大学英语B级考试模拟试题与答案解析

1、大学英语 B 级考试模拟试题与答案解析大学英语（B）模拟试题 1Part I Use of En glish (20 poi nts)Directions: In this part there are 10 in complete dialogues. For each dialogue there are choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE an swer that best completes the dialogue. Then markthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with

2、 a single line through cen ter.fourthe1. - Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now?A. Sorry, he is busy at the momentB. No, you can C. Sorry, you can D. I don tknow2. - Do you think I could borrow your dictionary?A. Yes, you may borrowC. Yes, help yourself3. - Is that Mr Robert Lee?B. Yes, go onD. I

3、t doesn matterA. Yes, Lee speak ingC. Sorry, speak ing4. - Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Brow nB. Hello, what do you wantD. I don tknow office?A. You can ask meB. Pard on? I have no ideaC. Please don say soD. Sorry I don know, but you can ask the man over there5. - Mary, your dress is really beautifu

4、l. How is Joh n?A.Thank you very muchB.No, no, Joh n is not badC.Thank you. He is fineD.Don say that. It ugly. John is good6. - What can I do for you, madam?A. I want a kilo of applesB. You can go your own wayC. ThanksD. Excuse me. Im busy7. - I like to take you to the coffee house on the corner.A.

5、Thank you. You shouldndo that B. Thanks, Ilike to go with you10. -I was worried about chemistry, but Mr Brow n gave me an A!A.Donworry about itB.Con gratulatio ns! That s a difficult courseC.Mr Brow n is very goodD.Good luck to you!PartnReading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are three pa

6、ssages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. Foreach question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice andmark the corresp onding letter on the An swer Sheet with a sin gle line through the cen ter.Passage 1There are stories about two U.S.

7、 preside nts, An drew Jacks on and Martin Van Bure n, whichattempt to explain the America n En glish term OK. We donk now if either story istrue, but they are both in teresti ng.The first expla nati on is based on the fact that Preside nt Jacks on had very little education. Infact, he had difficulty

8、 reading and writing. When important papers came to Jacks on, he tried to readthem and the n had his assista nts expla in what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write allcorrect ” on it. The problem was that he didnknow how spell, so what he really wrote was &l korekt”.After a while

9、, he shortened that term toOK”.The sec ond expla natio n is based on the place where Preside nt Van Buren was born, Kinderhook, New York. Van Bure n s friends orga ni zed a club to help him become Preside nt. Theycalled the club the Old Kin derhook Club, and anyone who supported Van Buren was called

10、 OK”.11. The author_.A. believes both of the storiesB. doesn believe a word of the storiesC. is not sure whether the stories are trueC. No, you cansay so8. - Do you mind telling me where youA. Certainly. I mfromLondonA. That is the menu, sirC. Here you are, sirD. No, no, You cando thatre from?B. Sur

11、e. I was born in LondonD. Certainly not. I m from LondonB. Yes, please go onD. Of course, sirD. is telling the stories just for fun12. Accord ing to the passage, Preside nt Jackson_ .A. couldn draw up any documents at allB. didn like to read important papers by himselfC. ofte n had his assista nts s

12、ig n docume nts for himD. wasn good at reading or spelling13. Accord ing to the first story, the term OK ”_ .A. was approved of by Preside nt Jacks onB. was the title of some official docume ntsC. was first used by Preside nt Jacks onD. was an old way to spell all correct ”14. Accord ing to the sec

13、ond story, the term OK ”_ .A. was the short way to say Old Kinderhook Club ”B. meant the place where Preside nt Van Bure n was bornC. was the n ame of Van Buren clubD. was used to call Van Bure n supporters in the electio n15. According to the second story, the term OK” was first used_.A. by Van Bur

14、e nB. in a presidential electionC. to orga nize the Old Kin derhook ClubD. by the members of theOld Kinderhook Club ”Passage 2Although the Un ited States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than theprese nt populati on n eeds, its people are by now almost en tirely an urba n soci

15、ety. Less tha n a tenthof the people are en gaged in agriculture and forestry （ 林业） ,and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditi onal picture is cha nging: every small tow n may still be very likeother small tow ns, and the typical small tow n may represe nt a wid

16、ely accepted view of the coun try,but most America ns do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirtymetropolitan areas （large cities with their suburbs） of more than a million people each a largerproportion than in Germany or England, let alone France. The statisti

