北京理工大学远程教育学院《大学英语1》模拟试卷（1）
第一部分：交际用语
D1.—I’m sorry. I missed the bus. —_________.
A. I hope it won’t happen again B. I accept your apology C. You should be very sorry D. It could happen to anyone B 2.—How is everything? —_________.
A. It was nothing B. Just so-so C. Not at all D. It doesn’t matter
3.—When you can’t follow your teacher what will you say? —_________
A. Can you say for a second time？B. I don’t understand anything.C. Pardon? D. What you said was nonsense.
4.—Can I speak to Mr. Brown please? —Yes ________.
A. Brown is speaking B. I am Mr. Brown C. this is me D. please speak D5.—Thank you for your invitation. —_________.
A. I’ll appreciate it B. It doesn’t matter C. It’s a small thing D. It’s a pleasureC6.—When are you going to the show?
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—_________
A. Last night. B. Yesterday. C. This evening D. I am. 7.—How about going to dinner at the Mexican restaurant tonight? —_________
A. That“s great! B. Forget it. C. Glad you like it. D. I don’t like Mexican food.C8.—if I could use your dictionary?
—_________.
A. Go on. B. Go up. C. Go ahead. D. Go away. 9.—We need some toothpaste. —________.
A. Let’s go to the bookstore B. Let’s buy them C. Let’s get some D. Let’s go
10.—Mike I am going to skate in the mountains tomorrow. —Oh really?_________
A. Congratulations! B. Have a good time. C. Good luck! D. Great.第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分）
此部分共有2篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题。请从每个问题后的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。
Passage 1
Questions 11 to 15 are baxxxxsed on the following passage:
Big Ben is the great clock high up in the tower of the Parliament(议会)
building.Big Ben’s story starts in 1834. In that year the old parliament building burned down.Its
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clock tower crashed(倒塌) to the ground. There had to be a new building --and a newclock.
Plans were made. They called for a “King of Clock the biggest and best in theworld”. So
the clock had to be big. And it had to keep very good time.
The big clock was made in two years. But it couldn’t be put in the tower. The towerwasn’t even built!
Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished. Then the giant hourbell
was put in place. It rang out for the first time on July 11 1859.
This great bell had to have a name. A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one.“The
clock is the King of Clocks.” one man said. “Let’s call the bell the Queen of Bells.” “Then why not Victoria?” said another. (Victoria was the British queen at that time.)The talk about names went on and on. Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak. Hewas a big
man whom the others liked. By this time they were all tired. Someone shouted “Whynot call
it Big Ben?”
Everybody laughed and the meeting broke up. But it was Big Ben from then on.Not just
the bell but the whole clock.
D11. The plans said that the new clock had to______________. A. be named at a parliament meeting B. be called Big Ben
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C. be made in two years D. be big and keep good time
A12. The clock tower was built five years after______________. A. the clock was made B. the hour bell was made
C. the old Parliament building burned down D. the new Parliament building was completed
D13. The new clock began striking ____ years after the old clock had crashed down.A. 2 B. 5 C. 15 D. 25
B14. Originally the British Parliament called the meeting in order to name
___________.A. the clock B. the bell C. the clock tower D. the whole buildingC15. Big Ben was named after___________
A. the king of England B. the British queen C. a man in Parliament D. the clock maker Passage 2
Questions 16 to 20 are baxxxxsed on the following passage:
People often say that the Englishman“s home is his castle. They mean that thehome is
very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats andmany
people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal and changethem in
any way they like. Most houses have a garden even if it is a very small one and thegarden is
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usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In acrowded city a
person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for him or herself and forinvited friends.
People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may havespread your
towels (浴巾) around you; on the train you may have put your coat or small bag on theseat
beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you.
Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people andthere
was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase (公文包) on thetable.
There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thoughtthat he
owned the whole table. I had been reading a book about nonverball (非语言的)communications so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his case!When I did
this he suddenly became very angry and his eyes nearly popped out (突出) of his head.I had
taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them. Heimmediately moved his case to his side of the table.
16. What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean? A. The home matters greatly to Englishmen. B. The castle is more important than the home.
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北京理工大学远程教育《大学英语I》模拟题与答案
