大学英语b统考试题库(整理)

第一部分交际英语

1. - I need to go to the library today. Do you know what time it closes?

____ C ___

C. At about 5:30.

2. - You have n't paid for it yet. -___ A ___ A. Oh, I'm really very sorry.

3. - How is it that you are late for class aga in?. - A _________ A. Because I missed the bus.

4. - Whom does the teacher explai n the word to? - A A. The stude nts

5. - What can 丨 do for you?. - A ________ A. No, tha nks

6. -Our class won the girls' relay race in our school's sports meeting.- _C_ C. Con gratulati ons!

7. -I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brow n gave me an A. - ____ B _

B. Con gratulatio ns! That ' s a difficult course.

8. - What is she? - A _______ A. She is a typist.

9. - You have a good voice - A ______ ? A. Tha nk you

10. -Do you thi nk I could borrow your dicti on ary? _____ D _ D. Yes, help yourself

11. - Do you mi nd if I switch off the radio? - ______ C _ . Go ahead. C.No,

not at all

12. - Thanks for the lovely and delicious food. - __ D_ D. My pleasure

13. - Excuse me, I'm afraid you've overcharged me. A A. Oh, really?

14. - let me in troduce myself. I am Tom. - ___ D _ . D. Pleased to meet you

15 -Hi! George. How are you? - ______ D ______ D. Fine, tha nks. And you?

16. -Welcome to Beiji ng! - A ______ A. Tha nk you.

17. -What can 丨 do for you? - A . A.I want a kilo of pears.

18. - Would you like to see a film? - __ A ___ A. Yes, I'd love to.

19. -I was born in Bost on, but I studied in New York. __ B_ I was born in New York, but studied in Bost on B.A nd you

20. -This week, I will travel to Japa n. - A A. Have a good time!

21. - That's a beautiful cat. I won der who it bel ongs to. A A. It bel ongs to the Brow ns.

22. -Oh, dear! I've lost my new watch. - D_ D. What a pity!

23. - Oh, dear! I ' ve just broken a window. __________ B ___ B. Don ' t worry / Never mi nd

24. -Why n ot join us in the game?-- A . A.OK! I ' m com ing

25. -Good eve ning, Professor Hardy. Good eve ning, Joh n. Come in, please. -Tha nk

you, I hope I am not in terrupt ing you. No, ____ B ___ . B. not at all

26. -1 ' m sorry to trouble you. Can I borrow a pen, please? ______________________ B _ . B. Certainly! It is here

27 Would you mind if I use your car? Of course not. _____ C_. C. It's over there

28. May I use your dicti on ary? ___ A ___ A. Yes, here you are 29. -Would you mind closing the window? It is windy outside. A A. Not at

all.

30. -Excuese me, can I smoke here?

31. -Hey, Tom,

what s up?

B .

C _. C. You '

B. Oh, not much.

d better not

32.-This box is too heavy for me to carry it upstairs. ___ B_-- B. I ' ll give you

a hand

33.-I wonder if I could use your computer toni ght? ____ A __ I 'rrnot using it right

no w.A. Sure, here you are.

34.-Wow!This is a marvelous room! I 've n ever known you 're-so Oirtistic.C. Tha nks for your complime nts

35.-Is it possible for you to work late toni ght? _

D

.

_ D. I thi nk

so

36.-U nbelievable! I have failed the driv ing test aga in - ___ B ___ . This is not the end of the world. B. Cheer up

37. -Are you feeling better today, Jack? _C _C、Yes, thank you, doctor. But I still don't feel good.

38. -Tha nk you so much for your lovely gift. __ B __ B.I ' m glad you like it.

39. -Would you like something to drink? What about a cup of tea? ___ A ____ A、No, tha nks.

40. -What's the problem with your bike? - ____C ____ C. Nothi ng serious.

41. -Good morning, Joh n. How are you doing? __ C __ C. Not so bad. And you?

B .B. How do you do?

C _ C. See you.

45. -I did n't mean to do that. Please forgive me.

46. -Tha nk you for your in vitati on. ?

47. -What a beautiful dress you have on today! - _

48-I thi nk he is a good lecturer. - ____ B

49. -What's the matter, dear? ____ B_

headache.

50. -Good morning, may I speak to Mark, please?

51. -let me in troduce myself. I am Steward.

52.-Let's go to the library this after noon. __ D __ 。 D. That's a good idea.

