一、交际英语1.- Sorry I'm late. - _________A.You are welcome. B.It's a pleasure. C.Take care. D.Don't worry.答案：D2.- We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?- ________ A.I'm afraid not, because I have to go to an important meeting.B.Of course not. I have no idea.C.No, I can't.D.That's all set.答案：A3.- Would you like to go to the concert with us this evening?- ________ A.No, I already have plans.B.I'd love to, but I'm busy tonight.C.No, I really don't like being with you.D.I'm ill, so I shouldn't go out.答案：B4.- Must I take a taxi? - No, you ________ . You can take my car.A.had better toB.don'tC.must notD.don't have to答案：D5.- Could I speak to Don Watkins, please？- ________ A.Speaking, please.B.Oh, how are you？C.I'm listening.D.I'm Don.答案：A电大、各类远程网络教育统考大学英语B、计算机应用基础统考辅导全套题库，精心整理并归类完毕，全中文翻译，视频教程讲解，零基础一次性通过，索取请加 QQ： 153499368二、阅读理解The word horsepower （ 马力 ） was first used two hundred years ago. (2 前“马力” 这个词初次使用。 ) James Watt had made the first widely used steam（蒸气）engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring（测量）power.Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3,300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.6.The passagesays that Watt made the first...
