2017英語六級(jí)閱讀理解練習(xí)題及答案解析匯總
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Better Known As Mark Twain
The remarkable man went to a log-cabin schooluntil he was twelve years old. That was the end ofhis formal education. In spite of this, he became themost famous literary figure of his generation .
Mark Twain was born in a small Missouri village nearthe Mississippi River2 in 1835. At that time, AndrewJackson3 was the president of the country. AbrahamLincoln was still a young farm laborer in Illinois. The first railroad had been built seven yearsbefore. The Industrial Revolution was at hand. 4 The economic collapse of Americanprosperity, called the Panic of 1837, still lay ahead. This was also the literary period later calledthe“New England Renaissance ”
Mark Twain was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the firstwinter. But with his mother’s tender care , he managed to survive. He had been born in a tinytwo-room cabin. Eight people lived together there . He had four brothers and sisters. A slavegirl lived with them too.
As a boy, Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play practical jokes on allof his friends and neighbors. The nature of his jokes often led to violence . He hated to go toschool, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearbyMississippi. He was fascinated by that mighty river. He liked to sit on the bank of the river forhours at a time and just gaze at the mysterious islands and the passing boats and rafts. Hewas nearly drowned nine different times. He learned many things about the river during thosedays. He learned all about its history and the unusual people who rode up and down5 it. Henever forgot those scenes and those people. He later made them part of the history of Americain his books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn6.
閱讀自測(cè)
Ⅰ. This is the summary of the passage. Try to fill in the blanks with proper words :
Mark Twain was born in a small village near the __________River in 1835. He was not a healthybaby, so he was not expected to live __________ the first winter. Thanks to his mother’s__________care, he managed to survive . He has been born in a tiny two-room __________ . __________people lived together there. He had __________brothers and sisters and a girl livewith them too. When he was a boy, he used to play __________jokes on his friends andneighbors. He hated to go to school but was __________ by the mighty river. He learned allabout its history and __________the unusual people who rode __________ and __________it. Later in his works Tom Sawyer and he made them part of American history.
Ⅱ. Quizzes:
1. What has four eyes ( Ⅰ) but cannot see?
2. It is said that river is richer than any other things. Why?
參考答案:
Ⅰ. Mississippi / through / tender / cabin / Eight / four/ slave / practical / fascinated up / down /Huckleberry Finn
Ⅱ. 1. Mississippi. 2. Because on each side of the river,there is one bank.
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the followingpassage.
University of York biologist Peter Mayhew recentlyfound that global warming might actually increasethe number of species on the planet，contrary toa previous report that higher temperatures meantfewer life forms—a report mat was his own.
In Mayhew’s initial 2008 study，low biodiversity among marine invertebrates(無脊椎動(dòng)物)appeared to coincide with warmer temperatures on Earth over the last 520 million years.But Mayhew and his colleagues decided to reexamine their hypothesis，this time using datathat were“a fairer sample of the history of life.”砌this new collection of material.they found acomplete reversal of the relationship between species richness and temperature from whattheir previous paper argued：the number of different groups present in the fossil record washigher，rather than lower，durin9“greenhouse phases.”
Their previous findings rested on an assumption that fossil records can be taken torepresent biodiversity changes throughout history.Thisn’t necessarily the case.because thereare certain periods with higher.quality fossil samples.and some that are much more difficultto sample well.Aware of this bias.Mayhew’s team used data that standardized the number offossils examined throughout history and accounted for other variables like sea level changesthat might influence biodiversity in their new study to see if their old results would hold up.
Two years later，the results did not.But then why doesn’t life increasingly emerge onEarth as our temperatures get warmer?
While the switch may prompt some to assert that climate change is not hazardous toliving creatures，Mayhew explained that the timescales in his team’s study are huge--over500million years--and therefore inappropriate for the shorter periods that we might look at ashumans concerned about global wanning.Many global warming concerns are focused on thenext century.He said——and the lifetime of a species is typically one to 10 million years.
