全国翻译专业资格（水平）英语二级口译综合能力试题（网友回忆版）一

解析事实细节的找寻和判断。录音最后一句指出“He is the author of more than forty volumes of poetry.”，可知John Ciard写了四十多卷诗歌，并非题干提到的more than 40 poems（四十多首)。由此可知，该题表述错误。
【录音原文】
John Ciardi was born in 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, the child of Italian immigrants.He attended Bates College and Tufts College and received his master’s degree from the University of Michigan in l 939.He is the author of more than forty volumes of poetry.

解析语义推断。录音中提到的but为关键信号词。该段录音首先指出“如今大部分飞船以某种形式的化学物质作为动力”，接着以but进行转折，提到研究者们正在研制a range of future propulsion methods（一系列的未来动力措施）。由此可以推测，未来的飞船可能不再使用化学物质作为动力了。所以，该题表述正确。
【录音原文】
Most NASA spacecraft rely on some form of chemical propellant to push themselves through space.But at the Marshall-based center, researchers are studying a range of future propulsion methods, including propellant-less systems, simulated fission engines that could one-day lead to the real thing and the basic technologies necessary for future antimatter drives.

解析语篇逻辑结构的判断。该段录音中说话者主要谈论了自己上历史课的表现。关键信息为“I just got so embarrassed and nervous whenever I’ve to speak in front of a group of people.”。因此题干中指出“说话者不好意思在班级发言”与原文相符。
【录音原文】
I just got out of a history class.I’m sure I made a fool of myself.I just got so embarrassed and nervous whenever I’ve to speak in front of a group of people.I stand up and my face gets red and then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing.

解析事实细节的找寻和判断。从文章中因果关系分析可知，chemical contaminants from groundwater（地下水中化学污染物污染物）引发了vapor problem（水蒸气问题）从而导致空气污染，因此题干关于这一点的说法正确。但关于地下水的来源，录音开头便提到“the company, which was not the sole source of the pollution”，“sole”意为“唯一的”。因此被污染的地下水并不只是来自于这一家公司，由此可知该题表述有误。
【录音原文】
The company, which was not the sole source of the pollution but is the only business working on the cleanup, has already spent several million dollars installing ventilation systems and creating a network of wells, pumps and filters to extract chemical contaminants from groundwater.The vapor problem came to light in 2003 as a result of air-quality tests sought by residents.

解析特定信息找寻和判断。录音中提到“A law...allows Maryland’s school systems to fund school construction and renovation projects using alternatives to traditional financing…”通过分析句子成分，可知马里兰州的学校使用了非传统方式为校舍建设和改造项目提供资金。接着录音中使用非限制性定语从句对该学校使用的非传统形式进行了进一步说明，即“which usually comes from the sale of bonds”（通常来自债券销售）。由此可见，该题说法符合录音原文。
【录音原文】
Faced with a problem that could break the budget, Maryland is joining a growing number of states by looking for private partners to help improve school facilities.A law that took effect July I allows Maryland’s school systems to fund school construction and renovation projects using alternatives to traditional financing, which usually comes from the sale of bonds by public agencies to banks and investors.

解析语义理解和判断。录音中指出“Globalcall Communications has grown from a telecommunications solutions provider for local businesses in the greater Seattle metropolitan area to…”，句型has grown from…to…揭示了该公司从起家到发展壮大的历史。可知该公司一开始是为西雅图大商圈中的企业提供telecommunications solutions，而非题干中所说的computer software solutions。因此该题表述与原文有出入。
【录音原文】
Globalcall Communications has grown from a telecommunications solutions provider for local businesses in the greater Seattle metropolitan area to a truly global corporation providing telecommunications solutions for clients both large and small.Established to fill a significant market gap for simple communication solutions, the company first expanded to most major North American cities before becoming a major multinational player.

解析数字信息的找寻。关键是要注意同义词的替换，录音中提到“The…terminal can accommodate 25 million passengers a year”，其中accommodate对应题干中的handle，接录音中继续指出“the airport, which has two runways, can handle 1.2 million tons of air freight”，该句中数字修饰的中心词“freight”与题干中的“cargo”意思相符，均指“货物”。由此可知该题表述正确。
【录音原文】
The 350,000-square meter, granite-floored and glass-walled terminal can accommodate 25 million passengers a year and the airport, which has two runways, can handle 1.2 million tons of air freight, the world’s third-highest cargo capacity.

