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1、大学英语B统考模拟试卷及参考答案52009年10月20日 星期二 09:33第一部分 交际英语此部分共有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。 1.- How often do you take the medicine?- _four hours. A. Since B. Every C. For D. In 正确答案：B题目解析：译文：我应该隔多长时间吃一次药呢？解析：从how often的提问可以看出来，是对事件频率的提问，只有Bevery符合，译为每隔四个小时。2.- What time did yo

2、u get home yesterday?- _nine oclock _the morning. A. On, in B. At, on C. At, in D. On, at 正确答案：C题目解析：译文：昨天你几点到的家？解析：回答的应该是具体时间，而具体时间之前应该用at，in the morning是固定搭配，所以选C。3. May Mr. David see me today? _ A. No problem. B. Hed love to. C. No, hes busy. D. Yes, how about two oclock. 正确答案：D题目解析：译文：Mr. David今

3、天会见我吗？解析：答案A没问题。 答案B他会喜欢的。 答案C不行，他很忙。 答案D是的，时间是下午两点。 正确答案选D。4. Could you give me a help? _ A. No, I cant. B. Certainly. C. Yes, I could. D. I couldnt help you. 正确答案：B题目解析：译文：你能帮我一下吗？解析：答案A不，我不能。 答案B当然可以。 答案C是的，我能。 答案D我不能帮你。正确答案选B。5.- Madam,do all the buses go downtown?- _ A. Wow, you got the idea. B

4、. No, never mind. C. Pretty well, I guess. D. Sorry, I am new here. 正确答案：D题目解析：问答的人是一个陌生人，不了解该地的情况，只好说Sorry。第二部分 阅读理解此部分共有2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。 Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simp

5、le jobs that are now done by human beings. They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives th

6、e animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward. The scientists say that many different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get a reward for doing them. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and soldiers in both old and modern tim

7、es have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stranger or an enemy comes near. But it may be possible to train animals to work in factories. In Russian, for example, pigeons, which are birds with good eyesight, are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are

8、 being made in one factory. When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others, it touches a steel plate with its beak. This turns on a light to warn people in the factory. At the same time a few seeds are given as a reward. It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to this and one p

9、igeon can inspect 3,000 to 4,000 balls an hour. Apes have been used in America in helping to make cars, and scientists believe that these large monkeys may be one day gather crops and even drive trains.6. What made scientists think animals can be made to work for us one day? A. Animals are very skil

10、lful at a circus. B. They are big and strong. C. Some animals are as clever as human beings. D. Animals can be trained because they like to get something as a reward. 正确答案：A题目解析：细节题。从第二段第一句话They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quit

11、e skillful things（他们指出在马戏团，例如，我们可以看到大象、猴子、狗和其他一些动物做十分灵巧的事情）可以得出正确答案为A在马戏团，动物们都是很灵巧的。7. The trainer usually gives the animal a piece of candy or fruit_. A. when it is hungry B. before it plays a trick C. when it starts to play a trick D. after it has done the trick 正确答案：D题目解析：细节推断题。从第二段倒数第二句可以看出the t

12、rainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward.（训练员总会给那些动物一块糖果或者一块水果作为奖励），所以可以推断出正确答案为D训练员通常在动物完成规定动作之后给它们一块糖果或者水果。8. The reward in the passage means _. A. an honour given for doing something B. money paid for doing something C. attention paid to good conduct D. some

13、thing given in return for work 正确答案：D题目解析：理解题。reward报酬，奖赏，在这里仍然是这个意思，即给动物完成工作的补偿，所以正确答案为D对工作的一些回报。9. Many animals may be trained to do simple jobs if they know _. A. who their trainers are B. They will be praised by their trainers C. They will get a reward D. something dangerous will happen to them

14、正确答案：C题目解析：细节题。从第二段最后一句可以看出if they know they will get a reward for doing them.（如果那些动物知道它们做那些事情将会得到奖赏），所以可以推断出正确答案为C许多动物可以被训练做些简单的工作，如果它们知道它们将得到奖赏。10. Which of the following is not true? A. Scientists consider apes may driver trains some day. B. Apes have worked in some factories. C. Apes may one day

15、 be used to gather crops. D. An ape is not a large monkey. 正确答案：D题目解析：细节题。A科学家认为猿猴有朝一日可以开火车B猿猴已经在一些工厂里工作了C未来的某一天猿猴可以被用来收割农作物都可以在最后一段找到，所以运用排除法，只有D文章没有提到，所以正确答案为D猿不是大猴子。 In the United States elementary education begins at the age of six. At this stage nearly all the teachers are women, mostly married

16、. The atmosphere is usually very friendly, and the teachers have now accepted the idea that the important thing is to make the children happy and interested. The old authoritarian (要绝对服从的) methods of education were discredited (不被认可) rather a long time ago so much so that many people now think that

17、they have gone too far in the direction of trying to make children happy and interested rather than giving them actual instruction. The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human beings in a society need to work together for their common good. So the emphasis is

18、 on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly competitive; however, the need for making people sociable in this sense has come to be regarded as one of the functions of education. Most Americans do

19、 grow up with competitive ideas, and obviously quite a few as criminals, but it is not fair to say that the educational system fails. It probably does succeed in making most people sociable and ready to help one another both in material ways and through kindness and friendliness.11. According to the

20、 passage, the U.S. elementary education is supposed to make children _. A. sensible and sensitive B. curious and friendly C. competitive and interested D. happy and co-operative 正确答案：D题目解析：由文章to make the children happy and interested可以看出正确答案选D。12. Some Americans complain about elementary schools bec

