2023年9月份电大远程网络教育大学英语B统考试卷原题8.doc

大学英语B8一、交际英语1、- Bring me the bill, please. - _ A：You are welcome. B：Please wait for a moment, sir. C：I'll hurry up. D：Be quick.答案： B2、- Did you win the 100 metre race?- Yes, I did.- Really?- _. A：Congratulations B：Best wishes C：Good luck D：Right答案： A3、- Hello, may I talk to the director now?- _ A：Sorry, he is busy at the moment. B：No, you can't. C：Sorry, you can't. D：I don't know.答案： A4、- Could you help me with my physics, please？- _ A：No, no way. B：No, I couldn't. C：No, I can't. D：Sorry I can't. I have to go to a meeting right now.答案： D5、- Must I take a taxi?- No, you _ . You can take my car. A：had better to B：don't C：must not D：don't have to答案： D 二、阅读理解1、 Do you want to know something about the history of weather?你想了解一些有关天气的历史吗？ Don't look at the sky. Don't look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Some weather reports go back only one century，but some trees can show us an exact record of the weather even further back. It's clear that a tree would grow best in a climate with lots of sunlight and rainfall. It is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable (有利的) to an unfavorable climate can be reading the tree rings in tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago，count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings，then we are sure that lots of sunny and rainy weather happened. If the rings are close together，then the climate was bad for the tree. Studying tree rings is important not only for the history of the weather，but also for the history of man. In a place of New Mexico you can find only sandno trees and no people. However，many centuries ago a lot of people lived there. They left suddenly. Why? A scientist studied the dead tree rings which had grown there. He decided that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were used to make fires and buildings. So, after the people cut down the trees，they had to move. (1)、It is understood that in a favorable climate tree rings grow far from each other. A：T B：F答案： A(2)、Trees brought lots of sunlight and rainfall. A：T B：F答案： B(3)、The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell whether the climate was favorable or not. A：T B：F答案： A(4)、Studying dead tree rings shows how the people left. A：T B：F答案： B(5)、The people had to leave the place of New Mexico because they had cut down all the trees. A：T B：F答案： A2、Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries sometimes seem to be miles apart. 虽然英法只被短短20分钟就能跨越的英吉利海峡分隔，但两国之间的文化却相差甚远。 Last Thursday Britain and France celebrated the 100th anniversary (周年纪念) of the signing of a friendship agreement called the Entente Cordiality. The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following centuries of wars and love-hate partnership.But their relationship has been ups and downs over the past century. Just last year, there were fierce disagreements over the Iraq war-which British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it. This discomfort is expressed in Blair and Chirac's body language at international meetings. While the French leader often greets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a hug, Blair just receives a handshake. However, some political experts say the war in Iraq could in fact have helped ties.The history of divisions may well be because of the very different ways in which the two sides see the world. But this doesn't stop 12 million Britons taking holidays in France each year. However, only 3 million French come in the opposite direction. Surveys show that most French people feel closer to the Germans than they do to the British. And the research carried out in Britain has found that only a third of the population believes the French can be trusted. Perhaps this bad feeling comes because the British dislike France's close relationship with Germany, or because the French are not happy with Britain's close links with the US.Whatever the answer is, as both sides celebrate 100 years of "doubtful friendship", they are at least able to make jokes about each other. Here's one: What's the best thing about Britain's relationship with France? The English Channel.(1)、For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is_. A：friendly B：impolite C：brotherly D：a mixture of love and hate答案： D(2)、The war in Iraq does _ to the relationship between France and Britain. A：good B：harm C：neither good nor harm D：both good and harm答案： D(3)、The British are not so friendly to _ and the French are not so friendly to _. A：Germany; America B：America; Germany C：Germany; Germany D：America; America答案： A(4)、_ are more interested in having holidays in _. A：American people Britain B：British people Germany C：French people Britain D：British people France答案： D(5)、What does the last sentence mean? _ A：As long as the English Channel exists, no further disagreement will form between France and Britain. B：The English Channel can prevent anything unfriendly happening in both France and Britain. C：France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them D：The English Channel is the largest enemy between France and Britain.答案： C 三、词汇与语法1、_ these honours he received a sum of money. A：Except B：But C：Besides D：Outside答案： C2、I won't be free _ I finish this work. A：after B：until C：but D：when答案： B3、The window was broken. Try to _who has broken it. A：find out B：find C：look for D：look答案： A4、-Where is Mr.Green?-_the library. A：He's gone to B：He's been to C：He isn't in D：He's out答案： A5、You have finished the work, _you? A：haven't B：have C：don't D：do答案： A 四、完型填空 It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work. 对做同样工作的两个人支付不同的报酬，这看上去很不公平。But it is not as easy as it appeals at first _1_ to introduce equal pay for equal work. Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doing it twice as fast as the _2_; or one may be making no mistakes, while the other is making a lot. In some kinds of work, one can solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work to be done and not by the hour: work paid for in this _3_ is called piece-work. But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which take differences in skill into _4_. This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the _5_ and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough.(1)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account答案： B(2)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account答案： A(3)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account答案： D(4)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account答案： E(5)、 A：other B：sight C：older D：way E：account答案： C 五、英译汉(1)、In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger. 在这个物质财富富余的时代，我们感到精神上的饥渴。(2)、But it looks like something I would never buy. 但它看起来就像是我绝不会买的东西。(3)、We are getting ready for our English examination. 我们正在为英语考试做准备。(4)、You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. 你和你的团队可一起找到问题的答案。 六、写作Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。你的一位外国朋友给你来信，打算到中国旅游。你给他回信，提出旅游建议。你的回信应涉及下列内容：（1）接到朋友的来信；（2）你对旅游的安排计划及理由；（3）表达你希望见到朋友的心愿。Dear Sam:I have just received your letter and know that you are going to come to China to see me. I am really excited by it. You know I miss you so much. In your letter, you mentioned your travel plan. I advise you to go to Beijing and Xian. There are many royal buildings in Beijing like Palace Museum, Summer Palace. Xian is typical of old China. There are lots of historical buildings there, especially those of Qin Dynasty. I hope you enjoy your stay in China. I am looking forward to your coming.                                                     Yours ever                                                       John