大学英语B2.doc

大学英语B2一、交际英语1.- Hi, Celia! _to the United States?- It was wonderful. I really enjoyed it.A.What was your ideaB.How was your tripC.Who wentD.How often did you travel答案：B2.- Whats the problem with your bike?- _ A.Not at all.B.Good, thank you.C.Nothing serious.D.Sure答案：C3.- Do you mind my smoking here?- _ A.No, thanks.B.Yes, I do.C.Yes. Id rather not.D.Good idea.答案：B4.- Lets go to the library this afternoon.- _A.Yes, thats right.B.No. I cant.C.What about you?D.Thats a good idea.答案：D5.- Whats wrong with you, dear?- _ A.I didnt go to school.B.I have a terrible headache.C.I took the kids shopping today.D.It is a beautiful dress.答案：B二、阅读理解In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and some of his friends went on a hunting trip to Mississippi. After hours of searching, Roosevelt and his group had not come across any wild animals. Finally, the group did track down and surrounded a helpless bear. One of the guides asked the president to shoot the bear so he could win a hunting trophy (奖励). The president raised his riffle first and then put down his gun, letting the poor bear go. News reporters throughout the country reported the story, spreading Roosevelts kind act.Not long after this report, a famous cartoonist named Clifford Benyman drew a cartoon based on Roosevelts rescue of the bear. When a store owner in Brooklyn saw the cartoon, he decided to make toy bears to sell in his shop. He asked the president Roosevelt for permission to use the name. Teddys Bear for his toys, as a reminder of the bear Roosevelt had set free.Nowadays, everyone knows these toys as Teddy Bears, but few people know that they were named after President Theodore Teddy Roosevelt.6.Roosevelt and his friends went to Mississippi for hunting in November 1902.A.TB.F答案：A7.The reason that one guide asked Roosevelt to shoot the bear was the president could get the hunting prize.A.TB.F答案：A8.The news reporters reported the story about Roosevelt for their own popularity.A.TB.F答案：B9.Everyone knew how the toy was named Teddys Bear.A.TB.F答案：B10.According to the whole passage, the toy Teddys Bear was named after President Roosevelt.A.TB.F答案：AOnce James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the kings palace in England.Then workers were sent for and a big platform（台子）was made.With the help of 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 pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didnt 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 platform. 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.kingD.writer答案：B12.He was ordered to _.A.paint the wall of the kings 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 monthsD.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.make the picture more beautifulD.make the king angry答案：A三、词汇与语法16.One day while Mr. King was working, he had a/an _：his left leg was badly injured.A.businessB.accidentC.matterD.event答案：B17.Unfortunately, his father _ in the traffic accident yesterday. A.deadB.was killedC.killedD.was dead答案：B18.The boy is not happy at the new school. He has _ friends there.A.fewB.a fewC.littleD.a little答案：A19.The reason I did not go abroad was _ a job in my home town.A.becauseB.due toC.that I gotD.because of getting答案：C20.A pair of spectacles _ what I need at the moment.A.isB.areC.hasD.have答案：A四、完型填空How much do you know about manners? Different countries have different manners. In some Asian countries, it is good manners to take off your _21_ before you go into a house. But in European countries, even if they sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. If you are a _22_ in a Chinese house, when you have a meal, you usually do not finish the food. You often leave a little to show that you have had enough. But in England, a visitor always finishes food to show that he has _23_ it. We must know the customs of other _24_, so that they will not think _25_ bad-mannered. People all over the world agree that a well-mannered person should be kind and helpful to others. If you remember this, at least you will not go very far wrong. Everybody likes a person with good manners, but no one likes a person with bad manners. Keep your manners.21. A.enjoyedB.shoesC.countriesD.usE.foreigner答案：B22. A.enjoyedB.shoesC.countriesD.usE.foreigner答案：E23. A.enjoyedB.shoesC.countriesD.usE.foreigner答案：A24. A.enjoyedB.shoesC.countriesD.usE.foreigner答案：C25. A.enjoyedB.shoesC.countriesD.usE.foreigner答案：D五、英译汉26.I do want to know what really happened.答案：我确实想知道到底发生了什么事。27.He doesnt know what life means to him.答案：他不知道人生的意义。28.I was too excited to say