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1、大 学 英 语 六 级 阅 读 理 解 模 拟 题（1）There was on shop in the town of Mufulira,which was notorious fbr its color bar.It was adrugstore.While Europeans were served at the counter,a long line of Africans queued at thewindow and often not only were kept waiting but,when their turn came to be served,wererndely t

2、reated by the shop assistants.One day I was determined to make a public protest againstthis kind of thing,and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store and waitedoutside to see what would happen when I went in.I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely fbr some medi

3、cine.As soonas he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand heshouted at me in a bastard language that is only used by an employed when speaking to hisservants.I stood at the counter and politely requested in English that 1 should be served.Themanager became ex

4、asperated and said to me in English,“If you stand there till Christmas I willnever serve you.”I went to the District commissioners office.Fortunately the District Commissioner wasout,for he was one of the old school；however,I saw a young District Officer who was afriend of mine.He was very concerned

5、 to hear my story and told me that if ever I wanted anythingmore from the drugstore all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy mymedicine fbr me.1 protested that that was not good enough.I asked him to accompany me back tothe store and to make a protest to the manager.This he did,an

6、d I well remember him saying tothe manager,“Here is Mr.Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council,and you treat him like a common servant.,The manager of the drugstore apologized and said,“Ifonly he had introduced himself and explained who he was,then,of course I should have gi

7、venhim proper service.”I had to explain once again that he had missed my point.Why should I have to introducemyself every time I went into a store.any more than I should have to buy my medicine by goingto a European friend?I want to prove that any man of any color,whatever his position,shouldhave th

8、e right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted.1.Color bar“in the first paragraph comes closest in meaning to_.A.a bar which is painted in different colors.B.the fact that white and black customers are served separately.C.a bar of chocolate having different colors.D.a counter where people of dif

9、ferent colors are served with beer.2.The writer was,at the time of the story,_.A.a black school teacherB.an African servantC.a black,but a friend of EuropeansD.a rich black3.The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in a bastard language because_.A.he hadnt learned to speak polite English.B

10、.he thought the writer wouldnt understandEnglish.C.that was the usual language used by Europeans when speaking to Africans.D.that was the only language he could speak when he was angry.4.1n the third paragraph,“he was one of the old school“means_.A.he believed in the age-old practice of racial discr

11、imination.B.he was a very old man.C.he graduated from an old,conservative school.D.he was in charge of an old school.5.Why didnt the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other black African?A.Because he thought he was educated and should be treated differently.B.Because he thought,being a

12、n important person,he should not be kept waiting.C.Because he thought his white friends would help him out.D.Because he wanted to protest against racial discrimination.答 案：B A C AD第 一 篇(Unit one Passage 1)I live in the land of Disney,Hollywood and year-round sun.You may think people in such aglamoro

13、us,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so,you have some mistaken ideas about thenature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and happinesshave little or nothing in common.Fun is what we experience during an act.Happiness is what weexperien

14、ce after an act.It is a deeper,more abiding emotion.Going to an amusement park or ball game,watching a movie or television,are fun activitiesthat help us relax,temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh.But they do not bringhappiness,because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I h

15、ave often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play,it is to teach us thathappiness has nothing to do with fun.These rich,beautiful individuals have constant access toglamorous parties,fancy cars,expensive homes,everything that spells“happiness”.But in memoirafter memoir,celebrities reveal

16、 the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun:depression,alcoholism,drug addiction,broken marriages,troubled children and profound loneliness.Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and lesssatisfying.If he*s honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a

17、 commitment.Forcommitment is in fact quite painful.The single life is filled with fun,adventure and excitement.Mani age has such moments,but they are not its most distinguishing features.Similarly,couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun overpainful happiness.Th

18、ey can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want.Couples withinfant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation.I dont know anyparent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do w

19、ith fun is one of the mostliberating realizations we can ever come to.It liberates time:now we can devote more hours toactivities that can genuinely increase our happiness.It liberates money:buying that new car orthose fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.

20、And itliberates us from envy:we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were sosure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.1.Which of the following is true?A.Fun creates long-lasting satisfaction.B.Fun provides enjoyment while pain le

21、ads to happiness.C.Happiness is enduring whereas fun is short-lived.D.Fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness.2.To the author,Hollywood stars all have an important role to play that is to _.A.rite memoir after memoir about their happiness.B.tell the public that happiness has nothing to do wi

22、th fun.C.teach people how to enjoy their lives.D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties.3.1n the authors opinion,marriage_.A.affords greater fun.B.leads to raising children.C.indicates commitment.D.ends in pain.4.Couples having infant children_.A.are lucky since they can

23、 have a whole nights sleep.B.find fun in tucking them into bed at night.C.find more time to play and joke with them.D.derive happiness from their endeavor.5.1 f one get the meaning of the true sense of happiness,he will.A.stop playing games and joking with others.B.make the best use of his time incr

24、easing happiness.C.give a free hand to money.D.keep himself with his family.参 考 答 案:CBCDB第 二 篇(Unit one Passage 2)Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor.Menworked outside the home and earned the income to support their families,while women cookedthe meal

25、s and took care of the home and the children.These roles were firmly fixed fbr mostpeople,and there was not much opportunity fbr women to exchange their roles.But by the middleof this century,mens and womens roles were becoming less firmly fixed.In the 1950s,economic and social success was the goal

26、of the typical American.But in the1960s a new force developed called the counterculture.The people involved in this movement didnot value the middle-class American goals.The counterculture presented men and women withnew role choices.Taking more interest in childcare,men began to share child-raising

