综合B试题及参考答案

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综合B试题（试卷类型23）及参考答案
第1部分：词汇选项
1. Her comments about men are utterly ridiculous.
A. slightly B.partly
C. completely D. faintly
2. The weather was crisp and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.
A. hot B.heavy
C. windy D. fresh
3. A large crowd assembled outside the American embassy.
A. watched B.shouted
C. gathered D. walked
4. He inspired many young people to take up the sport.
A. encouraged B. allowed
C. called D.advised
5. The storm caused severe damage.
A. serious B. physical
C. environmental D.accidental
6. Do we have to wear these name tags?
A. labels B. lists
C. forms D.codes
7. I think ￡7 for a drink is a bit steep, don’t you?
A. tight B.low
C. high D. cheap
8. All the flats in the building had the same layout.
A. color B.size
C. function D. arrangement
9. The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.
A. need B. love
C. pity D. hate
10. Our aim was to update the health service, and we succeeded.
A. offer B.provide
C. modernize D. fund
11. The walls are made of hollow concrete blocks.
A. big B. long
C. empty D. new
12. What puzzles me is why his books are so popular.
A. confuses B. shocks
C. influences D.concerns
13. The city centre was wiped out by the bomb.
A. covered B. destroyed
C. reduced D. moved
14. Most babied can take in a wide range of food easily.
A. bring B.keep
C. digest D. serve
15. Joe came to the window as the crowd chanted: “Joe, Joe, Joe!”
A. repeated B.jumped
C. maintained D.approached


第2部分：阅读判断
Brotherly Love
16. Adidas and Puma started to makesports shoes at the end of the 19th century.
B. Wrong
17. The brothers’ father was a ballmaker.
B. Wrong
18. The brothersfirst made sports shoes at home.
A. right
19. The brothers argued about theshoes.
B. Wrong
20. The brothers decided to start uptheir separate companies after the argument.
A. Right
21. Nike sells more shoes than Adidas.
C. Not Mentioned
22. People in the town have nowforgotten the argument.
B. Wrong


第3部分：概括大意与完成句子
How Technology Pushes down Price

23. Paragraph 1 ____F____ 24. Paragraph 2 ____D____ 25. Paragraph 3 ____C____ 26. Paragraph 4 ____A____

A. Food comes cheaper in larger portions B. Consumers like supermarkets C. Huge retailers force producers to cut costs D. Bigger supermarkets offer lower prices E. Chain stores provide better services F. Technology helps reduce food prices

27. Big supermarkets can offer food atlower prices because they can buy in ____F____.
28. Some food producers have reduced ____C____.
29. Besides cutting its workforce,Unilever also abandoned its ____D____.
30. Buyerslike bigger portions because they think they have got ____E____.

