(电大复习)大学英语B1--2013年9月大学英语B统考模拟练习题

大学英语 B1 一、交际英语 1、 -Hi, is Mary there, please? -_ A： Hold on. Ill get her. B： No, she isnt here. C： Yes, she lives here. D： Yes, what do you want？ 答案 ： A 2、 Thank you for your nice gifts. - _ A： Im glad you like it. B： No thanks. C： Its very kind of you. D： Im sorry to hear that. 答案 ： A 3、 -I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me an A. -_ A： Dont worry about it. B： Congratulations! Thats a difficult course. C： Mr. Brown is very good. D： Good luck to you！ 答案 ： B 4、 - How often do you go dancing? - A： I will go dancing tomorrow. B： Yesterday. C： Every other day. D： Ive been dancing for a year. 答案 ： C 5、 - How was your trip to London, Jane? - _ A： Oh, wonderful indeed. B： I went there alone. C： The guide showed me the way. D： By plane and by bus. 答案 ： A 二、阅读理解 1、 No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. The Persians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet（冰冻果子露） comes. Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular, first in Venice and then throughout Italy. In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was ice cream. For each day of the wedding festivities（ 庆祝活动 ， 庆典 ） Catherines cooks prepared a different flavor of her favorite dessert-ice cream. At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Procopiosice-cream parlor became so popular that other shops were opened. About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was popular in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great success. The King ordered his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty should serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too. (1)、 This passage is mainly about the history of ice cream. A： T B： F 答案 ： A (2)、 Marco Polos remark shows that he traveled in India. A： T B： F 答案 ： B (3)、 Ice cream was unknown in France until 1640. A： T B： F 答案 ： B (4)、 Ice cream was introduced to England by King Charles I. A： T B： F 答案 ： A (5)、 Development of ice cream in France and other countries is discussed in the passage. A： T B： F 答案 ： A 2、 The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and peoples lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792, to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie, also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte. (1)、 Whats this passage about? A： France. B： King Louis. C： The French Revolution. D： Europe. 答案 ： C (2)、 Which did not happen in 1789? A： The French Revolution broke out. B： The national economy was developing rapidly. C： The government wasnt well run. D： King Louis XIV was in power. 答案 ： B (3)、 Where were the political prisoners kept? A： In Versailles. B： In Austria. C： In Prussia. D： In Bastille. 答案 ： D (4)、 What does the underlined word abolished mean? A： Put off. B： Established C： United D： Ended 答案 ： D (5)、 What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? A： July 14 has become the French National Day. B： It brought some impact on the other European kings. C： Louiss wife, Marie was killed. D： The king tried to control the national parliament. 答案 ： D 三、词汇与语法 1、 I wont make the _ mistake next time. A： like B： same C： near D： similar 答案 ： B 2、 She has been working hard day and night during these years _ she could pay for the lost necklace. A： in order that B： as long as C： the moment D： because 答案 ： A 3、 Two days is not enough for him to finish the work He needs _ day. A： other B： the other C： the third D： a third 答案 ： D 4、 Professor Smith promised to look _my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the thesis defense. A： after B： over C： on D： into 答案 ： B 5、 Had you come five minutes earlier, you _ the train to Birmingham. But now you missed it. A： would catch B： would have caught C： could catch D： should catch 答案 ： B 四、完型填空 The last patient left his office. Mr. South had a look at the _1_ on the wall.It was a quarter to six. It meant that he had to stay there for fifteen minutes. A friend of his asked him to dinner that evening. Of course he should _2_ some flowers for her. He brought out the purse and counted the money in it. He had sixty dollars and it was enough to do that. And then he remembered he bought a newspaper on his way to the hospital after lunch. He was too busy to read it. Now he brought it out, but then came in a man _3_ forty. He looked at him carefully. The man looked strange. Mr. South didnt know what he came for. Whats wrong with you? asked Mr. South. Nothing,Mr. South, said the man, But The man began to smile and said, Dont you _4_ me, Mr. South? You cured (治愈 ) my rheumatism(风湿病 ) three years ago. Mr. Bell? Yes. Did you _5_ me not to get myself wet? Yes, I did, answered the doctor. Well. I come here to ask you