A. It’s raining now. B. Yes, it is. It is raining hard.
C. They are usually rather cold. D. It rains a great deal in this season. 8. ― I’d like to mail this package. ― __________________.
A. Here you are. B. Do you have any letters? C. Yes, you can. D. How do you want to send it? 9. ― Excuse me, can I use your telephone? ― __________________. A. Not at all. B. Yes, how much? C. Oh, I see. D. No, it’s broken.
10. ― I’d like to look at your sweaters, if I could. ― __________________.
A. They are too expensive. B. Certainly. Any particular style? C. No, you can’t. D. No, it’s heavy for this season.
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
?? ?此部分共有4篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有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，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例[A] [B] [C] [D] Passage 1
During Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, his troops were battling in the middle of a small town in that endless wintry land, when he was separated from his men. A group of Russian soldiers saw him and began chasing him through the twisting streets. Napoleon ran for his life into a little furrier’s shop. As Napoleon entered the shop, he saw the furrier and cried, “Save me, save me! Where can I hide?” The furrier said, “Quick, under the big pile of furs in the corner,” and he covered Napoleon up with many furs.
No sooner had he finished than the Russian soldiers burst in the door, shouting “Where is he? We saw him come in.” Despite the furrier’s protests, they tore the shop apart trying to find Napoleon. But they didn’t find him and left.
After some time, Napoleon came out from under the furs, unharmed, just as his personal guards came in the door. The furrier turned to Napoleon and said, “Excuse me for asking such a great man this question, but what was it like to be under those furs, knowing that the next moment would surely be your last?”
Napoleon drew himself up to his full height and said to the furrier angrily, “How could you ask such a question of me, the Emperor Napoleon! Guards, take this rude man out, blindfold him and execute him. I myself will give the command to fire!”
The guards took the poor furrier out, stood him up against a wall and blindfolded him. The furrier could see nothing, but he could hear the movements of the guards as they prepared their rifles. He trembled. Then he heard Napoleon clear his throat and call out slowly, “Ready … aim…” At that moment, knowing that he would die, a feeling he couldn’t describe came to him and tears ran down his cheeks.
After a long period of silence, the furrier heard footsteps approaching him and the blindfold was taken down from his eyes. He saw Napoleon’s eyes looking deeply into his own --- eyes that seemed to see into every dusty corner of his being. Then Napoleon said softly, “Now you know.”
Napoleon ran for his life because _________________________. A.he was followed by Russian soldiers B.he couldn’t find his men
C.his personal guards were not with him D.he saw a little furrier’s shop
The Russian soldiers rushed in as soon as __________________________. A.a furrier saw Napoleon B.the furrier said to Napoleon that he could hide in a pile of furs C.Napoleon hid in a big pile of furs D.Napoleon entered the furrier’s shop
When he came out from under the furs, Napoleon was _________________________. A.thankful to the furrier B. not harmed at all C. noticed by Russian guards
D. angry about Russian soldiers’ search
14. Tears ran down the furrier’s cheeks because ___________________________. A. he thought he was to be killed at once B. he heard the movements of Napoleon’s guards C. he heard the sound of a rifle
D. he was blindfolded and couldn’t see anything
15. Napoleon answered the furrier’s question by __________________________. A. blindfolding him
B. by putting him in a similar situation he himself had experienced just before C. scolding him D. shooting him Passage 2
Most Americans believe that good education is quite necessary to democracy and social progress. Even during their colonial time the settlers attached great importance to setting up schools for their children, because these puritans were firm believers in education. They tried hard to establish enough schools for their children. The schools were not only to teach children how to read, write and calculate but also to train clergymen. The first college, Harvard, was set up in Massachusetts in 1636. Soon after, the colonial government passed a law requiring every town of more than 40 families to have a school and school master. By the mid-eighteenth century several well-known colleges were founded, including Columbia in New York and Princeton in New Jersey. They were used to train young people.
Education did not develop very fast in the South where big plantation owners did not want to build schools for the children of the poor workers and slaves. Children from rich families usually went to England for higher education. This was one the reasons why the South developed more slowly than the North.
Colonial schools laid the foundation for America educational system in which all the American schools were left to the care of communities or local authority. Compulsory education has been carried out and primary and secondary education has been open to American children free of charge for many years.
