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全国英语六级专项训练 阅读理解 35 篇 无论哪种考试，阅读都是重中之重。在有了语法和词汇的良好基 础之后，阅读并不是难以解决的难题。六级阅读的要求是 35 分钟， 四篇文章。我首先选择了某两年的真题作了个实验：1 把时间控制在 35 分钟之内，不考虑结果，将题做完为主 2 不计时间，给自己充分 琢磨题意的空间，以考虑清楚为主。实验表明如果前者正确率与后者 没有显著差别，那么时间基本不是障碍。如果反之，那么应该强化自 己的做题速度， 做题技巧， 词汇语法的熟练程度。 做阅读理解的时候， 要有良好的心理一不要急躁，二不要自责和抱怨。张国帅老师讲解了 不少解答阅读理解题的方法， 比如抓中心思想， 上下文猜测生词等等， 熟练掌握，多加练习，熟能生巧的确行之有效，这里不再一一赘述， 阅读能力的培养是一个相对长期的过程，不能急于求成、半途而废， 持之以恒才会取得最后的成功。
1.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（1）
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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Not Due The big identity-theft bust last week was just a taste of what's to come. Here's how to protect your good name HERE'S THE SCARY THING about the identity-theft ring that the feds cracked last week: there was nothing any of its estimated 40,000 victims could have done to prevent it from happening. This was an inside job, according to court documents. A lowly help-desk worker at Teledata Communications, a software firm that helps banks access credit reports online, allegedly stole passwords for those reports and sold them to a group of 20 thieves at $60 a pop. That allowed the gang to cherry-pick consumers with good credit and apply for all kinds of accounts in their names. Cost to the victims: $3 million and rising. Even scarier is that this, the largest identity-theft bust to date, is just a drop in the bit bucket. More than 700,000 Americans have their credit hijacked every year. It's one of crime's biggest growth markets. A name, address and Social
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Security number--which can often be found on the Web--is all anybody needs to apply for a bogus line of credit. Credit companies make $1.3 trillion annually and lose less than 2% of that revenue to fraud, so there's little financial incentive for them to make the application process more secure. As it stands now, it's up to you to protect your identity. The good news is that there are plenty of steps you can take. Most credit thieves are opportunists, not well-organized gangs. A lot of them go Dumpster diving for th

ose millions of "pre-approved" credit-card mailings that go out every day. Others steal wallets and return them, taking only a Social Security number. Shredding your junk mail and leaving your Social Security card at home can save a lot of agony later. But the most effective way to keep your identity clean is to check your credit reports once or twice a year. There are three major credit-report outfits: Equifax (at https://www.doczj.com/doc/4e9752651.html,), Trans-Union (https://www.doczj.com/doc/4e9752651.html,) and Experian (https://www.doczj.com/doc/4e9752651.html,).
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All allow you to order reports online, which is a lot better than wading through voice-mail hell on their 800 lines. Of the three, I found TransUnion's website to be the cheapest and most comprehensive--laying out state-by-state prices, rights and tips for consumers in easy-to-read fashion. If you're lucky enough to live in Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey or Vermont, you are entitled to one free report a year by law. Otherwise it's going to cost $8 to $14 each time. Avoid services that offer to monitor your reports year-round for about $70; that's $10 more than the going rate among thieves. If you think you're a victim of identity theft, you can ask for fraud alerts to be put on file at each of the three credit-report companies. You can also download a theft-report form at https://www.doczj.com/doc/4e9752651.html,/idtheft, which, along with a local police report, should help when irate creditors come knocking. Just don't expect justice. That audacious help-desk worker was one of the fewer than 2% of
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identity thieves who are ever caught. 引用 By Chris Taylor Time; 12/9/2002, Vol. 160 Issue 24, p100, 3/4p, 1c 注(1)：本文选自 Time; 12/9/2002, p100, 3/4p, 1c； 注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象 2004 年真题 Text 1； 1.What is the trend of credit-theft crime? [A]Tightly suppressed. increasing. [B]More frightening. [C]Rapidly
[D]loosely controlled.
2.The expression ?inside job?(Line 6, Paragraph 1) most probably means . [A]a crime that is committed by a person working for the victim [B]a crime that should be punished severely [D]a crime
[C]a crime that does great harm to the victim that poses a great threat to the society
3.The creditors can protect their identity in the following way except .
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[A]destroying your junk mail Security card at home [C]visiting the credit-report website regularly [B]leaving your Social
[D]obtaining the free report from the government 4.Why is it easy to have credit-theft? [A]More people are using credit service. application program is not safe enough. [C]Creditors usually disclose their identity. [B]The
[D]Creditors are not careful about their identity. 5.What is the best title of the text? [A]The danger of credit-theft creditors [C]How to protect your good name their identity 答案：CADBC [D]

