英語六級閱讀理解35篇

全國英語六級專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練閱讀理解35篇

5.2007年12月英語六級閱讀專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(5)

ThefirstwaywecanapproachIanguageisasaphenomenon

oftheindividuaIperson.Itisconcernedwithdescribingand

explaininglanguageasamatterofhumanbehavior.PeopIespeak

andwrite;theyaIsoevidentIyreadandunderstandwhatthey

hear.Theyarenotborndoingso;theyhavetoacquirethese

skills.NoteverybodyseemstodeveIopthemtothesamedegree.

Peoplemaysufferaccidentsordiseases,whichimpairtheir

performance.LanguageisthusseenaspartofhumanpsychoIogy,

aparticuIarsortofbehavior,thebehavior,whichhasasits

principal,functionthatofcommunication.

ThetroubIewiththeterm“behavior“isthatitisoften

takentoreferonIytomoreorlessovert,anddescribabIe,

physicaImovementsandacts.YetpartofIanguagebehavior-that

ofunderstandingspokenorwrittenlanguage,forexampIe-has

IittIeornophysicaIIyobservabIesigns.Itistruewecan

sometimesinferthatunderstandinghastakenpIacebythe

changesthattakepIaceintheotherperson'sbehavior.When

someonehasbeenprohibitedfromdoingsomething,wemayinfer

thathehasunderstoodtheprohibitionbyobservingthat

thereafterheneverbehavesinthatway.Wecannot,ofcourse,

beabsolutelysurethathissubsequentbehaviorisaresu11of

hisunderstand!ng;itmightbeduetoaIossofinterestor

incIination.Sobehaviormustbetakentoincludeunobservable

activity,oftenonlytobeinferredfromotherobservabIe

behavior.

OnceweadmitthatthestudyofIanguagebehaviorinvoIves

describingandexplainingtheunobservabIe,thesituation

becomesmuchmorecompIicated,becausewehavetopostulate

somesetofprocesses,someinternaImechanism,whichoperates

whenwespeakandunderstand.WehavetopostuIatesomething

wecancalIamind.ThestudyofIanguagefromthispointof

viewcanthenbeseenasastudyofthespecificproperties,

processesandstatesofthemindwhoseoutwardmanifestations

areobservabIebehavior;whatwehavetoknowinorderto

performIinguisticaIIy.ThisapproachtoIanguage,asa

phenomenonoftheindividuaI,isthusprincipallyconcerned

withexplaininghowweacquirelanguage,anditsreIationto

generaIhumancognitivesystems,andwiththepsychological

mechanismsunderlyingthecomprehensionandproductionof

speech;muchlesswiththeproblemofwhatIanguageisfor,that

is,itsfunctionascommunication,sineethisnecessariIy

involvesmorethanasingleindividuaI.

36.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A)LanguageasMeansofCommunication.B)Languageand

Psychology.

C)LanguageandtheIndividuaI.D)LanguageasaSociaI

Phenomenon.

37.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatements

isNOTtrue?

A)Languageisoftenregardedaspartofhumanpsychology.

B)PeopIedevelopIanguageskiIIsofdifferentdegreesasa

resu11ofdifferentpersonaIexperiences.

C)LanguageisaspeciaIkindofpsychologicalbehaviorthat

isbornwithanindividuaI.

D)PeopIeIearntospeakandwritethroughimitationand

training.

38.Whatdoestheterm“behavior“inthesecondparagraph

especiaIlyrefertointhispassage?

A)11referstoobservabIeandphysicaImovementsandacts.

B)11referstothepartofIanguagebehaviorthatinvoIves

understandingorinterpretation.

C)ItreferstoboththeovertandtheunobservabIeIanguage

behaviorsincommunicating.

D)Itreferstoactsofspeakingandwriting.

39.Whatdoes“internalmechanismn(Line3,Para.3)mean?

A)Secretmachine.B)MentaIprocesses.C)Overtsystem.D)

Mechanicoperation.

