大学英语(B)模拟试题9及解析.docVIP

大学英语（B）模拟试题及解析 第一部分：交际用语 （共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分） l. Well, they got there last Wednesday. So about a week. A. When did your parents arrive in Pads? B. How long have your parents been in Pads? C. Did your parents arrive in Pads last Wednesday? D. When will your parents go to Pads? 2. How often do you go dancing? C A. I will go dancing tomorrow. B. Yesterday. C. Every other day. B. I’ve been dancing for a year. 3. Hello, may I talk to the director now? A A. Sorry, he is busy at the moment. B. No, you can’t. C. Sorry, you can’t. D. I don’t know. 4. How about going to dinner at the Mexican restaurant tonight? C A. Forget it. B. Sorry, I like Mexican food. C. That’s great! D. Glad you like it 5. Madam, do all the buses go downtown? D A. Wow, you got the idea. B. No, never mind. C. Pretty well, I guess. D. Sorry, Im new here. 第二部分：阅读理解 （共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分） Passage 1 When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, 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 America’s 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 un