解析事实细节找寻和判断。题干有两处需与原文进行核对。首先是这种细菌是否发出橘黄色的光，其次该细菌是否会阻碍海水向珊瑚提供养分。录音中提到“the soft orange glow comes not from…but from bacteria that live inside it”，可知题干中第一处描述与原文相符。接着录音中指出“the bacteria…break down seawater to help nourish the coral”，可知该细菌会分解海水，从而更有助于海水为珊瑚提供养分，而非题干中所说的“阻碍海水向珊瑚提供养分”，可以推断题干中第二处描述与录音原文有出入。故该题表述有误。
【录音原文】
U.S.scientists discovered that the soft orange glow of a common Caribbean coral comes not from the coral itself but from bacteria that live inside it.And the bacteria not only give the coral a little nightlight, but they also break down seawater to help nourish the coral.

解析事实细节找寻和判断。题干中的关键词为short messages，录音中出现的核心词是text messaging，两者均有“发短消息”的意思。由此可见，题干表述正确。
【录音原文】
Now, text messaging is increasingly being used by UK hospitals to remind patients about outpatient appointments—and could potentially save the National Health Service millions of pounds every year.Ealing Hospital in West London sends 20 texts per day, reminding the patients in advance of the date and time of their appointment.Before using the text messaging system, the hospital relied solely on sending patients a letter as a reminder.

解析结构表达的比较和判断。录音中首先指出“The normal population…get between three and four upper respiratory infections each year”，可知平常人每年会得3到4次上呼吸道感染。紧接着录音中使用了单词but，暗示之后的情况与之前的相反，接着介绍groups of elite athletes的情况，提到“about 15 percent of those athletes can have six or seven or more, even up to 11 or 12”，通过比较两处数字可知，优秀运动员得上呼吸道感染的几率比一般人更高。因此题干表述正确。
【录音原文】
There’s no doubt that athletes are playing hard enough to suppress immune defenses.The normal population in Australia expects to get between three and four upper respiratory infections each year.But if you look at groups of elite athletes, about 15 percent of those athletes can have six or seven or more, even up to 11 or 12.They seem to get more vulnerable as they train harder.

解析特定信息找寻和判断。做该道题时，应把重点放在博物馆哪一部分被淹。录音中提到“As freak rainstorms lashed in the central and southern sections of the state…”，指出了暴雨发生的地点，即该博物馆所在州的中部和南部，接着后面相继提到该馆原本打算修缮的部分屋顶倒塌，结果雨水倾入两间storerooms（储藏室)，由此可知，博物馆被淹的地方是储藏室。故选B。
【录音原文】
Dozens of valuable paintings and frescoes were badly damaged when rainwater poured through a roof at the state museum.As freak rainstorms lashed in the central and southern sections of the state, part of the museum’s roof which was scheduled to be repaired collapsed and water cascaded into two storerooms.

解析原文重点介绍了quartz heater (石英加热器)。在对该物进行描述时，说话者提到“A quartz heater, on the other hand, heats the objects and people in a room without heating the air.”，其中on the other hand表示此处描述的是石英加热器与其他加热器的不同之处，即石英加热器只是温暖房间里的人和物，不会加热房中的空气。由此可知选项A表述正确
【录音原文】
A heater is using convection when it warms the air in a room.And the air in turn warms the people and objects in the room.A hot water radiator, a stove and forced air furnace are all convection heaters.A quartz heater, on the other hand, heats the objects and people in a room without heating the air.It does this by producing radiation heat that travels like light waves.The radiation is then directed at objects by means of a reflector.

解析语义推理和判断。录音中首先详细而具体地介绍了通过使用cold seawater（冰冷的海水），cool climate vegetable（耐寒作物）可以在在炎热地区进行种植。最后说话者总结说“This stimulates plant growth and enables gardeners in tropical climates to grow crops from cooler climates.”，可知这种做法刺激了植物的生长，从而使热带地区的农户可种植耐寒作物，而这种做法就属于在非传统气候条件下种植农作物。因此选项C表述正确。
【录音原文】
Cool climate vegetables like asparagus are now able to be grown in places as hot as Hawaii.Marine engineers have been able to actually convince such vegetables that they are living in cooler climates.That way they grow faster and taste better.What these engineers have been using is very simply cold seawater.They place pipes in the soil and cold water flowing through them cools the earth.This stimulates plant growth and enables gardeners in tropical climates to grow crops from cooler climates.

