2019年开放电大远程网络教育大学英语B试题附答案【两份】试题一一、交际英语1.- Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?- _Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You cant miss it.A.I beg your pardon?B.What do you mean?C.Youre welcome.D.Mm, let me think.答案：D2.- How is your headache?- _A.Not at all.B.Better now.C.Thank you.D.Nothing special.答案：B3.- This box is too heavy for me to carry it upstairs.- _A.You may ask for help.B.Ill give you a hand.C.Please do me a favor.D.Id come to help.答案：B4.- We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?- _A.Im afraid not, because I have to go to an important meeting.B.Of course not. I have no idea.C.No, I cant.D.Thats all set.答案：A5.- Must I take a taxi? - No, you _ . You can take my car.A.had better toB.dontC.must notD.dont have to答案：D二、阅读理解 Mr. Hodges was the owner and editor of a small newspaper. (霍奇斯先生是一家小报社的老板兼编辑。) He always tried to bring his readers the latest news. One day, he received an exciting telephone call from someone who claimed that he had just come through a big flood in a village up in the mountains. He described the flood in great detail, and Mr. Hodges wrote it all down and printed it in his paper that evening. He was delighted to see that no other paper had got hold of the story. Unfortunately, however, angry telephone calls soon showed that he had been tricked, so in the next days paper he wrote: We were the first and only newspaper to report yesterday that the village of Greenbridge had been destroyed by a flood. Today, we are proud to say that our newspaper is the first one to bring our readers the news that yesterdays story was quite false.6.Mr. Hodges always tries to bring to his readers a lot of pleasure. A.TB.F答案：B7.A big flood up in the mountains was the news that someone gave Mr. Hodges one day.A.TB.F答案：A8.After Mr. Hodges received the news, he published it right away.A.TB.F答案：A9.Mr. Hodges found later the flood was really terrible. A.TB.F答案：B10.Mr. Hodges is a good editor.A.TB.F答案：B When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay,（约翰和维多利亚-福斯到达纽约市准备暂住一年，）they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people dont like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.11.Which of the following has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses?A.Selling home furnishings.B.Renting furnished apartments.C.Selling used furniture.D.Renting home furnishings.答案：D12.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.B.Because it saves them a lot of money.C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.答案：C13.What can you infer from the passage?A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couples home town.C.Only those who dont have enough money to rent furniture.D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.答案：B14.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A.Rent or Buy?B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.C.Furnished Apartments.D.A New Idea.答案：B15.Young people liked renting home furniture because_A.they have less money.B.they dont want to buy old furniture.C.the new furniture is of good quality.D.they dont have much money and dont want to buy the cheap furniture.答案：D三、词汇与语法16.There have been many _ in their marriage but they still love each other.A.right and wrongB.back and forthC.ups and downsD.right and left