2024年成考专升本每日一练《英语》7月21日

• 1. 在下列这组单词中，有一个单词的括号部分【b】与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同。找出这个词。  

  A(b)omh

  Btom(b)

  Cclim(b)er

  Dnum(b)er

• It seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain.Its first use was as a shade against the sun！ Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times.Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,as early as the eleventh century B.C. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade.And there was a strange thing connected with its use:it became a symbol of honour and authority.In the Far East in ancient times the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office. In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece.But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages,the use of the umbrella practically disappeared.Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680,the umbrella appeared in France,and later on in England. By the eighteenth century,the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made,in a whole variety of colours.
  
  
  2. A strange feature of the umbrella's use is that it was used as______.

  Aprotection against rain

  Ba shade against the sun

  Ca symbol of honour and power

  Da way of women's decoration

• Public goods are those commodities from whose enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded. Everybody is free to enjoy the benefits of these commodities, and one person's utilization docs not reduce the possibilities of anybody else' s enjoying the same good. Examples of public goods are not as rare as one might expect.A flood control dam is a public goods.Once the dam is built,all persons living in the area will benefit—irrespective of their own contribution to the construction cost of the dam. The same holds true for highway signs or aids to navigation. Once a lighthouse is built, no ship of any nationality can be effectively excluded from the utilization of the lighthouse for navigational purposes. National defense is another example.Even a person who voted against military expenditures or did not pay any taxes will benefit from the protection afforded. It is no easy task to determine the social costs and social benefits associated with public goods. There is no practicable way of charging drivers for looking at highway signs, sailors for watching a lighthouse,and citizens for the security provided to them through national defense.Because the market does not provide the necessary signals,economic analysis has to be substituted for the impersonal judgement of the marketplace.
  
  
  3. According to the passage,finding out the social costs of a public good is a______.

  Adifficult procedure

  Bdaily administrative duty

  Cmatter of personal judgement

  Dcitizen's responsibility

• Many of us rely on our smart phones for our everyday cameras. Our phones, however, collect lots of data （21）us, and camera software can automatically make a（22）of our location when we take a photo. This is more often a potential safety（23）than a benefit.
  Let' s start with the （24）. When you allow your camera to mark your location, photo management apps,（25） Apple' s Photos and Google Photos, can automatically（26）pictures into albums based on location. That' s （27）when you go on vacation and want to remember （28） you were when you took a picture.
  But when you' re not traveling,（29）your location marked on photos is not great. Let's say you just connected with （30） on a dating app and shared a photo of your dog. （31） you had the location feature turned on when you took the photo,that person could （32）the data to see where you live.Just to be（33）,make sure the photo location feature is off by default （默认情况下）.You （34）choose to turn the location feature on （35）to document your vacation, but remember to turn it off when your trip is over.
  
  
  4. 第32题（）

  Aedit

  Banalyze

  Ccopy

  Derase

• 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. 你（Li Yuan）要参加一次英语征文比赛，题目为My Favorite Photo。请写一篇短文参赛，内容包括： 拍照时间和地点；照片中的人物或景物；喜欢这张照片的原因。