解析语义判断和理解。录音中从三方面介绍了mass transportation对美国人民生活的影响，指出“it catalyzed physical expansion”，与选项A（城市面积的增长）表述相符。接着录音中提到“it sorted out people and land use”，可知mass transportation也促进了城市土地的分类使用，即选项B所描述的（将商业区和居民区进行分离）。而选项C对应录音中的“it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life”(加速了城市生活固有的不稳定性)。而只有选项D的内容在原文中没有提及。因此该题选D。
【录音原文】
Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways.It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life.

解析特定信息找寻和判断。题干中的关键信息为traded on，录音原文第一句就指出“Ubix is a publicly traded corporation actively traded on the NASDAQ.”，可立即发现选项A为正确答案
【录音原文】
Ubix is a publicly traded corporation actively traded on the NASDAQ.The company was launched in 1999.Shareholders own more than 80% of the company while upper level management and employee stock options own the remaining 20%.Ubix is located in Denver, Colorado with manufacturing plants in Taiwan and Indonesia.The total cash flow during 2000 was $365 million.

解析观点意见的判断。题干中问的是通常情况下人们是如何看待天文学家的。录音第一句给出大多数人的观点，即人们通常的想法，该句指出“Most people think of astronomers as people who spend their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night.”，可知大多数人认为天文学家大部分时间都在用望远镜观测夜空。而下文说话者用in fact的形式表述的是其认为的正确观点。因此选项A表述正确。
【录音原文】
Most people think of astronomers as people who spend their time in cold observatories peering through telescopes every night.In fact, a typical astronomer spends most of his/ her time analyzing data and may only be at the telescope a few weeks of the year.Some astronomers work on purely theoretical problems and never use a telescope at all.You might not know how rarely images are viewed directly through telescopes.The most common way to observe the skies is to photograph them.

解析数字信息的找寻和判断。题干中的关键信息为first-half net profit，从而定位到原文中的“The German carrier swung to a first-half net profit of 39 million euros…”，可知这家公司前半年的纯利润为39 million euro，对应选项C。
【录音原文】
Lufthansa said Tuesday that traffic in the first seven months of this year rose 16.8 percent, helped by increased demand on Asia-Pacific routes, as well as gains in Europe and on African and Middle East routes.The German carrier swung to a first-half net profit of 39 million euros from a loss of 392 million in the first half of 2003.This too was below an average analyst forecast of 105 million euros.

解析事实细节的找寻和判断。关于在什么情况下，海参会抛出自己的内脏，录音中提到“The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself if it is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.”，eviscerate意为“切除……的内脏”，可知海参在遭到攻击或甚至是被碰触的情况下，它都会把自己的内脏抛入水中，然后再生出一副来。“it will do the same”提示海参会这样做的另一种情况，即周围海水温度过高或水质遭到严重污染。很明显只有B项的内容未被提及。因此选B。
【录音原文】
The most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself.Its major enemies are fish and crabs, when attacked, it squirts all its internal organs into the water.It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles.The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself if it is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.

解析数字信息找寻和判断。从录音中提到的“Officials has evacuated 400，000 people to escape the typhoon that was forecast to be the worst…”，可知政府对人们4百万人进行疏散是在得到台风预报后进行的，而选项D提到的为了避免更多的伤亡，暗示疏散是在台风开始后进行的，因此与原文内容不符。在对1997年的台风进行描述时，录音中提到“…killing nearly 250 people and causing 19.8 billion yuan in economic losses.”，选项A中修饰这一数字的more than（超过，多于）与录音中的nearly（几乎）表达意思不符。该句中指出l997年台风造成的经济数额为l9.8 billion yuan，而非选项B中的90.8 billion yuan。根据原文中的“injured more than l,800…”，可知这次台风中有1800人受伤，与选项C表达内容相符。
【录音原文】
One of the worst typhoons to hit China in several years has killed 63 people and injured more than 1,800 as it battered southeastern Zhejiang Province.Most of the casualties occurred when homes collapsed.Officials had evacuated 400,000 people to escape the typhoon that was forecast to be the worst since 1997 when a storm ripped into China, killing nearly 250 people and causing 19.8 billion yuan in economic losses.