53.-How much is this n ecklace? _C _ C. It costs fifty poun ds.

54.-How can I get to the cin ema? _D_ D. Go dow n this street and tur n left.

55.-What's the matter, John? _ A __ A. I failed my Fre nch test.

56.-What are you majori ng in? _ C_ C. Mathematics.

57.-What day is today? _ D D. It's Mon day.

58.-Is that seat take n? __

_____________________ B_

— B. I don't think so.

59.-Tha nk you for calling. _ C_. C. Nice talking to you.

60.- __ A ___ ? He teaches physics in a school. A. What does your father do?

第二部分阅读理解（1）

Passage 1

No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut ope n by a surge on and part of it

take n out. Today, however, we n eed n't worry about feeli ng pain duri ng the operation. The sick person falls into a

6.It is not long since a man felt all the pain while being operated. A: T

7. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he could feel nothing. B: F 8. Using the laughing gas, the people seemed to feel pain during the operation.

B: F

42. -How do you do? _

43. -Good-bye for now.

44.-Hello, how are you? _C_ C. Fine, tha nk you.

B_ B. That's all right.

B. It's a pleasure.

D __ D. Thank you.

B. So do I.

B. I have a terrible

___ B ___ B. Who's speaki ng?

B __ . B. Pleased to meet you

9.lf a man took less laughi ng gas tha n he should have whe n an operati on went on, he st A: T

10.One who took too much of the laughing gas would die. A : T

Passage 2

In choos ing a frie nd, one should be very careful. A good frie nd can help you study.

You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet

fair weather frie nds. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but

when you are dow n, they will run away.

6. The writer thinks that one of the important

qualities in choosing a friend is understanding. A : T

7.lf you have fair weather friends, you will be lucky. B : F

8. Good friends need to understand each other's feelings. A : T

9. This passage is mainly discussing the qualities of a friend. A : T

10. The meaning of the phrase 'a fair weather friend' underlined in the 1st paragraph is a friend who shares difficulties with you. B: F

Passage 3

There was once an ant that was very thirsty. It ran here and there look ing for some

water but could not find any. Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. The ant drank the water, which saved its 9. Hakim wan ted to eat his meal because it was very tasty.

10. The Quee n fin ally decided to marry Hakim the next eve ning after the meal. A

Passage 6

Marti n Luther Ki ng was a black mini ster, who became a great leader of the civil rights moveme nt in the 1950s and 1960s.

1. Martin Luther King was murdered whe n he was 39 years old. A. T

2. Martin Luther King was a black mini ster only. B. F

3. Martin Luther Kin g's Day has bee n a federal holiday for more tha n 40 years. A. T

4. The un derli ned word "delivered" in the sec ond paragraph could be replaced by

"gave". A. T

5. The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law". B. F

Passage 7

If you travel by air across the cen ter of Africa or South America, you fly over forests

for thousa nds of kilometers. These great forests are the ocea ns of trees. There are

thousa nds and thousa nds of differe nt kinds of pla nts and ani mals.

6. The passage mainly tells us about the importanee of taking care of plants. A : T

7. Forests are homes for differe nt kinds of ani mals A : T

8. The n eed for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.

9. We'll have more and greater forests in 20 or 30 years in some people's view.

1. The ant was play ing whe n it ran here and there. B: F

2. The drop of water fell on the ant whe n it was n early dying. A : T

3. The young girl was crying because she wan ted to have supper. B : F

4. The gia nt would eat the girl if she failed to do the work. A : T

5. The ant's friends saved the girl's life. A : T

Passage 4

Mr. White lived in a small village. His pare nts had n't eno ugh money to send him to

school. He had to help them to do somethi ng in the fields. But he did n't like to live

in the poor place. Whe n he was sixtee n, he got to the tow n and found work in a

factory. Three years later he became

6. Mr. White was born in a farmer's family. A : T

7. Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.

B : F

8. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew

more than any other person in the town. A : T

9. All people believed Mr.White except the childre n B : F

10. Mr. White would n't like to admit that he was wrong. A : T

Passage 5

There were once many sheiks （阿拉伯的酋长）who wan ted to marry Quee n Maura,

for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful quee ns of Arabia.

6. The queen was looking for a husband. A : T

7. The Quee n disguised herself because she did n't want to be recog ni zed by the sheiks. A: T 8.She gave the sheiks some stale food to eat the next eve ning.

