统考大学英语B正式试题.docx

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统考大学英语B正式试题

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大学英语B试卷

2006年11月

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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〔A〕〔B〕〔C〕〔D〕

1.—Ihaven’tseenBillyfor10years.—____________

A.EitherhaveI.B.SohaveI.

C.Haven’tI.D.NeitherhaveI.

2.—Whatwouldyoulike,teaorcoffee?

—____________

A.Yes,Iwould.B.Coffee,please.

C.Yes,please.D.It’verynice.

3.—Doyouknowwhotelephonedme?

—____________

A.IhearditwasSally.B.Yes,Irememberitnow.

C.No,Ididn’tphoneyou.D.Yes,Iknowyouwell.

4.—Excuseme,howfaristheairportfromhere?

—____________

A.Youcantakeataxi.B.It’saboutthirtymiles.

C.I’llflytoSydney.D.It’sonlysixhundreddollars.

5.—I’vegottwoticketsforthematch.Shallwegoandwatchittogether?

—____________

A.Theticketsmustbeexpensive.B.Thematchmustbeexciting.

C.Whynot?

Let’sgo.D.Theplaceistoofaraway.

6.—CouldIborrowyourCDofEnglishsongs?

—______________

A.No,Iamnotavailable.B.I’msorry.It’snotathandnow.

C.It’sverykindofyou.D.Thankyouverymuch.

7.—Hello,Sally.How’severything?

—_____________

A.Goodforyou.B.Oh,Iagree.

C.That’sright.D.Justso-so.

8.—Waiter!

—____________

—Ican’teatthis.It’stoosalty.

A.Yes,sir?

     B.What?

    C.Allright?

    D.Pardon?

9.—I’llbeawayonabusinesstrip.Wouldyoumindlookingaftermycat?

—Notatall.____________

A.I’venotime. B.I’drathernot.  

B. C.I’dlikeit.   D.I’dbehappyto.

10.—I’mtakingmydrivingtesttomorrow.

—____________

A.Cheers!

B.Congratulations!

C.Comeon!

D.Goodluck!

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〔A〕〔B〕〔C〕〔D〕

Passage1

Therearemanyfamousmuseumsthroughouttheworldwherepeoplecanenjoyart.Washington,D.C.hastheNationalGalleryofArt;ParishastheLuvre;London,theBritishMuseum.FloridaInternationalUniversity（FIU）inMiamialsoshowsartforpeopletosee.Anditdoessowithoutabuilding,orevenawallforitsdrawingsandpaintings.

FIUhasopenedwhatitsaysisthefirstcomputerartmuseumintheUnitedStates.Youdon’thavetovisittheUniversitytoseetheart.Youjustneedacomputerlinkedtoatelephone.

YoucancallthetelephonenumberofaUniversitycomputerandconnectyourowncomputertoit.Alloftheartisstoredintheschoolcomputer.Itiscomputerartproducedelectronically（通过电子手段）byartistsontheirowncomputers.Inonlyafewminutes,yourcomputercanreceiveandcopyallthepicturesanddrawings.

RobertShostakisdirectorofthenewcomputermuseum.Hesayshestartsthemuseumbecausecomputerartisteshadnoplacetoshowtheirwork.

Acomputerartistcouldonlyrecordhispictureselectronicallyandsendtherecordsorfloppydiscs（软盘）,tootherstoseeontheircomputers.Hecouldalsoprinthispicturesonpaper.Buttoprintgoodpicturesonpaper,thecomputerartistneedsanexpensivelaser（激光）printer.

RobertShostaksaystheelectronicmuseumismostlyforartorcomputerstudentsatschoolsanduniversities.Manyofthepicturesinthemuseumaremadebystudents.Mr.ShostaksaidtheFIUmuseumwouldmakecomputerartmorefunforcomputerartistsbecausemorepeoplecanseeit.Hesaysartistsenjoytheirworkmuchmoreiftheyhaveanaudience.AndthegreatnumberofhomecomputersinAmericacouldmeanahugeaudiencefortheelectronicmuseum.

11.Themainpurposeofthispassageistogiveinformationabout_____________.

A.famousmuseumsthroughouttheworld

B.anelectronicartmuseuminMiami,U.S.A.

C.artexhibitionsinFloridaInternationalUniversity

D.latestdevelopmentofcomputerart

12.ToseetheartinFIUmuseum,yourspecialneedsinclude_____________.

A.floppydiscs

B.acomputerandaprinter

C.picturesanddrawingsonpaper

D.acomputerconnectedtothemuseumbyatelephoneline

13.Whatarestoredinthismuseum?

A.Paintingsdrawnbymeansofthecomputer.

B.Differentstylesofpaintings.

C.Oldpaintings.

D.DrawingsdonebyartstudentsofFIU.

