职称英语考试《综合类》每日一练精选及答案052421.docx

1、职称英语考试综合类每日一练精选及答案052421职称英语考试综合类每日一练精选及答案0524-211、Some Unusual CelebrationsSome holidays are well - known all around the world. Among them are New Years Eve Celebrations. Also days are common in honor of love and friendship, like Valentines Day. Each country has its own special holidays too, to mar

2、k important events in its history. Schools, banks, and government offices all close on days like these. Some of the days people celebrate, however, are less serious. A few of them are really very strange.Of course, they are not strange to the people who celebrate them. Perhaps that is because the ce

3、lebrations have long traditions. Consider April Fools Day, for example. No one knows when or why it began. Today it is celebrated in many countriesFrance, England, and Australia, etc. On this day, people play practical jokes. _ The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes. The people they fool

4、often get angry. Does celebrating this day make sense to you?Dyngus Day in Poland seems strange, too. On this day, it is traditional for boys to pour water over the heads of girls. Here is the strangest part: they do it to girls they like.Other unusual celebrations take place in a single city or tow

5、n. A holiday called La Tomatina is celebrated in Bunol, Spain. Every year, in late August, big trucks carry more than 200,000 pounds of tomatoes into this little town. Then begins the worlds biggest food fight. For two hours, people in the streets throw tomatoes at each other. Everyone ends up red f

6、rom head to toe.August 10 marks the start of the Puck Fair, an Irish festival with a very unusual tradition. People from the town of Killorglin go up into the mountains and catch a wild goat. They bring him back to town, put a crown on his head, and make him king for three days.There are also some c

7、elebrations that are really strange. In the United States, sometimes one person gets an idea for a new holiday and tries to get others to accept it. Whose idea was Public Sleeping Day? That one is on February 28. It may seem strange, but it sounds like more fun than the one on February 9. That is su

8、pposed to be Toothache Day.Do you like the idea of inventing a new holiday? If you do, then you will want to mark March 26 on your calendar. That is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.【单选题】A.They bring him back to town, put a crown on his head, and make him king for three days.B.Some of the days people ce

9、lebrate, however, are less serious.C.That is supposed to be Toothache Day.D.Then begins the worlds biggest food fight.E.Some people have fun imagining new holidays.F.Jokes are supposed to be funny, but these jokes do not make everyone laugh.正确答案:F答案解析:本题难度也不大，看完文章后，快速浏览选项。只有F项一开始就明确提到了jokes，把F代入到原文中

10、，符合上下文逻辑，所以是答案。2、Feast On Turkey and Good Wishes at ThanksgivingFour weeks ago, US children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. That was Halloween. In a few weeks American houses will be red and green and filled with presents. For Christmas.As if all this isnt enough, on Thursday this week, Am

11、erica will enjoy another festival-Thanksgiving.Children will have two days off school, shops will close and houses will be filled with families enjoying mountains of food.Every year, in Gainesville, Florida, all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together. The class dresses up and puts on plays for

12、 their families. After the plays the families share a feast of traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie.Dean Foster, an ll-year-old boy will take part in this celebration. He said: I love Thanksgiving because it means time off school, lots of nice food and a happy family.His brothe

13、r Ben, nine, said: the best thing about Thanksgiving, is that when it is finished, it is time to start Christmas.But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message. On Thursday evening, Dean and Bens family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat their ev

14、ening meal.Each of them will write a list of things that they are thankful for and place the paper in the basket. The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives.Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started

15、 in 1621, when the first pilgrims arrived in the US to start a new life. After a hard year, they had a big autumn harvest. They held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving them enough food.Many countries celebrate Thanksgiving. They often fall after the fields

16、have been harvested and the crops collected for winter.On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as_.【单选题】A.ghostsB.playersC.pilgrimsD.visitors正确答案:A答案解析:细节考查题。题干问在10月31日之夜，美国儿童常常打扮成什么样子？可以利用问题中的特征词Halloween作为答案线索查找相关句子，“四周前，美国儿童打扮成怪物，四处要糖吃。”“鬼”(ghosts)跟“怪物”(monsters)意思相近，故正确答案为A。3、

17、Christians believe that the soul lives forever.【单选题】A.heartB.mindC.spiritD.emotion正确答案:C答案解析:soul等同于spirit，表示“灵魂、精神”；heart：心脏；mind：思想；emotion是情感。4、Continuing Education1 People around the world agree that education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate students only

18、for the aim of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. Life is varied; so is education.2 Ideas about education are more specified in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are int

19、erested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.3 Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones.

20、Scientists, mechanics, secretaries, barbers and cooks can take classes to improve their work skills. If they know more or learn more, they can get a better job or earn more money.4 Continuing education classes give more adults the chance to learn new skills. There is usually a large variety of class

21、es to choose from: typing, foreign cooking, photography, auto repair, furniture repair, or swimming. There are only some of the classes available.5 Some adults take classes for fun or because the class will be useful for them. Other adults take continuing education classes to improve their own lives

22、 because they want to feel better about themselves.6 Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education program. There are classes in schools, community buildings or churches. Most classes are in the evenings, so working people can attend. The classes are usually small,

23、and they are inexpensive.Paragraph 4 _【单选题】A.Ideas bout education in the U. S.B.Advantages of continuing educationC.Good opportunity to learn new skillsD.Most classes are in the eveningE.Working people have easy accessF.Education helps cooks find a better job正确答案:C答案解析:段首句即该段的主题句。Continuing educatio

24、n classes give more adult the chance to learn new skill，所以答案是C。5、U. S. to Start $3. 2 Billion Child Health Study in JanuaryA study that will cost $3. 2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of100,000 U. S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January, U. S. h

25、ealth officials said on Friday.Officials from the U. S. governments National Institutes of Health said they hope the study, to be conducted at 105 locations throughout the United States, can help identify early-life influences that affect later development, with the goal of learning new ways to trea

26、t or prevent illness.The study will examine hereditary and environmental factors such as exposure to certain chemicals that affect health.Researchers will collect genetic and biological samples from people in the study as well as samples from the homes of the women and their babies including air, wa

27、ter, dust and materials used to construct their residences, the NIH said.Officials said more than $200 million has been spent already and the study is projected to cost$3. 2 billion.We anticipate that in the long term , what we learn from the study will result in a significant savings in the nations

28、 health care costs, Dr. Duane Alexander, who heads the NIHs Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, told reporters.The study will begin in January when the University of North Carolina and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York start signing up pregna

29、nt women whose babies will then be followed to age 21.Some of the early findings will be about factors behind pre-term birth, which has become more common in recent years, according to Dr. Peter Scheid of the NIH, who heads the study.The people taking part will be from rural, urban and suburban areas, from all income and educational levels and from all racial groups, the NIH said.The babies of the participants will be followed_.【单选题】A.throughout their lives.B.for more than two decades.C.from birth to 21 months.D.until they get married.正确答案:B答案解析:短文的第1段以及倒数第3段都说到，这些婴儿将从出生前一直被跟踪到21岁。