2024年广播电视大学(电大)大学英语B完型填空试题汇总.doc

如下短文中共包括5个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中空缺部分，请从A、B、C、D、E五个选项中选出正确选项。
阐明：从湖南电大老师提供的真题来看，与《大学英语（修订版）》中的模拟试卷不一样的是：1、由10道题变成5道小题。 2、5道小题有相同的5个选项，每个选项分别填入一个空中；换言之，就是选词填空，整体难度减少。（短文后括号内注明了题目起源）
1、You may meet Americans who know very little about your country. If this _ _21_ _ the case, be patient with them. Unfortunately, little is taught about the cultures or customs of other countries in America schools. The United States has always been separated from older countries by the vast oceans to the East and West of the country. As a _ _22_ _ Americans have not become so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things as is often the case in older countries. If Americans try to help you __ 23_ _ something that is very familiar to you, if they mistake your country for another of thousands of kilometers away, be patient with them. The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time __ 24 __ with many other countries — only about 300 years. Americans have been very busy with growth of the country, with building roads and cities, establishing free education for millions of children, and making inventions, discoveries, and developments to benefit the whole world. The Nation's attention has been on the United States, not on the world, during most of this __ 25 __ period. It is only since World War Two (1939-1945) that Americans have been more interested in other parts of the World. （真题）
21. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
22. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
23. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
24. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
25. A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is
答案：
21. E 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D

2、American people divide their days into several blocks of time, and plan different activities ___21_ different times.
American time is “on the dot” (准确地). If something is supposed to happen at Eight o’clock, it will begin at eight. Americans value promptness (按时) and may become angry if a person is more than 15 minutes late 22 a good reason. If you know you are going to be late, call in advance and let someone know. 23 you arrive late, you should apologize and explain why. Americans arrive ___24___ time for doctors’ appointments. The doctor may keep you 25 , but if you keep the doctor waiting, you may get a bill with the doctor’s time! （真题、模拟练习系统）
21. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
22. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
23. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
24. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
25. A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without
答案：
21. A 22. E 23. D 24. C 25. B

3、This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___21___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___22___ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I don't like to be late. Our classes ___23___ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates.
In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don’t ___24___ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___25___ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m. （真题）
21. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
22. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
23. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
24. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
25. A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start
答案：
21. B 22. D 23. E 24. A 25. C

4、Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four parts, ___21___ a part. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
Your ship goes into 22 time part every day if you make a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean. As you go into each part, the time 23 one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you let it ahead. Each day of your journey has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___24___ the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day ___25___. When you go across the line, you change your calendar one full day, back or ahead. （真题）
21. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins
22. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins
23. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins
24. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins
25. A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins
答案：
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. E

5、Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, 21 backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure.
Many of us think 22 stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us 23 pressure. But we should try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take 24 more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to 25 our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not. （真题、模拟练习系统）
21. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on
22. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on
23. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on
24. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on
25. A. of B. under C. accept D. from E. on
答案：
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. E 25. C

6、The people began talking a lot about Women's Liberation. __21__ first I did not take it seriously. I thought that the women in the movement were just unhappy and bitter. I had the __22__ that they hated men, whereas I myself had nothing against men at all. However, I was encouraged by a friend to attend a meeting in North London. There were Women’s Liberation groups in each area of London, __23__ in size and in their particular interests. The group I attended was started by a few of middle-class intellectual women who wanted to get the support of working-class housewives in the area. However, __24__ I turned up at the meeting I found that the other women were all the middle-class graduates, a few with several degrees. Some of the girls were very intellectual and articulate, and had even published books or appeared on TV. I have been __25__ the group for several years now and we have had some interesting discussions about the issues the Women's Liberation Movement is concerned with. （网考委模拟试卷）

21. A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
22. A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
23. A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
24. A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying
25. A. when B. At C. going to D. idea E. varying

7、Fire can help people in many ways. Fire can heat water, 1 your house, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things too. Nobody knows 2 people began to use fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.
Today people know how to 3 a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous.
Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful about matches. You should also learn to 4 fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air 5 a fire and kills it.
Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might hurt you. （模拟练习系统）
(1)、 A：make B：warm C：how D：put out E：from
(2)、 A：make B：warm C：how D：put out E：from
(3)、 A：make B：warm C：how D：put out E：from
(4)、 A：make B：warm C：how D：put out E：from
(5)、 A：make B：warm C：how D：put out E：from

