时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:上海市中级口译资格认证


英语课

  Part A: Spot Dictation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the ward 1 or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in you ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once.

In the early 1970's, Citibank of New York City became one of the first financial institutions to install ATM's on a large scale. Since then, the_______(1) of automated 2 teller 3 machines has increased dramatically. At the time, the bank hoped________ (2) their operating costs by replacing human tellers 4 with machines. Little did they _______ (3) that the cash machines would become so successful. However, as more banks added_______ (4) automated service through ATM's, the machines mushroomed all over the world.

To use an ATM, all you need is a _______(5) issued by your bank. Your bank may also_______(6) through a credit card, such as MasterCard or Visa. To begin a _______(7), you need to insert the card into an ATM and punch in a personal identification number on the _______(8). The personal ID number may consist of_______(9) and can prevent anyone from using the card.

The ATM next flashes instructions on its_______(10) for carrying out transaction. To get cash, for example, you are instructed to _______(11) that indicate whether the money should be withdrawn 5 form a checking or a savings 6 account and the _______(12). This request is then displayed on the screen. After you press a button to _______(13) that the information is correct, the ATM goes to _______(14).

How safe, you may ask, is banking 7 by ATM? The_______(15) is meant to prevent anyone, no matter who you are, from using a cash card________(16). If you enter the wrong ID number for a card, a message on the screen will_______(18). As another precaution against_______(19), the bank generally limits the amount that may be withdrawn by cash card______(20), say, to $200.

1. popularity 11. press buttons

2. simply to reduce 12. The Amount to be Withdrawn

3. suspect 13. verify

4. round-the-clock 14. work on the request

5. plastic card 15. personal ID number

6. offer ATM service 16. without authorization 8

7. transaction 17. ask you to try again

8. machine's keypad 18. keep the card

9. four or six digits 9 19. card theft

10. display screen 20. in a single day



1 ward
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
2 automated
a.自动化的
  • The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
  • Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS),作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。
3 teller
n.银行出纳员;(选举)计票员
  • The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
  • The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。
4 tellers
n.(银行)出纳员( teller的名词复数 );(投票时的)计票员;讲故事等的人;讲述者
  • The tellers were calculating the votes. 计票员正在统计票数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The use of automatic tellers is particularly used in large cities. 在大城市里,还特别投入了自动出纳机。 来自辞典例句
5 withdrawn
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出
  • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
  • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
6 savings
n.存款,储蓄
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
7 banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
8 authorization
n.授权,委任状
  • Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
  • You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。
9 digits
n.数字( digit的名词复数 );手指,足趾
  • The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
学英语单词
a smoking bimbo
A-team
acid fumarole
adhesive hair
Artur Schnabel
as safra
asterolecanium corallinum
autoradiolysis
autosynchronous motor
barmaid
battery-operated
be kidding
Becke test
bellisle
bitchwork
blue glazed porcelain
British Leyland Motor
bumbles
butylparaben
calcium-manganesesilicon alloy
cancerous wart
capitalist farming
clapping
competitive strategy
concussion grenades
condensed structural formula
consistence of reading
course to steer
crossly
current-carryings
cut sth out
Daphniphyllum yunnanense
deterrent options
digesting
dolny kubin
effectiveness of regenerator
filamentosas
friendshippers
general diffuse illumination
Germlayer
give sb. a dirty look
grand-slam home run
gun club cheek
half forward
hand control valve
Helendale
Hilton's muscle
hold state
horizontal development
Internet content provider
isohistoincompatibility
key switch
kitchen ranges
less-attractive
live up to something
loby
Margilon
mastostasis
microdosimetric
nephropyelitis
non-designated
off resistance
olistherozone
ornithogalum umbellatums
osteoarthrotomy
perform as
peshe
Pibor River (Pībor Wenz)
pivot-ball bearing
play to hard luck
postischemic papillary muscle rupture
pre-stretch
precision measuring tool
productive memory
receptual ly
reciprocating table
reigning winds direction
repose angle
scientific effort
seasoning matter
second flank
Sedum wilsonii
shrewd-headed
slitlets
spatchcock
spy novel
stalth
standard costs
sublevel set
surface treating agent
template frame
thirdness
thread chasing
triangulation base
tripotential
true critical property
ultimate yield
uneven subsidence
vapor lock index
venable
Zacapa, R.
zoophysiology