Why the creditors lose [B]The loss of the
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2. 2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（2） Opinion polls are now beginning to show that,whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on,high unemployment is probably here to say.This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not rather encourage many ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people’s work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now becoming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be
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reversed. This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom. Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people’s homes. Later, as transport improved first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until, eventually, many people’s work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they live. Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. In preindustrial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became
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customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes. It was not only women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excluded — a problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. 21.What is the main idea of the passage? A） Employment became widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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B） Unemployment will remain a major problem for industrialized nations. C） The industrial age may now be coming to an end. D） Some efforts and resources should be devoted to helping more people cope with the problem of unemployment. 22.Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to the spread of employment? A） The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries. development of factories. C） Relief from housework on the part of women. of modern means of transportation. 23.It can be inferred from the passage that. A） most people who have been polled believe that the problem of unemployment may not be solved within a short period of time D） Development B） The
B） many farmers lost their land when new railways and factories were being constructed
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C） in preindustrial societies housework and community service were mainly carried out by women D） some of the changes in work pattern that the industrial age brought have been reversed 24.What does the word ?daunting? in the third paragraph mean?
A） Shocking B） Interesting
C） Confusing D） Stimulating
25.Which of the following is NOT suggested as a possible means to cope with the current situation? A） Create situations in which people work for themselves. B） Treat employment as the norm. C） Endeavor to revive the household and the neighborhood as centers of production. D） Encourage people to work in circumstances other than normal working conditions. 答案：DCAAB
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3.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（3） No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance. Uniforms are demanding to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of a whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth. There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual himself? If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in a school, eliminates all envy and competition in the matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing is not to be belittled by a wealthy person who wears expensive quality clothing. Those
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persons conveniently ignore such critical concepts as freedom of choice, motivation, and individuality. If all persons were to wear the same clothing, why would anyone strive to be better? It is only a short step f

rom forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of foods. When this happens, all incentive to improve one’s life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard so that their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life that they had? Uniforms also hurt the economy. Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly. Thousands of persons are employed in designing, creating and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. Sales persons would be superfluous as well; why bother to sell the only items that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry, which in turn would have a ripple
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effect on such industries as advertising and promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. One entire information and entertainment industry would collapse. 26.The author’s primary purpose in writing this passage was to . A） plead for the abolishment of uniforms B） show that uniforms
are not possible in a democratic society C）advocate stronger governmental controls on the wearing of uniformsD ） convince the reader that uniforms have more disadvantages than advantages 27.Why does the author discuss forcing everyone to buy the same car or eat the same food? A) To show that freedom of choice is absolute. B) To show that the government has interfered too much in the lives of individual. C) To suggest what would happen if uniforms became compulsory.
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D) To predict the way the society will be in the next few generations. 28.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the author? A) The person who wears a uniform has no self-worth. B) Wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger concept. C) Uniforms will hurt one entire information and entertainment industry. D) Envy and competition are incentive to improve one’s life.
29.The word ?superfluous? (Para. 3) most probably means .
A) indispensable B) available
C) surplus D) supplementary
30.The next paragraph in this passage might discuss. A) the positive effects of wearing uniforms effects of wearing uniforms C) alternative to wearing uniforms
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B) more negative
D) the legal rights of
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those not wishing to wear uniforms 答案：DCBCB 4.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（4） A strange thing about humans is their capacity for blind rage. Rage is presumably an emotion resulting from survival instinct, but the surprising thing about it is that we do not deploy it against other animals. If we encounter a dangerous wild animal - a poisono

