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大学英语B1

一、交际英语

1.- Who has done your hair，Susan?

- _________.

A.My hair has been done

B.That hair stylist

C.My hairstyle is cool

D.I have it cut

答案：B

2.- Could I borrow your car for a few days?

- ________

A.Yes, you may borrow.

B.Yes, go on.

C.Sure, here is the key. Enjoy your journey.

D.It doesn't matter.

答案：C

3.- May I see your tickets, please?

- ________

A.Sure.

B.No, you can't.

C.No, they are mine.

D.Yes, you can.

答案：A

4.- Hi, Tom, how's everything with you?

- ___________, and how are you?

A.Don't mention it

B.Hm, not too bad

C.Thanks

D.Pretty fast

答案：B

5.- Who's speaking?

- This is Tom ________.

A.speaks

B.spoken

C.speaking

D.saying

答案：C

二、阅读理解

Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes，the languages do not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small，limited vocabulary. Over the century，the grammar changed，and

the vocabulary grew. For example，the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way，hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast，and language is changing fast too.

There are several major (主要的) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families，but other scientists divided them differently. The languages in each family are connected，and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3% of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.

6.The early language had difficult grammar but not many words.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

7.In the next few hundred years we can expect language to change only a little.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

8.This article shows that language changes fast.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

9.From this article we can know that language can change very slowly or very quickly.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

10.The first English and Spanish people arrived in America more than 300-400 years sago.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued (发行).

On the day of the World Cup football final in London in 1966, we were very excited because England were playing West Germany in the final. When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the post office straightaway after the