大学英语B5

一、交际英语
1、--Hi, is Mary there, please?
--_____
A：Hold on. I'll get her.
B：No, she isn't here.
C：Yes, she lives here.
D：Yes, what do you want？
答案： A
2、Thank you for your nice gifts.
- _____________________
A：I'm glad you like it.
B：No thanks.
C：It's very kind of you.
D：I'm sorry to hear that.
答案： A
3、--I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me an A.
--_____
A：Don't worry about it.
B：Congratulations! That's a difficult course.
C：Mr. Brown is very good.
D：Good luck to you！
答案： B
4、- How often do you go dancing?
-
A：I will go dancing tomorrow.
B：Yesterday.
C：Every other day.
D：I've been dancing for a year.
答案： C
5、- How was your trip to London, Jane?
- ___________
A：Oh, wonderful indeed.
B：I went there alone.
 C：The guide showed me the way.
D：By plane and by bus.
答案： A

二、阅读理解
1、No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices
may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the
dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. The
Persians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet（冰冻果子露） comes.
Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the
Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices
became popular, first in Venice and then throughout Italy.
In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry Ⅱof France, she
took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was "ice
cream". For each day of the wedding festivities （庆祝活动，庆典） Catherine's cooks prepared a
different flavor of her favorite dessert-"ice cream."
At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a
young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at
prices people could afford. Procopio's"ice-cream parlor " became so popular that other shops were
opened.
About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was popular in Italy
and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great success. The
King ordered his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty should
serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too.

(1)、This passage is mainly about the history of ice cream.

A：T
B：F
答案： A
(2)、Marco Polo's remark shows that he traveled in India.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(3)、Ice cream was unknown in France until 1640.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(4)、Ice cream was introduced to England by King Charles I.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(5)、Development of ice cream in France and other countries is discussed in the passage.
A：T
B：F
答案： A

2、The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was 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 to Versailles. 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 from Austria and Prussia.
However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. 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 of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia
began to march against France. 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：In Versailles.
B：In Austria.
C：In Prussia.
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.
答案： D

三、词汇与语法
1、I won't make the _______ mistake next time.
A：like
B：same
C：near
D：similar
答案： B
2、She has been working hard day and night during these years _______ she could pay for the lost
necklace.
A：in order that
B：as long as
C：the moment
D：because
答案： A
3、Two days is not enough for him to finish the work．He needs _______ day.
A：other
B：the other
C：the third
 D：a third
答案： D
4、Professor Smith promised to look _______my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the thesis
defense.
A：after
B：over
C：on
D：into
答案： B
5、 Had you come five minutes earlier, you ______ the train to Birmingham. But now you missed it.
A：would catch
B：would have caught
C：could catch
D：should catch
答案： B

四、完型填空
The last patient left his office. Mr. South had a look at the ___1___ on the wall.It was a quarter to
six. It meant that he had to stay there for fifteen minutes. A friend of his asked him to dinner that
evening. Of course he should ___2___ some flowers for her. He brought out the purse and counted the
money in it. He had sixty dollars and it was enough to do that. And then he remembered he bought a
newspaper on his way to the hospital after lunch. He was too busy to read it. Now he brought it out,
but then came in a man ___3___ forty. He looked at him carefully. The man looked strange. Mr. South
didn't know what he came for.
"What's wrong with you?" asked Mr. South.
" Nothing,Mr. South," said the man, "But…"
The man began to smile and said, "Don't you ___4___ me, Mr. South? You cured (治愈) my
rheumatism(风湿病) three years ago."
"Mr. Bell?"
"Yes. Did you ___5___ me not to get myself wet?"
"Yes, I did," answered the doctor.
"Well. I come here to ask you if you think it's OK for me to take a bath now?"
(1)、
A：clock
B：buy
C：tell
 D：about
E：remember
答案： A
(2)、
A：clock
B：buy
C：tell
D：about
E：remember
答案： B
(3)、
A：clock
B：buy
C：tell
D：about
E：remember
答案： D
(4)、
A：clock
B：buy
C：tell
D：about
E：remember
答案： E
(5)、
A：clock
B：buy
C：tell
D：about
E：remember
答案： C

五、英译汉
(1)、He has taught English in this university ever since he moved to this city.
(2)、I'm very much eager to improve my oral English.
(3)、You and your team can discover the answers to problems together.
(4)、I read the local newspapers with great interest every evening.

六、写作
Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短
文。
1.自学的优点；
2.自学中遇到的主要困难。
Self-study