us snake or a wild cat - we do not fly into a temper. If we are unarmed, we show fear and attempt to back away; if we are suitably armed, we attack, but in a rational manner not in a rage. We reserve rage for our own species. It is hard to see any survival value in attacking one’s own, but if we take account of the long competition, which must have existed between our own subspecies and others like Neanderthal man indeed others still more remote from us than Neanderthal man - human rage becomes more comprehensible. In our everyday language and behavior there are many
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reminders of those early struggles. We are always using the words ?us and them?. ?Our? side is perpetually trying to do down the ?other? side. In games we artificially create other subspecies we can attack. The opposition of ?us? and ?them? is the touchstone of the two-party system of ?democratic? politics. Although there are no very serious consequences to many of these modern psychological
representations of the ?us and them? emotion, it is as well to remember that the original aim was not to beat the other subspecies in a game but to exterminate it. The readiness with which humans allow themselves to be regimented has permitted large armies to be formed, which, taken together with the ?us and them? blind rage, has led to destructive clashes within our subspecies itself. The First World War is an example in which Europe divided itself into two imaginary subspecies. And there is a similar extermination battle now in Northern Ireland. The idea that there is a
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religious basis for this clash is illusory, for not even the Pope has been able to control it. The clash is much more primitive than the Christian religion, much older in its emotional origin. The conflict in Ireland is unlikely to stop until a greater primitive fear is imposed from outside the community, or until the combatants become exhausted. 31.A suitable title for this passage would be. A) Why Human Armies Are Formed B) Man’s Anger Against Rage
C) The Human Capacity for Rage Man
D) Early Struggles of Angry
32.According to the author, the surprising aspect of human anger is. A) its lengthy and complex development is now going on in Northern Ireland C) that we do not fly into a temper more often reserve anger for mankind
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B) a conflict such as
D) that we
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33.The passage suggests that. A) historically, we have created an ?us? versus ?them? society B) humans have had a natural disinclination toward formal grouping C) the First World War is an example of how man has always avoided domination D) the emotional origin of the war in Ireland is lost in time
34.From the passage we can infer that . A) the artificial creation of a subspecies unlike us is something that never happens B) games are

psychologically unhealthy created subspecies would be our enemy D) the real or imagined existence of an opposing subspecies is inherent in man’s activities 35.The author believes that a religious explanation for the war
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C) any artificially
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in Northern Ireland is. A) founded in historical fact B) deceptive probably accurate 答案：CDADB 5.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（5） The first way we can approach language is as a phenomenon of the individual person. It is concerned with describing and explaining language as a matter of human behavior. People speak and write; they also evidently read and understand what they hear. They are not born doing so; they have to acquire these skills. Not everybody seems to develop them to the same degree. People may suffer accidents or diseases, which impair their performance. Language is thus seen as part of human psychology, a particular sort of behavior, the behavior, which has as its principal, function that of communication. The trouble with the term ?behavior? is that it is often taken to refer only to more or less overt, and describable,
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C) apparent
D)
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physical movements and acts. Yet part of language behavior-that of understanding spoken or written language, for example-has little or no physically observable signs. It is true we can sometimes infer that understanding has taken place by the changes that take place in the other person’s behavior. When someone has been prohibited from doing something, we may infer that he has understood the prohibition by observing that thereafter he never behaves in that way. We cannot, of course, be absolutely sure that his subsequent behavior is a result of his understanding; it might be due to a loss of interest or inclination. So behavior must be taken to include unobservable activity, often only to be inferred from other observable behavior. Once we admit that the study of language behavior involves describing and explaining the unobservable, the situation becomes much more complicated, because we have to postulate some set of processes, some internal mechanism, which operates
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when we speak and understand. We have to postulate something we can call a mind. The study of language from this point of view can then be seen as a study of the specific properties, processes and states of the mind whose outward manifestations are observable behavior; what we have to know in order to perform linguistically. This approach to language, as a
phenomenon of the individual, is thus principally concerned with explaining how we acquire language, and its relation to general human cognitive systems, and with the psychological mechanisms underlying the comprehension and production of speech; much less with the problem of what language is for, that

is, its function as communication, since this necessarily involves more than a single individual. 36.What is the best title for this passage? A) Language as Means of Communication. Psychology. C) Language and the Individual. D) Language as a Social B) Language and
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Phenomenon. 37.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A) Language is often regarded as part of human psychology.
B) People develop language skills of different degrees as a result of different personal experiences. C) Language is a special kind of psychological behavior that is born with an individual. D) People learn to speak and write through imitation and training. 38.What does the term ?behavior? in the second paragraph especially refer to in this passage? A) It refers to observable and physical movements and acts.
B) It refers to the part of language behavior that involves understanding or interpretation.
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C) It refers to both the overt and the unobservable language behaviors in communicating. D) It refers to acts of speaking and writing. 39.What does ?internal mechanism?(Line 3, Para. 3) mean?
A) Secret machine. B) Mental processes. Mechanic operation. 40.What can you infer from the passage?
C) Overt system. D)
A) Its individualistic approach to language is meant to study the psychological processes of language acquisition. B) The individualistic approach to language is mainly concerned with how language functions in society. C) The study of language is sure to involve more than a single individual. D) Psychological approach to language is concerned with the comprehension and production of speech. 答案：CCCBA
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6.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（6） The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise ， market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen， striving to make profits ， produce these goods and services in
competition with other businessmen； and the profit motive， operating under competitive pressures， largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus， in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers ， coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes ， that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it. An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and
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responded to by producers. In the American economy ， this mechanism is provid