A. their money
B. huge portions
C. their workforce
D. minor brands
E. a good barging



第4部分：阅读理解
第一篇 Gross National Happiness
In the last century, new technologyimproved the lives of many people in many countries. However, one countryresisted these changes. High in the Himalayan mountains of Asia, the kingdom ofBhutan remained separate. Its people and Buddhist (佛教) culture had not beenaffected for almost a thousand years. Bhutan, however, was a poor country. Peopledied at a young age. Most of its people could not read, and they did not knowmuch about the outside world. Then, in 1972, a new ruler named King JigmeSingye Wangchuck decided to help Bhutan to become modern, but without losingits traditions.
King Wangchuck looked at othercountries for ideas. He saw that most countries measured their progress bytheir Gross National Product (GNP). The GNP measures products and money. Whenthe number of products sold increases, people say the country is makingprogress. King Wangchuck had a different idea for Bhutan. He wanted to measurehis country’s progress by people’s happiness. If the people’s happinessincreased, the king could say that Bhutan was making progress. To decide ifpeople were happier, he created a measure called Gross National Happiness(GNH).
GNH is based on certain principlesthat create happiness. People are happier if they have heath care, education,and jobs. They are happier when they live in a healthy, protected environment.They are happier when can keep their traditional culture and customs. Finally,people are happier when they have a good, stable government.
Now there is some evidence ofincreased GNH in Bhutan. People are healthier and are living longer. Morepeople are educated and employed. Twenty-five percent of the land has becomenational parks, and the country has almost no pollution. The Bhutanese continueto were their traditional clothing and follow their ancient Buddhist customs.Bhutan has also become a democracy. In 2008, King Wangchuck gave his power tohis son. Although the country still had a king, it held its first democraticelections that year. Bhutan had political parties and political candidates forthe first time. Finally, Bhutan has connected to the rest of the world throughtelevision and the Internet.
Bhutan is a symbol for socialprogress. Many countries are now interested in Bhutan’s GNH. These countriesare investigating their own ways to measure happiness. They want to create newpolicies that take care of their people, cultures, and land.
Brazil may be the next country to usethe principles of GNH. Brazilian leaders see the principles of GNH as a sourceof inspiration. Brazil is a large country with a diverse population. Ifhappiness works as a measure of progress in Brazil, perhaps the rest of theworld will follow.
31. Who was Jigme Singye Wangchuck?
A. A president.
B. A Buddhist priest.
C. A general
D. A king.
32. Apart from modernizing Bhutan, what else did Wangchuck want to do for Bhutan?
A. To Keep itstraditions and customs.
B. To make its population grow.
C. To keep it separate from the word.
D. To encourage its people to get rich.
33. A country shows its progress with GNP by
A. spending more money.
B. spending less money.
C. selling moreproducts
D. providing more jobs.
34. According to GNH, people are happier if they
A. have new technology.
B. have a good,stable government.
C. can change their religion.
D. have more money.
35. Today many countries are
A. using the principles of GNH to measure their progress.
B. trying to findtheir own ways to measure happiness.
B. working together to develop a common scale to measure GNH.
C. taking both Bhutan and Brazil as symbols for social progress.

第二篇 Oseola McCarty
Late one Sunday aftermoon in September1999, Oseola McCarty, an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little woodenframe house where she had lived and worked most of her life. It may seem likean ordinary end to a humble life, but there was something quite exceptionalabout this woman.1
In the summer of 1995, McCarty gave$150,000, most of the money she had saved throughout her life, to theUniversity of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help otherAfrican Americans through university. She had started her savings habit as ayoung child when she would return from school to clean and iron for money whichshe would then save.
She led a simple, frugal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.2 Her bank also advised heron investing her hard-earned savings.
When she retired, she decided that shewanted to use the money to give children of limited means the opportunity to goto university.3 She had wanted to become a nurse, but had to leave school tolook after ill relatives and work. When asked why

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she had given her lifesavings away, she replied, “I’m giving it away so that children won't have towork so hard, like I did.” After news of her donation hit the media, over 600donations were made to the scholarship fund. One was given by media executive,Ted Turner, who reputedly gave a billion dollars.
She didn't want any fuss made over hergift，but the news got out and she was invited all over theUnited States to talk to people. Wherever she went, people would come up to herto say a few words or to just touch her. She met the ordinary and the famous, PresidentClinton included. In the last few years of her life, before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards: she was honoured by the United Nations andreceived the Presidential Citizen's Medal. Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary doctorates: one from the University ofSouthern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University. Her generosity wasclearly an inspiration to many and proof that true selflessness does exist.
36. Oseola McCarty inspired the world because
A. she gave her savings to help others through university.
B.she had managed to save so much money.
C.she gave her money to Latin Americans.
D.she only spent money on cheap things.
37. She managed to save so much money because
A.she had washed and ironed clothes all her life.
B.she had opened a good bank account.
C.she knew how to make money.
D. she hadworked hard, lived frugally and invested carefully
38. She gave her money away because she wanted
A.to help the university.
B.others to become nurses.
C. others to livean easier life.
D.to be remembered after her death.
39. After her generosity was made public,
A.people donated billions to her.
B.hundreds of students got scholarships.
C. hundreds ofpeople put money into the fund.
D.she was admitted to Harvard university.
40. McCarty’s generosity indicates clearly that
A.scholarship funds are popular in the US.
B.kind-hearted people deserve doctorates.
C.poor people can donate as much as rich people.
D. selflessness exists in human society.

