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王长喜-六级考试标准阅读160篇第一篇(Unit one Passage 1)I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience 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 activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happines s”. But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal 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 less satisfying. If he’s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage 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 over painful happiness. They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with infant children are luc ky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure 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 leads 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 with fun.C.teach people how to enjoy their lives.D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties.3.In the author’s opinion, marr iage___.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 have a whole night’s 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.If 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 increasing happiness.C.give a free hand to money.D.keep himself with his family.第一篇答案：CBCDB第二篇(Unit one Passage 2)Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firm ly fixed.In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “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 in poorer neighborhoods.In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women’s liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers. Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work, and equal opportunities for promotion.Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.1.Which of the following best express the main idea of Paragraph 1?A.Women usually worked outside the home for wages.B.Men and women’s roles were easily exchanged in the past.C.Men’s roles at home were more firmly fixed than women’s.D.Men and women’s roles were usually quite separated in the past.2.Which sentence best expresses the main idea 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 more leisure time with their families.4.It 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 American households are headed by women than ever before.5.The best title for the passage may be ___.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 has claimed that an excess of positive ions in the air can have an ill effect on people’s physical or psychological health. What are positive ions? Well, the air is full of ion s, electrically charged particles, and generally there is a rough balance between the positive and the negative charged. But sometimes this balance becomes disturbed and a larger proportion of positive ions are found. This happens naturally before thunderstorm, earthquakes when winds such as the Mistral, Hamsin or Sharav are blowing in certain countries. Or it can be caused by a build-up of static electricity indoors from carpets or clothing made of man-made fibres, or from TV sets, duplicators or computer display screens.When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people experience unpleasant effects such as headaches, fatigue, irritability, and some particularly sensitive people suffer nausea or even mental disturbance. Animals are also affected, particularly before earthquakes, 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 a network of volunteers to watch animals in an effort to foresee such disasters before they hit vulnerable areas such as California.Conversely, when large numbers of negative ions are present, then people have a feeling of well-being. Natural conditions that produce these large amounts are near the sea, close to waterfalls or fountains, or in any place where water is sprayed, or forms a spray. This probably accounts for the beneficial effect of a holiday by the sea, or in the mountains with tumbling streams or waterfalls.To increase the supply of negative ions indoors, some scientists recommend the use of ionisers: small portable machines, which generate negative ions. They claim that ionisers not only clean andrefresh the air but also improve the health of people sensitive to excess positive ions. Of course, there are the detractors, other scientists, who dismiss such claims and are skeptical about negative/positive ion research. Therefore people can only make up their own minds by observing the effects on themselves, or on others, of a negative rich or poor environment. After all it is debatable whether depending on seismic readings to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than watching the cat.1.What effect does exceeding positive ionization have on some people?A.They think 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.In accordance with the passage, static electricity can be caused by___.ing home-made electrical goods.B.wearing clothes made of natural materials.C.walking on artificial 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.Ionisers.B.Air-conditioners.C.Exhaust-fansD.Vacuum pumps.5.Some scientists believe that___.A.watching animals to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than depending on seismography.B.the unusual behavior of animals cannot be trusted.C.neither watching nor using seismographs is reliable.D.earthquake第三篇答案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 to learn 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 not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors—or of people very different from our own—can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it 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; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanishgovernment for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martines—depicted these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems.In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are unholy.1.More can be learned about a culture from a study of art history than general history because art history__.A.show us the religious and emotions of a people in addition to political values.B.provide us with information about the daily activities of people in the past.C.give us an insight into the essential qualities of a time and a place.D.all of the above.2.Art is subjective in that__.A.a personal and emotional view of history is presented through it.B.it can easily rouse our anger or sadness about social problems.C.it will find a ready echo in our hearts.D.both B and C.3.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.Unlike Francisco Goya, Pablo and several Mexican artists expressed their political opinions in their paintings.B.History books often reveal the compilers’ po litical views.C.Religious art remained in Europe for centuries the only type of art because most people regarded the Bible as the Holy Book.D.All the above mentioned.4.The passage is mainly discussing__.A.the difference between general history and art history.B.The making of art history.C.What can we learn from art.D.The influence of artists on art history.5.In may be concluded from this passage that__.A.Islamic artists have had to create architectural decorations with images of flowers or geometric forms.B.History teachers are more objective than general history.C.It is more difficult to study art history than general history.D.People and stories from the Bible were painted on churches and other buildings in order to popularize the Bible.第四篇答案：DDDCA第五篇(Unit 2 Passage 1)If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply theworld’s busiest air route between London and Paris have a flight on their hands.The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passenger, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class. The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%-20% of their London-Paris traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way. A similar service will start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-levels traveling between London and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals-Particularly Air France-as having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.The airlines’ optimism on retur ning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.1.British airlines confide in the fact that__.A.they are more powerful than other European airlines.B.their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers.C.their traffic levels will return in 2-3 years.D.traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air.2.The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as__.A.worried.B.delightedC.puzzled.D.unrivaled.3.In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to__.A.provide a comparison with Eurostar.B.support the airlines’ optimism.C.prove the inevitable drop of air passengers.D.call for electrification and modernization of the railway.4.The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that__.A.the Eurostar train service is not doing good business.B.the airlines can well compete with the railway.C.the Eurostar train service only caused little damage.D.only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering.5.The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predict that in thefollowing part the author is going to__.A.praise the airlines’ clear-mindedness.B.warn the airlines of high-speed rail services.C.propose a reduction of London/Paris flights.D.advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model.第五篇答案：CABCB第六篇(Unit 2 Passage 2)Without regular supplies of some hormones our capacity to behave would be seriously impaired; without others we would soon die. Tiny amounts of some hormones can modify moods and actions, our inclination to eat or drink, our aggressiveness or submissiveness, and our reproductive and parental behavior. And hormones do more than influence adult behavior; early in life they help to determine the development of bodily form and may even determine an individual’s behavioral capacities. Later in life the changing outputs of some endocrine glands and the body’s changing sensitivity to some hormones are essential aspects of the phenomena of aging.Communication within the body and the consequent integration of behavior were considered the exclusive province of the nervous system up to the beginning of the present century. The emergence of endocrinology as a separate discipline can probably be traced to the experiments of Bayliss and Starling on the hormone secretion. This substance is secreted from cells in the intestinal walls when food enters the stomach; it travels through the bloodstream and stimulates the pancreas to liberate pancreatic juice, which aids in digestion. By showing that special cells secret chemical agents that are conveyed by the bloodstream and regulate distant target organs or tissues. Bayliss and starling demonstrated that chemical integration could occur without participation of the nervous system. The term “hormone” was first used with reference to secretion. Starling derived the term from the Greek hormone, meaning “to excite or set in motion. The term “endocrine” was introduced s hortly thereafter “Endocrine” is used to refer to glands that secret products into the bloodstream. The term “endocrine” contrasts with “exocrine”, which is applied to glands that secret their products though ducts to the site of action. Examples of exocrine glands are the tear glands, the sweat glands, and the pancreas, which secrets pancreatic juice through a duct into the intestine. Exocrine glands are also called duct glands, while endocrine glands are called ductless.1.What is the author’s main purpos e in the passage?A.To explain the specific functions of various hormones.B.To provide general information about hormones.C.To explain how the term “hormone” evolved.D.To report on experiments in endocrinology.2.The passage supports which of the following conclusions?A.The human body requires large amounts of most hormones.B.Synthetic hormones can replace a person’s natural supply of hormones if necessary.C.The quantity of hormones produced and their effects on the body are related to a person’s age.D.The short child of tall parents very likely had a hormone deficiency early in life.3.It can be inferred from the passage that before the Bayliss and Starling experiments, most people believed that chemical integration occurred only___.A.during sleep.B.in the endocrine glands.C.under control of the nervous system.D.during strenuous exercise.4.The word “liberate” could best be replaced by which of the following?A.EmancipateB.DischargeC.SurrenderD.Save5.According to the passage another term for exocrine glands is___.A.duct glandsB.endocrine glandsC.ductless glandsD.intestinal glands.第六篇答案：BDCBA第七篇(Unit 2 Passage 3)The discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical adventures, but created what mig ht be called “the heroic age of Antarctic exploration”. By their tremendous heroism, men such as Shakleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing. Modern science and inventions are revolutionizing the endurance, future journeys into these icy wastes will probably depend on motor vehicles equipped with caterpillar traction rather than on the dogs that earlier discoverers found so invaluable and hardly comparable.Few realize that this Antarctic continent is almost equal in size to South America, and enormous field of work awaits geographers and prospectors. The coasts of this continent remain to be accurately charted, and the maping of the whole of the interior presents a formidable task to the cartographers who undertake the work. Once their labors are completed, it will be possible to prospect the vast natural resources which scientists believe will furnish one of the largest treasure hoards of metals and minerals the world has yet known, and almost inexhaustible sources of copper, coal, uranium, and many other ores will become available to man. Such discoveries will usher in an era of practical exploitation of the Antarctic wastes.The polar darkness which hides this continent for the six winter months will be defeated by huge batteries of light, and make possible the establishing of air-fields for the future inter-continental air services by making these areas as light as day. Present flying routes will be completely changed, for the Antarctic refueling bases will make flights from Australia to South America comparatively easy over the 5,000 miles journey.The climate is not likely to offer an insuperable problem, for the explorer Admiral Byrd has shown that the climate is possible even for men completely untrained for expeditions into those frozen wastes. Some of his parties were men who had never seen snow before, and yet he records that they survived the rigors of the Antarctic climate comfortably, so that, provided that the appropriate installations are made, we may assume that human beings from all countries could live there safely. Byrd even affirms that it is probably the most healthy climate in the world, for the intense cold of thousands of years has sterilize this continent, and rendered it absolutely germfree, with the consequences that ordinary and extraordinary sickness and diseases from which man suffers in other zones with different climates are here utterly unknown. There exist no problems of conservation and preservation of food supplies, for the latter keep indefinitely without any signs of deterioration; it may even be that later generations will come to regard the Antarctic as the natural storehouse for thewhole world.Plans are already on foot to set up permanent bases on the shores of this continent, and what so few years ago was regarded as a “dead continent” now promises to be a most active center of human life and endeavor.1.When did man begin to explore the Antarctic?A.About 100years ago.B.In this century.C.At the beginning of the 19th century.D.In 1798.2.What must the explorers be, even though they have modern equipment and techniques?A.Brave and toughB.Stubborn and arrogant.C.Well-liked and humorous.D.Stout and smart.3.The most healthy climate in the world is___.A.in South America.B.in the Arctic Region.C.in the Antarctic Continent.D.in the Atlantic Ocean.4.What kind of metals and minerals can we find in the Antarctic?A.Magnetite, coal and ores.B.Copper, coal and uranium.C.Silver, natural gas and uranium.D.Aluminum, copper and natural gas.5.What is planned for the continent?A.Building dams along the coasts.B.Setting up several summer resorts along the coasts.C.Mapping the coast and whole territory.D.Setting up permanent bases on the coasts.第六篇答案：BDCBA第七篇(Unit 2 Passage 3)The discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical advent ures, but created what might be called “the heroic age of Antarctic exploration”. By their tremendou s heroism, men such as Shakleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing. Modern scienc e and inventions are revolutionizing the endurance, future journeys into these icy wastes will probabl y depend on motor vehicles equipped with caterpillar traction rather than on the dogs that earlier disc overers found so invaluable and hardly comparable.Few realize that this Antarctic continent is almost equal in size to South America, and enormous fiel d of work awaits geographers and prospectors. The coasts of this continent remain to be accurately c harted, and the maping of the whole of the interior presents a formidable task to the cartographers who undertake the work. Once their labors are completed, it will be possible to prospect the vast natur al resources which scientists believe will furnish one of the largest treasure hoards of metals and min erals the world has yet known, and almost inexhaustible sources of copper, coal, uranium, and man y other ores will become available to man. Such discoveries will usher in an era of practical exploitat ion of the Antarctic wastes.The polar darkness which hides this continent for the six winter months will be defeated by huge batt eries of light, and make possible the establishing of air-fields for the future inter-continental air servi ces by making these areas as light as day. Present flying routes will be completely changed, for the A ntarctic refueling bases will make flights from Australia to South America comparatively easy over t he 5,000 miles journey.The climate is not likely to offer an insuperable problem, for the explorer Admiral Byrd has shown t hat the climate is possible even for men completely untrained for expeditions into those frozen waste s. Some of his parties were men who had never seen snow before, and yet he records that they surviv ed the rigors of the Antarctic climate comfortably, so that, provided that the appropriate installation s are made, we may assume that human beings from all countries could live there safely. Byrd even a ffirms that it is probably the most healthy climate in the world, for the intense cold of thousands of y ears has sterilize this continent, and rendered it absolutely germfree, with the consequences that ordi nary and extraordinary sickness and diseases from which man suffers in other zones with different cl imates are here utterly unknown. There exist no problems of conservation and preservation of food s upplies, for the latter keep indefinitely without any signs of deterioration; it may even be that later ge nerations will come to regard the Antarctic as the natural storehouse for the whole world.Plans are already on foot to set up permanent bases on the shores of this continent, and what so few years ago was regarded as a “dead continent” now promises to be a most active center of human li fe and endeavor.1.When did man begin to explore the Antarctic?A.About 100years ago.B.In this century.C.At the beginning of the 19th century.D.In 1798.2.What must the explorers be, even though they have modern equipment and techniques?A.Brave and toughB.Stubborn and arrogant.C.Well-liked and humorous.D.Stout and smart.3.The most healthy climate in the world is___.A.in South America.B.in the Arctic Region.C.in the Antarctic Continent.D.in the Atlantic Ocean.。