解析因果关系判断。录音中首先指出17世纪北美殖民地的房屋仅仅是simple structures，接着提到关于18世纪北美建筑风格发生了改变，接着给出了改变的原因，即“As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.”，可见主要原因在于财富的增长。因此选项D符合题意。
【录音原文】
Seventeenth-century houses in colonial North America were simple structures that were primarily functional, carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages.During the first half of the eighteenth century, however, houses began to show a new elegance.As wealth increased, more and more colonists built fine houses.

解析主旨题。本文主要介绍了19世纪美国农民生活方式的改变，并且对这种生活方式改变的原因和结果进行了分析。其中文章首尾部分揭示了该段录音的主旨，第三句和最后一句分别提到的“…but in general they could get along just fine by relying on themselves…”和“By the end of l9th century, the era of Jefferson’s independent farmer had come to a close.”，表明了美国农民生活方式的转变，从relying on themselves到come to a close。可知随着农业的发展，美国农民逐步丧失了independence。故选D。

解析语义逻辑关系的找寻和判断。该段录音讲述了19世纪美国农业的变迁史，其中一项重要内容是分析变迁原因。文中指出19世纪初美国基本上可以保持自给自足，但但接着指出“But by the mid-century…farmers began to specialize in raising crops…”，可知19世纪中期美国农产品的种植逐步变得专门化，对应选项A的内容。

解析因果关系判断。录音中提到“…revolutionary advances in farm machinery have vastly increased production of specialized crops...”可知农业机械的进步促进了专门作物产量的提高。接着下文具体列举了农业变化带来的后果，提到“Now farmers are no longer dependent just on…their lives are increasingly controlled by banks, which have the power to grant or deny loans for new machinery…”，可推测农民更加依赖银行贷款来购置新机器，因此可知选项B表述正确。

解析语义因果关系的判断。录音中接近末尾时提到“…farmers now have to worry about…the influence of world supply and demand on, for example, the price of wheat in Kansas.”（美国农民们现在担忧世界供需市场会影响到，比方说Kansas的小麦价格）。根据语境可以推断，这句话包含的因果关系为世界市场的变化会影响到美国农产品的价格，因此美国农民会对世界市场的供需变化表示担心。故选项C表述正确。

解析特定信息找寻。该段录音主要为围绕美国农业变迁情况展开，其中在介绍19世纪末所发生的变化时，指出“revolutionary advances in farm machinery have vastly increased production of specialized crops and an extensive network of railroads had linked…”，提到了选项A，B和C的内容。唯独选项D的说法在该段录音中未曾提及。因此选项D所描述内容不属于美国农业方面发生变化的因素之一。
【录音原文】
One of the most popular myths about the United States in the 19th century was that of the free and simple life of the farmers.It was said that the farmers worked hard on their own land to produce whatever their families needed.They might sometimes trade with their neighbors, but in general they could get along just fine by relying on themselves, not on commercial ties with others.This was how Thomas Jefferson idealized the farmers at the beginning of the 19th century.And at that time, this might have been close to the truth especially on the frontier.But by the mid century sweeping changes in agriculture were well underway as farmers began to specialize in raising crops such as cotton or corn or wheat.By late in the century, revolutionary advances in farm machinery have vastly increased production of specialized crops and an extensive network of railroads had linked farmers throughout the country to markets in the east.By raising and selling specialized crops, farmers could afford more and freer goods and achieve a much higher standard of living but at a price.Now farmers are no longer dependent just on the weather and their own effort, their lives are increasingly controlled by banks, which have the power to grant or deny loans for new machinery, and by the railroads, which set the rates for shipping their crops to the market.As businessmen, farmers now have to worry about national economic depressions and the influence of world supply and demand on, for example, the price of wheat in Kansas.By the end of the 19th century, the era of Jefferson’s independent farmer had come to a close.

