精析：
從這組選擇題系列與對話的開始，考生可以了解：這是一篇有關(guān)徽章搜集和用的對話。
Question No．1 What colour was theTidybadge?
依據(jù)提問的一般原則：提問順序和情節(jié)進步是平行進行的，所以，該答案肯定在該篇對話的開始部分。聽音原文中有如此一句話and then another one I remember-it was green-which had the word Tidy on it!Ha!，據(jù)此，考生可以判定theTidybadge的顏色為綠色。只有答案符合題意，所以正確答案為。考生在做此題時應(yīng)注意聽，切莫與So I got a little blue badge with the wordswimmingon it中的blue'相混淆。
Question NO．2 Which badge does Andrew Simpson think he has lost?
當(dāng)考生聽到I've got the swimming badge，but I think I Was so untidy that I must have lost the tidy badge years ago!便是否了解Andrew Simpson所丟失的是the tidy badge。項符合題意，為正確答案。聽音時，考生同樣需要注意不要將the tidy badge'混淆為the swimming badge。
Question NO．3 When do you think Andrew Simpson was born?
在對話中，并沒直接談到Andrew Simpson是何時生的，但通過對話，考生可以計算出他大致的出生時間。
F： Andyou started collecting badges，then，from that，the age of about nine?
M： Er，yeah，I guess so．．．eight or nine or so．That's right．In those days-we're talking about the early fifties-there weren't so many cars around as there are today.
通過這兩句對話，大家可以了解we're talking about the early fifties是發(fā)生在50年代早期，當(dāng)時他八九歲左右，此時開始搜集徽章，如此就能計算出他的出生大約是在1945年左右。因此，只有選項 Around l945．符合題意。
Question No．4 What is the slogan on the Wills's Woodbines badge?
該題答案較為明顯，很容易聽出。當(dāng)考生聽到I've got one in my collection for Wills's Woodbinesthey were the cheapest cigarettes in those daysand on the badge，at the bottom，it says，Smoked by Millions-no health warnings in those days．．．時，Smoked by Millions就比較容易印在腦海中。四個選項中，項為正確答案。
Question NO．5 How many main reasons are given by Andrew Simpson for people to wear badges?該問題體目前對話中也是直問直答。其中對話為：
F：Why do you think people do wear badges?
M：Well，I think there are probably three main reasons．
顯然，大家戴徽章有3個主要方面是什么原因。因此答案為正確答案。
該部分為高級口譯第一階段測試中的第二部分，即：SECTION 2：Reading Test。該部分考試時間為30分鐘。閱讀材料均選自英語原版材料，共4篇。內(nèi)容及題材具備多樣性、常見性和社會性。需要考生應(yīng)有肯定的詞語量，與閱讀理解技能，如概括中心思想能力，推理與解釋能力；另外，還應(yīng)有與英語國家社會和文化有關(guān)的常識面。現(xiàn)就歷屆考試試題中的一篇進行精析。
SECTION 2: READING TEST
Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, , , or to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 1 ~ 5 are based on the following passage
British Aerospace1 is planning to set up its own university because it cannot recruit the skilled graduates it needs from existing institutions.
BAe has a team drafting a range of options for the university, which would award its own degrees. Work on the scheme is expected to start in the next few months.
Sir Richard Evans, chief executive of British Aerospace, has already launched a recruiting drive for engineers on the Continent because of a shortage of high-calibre domestic candidates. Advertising2 campaigns in France, Germany and other European countries will seek to attract students expecting to graduate in the summer.
Other engineering employers are expected to follow suit. The move to take on overseas graduates comes after BAe left one in five of its graduate places unfilled last year, blaming shortcomings in the education system.
If the scheme is approved, BAe will either build a full university or incorporate sites at its main research and manufacturing centres at Famborough, Surrey, and Warton, Lancashire. The company would have to convince the education authorities that the university had sufficient teaching capacity and autonomy for it to be allowed to award degrees. BAe said it was setting up its own education system and recruiting staff abroad because there is a shortage of engineering graduates, beth in terms of quantity and quality.