2024年成考专升本每日一练《英语》3月19日-聚题库

How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery.All we really know is that men,unlike animals,somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds and which could be written down.Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words. The power of words,then,lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary（文字的）style. Above all， the real poet is a master of words.He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music,and which by their position and association can move men to tears.We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately,or they will make our speech silly and rude.

1. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions is that_____.

Athey could agree upon certain signs

Bthey could write them down

Cthey could communicate with each other

Dthey could combine them

“When one of the doctors criticizes（批评）me，I get defensive： I feel like a child again， being scolded，and I want to explain that I’m not wrong.”says Viola， a nurse. This is a common reaction（反应）to criticism,but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing with criticism. （1）Try to be objective（客观）. When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale,Sol’s reaction was to feel sorry for himself.“I had put everything I had into making that sale,”Sol says,“and I felt that I had failed as a person. I had to learn through experience not to react like that to each failure.” (2)Take time to cool down. Rather than reacting immediately to criticism,take some time to think over what was said. Your first question should be whether the criticism is fair from the other person's position. The problem may be a simple misunderstanding of what you did or your reasons for doing it. （3）Take positive（积极的）action. After you cool down， consider what you can do about the situation. The best answer may be“nothing”.'I finally realized that my boss was having personal problems and taking them out on me because I was there,” says Sheila.“His criticisms didn’t really have anything to do with my work, so nothing I said or did was going to change them.”In Sheila’s case, the best way to deal with it was to leave her job. However,that’s an extreme reaction. You may simply explain your opinion without expecting an in-depth discussion. You may even decide that the battle isn't worth fighting this time. The key, in any case, is to have a reasonable plan.

2. When Sol was criticized by his employer,he______.

Aargued bitterly with his employer

Bwas angry and gave up his job

Cwas sorry for what he did

Dwas sad and self-pitying

In 1542, Francisco de Orellana led the first European voyage down the Amazon River. During this voyage the explorers met a lot of resistance （抵抗）from the local Indians. In one particular tribe the women fighters were so fierce that they drove their male fighters in front of them with spears. Thus the river was named after the famous women fighters of the ancient Greek stories, the Amazons.
This voyage also started our wonder of the greatest river and the largest area of rainforest in the world. About 20% of all fresh water carried to the oceans is from the Amazon River. The Amazon basin is the world's largest, about the size of Europe. The river is a product of the rainy season, which brings huge rains every summer. This also produces a large area of rainforest, which supports the largest number of diverse plants and animals of any area in the world.
The Amazon rainforest is also important when it comes to the future of global warming, as it is a huge natural store of carbon. Up until recently it was thought that the Amazon had fully grown and thus could not take up any more CO2. Experiments have shown this could be wrong and that the Amazon rainforest might be sucking up an additional five tons of CO2 from the atmosphere per hectare （公顷） per year. This is because plants react favorably to increased CO2 ； because it is the raw material for photosynthesis （光合作用）,the more of it the better. So having more CO2 in the atmosphere acts like a fertilizer, stimulating plant growth. Because of the size of the Amazon rainforest, it seems that presently it is taking up a large percentage of our CO2 pollution in the atmosphere, about 75% of the world's car pollution.

3. What is implied in the last paragraph?

AThe Amazon rainforest may disappear soon.

BThe Amazon may take up more CO2 in the future.

CThe size of the Amazon basin may become smaller.

DPeople may change the name of the Amazon River.

The northern parts of the United States get very cold in the winter. It snows a great deal and the temperature often goes(21)zero degree in January,(22)and March. But the northeastern and northcentral regions of(23)have been financial and industrial centers, and they are heavily polluted. In recent years,people in these regions have begun to take vacations(24)these cold winter months. They go to southern parts of the country(25)it is warmer. Many go to Florida where the weather is (26). Others go to the southwestern states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas where they(27)dry desert climates. It has become(28)nowadays for old people to move south to these places(29) they retire. Typically these people sell their houses in their home communities and move south to begin a new life(30)senior citizens. Their children likely have homes(31)and many of them are moving south(32) communities where they were(33).The southern and southwestern parts of the country are now growing(34)any other part. Business and industry(35)many offices and factories in the south. California is already the most popular state in the country.

4. 第(29)题选（）

Awhen

Bwhere

Cunless

Dthough

1. Do you have access to the Internet?

2. 新学期伊始，你们班准备组织一场迎新晚会，让同学们熟悉起来。你(Li Yuan)打算邀请外教(Tim)来参加迎新晚会。请给他写一封e—mail，内容包括：
(1)邀请他参加迎新晚会；
(2)介绍迎新晚会的一些活动安排；
(3)希望他能够做个简短发言；
(4)期待他的到来。

3. 你(Li Yuan)组织同学进行了一次烧烤野餐(barbecue)。请给你的英国朋友Tim写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
·野餐前的准备；
·野餐过程；
·印象最深刻的人或事。

4. The doctor is very patient with his patients.

1. 你是王刚（Wang Gang），写一封给朋友李明（Li Ming）的祝贺信，祝贺他获得复旦大学计算机科学硕士学位，并祝他今后在学习和研究方面取得成功。

2. 以“Failure and Success”为题写一篇短文，内容包括：（1）人生中遭遇失败很常见；
（2）每个人都渴望成功；
（3）失败是走向成功的必经之路。

2024年成考专升本每日一练《英语》3月19日

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