大学英语B级考试模拟试题与答案解析.docx

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大学英语B级考试模拟试题与答案解析

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

PartI

UseofEnglish（20points）

Directions:

Inthispartthereare10incompletedialogues.Foreachdialoguetherearefour

choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthedialogue.Then

markthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

1.---Hello,mayItalktotheheadmasternow?

---__________.

A.Sorry,heisbusyatthemomentB.No,youcan't

D.Idon'tknow

C.Sorry,youcan't

2.---DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourdictionary?

---__________.

A.Yes,youmayborrowB.Yes,goon

D.Itdoesn'tmatter

C.Yes,helpyourself

3.---IsthatMrRobertLee?

---__________.

A.Yes,LeespeakingB.Hello,whatdoyouwant

D.Idon'C.Sorry,speakingtknow

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

D.Excuseme.I'C.Thanks

mbusy

7.---I'dliketotakeyoutothecoffeehouseonthecorner.

---__________.

dliketogowithyou

'B.Thanks,Idothat't'A.Thankyou.Youshouldn

C.No,youcan'tsaysoD.No,no,Youcan'tdothat

8.---Doyoumindtellingmewhereyou'refrom?

---__________.

A.Certainly.I'mfromLondonB.Sure.IwasborninLondon

D.Certainlynot.I'C.Notreally,youcandoitmfromLondon

9.---MayIseethemenu,please?

---__________.

A.Thatisthemenu,sirB.Yes,pleasegoon

D.Ofcourse,sir

C.Hereyouare,sir

10.---Iwasworriedaboutchemistry,butMrBrowngavemeanA!

---__________.

A.Don'tworryaboutit

B.Congratulations!

That'sadifficultcourse

C.MrBrownisverygood

D.Goodlucktoyou!

PartⅡReadingComprehension（40points）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.For

eachquestiontherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice

andmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1

TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,which

attempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK.Wedon'tknowifeitherstoryistrue,butthey

arebothinteresting.

ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.In

fact,hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedto

readthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheapprovedofapaper,hewould

write“allcorrect”onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn'tknowhowspell,sowhathereallywrote

was“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'sclubD.wasusedtocallVanBuren'ssupportersintheelection15.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”wasfirstused____________.

A.byVanBuren

B.inapresidentialelection

C.toorganizetheOldKinderhookClub

D.bythemembersofthe“OldKinderhookClub”

2

Passage

AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthan

thepresentpopulationneeds,itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansociety.Lessthana

tenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry（林业）,andmostoftherestliveinor

aroundtowns,smallandlarge.Herethetraditionalpictureischanging:

everysmalltownmay

stillbeverylikeothersmalltowns,andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyaccepted

viewofthecountry,butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore.Halfthe

populationnowlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas（largecitieswiththeirsuburbs）ofmore

thanamillionpeopleeach—alargerproportionthaninGermanyorEngland,letaloneFrance.

Thestatistics（统计）ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecauseso

manypeoplewholiveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday.

Astherushtoliveoutoftowncontinues,ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilled

withhouses,sothatitishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb.But

moreandmorethetypicalAmericanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltown

environment.

16.IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople,howmanyofthemareengagedinagriculture

andforestry____________

A.About25million.

B.Morethan25million.

D.Lessthan225million.C.Lessthan25million.

17.Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivingin

metropolitanareas_____________

A.UnitedStates.

B.Germany.C.France.

D.England.

18.What'sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage_________

A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs.B.Ofsmallandlargetowns.

D.Ofruralareas.

C.Ofurbanareas.

19.Accordingtothepassage,whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates

_________

A.Mostsmalltownsbecomegraduallycrowded.

B.Smalltownsarestillsimilartoeachother.

C.Asthetraditionalpictureischanging,townsaredifferent.

D.Smalltownsareturningintolargecities.

20.Whyisithardtosaywhenapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb__________

A.Becausetheyarethesame.

B.Becausetherushtakesplacetooquickly.

C.Becausetheprocessisgradual.

D.BecausemoreandmoreAmericansliveinmetropolitanareas.

3

Passage

Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago,weshouldprobablyhavetosay

thatwecouldnotremember.Butifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhat

wedideachday,weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.

anyItisthesamedonothavewehaveinhistory.Manythingsbeenforgottenbecause

writtenaccountofthem.Sometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsin

anynevertherewar.indestroyeditbuttheircountry,oftenwasbyfireoraSometimeswas

writtenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtowrite.For

example,weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4,000yearsago,because

theycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafterthem.Butweknowalmost

nothingaboutthepeoplewholivedeven200yearsagoincentralAfrica,becausetheyhadnot

learnedtowrite.

Sometimes,ofcourse,evenifthepeoplecannotwrite,thymayknowsomethingofthepast.

Theyhaveheardaboutitfromolderpeople,andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeen

forsunghaveandimportantthemadeaboutmosthappenings,thesebeenandandtoldacted

manygenerations.Formostpeopleareproudtotellwhattheirfathersdidinthepast.Thiswe

maycall'rememberedhistory'.Someofithasmowbeenwrittendown.Itisnotsoexactorso

usedmuchwordsbecauseis,writtenasusvaluabletohistoryarechangedwheneasilymore

againandagaininspeechthanwhencopiedinwriting.Butwheretherearenowrittenrecords,

suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful.

21.Whichofthefollowingideasisnotsuggestedinthepassage______

A.“Rememberedhistory”,comparedwithwrittenhistory,islessreliable.

B.Writtenrecordsofthepastplaythemostimportantroleinourlearningofthe

humanhistory.

C.Awrittenaccountofourdailyactivitieshelpsustobeabletoanswermany

questions.

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__________.

B.nowrittenaccountisavailable

A.itiswrittendown

D.peopleareinterestedinit

C.itprovestobe