大学英语B级考试模拟试题与答案解析大学英语(B)模拟试题1PartIUseofEnglish(20points)Directions:Inthispartthereare10incompletedialogues.ForeachdialoguetherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthedialogue.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.1.---Hello,mayItalktotheheadmasternow?---__________.A.Sorry,heisbusyatthemomentB.No,youcan’tC.Sorry,youcan’tD.Idon’tknow2.---DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourdictionary?---__________.A.Yes,youmayborrowB.Yes,goonC.Yes,helpyourselfD.Itdoesn’tmatter3.---IsthatMrRobertLee?---__________.A.Yes,LeespeakingB.Hello,whatdoyouwantC.Sorry,speakingD.Idon’tknow4.---Excuseme,sir.WhereisDr.Brown’soffice?---__________.A.Youcan’taskmeB.Pardon?IhavenoideaC.Pleasedon’tsaysoD.SorryIdon’tknow,butyoucanaskthemanoverthere5.---Mary,yourdressisreallybeautiful.HowisJohn?---__________.A.ThankyouverymuchB.No,no,JohnisnotbadC.Thankyou.HeisfineD.Don’tsaythat.It’sugly.Johnisgood6.---WhatcanIdoforyou,madam?---__________.A.IwantakiloofapplesB.YoucangoyourownwayC.ThanksD.Excuseme.I’mbusy7.---I’dliketotakeyoutothecoffeehouseonthecorner.---__________.A.Thankyou.Youshouldn’t’dothatB.Thanks,I’dliketogowithyouC.No,youcan’tsaysoD.No,no,Youcan’tdothat8.---Doyoumindtellingmewhereyou’refrom?---__________.A.Certainly.I’mfromLondonB.Sure.IwasborninLondonC.Notreally,youcandoitD.Certainlynot.I’mfromLondon9.---MayIseethemenu,please?---__________.A.Thatisthemenu,sirB.Yes,pleasegoonC.Hereyouare,sirD.Ofcourse,sir10.---Iwasworriedaboutchemistry,butMrBrowngavemeanA!---__________.A.Don’tworryaboutitB.Congratulations!That’sadifficultcourseC.MrBrownisverygoodD.Goodlucktoyou!PartⅡReadingComprehension(40points)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestions.ForeachquestiontherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Passage1TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK.Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.Infact,hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheapprovedofapaper,hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowspell,sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”.Afterawhile,heshortenedthattermto“OK”.ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn,Kinderhook,NewYork.VanBuren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresident.TheycalledtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub,andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”.11.Theauthor_______________.A.believesbothofthestoriesB.doesn’tbelieveawordofthestoriesC.isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueD.istellingthestoriesjustforfun12.Accordingtothepassage,PresidentJackson________________.A.couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimselfC.oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhimD.wasn’tgoodatreadingorspelling13.Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”________________.A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonB.wasthetitleofsomeofficialdocumentsC.wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD.wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect”14.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”_____________...