王长喜-六级考试标准阅读60篇（39-40）_四六级_

王长喜-六级考试标准阅读60篇（39-40）第39篇：(Unit 10, Passage 3)The gift of being able to describe a face accurately is a rare one, as every experienced police officer knows to his cost. As the Lancet put it recently:” When we try to describe faces precisely words fail us, and we resort to identikit (拼脸型图) procedures.”Yet, according to one authority on the subject, we can each probably recognise more than 1,000 faces, the majority of which differ in fine details. This, when one comes to think of it, is a tremendous feat, though, curiously enough, relatively little attention has been devoted to the fundamental problems of how and why we acquire this gift for recognizing and remembering faces. Is it an inborn property of our brains, or an acquired one? As so often happens, the experts tend to differ.Thus, some argue that it is inborn, and that there are “special characteristics about the brain’s ability to distinguish faces”. In support of this the se they note how much better we are at recognizing a face after a single encounter than we are, for example, in recognizing an individual horse. On the other hand, there are those, and they are probably in the majority, who claim that the gift is an acquired one.The arguments in favour of this latter view, it must be confessed, are impressive. It is a habit that is acquired soon after birth. Watch, for instance, how a quite young baby recognises his member by sight. Granted that his other senses help – the sound other voice, his sense of smell, the distinctive way she handles him.But of all these, sight is predominant. Formed at the very beginning of life, the ability to recognize faces quickly becomesan established habit, and one that is, essential for daily living, if not necessarily for survival. How essential and valuable it is we probably do not appreciate until we encounter people who have been deprived of the faculty.This unfortunate inability to recognize familiar faces is known to all, but such people can often recognize individuals by their voices, their walking manners or their spectacles. With typical human ingenuity many of these unfortunate people overcome their handicap by recognizing other characteristic features.1.It is stated in the passage that ______.A.it is unusual for a person to be able to identify a face satisfactorilyB.the ability to recognize faces unhesitatingly is an unusual giftC.quit a few people can visualize faces they have seenD.few people can give exact details of the appearance of a face2.What the author feels strange about is that _______.A.people have the tremendous ability to recognize more than 1,000 facesB.people don’t think much of the problem of how and why we acquire the ability to recognize and remember facesC.people don’t realize how essential and valuable it is for them to have the ability to recognize facesD.people have been arguing much over the way people recognize and remember faces3.What is the first suggested explanation of the origin of the ability?A.It is one of the characteristics peculiar to human beings.B.It is acquired soon after birth.C.It is something we can do from the very moment we are born.D.It is learned from our environment and experiences.4.According to the passage, how important is the ability to recognize faces?A.It is useful in daily life but is not necessarily essential.B.It is absence would make normal everyday life impossible.C.Under certain circumstances we could not exist without it.D.Normal social life would be difficult without it.5.This passage seems to emphasize that ______.A.the ability to recognize individuals is dependent on other senses as well as sightB.sight is indispensable to recognizing individualsC.the ability to recognise faces is a special inborn ability of the brainD.the importance of the ability of recognize faces in fully appreciated by people.第39篇答案：DBCBA第40篇：(Unit 10, Passage 4)Scattered through the seas of the world are billions of tons of small plants and animals called plankton. Most of these plants and animals are too small for the human eye to see. They drift about lazily with the currents, providing a basic food for many larger animals.Plankton has been described as the equivalent of the grasses that grow on the dry land continents, and the comparison is an appropriate one. In potential food value however, plankton far outweighs that of the land grasses. One scientist has estimated that while grasses of the world produce about 49 billion tons ofvaluable carbohydrates each year. The sea’s plankton generates more than twice as much.Despite its enormous food potential, little effort was made until recently to farm plankton as we farm grasses on land. Now marine scientists have at last begun to study this possibility, especially as the sea’s resources loom even more important as a means of feeding an expanding world population.No one yet has seriously suggested that “planktonburgers” may soon become popular around the world. As a possible farmed supplementary food source, however, plankton is gaining considerable interest among marine scientists.One type of plankton that seems to have great harvest possibilities is a tiny shrimplike creature called krill. Growing to two or three inches long, krill provide the major food for the giant blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit the Earth. Realizing that this whale may grow 100 feet and weigh 150 tons at maturity, it is not surprising that each one devours more than one ton of krill daily.Krill swim about just below the surface in huge schools sometimes miles wide, mainly in the cold Antarctic. Because of their pink color, they often appear as a solid reddish mass when viewed from a ship or from the air. Krill are very high in food value.A pound of these crustaceans contains about 460 calories—about the same as shrimp or lobster, to which they are related.If the krill can feed such huge creatures as whales, many scientists reason, they must certainly be contenders as new food source for humans.1.Which of the following best portrays the organization of the passage?A.The author presents the advantages and disadvantages ofplankton as a food source.B.The author quotes public opinion to support the argument for farming plankton.C.The author classifies the different food sources according to amount of carbohydrate.D.The author makes a general statement about plankton asa food source and then moves to a specific example.2.According to the passage, why is plankton regarded to be more valuable than land grasses?A.It is easier to cultivate.B.It produces more carbohydrates.C.It does not require soil.D.It is more palatable.3.Why does the author mention “planktonburgers”?A.To describe the appearance of one type of plankton.B.To illustrate how much plankton a whale consumes.C.To suggest plankton as a possible food sources.D.To compare the food values of beef and plankton.4.What is mentioned as one conspicuous feature of krill?A.They are the smallest marine animals.B.They are pink in color.C.They are similar in size to lobsters.D.They have grass like bodies.5.The author mentions all of the following as reasons why plankton could be considered a human food source except that it is ___.A.high in food value.B.in abundant supply in the oceans.C.an appropriate food for other animals.D.free of chemicals and pollutants.第四十篇答案：DBCBD。

王长喜-六级考试标准阅读60篇(37-38)

王长喜-六级考试标准阅读60篇（37-38）第三十七篇：(Unit 10,Passage 1)Jogging has become the most popular individual sport in America. Many theories, even some mystical ones, have been advanced to explain the popularity of jogging. The plain truth is that jogging is a cheap, quick and efficient way to maintain (or achieve )physical fitness.The most useful sort of exercise is exercise that develops the heart, lungs, and circulatory systems. If these systems are fit, the body is ready for almost any sport and for almost any sudden demand made by work or emergencies. One can train more specifically, as by developing strength for weight lifting or the ability to run straight ahead for short distances with great power s in football, but running trains your heart and lungs to deliver oxygen more efficiently to all parts of your body. It is worth noting that this sort of exercise is the only kind that can reduce heart disease, the number one cause of death in America. Only one sort of equipment is needed – a good pair of shoes. Physicians advise beginning joggers not to run in a tennis or gym shoe. Many design advances have been made inonly the last several years that make an excellent running shoe in dispensable if a runner wishes to develop as quickly as possible, with as little chance of injury as possible. A good running shoe will have a soft pad for absorbing shock, as well as a slightly built-up heel and a full heelcup that will give the knee and ankle more stability. A wise investment in good shoes will prevent bilisters and the foot, ankle and knee injures and will also enable the wearer to run on paved or soft surfaces. No other special equipment is needed; you can jog in any clothing you desire, even your street clothes. Many joggers wear expensive, flashy warm –up suits, but just as many wear a simple pair of gym shoes and T-shirt; in fact, many people just jog in last year’s clothes. In cold weather, several layers of clothing are better than one heavy sweater or coat. If joggers are wearing several layers of clothing, they can add or subtract layers as conditions change.It takes surprisingly little time to develop the ability to run. The American Jogging Association has a twelve – week program designed to move form a fifteen-minute walk (whichalmost anyone can manage who is in reasonable health) to a thirty-minute run. A measure of common sense, a physical examination, and a planned schedule are all it takes.1.They main purpose of this passage is to _____.A.discuss jogging as a physical fitness programB.describe the type of clothing needed for joggingC.provide scientific evidence of the benefits of joggingD.distinguish between jogging as a “common sense “fitness program and a cult (崇拜) movement2.The most useful kind of exercise is exercise that ______.A.trains the body for weigh liftingB.enables a person to run straight ahead for short distances with great powerC.is both beneficial and inexpensiveD.develops the heart, lungs, and circulatory systems3.We can conclude from this passage that ______.A.because of jogging, heart disease is no longer an American problemB.jogging can be harmful if the runner is not properly preparedC.warm-up suits are preferable to gym shoes and T-shirtsD.jogging is bad for the ankles and knees4.The author’s tone ______.A.skepticalB.aggressiveC.appr ovingD.purely objective5.As used in this passage, the word “mystical “ means________.A.awesomeB.horrifyingC.a spirtual disciplineD.vicious第37篇答案：ADBCC第38篇：(Unit 10,Passage 2)There are spectacular differences between financial markets on the Continent of Europe on the one hand, and in Britain on the other hand. In Britain, the market is really the City of London. It is a free market, and it controls most of the flow of savings to investment. On the Continent, either a few banks or government officials direct the flow of funds to suit their economic plans. In Germany the flow is directed by all-powerful banks. In Britain there is more free interplay of market forces and far fewer regulations, rules and “red tape”. A French banker summed it up this way: “On the Continent you can’t do anything unlessyou’re been told you can; in England on the other hand you can do everything as long as you haven’t been told not to.”There are many basic reasons for these differences. One is that Continental savers tend to prefer gold, cash or short-term assets. They invest only 10% of their savings in institutions like pension funds or insurance companies. But in Britain 50% of savings goes to them, and they, in turn, invest directly in equity market. A far lower proportion of savings is put in the banks in the form of liquid assets than on the Continent. Continental governments intervene directly or through the banks to collect savings together and transform them into medium or long-term loans for investment. The equity market is largely bypassed. On the Continent economic planning tends to be far morecentralized than in Britain. In Britain it is possible to influence decisions affecting the country’s econo my from within the City. It attracts a skilled and highly qualified work force. In France, on the other hand, an intelligent young man who wants a career in finance would probably find the civil service more attractive.In Britain the market, or more accurately, money tends tobe regarded as an end in itself. On the Continent it is regarded as a means to an end: investment in the economy. To British eyes continental systems with possible exception of the Dutch seem slow and inefficient. But there is one out standing fact the City should not overlook. Britain’s growth rates and levels of investment over the last ten years have been much lower than on the Continent. There are many reasons for this, but the City must take part of the blame. If it is accepted that the basic function of a financial market is to supply industry and commerce with finance in order to achieve desired rates of growth, it can be said that by concentrating on the market for its own sake the City has tended to forget that basic function.1.What is the best title of the passage?A.Savings and the Growth Rate.B.Banking and Finance: Two Different Realities.C.Monetary Policy in Britain.D.The European Continent and Britain.2.What seems to be the most fundamental reason for this difference?A.The British tend to regard money as an end, whereasContinental European consider it a means to an end.B.The British invest only 10% of their savings in pension funds.C.On the Continent you can’t do anything unless you have been told you can.D.Intelligent young men who want a career tend to go to civil service on the Continent.3.According to the passage, the Dutch way of finance and banking ___.A.is similar to that of the French.B.makes no difference whatever system it is compared to.C.is perhaps resembling that of the British.D.has a low efficiency.4.The word “outstanding” in Line 4, Para 3___A.beatingB.surplusC.noticeableD.seemingly5.In what way does the continental system seem better?A.The Continent maintains a higher growth rate and levels of investment.B.It has less proportion of savings in the form of liquid assets.C.It attracts intelligent young men.D.In functions properly despite the fact that the British discount it.第38篇答案：BACCA。

