大学英语@英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃

1 We can begin our discussion of ―population as global issue‖with what most persons mean when they discuss ―the populationproblem‖: too many people on earth and a too rapid increase in the number added each year. The facts are not in dispute It wasquite right to employ the analogy that likened demographic growth to ―a long thin powder fuse that burns steadily and haltinglyuntil it finally reaches the charge and explodes.‖To understand the current situation which is characterized by rapid increases in population it is necessary to understand thehistory of population trends. Rapid growth is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Looking back at the 8000 years ofdemographic history we find that populations have been virtually stable or growing very slightly for most of human history.For most of our ancestors life was hard often nasty and very short. There was high fertility in most places but this wasusually balanced by high mortality. For most of human history it was seldom the case that one in ten persons would live pastforty while infancy and childhood were especially risky periods. Often societies were in clear danger of extinction becausedeath rates could exceed their birthrates. Thus the population problem throughout most of history was how to preventextinction of the human race. This pattern is important to notice. Not only does it put the current problems of demographic growth into a historicalperspective but it suggests that the cause of rapid increase in population in recent years is not a sudden enthusiasm for morechildren but an improvement in the conditions that traditionally have caused high mortality. Demographic history can be divided into two major periods: a time of long slow growth which extended from about 8000BC.till approximately AD. 1650. In the first period of some 9600 years the population increased from some 8 million to 500million in 1650. Between 1650 and the present the population has increased from 500 million to more than 4 billion. And it is estimated that by theyear 2000 there will be 6.2 billion people throughout the world. One way to appreciate this dramatic difference in such abstractnumbers is to reduce the time frame to something that is more manageable. Between 8000BC and 1650 an average of only50000 persons was being added annually to the world‘s population each year. At present this number is added every six hours.The increase is about 80000000 persons annually.1.Which of the following demographic growth pattern is B.About 50000 babies are born every six hours at present.most suitable for the long thin powder fuse analogy C.Between 8000 BC and the present the population increaseA.A virtually stable or slightly decreasing period and then a is about 80000000 persons each year.sudden explosion of population. D.The population increased faster between 8000BC andB.A slow growth for a long time and then a period of rapid 1650 than between 1650 and the present.dramatic increase.C.Too many people on earth and a few rapid increase in the 4.The author of the passage intends to___.number added each year. A.warn people against the population explosion in the nearD.A long period when death rates exceeds birthrates and then future.a short period with higher fertility and lower mortality. pare the demographic growth pattern in the past with that after 1650.2.During the first period of demographic history societies C.find out the cause for rapid increase in population in recentwere often in danger of extinction because___. years.A.only one in ten persons could live past 40. D.present us a clear and complete picture of the demographicB.there was higher mortality than fertility in most places. growth.C.it was too dangerous to have babies due to the poorconditions. 5.Theword ―demographic‖in the first paragraph means___.D.our ancestors had little enthusiasm for more children. A.statistics of human. B.surroundings study.3.Whichstatement is true about population increase C.accumulation of human.A.There might be an increase of 2.2 billion persons from D.development of human.now to the year 2000.答案：ABADA 2 Most of us are taught to pay attention to what is said—the words. Words do provide us with some information but meaningsare derived from so many other sources that it would hinder our effectiveness as a partner to a relationship to rely too heavilyon words alone. Words are used to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate with any given message.Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words. We don‘t always s ay what wemean or mean what we say. Sometimes our words don‘t mean anything except ― I‘m letting off some steam. I don‘t really wantyou to pay close attention to what I‘m saying. Just pay attention to what I‘m feeling.‖Mostly we mean several things at once. Aperson wanting to purchase a house says to the current owner ―This step has to be fixed before I‘ll buy.‖The owner says ― It‘sbeen like that for years.‖Actually the step hasn‘t been like that for years but the unspoken message is: ― I don‘t want to f ix it.We put up with it. Why can‘t you‖The search for a more expansive view of meaning can be developed of examining amessage in terms of who said it when it occurred the related conditions or situation and how it was said. When a message occurs can also reveal associated meaning. Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount ofkissing and arguing. But one couple always kisses after an argument and the other couple always argues after a kiss. Theordering of the behaviors may mean a great deal more than the frequency of the behavior. A friend‘s unusually docile behaviormay only be understood by noting that it was preceded by situations that required an abnormal amount of assertiveness. Someresponses may be directly linked to a developing pattern of responses and defy logic. For example a person who says ―No‖toa serials of chargeslike ―You‘re dumb‖―You‘re lazy‖and ―You‘re dishonest‖may alsosay ―No‖and try to justify his or herresponse if the next statement is ―And you‘re good looking.‖We would do well to listen for how messages are presented. The words ―If sure has been nice to have you over‖can be saidwith emphasis and excitement or ritualistically. The phrase can be said once or repeated several times. And the meanings weassociate with the phrase will change accordingly. Sometimes if we say something infrequently it assumes more importancesometimes the more we say something the less importance it assumes. 1.Effective communication is rendered possible between C.the condition of the step is only a minor fault.two conversing partners if ___. D.the cost involved in the fixing should be shared.A.they use proper words to carry their ideas.B.they both speak truly of their own feelings. 4.Some responses and behaviors may appear very illogicalC.they try to understand each other‘s ideas beyond words. but are justifiable if___.D.they are capable of associating meaning with their words. A.linked to an abnormal amount of assertiveness. B.seen as one‘s habitual pattern of behavior.2.―I‘m letting off some stea m‖in paragraph 1 means___. C.taken as part of an ordering sequence.A.I‘m just calling your attention. D.expressed to a series of charges.B.I‘m just kidding.C.I‘m just saying the opposite. 5.The word ―ritualistically‖in the last paragraph equalsD.I‘m just giving off some sound. something done___.A.without true intention.3.The house-owner‘s example shows that he actuallyB.light-heartedly.means___.C.in a way of ceremony.A.the step has been like that for years.D.with less emphasis.B.he doesn‘t think it ne cessary to fix the step.