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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试卷来源:全国高校网络教育考试委员会办公室2０23年12月注意事项一、将你的考号、姓名填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目规定答题。答案一定要写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题,使用铅笔答题无效。四、第一至第四部分的答案在答题纸上相应的字母上划横线。ParｔＩListenｉngＣompreｈeｎｓion(20ｐoinｔs）SectiｏnＡDireｃtｉons:Inthｉsｓｅctioｎyouｗillｈｅａrtenshortcoｎversaｔions.Attheeｎdoｆeaｃｈconversation,aquｅｓtｉonwillbeaskｅdaboｕtｗhａtｗassaid.Botｈthecoｎｖeｒsationandtｈeｑuestｉｏnwillbｅｓpokeｎtｗice.Afｔｅreachconvｅｒsatｉoｎ，ｔhｅｒeｗiｌｌbeapause．Ｄurinｇthepａusｅ,youｓhｏulｄreadtheｆoｕｒchoicesmaｒｋｅdＡ,Ｂ，ＣａｎdD，anｄdecidｅoｎｔhｅｂestansweｒ.ＴhenmarkthｅｃorｒeｓｐｏndｉｎglｅtteｒｏntｈｅAnswerＳheetwitｈａsinｇｌelinｅtｈroｕgｈｔhｅcenｔer.１.A.Athoｍe．ﻩﻩ ﻩﻩB.Atｓchoｏl.C.Ｉｎarestaurant. ﻩﻩD．Intheｏfficｅ．2.Ａ.Spaｉn． B.Grｅecｅ.ﻩ C.Switzerland.ﻩﻩD.Itaｌy.3.A.3．ﻩ ﻩﻩB.６. ﻩC.9. ﻩﻩ D.12.4.Ａ.Heｍissesｔｈeｌｅｃｔurｅ.B.Heshaｒestheｗｏman’ｓopinion.C.Ｈｅdisagrｅeswiｔｈtｈewomａn．D.Hewaｓnoｔｉnteresｔeｄiｎtｈelectuｒe.5.Ａ.Cｈocｏlatｅcaｋe.ﻩ ﻩﻩB．Ice-creaｍ．C.Ｎｏthiｎg.ﻩ ﻩ D.Caｎdy.６．A.Herrinｇ.ﻩ ﻩ B.Hersuｉtｃase. 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