1、大学英语 B 试题Test 6Part Use of English (20 points)Directions：In this part there are 10 incomplete dialoguesFor each dialogue there are four choices marked A，B，C and DChoose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogueThen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through th
2、e center21Can I help you with the bag？_ANo，noI can take it myself BThank youCSorry，you cant DNo，Im all right22Hello，Id like to speak to Mark , please_AYes ，Im Mark BThis is Mark speakingCIts me here DThis is me23Can you go out with us for dinner this evening？_ANo，I already have plansBThanks a lot bu
3、t Im busy tonightCNo，I really dont like being with youDIm ill，so I shouldnt go out for dinner24Sorry，I must be leaving now，because theres a meeting_AOh，no，you cantBYes，you can leave if you likeCDo you really have to go？Couldnt you at least stay for another cup of tea ？DOh，noI dont understand25Id lik
4、e to book a flight to Shanghai，please_ANo, of course not BDo you mind if I said no？CYes，sir，single or return？ DYou cant We are busy26Excuse me，is this the right direction for the school？_Awell， no，youre going in the wrong directionBNo，dont ask meCNo，I dont knowDDont go this way27May I see your ticke
5、ts and passports，please？_ANo，you cant BYes，you canCHere they are DNo ，they are mine28Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon？_ANever mind BOK ，but what for？CYes，please help yourself DYes ，but I dont care29Hello，is that Shanghai Airlines？_AYes ，can I help you？ BYes，what do you want
6、？CYes，youre right DYes ，right number30Sorry I kept you waiting_AIm sad BI dont careCThats all rightTheres no hurry DNo，not at allPart Reading Comprehension(30 points)Directions：There are three passages in this partEach passage is followed by five questionsFor each question there are four choices mar
7、ked A，B ，C and DYou should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centerPassage 1One silly question I simply cant stand is “How do you feel”Usually the question is asked of a man in actiona man on the go，walking along the street
8、，or busily working at his deskSo what do you expect him to say？He11 probably say， “Fine，Im all right ”But “youve put a bug in his ear”maybe now hes not sureIf you are a good friend，you may have seen something in his face，or his walk，that he did not realize that morningIt starts him worrying a little
9、First thing you know，he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right，while you go merrily on your way asking someone else， “How do you feel？”Every question has its time and placeIts perfectly acceptable，for instance，to ask “How do you feel？”if youre visiting a close friend in the hospitalBut
10、if the fellow is walking on born legs，hurrying to make a train，or sitting at his desk working，its no time to ask him that silly questionWhen George Bernard Shaw，the famous writer of plays was in his eighties，someone asked him “How do you feel”，Shaw put him in his place “When you reach my age”，he sai
11、d ， “either you feel all right or youre dead ”31According to the writer，greetings，such as “How do you feel？”_Ashow ones consideration for others Bare a good way to make friendsCare proper to ask a man in action Dgenerally make one feel uneasy32The question “How do you feel？”seems to be correct and s
12、uitable when asked ofAa man working at his deskBa person having lost a close friendCa stranger who looks somewhat worriedDa friend who is ill33The writer seems to feel that a busy man should_Abe praised for his efforts Bnever be asked any questionCnot be bothered Dbe discouraged from working so hard
13、34George Bernard Shaws reply in the passage shows his_Acheerfulness Bcleverness Cability Dpoliteness35 “Youve put a bug in his ear” means that youve_Amade him laugh Bshown concern for himCmade fun of him Dgiven him some kind of warningPassage 2Acting is such an overcrowded profession that the only a
14、dvice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is “Dont!”But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act，although the chances of his becoming famous are slimThe normal way to begin is to go to a drama schoolUsually only students who show promise
15、 and talent are accepted，and the course lasts two yearsThen the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company（剧团)，usually as an assistant stage managerThis means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally acting in very small partsIt is very hard work indee
16、d，the hours are long and the salary is tinyOf course，some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard trainingConnie Pratt，for example，was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factoryA film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting
17、 at a bus stop，as he drove past in his carHe stopped and got out to speak to the girlHe asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test，and she thought he was jokingThen she got angry and said she would call the policeIt took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was s
18、eriousThe test was successfulAnd within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the dayBut chances like this happen once in a blue moon!36From the very beginning，the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession_Asought after by too manyBtoo diffic
19、ult for young peopleCfor slim people onlyDone can go into without special training37For someone who feels he must act，it is very likely that_Ahe will become a film star at long lastBhe will become a stage managerChe will be well paidDhe will end up without any success38The film producer found Connie
20、 Pratt one morning when she was_Aat work in a bicycle factoryBdriving past him in her carCgoing to a film studioDwaiting for a bus39A few weeks after the test，Connie Pratt found herself_Athe most famous actress of the worldBplaying the leading female role in a playCas famous as the greatest actor of
21、 the worldDno less famous than the leading actor of the day40The concluding sentence “chances like this happen once in a blue moon” meansAthis is something which happens once in a whileBthis is a highly profitable chanceCthis is something highly possibleDthis is a very rare chancePassage 3Soldiers a
22、nd other military people wear uniforms with various other symbols to indicate their statusBut in the business world everyone wears more or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at a glance who ranks higher or lower than anotherSo how do people in the business world show their superiority？An attempt