作文范文之2014王长喜六级作文

2014王长喜六级作文【篇一：王长喜英语六级预测作文排版素材 - 副本(3704182)】预测作文1directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic why do people like to buy lotteries? you should write at least 150 words, and base yourcomposition on the outline (given in chinese) below:1）目前社会上有许多人喜欢购买彩票2）分析产生这种现象的原因3）提出你的建议预测作文2directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic is good appearance more important than capability? you should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in chinese) below:1）现在很多漂亮的女孩子尽管没有很强的能力仍能找到很好的工作，因此一些人得出结论说外貌比能力更重要2）你是否同意？给出你的理由预测作文3directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic cyber crimes. you shouldwrite at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in chinese) below:1）随着互联网的普及和使用，网络犯罪开始摆在世人面前2）应该如何来打击和预防网络犯罪越来越成为人们必须要解决的一个难题3）作为大学生，你应该怎么做？预测作文4directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic test for national civil servants. you should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in chinese)below:1）近几年兴起了一股报考国家公务员的热潮2）分析产生这一现象的原因3）你对此的看法是??【篇二：王长喜作文汇总】第一节：六级作文试题分析一. 六级作文试题分类六级作文从试题角度可以分为现象解释型、对比选择型、问题解决型、观点论证型和使用文五种类型。

2010年6月英语六级考试王长喜标准阅读(第54篇)

及54鐙・(Unit 15 ,Passage 1)If we look at education in our own society, we see two sharply different factors. First of all, there is the overwhelming majority of teachers, principals, curriculum planners, school superintendents, who are devoted to passing on the knowledge that children need in order to live in our industrialized society. Their chief concern is with efficiency, that is, with implanting the greatest number of facts into the greatest possible number of children, with a minimum of time, expense, and effort.Classroom learning often has as its unspoken goal the reward of pleasing the teacher. Children in the usual classroom learn very quickly that creativity is punished, while repeating a memorized response is rewarded, and concentrate on what the teacher wants them to say, rather than understanding the problem.The difference between the intrinsic and the extrinsic aspects of a college education is illustrated by the following story about Upton Sinclair. When Sinclair was a young man, he found that he was unable to raise the tuition money needed to attend college. Upon careful reading of the college catalogue, however, he found that if a student failed a course, he received no credit for the course, but was obliged to take another course in its place. The college did not charge the student for the second course, reasoning that he had already paid once for his credit. Sinclair took advantage of this policy and not a free education by deliberately failing all his courses.In the ideal college, there would be no credits, no degrees, and no required courses. A person would learn what he wanted to learn. A friend and I attempted to put this ideal into action by starting a serials of seminars at Brandeis called ＾Freshman Seminars Introduction to the Intellectual Life.￣ In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted it！since anyone can improve and learn. The student body might include creative, intelligent children as well as adults; morons as well as geniuses (for even morons can learn emotionally and spiritually). The college would be ubiquitous！that is, not restricted to particular buildings at particular times, and teachers would be any human beings who had something that they wanted to share with others. The college would be lifelong, for learning can take place all through life. Even dying can be a philosophically illuminating, highly educative experience.The ideal college would be a kind of education retreat in which you could try to find yourself; find out what you like and want; what you are and are not good at. The chief goals of the ideal college, in other words, would be the discovery of identity, and with it, the discovery of vocation.1.In the author¨s opinion, the majority of education workers ___.A.emphasize independent thought rather than well-memorized responsesB.tend to reward children with better understanding rather than with a goal for creditsC.implant children with a lot of facts at the expense of understanding the problemD.are imaginative, creative and efficient in keeping up with our industrialized society2.Children in the usual classroom learn very quickly when ___.A.they are required to repeat what teacher has saidB.they read books that are not assigned by the teacherC.they know how to behave themselves in face of the teacherD.they can memorize the greatest number of facts in the shortest period of time3.An extrinsically oriented education is one that ___.A.focuses on oriented educationB.takes students¨ need into accountys emphases on ＾earning a degree￣D.emphasizes learning through discussion4.To enter the author¨s ideal college, a student ___.A.has to pass an enrollment examB.should be very intelligentC.needn¨t worry about homeworkD.can be best stimulated for creative work5.The author¨s purpose of writing the article is ___.A.to advocate his viewsB.to criticize college studentsC.to stress self-teaching attitudeD.to put technological education to a later stage及54鐙基宛・CACCA。

王长喜-六级考试标准阅读（14）

A controversy erupted in the scientific community in early 1998 over the use of DNA （deoxyribonucleic acid ） fingerprinting in criminal investigations. DNA fingerprinting was introduced in 1987 as a method to identify individuals based on a pattern seen in their DNA， the molecule of which genes are made. DNA is present in every cell of the body except red blood cells. DNA fingerprinting has been used successfully in various ways， such as to determine paternity where it is not clear who the father of a particular child is. However， it is in the area of criminal investigations that DNA fingerprinting has potentially powerful and controversial uses.DNA fingerprinting and other DNA analysis techniques have revolutionized criminal investigations by giving investigators powerful new tools in the attempt to trove guilt， not just establish innocence. When used in criminal investigations， a DNA fingerprint pattern from a suspect is compared with a DNA fingerprint pattern obtained from such material as hairs or blood found at the scene of a crime. A match between the two DNA samples can be used as evidence to convict a suspect.The controversy in 1998 stemmed form a report published in December 1991 by population geneticists Richard C. Lewontin of Harvard University in Cambridge， Mass.， and Daniel L. Hartl called into question the methods to calculate how likely it is that a match between two DNA fingerprints might occur by chance alone. In particular， they argued that the current method cannot properly determine the likelihood that two DNA samples will match because they came from the same individual rather than simply from two different individuals who are members of the same ethnic group. Lewontin and Hartl called for better surveys of DNA patterns methods are adequate.In response to their criticisms， population geneticists Ranajit Chakraborty of the University of Texas in Dallas and Kenneth K.Kidd of Yale University in New Haven， Conn.， argued that enough data are already available to show that the methods currently being used are adequate. In January 1998， however， the federal Bureau of Investigation and laboratories that conduct DNA tests announced that they would collect additional DNA samples form various ethnic groups in an attempt to resolve some of these questions. And， in April， a National Academy of Sciences called for strict standards and system of accreditation for DNA testing laboratories.1.Before DNA fingerprinting is used， suspects____.A.would have to leave their fingerprints for further investigationsB.would have to submit evidence for their innocenceC.could easily escape conviction of guiltD.cold be convicted of guilt as well2.DNA fingerprinting can be unreliable when ____.A.the methods used for blood- cell calculation are not accurateB.two different individuals of the same ethnic group may have the same DNA fingerprinting patternC.a match is by chance left with fingerprints that happen to belong to two different individualsD.two different individuals leave two DNA samples.3.To geneticists like Lewontin and Hartl， the current method ____.A.is not so convincing as to exclude the likelihood that two DNA samples can never come from two individualsB.is arguable because two individuals of the same ethnic group are likely to have the same DNA pattern.C.Is not based on adequate scientific theory of geneticsD.Is theoretically contradictory to what they have been studying4.The attitude of the Federal Bereau of Investigation shows that ____.A.enough data are yet to be collected form various ethnic groups to confirm the unlikelihood of two DNA samples coming from two individual membersB.enough data of DNA samples should be collected to confirm that only DNA samples form the same person can matchC.enough data are yet to be collected from various ethnic groups to determine the likelihood of two different DNA samples coming form the same personD.additional samples from various ethnic groups should be collected to determine that two DNA samples are unlikely tocome from the same person5.National Academy of Sciences holds the stance that ____.A.DNA testing should be systematized。