解析特定信息找寻。根据题干可知，重点找寻对象为爆炸时间。录音中第二句提到“The blasts went off about l:40 a.m.”，其中went off即题干中所指的hit。可知爆炸时间为凌晨1:40，故选选A。

解析数字信息找寻和判断。关于这次爆炸所造成的死伤人数，录音中一开始便提到“explosions…killing two people…Seven people were injured…”，可知这次爆炸中有2人死亡，7人受伤，因此选C。

解析事实细节找寻和判断。录音中在介绍这次爆炸中受伤的4名西班牙人的情况时，提到“…but none were in serious condition.”，接着指出“Two of the Spaniards were ‘slightly buried’ by the debris after the blast.”，而选项B中并未指出两人被buried by the debris，暗示所有受伤的西班牙人，因此人数与录音中的不一致。

解析事实细节找寻和判断。题干中的关键点是Spanish government，因此重点应找寻西班牙政府的措施。录音中指出“The Spanish Consul in Istanbul ‘is taking care of all necessities’ for the injured Spaniards and is aiming to bring them back to Spain as soon as possible.”，而Spanish Consul in Istanbul（伊斯坦布尔的西班牙领事）即代表了西班牙政府，因此选项D表述正确。

解析事实细节找寻和判断。关于对燃料罐的袭击，录音开头便提及“…and another attack unsuccessfully targeted gas tanks at a fuel storage depot.”，可知这此对燃料储存地燃气罐的袭击并未成功，由此可知选项A表述与录音原文相符。
【录音原文】
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Near-simultaneous explosions hit two Istanbul hotels early Tuesday, killing two people, and another attack unsuccessfully targeted gas tanks at a fuel storage depot.The blasts went off about 1:40 a.m.Seven people were injured in the blasts at two tourist hotels in separate Istanbul neighborhoods.The city’s police chief said the blasts were an apparent terrorist attack.
Four Spanish men were injured in one of the hotel blasts and went to hospital but none were in serious condition.The men are friends on holiday in Turkey and were staying at the Hotel Star Holiday which was hit by one of the blasts.Two of the Spaniards were “slightly buried” by the debris after the blasts.One suffered two broken legs; the other suffered one broken leg.The two other Spaniards had less serious injuries.The Spaniards were being treated in two Istanbul hospitals, named Cerrahpasa and Haseki.The Spanish government did not release their names or ages, at the request of the injured.The Spanish Consul in Istanbul “is taking care of all necessities” for the injured Spaniards and is aiming to bring them back to Spain as soon as possible.An official, in Madrid, said attempts to establish phone contact with the Spanish diplomatic mission in Turkey had been difficult due to saturated phone lines in Turkey.
About the same time, attackers tried to use small explosive devices to detonate large fuel storage tanks at the Demiroren Group facility in Istanbul’s Esenyurt neighborhood.The bombs exploded but failed to rupture the fuel tanks.There were no injuries.The first bomb went off about an hour before the hotel explosions, while a second one went off at nearly the same time as the attacks on the hotels.

解析事实细节找寻和判断。关于迁都的费用问题，录音中提到“But the relocation—which could cost as much as $94 billion”，由此可知，迁都会花费940亿，而非选项C所说的9400万。因此选C。

解析数字信息找寻和判断。从录音中提到的“…for the 7,100-hectare site…”，可知新址的面积为7100公顷。因此选项B为正确答案。

解析数字信息找寻和判断。录音中指出“…construction scheduled to start in 2007 and end in 2030.”，通过简单计算便可得到这一建造项目预计花费的时间，即大概23年。因此选A。

解析特定信息找寻和判断。题干问的是韩国总统的观点，录音中提到韩国总统Roh Moo-hyun竞选运动的关键点是把首都迁到远离拥挤的首尔的地方，并且指出“he said he believed it would help decentralize the country…”，因此C项的内容属于韩国总统Roh Moo-hyun的观点。

解析事实细节找寻和判断。关于反对党对迁都的意见，录音中提到“…among rival parties, who have raised questions about the efficiency and feasibility of the project”和“…is an unrealistic plan without popular support”，由此可知反对党怀疑该项目的效率和可行性，并且认为该项目不现实，而且不受欢迎。而选项A（可实行的）正好与录音原文表达内容相反。
【录音原文】
South Korea has confirmed it will move its future seat of government to a rural site south of its capital Seoul.Prime Minister Lee Hai-chan told a news conference Wednesday the government has selected the Yongi-Gongju area, which lies in the center of South Korea, to be the site for the new capital.
The government plans to begin buying land for the 7,100-hectare site next year, with construction scheduled to start in 2007 and end in 2030.The government chose the site of the new capital, which has yet to be named, over two other areas because of its superior transport and environmental conditions, officials said.The presidential office and 72 other key state institutions will be located there.But other organizations, such as the National Assembly and the Supreme Court will decide whether to move or not.
President Roh Moo-hyun made relocating the capital away from crowded Seoul a key plank of his election campaign.At the time he said he believed it would help decentralize the country and boost regional development in Asia’s third-largest economy.
But the relocation—which could cost as much as $94 billion—has sparked fierce debate among rival parties, who have raised questions about the efficiency and feasibility of the project.The main opposition Grand National Party claims the government is recklessly pushing what it says is an unrealistic plan without popular support.A media survey showed that more than half of the public are opposed to the plan, citing its high costs compared with its expected effects.

