统考大学英语B正式试题.docx

1、统考大学英语B正式试题试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试大学英语B试卷2006年11月注意事项一、将你的姓名、考号填写在答题卡的规定栏内，将考号和考试科目在规定的栏内用2B铅笔涂满涂黑。考试结束后，把试卷和答题卡放在桌上。试卷和答题卡均不得带出考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题卡的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、选择题用2B铅笔将选中项涂满涂黑，主观题用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。第一部分：英语知识运用（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）此部分共有10个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项

2、中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例ABCD1. I havent seen Billy for 10 years. _A. Either have I. B. So have I.C. Havent I. D. Neither have I.2. What would you like, tea or coffee? _A. Yes, I would. B. Coffee, please.C. Yes, please. D. It very nice.3. Do you know who telephoned me? _A. I heard it was

3、Sally. B. Yes, I remember it now.C. No, I didnt phone you. D. Yes, I know you well.4. Excuse me, how far is the airport from here? _A. You can take a taxi. B. Its about thirty miles.C. Ill fly to Sydney. D. Its only six hundred dollars. 5. Ive got two tickets for the match. Shall we go and watch it

4、together? _A. The tickets must be expensive. B. The match must be exciting.C. Why not? Lets go. D. The place is too far away.6. Could I borrow your CD of English songs? _ A. No, I am not available. B. Im sorry. Its not at hand now.C. Its very kind of you. D. Thank you very much.7. Hello, Sally. Hows

5、 everything? _A. Good for you. B. Oh, I agree.C. Thats right. D. Just so-so.8. Waiter! _ I cant eat this. Its too salty. A. Yes, sir? B. What? C. All right? D. Pardon?9. Ill be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat? Not at all. _A. Ive no time. B. Id rather not.B. C. Id like i

6、t. D. Id be happy to.10. Im taking my driving test tomorrow. _A. Cheers! B. Congratulations!C. Come on! D. Good luck!第二部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）此部分共有4篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例ABCDPassage 1There are many famous museums throughout the world where pe

7、ople can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art; Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings. FIU has opened wh

8、at it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You dont have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone.You can call the telephone number of a University computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the schoo

9、l computer. It is computer art produced electronically (通过电子手段) by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer artistes had

10、 no place to show their work.A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records or floppy discs (软盘), to others to see on their computers. He could also print his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser（激光

11、）printer. Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr. Shostak said the FIU museum would make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He sa

12、ys artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.11. The main purpose of this passage is to give information about_.A. famous museums throughout the world B. an electronic art museum

13、 in Miami, U.S.A.C. art exhibitions in Florida International UniversityD. latest development of computer art 12. To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs include_.A. floppy discs B. a computer and a printer C. pictures and drawings on paper D. a computer connected to the museum by a telephon

14、e line 13. What are stored in this museum?A. Paintings drawn by means of the computer. B. Different styles of paintings. C. Old paintings. D. Drawings done by art students of FIU.14. The museum was started when_.A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists B. Robert Shostak wante

15、d to help computer artists C. art students needed better places to show their works D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art 15. The word “audience” in the last paragraph refers to _.A. art students B. computer owners C. exhibits in the museum D. those who will enjoy art Passage 2“Coo

16、l” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you w

17、ill say, “Its cool.” You may think, “Hes so cool,” when you see your favourite footballer. We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Heres an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her stude

18、nts to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one students paper was just the one sentence, “Its so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same mea

19、ning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool. 16. We know that the word “cool” has had _.A. only one meaning B. no meanings C. many different meanings D

20、. the same meaning 17. In the passage, the word “express” means “_”. A. see B. show C. know D. feel 18. If you are _ something, you may say, “Its cool.” A. interested in B. angry about C. afraid of D. unhappy with 19. The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used. A. pleased w

21、ith B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with 20. In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “cool”_. A. cannot be replaced by other wordsB. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. shouldnt be overused Passage 3Soldiers and other military people wear uni

22、forms with various other symbols to indicate their status. But in the business world everyone wears more or less similar suits, and you cannot tell at a glance who ranks higher or lower than another. So how do people in the business world show their superiority?An attempt to study this was made by t

23、wo researchers using a series of silent films. They had two actors play the parts of an executive (经理) and a visitor, and switch roles each time. The scene had one man at his desk playing the part of an executive, while the other, playing the part of a visitor, knocks at the door, opens it and appro

24、aches the desk to discuss some business matter. The audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms of status. A certain set of rules about status began to emerge from the ratings. The visitor showed the least amount of status when he stopped just inside the door

25、 to talk across the room to the seated man. He was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to the desk, and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right in front of the seated executive.Another thing that affected the status of the visitor in the eye

26、s of the observers was the time between knocking and entering. For the seated executive, his status was also affected by the time between hearing the knock and answering. The quicker the visitor entered the room, the higher status he had. The longer the executive took to answer, the higher status he

27、 had. 21. The experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out _.A. how business is conducted by an executive and a visitorB. how to tell the differences between an executive and a visitorC. how to tell businessmen at a glanceD. how businessmen indicate their status22. Which of the st

28、atements can best sum up the passage?A. The executive has a higher status than the visitor.B. Military people wear uniforms but the businessmen do not.C. A study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmen.D. It is a good method to use a series of silent film in research.23. The closer

29、the visitor approaches the executive, _.A. the less it affected his status B. the lower his statusC. the more it affected his status D. the higher his status24. The longer the seated man was in answering the knock, _.A. the higher his status B. the less it affected his statusC. the lower his status

30、D. the more it affected his status25. Which statement is NOT true?A. Soldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one can tell their status at a glance.B. In the experiment, one actor played the executive while the other played the seated man.C. Business people wear similar suits.D. The audience watching the film rated the executive and the visitor in terms of status.Passage 4For any Englishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the worlds greatest dramatist (剧作家). Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare