大学英语B-9真题练习
一．交际英语
1. ---I'm sorry to hear that you failed in the exam.
---___________.
A：Not at all
B：Oh, thank you. That's very kind of you.
C：You are welcome
D：Yes, I'm really sorry
答案：B
2．---Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the post office？
---_____
A：Don't ask that.
B：Sorry, I'm a stranger here.
C：No, I can't say that.
D：No, you're driving too fast.
答案：B
3．--- How are your parents?
--- __________.
A：I'm OK, thanks
B：She is well, thanks
C：They are both fine, thanks
D：He is well, thanks
答案：C
4．--- Who's speaking?
--- This is Tom .
A：speaks
B：spoken
C：speaking
D：saying
答案：C
5．--- 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.
参考答案：B B C C A
二．阅读理解
Passage 1
Let's watch the weather forecast on television. We may go toScotland, we may go toWalesorLondon. We can decide after the forecast.
"Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow.Northern Scotlandwill be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north ofEnglandit will be a wet day and rain will move intoWalesand theMidlandsduring the afternoon. East Anglia（英格兰）will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day."
1.The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country.
A：T
B：F
2.The speaker can fly toNorthern Scotlandtomorrow morning, because it won't be foggy there tomorrow.
A：T
B：F
3.It will be a bright clear day inEast Augliatomorrow.
A：T
B：F
4.The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine weather tomorrow.
A：T
B：F
5.You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel.
A：T
B：F
参考答案：A A B B A
Passage 2
The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the timeFrancewas in a crisis. The government was badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops toVersailles. 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 fromAustriaandPrussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy wasabolished. 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 ofEurope. Armies fromAustriaandPrussiabegan to march againstFrance. 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.What's this passage about?
A：France.
B：King Louis.
C：The French Revolution.
D：Europe.
2.Which did not happen in 1789?
A：The French Revolution broke out.
B：The national economy was developing rapidly.
C：The government wasn't well run.
D：King Louis XIV was in power.
3.Where were the political prisoners kept?
A：InVersailles.
B：InAustria.
C：InPrussia.
D：In Bastille.
4.What does the underlined word "abolished" mean?
A：Put off.
B：Established
C：United
D：Ended
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：Louis's wife, Marie was killed.
D：The king tried to control the national parliament.
参考答案：C B D D D
三.词汇与语法
1.Fortunately, Jack was only slightly injured in the traffic ____.
A：incident
B：event
C：case
D：accident
2.We are looking forward to ____the Beijing Olympics.
A：host
B：hosting
C：be hosted
D：be hosting
3.Had you come five minutes earlier, you ______ the train toBirmingham. But now you missed it.
A：would catch
B：would have caught
C：could catch
D：should catch
4.As the bus came round the corner, it ran ______ a big tree by the roadside.
A：into
B：on
C：over
D：up
5.The young lady coming over to us _____ our English teacher; the way she walks tells us that!
A：must be
B：can be
C：would be
D：could be
参考答案：D B B A A
四.完型填空
Traffic accidents killed more than 104,000 people inChinalast year. Chinese cities have more cars than before. Every day many people are ___1___ while they cross the road. Most of ___2___ are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they usually can't see clearly or hear very well. ___3___ are killed because they are careless.
A car, truck or bus can't stop very quickly if it is going very fast. The faster a car is traveling, the longer it takes to stop. But people walking in the street do not always understand this. It's ___4___ for people to know how fast a car is traveling.
The new traffic laws were put into use ___5___ May1st, 2004. The new traffic laws will make the streets safer for walking and driving.
1. A：killed B：on C：children D：difficult E：them
2. A：killed B：on C：children D：difficult E：them
3. A：killed B：on C：children D：difficult E：them
4. A：killed B：on C：children D：difficult E：them
5. A：killed B：on C：children D：difficult E：them
参考答案：A E C D B
五．英译汉
