1、大学英语三级 B 级试题二 2016 年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Part I Listening (总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.Yes, I d love to.B.I m afraid not.C.Please do it for me.D.I dont know.A.Yes, Im ill.B.No, I dont think so.C.Yes, hes very well.D.I agree with you.A.It s small but beautiful.B.I like it.C.I don t like it.D.I like teac
2、hers there.A.Yes, it is.B.It doesnt matter.C.So do I.D.No, that s not good.A.Im not in the office.B.No, I am.C.I have homework to do.D.I m a student.二、Section B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.Strangers.B.Colleagues.C.Interviewer and interviewees.D.Classmates.A.$ 3.00.B.$ 4.00.C.$ 7.00.D.$ 10.00.A.She is afraid.B.S
3、he has never taken the bus before.C.She is new here.D.She does not want to tell him.A.He was asked to hand in his paper.B.He didn t hand in his paper on time.C.He handed in his paper earlier.D.The teacher liked his paper very much.A.She needs a quiet place.B.She likes moving around.C.She wants a big
4、ger house.D.She likes playing the violin三、Section C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world s first 11 1used steam engine. He had no way of telling people 12 2 how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power
5、. Watt decided to 13 3 how much work one 14 4horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do. He 15 5 that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3,300-po
6、und weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part Vocabulary(总题数：10，分数：10.00)2.Jane had promised to give me a timetable for tomorrow. _She failed。（分数：1.00）A.eitherB
7、.thoughC.butD.too3.When I got to the company, the meeting_ for five minutes.（分数：1.00）A.had begunB.has been onC.has begunD.had been on4.-I wonder why Mr. Brown hasn t showed up at the meeting yet. -I m not sure, but he_ in a traffic jam driving here.（分数：1.00）A.could be stuckB.might stuckC.might have
8、been stuckD.must have stuck5.With the development of the Internet, people s life _ in the past few years.（分数：1.00）A.is improvedB.has been improvedC.is improvingD.had been improved6.Mary is always ready to help others when they are in trouble and she never_ their requests.（分数：1.00）A.turns upB.turns o
9、verC.turns inD.turns down7.-Good evening. I _ to see Mary. -Oh, good evening. Im sorry, but she is not in.（分数：1.00）A.cameB.comeC.have comeD.had come8.Is it true _ the snow stops, it will be as hot as in the summer here?（分数：1.00）A.whenB.that whenC.wheneverD.that9.The time he has devoted in the past y
10、ears _ the disabled is now considered _ of great value.（分数：1.00）A.to help; beingB.to helping; to beC.to help; to beD.helping; being10._different life today is_ what it was 15 years ago.（分数：1.00）A.How; fromB.What a; fromC.What; fromD.How; with11. I will have begun to do the work _5 o clock this after
11、noon.（分数：1.00）A.byB.atC.afterD.before五、Section B(总题数：10，分数：10.00)12.His (fail) 1 to finish this task on time made his face red for shyness.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_13.The watch does not seem to work. I think it needs (repair) 1（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_14.She should hire a (efficient) 1clerk than the one she currently
12、 has.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_15.Many unsuccessful people regret for their (lose) 1youth.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_16.It s high time we (take) 1 proper measures to clean our air.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_17.The retired man looked wonderfully (health) 1（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_18.New York is among (develop) 1cities in United States.（分数：1
13、.00）填空项 1:_19.Would you mind my (sit) 1 here? I have a headache.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_20.I ve just begun learning English. I am a (begin) 1 （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_21.I began to like going on line when I got to know it (well) 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_六、Part Reading Co(总题数：2，分数：10.00)阅读文章，回答 36-40 题： When people print a
14、stamp, any error made on a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value. More than one hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean, the mistak
15、e was made. In 1847 an order for stamps .was sent to a London printer - Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps. Before the order was filled and delivered, a bail was planned at Mauritius s Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A locai
16、printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words “Post Office“ instead of “Post Paid“ on the severai hundred stamps that he printed. Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left-fourteen One Penny Orange - Reds and twelve Two Penny Blue
17、s. Because of the Two Penny Blues rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as$16,800 for it.（分数：5.00）(1).Over a century ago, Mauritius_（分数：1.00）A.was an independent countryB.was a smail island in the Pacific OceanC.belonged to IndiaD.was one of the British colonies(2).The mistake on the stamps
18、 was made _（分数：1.00）A.in MauritiusB.at Mauritius Government HouseC.in a post officeD.in London(3).The mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in the_（分数：1.00）A.priceB.colourC.carelessnessD.inscription(4).Stamp collectors have paid $16,800 for_（分数：1.00）A.one Two Penny BlueB.twelve Two Penny
19、 BluesC.one One Penny Orange-RedD.fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds(5).A stamp is worth a million and a half times its original value because_（分数：1.00）A.it was misprinted a hundred years agoB.of its rareness and ageC.few collectors have itD.it was made in British colonies阅读文章，回答 41-45 题： As we know, if
20、 we want to keep our healthy and have a strong body, our eating habits are very important in our daily life. There are times when most of us would rather eat sweets and ice cream than meat and rice. Actually, sweets and ice cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we
21、 eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite. Meanwhile, it is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel hungry, it shows that our bodies need food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. When we are worded, we may not want to, eat, either.
