2005年12月真题
试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试
大学英语B试卷
来源：全国高校网络教育考试委员会办公室
2005年12月
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Part I Listening Comprehension (20 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken twice. After each conversation, there will be a pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide on the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. At home. B. At school.
C. In a restaurant.
D. In the office.
2. A. Spain. B. Greece. C. Switzerland. D. Italy.
3. A. 3. B. 6. C. 9. D. 12.
4. A. He misses the lecture.
B. He shares the woman’s opinion.
C. He disagrees with the woman.
D. He was not interested in the lecture.
5. A. Chocolate cake. B. Ice-cream.
C. Nothing.
D. Candy.
6. A. Her ring. B. Her suitcase.
C. Her key.
D. Her passport.
7. A. Find out the information by himself.
B. Wait while she gets the information.
C. Call back later.
D. Go to the museum directly.
8. A. The walk will last for the whole day.
B. The weather is not very pleasant.
C. She is not interested in walking.
D. She would like to come along.
9. A. A letter. B. A postcard. C. A complaint. D. A
present.
10. A. The bus will probably arrive at 8:50.
B. The bus has broken down.
C. The snowstorm stopped all traffic.
D. The bus driver had an accident.
Section B
Directions: In this section you will hear a conversation. The conversation will be spoken twice. There are five questions about the conversation. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Decide on the best answer and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
11. When will Mary be leaving for vacation?
A. In fourteen days.
B. In two week’s time.
C. On June 4th.
D. On June 14th.
12. Why does Mary prefer the beach?
A. Because she has never been to the beach.
B. Because she hasn’t made any hotel reservations.
C. Because it is cooler there in June.
D. Because she wants to relax there.
13. Where is Mary going to stay while she is on vacation?
A. In her own car.
B. In a small hotel near the beach.
C. With her friends.
D. In a tent borrowed from her
friends.
14. Where is Bill going to have his vacation?
A. At the beach, too.
B. At home.
C. He has not thought about it yet.
D. He is not going to have it.
15. Why does Bill say that Marry is lucky?
A. Because Mary is going to have a long vacation.
B. Because Mary has chosen a nice place for the vacation.
C. Because the weather in the beach area is good for vacation.
D. Because Mary can find a place to stay at the beach in June.
Section C
Directions:In this section you will hear a passage. The passage will be read twice. There are five questions about the passage. For each question there are four choices
marked A, B, C and D. Decide on the best answer and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
16. Which of the following groups of people can join the library?
A. All teachers.
B. High school students.
C. University students.
D. Army officers.
17. Why can’t the library issue library cards to everyone who applied?
A. Because it takes too long to process all the applications.
B. Because its resources are limited.
C. Because there are not enough staff members.
D. Because it is a library for special purposes.
18. What would the library do if a reader fails to return the video on time?
A. Ask him to apply again.
B. Cancel his video card.
C. Not approve his application.
D. Not allow him to borrow any items.
19. How many items can be borrowed at one time?
A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
20. For how long can a reader keep a book before he returns it?
A. 1 month.
B. 2 months.
C. 1 week.
D. 2 weeks.
Part II Use of English (10 points)
Directions: In this part there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. — I'm afraid I've got a terrible flu.
— ____________________________.
A. Never mind
B. Keep away from me
C. Better go and see a doctor
D. You need be more careful
22. —It’s cold in here. Do you mind if I close the door?
— ____________________________.
A. With pleasure
B. Yes, please
C. Of course not
D. Thank you
23. — I’m going to America for a holiday next week.
— ____________________________!
A. Goodbye
B. Wish you success
C. For sure
D. That’s great
24. — What a beautiful dress you’re wearing!
— ____________________________.
A. No, thanks
B. Thank you
C. Yes, it is
D. Sorry, it isn’t
25. — Would you like a cup of coffee?
— ____________________________.
A. It’s very kind of you
B. No, I wouldn’t
C. Yes, please
D. Here you are
26. — Can I help you with your luggage?
