大学英语B级考试模拟考试试题和答案解析 doc

story is true”，意思是我们不知道这两个故事是否真实，因此选项C“作者不能确认故事是否真实”是正确选项。

12答案D。 细节题。见原文第二段第二句“he had difficulty reading and writing”，意思是“他在阅读和写作方面都有困难”，第二段最后一句“The problem was that he didn’t know how to spell”，意思是“问题是他不会拼写”，只有选项D“他拙于阅读、写作和拼写”与原文相符。选项C“他让他的助手替他签署文件”与原文所说“他让助手把文件读给他听”不符。 13答案C。 细节推理题。原文提到了“OK”的两个用处，第一个起源于President Jackson,他批准某一文件的时候，会签上“OL korekt”，即“ALL CORRECT”（全对）的错误拼写，后来又将之缩略为“OK”。故选项C“OK由President Jackson首用”符合原文。

14答案D。 细节题。原文最后一段中说“Van Buren’s friends organized a club to help him become President…anyone who supported Van Buren was called‘OK’”，意思是Van Buren的支持者们组织了Old Kinderhook俱乐部来支持他竞选，所以他的支持者们都被称为“OK”。故只有选项D符合原文。 15答案B。 判断推理题。原文最后一段中说“Van Buren’s friends organized a club to help him become President…anyone who supported Van Buren was called‘OK’”，意思是Van Buren的支持者们组织了Old Kinderhook俱乐部来支持他竞选，所以他的支持者们都被称为“OK”。可见“OK”一开始专指那次总统竞选中Van Buren的支持者，仅适用于那次总统选举，故正确答案是B。

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16答案C。 细节推理题。见原文第二句话“Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in

agriculture and forestry”，少于十分之一的美国人从事农业和林业，所以如果美国人口是2.5亿，那么农业和林业的从业人员为其十分之一不到，即少于2500万，所以选项C是正确答案。

17．答案C。细节判断题。见原文第四句话“half the population now lives

in some thirty metropolitan areas… - a larger proportion than in Germany of England, let alone France”，美国一半人口都住在大约30个大都市里，这个比例大过德国和英国，更不用提法国了，可见法国的城市人口比例在四个国家里是最小的，因此正确答案是C。 18．答案A。词语释义题。 19．答案B。细节判断题。见原文倒数第三句话“every small town may still be very like other small towns”，第一个小城都与其他的小城很相似，故选项B符合原文。 20．答案C。

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21．答案D。综合判断题。见原文第三段第一句话“even if the people cannot

write, they may know something of the past”，即使没有文字记录，人们也可以了解过去的历史，即通过口头传授，很明显选项D是与原文这个观点不一致的，故D是应选答案。

22．答案D。细节题。见原文第二段最后一句话“we know almost nothing

about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write”，对于中非200年的历史我们几乎一无所知，那是因为中非地区的人不会书写，所以D是正确答案。 23．答案D。词义理解题。可以根据上下文判断词义。原文第三段提到，

人们从老一辈人那儿听说，再以歌唱、舞蹈和故事的形式流传下去，这就称为“remembered history”。所以选项D是正确答案。 24．答案B。细节题。见原文最后一句话“where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful”，但没有文字记录的时候，这些口头流传的故事就很有帮助，故选项B符合原文。

25．答案A。综合推理题。根据全文大意，作者认为文字记录是我们了解

历史最有价值的资料，所以如果古人对每一件事都以文字记录下来，我们对历史将了解得更多，所以选项A最接近文意。 26. C 27.D 28.D 29. D 30.A

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure(25 points)

31．答案C。此题的考点是busy的用法。因为busy的搭配是be busy (in) doing sth。所以答案为C。

32．答案C。此题的考点是情态动词must与have done结构的搭配表示有把握的猜测。所以答案为C。

33．答案C。此题的考点是wonder引导的宾语从句。其中what与本题的题意相符，所以选C。

34．答案B。此题的考点是with+n.+done结构在句中做状语。因为表示的

状态不是正在进行所以不选A，答案为B。

35．答案D。此题的考点是由if引导的条件状语从句

36．A 37.D 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.B 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.C

46．A 47.B 48.B 49.D 50.A 51.C 52.A 53.D 54.C 55.D

PartⅣ Writing (15 points)（略）

大学英语B模拟试题2

Part I Use of English (20 points)

Directions: In this part there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. --- Would you like to have dinner with us this evening? --- __________ .

A. OK, but I have to go to a meeting now B. No, I can’t

C. I’d love to, but this evening I have to go to the airport to meet my parents

D. I don’t know

2. --- Hi, is Mary there, please? --- __________ .

A. Hold on. I’ll get her B. No, she isn’t here

C. Yes, she lives here D. Yes, what do you want 3. --- Please help yourself to the fish. --- __________.

A. Thanks, but fish doesn’t agree with me B. Sorry, I can’t help C. I don’t like fish D. No, I can’t 4. --- Hurry up please, or I’ll be late. --- __________.

A. Sorry sir, bur the traffic is thick now B. Well, it’s alright, sir C. How can you say that, sir? D. Oh, we are going the right way

5. --- Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the airport? --- __________.

A. Don’t ask that B. Sorry, I’m a stranger here C. No, I can’t say that D. No, you’re driving too fast 6. --- How about going to the cinema tonight, Jane? --- __________. A. I don’t think so

B. I’m sorry. I have to drive my mother home tonight C. Never mind D. Take it easy

7. --- Are you ready to order desert, please? --- __________.

A. Yes, please

B. Please don’t order it C. No, don’t mention it

D. Yes, I’d like to have some chocolate cake 8. --- Did Tom tell you to water the flowers? --- __________ .

A. No. And so did I B. No. And neither did I C. He did. And so I did D. He did. And so do I

9. --- Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water? --- __________ .

A. I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind B. Sorry, I don’t like neither C. Certainly, why not? D. Yes, we like these two places

10. --- Would you mind changing seats with me? --- __________ .

A. Yes, you can B. Of course, I like to

C. No, I don’t mind D. Certainly, please do Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna, Austria, people asked the obvious, “Why did she live to be 107?” Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100. Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their lives in cities. In spite of the city’s image as an unhealthy place, city living often provides benefits that country living can lack. One factor seems to be important to the longevity (长寿) of those interviewed.

This factor is exercise. In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for a bus. Even taking public transportation often requires some walking. Smaller apartment houses have no elevators (电梯) , and so people must climb stairs. City people can usually walk to local supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find, there is often no alternative to walking.

On the other hand, those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day. In fact, the opposite is often true. To go to school, work, or almost anywhere else, they must ride in cars.

11. The Vienna survey may help to explain __________ . A. the complaints of people in apartment houses B. the cause of Mrs. Groeger’s death

C. the longevity of people like Mrs. Groeger D. the image of cities in general

12. The purpose of the second paragraph is to list some __________ . A. benefits of walking

B. occasions for walking in city life C. comments made by city people D. problems of city living

13. To reach the third floor of a building, it would probably be most healthful ___________ .

A. to take the elevator B. to walk up the stairs

C. to ride in a car D. to find an alternative to walking 14. People who live in the country probably do more driving than walking because __________ .

A. they don’t live near business areas B. they don’t need the exercise

C. they never have parking problems D. they can’t afford to take the bus

15. A conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that __________ . A. air pollution is not serious B. anyone can live to be 107

C. country people should move to the city D. walking is a healthful exercise

Passage 2

For any Englishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest dramatist (剧作家). Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of our greatest writer. All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property of the English – speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we used, rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and complained that it was full of well – known proverbs and quotations.

Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writher, makes full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal use of English; Shakespeare in his works used about