Paper Two
Part I Error Correction
Directions: This part consists a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to add a word, cross out a word, or change a word. If you add a word. put an insertion mark (^) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you cross out a word, put a slash (/) in the blank. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
As good office secretary, Mary Smith knows that all phone
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calls must be answered promptly and handled efficiently. She
knows that a secretary must be pleasant and helpful, no matter
however busy she is or
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what kind of mood she maybe. She knows she must keep calm if
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a caller gets impatiently or becomes angry; also, of course, she
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knows she can never allow herself to lost her temper. If she does
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not have the information the callers ask, she must know who does
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have the information. Finally, she knows that one of her most
important responsibilities is to "screen" telephone calls and to
know which calls to refer to her boss, which calls to refer to the
other people, and which calls to handle herself.
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A well-handling telephone call will give the caller a good
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impression of the company he or she is dealing with. For that
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reason, an office secretary who can handle telephone calls
cheerfully, tactfully, and efficiently is a valuable asset to some
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organization.
Part II translation from English to Chinese
Directions: In this part, there are five items, which you should translate into Chinese. each i tem consists of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the reading passage you have just heard in the Second part of the Test Paper.
You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You can refer back to the passage so as to identify their meanings in the context.
91. (Line 2-4.Para. 1, passage 1)
A recent survey of prominent economists-both conservative and liberal-concluded that "an economist who argues for restricting international trade is almost as common today as a physician who favors leeching."
92. (Line 4-7, Para. 6, passage 1)
This is because free trade benefits the general public, while protectionism benefits special-intere
st groups, which are better organized, better financed and more informed.
93. (Line 12-14, Para. 2, Passage 2)
Whether this level of violence and repression is justifiable, and whether the violence that could result from political change would be worthwhile are the controversial issues that divide everybody involved.
94. (Line 2-4, Para.2, Passage 3)
Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.
95. (Line 1-3, Para. 4, Passage 4)
This study of language, in turn casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.