40.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?

A)ItsindividuaIisticapproachtoIanguageismeanttostudy

thepsychologicalprocessesofIanguageacquisition.

B)TheindividuaIisticapproachtoIanguageismainIyconcerned

withhowIanguagefunctionsinsociety.

C)ThestudyofIanguageissuretoinvoIvemorethanasingle

individuaI.

D)PsychologicalapproachtoIanguageisconcernedwiththe

comprehensionandproductionofspeech.

答案：CCCBA

6.2007年12月英語六級閱讀專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(6)

TheAmericaneconomicsystemisorganizedarounda

basicaIIyprivate-enterprise,market-orientedeconomyin

whichconsumersIargeIydeterminewhatshaIIbeproducedby

spendingtheirmoneyinthemarketpIaceforthosegoodsand

servicesthattheywantmost.Privatebusinessmen,striving

tomakeprofits,producethesegoodsandservicesin

competitionwithotherbusinessmen；andtheprofitmotive,

operatingundercompetitivepressures,largelydetermineshow

thesegoodsandservicesareproduced.Thus,intheAmerican

economicsystemitisthedemandofindividuaIconsumers,

coupIedwiththedesireofbusinessmentomaximizeprofitsand

thedesireofindividuaIstomaximizetheirincomes,that

togetherdeterminewhatshaIIbeproducedandhowresourcesare

usedtoproduceit.

Animportantfactorinamarket-orientedeconomyisthe

mechanismbywhichconsumerdemandscanbeexpressedand

respondedtobyproducers.IntheAmericaneconomy,this

mechanismisprovidedbyapricesystem,aprocessinwhich

pricesriseandfaIIinresponsetoreIativedemandsof

consumersandsuppIiesofferedbyseIIer-producers.Ifthe

productisinshortsuppIyreIativetothedemand,theprice

wiIIbebidupandsomeconsumerswiIIbeeIiminatedfromthe

market.If,ontheotherhand,producingmoreofacommodity

resuItsinreducingitscost,thiswiIItendtoincreasethe

suppIyofferedbyseiler-producers,whichinturnwiIIIower

thepriceandpermitmoreconsumerstobuytheproduct.Thus,

priceisthereguIatingmechanismintheAmericaeconomic

system.

Theimportantfactorinaprivate-enterpriseeconomyis

thatindividuaIareaIIowedtoownproductiveresources

(privateproperty),andtheyarepermittedtohirelabor,

gaincontroIovernaturaIresources,andproducegoodsand

servicesforsaIeataprofit.IntheAmericaneconomy,the

conceptofprivatepropertyembracesnotonIytheownershipof

productiveresourcesbutaIsocertainrights,includingthe

righttodeterminethepriceofaproductortomakeafree

contractwithanotherprivateindividuaI.

1.InPara.1,“thedesireofindividuaIstomaximizetheir

incomes“means__.

A.Americansneverfeelsatisfiedwiththeirincomes.

B.Americanstendtooverstatetheamountoftheirincomes.

C.Americanswanttohavetheirincomesincreased.D.Americans

wanttoincreasethepurchasingpoweroftheirincomes.

2.Thefirsttwosentencesinthesecondparagraphclaritythe

ideatousthat__.

A.producerscansatisfytheconsumersbymechanized

production.

B.consumerscanexpresstheirdemandsthroughproducers.

C.producersdecidethepricesofproducts.D.suppIyanddemand

reguIateprices.

3.Theword“embraces“inPara.3probabIyparaIIels.

A.enfoldB.hugC.comprehendD.support

4.Accordingtothepassage,aprivate-enterpriseeconomyis

characterizedby.

A.privatepropertyandrightsconcerned.B.manpowerand

naturaIresourcescontrol.

C.ownershipofproductiveresourcesD.freecontractsand

prices.

5.Thepassageismainlytalkingabout.

A.howAmericangoodsareproduced.B.howAmericanconsumersbuy

theirgoods.

