大学英语B按题型完型填空B

完型填空B 11、Many Chinese students don't pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice speaking English in class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language 1 in everyday life. A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers 2 it and took them out again in order to express that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English. The waiter soon brought a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took away the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. The man tried again and again, but he wasn't able to make 3 understood. Finally another man came in. He spoke English clearly and fluently. In a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table 4 him. So you see a man often goes hungry if he doesn't 5 a foreign language. (1)、 B：freely (2)、 A：into (3)、 D：himself (4)、 C：before （5）E：master 12、 It seems quite clearly unjust to pay two people different amounts of money for doing the same work. But it is not as easy as it appeals at first __1__ to introduce equal pay for equal work. Two people may be working side by side in a factory and doing the same work, but one may be doing it twice as fast as the __2__; or one may be making no mistakes, while the other is making a lot. In some kinds of work, one can solve the problem of speed if one pays by the amount of work to be done and not by the hour: work paid for in this __3__ is called piece-work. But it is not always possible to do this, so it is sometimes useful to pay workers at different rates, which take differences in skill into __4__. This usually means that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets less than the __5__ and more experienced one, which seems reasonable enough. (1)、B：sight (2)、 A：other (3)、 D：way (4)、E：account (5)、C：older 13、 There is an old saying that husbands and wives start to look and behave like each other after a time. I don't know if this was true of my mother and father. Both of my parents had brown hair and brown eyes and low voices. My father, __1__, was eight years older than my mother and taller and thinner. He was built as straight as an arrow. My mother was shorter and had a rounder and fuller face and she looked as soft as a pillow. My mother was quieter and talked less than my father did. She was also a much more patient person than my father. My father was more experienced in life. He was __2__ to doing everything quickly. My mother, on the other hand, worked and spoke more slowly. They were fond of nature and sports, such as walking, gardening and swimming. They were both __3__ in reading and music, but my father preferred history books, while my mother liked to read romantic novels. In music, their types were similar, and they were never proud of listening to it. Most of the time they were in agreement on bringing __4__ their children. They both believed in giving them love and neither one believed in punishing them physically. At times, their personalities were very much alike, but at other times, they seemed very __5__. Perhaps that is why none of their children knows which parent he looks or behaves like. (1)、 A：however (2)、 D：used (3)、 B：interested (4)、 C：up (5)、 E：different 14、 Man can not go on increasing his number at the present rate. In the __1__ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __2__ experts believe that there will be a widespread food shortage. Other experts think this is too pessimistic, and that man can prevent things from getting worse than they are now. But remember that two thirds of the people in the world are under-nourished（有营养的）or starving now. One thing that man can do is to limit the __3__ of babies born. The need __4__ this is obvious, but it is not __5__ to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families. (1)、 E：next (2)、 C：Some (3)、 D：number (4)、 A：for (5)、 B：easy 15、 One night, a thief broke into an old man's house. He ___1___ a noise and woke up the old man and his wife. The husband told his wife to be silent, while he said loudly, "My dear, these days thieves are cleverer. If they take ___2___ their clothes and put them on the table, the people in the room will fall asleep and can't wake up." When the thief ___3___this, he took off his clothes at once and was ready to set out to work. At this___4___, the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice:"Stop thief! Stop thief!" The thief was very frightened. He ran away as fast as be could and ___5___ his clothes on the table. (1)、 A：made (2)、 C：off （3)、 E：heard (4)、 B：moment (5)、 D：left 16、 Kelly is a clerk. She works in a town. She is busy from morning to ___1___. She gets up at six o'clock in the morning and goes to do morning exercise at half past six. Then she has breakfast ___2___ the family at a quarter past seven. She goes to work at a quarter past eight. She ___3___ work at half past four and goes home. She arrives home at a quarter to five. At half past six she makes supper. After supper, she has a little rest. Sometimes she ___4___ TV for a little while. She studies for about an hour ___5___ she goes to bed. (1)、 E：night (2)、 C：with (3)、 B：finishes (4)、 A：watches(5)、 D：before 17、 Many Americans like to have their vacation in ___1___countries. One day an American woman comes to visit China. This is her first time to China and she ___2___ to make some friends there. She meets a Chinese. This Chinese wants to talk in English with the American. When he sees her, he comes up, says"___3___"to her, then he begins his first talk with a person ___4___ an English-speaking country. "How old are you?" the Chinese ___5___. "I'm sorry. Please don't ask a lady about her age." The Chinese is surprised. He doesn't know why. Can you help him? (1)、B：other (2)、A：wants (3) C：hello (4)、E：from (5)D：asks 18、 Do you know the story about the fox and the grapes? A fox is ___1___ food. He is very hungry. Now, he stands near a wall. The wall is very ___2___. The fox is looking up. He sees a lot of fine grapes ___3___ the wall. He smiles and says, "How nice they are! I want to eat them." The fox jumps and jumps, but the wall is too high. He ___4___ get the grapes. The fox says, "I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not ___5___ to eat." (1)、A：looking for (2)D：high (3)C：on (4)、 E：can't (5)、 B：good 19、 Mumu is a Chinese boy. But now he___1__in the UK. He lives and ___2__ with Mr and Mrs Green in London. They are very nice to him. But they like different food. For breakfast, Mr and Mrs Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, sometimes they have fruits. Mumu would like milk and eggs, but he wouldn't like vegetables at the breakfast time. Lunch is at one ___3___. Mr and Mrs Green usually have large hamburgers. Mumu doesn't like them. He thinks they're ___4___. He would like some rice. After that, he'd like some fruits. ___5___ Mr and Mrs Green usually have afternoon tea. For dinner, Mr and Mrs Green have soup, beef, vegetables and fruit. Mumu wouldn't like any beef, he'd like some noodles. (1)、 B：is (2)、A：eats (3)、 D：o'clock (4)、 E：bad (5)、C：But 20、 This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___1___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___2___ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I don't like to be late. Our classes ___3___ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates. In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don't ___4___ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___5___ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m. (1)、B：at (2)D：breakfast (3)E：start (4)、A：leave (5)、 C：like