中级口译考试阅读试题答题技巧

中级口译考试阅读试题答题技巧 词汇大突破 对策①：通过确定该生词在上下文中是positive抑或negative来进行判断。 例一：2001年9月试题第23题：23. The word "gimmicks" in this passage is closest in meaning to ________.(A) services(B) extras(C) tricks(D) games 请看原文：So how can you make the most of your new power as a consumer? Here are rules to help you find your way.1 Never pay list price.2 Refuse gimmicks.As competition heats up and pushes prices down, businesses scramble to boost their profits by heaping on extras: rustproofing your car, service contracts on your appliances, prepaid gasoline for your rental car. These gimmicks are devised to make you pay more at the last minute and probably aren't a good deal.3 Don't buy on impulse.4 Say no to platinum prices.5 Switch-or threaten to. 例二：1999年9月试题第21题：21. The word "hindrance" in line 2 is closest in meaning to _______.(A) encouragement (B) assistance(C) procedure (D) interference 请看原文：Experiments have shown that in selecting personnel for a job, interviewing is at best a hindrance, and may even cause harm. 例三：2000年9月试题第8题：8. The word "jeopardize" (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to __________.(A) endeavor(B) endanger(C) endorse(D)endow 请看原文：What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue. 对策②：通过构词法，观察单词的前缀、后缀及词根等构成进行判断。 例一：2000年9月试题第16题：16. The word "anthropologist" (line 1) means someone who _______.(A) studies the nature of man(B) arranges wedding ceremonies(C) keeps account for newly weds(D) records local events 请看原文：An anthropologist recorded the expenses for ceremonies he attended in a village in Thailand. The following chart provides information on the bahts (Thai currency) spent for a wedding. 例二：2001年3月试题第23题：23. The word "xenophobia" (para.2) means "__________".(A) partiality(B) arbitrariness(C) discrimination(D) antipathy 请看原文：The Campaign Against Racism and Fascism (CARF), a London based group, tells me that there is little doubt that, with the massive upsurge of xenophobia against asylum-seekers too, the fallout is affecting anyone perceived to be foreign or different, decent attacks on black people have a ferocity that appalls police and community organizers alike. 对策③：不拘泥于词或短语的本义，而从其引申义来考虑。 例一：2000年9月试题第23题23. The phrase "take off (paragraph 4) means _________.(A) transfer to another vessel (B) cause to lose weight(C) begin to develop markedly (D) cause to leave the ground 请看原文：Over here, in Britain, Computertowns have taken off in a big way, and there are now about 40 scattered over the countr