2012年9月统考大学英语B试卷结构与题型

模拟自测试题5

Part II. Use of English

Directions: I n this part there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

21.- Hello, Sally. How's everything?

A. Good for you

B. Oh, I agree

C. That's right

D. Just so-se

22. -- Excuse me, would you lend me your calculator?

A. Certainly. Here you are

B. Please don't mention it

C. It's nothing

D. Yes, I have a hand

23. -- I don't like the spots programs on Sundays.

A. So do I

B. Neither do I

C. So am I

D. Neither am I

24. -- What's the problem, Harry?

A. No problem

B. No trouble at all

C. Thank you for asking me about it

D. I can't remember where I left my glasses

25. -- What kind of TV program do you like best?

A. I like them very much

B. I only watch them at weekend

C. It's hard to say, actually

D. I'm too busy to say

26. -- What if my computer doesn't work?

A. I'm not good at computer

B. Ask Anne for help

C. I've called the repair shop

D. There must be something wrong

27. -- Can I take your order now？

A. Thank you for your offer

B. Sorry, it's beyond my order

C. By no means

D. Just a moment. Two friends are coming

28. -- Have you got a table for four, Waiter?

A. Welcome to our restaurant

B. Yes, sure. This way, please

C. We have booked the seats

D. Here are the menus

29. -- Hey, Barbara. You look so pale.

A. I'm just getting over the flu

B. It doesn't matter

C. You didn't sleep well last night

D. I'm sorry to hear that

30. -- I've got two tickets for the match. Shall we go and watch it together?

A. The tickets must be expensive

B. The match must be exciting

C. Why not? Let's go

D. The place is too far away

Part HI. Reading Comprehension(30 points)

Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

PALO ALTO, California --" Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter? even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise, "US researchers said last week.

A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.9ks)less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.

"The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity," said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician (儿科专家)at Stanford University.

"American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years, "Robinson said. In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by

one-quarter to one-third.

Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continued their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet or took part in any extra exercise.

"One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories, "Robinson said. "Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more," Robinson said.

31. The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that __

A. children will get fatter if they eat too much

B. children will get thinner if they eat less

C. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV

D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV

32. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV __

A. is more than four hours a day

B. is less than four hours a day

C. doubled in the last twenty years

D. is more than on any other activities

33. The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about the time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about

A. six hours

B. eight hours

C. three hours

D. one hour

34. Which one of the following is right?

A. Children usually eat less while watching TV.

B. Children usually eat more while watching TV.

C. Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.

D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.

35. Why can watching TV increase kids' weight according to the passage?

A. They usually eat more while watching TV.

B. They burn off fewer calories.

C. They change their diet while watching TV.

D. Both A and B.

Passage 2

Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age -- 73 years. She has been studying at college, - few courses at a time, for 27 years.

When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn't think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.

She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff (不灵活). At the beginning of a coarse in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.

36. Mrs Hanson couldn't go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because __

A. she hadn't got enough money

B. she was a country girl

C. the banker ordered her not to borrow any money

D. the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children

37. Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the bank _ _

A. to support her family

B. because she was 73 years old

C. to further her education at college

D. as she was much older than her classmates

38. In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is __

A. the fact that she is poor

B. that she has a family of nine children

C. that she is 73 years old

D. that she is quick in learning

39. The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because __

A. she had got an excellent result in the exam

B. she was good at telling funny stories

C. they wanted to get her help in their studies

D. they were deeply moved by her spirit

40. Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who __

A. cares for study very much

B. likes to borrow money from the bank

C. never misses a chance to talk

D. tries to save money for her family

Passage 3

The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth 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 fill 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 health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today

women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest

child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement

(退休) at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by modem living conditions.

This important change in women's life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few

years ago most girls left schools at the first chance, and most of them

took a full time job. However, when they 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 usually many younger, more married women stay at least until shortly before their first

child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work.

Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life,

and with both the husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of

each of them.