答案：DBABC3 A controversy erupted in the scientific community in early 1998 over the use of DNA deoxyribonucleic acid fingerprintingin criminal investigations. DNA fingerprinting was introduced in 1987 as a method to identify individuals based on a patternseen in their DNA the molecule of which genes are made. DNA is present in every cell of the body except red blood cells.DNA fingerprinting has been used successfully in various ways such as to determine paternity where it is not clear who thefather of a particular child is. However it is in the area of criminal investigations that DNA fingerprinting has potentiallypowerful and controversial uses. DNA fingerprinting and other DNA analysis techniques have revolutionized criminal investigations by giving investigatorspowerful new tools in the attempt to trove guilt not just establish innocence. When used in criminal investigations a DNAfingerprint pattern from a suspect is compared with a DNA fingerprint pattern obtained from such material as hairs or bloodfound at the scene of a crime. A match between the two DNA samples can be used as evidence to convict a suspect. The controversy in 1998 stemmed form a report published in December 1991 by population geneticists Richard C.Lewontin of Harvard University in Cambridge Mass. and Daniel L. Hartl called into question the methods to calculate howlikely it is that a match between two DNA fingerprints might occur by chance alone. In particular they argued that the currentmethod cannot properly determine the likelihood that two DNA samples will match because they came from the sameindividual rather than simply from two different individuals who are members of the same ethnic group. Lewontin and Hartlcalled for better surveys of DNA patterns methods are adequate. In response to their criticisms population geneticists Ranajit Chakraborty of the University of Texas in Dallas and KennethK.Kidd of Yale University in New Haven Conn. argued that enough data are already available to show that the methodscurrently being used are adequate. In January 1998 however the federal Bureau of Investigation and laboratories that conductDNA tests announced that they would collect additional DNA samples form various ethnic groups in an attempt to resolvesome of these questions. And in April a National Academy of Sciences called for strict standards and system of accreditationfor DNA testing laboratories. 1.Before DNA fingerprinting is used suspects____.A.would have to leave their fingerprints for further 2.DNA fingerprinting can be unreliable when____.investigations A.the methods used for blood- cell calculation are notB.would have to submit evidence for their innocence accurateC.could easily escape conviction of guilt B.two different individuals of the same ethnic group mayD.cold be convicted of guilt as well have the same DNA fingerprinting patternC.a match is by chance left with fingerprints that happen to coming from two individual membersbelong to two different individuals B.enough data of DNA samples should be collected toD.two different individuals leave two DNA samples. confirm that only DNA samples form the same person can match3.To geneticists like Lewontin and Hartl the current C.enough data are yet to be collected from various ethnicmethod ____. groups to determine the likelihood of two different DNAA.is not so convincing as to exclude the likelihood that two samples coming form the same personDNA samples can never come from two individualsD.additional samples from various ethnic groups should beB.is arguable because two individuals of the same ethnic collected to determine that two DNA samples are unlikely togroup are likely to have the same DNA pattern. come from the same personC.Is not based on adequate scientific theory of geneticsD.Is theoretically contradictory to what they have been 5.National Academy of Sciences holds the stance that ____.studyingA.DNA testing should be systematizedB.Only authorized laboratories can conduct DNA testing4.The attitude of the Federal Bereau of Investigation showsC.The academy only is authorized to work out standards forthat ____. testingA.enough data are yet to be collected form various ethnicD.The academy has the right to accredit laboratories forgroups to confirm the unlikelihood of two DNA samples DNA testing答案：CBABB 4 Racket din clamor noise whatever you want to call it unwanted sound is America‘s most widespread nuisance. But noise ismore than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people‘s health. Day and night at home at work and atplay noise ca n produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one is immune to this stress. Though we seem to adjust tonoise by ignoring it the ear in fact never closes and the body still responds—sometimes with extreme tension as to a strangesound in the night. The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward symptom of the stress building up inside us.Indeed because irritability is so apparent legislators have made public annoyance the basis of many noise abatement programs.The more subtle and more serious health hazards associated with stress caused by noise traditionally have been given much lessattention. Nevertheless when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise we should consider these symptoms fair warning thatother thing may be happening to us some of which may be damaging to our health. Of many health hazards to noise hearing loss is the most clearly observable and measurable by health professionals. Theother hazards are harder to pin down. For many of us there may be a risk that exposure to the stress of noise increasessusceptibility to disease and infection. The more susceptible among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heartproblems and other diseases. Noise that causes annoyance and irritability in health persons may have serious consequences forthese already ill in mind or body. Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example there are indications of effects on the unborn child when mothers areexposed to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood youngsters exposed to high noise levels mayhave trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest. Why then is there not greater alarm about these dangers Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilitiesor diseases has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to dismiss .。

necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge thatviolence creates the evils it pretends to solve.英语六级100 篇阅读精读荟萃 1.What is the best title for thispassage?[A] Advocating Violence.Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing toDiminish Race Prejudice) In some countries where racial prejudice isacute,violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not evenquestioned.There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where theblackman protests by setting fire to cities and by lootingandpillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence –as if itwere alegitimate solution, like any other. What isreallyfrightening, what really fills you with despair,is therealization that when it comes to the crunch, wehavemade no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instinctsremainbasically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We havestillnot learnt that violence never solves a problembutmakes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed,thesuffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder toget ahearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put togooduse, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up theslumsand ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength issappedby having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would notbeimpossible to fulfill the ideals of a stablesocialprogramme. The benefits that can be derived from[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to DiminishRacePrejudice.