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2009年春季英语中级口译资格证书第一阶段考试 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST 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 word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. You might think that hamburgers were invented in the United States, but that is not totally true. These (1) , or patties, actually came from Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century. They were brought to the United States by (2) who came from the city of Hamburg. That is why (3) was hamburger steak. However, people in other places (4) that they invented the hamburger. Perhaps well never have a (5) . But theres no question that the hamburger was a (6) . Why? Perhaps because at that time, industry was growing and a kind of (7) food was needed for workers. The hamburger became even more popular (8) when the first chain of fast food restaurants was started. This chain was called White Castle. It served tiny hamburgers that were sold for only (9) . Then, in the 1930s there came the (10) where customers were served in their cars by waiters in uniform. And the hamburger was one of the most (11) . By now, The hamburger was ready to (12) the world. And this happened with McDonalds, which was actually a (13) at first. But by the early 1950s the hot dog was replaced by the hamburger. McDonalds and other fast food restaurants (14) around the world throughout the rest of the twentieth century. McDonalds alone has (15) for everyone person in the world. The importance of the hamburger to (16) remains significant. About (17) of all sandwiches that are eaten are hamburgers. According to some sources, (18) of current workers in the United States had their first job at McDonalds. But the face of the hamburger is changing (19) . Nowadays i