16. Education in most Americans’ eyes is ________________________. A. quite necessary for social development and democracy B. important only for the earliest settlers C. good as they have many famous universities D. the basis of working hard
17. Which of the following was not a task of school? A. To train clergymen
B. To teach children how to read and write C. To teach children math
D. To send children to British universities
18. The south America developed slowly because ________________________. A. children in the south went to England for higher education B. there were not many rich people in the south
C. not all rich children in the south had chances to go to school in England D. education developed quite slowly in the south
19. American educational system was built _________________________. A. on the basis of colonial educational system B. after some famous colleges were founded
C. by churches as they hoped to train more clergymen D. when many children from rich families went to England
20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Princeton University was founded around 1750s B. Colombia University was built in 1636
C. Harvard University was founded by the American government
D. A law was passed by the American government that a school should be built in every town
Passage 3
One of the most important skills in reading is the knowledge of words. Since Vocabulary Building and Word Study, another book in this series, is devoted to vocabulary development, we are not going to deal with this skill directly, but you should be aware do some basic facts. The number of words you know determines the difficulty and complexity of the material you can read and understand. If you have an extremely limited reading vocabulary, you will be able to read only very simple material. For example, children just beginning to read in first grade must use books that only have a few dozen words in them. As they progress through school their reading vocabulary keeps increasing until they are adults. Adults typically have reading vocabularies of over 50,000 words.
Failure to develop an extensive reading vocabulary will definitely hold you back in your efforts to improve comprehension. Most people learn new words by encountering them in reading or conversation, where the meaning is usually clear from the context. A few words are learned by looking them up in the dictionary.
A good way to expand your vocabulary is to read a lot, especially in different areas. In that way you will find many new words, which are often explained by the author. One of the main purposes of a beginning textbook is to explain the language of the field about which it is written. Thus you can expect to increase your vocabulary a lot if you read a textbook in a field that is new to you.
If you feel that vocabulary is a problem for you, you may wish to do something systematic about it. There are many good books designed to help develop vocabulary, including the one in this series. 21. This passage mainly discusses __________________________. A. the importance of developing vocabulary and how to expand it B. systematic ways to develop vocabulary C. the degree of vocabulary difficulty D. how to read a text in an interesting field
22. The difficulty of a reading material is partly decided by________________________ according to the passage. A. how often you do reading B. how much vocabulary you have
C. the speed of progress readers make in school D. whether you look difficult words up in the dictionary 23. This passage is ____________________________. A. part of a lecture on reading
B. an introduction to a book on how to develop vocabulary
C. a news report about how much vocabulary should be mastered by readers D. taken from the book entitled Vocabulary Building and Word Study
24. One of the factors that prevent readers from reading fast is ______________________. A. looking words up in the dictionary B. a limited mastery of vocabulary C. new words explained by the author D. reading materials in different areas
25. Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The passage is taken from a book on how to expand vocabulary in a systematic way B. There is no satisfactory way to expand vocabulary
C. For beginners, it is not proper to read books with too many new words D. Vocabulary keeps increasing until learners are adults Passage 4
A nineteenth-century French dramatist remarked that the only difference between animals and human beings is that people drink when they are not thirsty and make love in any season. The sociologist’s definition of the difference is more scientific: only human beings have the ability for creating and transmitting culture. More than any other species, human animals are able to surpass their biological limitations by sharing ideas and passing on what they learn to future generations.
All animals, including human beings, have certain problems in common. In order to survive as species, they must find a home, get food and provide for their young. Animals are guided by instincts that enable them to cope with these problems of existence. They respond to their environment is a fixed predictable manner: beavers build dams as homes, lions hunt for antelopes for food, and birds build nests to protect
their young. Should these solutions turn out to be inadequate, animals for the most part will still go on making the same responses to the same problems. It is true that much of the behavior of higher animals is learned through direct experience. As everyone knows, dogs can be taught to overcome their instinctive dislike of cats, and parrots often learn new calls. In some cases animals have also been known to teach their offspring what they themselves have learned. Nevertheless, human beings are unique in their far greater ability to learn from experiences, to create new solutions to old problems, and most important, to use language to transmit what they have learned to future generations. While animal societies must rely on biologically inherited methods of dealing with their environment, human societies have the far greater advantage of a socially inherited culture.
