2025年成考专升本每日一练《英语》2月23日-聚题库

Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way.Our expression today is“to face the music”.
When someone says, “well, I guess I'll have to face the music,” it does not mean he's planning to go to the concert.It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn't do this or that.Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children.We can all remember father's angry voice,“I want to talk to you.”and only because we did not obey him.What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old,It is at least 100 years old
And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper.He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage.When they got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it's time to face the music.” And that was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra which was just below them.And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines.But he had to go out.If he did not, there would be no play.So the expression“to face the music”come to mean“having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”
Other explanations about the expression go back to the army.When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked
Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection.What else could they do?
Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done.As, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored
The band does not play.Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat.The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.

1. How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?

A1

B2

C3

D4

Passage Three Many years ago,when I was working in a school in Buenos Aires,I was required to teach Macbeth to a class of Spanish-speaking schoolboys.I was a bit worried at being given such a task,because Shakespeare's language is not always easy,even for the native speaker.The language of Macbeth is particularly rich and strange to the modern reader.I myself had seen and read the play for the first time at an early age,and had been carried away by the story.So,I decided to concentrate first on the action and plot,and as far as possible let the language take care of itself. I read the play to my students,scene by scene,taking the different parts myself.I did not let my pupils read it aloud for themselves,as I thought they lacked necessary experience and skill to benefit from this.At the end of each scene,I saw to it that everybody understood what had happened,and we briefly summarized this in writing.After this,I went through the scene again,explaining those language points that might prevent essential comprehension,and then I read the scene straight through once more. This was not a very exciting approach.The pupils'participation was largely pasive.I was in fact doing most of the work.However,when we had gone through about half of the play in this manner,I discovered to my great surprise that the class had taken the book home and finished it for themselves. Through my efforts,they had woken up to the idea that the story was exciting,and wanted to know how it turned out in the end. We went ahead and finished the play,working more rapidly,and went on to discuss and read parts of the play again,focusing on the characters,plots,themes,etc.Without noticing it,we did a lot of practice in oral and written English.

2. What can be learned from the teaching practice in the passage?

AGroup work is useful for learning a language.

BGood teachers focus on teaching language points.

CShakespeare's plays are suitable for foreign students.

DProper teaching methods might arouse pupils'interest.

3. If John had entered the office ten minutes ago, he（）what we were talking about just now.

Ashould know

Bhad known

Cwould know

Dwould have known

You have been badly injured in a car accident.It is necessary to give you a blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident.However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you.If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.
There are four basic types of blood; A, B, AB and O.A simple test can indicate a person's blood type.Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood.Blood type, like hair color and height, is inherited from parents.
Because of substances contained in each type, the four groups must be trans fused carefully.Basically, A and B cannot be mixed.A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B.O can give to any other group, hence it is often called the universal donor.For the opposite reason, AB sometimes called the universal recipient.However, because so many reactions can occur in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of a hospital.In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion.
There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality.Among Europeans and people of European ancestry, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O.The rarest is type AB.Other races have different percentages.For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.

4. A good title for this passage is _____.

AGetting Blood arid Plasma

BSpecial Blood and Colors

CHuman Blood Types

DThe Blood Bank of a Hospital

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. 10月27日(星期六)，你和同学参观了清华大学，请根据下列内容用英语写篇日记。内容应包括：老教授的热情接待，参观了图书馆、实验楼和校园等。可以适当增减细节。

2. 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。

2025年成考专升本每日一练《英语》2月23日

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