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1、1.2007年12月英语六级阅读专项训练（1） Giving Credit Where Credit Is Not Due The big identity-theft bust last week was just a taste of whats to come. Heres how to protect your good name HERES THE SCARY THING about the identity-theft ring that the feds cracked last week: there was nothing any of its estimated 40,00

2、0 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

3、 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 700,00

4、0 Americans have their credit hijacked every year. Its one of crimes biggest growth markets. A name, address and Social 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

5、that revenue to fraud, so theres little financial incentive for them to make the application process more secure. As it stands now, its 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 l

6、ot of them go Dumpster diving for those 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 e

7、ffective 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 equifax), Trans-Union (transunion) and Experian (experian). All allow you to order reports online, which is a lot better than wading through voice-m

8、ail hell on their 800 lines. Of the three, I found TransUnions 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 youre lucky enough to live in Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey or Vermont,

9、 you are entitled to one free report a year by law. Otherwise its going to cost $8 to $14 each time. Avoid services that offer to monitor your reports year-round for about $70; thats $10 more than the going rate among thieves. If you think youre a victim of identity theft, you can ask for fraud aler

10、ts to be put on file at each of the three credit-report companies. You can also download a theft-report form at consumer.gov/idtheft, which, along with a local police report, should help when irate creditors come knocking. Just dont expect justice. That audacious help-desk worker was one of the fewe

11、r than 2% of 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?ATightly suppressed.BMore frightening.CRapidly increasing.Dloosely con

12、trolled.2.The expression “inside job”(Line 6, Paragraph 1) most probably means _.Aa crime that is committed by a person working for the victimBa crime that should be punished severelyCa crime that does great harm to the victimDa crime that poses a great threat to the society3.The creditors can prote

13、ct their identity in the following way except _.Adestroying your junk mailBleaving your Social Security card at homeCvisiting the credit-report website regularlyDobtaining the free report from the government4.Why is it easy to have credit-theft?AMore people are using credit service.BThe application

14、program is not safe enough.CCreditors usually disclose their identity.DCreditors are not careful about their identity.5.What is the best title of the text?AThe danger of credit-theftBThe loss of the creditorsCHow to protect your good nameDWhy the creditors lose their identity答案：CADBC2. 2007年12月英语六级阅

15、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

16、 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

17、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 peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now becoming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns w

18、hich it brought may have to be 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 ma

19、de 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 peoples homes. Later, as transport improved first by rail and then by road, people

20、commuted longer distances to their places of employment until, eventually, many peoples 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 hous

21、ehold and village community. Now it became 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 onl

22、y women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excludeda 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 s

23、witch 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.B） Unemployment will remain

24、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?

25、A） The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries.B） The development of factories.C） Relief from housework on the part of women.D） Development 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 m

26、ay not be solved within a short period of timeB） many farmers lost their land when new railways and factories were being constructedC） in preindustrial societies housework and community service were mainly carried out by womenD） some of the changes in work pattern that the industrial age brought hav

27、e been reversed24.What does the word “daunting” in the third paragraph mean?A） Shocking B） InterestingC） 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 employ

28、ment 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：DCAAB3.2007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 demandin

29、g 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

30、 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

31、 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 persons conveniently

32、 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 from forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of foods. When this happens, all incentive

33、to improve ones 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 a

34、re 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 item

35、s that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry, which in turn would have a ripple 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 e

36、ntertainment industry would collapse. 26.The authors primary purpose in writing this passage was to _. A）plead for the abolishment of uniformsB）show that uniforms are not possible in a democratic societyC）advocate stronger governmental controls on the wearing of uniformsD）convince the reader that un

37、iforms 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

38、uniforms became compulsory.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

39、concept.C) Uniforms will hurt one entire information and entertainment industry.D) Envy and competition are incentive to improve ones life. 29.The word “superfluous” (Para. 3) most probably means _. A) indispensable B) availableC) surplus D) supplementary 30.The next paragraph in this passage might

40、discuss_.A) the positive effects of wearing uniformsB) more negative effects of wearing uniformsC) alternative to wearing uniformsD) the legal rights of those not wishing to wear uniforms答案：DCBCB4.2007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

41、 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 poisonous 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

42、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 ones own, but if we take account of the long competition, which must have existed between our own subspecies and others like Neanderthal man -

43、 indeed others still more remote from us than Neanderthal man - human rage becomes more comprehensible. In our everyday language and behavior there are many 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.

44、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

45、 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 destructi

46、ve 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 religious basis for this clash is illusory, for not even the Pope has

47、 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

48、for this passage would be_. A) Why Human Armies Are FormedB) Mans Anger Against RageC) The Human Capacity for RageD) Early Struggles of Angry Man 32.According to the author, the surprising aspect of human anger is_. A) its lengthy and complex developmentB) a conflict such as is now going on in Northern IrelandC) that we do not fly into a temper more oftenD) that we reserve anger for mankind 33.The passage suggests that_. A) historically, we have created an “us” versus “them” societyB) huma