英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试
问答题Practice 5 Water is essential for life. Yet many millions of people around the world face water shortages. Many millions of children die every year from water-borne diseases. And drought regularly afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries. The w
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第1题：
E
The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world’s supply of water. With 97% of the world’s water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture. Although the idea of a water shortage（短缺）seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfull country, many of the world’s agricultural industries experience constant water shortages.
Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seaons, the costs of water redistribution(重新分配)are very high. Notonly is there the cost of the engineering itself, but there is also an environmental cost to be considered. Where valleys(山谷)are flooded to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed. Besides, water many flow easily through pipes to fields,but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other. Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements.
This is particularly troubling ro countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation（灌溉）. In Texas, farmers’ overuse of irrigation water be resulted in a 25% redcution of the water stores. In the Central Valley area of south eastern USA, a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry vallege, but much of the water use has been poorly managed.
Saudi Arabia’s attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have been the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves. Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves can only decrease, and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry.
72. From the first two paragraphs we learnt that _______.
A.much of the world’s water is available for use
B.people in high rainfll countries feel lucky
C.the costs of water redistribution should be considered
D.water can be easily carried through pipes across the world
第2题：
5．—How many people will come to Shanghai next month?
—It's hard to say．_______ people，l think．
A． Million of
B． Millions of
C． Three millions
D． Three millions of
5.B【解析】当hundred、thousand、milli。n等词前加数词时应用单数，后加介词of时，要用复数形式，故答案为B。
第3题：
● Your （75） is an electronic meeting place for your family, friends and potentially, for millions of people around the world.
（75）
A. computer
B. website
C. mailbox
D. storage
第4题：
Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning. You should drink water before doing anything else.The temperature of the water should be similar to body temperature:not hot,not cold.Why should you drink this water?______(46).It helps clean out your kidneys.It prepares your stomach for digestion.______(47).After drinking water,the intestines can more easily take out nutrients from our food. And water helps us go to the bathroom more easily.
Scientists suggest that people take in 1,600 milliliters of water each day.______(48).If you do,your kidneys will have to work much harder to eliminate it. It's better to drink some in morning and some in afternoon.______(49).And during meals,they think water dilutes the juices produced in our stomachs.This can interfere with normal digestion.
Are you drinking enough water every day?Check the color of your urine.______(50).if your urine is very dark yellow,your probably need to drink more water. A little water each day could make you much healthier.
A:If it is light yellow,you are probably drinking enough
B:Water can also help your intestines work better
C:Some people think it's better to drink between meals
D:Water helps your body in many ways
E:But don't drink all of that water in one sitting
F: Water is an essential element of life
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。空格的下一句是“饮水后，肠道能够更容易地从食物中吸取营养物质，也能让排泄更容易”，因此这里表述的应该是有关饮水与肠道的影响。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。上一句说到“科学家建议每人一天应喝1 600毫升的水”，而空格后内容是“否则你的肾脏在处理这些水的时候会比较困难”，因此选项E与前后内容最符合。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。空格后内容是“他们认为在吃饭的时候喝水会稀释胃液，可能干扰消化”。因此选项C与内容最符合。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。上一句说到“检查一下你尿液的颜色”，而空格后的内容是“如果是暗黄色，你可能需要多喝水”，因此选项A最合适。
第5题：
Millions of pounds’ ____ of fish is caught every year around the coasts of Britain.
A: worth
B: worthy
C: worthwhile
D: worthless
第6题：
B
The world is not only hungry，it is also thirsty for water． this may seem strange to you，since nearly 75% of the earth is covered with water． But about 97% of this water is sea water．Man can only drink and use the other 3% fresh water that comes from rivers，lakes，under-ground and other places． And we cannot even use all of that，because some of this fresh water has been made dirty．
At the moment，this small amount(数量) of fresh water is still enough for us． However，our need for water is getting greater and greater． Only if we take steps to solve this problem now，we can get away from a serious world water shortage later on． The people of the world cannot have an enjoyable life without enough clean water．
On one hand we should stop wasting this little water of ours，on the other hand we should find ways to reuse it，but this has not been done widely．
Today，in most large cities，water is used only once and it then returns to the sea or runs into underground places．lf we can make it clean again，it can be used once more just as if it were fresh from a spring．
But even if large cities reuse its water，we still would not have enough in the future． Where．could we turn to next for water? To the ocean! How can we do to make use of this great a-mount of sea water? We can take the salt from the water to make it fresh．
So if we take all these steps，we'll be in no danger of drying up!
( )26． Why does the writer say that the world is thirsty for water?
A． The amount of fresh water is really very small．
B． The people of the world waste too much water．
C． The people of the world have to drink a lot of water every day．
D． There are too many people in the world needing water．
26．A【解析】由第一段的描述可知，人类只有3%的、 淡水可以利用。
第7题：
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
One of the most exciting races ever run is now in progress between doctors fighting malaria(疟疾)and mosquitoes. According to the most recent counts 225 million people a year suffer attacks of malaria and more than two million die. Public health workers around the world are doing all t11ev can to destroy malaria before the mosquitoes that pass on the disease become resistant to the poisons now used against them. It's a race against time and against difficulties，with millions of lives in danger and the chances of winning not in man's favour.
Malaria，it is true，has been practically wiped out in thirteen countries. including the United States，and is under attack in many others. But it is equally true that in some parts of the world certain types of malaria-carrying mosquitoes have already learned to resist some of the sprays that formerly killed them. Other types of mosquitoes are not killed as quickly by present sprays as they once were.