27、 tasks withtheir wives.In fact,some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where theeconomic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes.In addition,manyAmericans did not value the traditional male role of soldier.Some young men refused to bedrafted as soldiers to

28、fight in the war in Vietnam.In terms of numbers,the counterculture was not a very large group of people.But itsinfluence spread to many parts of American society.Working men of all classes began to changetheir economic and social patterns.Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on“

29、overtime“work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families.Some doctors,lawyers,and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions inpoorer neighborhoods.In the 1970s,the feminist movement,or womens liberation,produced additional economicand social c

30、hanges.Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force ingreater numbers.Most of them still took traditional womens jobs as public school teaching,nursing,and secretarial work.But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations:police work,banking,dentistry,and c

31、onstniction work.Women were asking for equal work,andequal opportunities for promotion.Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of menand women.Naturally,there are difficulties in adjusting to these transfomations.1.Which of the following best express th

32、e main idea of Paragraph 1?A.Women usually worked outside the home for wages.B.Men and womens roles were easily exchanged in the past.C.Mens roles at home were more firmly fixed than womens.D.Men and womens roles were usually quite separated in the past.2.Which sentence best expresses the main idea

33、of Paragraph 2?A.The first sentence.B.The second and the third sentences.C.The fourth sentence.D.The last sentence.3.In the passage the author proposes that the counterculture.A.destroyed the United States.B.transformed some American values.C.was not important in the United States.D.brought people m

34、ore leisure time with their families.4.1t could be inferred from the passage that_.A.men and women will never share the same goals.B.some men will be willing to exchange their traditional male roles.C.most men will be happy to share some of the household responsibilities with their wives.D.more Amer

35、ican households are headed by women than ever before.5.The best title for the passage may b e_.A.Results of Feminist MovementsB.New influence in American LifeC.Counterculture and Its consequenceD.Traditional Division of Male and Female Roles.第 二 篇 答 案 DCBCB第 三 篇(Unit one Passage 3)Recent research ha

36、s claimed that an excess of positive ions in the air can have an ill effect onpeoples physical or psychological health.What are positive ions?Well,the air is full of ions,electrically charged particles,and generally there is a rough balance between the positive and thenegative charged.But sometimes

37、this balance becomes disturbed and a larger proportion ofpositive ions are found.This happens naturally before thunderstonn,earthquakes when winds suchas the Mistral,Hamsin or Sharav are blowing in certain countries.Or it can be caused by abuild-up of static electricity indoors from caipets or cloth

38、ing made of man-made fibres,or fromTV sets,duplicators or computer display screens.When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people experienceunpleasant effects such as headaches,fatigue,irritability,and some particularly sensitive peoplesuffer nausea or even mental disturbanc

39、e.Animals are also affected,particularly beforeearthquakes,snakes have been observed to come out of hibernation,rats to flee from their burrows,dogs howl and cats jump about unaccountably.This has led the US Geographical Survey to fund anetwork of volunteers to watch animals in an effort to foresee

40、such disasters before they hitvulnerable areas such as California.Conversely,when large numbers of negative ions are present,then people have a feeling ofwell-being.Natural conditions that produce these large amounts are near the sea,close towaterfalls or fountains,or in any place where water is spr

41、ayed,or forms a spray.This probablyaccounts for the beneficial effect of a holiday by the sea,or in the mountains with tumblingstreams or waterfalls.To increase the supply of negative ions indoors,some scientists recommend the use ofionisers:small portable machines,which generate negative ions.They

42、claim that ionisers not onlyclean and refresh the air but also improve the health of people sensitive to excess positive ions.Ofcourse,there are the detractors,other scientists,who dismiss such claims and are skeptical aboutnegative/positive ion research.Therefore people can only make up their own m

43、inds by observingthe effects on themselves,or on others,of a negative rich or poor environment.After all it isdebatable whether depending on seismic readings to anticipate earthquakes is more effective thanwatching the cat.l.What effect does exceeding positive ionization have on some people?A.They t

44、hink they are insane.B.They feel rather bad-tempered and short-fussed.C.They become violently sick.D.They are too tired to do anything.2.1n accordance with the passage,static electricity can be caused by.A.using home-made electrical goods.B.wearing clothes made of natural materials.C.walking on arti

45、ficial floor coverings.D.copying TV programs on a computer.3.A high negative ion count is likely to be found_.A.near a pound with a water pump.B.close to a slow-flowing river.C.high in some barren mountains.D.by a rotating water sprinkler.4.What kind of machine can generate negative ions indoors?A.I

46、onisers.B.Air-conditioners.C.Exhaust-fansD.Vacuum pumps.5.Some scientists believe thatA.watching animals to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than depending onseismography.B.the unusual behavior of animals cannot be trusted.C.neither watching nor using seismographs is reliable.earthquake第 三 篇

47、 答 案 BCDAA第 四 篇(Unit one Passage 4)A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible tolearn in general history classes.Most typical history courses concentrate on politics,economics,and war.But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects n

48、ot only the politicalvalues of a people,but also religious beliefs,emotions,and psychology.In addition,informationabout the daily activities of our ancestorsor of people very different from our owncan beprovided by art.In short,art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place,and a study

49、ofit clearly offer us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.In history books,objective information about the political life of a country is presented;thatis,facts about politics are given,but opinions are not expressed.Art,on the other hand,issubjective:it reflects emotions

50、and opinions.The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya wasperhaps the first truly“political“artist.In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808,hecriticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people.Over a hundred years later,symbolic images were used in Pablo Picassos Guernica t