王长喜六级冲刺试题答案及听力原文

参考答案【作文范文】Personal Information LeakageAn online survey conducted in 2008 showed that nearly 89 percent of the 2,422 people polled claimed their personal information had been leaked and they suffered. Take a lawyer polled for example. He registered some of his personal information some years ago when he bought insurance for his new car. Since then, every year he received dozens of calls from different companies trying to sell him insurances.With personal information leaked, your nightmare would start. You would be continuously bombarded by anonymous messages or phone calls via mobile phones and other communication channels for private tutoring, apartment sales, insurances…the list goes on.Worst still, if your confidential information was made known to criminals, you might have large purchases made on your credit card, funds withdrawn from your bank account, and even major loans taken out in your name.To protect your personal information, the best way is thinking before acting. For example, if yo u don‟t want your personal information out there, avoid filling out ballots for “free draws” or other promotions. These are ways to get your name, address and telephone number on a junk mail or telemarketing list.1. [D]2. [C]3. [B]4. [C]5. [D]6. [C]7. [D]8. company9. respondence to those demands10. “art” of relaxation11. [B]12. [C]13. [C]14. [A]15. [A]16. [D]17. [D]18. [C]19. [A]20. [D]21. [A]22. [D]23. [D]25. [C]26. [D]27. [C]28. [D]29. [B]30. [C]31. [A]32. [D]33. [A]34. [D]35. [C]36. statistics37. obese38. survey39. underestimate40. including41. genetic42. followed43. heredity44. And at least some people appear to have given up on dieting to control their weight45. In a poll taken 15 years ago, the percentage of adults reported having ever dieted was slightly higher46. Virtually everyone agrees that a person‟s weight has an impact on the chances for a long and healthy life47. Low-income and minority applicants.48. commit upfront to attending the university49. strong candidates50. compare financial-aid offerings51. Early admission.52. [C]53. [B]54. [D]55. [D]56. [A]57. [B]58. [C]59. [C]60. [A]61. [C]62. [C]64. [A]65. [B]66. [C]67. [A]68. [D]69. [A]70. [B]71. [D]72. [B]73. [A]74. [D]75. [C]76. [B]77. [A]78. [B]79. [D]80. [C]81. [A]82. No matter how hard some people in the audience tried to upset him83. as/so long as you promise to be back before 11 at night84. they (should) go on with the meeting instead of breaking off for lunch85. would not have finished it so early86. fulfilled/carried out his early promises in this election year听力原文11. M: Well, it‟s just that I can‟t stay here all my life, can I?W: No, of course you can‟t. Nobody ever suggested anything of the sort. When have I ever tried to keep you at home? Haven‟t I just said that you must lead your own life?Q: What does the woman mean?12. W: These books are three weeks overdue. How much is the fine for late returns?M: You are in luck. We‟re trying to encourage returns so there‟s no fine this week.Q: What does the man mean?13. W: I want to go to the concert tonight, but it starts at seven, and I have to work until six.M: I‟ve got an idea. I‟ll pick you up after work and we‟ll eat downtown. That‟ll give us plenty of time to get to the concert.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14. W: Did you and Tommy go shopping this afternoon together?M: Yes, he seemed to have bought a store home, but all I got was a sore foot. I don‟t know, and perhaps it was not my day.Q: What does the man mean?15. W: Professor Smith caught some students cheating on the final exam and failed them right then and there.M: Serves them right. I don‟t sympathize with anyone trying to pass that way.Q: What does the man mean?16. W: Friday‟s speaker is supposed to be wonderful. Are you going to attend the semina r on that day？M: Yes, but I haven‟t been able to get the ticket yet. Since the lecture is open to the public, I imagine that the tickets may have already been sold out.Q: Why is the man afraid he won‟t be able to attend the seminar？17. M: This TV set is getting worse and worse. Now it doesn‟t work at all.W: Here‟s an advertisement on the newspaper about a big TV sale. Usually a big sale like this would have some good bargains. What would you say?Q: What does the woman suggest?18. W: Remember to bring everything with you: the pencil, ID card, everything. After the exam your father and I willtake you to the beach for relaxation.M: I know, as this is really an important physics examination for me.Q: What is the man going to do now?Now you will hear the two long conversations.Conversation OneW: Good evening and welcome to tonight‟s program. Our guest is the world-renowned Dr. Charles Adams, who has sparked a great deal of attention over the past several years for his research in the area of language learning. His new book, Learning a Language over Eggs and Toast, has been on the best seller list for the past six weeks.Welcome to our program.M: Ah, it‟s a pleasure to be here.W: Now, Dr. Adams, tell us about the title of your book, Learning a Language over Eggs and Toast.M: Well, one of the most important keys to learning another language is to establish a regular study program, like planning a few minutes every morning around breakfast time.W: So what are some of the basic keys you are suggesting in the book？M: Well, as I just mentioned, people need to plan out their study by setting realistic and attainable goals from the beginning. And small steps, little by little, are the key.W: Now you mentioned something about maximizing your learning potential by learning about your own individual learning styles. Can you elaborate on that？M: Sure. People often have different ways of learning and approach learning tasks differently. Some people are visual learners who prefer to see models of the patterns they are expected to learn; others are auditory learners who favor hearing instructions, for example, over reading them.W: Well, Dr. Adams, what is your learning style？M: Well, I‟m a very tactile learner.W: You mean one who learns through hands-on experience？M: Exactly.W: Okay. We have just heard from Dr. Charles Adams, author of the book, Learning Languages over Eggs and Toast.Thanks for joining us.M: My pleasure.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?20. According to the man, what is the important point in learning a foreign language?21. What does the man suggest in his book?22. What do we learn at the end of the conversation?Conversation TwoM: Hurry up, Kate. We‟ll be late.W: I am hurrying. I can‟t move any faster.M: It‟s always the same. We can never get anywhere on time.W: Right! I‟m ready. Really, David, if you gave me some help around the house, we‟d never have to hurry like this. I can‟t do everything, you know.M: W ell, we‟d better be off. We‟re late already.W: Oh, no! It‟s absolutely pouring. We can‟t go out in that. We‟ll be soaked.M: Nonsense! Come on. It‟s only a shower. It won‟t last long.W: A shower? That! It‟s set in for the night. I‟m not going out in that.M: Well, you‟ve got your umbrella, haven‟t you? Use that. And anyway, it‟s only five minutes to the Johnsons‟house.W: It might just as well be five miles in that rain. And I haven‟t got my umbrella. I left it in the office.M: That wasn‟t very cleve r of you, was it?W: Well, we could use your umbrella, I suppose.M: We can‟t. I left it on the train six weeks ago.W: Oh, David. Really, you are impossible.M: Well, we can‟t stand here all night. We‟re late enough as it is. Let‟s go.W: I‟m not going out in that. And that‟s final.M: I‟d better ring for a taxi then.W: Yes. You‟d better, hadn‟t you?Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. Why does Kate refuse to leave the house then?24. What are Kate and David going to do?25. What happened to David’s umbrella?Section BPassage OneThere was a story many years ago of a school teacher — Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn‟t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother‟s perfume.Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy‟s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.The story doesn‟t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson‟s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn‟t know how to teach until I met you.”Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?27. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?28. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?29. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?Passage TwoA study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWest that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.University tuition fees are currently capped at 3,000 pounds annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.In the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average 31,000 pounds by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just 17,800. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than 10,000 pounds. Average debts for graduates are 12,363 poundsStephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said, “The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively.”Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweather, aged 15, from St. Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. Which can be found from the five-year research project?31. What should students do according to Stephen Moir?32. What can we learn from the passage?Passage ThreeCelebrity has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don‟t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others‟ products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren‟t a completely new phenomeno n, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they‟re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world-top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there‟s a related warn ing tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product‟s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity‟s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego‟s potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved gr eat wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion-like celebrity — has always been temporary.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. What do we know about fashion magazines today?34. What is a change in the consumer market that can be found today?35. What is the passage mainly about?Section CNinety percent of Americans know that most of their compatriots are overweight, but just 40 percent believe themselves to be too fat. Government statistics show that more than 60 percent of the U.S. population is overweight, and half is obese, meaning they are at serious risk of health effects from their weight. But the Pew Research Center telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults finds that many people overestimate how tall they are and underestimate how much they weigh — and thus do not rate themselves as overweight, even when they are. The survey finds that most Americans, including those who say they are overweight, agree that personal behavior — rather than genetic disposition or marketing by food companies — is the main reason people are overweight. In particular, the public says that a failure to get enough exercise is the most important reason, followed by a lack of willpower about what to eat. About half of the public also says that the kinds of foods marketed at restaurants and grocery stores are a very important cause, and roughly a third says the same about the effects of genetics and heredity. And at least some people appear to have given up on dieting to control their weight.One in four respondents in the survey say they are currently dieting, and 52 percent say they have dieted at some point in their lives. In a poll taken 15 years ago, the percentage of adults reported having ever dieted was slightly higher. Those surveyed agree that maintaining a healthy weight is important. Virtually everyone agrees that a person‟s weight has an impact on the chances for a long and healthy life.答案解析【作文范文】To Issue Consumption Coupons or Not?In the early 2009 when the world was fighting with financial crisis, the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou handed out coupons worth 100 to 200 Yuan to the city‟s low-income households and all the primary and middle school students. The move gained a positive response wh en people‟s spending surged.Following the positive example set by Hangzhou, many other cities in China are considering carrying out similar practices.However, people hold mixed views regarding whether the move should be promoted, especially nationwide. Firm supporters say that these coupons can help restore consumers‟ confidence, encourage them to spend more and stimulate the economy. But some other insiders are more cautious about the issuance of such coupons. They hold that coupons only have a one-off stimulus effect and should not be used as a long-term practice.My attitude towards the issue depends on to whom these coupons would be given. If the coupons were to be allocated to everyone regardless of their economic situations, I would disagree. But if local governments hand out coupons only to low-income families, as Hangzhou has experimented, I would agree.1. [B]2. [D]3. [C]4. [D]5. [C]6. [B]7. [A]8. a local source of food9. the early 18th century10. reduce resource use11. [B]12. [D]13. [B]14. [D]15. [C]16. [D]17. [B]18. [A]19. [A]20. [A]21. [B]22. [D]23. [B]24. [A]25. [C]26. [A]27. [B]28. [D]29. [C]30. [D]31. [A]32. [C]33. [D]35. [B]36. spot37. devastating38. committed39. deportation40. noticeable41. variations42. taste43. imported44. Most damaging is a fashion for extreme violence that has easily found a home in countries with violent histories45. Local branches of major international gangs are involved in serious crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to kidnapping46. The spread of the gangs has its beginnings in the conflicts that have been common in Central America during the last 25 years47. additional passenger checks48. To see how people behave.49. questioning passengers50. time-consuming51. Because threats change.52. [B]53. [B]54. [A]55. [D]56. [C]57. [C]58. [B]59. [A]60. [D]61. [A]62. [A]63. [B]64. [B]65. [A]66. [C]67. [D]68. [A]69. [C]70. [B]71. [A]73. [C]74. [C]75. [A]76. [B]77. [D]78. [B]79. [C]80. [D]81. [D]82. submit your resume on line before the end of this month83. needn‟t have borrowed it from the bank84. One of the reasons why students don‟t like the traditional class85. the progress of society is based on harmony86. did I realize that she had been finding faults with me听力原文11. W: Well, Jack, I would offer you another drink but I have guests coming and I haven‟t even begun to prepare thedinner. Thanks for stopping by.M: Thanks for the drink. It has been nice seeing you, too.Q: Why did the woman mention her dinner guests?12. W: This is the worst drought ever since the sixties.M: Yes. But it‟s just the opposite in the south. They have the severest flood for the past 30 years.Q: What do we know about the weather in the south?13. M: It says here the next train is due in at 7:50.W: I know, but I don‟t know whether I can make that one. I‟d rather call you from the station than have youwaiting around for an hour.Q: What does the woman mean?14. W: Hi, John, we have so many tests next week and the professor is still pressing us to hand in the term paperbefore Friday. Are you prepared for the tests?M: As far as preparation is concerned, there will never be an end to it.Q: What does the man imply?15. W: Could you spare me a few minutes to go over a letter I have just written? You see I‟ve never written a letter inEnglish before, so I‟ve probably made lots of mistakes.M: Okay. Please sit down. What‟s the letter for?Q: What does the woman want to do?16. W: Have yo u finished the assignment given by Professor Smith? I don‟t think you have much difficulty doingthat experiment.M: No, but I didn‟t expect it would take me most of the day.Q: What does the man mean?17. W: I‟m sorry, sir. But you‟re allowed only one piece of luggage on the plane. You‟ll have to check in one of yoursuitcases at the baggage counter.M: Actually, one of these belongs to the woman up ahead. I‟m just giving her a hand.Q: What does the man mean?18. W: I spent so much money on photocopying this afternoon in the library that I don‟t have enough money left fordinner. Can you lend me a few dollars?M: Sorry. I am short of money at the moment. I was hoping to borrow some money from you.W: Conversation OneW: Dr. Jones, how exactly would you define eccentricity?M: Well, we all have our own particular habits which others find irritating or amusing, but an eccentric is someone who behaves in a totally different manner from those in the society in which he lives.W: When you talk about eccentricity, are you referring mainly to matters of appearance?M: Not specifically, no. There are many other ways in which eccentricity is displayed. For instance, some individuals like to leave their marks on this earth with strange buildings. Others have the craziest desires which influence their whole way of life.W: Can you give me an example?M: Certainly. One that immediately springs to mind was a Victorian surgeon by the name of Buckland. Being a great animal lover he used to share his house openly with the strangest creatures, including snakes, bears, rats, monkeys and eagles.W: That must have been quite dangerous at times. Does one of these stand out in your mind at all?M: Yes, I suppose this century has produced one of the most famous ones: the American billionaire, Howard Hughes. W: But he wasn‟t a recluse all his life, was he?M: That‟s correct. In fact, he was just the opposite in his younger day s. He was a rich young man who loved the Hollywood society of his day. But he began to disappear for long periods when he grew tired of high living.Finally, nobody was allowed to touch his food and he would wrap his hand in a tissue before picking anything up.He didn‟t even allow a barber to go near him too often and his hair and beard grew down to his waist.W: Did he live completely alone?M: No, that was the strangest thing. He always stayed in luxury hotels with a group of servants to take care of him.He used to spend his days locked up in a penthouse suit watching adventure films over and over again and often eating nothing but ice cream and chocolate bars.W: It sounds a very sad story.M: It does. But, as you said earlier, life would be the same without characters like him, wouldn‟t it?Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What did the woman want to talk to Dr. Jones about?20. According to the conversation, what’s the meaning of eccentricity?21. Who is Howard Hughes?22. Which statement is true according to your comprehension of this conversation?Conversation TwoW: Now I‟ve got your background, let‟s talk about the management trainee scheme. What exactly do you think a manager does?M: I don‟t know a great deal about the work.W: But have you got any ideas about it? You must have thought about it.M: Well, er, I suppose he has a lot of, er, what is called, policy-making to do. And, um, he‟d have to know how to work with people and all about the company.W: Um.M: Yes, I, er, should think a manager must know, er, something about all aspects of the work.W: Yes, that‟s right. We like our executive staff to undergo a thorough training. Young men on our trainee scheme have to work through every branch in the company.M: Well, if I had to do it, I suppose. But I was thinking that my French and German would mean that I could specialize in overseas work. I‟d like to be some sort of an export salesman and travel abroad.W: You know the charm of traveling abroad disapp ears when you‟ve got to work hard. It‟s not all fun and game.M: Oh, yes, I realize that. It‟s just that my knowledge of languages would be useful.W: Now, Mr. Smith, is there anything you want to ask me?M: Well, there‟s one or two things. I‟d like to know if I‟d have to sign a contract, what the salary is and what the prospects are.W: With our scheme, Mr. Smith, there is no contract involved. Your progress is kept under constant review. If we, at any time, decide we don‟t like you, then that‟s that! We r eserve the right to dismiss you. Of course, you have the same choice about us. As for salary, you‟d be on our fixed scale starting at 870 pounds. For the successful trainee, the prospects are very good.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. How does Mr. Smith sound when asked what a manager’s role is?24. What does Mr. Smith say he would like to be?25. What can we learn about the management trainee scheme?Section BPassage OneZoe Chambers was a successful PR (Public Relations) consultant and life was going well — she had a great job, a beautiful flat and a busy social life in London. Then one evening in June last year, she received a text message telling her she was out of work. “The first two weeks were the most difficult to live through,” she said. “After everything I‟d done for the company, they dismissed me by text! I was so angry and I just didn‟t feel like looking for another job. I hated everything about the city and my life.”Then, Zoe received an invitation from an old school friend, Kathy, to come and stay. Kathy and her husband, Huw, had just bought a farm in northwest Wales. Zoe jumped at the chance to spend a weekend away from London, and now, ten months later, she is still on the farm.“The moment I arrived at Kathy‟s farm, I loved it and I knew I wanted to stay,” said Zoe.“Everything about my past life suddenly seemed meaningless.”Zoe has been working on the farm since October of last year and says she has no regrets. “It‟s a hard life, physically very tiring,” she says. “In London I was stressed and often mentally exhausted. But this is a good, healthy tiredness. Here, all I need to put me in a good mood is a hot bath and one of Kathy‟s wonderful dinners.”Zoe says she has never felt bored on the farm. Every day brings a new experience. Kathy has been teaching her how to ride a horse and she has learnt to drive a tractor. Since Christmas, she has been helping with the lambing —watching a lamb being born is unbelievable, she says, “It‟s one of the most moving experiences I‟ve ever had. I could never go back to city life now.”Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. How did Zoe find her life in London when working as a PR consultant?27. What is the most important reason Zoe we nt to visit Kathy’s farm?28. How does Zoe feel about the country life according to the passage?29. What is the main idea of the passage?。

访谈实录-王长喜四六级冲刺辅导

访谈实录：王长喜四六级冲刺辅导主持人：各位网友晚上好，今天很荣幸邀请到了北文学校的首席英文教师王长喜老师，为各位做四六级的考试冲刺辅导，北文学校是非常著名的学校，那么北文学校在CET考试辅导当中有哪些优势？王长喜：从北文学校来讲，现在几乎是聚集了前面所有的优秀老师。

