大学英语C9.doc

大学英语C9一、阅读理解1、A man went into a pet shop to buy a parrot（鹦鹉）. The shop owner showed him three parrots.This one on the left costs 500 dollars.Why does the parrot cost so much? the man asked.The shop owner said, Well, it can sing a lot of songs.Thats great! What about the one next to it?It costs 1,000 dollars. It can do everything the other parrots can do. Besides that, it knows how to use computers.Oh, really? How wonderful! the man turned to the third parrot. What about this one?It costs 2,000 dollars.What can it do?The shop owner shrugged（耸耸肩） and replied, To be honest（老实讲）, I have never seen it do anything, but the other two call him Boss!(1)、Where did the story take place ? A：In a hotel. B：In a cinema. C：In a pet shop. D：In a school.答案： C(2)、What can a common parrot do as you know? A：Sing. B：Use computers. C：Speak like a man. D：Be a boss.答案： C(3)、Why does the first parrot cost so much? A：It is beautiful. B：It can speak English. C：It can sing many songs. D：It can dance.答案： C(4)、Which parrot knows how to use computers? A：The parrot which costs 500 dollars. B：The parrot which costs 1,000 dollars. C：The parrot which costs 2,000 dollars. D：The parrot which is called boss.答案： B(5)、The writer wrote this joke in order to _. A：tell us something about the parrots B：satirize（讽刺） some bosses who know nothing C：sell parrots D：earn money答案： B2、A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.At two oclock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked at the farmer, he was still there sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, You have wakened him six times now, but, why havent you sent him away? Its very late.Oh, no, I dont want to send him away, answered her husband. You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill, and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again.(1)、Who was the owner of the small restaurant? A：The farmer B：The wife C：The husband D：Both the men and the wife.答案： C(2)、Why did people come to drink in the restaurant after midnight? A：Because they liked the restaurant. B：Because it was near the station and people could eat there while waiting for trains. C：Because it was cheap to eat there. D：Because you could sleep there after meal.答案： B(3)、Why was the farmer asleep at a table? A：Because he had missed the train. B：Because he was too tired. C：Because he was drunk. D：The story does not tell us.答案： D(4)、The wife wanted to send the farmer away because_. A：she was sleepy and wanted to go to bed B：she didnt like him C：she wanted to clean the table D：she wanted the farmer to pay more答案： A(5)、The husband didnt want to send the farmer away because each time he woke him up, he could get _ money from him. A：much B：more C：less D：little答案： B 二、词汇与语法1、- Would you like to go to the concert with me?- Id love to, _ I cant. I have a lot of homework to do. A：or B：but C：so D：and答案： B2、- Have you seen the movie Speed? - Yes, I _ it twice when I was at college. A：have seen B：would see C：saw D：had seen答案： C3、The air in Beijing is getting much _ now than a few years ago. A：clean B：cleaner C：cleanest D：the cleanest答案： B4、There _ a paper factory here, but it is a square now. A：used to have B：used to has C：used to be D：used to being答案： C5、_ we all know, Taiwan is part of our country. A：As B：It C：Which D：What 答案： A6、She _home an hour ago. A：arriving B：to arrive C：having arrived D：arrived答案： D7、His father is _ than his mother. A：older two years B：two years older C：elder two years D：two years elder答案： B8、I dont like this one. Please give me _. A：other B：some else C：another D：some other答案： C9、She likes going to movies with her friends and _ games. A：play B：plays C：playing D：to play答案： C10、- _ have you been here?- Ive been here for two weeks. A：How long B：How often C：How much D：How many答案： A 三、选词填空1、 Peter lived with his mother in a very big house, and when she died, the _1_ became too big for him, so he bought a smaller one in the next street. There was a very nice old clock _2_ his first house, and when the men came to take his things to the new house for him, Pete thought, Im not going to let them _3_ my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps theyll break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it. So he picked it up and began to carry it down the road in his arms. It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to _4_ a rest. Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at Peter for a few seconds. Then he said to Pete, You are a foolish man, arent you? Why dont you buy a watch _5_ everybody else? (1)、 A：in B：have C：house D：carry E：like答案： C(2)、 A：in B：have C：house D：carry E：like答案： A(3)、 A：in B：have C：house D：carry E：like答案： D(4)、 A：in B：have C：house D：carry E：like答案： B(5)、 A：in B：have C：house D：carry E：like答案： E2、Before Christmas my parents _1_ shopping. They bought a lot of fresh food and drinks. My brother came back home from his college. He _2_ some gifts for us. I was busy writing and sending cards to friends.On Christmas Eve, my parents spent a long time _3_ in the kitchen. My brother stayed with us. He _4_ us about his colleg