大学英语B8 (2)

1、大学英语B8一、交际英语1.- What's the most popular sport in your university?- _A.Football, I suppose. B.China against Japan.C.It's a close match. D.It's my favorite.答案：A2.Good morning, may I speak to Mark, please?- _ A.Who's there?B.Who's that speaking?C.Who are you?D.Who wants to speak to

2、Mark?答案：B3.I think he is a good lecturer.- _ A.Sorry, it doesn't matter.B.So do I.C.Yes. It's a good idea.D.I don't mind.答案：B4.- Could I speak to Don Watkins, please？- _ A.Speaking, please.B.Oh, how are you？C.I'm listening.D.I'm Don.答案：A5.- How was your trip to London, Jane? - _

3、A.Oh, wonderful indeed.B.I went there alone.C.The guide showed me the way.D.By plane and by bus.答案：A二、阅读理解 Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night? You couldn't come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried. You were probably right if you thought tha

4、t was caused by a lack of sleep. Dr. Home, a sleep researcher in England, studied 24 college students. One group got their normal eight hours of sleep. The other group didn't get the smallest amount of sleepthey stayed awake all night. The next day, Dr. Home tested the students. He asked them qu

5、estions that required creative and original thinking. One of the questions was "How many uses can a cardboard box be put to?" The results? The wide-awake students did well on the tests. The tired students did poorly. Research has already shown that tired people can do okay on tests of rout

6、ine thinking, like simple addition. But Dr. Home tested creative thinking only. As part of his study, he offered an amount of money as a reward to the sleepy students if they did well. But even this encouragement wasn't enough to help the students overcome their tiredness. They still did poorly.

7、 Dr. Home believes that the cerebral cortexthe part of the brain where thinking takes placemay get worn out during waking hours. Sleep may help to repair the brain overnight. Without any sleep, he emphasizes, "even if you concentrate harder, you cannot do better." This study gives people s

8、omething to think about, especially people like hospital workers and airline pilots, who must stay awake all night and then make emergency decisions. 6.According to the passage, the confusion of your mind is possibly due to the lack of sleep.A.TB.F答案：A7.Tired people can do everything EXCEPT telling

9、other people their names.A.TB.F答案：B8.The purpose for Dr. Home to offer a lot of money to the sleepy students is to encourage them to do better.A.TB.F答案：A9.Students might be better instructed in their work after reading this passage.A.TB.F答案：B10.A foolish man with good sleep may answer creative quest

10、ion well.A.TB.F答案：BToday Newton is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.The Gov

11、ernment ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they didn't kill many. The Government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They killed thousands of rats everyday. A Government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man

12、 brought hundreds in one day.After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the Government office. The Government officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there we

13、re no more rats, and the Government didn't pay any more money. 11.Newton is a place which _.A.used to be very cleanB.is no longer a cityC.is very cleanD.will be very clean答案：C12.When the Government first ordered the people to kill rats, the people _.A.asked for some money for each dead ratB.stol

14、e dead rats from the pileC.were too lazy to kill many ratsD.killed nearly all the rats quickly答案：C13.The people killed rats _.A.to get money from the GovernmentB.to help the Government make the city cleanC.to make the Government officer happyD.to protect（保护）their cats and dogs答案：A14.A deep hole was

15、dug so that _.A.the rats couldn't come out to attack people at nightB.people could take rats from it easilyC.people would kill more ratsD.nobody could take any rats from the pile答案：D15.What is the best topic for this passage?A.How to Kill RatsB.Newton一A City of RatsC.How Newton Became a Very Cle

16、an PlaceD.How Newton Became a Famous City答案：C三、词汇与语法16.Charlie thinks money will _ all his problems.A.scoreB.solve C.forceD.perform答案：B17.We are disappointed to find that the quality of the products here _ very poor.A.to be B.have beenC.isD.being答案：C18.Eggs, though rich in nourishments, have _ of fa

17、t.A.a large numberB.the large numberC.a large amountD.the large amount答案：C19.Tom _ more than twenty pounds on the novel.A.spentB.paidC.costD.took答案：A20.It was well known that Thomas Edison _ the electric lamp.A.discoveredB.inventedC.foundD.developed答案：B四、完型填空 Two women on a train were arguing. At la

18、st one of them called the conductor. She said, "If the window is open, I will _21_ cold. And I'll probably." The other woman said, "But if the window is shut, I will die. I will _22_ in breathing." The conductor didn't know what to do. A man had been listening all the time. He said he had _23_. "First open the window. That will kill _24_." he said. "Next shut it. That will kill _25_. Then we can have peace."21.A.feel difficultB.an ideaC.catchD.the otherE.one答案：C22.A.feel difficultB.an ideaC.catchD.the otherE.one答案：A23.A.feel