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大学英语（B）试题Test1PartIUseofEnglish(10points)Directions:Inthispartthereare10incompletedialogues.ForeachdialoguetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthedialogue.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.1.—Hello,mayItalktotheheadmasternow?—___.A.Sorry,heisbusyatthemomentB.No,youcan’tC.Sorry,youcan’tD.Idon’tknow2.—DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourdictionary?—___.A.Yes,youmayborrowB.Yes,goonC.Yes,helpyourselfD.Itdoesn’tmatter3．.—AreyouMr.RobertLee?—___.A.Yes,LeespeakingB.Hello,whatdoyouwantC.Sorry,speakingD.Idon’tknow4．—Excuseme,sir.WhereisDr.Brown’soffice?—___.A.Youcan’taskmeB.Pardon?IhavenoideaC.Pleasedon’tsaysoD.SorryIdon’tknow,butyoucanaskthemanoverthere5.—Mary,yourdressisreallybeautiful.HowisJohn?—___.A.ThankyouverymuchB.No,no.JohnisnotbadC.Thankyou.HeisfineD.Don’tsaythat.It’sugly.Johnisgood6.—WhatcanIdoforyou,madam?—___.A.IwantakiloofapplesB.YoucangoyourownwayC.ThanksD.Excuseme.I’mbusy7.—I’dliketotakeyoutothecoffeehouseonthecorner.—___.A.Thankyou.Youshouldn’tdothatB.Thanks,I’dliketogowithyouC.No,youcan’tsaysoD.No,no.Youcan’tdothat8.—Doyoumindtellingmewhereyou’refrom?—___.A.Certainly.I’mfromLondonB.Sure.IwasborninLondonC.Notreally,youcandoitD.Certainlynot.I’mfromLondon9.—MayIseethemenu,please?I’vebeenwaitinganhouralready.—___.A.Thatisthemenu,sirB.Yes,pleasegoonC.Hereyouare,sirD.Ofcourse,sir10.—Iwasworriedaboutchemistry,butMr.BrowngavemeanA!—___.A.Don’tworryaboutitB.Congratulations!That’sadifficultcourseC.Mr.BrownisverygoodD.GoodlucktoyouPartIIReadingComprehension(30points)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.ForeachquestiontherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Passage1TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK.Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.Infact,hehaddifficultyinreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheapprovedofapaper,hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell,sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”.Afterawhile,heshortenedthattermto“OK”.ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentvanBurenwasborn,Kinderhook,NewYork.VanBuren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresident.TheycalledtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub,andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”.11.Theauthor___A.believesbothofthestoriesB.doesn’tbelieveawordofthestoriesC.isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueD.istellingthestoriesjustforfun12．Accordingtothepassage,PresidentJackson_____.A.couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimselfC.oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhimD.wasn’tgoodatreading,writingorspelling13.Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”___.A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonB.wasthetitleofsomeofficialdocumentsC.wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD.wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect”14.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”___.A.wastheshortwaytosay“OldKinderhookClub”B.meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasbornC.wasthenameofvanBuren’sclubD.wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection15.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”wasfirstused___.A.byvanBurenB.inapresidentialelectionC.toorganizetheOldKinderhookClubD.bythemembersofthe“OldKinderhookClub”Passage2AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds,itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansociety.Lessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry(林业),andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns,smallandlarge.Herethetraditionalpictureischanging:everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns,andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry,butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore.Halfthepopulationnowlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas(largecitieswiththeirsuburbs)ofmorethanamillionpeopleeach—alargeproportionthaninGermanyorEngland,letaloneFrance.Thestatistics(统计)ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeoplewholiveinareasclassifiedasruralbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday.Astherushtoliveoutoftowncontinues,ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses,sothatitishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb.ButmoreandmorethetypicalAmericanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment.16.IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople,howmanyofthemareengagedinagricultureandforestry?A.About25million.B.Morethan25million.C.Lessthan25million.D.Lessthan225million.17.Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivinginmetropolitanareas?A.UnitedStates.B.Germany.C.France.D.England.18.What’sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage?A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs.B.Ofsmallandlargetowns.C.Ofurbanareas.D.Ofruralareas.19.Accordingtothepassage,whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates?A.Mostsmallt