大学英语B级统考总结题库—完型填空Passage 1You may meet Americans who know very little about your country. If this __21__ the case, be patient with them. Unfortunately, little is taught about the cultures or customs of other countries in America schools. The United States has always been separated from older countries by the vast oceans to the East and West of the country.As a __22__ Americans have not become so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things as is often the case in older countries. If Americans try to help you __23__ something that is very familiar to you, if they mistake your country for another of thousands of kilometers away, be patient with them.The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time__24__ with many other countries------only about 300 years. Americans have been very busy with growth of the country, with building roads and cities, establishing free education for millions of children, and making inventions, discoveries, and developments to benefit the whole world.The Nation's attention has been on the United States, not on the world, during most of this __25__ period. It is only since World War Two (1939-1945) that Americans have been more interested in other parts of the World.21. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is22. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is23. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is24. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is25. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is答案：E C A B DPassage 2American people divide their days into several blocks of time, and plan different activities 21 different times.American time is "on the dot"(准确地). If something is supposed to happen at Eight o'clock, it will begin at eight. Americans value promptness(准时)and may become angry if a person is more than 15 minutes late -22- a good reason. If you know you are going to be late, call in advance and let someone know.-23-you arrive late, you should apologize and explain why. Americansarrive -24- time for doctors' appointments.The doctor may keep you -25- , but if you keep the doctor waiting, you may get a bill with the doctor's time!21. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without22. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without23. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without24. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without25. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without答案：A E D C BPassage 3This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up___21___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___22___ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I don't like to be late. Our classes___23___ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates.In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don't ___24___ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do myhomework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___25___ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m.21. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start22. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start23. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start24. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start25. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start答案：B D E A CPassage 4Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four parts,___21___ a part. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.Your ship goes into ___22___ time part every day if you make a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean. As you go into each part, the time ___23___ one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you let it ahead. Each day of your journey has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___24___ the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day ___25___. When you go across the line, you change your calendar one full day, back or ahead.21. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins22. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins23. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins24. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins25. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins答案：B A D C EPassage 5Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, - 21- backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure.Many of us think -22- stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us -23- pressure. But weshould try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves.We sometimes take --24- more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to -25- our limitations.We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not.21. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on22. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on23. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on24. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on25. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on答案：D A B E CPassage 6It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work.But it is not as easy as it appeals at first __21__ to introduce equal pay for equal work.Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doingit twice as fast as the __22__; or one may be making no mistakes, while the other is making a lot. In some kinds of work, one can solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work to be done and not by the hour: work paid for in this __23__ is called piece-work.But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which take differences in skill into __24__.This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the __25__ and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough.21. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account答案：B22.A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account答案：A23. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account答案：D24. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account答案：E25. A. other B. sight C. older D. way E. account答案：CPassage 7Man can not go on increasing his number at the present rate. In the __21__30 years man will face a period of crisis. __22__ experts believe that there will bea widespread food shortage.Other experts think this is too pessimistic, and that man can prevent things from getting worse than they are now. But remember that two thirds of the people in the world are under-nourished（有营养的）or starving now.One thing that man can do is to limit the __23__ of babies born. The need __24__ this is obvious, but it is not __25__ to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families.21.A. for B. easy C. Some D. number E. next答案：E22.A. for B. easy C. Some D. number E. next答案：C23. A. for B. easy C. Some D. number E. next答案：D24. A. for B. easy C. Some D. number E. next答案：A25.A. for B. easy C. Some D. number E. next答案：BPassage 8Do you know the story about the fox and the grapes? A fox is ___21___ food. He is very hungry. Now, he stands near a wall. The wall is very ___22___.The fox is looking up. He sees a lot of fine grapes ___23___ the wall. He smiles and says, "How nice they are! I want to eat them."The fox jumps and jumps, but the wall is too high. He ___24___ get the grapes.The fox says, "I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not ___25___ to eat."21. A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：A22.A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：D23.A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：C24.A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：E25.A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：BPassage 9Traffic accidents killed more than 104,000 people in China last year. Chinese cities have more cars than before. Every day many people are ___21___ whilethey cross the road. Most of ___22___ are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they usually can't see clearly or hear very well. ___23___ are killed because they are careless.A car, truck or bus can't stop very quickly if it is going very fast. The faster a car is traveling, the longer it takes to stop. But people walking in the street do not always understand this. It's ___24___ for people to know how fast a car is traveling.The new traffic laws were put into use ___25___ May 1st, 2004. The new traffic laws will make the streets safer for walking and driving.21.A. killed B. on C. children D. difficult E. them答案：A22.A. killed B. on C. children D. difficult E. them答案：E23.A. killed B. on C. children D. difficult E. them答案：C24. A. killed B. on C. children D. difficult E. them答案：D25.A. killed B. on C. children D. difficult E. them答案：BPassage 10Mr. Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often borrows some books from the library.He keeps ___21___ to the radio every morning and reading newspapers after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His students worship（崇拜）him very much.Mike, Mr. Clarke's little son, is only nine. He ___22___ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some qusetions. Mr. Clarke always thinks he's too___23___ to understand him and chooses the easiest ones to answer. Of course the boy is not pleased with that.One day Mike read ___24___ about the lights and was interested in it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him ___25___ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know more than sons!" The boy thought for a while and said, "I don't think so!"21.A. a few B. listening C. also D. young E. something 答案：B22.A. a few B. listening C. also D. young E. something 答案：C23.A. a few B. listening C. also D. young E. something 答案：D24.A. a few B. listening C. also D. young E. something 答案：E25.A. a few B. listening C. also D. young E. something 答案：A。