14.Themuseumwasstartedwhen___________.

A.RobertShostakwantedtodosomethingforcomputerscientists

B.RobertShostakwantedtohelpcomputerartists

C.artstudentsneededbetterplacestoshowtheirworks

D.computerscientistswantedtodosomethingaboutart

15.Theword“audience”inthelastparagraphrefersto___________.

A.artstudents　　　　　　B.computerowners

C.exhibitsinthemuseum　D.thosewhowillenjoyart

Passage2

“Cool”isawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.

“Cool”canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.

Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,“It’scool.”Youmaythink,“He’ssocool,”whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.

Weallmaximize（扩大）themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas“new”or“surprising”.Here’saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall（瀑布）theyhadvisited.Ononestudent’spaperwasjusttheonesentence,“It’ssocool.”Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity（缺乏）ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility（可信性）.Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”?

Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.

16.Weknowthattheword“cool”hashad________. 

A.onlyonemeaning                   B.nomeanings

C.manydifferentmeanings       D.thesamemeaning

17.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“________”.

A.see        B.show          C.know         D.feel

18.Ifyouare_______something,youmaysay,“It’scool.”

A.interestedin               B.angryabout

C.afraidof                   D.unhappywith

19.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheis________thewaythewordisused.

A.pleasedwith                    B.strangeto

C.worriedabout                  D.carefulwith

20.Inthepassage,thewritersuggests（暗示）thattheword“cool”________.

A.cannotbereplacedbyotherwords

B.usuallymeanssomethinginteresting

C.canmakeyourlifecolourful

D.shouldn’tbeoverused

Passage3

Soldiersandothermilitarypeoplewearuniformswithvariousothersymbolstoindicatetheirstatus.Butinthebusinessworldeveryonewearsmoreorlesssimilarsuits,andyoucannottellataglancewhorankshigherorlowerthananother.Sohowdopeopleinthebusinessworldshowtheirsuperiority?

Anattempttostudythiswasmadebytworesearchersusingaseriesofsilentfilms.Theyhadtwoactorsplaythepartsofanexecutive（经理）andavisitor,andswitchroleseachtime.Thescenehadonemanathisdeskplayingthepartofanexecutive,whiletheother,playingthepartofavisitor,knocksatthedoor,opensitandapproachesthedesktodiscusssomebusinessmatter.

Theaudiencewatchingthefilmswasaskedtoratetheexecutiveandthevisitorintermsofstatus.Acertainsetofrulesaboutstatusbegantoemergefromtheratings.Thevisitorshowedtheleastamountofstatuswhenhestoppedjustinsidethedoortotalkacrosstheroomtotheseatedman.Hewasconsideredtohavemorestatuswhenhewalkedhalfwayuptothedesk,andhehadthemoststatuswhenhewalkeddirectlyuptothedeskandstoodrightinfrontoftheseatedexecutive.

Anotherthingthataffectedthestatusofthevisitorintheeyesoftheobserverswasthetimebetweenknockingandentering.Fortheseatedexecutive,hisstatuswasalsoaffectedbythetimebetweenhearingtheknockandanswering.Thequickerthevisitorenteredtheroom,thehigherstatushehad.Thelongertheexecutivetooktoanswer,thehigherstatushehad.

21.Theexperimentdesignedbythetworesearchersaimedatfindingout_________.

A.howbusinessisconductedbyanexecutiveandavisitor

B.howtotellthedifferencesbetweenanexecutiveandavisitor

C.howtotellbusinessmenataglance

D.howbusinessmenindicatetheirstatus

22.Whichofthestatementscanbestsumupthepassage?

A.Theexecutivehasahigherstatusthanthevisitor.

B.Militarypeoplewearuniformsbutthebusinessmendonot.

C.Astudyrevealingasetofrulesaboutthestatusofbusinessmen.

D.Itisagoodmethodtouseaseriesofsilentfilminresearch.

23.Thecloserthevisitorapproachestheexecutive,_________.

A.thelessitaffectedhisstatusB.thelowerhisstatus

C.themoreitaffectedhisstatusD.thehigherhisstatus

24.Thelongertheseatedmanwasinansweringtheknock,_____________.

A.thehigherhisstatusB.thelessitaffectedhisstatus

C.thelowerhisstatusD.themoreitaffectedhisstatus

25.WhichstatementisNOTtrue?

A.Soldierswearuniformswithvarioussymbolssothatonecantelltheirstatusataglance.

B.Intheexperiment,oneactorplayedtheexecutivewhiletheotherplayedtheseatedman.

C.Businesspeoplewearsimilarsuits.

D.Theaudiencewatchingthefilmratedtheexecutiveandthevisitorintermsofstatus.

Passage4

ForanyEnglishman,therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist（剧作家）.Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim:

thatofWilliamShakespeare