10. The writer thi nks it n ecessary to protect the forests. A : T Passage 8

The Fre nch Revoluti on broke out in 1789. At the time Fra nee was in a crisis. The gover nment was badly run and people s lives were miserable. Ki ng Louis XIV tried

to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He

ordered his troops to Versailles. The

6. This passage is about the French Revolution. A : T

7. The n ati onal econ omy was develop ing rapidly in 1789. B : F

8. The political pris on ers were kept in Prussia. B : F

9. The underlined word “ abolished ” mean “ endeA : ”T.

10. The effect of the Revoluti on was that the Ki ng tried to con trol the n ati onal parliame nt. B : F

Passage 9

A foreig ner ' stf i rapressi on of the U.S. is likely to be that every one is in a rush —often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to

complete their errands （任务）.

6.Tstateme nt that America ns are impolite to their bus in ess colleagues is wrong.

A : T

7.In the fourth paragraph, “ a high priority ” means “ a firsA coT;ern

8.America ns evaluate a bus in ess colleague by establishi ng bus in ess

relatio

ns.

B : F

9.This passage mainly talks about how America ns do bus in ess with foreig ners.

B : F

life.

s tone in writ ing is prAiseful. Ofen, too, un cles and aunts lived Passage 10

back to Santo Domingo. B: F

7. You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to check people ' s luggage at the airport. A : T

8. ” Why are you so upset? ” Maria said to the man. She wan ted to tell him that he

Walt Disn ey. He had an unu sual voice and he wan ted to work in Disn ey's carto on

（动画片）film for children. When

1. Walt Disney made Donald Duck film. A: T

2. The first Donald Duck film was made in 1934. A : T

3. Clare nee Nash was a film-maker. B : F

4. The un derli ned word "audie nee" in the sec ond paragraph means readers. B: F

5. The un derli ned word "goody-goody" in the sec ond paragraph means a pers on

who likes to appear to be faultless in behavior. A : T

Passage 12

A man got into a trai n and found himself sitti ng opposite a woma n who seemed to

be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, "Do you have

B : F

5. Large families cannot fit in with a highly in dustrialized society. A : T

Passage 14

Albert Ein ste in had a great effect on scie nee and history. Greaer tha n wha n only a achieved. An America n uni versity preside nt once

It may be some time before the average mi nd un dersta nds fully the ide ntity （特性）of time and space and so on —but eve n ordi nary men un dersta nd now that the

uni verse is somethi ng

larger tha n ever

thought before.

1. The main idea of

Paragraph 1 is the

change in human

thought produced by Ein stei n. A : T

2. Accord ing to the America n uni versity preside nt, The theory of

quickl B : F

3. Accordi ng to Paragraph 2, Albert Ein stei n headed a research in stitute.

4. According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work when

A : T

5. It may be eon eluded that Albert Ein ste in was forced to serve

army. B : F

Passage 15

Every one knows what a n eedle is. Of course there are n eedles for sew ing mach in es, n eedles for in jectio n, you n ame it. But few people thi nk of the won der a n eedle works in the hands of those who practice acup un cture.

1. The word ''name'' in the first paragraph means to give a name to the needles.

B : F

1. The man and the woman are talking about the woman's son. A : T

2. The woman thinks her son will be a gentleman. A : T

3. The eonversation took place on a train. A : T

4. Theword "disappo in ted" probably best describes the man attheef e eildng o B : F

5. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the

man B : F

Passage 13

2. The underlined phrase "from bad to worse" in the second paragraph refers to the

state A : T

3. Accord ing to the passage , soon after the acup un cture, the man was completely recove A : T

4. "You are too late. It's killed." means that the pain was killed because the doctor

came late. B : F 5. The passage tells us that the effect of acupuncture on the patient was

1. The passage discusses in flue nee

of

scie nee

and

in dustry on America n families.

Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leavi ng her n ative country to join her sister in the Un ited States. She spoke En glish very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeli ng sad at 2. Families of the past, the present

3. People no lon ger want to have childre

n.

and the future are described in the passage.

leaving her family and friends. As she was 6.Maria s story happe ned on her way 4. Gran dpare

nts will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future.

