《大学英语B》统考考前复习题5

大学英语B复习题五 一、交际英语 1、- When you can*t follow your teacher, what will you say -1 will say, A Can you say for a second time B Pardon C I dont understand anything. D What you said was nonsense. 答案B 2、- May I speak to Dr. Brown A Yes, he is not in at the moment. B No, you cant. C Yes, this is Brown speaking. D Sorry, speaking. 答案C 3、 Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water A Pd rather stay here if you dont mind. B Sorry, I dont like neither. C Certainly, why not D Yes, we like these two places. 答案A 4、 Would you mind changing seats with me A Yes, you can. B Of course, I like to. C No, I dont mind. D Certainly, please do. 答案C 5、- -Well, they got there last Wednesday. So about a week. A When did your parents arrive in Paris B How long have your parents been in Paris C Did your parents arrive in Paris last Wednesday D When will your parents go to Paris 答案B 二、阅读理解 1、The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage 孤 JL 院knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something elseto be independent. At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody. Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. My English just wasnt good enough.* she says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend who later became her husband to help her. Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many placesChina, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family. The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet. 1 、Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, she had lived in the streets fbr many years. A T B F 答案A 2 、The sentence orphanage girls could be something means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful. A T B F 答案A 3 、Her life changed in 1985. A T B F 答案B 4 、This passage is probably taken from a novel. A T B F 答案B 5 、Marys b