[C] Important People on Both Sides See ViolenceAsa Legitimate Solution.[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are ThirstyforViolence.2.Recorded history has taught us[A] violence never solves anything.[B] nothing.[C] the bloodshed means nothing.[D] everything.3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men[A] can ’t get a hearing.[B] are looked down upon.[C] are persecuted.[D] Have difficulty in advocating lawenforcement.“He was none the wiser”means[A] he was not at all wise in listening.[B] He was not at all wiser than nothing before.[C] He gains nothing after listening.[D] He makes no sense of the argument. According the author the best way to solveraceprejudice is[A] law enforcement.[B] knowledge.[C] nonviolence.[D] Mopping up the violent mess.Vocabulary1.acute 严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物pillage v.抢劫，掠夺2.crunch v.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；n.碎裂声when it comes to the crunch = if/when thedecisivemoment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。

2018年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：可再生能源Renewable EnergyIn the past century,it has been seen that the consumption of non-renewable sources of energy has caused more environmental damage than any other human activity. Electricity generated from fossil fuels such as coal and crude oil has led to high concentrations of harmful gases in the atmosphere.This has in turn led to many problems being faced today such as ozone depletion and global warming. Vehicular pollution has also been a major problem.Therefore,alternative sources of energy have become very important and relevant to today’s world.These sources,such as the sun and wind,can never be exhausted and therefore arc called renewable.They cause less emission and are available locally.Their use can. to a large extent,reduce chemical,radioactive, and thermalpollution. They stand out as a viable source of clean and limitless energy.These are also known as non-conventional sources of energy.Most of the renewable sources of energy are fairfy non-polluting and considered clean though biomass,a renewable source,is a major polluter indoors.Solar EnergySolar energy is the most readily available source of energy.It does not belong to anybody and is,therefore,free.It is also the mostimportant of the non-conventional sources of energy because it is non-polluting and,therefore.helps in lessening the greenhouse effect.Solar energy has been used since prehistoric times.but in a most primitive manner.Before 1970,some research and development was carried out in a few countries to exploit solar energy more efficiently,but most of this work remained mainly academic.After the dramatic rise in oil prices in the 1970s,several countries began to formulate extensive research and development programmes to exploit solar energy.When we hang out our clothes to dry in the sun,we use the energy of the sun.In the same way, solar panels absorb the energy of the sun to provide heat for cooking and for heating water.Such systems are available in the market and are being used in homes and factories.Solar energy can also be ursed to meet our electricity requirements.Through Solar Photovoltaic(SPV)cells,solar radiation gets converted into DC electricity directly.This electricity can either be used as it is orcan be stored in the battery.This stored electrical energy then can be used ac night.Hydro PowerHydro power is one of the best,cheapest,and cleanest source of energy,although,with big dams,there are many environmental andsocial problems.Small dams are,however,free from these problems.This is in fact one ofthe earliest known renewable energy sources.in the country(since the beginning of the 20th century).In fact,for the last few hundred years,people living in the hills of the Himalayas have been using water mills.or chakki,to grind wheat.Besides being free from the problem of pollution.small hydropower plants arealso free from issues and controversies that are associated with the bigger ly affecting the lives of thousands of people living along the banks of the rivers.destruction of large areas under forest.and seismological threats.New environmental laws affected by the danger of global warming have made energy from small hydropower plants more relevant.These small hydropower piants can serve the energy needs of remote rural areas independently.The real challenge in a remote area lies in successful marketing of the energy and recovering the dues.Local industries should be encouraged to use this electricity for sustainable development.It is a technology with enormous potential.which could exploit the water resources to supply energy to remote rural areas with little access to conventional energy sources.It also eliminates most of the negative environmental effects associated with large hydro projects.Energy From the Sea-Ocean Thermal,Tidal and Wave EnergyOn an averaige,the 60 million square kilometre of the tropical seas absorb solar radiation equivalent to the heat content of 245 billion barrels of oil.Scientists feel that if this energy can be tapped a large source of energy will be available to the tropical countries and to other countries as well.The process of harnessing this energy is called OTEC(ocean thermal energy conversion).It uses the temperature differences between the surface of the ocean and the depths of about lOOOm to operate a heat engine.which produces electric power.Energy is also obtained from wavcs and tides.In some countries such as Japan small scale power generators run by energy from waves of the ocean,have been used as power sources for channcl marking buoys.BiomassBiomass is a renewable energy resource derived from the carbonaceous waste of various human and natural activities.It is derived from numerous sources,including the by-products from the timber industry.agricultural crops,raw material from the forest,major parts of household waste and wood.Biomass does not add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as it absorbs the same amount of carbon in growing as it releases when consumed as a fuel. Its advantage is that it can be used to generateelectricity with the same equipment of power plants that are now burning fossil fuels.Biomass is an important source of energy and the most important fuel worldwide after coal,oil and natural gas.Traditional use of biomass is more than its use in modern application.In the developed world biomass is again becoming important for applications such as combined heat and power generation.In addition,biomass energy is gaining significance as a source of clean heat for domestic heating and community heating applications.In fact in countries like A and Sweden the per capita biomass energy used is higher than it is in India.China or in Asia.Geothermal EnergyWe live between two great sources of energy,the hot rocks beneath the surface of the earth and the sun in the sky.Our ancestors knew che value of geothermal energy;they bathed and cooked in hot springs.Today we have recognized that this resource has potential for much broader application.The core of the earth is very hot and it is possible to make use of this geothermal energy(in Greek it means heat from the earth).These are