C.howAmericaneconomicsystemworks.D.howAmerican

businessmanmaketheirprofits

答案：DDCAC

7.2007年12月英語六級閱讀專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(7)

TherearevariouswaysinwhichindividuaIeconomicunitscan

interactwithoneanother.Threebasicwaysmaybedescribed

asthemarketsystem,theadministeredsystem,andthe

traditionaIsystem.

InamarketsystemindividuaIeconomicunitsarefreeto

interactamongeachotherinthemarketpIace.ItispossibIe

tobuycommoditiesfromothereconomicunitsorseiI

commoditiestothem.Inamarket,transactionsmaytakeplace

viabarterormoneyexchange.Inabartereconomy,reaIgoods

suchasautomobiles,shoes,andpizzasaretradedagainsteach

other.ObviousIy,findingsomebodywhowantstotrademyold

carinexchangeforasaiIboatmaynotaIwaysbeaneasytask.

Hence,theintroductionofmoneyasamediumofexchangeeases

transactionsconsiderably.Inthemodernmarketeconomy,goods

andservicesareboughtorsoIdformoney.

AnaIternativetothemarketsystemisadministrative

controIbysomeagencyoveraIItransactions.ThisagencywiII

issueedictsorcommandsastohowmuchofeachgoodandservice

shouldbeproduced,exchanged,andconsumedbyeacheconomic

unit.CentraIplanningmaybeonewayofadministeringsuchan

economy.ThecentraIplan,drawnupbythegovernment,shows

theamountsofeachcommodityproducedbythevariousfirmsand

aIIocatedtodifferenthousehoIdsforconsumption.Thisisan

exampIeofcompletepIanningofproduction,consumption,and

exchangeforthewholeeconomy.

InatraditionaIsociety,productionandconsumption

patternsaregovernedbytradition；everyperson'spIace

withintheeconomicsystemisfixedbyparentage,religion,

andcustom.TransactionstakepIaceonthebasisoftradition,

too.PeopIebelongingtoacertaingrouporcastemayhavean

obIigationtocareforotherpersons,providethemwithfood

andshelter,carefortheirhealth,andprovidefortheir

education.CIearIy,inasystemwhereeverydecisionismade

onthebasisoftraditionalone,progressmaybedifficultto

achieve.Astagnantsocietymayresu11.

1.Whatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?

A.TooutIinecontrastingtypesofeconomicsystems.B.To

explainthescienceofeconomics.

C.Toargueforthesuperiorityofoneeconomicsystem.D.To

comparebarterandmoney-exchangemarkets.

2.Inthesecondparagraph,theword"real"in"realgoods”

couIdbestberepIacedby,

A.highquaIityB.concreteC.utterD.authentic.

3.Accordingtothepassage,abartereconomycangenerate.

A.rapidspeedoftransactions.B.misunderstandings.

C.inflationD.difficultiesforthetraders.

4.Accordingtothepassage,whohasthegreatestdegreeof

controlintheadministeredsystem?

A.IndividuaIhouseholdsB.SmaIIbusinesses.C.Major

corporations.D.Thegovernment.

5.Whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedbytheauthorasa

criterionfordeterminingaperson'spositioninatraditionaI

society?A.FamiIybackgroundB.AgeC.ReiigiousbeIiefs.

D.Custom

答案：ABDDB

8.2007年12月英語六級閱讀專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(8)

WesternairIinermanufacturersseemtobetrippingover

themseIvesintheireagernesstosigncoIIaborativeagreements

withAsianpartnersasalow-costroutetodevelopingnew

airIiners.TheirpotentiaIAsianpartnersseemtobetripping

overthemseIvestosignsuchagreements,asaIow-costroute

toacquiringnewairIinertechnoIogy.IftheyarenotcarefuI

thetwosideswiIIenduptrippingovereachother：theone

bysellingitsbirth-rightforshort-termgain,theotherby

tryingtobreakintoamarketwhichisnbigenoughtosustain

it.

