大学英语B 统考-3习题及答案一、阅读理解“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” is a popular saying in the United States. Other countries have similar sayings. It is true that all of us need recreation. We cannot work all the time if we are going to maintain good health and enjoy life. Good physical and mental health in fact enables us to work more efficiently.Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular way is to participate in sports. There are team sports, such as baseball, basketball and football. There are individual sports, also, such as golf and swimming. In addition, hiking, fishing, skiing and mountain climbing have a great attraction for people who like to be outdoors. Chess, card- playing, and dancing are forms of indoor recreation enjoyed by many people.Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to participate in them. Many people prefer to be spectators, either by attending the games in person, watching them on television, or listening to them on the radio. When there is an important baseball game or-boxing match, it is almost impossible to get tickets; everyone wants to attend.It doesn’t matter whether we play a fast game of ping- pong, concentrate over the bridge table, or go walking through the woods on a brisk autumn afternoon. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time and enjoy some form of recreation.（2.0 分）1.According to the passage, we cannot work all the time without ________ .A．taking part in sports activitiesB．watching sporting events on televisionC．listening to sporting events on the radioD．recreation得分：2（2.0 分）2.We learn from the first paragraph that _________ .A．Jack is a dull boy because he works all day longB．recreation is necessary for all of usC．we should maintain good health and enjoy lifeD．we should work more efficiently得分：2（2.0 分）3.Among all the sports mentioned in the second paragraph, __________ .A．baseball, basketball and football are all team sportsB．golf, swimming and fishing are individual sportsC．outdoor sports include chess, hiking and skiingD．forms of indoor recreation include card- playing, dancing and ping- pong得分：2（2.0 分）4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．A. If we work for a long time, we cannot maintain good health and enjoy life.B．If we want to get relaxed, we must participate in sports.C．The most popular way of relaxing is to become spectators.D．It is necessary that we relax for some time and have recreation.得分：2（2.0 分）5.The passage is mainly about _________ .A．work and manB．recreation and sportsC．sports and ball gamesD．recreation and enjoyment得分：2When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna, Austria, people asked the obvious, “Why did she live to be 107?” Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100. Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their lives in cities. In spite of the city’s image as an unhealthy place, city living often provides benefits that county living can lack. One factor seems to be important to the longevity (长寿) of those interviewed.This factor is exercise. In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for a bus. Even taking public transportation often requires some walking. Smaller apartment houses have no elevators (电梯), and so people must climb stairs. City people canusually walk to local supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find, there is often no alternative to walking.On the other hand, those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day. In fact, the opposite is often true. To go to school, work, or almost anywhere else, they must ride in cars.（2.0 分）6.The Vienna survey may help to explain _______.A．the complaints of people in apartment housesB．the cause of Mrs. Groeger’s deathC．the longevity of people like Mrs. GroegerD．the image of cities in general得分：2（2.0 分）7.The purpose of the second paragraph is to list some _______.A．benefits of walkingB．occasions for walking in city lifeC．comments made by city peopleD．problems of city living得分：2（2.0 分）8.To reach the third floor of a building, it would probably be most healthful ____.A．to take the elevatorB．to walk up the stairsC．to ride in a carD．to find an alternative to walking得分：2（2.0 分）9.People who live in the country probably do more driving than walking because _______.A．they don’t live near business areasB．they don’t need the exerciseC．they never have parking problemsD．they can’t afford to take the bus得分：2（2.0 分）10.A conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that _______.A．air pollution is not seriousB．anyone can live to be 107C．country people should move to the cityD．walking is a healthful exercise得分：2If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it and account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the pas t. This we may call “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.（2.0 分）11.Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?A．“Remembered history”, compared with written history, is less reliable.B．Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.C．A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.D．Where there are no written records, there is no history.得分：2（2.0 分）12.We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because_______.A．there was nothing worth being written down at that timeB．the people there ignored the importance of keeping a recordC．the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fireD．the people there did not know how to write得分：2（2.0 分）13.“Remembered history”refers to _______.A．history based on a person’s imaginationB．stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouthC．songs and dances about the most important eventsD．both B and C得分：2（2.0 分）14.“Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when _______.A．it is written downB．no written account is availableC．it proves to be trueD．people are interested in it得分：2（2.0 分）15.The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _______.A．. kept a written record of every past eventB．not burnt their written records in warsC．