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1、-大学英语六级阅读理解及答案-第 21 页Reading Comprehension for CET 6Passage 1In the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia,one scene shows an American newspaper reporter eagerly snapping photos of men looting a sabotaged train.One of the looters,Chief Auda abu Tayi of the Howeitat clan,suddenly notices the camera and snatch
2、es it.Am I in this?he asks,before smashing it open.To the dismayed reporter,Lawrence explains,He thinks these things will steal his virtue.He thinks youre a kind of thief.As soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into distant lands,stories began circulating about how indigenous people
3、s saw them as tools for black magic.The ignorant natives may have had a point.When photography first became available,scientists welcomed it as a more objective way of recording faraway societies than early travelers exaggerated accounts.But in some ways,anthropological photographs reveal more about
4、 the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back.Up into the 1950s and 1960s,many ethnographers sought pure pictures of primitive cultures,routinely deleting modern accoutrements such as clocks and Western dress.They paid men and women to re-enact rituals or to pose as members of war
5、 or hunting parties,often with little regard for veracity.Edward Curtis,the legendary photographer of North American Indians,for example,got one Makah man to pose as a whaler with a spear in 1915-even though the Makah had not hunted whales in a generation.These photographs reinforced widely accepted
6、 stereotypes that indigenous cultures were isolated,primitive,and unchanging.For instance,National Geographic magazines photographs have taught millions of Americans about other cultures.As Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins point out in their 1993 book Reading National Geographic,the magazine since it
7、s founding in 1888 has kept a tradition of presenting beautiful photos that dont challenge white,middle-class American conventions.While dark-skinned women can be shown without tops,for example,white womens breasts are taboo.Photos that could unsettle or disturb,such as areas of the world torn asund
8、er by war or famine,are discarded in favor of those that reassure,to conform with the societys stated pledge to present only kindly visions of foreign societies.The result,Lutz and Collins say,is the depiction of an idealized and exotic world relatively free of pain or class conflict.Lutz actually l
9、ikes National Geographic a lot.She read the magazine as a child,and its lush imagery influenced her eventual choice of anthropology as a career.She just thinks that as people look at the photographs of other cultures,they should be alert to the choice of composition and images.1.The main idea of the
10、 passage is_.APhotographs taken by Western explorers reflect more Westerners perception of the indigenous cultures and the Western values.BThere is a complicated relationship between the Western explorers and the primitive peoples.CPopular magazines such as National Geographic should show pictures o
11、f the exotic and idealized worlds to maintain high sales.DAnthropologists ask the natives to pose for their pictures,compromising the truthfulness of their pictures.2.We can infer from the passage that early travelers to the native lands often_.Atook pictures with the nativesBgave exaggerated accoun
12、ts of the native landsCask for pictures from the nativesDgave the natives clocks and Western dresses3.The author mentions the movie Lawrence of Arabia to_.Ashow how people in the indigenous societies are portrayed by Westerners.Billustrate how people from primitive societies see cameras as tools of
13、black magic that steal their virtues.Cshow how anthropologists portray untruthful pictures of native people.Dshow the cruel and barbarian side of the native people.4.“But in some ways,anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back.”In th
14、is sentence,the“oneculturethat stares back”refers to_.Athe indigenous cultureBthe Western cultureCthe academic cultureDthe news business culture5.With which of the following statements would Catherine Lutz most probably agree?AReporters from the Western societies should routinely delete modern eleme
15、nts in pictures taken of the indigenous societies.BThe primitive cultures are inferior to the more advanced Western culture.CThe western media are not presenting a realistic picture of the faraway societies.DPeople in the Western news business should try not to challenge the well-established white m
16、iddle-class values.答案: A B B A CPassage 2The British Medical Journal recently featured a strong response to what was judged an inappropriately lenient reaction by a medical school to a student cheating in an examination.Although we have insufficient reliable data about the extent of this phenomenon,
17、its prevention,or its effective management,much can be concluded and acted upon on the basis of common sense and concepts with face validity.There is general agreement that there should be zero tolerance of cheating in a profession based on trust and one on which human lives depend.It is reasonable
18、to assume that cheaters in medical school will be more likely than others to continue to act dishonestly with patients,colleagues,insurers,and government.The behaviours under question are multifactorial in origin.There are familial,religious,and cultural values that are acquired long before medical
19、school.For example,countries,cultures,and subcultures exist where bribes and dishonest behaviour are almost a norm.There are secondary schools in which neither staff nor students tolerate cheating and others where cheating is rampant;there are homes which imbue young people with high standards of et
20、hical behaviour and others which leave ethical training to the harmful influence of television and the market place.Medical schools reflect society and cannot be expected to remedy all the ills of a society.The selection process of medical students might be expected to favour candidates with integri
21、ty and positive ethical behaviourif one had a reliable method for detecting such characteristics in advance.Medical schools should be the major focus of attention for imbuing future doctors with integrity and ethical sensitivity.Unfortunately there are troubling,if inconclusive,data that suggest tha
22、t during medical school the ethical behaviour of medical students does not necessarily improve;indeed,moral development may actually stop or even regress.The creation of a pervasive institutional culture of integrity is essential.It is critical that the academic and clinical leaders of the instituti
23、on set a personal example of integrity.Medical schools must make their institutional position and their expectations of students absolutely clear from day one.The development of a schools culture of integrity requires a partnership with the students in which they play an active role in its creation
24、and nurturing.Moreover,the schools examination system and general treatment of students must be perceived as fair.Finally,the treatment of infractions must be firm,fair,transparent,and consistent.6.What does the author say about cheating in medical schools?AExtensive research has been done about thi
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