大学英语B统考题库(完整版)(5)

A.T B. F 答案： A B B A A

Passage 5

The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage (孤儿院) knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage，she learned something else－to be independent. At twenty-one，she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then，in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name，Mary Cheung，was known to everybody.

Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager，she had trouble with her reports. \ English just wasn't good enough.\，she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.

Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987，she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places－China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.

The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

21. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage， she had lived in the streets for many years. A.T B. F

22. The sentence \ successful.

A.T B. F

23. Her life changed in 1985. A.T B. F

24. This passage is probably taken from a novel. A.T B. F

25. Mary's boyfriend was good at English. A.T B. F 答案： A A B B A

Passage 6 If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of

kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of trees. There are thousands and thousands of different kinds of

plants and animals.

However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or

30 years. What will happen if they disappear?

If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of places the

new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain very often, and the

weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will be dangerous for everyone in

the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.

26. The passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants. A.T B. F 答案： A

27. Forests are homes for different kinds of animals. A.T B. F答案： A

28. The need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests. A.T B. F答案： B

29. We'll have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some people's view. A.T B. F答案： B

30. The writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests. A.T B. F答案：

A Passage 7 What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant

Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of

where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a

leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.

Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if

parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing

silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as

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31. The word \ B. F答案： A

32. According to the context we can guess that a genius is a normal person while an idiot is a funny person. A.T B. F答案： B

33. A person born with a good brain and putting it into active use is more likely to become a genius. A.T B. F答案： A

34. It is better for parents to praise and encourage their children more often. A.T B. F答案： A

35. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live. A.T B. F答案：

B Passage 8 A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five

years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, \ \ \

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\ your son drink wine?\

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\ 36. The man and the woman are talking about the woman's son. A.T B. F答案： A

37. The woman thinks her son will be a gentleman. A.T B. F答案： A

38. The conversation took place on a train. A.T B. F答案： A

39. The word \probably best describes the man's feeling at the end of the conversation. A.T B. F答案： B

40. The woman is so proud of her son that she does not really understand what the man's questions mean. A.T B. F答案：

B Passage 9 Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he

continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do

so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs.

Young went to see her husband's secretary. She said to her, \ whatever happens, please don't bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back.\

After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, \you

are enjoying your vacation.\

41. Mr. Young was the owner of a private business. A.T B. F答案： A

42. Mrs. Young worried about her husband's business. A.T B. F答案： B

43. Mrs. Young was afraid that her husband's vacation might be spoilt. A.T B. F答案： A

44. The secretary didn't explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Young's business, because she didn't want to spoil Mr.

Young's vacation. A.T B. F答案： A

45. You can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary. A.T B. F答案： A Passage 10 Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army

during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: \friends

at home.\buy

all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the

evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

46. Many families wanted to have a signature of the general. A.T B. F答案： B

47. The general came back to Washington after the First World War. A.T B. F答案： A

48. The general ordered his men to look for all his teeth and buy all of them. A.T B. F答案： A

49. The fact that the general's name was on the label of each tooth shows that the general was famous. A.T B. F答案： A

50. The teeth they collected most probably cost $1150. A.T B. F答案：

B Passage 11 The word \the world's first

widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there

were no units for measuring power.

Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one

horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.

He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air on one minute. His

engine

could lift a 33-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.

Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.

51. The passage says that Watt made the first widely used steam engine. A.T B. F答案： A

52. Watt wanted to find a way to lift a 3300-pound weight. A.T B. F答案： B

53. He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of a horse. A.T B. F答案： A

54. One horsepower would equal the weight of one horse. A.T B. F答案： B

55. The possible title for this passage is The Origin of the Term \ A.T B. F答案：

A Passage 12 Snowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red,

green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have

colored snowflakes coming down all around you.

Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was

mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened,

the snow was mixed with red dust.

Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.

No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they

come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.

Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in

the United States. It could happen again.

56. The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors. A.T B. F答案： A

57. No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard. A.T B. F答案： B

58. Snowflakes begin with cloud. A.T B. F答案： B

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