areas where there are volcanoes.hot springs,and geysers,and methane under the water in the oceans and seas. n some countries,such as in the USA water is pumped from underground hotwater deposits and used to heat people’s houses.The utilization of geothermal energy for the production of electricity dates back to the early part of thetwentieth century.For 50 years the generation of electricity from geothermal energy was confined to Italy and interest in this technology was slow co spread elsewhere.In 1943 the use of geothermal hot water was pioneered in lceland.Co-generationCo-generation is the concept or producing two forms of energy from one fuel.One of the forms of energy must always be heat and the other may be electricity or mechanical energy.In a conventional power plant,fuel is burnt in a boiler to generate high-pressure steam.This steam is used to drive a turbine.which in turn drives an alternator through a steam turbine to produce electric power.The exhaust steam is generally condensed to water which goes back to the boiler.As the low-pressure steam has a large quantum of heat which is lost in the process of condensing,the efficiency of conventional power plants is only around 35%.In a cogeneration plant,very high efficiency levels,in the range of 75%-90%,can be reached.This is so,because the low-pressure exhaust steam coming out of th turbine is not condensed,but used for heating purposes in factories or houses.Since co-generation can meet both power and heat needs, it has otber advantages as well in the form of significant cost savings for the plant and reduction in emissions of pollutants due to reduced fuel consumption.1.High concentrations of harmful gases are resulted from______________.A) ozone depletionB) global warmingC) the consumption of fossil fuelsD) serious water and air pollution2.The sun and wind are called renewable energy because they are____________.A) naturalB) inexhaustibleC) newly-foundD) clean3.Biomass,though a renewable energy,mainly causes_______________.A) indoor pollutionB) outdoor pollutionC) industrial pollutionD) agricultural pollution4.In the l970s,some countries began to be concerned about solar energy because of___________.A) economic recessionB) sharp rise in oil pricesC) reduced oil productionD) increased research funds5.In the hills of the Himalayas,chakkiare used for_____________.A) purifying waterB) keeping animalsC) producing powerD) exchanging goods6.What is recommended to be used by the remote rural areas with little access to conventionalenergy sources?A) Small hydropower plants.B) Solar energy heaters.C) Wind power mills.D) Hot spring thermal energy.7.It is mentioned that,between the surface and the depth of the ocean,there are great differences in_____________.A) dissolved substanceB) natural resource varietyC) marine life speciesD) water temperature8.After coal oil and natural gases,the fourth most important fuel is_____________.9.ICeland was the first counfry that______________.10.In the conventional power plants,a large quantum of heat is lost in the process of condensing______________.答案：1.[C][定位]根据题干中的high concentrations of harmful gases查找到第1段第2句。

英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice)In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence – as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other’s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. ‘Talk, talk, talk,’ the advocates of violence say, ‘all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.’ It’s rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser. ‘Possible, my lord,’ the barrister replied, ‘none the wiser, but surely far better informed.’ Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.1.What is the best title for this passage?[A] Advocating Violence.[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish RacePrejudice.[C] Important People on Both Sides See Violence Asa Legitimate Solution.[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty forViolence.2.Recorded history has taught us[A] violence never solves anything.[B] nothing.[C] the bloodshed means nothing.[D] everything.3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men[A] can’t get a hearing.[B] are looked down upon.[C] are persecuted.[D] Have difficulty in advocating law enforcement.4.“He was none the wiser” means[A] he was not at all wise in listening.[B] He was not at all wiser than nothing before.[C] He gains nothing after listening.[D] He makes no sense of the argument.5.According the author the best way to solve raceprejudice is[A] law enforcement.[B] knowledge.[C] nonviolence.[D] Mopping up the violent mess.V ocabulary1.acute严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的2.loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物3.pillage v.抢劫，掠夺4.crunch v.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；n.碎裂声when it comes to the crunch = if/when the decisive moment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。

晨读英语美文100篇（六级）晨读英语美文100篇六级Passage 1. knowledge and VirtueKnowledge is one thing, virtue is another;good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility,nor is largeness and justness of view faith.Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound,gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman.It is well to be a gentleman,it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste,a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind,a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life—these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge;they are the objects of a University.I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them;but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness,and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate,to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them.Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not;they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy,not, I repeat, from their own fault,but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk,then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledgeand human reason to contend against those giants,Passage 2. “Packing” a PersonA person, like a commodity, needs packaging.But going too far is absolutely undesirable.A little exaggeration, however, does no harmwhen it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantage.To display personal charm in a casual and natural way,it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself.A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is no commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, radiant with beauty and full of life,has all the favor granted by God.Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating.Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of doze.Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the furrows ploughed by time.If you still enjoy life's exuberance enough to retain self-confidenceand pursue pioneering work, you are unique in your naturalqualities,and your charm and grace will remain.Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been,through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should.You have really lived your life which now arrives at a complacent stage of serenity indifferent to fame or wealth.There is no need to resort to hair-dyeing；the snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland.Let your looks change from young to old synchronizing with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty,while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness.To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe editionthat fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to part with.As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself,just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.Passage 3. Three Passions I Have Lived forThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life:the longing for love, the search for knowledge,and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither,in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish,reaching to the very verge of despair.I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my lifefor a few hours for this joy.I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness—that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousnesslooks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss.I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen,in a mystic miniature,the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life,this is what—at last—I have found.With equal passion I have sought knowledge.I have wished to understand the hearts of men.I have wished to know why the stars shine ...A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.。

