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汇总：中级口译历年真题听力原文合集13

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　　中级口译考试介绍：

　　具有大学英语四级和同等英语能力水平的考生可以报考。

　　凡获得“上海市英语中级口译岗位资格证书”者均具有良好的口语水平和基本口译技能，可从事一般的生活翻译、陪同翻译、涉外导游以及外事接待、外贸业务洽谈等工作。

　　上海中级口译的笔试和口试虽然是分开进行的，但其笔试的证书在社会上却有很高的认可度。现在中国受金融风暴的影响，各大公司纷纷裁员，但中高级口译等高等专业人才仍存在很大的缺口。

　　为了方便广大口译考生备战秋季的考试，新东方在线口译频道特别汇总整理了近九年来的中级口译听力原文，供考生复习备考。

　　中口0309听力原文

　　Questions 15-18

　　【原文】

　　As we have learned in our previous lectures, our country generally has an excellent system of transportation. There are efficient airlines, railway systems as well as motorways all across the country, however, if you have been to an airport recently, you’ve probably noticed that it is becoming more and more crowded. Although airplanes provide the fastest way to travel hundreds or thousands of miles, I don’t think that our air industry can do a good job of transporting people between cities that only a short distance apart. A person who travels between London and Birmingham, or between London to Edinburgh the so called strip cities, may spend only relatively a short time in the air while spending several hours getting to and from the airport. This situation makes flying almost as time consuming as driving and of course far more expensive, moreover, planes use a lot of fuel in taking off and landing down. So they are simply not fuel efficient on short flights. In my opinion, high speed train may be an answer to that problem. By the end of last century, a proposal for such a train was put forwarded. This new type of train is called maglev, meaning magnetic levitated train. Like conventional trains, it has got cars and tracks. But unlike conventional train, the maglev train will not ride on the tracks, but will make use of the magnetic repulsion to glide or float above the tracks. Since the train and tracks do not touch and rub against each other, a lot of maintenance work can be saved. These trains will be able to travel at a speed about 300 million per hour. Undoubtedly, at this speed, conventional trains will have trouble staying on the tracks. At present, the operation of maglev trains is still on the experimental stage, for example, in Germany and China. However, I’m sure this new form of transportation on the horizon will revolutionize transportation of the 21st century, the way airplane did in a 20th century.

　　15. Which of the following is the best definition for the so-called strip cities?

　　16. How does a maglev train operate?

　　17. According to the speaker, what is one advantage of maglev trains?

　　18. Which of the following is true about the maglev trains?

　　本文选自新东方口译名师裴晓栋的blog,blog链接地址：http://blog.hjenglish.com/peixiaodong