英語六級(jí)閱讀理解經(jīng)典題目及答案

1、According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University, has noticed the difference in the style of boys and girls convers

2、ations from an early age. She says that little girls conversation is less definite than boys and expresses more doubts. Little boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners.These differences continue into adult life, she says. In public conversations, men talk most and interrupt oth

3、er speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amountsalthough they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that, for woman, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy. For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a rel

4、ationship.Teaching is one job where the differences between mens and womens ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tannen, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to t

5、ake a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they achieve power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tan

6、nen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is preprogrammed for language.As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the br

7、ain must have a sexual bias(傾向性) in its programming,otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.In the opinion of the writer, women encourage men to talk becauseit will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationshipit will help to establish status with their listenersit will he

8、lp to express more clearlyit will help to communicate betterThere are in little girls conversation than in boys.A. fewer doubts B. more demandsC. more doubts D. fewer uncertaintiesSome scientists believe that brain is pre-programmed for language. The word pre programmed means .A. programmed already

9、B. programmed before one is bornC. programmed early D. programmed by womenIn private conversation, women speakA. the same things as men B. less than menC. more than men D. as much as menThe theme of this article is .women are naturally more helpfulmen and women talk different languagesmen talk most

10、and interrupt other speakers morelittle girls conversation is less definiteIn the last two hundred years there have been great changes in the method of production of goods. This is now also true of the building industry; for mechanization has been introduced. System building can save both time and m

11、oney. The principle of system building is that the building is made from a set of standard units. These are either made at the building-site or at a factory. Some designers, in fact, are standardizing the dimensions of rooms. They are made in multiples of a single fixed length, usually ten centimete

12、rs. This is called a modular (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)件的) system, and it means that manufactures can produce standardized fittings at a lower cost. The most important fact about system building is its speed. A ten-storey flat, for example, can be completed in four months.There are several new methods of system building.

13、One is the panel method. In this case, the construction company sometimes erects a factory on the site. The walls and floors of the building, called panels, are cast in a horizontal or vertical position. Conduits for electrical wires and sleeves for pipes are cast in the panels when they are being m

14、ade. The moulds for making these castings are situated all around the building.After the concrete panels are cast, they are allowed to set and harden for a week. Next they are lifted by a tower crane on to any section of the building. There the panels are cemented together at their joints and the fl

15、oor covering is laid.After the panels have been cemented together, the crane lifts a case into the area. It contains all the fittings to be installed, such as wash-basins, radiators and pipes. Finishing tradesmen, such as plumbers, plasterers, painters and electricians, follow behind to complete the

16、 work.In some building developments, in some countries, whole flats with internal features like their bathrooms, bedrooms and connecting stairs, and weighing as much as twenty tons, are carried to the building-site ready-made. A giant overhead crane is used to lift them into position. In the future,

17、 this method may become more widespread.The main difference between panel method and the method discussed in the last paragraph is .the latter uses ready-made internal featurespanels are cast in a level positionthe former is used to build walls and floors while the latter to construct bathrooms or b

18、edroomsthe former is more expensive than the latterWhich of these statements is TRUE of system building?A. It employs more men. B. It is difficult and dangerous.C. It can save both time and money. D. It means less mechanization.According to the passage, the principle of system building is that .cons

19、truction methods are saferbuildings are made from a set of standardized unitssimilar buildings can be producedall units are produced on the siteThe usual fixed length in the modular system is .A. twenty centimeters B. ten millimetersC. fifty centimeters D. ten centimetersWhat lifts the concrete pane

20、ls onto the building?A. Cranes. B. Man-power.C. Pulleys. D. Hydraulic jacks.1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. AThe standard of living of any country means the average persons share of the goods and services which the country produces. A countrys standard of living, therefore, depends fi

21、rst and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. Wealth in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: goods such as food and clothing, and services such as transport and entertainment.A countrys capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most

22、 of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regi

23、ons possess perhaps only one of these things, and some regions possess none of them. The U. S. A is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of th

24、e least wealthy.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the U. S. A. in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons was. unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable politica

25、l conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a countrys people.

26、Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and c

27、an put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day.A countrys wealth depends upon . ,its standard of livingits moneyits ability to provide goods and servicesits ability to provide transport and entertainmentThe word foremost means .A.

28、 most importantly B. firstlyC. largely D. for the most partThe main idea of the second paragraph is that .a countrys wealth depends on many factorsthe U. S. A. is one of the wealthiest countries in the worldthe Sahara Desert is a very poor regionnatural resources are an important factor in the wealt

29、h or poverty of a countryThe third paragraph mentions some of the advantages which one country may have over another in making use of its resources. How many such advantages are mentioned in this paragraph?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5The second sentence.in Paragraph 3 is .the main idea of the paragraphan exampl

30、e supporting the main idea of the paragraphthe conclusion of the paragraphnot related to the paragraphThe productivity of Americans employed in private businesses has declined. The productivity of workers in countries such as Japan and Germany is increasing. American machine tools, on average, are o

31、ld, relatively inefficient, and rapidly becoming obsolete, whereas those of our competitors overseas, in comparison, are newer and more efficient. We are no longer the most productive workers in the world. We are no longer the leaders in industrial innovation ( 革新). We are an immenselywealthy nation

32、 of educated men and women who seem to have lost sight of the fact that everythingfrom the simplest necessities to the finest luxuriesmust be produced through our own collective hard work. We have come to expect automatic increases in our collective standard of living, but we seem to have forgotten

33、that these increases are possible only when our productivity continues to grow.One thing that must change is the rate at which we substitute capital equipment for human labor. Simply put, our labor force has increased at a far greater rate than has our stock of capital investment. We seem to have fo

34、rgotten that our past productivity gains, to a large extent, were realized from substitutions of capital for human labor. Today, 3 times as many robots are listed as capital assets by Japanese firms as by United States firms.There is no doubt that robots will become a common sight in American factor

35、ies. Representing a new generation of technology, robots will replace factory labor much as the farm tractor replaced the horse. Robot technology has much to offer. It offers higher levels of productivity and quality at lower costs; in promises to free men and women from the dull, repetitious toil of the factory, it is likely to have an impact on society comparable to that made by the growth of computer technology.The word obsolete(Para. 1) most probably m