2018年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：大学教育Now that we have doubled the number of young people arttending college, a diploma cannot even guarantee a job. The most charirable conclusion we can reach is that college probably has very little, if any, effect on people and things at all. Today, the false premises are easv to see:First,college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy or liberal. It’s the other way around. Intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal people are arttracted to higher education in the first place.Second,college can’t claim much credit for the learning experiences that really change students while theyare there. Jobs, history, and most of all. the sheer passage of time, have as big an impact as anything even indirectly related to the campus.Third, colleges have changed so radically that a freshman entering in the fall or 1974 can’t be sure to gain even the limited value research studies assigned to colleges in the 60s. The sheer size of undergraduate campuses of the 1970s makes college even less stimulating now than it was 10 years ago. Today even motivated students are disappointed with their college courses and professors.Finally,a college diploma no longer opens as many vocational doors.Employers are beginning to realize thatwhen they pay cxtra for someone with a diploma, they are paying only for an emptycredential. The fact is that most of the work for which employers now expect college training is now or has been capably done in the past by people without higher education.College, then, may be a good place for those few young people who are really drawn to academic work. who would rather read than eat, but it has become too expensive, in money, time, and intellectual effort to serve as a holding pen for large numbers of our young. We ought to make it possible for those reluctant, unhappy students to find alternative ways of growing up, and more realistic preparation for the years ahead.1.What does the author think of college nowadays’?2.Jobs or anything indirectly related to college can also_______________________.so college can’t deserve much credit for what students achieve.pared with the colleges in the 1970s, those in the l960s were___________________.4.Employers now begin to realize that a college diploma is no more than a(n)______________.5.For the young people who would prefer to read rather than eat,college may be_________________.答案：1.[It has very little effect on people and things./Ineffective.][定位]根据题干中college和nowadays定位到首段。

2018年大学英语六级阅读100篇：生活现象In department stores and closets all over the world. they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles, textures. and colors. But they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the fashion industry today. What are they? They are high heelsa woman’s worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). High heel shoes are the downfall of modem society. Fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high heel industryby refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychologicalsuffering.For the sake of fairness. it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels. First. heels are excellent for aerating (使通气) lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip around the yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist. and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies. who can easily be scared away By threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashionaccessories.Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one’s physical health. Talk to a ny podiatrist (足病医生), and you will hear that the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearing women. High heels are known to cause problems such as deformed feetand tom toenails. The ask of severe back problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a high heelwearer than for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heels also creates che threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate (阴沟栅) and being thrown to the ground-possibly breaking a nose. back, or neck. And of course, after wearing heels for a day. any woman knows she can look forward to a night of painas she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feel.1. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?A) The multi-functional use of high heels.B) Their attempt to show off their status.C) The rich variety of high heel styles.D) Their wish to improve their appearance.2. The author’s presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant__________.A) to be ironicB) to poke fun at womenC) to be fair to the fashion industryD) to make his point convincing3. The author uses the expression those babies (Line4. Para. 2) to ref high heels__________.A) to show their fragile characteristicsB) co indicate their feminine featuresC) to show womens affection for themD) to emphasize their small size4. The author’s chief argument against high heels is that_____________.A) they pose a threat to lawnsB) they are injurious to womens healthC) they dont necessarily make women beautifulD) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense5. It can be inferred from the passage that women should_____________.A) see through the very nature of fashion mythsB) boycott the products of the fashion industryC) go co a podiatrist regularly For adviceD) avoid following fashion too closely答案：1. 是什么让女人对高跟鞋的欺骗性的本质视而不见的?A) 高跟鞋有多种功能。

