电大网考大学英语B统考卷五

电大网考大学英语B统考卷五
大学英语B统考模拟试卷及参考答案5
1.— How often do you take the medicine?
— _____four hours.
B. Every
2.— What time did you get home yesterday?
— _____nine o'clock _____the morning.
C. At, in
3.― May Mr. David see me today?
― _____
D. Yes, how about two o'clock.
4.― Could you give me a help?
― _____
B. Certainly.
5.— Madam,do all the buses go downtown?
— _____
D. Sorry, I am new here.
Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings.
They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs a nd other animals doing quite skillful things. Perhaps you have seen them on the televi sion or in a film. If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward. The scientists say that m any different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they w ill get a reward for doing them.
Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house,
and soldiers in both old and modern times have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stran ger or an enemy comes near. But it may be possible to train animals to work in factori es. In Russian, for example, pigeons, which are birds with good eyesight, are being us ed to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in one factory. Wh en the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others, it touches a steel plate with its beak. This turns on a light to warn people in the factory. At the same time a
few seeds are given as a reward. It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to th is and one pigeon can inspect 3,000 to 4,000 balls an hour.
Apes have been used in America in helping to make cars, and scientists beli eve that these large monkeys may be one day gather crops and even drive trains.
6. What made scientists think animals can be made to work for us one day?
A. Animals are very skillful at a circus.
7. The trainer usually gives the animal a piece of candy or fruit_____.
D. after it has done the trick
8. The "reward" in the passage means _____.
D. something given in return for work
9. Many animals may be trained to do simple jobs if they know _____.
C. They will get a reward
10. Which of the following is not true?
D. An ape is not a large monkey.
In the United States elementary education begins at the age of six. At this stage nearly all the teachers are women, mostly
married. The atmosphere is usually ve ry friendly, and the teachers have now accepted the idea that the important thing is t o make the children happy and interested. The old authoritarian (要绝对服从的) methods of education were discredited (不被认可) rather a long time ago ― so much so that ma ny people now think that they have gone too far in the direction of trying to make chi ldren happy and interested rather than giving them actual instruction.
The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that huma n beings in a society need to work together for their common good. So the emphasis is on co-operation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly competitive; however, th e need for making people sociable in this sense has come to be regarded as one of the functions of education. Most Americans do grow up with competitive ideas, and obviousl y quite a few as criminals, but it is not fair to say that the educational system fail s. It probably does succeed in making most people sociable and ready to help one anoth er both in material ways and through kindness and friendliness.
11. According to the passage, the U.S. elementary education is supposed to make children _____.
D. happy and co-operative
12. Some Americans complain about elementary schools because they think _____.
D. schools give little actual instruction to children
13. The author's attitude towards American education can be best described as _____.
A. favorable
14. The American educational system emphasizes _____.
C. co-operation
15. The word "sociable" (Line 8, Paragraph 2) most probably means _____.
B. friendly with other people
16. _____some money, Jimmy was able to buy his mother a washing machine.
D. Having saved
17. It's desired that she _____ to teach us at least twice a week.
C. come
18. The enemy troops _____ heavy losses in the battle.
A. suffered
19. _____ in the newspaper that the Minister will arrive here next Friday.
C. It is said
20. We are next-door _____.
D. neighbors
People form new companies to make goods and provide service because they hope to ma ke a profit .They work to improve their goods and services, to devise new products, an d to (21) a profit. A product must be something that (22) will choose to buy. This gives the consumers some power. Whatever they are willing and able to buy is call ed demand and (23) is made and offered for sale is called supply. The demand for a product or service always (24) the supply of that product or service.For example, if consumers buy only small cars, manufacturers will keep on making (25) . If con sumers buy only large automobiles, manufacturers will make these (26) . Sometimes, the quality of the service that is available will decide which cars are bought.
Most goods are provided by more than one firm. In the auto industry, several firms make and service small cars. These firms compete (27) sales, They try to learn jus t what the demand will be so that they can (28) exactly what the consumers want.
(29) keeps the quality of goods from falling very low. The consumer will buy produc ts (30) work well and that require little servicing. He will not buy a poorly made auto, for instance, if there is a better one for sale at the same price.
21. A. work B. take C. make D. get
正确答案：C
22. A. consumers B. Customers C. conductors D. containers
正确答案：A
23. A. whoever B. however C. whichever D. whatever
正确答案：D
24. A. effect B. Affect C. affects D. effects
正确答案：C
25. A. that B. them C. such D. the
正确答案：B
26. A. instead of B. in spite of C. instead D. despite
正确答案：C
27. A. in B. for C. on D. at
正确答案：B
28. A. give B. show C. supply D. sell
正确答案：C
29. A. Composition B. Confusion C.Construction /doc/3b9870779.html,petition
正确答案：D
30. A. that B. the C. what D. this
正确答案：A
31. The students are encouraged by their teacher to do more
listening, reading and writ ing.
老师鼓励学生多听、多读、多写。

32. Ted and William have lived under the same roof for five years.
泰德和威廉已经在同一个屋檐下生活了五年了。

33. Would you please help me with this heavy box?
你能帮助我抬一下这个很沉的箱子吗？。