解析因果关系判断。录音中提到“…Japan’s rebound is cast in doubt as investors worry about inflationary pressures caused by the high cost of energy.”，rebound意为“反弹”，由此可知人们之所以对日本经济的反弹持有怀疑，是因为投资者对能源费用过高而带来的通货膨胀压力表示担心。因此，选项B符合题意。

解析事实细节找寻和判断。题干中的IEA为关键线索，录音中首次提到IEA时指出“…the IEA…didn’t change its forecasts for how much more oil the world will need”，紧接着便提到“But it did increase its estimated overall demand by 750,000 barrels a day…”，从increase一词可以看出它把原先预测的全球石油需求量进行了上调，因此选项A表述正确。

解析数字信息找寻和判断。关于预计的2005年世界石油需求量，录音中指出“Growth will moderate in 2005 to 2.2％or l.8 million b/d…”，可知与今年相比，2005年的石油需求量将适度上涨2.2％，换句话说就是每天上涨一百八十万桶。因此，选项D表述正确。

解析事实细节找寻和判断。题干中的关键词为China，录音最后提到“…China where restrictions on trucking and economic growth could push down demand…”，由此可知对货车运输业和经济增长的限制可能会使中国对石油需求量减少，其中该句的push down与选项B中的reduce表达意思相符，因此选项B符合题意。

解析因果关系判断。关于世界上石油需求量下降的原因，录音中多次出现，其中提到“World oil demand is slowing down, led by weaker economic growth in the U.S.and China…”，对应A项和B项的内容。在谈到日本的情况时，录音中指出“Japan’s rebound is cast in doubt as investors worry about inflationary pressures…”，可知关于日本经济的反弹还有不确定性，与选项D内容相符。但通货膨胀仅是人们对日本经济反弹表示质疑的原因，与全球石油需求无关，因此选项C与录音中相关内容不符。
【录音原文】
World oil demand is slowing down, led by weaker economic growth in the U.S.and China, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.While the agency didn’t say high oil prices are damping demand, weaker economic growth is projected in the world’s leading economies, as the U.S.and China lose steam from earlier strength this year and Japan’s rebound is cast in doubt as investors worry about inflationary pressures caused by the high cost of energy.
For the first time in more than half a year of constant upward revisions, the IEA, advisor to the world’s biggest economies, didn’t change its forecasts for how much more oil the world will need.
But it did increase its estimated overall demand by 750,000 barrels a day, reflecting changes to historical data stretching back 10 years.That left world oil demand in 2004 at 82.2 million b/d, up 2.53 million b/d on the year.Growth will moderate in 2005 to 2.2%, or 1.8 million b/d, at 84 million b/d.
A global slowdown is beginning to affect oil demand, according to IEA figures.
Government efforts to cool down China’s overheating economy will cut oil demand growth more than half from 24.6% in the second quarter to 9% in the third, the IEA said.But uncertainty remains about the future in China where restrictions on trucking and economic growth could push down demand, while extra refining capacity could boost it.

