最新电大考试试卷含答案 大学英语B8

大学英语B8 一、交际英语 1.- Sorry to have kept you waiting. - _ A.Thats OK. B.What are you doing? C.Whats wrong with you? D.Where have you been? 答案：A 2.- I think he is a good lecturer. - _ A.Sorry, it doesnt matter. B.So do I. C.Yes. Its a good idea. D.I dont mind. 答案：B 3.- How much is this necklace? - _ A.Its very nice. B.Its a birthday present from my parents. C.It costs fifty pounds. D.Its a bargain. 答案：C 4.- Let me introduce myself. Im Steward - _ A.What a pleasure. B.Pleased to meet you. C.I dont know. D.Thanks a lot. 答案：B 5.- 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 the eighteenth century young ladies in Italy knew history and geography little. Once the French officer in Rome was giving a ball to which many important people were invited. The Italian Minister（大臣） came very late. A young lady, who knew him, saw him enter the ball-room and asked why he was so late. Oh, nothing important, answered the Minister. Our head forgot to take his letterswith him and went back to his hotel to bring them. If he had left them in Brazil we should have had to wait at least six months for them. Is Brazil so far from Rome? asked the lady, who knew very little geography. It is in the New World, said the Minister. In the New World? repeated the lady in great surprise. Yes, in the New World, which was discovered by Christopher Columbus. When the young lady heard this, she rushed into the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could: Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus. 6.The head left his letters in the hotel. A.T B.F 答案：A 7.The ministerleft his lettersin his office. A.T B.F 答案：B 8.The young lady shouted because she knew the Minister. A.T B.F 答案：B 9.Her shouting showed she was lack of knowledge. A.T B.F 答案：A 10.The best title for the passage is An Ignorant Italian Woman. A.T B.F 答案：A Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of ones own. Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend ones free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature. Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnights (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. 11.Which of the following statements is NOT true?_ A.People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city. B.People who work in London prefer to live in the country. C.Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London. D.Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city. 答案：B 12.With the same money _, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. A.getting a small flat with a garden B.having a small flat with a garden C.renting a small flat without a garden D.buying a small flat without a garden 答案：C 13.When the garden is in blossom, it means that one _ has been rewarded. A.living in the country B.having spent time working in the garden C.having a garden of his own D.having been digging, planting and watering 答案：B 14.People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _ if they had to live outside London. A.their life was meaningless B.their life was invaluable C.they didnt deserve a happy life D.they were not worthy of their happy life 答案：A 15.The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to _. A.deal with B.do away with C.escape from D.prevent from 答案：C 三、词汇与语法 16.Weve _ paper and ink. Ask Mr. Howard to lend us some. A.run away with B.run out of C.run off D.run down 答案：B 17.It is because he is kind and modest _ he wins the respect of all presents. A.what B.which C.why D.that 答案：D 18.He asked the waiter _ the bill. A.on B.of C.for D.after 答案：C 19._ she survived the accident is miracle. A.What B.That C.As D.Which 答案：B 20.He _ lives in the house where he was born. A.already B.yet C.still D.ever 答案：C 四、完型填空 Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be fun to raise worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in _21_, he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not putthem in a warm place. The next spring Jody _22_ again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside, so they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms. One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from the state of New York. The letter said, Everyone who _23_ things has to pay taxes! Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still had to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had _24_. Soon some people from a television station talkedwith Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was _25_. Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state. 21. A.sells B.tried C.unfair D.spring E.happened 答案：D 22. A.sells B.tried C.unfair D.spring E.happened 答案：B 23. A.sells B.t