20xx年6月统考大学英语b正式试题及答案(编辑修改稿)

20xx年6月统考大学英语b正式试题及答案(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

infer（推断） from the story that ________. A. Paul couldn’ t understand the urchin B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother D. the urchin’ s wish came true in the end 20. Paul gave the brothers a ride probably because _________. A. he was free during the Christmas holiday B. he thought he should help all crippled people C. he was moved by the older brother’ s wish D. he wanted to take them to buy Christmas gifts Passage 3 Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: givingaway makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with givingaway. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about givingaway is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often es in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a postoffice box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard (无意中听到 ) our conversation. “ Wasn’ t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said yes. “ Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’ t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but plaints.” 21. From the passage, we understand that ____________. A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties B. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers C. the author received the same education as most people during his childhood D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting 22. According to the author,______________. A. giving means you will have less money B. the excitement of giving can bring you money C. you don’ t have to be rich in order to give D. when you give away money, you will be rich 23. The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper ______________. A. in writing B. in person C. in the window display D. about the neighborhood 24. When the author needed a postoffice box, _______________. A. he had to put his name on a waiting list B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation C. many people had applied for postoffice boxes before him D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him 25. In reply to the postmaster’ s question, the author said _____________. A. it was the special delivery B. it was the postoffice box C. it was the note of appreciation he wrote D. it was he who wrote him a letter a year ago Passage 4 The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文 ) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem. The f。