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统考大学英语B

新发展英语综合教程（二）
一、单选题
1. An apple falling on the ground well illustrates the principle of _____. A. gravity
2. He regretted _______the decision too hastily. C. making
3. It was in 1930 _______ he became a university student. B. that
4. He _______ smoking at last. A. gave up
5. ---- Have you got your test result?---- Not yet. The papers _______. C. are still being corrected
6. They notice that plants don't grow well _______ is much shade. C. where there
7. I ____ you a happy birthday. D. wish
8. I don't care how hard you are or how much time you spend on the project. I just want you to work _____. D. efficiently
9. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _____. B. make up for
10. Don't tell me such things _______ you are not certain. D. as
11. Why not _____ tennis? It will help you keep fit. A. take up
12. I held the little bird in my hand and felt it heart _____. C. beating
13. This is the second time she ______ improvement on that equipment. D. has made
14. This book costs ______ that one. D. twice as much as
15. He was asked to speak louder ______ all the other students in the classroom could hear him. C. so that
22:_______ idea of _______ sounds much better than Clare's.C:That, hers
16. We can't _______ another 100 kilometers any more. C. make
17. The manager needs an assistant that he can _____ to take care of problems in his absence. A. count on
18. It was ______ he saw the doctor coming out of the emergency room with an expression as grave as a judge _______ he realized the seriousness of his wife's illness. A. not until...that
19. She closed the window and drew the _____ before switching on the light. C. curtains
20. They _____ to climb the mountain yesterday afternoon. C. set out
21. She is _______to refuse, so I have to give in. C. too kind a girl
22. Such electron tubes ________ in a radio set are also found in a TV set. B. as we use
23. He said the government would do its best to _____ the problem of unemployment. C. solve
24. His hard work _______ when he won the prize. A. paid off
25. Today is Jenny's wedding day. She _______ to Thomas. D. has just got married
1. He seems _______ from this university. D. to have graduated
2. China is famous ________ the Great Wall. B. for
4. _____ in the blanket in such weather, the little boy kept crying. B. Wrapped
5. I haven't decided which seat ________. C. to sit on
6. He is the only one of the sons in the family who ______ received high education. D. has
8. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ______ to its burning temperature. D. be heated
9. They spent the afternoon _____ blackberries in the wood. A. picking
10. I don't think that car is _____ the money you paid for it. B. worth
11. If one great airplane _____ into another in the air, 600 lives could be lost. C. crashed
12. Many visitors come to Israel to _____ an ancient land rich with 4000 years of history. C. explore
13. --I always look before crossing the street.--You are right. You can't be too ________. B. careful
14. Lucy is going camping with ______ girls. C. two other little
15. It ______ me of the country which we visited last summer. C. reminds
16. The students are looking forward to _______ their holidays in Japan. B. spending
17. --She likes to watch TV plays, but she doesn't watch TV every day.--_______. D. So it is with me
19. Our school ________ new facilities. A. is equipped with
20. It is obvious that boys are more naughty than girls by _____. A. nature
22. ---- Will you do me the honor of dancing with me?---- _______. B. I''d love to, but I''m wanted on the phone
24. With the guide ______ the way, we set out on foot into the night dark. B. leading
25. Is Mary ______ to join in us? A. supposed
1. The job made her dependent _______ her husband. A. on
2. She is always the first __________to school. B. to come
3. Comrade Li promised to help us and he said he would come ______. A. right away
4. Every new _____ has the possibility of making or losing money. B. venture
5. Please telephone me half an hour _______. B. in advance
6. Please ______ me at the station on time. C. meet
7. We've all heard of Thomas Edison, _______ who invented the electric light and many other things. C. the man
8. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably _____ spring. D. late
9. The figures _____ by the local government showed that the area still suffered inadequate teaching resources. B. released
10. As Mr. Pot is always regarded his colleagues (同事) as his _____, they decided to play a practical jokes on him that would make him more humble. C. inferiors
11. In order to grow well, the Blue Sprace, like other pine trees, ______ a temperate climate. B. requires
12. ---____? --- I'm suffering from a stomachache. D. What''s the matter with you
14. Many visitors come to Israel to _____ an ancient land rich with 4000 years of history. C. explore
15. Some of the passengers told the reporters about their _____ in the burning train. D. experiences