told exact stories of the most important happeningsD．made more songs and dances得分：2Insurance companies provide a service to the community by protecting it against expected and unexpected disasters. Before an insurance company will agree to insure anything, it collects accurate figures about the risk. It knows, for example, that the risk of a man being killed in a plane accident is less than the risk he takes in crossing a busy road. This enables it to quote low figures for travel insurance. Sometimes the risk may be high, as in motor racing or mountaineering. Then the company charges a much higher price. If too many climbers have accidents, the price rises still further. If the majority of climbers fall off mountains, the company will refuse to insure them.An ordinary householder may wish to protect his home against fire or his property against burglary. A shopkeeper may wish to insure against theft. In normal cases, the company will check its statistics and quote a premium. If it is suspicious, it may refuse to quote. If it insures a shop and then receives a suspicious claim, it will investigate the claim as a means of protecting itself against false claims. It is not unknown for a businessman in debt to burn down his own premises so that he can claim much money from his insurance company. He can be sure that the fire will be investigated most carefully. Insurance companies also accept insurance against shipwreck or disaster in the air. Planes and ships are very expensive, so a large premium is charged, but a reduction is given to companies with an accident— insurance companies receive premium payments. These payments can form a very large total running millions of dollars. The company does not leave the money in the bank. It invests in property, shares, farms and even antique paintings and stamps. Its aim is to obtain the best possible return on its investment. This is not as greedy as it may seem, since this is one way by which it can keep its premium down and continue to make a profit while being of service to the community.（2.0 分）16.According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is true?A．A passenger by air will take greater risk of being killed than a man crossing a busy road.B．A passenger by air will take less risk of being killed than a man crossing a busy road.C．A passenger by air will have to pay more to the insurance company than a mountain climber.D．A motorist should pay the highest price to the insurance company.得分：2（2.0 分）17.From the passage we know that if accidents will happen nine times out of ten, the insurance company will __________.A．charge a lower priceB．give a much higher priceC．quote the highest priceD．not provide its insurance service得分：2（2.0 分）18.If a shop owner in debt destroyed his own houses, his purpose would most probably be to __________.A．lower the premium he should pay to the insurance companyB．obtain a large sum of money from the insurance companyC．. clean up the surrounding circumstancesD．ask the insurance company to help him rebuild his shop得分：2（2.0 分）19.According to the passage, if an airline has an accident-free record, it usually pays __________ to the insurance companyA．no premiumB．less premiumC．. a large premiumD．the same premium as the other companies得分：2（2.0 分）20.The main idea of the last paragraph is __________.A．that the insurance company is greedy of gainB．that the insurance company makes large sums of money every weekC．the insurance company makes a great profit by investing its money in different itemsD．. how the insurance company makes use of its incomes and the reason why it does so得分：2二、单选题（3.0 分）1. 4. The hours _______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.A．in whichB．on whichC．whenD．that得分：3（3.0 分）2. You ______ failed the entrance exam if you had worked hard.A．hadn’tB．wouldn’t haveC．shouldn’t haveD．haven’t得分：3（3.0 分）3. — Would you like to go fishing with us now?— _________________ .A．No, I don’t likeB．It sounds interesting, but I have lots of homework to doC．I won’t tell youD．Oh, it is well得分：3（3.0 分）4. The teacher warned the students ______ swimming in the lake.A．not to goB．don’t goC．not goD．to not go得分：3（3.0 分）5. 12. Purchasing the new production line will be a _______ deal for the company.A．forcefulB．tremendousC．favoriteD．profitable得分：34028aee7572177250（3.0 分）6. The ______ amount of money was not known though they knew that it was large.A．actualB．factualC．realD．facial得分：34028aee7572177250（3.0 分）7. —How was your final exam?—_____________A．Take it easy.B．You are rightC．I am not sure.D．Let’s have a drink.得分：34028aee7572177250（3.0 分）8. — Can you go out with us for dinner this evening?— _____________________ .A．No, I already have plansB．Thanks a lot, but I'm busy tonightC．No, I really don't like being with youD．I'm ill, so I shouldn't go out for dinner得分：34028aee7572177250（3.0 分）9. 17. Operations which left patients _______ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.A．exhaustedB．abandonedC．injuredD．deserted得分：3（3.0 分）10.—Doctor, I don’t feel well.—_____________A．You are fine.B．It doesn’t matter.C．What’s the matter?D．Don’t take it seriously.得分：3（3.0 分）11.Many factories ______ during the economic recession.A．closed downB．put downC．went downD．knocked down得分：3（3.0 分）12.11. I've lost a file ________ a lot of important documents.A．admittingB．containingC．obtainingD．consisting得分：3（3.0 分）13.In ______, we all hoped that more activities like this could be organized.A．timeB．additionC．returnD．total得分：3（3.0 分）14.One of my foreign friends is looking forward to ________ my country.A．visitB．having visitedC．visitingD．be visiting得分：3（3.0 分）15.It is thought to be a wise way to have some money ________ for old age.A．put asideB．given inC．taken offD．set out得分：3三、完形填空（3.0 分）1.A．makesB．understandingC．realizingD．beforeE．but得分：3（3.0 分）2.A．makesB．understandingC．realizingD．beforeE．but得分：3（3.0 分）3.A．makesB．understandingC．realizingD．beforeE．but得分：3（3.0 分）4.A．makesB．understandingC．realizingD．beforeE．but得分：3（3.0 分）5.A．makesB．understandingC．realizingD．beforeE．but得分：3。