2024年成考专升本每日一练《英语》12月5日

• Cirque du Soleil (say it: Serk du So-lay) is being accused of out-dated thinking about the dangers of AIDS.It is a modern acrobatic circus from Canada that tours in the United States and other countries.
  Last April, the company fired Matthew Cusick because he was HIV positive.This was after he spent four months learning his part in an act.
  A spokesman for the circus said Cusick was fired for safety reasons.They said he was a danger to others.
  He disagreed.
  Hundreds of people picketed a show in San Francisco.They said that firing him was not legal.
  Cusick says the company knew he was HIV positive when they hired him.It was not fair to let him put so much time into learning his act, and then fire him before he performed.
  He says he is not a danger to others.People can only get AIDS if infected blood contacts another person's blood, or open wound.
  The company says what their acrobats do is very, very dangerous.They perform tricks without nets.Someone might fall and get hurt.It could be bloody.They say it is too risky to let a person with HIV take part in an act.
  People who run the circus say it hurts to be accused of discrimination.
  Matthew Cusick says he feels hurt that he can't perform in the big blue and yellow tent.
  Dozens of artists, actors, writers and entertainers got involved in protesting the firing of Matthew Cusick.Some names you might know are: the Actors' Equity Union (45,000 members), Rosie O'Donnell, Rod McKuen, and Chad Allen.They also protested at a showing in Orange County.They said "HIV discrimination is unacceptable."
  
  
  1. Protestors claimed it was wrong to fire Matthew Cusick merely because he was _____.  

  Aa very good acrobat

  Bnot sick

  Cunable to find other work

  DHIV positive

• What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non -creative breakdowns, blaming themselves and society? Are some people “gifted“? Are there other factors （21）______work-factors that we have more control over than we think?
  While nobody can deny the （22）______ that some people seem to be blessed with particular creativity, research shows that any one can （23）______ their chances of coming up with new and original ideas （24）______ they would only engage themselves more in the process of （25）______ It's the old Thomas Edison thing about “discovery （26）______ 99 percent perspiration （汗水）and 1 percent inspiration. （27）_______ the studies prove this great creative breakthroughs usually happen only （28）_____ intense periods of struggle. It is sustained effort towards a specific goal （29）_______ eventually prepares for great creative insights.
  This kind of sustained effort does not always （30）______ immediate results, a fact that not only separates the innovators （革新者）from non-innovators. but （31）_______ leads some people to conclude that it is just not （32）______ for them. “Maybe I should have gone to medical school like my mother wanted.” they wonder when the breakthrough is （33）______ to be found Alas, one forgets during inevitable encounters _34 _self-doubt. that the big surprise is never （35）______.Indeed. it can happen at any time and place.
  
  
  2. 以下选项35题答案为（）  

  Afar away

  Bused up

  Ccleared off

  Dnear by

• 3. The desk over there（）hard wood.  

  Ais made of

  Bis made from

  Cis made up of

  Dis made by

• 4. 从选项中选出读音不同的选项（）。  

  Ahowever

  Bnarrow 

  Cshallow 

  Dsnowy

• 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. Writing：你（Li Yuan）的美国朋友Harry在最近的email中提到要带他的父母来华旅游，他们计划去黄山。给他回一封e-mail，内容包括： （1）欢迎他的父母来中国；
  （2）建议可行路线及交通方式；
  （3）提醒一些必要的旅行准备（如衣物、药口……）；
  （4）推荐1至2处其他景点。  

• 2. 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。