大学英语（B）形成性考核2
第一部分：交际用语（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
1.-Thank you for your nice gift. - ______
A. I'm glad you like it. B. No, thanks. C. It's very kind of you. D. I'm sorry to hear that.
2.-Do you prefer tea or coffee? - ______
A. Milk. B. Yes, I like tea. C. Coffee, please. D. None.
3.-How often do you go dancing? - ______
A. I will go dancing tomorrow. B. Yesterday. C. Every other day. D. I've been dancing for a year.
4.-Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?
- _________ Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You can't miss it.
A. I beg your pardon? B. What do you mean? C. You're welcome. D. Mm, let me think.
5.-How do you do? Glad to meet you. - ________
A. Fine. How are you? B. How do you do? Glad to meet you, too.
C. How are you? Thank you! D. Nice. How are you?
第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分）
Passage 1
There were once many sheiks (阿拉伯的酋长) who wanted to marry Queen Maura, for she was one of the most beautiful and powerful queens of Arabia.
However, she did not like most of the sheiks, and soon there were only three left on her list of possible husbands. These three sheiks were all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was hard for the Queen to choose the best one.
One evening, she disguised herself and went to where the three sheiks were having their evening meal. She asked them to give her something to eat.
The first sheik gave her some stale (不新鲜的) food left over from the day before.
The second sheik gave her a tough piece of old camel's tail.
The third sheik, whose name was Hakim, gave her some of the most tender (嫩的) and tasty meat.
The next day, she invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She told her servants to give each sheik what he had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of tender and tasty meat, would not eat it unless the other two sheiks could share it with him.
Queen Maura was certain which of the sheiks she wanted to marry.
"Hakim is the most generous of you," she told them, "so I want to marry him and he will become king."
6. What was Queen looking for?
A. A sheik. B. A king. C. A man. D. A husband.
7. Why did the Queen disguise herself?
A. Because she didn't want to be recognized by the sheiks.
B. Because she wanted to get an evening meal.
C. Because she wanted to get some hard food.
D. Because she wanted to get some tasty food.
8. What did she give the sheiks to eat the next evening?
A. An evening meal. B. Some stale food.
C. A plate of tender and tasty meat. D. Three different meals.
9. Why didn't Hakim want to eat his meal?
A. Because he was not hungry. B. Because it was too tasty.
C. Because the other sheiks had worse food. D. Because the other sheiks had better food.
10. When did the Queen finally decide who to marry?
A. When she went to see Hakim. B. The next evening after the meal.
C. The next day. D. When Hakim refused to eat his meal.
Passage 2
A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going，restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their tasks. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.
Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don't, waiters will hurry you.
You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain courtesy point.
The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called "a short fuse." We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return, be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.
Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a cafe or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.
11. Which of the following statements is wrong? ___________
A. Americans seem to be always under pressure.
B. Americans attach less importance to patience.
C. Americans don't care much about ritual socializing.
D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.
12. In the fourth paragraph, "a high priority" means _____________.
A. a less important thing B. a first concern C. a good business D. an attractive gift
13. Americans evaluate a business colleague ___________.
A. through social courtesy B. through prolonged business talks
C. by establishing business relations D. by learning about their past performance
14. This passage mainly talks about __________.
A. how Americans treasure their time B. how busy Americans are every day
C. how Americans do business with foreigners D. what American way of life is like
15. We can infer from the passage that the author's tone in writing is _______________.
A. critical B. ironical C. appreciative D. objective
第三部分：词汇与结构（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
16. Chinese is spoken by the _____ number of people in the world.
A. smallest B. most C. largest D. wide
17. There's lots of fruit _______ the tree. Our little cat is also in the tree.
A. in B. at C. under D. on
18. -Have you got _____ E-mail address? -Yes, mine is Li Ping@ yahoo.com.cn
A. the B. an C. a D. /
19. It was on the beach _______ Miss White found the kid lying dead.
A. that B. this C. it D. which
20. What's his mother like? -_____.
A. She's very happy. B. She's at home. C. She likes watching TV. D. She's tall and thin.
第四部分：完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recently ___21___ come to ___22___ something looked through. Stores ___23___ their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars ___24___ food and drink allow us ___25___ the contents. Glass ___26___ spectacles, microscopes, telescopes, and ___27___ very useful and necessary objects, ___28___ glasses are used by people who can not see ___29___ or by people who want to protect their eyes ___30___ bright light.
21. A. they B. do they C. they have D. have they
22. A. think it B. think if of C. think it as D. think of it as
23. A. protect B. hide C. display D. set aside
24. A. hold B. held C. that hold D. that holding
25. A. see B. to see C. seeing D. seen
26. A. used to make B. is used to make C. is used to making D. used to making
27. A. many others B. many other C. else D. another
28. A. and B. as well C. or D. either
29. A. perfectly B. perfect C. perfection D. perfected
30. A. from B. in C. with D. beyond
第五部分：英译汉（共3小题；每题5分，满分15分）
31. Once all the information is completed, you sign here.
32. Okay, and I need a pen to fill out the address.
33. The most common samples of inorganic materials are the gases of the atmosphere, water, rocks, etc.
第六部分：写作（满分15分） On private Cars
1. 一些人认为应鼓励私人购买汽车。
2. 另一些人认为应该控制私人购买汽车。
3. 你的看法。
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