大學(xué)英語(B)模擬試題9及解析

1、真誠為您提供優(yōu)質(zhì)參考資料，若有不當(dāng)之處，請指正。大學(xué)英語（B）模擬試題9及解析第一部分：交際用語 （共5小題，每小題3分，滿分15分）l. Well, they got there last Wednesday. So about a week. B A. When did your parents arrive in Pads? B. How long have your parents been in Pads? C. Did your parents arrive in Pads last Wednesday? D. When will your parents go to Pads?2

2、. How often do you go dancing? C A. I will go dancing tomorrow. B. Yesterday. C. Every other day. B. Ive been dancing for a year.3. Hello, may I talk to the director now? A A. Sorry, he is busy at the moment. B. No, you cant. C. Sorry, you cant. D. I dont know.4. How about going to dinner at the Mex

3、ican restaurant tonight? C A. Forget it. B. Sorry, I like Mexican food. C. Thats great! D. Glad you like it5. Madam, do all the buses go downtown? D A. Wow, you got the idea. B. No, never mind. C. Pretty well, I guess. D. Sorry, Im new here. 第二部分：閱讀理解 （共10小題；每小題3分，滿分30分）Passage 1When John and Victor

4、ia Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, t

5、ables, dishes, and so on) has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples-people whose job or busines

6、s may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. The

7、y prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.One family, who now has a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep rent

8、ing it instead of buying new things. But usually people dont like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think. (248 words)當(dāng)John和Victoria Falls到達(dá)紐約開始他們的一年生活時(shí)，他們沒有隨身帶很多東西。他們計(jì)劃要么住在裝修好的公寓里，要么買些舊家具。但是他們很快了解到越來越多的

9、人正在采用的一種新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌子，盤子等等）已經(jīng)成為美國發(fā)展最快的行業(yè)之一。 什么樣的人是租用家具而不是買家具的呢？從事國際商務(wù)的人，政府官員，外國學(xué)生，航空公司工作人員，剛結(jié)婚的年輕夫婦- 那些由于工作而被迫頻繁來往不同的城市的人。他們可以省去每次搬家具的麻煩和費(fèi)用。他們到一個(gè)新家的時(shí)候只要租用新的家具就好了。收入少的年輕人不想買那些他們可能很快就不喜歡的便宜家具。他們寧愿等到有錢時(shí)買他們真正喜歡的家具。同時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可以租比他們買得起的質(zhì)量更好的家具。有個(gè)家庭，他們有屬于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他們太喜歡租來的家具了，所以他們決定繼續(xù)租用而不買新的家具。但是人們通常不喜

10、歡告訴別人這些。租家具的想法還是很新的，他們不能確定鄰居們對此會(huì)怎么想。 6. Which of the following has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses? D A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments. C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings.7. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? C A. Because th

11、e furniture they get in this way is new. B. Because it saves them a lot of money. C. Because it saves them much trouble and money. D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.8. What can you infer from the passage? B A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable. B. Rent

12、ing furniture is not popular in the couples hometown. C. Only those who dont have enough money to rent furniture. D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.9. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? B A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnish

13、ings C. Furnished Apartments. D. A New Idea.10. Young people liked renting home furniture in that D A. They have less money. B. They dont want to buy old furniture. C. The new furniture is of good quality. D. They dont have much money and dont want to buy the cheap furniture. Passage 2 A characteris

14、tic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and co

15、mmands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even 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.This attitude toward manual (體力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. O

16、ne is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪華的) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook t

17、he dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward; furthermore, the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in carefu

18、l preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, o

19、r during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.（291 words）美國文化的一個(gè)特點(diǎn)，并且?guī)缀醭蔀槊绹囊豁?xiàng)傳統(tǒng)的是對自我奮斗的人的尊敬通過自己的努力到達(dá)頂峰，通常是白手起家。然而公司，企業(yè)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，社會(huì)地位很高，在社區(qū)中獲得比一般工人或工廠技術(shù)人員更多的尊敬的大學(xué)教授，都不愿說出自己的父親在美國是從一個(gè)農(nóng)民，工人這類人開始奮斗的。這種對體力勞動(dòng)的尊敬在美國生活的很多地方都能看到。一個(gè)人被邀請到一戶家庭赴宴，這戶家庭裝潢不只舒適，可以