最新文件---------------- 仅供参考--------------------已改成-----------word文本 --------------------- 方便更改六级阅读理解100篇文本Can the Computer Learn from Experience 计算机会总结经验吗Computers have been taught to play not only checkers, but also championship chess, which is a fairly accurate yardstick for measuring the computer’s progress in the ability to learn from experience.Because the game requires logical reasoning, chess would seem to be perfectly suited to the computer .all a programmer has to do is give the computer a program evaluating the consequences of every possible response to every possible move, and the computer will win every time. In theory this is a sensible approach; in practice it is impossible. Today, a powerful computer can analyze 40 000 moves a second. That is an impressive speed. But there are an astronomical number of possible moves in chess—literally trillions. Even if such a program were written (and in theory it could be ,given enough people and enough time), there is no computer capable of holding that much data.Therefore, if the computer is to compete at championshiplevels, it must be programmed to function with less than complete data. It must be able to learn from experience, to modify its own programm, to deal with a relatively unstructured situation—in a word, to “think” for itself . In fact, this can be done. Chess-playing computers have yet to defeat world champion chess players, but several have beaten human players of only slightly lower ranks. The computers have had programs to carry them through the early, mechanical stages of their chess games. But they have gone on from there to reason and learn, and sometimes to win the game.There are other proofs that computers can be programmed to learn, but this example is sufficient to demonstrate the point. Granted , winning a game of chess is not an earthshaking event even when a computer does it . But there are many serious human problems which ban be fruitfully approached as games. The Defense Department uses computers to play war games and work out strategies for dealing with international tensions. Other problems—international and interpersonal relations , ecology and economics , and the ever-increasing threat of world famine—can perhaps be solved by the joint efforts of human beings and truly intelligent computers .Notescheck:a game played on a checkerboard by two players ,each using 12 piecesecology:the relationship between organisms and their environment 生态关系，生态学Reading comprehensionThe purpose of creating chess-playing computers is __________A to win the world chess championB to pave the way for further intelligent computersC to work out strategies for international warsD to find an accurate yardstick for measuring computer progress2 Today , a chess-playing computer can be programmed to ________A give trillions of reponses in a second to each possible move and win the gameB function with complete data and beat the best playersC learn from chess-playing in the early stage and go on to win the gameD evaluate every possible move but may fail to give the right response each time3 For a computer to “think” , it is necessary to ________A mange to process as much data as possible in a secondB program it so that it can learn from its experiencesC prepare it for chess-playing firstD enable it to deal with unstructured situations4 The author’s attitude towards the Defense Department is____A criticalB unconcernedC positiveD negative5 In the author’s opinion,______A winning a chess game is an unimportant eventB serious human problems shouldn’t be regarded as playing a gameC ecological problems are more urgent to be solvedD there is hope for more intelligent computers1 b2 c3 b4 c5 dYou Call This a Good Economy这能称之为上佳经验You have to have lived in the 1950s and 1960s to have experienced a good economy. In the period between 1950 and 1970 it was the rule—rather than the exception—that an ordinary family, without higher education, could sustain itself decently on the income of a single breadwinner（养家糊口的人）. In 1955, when I was 19 and living in Brooklyn, N. Y., my father, who had a sixth-grade education, maintained our family of five on a wage of $82 a week as a bookbinder. My mother taught us fairness and compassion; my father, discipline and enterprise.The U. S. economy in those years was good. Then where did this good economy go? It was inflated away. The price of gold, which I take as proxy for the prices of all goods, was $35 an ounce in those years. It is at roughly ten times that price today.There is another answer, though: inflation caused the entire work force to be moved into higher tax groups, thus reducing after-tax purchasing power. That is, my father’s bindery job in1954 paid $82 a week, with $80 after deductions; today, at $ 820 per week the net would be $662.To ordinary people, the economy doesn’t look very good at all. After-tax incomes continue to decrease in purchasing power. The jobs offered in the employment ads pay only a little more than the minimum wage, maybe $5 an hour, which, after payroll deductions, yields $4 an hour. Compare that with minimum-wage jobs of the early 1950s, when 75 cents was worth today’s $7.50 before and after taxes.Notes1 Brooklyn: a district of New York city2 inflate:通货膨胀3 proxy: the authority to act for another4 payroll: a list of employees and the wages due to eachReading ComprehensionIn the author’s opinion, a good economy, to ordinary people can be expressed in terms of ______the amount of wageafter-tax income the actual purchasing power the minimum wage per hour In the period between 1950 and 1970,_______there was not much difference in the living standards between people of higher and lower educationan ordinary family of five without exception could live on one person incomethe income of an ordinary family was more than enough for buying foodfor an average family the income was sufficient to support all the membersToday a bookbinder’s wage is ten times that of the 1950’s but its income tax rate has increased ______a.50 timesb.60timesc. 70 timesd. 80 times4 The worsening of a bookbinder’s livelihood results from _____a. his low education and the amount of wageb. the high-taxation and the income deductionsc. the high taxation and cost of livingd. thelow wage and higher prices5 The passage implies that while the cost of living is getting higher______a. the value of labor actually is shrinkingb. the minimum wage level is increasing likewisec. the income tax rate is rising alongd. the employment ads naturally offer a higher minimum wage6 The author’s tone in writing the article is_____a. ironicalb. subjectivec. high-soundingd. convincing7 the article aims to _________.a. help control the rapidly increasing pricesb. give some advice to the policy-makersc.impress the younger generation with some basic factsd.call upon the societys attention against inflation1 c2 b3 d4 c5 a6 d7 cAre Experts Always Right专家总是对的吗The world has become so complicated that we’ve lost confidence in our ability to understand and deal with it. But common sense is useful now as it ever was. No amount of expertise substitutes for an intimate knowledge of a person or a situation. At times you just have to trust your own judgement.It almost cost me my life to learn that. I was reading a book one day, idly scratching the back of my head, when I noticed that, in one particular spot, the scratching echoed inside my head like fingernails on an empty cardboard carton, I rushed off to my doctor.“Got a hole in your head, have you?”he teased. “It’s nothing—just one of those little scalp nerves sounding off.”Two years and four doctors later, I was still being told it was nothing. To the fifth doctor. I said, almost in desperation,”But I live in tis body. I know something’s different.”