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大学英语B8
一、交际英语
1.- When are you going on holiday?
- _________
A.Last night.
B.Next week.
C.By plane.
D.With my brother.
答案:B
2.- What's the matter, John?
- _________
A.I failed my French test.
B.It doesn't matter.
C.Nothing's wrong with him.
D.I don't think I can.
答案:A
3.- Is it possible for you to work late tonight?
- _______
A.I like it.
B.I'll do that.
C.I'd love to.
D.I think so.
答案:D
4.- What do you think of this novel?
- _________
A.I've read it.
B.It's well-written.
C.It was written by my uncle.
D.I bought it yesterday.
答案:B
5.- Is Johnthere?
- _________
A.Speaking.
B.I'm not Mary.
C.Who are you?
D.Mary is well today.
答案:A
二、阅读理解
Bill and Fred are students, and they're good friends. They don't have much money, so when it is time for their holidays, Bill says, "Let's take our holidays in a trailer, Fred. It's cheaper than a hotel. I can borrow my father's trailer." Fred is very happy, and they begin their holidays.
They want to get up early the next morning to go fishing, but they don't have a clock.
"That's all right, Bill." Fred says, "I put these small pieces of bread on the roof(房顶) of the trailer at night and they will wake us up in the morning."
Bill is very surprised, but he doesn't say a word. Fred is right. Early the next morning, some small birds come down on the roof to eat the bread and they make a lot of noise. Bill and Fred get up when they hear the noise.
6.A trailer is something like a house.
A.T
B.F
答案:A
7.Bill and Fred take their holidays in a trailer because they do not have enough money.
A.T
B.F
答案:A
8.Their first problem is to find the place for their holiday.
A.T
B.F
答案:B
9.Bill thinks out a good way to get up early.
A.T
B.F
答案:B
10.The birds come down on the roof to eat the bread.
A.T
B.F
答案:A
Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England.
Then workers were sent for and a big platform(台子)was made.
With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.
Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.
The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. "So the worker quickly took some paint(漆)and threw it at the pictures.
"What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.
11.James Thornhill was an English ______.
A.worker
B.artist
C.king
D.writer
答案:B
12.He was ordered to ______.
A.paint the wall of the king's palace in England
B.paint some pictures on the wall of the palace
C.build a big platform in front of the palace
D.put up some new pictures on the old wall
答案:B
13.It took them ______ to finish the pictures.
A.a month
B.a week
C.twelve months
D.half a month
答案:C
14.James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the ______ they were.
A.nearer...more beautiful
B.farther...more ugly
C.farther...more beautiful
D.higher above...more good-looking
答案:C
15.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to ______.
A.save James' life
B.destroy the picture
C.make the picture more beautiful
D.make the king angry
答案:A
三、词汇与语法
16.Fighting had ________ between rival groups of fans.
A.broken in
B.broken up
C.broken out
D.broken off
答案:C
17.I ________ writing the article by the time you get back.
A.shall finish
B.must have finished
C.have finished
D.shall have finished
答案:D
18.________ you are leaving tomorrow, we can have dinner together tonight.
A.Since
B.While
C.For
D.Before
答案:A
19.______ the War of Independence, the United States was an English colony.
A.Before
B.At
C.In
D.Between
答案:A
20.I have been looking forward to ____ from my parents.
A.hear
B.being heard
C.be heard
D.hearing
答案:D
四、完型填空
An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___21___ money, so that he had ___22___ left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
"My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___23___ to me now?"
"Don't ___24___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."
The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?"
"No, I ___25___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."
21.
A.happen
B.didn't
C.nothing
D.all the
E.worry
答案:D
22.
A.happen
B.didn't
C.nothing
D.all the
E.worry
答案:C
23.
A.happen
B.didn't
C.nothing
D.all the
E.worry
答案:A
24.
A.happen
B.didn't
C.nothing
D.all the
E.worry
答案:E
25.
A.happen
B.didn't
C.nothing
D.all the
E.worry
答案:B
五、英译汉
26.He doesn't like the way you talk to him.
答案:他不喜欢你和他说话的样子。
27.The teacher came earlier than expected(预期).
答案:老师来得比预期的早。
28.The earthquake in Sichuan made Chinese people unite as one.
答案:发生在四川的地震使全中国人民团结的像一个人似的。
29.John and his brother differ in personality even if their differences in age are not significant.
答案:尽管约翰和他哥哥在年纪上相差不大,但他们的个性却不相同。
30.A lot of natural resources in the mountain area will be exploited and used.
答案:那个山区有许多自然资源有待于开发利用。
31.Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.
答案:历史每重演一次,代价就增加一分。
六、写作
32.写作
Instructions:根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
1.介绍家庭主要成员;
2.描述令你难忘的家庭活动。
My Family
答案:无
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