大学英语B4

一、交际英语
1、- May I speak to Dr. Brown?
- _________
A：Yes, he is not in at the moment.
B：No, you can't.
C：Yes, this is Brown speaking.
D：Sorry, speaking.
答案： C
2、-- I have passed the maths exam!
-- _________. Congratulations!
A：Sorry
B：Come on
C：Well done
D：Bad luck
答案： C
3、---Can you help clean the window?
---________.
A：I'd like that
B：Sure, go ahead
C：Sorry, but I have to meet my uncle
D：It's none of my business
答案： C
4、- Why didn't you come to my birthday party yesterday?
- ________
A：Excuse me, my friend sent me a flower.
B：Fine, I never go to birthday parties.
C：Ha…ha, I like swimming.
D：Sorry, but my wife had a car accident.
答案： D
5、- That's a beautiful dress you have on!
- __________
A：Oh, thanks. I got it yesterday.
B：Sorry, it's too cheap.
 C：Hey you can have it.
D：See you later.
答案： A

二、阅读理解
1、All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help
them to live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer.
Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses
or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has
spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many
rivers.
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years ago, like running or jumping. Chinese
boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one
is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they
often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character. One learns to fight hard but fight
fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

(1)、According to this passage we know that people began to play about one hundred years ago.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(2)、The writer didn't tell us in this passage that basketball was invented in America.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(3)、People all over the world enjoy sports because sports are interesting.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(4)、From this passage we can see that according to the author sports and games are significant to our
life in many respects.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(5)、The writer's attitude towards sports is positive.
A：T
B：F
答案： A

2、Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or
schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning
and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London
without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the
country with a garden of one's own.
Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives.
Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at
night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country.
If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred
and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one
has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town,
with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such
people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An
occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all
the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from
London every night.

(1)、Which of the following statements is NOT true?_________

A：People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.
B：People who work in London prefer to live in the country.
C：Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.
D：Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.
答案： B
(2)、With the same money ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.
A：getting a small flat with a garden
B：having a small flat with a garden
C：renting a small flat without a garden
D：buying a small flat without a garden
答案： C
(3)、When the garden is in blossom, it means that one ________ has been rewarded.
A：living in the country
B： having spent time working in the garden
C： having a garden of his own
D：having been digging, planting and watering
答案： B
(4)、People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live outside
London.
A：their life was meaningless
B： their life was invaluable
C：they didn't deserve a happy life
D：they were not worthy of their happy life
答案： A
(5)、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.
A：deal with
B：do away with
C：escape from
D：prevent from
答案： C

三、词汇与语法
1、Who else, _______ Mary, took part in the English speech contest?
A：besides
B：additional
C：except
D：without
答案： A
2、There ________ a book and some magazines on the desk.
A：is
B：are
C：have
D：has
答案： A
3、On ________ side of the street there are some trees.
A：both
 B：either
C：every
D：all
答案： B
4、A sudden noise of a fire-engine made him___to the door.
A：hurrying
B：hurried
C：hurry
D：to hurry
答案： C
5、Therefore, other things ____ equal, the number of workers that employers want decreases.
A：is
B：are
C：being
D：having
答案： C

四、完型填空
Mr. Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often borrows some books from the
library. He keeps ___1___ to the radio every morning and reading newspapers after supper. So he
knows much and teaches well. His students worship（崇拜）him very much.
Mike, Mr. Clarke's little son, is only nine. He ___2___ likes reading books. And he often asks his
father some qusetions. Mr. Clarke always thinks he's too ___3___ to understand him and chooses the
easiest ones to answer. Of course the boy is not pleased with that.
One day Mike read ___4___ about the lights and was interested in it. When his father told him to do
some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him ___5___ questions, and his father answered
all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know more than sons!"
The boy thought for a while and said, "I don't think so!"
(1)、
A：a few
B：listening
C：also
D：young
E：something
答案： B
(2)、
 A：a few
B：listening
C：also
D：young
E：something
答案： C
(3)、
A：a few
B：listening
C：also
D：young
E：something
答案： D
(4)、
A：a few
B：listening
C：also
D：young
E：something
答案： E
(5)、
A：a few
B：listening
C：also
D：young
E：something
答案： A

五、英译汉
(1)、In Foreign Languages Department，a checking machine is used to correct the students' test
papers.
(2)、He was too tired to go on reading.
(3)、Riding bicycles can save energy.
(4)、I'm going to run for the bus as soon as the bell rings.

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。

My Favorite Season
内容需包括以下方面：
1．说明自己最喜欢的季节；
2．陈述喜欢这一季节的原因，可以描写这一季节的景色，或是记述在这一季节最让人难忘的
经历。