大学英语考试卷B

科目：大学英语期末试卷（

B

卷）考试类型：闭 卷

（本试卷卷面总分

100

分，考试时间

90

分钟）

一、情景交际

10*1

=

10

'

分

Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from the USA at the airport. Put in the missing

words.

Sally: 1

_____________ me, can you help me rm going to Beach Hotel, but

「

ve lost 2

Stran ger: Go 3

___________ this street un til you come to West Avenue. Turn left there and go

straight ahead about four blocks. The Beach Hotel is 4

_____________ of West Avenue and Main

Street.

Sally: I see. Thank you very much. 5 __________

t

he way, can I take a bus

Stran ger: Yes. If you go there by bus, 6 ___________

Bus No. 15 and get 7

_

___________

at the

third stop.

Sally: Where can I 8

____________

t

he bus, please

Stran ger: The bus stop is over there in 9

___________ of the supermarket.

Sally: 10 _____________ tha nks.

二、词汇和结构

15*1 =15

分

Fill in the blanks with the proper words or expressions given below, changing the form if

necessary.

offer, make timenot necessarily,

lx

lake, .action, stand for, the host city, at the,

___________

a

greeme nt in on exulture

moment,

i .Nodaing seems Tke an easy body language, but it may

上誼

^

码时

t

R

e^o

t j

posil

e oUf

n

r

care of, at hand , evidence, make a difference, team,

2. S8r

e

yf

o

Ean't give you an

answer

3. Always think positively, and it will

_

_____

man ager is at a conference. She can't

.I n eed to think about it further.

in your life.

_ to see you now.

5.

Sometimes speak ing up is not eno ugh, and you n eed to

_

_________

.

6.

I'd like to

__________ some volun teer work if you don't accept my money.

7.

The historical

_

__________ in support of this con clusi on is weak.

8.

The great progress they have made comes from their good

___________

w

ork.

9.

As ___________ of World Econo mic Forum, Dalia n and Tianj in have both done a great job.

10.

Of course I will

_

____________

w

hat you feel about it, but bus in ess is bus in ess.

11.

The freshmen could help

___________

the tickets for the college's

12.

The change of a city is__________________

a change in its becoming more beautiful and

fashi on able.

13.

The 2008 Beiji ng Olympic Games were such a good

_

__________ the world to know more

about Chi na.

14.

You have to keep some money

___________

w

hen traveling.

15.

The boss was here just now. He has bee n away 10 minu tes

__________

三、阅读理解

20*2 '=40

'

分

“

Do It Yourself Show

Task 1

Question: Are you punctual

Posted July 2, 2010 By Lisa L.

Answer 1:

This is a great cultural question. Those traveling or doing business abroad should always find out the

answer to this question. I

‘

m punctual in my work life. But I

'

m not pu

my personal life by American

standards

标准

. We, American

Brazilians

巴西人

, are always late by American standards:

if the party is at 8, everyone shows up at 10 and everyone, including the

host

主人

,is happy that we are on time. Cheers!

Answer 2:

It is good

etiquette

礼节

to be on time for an appointment. It is also supposed good etiquette to arrive a

little late for a party, which I have never ever understood. I tend to be early for everything. And I

consider

考虑

it

impolite

不礼貌

to be

otherwise

相反的

.

Answer 3: ABSOLUTELY

绝对地

! I believe that showing up late for a

date

约会

, appointment, class, etc. is an

insult

侮辱

to the person< /p>

（

s

）

you are meeting. It seems to say:

time is more important than yours.

”

“

My

Answer 4:

Not only am I

“

punctual

”

, I am always early for most events in my life

s

T

b

E

et

秘

密

is

（

and it really

works!

）

: I keep all the clocks

（

except my computer

）

in my life 10 minutes fast!

Answer 5:

Yep

—

too much so. It really gets on my nerves. Even when I really try to be late, I am earlier. It is a

terrible habit. Okay, I AM late sometimes. The only time I am late is when I get lost, and then I am really late by an hour or

so. But hey, we all have our

mishaps

小事故

, don't we

If the date was at 9 and it was a 45 minute trip for her, then she would arrive at 9:45. I liked her a lot, but could not

stand

忍受

the bad punctuality.

Answer 7:

I hate to be late and always plan on being at least 10 minutes early. However, in the Washington area,

when a bridge or

major

主要的

highway shuts down, there may not be any way to get where you are going. So I would

have to say that I am always early, except when I can

t

get there at all, in which

case

事件

I will call as soon as I know I am going to be late. It doesn't happen often, but I really

hate it when it does.

Are the following statements true or false according to the passage Write T / F accordingly.

1

（）

If you are two hours late for a Brazilian party, you don't have to worry about it.

2

（）

The second answer says that one should be punctual for both an appointment and a party.

3

（）

The third posting person believes that being late for an appointment is an insult to oneself.

4

（）

The fourth netizen keeps his computer clock 10 minutes fast.

5

（）

The fifth person is really nervous about his being late.

Task 2

Hanna P., Marketing

市场营销

Expert

专家

at a famous software company, posted online

网上发帖

his own

commuting

通勤

experience and asked the netizens

网民

to share their views:

I went today:

by bus No. 81,

then

trolley bus

无轨电车

No. 3,

then

underground

地铁

Line 1,

then bus No.139 and finally bus No. 87

‘

Answer 6:

When dating, I always made sure I was on time. Once I had a girlfriend who was always late for every date.

（

25 km all together

）

. Who more

And

actually

事实上

the

point

意义

of the question is: why do so many people spend lots of time and money

gett ing to work in stead of moving n ear to it It would beso

nerve

神经

-

and traffic- saving if everyone lived near their work.

Responses Posted Online by Netizens

Cristina F.:

In

Portugal

葡萄牙

, moving next to work will certainly mean buying a house that we often cannot afford. I work

Lisbon Friday afternoon.

（

posted 18 hours ago

）

James B.:

I

‘

ve been working for small companies

companie

—

s move, change and go out of business.

outside

Lisbon

里斯本

and I travel on Monday to work, stay there and need only three steps to get to work. I travel back to

If I had lived next to where I worked, I would have had to move seven times in the last 30 years. That would have been

difficult to my family. So I live where I want, and plan on driving up to 40 miles,

one-way

单程的

, to get to work.

（

posted 14 hours ago

）

Nigel T.:

I drive. I work on

short-term

短期的

contract

合同

assignments

任务

which can be anything from 3 to 12 months,

so moving is just not a choice. In the UK it can take 3 to 6 months to buy and sell a house anyway. My

current

现在的

employer is about 40 miles away. Last year it was a daily

round

往返的

trip of 189 miles

—

way

行程

too much!

（

posted

13 hours ago

）

Lisa N.:

When I was at my last job, I drove about 10 miles one way to get there, on city roads and the

interstate

州际公路

.It

was a fast commute usually. I don

‘

t have a job right now, but when I do, I

might use a park and ride system as I may be commuting from the

suburbs

交

E

区

to the city. I might also use

the light

rail

轻轨

if it is

available

可使用的

.

（

posted 13 hours ago

）

Are the following statements true or false according to the passage Write T / F accordingly.

6

（）

Hanna P. is

interested in knowing why people choose not to live near their work place. 7

（）

Cristina F. travels to and from her work

every day.

8

（）

James B.'s present job is his eighth job.

9

（）

Nigel T. has to commute a longer distance in his present job than in his last. 10

（）

In her next job, Lisa N. may

have to drive to the city and then change to the light rail.

Task

3

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

（

心理的

）

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