这是我们在CET的另外一方面我们的优势，也就是说我们目前已经出版过100多种书。

这100多种书里面包含了大量的资料，从资料储备上讲，一个是从资料储备上我们占有优势，一个是老师我们占很大的优势。

主持人：离四六级开考只有几天的时间了，那么在这几天里头应该怎么样安排好时间，进行最有效的学习，取得最好的成绩，是广大网友最关心的问题。

有些网友问，阅读很一般，在余下的时间里应该怎么样复习阅读，是不是应该拼命的做阅读，还是可以背一些作文，有没有什么帮助？王长喜：其实这里面是三个问题，第一个问题，九天了我们应该怎么复习，从时间安排来说，这九天的时间我们还是要做模拟试题，这是第一个，第二个也可以听一下串讲这种类型的，那么涉及到串讲的时候，就涉及到了关于作文，就是第二个问的问题，从作文来讲背范文起到一定的作用，但是不能够起到决定性的作用，我们背范文，我们从作文来讲，应当是分三个层次，如果是好的学生，他应当按照审题，然后写提纲，再去写文的正文，按照这种思路，这种思路适合于高端的学生，另外还有中等的学生，就适合背句型，感觉程度最差的才背范文。

刚才这个网友问的问题，就是背范文在迫不得已的情况下才去背范文，因为背范文的风险最大，刚才我们讲的三种，高端的学生风险最小，中段的居中，那么低端的学生风险最大，因为一旦出来的题与你所背的不一样，那么得分就不会很高，但是我们实在是没办法了，那么要去背范文，所以对于范文的这种做法，应该正确的认识，从心理上都有准备，有的同学问，背范文，可以达到及格分数吗？这也是两说的，一如果你背的范文和出题的方向是一致的，你的及格分可能会达到10分甚至是12分，如果你背的范文，跟出题完全不一致，那么最后可能会得3－5分，这里面还涉及到关于作文的技巧问题，背范文不是一个完全的技巧，只能是作为一项准备。

20XX年6月大学英语六级考试王长喜作文模板

20XX年6月大学英语六级考试王长喜作文模板20XX年6月大学英语六级考试王长喜作文模板第一节：六级作文试题分析一. 六级作文试题分类六级作文从试题角度可以分为现象解释型、对比选择型、问题解决型、观点论证型与应用文五种类型。

(一) 现象解释型此类作文在六级考试作文中最为常见。

命题主要要求考生对某一社会现象进行解释并加以评论，其基本结构是：首先说明现状;其次阐述这种现状产生或存在的原因;最后做出分析，提出建议或总结观点。

例如：1.现象解释六级真题(20XX年6月)(二) 对比选择型此类作文同样是六级考试中常见的类型，它的标志十分明显。

作文题目要求较明确，富有针对性，即直接要求考试比较两种观点或做法，进而表明自己对问题或事务的态度或观点，也就是做出选择。

例如：(2000年6月，1999年6月)(三) 问题解决型此类作文要求考生从提示性文字或图表、图画入手，解释提示性文字、图表、图画反映出的问题，提出问题的危害性或解决这一问题的紧迫性;然后对问题展开分析，提出解决问题的方案或应对措施;最后一段要求考生表明自己的态度、做法等。

如2000年1月真题。

(四) 观点论证型此类作文往往要求考生根据题目给出论点，按照提纲的结构要求对其下论证，然后表明自己的立场和看法。

通过摆事实、讲道理的方式剖析事物，论述事理，发表意见，确立或否认某一主张。

如：1999年1月六级真题。

(五) 应用文应用文中的信函，也是六级作文设计的试题之一。

在这类题型中，考生会读到一个特定的场景，试题要求考生按照这个场景给相关人士写一封短信，并在信中明确表达自己写信的原因、动机、目的和愿望等。

文章所设及的内容多种多样，但大部分都与日常生活比较贴近。

书信的类型可能变化万千，如邀请信、申请信、感谢信、道歉信等，但是万变不离其宗，只要掌握了英语书信的格式，并应用恰当的句式和语句，就一定能够写出好的文章来。

二. 解决方案1. 建议考生分解作文观点，扩充内容。

4.新四六级阅读攻略(王长喜老师)

“长喜英语”新四六级阅读攻略凭着多年以来对大学英语四、六级考试的研究，“长喜英语”对大学英语考试的特点谙熟于心，并将这些研究结果应用到“长喜英语”系列的图书和教学活动当中，取得了良好的效果，获得了广大师生的好评。

许多同学在备考六级考试的过程中也常常通过发邮件甚至打电话的形式向“长喜英语”咨询问题，关于学习方法，关于某个疑难问题，甚至关于如何改进图书质量从而为更多的“长喜英语”忠实的读者奉献更多更好的图书。

凡此种种，“长喜英语”编辑部在此向广大关心和支持我们的读者朋友表示诚挚的谢意。

在同学们的问题，有一个几乎每个同学都提到了，那就是：六级和四级到底有什么不同？四级VS六级大学英语四级考试对应的是教学大纲的“一般要求”，六级考试对应的是“较高要求”。

四级考试和六级考试由于教学大纲的缘故而有着天然的不同，在考试的实际操作过程中又有许多差异的地方。

当然，由于同属大学英语考试体系，它们依然有很多相似的地方。

1 考试性质根据教学大纲，大学英语学习本身是工具性的（instrumental），这个工具性体现在两点：一是学术性（academic），用工具进行学术研究，获取学术信息；一是实用性（practical）。

四级考试更强调实用性；六级考试更强调学术性。

这是因为参加四级考试的学生多处于大学低年级阶段，重在各方面知识和信息的获得；而参加六级考试的学生多处于大学高年级阶段，英语作为工具将更多地应用在专业文献的查询阅读当中。

这也决定了四级考试和六级考试的语体色彩的差异。

2 语体色彩从“一般要求”的第1条和第4条规定可以看出，四级阅读文章多是一般性的工作和生活中常见的材料；六级阅读文章多是学术性较强的材料。

四级文章更多的选自新闻报纸，如ABC News、CNN等；六级文章更多的选自学术性较强的报刊杂志，如Newsweek，New Scientist、Time等。

四级文章的体裁可以是记叙文、说明文和议论文，多为说明文；六级文章的体裁一般都是说明文和主题争议较大的议论文或劝说性的议论文。

4.新四六级阅读攻略(王长喜老师)

凡此种种，“长喜英语”编辑部在此向广大关心和支持我们的读者朋友表示诚挚的谢意。

四级考试和六级考试由于教学大纲的缘故而有着天然的不同，在考试的实际操作过程中又有许多差异的地方。

当然，由于同属大学英语考试体系，它们依然有很多相似的地方。

四级考试更强调实用性；六级考试更强调学术性。

这也决定了四级考试和六级考试的语体色彩的差异。

2 语体色彩从“一般要求”的第1条和第4条规定可以看出，四级阅读文章多是一般性的工作和生活中常见的材料；六级阅读文章多是学术性较强的材料。

四级文章更多的选自新闻报纸，如ABC News、CNN等；六级文章更多的选自学术性较强的报刊杂志，如Newsweek，New Scientist、Time等。

四级文章的体裁可以是记叙文、说明文和议论文，多为说明文；六级文章的体裁一般都是说明文和主题争议较大的议论文或劝说性的议论文。

王长喜-六级考试标准阅读（51）

Until recently， women in advertisements wore one of three things—an apron， a glamorous dress or a frown. Although that is now changing， many women still feel angry enough to deface offending advertisements with stickers protesting， “This ad degrades women.” Why does this sort of advertising exist？ How can advertisers and ad agencies produce，sometimes， after months of research， advertising that offends the consumer？The Advertising Standards Authority （the body which deals with complaints about print media） is carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are portrayed in advertisements. Its conclusions are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows： although women often irritated by the way they are seen in ads， few feel strongly enough to complain.Women are not the only victims of poor and boring stereotypes—in many TV commercials men are seen either as useless，childish oafs who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks， or as in considerate boors， permanently on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is women who seem to bear the brunt of the industry‘s apparent inability to put people into an authentic present-day context.Yet according to Emma Bennett， executive creative director of a London advertising agency， women are not infuriated by stereotypes and sexist advertising. It tends to wash over them， they are not militant or angry—they just find it annoying or tiresome. They reluctantly accept outdated stereotypes， but heave a sigh of relief when an advertisement really gets it right. She says that it is not advertising‘s use of the housewife role that bothers women， but the way in which it is handles.“Researchers have often asked the wrong questions. The most important thing is the advertisement’s tone of voice. Women hate being patronized， flattered or given desperately down-to-earth commonsense advice.”In the end， the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser， the advertising agency and the consumer. Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to the consumer to tell advertisers where they fail， and until people on the receiving end take the business seriously and make their feelings known， the process of change will remain laboriously slow.1.Despite recent changes in attitudes， some advertisements still fail to ___.A.change women‘s opinions of themselvesB.show any understanding of people‘s feelingsC.persuade the public to buy certain productsD.meet the needs of the advertising industry2.According to the writer， the commonest fault of present day advertising is to ___.A.condemn the role of the housewifeB.ignore protests about advertisementsC.present a misleading image of womenD.misrepresent the activities of men3.Research suggests that the reaction of women towards misrepresentation by advertisement is ___.A.apathyB.hostilityC.approbationD.unbelief4.Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to ___.A.give further emphasis to practical adviceB.change their style rather than their contente male images instead of female onesD.pay more compliments to women than before5.Ultimately the advertising industry should ___.A.take its job more earnestlyB.do more pioneering workC.take notice of the public opinionD.concentrate on the products advertised.答案：BCABC。

2010年6月英语六级考试王长喜标准阅读(第55篇)

及55鐙・(Unit 15 ,Passage 2)Culture is the total sum of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group og human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of ＾backward￣ languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflects the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in ＾backward￣ languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. An accidental language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness (＾this￣ and ＾that￣); some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.This study of language, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all culture are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.1.the language of uncivilized groups as compared to Western languages are limited in ___.A.sound patternsB.vocabulariesC.grammatical structuresD.both A and B2.The author says that professional linguists recognize that ___.A.Western languages are superior to Eastern languagesB.All languages came from grunts and groansC.The hierarchy of languages is difficult to understandD.There is no hierarchy of languages3.The article states that grunt-and-groan forms of speech are found ___.A.nowhere todayB.among the Australian aboriginesC.among Eastern culturesD.among people speaking ＾backward￣ languages4.According to the author, languages, whether civilized or not, have ___.A.the potential for expanding vocabularyB.their own sound patternsC.an ability to transfer ideasD.grammatical structures5.Which of the following is implied but not articulated in the passage?A.The study of languages has discredited anthropological studies.B.The study of language has reinforced anthropologists in their view that there is no hierarchy among cultures.C.The study of language is the same as the study of anthropologists.D.The study of languages casts a new light upon the claim of anthropologists.及55鐙基宛・BDAAB。

