【正文】 e contemplating terrorist actions or other criminal activities? Says the DOJ39。s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case. If the builtin filters that each search engine provides are effective in blocking porn sites, the government will have wound up proving what the opposition has said all alongyou don39。 the request has been scaled back to one week39。 search behavior. All but Google have handed over data, and now the Department of Justice has moved to pel the search giant to turn over the goods. What makes this case different is that the intended use of the information is not related to national security, but the government39。 ambition to succeed EXCEPT ________. (A) stimulating them to build up selfconfidence (B) cultivating the attitude of risk taking (C) enlarging the areas for children to succeed (D) making them understand their family crisis 3. What is the message that peer pressure conveys to children? (A) A sudden lack of motivation is attributed to the student39。s academic performance. Howard and other educators say it39。 or praising high performance alone. Most of all, parents should let their kids know that mistakes are a part of learning. Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and rigid separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids. These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who aren39。 control, that their intelligence is malleable, says Lisa Blackwell, a research scientist at Columbia University who has worked with Dweck to develop and run the program, which has helped increase the students39。t involved in some family crisis at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or peer pressure that conveys the message that doing well academically somehow isn39。t seem to have much. They say that by instilling confidence, encouraging some risk taking, being accepting of failure and expanding the areas in which children may be successful, both parents and teachers can reignite that innate desire to achieve. Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesn39。s not quite that simple. Kids can be given the opportunities to bee passionate about a subject or activity, but they can39。s success, it can be a bewildering, painful experience. So it39。 and the children39。s test scores. (C) Both the children39。 math skills. 18. (A) Once weekly. (B) Twice weekly. (C) Once a month. (D) Twice a month. 19. (A) Six months. (B) Seven months. (C) Eight months. (D) Nine months. 20. (A) The children39。 appreciation of nature. (C) Improve math, but not reading skills. (D) Develop reading, but not math skills. 17. (A) To help the students appreciate the arts. (B) To make the students39。 learning process. It produces a deeper, ___________ (19) of the world and its possibilities. We begin giving meaning to life through story making, and playing out ___________ (20). 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 choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation. 1. (A) in Cherry Blossoms Village niy of the residents are over 85 years old. (B) In the United States, there are twice as many centenarians as there were ten years ago. (C) All the people studied by these scientists from Geia live in institutions for the elderly. (D) Almost all the residents in Cherry Blossoms Village have unusual hobbies. 2. (A) Whether the centenarians can live independently in small apartments. (B) Whether it is feasible to establish a village for the oldest old people. (C) What percentage of the population are centenarians in the state of Geia. (D) What the real secrets are to being an active and healthy 100yearold. 3. (A) Diet, optimism, activity or mobility, and geics. (B) Optimism, mitment to interesting things, activity or mobility, and adaptability to loss. (C) The strength to adapt to loss, diet, exercise, and geics. (D) Diet, exercise, mitment to something they were interested in, and geics. 4. (A) The centenarians had a high calorie and fat intake. (B) The centenarians basically eat something different. (C) The centenarians eat a lowfat and lowcalorie, unprocessed food diet. (D) The centenarians eat spicy food, drink whiskey, and have sweet pork every day. 5. (A) Work hard. (B) Stay busy. (C) Stick to a balanced diet. (D) Always find something to laugh about. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news. 6. (A) Global temperatures rose by 3 degrees in the 20th century. (B) Global warming may spread disease that could kill a lot of people in Africa. (C) Developed countries no longer depend on fossil fuels for transport and power. (D) The impact of the global warming will be radically reduced by 2050. 7. (A) Taking bribes. (B) Creating a leadership vacuum at the country39。06年 9月高級(jí)口譯考試真題及參考答案 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 world 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. Play is very important for humans from birth to death. Play is not meant to be just for children. It is a form of ___________ (1) that can tap into your creativity, and can