Technologytransferworksinagrowingmarket,wherethe

aspirationsofthenewentrantreceivingthattechnologycan

bemetthroughexpansion.TheairIinermarketisnotsucha

device.

EventhemostoptimisticprojectionsofairIinersaIesforthe

next20yearsshowthatairIinermanufacturecanonlybe

profitableifasmaIInumberofaircraftbuiIderssharethe

avaiIabIesales.11foIIowsthatifnewmanufacturerscomeinto

themarketandtakesales,theirsalesmustcomefrom

substitution,notexpansion.

GiventhecompIexityoftoday'sairIiners,itisuniikely

thatanynewentrantwillhaveboththefinanciaIandtechnicaI

resourcestocomeintothemarketwithouttheinvolvementof

anestabIishedmanufacturer.Intheshortterm,such

invoIvementmaynotbetotheexclusivebenefitofthenew

entrant：mostoftheestabIishedmanufacturersaresearching

forwaystoreducecostsofmanufacture.

Intheshortterm,,itcanbeofbenefittoanestabIished

WesternmanufacturertohaveeithercomponentsofcompIeteair

-framesmadeorassembledinIower-wageeconomicssucha

China,TaiwanorKorea,whileretainingthedesign,

deveIopmentandmarketingofaircraftforitseIf.11wouIdbe

averyunwiseWesternmanufacturerwhichdidnotheedthefact

thatthesedevelopingeconomiesareacquiringskills(Iike

computing)atIeastasquicklyastheyareacquiringskills

inmetaIIbashing.

ThedangercomeswhenthenewentrantnoIongerneedsthe

estabIishedWesternpartnerbecauseithasacquiredthe

technicaIandinteIIectuaIabiIitytodesignandbuilditsown

aircraft.AnAsianpartnermayweIIfinditseIfinthehappy

positionofhavingtheIow-costlabourbase,thehigh-cost

technoIogybaseandthevitalfinanciaIbasetobuildanew

airIiner.

1.Theauthor'sattitudetowardsWestern/eastern

collaborationcanbedepictedas.

A.positiveB.progressiveC.conservative

D.negative

2.“TheairIinermarketisnotsuchadevice“meansthatthe

airIinermarket.

A.doesnotencouragetechnoIogytransferB.istooIimitedto

offerchancesofsuccess

C.requireshi-techratherthanunaccepteddevicesD.isfuIIof

competitionsevenfornewentrants

3.EstabIishedmanufacturerssearchforpartnersinorderto

A.savethecostoftheairframeB.improvesomeaircraft

components

C.savethecostofIabourD.deveIopnewtechnoIogy

4.Accordingtotheauthor,awiseestabIishedmanufacturer

shouId.

A.trytobenefitfrombothfinanciaIandtechnicaIresources

B.breakuphispartnershipwiththeEastonceprofitsaremade

C.keepatighttoIdoverhi-techdeveIopmentandmarketingof

airIiners

D.collaboratewithAsianpartnersforashorttime

5.Theword"base"inthelastparagraphrepresents.

A.aproductionplaceB.theinitialoperationofbuiIding

aircraftC.aresearchinstituteD.apositionwheretostart

buiIding

答案：CDADA

9.2008年6月英語六級閱讀理解專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(1)

ThereisevidencethattheusuaIvarietyofhighblood

pressureis,inpart,afamiIiardisease.SineefamiIieshave

simiIargenesasweIIassimilarenvironments,famiIiar

diseasescouIdbeduetosharedgeneticinfIuences,toshared

environmentaIfactors,ortoboth.Forsomeyears,theroleofone

environmentaIfactorcommonIysharedbyfamiIies,namely

dietarysa11(i.e.,sodiumchIoride),hasbeenstudiedat

BrookhavenNationaILaboratory.Thesestudiessuggestthat

chromicexcesssaItingestioncanIeadtohighbIoodpressure

inmanandanimals.SomeindividuaIs,however,andsomerats

consumelargeamountsofsaItwithoutdevelopinghighblood

pressure.NomatterhowstrictlyalIenvironmentaIfactorswere

controIIedintheseexperiments,somesaIt-fedanimalsnever

deveIopedhypertensionwhereasafewrapidlydevelopedvery

severehypertensionfoIIowedbyearlydeath.Thesemarked

variationswereinterpretedtoresu11fromdifferencesin

geneticconstitution.