ed by a price system， a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand， the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If， on the other hand， producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost， this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers， which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product. Thus， price is the regulating mechanism in the America economic system. The important factor in a private-enterprise economy is that individual are allowed to own productive resources （private property） and they are permitted to hire labor， ， gain control over natural resources， and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy， the
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concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights， including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual. 1.In Para. 1， the desire of individuals to maximize their ? incomes? means . A.Americans never feel satisfied with their incomes.
B.Americans tend to overstate the amount of their incomes. C.Americans want to have their incomes increased. D.Americans want to increase the purchasing power of their incomes. 2.The first two sentences in the second paragraph clarity the idea to us that . A.producers production. B.consumers can express their demands through producers. C.producers decide the prices of products. D.supply and demand regulate prices.
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3.The word ?embraces? in Para. 3 probably parallels . A.enfold B.hug https://www.doczj.com/doc/4e9752651.html,prehend D.support 4.According to the passage， a private-enterprise economy is characterized by . A.private property and rights concerned. B.manpower and natural resources control. C.ownership of productive resources D.free contracts and prices. 5.The passage is mainly talking about . A.how American goods are produced. B.how American consumers buy their goods. C.how American economic system works. D.how American
businessman make their profits 答案：DDCAC 7.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（7） There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described
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as the market system ， the administered system ， and the traditional system. In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market， transactions may take place

via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy， real goods such as automobiles， shoes， and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously， finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence， the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modern market economy， goods and services are bought or sold for money. An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue edicts or commands as to how much of each good and service should be produced， exchanged， and consumed by each economic
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unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan， drawn up by the government， shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production， consumption， and exchange for the whole economy. In a traditional society， production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition； every person‘s place within the economic system is fixed by parentage， religion， and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition， too. People belonging to a certain group or caste may have an obligation to care for other persons， provide them with food and shelter， care for their health， and provide for their education. Clearly， in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone， progress may be difficult to achieve. A stagnant society may result. 1.What is the main purpose of the passage？
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A.To outline contrasting types of economic systems. B.To explain the science of economics. C.To argue for the superiority of one economic system. D.To compare barter and money-exchange markets. 2.In the second paragraph， the word ?real? in ?real goods? could best be replaced by ， A.high quality B.concrete C.utter D.authentic. 3.According to the passage， a barter economy can generate . A.rapid speed of transactions. B.misunderstandings.
C.inflation D.difficulties for the traders. 4.According to the passage， who has the greatest degree of control in the administered system？ A.Individual households B.Small businesses. C.Major
corporations. D.The government. 5.Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a criterion for determining a person‘s position in a traditional society ？ A.Family background B.Age C.Religious beliefs.
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D.Custom 答案：ABDDB 8.2007 年 12 月英语六级阅读专项训练（8） Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing

new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements， as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other： the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain， the other by trying to break into a market which isn‘t big enough to sustain it. Technology transfer works in a growing market， where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.
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Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales ， substitution， not expansion. Given the complexity of today airliners， it is unlikely ‘s that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term ， such their sales must come from
involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant： most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture. In the short term， it can be of benefit to an established ， Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air – frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such a China ， Taiwan or Korea ， while retaining the design ，
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development and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not heed the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills （ like computing ） at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metallbashing. The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base， the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner. 1.The author‘s attitude towards Western/eastern
collaboration can be depicted as . A.positive D.negative 2.?The airliner market is not such a device ? means that the
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B.progressive
C.conservative
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airliner market . A.does not encourage technology transfer B.is too limited to offer chances of success C.requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devices D.is full of competitions even for new entrants 3.Established manufacturers search for partners in order to . A.save the cost of the airframe components C.save the cost of labour D.develop new technology B.improve some aircr