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第四十一篇：(Unit 11,Passage 1)In the last 12 years total employment in the United States grew faster than at any time in the peace time history of any country – from 82 to 110 million between 1973 and 1985 – that is, by a full on e third. The entire growth, however, was in manufacturing, and especially in no – blue-collar job s…This trend is the same in all developed countries, and is, indeed, even more pronounced in Japan. I t is therefore highly probable that in 25 years developed countries such as the United States and Ja pan will employ no larger a proportion of the labor force I n manufacturing than developed countri es now employ in farming – at most, 10 percent. Today the United States employs around 18 milli on people in blue-collar jobs in manufacturing industries. By 2010, the number is likely to be no more than 12 million. In some major industries the drop will be even sharper. It is quite unrealist ic, for instance, to expect that the American automobile industry will employ more than one –thir d of its present blue-collar force 25 years hence, even though production might be 50 percent high er.If a company, an industry or a country does not in the next quarter century sharply increase manuf acturing production and at the same time sharply reduce the blue-collar work force, it cannot hop e to remain competitive – or even to remain “developed.” The attempt to preserve such blue – coll ar jobs is actually a prescription for unemployment…This is not a conclusion that American politicians, labor leaders or indeed the general public can e asily understand or accept. What confuses the issue even more it that the United States is experien cing several separate and different shifts in the manufacturing economy. One is the acceleration o f the substitution of knowledge and capital for manual labor. Where we spoke of mechanization a few decades ago, we now speak of “robotization“ or “automation.” This is actually more a cha nge in terminology than a change in reality. When Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in 190 9, he cut the number of man – hours required to produce a motor car by some 80 percent in two o r three years –far more than anyone expects to result from even the most complete robotization. B ut there is no doubt that we are facing a new, sharp acceleration in the replacement of manual wor kers by machines –that is, by the products of knowledge.1.According to the author, the shrinkage in the manufacturing labor force demonstrates______.A.the degree to which a country’s production is robotizedB.a reduction in a co untry’s manufacturing industriesC.a worsening relationship between labor and managementD.the difference between a developed country and a developing country2.According to the author, in coming 25years, a developed country or industry, in order t remain c ompetitive, ought to ______.A.reduce the percentage of the blue-collar work forceB.preserve blue – collar jobs for international competitionC.accelerate motor – can manufacturing in Henry Ford’s styleD.solve the problem of unemployment3.American politicians and labor leaders tend to dislike_____.A.confusion in manufacturing economyB.an increase in blue – collar work forceC.internal competition in manufacturing productionD.a drop in the blue – collar job opportunities4.The word “prescription” in “a prescription for unemployment” may be the equivalent to ______A.something recommended as medical treatmentB.a way suggested to overcome some difficultyC.some measures taken in advanceD.a device to dire5.This passage may have been excepted from ________A.a magazine about capital investmentB.an article on automationC.a motor-car magazineD.an article on global economy第41篇答案：AADCD第42篇：(Unit 11,Passage 2)What does the future hold for the problem of housing? A good deal depends, of course, on the mea ning of “future”. If one is thinking in terms of science fiction and the space age, it is at least pos sible to assume that man will have solved such trivial and earthly problems as housing. Writers o f science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards, have had little to say on the subject. They have conve yed the suggestion that men will live in great comfort, with every conceivable apparatus to make li fe smooth, healthy and easy, if not happy. But they have not said what his house will be made o f. Perhaps some new building material, as yet unimagined, will have been discovered or invented a t least. One may be certain that bricks and mortar(泥灰，灰浆) will long have gone out of fashion.But the problems of the next generation or two can more readily be imagined. Scientists have alrea dy pointed out that unless something is done either to restrict the world’s rapid growth in populati on or to discover and develop new sources of food (or both), millions of people will be dying of st arvation or at the best suffering from underfeeding before this century is out. But nobody has yet worked out any plan for housing these growing populations. Admittedly the worst situations wil l occur in the hottest parts of the world, where housing can be light structure or in backward areas where standards are traditionally low. But even the minimum shelter requires materials of some kind and in the teeming, bulging towns the low-standard “housing” of flattened petrol cans and d irty canvas is far more wasteful of ground space than can be tolerated.Since the war, Hong Kong has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to arise in many other pla ces during the next generation. Literally millions of refugees arrived to swell the already growing population and emergency steps had to be taken rapidly to prevent squalor（肮脏）and disease a nd the spread crime. The city is tackling the situation energetically and enormous blocks of tenements（贫民住宅）are rising at an astonishing aped. But Hong Kong is only one small part of what w ill certainly become a vast problem and not merely a housing problem, because when population g rows at this rate there are accompanying problems of education, transport, hospital services, draina ge, water supply and so on. Not every area may give the same resources as Hong Kong to draw up on and the search for quicker and cheaper methods of construction must never cease.1.What is the author’s opinion of housing problems in the first paragraph?A.They may be completely solved at sometime in the future.B.They are unimportant and easily dealt with.C.They will not be solved until a new building material has been discovered.D.They have been dealt with in specific detail in books describing the future.2.The writer is sure that in the distant future ___.A.bricks and mortar will be replaced by some other building material.B.a new building material will have been invented.C.bricks and mortar will not be used by people who want their house to be fashionable.D.a new way of using bricks and mortar will have been discovered.3.The writer believes that the biggest problem likely to confront the world before the end of the ce ntury ___.A.is difficult to foresee.B.will be how to feed the ever growing population.C.will be how to provide enough houses in the hottest parts of the world.D.is the question of finding enough ground space.4.When the writer says that the worst situations will occur in the hottest parts of the world or in ba ckward areas, he is referring to the fact that in these parts ___.A.standards of building are low.B.only minimum shelter will be possible.C.there is not enough ground space.D.the population growth will be the greatest.5.Which of the following sentences best summarizes Paragraph 3?A.Hong Kong has faced a serious crisis caused by millions of refugees.B.Hong Kong has successfully dealt with the emergency caused by millions of refugees.C.Hong Kong’s crisis was not only a matter of housing but included a number of other problems o f population growth.D.Many parts of the world may have to face the kind of problems encountered by Hong Kong an d may find it much harder to deal with them.第四十二篇答案：AABDD第四十三篇：(Unit 11, Passage 3)It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as “hard”, the social sciences as “sof t,” and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our know。