22、A long time ago, in England, some judges used to decide whether, a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was a sign that he wasn t telling the troth. Although this seems very strange and rather foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of fin
23、ding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry. He loses his appetite and does not want to eat anything if he is worrying something.（分数：5.00）(1).We have to develop good ,eating habits because_（分数：1.00）A.we want to be healthy and strongB.we want to
24、 enjoy our foodC.we want to eat moreD.we want to save time(2)._ may take away our appetite before we have our meal.（分数：1.00）A.Either meat or riceB.Neither sweets nor ice creamC.Not only meat but also riceD.Both sweets and ice cream(3).We had better have our meals _（分数：1.00）A.when our work is overB.a
25、t the same time each dayC.when the meal is still hotD.when we go back home(4).A man who is angry has_（分数：1.00）A.a better appetiteB.to eat more foodC.a poor appetiteD.to eat nothing(5).The judges in old England considered that a man could _if he didn t tell a truth.（分数：1.00）A.swallow dry bread easily
26、B.eat a lot of dry breadC.drink milk or hot waterD.hardly swallow dry bread阅读文章，回答 46-50 题： This is the second month running that your has been late in arrival. Our current order for stationery is already overdue. We have a number of valued customers who are being put to . There seems to be no obvio
27、us reason why your deliveries should become so unreliable. I would be obliged if you would look into this matter as soon as possible. Ours is a small, family business in a town. We depend very much upon the of our customers. I m sure you will settle this problem at your convenience as soon as possib
28、le. Your faithfully, Han Lu MrHan writes to complain about 46 1 of the ordered goods His order for stationery has already been late for47 2 when this letter is being written MrHan feels it a pity that the 48 3 deliveries have become so unreliable According to MrHan，this incident has caused 49 4to hi
29、s customers，upon whose 50 5his small familyrun business depends（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_A-freestyle B-freestyle relay C-waterpolo D-10mplatform event E-individualevents F-athletics G-4100m relay H-highjump I-polevault J-triplejump Kdecathlon L-marathon M-walk N-badminton O-mens do
30、ubles P-mixeddoubles Examples(A自由泳 (C水球（分数：5.00）(1).（ ）三级跳远 （ ）混合双打 （分数：1.00）_(2).（ ）4100 米接力 （ ）十米跳台 （分数：1.00）_(3).（ ）个人赛 （ ）羽毛球 （分数：1.00）_(4).（ ）竞走 （ ）马拉松 （分数：1.00）_(5).（ ）跳高 （ ）田径（分数：1.00）_根据下文，回答 56-60 题： January 24 30 Jan.2430,8:00 a. m.5:00 p. m. Jan.2529,12:00 p. m.9:00 p. m. Classroom area 1
31、)English Taster Lesson 2)Food health-keeping method 3)E-Photography and Techno-Music 4)Education Software Demonstration Internet training area SINA and Capital On-Line will provide Internet training for the public. The focus ( 焦点)will be on browsing the Internet; how to find useful information on th
32、e web and how to design an elementary Web page. Foyer activity area 5)The students from Beijing TV University for the children will provide a calligraphy course ( hand writing demonstration) 6)Children Activities Lectures ures 21st Century, the educational weekly of China Daily, will invite experts
33、from English-speaking countries to hold lectures from 18:30 to 20:30 on Jan.27 to 29 and in the daytime on Jan.30.（分数：5.00）(1).How many areas are totally there? There are 1（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Which area can a 13-year-old boy go if he wants to see how to use writing brush well? He can go to 1（分数：1.00