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4.According to the author ，a wise established manufacturer should . A.try to benefit from both financial and technical resources B.break up his partnership with the East once profits are made C.keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airliners D.collaborate with Asian partners for a short time
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5.The word ?base? in the last paragraph represents. A.a production place B.the initial operation of building aircraft C.a research institute D.a position where to start building 答案：CDADA 9.2008 年 6 月英语六级阅读理解专项训练(1) There is evidence that the usual variety of high blood pressure is,in part,a familiar disease.Since families have similar genes as well as similar environments,familiar diseases could be due to shared genetic influences,to shared environmental factors,or to both.For some years,the role of one environmental factor commonly shared by families,namely dietary salt(i.e.,sodium chloride),has been studied at
Brookhaven National Laboratory.These studies suggest that chromic excess salt ingestion can lead to high blood pressure in man and animals.Some individuals,however,and some rats consume large amounts of salt without developing high blood
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pressure.No matter how strictly all environmental factors were controlled in these experiments,some salt-fed animals never developed hypertension whereas a few rapidly developed very severe hypertension followed by early death.These marked variations were interpreted to result from differences in genetic constitution. By mating is successive generations only those animals that failed to develop hypertension from salt ingestion,a resistant strain(the "R" Strain)has been evolved in which consumption of large quantities of salt fails to influence the blood pressure significantly.In contrast,by mating only animals that quickly develop hypertension from salt,a sensitive strain("S"
strain)has also been developed. The availability of these tow strains permits
investgations not heretofore possible.They provide a plausible laboratory model on which to investigate some clinical aspects of the human prototypes of hypertension.More important,there
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might be the possibility of developing methods by which genetic susceptibility of human beings to high blood pressure can be defined without waiting for its appearance.Radioactive sodium 22 was an important "tool" in working out the characteristics of the sodium chloride metabolism. 1.The study of the effects of salt on high blood pressure was carried out . a.as members of the same family tend to use similar amounts of salt b.to explore the long-term use of a sodium based substance c.because it was proven that salt caused high blood pressure d.because of the availability of chemically pure salt and its

derivatives 2.The main difference between "S" and "R" rats is their . a.need for sodium 22 b.rate of matingc.reaction to saltd.type of blood 3.We can infer from the article that sodium 22 can de used to
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. a.control high blood pressureb.cure high blood pressure caused by salt c.tell the "S" rats from the "R" ratsd.determine what a sodium chloride metabolism is like 4.The most beneficial results of the research might be . a.development of diets free of saltb.an early cure for high blood pressure c.control of genetic agents that cause high blood pressured.the early identification of potential high blood pressure victims 5.Which of the statements best relates the main idea of this article? a.When salt is added rats and human beings react
similarly.b.The near future will see a cure for high blood pressure. c.The medical field is desperately in need of research.d.A tendency toward high blood pressure may be a hereditary factor.
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【答案】 ：acddd 10.2008 年 6 月英语六级阅读理解专项训练(2) The Colonel ask Ashenden a good many questions and then suggested that he had particular qualifications for the Secret Service. Ashenden knew several European languages and the fact that he was a writer provided excellent cover: on the pretext that he was writing a book he could, without attracting attention, visit any neutral country. It was while they were discussing this point that the Colonel said,"You know you might get material that would be very useful to you in your work. I'll tell you an incident that occurred only recently. Very dramatic. A foreign government minister went down to a Mediterranean resort to fecover from a cold and he had some very important documents with him that he kept in a despatchcase. "A day or two after he arrived, he picked up a blonde at some restaurant or other, and he got very friendly with her. He took
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her back to his hotel, and when he came to himself in the morning the lady and the despatch-case had disappeared. They had one or two drinks up in his room and his theory is that when his back was turned the woman slipped a drug in his glass." "Do you mean to say that happened the other day?"said Ashenden wearily. "The week before last." "Impossible,"cried Ashenden. "Why, we've been putting that incident on the stage for sixty years, we've written it in a thousand novels. Do you mean to say that life has only just caught up with us?" "Well, I can vouch for the truth of the story." said the Colonel, "And believe me, the government concerned has been put to no end of trouble by the loss of the documents." "Well sir, if you can't do better than that in the Secret Service," sighed Ashenden, "that I'm afraid that as a source of inspiration to the writer of fiction, it's washout."
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1.How did the Colonel suggest that Ashenden's being a writer would relate to his work as a spy? a.It would make travelling abroad more possible.b.It would make it easier for him to meet people. c.It would enable him to avoid arousing suspicion. d.It would enable him to use the languages he knew. 2.The reason for the Minister's trip was . a.to fetch some documentsb.to get over an illnessc.to meet a spyd.to deliver some papers 3.According to the Colonel the incident happened . a.a few days beforeb.a few weeks before c.two weeks
befored.sixty years before 4.Ashenden cried 'Impossible' after hearing the Colonel's story because he thought . a.it could not possibly happenb.it was too embarrassingc.it was too close to fiction d.it was too recent 5.The effect of the loss of documents on the foreign government
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was that . a.it put an end to one source of troubleb.it caused them a lot of inconvenience c.they merely denied it had happenedd.they refused to believe it 【答案】 ：cbccd 11.2008 年 6 月英语六级阅读理解专项训练(3) "Culture shock" occurs as result of total immersion in a new culture.It happens to "people who have been suddenly
transplanted abroad."Newcomers may be anxious because they do not speak the language,know the customs,or understand people's behavior in daily life.The visitor finds that "yes" may not always mean "yes",that friendliness does not necessarily mean friendship,or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes.The foreigner may be unsure as to when to shake hands,when to start conversations,or how to approach a stranger.The notion of "culture shock" helps explain feelings
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of bewilderment and https://www.doczj.com/doc/4e9752651.html,nguage problems do not account for all the frustrations that people feel.When one is deprived of everything that was once familiar,such as understanding a transportation system, knowing how to register for university classes,or knowing how to make
friends,difficulties in coping whth the new societymay arise. "……when an individual enters a strange culture,he or she is like fish out of water."Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to and feel alienated from the native members of the culture.When this happens visitors may want to reject everything about the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate the positive aspects of their own
culture.Conversely visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting its values and instead choosing to identify with(if only temporatily)the value of the new country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the new culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.
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1.The expression "he or she is like fish out of water"suggests . a.people away from their cultures can h

