<大学英语（B）>模 拟 自 测 1

Part II. Use of English

Directions :In this part there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A,B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

21. -Where are you from?
    - ___________.

   A.African            B. Britain          C. Australian           D. American

22. - Why are you so late?

- ___________.
   A.It's a shame                           B.I came across an old friend

 C.Never mind                             D.That"s all right

23. - What's the weather like in your hometown?

    - ___________.

   A.It's a nice place                      B.I like the food there

   C.He asks me whether I like the weather  D.It's cold in Winter and hotin summer

24. - Can you tell me how much a radio like this costs?

    -____________.

    A.I'd like to buy it                    B.It's of very good quality

  C.About eighty-five dollars               D.It depends on how you like it

25. -What a beautiful dress in the Window!

    -____________.

    A.I have no idea about it               B.Yes,really. If I had the money ,I'd buy it 

    C.You can't wear it                     D.There's no money to buy it

26. - Do you know who telephoned me?

    -____________.

A.I heard it was Sally                  B.Yes,I remember it now

C. No ,I didn't phone you               D.Yes, I know you well

27. - Excuse me,which is the express train to Tokyo?

    - ____________.

    A.The express train is expensive        B.OK. I'll give you a hand

    C.Sorry,the express bus has gone        D.On your fight. It'll leave in 5 minutes

28. - Oh,you're back at work? How was your holiday?

    - ____________.

A.We had rain every day and stayed at the hotel most of the time

    B.The ten-day holiday was not long enough

    C.I was missing you when I was on holiday

    D.I heard you were on holiday, too

29. - I have an appointment with Dr. Johnson.

    - ____________.

    A.The appointment is put off                   B.You look sick and weak

    C.Please wait for a minute. He is, busy now    D.Tell me your ID number

30. - Do you know where I can repair my motorcar?

    - ____________.

A.I have just bought a new one           B.It's cheap to repair a motorcar

C.Around the street comer                D.You drive too fast to damage:it.

Part III. Reading Comprehension ( 30 points)

Directions:There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You shouM decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 2

     May you wish upon a thousand stars? May you catch a million fireflies? Get started with choosing a motorhome or a travel trailer. And then you may realize just how much you learn when you look at life through the eyes of a traveler.

     For Don and Mary,their motorhome trip experience has been priceless. About six years ago ,they took their first motorhome trip together. And the family enjoyed it so much that soon they were making a lifestyle decision.

     "The only thing we were ever really happy doing was traveling, "says Mary. "So we decided to live in the home we love best."

     After some consideration, the couple decided to home-school their children. Now the road is their classroom, and far from missing educational experiences, they are citizens of the world. The family visits museums and relates the travel to the children's studies. On the road, they meet people from many cultures and walks of life.And they are connected too to the world. Their motorhome is complete with computer,satellite dish,TV and GPS.

     The family consider themselves lucky and have some advice for other families. "Don't wait to spend time with your children. Get a motorhome :and take weekend trips and vacations together. You will enrich your kids' lives and become closer as a family."

31.From the passage, we know for sure that Don and Mary are ____.

A.good friends                           B.boyfriend and girlfriend

C.husband and wife                       D.brother and sister

32.ln the third paragraph,when Mary said,"So we decided to live in the home we love best,the home she refers to is actually ____.

   A.the school for her children             B.the museums they visit.  

   C.the road as her children's classroom    D.her motorhome

33. Which of the following sentences do you think is most suitable to describe the education their children get,taking to the road?

   A.They learn a lot more than ordinary school kids.

   B.They miss educational experiences.     

   C.They visit museums and relate the visits to studies.

   D.They meet people from many cultures and walks of life.

34. At the end of the fourth paragraph, the shortened Word GPS stands for ____.

   A.Goneral Place Situation                B.Global Positioning System

   C.Ground Play Site                       D.Guide Planet Study

35. The family consider themselves lucky because ____.                            

   A.their life is rich and they stay closer to each other      B.they have made a lifestyle decision

 C.their motorhome trip experience is priceless          D.all of the above

Passage 2

 Dear Folks,

  I've been here for about three weeks and already I have so much to tell. you. New York is nothing like I thought. Compared to Lanzhou, the buildings are much taller, and the streets are less crowded. There aren't as many people downtown because most people live in the suburbs. I haven't seen anything yet. I guess it Will take at lot more time than just a few weeks.

    As you know, I'm living in the dormitory. It isn't as luxurious as a hotel ,but it's less costly than a room anywhere else. My roommate comes from Egypt,but she doesn't speak English as well as I do. I think she's worried about that.

    My first week of classes was not as easy as I had expected. The campus is so big that it was difficult to find the right building sometimes. But my professors seem to be OK, except they gave us a lot of work to do. I hope I  can keep up. America doesn't have the same kind of system as China,so it will take me time to catch on.

    Well, no matter how much I like it here, I really miss home. The food doesn't taste all that good, and of course,I miss you and my room and all my friends. I don't know if I can have the same type of friends as I did back home. Students in America seem less interested in their studies than my Chinese friends back in Lanzhou,and I think they like to have more fun. I'll wait and see. But I do love you all and think of you all the time. Sometimes I even Want to go home. But I know I must follow my route to finish my education

Please take care of yourselves and write to me soon.

    Love

    Yichen

36. According to Yichen, New York ____.

    A.is just so big                        B.has less people

    C.is full of buildings                  D.looks very, different from what she expected

37. Yichen lives in a dormitory ,because ____.

    A.it is the cheapest                    B.it is luxurious

    C.she can share it with someone         D.she can live on the campus

38. The most difficult thing at the moment for Yichen in her learning is ____.

    A.to find the right classroom building              B.not being able to speak good English

    C.to keep up in a different learning environment    D.to do a lot of homework

39. Yichen seems to be ____ friends with American students.

    A.confident in making                    B.less confident in making

    C.unwilling to make                      D.happy to make

40. On her arrival in New York, Yichen compares things and people with those in ____.

    A.Egypt               B.America               C.school                  D.Lanzhou

Passage 3

     A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution:we stopped talking to each other I was walking in the park with a fried recently ,and his mobile phone rang,interrupting our conversation.There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and--poof!  -- I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.

     The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without look at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.

     The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends, The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were,four friends driving down the highway ,unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.