34、）填空项 1:_(3).Which area can a person Who is interested in Internet go to? He can go to 1（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What does the word “browsing“ in the passage probably mean? It means “ 1” .（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).When will the lectures be held on January 27 to 29? From 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_十、Part IV Translati(总题数
35、：5，分数：20.00)23.But for visitors，the airport is the actual gateway where entry procedures are done?（分数：4.00）A.但对于游客说来，机场才是真正的入境通道，入境手续需要在这里办理。B.除非是游客,机场才是执行进入程序的实际的大门。C.但对旅游者来说，入境手续只能在机场这个真正的入口办理。D.机场对于游客来说才是办理入境手续的入口。24.MrBrownS own career has been a perfect example of personal interest and professi
36、onal development（分数：4.00）A.布朗先生的事业已经是一个完美的例子，包括了个人兴趣与职业奉献。B.布朗先生的事业就是个人兴趣与职业奉献的完美结合。C.布朗先生将自己的个人兴趣与职业奉献结合，其事业已成为完美的范例。D.布朗先生有自己的事业，而且达到完美，个人兴趣和职业同时发展。25.It doesnt make much difference whether he carl finish this work（分数：4.00）A.他是否能完成这项工作，这已没有什么差异。B.他是否能完成这项工作，这关系不大。C.他也许能完成这项工作，也许不能，但这无太大的关系。D.他完成这项
37、工作就好，完不成这项工作就影响大了。26.Peace and development are the main themes of the times，an era full of both hope and challenges（分数：4.00）A.和平与发展是时代的主题，这个时代既充满希望，也充满着挑战。B.和平与发展是时代的主题，这是个充满希望与挑战的时代。C.多次讨论和平与发展这个主题，讨论充满了希望和挑战。D.时代的主题是和平与发展，同时这个时代充满了希望和挑战。27.Many visitors to the United States find that the fast pace
38、 at which people move is very troubling. One s first impression is likely to be that everyone is in a rush. And they are very impatient if they are delayed even for a brief moment. But when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kindly and will take great care to help you
39、.（分数：4.00）_十一、Part V Writing (总题数：1，分数：15.00)28.十一期间（National Holiday），你的同学晓璐邀请你到他家乡做客。你受到了他们一家人的热情款待，并且参观了很多漂亮的名胜古迹。请写一封感谢信给你的同学，主要包括如下内容： 1.感谢同学的热情邀请； 2.对他及家人的热情款待表示感激； 3.表达他家乡的美景给你留下了深刻的印象； 4.再次感谢他们一家人，并真诚地邀请你的同学到你家里做客。（分数：15.00）_大学英语三级 B 级试题二 2016 年答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Part I Listening (
40、总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.Yes, I d love to. B.I m afraid not.C.Please do it for me.D.I dont know.解析：Would you like to have a cup of coffee? 【解析】本题意为“来杯咖啡好吗?”肯定回答一般为“Yes，Id love to”否定回答一般为“N0，thanks”故选 A。A.Yes, Im ill.B.No, I dont think so. C.Yes, hes very well.D.I agree with you.解析：Jeff looks very paleDo you
41、think he is ill? 【解析】本题意为“Jeff 看起来脸色有些苍白，你觉得他是病了吗 7”符合题意的选项是 B“不，我认为他不是病了。”故选 B。A.It s small but beautiful. B.I like it.C.I don t like it.D.I like teachers there.解析：What does your university look like? 【解析】本题关键是对 look like 的理解，这里 like 不是“喜欢”的意思，而是和 look 一起构成介词短语“看起来”。四个选项中，只有 A 适合，故选 A。A.Yes, it is.
42、B.It doesnt matter.C.So do I. D.No, that s not good.解析：I really enjoy classic musicHow about you? 【解析】本题意为“我很喜欢古典音乐，你呢?”只有选项 C“我也是”是符合题意的，故选 C。A.Im not in the office.B.No, I am.C.I have homework to do. D.I m a student.解析：Will you be free this weekend? 【解析】本题意为“这个周末你有空吗?”只有选项 C“我有作业要做。”是符合题意的，故选 C。二、
43、Section B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)A.Strangers.B.Colleagues.C.Interviewer and interviewees.D.Classmates. 解析：M：What have you been doing these past fiveyears? W：How time flies!It hasbeen five years since we graduated fromthis school Q：What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? 【解析】此题的关键是女士回答中的“s
44、ince we graduated”，表明他们以前应该是同学，故选 D。 A.$ 3.00. B.$ 4.00.C.$ 7.00.D.$ 10.00.解析：WCan you lend me$4007 M：I had $1000，but I justspend $700 Q：How much money does the man have? 【解析】男士说他本来有 l0 美元的，但花掉了 7 美元，因此剩下的只有 3 美元。故选 A。 A.She is afraid.B.She has never taken the bus before.C.She is new here. D.She doe
45、s not want to tell him.解析：M：Excuse me，can youtell me which bus I should take to the PeopleS park? W：Im afraid I can”tIve only been herefor several days Q：Why cant the woman give the man directions? 【解析】男士问路，女士回答说“我不知道，我刚到这里没几天。”由此可以判断女士也不清楚，故，选 C。 A.He was asked to hand in his paper.B.He didn t hand in his paper on time. C.He handed in his paper earlier.D.The teacher liked his paper very much.解析：W：What did your teacher tell you just now
