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翻译专业资格考试（二级口译综合能力）备考试题及答案（七） Part I Listen to the following short passages and then decide whether the corresponding statements are true or false.Blacken the letter A on the Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET if you think the statement is true, or the letter B if you think it is false.You will hear each passage only once.There are 10 statements in this part of the test, 2 points for each statement. 1.According to the speaker, the first modern Olympic Games were held as an international competition. 答案：B 解析：特定信息的找寻和判断。录音中提到现代奥运会始于1896年，由法国教育家Baron Pierre de Coubertin倡导进行，与此同时指出“whose desire was to promote international understanding through athletics”，可知现代奥运的宗旨是通过运动员促进国际间的理解交流。但题干中却指出第一届现代奥运会是作为an international competition（国际竞争）而举行的。因此与录音原文说法不符。 【录音原文】 The modem Olympic Games began in Athens in 1896 as a result of the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator whose desire was to promote international understanding through athletics.Nine nations participated in the first Games; over 100 nations currently compete. 2.According to the speaker, Appleton obtained a degree in natural sciences from Cambridge in 1913 and one year later joined the Royal Engineers where he was trained in radio technology invented by Marconi. 答案：A 解析：特定信息的找寻和判断。该段录音是对Appleton的介绍，其中提到“...he won a scholarship to Cambridge,where in 1913 he received a first-class degree in natural sciences”，可知他在1913年获得剑桥大学的自然科学学位，与题干中前半部分相符。接着录音中继续指出“in August 1914...himjoin the Royal Engineers; while there he was trained in Marconi’s recent invention, radio technology”，可知他于1914年8月加入了皇家工程师协会，并在那儿接受培训，学习Marconi的必威体育精装版发明，即无线电技术。可知题干中后半部分描述也与录音原文相符。因此该题表述正确。 【录音原文】 Born in Bradford, Appleton initially showed little more than a passion for music and cricket.However, aged 18 he won a scholarship to Cambridge, where in 1913 he received a first-class degree in natural sciences.The outbreak of War in August 1914 saw him join the Royal Engineers; while there he was trained in Marconis recent invention, radio techn