17、cs （ 统计）of urban and ruralpopulation should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as ruraltravel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areaswith in reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it i

18、s hard to say at what moment a pieceof country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan ratherthan a small town environment.16. If now America has 250 million people, how many of them are engaged inagriculture and forestry_A. About 25 millio n.B. More than 25

19、millio n.C. Less than 25 millio n.D. Less than 225 millio n.17. Which of the follow ing four coun tries has the smallest proport ion of people livi ngin metropolita n areas_A. Un ited States.B. Germa ny. C. Fran ce.D. En gla nd.18. What the meaning of the wordmetropolitan ” in the middle of the pass

20、ageA. Of a large city with its suburbs.B. Of small and large tow ns.C. Of urba n areas.D. Of rural areas.19. Accord ing to the passage, what can we lear n about small tow ns in the Un itedStates_A. Most small tow ns become gradually crowded.B. Small tow ns are still similar to each other.C. As the t

21、raditi onal picture is cha nging, tow ns are differe nt.D. Small tow ns are turni ng into large cities.20. Why is it hard to say whe n a piece of country becomes a suburb_A. Because they are the same.B. Because the rush takes place too quickly.C. Because the process is gradual.D. Because more and mo

22、re America ns live in metropolita n areas.Passage 3If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that wecould not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did eachday, we should be able to give an an swer to the questi o

23、n.It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any writtenaccount 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 allbecause

24、 the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a gooddeal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave writtenrecords for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even200 years ago

25、 in cen tral Africa, because they had no t lear ned to write.Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, thy may know somethi ng of the past.They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have bee n madeabout the most importa nt happe nin gs, and these

26、have bee n sung and acted and told for many generati ons. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call remembered history .Some of it has mow been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us aswritten history is, because words are much more easily

27、changed when used again and again inspeech than when copied in writing.But where there are no writte n records, such spoke n stories are ofte n very helpful.21. Which of the follow ing ideas is not suggested in the passage_A. Remembered history ”, compared with written history, is less reliable.B. W

28、ritte n records of the past play the most importa nt role in our lear ning of thehuma n history.C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer manyquesti ons.D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.22. We know very little about the cen tral Africa 200 y

29、ears ago because_.A. there was nothing worth being written down at that timeB. the people there ignored the importa nee of keep ing a recordC. the writte n records were perhaps destroyed by a fireD. the people there did not know how to write23. Remembered history ” refers to_ .A. history based on a

30、pers on s imagi nati onB. stories of importa nt happe nings passed dow n from mouth to mouthC. songs and dances about the most importa nt eventsD. both B and C24. Remembered history is regarded as valuable only when_ .A. it is written dow nB. no written acco un t is availableC. it proves to be trueD

31、. people are in terested in it25. The passage suggests that we could have lear ned much more about our past tha nwe do now if the ancient people had_ .A. kept a writte n record of every past eventB. not burnt their written records in warsC. told exact stories of the most importa nt happe ningsE.made

32、 more songs and dancesPassage 4Mum, can we go to McDonalds, please? Some people might ask, Where would webe today if we did not have fast food? and Where would parents take their children out to eat?It has been reported that approximately 30% of meals consumed by families in the USA are eaten at one

33、 of the big cha ins like Burger King and Taco Bell, though probably none is more famous thanMcDonald s. The distinctive golden arch can now be seen in most major cities in the world. In 2002,McDonald s had approximately 25,000 restaurants in over 120 coun tries and served 29 milli onpeople a day.App

34、are ntly, the secret of their success is a marketi ng strategy ofthi nk global, actlocal.McDonald s learnt that if they adapted their Macmeals to different cultures, it was moresuccessful tha n hav ing a sta ndardised set of products that taste the same everywhere. So now,around 80% of McDon alds re

35、staura nts are fran chised to local people who servefood with alocal flavour. For example, in Hong Kong, food called Shake Shake FriesandRed Bea n Sun daycan be found on the menu, while in Switzerla nd, Vegi Macsare served.However, fast food is not popular with every one. It is ofte n called jbnkfoo

36、d because it is saidto be un healthy and full of fat. Furthermore, many people claim that fast food chains produceenormous amounts of waste, while millions of people in developing coun tries go hun gry. At the sametime, more and more people no Ion ger cook fresh food at home. Conveniencefood is just

