新大纲2014年9月远程教育中心大学英语B统考题库

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上大学英语B9 一、交际英语1、- I've got your invitation. - Oh, good. _ A：Can you come? B：Thanks a lot. C：I'll take it. D：May I help you?答案： A2、-How is Mr Brown?- _. A：He is tall and beautiful B：He is very strict with us C：He is fine D：He is in an expensive car答案： C3、- _?- It's Friday. A：W

2、hat day is it? B：What's the date today? C：What's the time? D：What time is it? 答案： A4、- Madam, do all the buses go downtown?- A：Wow, you got the idea. B：No, never mind. C：Pretty well, I guess. D：Sorry, I'm new here.答案： D5、- Congratulations! You won the first prize in today's speech co

3、ntest.- _ A：Yes, I beat the others. B：No, no, I didn't do it well. C：Thank you. D：It's a pleasure.答案： C 二、阅读理解1、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to ma

4、ke her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he c

5、ould not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.The young ma

6、n told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: "When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.&q

7、uot;On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed sep

8、arately.(1)、The story took place in the United States. A：T B：F答案： B(2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage. A：T B：F答案： A(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl. A：T B：F答案： B(4)、The shop manager came to talk

9、 to the young man, because he was poorly dressed. A：T B：F答案： B(5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him. A：T B：F答案： B2、How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really kn

10、ow is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be writ

11、ten down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad an

12、d sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of w

13、ords is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they wil

14、l make our speech silly and vulgar. (1)、The origin of language is _. A：a legend handed down from the past B：a matter that is hidden or secret C：a question difficult to answer D：a problem not yet solved答案： D(2)、What is true about words? _ A：They are used to express feelings only. B：They can not be wr

15、itten down. C：They are simply sounds. D：They are mysterious.答案： C(3)、The real power of words consists in their _. A：properties B：characteristics C：peculiarity D：representative function答案： D(4)、By "association" in the last paragraph, the author means _. A：a special quality B： a joining of i

16、deas in the mind C：an appearance which is puzzling D：a strange feature答案： B(5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? _ A：He is no more than a master of words. B：He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music. C：He can move men to tears. D：His style is always char

17、ming.答案： A 三、词汇与语法1、Everyone of them _ tired and wanted a good rest. A：seems B：is seemed C：was seemed D：seemed答案： D2、-Would you like a bag of rice?-Yes. I have _ rice at home. A：some B：little C：a little D：any答案： B3、-_I put my coat here? -Sorry, you _. A：May; mustn't B：Do; don't C：can; needn&

18、#39;t D：May; can't答案： D4、I don't know the park, but it's_ to be quite beautiful. A：said B：told C：spoken D：talked答案： A5、 Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a _ and disorder! A：mass B：mess C：guess D：bus答案： B 四、完型填空 Social customs and ways of behaving are changin

19、g. _1_ was considered impolite many years ago is now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was thought to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke in the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman _2_ a fool of himself by smoking when a woman was in the room. Customs _3_ from country to country, but the important thing _4_ is not to do anything that might make other people feel _5_, especially if they are your guests. You are expected to find a way to keep them from feeling foolish.(1)、 A：uncomfortable B：would