The World Health Organization is helping national governments to get rid of malaria before resistance among the mosquito population becomes so great that new poisons will have to be found to replace those in use at present. Most of the countries in the world have started，or are planning，campaigns against mosquitoes. If the race against resistance is won by man，it is possible that ten years from now dais old evil will have disappeared completely from the America，perhaps from the world.
Malaria has been successfully got. rid of in______.
A. all countries
B. some countries
C. no countries
D. most countries
[解析] 由本文第二段可知。
第8题：
Water is the __46___ of all the things we eat and drink . Not many people understand this but __47____ quite true . The human body can go without ___48___ for a long time . We’ve got many examples for this . Yet two __49___ three days without water can usually make people __50____ . Man can’t live __51____ water .
Many people don’t understand how ___52__ water the human body needs __53___ work well , and many people , especially young people , do not drink enough , ___54__ in very hot weather . Our body has mostly water , about 65% to 75% . That is to say about two thirds of our body is water . When we do sports , some of the water will get away from our body . __55 _ we don’t drink some water , we won’t have enough water． And if we don’t have enough water , we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill . So you know how important water is to us .
46.___________
( )46. A. important
B. most important
C. more important
D. different
第9题：
The local government is worried that the drought in this region every year may lead to many people to be forced to leave their homes.()
第10题：
Many Children'S Deaths Preventable:WHO
Over five million children die each year from disease,infections and accidents related______(51)their environment although many of these deaths are largely preventable,says the World Health Organization.
On Monday,the WHO asked governments and citizens around the world to take action to cre-ate healthy______(52)for children as it celebrated World Health Day.
“The biggest threats to children's health lurk in the very______( 53)that should be safest-home,school and community,” said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland,director-general of the WHO at the day's launch in New Delhi,India.
“Every child has the right to______(54)up in a healthy home,school and community.
The future development of our children-and their world-depends on______(55)enjoying good health now.We have their future in our______(56).Now we must work more effectively together to______(57)the risks from the environment which our children face,”Brundtland said.
This year's theme,“Healthy Environments for Children”focuses on the many dangers ______(58)by children in and around the places where they live and play.
These include inadequate access to safe drinking______(59)and sanitation,insect- borne diseases,air pollution,chemical hazards and injuries from traffic,falls,burns and drownings.
Communities around the world organized events to promote awareness of children's health is-sues,______(60)included drawing contests for schoolchildren in Vietnam,street plays in In-dia,puppet shows in Namibia and professional lectures for policy makers in Germany and else-where.
Activities also took______(61)in cities across Canada on Monday,including Calgary, Montreal,Halifax and Ottawa.
Although children under five represent only 10 per cent of the world's population,they bear 40 per cent of the global disease______(62),says the WHO.And as much as one-third of the total burden of disease may be caused by environmental______(63).
World Health Day has been celebrated on April 7th______(64)1950 .Each year the WHO chooses a theme to highlight areas of particular concern.Last year's______(65),Move for Health,focused on promoting physical activity as part. of healthy living.
A: concern
B: area
C: theme
D: celebration
从文章第一句可以看出，文章的重点，即世界卫生组织今年“世界卫生日”的主题，是创建健康的环境。
家庭、学校和社区应该是最安全的“地方”，可是，对儿童健康的最大威胁就存在于这些本该是最安全的地方。应选“地方”，而不是“机会”、“时间”或“岗位”。此句中的 “lurk”一词为不及物动词，意为“潜藏，潜在”。
本题的考点是与up搭配的词组的区分。此句的意思应该是“每个孩子都具有在健康家庭、学校和社区成长的权利”。grow up意为“成长，长大”,stay up意为“醒着不睡”,pick up意为“好转，改善；重新开始”,get up意为“站起；起床”。
此句谈及的是“我们的孩子们”，即“他们”。他们的未来取决于他们现在是否能享有良好的健康。
短语to have something in one's hand表示“掌握某事”。此句的意思是“他们的未来掌握在我们手中”。
本题的考点是名词risk的固定搭配。此句中“更加有效地工作”的目的应当是“减少我们的孩子们所面临的来自环境的危险”,“减少”用reduce。 run the risk ( of doing something）意为“冒自身危险做某事”；take a risk/risks意为“冒险做可能失败、有危险等的事”；二者都为固定词组。regard意为“注视；将某人（某事物）视为；留意”。
从上一句可以看出，此处应填“面临”一词。face做动词，可以有“面对，面向、对付，应付、面临”等意思。
从前后文可以看出，此处应填“水”这个词。drinking water意为“饮用水”。
根据空白处前面的逗号可以看，此处应填一个能引导非限制性定语从句的关系代词来代替events一词。
本题的考点是动词take的固定搭配。take place是固定搭配，意思是“发生”。take shape意为“成形；变得更有条理”,take orders from sb．意为“受命于某人，按某人之命做”。
从下一句可以看到，此处应选“burden”一词。短语disease burden的意思是“病症负担”。bear the burden是常用搭配。另外，后一句中的the total burden of disease也是一个值得注意的提示。
文章谈的是环境因素所造成的危害，所以此处应选“factors”一词。
从本句的时态——现在完成时可以推断全句的意思，即“自从1950年以来，每年的 4月7日都庆祝世界卫生日”。
前一句提到，“世界卫生组织每年都选择一个主题……”，此空白后面的短语首字母大写，显然代表主题，故应选“theme”。