网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试(英语)B级16.docVIP

网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试(英语)B级 答案在最后一页 第一部分：交际用语(5*3) 1. －W: Im afraid I spilled coffee on the tablecloth.－M: _______ A. You should have been more careful. B. Do you think I care? C. Then wash it for me. D. Oh, dont worry about it. 2. — Excuse me. I don’t want to interrupt you but… —_________ A. Can I help you? B. Certainly, how dare you? C. It’s quite all right. D. Yes, you did. 3. — I really don’t see why football players get such high salaries. — ______. After all, how much work do they do? A couple of hours a week at most! A. So do I B. No, I can’t see that C. Neither do I D. Me too 4. — I think I’ll have ice-cream for dessert. What would you like to have? — The chocolate cake looks delicious to me. ______. It would ruin my figure. A. But I’d rather skip my dessert. B. But I’d like some ice-cream C. So I’d like some chocolate cakes D. So I’d rather eat some chocolate cakes. 5. — Hello, can you tell me if the library will be open Saturday evening? — ______. I’ll find out. A. No, I can’t B. Hold the line, please C. Yes, it will be open D. Sorry, I don’t know 第二部分：阅读理解 (10*3) Passage 1 　　The South Pole（南极）is a particular place on the earth. When people stand at the top of it looking around, they will find all directions face to north. No matter how they make their step in which direction, they will always walk towards the north. Thats to say, only north and south exist there, neither east nor west exists. 　　At the top of the South Pole, any clock or watch keeps good time because all meridians（子午线）join there. All kinds of local time are completely suitable there. It is even difficult to distinguish New Years Eve from New Years Day. 　　The explorers and scientists from different countries always fix the time according to their own. Therefore the time by their watches was different when the people with different nationality gathered there. The Winter Solstice（冬至日）is an important festival at t