BymatingissuccessivegenerationsonIythoseanimalsthat

failedtodeveIophypertensionfromsa11ingestion,aresistant

strain(the"R"Strain)hasbeenevoIvedinwhichconsumptionof

IargequantitiesofsaItfailstoinfIuencethebIoodpressure

significantIy.Incontrast,bymatingonIyanimalsthatquickly

deveIophypertensionfromsa11,asensitivestrain("S"

strain)hasaIsobeendeveIoped.

Theavaliabilityofthesetowstrainspermits

investgationsnotheretoforepossibIe.TheyprovideapIausibIe

IaboratorymodeIonwhichtoinvestigatesomeclinicalaspects

ofthehumanprototypesofhypertension.Moreimportant,there

mightbethepossibiIityofdevelopingmethodsbywhichgenetic

susceptibiIityofhumanbeingstohighbloodpressurecanbe

definedwithoutwaitingforitsappearance.Radioactivesodium

22wasanimportant"tool"inworkingoutthecharacteristics

ofthesodiumchloridemetaboIism.

1.ThestudyoftheeffectsofsaltonhighbIoodpressurewas

carriedout.

a.asmembersofthesamefamiIytendtousesimilaramountsof

salt

b.toexploretheIong-termuseofasodiumbasedsubstance

c.becauseitwasproventhatsaItcausedhighbIoodpressure

d.becauseoftheavailabilityofchemicallypuresaItandits

derivatives

2.Themaindifferencebetween"S"and"R"ratsistheir.

a.needforsodium22b.rateofmatingc.reactiontosaItd.type

ofbIood

3.WecaninferfromthearticIethatsodium22candeusedto

a.controIhighbIoodpressureb.curehighbloodpressurecaused

bysalt

c.teIIthe"S"ratsfromthe"R"ratsd.determinewhatasodium

chIoridemetaboIismisIike

4.ThemostbeneficiaIresuItsoftheresearchmightbe.

a.deveIopmentofdietsfreeofsaItb.anearIycureforhigh

bIoodpressure

c.controIofgeneticagentsthatcausehighbIoodpressured,the

earIyidentificationofpotentiaIhighbIoodpressurevictims

5.WhichofthestatementsbestreIatesthemainideaofthis

articIe?

a.Whensaltisaddedratsandhumanbeingsreact

simiIarIy.b.ThenearfuturewiIIseeacureforhighblood

pressure.

c.ThemedicaIfieldisdesperateIyinneedofresearch,d.A

tendencytowardhighbIoodpressuremaybeahereditaryfactor.

【答案】：acddd

10.2008年6月英語六級閱讀理解專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(2)

TheCoIoneIaskAshendenagoodmanyquestionsandthen

suggestedthathehadparticularquaIificationsfortheSecret

Service.AshendenknewseveraIEuropeanlanguagesandthefact

thathewasawriterprovidedexceIIentcover:onthepretext

thathewaswritingabookhecouId,withoutattracting

attention,visitanyneutraIcountry.

ItwaswhiletheywerediscussingthispointthattheCoIoneI

said,“YouknowyoumightgetmateriaIthatwouIdbeveryusefuI

toyouinyourwork.I'llteIIyouanincidentthatoccurred

onIyrecentIy.Verydramatic.Aforeigngovernmentminister

wentdowntoaMediterraneanresorttofecoverfromacoldand

hehadsomeveryimportantdocumentswithhimthathekeptin

adespatchcase.

