English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.
你在一个学期内每周得自愿工作两小时。你可以选择教小孩数学，英语，或两者都教。一节课半小时比较好，因此你可以每周教两天，每次每门课半小时。
Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors — he’ll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.
道奇教授将担任这些家庭教师的顾问。他会帮你制订教学计划或提供活动的建议。他的办公时间是每周二和周四下午。你可以在他那签约参与这个计划并于下周开始工作。
I’m sure you’ll enjoy this community service … and you’ll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you’ve had experience with children and that you care about your community. If you’d like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge’s office this week. (220 words)
我确信你会喜欢这项社区服务，同时你也能获得宝贵的经验。能在你的简历上表明你有教孩子的经验而且你能关心你的社区，应该是很不错的一件事。如果你愿意签约或如果你有任何问题，于本周前往道奇教授的办公室。
6. What is the purpose of the talk? ____________ 这段话的目的是什么？
A. To explain a new requirement for graduation.
B. To interest students in a new community program. 是为了使学生们对一项新的社区计划感兴趣。 C. To discuss the problems of elementary school students.
D. To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.
7. What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? ____________ 讲话人所说的这项计划的目的是什么？
A. To find jobs for graduating students.
B. To help education majors prepare for final exams.
C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students. 为小学生提供家教服务。 D. To provide funding for a community service project.
8. What does Professor Dodge do? ____________道奇教授是干什么的？
A. He advises students to participate in certain program. 他为学生参加某项计划提供建议。 B. He teaches part-time in an elementary school.
C. He observes elementary school students in the classroom. D. He helps students prepare their resumes.
9. What should students who are interested in the tutorials do? ____________ 对家教有兴趣的学生应该怎么做？
A. Contact the elementary school. B. Sign up for a special class. C. Submit a resume to the dean.
D. Talk to Professor Dodge. 和道奇教授谈谈。 10. Whom do you think the speaker addresses? ____________
你认为说话者是在对谁说这些话的。 学生。 A. Faculty. B. Students. C. Residents D. Graduated students.
Passage 2
Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.
纸是人类发明的最重要的产品之一。没有一些便宜而又实用的材料来写的话，书面语也不可能广泛
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传播。纸的发明意味着更多的人可以接受教育，因为更多的书可以印出来并分发出去。纸和印刷一起为知识的交流提供了极其重要的途径。
How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1990 the world’s use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.
我们每年用多少纸呢？也许你无法很快回答出这个问题。在1900年，全世界的用纸量是每年人均一公斤左右。现在有些国家的用量达到每年人均50公斤。像美国，英国和瑞典这样的国家的用量远超其他各国。
Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of year. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment. (208words)
像许多其他我们用的东西一样，纸最早发明于中国。在埃及和西方，十五世纪前纸并没有广泛使用。埃及人写字写在一种水生植物做成的材料上。欧洲人用羊皮纸用了好几百年。羊皮纸很牢固，它是用某些幼年动物的皮做成的。从羊皮纸上保存的记录中我们了解到关于欧洲历史的最重要的事情。 11. What’s the meaning for the word “parchment”? ____________“parchment”的意思是什么？
A. The skin of young animals.
B. A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals. 一种用某些幼年动物的皮做成的纸。 C. The paper used by European countries. D. The paper of Egypt.
12. Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? ____________ 关于纸的发明下面哪项没有被提到？
A. More jobs could be provided than before. 工作机会比以前更多了。 B. More people could be educated than before. C. More books could be printed and distributed.
D. More ways could be used to exchange knowledge.
13. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? ____________ 埃及人什么时候开始广泛地使用纸？ 大约在1400年。
A. Around 1400. B. Around 1900. C. Around 400. D. Around 900. 14. Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? ____________ 以下哪个国家每年人均用纸量更大？瑞典。 A. China B. Sweden C. Egypt D. Japan 15. What is the main idea of this short talk? ____________ 这篇文章的主要内容是什么？
A. More and more paper is being consumed nowadays. B. Paper enables people to receive education more easily.
C. The invention of paper is of great significance to man. 纸的发明对人类非常重要。 D. Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records.
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。
16-20 CA BCC
16. The atmosphere ______ certain gases mixed together in definite proportions. 大气是由多种气体以一定的比例混合而成的。
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A. composes of B. is made up C. consists of D. makes up of 17. Neither John ______ his father was able to wake up early enough to catch the morning train. 约翰和他父亲都没能早点起来赶上早班火车。
A. nor B. or C. but D. and 18. The girl is ______ of a film star. 这个女孩有点像一位电影明星。
A. somebody B. something C. anybody D. anyone
19. Jane’s dress is similar in design ______ her sister’s. 简的裙子和她妹妹的在设计上很相似。
A. like B. with C. to D. as
20. His salary as a driver is much higher than ______. 他当司机的薪水比当搬运工的薪水要高的多。
A. a porter B. is a porter C. that of a porter D. as a porter
第四部分：完形填空（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，针对每给句子中空缺部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出正确选项。
21-25 DDCAB 26-30 BCCAB
One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her worry face. He knew she was thinking of 21 “It’s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea,” Jamie said. “ Yes. I’m thinking of those fishing boats at sea,” she said.
一天，当杰米放学回家时，他母亲显得很担心。他知道她在想天气的事。“外面天气很糟糕。乌云正从海上飘来，”杰米说道。“是的，我正在想海上的渔船，”她说。
At that moment 22 went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark. 正在那时，灯熄灭了。杰米和她母亲陷入了黑暗中。
“The coastline will be in the dark,” Jamie’s mother said. She got more worried. 23 always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister has the cold.
