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电大大学英语B模拟试题

大学英语B3 一、交际英语

1.- What can I do for you, sir? - _________ A.Thank you. B.What's the matter?

C.I'd like to have some money sent to the USA. D.Sorry, I have no idea. 答案：C

2.- Wow! This is a marvelous room! I've never known you're so artistic. - ______

A.Great, I am very art-conscious. B.Don't mention it.

C.Thanks for your compliments. D.It's fine. 答案：C

3.- Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?

- ______Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green

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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. 答案：D

4.- Congratulations! You won the first prize in today's speech contest. - ________

A.Yes, I beat the others. B.No, no, I didn't do it well. C.Thank you. D.It's a pleasure. 答案：C

5.- Could I speak to Don Watkins, please？ - ________ A.Speaking, please. B.Oh, how are you？ C.I'm listening. D.I'm Don. 答案：A

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二、阅读理解

A poor boy, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer at noon before an eating-house. The boss of the restaurant told him several times to go away，but the boy could not leave the wonderful smell. At last, the cook came out of the restaurant. Taking hold of his arm, he declared that the boy had been feeding upon the smell of their food. He asked the boy to pay half the price of a meal. The poor fellow said that he neither could nor would pay.

At that moment, a police happened to pass. He said to the boy, “You have been feasting one of senses with the good smell of this man's meat, you should satisfy one of his senses. How much money do you have?”

“I have only two pence in all the world, sir and I must buy some bread.”

“Never mind,”answered the policeman,“Take your two pence between your hands. Now rattle them loudly.”

The boy did so, and the officer, turning to the cook, said, “Now, sir, I think he had paid you the smell of your delicious food. The smell of your food rewarded his nostrils（鼻孔）and the sound of his money rewarded your ears.”

This decision gave more satisfaction to the bystanders than to

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the cook, but it was the only payment he could get.

6.The cook asked the boy to give him some money for feeding on the smell of the food. A.T B.F 答案：A

7.The boy reported what happened to the police in the police station. A.T B.F 答案：B

8.The police asked the boy to make noises with the two pence. A.T B.F 答案：A

9.The cook finally got some money. A.T B.F 答案：B

10.The policeman was not satisfied with the solution. A.T B.F

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