大学英语B-8真题练习

一、交际英语

1.--Hi, Jim! Nice to meet you.

-- _________.

A：Certainly

B：Many thanks

C：OK

D：Nice to meet you, too

答案：D

2．-- Let me introduce myself. I am Albert.

-- ______________.

A：What a pleasure

B：It' s my pleasure

C：Pleased to meet you

D：I'm very pleased

答案：C

3．-- How are you today?

--___________, thank you.

A：Fine

B：Good

C：Nice

D：Great

答案：A

4．-- Hello, I'm Harry Potter.

-- Hello, my name is Charles Green, but ______.

A：call my Charles

B：call me at Charles

C：call me Charles

D：call Charles me

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：D C A C A

二．阅读理解

Passage 1

Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

King was born on January 15,1929 inAtlanta,Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) fromBostonUniversity, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, anddeliveredhis best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.

Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever.

1.Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.

A：T

B：F

2.Martin Luther King was a black minister only.

A：T

B：F

3.Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.

A：T

B：F

4.The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave".

A：T

B：F

5.The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law".

A：T

B：F

参考答案：A B A A B

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.

答案：C

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.

答案：B

3.Where were the political prisoners kept?

A：InVersailles.

B：InAustria.

C：InPrussia.

D：In Bastille.

答案：D

4.What does the underlined word "abolished" mean?

A：Put off.

B：Established

C：United

D：Ended

答案：D

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.There have been many ________ in their marriage but they still love each other.

A：right and wrong

B：back and forth

C：ups and downs

D：right and left

2.I'm going to the supermarket this afternoon. Do you have anything ______?

A：to be buying

B：bought

C：for buying

D：to buy

3.This kind of material expands ____ the temperature increasing.

A：to

B：for

C：with

D：at

4.What is the train ______ toBirmingham?

A：fee

B：tip

C：fare

D：cost

5.While I was in the university, I learned taking a photo, ____ is very useful now for me.

A：it

B：which

C：that

D：what

参考答案：C D C C B

四.完型填空

Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not know __1__ to do when it slipped from his horse and fell __2__ the road. The sack was __3__ heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that presently some one would come riding by and lend a hand.

It was not long __4__ a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when he recognized him, for it was the great man who lived in a castle near by. The farmer would have dared to ask __5__ farmer to help, or any poor man who might come along the road, but he could not beg a favor of so great a man.

1. A：another B：what C：too D：onto E：before

2. A：another B：what C：too D：onto E：before

3. A：another B：what C：too D：onto E：before

4. A：another B：what C：too D：onto E：before

5. A：another B：what C：too D：onto E：before

参考答案：B D C E A