“海岸线上将是漆黑一片，” 杰米的母亲说道。她更担心了。坏事总是接二连三的。早上我打破了最好的杯子，然后我妹妹感冒了。
“Now, don’t worry, mum. They’re right.” They’re 24 to come through this all right. “别担心，妈妈。他们会没事的。”他们肯定能顺利克服这些的。
But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 25 the cove （海湾）in the dark.
但是杰米自己的确是担心那些渔船的。渔船在黑暗中会找不到海湾的。
Jamie took flare and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to climb. He 26 himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top.
杰米拿了照明灯冲入了大风中。海边有个悬崖，他开始爬起来。他双手交互的往上爬。终于他爬上了崖顶。
He 27 three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 28 the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were 29 sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 30 the fishermen of the village.
他失败了三次。第四次他发出了一个信号。亮光划破黑暗升上天空。然后他看到海的上空有了一道回复的信号。杰米又发了两次信号。他看到又一道回复的信号。然后又一次，又一次。来自渔船的回复信号表明他们通过了进入海湾的入口，然后换了帆，现在正驶入海湾。他们几乎就快到家了。杰米帮着救了村里的渔民。
21. A. the wind B. the clouds C. the rain D. the weather 22. A. Jamie B. his mother C. the fire D. the lights
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23. A. Messages B. Accidents C. Troubles D. Q uestions 24. A. sure B. lucky C. safe D. ready 25. A. lose B. miss C. leave D. forget 26. A. pushed B. pulled C. carried D. climbed 27. A. made B. tried C. failed D. finished 28. A. were at B. had found C. had passed by D. were going into 29. A. now B. then C. once D. again 30. A. answer B. save C. find out D. look for
第五部分：英翻汉（满分15分）
请把下列3句英文翻译成中文。
31. A lot of natural resources in the mountain area are to be exploited and used.
32. In Foreign Languages Department, a checking machine is used to correct the students’ test papers. 33. The students are encouraged by their teacher to do more listening, reading and writing. 31. 那个山区有许多自然资源有待于开发利用。 32. 在外语系，用阅卷机给学生阅卷。 33. 老师鼓励学生多听，多读，多写。
第六部分：写作（满分15分）
要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和中文提纲用英语写出一封不少于80词的短信。
A Get-together on May Day Holiday
1．了解对方近日的情况。 2．你的近况并通知他（她）；五一长假有一个同学聚会。 3．邀请对方参加。
A Get-together on May Day Holiday
April 15, 2009 Dear Wang Hong:
How is everything getting along with you? It is almost one year since we graduated from university. I miss you very much. What have you been doing all these days?
I have been a middle school teacher in my hometown since graduation. Teaching always keeps me busy, but I like my students and I love teaching, you know. So everything is fine here. There will be a former classmates’ getting together during this May Day holiday at my school.
You are my best friend. I never forget those happy days we spent together. I hope you will be free then and can come to my school attending the party.
I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
王红：
你一切都好吗？我们从大学毕业都快一年了。我很想念你。你最近在忙些什么？
毕业后，我在我们家乡当了一名中学教师。教学工作很忙，但是我喜欢我的学生和教书的工作。因此我这儿一切都好。这次五一节期间在我们学校举办同学会。
你是我最好的朋友。我永远忘不了我们一起度过的愉快时光。我希望到时你有空的话能光临我们学校参加同学会。 期待你的来信。
真挚的， 李华
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Test 4
第一部分：交际用语（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
此部分共有5个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1-5: DBCDA
1. — Please help yourself to the seafood. 请吃点海鲜。
— _______ 对不起，我不吃海鲜。 A. No, I can’t. B. Sorry, I can’t help. C. Well, seafood don’t suit for. D. Thanks, but I don’t like the seafood.
2. — Would you like to go to the concert with us this evening? 今晚你能和我们一起去听音乐会吗？ — _______
A. No, I already have plans.
B. I’d love to, but I’m busy tonight. 我很高兴去，但今晚我很忙。 C. No, I really don’t like being with you. D. I’m ill, so I shouldn’t go out.
3. — Congratulations! You won the first prize in today’s speech contest. 祝贺你在今天的演讲比赛中获得冠军。 — _______. 谢谢你。 A. Yes, I beat the others. B. No, no I didn’t do it well. C. Thank you. D. It’s a pleasure. 4. — Must I take a taxi? 我必须坐出租车吗？
— No, you _______. You can take my car. 不必。你可以坐我的车。 A. had better to B. don’t C. must not D. don’t have to
5. — We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us? 今晚我们有个歌唱聚会，你想来吗？ — _______
A. I’m afraid not, because I have to go to an important meeting. 恐怕不行，因为我得参加一个重要会议。 B. Of course not. I have no idea. C. No, I can’t. D. That’s all set.
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。 6-10: ABDCB 11-15: CCDCB
Passage1
Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag. Custom has also governed the common practice in regard to its use. All the armed services have precise regulations on how to display the national flag. This may vary somewhat from the general rules. The national flag should be raised and lowered by hand. Do not raise the flag while it is folded. Unfolded the flag first, and then hoist it quickly to the top of the flagpole. Lower it slowly and with dignity. Place no objects on or over the flag. Do not use the flag as part of a costume or athletic uniform. Do not print it upon cushions, handkerchief, paper
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大学英语B 电大统考 2012年必备作文
