新视野英语练习题Bkey ok.docx

新视野英语练习题Bkey ok 新视野英语练习题B (前20题同练习题A) . Vocabulary 1. I glanced _ my watch and was surprised to see that it was nearly midnight. A. in B. into C. at D. to 2. Please turn all the lights _ as you leave the classroom; we cant afford to waste power. A. down B. at C. off D. on 3. The teacher had uncommon insight _ childrens feelings. A. in B. to C. for D. into 4. Look _! Theres a car coming. A. away B. out C. into D. at 5. The disease is spreading, and all the children under five are _ risk. A. in B. at C. to D. on 6. What he said that day is not _ to whether he is a reliable man or not. A. contrast B. relevant C. comparable D. liable 7. With the expansion of colleges and universities, more young people will have _ to college education. A. opportunity B. convenience C. access D. privilege 8. Our suspicions were _ when we heard some strange noises in the woods. A. aroused B. raised C. risen D. lifted 9. Its not the beauty so much as the range of his voice that _ him from other singers. A. distinguishes B. displeases C. distracts D. disturbs 10. The earthquake left thousands of people in _ need of medical care. A. current B. urgent C. critical D. continual 11. She didnt feel well but she is all right _. A. in future B. in that case C. at the m ost D. at present 12. When I attended a meeting in Beijing I _my old teachers house. A. called on B. called at C. visited at D. visited on 13. I dont know the restaurant, but its _to be quite a good one. A. said B. told C. spoken D. talked 14. Heres my card; lets keep in_. A. touch B. relation C. connection D. friendship 15. I can hardly hear the radio. Would you please_? A. turn it on B. turn it down C. turn it up D. turn it off 16. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, while the behavior of an animal depends mainly on _ . A. span B. instinct C. ignorance D. violence 17. Im very sorry to have _ you with so many questions on such an occasion. A. handled B. transported C. omitted D. offended 18. Once out of the earths gravity, the astronaut is _ by the problem of weightlessness. A. effected B. intended C. injured D. affected 19. I hate people who _ the end of a film that you havent seen before. A. confront B. dominate C. reveal D. bet 20. I am unable to attend because of a _ appointment. A. automatic B. previous C. unexpected D. eternal 21. The teacher doesnt permit _ in class. A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. to have a smoke 22. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply _. A. declined B. lessened C. descended D. slipped 23. Although not an economist himself, Dr. Smith has long been a severe critic of the governments _ policies. A. economic B. economical C. economy D. economics 24. The remarkable _ of life on the Galopagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution. A. classification B. diversion C. density D. diversity 25. The seller gave me a thirty percent _ on the shirt. Dont you think its a good bargain? A. discount B. treatment C. decrease D. favour 26. The little chair _ when my uncle sat down on it. A. ruined B. squeezed C. extended D. collapsed 27. When a country _ a tariff, foreign exporters have greater difficulty in selling their products. A. purpose B. proposes C. dispose D. imposes 28. As I grew to know his better, I discovered that my first _ of him had been wrong. A. expression B. depression C. pressure D. impression 29. Could you _ the first point please? I dont understand it completely. A. clear B. clean C. clarify D. clarity 30. Youd better_ electricity; it would be dangerous. A. look out B. take care of C. watch out for D. care about . Reading Comprehension Passage 1 “Life begins at forty” is more often an expressin of hope than a statement of facts. But it has the ring of truth for a group of women at the University of Pittsburgh whose professional lives are really just beginning. A woman, who used to be a housewife and is trying to get a Ph. D and teaching at the university, has received the highest student evaluation in the university history. A mother of forty, who never had a policy-making position in her part-time work, is now a director in the department of planning for the city of Pittsburgh. And another woman, who without a college degree had trouble in finding a good job, has been accepted as the first woman professor at UCLSs Graduate School of Management. 21. “Life begins at forty” usually means that _. A. a persons life just begins when he is forty years old B. a person at forty can be expected to last many more years. C. a person in his forties is still in his childhood. D. A person at forty must be very strong and healthy. 22. For the professional lives of a group of women at the University of Pittsburgh, the saying _. A. proves true B. is out of date C. seems wrong D. is unacceptable 23. A “Ph. D” is _. A. a large amount of money B. a college degree C. a high position in the office D. a high rank in the government 24. Who has the right to make a policy? A. A woman in her full-time work. B. A housewife. C. A woman without a college degree. D. A director in the department of planning for the city. 25. The example of the first woman professor at UCLAs Graduate School of Management tells us that _. A. a woman neednt have a college degree B. a person without a college degree often has trouble in finding a good job C. people who are in their forties can begin a new working life D. a woman has more chances to be accepted as a professor Passage 2 Greek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields (盾) toward the sun. The flashes reflected light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers could understand the messages. Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance. In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles. In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms. Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds. 26. According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended very much upon _. A. fine weather B. high tower C. the spelling system D. arm movements 27. Which of the following statements is true? A. Neither the Greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message. B. African soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message. C. Telephone was invented by a French engineer. D. Only by using telephone could people send speech sounds quickly. 28. The African way of communication sent messages_. A. in a special way B. over a very short distance C. by a musical instrument D. at a rather slow speed 29. _made use of visible signs in the way of communication. A. French B. Roman C. African D. American 30. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The Greek soldiers could understand the message but their enemy could not. B. Roman soldiers in some places shouted the message from tower to tower. C. In Africa, people could send the message at great speed for hundreds of miles by drum beats. D. In the seventeenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. Passage 3 Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern technology information travels fast. How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course, this does not mean that the world is actually smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for new from Europe to reach the Americas. This time difference influenced peoples actions. For example, a few battles in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treatyhad been signed. They would not have died if new had come in time. In the past , communication took much more time than it does now. There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger that it does today. 41. Thanks to _, we can gain brand-new ideas and news of events from all over the world. A. disasters B. Europe C. ocean travel D. modern technology 42. What took six weeks a couple of hundred years ago? A. The War of 1812 between the US and England. B. Agreeing on peace during the War of 1812. C. The Battle of New Orleans that wasnt avoided. D. Ocean travel between Europe and America. 43. Some battles in the war betweeen England and America could have been avoided if _. A. people had signed the peace agreement sooner B. the peace agreement had reached America earlier C. the peace agreement had not been lost on the way D. people of the two countries had taken some action 44. What attitude did the writer hold to the people who died in the War of 1812? A. Curious. B. Amazed. C. Sympathetic. D. Angry. 45. Which is the most appropriate title for this passage? A. Modern Technology and Communication B. People Today in the Small World. C. The Unnecessary War of 1812. D. People in the Information Age. Passage 4 One day in 1754, a man went to the market in Florence, Italy, and bought some meat. The shopkeeper wrapped the meat in a piece of paper and the man took it home. When he unwrapped the meat, he was surprised to see some old writing on the paper. This man was in charge of the public library, so he knew a lot about old books and old writing. He realized that the paper was a page of scientific notes. “Only one man wrote like that,” the librarian said to himself. “It was Galileo who wrote these notes!” Who was Galileo? Galileo was a famous Italian scientist. He was a man of ideas, but he was also a man of action. He made many experiments in order to find out more about the earth and the universe. Galileo believed that scientists should not only sit in universities and talk about theories; they should also make practical experiments and learn from the results. Galileo wrote down notes of all the experiments he made. After Galileos death in 1642, Viviani, one of his students, collected the notes together and put them into his own library. However, when Viviani died, nobody looked at Galileos notes any longer. For many years, people forgot about them. The librarian hurried back to the market and asked the shopkeeper where he had got the paper from. The shopkeeper led him to the house where he bought the paper from. In the house, the librarian found many more of Galileos notes. The family gave them to him. In this way, a large number of important notes about Galileos experiments were saved. 46. The librarian got many more of Galileos notes from . A. the butcher B. a family living in Vivianis house C. Viviani D. the market near Vivianis house 47. Which statement about Galileo is NOT true? A. He was full of ideas. B. He was an Italian. C. He gave his notes to Viviani. D. He did a lot of experiments. 48. Which statement about Viviani is NOT true? A. He was Galileos student. B. He kept Galileos notes. C. He died. D. He passed on the notes to his daughter. 49. After Vivianis death, the notes . A. were given to one of his friends B. were lost C. were left somewhere in his house D. lost its value 50. It can be inferred from the story that . A. the family was unaware that they had Galileos notes B. The shopkeeper informed the librarian of the notes. C. Viviani gave the notes to the family D. the librarian bought the notes III. Cloze 同试题A People from different cultures sometimes do things that make each other uncomfortable without meaning to or sometimes without even realizing it. Most Americans have 51 been out of the country and have 52 experience with foreigners. But they are usually friendly and open, and 53 meeting new people, having guests and bringing people together formally or 54 . They tend to use first names in most 55 and speak freely about themselves. 56 if your American hosts do something that makes you 57 , try to let them know how you feel. Most people will 58 your honesty and try 59 you uncomfortable again. 60 youll all learn something about another culture! Many travelers find it 61 to meet people in the U.S. than in other countries. They may just 62 and introduce themselves or even invite you 63 before they really know you. Sometimes Americans are said to be 64 friendly. Perhaps it seems so, but they are probably just 65 . Just 66 anywhere else, it takes time to become 67 friends with people in the U.S. If and when you 68 American friends, they will probably enjoy 69 you to their friends and family, and if they seem proud 70 you, its probably because they ar