The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human beings in a society need to work together for their common good. So the emphasis is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly competitive; however, the need for making people sociable in this sense has come to be regarded as one of the functions of education. Most Americans do grow up with competitive ideas, and obviously quite a few as criminals, but it is not fair to say that the educational system fails. It probably does succeed in making most people sociable and ready to help one another both in material ways and through kindness and friendliness.
11. According to the passage, the U.S. elementary education is supposed to make children _____.
A. sensible and sensitive B. curious and friendly C. competitive and interested D. happy and co-operative 正确答案：D
题目解析：由文章“to make the children happy and interested”可以看出正确答案选D。
12. Some Americans complain about elementary schools because they think _____.
A. children are reluctant to help each other
B. schools lay too much emphasis on co-operation C. children should grow up with competitive ideas D. schools give little actual instruction to children 正确答案：D
题目解析：由文章第一段最后一句话可以看出很多人认为学校过于重视让孩子高兴和感兴趣从而导致了实际指导的减少，正确答案选D。
13. The author's attitude towards American education can be best described as _____.
A. favorable B. negative C. tolerant D. unfriendly 正确答案：A
题目解析： favorable支持；negative否定的；tolerant容忍的；unfriendly不友好，从全文来看，作者比较支持新的教育方法，正确答案选A。
14. The American educational system emphasizes _____. A. material wealth B. C. co-operation D. 正确答案：C
题目解析：由原文“So the emphasis is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process”可以看出在教育的重点上合作比竞争重要，正确答案选C。
15. The word \__.
A. fond of talking freely B. friendly with other people
C. concerned about social welfare D. happy at school 正确答案：B
题目解析： “sociable”是好交际的、友善的意思，和答案B表示的意思一致，正确答案选B。
第三部分 词汇和结构
competition personal benefit
此部分共有5个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
16. _____some money, Jimmy was able to buy his mother a washing machine.
A. To save B. Saving C. Saved D. Having saved 正确答案：D
题目解析：因为存了些钱，吉米可以帮他妈妈买一台洗衣机了，根据句子意思，这里应该用动名词做主语表示节省的状态，排除答案A、C，因为从句用的是过去时，所以答案B错误，正确答案选D。
17. It's desired that she _____ to teach us at least twice a week. A. comes B. will come C. come D. may come 正确答案：C
题目解析：这是虚拟语句，后面的宾语从句修饰desired，用虚拟语气（即Should+动词原形或只用动词原形）来表示愿望、建议、命令、请求等，正确答案选C。
18. The enemy troops _____ heavy losses in the battle. A. suffered B. received C. accepted D. met 正确答案：A
题目解析： suffer遭受，receive得到，accept接收，meet遇见，对于战役中的惨重损失来说只有suffer可以承接，所以正确答案为A。
19. _____ in the newspaper that the Minister will arrive here next Friday.
A. He is said C. It is said 正确答案：C
B. It has said D. It says
题目解析：强调句式，所以it is (said)……that……。固定搭配，正确答案为C。
20. We are next-door _____. A. neighborhoods
B. neighbor
C. neighborhood D. neighbors 正确答案：D
题目解析： neighborhood“邻近、附近”，neighbor“邻居、邻国”，所以正确答案为D。
第四部分 完型填空
短文中共有10个未完成的句子，针对每个句子空缺部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
People form new companies to make goods and provide service because they hope to make a profit .They work to improve their goods and services, to devise new products, and to (21) a profit. A product must be something that (22) will choose to buy. This gives the consumers some power. Whatever they are willing and able to buy is called demand and (23) is made and offered for sale is called supply. The demand for a product or service always (24) the supply of that product or service.For example, if consumers buy only small cars, manufacturers will keep on making (25) . If consumers buy only large automobiles, manufacturers will make these (26) . Sometimes, t
he quality of the service that is available will decide which cars are bought.
Most goods are provided by more than one firm. In the auto industry, several firms make and service small cars. These firms compete (27) sales, They try to learn just what the demand will be so that they can (28) exactly what the consumers want. (29) keeps the quality of goods from falling very low. The consumer will buy products (30) work well and that require little servicing. He will not buy a poorly made auto, for instance, if there is a better one for sale at the same price. 21. A.
work B. take
C. make D. get 正确答案：C
题目解析：第一句话中就提到了make a profit，所以正确答案选C。 22. A.
consumers B.
D.
customers containers
C. conductors 正确答案：A
题目解析：产品应该是由消费者选择购买，由后面的This gives the consumers知道此处应填consumers所以正确答案选A。 23. A.
whoever B. however
whatever
C. whichever D. 正确答案：D
题目解析： and作连词表示and前后句子的时态语气一样，所以正确答案选D。 24. A.
effect
B.
affect
C. affects D. effects
电大网考大学英语B统考模拟试卷及参考答案5