ardly survive in a new culture b.a fish can not survive without water c.people away from their culture experience mental isolation d.people away from their culture have difficulties in new environment 2.In order to identify with the new environment,some people may . a.give an exaggerated picture of their own countryb.criticize the positive aspects of their own county c.abandon their original beliefsd.accept a temporary set of values 3.Which of the following statements is true according to the author? a.Perplexity results in culture shock.b.A typical symptom of
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cultur shock is confusion. c.Culture shock is the explanation of anxiety.d.Culture shock happens to foreign students only. 4.Newcomer may worry about . a.their ignorance of the alien customsb.their knowledge of "Yes" in the native language c.their understanding of friendship d.their control of their behavior 5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel . a.uninsuredb.deprivedc.alienatedd.baffled 【答案】 ：cbbac 12.2008 年 12 月英语六级阅读理解练习(1) The orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge--probably the most beautiful,certainly the most photographed bridge in the world--are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco. The only crack in Northern California's 600-mile
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continental wall,for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable. As much an architectural as an engineering feat, the Golden Gate took only 52 months to design and build, and was opened in 1937. Designed by Joseph Strauss, it was the first really massive suspension bridge,with a span of 4,200ft, and until 1959 ranked as the world's longest. It connects the city at its northwesterly point on the peninsula to Marin County and Northern California, rendering the hitherto essential ferry crossing redundant, and was designed to withstand winds of up to a hundred miles an hour and to swing as much as 27 ft. Handsome on a clear day, the bridge takes on an eerie(神秘的) quality when the thick white fogs pour in and hide it almost completely. You can either drive or walk across. The drive is the more thrilling of the two options as you race under the bridge's towers, but the half-hour walk across it really gives you time to take in its enormous size and absorb the views of the city
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behind you and the headlands of Northern California straight ahead. Pause at the midway point and consider the seven or so suicides a month who choose this spot,260 ft up, as their jumping-off spot. Monitors of such events speculate that victims always face the city before they leap.In 1995, when the suicide toll from the bridge had reached almost 1,000,police kept the figures quiet to avoid a rush of would-be suicides going for the dubious