17. There aren't many pandas ________ in the world today. A. alive
18. On his return from his college, he found the house ________. B. deserted
19. I don't think we can take it ______, some problems still remains. C. for granted
20. ---- Could you do me a favor to carry a big shelf?---- _______. B. With pleasure
21. It would be _______ a risk to leave the baby alone. A. running
25. Shanghai has a larger population than _______ in China. D. any other city
1. It was a minor illness, and she soon _____ it. B. got over
2. ---Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?---No, it's out of _____. A. range
5. Your answer is different ________ the teacher's. C. from
7. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of _____. A. reach
9. ---- Can you attend the party tomorrow, Tom?---- I can when my headache _______ thoroughly. C. disappear
12. If everybody is _______, let's begin our class. B. seated
14. Her son, to whom she was so _____, went abroad ten years ago. C. devoted
15. Scientists said that too much _____ to the sun may do some harm to the skin. A. exposure
17. Tom went out to play with his homework__________. A. done
18. Some of the suggestions have been adopted but others have been _____ as they are quite impractical. D. turned down
19. The story was so touching that I could hardly _____ my tears. B. hold back
20. You will find a map of great ____ in helping you to get round London. C. value
22. -- What made her so upset?--_____the necklace______ yesterday. A. Lost, bought
23. He couldn't use his own car because it ________ then. A. was being repaired
4. It ______ that 200 people died and over 5,000 lost their shelters after the flood. C. has been reported
5. The shopkeeper gave us _____ weight; we got 9 kilos instead of 10 kilos. B. short
1. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _______. D. normal
2. Go and join in the party. _____ it to me to do the washing-up. C. Leave
4. The experiment _______ the discovery of a cure for cancer. C. resulted in
5. In this accident, most people died. Those who _____ were also badly injured. A. survived
6. On Sundays I prefer _______ at home to _______ out. C. staying...going
7. Rarely _______ so difficult a problem. D. could she have been faced with
12. People are more _______ to spend money on goods with an attractive look than those without. B. tempted
13. The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally _____ because of the bad weather. D. called off
14. She walked across immense room _______ every one looking at her. A. with
15. ---- What did Mrs Green do yesterday afternoon?---- She went to the market, ______ some bananas and visited her cousin. A. bought
16. They all ______ mentioning that girl. A. avoided
17. I'll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little _____. C. patience
18. Your chair needs _______. B. repairing
20. The children are curious about who _____ the world. C. created
22. ---- Did you visit the famous museum?---- No. We _______ it, but we spent too much time shopping. A. could have visited
23.The factory has done good honour to the government and the people around so that visitors come to it ___________. B. in larger numbers
24.The letters PTO _______ parent-teacher organization. A. stand for
3.My father ______ an invitation to a dinner party, but he _______ it. D. received...didn't accept
5. Hardly _______ the classroom when the class began. A. had he entered
8. I'd rather you _______ anything about it for the time being. D. didn't do
13. So loudly _______ that all the people in the room got a fright. C:did he shout
14. Anybody will do, _______ he is responsible for that. C. as long as
16. You had one of your teeth pulled out yesterday, ____?D. didn't you
17. The couch is comfortable to _______. D:sit on
18. __________he goes, she will go, and she never cares _______ happens.A:Wherever, what
19.I can ______ him to you for the job. He is a very good worker. C. recommend
1. Even if the young man is very good at lots of things we can't say he is _____. In fact, no one is.B. perfect
7. _______determines a good meal varies from country to country.A:What
9. I suggest _______ for an outgoing this Sunday.D:our going
12. Joe's handwriting is ________ Mary's. C. much better than
18. I want to buy a new tie to _____ the brown suit.B:go with
19. David like country life and has decided to _______ farming. C:go in for
20. John was _______ he lay down for an hour before dinner. B:so tired that
25. His report on the space exploration was really ________.A:exciting
5. According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart disease is not necessarily _____ and effect. D. cause
17.Why not _______ me earlier?B:tell
1. ______ a dog on the road, the car stopped.C:The driver seeing
2. On the way to Suzhou, the bus we traveled in that day suddenly _____.D:broke down

二、完形填空
1.
The death of a child, 1 one's own child, is something the mind can hardly comprehend. It seems to go 2 nature. The end of a life that is still forming 3 has just begun is an almost unthinkable cruelty.

