2017年大学英语B统考题库及答案
一、交际英语
1.- How is your headache?
- _________
at all.
er now.
k you.
ing special.
2.- We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?
- ________
A.I'm afraid not, because I have to go to an important meeting.
course not. I have no idea.
, I can't.
's all set.
3.- Do you mind my smoking here?
- _______
, thanks.
, I do.
. I'd rather not.
idea.
4.- How are you, Bob?
-________
are you?
B.I'm fine. Thank you.
do you do?
to meet you.
5.- Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?
- ______Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You can't miss it.
A.I beg your pardon?
do you mean?
're welcome.
, let me think.
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二、阅读理解
This story is about a young man. (这个故事是关于一个年轻人。) He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake.
After a while he decided to visit the doctor. “I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?” “I have a suggestion,” said the doctor.
The next day the man reached the doctor's office. “Well,” said the doctor, “how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”
The man still looked tired. “Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one, two, to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred still couldn't fall asleep.”
young man couldn’t go to sleep because he had worked too hard and became ill.
A.T
B.F
doctor asked the young man to count numbers while he was lying in bed.
A.T
B.F
young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because he wanted to thank the doctor.
A.T
B.F
young man counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea.
A.T
B.F
young man in fact was not able to count numbers.
A.T
B.F
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, (约翰和维多利亚-福斯到达纽约市准备暂住一年，)they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
h of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?
ing home furnishings.
ing furnished apartments.
ing used furniture.
ing home furnishings.
do some people prefer to rent furniture?
use the furniture they get in this way is new.
use it saves them a lot of money.
use it saves them much trouble and money.
use they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
can you infer from the passage?
idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
ing furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.
those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.
le usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
h of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
