandwiches that are eaten are hamburgers. According to some sources,_________(18)of current workers in the United States had their first job at McDonald’s . But the face of the hamburger is changing _______ (19). Nowadays it is possible to buy a chicken burger, a turkey burger, ________(20),or veggie burger. Part B: Listening Comprehension 1. StatementsDirections: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE and you will not find them written on the paper, so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard .Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSER BOOKLET. l. (A) We were met by the head of the pany at the airport.(B) We haw Mrs. Jones was the president of the pany,.(C) Mrs. Jones used to be the secretary of the pany(D) Mrs. Jones came to see us off at the airport., 2. (A) The board of directors asked about the changes.(B) The board ’of directors decided to invest more on the project.(C) The board of directors approved the revisions.(D) The board of directors could not understand her explanation.