But it happens. Parents sometimes must witness the illness and death of the children 4 whom they gave birth. And 5 will ever fill the empty place that the dead child leaves behind. Parents 6 to die before their children, which is the natural order of life events. When the situation is reversed and a child dies 7 the parents it seems wrong.

Yet we never know why one person dies and another lives. But we do know 8 a child is gone, the parents still have a future, as grey and worthless as it may at first seem. Death may take the child, but the love never 9 .

The sorrow after a child's death is one of the longest and hardest type of 10 to live with. And it takes long to deal with the parents' own emotions.

(1) A. especially (2) B. against (3) B. or (4) C. to (5) D. nothing (6) B. expect
(7) A. before (8) C. even if (9) B. goes away (10) A. loss
2.
Brownie and Spotty were neighbour dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any 1 , these two dogs loved each other and played 2 so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.

One evening, Brownie's family 3 that Brownie hadn't returned home. They went looking for him with no 4 . Brownie didn't appear the next day, and, despite their 5 to find him, by the next week he was still missing.

Curiously, Spotty 6 at Brownie's house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored (to pay no attention to) the 7 little neighbour dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty 8 to take "no" for an answer. Spotty followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say, " 9 me! It's urgent!"

Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a 10 spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier requirement seriously. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.

(1) C. neighborhood (2) A. together (3) D. noticed (4) B. success (5) C. efforts
(6) B. showed up (7) A. nervous (8) B. refused (9) D. Follow (10) C. wild
3.
Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious source of discomfort for their fellows. 1 , medical authorities express their concern about the effect of smoking 2 the health not only of those who smoke but also of those who do not. In fact, non-smokers who must involuntarily inhale (吸入) the air 3 by tobacco smoke may suffer more than the smokers 4 .

Smoking is prohibited in the theatres and in halls used for showing films 5 in laboratories 6 there may be a fire hazard (危险). Elsewhere, it is up to your good 7 .

I am 8 asking you to maintain "No-Smoking" in classrooms and seminar rooms.

This will prove that you have the 9 health in mind, which is very important to a large 10 of our students.

(1) B. Further (2) C. on (3) C. polluted (4) B. themselves (5) C. as well as (6) A. where
(7) B. sense (8) C. therefore (9) B. non-smokers'' (10) A. number

1.
Insure means to protect 1 a loss of money. Most people can budget their money so that their income will cover expected expenses 2 food, clothing, housing, and public services. But, there is no way to know 3 who will suffer a crisis (危机) such as a serious illness, fire, flood, or a car accident. Such crises usually 4 great expense. Even if people could predict crises, it would be hard to save enough money to 5 the expenses. Insurance is a system 6 a company collects money from many individuals and then pays certain expenses whenever one of those insured individuals is faced with a certain crisis. An insurance policy 7 how much the insurance costs and how much the company will pay when a policy holder is faced with a certain crisis. There are many different kinds of insurance, 8 hospital, motor-car and fire. Insurance can be rather expensive but most people buy insurance of some kind. Insurance is something 9 people buy and hope they will 10 need.

(1) C. against (2) A. such as (3) D. earlier (4) C. take (5) A. cover (6) B. by which
(7) D. states (8) B. including (9) B. that (10) D. often

2.
As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr and Mrs Malloy sat back with a sign of pleasure.

They had thought they had 1 been able to get away on this holiday, their first holiday alone, without the 2 , since their honeymoon. They had had to ask Mr