大學英語B9

一、交際英語

1.-Hello,Peter.Whatdoyoudo?

A.Iamfine.

B.Iamnotsick.

C.IamastudentfromBonnUniversity.

D.IcamefromBonnUniversity.

答案：C

2.-Congratulations!Youwonthefirstprizeintoday'sspeechcontest.

A.Yes,Ibeattheothers.

B.No,no,Ididn'tdoitwell.

C.Thankyou.

D.It'sapleasure.

答案：C

3.-Unbelievable!Ihavefailedthedrivingtestagain!

-Thisisnottheendoftheworld.

A.Goodluck.

B.Cheerup.

C.Goahead.

D.Noproblem.

答案：B

4.-1wonderifIcoulduseyourcomputertonight?

-I'mnotusingitrightnow.

A.Sure,hereyouare.

B.Idon'tknow.

C.Itdoesn'tmatter.

D.Whocares?

答案：A

5.-Couldyouhelpmewithmyphysics,please?

A.No,noway.

B.No,Icouldn't.

C.No,Ican't.

D.SorryIcan't.Ihavetoqotoameetingriqhtnow.

答案：D

二、閱讀理解

Chessmustbeoneoftheoldestgamesintheworld.AnArabtravellerinIndiainthe

year900wrotethatitwasplayed'long,longago.'ChesswasprobablyinventedinIndia,

andithasbeenplayedeverywherefromJapantoEuropesince1400.Thename'chess'is

interesting.Whenoneplayerisattackingtheother'sking,hesaysinEnglish,'check,.

Whenthekinghasbeencaughtandcannotmoveanywhere,hesays'checkmate'.These

wordscomefromPersian'Shahmat'means'thekingisdead'.Thatiswhenthegameis

over,andoneplayerhaswon.

Suchanoldgamechangesveryslowly.Theruleshavenotalwaysbeenthesameas

theyarenow.Forexample,atonetimethequeencouldonlymoveonesquareatatime.

Nowsheisthestrongestpieceontheboard.Itwouldbeinterestingtoknowwhythishas

happened.Chesstakestimeandthought,butitisagameforallkindsofpeople.You

don'thavetobeachamoioninordertoenjoyit.Itisnotalwaysplayedbytwopeople

sittingatthesametable.ThefirsttimetheAmericansbeattheRussianswasinamatch

playedbyradio.Someofthechessmastersareabletoplaymanypeopleatthesame

time.Therecordwaswhenonemanplayed400games!Itissaidthatsomepeopleplayed

chessbypost.Thismustmakechesstheslowestgameintheworld.

6.ChesswasplayedinIndialongbefore900.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

7.Oneplayerhaswonthegamewhenheattackstheotherplayer'sking.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

8.Chessisagameforallsortsofpeople.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

9.Onlytwopeoplecanplaychesssittingatthesametable.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

lO.Accordingtotheoldrulesofthegame,thekingcouldnotmoveanywhere.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

OnceJamesThornhill,afamousEnglishpainter,wasaskedtopaintsome

picturesonthewallsoftheking'spalaceinEngland.

Thenworkersweresentforandabigplatform（臺子）wasmade.

Withthehelpofaworker,Thornhillstartedpaintingontheplatform.They

workedforawholeyearandatlastthepictureswereready.

Thornhillwashappywhenhelookedatthepictures,fortheywerereally

beautiful.Helookedatthemforalongtime,andthentookonestepbackand

lookedagain.Nowthepictureswereevenmorebeautiful.Hetookanotherstep,

thenanother.Finallyhewasattheveryedgeoftheplatform,buthedidn'tknow

itbecausehewasthinkingofhispictures.

Theworkersaweverything,"WhatshouldIdo?"hethought."Thornhillwasat

theveryedgeoftheplatform.IfIcryout,hewilltakeanotherstep,falloffitand

surelybekilled."Sotheworkerquicklytooksomepaint（漆）andthrewitatthe

pictures.

"Whatareyoudoing?"criedthepainter,runningquicklyforwardtohis

pictures.

n.JamesThornhillwasanEnglish.

A.worker

B.artist

C.king

D.writer

答案：B

i2.Hewasorderedto.

A.paintthewalloftheking'spalaceinEngland

B.paintsomepicturesonthewallofthepalace

Cbuildabigplatforminfrontofthepalace

D.putupsomenewpicturesontheoldwall

答案：B

I3.lttookthemtofinishthepictures.

A.amonth

B.aweek

c.twelvemonths

D.halfamonth

笞案：c

i4.JamesThornhillfeltthatthehewasfromthepictures,thethey

were.

A.nearer...morebeautiful

□.becauseofgetting

答案：C

四、完型填空

Onenight,athiefbrokeintoanoldman'shouse.He_21_anoiseandwokeupthe

oldmanandhiswife.Thehusbandtoldhiswifetobesilent,whilehesaidloudly,“My

dear,thesedaysthievesarecleverer.Iftheytake_22_theirclothesandputthemon

thetable,thepeopleintheroomwillfallasleepandcan'twakeup.”

Whenthethief_23—this,hetookoffhisclothesatonceandwasreadytosetoutto

work.Atthis___24___,thehusbandsuddenlyshoutedinaloudvoice:"5topthief!Stop

thief!”Thethiefwasveryfrightened.Heranawayasfastasbecouldand_25_his

clothesonthetable.

21.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：A

22.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：C

23.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：E

24.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：B

25.

A.made

B.moment

C.off

D.left

E.heard

答案：D

五、英譯漢

26.0urlibraryisasbigastheirs.

答案：我們的圖書館和他們的一樣大。

27Jimwillgotohisteacherwheneverhehasquestions.

答案：吉姆一有問題就找他的老師。

28.Lookoutthewindowit'sstillrainingtoday!

答案：看窗外，今天還在下雨.

29.Areyoufondofmusic?

答案：你喜歡音樂嗎？

3O.Theythoughtthattheremust