— ____________________________.
A. Thank you. I can manage it myself
B. No way. I can do it myself
C. No, I don’t need your help
D. You do your things, please
27. — This is the worst film ever produced. Do you think so?
— ____________________________.
A. You’re wrong
B. I don’t think so, I’m afraid
C. Not at all
D. No, that’s not real
28. — Can I borrow your camera for a week?
— ____________________________.
A. Sure, here you are
B. Yes, you can borrow
C. Yes, bring it with you
D. It doesn’t matter
29. — Sorry, I have kept you waiting.
— ____________________________.
A. That’s all right
B. I don’t car e
C. I’m sad
D. No, not at all
30. — When your classmate can’t follow you, what will he say to you?
— He will say, “____________________________”
A. Can you say for a second time?
B. Pardon?
C. I don’t understand anything.
D. What you said was nonsense.
Part III Reading Comprehension (30 points)
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Why was Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under Charles V. By the seventeenth century it had stopped to be important for defense. Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison. It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes. Its huge doors closed only on enemies of the King. The Bastille’s workings were secret. Pris oners were taken to it in closed vehicles. Soldiers on guard duty had to stand with their faces to the wall.
No talking was allowed. Worst of all, a prisoner never knew if he would be there a day, a week, a year, or forever. Only the King’s letter could se t him free.
Over the years the number of arrests by King’s letter had become fewer. By the time of its fall, most of the prisoners were writers who had written against the corruptions (贪污腐败) of the government. Voltaire, the famous French writer, spent a year there in 1717-1718, and another 12 days in 1726.
For those who believed in free speech and free thinking, the Bastille stood for everything evil. The day it was captured, only seven prisoners were found inside. Still, the Bastille was hated by the people. It was a symbol of the King’s complete power.
31. The Bastille became a prison ___________.
A. since the time of Charles V
B. since 1370
C. in the seventeenth century
D. since the time of Cardinal Richelieu
32. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Anyone who did something wrong could find himself suddenly in the Bastille.
B. The Bastille was only for those who were opposed to the King.
C. Things done in the Bastille were hardly known to people outside.
D. Voltaire was twice put in the Bastille.
33. At the time of its fall, the Bastille housed _____________.
A. a large number of prisoners
B. a lot of writers who had been against the government
C. some dozens of people who believed in free speech and free thinking
D. only a few prisoners
34. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All prisoners in the Bastille had to stay there for life.
B. Over the years the number of prisoners in the Bastille was getting bigger
and bigger.
C. The King could put people in or let them out of the Bastille as he wanted.
D. At the time it was captured, there were so few prisoners in it that it
meant little to the people.
35. This passage mainly ________________.
A. tells how the prisoners were controlled by the King
B. tells how little was known about the Bastille
C. shows the inner workings of the Bastille
D. gives a brief history of the Bastille
Passage 2
The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise (设计) a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.
The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries. In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully. In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource. Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.
When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues, they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings. It would often be useful to have access to such information, and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information.
36. The library resources can be helpful when we ______________.
A. want to find a better way to measure attitudes toward music
B. are preparing a paper for a professional journal
C. are writing a dissertation
D. All of the above
37. The familiarity of readers with different resources ____________.
A. is more or less the same
B. varies slightly
C. differs greatly
D. should not be different
38. The author believes that _______________.
A. library resources should be used frequently and completely
B. library resources cannot be made good use of if they are not available
to us
C. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually not
available
D. one is supposed to have good knowledge and make good use of resources
39. When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they
often __________.
A. publish it in a professional journal
B. get it from professional meetings
C. get access to it in the library
D. make use of some library services
40. The chapter where this passage is taken ______________.
A. mainly deals with the ways of dissertation writing
B. presents information on publishing papers in professional journals
C. introduces some library services
D. describes some professional meetings
Passage 3
What will man be like in the future — in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity (容量). As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
41. The size of man’s forehead will probably grow bigger because _______.
A. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on
B. he makes use only 20% of the brain’s capacity
C. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries
D. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time
42. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?
