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Last Thursday Britain and France celebrated the 100th anniversary (周年纪念) of the signing of a friendship agreement called the Entente Cordiality. The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following centuries of wars and love-hate partnership.
But their relationship has been ups and downs over the past century. Just last year, there were fierce disagreements over the Iraq war－which British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it. This discomfort is expressed in Blair and Chirac’s body language at international meetings. While the French leader often greets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a hug, Blair just receives a handshake. However, some political experts say the war in Iraq could in fact have helped ties.
The history of divisions may well be because of the very different ways in which the two sides see the world. But this doesn’t stop 12 million Britons taking holidays in France each year. However, only 3 million French come in the opposite direction. Surveys show that most French people feel closer to the Germans than they do to the British. And the research
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carried out in Britain has found that only a third of the population believes the French can be trusted. Perhaps this bad feeling comes because the British dislike France’s close relationship with Germany, or because the French are not happy with Britain’s close links with the US.
Whatever the answer is, as both sides celebrate 100 years of ”doubtful friendship”, they are at least able to make jokes about each other. Here’s one: What’s the best thing about Britain’s relationship with France? The English Channel.
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11. For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is _____________.
A. friendly B. impolite
C. brotherly D. a mixture of love and hate
12. The war in Iraq does ____________ to the relationship between France and Britain.
A. good B. harm
C. neither good nor harm D. both good and
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harm
13. The British are not so friendly to _____________ and the French are not so friendly to .
A. Germany; America B. America; Germany C. Germany; Germany D. America; America 14. _____________ are more interested in having holidays in .
A. American people…Britain B. British people... Germany C. French people... Britain D. British people…France
15. What does the last sentence mean? _____________
A. As long as the English Channel exists, no further
disagreement will form between France and Britain.
B. The English Channel can prevent anything unfriendly
happening in both France and Britain.
C. France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will
help balance the relationship between them.
D. The English Channel is the largest enemy between France and Britain.
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第三部分: 词汇与结构 (共5小题; 每小题3分, 满分15分)
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, 请从A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中选出正确选项。
16. I don’t know the park, but it’s ___________ to be quite beautiful.
A. said B. told C. spoken D. talked
17. Mike is better than Peter ___________ swimming.
A. for B. at C. on D. in
18. The young lady coming over to us ________ our English
teacher; the way she walks tells us that !
A. must be B. can be C. would be D. could be
19. Had you come five minutes earlier, you ________ the train
to Birmingham. But now you missed it.
A. would catch B. would have caught C. could catch D. should catch
20. Eggs, though rich in nourishments, have ________ of fat. A. a large number B. the large number
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C. a large amount D. the large amount
第四部分: 完型填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
以下短文中共包含10个未完成的句子, 针对每个句子中空缺部分有4个选项, 请从A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中选出正确选项。
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 21 the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 22 reading material and giving out assignment. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 23 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and 24 become hard even for the students to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which assist new students to develop the skills they need to be 25 listeners and note-takers. If these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 26 learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to
统考大学英语B模拟试卷套含答案与讲解