distinction of being the thousandth person to leap. Perhaps the best loved symbol of San Francisco, in 1987 the Golden Gate proved an auspicious place(风水宝地) for a sunrise party when crowds gathered to celebrate its fiftieth
anniversary. Some quarter of a million people turned up (a third of the city's entire population); the winds were strong and huge numbers caused the bridge to buckle(使弯曲), but fortunately not to break. 1. What is TURE of the Golden Gate Bridge?
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A. It is certainly the world's most beautiful bridge.B. It is far from San Francisco. C. It is a feat neither architecturally nor engineeringly before 1960. D.It was the world longest bridge.
2. What do you know further about the Golden Gate Bridge? A. It is over a strait where no bridge could have been built before the 1930s. B. It is the first massive bridge designed by Joseph Strauss. C. It appears while in the thick white fogs. connects Marin Country with Northern California. 3. Of the two exercises, the drive over the bridge is more . A. interesting B. fascinating C. inviting D. exciting D. It
4. Those who attempt to suicide often jump from the midway point of the bridge probably because. A. they want to die quietly B. they want to die quickly
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C. they want to take a glance at the bridge's towers they want to take a glance at San Francisco 5. What would be the best title for the text? A. The World's Most Beautiful Bridge Photographed Bridge C. The World's First Suspension Bridge Gate Bridge 答案：DADDD 13.2008 年 12 月英语六级阅读理解练习(2) A naked mole rat colony, like a beehive, wasp’s nest, or termite mound(防蚁丘), is ruled by its queen, or reproducing female. Other adult female mole rats neither ovulate(排卵) nor breed. The queen of the largest member of the colony, and she maintains her breeding status through a mixture of behavioral and, presumably, chemical control. Queens have been long-lived in captivity, and when they die or are removed from a colony one sees violent fighting for breeding status among the larger
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remaining females, leading to a takeover by a new queen. Eusocial(群居的) insect societies have rigid caste(等级 的) systems, each insect’s role being defined by its behavior, body shape, and physiology. In naked mole rat societies, on the other hand, differences in behavior are related primarily to reproductive status (reproduction being limited to the queen and a few males), body size, and perhaps age. Smaller non-breeding members, both male and female, seem to participate primarily in gathering food, transporting nest material, and tunneling, Larger non-breeders are active in defending the colony and perhaps in removing dirt from the tunnels. One w

ork has suggested that differences in growth rates may influence the length of time that an individual performs a task, regardless of its age. Cooperative breeding has evolved many times in
vertebrates( 脊 椎 动 物 ), but unlike naked mole rats, most cooperatively breeding vertebrates(except the wild dog, Lycaon
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pictus) are dominated by a pair of breeders rather than by a single breeding female. The division of labor within social groups is less pronounced among other vertebrates than among naked mole rats, colony size is much smaller, and mating by subordinate females may not be totally suppressed, whereas in naked mole rat colonies subordinate females are not sexually active, and many never breed. 1. Which of the following most accurately states the main idea of the passage? A. Naked mole rat colonies exhibit social organization based on a rigid caste system. B. Behavior in naked mole rat colonies may well be a close vertebrate analogue to behavior in eusocial insect societies. C. The mating habits of naked mole rats differ from those of any other vertebrate species. D. Naked mole rat colonies are the only known examples of cooperatively breeding vertebrate societies.
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2. According to the passage, the following explanatory variables accounts for naked mole rat behavior EXCEPT A. age B. size C. growth rate D. reproductive status 3. In which of the following ways does the performance of tasks in naked mole rat colonies differ from task performance in eusocial insect societies? A. In naked mole rat colonies, all tasks are performed cooperatively. B. In eusocial insect societies, reproduction is limited to a single female. C. In naked mole rat colonies, breeding is limited to the largest animals. D. In naked mole rat colonies, the performance of tasks is less rigidly determined by body shape. 4. Which of the following is a supposition rather than a fact concerning the queen in a naked mole rat colony? A. She exerts chemical control over the colony.
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the largest member of the colony. C. She mates with more than one male. breeding female. 5. What can you infer from the passage about breeding among Lyeaon pictus? A. An individual’s ability to breed is related primarily to its rate of growth. B. Breeding is the only task performed by the breeding female. C. Breeding in the social group is not cooperative. Breeding is not dominated by a single pair of dogs 【答案】 ：BCDAD 14.2008 年 12 月英语六级阅读理解练习(3) Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes(糖尿病) because of their
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weight. Fatty fast- food diets combined with sedentary(长坐 的) lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in, and may be 42-44, by 2032. This compares with only 32.6in. in 1972.Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22in. in 1920 to 24in. in the Fifties and 30in. now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under- 16s are classed as overweight or obese(过度肥胖的)— double the number in the mid Eighties. One in ten four-year- olds are also medically classified as obese.
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The obesity( 肥 胖 症 ) pandemic （ 流 行 病 ） — an extensive epidemic— which started in the US, has now spread to Europe, Australasia, Central America and the Middle East. Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight. Prof. Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by an oversupply of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments. He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease as well as diabetes. An averagely obese person ’ s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more. Prof. Prentice said: ? So will parents outlive their
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children, as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist? The answer is yes and no. Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.? So say? No? to that doughnut and burger. 1. Prof. Andrew Prentice said that the life of an extremely fat child A. might be shorter B. might be longer C. shorter than
his father, but longer than his mother D. might be longer than his father, but shorter than his mother 2. The word ?prey?(Line 3, Para.1) means A. victim B. vitamin C. food D. fool
3. Which of the following fails to refer to an obese child? A. An extremely weighty child. B. An extremely fat child.
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C. An extremely fatty child. D. An over weight child. 4. According to the passage, obesity is an extensive

