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

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.Thepassagesuggeststhatwecouldhavelearnedmuchmoreaboutourpastthanwedonowiftheancientpeople