2007年10月大学英语B正式试题

2007年10月统考“大学英语B”正式试题来源：全国高校网络教育考试委员会办公室发布时间：2007-12-03试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试大学英语B试卷2007年10月第一部分：英语知识运用（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）此部分共有10个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例[A][B][C][D]1.—Good-byeandthankyouverymuchforawonderfultime.—_____.Hopetoseeyouagain.A.ThankyouforyourcomingB.NotatallC.ItwasnothingD.Nevermind2.—Couldyoushowmeyourpassport？—_____.A.Yes,IcouldB.SureC.Ihaven’titwithmeD.Idon’twantto3.—WouldyoumindifIturnedtheradioup？—_____.A.Yes,pleaseB.No,goaheadC.No,thankyouD.Yes,that’llberight4.—WearegoingtoLondonforholidaynextweek.Wouldyoumindtakingcareofmygardenwhilewe’reaway？—Notatall._____.A.Sorry,IhavenotimeB.I’drathernotC.WithpleasureD.No,Iwouldn’t5.—Pleasehelpyourselftothefish.—_____.A.Thanks,butIdon’tlikefishB.Sorry,Ican’thelpC.Well,fishdon’tsuitforD.No,Ican’t6.—WouldyouliketohavedinnerwithmethisSaturday,Mr.Wang?—_____.A.Oh,no.Let’snotB.I’dratherstayathomeC.I’dloveto,butIhaveameetingthatdayD.Thankyou7.—Excuseme,isthereaparkhere？—_____.—Thankyouallthesame.A.Idon’twanttotellyouB.Yes,thereisC.No,thereisn’tD.Sorry,Idon’tknow8.—Mike,Iamgoingtoskateinthemountainstomorrow.—Oh,really？_____.A.GoodluckB.ThankyouC.HaveagoodtimeD.Congratulations9.—IamsorryforwhatIhavesaidtoyou.—_____.A.It’sjusttoobadB.NoproblemC.Don’tthinkanymoreaboutitD.I’msureaboutthat10.—IwonderifIcoulduseyourdictionary？—Sure._____.A.GoonB.HereyouareC.GoupD.Hereareyou第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）此部分共有4篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上的相应字母涂黑。示例[A][B][C][D]Passage1TherearestoriesabouttwoU.S.presidents,AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren,whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK.Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue,buttheyarebothinteresting.ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation.Infact,hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson,hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid.Ifheapprovedofapaper,hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit.Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell,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’tgoodatreading,writingorspelling13.Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”___________.A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonB.wasthetitleofsomeofficialdocumentsC.wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD.wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect”14.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”__________.A.wastheshortwaytosay“OldKinderhookClub”B.meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasbornC.wasthenameofVanBuren’sclubD.wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection15.Accordingtothesecondstory,theterm“OK”wasfirstused_________.A.byVanBurenB.inapresidentialelectionC.toorganizetheOldKinderhookClubD.bythemembersofthe“OldKinderhookClub”Passage2Normallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesinordertograduate,andeachcoursewhichheattendsgiveshimacreditwhichhemaycounttowardsadegree.InmanyAmericanuniversitiesthetotalworkforadegreeconsistsofthirty-sixcourseseachlastingforonesemester.Atypicalcourseconsistsofthreeclassesperweekforfifteenweeks;whileattendingauniversityastudentwillprobablyattendfourorfivecoursesduringeachsemester.Normallyastudentwouldexpecttotakefouryearsattendingtwosemesterseachyear.Itispossibletospreadtheperiodofworkforthedegreeoveralongerperiod.Itisalsopossibleforastudenttomovebetweenoneuniversityandanotherduringhisdegreecourse,thoughthisisnotinfactdoneasaregularpractice.Foreverycoursethathefollowsastudentisgivenagrade,whichisrecorded,andtherecordisavailableforthestudenttoshowtoprospectiveemployers.Allthisimposes（施加）aconstant（持续不断的）pressureandstrain（负担）ofwork,butinspiteofthissomestudentsstillfindtimeforgreatactivityinstudentaffairs.Electionstopositionsinstudentorganizationsarousemuchenthusiasm.Thestudentorganizationsareeffectiveinensuringthatthestudentsobserveuniversityregulations.Anystudentwhoisthoughttohavebrokentherules,forexample,bycheatinghastoappearbeforeastudentcourt.Withtheenormousnumbersofstudents,theoperationofthesystemdoesinvolveacertainamountofactivity.Astudentwhohasheldoneofthesepositionsofauthorityismuchrespectedanditwillbeofbenefittohimlaterinhiscareer.16.NormallyanAmericanuniversitystudentwouldattend________coursesforadegree.A.36B.20C.12D.1517.AccordingtothefirstparagraphanAmericanstudentisallowed_________.A.toliveinadifferentuniversityB.totakeaparticularcourseinadifferentuniversityC.toliveathomeanddrivetoclassesD.togettwodegreesfromtwodifferentuniversities18.Americanuniversitystudentsareusuallyunderpressureofworkbecause_________.A.theiracademicperformancewillaffect