epidemic starting in A. Asia America 5. Which of the following disease is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. pneumonia stroke 【答案】AAABA 15.2008 年 12 月英语六级阅读理解练习(1) Proxemics(空间关系学) is the study of what governs how closely one person stands to another. People who feel close will be close, though the actual distances will vary between cultures. For Amreicans we can discern four main categories of distance: intimate, personal, social and public. Intimate ranges from direct contact to about 45 centimeters. This is for
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the closest relationships such as those between husband and wife. Beyond this comes personal distance. This stands at between 45 and 80centimeters. It is the most usual distance maintained for conversations between friends and relatives. Social distance covers people who work together or are meeting at social gatherings. Distances here tend to be kept between 1.30 to 2 meters. Beyond this comes public distance, such as that between a lecturer and his audience. All cultures draw lines between what is an appropriate and what is an inappropriate social distance for different types of relationship. They differ, however, in where they draw these lines. Look at an international reception withrepresentatives from the US and Arabic countries conversing and you will see the Americans pirouetting(快速旋转) backwards around the hall pursued by their Arab partners. The Americans will be trying to keep the distance between themselves and their partners which they have grown used to regarding as ?normal?. They
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probably will not even notice themselves trying to adjust the distance between themselves and their partners, though they may have vague feeling that their Arab neighbors are being a bit ?pushy?. The Arab, on the other hand, coming from a culture where much closer distance is the norm, may be feeling that the Americans are being ?stand-offish?. Finding themselves happier standing close to and even touching those they are in conversation with they will persistently pursue the Americans round the room trying to close the distance between them. The appropriateness of physical contact varies between different cultures too. One study of the number of times people conversing in coffee shops over a one hour period showed the following interesting variations: London, 0; Florida, 2; Paris, 10; and Puerto Rico 180. Not only dose it vary between societies, however, it also varies between different subcultures within one society. Young people in Britain, for example, are more likely to touch and hug friends than are the older generation.
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This may be partly a matter of growing older, but it also reflects the fac

t that the older generation grew up at a time when touching was less common for all age groups. Forty years ago, for example, footballers would never hug and kiss one another on the field after a goal as they do today. 1.In
proxemics, governs the standing space between two persons. A. distance relationship 2.The word ?stand-offish?(Line 14, Para. 2) could best be replaced by. A. cold and distant in behaviour behaviour C. inhuman in behaviour D. polite in behaviour B. ungentlemanlike in B. culture C. conversation D.
3. In conversation with an American partner at an international reception, an Arab deems that close distant is . A. appropriate B. inappropriate
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impetuous 4. We can infer from the third paragragh that the appropriateness of physical contact also varies with. A. time B. city C. country D. people
5. The best title for the passage would be . A. Proxemics B. Appropriateness of Social Distance
C. Appropriateness Relationships Between Two Persons D. Appropriateness Physical Contact Between Two Persons 【答案】 ：DAAAA 16. 2008 年 12 月英语六级阅读理解练习(2) In the past century Irish painting has changes from a British-influenced lyrical tradition to an art that evokes the ruggedness and roots of an Irish Celtic past. At the turn of the twentieth century Irish painters, including notables Walter Frederick Osborne and Sir William Orpen, looked elsewhere for influence. Osborne’s exposure to ?plein air? painting deeply impacted his stylistic development; and Orpen
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allied himself with a group of English artists, while at the same time participated in the French avant-garde experiment, both as painter and teacher. However, nationalist energies were beginning to coalesce (接合)，reviving interest in Irish culture-including Irish visual arts. Beatrice Elvery’s (1907), a landmark achievement, merged the devotional simplicity of fifteenth-century Italian painting with the iconography (肖像画法) of Ireland’s Celtic past, linking the history of Irish Catholicism with the still-nasce t ( 初 生 的 ) Irish republic. And, although also captivated by the French plein air school, Sir John Lavery invoked the mythology of his native land for a 1928 commission to paint the central figure for the bank note of the new Irish Free State. Lavery chose as this figure, with her arm on a Celtic harp (竖琴)，the national symbol of independent Ireland. In Irish painting from about 1910, memories of Edwardian romanticism coexisted with a new sense of realism,exemplified
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by the paintings of Paul Henry and Se Keating, a student of Orpen’s. realism also crept into the work of Edwardians Lavery and Orpen, both of whom made paintings depicting World War Ⅰ,Lavery with a distanced Victorian nobil