大学英语B习题卷9

大学英语B9

一、交际英语

1.-Hello,Peter.Whatdoyoudo?

A.Iamfine.

B.Iamnotsick.

C.IamastudentfromBonnUniversity.

D.IcamefromBonnUniversity.

答案：C

2.-Congratulations!Youwonthefirstprizeintoday'sspeechcontest.

A.Yes,Ibeattheothers.

B.No,no,Ididn'tdoitwell.

C.Thankyou.

D.It'sapleasure.

答案：C

3.-Unbelievable!Ihavefailedthedrivingtestagain!

-Thisisnottheendoftheworld.

A.Goodluck.

B.Cheerup.

C.Goahead.

D.Noproblem.

答案：B

4.-1wonderifIcoulduseyourcomputertonight?

-I'mnotusingitrightnow.

A.Sure,hereyouare.

B.Idon'tknow.

C.Itdoesn'tmatter.

D.Whocares?

答案：A

5.-Couldyouhelpmewithmyphysics,please?

A.No,noway.

B.No,Icouldn't.

C.No,Ican't.

D.SorryIcan't.Ihavetoqotoameetingriqhtnow.

答案：D

二、阅读理解

Chessmustbeoneoftheoldestgamesintheworld.AnArabtravellerinIndiainthe

year900wrotethatitwasplayed'long,longago.'ChesswasprobablyinventedinIndia,

andithasbeenplayedeverywherefromJapantoEuropesince1400.Thename'chess'is

interesting.Whenoneplayerisattackingtheother'sking,hesaysinEnglish,'check,.

Whenthekinghasbeencaughtandcannotmoveanywhere,hesays'checkmate'.These

wordscomefromPersian'Shahmat'means'thekingisdead'.Thatiswhenthegameis

over,andoneplayerhaswon.

Suchanoldgamechangesveryslowly.Theruleshavenotalwaysbeenthesameas

theyarenow.Forexample,atonetimethequeencouldonlymoveonesquareatatime.

Nowsheisthestrongestpieceontheboard.Itwouldbeinterestingtoknowwhythishas

happened.Chesstakestimeandthought,butitisagameforallkindsofpeople.You

don'thavetobeachamoioninordertoenjoyit.Itisnotalwaysplayedbytwopeople

sittingatthesametable.ThefirsttimetheAmericansbeattheRussianswasinamatch

playedbyradio.Someofthechessmastersareabletoplaymanypeopleatthesame

time.Therecordwaswhenonemanplayed400games!Itissaidthatsomepeopleplayed

chessbypost.Thismustmakechesstheslowestgameintheworld.

6.ChesswasplayedinIndialongbefore900.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

7.Oneplayerhaswonthegamewhenheattackstheotherplayer'sking.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

8.Chessisagameforallsortsofpeople.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

9.Onlytwopeoplecanplaychesssittingatthesametable.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

lO.Accordingtotheoldrulesofthegame,thekingcouldnotmoveanywhere.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

OnceJamesThornhill,afamousEnglishpainter,wasaskedtopaintsome

picturesonthewallsoftheking'spalaceinEngland.

Thenworkersweresentforandabigplatform（台子）wasmade.

Withthehelpofaworker,Thornhillstartedpaintingontheplatform.They

workedforawholeyearandatlastthepictureswereready.

Thornhillwashappywhenhelookedatthepictures,fortheywerereally

beautiful.Helookedatthemforalongtime,andthentookonestepbackand

lookedagain.Nowthepictureswereevenmorebeautiful.Hetookanotherstep,

thenanother.Finallyhewasattheveryedgeoftheplatform,buthedidn'tknow

itbecausehewasthinkingofhispictures.

Theworkersaweverything,"WhatshouldIdo?"hethought."Thornhillwasat

theveryedgeoftheplatform.IfIcryout,hewilltakeanotherstep,falloffitand

surelybekilled."Sotheworkerquicklytooksomepaint（漆）andthrewitatthe

pictures.

"Whatareyoudoing?"criedthepainter,runningquicklyforwardtohis

pictures.

n.JamesThornhillwasanEnglish.

A.worker

B.artist

C.king

D.writer

答案：B

i2.Hewasorderedto.

A.paintthewalloftheking'spalaceinEngland

B.paintsomepicturesonthewallofthepalace

Cbuildabigplatforminfrontofthepalace

D.putupsomenewpicturesontheoldwall

答案：B

I3.lttookthemtofinishthepictures.

A.amonth

B.aweek

c.twelvemonths

D.halfamonth

笞案：c

i4.JamesThornhillfeltthatthehewasfromthepictures,thethey

were.

A.nearer...morebeautiful

□.becauseofgetting

答案：C

四、完型填空

Onenight,athiefbrokeintoanoldman'shouse.He_21_anoiseandwokeupthe

oldmanandhiswife.Thehusbandtoldhiswifetobesilent,whilehesaidloudly,“My

dear,thesedaysthievesarecleverer.Iftheytake_22_theirclothesandputthemon

thetable,thepeopleintheroomwillfallasleepandcan'twakeup.”

Whenthethief_23—this,hetookoffhisclothesatonceandwasreadytosetoutto

work.Atthis___24___,thehusbandsuddenlyshoutedinaloudvoice:"5topthief!Stop

thief!”Thethiefwasveryfrightened.Heranawayasfastasbecouldand_25_his

clothesonthetable.

21.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：A

22.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：C

23.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：E

24.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：B

25.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：D

五、英译汉

26.0urlibraryisasbigastheirs.

答案：我们的图书馆和他们的一样大。

27Jimwillgotohisteacherwheneverhehasquestions.

答案：吉姆一有问题就找他的老师。

28.Lookoutthewindowit'sstillrainingtoday!

答案：看窗外，今天还在下雨.

29.Areyoufondofmusic?

答案：你喜欢音乐吗？

3O.Theythoughtthattheremust