[2018年12月英语六级阅读练习题-校园记趣]英语六级报名时间2018下半年.docx

2018年12月英语六级阅读练习题:校园记趣英语六级报名时间2018下半年四六级考试网权威发布2018年12月英语六级阅读练习题:校内记趣，更多2018年12月英语六级阅读练习题:校内记趣相关信息请访问高校英语四六级考试网。英语阅读在四六级考试的重要性不言而喻，为了帮同学们更好的提高阅读水平，帮助大家备考，大范文网四六级频道为大家整理了2018年12月英语六级阅读练习题:校内记趣一文，希望对大家备考有所帮助，并预祝同学们高分通过考试。8. campus lifean apple for the teacheramerican schoolchildren occasionally present an apple to the teacher. obviously the custom contains an element of bribery1 you offer sweet fruit to authority figures to “ sweeten”2 their disposition3 . in schoolchildrens case, the apple is offered to make their grades more favorable. therefore, the apple has more or less acquired a corrosive4 reputation and maybe for this reason, in slang english“ to applepolish ”means“ to flatter or fawn”and an applepolisher is a flatterer.but the custom might also be explained as a fair payment for the teachers instruction. in the early days of public education, school teachers were not always salaried. often they would be paid in goods and services, offered by either the school, or the pupils or the parents. . . therefore, the occasional gift of an apple for the teacher in todays classroom should be a welcome reminder of the era when education was one -to-one and when teaching meant enlightening the students rather than identifying their rankings.caps and gownsfor students, the most exciting moment may be the graduation ceremony5: parents, relatives and friends are invited to the ceremony; all the graduates are wearing black square flat caps and gowns. they all await the president to announce in the end,“now, please move your tassels from right to left. ”the caps and gowns worn by high school and college graduates today are survivors of the everyday dress worn by members of the academic community in medieval europe. the majority of scholars in the middle ages6 were churchmen, or soon to become so, and their dress was often strictly regulated by the universities where they taught and studied. the standard clerical dress throughout europe was the long black cope. the original preference for black was changed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as such colors as red, violet and purple came into fashion; but by the renaissance black was back, as the color black symbolized simple and plain, or austere way of life in the sixteenth century. with few exceptions, modern universities keep that ceremonial austerity.the origin of the square flat cap, or mortarboard7 , is obscure, though it probably derives from the medieval biretta . such a tufted square cap is considered the badge of the 024 mastership , and is later adopted by undergraduates and schoolboys. the term mortarboard does not appear in english until the 1850 s. the tassel that graduates transfer from one side to another as a signal of their elevation is an outgrowth of the medieval tuft. the tuft still appears on the modern biretta, worn by bishops throughout the church of rome .阅读自测. true o r false :1. nowadays, american pupils always offer an apple to the teacher in order to get a better grade.2. in the early days of public education, schoolteachers were paid in money.3. in america, the caps and gowns are only adopted by college graduates during graduation ceremonies.4. before the renaissance, the standard clerical dress was black.5. the biretta was considered the mark of scholarship.6. that the graduates move the tassel from one side to the other is a signal of elevation. questions :1. according to the passage, when you say somebody is an apple polisher, what do you really mean by saying that?2. for students, when is the most exciting moment?3. after graduation, which side should you put your tassel, right or left?参考答案 :. 1. t 2. f 3 . f 4 . f 5. t 6. t .1. it really means that he is flattering or fawning some figures.2. for students, the most exciting moment is the graduation ceremony, especially the moment when the president makes the announcement.3. after graduation, the tassel should be put to the left side .参考译文校内记趣献给老师的苹果美国的学童常常会送苹果给老师。很明显, 这个习惯做法有点行贿的意味 给当权 者一些甜头来软化他们的看法。对学童来说, 他们送老师苹果只是为了得到更令人满足的 成果。为此, 苹果的荣誉多少受到些损害, 而且可能就是这个原因, 英语俚语“ to applepol025 ish ”的意思就是“ 阿谀奉承, 溜须拍马”, 而“ applepo lisher”则指“ 马屁精”。 这一习惯做法同样可以看作是对老师授课的一种合理报答。公立教化早期, 学校老师 并不总是拿薪水的。通常状况下, 他们得到的酬劳是学校、学生或学生家长供应的实物或 服务⋯ ⋯ 因此, 在今日的教室里时常出现的送老师苹果的现象应当算是对那个年头的一种 美妙回忆。那时的教化是一对一式的, 而且那时的教学是为了使学生受到教化, 而不是为 了区分他们的社会地位。学士帽与学士服对学生而言, 最激烈人心的时刻莫过于毕业典礼。父母及亲朋好友都被邀请来参与典 礼。全部的毕业生都头戴黑色的方平帽, 身穿黑长袍。他们等待着校长在最终一刻宣布: “ 现在, 请将你的流苏从右边移到左边。” 今日的中学生和高校生戴的学士帽, 穿的学士服是由中世纪欧洲学院里学者们的日常 着装演化而来的。中世纪时, 大多数的学者要么是牧师, 要么将要成为牧师; 他们的着装经 常受到他们任教或学习的高校的严格限制。在整个欧洲, 标准的牧师服都是黑色的长袍。 13 和14 世纪的时候, 人们最初偏爱黑色的状况得到了变更, 诸如红色、紫罗兰色和紫色这 样的颜色起先流行起来。但是到了文艺复兴时期, 黑色又流行回来, 因为黑色代表了简约 朴实和16 世纪严谨的苦修方式。现代高校都少有例外地保留了那种肃穆简朴的仪式。 方平帽或者学士帽的起源不甚了了, 不过这很可能是从中世纪的法冠演化而来。这种 植绒的方帽被看作是学位的象征, 后来被高校本科生和中学生采纳。学士帽这个术语直到 19 世纪50 年头才传到英国。毕业生们将其从一边移到另一边, 作为一种晋级标记的流苏 其实是中世纪时的帽穗的派生。现代罗马教会的大主教们戴的法冠上仍保留着这种穗子。2018年12月高校英语六级阅读精练50篇汇总本文关键字： 英语六级阅读 六级阅读练习