41. According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married

__

A. at about twenty-five

B. in their early fifties

C. as soon as possible after they were fifteen

D. at any age from fifteen to forty-five

42. We are told that in an ordinary family about 1900 __

A. many children died before they were five

B. seven or eight children lived to be more than five

C. the youngest child would be fifteen

D. four or five girls died when they were five

43. When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth-century mother __

A. would be healthy enough to take up paid jobs

B. was usually expected to die fairly soon

C. would expect to work until she died

D. was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one

44. According to the passage, the women of today usually __

A. marry instead of getting paid work

B. marry before they are twenty-five

C. have more children under fifteen

D. have too few children

45. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Even a few years ago the girls would leave work at once when they married.

B. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen.

C. Today more married women leave work long before their first child

is born.

D. Very many more women today return to full or part-time work after their first child is born.

Part IV. Vocabulary and Structure (25 points)

Section A

Directions : In this part there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on

the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

46. The patient acted on the doctor's __ and finally recovered.

A. advices

B. advice

C. advise

D. advises

47. I saw she was in a difficulty with all those parcels, so I offered

my __

A. services

B. money

C. use

D. chance

48. We are in the future of our motherland.

A. aware

B. confident

C. sure

D. certain

49. Let's not wait any longer, he might not __ at all.

A. turn over

B. turn up

C. turn on

D. turn down

50. Mr. Smith a most important part in the development of our city.

A. took

B. had

C. played

D. made

51. It is hoped that the weather will __ warm for three more days.

A. last

B. go on

C. keep on

D. stay

52. If you want to visit someone in England, you'd better make arrangement __

A. in time

B. in turn

C. in advance

D.

in detail

53. Please leave the key under the door __ you go out.

A. in case

B. in the case

C. in case of

D. in

the case of

54. Mr. Smith, together with his wife and children,__ going to the party this weekend.

A. am

B. is

C. are

D. will

55. The sun heats the earth,__ is very important to riving things.

A. that

B. what

C. which

D. where

56. The definition leaves __ for disagreement.

A. a small room

B. much room

C. great deal room

D. not so big a room

57.I'd rather stay at home than __ a walk.

A. taking

B. to take

C. take

D. to be taking

58. The heavy rain stopped us at the station on time.

A. to arrive

B. arrive

C. arrived

D. from arriving

59. By next year he __ in New York for five years.

A. has worked

B. has been working

C. works

D. will have worked

60. He is over fifty, but he looks as though he __ only in his thirties.

A. were

B. is

C. will be

D. has been

Section B

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Jules Verne's most famous book is" Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea". ( A" league" is an old word 61 about three miles. ) In those days submarines ( 潜水艇) had not been 62 , but he describes an underwater ship very like a modern submarine. The captain of the submarine, called Captain Nemo, and his men have many strange adventures and find many strange things 63 the bottom of the ocean. He was a very good 64 . His characters often did surprising and sometimes impossible things, but they always seemed 65 real people.

In another book, " Around the World in Eighty Days", Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero, 66 made a bet that he would travel around the world in eighty days. Nowadays this may seem 67 to you, but in those days there were no planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant traveled in many different 68 even on an elephant at one time! If you want to know their result, you should read the book.

In all his books Jules Veme used his scientific knowledge 69 his imagination in describing future inventions. 70 be was wrong, of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very clever. 61. A. meaning B. including C. means D. speaks

62. A. made B. discovered C. producing D. invented

63. A. in B. beneath C. at D. under

64. A. story-teller B. sailor C. captain D. pilot

65. A. are B. to be C. that D. as if

66. A. that B. which C. what D. who

67. A. easy B. difficult C. comfortable D. hard

68. A. roads B. paths C. ways D. countries

69. A. except B. as well C. as well as D. or

70. A. Always B. Seldom C. Some times D. Sometimes

Part V. Writing (15 points)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a passage to defend your views on a given topic. You should write at least 80 words and base your writing on the Chinese outline below:

1.有一种观点认为：城市生活比乡村生活好

2.你对这种观点的看法

3．你的结论

Part Ⅵ. Translation（10 points）

1.She broke into tears when she learned that her husband had been injured in an accident.

2.He must be ill, for he is absent today.

3.I made my decision after talking to Mary.

4.He isn’t very happy in spite of his wealth.

5.She couldn’t have succeeded in the experiment within a short period of time.