大学英语B习题卷9

大学英语B9

一、交际英语

1.-Hello,Peter.Whatdoyoudo?

A.Iamfine.

B.Iamnotsick.

C.IamastudentfromBonnUniversity.

D.IcamefromBonnUniversity.

答案：C

2.-Congratulations!Youwonthefirstprizeintoday'sspeechcontest.

A.Yes,Ibeattheothers.

B.No,no,Ididn'tdoitwell.

C.Thankyou.

D.It'sapleasure.

答案：C

3.-Unbelievable!Ihavefailedthedrivingtestagain!

-Thisisnottheendoftheworld.

A.Goodluck.

B.Cheerup.

C.Goahead.

D.Noproblem.

答案：B

4.-1wonderifIcoulduseyourcomputertonight?

-I'mnotusingitrightnow.

A.Sure,hereyouare.

B.Idon'tknow.

C.Itdoesn'tmatter.

D.Whocares?

答案：A

5.-Couldyouhelpmewithmyphysics,please?

A,No,noway.

B.No,Icouldn't.

C.No,Ican't.

D.SorryIcan't.Ihavetogotoameetingrightnow.

答案：D

二、阅读理解

Chessmustbeoneoftheoldestgamesintheworld.AnArabtravellerinIndiainthe

year900wrotethatitwasplayed'long,longago.'ChesswasprobablyinventedinIndia,

andithasbeenplayedeverywherefromJapantoEuropesince1400.Thename'chess'is

interesting.Whenoneplayerisattackingtheother'sking,hesaysinEnglish,'check,.

Whenthekinghasbeencaughtandcannotmoveanywhere,hesays'checkmate'.These

wordscomefromPersian'Shahmat'means'thekingisdead'.Thatiswhenthegameis

over,andoneplayerhaswon.

Suchanoldgamechangesveryslowly.Theruleshavenotalwaysbeenthesameas

theyarenow.Forexample,atonetimethequeencouldonlymoveonesquareatatime.

Nowsheisthestrongestpieceontheboard.Itwouldbeinterestingtoknowwhythishas

happened.Chesstakestimeandthought,butitisagameforallkindsofpeople.You

don'thavetobeachampioninordertoenjoyit.Itisnotalwaysplayedbytwopeople

sittingatthesametable.ThefirsttimetheAmericansbeattheRussianswasinamatch

playedbyradio.Someofthechessmastersareabletoplaymanypeopleatthesame

time.Therecordwaswhenonemanplayed400games!Itissaidthatsomepeopleplayed

chessbypost.Thismustmakechesstheslowestgameintheworld.

6.ChesswasplayedinIndialongbefore900.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

7.0neplayerhaswonthegamewhenheattackstheotherplayer'sking.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

8.Chessisagameforallsortsofpeople.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

9.Onlytwopeoplecanplaychesssittingatthesametable.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

lO.Accordingtotheoldrulesofthegame,thekingcouldnotmoveanywhere.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

OnceJamesThornhill,afamousEnglishpainter,wasaskedtopaintsome

picturesonthewallsoftheking'spalaceinEngland.

Thenworkersweresentforandabigplatform（台子）wasmade.

Withthehelpofaworker,Thornhillstartedpaintingontheplatform.They

workedforawholeyearandatlastthepictureswereready.

Thornhillwashappywhenhelookedatthepictures,fortheywerereally

beautiful.Helookedatthemforalongtime,andthentookonestepbackand

lookedagain.Nowthepictureswereevenmorebeautiful.Hetookanotherstep,

thenanother.Finallyhewasattheveryedgeoftheplatform,buthedidn'tknow

itbecausehewasthinkingofhispictures.

Theworkersaweverything."WhatshouldIdo?"hethought."Thornhillwasat

theveryedgeoftheplatform.IfIcryout,hewilltakeanotherstep,falloffitand

surelybeIdled."Sotheworkerquicklytooksomepaint（漆）andthrewitatthe

pictures.

"Whatareyoudoing?"criedthepainter,runningquicklyforwardtohis

pictures.

liJamesThornhillwasanEnglish.

A.worker

B.artist

c.king

0,writer

答案：B

12.Hewasorderedto.

A.paintthewalloftheking'spalaceinEngland

B.paintsomepicturesonthewallofthepalace

c.buildabigplatforminfrontofthepalace

D.putupsomenewpicturesontheoldwall

答案；B

13.lttookthemtofinishthepictures.

A.amonth

B.aweek

c.twelvemonths

D.halfamonth

答案：c

i4.JamesThornhillfeltthatthehewasfromthepictures；thethey

were.

A.nearer...morebeautiful

B.farther...moreugly

c.farther...morebeautiful

D.higherabove...moregood-looking

答案：c

IS.Theworkerthrewsomepaintatthepicturesinorderto

A.saveJames'life

B.destroythepicture

C.makethepicturemorebeautiful

D.makethekingangry

答案：A

三、词汇与语法

16.Thesoupsmells_.Wouldyoulikesome?

A.good

B.well

C.properly

D.fjnely

答案：A

17.Don'tforgetthewindowbeforeleavingtheroom.

A.tohaveclosed

B.toclose

C.havingclosed

D.dosing

答案：B

18.Tommorethantwentypoundsonthenovel.

A.spent

B.paid

C.cost

D.took

答案：A

19.1liketheteacher_____classesareveryinterestingandcreative.

A,which

B.who

C.whose

D.what

答案：C

2O.ThereasonIdidnotgoabroadwes_____ajobinmyhometown.

A.because

B.dueto

C.thatIgot

□.becauseofgetting

答案：C

四、完型填空

Onenight,athiefbrokeintoanoldman'shouse.He_21—anoiseandwokeupthe

oldmanandhiswife.Thehusbandtoldhiswifetobesilent,whilehesaidloudly,“My

dear,thesedaysthievesarecleverer.Iftheytake_22_theirclothesandputthemon

thetable,thepeopleintheroomwillfallasleepandcan'twakeup.”

Whenthethief_23_this,hetookoffhisclothesatonceandwasreadytosetoutto

work.Atthis_24_,thehusbandsuddenlyshoutedinaloudvoice/'Stopthief!Stop

thief!”Thethiefwasveryfrightened.Heranawayasfastasbecouldand_25—his

clothesonthetable.

21.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：A

22.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：C

23.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.