37、 tooconvenient! It is so easy for people with busy working lives to call into their local branch of Marks andSpencer, or some other supermarket chain, to buy ready-made meals on their way home from work. Itis even easier to buy a take-away from a local restaura nt or pick up the pho ne and order a p

38、izza tobe delivered to your home.26. The golden arch in the second paragraph refers to_.A)Burger Ki ngB) Taco BellC) McDo nald sD) all the fast foodrestaura nts27.Accord ingto the passage, McDon ald s is successfulmai nly becauseA)It has a standardized set of products all over the worldB)It is not j

39、unk foodC)Its food is convenientD)It adapted its meals to different cultures.28. In the passage, which of the follow ing terms has/ have the same meaning with fast food.A)jbnkfoodB) ConveniencefoodC) take-awayD) all of theabove29. Fast food is often called junk foodbecause_.A)some people think it is

40、 unhealthy and full of fatB)fast food chains produce enormous amounts of wasteC)it is no Ion ger fresh foodD)Both A and B.30. The main idea of this passage is_ .A)fast food todayB)the successful secret of McDonald s.C)why fast food is thought as jUnk foodD)different opinions toward fast foodPart 川Vo

41、cabulary and Structure(25 points)Section ADirections: In this sect ion there are 15 in complete senten ces. For each sentence there arefour choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Thenmark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet with a single line t

42、hrough the cen ter.31.Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busyforherexam in ati on.A. to prepareB. to be preparedC. prepari ngD. being prepared32. The computer does nfwork well, so someth ing_ wrong.A. can have goneB. should have goneC. must have goneD. ought to ha

43、ve gone33. Although Mary is satisfied with her success, she won ders_ will happe n tohe private life.A. howB. whoC. whatD. that34. The concert usually takes place at the Peoples Square, with the audieneeontheground.A. seati ngB. seatedC. be seat ing D. to seat35. If the whole program_beforeha nd, a

44、great deal of time and money wouldhave bee n lost.A. was not pla nnedB. were not pla nnedC. would not be pla nnedD. had not bee n pla nned36. Is nfit about the time you_ to do morni ng exercises?A. bega nB. begi nC. should begi nD. have begu n37. I am very grateful to you for what youve give n me an

45、d_ you have donefor me.A. whichB. thatC. all whatD. all that38. It was not until she had arrived home_ remembered her appointmentwith the doctor.A. whe n sheB. that sheC. and sheD. she39. Determ ined to_ as if everythi ng were no rmal, he resp on ded with a ki nd ofin differe nee.A. carry onB. acco

46、unt forC. bring upD. get through40. He_to arrange a loa n through a finance compa ny.A. triedB. succeededC. man agedD. en deavored41. Jack is good, kind, hard work ing and in tellige nt._, I can speak too highlyof him.A. As a resultB. I n a wordC. By the wayD. On thecon trary42.1_ going to the docto

47、r, but I wish I had n t.A. pick outB. make outC. give offD. put off43. Young childre n ofte n can _ betwee n TV programs and commercials.A. separateB. disti nguishC. compareD. con trast44. The morning paper _a story about dem on strati ons in New York andWashi ngton D.C.A. carriedB. exte ndedC. brou

48、ghtD. took45. And what we got to_is a disgrace.A. come up with B. catch up withC. put up withD. keep upwithSection BDirections: There are 10 bla nks in the followi ng passage. For each bla nk there are r choices markedA, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE an swer that best completes the passage.T

49、hen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line though the cen ter.You will find that college classes are very different from high school classes. You will have morework and resp on sibilities without being pushed as much._ 46_, you willhave more freedom -freedom to choose w

50、hat to study, whe n to study, or_ 47_tostudy. You will need to exercise maximum self - imposed (志愿的)，and you have only yourself to_48_ .The decisions you make _ 49_ your study habits will be a_ 50_ factor in your success, or lack of success in college._ 51_, you will discover that your in structors_

51、52 the ones you have hadpreviously. They will expect you to_53 more 53in your studyhabits and timemanagement. Remember thatmuch of your learning takes place outside the classroom.Your in structor will give you additi onal help outside of class if there is evide nee that you are putti ngmaximum effor

52、t into the course._ 54_ your abilities and skill mastery, you will n eed to man age your time effectively in orderto succeed in college. A schedule_55_efficie nt use of time will en able you toin clude both work and play. When you get a job, you will soon discover that you do not work only when you

