【正文】 2020. 1 was offered a derisory ￡ 60,000 from the British Library and ~100,000 from the University of Texas at Austinthere was no contest, said Wesker, 73. 1 would much sooner have had my work here in London but the gap was too large ... it is a shame. A source close to Rushdie, whose papers stretch back to the publication of his first novel, Grimus, in 1975, said he had received scores of approaches from America. The author, who now lives mainly in New York, said this weekend that he had no immediate plans to sell his archive. Were he to sell abroad, it is likely that there would be a public outcry given the amount of taxpayers39。oyd, the biographer and former president of the Royal Society of Literature, and Richard Ovenden, keeper of special collections at Oxford University. They are calling for the culture secretary to be given the authority to delay the export of items considered a significant part of the national heritage to enable British institutions to put together bids. The campaigners want an increase in direct grants and the removal of Vat from unbound papers, which increases the cost of purchases in this country. Smith, who was culture secretary from 19972020, said: It won39。 archives to be kept here. Adrian Sanders, a Liberal Democrat member of the Commons culture select mittee, said public money should be spent on more pressing projects. The fact that archives such as this go abroad is, I39。 archives being sold to universities in America. They are leading a 15strong group of eminent literary figures demanding tax breaks, government funding and lottery cash to help British institutions match the bids of their rich American rivals. The campaign es amid fears that the papers of Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith and Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day, may go abroad. All three are understood to have been approached recently by agents acting for institutions in America. In recent years British authors whose papers have been sold abroad include the novelists Peter Ackroyd, Julian Barnes and Malcolm Bradbury and the playwrights David Hare and Tom Stoddard. The works of JM Barrie, the writer of Peter Pan, Graham Greene, DH Lawrence and Evelyn Waugh are already held abroad. In 1997, a year before his death, Ted Hughes, the late poet laureate, sold his archive for about ~500,000 to Emory University 39。 daily life (D) most students have achieved average grades in science 5. When the critics cite the example of television chefNigella Lawson in their ment, their purpose is (A) to advise students to get rid of snacking from the fridge (B) to pare that new softer GCSE with the television show of cooking (C) to show that the new course is not more difficult to follow than the chef39。s opinion about the new requirement of science GCSE? (A) He fully appreciates the government39。s law IVF treatment Ohm39。s College London, who told ministers that science lessons were often dull and boring and required pupils to recall too many facts. Their report said: Contemporary analyses of the labour market suggest that our future society will need a larger number of individuals with a broader understanding of science both for their work and to enable them to participate as citizens in a democratic society. However, Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the Medical Research Council, warned that reducing the hard science taught in schools would create problems. I can understand the government39。“ 英語(yǔ)客棧 ” 網(wǎng)址： 友情提供：英語(yǔ)客棧 第 1 頁(yè) 共 14 頁(yè) 2020年 3月上海市英語(yǔ)高級(jí)口譯資格證書 第一階段考試 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 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. Marks amp。 Spencer has a very good reputation for job security and looking after its staff, with things like good perks,_______(1),that sort of thing. Do those things actually_______(2)? I think it is, it is very important. When people have been working_______(3), and they may have been in from seven or eight o’clock in the morning, they can e off the sales floor and can go to _______(4) and obviously they can have tea, coffee, or_______(5),and can then buy at very reduced rates_______(6), if they want one, or a roll and cheese, in pleasant environment,_______(7), food of the highest quality, there’re areas where they can_______(8), or play pool or something, yeah, that is very important because they need_______(9). At busy times, they need to get away from it, they need to be able to relax. In terms of all the _______(10) we’ve got, that is very important, when people know that they will be having medicals, and_______(11) is another thing, obviously there’s _______(12)that they will buy which they will be able to buy_______(13). For Christmas bonus, we give all our general staff_______(14) which is guaranteed, and the _______(15)of that, actually, at the busiest time of the year when they’re_______(16) and working hard, is fantastic and to see their faces as you_______(17)with 10% of their salary in it… I believe the environment that you work in, _______(18)that you work with, the way you are treated, _______(19), and the fact that your views are listened to, and you feel you are consulted, that makes people _______(20) and makes them get up and e to work in the morning. Part B: Listening Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and