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冲刺试题一Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Personal Information Leakage. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1. 目前个人信息泄露问题严重2. 这种现象可能导致的危害3. 我们大学生应该怎么做Personal Information Leakage_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.This may come as a surprise, but you need stress in your life. Leading stress management experts say that lifewithout stress would be dull and unexciting. Stress adds flavor, challenge, and opportunity to life. However, too much stress can seriously affect your physical and mental well-being. A major challenge in today’s stress-filled world is to make the stress in your life work for you instead of against you.In today’s hectic, fast-paced world and with the booming economy, stress is our constant companion. It comes from mental or emotional activity and physical activity. Too much emotional stress can result in physical illness, such as high blood pressure, ulcers (溃疡), asthma (哮喘), irritable colon(过敏性大肠炎), headaches, or even heart disease. On the other hand, physical stress from work or exercise rarely causes such ailments. In fact, physical exercise can help you to relax and to handle your mental or emotional stress.Hans Selye, M.D., a recognized expert in the field, has defined stress as a “non-specific response of the body to a demand”. The key to reducing stress is learning how our bodies respond to those demands. When stress becomes prolonged or particularly frustrating, it can become harmful —causing distress or “bad stress”. Recognizing the early signs of distress and then doing something about them can make a significant difference in the quality of your life.In order to use stress in a positive way and prevent it from becoming distress, you should be aware of your own reactions to stressful events. The body responds to stress by going through specific stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Muscles tense, blood pressure and heart rate rise, and adrenaline (肾上腺素) and other stress-triggered hormones that increase the level of alertness are released. If the stress-causing conditions continue, your body will need time to make repairs, and if that happens, you eventually may develop a physical problem that is related to stress, such as migraine headaches, high blood pressure, backaches, or insomnia. That’s why when stress occurs it’s important that you recognize and deal with it in a positive way. While it’s impossible to live completely free of stress and distres s, it is possible to prevent some distress as well as to minimize its impact when it can’t be avoided. The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to handle stress.Try Physical ActivityWhen you’re nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis, or working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. Physical exercise will relieve your anxiety and worry and help you relax. Your body and your mind will work together to ease the stress in your life.Share Your StressIt helps to talk with someone about your anxieties and worries. Perhaps a friend, family member, teacher, or counselor can help you achieve a more positive perspective on what’s troubling you. If you feel your problem isserious, you might seek professional help from a psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker. Knowing when to ask for help is a positive step in avoiding more serious problems later.Take Care of YourselfYou should make every effort to eat well and to get enough rest. If you’re irritable and tense from lack of sleep, or if you’re not eating properly, you’ll be more vulnerable to stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult your doctor.Make Time for YourselfSchedule time for both work and recreation. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. Go window-shopping, or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.Make a List of the Things You Need to DoStress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do, and not enough time”. Tr ying to take care of everything at once can be overwhelming, and as a result, you may not accomplish anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Give priority to the most important tasks and do those first.Go Ahead and CryA good cry can be a healthy way to bring relief to your anxiety. It might even help yon avoid a headache or other physical consequence of anxiety and stress.Create a Quiet SceneYou can’t always run away, but you can allow yourself a mental “get-away”. A quiet country scene painted mentally, or on canvas, can transport you from the tension of a stressful situation to a more relaxing frame of mind. You also can create a sense of peace and tranquility by reading a good book or listening to beautiful music.Avoid Self-MedicationWhile you can use prescription or over-the-counter medications to relieve stress temporarily, they do not remove the conditions that caused the stress in the first place. In fact, many medications may be habit-forming and also may reduce your efficiency, thus creating more stress than they eliminate. They should be taken only on the advice of your doctor.RelaxThe best strategy for reducing or avoiding stress altogether is to learn how to relax. Unfortunately, many people try to relax at the same pace that they lead the rest of their lives. That doesn’t work. Instead, try tuning out yourworries about time, productivity and “doing right”. Here are several relaxation techniques you may find helpful: You should take a deep breath and exhale to help calm your mind, counter your body’s natural stress reaction and improve your response.You should laugh. Many stress management experts advocate laughter as a relaxation technique for relieving tension.You should take a warm bath or shower. Whether you prefer bubble baths or long hot showers, this is an excellent way to relax after a stressful day.You should try progressive muscle relaxation. Individually contract and relax each muscle group of your body. Begin by tensing your toes for 10 seconds, then relax them for 20.Work all the way up your body, alternately tensing and relaxing, and finish with your facial muscles.By learning the “art” of relaxation, you’ll find satisfaction in just “being”, without trying or striving. Your focus on relaxation, enjoyment and health will reduce stress, anxiety and worry in your life. The result is, you will be calmer, healthier and happier.1. What do we learn about the stress from the first paragraph?[A] Stress is a surprise for you.[B] Stress makes life dull and unexciting.[C] More stressful, more flavorful to life.[D] Get control of the stress in our life in today’s stressful world is a great challenge.2. From the second paragraph we know that _______.[A] too much physical illness can lead to emotional stress[B] physical stress from exercise can cause irritable colon[C] physical exercise can deal with mental stress[D] emotional and physical activity both can cause serious stress3. Why is it important to realize and handle stress in a positive way when it occurs?[A] Because in stressful events the body responds to stress by increasing blood pressure.[B] Because it may cause physical problems.[C] Because it is too harmful to cause distress.[D] Because it is prolonged or particularly frustrating.4. When you are stressful because of the feeling that “there’s so much to do, and not enough time”, you should _______.[A] ask others to help you[B] allow yourself a mental “get-away”[C] make a list of everything you have to do[D] do the tasks according to your hobby5. How do you create a sense of peace to release the stress according to the passage?[A] By watching TV.[B] By going shopping.[C] By talking with friends.[D] By listening to beautiful music.6. _______ is a way to relieve stress for only a limited period of time according to the passage.[A] Going window-shopping[B] Reading a good book[C] Using prescription[D] Eating properly7. What is said to be the best way to release pressure according to the suggestions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?[A] Taking exercise or physical activity.[B] Talking with someone about your anxieties and worries.[C] Making every effort to eat well and to get enough rest.[D] Learning relaxation techniques.8. Stress coming from mental and physical activity is in _________________________ with us constantly especially in today’s fast-paced world.9. According to stress expert Hans Selye, M.D., the key to reducing stress is learni ng the ways of our bodies’ _________________________.10. If you learn the _________________________, your focus on relaxation, enjoyment and health will reduce stress, anxiety and worry in your life.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. [A] She wants the man to stay home all his life.[B] She doesn’t want to keep the man at home.[C] She doesn’t think that the man must lead his own life.[D] She doesn’t want anybody to suggest that the man stay home.12. [A] The weather is still cool so th ey don’t sell fans.[B] The woman is an exception who won’t be fined.[C] Anyone returning overdue books this week faces no fine.[D] The fine will be deducted from the woman’s credit card.13. [A] The woman will go home for dinner.[B] The woman won’t go to the concert.[C] The man and the woman will eat together.[D] Both of them will go home before going to the concert.14. [A] He didn’t buy anything while Tommy bought a lot.[B] He got some medicine for his hurting foot.[C] He twisted his foot and couldn’t go shopping.[D] He bought everything except the storybook.15. [A] He approves of the action.[B] He feels sorry for those students.[C] He considers the punishment excessive.[D] He has no opinion about the action.16. [A] He thinks tha t the speaker won’t show up.[B] He thinks the seminar won’t be open to the public.[C] He thinks that there won’t be enough seats for everybody.[D] He thinks that there might not be any more tickets available.17. [A] The TV set is usually on sale.[B] They have to bargain on the sale.[C] They advertise to sell their TV set.[D] They go to buy a TV set at a bargain price.18. [A] Have an interview.[B] Relax on the beach.[C] Take an important exam.[D] Have a physical examination.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. [A] How to learn languages well.[B] How to do research on language learning.[C] How to write a book on language learning.[D] How to find out a language learner’s learning style.20. [A] Developing good note-taking skills.[B] Doing some reading every morning.[C] Exposing oneself to the target culture.[D] Drawing up a good regular language program.21. [A] A realistic goal for learners is to reach a certain level of language proficiency.[B] Learners can achieve native-like pronunciation through intensive study.[C] Learners should communicate with native speakers to gain greater fluency.[D] Teachers need to help learners foster self-esteem and confidence.22. [A] Dr. Adams’ learning style is visua l.[B] Dr. Adams’ learning style is auditory.[C] People usually have similar ways to learn languages.[D] Dr. Adams learns through hands-on experience.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. [A] Because she hasn’t got re ady yet.[B] Because she is waiting for David.[C] Because she is waiting for a taxi to pick her up.[D] Because it is raining very hard and she doesn’t have an umbrella.24. [A] See a film downtown.[B] Call on the Johnsons.[C] Pack for their holiday.[D] Buy an umbrella since it is raining very hard.25. [A] It was left in David’s office.[B] It was left in Kate’s office.[C] It was lost in the train some day.[D] It was left in the Johnsons’.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. [A] She made Teddy feel ashamed.[B] She asked the children to play with Teddy.[C] She change d Teddy’s seat to the front row.[D] She told the class something untrue about herself.27. [A] He often told lies.[B] He was good at math.[C] He needed motherly care.[D] He enjoyed playing with others.28. [A] She taught fewer school subjects.[B] She became stricter with her students.[C] She no longer liked her job as a teacher.[D] She cared more about educating students.29. [A] She had kept in touch with him.[B] She had given him encouragement.[C] She had sent him Christmas presents.[D] She had taught him how to judge people.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. [A] Students understand personal finances differently.[B] University tuition fees in England have been rising.[C] Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.[D] The students’ payback ability has become a major issue.31. [A] Learn to manage their finances well.[B] Maintain a positive attitude when facing loans.[C] Benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance.[D] Be too young to be exposed to financial issues.32. [A] Young people should become responsible adults.[B] Financial planning is a required course at college.[C] Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.[D] Many British teenagers do not know money matters well.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. [A] They seldom put models on the cover.[B] They no longer put models on the cover.[C] They need not worry about celebrities’ market potential.[D] They judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly.34. [A] That price rather than brand name is more concerned.[B] That producers prefer models to celebrities for achievements.[C] That producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements.[D] That quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned.35. [A] Celebrity and personal style.[B] Celebrity and fashion design.[C] Celebrity and market potential.[D] Celebrity and clothing industry.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, youshould listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Ninety percent of Americans know that most of their compatriots are overweight, but just 40 percent believe themselves to be too fat. Government (36) _________ show that more than 60 percent of the U. S. population is overweight, and half is (37) _________, meaning they are at serious risk of health effects from their weight. But the Pew Research Center telephone (38) _________ of more than 2,000 adults finds that many people overestimate how tall they are and (39) _________ how much they weigh — and thus do not rate themselves as overweight, even when they are.The survey finds that most Americans, (40) _________ those who say they are overweight, agree that personal behavior — rather than (41) _________ disposition or marketing by food companies — is the main reason people are overweight. In particular, the public says that a failure to get enough exercise is the most important reason, (42) _________ by a lack of willpower about what to eat. About half of the public also says that the kinds of foods marketed at restaurants and grocery stores are a very important cause, and roughly a third says the same about the effects of genetics and (43) _________.(44) ____________________________________________________________________________. One in four respondents in the survey say they are currently dieting, and 52 percent say they have dieted at some point in their lives. (45) ____________________________________________________________________________. Those surveyed agree that maintaining a healthy weight is important. (46) ____________________________________________________________________________.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Harvard University, breaking with a major trend in college admissions, will eliminate its early admissions program next year, with university officials arguing that such programs put low-income and minority applicants at a distinct disadvantage in the competition to get into selective universities.For three decades Harvard has offered a particular form of early admissions, in which students who are accepted early still have the freedom to go elsewhere. V arious forms of early admissions are offered by hundreds of colleges and universities, with many requiring applicants to commit upfront (预先) to attending the university if offered early admission.The popularity of the procedure grew significantly in the 1990’s, as colleges tried to increase their competitive advantage by locking in strong candidates early. But at Harvard and many other universities officials have grown concerned that early admissions present a major obstacle to low-income and working-class students. Such students have also been hurt by steep tuition increases and competition with students from wealthy families who pour thousands of dollars into college consultants and tutoring.Under binding early admission programs, students have to commit to a college long before they know how much aid they will be offered; whereas students who apply for admission in the regular cycle are able to compare financial-aid offerings from various colleges before making up their minds in April. Under Harvard’s early admissions program, students do not have to decide until May 1 whether to accept an admission offer. Even so, many potential applican ts did not understand the distinction between Harvard’s program and those that require an upfront commitment and were discouraged from applying.Under Lawrence H. Summers, the Harvard president who left office in June, the university took a number of steps to make itself more accessible to poor and working-class students. The idea of abandoning early admission was developed after Derek Bok became interim president. Early admission will remain in effect in the current academic year, which is already under way.47. According to university officials, who are put in an unfavorable situation under early admission programs?48. Different from Harvard, many colleges and universities require the admitted applicants to_________________________.49. The procedure of early admission received great popularity because it helped colleges to secure the recruitment of _________________________.50. If a student is admitted under a binding early admission program, he will not be able to_________________________ from various universities before making up his mind.51. What procedure will be adopted by Harvard University to recruit freshmen this year?Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.In the developed countries, the dominant factor in the next society will be something to which most people are only just beginning to pay attention: the rapid growth in the older population and the rapid shrinking of the younger generation. Politicians everywhere still promise to save the existing pensions system, but they and their constituents know perfectly well that in another 25 years people will have to keep working until their mid-70s, health permitting. What has not yet sunk in is that a growing number of older people, say those over 50, will not keep on working as traditional full-time nine-to-five employees, but will participate in the labor force in many new and different ways: as temporaries, as part-timers, as consultants, on special assignments and so on. What used to be personnel and are now known as human-resources departments still assume that those who work for an organization are full-time employees. Employment laws and regulations are based on the same assumption. Within 20 or 25 years, however, perhaps as many as half the people who work for an organization will not be employed by it, certainly not on a full-time basis. This will be especially true for older people. New ways of working with people at arm’s length will increa singly become the central managerial issue of employing organizations, and not just of businesses.The shrinking of the younger population will cause an even greater upheaval, if only because nothing like this has happened since the dying centuries of the Roman Empire. In every single developed country, but also in China and Brazil, the birth rate is now well below the replacement rate of 2. 2 live births per woman of reproductive age. Politically, this means that immigration will become an important and highly divisive issue in all rich countries. It will cut across all traditional political alignments. Economically, the decline in the young population will change markets in fundamental ways. Growth in family formation has been the driving force of all domestic markets in the developed world, but the rate of family formation is certain to fall steadily unless bolstered by large-scale immigration of younger people. The homogeneous mass market that emerged in all rich countries after the Second World War has been youth-determined from the start. It will now become middle-age-determined, or perhaps more likely it will split into two: a middle-age-determined mass market and a much smaller youth-determined one. And because the supply of young people will shrink, creating new employment patterns to attract and hold the growing number of older people (especially older educated people) will become increasingly important.52. From the first paragraph, we learn that people will have to keep working until their mid-70s because of _______.[A] overall improvement of people’s health conditions[B] old people’s high qualification[C] the lack of young employees[D] the great need for more employees by new economy53. What does the author say about the situation in 20 or 25 years?[A] There will be stricter laws and regulations on employment.[B] There will be fewer people who take full-time jobs.[C] There will be more older employees.[D] There will be more people who work at home and far from each other.54. The word “upheaval” (Line 1, Para. 3) most probably means _______.[A] achievement[B] flexibility[C] confusion[D] change55. The influence that the shrinking of young people has on economy may include _______.[A] the appearing of mass market centering the young[B] the shift of the market center from the middle-aged to the young[C] the increase of the population who get to form family[D] the tendency for the market to split into two56. The passage is mainly about _______.[A] the population change[B] the shrinking of younger population[C] the change of working style[D] the change of consuming patternPassage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.When Julius Caesar made his triumphal entrance into Rome in 45 BC, he celebrated by giving a feast at which thousands of guests ate gorged (狼吞虎咽) poultry, seafood and game. Similar celebrations featuring excessive consumption of animal flesh have marked human victories —in war, sport, politics and commerce —since ourspecies learned to control fire. Throughout the developing world today, one of the first things people do as they climb out of poverty is to shift from their peasant diet of mainly grains and beans to one that is rich in pork or beef. Since 1950, per capita consumption of meat around the globe has more than doubled.Meat, it seems, is not just food but reward as well. But in the coming century, that will change. Much as we have awakened to the full economic and social costs of cigarettes, we will find we can no longer subsidize (补助) or ignore the costs of mass-producing cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep and fish to feed our growing population. These costs include hugely inefficient use of fresh water and land, heavy pollution from livestock feces, rising rates of heart disease and othe r degenerative illness, and spreading destruction of the forests on which much of our planet’s life depends.First, consider the impact on supplies of fresh water. To produce 1kg of feedlot beef requires 7kg of feed grain, which takes 1,000kg of water to g row. Pass up one hamburger, and you’ll save as much water as you save by taking 40 showers with a low-flow nozzle (喷嘴). Yet in the U. S. , 70%of all the wheat, corn and other grain produced go to feeding herds of livestock. Around the world, as more water is diverted to raising pigs and chickens instead of producing crops for direct consumption, millions of wells are going dry. India, China, North Africa and the U.S. are all running freshwater deficits, pumping more from their aquifers (蓄水层) than rain can replenish. As populations in water-scarce regions continue to expand, governments will inevitably act to cut these deficits by shifting water to grow food, not feed. The new policies will raise the price of meat to levels unaffordable for any but the rich. That prospect will doubtlessly provoke protests that direct consumption of grain can’t provide the same protein tha t meat provides. Indeed, it can’t. But nutritionists will attest that most people in the richest countries don’t need nearly as much protein as we’re currently getting from meat, and there are plenty of vegetable sources — including the grains now wasted on feed — that can provide the protein we need.57. In the first paragraph, the author introduces his topic by _______.[A] justifying an assumption[B] giving an example[C] making a comparison[D] explaining a phenomenon58. The author cites Caesar’s feast to suggest that _______.[A] Caesar liked raising livestock very much[B] the victory was celebrated very seriously[C] people think eating meat is a symbol of wealth and victory[D] Caesar was not a vegetarian59. The author compares meat eating to cigarette smoking because _______.。