A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.
B. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.
C. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.
D. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.
43. What will be true about a human being in the future?
A. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.
B. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.
C. His fingers will grow weaker because he won’t have to make use of them.
D. He will think and feel in a different way.
44. It is implied that __________________.
A. human beings will become more attractive in the future
B. body organs will become poorer if they are not used often
C. human beings hope for a change in the future life
D. future life is always predictable
45. The passage mainly tells us that _______________.
A. man’s life will be different in the future
B. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes
C. future man will look quite different from us
D. human beings’ organs will function weaker
Part IV Vocabulary and Structure (25 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
46. He studied hard in his youth, _________ contributed to his great success
in later life.
A. that
B. it
C. what
D. which
47. He’s determined t o finish the job __________long it takes.
A. no matter
B. however
C. wherever
D. whatever
48. She's the only child in her family, but they didn't really _______ her.
A. hurt
B. damage
C. spoil
D. harm
49. For a successful business, friendly and _______ staff are essential.
A. sufficient
B. effective
C. efficient
D. respective
50. Strict _____________ measures have been taken during the President's visit.
A. secure
B. security
C. safe
D. save
51. I don’t know why she avoids _______ her opinion on the subject.
A. to give
B. to be given
C. giving
D.
being given
52. The police are________ the two missing children.
A. looking out
B. looking after
C. looking for
D.
looking on
53. I do not intend to follow that, because we shall have an opportunity to do
so on another ______.
A. occasion
B. situation
C. condition
D. environment
54. The difference between an African elephant and an Asian one is that the former
has
_________ ears.
A. larger
B. the large
C. more larger
D. the
largest
55. These two areas are similar _______ they both have a high rainfall during
this season.
A. that
B. besides
C. because
D. except
56. We are interested in the weather because it ______ us so directly — what
we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.
A. benefits
B. affects
C. guides
D.
effects
57. A suitcase with a shirt, trousers and shoes _______ stolen from the car.
A. have been
B. has
C. was
D. are
58. The furniture in his room is quite different _______ in yours.
A. from those
B. from that
C. from that one
D. from
those ones
59. The government official explained that there’s no point _______ about the
cultural gap in that city.
A. to worry
B. with them worrying
C. in worrying
D. worry
60. If he _______such a good chance, he would have planned to learn more.
A. was giving
B. had given
C. had been given
D. was to give
Section B
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. 61 two speakers
speak in exactly the same way. We can always hear differences 62 them, and the pronunciation of English shifts a great deal in different geographical 63 . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a model? This is not a question that can be 64 in the same way for all foreign learners of English.
65 you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa, where there
is a long 66 of speaking English for general communication purpose, you should tend to acquire a good 67 of the pronunciation of this area. On the other hand,
if you live in a country 68 there is no traditional use of English, you must take as your model some form of native English pronunciation. It does not 69 very much which form you choose. The most effective way is to take as your model the sort of English you can 70 most often.