8、In the eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from the countryside and small towns to the 1 because there was more work for them to do in the cities.
On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leave the cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every 2 had a horse or a wagon（四轮马车）. People needed a simpler means of transportation.Inventors in many countries tried to solve this problem.
The first bicycle, which was very simple, 3 in 1790. People called "the horse on wheel". Then in 1861, after many improvements being made, the bicycle became a practical 4 of transportation.
People liked bikes because they weren't as expensive as horses and didn't need to be fed. They could go anywhere and were easy to 5 . （模拟练习系统）
(1)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride
(2)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride
(3)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride
(4)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride
(5)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride

9、The Internet began more than thirty years ago, and its goal was to increase communication among universities, the government and some major American businesses by linking their computers together. The Internet makes it easy for them to send large 1 of information quickly.
As time passed, more people began using the Internet. In 1981, the Internet linked 13 computers. Only nine years later, it 2 more than 350,000 computers. Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to the Internet.
The Internet has changed the way people work. They can travel from place to place 3 getting in touch with their office all the time via the Internet. A recent report in the America magazine, Newsweek, said more than 89 million Americana now use the Internet at work. Companies around the world now use the Internet. One can hardly imagine how business could be done 4 the Internet.
The Internet is becoming more important than any one had thought possible. And its importance is 5 to increase more in the future. （模拟练习系统）
(1)、 A：linked B：expected C：amount D：while E：without
(2)、 A：linked B：expected C：amount D：while E：without
(3)、 A：linked B：expected C：amount D：while E：without
(4)、 A：linked B：expected C：amount D：while E：without
(5)、 A：linked B：expected C：amount D：while E：without

10、Social customs and ways of behaving are changing. __1__ was considered impolite many years ago is now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was thought to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke in the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman __2__ a fool of himself by smoking when a woman was in the room.
Customs __3__ from country to country, but the important thing __4__ is not to do anything that might make other people feel __5__, especially if they are your guests. You are expected to find a way to keep them from feeling foolish. （模拟练习系统）
(1)、 A：uncomfortable B：would make C：to remember D：what E：vary
(2)、 A：uncomfortable B：would make C：to remember D：what E：vary
(3)、 A：uncomfortable B：would make C：to remember D：what E：vary
(4)、 A：uncomfortable B：would make C：to remember D：what E：vary
(5)、 A：uncomfortable B：would make C：to remember D：what E：vary

11、One of the latest imports is acupuncture(针刺疗法), the use of needles for __1__ disease. Although acupuncture has been practiced in China for years, its __2__ in the Western world is still very __3__. Several hospitals in the United States are now experimenting with acupuncture as a way of treating pains.
An American journalist described the process __4__ its effects. To keep the patient __5__ feeling pain during the operation, four needles were used, each about an inch and a half long. The tops of the needles were attached to wires which led to a small electrical device. （模拟练习系统）
(1)、 A：and B：treating C：from D：new E：use
(2)、 A：and B：treating C：from D：new E：use
(3)、 A：and B：treating C：from D：new E：use
(4)、 A：and B：treating C：from D：new E：use
(5)、 A：and B：treating C：from D：new E：use

12、Do you know the story about the fox and the grapes? A fox is ___1___ food. He is very hungry. Now, he stands near a wall. The wall is very ___2___.
The fox is looking up. He sees a lot of fine grapes ___3___ the wall. He smiles and says, "How nice they are! I want to eat them."
The fox jumps and jumps, but the wall is too high. He ___4___ get the grapes.
The fox says, "I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not ___5___ to eat." （模拟练习系统、中大网院复习资料）
(1)、 A：looking for B：good C：on D：high E：can't
(2)、 A：looking for B：good C：on D：high E：can't
(3)、 A：looking for B：good C：on D：high E：can't
(4)、 A：looking for B：good C：on D：high E：can't
(5)、 A：looking for B：good C：on D：high E：can't

13、Memory is very important in our life. A good memory is a great help for learning a language. Everybody learns ___1___ own language by keeping in mind what he hears when he is a small child. Some children like those who ___2___ abroad with their ___3___, seem to learn two languages easily as they do one. In school, it's not easy for pupils ___4__ a second language because they have very ___5___ time for it. Memory is like a diary that we keep every day. （模拟练习系统）
(1)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn
(2)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn
(3)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn
(4)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn
(5)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn

14、A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much ___1___ a nice-looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it so much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it.While the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took the watch out of the owner's hand and ran out with it. It all happened in ___2___ seconds. When the owner ran out into the street, the young man had already ___3___ among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw the young man with the stolen watch in his hand, "Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?" he said in a low voice, "It's only a hundred dollars."
"The young man doesn't know I saw him ___4___ the watch just now," he thou