26. From a sociological point of view, the difference between humans and animals is __________________________. A. humans drink when they are not thirsty B. humans must find a home
C. humans can pass on their culture from generation to generation D. humans know how to bring up their young
27. One of the problems that both humans and animals must face is __________________________. A. they have to overcome their biological disadvantages B. they have to raise their young in whatever living conditions C. they must share ideas when in trouble
D. they must find new solutions to difficult problems
28. In face of problems of existence, animals __________________________. A. can think and find a plausible solution B. only respond repeatedly in the fixed way C. can pass on the information to their young
D. young animals can think of better ways to solve them
29. Beavers can build dams as home _____________________________. A. because they can learn from each other B. in an instinctive way C. after many failures
D. after they follow other beavers’ ways of building dams
30. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Only humans can learn from experience
B. Humans have much greater ability to solve problems with new methods C. Humans have more biological advantages than animals D. Humans and animals have nothing in common
第三部分：词汇与结构（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）
第一节：此小节共有15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，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例[A] [B] [C] [▆]。 31．What we care most is how to _______ the living standard of the people. A. arise B. raise C. rise D. arouse
32. This song often _______ us of the days when we worked together in the countryside. A. remembers B. reminds C. reflects D. memorizes
33. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about. A. Since B. As C. Now D. After
34. We are all _______ that your plan is quite practical and we have decided to accept it. A. believed B. realized C. convinced D. supposed
35. It is over two years now ______ I began learning French. I have made much progress in it. A. after B. why C. that D. since
36. After walking hurriedly for half an hour, I wanted to drink _______. A. something cold B. cold something
C. something with cold D. something to be cold
37. Dr. Smith, together with his wife and two sons, _______ to arrive on the evening flight. A. are B. is C. are going D. will be
38. You have caught a bad cold so you _______ stay in bed now. A. must B. need C. have D. shall
39. While ________ for the bus at the bus station, I met an old friend of mine whom I haven’t seen for 10 years. A. being waited B. waiting C. having waited D. waited
40. If you have told me in advance, I _______ her at the airport. A. would meet B. met C. had met D. would have met
41. All ______ they have done is good for us all. We should understand them. A. what B. which C. that D. as
42. One cannot learn a foreign language well ______ he studies hard. A. unless B. if C. as D. when
43. She has been working hard day and night during these years _______ she could pay for the lost necklace. A. in order that B. as long as C. the moment D. because
44. We are glad that we finally managed to get into contact ________ them. A. at B. on C. from D. with
45. The operator tried half an hour to ______, but the number was continually engaged. A. get me over B. get me along C. get me through D. get me back
第二节：此小节的短文中共有10个空白处，针对每个空白处的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，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例 [A] [B][ C][▆]。
Modern zoos are very different from zoos that were built fifty years46. At that time, zoos were places47people could go to see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages that were made48concrete with iron bars, cages that were easy to keep clean.
49?for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. The zoo environment was50natural.51the zoo keepers took good care of the animals and fed them well, many of the animals did not thrive; they behaved in strange ways, and they often became ill.
In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural habitats. The animals are given more52in large areas so that they can live more53as they would in nature. Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and streams of water flow54the areas55animals live in.
46. A. later B. ago C. before D. after 47. A. which B. that C. when D. where 48. A. up of B. into C. of D. for
49. A. Unfortunately B. Successfully C. luckily D. Unusually 50. A. only B. anything only C. but D. anything but 51. A. Despite B. Since C. Now that D. Although 52. A. freedom B. food C. drink D. dependence
53. A. silently B. comfortably C. difficultly D. independently 54. A. over B. through C. forD. below 55. A. that B. where C. when D. these 第四部分：写作（满分15分）
要求你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。 My Intimate Friend
参考答案：
Part I Use of English (20 points, 2 points for each item) 1-5 BACAC 6-10 AADDB
Part II Reading Comprehension 40 points, 2 points for each item) 11-15 ACBAB 16-20 ADDAA 21-25 ABBBB 26-30 CBBBB Part III Vocabulary and Structure (25 points, 1 point for each item)
2017年电大大学英语b统考模拟试卷及参考答
