Part A
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage.
Passage 1:
Most Australians have daily contact with the mass communications media. Research shows Australians read more newspapers per head of population than any other nationality. //
As a result, newspapers in the nation's major and capital cities have large circulation figures. In Australia, most major newspapers are owned by a small group of proprietors. //
Australia has a well-developed radio and television industry. Radio and television broadcasting services are provided by national, commercial, multicultural and public organizations. //
The Australian Broadcasting Company's radio and television programs cover news and current affairs, information, children and education, arts, religion, drama, music, light entertainment, documentaries and sports.
(参考答案)
大多数澳大利亚人每天都在接触大众传播媒介。据调查，澳大利亚人均阅读报纸率超过世界任何一个民族。//
因此，报纸在澳大利亚首都和各州首府销路很大。澳大利亚的主要报纸大多掌握在少数几个企业集团手中。//
澳大利亚的广播电视业很发达。广播电视节目由国家机构、商业机构、多元文化团体以及公共组织所提供。//
澳大利亚广播公司的电台和电视台所推出广播节目包括新闻、时事、信息、儿童和教育、文艺、宗教、戏剧、音乐、轻喜娱乐节目、记录片及体育活动等。
Passage 2:
Britain was the first highly industrialized country and for a long time it led the world in industrial production. In 1870 Britain made one third of all the world's manufactured goods. //
From about 1870, however, Britain began to lose its lead. Today Britain produces 11% of the world's exported manufactured goods. Britain needs to expo~ to pay for all the foods it needs. //
The country is the fifth most densely populated in the world. It has a population of 59 million people on a number of islands. //
There just is not enough room to grow food for all these people even though British agriculture is one of the most mechanized and most advanced in the world.
(参考答案)
英国曾经是第一个高度工业化的国家。在很长的一段时间里，她领导了世界的工业生产。1870年，英国的成品生产占世界的三分之一。//
然而，大约从1870年起，她失去了领头(羊)的地位。如今，英国只生产全世界出口成品的11%。英国需要出口以支付她所需的所有食品。//
英国是世界上第五大人口(最)密集国家，有五千九百万人口生活在诸岛上。//
尽管英国的农业堪称世界上机械化程度最高也是最先进的之一，但缺乏足够的土地生产能满足所有人所需的粮食。
Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let us begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1
中国的扶贫开发主要依靠自己的力量，同时我们也重视与国际社会在扶贫领域方面的交流与合作。//
我们认为，根据开展扶贫领域方面的国际交流与合作，有利于加快解决本国贫困人口的温饱问题。//
这样做，也有助于通过借鉴国际社会多年来积累的扶贫经验，提高中国扶贫开发的整体水平。//
自20世纪90年代以来，我们积极扩大与国际组织在扶贫领域的合作，并且取得了明显的进展。
(参考答案)
The Chinese government carries out its aid-the-poor program mainly by its own efforts, at the same time, we also pay attention to exchange and cooperation with the international community in this sphere of endeavor. //
We believe that promoting such international exchange and cooperation (in the realm of aid-the-poor) will help speed up the solving of the food and clothing problem of a country's own poor population. //
In doing so, it will also help raise the general level of China's aid-the-poor work by learning from the international community its long years of experience in aiding the poor. //
Since the 1990s, we have actively widened / expanded our cooperation with international organizations (in the realm of aid-the-poor) and made obvious progress.
Passage 2:
当今发展中国家，经济发展和环境保护之间的矛盾越来越突出。中国正面临着发展经济与保护环境的双重任务。//
中国在全面推进现代化的过程中，将实现经济持续发展视为一项重要战略，同时将环境保护视为一项基本国策。//
我们在全国范围内开展污染防治工作和生态环境保护活动，综合整治城市环境。//
此外，我们在人民中宣传环保知识。实践证明，我们协调经济发展与环境保护两者之间关系的做法是行之有效的。
(参考答案)
The disparity between economic development and environmental protection is becoming increasingly acute in today's developing countries. China is confronted with the dual mission of developing the economy and protecting the environment. //
China has, in the process of promoting its overall modernization program / drive, regarded the realization of sustained economic development as an important strategy, and meanwhile made environmental protection its basic national policy. //
We have carried out throughout the country campaigns for pollution prevention and treatment as well as ecological environmental protection, focusing on preventing and controlling industrial pollution and comprehensively working on the improvement of the urban environment. //
On top of that, we have communicated to our people environmental protection knowledge to raise their awareness of environmental ethics. These practices have shown China's effective endeavor in striking a balance between economic development and environmental protection.
