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大学英语B4

一、交际英语

1.- ___________! Welcome to the party.

- Merry Christmas! It's very kind of you to invite us.

A.Happy birthday

B.Merry Christmas

C.Congratulations

D.Have a good day

2.- How was your trip to London, Jane?

- ___________

A.Oh, wonderful indeed.

B.I went there alone.

C.The guide showed me the way.

D.By plane and by bus.

3.- Thank you ever so much for your lovely gift.

- _________

A.Never mind

B.I'm glad you like it.

C.Please don't say so.

D.No, It's n 广东开放大学 ot so good.

4.- I wonder if I could use your computer tonight?

- ___________ I'm not using it right now.

A.Sure, here you are.

B.I don't know.

C.It doesn't matter.

D.Who cares?

5.- What's wrong with you, dear?

- _________

A.I didn't go to school.

B.I have a terrible headache.

C.I took the kids shopping today.

D.It is a beautiful dress.

二、阅读理解

As she walked round the huge department store, Edith reflected how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for 成人学历 her father. She wished that he was as easy to please as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unpleasant experience: people trod on your toes, poked (戳) you with their elbows and almost knocked you over in their haste to get a bargain ahead of you.

Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter where some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk”, the assistant assured her, trying to tempt her. “Worth double the price.” But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

She moved on reluctantly and then quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes on sale － and the prices were very reasonable. Edith did not hesitate for long: although her father only smoked a pipe occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please him.

When she got home, with her small well-chosen present concealed in her handbag, her parents were already at the supper table. Her mother was in an especially cheerful mood, “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking.” She told her daughter.

6.It is difficult to choose a suitable present for Edith's father.

A.T

B.F

7.The assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed interested in ties.

A.T

B.F

8.Edith stopped at the pipe counter purposely.

A.T

B.F

9.Edith's father smoked a pipe on social occasions.

A.T

B.F

10.Shopping was very unpleasant at that time of the year because it was too crowded.

A.T

B.F

Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England.

Then workers were sent for and a big platform（台子）was made.

With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.

Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.

The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. "So the worker quickly took some paint（漆）and threw it at the pictures.

"What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

11.James Thornhill was an English ______.

A.worker

B.artist

C.king

D.writer

12.He was ordered to ______.

A.paint the wall of the king's palace in England

B.paint some pictures on the wall of the palace

C.build a big platform in front of the palace

D.put up some new pictures on the old wall

13.It took them ______ to finish the pictures.

A.a month

B.a week

C.twelve months

D.half a month

14.James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the ______ they were.

A.nearer…more beautiful

B.farther…more ugly

C.farther…more beautiful

D.higher above…more good-looki 国家开放大学 ng

15.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to ______.

A.save James' life

B.destroy the picture

C.make the picture more beautiful

D.make the king angry

三、词汇与语法

16.I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ________of them came.

A.neither

B.either

C.none

D.both

17.John never comes to school late, ________ ?

A.does he

B.doesn't he

C.is he

D.isn't he

18.Australia is one of the few countries ____ people drive on the left of the road.

A.which

B.that

C.where

D.on which

19.We’ve missed the last bus. I’m afraid we have no ________ but to take a taxi.

A.way

B.choice

C.possibili 渝粤题库 ty

D.selection

20.He is not seriously ill, but only a ______ headache.

A.obvious

B.delicate

C.slight

D.temporary

四、完型填空

John left the United States in 1969 to work in Africa. Africa was hot, and when John came back to the United States in 1979, he said __21__, "It's much colder here than it was before I left. I'm going to buy an electric heater（电暖气）. Also, everything is much more expensive."

John went to a store the next day to buy an electric heater. The salesman showed him three __22__ four different kinds and then said, "And this is our best electric heater. It costs __23__ money, but it saves half of your electricity, and electricity is very expensive now, isn't it?"

"Yes, it's very expensive," John answered, "and it's becoming worse every year." He looked at the electric heater carefully, __24__ for a few seconds and then said, "Well, I'll take two of these, please, and then I'll save __25__ my electricity."

21.

A.or

B.all of

C.thinking

D.a lot of

E.to himself

22.

A.or

B.all of

C.thinking

D.a lot of

E.to himself

23.

A.or

B.all of

C.thinking

D.a lot of

E.to himself

24.

A.or

B.all of

C.thinking

D.a lot of

E.to himself

25.

A.or

B.all of

C.thinking

D.a lot of

E.to himself

五、英译汉

26.Go down this street until you reach the second traffic lights.

这条街走，一直走到第二个交通灯处。

27.Would you mind turning down the radio?

介意把广播声调小一点吧？

28.He doesn't know what life means to him.

知道人生的意义。

29.It normally takes a semester for a college freshman to adjust to his college life.

新生一般需要花一个学期来适应大学生活。

30.In no other country in the world can you find such plants as this one.

样的植物在世界上的其他任何一个国家都找不到。

31.I knocked on his door but nobody came to answer it.

了他的门，但没人来开门。

六、写作

32.Instructions:根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。

1.你对“诚实乃上策”的看法；

2.举例说明你的观点。

Honesty is the Best Policy. (诚实乃上策。)