1O.We can infer from the passage that the author

should not be un happy and worried. A: T few other men have

9. ” Every one was look ing at him with disapproval. ” This sentence mea ns that the comme nted that Ei nste in had created a new outlook, a new view of the un iverse.

people aro und felt sorry for Maria ' s manners^ : F “

10. The author mentioned Maria ' sage at the beginning of the story in order to

show that she was young but behaved properl A : T

Passage 11

In 1933 an unknown America n called Clare nee Nash went to see the filmmaker

relativity can be

B : F

he was young.

in the Germa n

un believable. A : T

Great cha nges have bee n made in family life because of scie nee and in dustry. In the past, whe n more America ns lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents.

第二部分阅读理解（2）home, but one day he went into tow n to buy some thi ngs in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaura nt and sat dow n at a table by himself.

Passage 1

Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his Whe n he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before read ing their n ewspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to

11. Mr Forester lived_____ . D. alone in the coun tryside

12. Tom ____ went into tow n. C. almost n ever

13. The old people in the restaura nt read their

n ewspapers

.

A. with

glasses on

14. The shop Tom went into sold

.

D. glasses for people who could

not see

well

15. What kind of mistake did Tom make? C. He thought that a pers on who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses. Passage 2

Once James Tho rn hill, a famous En glish pain ter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the kin g's palace in En gla nd.

The n workers were sent for and a big platform

（台子） was made.

With the help of a worker. Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked

for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.

11. James Tho rn hill was an En glish _ . B. artist

12. He was ordered to ___ .

B. paint some pictures on the wall of the palace

13. It took them _____ t o finish the pictures.

C. twelve mon ths

14. James Thornhill felt that the ___________ he was from the pictures, the ______________ they were.

C. farther …more beautiful 15. The worker threw some 14. A deep hole was dug so that _____ .

D. n obody could take any rats from the

pile

15. What is the best topic for this passage? C. How Newt on Became a Very

Clea n Place

Passage 5

Morga n Rees has always bee n a good bus in essma n. He used to own three petrol

stations and was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he did n't want to stop, so he carried on worki ng for ano ther

two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68.his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wan ted to enjoy their old age together. Relucta ntly, he han ded over the bus in ess to his son.

11. The topic sentence of Para. 1 is___ . A. Morga n Rees has always bee n a good

bus in essma n

12. The topic sentence of Para. 2 is _____________ . C. he was unhappy after he got

retired

13. Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of Para.3? B. He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work aga in. 14. What is the central idea of the last paragraph? D. Since he started working

again,

Morgan

Rees has expanded the company

con siderably, which has en riched his retired life. 15. The passage mainly deals with ___ .

B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again

Passage 3

worried and an gry about the age nt's in activity that they agreed, and they elected

One day a bookseller （书

商）

let a big box of books fall on his foot.

Go to Tle e thr e sidents of 24 Acacia doctor, ” said his wife.

No.

he said.

I ' ll wait until the doctor comes into the property, so John Preston

shop n ext time. Then I 'll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I

meetlinhave tdqhay suggested con diti on of the last week.

At the

Every one was

so

Grove were dissatisfied with the called a meeting

to discuss things

setting up a residents' committee. paint at the pictures

in order to _________ .

A. save

James' life

Passage 6

him. ”

11. What happe ned to the bookseller one day? box of books. Joh n as Chairma n of the committee. Many reside nts telepho ning the age nt and tired of compla ining about the flats.

Although the B. His foot was woun ded by a said that they were tired of

12. The bookseller's wife asked him ______ C. to go to see the doctor age nt was resp on sible for the flats, they thought that he did n't do eno ugh.

13. The bookseller did n't take his wife's advice because ____ .D. he did n't want to

pay the doctor

14. The doctor paid _____ for the books. C. nothing

15. The bookseller paid money for seeing the doctor in the end. A. more

Passage 4

Today Newt on 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

dow n a man or woma n walk ing home at n ight. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.

11. Newt on is a place which ____ . C. is very clea n

12. Whe n the Gover nment first ordered the people to kill rats, the people _____.

C. were too lazy to kill many rats

13. The people killed rats _____ . A. to get money from the Gover nment Therefore Joh n was asked to write to the age nt and say that they were

disappo in ted with the man ageme nt of the flats.

