统考大学英语B模拟试题.doc

试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试模拟试题 大学英语B试卷1注 意 事 项一、将你的姓名、考号填写在答题卡的规定栏内，将考号和考试科目在规定的栏内用2B铅笔涂满涂黑。考试结束后，把试卷和答题卡放在桌上。试卷和答题卡均不得带出考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题卡的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、选择题用2B铅笔将选中项涂满涂黑，主观题用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。第一部分：英语知识运用（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）此部分共有10个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并，用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例ABCD1. How are things? _A. I dont know B. Everythings fine.C. These are books D. Ask him.2. Hi, Tina., long time no see. _ A. Yeah, where have you been lately? B. why?C. who are you? D. where are you going?3. _?-Yes. Ill start with an appetizer of oysters. A. what can I do for you? B. Are you ready to order now? C. what do you want? D. Where are you from?4. I just bought you a tie for your birthday. Do you like it? _ A. Yes, so do I. B. Its a very good idea.C. Oh, yeah. I love it. D. Id rather not.5. Martin, can you believe it? I was fired. _A. Oh, thats great.B. Oh, Im really sorry to hear that.C. It is not trueD. It is very kind of you.6. Can I mail this letter by register? _A. Yes, you will. B. Im afraid I wont be free.C. Certainly. Fill out this form. D. Thats great.7. How long does it take for an air mail letter to get to China? _.A. Yes, to China. B. it cant be trueC. About six days. D. None of your business8. Well eat here.A. Are you eating? B. Is this to go or to eat here?C. Who are eating with? D. Are you Mr. Wang?9. Would you like to have a drink? _ A. What did you do? B. Yes, Id like a glass of white wine. C. Can you help me? D. You are right. 10. -Have you travelled much by train? -_A. No. not really. B. Thats right. C. She is over there. D. How did you know? 第二部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）此部分共有4篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例ABCDPassage 1Some people believe that mental acts such as thinking are done in the brain alone, but that ones muscles also join them. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told tat you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is well known to them without moving their body or some part of their body. Often when one listens to a concert on the radio, he tries to direct the players even though he knows here is a conductor on the job.Strange as this act may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot get all possible enjoyment from music unless he joins in playing. The listener feels himself into the music with more or less pronounced movements of his body. The muscles of the body actually join in the mental act of thinking in the same way, but his joining is less obvious because it is less pronounced. 11. The act of thinking and that of listening are similar in that _A. we get the same enjoyment from themB. muscles join in both actsC. both acts are done by the entire bodyD. both are entirely mental acts12. Few people are able to listen to well-known music without_.A. wishing that they could conduct music properlyB. stopping what they are doing to listen C. moving some part of the bodyD. directing the players playing it13. Body movements are necessary in order for the listeners to _.A. understand the music completelyB. hear the music C. appreciate the music D. enjoy the music fully 14. Which of the following is not true?A. they pronounced body moving is a listeners way of “feeling” the musicB. it is strange to some people that the mental acts dont only exist in the brainC. One can get enjoyment better from the music when acting as a “conductor”.D. Muscles joining in the act of thinking is easy to see. 15. After finishing the passage, we know that _.A. the mental act of thinking doesnt happen by itself in the brain B. mental acts belong to muscle movementsC. only when moving his body, can one thinkD. muscles are fond of music, too.Passage 2People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.Most the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient times people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.In china, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some island. Cows and other animals were used as money, too.The first copper coins were made in china. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. Different countries had used different metals for their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. Then first paper money looked more like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today. 16. We use _ as money today. A. paper B. shells C. gold and silver D. copper coins 17. People gave up gold and silver coins because _.A. they were too heavy B. they would be for future useC. they were easy to slip off D. they were useless18. _ first used paper money. A. India B. America C. France D. China 19. African people used _as money in ancient times. A. cloth and knives B. cows and other animals C. copper coins D. tusks, monkey tails and salt20. The best title for this passage is _.A. Paper Can Be Used as MoneyB. Africa Money FormsC. The History of Money D. Money in Ancient Times Passage 3I have been trying to get sick. I dont wear a sweater when I should, and tow days ago I walked in the rain without my boots and my feet got soaked. But so far nothing ahs happened. Debbie once told me about a girl in her cabin at camp who liked to stay overnight in the infirmary. She used to rub the end of the thermometer until it went up to 102. Then shed stick it in her mouth and the nurse would think she was really sick.This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 94 and I rubbed it for ten whole minutes. So I held the tip of the next to the light bulb in my desk lamp it went up to 105. I figured Id put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that. Then my mother would take it out and wouldnt she be surprised when she saw what a high fever I had!The only trouble was I didnt know the thermometer would be so hot. As soon as I put it into my mouth I burned my tongue. Something awful! I spit the thermometer out. It fell on the floor but id didnt break. I will have to think up a better way to get mother and father back together. I cant waste my time trying to get sick. That could be forever. 