第三篇 From Ponzi to Madoff
41. For every $100, Ponzi promised topay people
A. $5 a year.
B. $40 a year.
C. $20 a year.
D. $100 a year.
42. What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A. He spent it all on things for himself.
B. He deposited it all in a bank.
C. He kept it all to save for a good plan.
D. He used some of it to pay other people.
43. What was Ponzi’s crime?
A. He robbed the banks of millions ofdollars.
B. He kept a lot of other people’s money for himself.
C. Hegave people more than the band did.
D. He did not pay people their interests.
44. How long did Madoff’s tricks last?
A. Forty years.
B. Four years.
C. Nine years.
D. Ninety years.
45. Why didn’t Madoff have to go on trial?
A. The officials couldn’t find any evidence against him.
B. He had friends in the government who helped him.
C. He admitted hewas guilty.
D. He returned all the illegal money.


第5部分：补全短文
Voice Your Opinion: Change Is Neededin Youth Sports
Everywhere you look, you see kidsbouncing a basketball or waving a tennis racquet (网球拍). And these kids aregetting younger and younger. In some countries, children
can compete on basketball, baseball,and volleyball teams starting at age nine. C (46) And swimming and gymnastics classes begin at agefour, to prepare children for competition.
It’s true that a few of these kidswill develop into highly skilled athletes and may even become members of thenational Olympic teams. A (47) This emphasis oncompetition in sports is having serious negative effects.
Children who get involved incompetitive sports at a young age often grow tired of their sport. Many parentspressure their kids to choose one sport and devote all their time hot it. D (48) But 66 percent of the youngathletes wanted to play more than one sport – for fun.
Another problem is the pressureimposed by over-competitive parents and coaches. Children are not naturallycompetitive. In fact, a recent study by Paulo David found that most childrendon’t even understand the idea of competition until they are seven years old. F (49)
The third, and biggest, problem foryoung athletes is the lack of time to do their homework, have fun, be withfriends – in short, time to be kids. When they are forced to spend everyafternoon at sports practice, they often start to hate their chosen sport. Asearchers found that 70 percent of kids who take part in competitive sportsbefore the of twelve quit beforethey turn eighteen. E (50) Excessivecompetitive away all the enjoyment.
Need to remember the purpose of youthsports – to give kids a chance to have developing strong, healthy bodies.
A. But what about the others, theaverage kids?
B. Sports for children have twoimportant purposes.
C. The youth soccer organization hasteams for children as young as five.
D. A survey found that 79 percent ofparents of young athletes wanted their children to concentrate on one sports.
E. Many of them completely loseinterest in sports.
F. Very young kid don’t know why theirparents are pushing them so hard.

第6部分 完形填空
Look on The Bright Side
Do you ever wish you were moreoptimistic, someone who always __________ (51) to be successful? Having someone around __________ (52)always fears the worst isn’t really a lot of __________ (53). We all know someone who sees a single cloud ona sunny day and says, "It looks __________ (54) rain." But if you catch yourself thinkingsuch things, it's important to do something __________(55) it.
You can change your __________ (56) of life, according topsychologists. It only takes a little effort, and you'll find life morerewarding as a __________ (57). Optimism,they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it's also a morepositive way of __________ (58) at lifeand all it has to offer.Optimists are more __________ (59) to start new projects and aregenerally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously veryimportant in __________ (60) your attitude to the world. Some people are brought up to __________ (61) too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything __________ (62) wrong. Most optimists, on the __________ (63) hand, have been brought up not to __________ (64) failure as the end of the world – they just __________ (65) on with their lives.
51. A. expected
52. B. who
53. B. fun
54. B. like
55. D. about
56. A. view
57. B. result
58. D. looking
59. B. likely
60. D. forming
61. A. depend
62. B. goes
63. C. other
64. C. regard
65. D. get