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【题目】阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-20 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

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(证词) 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】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了Harpinder Kaur本是一名英语老师，后来去法庭当了一名翻译。尽管这是一份具有挑战性的工作，Harpinder却从中找到了新的人生乐趣。

【1】考查动词辨析。根据文章最后一段可知，Harpinder在Bradford的巴士上偶然遇到一个读字典的男人，这个经历促使她更换了工作，因此这个机会改变（changed）了一切。故选B

【2】考查名词辨析。从最后一段中asked James Grey可知JamesGrey是在采访Harpinder，因此James Grey应该是Moonlight City Newspaper的一名记者。故选B

【3】考查副词辨析。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述Harpinder在法庭当翻译的难忘经历，她对这段经历深有感触，可知她绝不会（never）忘记她第一天担任法庭翻译的情形。故选D

【4】考查名词辨析。从上文There was a murder trial at Leeds Crown Court two years ago可知，Harpinder当时是在法庭（courtroom）。故选B

【5】考查形容词辨析。考虑到Harpinder是第一天上班，而法庭中约有40名律师和约80名其他人员出席，且根据下文a new condition without getting any advice or support可知她当时的心情是紧张的（nervous）。故选B

【6】考查动词辨析。Harpinder在法庭担任的是翻译工作，因此她的工作任务主要是翻译（translate）被告的证词。故选C

【7】考查动词辨析。A. hesitating犹豫；B. pretending假装；C. attempting试图，尝试；D. fearing害怕。结合上下文来看，这里是指Harpinder一直在尝试从英语教师向翻译的转变。故选C

【8】考查名词辨析。A. research研究；B. creativity创造力；C. imagination想象；D. experience经历。由上下文所知，这里指Harpinder的经历。故选D

【9】考查形容词辨析。从上文故a new condition without getting any advice or support和下文but I think I did pretty well可推断出Harpinder认为那是艰难的（different）的一天。选C

【10】考查动词辨析。A. believed相信；B. doubted怀疑；C. proved证明；D. explained解释。起初，她相信她不能够完成。故选A

【11】考查动词辨析。根据上下文可知，那些人需要（need）我的帮忙，我不能就对他们说我不想做了。故选A

【12】考查短语辨析。A. takes place 发生；B. takes effect生效；C. closes up闭合；D. closes down停业。由上下文可知，她的工作只发生在法庭里。故选A

【13】考查动词辨析。A. cost花费；B. matter关系；C. work工作；D. care关心。她是否同情她客户所处的情形并没有关系。故选B

【14】考查形容词辨析。A. innocent无辜的；B. pleased高兴的；C. careful仔细的；D. humorous幽默的。或相信他们是无辜的。故选A

【15】考查动词辨析。根据上下文可知她的角色是传达（convey）他们所说的话语的确切含义。故选D。

【16】考查动词辨析。A. ruin毁灭；B. refuse拒绝；C. Pursue追求；D. Raise提高。那么，是什么让你提高职业生涯作为一个翻译吗？故选D

【17】考查动词辨析。A. printing打印；B. delivering寄；C. selling卖；D. reading读。该句意思为：我看到了一个读汉语字典的人。故选D

【18】考查名词辨析。由上下文语境可知，那个人是在通过字典学习汉语，并通过语言以便逻辑中国人。故选D

【19】考查动词辨析。A. stop停止；B. sight看见；C. expect期望；D. realise意识到。它使我意识到我没有用我讲的语言。故选D

【20】考查动词辨析。A. demanded要求；B. required要求；C. suggested建议；D. regretted遗憾。一位导师建议我试试口译。故选C