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1、大学英语（B）模拟试题8及解析第一部分：交际用语（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）1.MayIuseyourbikeforamoment?CA.It'swell.B.Itdoesn'tmatter.C.Byallmeans.D.Ihavenoidea.2.Howdoyoudo?Gladtomeetyou.BA.Fine.Howareyou?B.Howdoyoudo?Gladtomeetyou,too.C.Howareyou?Thankyou!D.Nice.Howareyou?3.Hi,isMarythere,please?AA.
2、Holdon.I’llgether.B.No,sheisn'there.C.Yes,sheliveshere.D.Yes,whatdoyouwant?4.Wouldyoumindchangingseatswithme?CA.Yes,youcan.B.Ofcourse,Iliketo.C.No,Idon'tmind.D.Certainly,pleasedo.5.Shallwesituphereonthegrassordowntherenearthewater?AA.I'dratherstayhereifyoudon'tmind.B.
3、Sorry,Idon’tlikeneither.C.Certainly,whynot?D.Yes,welikethesetwoplaces.第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分）Passage1Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertainsoundstoexpresstho
4、ughtandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldcommunicatewitheachother;andthatlatertheyagreeduponcertainsigns,calledletters,whichcouldbecombinedtopresentthosesounds,andwhichcouldbewrittendown.Thosesounds,whetherspokenorwritteninletters,wecallwords.Thepowerofwords,th
5、en,liesintheirassociations-thethingstheybringupbeforeourminds.Wordsbecomefilledwithmeaningforusbyexperience;andthelongerwelive,themorecertainwordsrecalltousthegladandsadeventsofourpast;andthemorewereadandlearn,themorethenumberofwordsthatmeansomethingincreases.Greatwri
6、tersarethosewhonotonlyhavegreatthoughtsbutalsoexpressthesethoughtsinwordswhichappealpowerfullytoourmindsandemotions.Thischarmingandtellinguseofwordsiswhatwecallliterarystyle.Aboveall,therealpoetisamasterofwords.Hecanconveyhismeaninginwordswhichsinglikemusicandwhichbyt
7、heirpositionandassociationcanmove5mentotears.Weshouldthereforelearntochooseourwordscarefullyandusethemaccurately,ortheywillmakeourspeechsillyandvulgar.（239words）人们最初是如何发明单词的不得而知，换句话说，语言的起源是个秘密。所有我们所知道的只是，人，不同于动物，不知怎么发明了某些声音来表达思想、情感、行为和物质，以便相互交流；后来统一了某些被称为字母的符号，这些字母可以连
8、起来代表那些声音，可以写下来。我们把那些声音叫做单词，不管他们是口语还是书面语。文字的力量在于其联系性－它们把这些联系性带到我们的头脑中。通过经历，单词对我们充满了意义。我们活得越久，某些单词就越能使我们回忆起过去的喜怒哀乐；我们越是阅读和学习，有
