大学英语B级考试模拟试题和答案及解析.docx
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大学英语B级考试模拟试题和答案及解析
大学英语B级考试模拟试题与答案解析
大学英语(B)模拟试题1
PartIUseofEnglish(20points)
Directions:
Inthispartthereare10incompletedialogues.ForeachdialoguetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthedialogue.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
1.---Hello,mayItalktotheheadmasternow?
---__________.
A.Sorry,heisbusyatthemomentB.No,youcan’t
C.Sorry,youcan’tD.Idon’tknow
2.---DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourdictionary?
---__________.
A.Yes,youmayborrowB.Yes,goon
C.Yes,helpyourselfD.Itdoesn’tmatter
3.---IsthatMrRobertLee?
---__________.
A.Yes,LeespeakingB.Hello,whatdoyouwant
C.Sorry,speakingD.Idon’tknow
4.---Excuseme,sir.WhereisDr.Brown’soffice?
---__________.
A.Youcan’taskme
B.Pardon?
Ihavenoidea
C.Pleasedon’tsayso
D.SorryIdon’tknow,butyoucanaskthemanoverthere
5.---Mary,yourdressisreallybeautiful.HowisJohn?
---__________.
A.Thankyouverymuch
B.No,no,Johnisnotbad
C.Thankyou.Heisfine
D.Don’tsaythat.It’sugly.Johnisgood
6.---WhatcanIdoforyou,madam?
---__________.
A.IwantakiloofapplesB.Youcangoyourownway
C.ThanksD.Excuseme.I’mbusy
7.---I’dliketotakeyoutothecoffeehouseonthecorner.
---__________.
A.Thankyou.Youshouldn’t’dothatB.Thanks,I’dliketogowithyou
C.No,youcan’tsaysoD.No,no,Youcan’tdothat
8.---Doyoumindtellingmewhereyou’refrom?
---__________.
A.Certainly.I’mfromLondonB.Sure.IwasborninLondon
C.Notreally,youcandoitD.Certainlynot.I’mfromLondon
9.---MayIseethemenu,please?
---__________.
A.Thatisthemenu,sirB.Yes,pleasegoon
C.Hereyouare,sirD.Ofcourse,sir
10.---Iwasworriedaboutchemistry,butMrBrowngavemeanA!
---__________.
A.Don’tworryaboutit
B.Congratulations!
That’sadifficultcourse
C.MrBrownisverygood
D.Goodlucktoyou!
PartⅡReadingComprehension(40points)
Directions:
Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.ForeachquestiontherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Passage1
TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK.Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.
ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.Infact,hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheapprovedofapaper,hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowspell,sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”.Afterawhile,heshortenedthattermto“OK”.
ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn,Kinderhook,NewYork.VanBuren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresident.TheycalledtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub,andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”.
11.Theauthor_______________.
A.believesbothofthestories
B.doesn’tbelieveawordofthestories
C.isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrue
D.istellingthestoriesjustforfun
12.Accordingtothepassage,PresidentJackson________________.
A.couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatall
B.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimself
C.oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhim
D.wasn’tgoodatreadingorspelling
13.Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”________________.
A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJackson
B.wasthetitleofsomeofficialdocuments
C.wasfirstusedbyPresidentJackson
D.wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect”
14.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”______________.
A.wastheshortwaytosay“OldKinderhookClub”
B.meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn
C.wasthenameofVanBuren’sclub
D.wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection
15.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”wasfirstused____________.
A.byVanBuren
B.inapresidentialelection
C.toorganizetheOldKinderhookClub
D.bythemembersofthe“OldKinderhookClub”
Passage2
AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds,itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansociety.Lessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry(林业),andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns,smallandlarge.Herethetraditionalpictureischanging:
everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns,andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry,butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore.Halfthepopulationnowlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas(largecitieswiththeirsuburbs)ofmorethanamillionpeopleeach—alargerproportionthaninGermanyorEngland,letaloneFrance.Thestatistics(统计)ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeoplewholiveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday.Astherushtoliveoutoftowncontinues,ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses,sothatitishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb.ButmoreandmorethetypicalAmericanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment.
16.IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople,howmanyofthemareengagedinagricultureandforestry____________
A.About25million.B.Morethan25million.
C.Lessthan25million.D.Lessthan225million.
17.Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivinginmetropolitanareas_____________
A.UnitedStates.B.Germany.C.France.D.England.
18.What’sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage_________
A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs.B.Ofsmallandlargetowns.
C.Ofurbanareas.D.Ofruralareas.
19.Accordingtothepassage,whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates_________
A.Mostsmalltownsbecomegraduallycrowded.
B.Smalltownsarestillsimilartoeachother.
C.Asthetraditionalpictureischanging,townsaredifferent.
D.Smalltownsareturningintolargecities.
20.Whyisithardtosaywhenapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb__________
A.Becausetheyarethesame.
B.Becausetherushtakesplacetooquickly.
C.Becausetheprocessisgradual.
D.BecausemoreandmoreAmericansliveinmetropolitanareas.
Passage3
Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago,weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecouldnotremember.Butifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday,weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.
Itisthesameinhistory.Manythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccountofthem.Sometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry,butoftenitwasdestroyedbyfireorinawar.Sometimestherewasneveranywrittenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtowrite.Forexample,weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4,000yearsago,becausetheycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafterthem.Butweknowalmostnothingaboutthepeoplewholivedeven200yearsagoincentralAfrica,becausetheyhadnotlearnedtowrite.
Sometimes,ofcourse,evenifthepeoplecannotwrite,thymayknowsomethingofthepast.Theyhaveheardaboutitfromolderpeople,andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeenmadeaboutthemostimportanthappenings,andthesehavebeensungandactedandtoldformanygenerations.Formostpeopleareproudtotellwhattheirfathersdidinthepast.Thiswemaycall’rememberedhistory’.Someofithasmowbeenwrittendown.Itisnotsoexactorsovaluabletousaswrittenhistoryis,becausewordsaremuchmoreeasilychangedwhenusedagainandagaininspeechthanwhencopiedinwriting.Butwheretherearenowrittenrecords,suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful.
21.Whichofthefollowingideasisnotsuggestedinthepassage______
A.“Rememberedhistory”,comparedwithwrittenhistory,islessreliable.
B.Writtenrecordsofthepastplaythemostimportantroleinourlearningofthehumanhistory.
C.Awrittenaccountofourdailyactivitieshelpsustobeabletoanswermanyquestions.
D.Wheretherearenowrittenrecords,thereisnohistory.
22.WeknowverylittleaboutthecentralAfrica200yearsagobecause_______.
A.therewasnothingworthbeingwrittendownatthattime
B.thepeoplethereignoredtheimportanceofkeepingarecord
C.thewrittenrecordswereperhapsdestroyedbyafire
D.thepeopletheredidnotknowhowtowrite
23.“Rememberedhistory”refersto___________.
A.historybasedonaperson’simagination
B.storiesofimportanthappeningspasseddownfrommouthtomouth
C.songsanddancesaboutthemostimportantevents
D.bothBandC
24.“Rememberedhistory”isregardedasvaluableonlywhen__________.
A.itiswrittendownB.nowrittenaccountisavailable
C.itprovestobetrueD.peopleareinterestedinit
25.Thepassagesuggeststhatwecouldhavelearnedmuchmoreaboutourpastthanwedonowiftheancientpeopl
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