21. How does the author try to get sick?A. she walks in the rain without her bootsB. she doesnt wear a sweater when she should C. she plays in the hot sun D. both A and B22. The girl Debbie talked about pretended to be ill _.A. so that she could have a rest B. so that she could sleep in the infirmary at night C. so that she would not work the next day D. because she was mad23. When she put the hot thermometer in her mouth, _.A. she dropped it down B. the thermometer broke C. her mouth felt hotD. she burned her tongue24. she has been trying to get sick because _.A. she doesnt want to go to school.B. She misses her parents C. She hates her mother D. Both A and B 25. What does “ infirmary” mean in paragraph 1?A. place for playing gamesB. place for sick people C. place for tea D. gambling house Passage 4Light travels at a speed that is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. In one second, light travels about 300, 000 km. But sound travels only 344 m. you can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke come from his gun before the sound reaches your ears. This great speed of light gives us some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light that you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km per minute. In some cases, the light from one of tonights stars started on its journey to you before you were born. Thus, if we want to be honest, we cannot say, “ the stars are shining tonight.” We have to say, “The stars look pretty. They were shinning four years ago but their light has only just reached Earth.”26. If you stand 200 meters away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you will find out that _.A. you can hear the gun before you see the smokeB. sound does not travel as fast as lightC. the sound of the gun will reach you before the man fires his gun D. sound travels about a million times faster than light 27. Sunlight seems to _ than the light of the moon.A. have to travel a greater distance B. move less quicklyC. travel much more quickly D. be less powerful28. In the first sentence, “about” is similar in meaning to _.A. around B. only C. at least D. nearly 29. We can know from the information given in the passage that the moon must be about _ m away from Earth.A. 300, 000B. Two million C. 400 000D. 480 times 300000030. If the information given in this passage is correct, when we look at a star at night_.A. we will notice that it is not moving B. we cannot tell whether or not it still existsC. it will be brighter than the moon D. the light we can see will not reach us for four years第三部分：词汇和结构 （共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）第一节：此小节共有15个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例ABCD31. When I passed by his door, I heard him _. A. sing B. sang C. singing D. was singing 32. You ought to take every _ to improve your English. A. case B. chance C. thing D. time 33. His honesty is _; nobody can doubt it.A. in question B. out of the question C. beside the question D. without question 34. Mr. Brown is said _ a new novel. A. to write B. to have been written C. to be written D. to have written 35. My new glasses cost me _ the last pair that I bought. A. times three B. more than three times C. three times as much as D. as much three times as 36. The _ of three and five is four. A. avenue B. subtraction C. average D. total 37. Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to _ the factory. A. extend B. increase C. rise D. expand 38. Please _ her of that important meeting again. She is always forgetting things. A. warn B. relieve C. remind D. inform 39. You could tell from the way he drove his car that he _ his father. A. took after B. took down C. took from D. took off40. Work hard, _ you will fail in the exam. A. although B. and C. or D. unless41. She some fish at the moment. She does not like fish but her husband does. A. fryingB. is fry C. to fryD. is frying 42. When will they leave? They very soon. A. do leave B. are leaving C. have left D. leave43. When I saw the mess my paper was in, it was obvious that someone it. A. was readingB. had readC. had been readingD. would have read44. Where is your bicycle? My bicycle was _ last night. A. robbedB. lostC. stolenD. not here any more45. If someone jumps the traffic lights, what will happen to him? He will probably be for breaking the traffic rules. A. finingB. finedC. to fineD. fine第二节：此小节的短文中共有10个空白处，针对每个空白处有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例ABCDSingle children can become spoiled if they are never refused things they ask for. These demands and requests may be -46- clothing, food, toys, playtime and so forth. Only children become accustomed to the -47- of having their desires fulfilled -48- they wish. An only child may do well in this -49- until he or she begins to attend school, at which time these demands may -50- with the desires of other children or the teacher. The school teacher may -51-, for example, to allow the only child to have every color of construction paper -52- in the classroom. Since this child has been allowed by his parents to get everything he demands, he may -53- to this denial of his demands b