20、說是豪華，處處可證明這家人支付得起國外旅行，奢侈的愛好和孩子的大學(xué)教育。但是這樣的女主人很有可能自己做飯招待客人，然后洗刷餐具，并且這樣的宴會(huì)不會(huì)僅僅提供快餐式的罐頭食品，從附近面包房買的蛋糕或派。相反的，女主人通常為精心準(zhǔn)備特別的菜肴而感到自豪。男主人會(huì)談?wù)撟约喝绾蜗窜?，在花房勞作，粉刷房子，他的兒子在外地上大學(xué)，做餐廳侍應(yīng)生，洗盤子來供自己生活花費(fèi)，或者暑假的時(shí)候?yàn)榻ㄖ?duì)在高速公路工作賺錢付學(xué)費(fèi)。 11. From Para. 1, we know that in America _A A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-ma

21、de man B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts C. college professors win great respect from common workers D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors12. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because_B A. servants in America are hard t

22、o get B. she takes pride in what she can do herself C. she can hardly afford servants D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food13. The underlined expression “wait on table” in Para. 2 means “_D ”. A. work in a furniture shop B. keep accounts for a bar C. wait to lay the table D. serve custome

23、rs in a restaurant14. The authors attitude towards manual labor is _A . A. positive B. negative C. humorous D. critical15. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? _B A. A Respectable Self-made Family B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor C. Characteristics of American Cultu

24、re D. The Development of Manual Labor 第三部分：詞匯與結(jié)構(gòu) （共5小題；每小題3分，滿分15分）16. On average, a successful lawyer has to talk to several _D_a day.A. customers B. supportersC. guests D. clients17. What is the train _C_to Birmingham?A. fee B. tipC: fare D. cost18. You shouldnt _C_your time like that, Bob; you ha

25、ve to finish your schoolwork tonight.A. cut B. doC. kill D. kick19. Both the kids and their parents _C_English, I think. I know it from their accent.A. is B. beenC. are D. was20. Never before_D_ see such a terrible car accident on the road!A. I have B. have IC. I did D. did I 第四部分：完型填空 （共10小題；每小題1分，

26、滿分10分）Eagle has the longest life-span of its species. Eagle can 21 70 years, but to reach this age, the Eagle must make a hard decision. 22 it s 40 s, its long and flexible talons (爪) can no longer grab prey (掠食)which serve as food, its long and sharp beak (鳥嘴，喙 ) becomes bent. Its old-aged and heav

27、y wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its chest and make it 23 to fly. Then Eagle is left with only two options: die or go through a painful process of change 24 lasts 150 days for survival.The process requires that Eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its nest. There the Eagle kno

28、cks its beak 25 a rock until it plucks (拔去) it out. After plucking it out, Eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back. 26 its new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its old-aged feathers and after 5 months, eagle can take its flight of rebirth and lives for thirty 27 years.Many times, in o

29、rder to survive, we 28 start a change process. We sometimes need to 29 old memories, habits and other past traditions. Only freed from past burdens, can we 30 the present. ( 208 words) 21. A. survive B. live C. live with D. live up to (D)22. A. In B. On C. Of D. With (A)23. A. easy B. difficult C. h

30、ardly D. difficulty (B)24. A. who B. what C. which D. it (C)25. A. against B. for C. with D. on (A)26. A. Although B. When C. Because D. Therefore (B)27. A. fewer B. less C. many D. more (D)28. A. have to B. will C. should D. need (A)29. A. cherish B. get rid of C. keep alive D. remove from (B)30. A. look forward to B. dream of C. take advantage of D. free