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【題目】閱讀下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從1-20 各題所給的四個選項 (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項, 并在答題紙上將該選項標號涂黑。

Harpinder Kaur was stuck in a dead-end job, but “ a chance meeting with a man on a bus in Bradford everything”, she tells James Grey, a for the Moonlight City Newspaper.

Harpinder will forget the first day she worked as a court interpreter. “There was a murder trial at Leeds Crown Court two years ago,” she says. “There were about 40 lawyers and about 80 other people in the . so I was really .

Harpinder had been called into court to the testimonies(證詞) of the defendants（被告）. Until then, Harpinder had been working as a teacher of English as a second language in Leeds, and had been , very gradually, to move into a career as a translator. Her on that day taught her how to deal with a new condition without getting any advice or support.

“It was a(n) day, but I think I did pretty well,” she says, “At first I that I couldn’t do it.” Then I thought, “This is part of my job. These people my help, and I can’t just say that I don’t want to do it.”

Harpinder doesn’t always enjoy what she does, and most of her work in courtrooms, police stations and immigration centres. It doesn’t whether she sympathises with the situation her clients are in, or believes they are or guilty: her role is to the precise meaning of their/span> words.

“So, what made you a career as an interpreter?” asked James Grey. “One day, when I was still teaching, I met a man on a bus a Chinese dictionary. When I asked him why, he told me he was planning to move China and needed to understand the to understand the people. It made me I wasn’t using the languages that I spoke. When I got home I telephoned a career office. And an adviser I try interpreting. That’s how it all began.”

【1】A. predicted B. changed C. operated D. stopped

【2】A. manager B. journalist C. buyer D. teacher

【3】A. probably B. definitely C. just D. never

【4】A. classroom B. courtroom C. hospital D. theatre

【5】A. angry B. nervous C. shocked D. cautious

【6】A. mention B. record C. translate D. copy

【7】A. hesitating B. pretending C. attempting D. fearing

【8】A. research B. creativity C. imagination D. experience

【9】A. worthwhile B. flexible C. difficult D. free

【10】A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained

【11】A. need B. receive C. forget D. contrast

【12】A. takes place B. takes effect C. closes up D. closes down

【13】A. cost B. matter C. work D. care

【14】A. innocent B. pleased C. careful D. humorous

【15】A. make B. decide C. choose D. convey

【16】A. ruin B. refuse C. pursue D. raise

【17】A. printing B. delivering C. selling D. reading

【18】A. culture B. politics C. history D. language

【19】A. stop B. sight C. expect D. realise

【20】A. demanded B. required C. suggested D. regretted

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【11】A

【12】A

【13】B

【14】A

【15】D

【16】C

【17】D

【18】D

【19】D

【20】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。講述了Harpinder Kaur本是一名英語老師，后來去法庭當了一名翻譯。盡管這是一份具有挑戰(zhàn)性的工作，Harpinder卻從中找到了新的人生樂趣。

【1】考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，Harpinder在Bradford的巴士上偶然遇到一個讀字典的男人，這個經(jīng)歷促使她更換了工作，因此這個機會改變（changed）了一切。故選B

【2】考查名詞辨析。從最后一段中asked James Grey可知JamesGrey是在采訪Harpinder，因此James Grey應該是Moonlight City Newspaper的一名記者。故選B

【3】考查副詞辨析。通讀全文可知，文章主要講述Harpinder在法庭當翻譯的難忘經(jīng)歷，她對這段經(jīng)歷深有感觸，可知她絕不會（never）忘記她第一天擔任法庭翻譯的情形。故選D

【4】考查名詞辨析。從上文There was a murder trial at Leeds Crown Court two years ago可知，Harpinder當時是在法庭（courtroom）。故選B

【5】考查形容詞辨析�？紤]到Harpinder是第一天上班，而法庭中約有40名律師和約80名其他人員出席，且根據(jù)下文a new condition without getting any advice or support可知她當時的心情是緊張的（nervous）。故選B

【6】考查動詞辨析。Harpinder在法庭擔任的是翻譯工作，因此她的工作任務主要是翻譯（translate）被告的證詞。故選C

【7】考查動詞辨析。A. hesitating猶豫；B. pretending假裝；C. attempting試圖，嘗試；D. fearing害怕。結合上下文來看，這里是指Harpinder一直在嘗試從英語教師向翻譯的轉變。故選C

【8】考查名詞辨析。A. research研究；B. creativity創(chuàng)造力；C. imagination想象；D. experience經(jīng)歷。由上下文所知，這里指Harpinder的經(jīng)歷。故選D

【9】考查形容詞辨析。從上文故a new condition without getting any advice or support和下文but I think I did pretty well可推斷出Harpinder認為那是艱難的（different）的一天。選C

【10】考查動詞辨析。A. believed相信；B. doubted懷疑；C. proved證明；D. explained解釋。起初，她相信她不能夠完成。故選A

【11】考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，那些人需要（need）我的幫忙，我不能就對他們說我不想做了。故選A

【12】考查短語辨析。A. takes place 發(fā)生；B. takes effect生效；C. closes up閉合；D. closes down停業(yè)。由上下文可知，她的工作只發(fā)生在法庭里。故選A

【13】考查動詞辨析。A. cost花費；B. matter關系；C. work工作；D. care關心。她是否同情她客戶所處的情形并沒有關系。故選B

【14】考查形容詞辨析。A. innocent無辜的；B. pleased高興的；C. careful仔細的；D. humorous幽默的。或相信他們是無辜的。故選A

【15】考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知她的角色是傳達（convey）他們所說的話語的確切含義。故選D。

【16】考查動詞辨析。A. ruin毀滅；B. refuse拒絕；C. Pursue追求；D. Raise提高。那么，是什么讓你提高職業(yè)生涯作為一個翻譯嗎？故選D

【17】考查動詞辨析。A. printing打��；B. delivering寄；C. selling賣；D. reading讀。該句意思為：我看到了一個讀漢語字典的人。故選D

【18】考查名詞辨析。由上下文語境可知，那個人是在通過字典學習漢語，并通過語言以便邏輯中國人。故選D

【19】考查動詞辨析。A. stop停止；B. sight看見；C. expect期望；D. realise意識到。它使我意識到我沒有用我講的語言。故選D

【20】考查動詞辨析。A. demanded要求；B. required要求；C. suggested建議；D. regretted遺憾。一位導師建議我試試口譯。故選C