“If you won’t take my word for it,I’ll take an X-ray and prove it to you,”he said.Well, there it was, of course, the tumor that had made a hole as big as an eye socket in the back of my skull. After the operation, a young resident paused by my bed. ”It’s a good thing you’re so smart,”he said.”Most patient die of these tumors because we don’t know they’re there until it is too late.”I’m really not so smart. And I’m too docile in the face of authority. I should have been more aggressive with those first four doctors. It’s hard to question opinions delivered with absolute certainty.Experts always sound so sure. Nevile Chamberlain, the British prime minister, was positive, just before the start of World War II, that there would be “peace for our time.” Producer Irving Thalberg did not hesitate to advise Louis B. Mayer against buying the rights to Gone With the Wind because “no Civil War picture ever made a nickel.” Even Abraham Lincoln surely believed it when he said in his Gettysburg Address:”The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here…”We should not, therefore, be intimidated by experts. When it’s an area we really know about—our bodies, our families, our houses—let’s listen to what the experts say, then make up our own minds.Notescardboard carton:a box or container made of a stiff pasteboard of paperscalp: the skin covering the headtumor:肿瘤eye socket: the opening or cavity in which the eye fitsdocile: easily managed or taughtreading comprehension“It”in “…deal with it”(para.1) refers to ______a. confidenceb. the worldc. abilityd. complication2. “Expertise”in para.1 means______a. common senseb. expert skill or knowledgec. unusual ability to appreciated. personal experience3. We have to trust our own judgement since ____a. not all of us have acquired reliable expertiseb. experts often lose their common sensec. experts may sometimes fail to give good adviced. intimate knowledge of a person is not to be substituted for by expertise4 “That”in “it almost cost me my life to learn that”(para. 2) refers to______a. I can learn to trust my judgementb. I can acquire an intimate knowledge of myselfc. common sense is not as useful as knowedged. expertise may not be reliable5 While reading one day, the author______a. found a hole at the back of his headb. heard a scratching sound from a cartonc. noticed some echo from his head where he was scratchingd. noticed a sound coming out from his head6 “tease”in paragraph 3 means______a. to make fun ofb. to comfortc. to replyd. to disbelieve7 “if you won’t take my word for it”in para.5 may be paraphrased_____a. if you don’t think my word is worth anythingb. if you don’t listen to my advicec. if you don’t believe my judgementd. if you prefer actions to words8 “Skull”in para.6 most probably means____a. the bony framework of the headb. the surface skin of the headc. the nerve system inside the headd. the top part of the head9 The author didn’t think he was smart(para.7)because____a. he had already suffered for two yearsb. he had not been able to put up with the painc. he had believed too much in expertised. he had formed too strong an opinion of himself10 It happens that the examples given by the author_____a. all concern with warsb. are taken from modern American historyc. have become popular themes in moviesd. have American Civil War as the background11 In the last paragraph, the work ”intimidate”may mean_____a. deceiveb. frightenc. make timidd. encourage1 b2 b3 c4 d5 c6 a7 c8 a9 c 10 a 11 cJust Call Me Mister1 On cold days people in Manhattan like to take their children to PlaySpace, an indoor playground full of wonderful climbing and sliding contraptions. There’s just one irritating detail: when you pay your money, the cashier pullsout a felt-trip marker and an adhesive lapel tag and asks you your name.“Frum,”I say.“No, your first name.”“What do you need my first name for?”“To write on the tag, so all the children and the staff will know what to call you.”“In that case, write ‘Mr. Frum.’”2 At which I am shot a look as if I had asked to be called to Duke of Plaza Toro.3 In encouraging five-year-olds to address grownups by their first names, PlaySpace is only slightly ahead of the times. As a journalist, I faithfully report that the custom of addressing strangers formally is as dead as the practice of leaving a visiting card.4 There’s hardly a secretary left who does not reply, when I give a message fro her boss, “I’ll tell him you called, David.”Or a public relations agent, whether in Bangor or Bangkok, who does not begin his telephonic spiel with a cheerful “Hello, David!”5 You don’t have to be a journalist to collect amazing first-name stories. Place a collect call, and the operator first-names you. The teenager behind the counter at a fast-food restaurant asks a 70-year-old customer for his first name before taking his order.6 Habitual first-names claim they are motivated by nothing worse than uncontrollably high-spirited friendliness. I don’t believe it. I f I asked the fast-food order-takers to lend me $50, their friendliness would vanish in a whoosh. The PR man drops all his cheerfulness the moment he hears I won’t go along with his story idea. No, it’s not friendliness that drives first-namers; it’s aggression. The PR agents who call me David uninvited would never, if they could somehow get him on the phone, address press baron Rupert Murdoch that way. The woman at the bank who called me David would never first-name the bank’s chairman. Like the mock-cheery staff at PlaySpace, they are engaged in a smiley-faced act of belittlement, an assertion of power disguised as good cheer.Notes1 contraptions:(informal)mechanical devices;gadgets2 felt-tip marker:软笔尖的颜色笔3 adhesive lapel tag:不干胶标牌4 Duke of Plaza Toro: Duke is a nobleman with the highest hereditary rank, especially in Britain. Plaza Tora is Spanish, something like “Bull Fighting Ring”in English5 Bangor:City of South central Maine6 Bangkok:Captical of Thailand,曼谷7 spiel(slang) a lengthy, usually extravagant, speech or argument intended to be persuasive8 collect call:a telephone call with payment to be made by the receiver9 press baron:Baron is the lowest male rank of nobility, but here it stands for a man with great power in press10 mock: simulated11 cheery:cheerfulReading comprehension The author apparently regrets____ having to take his children to PlaySpace being first-named being approached so frequently by PR agents having to put on an adhesive lapel tag “PR”in paragraph6 stands for____ a. personal request b. personal respectc. public relationsd. public review3 When the author, as a journalist, speaks on the phone___a. he is usually very formal and faithfulb. he does not know whether a grownup or a child is speaking at the other endc. he finds people address each other formallyd. he finds the secretary is often willing to pass a message4 He often finds secretaries _____a. irresponsible in answering phone callsb. trustworthy in passing messagesc. not only friendly but also carefuld. calling him David5 The author thinks that addressing a stranger by his first name is being____a. cheerfulb. friendlyc. disrespectfuld. light-hearted6 “As dead as”in paragraph 3 may be paraphrased as_____a. as firmly fixed asb. as useless asc. as out of fashion asd.as unmistakenly as7 Habitual first-namers’claim amounts to saying____a. there’s nothing that can be worse than high-spirited friendlinessb. their attitude should be acceptablec. they are sometimes too high-spirited to control chemselvesd. one should control oneself while speaking to a stranger8 The so-called high-spirited friendliness(para. 6) is actually____a. cheerfulness in appearance but mockery in realityb. out and out insultc. a well-accepted skill in public relationsd. an act of outward warmth9 “In a whoosh”in paragraph 6 means______a. by all meansb. in the endc. in a secondd. in reality10 “I won’t go along with…”in paragraph 6 may be paraphrased asa. I won’t believe……b. I won’t go on listening…..c. I won’t agree with…. D. I won’t stick to…..1 b2 c3 c4 d5 c6 a7 b8 a9 c 10 bThe Dvelopment of Civilization1 The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire, although no body knows exactly when heacquired the use of the latter2 The origin of language is also obscure. No doubt it began very gradually Animals have a few cries that serve as signals, but even the highest apes have not been found able to pronounce words, even with the most intensive professional instruction. The superior brain of man