21、ause they think _. A. children are reluctant to help each other B. schools lay too much emphasis on co-operation C. children should grow up with competitive ideas D. schools give little actual instruction to children 正确答案：D题目解析：由文章第一段最后一句话可以看出很多人认为学校过于重视让孩子高兴和感兴趣从而导致了实际指导的减少，正确答案选D。13. The authors a

22、ttitude towards American education can be best described as _. A. favorable B. negative C. tolerant D. unfriendly 正确答案：A题目解析： favorable支持；negative否定的；tolerant容忍的；unfriendly不友好，从全文来看，作者比较支持新的教育方法，正确答案选A。14. The American educational system emphasizes _. A. material wealth B. competition C. co-operatio

23、n D. personal benefit 正确答案：C题目解析：由原文So the emphasis is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process可以看出在教育的重点上合作比竞争重要，正确答案选C。15. The word sociable (Line 8, Paragraph 2) most probably means _. A. fond of talking freely B. friendly with other people C. concerned about social

24、 welfare D. happy at school 正确答案：B题目解析： sociable是好交际的、友善的意思，和答案B表示的意思一致，正确答案选B。第三部分 词汇和结构此部分共有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。16. _some money, Jimmy was able to buy his mother a washing machine. A. To save B. Saving C. Saved D. Having saved 正确答案：D题目解析：因为存了些钱，吉米可以帮他妈妈买一台

25、洗衣机了，根据句子意思，这里应该用动名词做主语表示节省的状态，排除答案A、C，因为从句用的是过去时，所以答案B错误，正确答案选D。17. Its desired that she _ to teach us at least twice a week. A. comes B. will come C. come D. may come 正确答案：C题目解析：这是虚拟语句，后面的宾语从句修饰desired，用虚拟语气（即Should+动词原形或只用动词原形）来表示愿望、建议、命令、请求等，正确答案选C。18. The enemy troops _ heavy losses in the batt

26、le. A. suffered B. received C. accepted D. met 正确答案：A题目解析： suffer遭受，receive得到，accept接收，meet遇见，对于战役中的惨重损失来说只有suffer可以承接，所以正确答案为A。19. _ in the newspaper that the Minister will arrive here next Friday. A. He is said B. It has said C. It is said D. It says 正确答案：C题目解析：强调句式，所以it is (said)that。固定搭配，正确答案为C。

27、20. We are next-door _. A. neighborhoods B. neighbor C. neighborhood D. neighbors 正确答案：D题目解析： neighborhood邻近、附近，neighbor邻居、邻国，所以正确答案为D。第四部分 完型填空短文中共有10个未完成的句子，针对每个句子空缺部分有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。 People form new companies to make goods and provide service because they hope to make a profi

28、t .They work to improve their goods and services, to devise new products, and to (21) a profit. A product must be something that (22) will choose to buy. This gives the consumers some power. Whatever they are willing and able to buy is called demand and (23) is made and offered for sale is called su

29、pply. The demand for a product or service always (24) the supply of that product or service.For example, if consumers buy only small cars, manufacturers will keep on making (25) . If consumers buy only large automobiles, manufacturers will make these (26) . Sometimes, the quality of the service that

30、 is available will decide which cars are bought. Most goods are provided by more than one firm. In the auto industry, several firms make and service small cars. These firms compete (27) sales, They try to learn just what the demand will be so that they can (28) exactly what the consumers want. (29)

31、keeps the quality of goods from falling very low. The consumer will buy products (30) work well and that require little servicing. He will not buy a poorly made auto, for instance, if there is a better one for sale at the same price.21. A. work B. take C. make D. get 正确答案：C题目解析：第一句话中就提到了make a profi

32、t，所以正确答案选C。22. A. consumers B. customers C. conductors D. containers 正确答案：A题目解析：产品应该是由消费者选择购买，由后面的This gives the consumers知道此处应填consumers所以正确答案选A。23. A. whoever B. however C. whichever D. whatever 正确答案：D题目解析： and作连词表示and前后句子的时态语气一样，所以正确答案选D。24. A. effect B. affect C. affects D. effects 正确答案：C题目解析：根据

33、句子意思这里应填表示影响的意思的单词affect，因为the demand是单数形式，所以正确答案选C。25. A. that B. them C. such D. the 正确答案：B题目解析：指代那些小汽车（复数）只能由them表示，正确答案选B。26. A. instead of B. in spite of C. instead D. despite 正确答案：C题目解析：如果消费者仅仅买大型的汽车，制造商就会生产大型汽车取代小型汽车，这里表示取代的意思，所以正确答案选C。27. A. in B. for C. on D. at 正确答案：B题目解析： compete for，为竞争，

34、是固定搭配，所以正确答案选B。28. A. give B. show C. supply D. sell 正确答案：C题目解析：他们试着了解消费的需求以便他们能提供准确的消费者想要得东西，根据句子意思这里应该填表示供给的意思，正确答案选C。29. A. Composition B. Confusion C. Construction D. Competition 正确答案：D题目解析：根据文中意思，竞争保证了在价格下降的同时还保持同样的质量，所以正确答案选D。30. A. that B. the C. what D. this 正确答案：A题目解析： and作连词，因此此处应和后面that r

35、equire一样填that，正确答案选A。第五部分 英译汉请把下列3个句子翻译成中文。31. The students are encouraged by their teacher to do more listening, reading and writing. 试题解析：老师鼓励学生多听、多读、多写。32. Ted and William have lived under the same roof for five years. 试题解析：泰德和威廉已经在同一个屋檐下生活了五年了。33. Would you please help me with this heavy box? 试题解析：你能帮助我抬一下这个很沉的箱子吗？第六部分 写作要求你根据下面所给的题目用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。34. The Sports Activities I Like Best