大学英语B7 (2)

1、大学英语B7一、交际英语1. Pleased to meet you! _A.Pleased to meet you ,too.B.How do you do?C.I've heard about you.D.The pleasure is mine.答案：A2.- Could I speak to Don Watkins, please？- _ A.Speaking, please.B.Oh, how are you？C.I'm listening.D.I'm Don.答案：A3.- Who's speaking? - This is Tom _.A.spea

2、ksB.spokenC.speakingD.saying答案：C4.- This box is too heavy for me to carry it upstairs.- _ A.You may ask for help.B.I'll give you a hand.C.Please do me a favor.D.I'd come to help.答案：B5.- Could I borrow your car for a few days?- _ A.Yes, you may borrow.B.Yes, go on.C.Sure, here is the key. Enj

3、oy your journey.D.It doesn't matter.答案：C二、阅读理解 A poor boy, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer at noon before an eating-house. The boss of the restaurant told him several times to go away，but the boy could not leave the wonderful smell. At last, the cook came out of th

4、e restaurant. Taking hold of his arm, he declared that the boy had been feeding upon the smell of their food. He asked the boy to pay half the price of a meal. The poor fellow said that he neither could nor would pay. At that moment, a police happened to pass. He said to the boy, “You have been feas

5、ting one of senses with the good smell of this man's meat, you should satisfy one of his senses. How much money do you have?” “I have only two pence in all the world, sir and I must buy some bread.” “Never mind,”answered the policeman,“Take your two pence between your hands. Now rattle them loud

6、ly.” The boy did so, and the officer, turning to the cook, said, “Now, sir, I think he had paid you the smell of your delicious food. The smell of your food rewarded his nostrils（鼻孔）and the sound of his money rewarded your ears.” This decision gave more satisfaction to the bystanders than to the coo

7、k, but it was the only payment he could get. 6.The cook asked the boy to give him some money for feeding on the smell of the food.A.TB.F答案：A7.The boy reported what happened to the police in the police station.A.TB.F答案：B8.The police asked the boy to make noises with the two pence.A.TB.F答案：A9.The cook

8、 finally got some money.A.TB.F答案：B10.The policeman was not satisfied with the solution.A.TB.F答案：BOnce James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England.Then workers were sent for and a big platform（台子）was made.With the help o

9、f a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictur

10、es were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platfor

11、m. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. "So the worker quickly took some paint（漆）and threw it at the pictures."What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.11.James Thornhill was an English _.A.workerB.artistC.ki

12、ngD.writer答案：B12.He was ordered to _.A.paint the wall of the king's palace in EnglandB.paint some pictures on the wall of the palaceC.build a big platform in front of the palaceD.put up some new pictures on the old wall答案：B13.It took them _ to finish the pictures.A.a monthB.a weekC.twelve months

13、D.half a month答案：C14.James Thornhill felt that the _ he was from the pictures, the _ they were.A.nearermore beautifulB.farthermore uglyC.farthermore beautifulD.higher abovemore good-looking答案：C15.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to _.A.save James' lifeB.destroy the pictureC.m

14、ake the picture more beautifulD.make the king angry答案：A三、词汇与语法16.The twin brothers are only _ in appearance.A.likeB.likelyC.likelihoodD.alike答案：D17.If you observe more closely, Margaret is _ of the two girls.A.the tallerB.tallerC.the tallestD.tallest答案：A18._ the War of Independence, the United State

15、s was an English colony.A.BeforeB.AtC.InD.Between答案：A19.Sunday is the day _people usually dont go to work.A.whenB.whichC.in whichD.that答案：A20.A pair of spectacles _ what I need at the moment.A.isB.areC.hasD.have答案：A四、完型填空 If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would proba

16、bly say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would _21_: surfing. But isn't that a boy thing? Some people wonder. Most would certainly not. I started surfing about five years ago and _22_ in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first wave was the be

17、st feeling I had ever _23_. When I try to compare surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my _24_, there's nothing like it. It involves body, mind, and soul. There's sand between my toes and cool, salt water all _25_ us. The feeling I get when I'm surfing across t

18、hat water, becoming one with the ocean, is like I'm weightless.21. A.experiencedB.lifeC.aroundD.answerE.fell答案：D22. A.experiencedB.lifeC.aroundD.answerE.fell答案：E23. A.experiencedB.lifeC.aroundD.answerE.fell答案：A24. A.experiencedB.lifeC.aroundD.answerE.fell答案：B25. A.experiencedB.lifeC.aroundD.answerE.fell答案：C五、英译汉26.These five boys failed in their English exam last term.答案：这五个男同学上学期的英语考试没过。27.I was born in the city which you visited last year.答案：我就出生在你去年参观过的那个城市。28.The old man was knocked down by a taxi when he was crossing the street.答案：老人在过马路时被一辆出租车撞倒了。29.I knocked on his do