61. A. No B. None C. Not D. Nor
62. A. between B. of C. among D. from
63. A. areas B. countries C. parts D. spaces
64. A. given B. satisfied C. responded D. answered
65. A. Because B. If C. When D.
Whether
66. A. custom B. tradition C. use D. habit
67. A. variety B. practice C. fashion D.
method
68. A. where B. that C. which D. what
69. A. care B. trouble C. affect D.
matter
70. A. listen B. notice C. hear D. find
Part Ⅴ Writing (15 points)
Directions: For this apart, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to one
of your friends who invited you to his/her birthday party.You should write at least
80 words, and base your letter on the Chinese outline below:
1. 告诉对方你不能接受他/她的邀请；
2. 对对方的邀请表示感谢；
3. 说明无法接受邀请的原因。
试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试
大学英语B参考答案与评分标准
来源：全国高校网络教育考试委员会办公室
2005年12月
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 points, 1 point each) Section A
1-10 DADBC CBDBA
Section B
11-15 CDCCD
Section C
16-20 CBBCA
Part II Use of English (10 points, 1 point each)
21-25 CCDBC 26-30 ABAAB
Part III Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points each) 31-35 CADCD 36-40 DCDAC 41-45 ABABC
Part IV Vocabulary and Structure (25 points, 1 point each) Section A
46-60 DBCCB CCAAC BCBCC
Section B
61-70 AAADB BAADC
Part V Writing (15 points)
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作文评分标准
《大学英语》B的作文考试评卷原则是在整体评阅的基础上给出印象分，此印象分以奖励给分，不是按错扣分。
评分按档次进行，即1-3分，4-6分，7-9分，10-12分，13-15分五个档次。各个档次的具体描述如下：
13-15分：扣题，语言流畅，用词丰富，篇章结构感强，语法正确，只有个别小错。
10-12分：扣题，语言通顺，用词较丰富，段与段之间有较好的过渡，语法基本正确，有些语病；
7-9分：基本扣题，语言基本正确，用词有一定变化，文中错误较多，有个别为严重错误；4-6分：语言基本功差，文章中中国式英语表达居多，用词贫乏，语法错误相当多，有多处严重错误。
1-3分：语言支离破碎，绝大部分句子无法理解，语言错误很多。
2009年12月大学英语四级真题及答案解析
2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案 Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes) 注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Creating a Green Campus. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1. 建设绿色校园很重要 2. 绿色校园不仅指绿色的环境…… 3. 为了建设绿色校园，我们应该…… Creating a Green Campus Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For question 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Colleges taking another look at value of merit-based aid Good grades and high tests scores still matter—a lot—to many colleges as they award financial aid. But with low-income students projected to make up an ever-larger share of the college-bound population in coming years, some schools are re-examining whether that aid, typically known as “merit aid”, is the most effective use of precious institutional dollars. George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for example, said last week that it would cut the value of its average merit scholarships by about one-third and reduce the number of recipients(接受者), pouring the savings, about $2.5 million, into need-based aid. Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., made a similar decision three years ago. Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether. No current merit-aid recipients will lose their scholarships, but need-based aid alone will be awarded beginning with students entering in fall 2008. Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school, the less likely it is to do so. Harvard and Princeton, for example, offer generous need-based packages, but many families who don’t meet need eligibility(资格)have been willing to pay whatever they must for a big-name school. For small regional colleges that struggle just to fill seats, merit aid can be an important revenue-builder because many recipients still pay enough tuition dollars over and above the scholarship amount to keep the institution running. But for rankings-conscious schools in between, merit aid has served primarily as a tool to recruit top students and to improve their academic profits. “They’re trying to buy students,”says Skidmore College economist Sandy Baum. Studies show merit aid also tends to benefit disproportionately students who could afford to enroll without it. “As we look to the future, we see a more pressing need to invest in need-based aid,”says Monica Inzer, dean of admission and financial aid at Hamilton, which has offered merit scholarships for 10 years. During that time, it rose in US News & World Repor t’s ranking of the best liberal arts colleges, from 25 to 17.