23、 to study this was made by two researchers using a series of silent filmsThey had two actors play the parts of an executive（经理）and a visitor，and switch roles each timeThe scene had one man at his desk playing the part of an executive，while the other，playing the part of a visitor，knocks at the door，o
24、pens it and approaches the desk to discuss some business matterThe audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms of statusA certain set of rules about status began to emerge from the ratingsThe visitor showed the least amount of status when he stopped just insi
25、de the door to talk across the room to the seated manHe was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to the desk，and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right in front of the seated executiveAnother thing that affected the status of the visitor in
26、the eyes of the observers was the time between knocking and enteringFor the seated executive，his status was also affected by the time between hearing the knock and answeringThe quicker the visitor entered the room， the more status he had The longer the executive took to answer，the more status he had
27、41The experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out_Ahow business is conducted by an executive and a visitorBhow to tell the differences between an executive and a visitorChow to tell businessmen at a glanceDhow businessmen indicate status42Which of the statements can best sum up t
28、he passage？AThe executive has a higher status than the visitorBMilitary people wear uniforms but the businessmen do notCA study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmenDIt is a good method to use a series of silent film in research43Having entered the room ，the closer the visitor app
29、roaches the executive ，_Athe less it affected his status Bthe lower his statusCthe more it affected his status Dthe higher his status44The longer the seated man was in answering the knock，_Athe higher his status Bthe less it affected his statusCthe lower his status Dthe more it affected his status45
30、Which statement is NOT true?ASoldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one can tell their status at a glanceBIn the experiment ，one actor played the executive while the other played the seated manCBusiness people wear similar suits DThe audience watching the film rated the executive and th
31、e visitor in terms of statusPart Vocabulary and Structure(25 points)Section ADirections：In this section there are 15incomplete sentencesFor each sentence there are four choices marked A，B， C and DChoose the ONE answer that best completes the sentenceThen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer S
32、heet with a single line through the center46The match was cancelled because most of the members _ a match without a standard courtAobjected to having Bobjected to have Cwere objected to have Dwere objected to having47Nowhere else in the world _ more attractive scenery than in SwitzerlandAyou can fin
33、d Bis foundCcan you find Dhas been found48This is a very difficult operationIt is essential that you_ for emergencyAare to be prepared Bwould preparedCbe prepared Dmust be prepared49Most insurance agents would rather you_ anything about collecting claims until they investigate the situationAdont do
34、Bdidnt do Cwould not do Ddo50Her sun-tanned face suggested that she_ in excellent healthAbe Bis Cwas Dwere51_evidence that language acquiring ability must be stimulated AIt being BIt is CThere is DThere being52Having been asked to speak at the convention_Asome notes were prepared for DrSmithBSmith p
35、repared some notesCThe convention members were pleased to hear DrSmithDSome notes were prepared by Dr Smith53Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago they_ better healthAcould have enjoyed Bhad enjoyedChave been enjoying Dare enjoying54People are spending more of their income on goods s
36、uch as cars and household_ Afacilities Bappliances Cinstruments Dequipment55Graceland, Elvis Presleys former home, is now a tourist _ that draws more than 600,000 visitors every yearAattention Battraction Cappointment Darrangement56Food was in short _ ; women stood in line for hours for a bucket of
37、drinking waterAstore Bprovision Creserve Dsupply57Being the _ sponsor of this competition, he has got great opportunities for advertising his productsAprincipal Bchief Cmain Dprimary58I dont want to talk about it now. Im not in the _ Afeeling Battitude Cemotion Dmood59 Mary had prepared carefully fo
38、r her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first _ Aintention Battempt Cpurpose Ddesire60Latin America has an_ labor force and natural resourcesAwealthy Babundant Cscattered DdepositedSection BDirections：There are 10 blanks in the following passageFor each blank there a
39、re four choices marked A,B，C and DYou should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passageThen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centerThe proficient athlete possesses natural sporting abilities and very good physical coordination，but 61 these p
40、hysical assets heshe must be in superb（杰出的）physical conditionThe World Health Organization（WHO） 62 fitness as：“The ability to 63 your normal daily tasks with vigour（活力）and alertness（机警）and without undue（过度的）fatigue（疲劳） ，with enough energy 64 in reserve to cope with any emergencies that may arise or
41、to follow the leisure pursuits（追求）of your choice”， 65 is the most important of the benefits of physical fitnessThat is being in superb physical conditionThat is what we are urging you to 66 Physical exercise reduces the intensity of many illnesses or the risk of developing them，thus， 67 you to achie
42、ve what the WHO defines as fitness68 the benefits of physical fitness good health is a universal goalWe will guide you to achieve that goalLook at the essential benefits of physical fitness listed below and take the road 69 them！Set gaining all the benefits of physical fitness as your great health a
43、chievementA complete exercise program must contain 70 two types of training to be successful in helping you attain the benefits of physical fitness（211 words）61Awhats worse Bin addition to Cin addition Dexcept that62Adefines Bdescribes Crephrases Dputs63Ado Bcarry on Cperform Dexert64Aleaving Bleave
44、s Chaving left Dleft65Awhich Bthat Cwhat Dbecause66Acontain Bobtain Csustain Dattain67Aallowed BallowingCto be allowed Dhaving been allowed68AAmong BIn COf DWithin69Ato achieve Bof achievingCachieving Dto being achieved70Athe followed Bthe following Cunder DbelowPart Writing(15 points)Directions：For this part，you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to one of your former classmatesYou should write at
