大学英语B1补考复习

一、单选

1. The salesgirl

the mistake on the price tag.

A. corrected

B. varied

C. changed

D. alternated

2. Henry should go to the library next week to

those books.

A. replace

B. alter

c. return

D. publish

3. Although not an economist himself, Professor Stephen has long been a severe critic of

the

government's

policies.

A. economical

B. economics

c. economy

D. economic

4. Robin's words

everyone to believe that he was not joking.

A. avoided

B. involved

c. inclined

D. accepted

5. There are no tickets

for tomorrow's performance.

A. available

B. useful

c. practical

D. convenient

6. Our neighbors are going downtown

bus instead of

their bikes.

A. by; by

B. on; by

c. by; in

D. by; on

of these British stamps took David eight years.

A. collector

B. collective

C. collection

D. combination

8. Like most love stories, their

also experienced many ups and downs.

A. romance

B. Rome

C. removal

D. roman

9. Is it the air-conditioner your aunt wants

?

A. to have it repaired

B. to repair it

C. to have repaired

D. to have repaired it

10. Natalie is too young to

in the house without a babysitter.

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A. leaving

B. leave

c. be leaving

D. be left

11. --- Do you realize what his words

?

---No, I feel his words are quite strange.

A. refer

B. hide

C. imply

D. show

12. Mr. Black's refusal was worded in such a

way that we could not be offended.

A. glad

B. graceless

C. grateful

D. graceful

13. The reporter is giving a simple but

speech.

A. obvious

B. impressive

C. easy

D. impossible

14. The actress won’t

how old she is.

A. show

B. appear

C. open

D. reveal

secretary

had

no

more

letters

;

she

began

to

put

all

the

letters

in

envelopes.

A. to be typed

B. typing

C. to type

D. typed

habit of tapping her fingers on the desk while reading the newspapers

him.

A. introduced

B. irritated

c. implied

D. irrelevant

17. With a year's hard work, he

basic knowledge of English.

A. has caught

B. has acquired

c. has required

D. has acknowledged

18. Can you tell us some interesting

of city life.

A. features

B. fingers

C. fans

D. feathers

19. The physics teacher said that the earth

around the sun.

A. moves

B. is moving

C. moved

D. had moved

20. I

to go to bed earlier during the winter.

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A. tend

B. tender

C. trend

D. tendency

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、选词并用适当形式填空

export

profit

process

trade

specialize

consume

exchange

opportunity

participation

better off

We (21)

when we spend money in a store, restaurant or any other place of business

as a (22)

. It is believed that people trade in an attempt to be (23)

. The (24)

of importing and (25)

creates a greater variety of goods and services because it

permits countries to (26)

in, what they do best. In this way, a country can increase

production and have (27)

to make more sales and (28)

, which can turn into

increased wages for the workforce and additional investment in plants and equipment.

Through international business, countries (29)

goods they produce the most efficiently

for goods made in other countries. The more consumers there are on the market, the

greater the ability of each country to excel in its own area of expertise. In short,

international business is a win-win situation for all countries that (30)

.

三、阅读短文

(A)

Even

if

you

are

a

good

high-jumper,

you

can

jump

only

about

seven

feet

off

the

ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the

earth is called gravity.

You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how

much gravity is pulling you.

Since there is gravity, water runs down the hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it

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falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (

旋转

) around.

Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it,

because

spaceships

have

been

invented.

Then

spaceship

will

go

so

fast

that

it

can

escape (

逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.

31. In this passage, the word “gravity” means

.

A. the pull of everything.

B. the force of attraction(

吸引

) among objects.

C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth

D. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.

32. When you slip(

滑

) you always fall to the ground because

A. the earth always turns round.

B. the earth has gravity

C. the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight.

D. you are careless.

33. Gravity is strong that

A. it can throw a ball into the air.

B. it makes you jump only seven feet.

C. it can let you fly away from the earth.

D. it can keep everything on earth.

34. Because of gravity,

A. water flows everything.

B. we can go everywhere by ship.

C. water always flows downwards.

D. fish can live in water.

35. We can get away from the earth by spaceship because

A. the spaceship goes very fast.

B. the earth can’t pull the spaceship.

C.

the

spaceship

has

a

strong

force.

D.

the

spaceship

can

jump

higher

than

other

things.

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(B)

It began with one red paper clip and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald

，

a 26-year-old

Canadian

，

got a three-bedroomed house through 14 trades that started with a single red

paper clip.