53、wish and as you wish. (221 words)46. A. On the other ha ndB. ON the on handC. NeverthelessD. Therefore48. A. turn toB. an swer toC. respond toD. act as49.A. ofB. toC. towardsD. concerning50. A. determ iningB. dema ndingC. decidi ngD. depe nding51. A. HoweverB. NeverthelessC. In additionD. Except tha

54、t52. A. differ fromB. are similar toC. differ inD. are alike53. A. take partB. throw yourselfC. plunge yourselfD. take initiative54. A. I n spite ofB. ConcerningC. Regardless ofD. On the con diti on of55. A. related toB. carried onC. relied onD. based onPart IVWriting(15 points)Directions: For this

55、part, you are allowed thirty minu tes to write an E-mail to one of your formerclassmates. You should write at least 80 words, and base your E-mail on the Chin ese outl ine below:1. 了解对方毕业后的情况2. 你的近况.3邀请对方方便时来访.大学英语 B 模拟题 1 答案及部分注解Part I Use of En glish (20 poi nts)1从本题的对话可看出，第一句话人想见校长，但校长此时列法见他，礼貌的回

56、答需表示歉意，并说明理由，因此最佳答案是A。2本题的提问者是想借用对方的词典，如果对方乐意出借自己的词典，最佳的回答是CoHelp yourself 在这里的意思是尽管用吧”。3本题的问句是在询问对方是不是罗伯特李先生，如果回答是肯定的，最佳的选择是 A。这是电话里的一种惯用语。4本题的提问者在礼貌地用Excuse me, sir”询问布朗博士的办公室在哪里，因此回答 也需要有礼貌。如果是否定的回答，不知道布朗博士的办公室在哪能里，最好要向提 问者提及什么地方可得到帮助，所以最佳的选择是D。5 本题的提问者在赞扬玛丽的连衣裙很漂亮， 同时也询问约翰的情况， 对赞扬的典型 回答是 thankyo

57、u，同时还需要提供有关约翰的信息，因此选择C。6 从本句的问句和回答看，该句是出现在服务场所，说话人在询问对方想买什么，因 此选择 Ao7 本题的第一说话人想请对方去喝咖啡。如果不接受邀请，礼貌的方式是要表示歉意 或感谢并说明理由。如果回答是肯定的，通常礼貌的方式是要表示感谢，并表示自己 接受对方的邀请，因此最佳的选择是Bo8 本题的提问者在询问对方是哪里人，用的动词是mind。如果对方不介意，最佳的选择是 D。9 从本题的第一说话人说的话看，情景是在餐馆。说话人想看菜单，并抱怨已经等候47. A. ifB. whetherC. whyD. who多时。服务员在递菜单时常说here you a

58、re，因此最佳的选择是 C。10 从本题的第一说话人说的话看，说话人曾担心自己的化学考试成绩，但却得了A,显得很高兴。对方听了这消息时会给予祝贺，所以选择B。PartnReading Comprehension(40 points)Passage 111 答案 Co细节推理题。见原文第一段中第二句话 We don t know if either story is true ”，意思是我们不知道这两个故事是否真实，因此选项 C “作者不能确认故事是否真实”是正确选项。12 答案 Do细节题。见原文第二段第二句“ he had difficulty reading and writing，意思是

59、“他在阅读和写作方面都有困难”，第二段最后一句“The problem was that hedidn t know how to spell ，意思是“问题是他不会拼写”，只有选项 D “他拙于阅读、 写作和拼写”与原文相符。选项 C “他让他的助手替他签署文件”与原文所说“他让助手把 文件读给他听”不符。13 答案 Co细节推理题。原文提到了 “OK”的两个用处,第一个起源于 Preside nt Jackso n, 他批准某一文件的时候，会签上“ OL korekt ”，即 ALL CORRECT(全对)的错误拼写， 后来又将之缩略为“ OK”。故选项 C OK 由 Preside nt

60、 Jackson 首用”符合原文。14 答案 D。细节题。原文最后一段中说“ Van Buren s friends organized a club to help himbecome Preside nt anyone who supported Van Bure n was called OK” ，意思 是 Van Buren的支持者们组织了 Old Kinderhook 俱乐部来支持他竞选，所以他的支持者们都被称为“OK”。故只有选项 D 符合原文。15 答案 Bo判断推理题。原文最后一段中说“ Van Buren s friends organized a club to help himb