从这组选择题系列以及对话的开始，考生可以知道：这是一篇有关徽章搜集和使用的对话。

　　Question No．1 What colour was the"Tidy"badge?

　　根据提问的一般原则：提问顺序和情节发展是平行进行的，所以，该答案一定在该篇对话的开始部分。听音原文中有这样一句话“……and then another one I remember-it was green-which had the word "Tidy on it!Ha!"，据此，考生可以断定the”Tidy“badge的颜色为绿色。只有答案(B)符合题意，所以正确答案为(B)。考生在做此题时应注意听，切莫与”So I got a little blue badge with the word‘swimming’on it“中的”blue'‘相混淆。

　　Question NO．2 Which badge does Andrew Simpson think he has lost?

　　当考生听到"I've got the swimming badge，but I think I Was so untidy that I must have lost the tidy badge years ago!"便可知道Andrew Simpson所丢失的是“the tidy badge"。(D)项符合题意，为正确答案。听音时，考生同样应该注意不要将”the tidy badge'‘混淆为“the swimming badge"。

　　Question NO．3 When do you think Andrew Simpson was born?

　　在对话中，并没有直接谈到Andrew Simpson是何时出生的，但是通过对话，考生可以计算出他大致的出生时间。

　　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.

　　通过这两句对话，我们可以知道"……we're talking about the early fifties"是发生在50年代早期，当时他八九岁左右，此时开始搜集徽章，这样就可以计算出他的出生大约是在1945年左右。因此，只有选项(C) Around l945．符合题意。

　　Question No．4 What is the slogan on the Wills's Woodbines badge?

　　该题答案较为明显，比较容易听出。当考生听到“I've got one in my collection for Wills's Woodbines——they were the cheapest cigarettes in those days——and on the badge，at the bottom，it says，”Smoked by Millions"-no health warnings in those days．．．“时，”Smoked by Millions"就很容易印在脑海中。四个选项中，(A)项为正确答案。

　　Question NO．5 How many main reasons are given by Andrew Simpson for people to wear badges?该问题体现在对话中也是直问直答。其中对话为：

　　F：Why do you think people do wear badges?

　　M：Well，I think there are probably three main reasons．

　　显然，人们戴徽章有3个主要方面的原因。因此答案(B)为正确答案。

　　该部分为高级口译第一阶段测试中的第二部分，即：SECTION 2：Reading Test。该部分考试时间为30分钟。阅读材料均选自英语原版材料，共4篇。内容及题材具有多样性、普遍性和社会性。要求考生应有一定的词汇量，以及阅读理解技能，如概括中心思想能力，推理与释义能力；另外，还应有与英语国家社会和文化相关的知识面。现就历届考题中的一篇进行精析。

　　SECTION 2: READING TEST (30 minutes)

　　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, (A), (B), (C) or (D) 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.