“I do worry that these findings vill be used by the climate skeptic community tosay‘look.Climate warming is fine。he said.Not to mention the numerous other things weseem to do to create a storm of threats to biodiversity—think of what habitat(棲息地)destruction，overfishing，and pollution can do for a species’viability(生存力).Thosethings，Mayhew explained，give the organisms a far greater challenge in coping with climatechange than they would have had in the absence of humans.
“If we were to relax all these pressures on biodiversity and allow the world to recover overmillions of years in a warmer climate.then my prediction is it would be an improvement inbiodiversity，”he said.So it looks like we need to curb our reckless treatment of the planetfirst，if we want to eventually see a surge in the number of species on the planet astemperatures get warmer.We don’t have 500 million years to wait.
56.What is the finding of Peter Mayhew’s recent study?
A.Higher temperature causes the low biodiversity of marine invertebrates.
B.Fossil record can represent a relatively believable history of life.
C.The number of fossils was higher during greenhouse phases.
D.Global warming might promote the richness of species on Earth.
57.What do we learn about Mayhew’s previous report?
A.It was based on his colleagues hypothesis about global warming.
B.It was contrary to what his team found in the recent study.
C.It was a complete reversal from his 2008 study about marine invertebrates.
D.It found evidence for the connections between biodiversity and temperature.
58.Why does Mayhew’s team use data that standardized the number of fossils?
A.They realize not all fossils can sample well to represent biodiversity changes.
B.They start to consider the variables that might influence biodiversity.
C.They want to check the previous findings with different research methods.
D.They believe sea level changes can lead to inaccurate fossil records.
59.Because of the huge timescales in his study，Mayhew believed .
A.global warming is not hazardous t0 1iving creatures in a short time
B.his study is not suitable to support short-term global warming
C.global warming concerns should be focused on in the next century
D.the lifetime of a species can be extended t0 10 million years
60.By“we don’t have 500 million years to wait”(Line 4，Para.6)，the author suggeststhat_____.
A.we have no enough time to allow the earth to recover from damages
B.we have no enough time to witness the evolution of a species
C.it’s urgent for humans to take steps to prevent global warming
D.it’s necessary for humans to stop maltreatment of the planet
參考答案
56.D)。本題考查彼得·梅休的最新研究成果。定位句指出，他發(fā)現(xiàn)氣候變暖可能使得地球上物種的數(shù)量增加，故答案為D)。
57.B)。本題考查對(duì)梅休之前研究報(bào)告結(jié)論的理解。定位句指出，在新收集的材料中，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了與他們之前的論文所辯稱的一種物種豐富性與溫度間完全相反的關(guān)系，故答案為B)。
58.A)。本題考查梅休團(tuán)隊(duì)利用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化化石的原因。定位句指出，因?yàn)槟承┨囟ǖ臅r(shí)段有一些更高質(zhì)量的化石樣本，其中一些更難取出好的樣本。基于這一點(diǎn)，梅休團(tuán)隊(duì)在他們的新實(shí)驗(yàn)中利用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化個(gè)數(shù)并被歷史所檢測(cè)的化石數(shù)據(jù)，故本題答案為A)。
59.B)。本題考查梅休對(duì)于研究時(shí)間跨度太長的態(tài)度。定位句指出，梅休解釋他們團(tuán)隊(duì)的研究時(shí)標(biāo)很長，有5億多年，所以用于解釋人們關(guān)注的較短時(shí)間內(nèi)的全球變暖是不合適的，故答案為B)。
60.D)。
Sleeping Position Reveals Personality Traits
Whether it’s curled up in the fetal position, flat onthe stomach or stretched out across the bed, theway people sleep reveals their personality, a Britishsleep expert said. The expert has identified sixcommon sleeping positions and what they mean. "We are all aware of our body language when we areawake but this is the first time we have been able tosee what our subconscious says about us," he said. Crouched in the fetal position is the mostpopular sleep pattern and favored by 51 percent of women, according to the results of thestudy he conducted for a large hotel group. Fetal sleepers tend to be shy and sensitive whilepeople who assume the soldier position, flat on their back with arms at their sides, are quietand reserved. Sleeping on one’s side with legs outstretched and arms down in what he refersto as the log, indicates a social, easygoing personality. But if the arms are outstretched in theyearning position, the person tends to be more suspicious. The free fall, flat on the tummywith the hands at the sides of the head, is the most unusual position. Only 6. 5 percent ofpeople prefer it and they are usually brash and gregarious. Unassuming, good listeners usuallyadopt the starfish position — on the back with outstretched arms and legs. The expert, whoidentified the positions by comparing personality traits of people.
