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1、05.09上海市英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试SECTION1:LISTENINGTEST(30minutes)PartA:SpotDictationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.Writeyouranswerinthecorrespondi
2、ngspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.FormanyobserversofU.S.lifeandculture,tosayAmericaistosayimmigration.Infact,immigrationissuch_______________(1)oftheUnitedStatesthatinmanywaysitisimpossibletostudyone_______________(2).Yet,a
3、sgovernmentpolicyhaschangedto_______________(3),thenumberofpeoplearrivingintheStateshas_______________(4).In1840,forexample,_______________(5)peopleimmigratedtothiscountry.However,thisnumberrosesteadily,untilin1880,_______________(6)immigrantsarrivedinth
4、eU.S.Thisfigureclimbedevenhigheraround1900,reachingapeakof_______________(7)immigrants.Inthe1930s,partlyasaresultof_______________(8),itdroppedtohalfamillionimmigrants,but_______________(9),itbegantoriseonceagain,reaching6.3million_______________(10).Thi
5、strendwillprobablycontinuethroughthetwenty-firstcentury.Aninterestingfacttoconsideris_______________(11).Intheearlypartofthecentury,_______________(12)camefromNorthernandWesternEurope.Butinthelatterpartofthetwentiethcentury,immigrantscamefromotherplaces:
6、_______________(13)fromAsia,35%fromLatinAmerica,3%fromNorthernEurope,and7%from_______________(14),therestfromNorthAmerica,andotherplaces.Ofcourse,everyoneofthesemillionsofimmigrantshashadtodealwith_______________(15)–thetaskoffindingtheirnicheintheU.S.Th
7、etraditionalviewofimmigrationwasassimilation,orthe“meltingpot”approach.Thismeansthattheimmigrantgroupadaptsto_______________(16).Thereisablendingofvaluesandlifestylesofimmigrantswiththemainstream.Another,morerecentmodel_______________(17).Thisdescribesas
8、ocietyinwhichmanycultureslivesidebyside,_______________(18).Thismodelresemblesasaladbowl,inwhichmanyingredientsarepresent,butdistinctfromeachother,_______________(19).Eitherway,thechallengessocietyfacesandtheneedto________