11. Why did Joh n Prest on call a meeti ng last week?

B. Because the residents were dissatisfied with the bad management of the flats.

12. Who elected Joh n as Chairma n of the committee? B. The reside nts.

13. What does the word 'in activity' mea n in the third sentence in Para.1? D. Lack of actio ns

14. What does the word 'due' mean in the first sentence of Para. 2 ? A. to be paid

15. Whe n did they agree to pay the n ext service payme nt?

C. When they were happy with the plans to improve the property.

Passage 7

When 丨 was a little gill my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother did n't use to work duri ng the week, but she worked in the post office n ear our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as

they were issued （发行）

11. This passage mainly tells us _____ .

C. the author and her brothers had an unforgettable stamps

12. Accordi ng to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ____ . B. on

Saturdays

13. Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if En gla nd won, but she did n't tell them why. Why do you thi nk she did that? A. She wan ted to give them a surprise

14. What does the sentence 'We were over the moon.' mean?

B. We were

Passage 10

How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals,

somehow

inven ted certa in sounds to express thought and feeli ngs, acti ons and thi ngs, so that they could comm uni cate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certa in

sig ns, called letters, which could be comb ined

to prese nt those soun ds,

and which could be written down.

Those sounds, whether

spoken or written in

letters, we call words.

1. The origi n of la nguage is _____ . D. a problem not yet solved

not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartme nt or to buy used furn iture. But they soon lear ned about a new system that

2. Why do some people prefer to rent furn iture? stupid? Am I wearing unattractive

clothes?

't want to buy the che

ap furniture

Shyness can block our chances for a rich life.

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is

a high opinion of the self-made man

extremely happy about it.

2. What is true about words?

C. They are simply sounds.

15. What is the best title for this passage? D. A Memorable

Experie nee in

3. The real power of words lies in their D. represe ntative fun cti on

Collecti ng Stamps Passage 8 When John

and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City

for one-year stay,

they did

4. By “ association "the author means

B. a joining of ideas

in the

mi

nd

5. Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? A. He is

more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, Shyness is the cause of much un happ in ess for a

great many

people. Shy people dishes, and so on) has become one of America 's fastest grow ing bus in esses.

are an xious and self-c on scious; that is, they are excessively con cer ned

with their

1. Which of the following

has become one

of America ' s fastest growing

own appeara nee

and actio ns.

Worrisome thoughts

are constantly occurri ng in bus in

esses? D. Renting home furnishings. their min ds: what kind of impressi on am I making?

Do they like me?

Do I sound

trouble and money.

1. What does the author try to prove by citing

what kind of impression

am I 3. What can you infer from the passage? B. Ren ti ng furn iture is not popular in making? B. People ' s shyness made

them

care

too much about

thei r

the couple s )me tow n.

appeara

4. Which of the following

can best serve as the title of the passage? B. A 2. According to the writer, self-awareness is good quality New Way of Getti ng Home Furni shi

ngs.

3. Whe n being praised, shy people feel that it is

B. unreal

5. Young people liked renting home furniture in that D. They don

4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

C.

Passage 9

5. It can be inferred from the passage that shy people B. should

to respect the self-made man

— the man who has rise n to the top through his own efforts, usually beg inning by work ing with his han ds. While the leader in bus in ess or in dustry or the college professor occupies a higher social positi on and comma nds greater respect in the comm un ity

tha n the comm on laborer or eve n the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. Passage 12

In the United States, it is not customary morni ng. If you teleph one him early in

to teleph one some one very the day, while he is shavi ng

breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate

atte ntio n.

The same mea ning is attached to teleph one

after 11:00 p.m. If some one receives a call duri ng sleep ing hours, he

early or calls assumes it in the hav

ing

made

1.From paragraph 1, we know that in America _______ .

A. people tend to have a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call

com muni cates

its

2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks

dinner herself mainly because 1. What is the main idea of this passage? B. The role

of time in social life

______ . B. she takes pride in what she can do herself 3. The expressi on “ wait on table ” in the sec ond paragraph means “_____________

over the world.

D. serve customers in a restaura nt 4. The author s attitude towards manual (l 体力 的) ____ . A. positive

5. Which of the

follow ing may serve as the best title of the passage?

B.American Attitude toward Manual Labor.

2. What does it mea n in the passage if you call some one duri ng his or her sleep ing

hours? _____ B . A matter of life or death.

3. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your frie nd? ______ B. at 4:00 pm.

4. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is true accord ing to the passage? ________ D. Prompt ness is valued highly in America n life.

experienee

in collecting

no more tha n a master of words. Passage 11

C . Because it saves them much

have much money and don un dersta nd themselves in the right way importa nee.