2008年12月六级听力真题及答案
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2014年12月6级真题三套(阅读和翻译部分)含答案
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By 1994 the World Bank had noticed that something big was happening. In a report entitled “Averting the Old Age Crisis”, it argued that pension arrangements in most countries were unsustainable. For the next ten years a succession of books, mainly by Americans, sounded the alarm. They had titles like Young vs Old, Gray Dawn and The Coming Generational Storm, and their message was blunt: health-care systems were heading for the rocks, pensioners were taking young people to the cleaners, and soon there would be intergenerational warfare. Since then the debate has become less emotional, not least because a lot more is known about the subject. Books, conferences and research papers have multiplied. International organisations such as the OECD and the EU issue regular reports. Population ageing is on every agenda, from G8 economic conferences to NATO summits. The World Economic Forum plans to consider the future of pensions and health care at its prestigious Davos conference early next year. The media, including this newspaper, are giving the subject extensive coverage. Whether all that attention has translated into sufficient action is another question. Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and health-care promises will soon become unaffordable, and many of them have embarked on reforms, but so far only timidly. That is not surprising: politicians with an eye on the next election will hardly rush to introduce unpopular measures that may not bear fruit for years, perhaps decades. The outline of the changes needed is clear. To avoid fiscal (财政) meltdown, public pensions and health-care provision will have to be reined back severely and taxes may have to go up. By far the most effective method to restrain pension spending is to give people the opportunity to work longer, because it increases tax revenues and reduces spending on pensions at the same time. It may even keep them alive longer. John Rother, the AARP’s head of policy and strategy, points to studies showing that other things being equal, people who remain at work have lower death rates than their retired peers. Younger people today mostly accept that they will have to work for longer and that their pensions will be less generous. Employers still need to be persuaded that older workers are worth holding on to. That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers’ choice. But the reservoir of women able and willing to take up paid work is running low, and the baby-boomers are going grey. In many countries immigrants have been filling such gaps in the labour force as have already emerged (and remember that the real shortage is still around ten years off). Immigration in the developed world is the highest it has ever been, and it is making a useful difference. In still-fertile America it currently accounts for about 40% of total population growth, and in fast-ageing western Europe for about 90%. On the face of it, it seems the perfect solution. Many developing countries have lots of young people in need of jobs; many rich countries need helping hands that will boost tax revenues and keep up economic growth. But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe’s most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones. Japan would need a large multiple of the few immigrants it has at present. Public opinion polls show that people in most rich countries already think that immigration is too high. Further big increases would be politically unfeasible. To tackle the problem of ageing populations at its r oot, “old” countries would have to rejuvenate (使年轻) themselves by having more of their own children. A number of them have tried, some more successfully than others. But it is not a simple matter of offering financial incentives or providing more child care. Modern urban life in rich countries is not well adapted to large families. Women find it hard to combine family and career. They often compromise by having just one child. And if fertility in ageing countries does not pick up? It will not be the end of the world, at least not for quite a while yet, but the world will slowly become a different place. Older societies may be less innovative and more strongly disinclined to take risks than younger ones. By 2025 at the latest, about half the voters in America and most of those in western European countries will be over 50—and older people turn out to vote in much greater number than younger ones. Academic studies have found no evidence so far that older voters have used their power at the ballot box to push for policies that specifically benefit them, though if in future there are many more of them they might start doing so. Nor is there any sign of the intergenerational warfare predicted in the 1990s. After all, older people themselves mostly have families. In a recent study of parents and grown-up children in 11 European countries, Karsten Hank of Mannheim University found that 85% of them lived within 25km of each other and the majority of them were in touch at least once a week. Even so, the shift in the centre of gravity to older age groups is bound to have a profound effect on societies, not just economically and politically but in all sorts of other ways too. Richard Jackson and Neil Howe of America’s CSIS, in a thoughtful book called The Graying of the Great Powers, argue that, among other things, the ageing of the developed countries [C] hardly halt the growth of population [D] help tide over the current ageing crisis [C] The younger generation will beat the old. [D] Old people should give way to the young.
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that a job seeker with a master degree must be easier to find a promising job than a un dergraduate. However, now the company interviewers generally prefer to required a even h igher academic qualification, like a doctor degree. Otherwise, the applicants, even though h e or she has tremendous potential, will be refused relentlessly. As far as I am concerned, education should not be the single standard in an interview. As for the companies, it is not necessarily a good principle as well. Now the whole comm unity often talk about working ability and efficiency. For example, some people may have high academic qualification, but actually his ability is very limited. So both the individual a nd the community ought to change their attitude on academic qualification. We should rea lize that it is the operational Part II Listening Section A Directions：In this section，you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was sai d. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question t here will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D)，and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Ans wer Sheet I with a single line through the centre. Question 1 A.At a grocery B.In a parking lot