山西省2024年專升本考試模擬試題 英語（二）

域.Reading Comprehension（20 points， 2 points for each）

Passage 1

In England， we look forward to our birthdays for 364 days a year！ We invite special people to celebrate it with us.

The Presents

Presents are opened as soon as the children are awake. They can’t wait for the birthday cake later in the day！

The Cards

Friends and family send birthday cards. Sending birthday cards is a custom that began in England about a century ago.

The Party

What the birthday child will have is a party to which friends and family are invited. Visitors to the party bring presents for the birthday child. The children play games such as musical chairs and pass the parcel（包裹）.

The Cake

The birthday cake is decorated on a theme. A candle for each year is lit and placed on top and the child blows out the candles making a wish. We don’t put objects inside the cake as stated on many websites.

The Bumps（碰撞）

It used to be traditional for the birthday child to have the bumps. Friends would hold the child by the legs and under the arms and lift the child up and down bumping them gently on the ground. The number of bumps given is the age of the child plus one for extra good luck. As this can be dangerous， clapping is often done instead.

The Sweets

Some children do take sweets to school to share with their classmates on their birthdays.

Passage 2

A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night’s sleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off—if it is milked from a cow at night.

Researchers have discovered that“night milk”contains more melatonin（褪黑激素）， which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.

The study， by researchers from Seoul， South Korea， involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.

The mice given night milk， which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin， were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime， according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food.

Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.

While the effect of cows milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now， taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.

Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content， which helps people to relax.

Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening. The more fat you take in before bedtime， the greater burden you will put on your body at night.

芋. Translation（10 points， 2 points for each）

Section A： Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese.

21.Your composition is well written， but there’s still some room for improvement.

22.It’s hard to imagine what would happen in the world if there were no electricity now.

23.While she felt like joining the argument， Nancy was too shy to open mouth.

Section B： Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English.

24. They are working day and night（為了按時完成這項任務）.

25.（同其他學生相比），the girl has better listening and speaking abilities in English.

IV. Writing（10 points）

假如你是李華，你的朋友Jason被選為你們大學的學生會主席，你準備寫一封信祝賀他，羅列出他成功的原因，表達你的祝福和鼓勵。內容包括：

1.祝賀他成為學生會主席；

2.他所做出的努力和成功的原因；

3.對未來工作的鼓勵。