大学英语B级考试经典试题
Passage 4
When food is consumed it can usually be replaced by growing more food on the same land year after year.But when people drive cars,the petrol they consume cannot be replaced from the same source for ever.Some day all the oil,coal and metals in the earth will have disappeared. In the 19th century the factories obtained their energy from coal,but industry‘s energy today comes material of oil.It is oil more than anything else that has made the United States the richest country in the world.Without it her industry would come to a halt.She also uses oil as raw material for the production of things like plastics and washing-powder.America owns large amounts of oil,coal and other resources,but the country‘s industrial production has become so great that fuel and raw materials now have to be imported from other countries.The United States,with one twentieth of the world‘s population, consumes a third of the world‘s resources---far more than her fair share.Anamerican uses fifty times as much energy as an Indian, while almost half the world‘s cars are on the roads of America. Europe is also consuming more than its fair share of the world‘s resources, including the resources of poorer countries.
When we ride in a car or a train we rarely ask ourselves where the energy comes from to drive it. Nor do we think about the energy that heats the water for our bath,or that enables us to watch television,play records or cook the dinner.Every time we do these things we use up a little bit more of the earth‘s resources. It is difficult to find any products in a shop that do not use up energy and raw materials in their production.In the last few years people have begun to realize that these resources are being used up far too quickly. Between 1960 and 1970 world consumption of oil doubled,and our resources are expected to be completely used up by the year 2000 unless more oil is discovered before then.The oil-producing countries have therefore increased the price of oil because they know that the oil will not last for ever.
What will happen if oil and other important resources are used up? Are there other ways to solve the problem? Scientists are looking for it.
A. publish it in a professional journal C. get access to it in the library
B. attend professional meetings D. make use of some library services
25. The chapter in question __________ .
A. mainly deals with the ways of dissertation writing
B. presents information on publishing papers in professional journals C. introduces some library services E. describes some professional meetings
26.Which of the following is renewable?
A. Land B. Food C. Oil D. Metal 27.According to the second paragraph,______________. A. the United States is the largest producer of raw material B. the more oil a country produces,the richer it will be
C. an Indian uses only about one-fiftieth of the energy used by an American D. America has imported almost 50% of the world‘s cars 28.Which of the following is true according to the third paragraph? A. Most of the Americans want to know where energy comes from.
B. There are problems about the quality of the fuels that heat our water and cook our dinner. C. Whatever we do we certainly use up some of the earth‘s resources
D. There are a few goods that are produced without using up some energy and raw material 29. In the author‘s opinion,________________. A. more oil will be discovered before long
B. oil,coal,and metals in the earth will be used up sooner or later C. world consumption of oil will double in the next few years D. more coal is needed in order to replace oil
30. This passage was probably written________________. A. in 1960s
B. between 1960 and 1970 C. before 1960 or earlier D. in 1970s or later
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure(25 points) Section A
Directions: In this section there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 31. Air pollution __________ , this city is still a good place to live in.
A. being greatly reduced C. to greatly reduce
B. greatly being reduced D. greatly to reduce
32. Many Americans worry about leisure and hurry from one activity to the next, __________ little time to stop and think.
A. leave
B. leaving
C. left
D. to leave
33. I won‘t be able to attend the meeting tonight because _________ .
A. I must teach a class
B. I teach a class
D. I will have been teaching a class
C. I will be teaching a class
34. Great changes __________ in our institute in the last few years.
A. have taken place C. took place
company will be fined.
A. being completed C. to be completed A. To become A. to give A. to close
B. has taken place D. had taken place
35. If the building project __________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction
B. is completed D. completed
C. One becomes
C. giving
D. On becoming
D. being given
36. __________ a teacher in a university, it is necessary to have at least a master‘s degree.
B. Become
37. I don‘t know why she avoids __________ her opinion on the subject.
B. to be given B. closing
38. If I had remembered __________ the window, the thief would not have got in.
C. to have closed D. having closed
39. Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school __________ the master‘s degree in business administration.
40. James plans to __________ offers from other companies before making a decision.
A. explode A. sense A. spread
B. expand
C. expose
D. explore
41. It would make __________ for the parents to be involved in this discussion.
B. idea
C. meaning C. exposed C. items
D. significance D. located D. details D. looking on
42. The license must be clearly __________ in the car windscreen.
B. displayed B. character
43. The donated liver came from the UK, but the hospital is giving no further __________ .
A. instance A. looking out
__________ .
A occasion
Section B
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet with a single line through the center.
When I visited the Netherlands last year, my first impression was that it was all too good to be true: a country where everyone is satisfied! So, ___46___ that young people everywhere are gifted social critics, I sought out some university students and ___47__ what issues young people were ___48___ . I was stunned to learn that the main problem students there see is with employment. IN a country that‘s made good work conditions a(n) ___49___ , this came as a real
B. situation
C. condition
D. environment
44. Police are __________ the disappearance of two children.
B. looking after C. looking into
45. I do not intend to follow that, because we shall have an opportunity to do so on another
surprise. Even more stunning was the fact that it wasn‘t unemployment ___50___ these students were worried about --- it was a shortage of highly paid management positions ___51___ to fresh university graduates. As the students expressed their resentment toward the older generation for ― ___52___ all the good jobs‖ and their bitterness over the thought of struggling to ___53___ on an entry – level salary, I couldn‘t help ___54___ my own early employment experiences. I had graduated with honors form a good school, but my first job was doing door – to – door market research for a salary that just barely allowed me to get by. For some reason I never doubted that I‘d ultimately ___55___ a better job. I simply accepted that a young person who was just starting out would have to struggle a bit at first. (216 words)
PartⅣ Writing (15 points)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to one of your former classmates. You should write at least 80 words, and base your letter on the Chinese outline below:
1. 了解對方近來的情況
2. 通知對方同學將在元旦舉行聚會 3. 請對方參加
46. A. thinking
B. to see
C. knowing
D. found D. inquired D. cared about D. importance D. that D. available D. taking to D. live with D. recalling on D. end on
47. A. inquired after 48. A. worrying 49. A. priority 50. A. which
B. inquired of B. choice B. whom B. limited
C. inquired into C. must C. the C. supplied
B. concerned about C. concerned with
51. A. preferred 52. A. taking on 53. A. earn
54. A. calling back 55. A. end up with
B. taking up B. memorizing B. end with
C. taking over
B. make ends meet C. survive with
C. end in
C. looking back on
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