大学英语B统考模拟试题1

1. –Thanks for your help. A. My pleasure.

2. Hi, welcome back. Had a nice trip? A. Oh, fantastic! Fresh air,and sunshine every day. 3. –Oh, sorry to bother you. A. That’s Okay.

4. — How do you do? Glad to meet you. B. How do you do? Glad to meet you, too. 5. –How was your trip to London, Jane? A. Oh, wonderful indeed.

II. Reading Comprehension Each of the following two passages is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Decide on the best choice. Passage 1 AwimAway Thailand & Cambodia Tour Reference 109359 Seasons January – December Tour Length 9 days Destinations Cambodia, Thailand Activities Cultural Exploration Tour Operator AwimAway Start Price £1449.00 * Price per person (Half price for U-15s, Free for U-7s) * Land cost only - International airfare not included. Ratings Difficulty Comfort Exclusivity Brief Overview: Thailand is a rush for your senses: a bustling, exotic(异国情调的), and vivid culture that never ceases to amaze visitors. On this cultural tour, you’ll visit Thailand’s gilded temples, one more gorgeous than the next, in the cities of Bangkok, Ayutthaya, and Chiang Mai. Other highlights include a cruise through Bangkok’s canals, a visit to a rural hill tribe village, riding elephants through the jungle and exciting shopping opportunities in Chiang Mai’s famous night bazaar.

Continue to Cambodia, where you’ll visit the bustling capital of Phnom Penh. Tour the Royal Palace with its dazzling Silver Pagoda. Then it’s on to Angkor Wat, where you have two days to explore the spectacular carved stone temples of this World Heritage site. Features of this trip:

Exclusive tour, guided privately by a multilingual guide throughout the trip. Customize your own itinerary（路线）to create a holiday of your dream.

Designed for 4 to 5 star luxury accommodation and services. Hotels can be changed to lower budget.

Depart and return whenever you choose – shorten or lengthen the tour to suit your wishes.

Outstanding value, costing you 25-30% less than similar guided tours of the same flexibility and quality.

Group discounts are available. Call 020 7430 1766

NOTE: Prices shown are effective as of date of publication of web page, and are subject to changes due to currency fluctuations, changes in availability, seasonal increases or variations in local costing at the time of booking.

6. This ad is most probably made for ______ B. a travel agency.

7. In which of the following cities can a visitor shop in a night bazaar? C. Chiang Mai.

8. Which of the following activities shouldn’t a visitor do in Cambodia? C. Riding elephants.

9. Which of the following statements is true? D. This tour is said to be fairly easy and comfortable. 10. Start prices are influenced by the following EXPECT A.the local living conditions Passage 2

The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman who got married at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women get married at a younger age and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children ,her work is lightened by household appliances（家用电器）and convenience foods.

This important change in women’s way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they got married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to get married young, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more return afterwards to a full-time or part-time job. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them. 11. We are told that in an average family about 10________D. the child death rate was rather high 12. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother____D. was unlikely to find a job even if she is now likely

13. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to _____D. continue working until they are going to have a baby

14. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to _______C. start working again later in life

15. The best title for this passage is ____________A. Great Changes in Women’s Life

III. Vocabulary and Structure Direction: There are five incomplete sentences here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D.

16. Our_ B. current __contract is about to expire and we'll need to discuss a new one. 17. It’s our duty to preserve the planet for future _ B. generations ___ 18. You can't expect to have any friends if you don't _ C. make any effort with people. 19. I don’t think I will ever feel C. comfortable __spreading rumors. 20. If you’re coming, please let me know _ B. in ______ advance. IV. Cloze

Each blank in the following passage is provided with four choices. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

―Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight? ‖I eagerly asked my father. ―I have to work late tonight. I doubt I’ll be able to__21__ it on time. I am just too busy right now, ‖he replied. My mind could not accept the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to__22__ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same __23__. Why would I even bother asking? __24__ , there was always a slight hope that tonight would be different.

As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends greeted me. ―Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.‖ I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the __25__ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, __26__ three others. I followed my classmates to the stage. When I reached out my hand to shake the teacher’s, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera hurt my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat __27__.

Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be __28__ . But the strong smell of alcohol （酒精）hit me as soon as I stepped inside, and I could feel my tears __29__. I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him lying on the couch.

Why did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more __30__ than his whiskey bottle. DCACA DBACD

21. D. make 22 C. attend 23 A. excuse 24 C. Otherwise 25

26D. along with 27 B. disappointedly 28A. drunk 29C. building up 30 D. important V. Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese.

31. You can talk to people in towns and villages and learn about life from their perspective. 你可以和城镇、村庄中的人谈话，从他们的角度了解生活

32. In recent years, many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind. 近年来，许多夫妇继续保持这种传统的关系。

33. If there are certain things you cannot live without, take them with you. 如果有些东西是你不可或缺的，那么就带上。 VI. Writing

You are required to write a composition on the topic ―Travel‖ with no less than 80 words based on the outline given below. 1. 我一直都喜欢旅游。

2. 旅游能够增长知识，并对健康有益。 3. 希望人们都能抓住机会外出旅游。 VI. Writing

I am always interested in traveling. My reasons are quite simple and clear. If anybody is not satisfied with my viewpoints, I shall be greatly surprised at his ways of thinking.

In the first place, traveling increases our knowledge. Only by traveling can we see things outside our home town. In the second place, traveling is good to our health. While we are traveling, we usually exercise our bodies.

In conclusion, I earnestly hope that everybody seize their opportunity to go traveling.