閱讀自測(cè)
Ⅰ. There a re some adjectives describing people’s persona lity in the a rticle and please matchthem with phrases :( brash, unassuming, reserved, easygoing, suspicious, gregarious)
1. relaxed in manner and easy to deal with———
2. preferring to be with others rather than alone———
3. thinking that someone might be guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest, withoutbeing sure ———
4. confident in a rude or aggressive way———
5. showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment———
6. quiet and unwilling to express your emotions or talk about your problems———
Ⅱ. Answer the following question:
How many sleeping positions have the expert identified and what are they?
參考答案
Ⅰ. 1. easygoing 2. gregarious 3. suspicious 4.brash 5. unassuming 6. reserved
Ⅱ. There are six positions, they are fetal position,soldier position, log position, yearning position, freefall position and starfish position.
The“V”Sign
The palm-forward“V”sign, formed by raising andspreading the first two fingers1 ,has three differentmeanings in American culture.The most popularmeaning of the“V”sign was invented in 1941 by aBelgian, Victor De Lavalaye. Wanting a symbol forresistance to the Nazi2 occupation, he came upwith the single letter“V”, which stood not only for hisown first name3, but also for English victory, Flemish virijheid, and French victoire. Thesymbolism of the sign spread very quickly, and Winston Churchill4 used it constantly in publicappearance. Thus throughout the 1940 s and 1950 s, the gesture meant simply“victory”.Thesecond meaning came in the 1960 s. Because of its military implication, Americanantiwarprotestors used the sign sarcastically against the arms, so that it became known as the“ peacesign”. In the 1970s, the“V”sign , which had lost its military implication, was a commongreeting among freedom lovers, acid heads5, political radicals, and ultimately, young people ingeneral. So by about the middle of the 1970s, it ceased to give clue to the user’s philosophy.The third meaning is the oldest and least common. American children jokingly put “V”, whichresembles“ horns”, behind friends’heads in group snapshots. The are unknowingly reproducingsomething that southern Europeans would find highly offensive. This mischief, called“horns ofthe Devil”, is a variant of the European“ horns”gesture, which is obscene. Here the“V”signmeans“Your wife has been cheating on you ”or, when placed behind another’s head,“His wifehas been cheating on him”. In the United States, the gesture is typically given with the palmfacing the viewer. The British use both this version and an older, palm-backward version; thelatter is obscene in American culture, and corresponds to the American“ finger”6 . Churchill gotsome surprised stares in 1941 when, evidently unaware of the vulgar usage, he gave thepalm-backward“V”to British troops. In England today you could have to be a social hermit notto understand the distinction. Astonishingly, however, Margaret Thatcher7 repeatedChurchill’s error after her victory in the 1979 election.
閱讀自測(cè)
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with proper words :
American children______________________ ( 開玩笑地) put“V”,which______________________ ( 類似)“ horns”,
behind friends’heads in group ______________________( 快照) . Theyare______________________ ( 無意中地) reproducing
something that southern Europeans would find highly______________________ ( 無禮的) .
This mischief, called“ horns of the Devil”, is a ______________________( 變體) of theEuropean
“ horns”gesture, which is______________________ ( 淫穢的) .
Ⅱ. Exp lain the fo llowing phras es in bold typ e in yo ur own words :
1. If you kee p yo ur fin ge rs crossed , you ______________________.
2. If you are all fin ge rs a nd thumbs , you ______________________ .
3. If you ha ve a finger in every pie , you______________________ .
4. If you thumb a lift, you______________________.
參考答案
1. jokingly / resembles / snapshots / unknowingly /offensive / variant / obscene
2. 1. hope that something will happen the way youwant2. are clumsy or awkward with your hands
3. are involved in everything that is happening
4. try to get a free ride in a motor vehicle ; hitchhike
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