电大网考大学英语B(个人整理非常齐全).doc

1. Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now? _.答案：AA.Sorry, he is busy at the momentB. No, you cantC. Sorry, you cantD. I dont know2. Do you think I could borrow your dictionary?_.答案：CA. Yes, you may borrowB. Yes, do onC. Yes, help yourself D. It doesnt matter3. Are you Mr. Robert Lee?_.答案：AA. radicallyB. academicallyC. untouchedD. traditionally4. Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Browns office?_.答案：DA. You cant ask meB. Pardon? I have no ideaC. Please dont say soD. Sorry I dont know, but you can ask the man over there5. Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John?_.答案：CA. Thank you very muchB. No, no, John is not badC. Thank you. He is fineD. Dont say that. Its ugly. John is good6.What can I do for you, madam?_.答案：AA. I want a kilo of applesB. You can go your own wayC. ThanksD. Excuse me, Im busy7. Id like to take you to the coffee house on the corner._.答案：BA. Thank you. You shouldnt do thatB. Thanks, Id like to go with youC. No, you cant say soD. No, no. You cant do that8. Do you mind telling me where youre from?_.答案：DA. Certainly. Im from LondonB. Sure. I was born in LondonC. Not really, you can do itD. Certainly not. Im from London9. May I see the menu, please? Ive been waiting an hour already._.答案：CA. That is the menu, sirB. Yes, please go onC. Here you are, sirD. Of course, sir10. I was worried about chemistry, but Mr. Brown gave me an A! _.答案：BA. Dont worry about itB. Congratulations! Thats a difficult courseC. Mr. Brown is very goodD. Good luck to you!11. Would you like to have dinner with us this evening? _.答案：CA. OK, but I have to go to a meeting nowB. No, I cantC. Sorry, but this evening I have to go to the airport to meet my parentsD. I dont know12. Hi, is Mary there, please? _.答案：AA. Hold on. Ill get herB. No, she isnt hereC. Yes, she lives hereD. Yes, what do you want13. Please help yourself to the fish _.答案：AA. Thanks, but I dont like fishB. Sorry, I cant helpC. Well, fish dont suit meD. No, I cant14. Hurry up please, or Ill late. _.答案：AA. Sorry sir, but the traffic is thick nowB. Well, its alright, sirC. How can you say that, sir?D. Oh, we are going the right way15. Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the airport? _.答案：BA. Dont ask thatB. Sorry, Im a stranger hereC. No, I cant say thatD. No, youre driving too fast16. How about a date to the movies tonight, Jane? _.答案：DA. I dont think soB. Im sorry. I have to drive my mother home tonightC. Never mindD. Take it easy17. Are you ready to order desert, please? _.答案：AA. Yes, pleaseB. Please dont order itC. No, dont mention itD. Yes, Id like to have some chocolate cake18. Did Tom tell you to water the flowers? _.答案：CA. No. And so did IB. No. And neither did IC. He did. And so I didD. He did. And so do I19. Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water? _.答案：AA. Id rather stay here if you dont mindB. Sorry, I dont like neitherC. Certainly, why not?D. Yes, we like these two places20. Would you mind changing seats with me? _.答案：CA. Yes, you can B. Of course, I like toC. No, I dont mindD. Certainly, please doReading Comprehension One There are stories about two U.S. presidents, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, which attempt to explain the American English term OK. We dont know if either story is true, but they are both interesting.The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact, he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson, he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write “all correct” on it. The problem was that he didnt know how to spell, so what he really wrote was “all correct”. After a while, he shortened that term to “OK”.The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born, Kinderhook, New York. Van Burens friends organized a club to help him become President. They called the club the Old Kinderhook Club, and anyone who supported Van Buren wan called “OK”.I. Choose the best answer according to the passage:1. The author _.答案：CA. believes both of the storiesB. doesnt believe a word of the storiesC. is not sure whether the stories are trueD. is telling the stories just for fun2. Oxford got to be an attraction for students and teachers from all over the world _.答案：DA. at the end of the ninth centuryB. by the 12th centuryC. in the 13th century D. in 19793. Oxford has managed to modernize itself quickly but _.答案：CA. radicallyB. academicallyC. untouchedD. traditionally4. Sir Roger Bannister is _.答案：DA. the former American PresidentB. the former Master of OxfordC. a head of an Oxford collegeD. one of the tutors in Oxford5. Which one of the following statements is Not correct?答案：BA. Every year its possible for most of the applicants to be accepted by Oxford.B. The undergraduates benefit from a lot of traditional and notable privileges.C. The one-to-one tutorial system began several centuries ago.D. The relationship between teacher and student can last for a long time. Reading Comprehension Two Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely an urban society. Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in the agriculture and forestry(林业), and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas (large cities with their suburbs) of more than a million people eacha large proportion than in Germany or England, let alone France. The statistics(统计) of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.I. Choose the best answer according to the passage:1. If now America has 250 million people, how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?答案：CA. About 25 million.B. More than 25 millionC. Less than 25 millionD. Less than 225 million2. Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?答案：CA. United StatesB. GermanyC. FranceD. England3. Whats the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?答案：AA. Of a large city with its suburbsB. Of small and large townsC. Of urban areasD. Of rural areas4. According to the passage, what can we learn about small towns in the United States?答案：BA.Most small towns become gradually crowdedB.Small towns are still similar to each otherC.As the traditional picture is changing, towns are differentD.Small towns are turning into large cities5. Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?答案：CA. Because they are the sameB. Because the rush takes place too quickly.C. Because the process is gradual.D. Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas Reading Comprehension Three If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question. It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we dont have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write. Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call remembered history. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.I. Choose the best answer according to the passage:1. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?答案：DA. “Remembered history”, compared with written history, is less reliable.B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.2. We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because 答案：DA. there was nothing worth being written down at that timeB. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a recordC. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fireD. the people there did not know how to write3. “Remembered history” refers to _.答案：DA. history based on a persons imaginationB. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouthC. songs and dances about the most important eventsD. both B and C4. “Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only when_.答案：BA. it is written downB. no written account is availableC. it proves to be trueD. people are interested in it5. The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had 答案：AA. kept a written record of every past eventB. not burnt their written records in warsC. told exact stories of the most important happeningsD. made more songs and dances Reading Comprehension Four We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” when we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, its too late.Why do we go wrong about our friendsor our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we dont really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “Youre a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side? If he says, “Youre a lucky guy” or “Youre a lucky gal”, thats being friendly. But “lucky dog?” Theres a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesnt see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesnt think you deserve your luck.How can you tell the real meaning behind someones words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tome of voice? His posture(体态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake. I. Choose the best answer according to the passage:1. From the questions in the first paragraph we can learn that the speaker_.答案：BA. feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to himB. feels he may not have “read” his friends true feelings correctlyC. thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, HelenD. is sorry that his friends let him down2. In the second paragraph, the author uses the example of “Youre a lucky dog” to show that _.答案：CA. the speaker of this sentence is just being friendlyB. this saying means the same as “Youre a lucky dog” or “Youre a lucky gal”C. sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the wordsD. the word “dog” shouldnt be used to apply to people3. This passage tries to tell you how to _.答案：CA. avoid mistakes about money and friendsB. bring the “dog” bit into our conversationC. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell youD. keep people friendly without trusting them4. In listening to a person, the important thing is _.答案：CA. to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his wyesB. to listen to how he pronounces his wordsC. to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his postureD. not to believe what he says5. If you follow the advice of the writer, you would_. 答案：AA. be able to get the real meaning of what people say to youB. avoid any mistakes while talking with people who envy youC. not lose real friends who say things that so not please youD. be able to observe people as they are talking to you Reading Comprehension Five Why was Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under Charles V. By the seventeenth century it had stopped tp be important for defense. Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison. It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes. Its huge doors closed only on enemies of the King. The Bastilles workings were secret. Prisoners were taken to it in closed vehicles. Soldiers on guard duty had to stand with their faces to the wall. No talking was allowed. Worst of all, A prisoner never knew if he would be there a day, a week, a year, or forever. Only the Kings letter could set him free.Over the years the number of arrests by Kings letter had become fewer. By the time of its fall, most of the prisoners were writers who had written against the corruptions(贪污腐败) of the government. Voltaire, the famous French writer, spent a year there in 17171718, and another 12 days in 1726.For those who believed in free speech and free thinking, the Bastille stood for everything evil. The day it was captured, only seven prisoners were found inside. Still, the Bastille was hated by the people. It was a symbol of the Kings complete power. I. Choose the best answer according to the passage:1. The Bastille had been a prison_.答案：CA. since the time of Charles VB. since 1370C. before the seventeenth centuryD. since the time of Cardinal Richelieu2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is FALSE?答案：DA. Anyone who did something wrong could find himself suddenly in the Bastille.B. The Bastille was only for those who were opposed to the King.C. Things done in the Bastille were hardly known to people outside.D. Voltaire was twice put in the Bastille.3. At the time of its fall, the Bastille housed _.答案：CA. a large number of prisonersB. a lot of writers who had been against the governmentC. some dozens of people who believed in free speech and free thinkingD. only a few prisoners4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to passage?答案：DA. All prisoners in the Bastille had to stay there for life.B. Over the years the number of prisoners in the Bastille was getting more and more.C. The King could put people in, or let them go out, as he wanted.D. At the time it was captured, there were so few prisoners in it that it meant little to the people.5.This passage mainly _.答案：BA. tells how the prisoners were controlled by the KingB. tells how little was known about the BastilleC. shows the inner working of the BastilleD. gives a brief history of the Bastille Reading Comprehension Six Almost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown(推翻) or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the dame day they happen.Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give is a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspape