2015年9月教育部统考《大学英语B》试卷七附答案

2015 年 9 月教育部统考大学英语 B试卷 七附答案 一、交际英语 1. Pleased to meet you! _ A.Pleased to meet you ,too. B.How do you do? C.Ive heard about you. D.The pleasure is mine. 答案： A 2.- Could I speak to Don Watkins, please？ - _ A.Speaking, please. B.Oh, how are you？ C.Im listening. D.Im Don. 答案： A 3.- Whos speaking? - This is Tom _. A.speaks B.spoken C.speaking D.saying 答案： C 4.- This box is too heavy for me to carry it upstairs. - _ A.You may ask for help. B.Ill give you a hand. C.Please do me a favor. D.Id come to help. 答案： B 5.- Could I borrow your car for a few days? - _ A.Yes, you may borrow. B.Yes, go on. C.Sure, here is the key. Enjoy your journey. D.It doesnt 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 the restaurant. Taking hold of his arm, he declared that the boy hadbeen 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 feasting one of senses with the good smell of this mans 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 loudly.” 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 cook, but itwas 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.T B.F 答案： A 7.The boy reported what happened to the police in the police station. A.T B.F 答案： B 8.The police asked the boy to make noises with the two pence. A.T B.F 答案： A 9.The cook finally got some money. A.T B.F 答案： B 10.The policeman was not satisfied with the solution. A.T B.F 答案： B Once 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.worker B.artist C.king D.writer 答案： B 12.He was ordered to _. A.paint the wall of the kings palace in England B.paint some pictures on the wall of the palace C.build a big platform in front of the palace D.put up some new pictures on the old wall 答案： B 13.It took them _ to finish the pictures. A.a month B.a week C.twelve months D.half a month 答案： C 14.James Thornhill felt that the _ he was from the pictures, the _ they were. A.nearer more beautiful B.farther more ugly C.farther more beautiful D.higher above more good-looking 答案： C 15.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to _. A.save James life B.destroy the picture C.make the picture more beautiful D.make the king angry 答案： A 三、词汇与语法 16.The twin brothers are only _ in appearance. A.like B.likely C.likelihood D.alike 答案： D 17.If you observe more closely, Margaret is _ of the two girls. A.the taller B.taller C.the tallest D.tallest 答案： A 18._ the War of Independence, the United States was an English colony. A.Before B.At C.In D.Between 答案： A 19.Sunday is the day _people usually don t go to work. A.when B.which C.in which D.that 答案： A 20.A pair of spectacles _ what I need at the moment. A.is B.are C.has D.have 答案： A 四、完型填空 If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would _21_: surfing. But isnt 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 best feeling I had ever _23_. When I try to compare surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my _24_, theres nothing like it. It involves body, mind, and soul. Theres sand between my toes and cool, salt water all _25_ us. The feeling I get when Im surfing across that water, becoming one with the ocean, is like Im weightless. 21. A.experienced B.life C.around D.answer E.fell 答案： D 22. A.experienced B.life C.around D.answer E.fell 答案： E 23. A.experienced B.life C.around D.answer E.fell 答案： A 24. A.experienced B.life C.around D.answer E.fell 答案： B 25. A.experienced B.life C.around D.answer