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Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, it’s a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.

At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” - an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea.

There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting what a foreign language speaker says actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones. Consecutive interpretation also requires two-person teams. A foreign speaker says his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes notes and during a pause, tells the client what was said

The word “the former” in the last paragraph refers to _____.

The players’ protests _________ no difference to the referee’s decision at all.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

She is always diplomatic when she deals with angry students

Extinction mean a situation _________ a plant, an animal or a way of life etc... stop existing

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Publishing in the UK, the book has won a number of awards in recent regional book fairs

I will stand here and wait for you _________ you come back

Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one _________ the most

Ann was very surprised to find the door unlocked. She remembered _________ it before she left

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“Don’t forget to tidy up the final draft before submission.” the team leader told us

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After running up the stairs, I was _________ breath

The twins look so much alike that almost no one can _________ them _________ 

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Hardly did he enter the room when all the lights went out

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers

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This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful.

When he came to the counter to pay, he found that he had _________ cash _________ his credit card

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

When the protester entered the meeting clad in a beach tower, the audience was dumbfounded