is apparently a necessity for the mastering of speech. When man became suffiviently intelligent, we must suppose that he fradually increased the number of cries for different purposes. It was a great day when he discovered hat speech could be used for narrative. There are those who think in this respect picture language preceded oral language. A man could draw a picture on the wall of his cave to show in which direction he had gone, or what prey he hoped to catch. Probably picture language and oral language developed side by side. I am inclined to think that language has been the most important single factor in the development of man.3 Two important stages came not so long before the dawn of written history. The first was the domestication of animals; the second was agriculture. Agriculture was a step in human progress to which subsequently there was nothing comparable until our own machine age. Agriculture made possible an immense increase in the number of the human species in the regions where it could be successfully practiced. These were, at first, only those in which nature fertilized the soil after each harvest. Agriculture met with violent resistance from the pastoral nomads, but the agricultural way of life prevailed in the end because of the physical comforts it provided.4 Another fundamental technical advance was writing, which, like spoken language, developed out of pictures, but as soonas it had reached a certain stage, it was possible to keep records and transmit information to people who were not present when the information was given.5 These inventions and discoveries—fire, speech, weapons, domestic animals, agriculture, and writing—made the existence of civilized communities possible. From about 3000 B. C. until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution less than two hundred years ago there was no technical advance comparable to these. During this long period man had time to become accustomed to his technique, and to deveop the beliefs and political organizations appropriate to it There was, of course, an immense extension in the area of civilized life. At first it had been confined to the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris and the Indus, but at the end of the period in question it covered much the greater part of the inhabitable globe. I do not mean to suggest that there was no technical progress during this long time; there was progress—there were even two inventions of very great importance, namely gunpowder and the mariner’s compass—but neither of these can be compared in their power to such things as speech and writing and agriculture.Notes1 ape: any monkey2 narrative: a story or description of actual or fictional events; to narrate is to give an account or commentary3 prey: an animal hunted or caught for food4 pastoral: of or pertaining to shepherds, herdsmen, etc.5 nomad: one of a group of people who have no permanent home and move about from place to place6 the Nile: the longest river in the world flowing through East Africa,尼罗河7 the Tigris: river of Southwest Asia, joining the Euphrates in South Iraq8 the Euphrates: river of Southwest Asia,幼发拉底河9 the Indus: river of South Central Asia, rising from Southwest Tibet, flowing through Pakistan to the Arabian SeaReading Comprehensionwhich one of the following, according to the author, was first discovered or invented in human civilization?a. written languageb. oral languagec. fired. domestication2 The author does not state clearly but implies that in the development of man___a. human speech developed along with other human facultiesb. picture language and writtenlanguage developed side by sidec. oral language preceded the use of fired. the ape might be taught to master speech3 According to the passage picture language was found mostuseful when_____a. people didn’t want to use speech in communicationb. oral language was not fully developedc. people went hunting or traveling somewhered. people were inhabiting in caves4 It is the author’s view that in human civilization agriculture______.a. is the most important step man has ever madeb. is only less important than the domestication of animalsc. had long been practiced as stated in written historyd. can be ranked in importancewith the invention of machines5 In the 3rd paragraph,”… in the regions where it could be practiced…”, here, “it”refers to ________a. increaseb. numberc. agricultured. species6 The pastoral nomads would not have yielded to the agricultural way of life____a. if it had not been for the benefits brought about by agricultureb. unless agriculture could provide them with sufficient domesticated animalsc. if agriculture had taken up too large a number of their pasturesd. if they had not found setbacks in their pastoral way of life7 Written language in its initial stage was found more advantageous in that __a. it could communicate more accurately than the oral languageb. it had developed from picture languagec. information could be recorded and transmittedd. it was easier to learn than picture language8 The following conditions except one made it possible for civilized communities to exist. The exception is _________a. writingb. agriculturec. fired. caves9 The word ”it”in “…to develop the beliefs and political organizations appropriate to it.”(paragraph 5) stands for______a. techniqueb. timec. long periodd. Industrial Revolution10 The author means to say that human civilized life originated from____a. South Europeb. North Africac. East Asiad. river areas1 c2 a3 b4 d5 c6 a7 c8 d9 a 10 d最新文件---------------- 仅供参考--------------------已改成-----------word文本 --------------------- 方便更改。

2018年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：神童Violin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers if the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe.I asked Isaac Stern, one of the worlds greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. It is very clear, he told me. They were all Jews(犹太人) and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage. As a result, every Jewish parents dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours. says Isaac Stem, children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World WarⅡ, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.Thats a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work,biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1.Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music schoolbecause ______ .A. it would allow them access to a better life in the WestB. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talentC. they wanted their children to enter into the professional fieldD. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country2.Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that ______ .A. enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellenceB. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full developmentC. encourage people to compete with each otherD. promise talented children high positions3.Japan is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to ______ .A. all-round development.B. the learning of Western musicC. strict training of childrenD. variety in academic studies4.Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies accordingto the passage?A. A natural gift.B. Extensive knowledge of music.C. Very early training.D. A prejudice-free society.5.Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Jewish Contribution to Music.B. Training of Musicians in the WorldC. Music and SocietyD. The Making of Prodigies1.[A] 原文首段最后一句提到，所有犹太人父母的梦想就是让孩子上音乐学校，由because引导的从句解释了原因，即因为这是通往西方世界的通行证。