统考大学英语B 阅读

1、阅读A foreigners first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure.1. Which of the following statements is wrong? _D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.2. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means _.B. a first concern3. Americans evaluate a business colleague _.D. by learning about their past performance4. This passage mainly talks about _.A. how Americans treasure their time5. We can infer from the passage that the authors tone i

2、n writing is _.C. appreciativeA characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man1. From paragraph 1, we know that in America _. A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _.B. she takes pride in what she can do herself3. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_”. D. serve customers in a restaurant4. The authors attitude towards ma

3、nual（体力的）labor is _. A. positive5. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor.Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes.1. For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is _.D. a mixture of love and hate2. The war in Iraq does _ to the relationship between France and Britain.D. both good and harm3. The British are not so friendly to _ and the Fre

4、nch are not so friendly to _.A. Germany; America4. _ are more interested in having holidays in _.D. British people France5. What does the last sentence mean?C. France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them.By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, 1. The passage mainly deals with _. C. heroes and icons2. Heroes and heroines are usually _. D. all of the above3. Which of the following statements is wron

5、g? D. Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times.4. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love _. C. just before her death5. What is more likely to set an icons status? B. Tragic and early death.Community service is an important component of education here at our university.1. What is the purpose of the talk? _B. To interest students in a new community program.2. What is the purpose of the program that the speaker describes? _C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students.3.

6、 What does Professor Dodge do? _A. He advises students to participate in certain program.4. What should students who are interested in the tutorials do? _D. Talk to Professor Dodge.5. Whom do you think the speaker addresses? _B. Students.How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery.1. The origin of language is _. D. a problem not yet solved2. What is true about words? C. They are simply sounds.3. The real power of words lies in their _.D. r

7、epresentative function4. By “association”, the author means _. B. a joining of ideas in the mind5. Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? A. He is no more than a master of words.In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning.1. What is the main idea of this passage? _B. The role of time in social life over the world.2. What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? _B. A matter of life o

8、r death.3. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? _B. at 4:00 pm.4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _D. Promptness is valued highly in American life.5. From the passage we can safely infer that _.B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the worldIt has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become “in”.1. What is soap

9、opera? C. The daytime serial dramas on TV.2. What can be the best title of the passage? C. Soap opera fans.3. Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes “in” according to the passage? D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.4. What can learn from the passage? C. Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now.5. What message does the author want to convey to us? B. The peoples favorites to drama works

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