Encouraged

by

Kyle's

successful

experience,

now

more

and

more

people

around

the

world

are

starting

their

own

trading

activities.

They

set

up

websites

where

people

can

trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows

people to trade their used DVDs. These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, which

means they don't have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery.

Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a

paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end. After several trades she now has a piano

which is worth more than 10,000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go.

You may be puzzled about why people are doing this. In fact, everyone involved in trading

activities gets things that are useful to them. Just as Kyle said, “What’s more important to

a man dying of thirst in the desert-

one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle's words

probably show why these trades are popular among young people.

did Kyle MacDonald get after 14 trades?

A. A red paper clip.

B. A Canadian.

C. A three-bedroomed house.

D. A DVD.

37. Where can people trade things that they do not usually use according to the passage?

A. On the Internet.

B. In Beijing.

C. In Canada.

D. In the desert.

38. Which of the following is not true?

A. Peerflix is a website.

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B. Peerflix allows people to trade their used DVDs.

C. The traders using Peerflix usually prefer face-to-face trading.

D. Traders using Peerflix usually worry about delivery.

39. What did the young girl in Beijing get after several trades?

A. A paper clip.

B. A house.

C.10,000 yuan.

D. A piano.

40. Why are trading activities so popular among young people?

A. Because they can make a lot of money.

B. Because the traders can get things that are useful to them.

C. Because young people love trading.

D. Because many young people want to get a house.

(C)

lt is surprising that eating three meals a day- breakfast, lunch and dinner- -has been a

custom only since 1890. Before this time, people only had two meals a day- -breakfast

and dinner.

In the 16th century, breakfast was only to break one's fast (

开戒

). But 200 years later it

had become a large meal, not just for family, but for numbers of guests as well. It was a

social event. It began at 10 a.m. and lasted until 1 p.m. Then breakfast began to be less

popular. It became, instead, a lighter meal and was taken at a much earlier hour. By 1850

it had been pushed back to 8 a.m. and became a family meal.

Dinner, however, went the other way. In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 a.m. Years

later, it moved to the early afternoon, then to 5 p.m. By 1850 diner time had reached 7 p.m.

Lunch is a recent idea. It first appeared as a snack to fill the gap between breakfast and

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dinner.

did not have lunch

.

A. until 1890

B. after 1890

C. since 1890

D. by 1890

42.“Dinner, however, went the other way

”

A. dinner didn't go there with breakfast

B. dinner took the same way as breakfast

C. dinner got later and later

D. dinner is the same with breakfast

43. Breakfast has been a family meal since the

century.

A.17th

B.18th

C.16th

D.19th

44. The passage is mostly concerned with

.

A. what people eat for breakfast

B. what people eat for dinner

C. the history of supper

D. the history of the three meals

45. The passage leads us to believe that

.

A. our custom of meals is based on an English custom

B. before 1890 people didn't eat three meals a day

C. breakfast is the most important meal for us

D. three meals a day has been a long tradition

(D)

Like

most

offices,

my

office

is

a

place

where

I

can

focus

on

my

work

and

feel

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comfortable at the same time. Of course, I have all the necessary equipment on my desk.

I have the telephone next to the fax machine on the right side of my desk. My computer is

in the center of my desk with the monitor directly in front of me. I have a comfortable office

chair to sit on and some pictures of my family between the computer and the telephone. In

order to help me read,

I also have a lamp near my computer which I use in the evening if

I work late. There is plenty of paper in one of the cabinet drawers. There are also staples

and a stapler, paper clips, highlighters, pens and erasers in the other drawer. In the room,

there is a comfortable armchair and a sofa to sit on. I also have a low table in front of the

sofa on which there are some industry magazines.

46. What do the author need to do in the office?

A. Relax.

B. Focus on work.

C. Study.

D. Read magazines.

47. Which piece of equipment do I not have on the author's desk?

A. Fax.

B. Computer. C. Lamp.

D. Television

48. Where are the pictures of the author's family located?

A. On the wall.

B. Next to the lamp.

C. Between the computer and the telephone.

D. Near the fax.

49. When do the author use the lamp to read?

A. In the afternoon.

B. Never.

C. In the morning.

D. In the evening.

50. Where do the author keep the paper clips?

A. On the desk.

B. Next to the lamp.

C. In a cabinet drawer.

D. Next to the telephone.

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