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王长喜-六级考试标准阅读160篇第一篇(Unit one Passage 1)I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous迷人的, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding持久的emotion.Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir after memoir传记, celebrities名人reveal 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 less satisfying. If he’s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a c ommitment承诺. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage 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 over painful happiness. They can dine用餐out ever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure 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 leads 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 with fun.C.teach people how to enjoy their lives.D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties.3.In the author’s 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 have a whole night’s 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努力.5.If 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 increasing happiness.C.give a free hand to money.D.keep himself with his family.第一篇答案：CBCDB第二篇(Unit one Passage 2)Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fixed.In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture反传统文化. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal村社homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted征兵as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “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 in poorer neighborhoods.In the 1970s, the feminist男女平等主义movement, or women’s liberation, produced addi tional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers. Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work, and equal opportunities for promotion.Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.1.Which of the following best express the main idea of Paragraph 1?A.Women usually worked outside the home for wages.B.Men and women’s roles were easily exc hanged in the past.C.Men’s roles at home were more firmly fixed than women’s.D.Men and women’s roles were usually quite separated in the past.2.Which sentence best expresses the main idea 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 more leisure time with their families.4.It 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 American households are headed by women than ever before.5.The best title for the passage may be ___.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 has claimed that an excess of positive ions in the air can have an ill effect on people’s 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 the negative charged. But sometimes this balance becomes disturbed and a larger proportion of positive ions are found. This happens naturally before thunderstorm, earthquakes when winds such as the Mistral, Hamsin or Sharav are blowing in certain countries. Or it can be caused by a build-up of static electricity indoors from carpets or clothing made of man-made fibres, or from TV sets, duplicators or computer display screens.When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people experience unpleasant effects such as headaches, fatigue, irritability, and some particularly sensitive people suffer nausea or even mental disturbance. Animals are also affected, particularly before earthquakes, 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 a network of volunteers to watch animals in an effort to foresee such disasters before they hit vulnerable areas such as California.Conversely, when large numbers of negative ions are present, then people have a feeling of well-being. Natural conditions that produce these large amounts are near the sea, close to waterfalls or fountains, or in any place where water is sprayed, or forms a spray. This probably accounts for the beneficial effect of a holiday by the sea, or in the mountains with tumbling streams or waterfalls.To increase the supply of negative ions indoors, some scientists recommend the use of ionisers: small portable machines, which generate negative ions. They claim that ionisers not only clean and refresh the air but also improve the health of people sensitive to excess positive ions. Of course, there are the detractors, other scientists, who dismiss such claims and are skeptical about negative/positive ion research. Therefore people can only make up their own minds by observing the effects on themselves, or on others, of a negative rich or poor environment. After all it is debatable whether depending on seismic readings to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than watching the cat.1.What effect does exceeding positive ionization have on some people?A.They think 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.In accordance with the passage, static electricity can be caused by___.ing home-made electrical goods.B.wearing clothes made of natural materials.C.walking on artificial 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.Ionisers.B.Air-conditioners.C.Exhaust-fansD.Vacuum pumps.5.Some scientists believe that___.A.watching animals to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than depending on seismography.B.the unusual behavior of animals cannot be trusted.C.neither watching nor using seismographs is reliable.D.earthquake第三篇答案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 to learn 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 not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors—or of people very different from our own—can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it 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; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later,symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martines—depicted these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems.In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are unholy.1.More can be learned about a culture from a study of art history than general history because art history__.A.show us the religious and emotions of a people in addition to political values.B.provide us with information about the daily activities of people in the past.C.give us an insight into the essential qualities of a time and a place.D.all of the above.2.Art is subjective in that__.A.a personal and emotional view of history is presented through it.B.it can easily rouse our anger or sadness about social problems.C.it will find a ready echo in our hearts.D.both B and C.3.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.Unlike Francisco Goya, Pablo and several Mexican artists expressed their political opinions in their paintings.B.History books often reveal the compilers’ political views.C.Religious art remained in Europe for centuries the only type of art because most people regarded the Bible as the Holy Book.D.All the above mentioned.4.The passage is mainly discussing__.A.the difference between general history and art history.B.The making of art history.C.What can we learn from art.D.The influence of artists on art history.5.In may be concluded from this passage that__.A.Islamic artists have had to create architectural decorations with images of flowers or geometric forms.B.History teachers are more objective than general history.C.It is more difficult to study art history than general history.D.People and stories from the Bible were painted on churches and other buildings in order to popularize the Bible.第四篇答案：DDDCA第五篇(Unit 2 Passage 1)If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply the world’s busiest air route between London and Paris have a fli ght on their hands.The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customers in increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passenger, having run only a limited service between London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Paris and Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue to grow from there.From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five between London and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%-20% of their London-Paris traffic to the railways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way.A similar service will start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returning to previous levels within two to three years.In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-levels traveling between London and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals-Particularly Air France-as having suffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.The airlines’ optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.1.British airlines confide in the fact that__.A.they are more powerful than other European airlines.B.their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers.C.their traffic levels will return in 2-3 years.D.traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air.2.The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as__.A.worried.B.delightedC.puzzled.D.unrivaled.3.In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to__.A.provide a comparison with Eurostar.B.support the airlines’ optimism.C.prove the inevitable drop of air passengers.D.call for electrification and modernization of the railway.4.The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that__.A.the Eurostar train service is not doing good business.B.the airlines can well compete with the railway.C.the Eurostar train service only caused little damage.D.only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering.5.The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predict that in the following part the author is going to__.A.praise the airlines’ clear-mindedness.B.warn the airlines of high-speed rail services.C.propose a reduction of London/Paris flights.D.advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model.第五篇答案：CABCB第六篇(Unit 2 Passage 2)Without regular supplies of some hormones our capacity to behave would be seriously impaired; without others we would soon die. Tiny amounts of some hormones can modify moods and actions, our inclination to eat or drink, our aggressiveness or submissiveness, and our reproductive and parental behavior. And hormones do more than influence adult behavior; early in life they help to determine the development of bodily form and may even determine an individual’s behavioral capacities. Later in life the changing outputs of some endocrine glands and the body’s changing sensitivity to some hormones are essential aspects of the phenomena of aging.Communication within the body and the consequent integration of behavior were considered the exclusive province of the nervous system up to the beginning of the present century. The emergence of endocrinology as a separate discipline can probably be traced to the experiments of Bayliss and Starling on the hormone secretion. This substance is secreted from cells in theintestinal walls when food enters the stomach; it travels through the bloodstream and stimulates the pancreas to liberate pancreatic juice, which aids in digestion. By showing that special cells secret chemical agents that are conveyed by the bloodstream and regulate distant target organs or tissues. Bayliss and starling demonstrated that chemical integration could occur without participation of the nervous system.The term “hormone” was first used with reference to secretion. Starling derived the term from the Greek hormone, meaning “to excite or set in motion. The term “endocrine” was introduced shortly thereafter “Endocrine” is used to refer to glands that secret products into the bloodstream. The term “endocrine” contrasts with “exocrine”, which is applied t o glands that secret their products though ducts to the site of action. Examples of exocrine glands are the tear glands, the sweat glands, and the pancreas, which secrets pancreatic juice through a duct into the intestine. Exocrine glands are also called duct glands, while endocrine glands are called ductless.1.What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?A.To explain the specific functions of various hormones.B.To provide general information about hormones.C.To explain how the term “hormone” evolv ed.D.To report on experiments in endocrinology.2.The passage supports which of the following conclusions?A.The human body requires large amounts of most hormones.B.Synthetic hormones can replace a person’s natural supply of hormones if necessary.C.Th e quantity of hormones produced and their effects on the body are related to a person’s age.D.The short child of tall parents very likely had a hormone deficiency early in life.3.It can be inferred from the passage that before the Bayliss and Starling experiments, most people believed that chemical integration occurred only___.A.during sleep.B.in the endocrine glands.C.under control of the nervous system.D.during strenuous exercise.4.The word “liberate” could best be replaced by which of the follow ing?A.EmancipateB.DischargeC.SurrenderD.Save5.According to the passage another term for exocrine glands is___.A.duct glandsB.endocrine glandsC.ductless glandsD.intestinal glands.第六篇答案：BDCBA第七篇(Unit 2 Passage 3)The discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical adventures, but created what might be called “the heroic age of Antarctic exploration”. By their tremendous heroism, men such as Shakleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing. Modern science and inventions are revolutionizing the endurance, future journeys into these icy wastes will probably depend on motor vehicles equipped with caterpillar traction rather than on the dogs that earlier discoverers found so invaluable and hardly comparable.Few realize that this Antarctic continent is almost equal in size to South America, and enormous field of work awaits geographers and prospectors. The coasts of this continent remain to be accurately charted, and the maping of the whole of the interior presents a formidable task to the cartographers who undertake the work. Once their labors are completed, it will be possible to prospect the vast natural resources which scientists believe will furnish one of the largest treasure hoards of metals and minerals the world has yet known, and almost inexhaustible sources of copper, coal, uranium, and many other ores will become available to man. Such discoveries will usher in an era of practical exploitation of the Antarctic wastes.The polar darkness which hides this continent for the six winter months will be defeated by huge batteries of light, and make possible the establishing of air-fields for the future inter-continental air services by making these areas as light as day. Present flying routes will be completely changed, for the Antarctic refueling bases will make flights from Australia to South America comparatively easy over the 5,000 miles journey.The climate is not likely to offer an insuperable problem, for the explorer Admiral Byrd has shown that the climate is possible even for men completely untrained for expeditions into those frozen wastes. Some of his parties were men who had never seen snow before, and yet he records that they survived the rigors of the Antarctic climate comfortably, so that, provided that the appropriate installations are made, we may assume that human beings from all countries could live there safely. Byrd even affirms that it is probably the most healthy climate in the world, for the intense cold of thousands of years has sterilize this continent, and rendered it absolutely germfree, with the consequences that ordinary and extraordinary sickness and diseases from which man suffers in other zones with different climates are here utterly unknown. There exist no problems of conservation and preservation of food supplies, for the latter keep indefinitely without any signs of deterioration; it may even be that later generations will come to regard the Antarctic as the natural storehouse for the whole world.Plans are already on foot to set up permanent bases on the shores of this continent, and what so few years ago was regarded as a “dead continent” now promises to be a most active center of human life and endeavor.1.When did man begin to explore the Antarctic?A.About 100years ago.B.In this century.C.At the beginning of the 19th century.D.In 1798.2.What must the explorers be, even though they have modern equipment and techniques?A.Brave and toughB.Stubborn and arrogant.C.Well-liked and humorous.D.Stout and smart.3.The most healthy climate in the world is___.A.in South America.B.in the Arctic Region.C.in the Antarctic Continent.D.in the Atlantic Ocean.4.What kind of metals and minerals can we find in the Antarctic?A.Magnetite, coal and ores.B.Copper, coal and uranium.C.Silver, natural gas and uranium.D.Aluminum, copper and natural gas.5.What is planned for the continent?A.Building dams along the coasts.B.Setting up several summer resorts along the coasts.C.Mapping the coast and whole territory.D.Setting up permanent bases on the coasts.第六篇答案：BDCBA第七篇(Unit?2??Passage?3)The?discovery?of?the?Antarctic?not?only?proved?one?of?the?most?interesting?of?all?geograp hical?adventures,?but?created?what?might?be?called?“the?heroic?age?of?Antarctic?exploratio n”.?By?their?tremendous?heroism,?men?such?as?Shakleton,?Scott,?and?Amundsen?caused?a? new?continent?to?emerge?from?the?shadows,?and?yet?that?heroic?age,?little?more?than?a?c entury?old,?is?already?passing.?Modern?science?and?inventions?are?revolutionizing?the?endu rance,?future?journeys?into?these?icy?wastes?will?probably?depend?on?motor?vehicles?equip ped?with?caterpillar?traction?rather?than?on?the?dogs?that?earlier?discoverers?found?so?invaluable?and?hardly?comparable.Few?realize?that?this?Antarctic?continent?is?almost?equal?in?size?to?South?America,?and?en ormous?field?of?work?awaits?geographers?and?prospectors.?The?coasts?of?this?continent?re main?to?be?accurately?charted,?and?the?maping?of?the?whole?of?the?interior?presents?a?fo rmidable?task?to?the?cartographers?who?undertake?the?work.?Once?their?labors?are?comple ted,?it?will?be?possible?to?prospect?the?vast?natural?resources?which?scientists?believe?will? furnish?one?of?the?largest?treasure?hoards?of?metals?and?minerals?the?world?has?yet?kno wn,?and?almost?inexhaustible?sources?of?copper,?coal,?uranium,?and?many?other?ores?will? become?available?to?man.?Such?discoveries?will?usher?in?an?era?of?practical?exploitation?of ?the?Antarctic?wastes.The?polar?darkness?which?hides?this?continent?for?the?six?winter?months?will?be?defeated? by?huge?batteries?of?light,?and?make?possible?the?establishing?of?air-fields?for?the?future?i nter-continental?air?services?by?making?these?areas?as?light?as?day.?Present?flying?routes?w ill?be?completely?changed,?for?the?Antarctic?refueling?bases?will?make?flights?from?Australi a?to?South?America?comparatively?easy?over?the?5,000?miles?journey.The?climate?is?not?likely?to?offer?an?insuperable?problem,?for?the?explorer?Admiral?Byrd?h as?shown?that?the?climate?is?possible?even?for?men?completely?untrained?for?expeditions?i nto?those?frozen?wastes.?Some?of?his?parties?were?men?who?had?never?seen?snow?before ,?and?yet?he?records?that?they?survived?the?rigors?of?the?Antarctic?climate?comfortably,?so ?that,?provided?that?the?appropriate?installations?are?made,?we?may?assume?that?human? beings?from?all?countries?could?live?there?safely.?Byrd?even?affirms?that?it?is?probably?the? most?healthy?climate?in?the?world,?for?the?intense?cold?of?thousands?of?years?has?sterilize ?this?continent,?and?rendered?it?absolutely?germfree,?with?the?consequences?that?ordinary ?and?extraordinary?sickness?and?diseases?from?which?man?suffers?in?other?zones?with?diff erent?climates?are?here?utterly?unknown.?There?exist?no?problems?of?conservation?and?pre servation?of?food?supplies,?for?the?latter?keep?indefinitely?without?any?signs?of?deteriorati on;?it?may?even?be?that?later?generations?will?come?to?regard?the?Antarctic?as?the?natural ?storehouse?for?the?whole?world.Plans?are?already?on?foot?to?set?up?permanent?bases?on?the?shores?of?this?continent,?an d?what?so?few?years?ago?was?regarded?as?a?“dead?continent”?now?promises?to?be?a?mos t?active?center?of?human?life?and?endeavor.1.When?did?man?begin?to?explore?the?Antarctic?A.About?100years?ago.B.In?this?century.C.At?the?beginning?of?the?19th?century.D.In?1798.2.What?must?the?explorers?be,?even?though?they?have?modern?equipment?and?techniques ?A.Brave?and?toughB.Stubborn?and?arrogant.C.Well-liked?and?humorous.D.Stout?and?smart.3.The?most?healthy?climate?in?the?world?is___.A.in?South?America.。

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