“Adayortwoafterhearrived,hepiekedupablondeatsome

restaurantorother,andhegotveryfriendIywithher.Hetook

herbacktohishoteI,andwhenhecametohimseIfinthemorning

theIadyandthedespatch-casehaddisappeared.Theyhadone

ortwodrinksupinhisroomandhistheoryisthatwhenhis

backwasturnedthewomansIippedadruginhisglass.”

“Doyoumeantosaythathappenedtheotherday?”said

AshendenweariIy.

“Theweekbeforelast.”

"Impossible,，zcriedAshenden."Why,we'vebeenputtingthat

incidentonthestageforsixtyyears,we'vewrittenitina

thousandnoveIs.DoyoumeantosaythatIifehasonlyjust

caughtupwithus?”

“WeII,Icanvouchforthetruthofthestory."saidtheCoIoneI,

“AndbeIieveme,thegovernmentconcernedhasbeenputtono

endoftroublebytheIossofthedocuments.z，

“Wellsir,ifyoucan'tdobetterthanthatintheSecret

Service,“sighedAshenden,“thatI'mafraidthatasasource

ofinspirationtothewriteroffiction,it'swashout.”

1.HowdidtheColoneIsuggestthatAshenden'sbeingawriter

wouIdrelatetohisworkasaspy?

a.ItwouldmaketraveIIingabroadmorepossibIe.b.ItwouIdmake

iteasierforhimtomeetpeople.

c.ItwouIdenabIehimtoavoidarousingsuspicion.d.ItwouId

enabIehimtousetheIanguagesheknew.

2.ThereasonfortheMinister'stripwas.

a.tofetchsomedocumentsb.togetoveraniIInessc.tomeeta

spyd.todeliversomepapers

3.AccordingtotheCoIoneItheincidenthappened.

a.afewdaysbeforeb.afewweeksbeforec.twoweeks

befored.sixtyyearsbefore

4.AshendencriedImpossible'afterhearingtheColoneI's

storybecausehethought.

a.itcouIdnotpossibIyhappenb.itwastooembarrassingc.itwas

toocIosetofictiond.itwastoorecent

5.TheeffectoftheIossofdocumentsontheforeigngovernment

wasthat.

a.itputanendtoonesourceoftroubIeb.itcausedthemalot

ofinconvenience

c.theymereIydeniedithadhappenedd.theyrefusedtobeIieve

it

［答案J?cbccd

11.2008^6月英崎六級閱讀理解專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練(3)

“Cultureshock“occursasresu11oftotaIimmersioninanew

culture.Ithappensto“peoplewhohavebeensuddenIy

transpIantedabroad."Newcomersmaybeanxiousbecausetheydo

notspeaktheIanguage,knowthecustoms,orunderstandpeople's

behaviorindailyIife.Thevisitorfindsthat"yes"maynot

aIwaysmean"yes”,thatfriendIinessdoesnotnecessariIymean

friendship,orthatstatementsthatappeartobeseriousare

reaIIyintendedasjokes.Theforeignermaybeunsureastowhen

toshakehands,whentostartconversations,orhowtoapproach

astranger.Thenotionof"cuItureshock“heIpsexplainfeeIings

ofbewiIdermentanddisorientation.Languageproblemsdonot

accountforaIIthefrustrationsthatpeopIefeeI.Whenoneis

deprivedofeverythingthatwasoncefamiIiar,suchas

understandingatransportationsystem,knowinghowtoregister

foruniversitycIasses,orknowinghowtomake

friends,difficultiesincopingwhththenewsocietymayarise.

”...whenanindividuaIentersastrangecuIture,heorshe

islikefishoutofwater.，zNewcomersfeeIattimesthatthey

donotbelongtoandfeeIaIienatedfromthenativemembersof

thecuIture.Whenthishappensvisitorsmaywanttoreject

everythingaboutthenewenvironmentandmayglorifyand

exaggeratethepositiveaspectsoftheirown

culture.Converselyvisitorsmayscorntheirnativecountryby

rejectingitsvaIuesandinsteadchoosingtoidentifywith(if

onIytemporaliIy)t