解析一、主干内容表达部分这部分内容为文章的主干内容，是综述的主要点信息。
1.Many people believe that the news is biased in favor of one point of view.
[解析]本句是全文的引子，文章先提出他人观点，引出本文讨论的主题，即新闻报道是否具有偏见的问题，为自己观点的提出作铺垫。
2.However, there is little reason to believe that journalists’ personal attitudes sway their reporting of the news.
[解析]however这个信号词的使用表明该句是文章的观点，即全文的重心所在。
3.A number of factors explain why the news is typically characterized by such political neutrality.
[解析]该句为框架结构下的分主题，why引导的宾语从句对该句提出的原因进行详细阐述。
4.To conclude that the news contains little explicit partisan or ideological bias is not to argue that it does not distort realty in its coverage.
[解析]该句是文章的另一重要观点，指引全文脉络的走向。
5.Television is particularly biased toward stories that generate good pictures.
[解析]该句是框架结构下的分中心句，也是文章的重要观点。
　　二、支持性细节表达部分
　　这部分内容为主要点的重要支持性细节，是综述的次要点信息。
1.The charge that the media have a liberal bias has become a familiar one in American politics, and there is some limited evidence to support it.
[解析]该句承上启下，即对上面关于他人观点的具体事例加以概括又暗示自己观点的倾向。
2.Studies have found that reporting is not systematically biased toward a particular ideology or party.
[解析]以研究结果支持文章的观点，即全文重心。这种以某权威形式提供支持性细节的做法是细节部分的重要组成。
3.Most stories are presented in a “point/counterpoint” format.
[解析]以研究结果支持文章的观点，即全文重心。这种以某权威形式提供支持性细节的做法是细节部分的重要组成。
4.Most reporters strongly believe in journalistic objectivity, and those who practice it best are usually rewarded by their editors.
[解析]该句为分中心提供了生动具体而重要的支持性细节，使综述得以详尽。
5.In addition, media outlets have a direct financial stake in attracting viewers and subscribers and do not want to lose their audience by appearing biased.
[解析]该句为分中心提供了更多生动具体而重要的支持性细节，使综述 得以详尽。
6.Journalists must choose which stories to cover and to what degree.
[解析]该句为文章另一重要观点的具体阐述。
7.The overriding bias is toward stories that will draw the largest audience.
[解析]该句亦为文章另一重要观点的具体阐述。
8.Good news is unexciting; bad news has the drama that brings in big audiences.
[解析]该句为文章另一重要观点的具体结论。
9.Seeing a talking head (a shot of a person’s face talking directly to the camera) is boring; viewers will switch channels in search of more interesting visual stimulation.
[解析]该句为文章另一重要观点的具体阐述。
10.The public is exposed to a world driven into chaos by seemingly arbitrary and mysterious forces.
[解析]该句为文章另一重要观点的具体结论，其本身也是权威人士的话语，用这种简练的话语做支持性细节，很有说服力。
　　【录音原文】
Many people believe that the news is biased in favor of one point of view.During the 1996 presidential campaign, Bob Dole often charged that the press was against him."Annoy the Media-Elect Dole" became one of his favorite fines.The charge that the media have a liberal bias has become a familiar one in American politics, and there is some limited evidence to support it.A lengthy study by the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1980s found that reporters were twice as likely to call themselves liberal as the general public.A 1992 survey of 1,400 journalists found that 44 percent identified themselves as Democrats, compared to just 16 percent who said they were Republicans.
However, there is little reason to believe that journalists’ personal attitudes sway their reporting of the news.The vast majority of social science studies have found that reporting is not systematically biased toward a particular ideology or party.Most stories are presented in a “point/counterpoint” format in which two opposing points of view (such as liberal versus conservative) are presented, and the audience is left to draw its own conclusions.A number of factors explain why the news is typically characterized by such political neutrality.Most reporters strongly believe in journalistic objectivity, and those who practice it best are usually rewarded by their editors.In addition, media outlets have a direct financial stake in attracting viewers and subscribers and do not want to lose their audience by appearing biased -- especially when multiple versions of the same story are readily available.It seems paradoxical to say the competition produces uniformity, but this often happens in the news business.
To conclude that the news contains little explicit partisan or ideological bias is not to argue that it does not distort reality in its coverage.Ideally, the news should mirror reality; in practice there are far too many possible stories for this to be the case.Journalists must choose which stories to cover and to what degree.The overriding bias is toward stories that will draw the largest audience.Surveys show that people are most fascinated by stories with conflict, violence, disaster, or scandal.Good news is unexciting; bad news has the drama that brings in big audiences.Television is particularly biased toward stories that generate good pictures.Seeing a talking head (a shot of a person’s face talking directly to the camera) is boring; viewers will switch channels in search of more interesting visual stimulation.For example, during an unusually contentious and lengthy interview of George Bush by Dan Rather concerning the Iran-Contra scandal, CBS’s ratings actually went down as people tired of watching two talking heads argue for an extended period of time.A shot of ambassadors squaring off in a fistfight at the United Nations, on the other hand, will increase the ratings.Such a scene was shown three times in one day on CBS.Not once, though, was the cause of the fight discussed.Network practices like these have led observers such as Lance Bennett to write that “the public is exposed to a world driven into chaos by seemingly arbitrary and mysterious forces.”