六级英语阅读理解及翻译

1、The direct raya of the sun touch the equator and strike northward toward the Tropic of Cancer. In the Southern hemisphere winter has begun, and it is summer north of the equator. The sea and air grow warmer; the polar air of winter begins its gradual retreat.The northward shift of the sun also bring

2、s the season of tropical cyclones to the northern hemisphere, a season that is ending for the Pacific and India Oceans south of the equator. Along our coasts and those of Asia. it is time to look seaward. to guard against the season's storms. Over the Pacific, the tropical cyclone season is neve

3、r quite over. but varies in intensity. Every year. conditions east of the Philippines send a score of violent storms howling toward Asia, but it is worst from June through October. Southwest of Mexico. a few Pacific hurricanes will grow during spring and summer. but most will die at sea or perish ov

4、er the desert or the lower California coast as squalls.Along our Atlantic and Gulf coasts. the hurricane season is from June to November. In an average year, there are fewer than ten tropical cyclones and six of them will develop into hurricanes. These will kill 50 to 100 persons between Texas and M

5、aine and cause property damage of more than $100 million. If the year is worse than average, we will suffer several hundred deaths,and property damage will run to billions of dollars.Tornadoes, floods, and severe storms are in season elsewhere on the continent. Now, to these destructive forces must

6、be added the hazard of the hurricane. From the National Hurricane Center in Miami. a radar fence reaches westward to Texas and northward to New England. It provides a 200-mile look into offshore disturbances.In Maryland.che giant computers of the NationalMeteorological Center digest the myriad bits

7、of data-atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, surface winds. and winds aloft-received from weather stations and ships monitoring the atmospheric setting each hour, every day. Cloud photographs from spacecraft orbiting the earth are received in Maryland and are studied for che telltale spiral

8、on the warming sea. The crew of United States aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic watch the sky and wait for the storm that will bear a person's name. The machinery of early warning vibrates with new urgency as the season of great storms begins.测试题1 .The cyclone season of t

9、he Southern hemisphere.A) is brought by the polar air of winterB) ends when winter comes to the Southern hemisphereC) virtually lasts throughout the yearD) begins when the sun rays strike the Tropic of Cancer2 .What is true about the storms howling towards Asia?A) They originate over the Pacific.B)

10、They influence Southeast Asia most violently.C) They mainly grow during spring and summer.D) They usually perish off coast.3 .When the Pacific hurricanes reach the lower California. most of them will.A) reduce their intensity B) increase their intensityC) cause much property damage D) result in grea

11、t rain and floods4 .What can we leam about the National Hurricane Center in Miami?A) It mainlyprovides protectionagainsthurricanesto Texas and NewEngland.B) It warnsthe whole countryagainsttornadoes,severe storms andhurricanes.C) It consists of radars along the coast of the west and the north of U.S

12、.D) It supervises the coastal areas stretching from Texas to New England.5 .The passage discusses most clearly about.A) the factors that cause hurricanesB) the most risky areas that suffer hurricanesC) the early warning system against hurricanesD) the remedies for property damage by hurricanes答案详解1.

13、 南半球的热带气旋季节 。A）是由冬季的极地空气所带来的B）在南半球冬季到来的时候就结束了C）实际上全年都存在D）在太阳光照射到北回归线的时候就开始了B从首段和第2 段首句的描述可以知道，南北半球的气候相反，当南半球进入冬季、热带气旋季节结束的时候，北半球却是夏季、热带气旋季节开始的时候，辨清了这些事实，就不难判断选项B 为本题答案。2 .下列关于刮向亚洲的风暴的说法那一点是正确的?A）风暴产生干太平洋。B）风暴对于东南亚的影响最巨大。C）风暴主要在春夏两季产生。D）风暴通常在海岸边上消亡。A第2 段第 3-5 句说的是太平洋沿岸热带气旋的形成和影响，而且，如果稍有地理知识的话，就知道菲律宾东

14、部也在太平洋上，结合第3、 4 句的内容就可以推断选项 A 为正确的说法。选项B 没有原文依据;选项C 和 D 都是第 2 段第 5 句提到的内容，是关于墨西哥西南部的飕风的，与亚洲的暴风无关。3 .A 西洋飓风到达下加州的时候'大部分的罴塞基p 鼍 ;agIA）减弱强度c）造成重大财产损失D）导致暴雨和洪水从第 2 段末旬中C die 和 perisb 可以知道，多数太平洋踺风的强度会减弱并最终消逝，虽然句> yjsqualls- 词为超纲间，但这不影响对垒句的p 解，而且，从die 和 perish 也可推断，squalls 应该是强度不lihurricarles 的暴风，由

15、此可见，选项 A 为正确的说法。4 .对于迈阿密的国家飕风中心，我们了解到什么情况?A）该中心主要为得克萨斯州和新英格兰地区遭飓风袭击时提供保护。B）该中心对于龙卷凤，强烈暴风和飓风提出全国警报。C）该中心在美国的西部和北部海岸都设有雷达。D）该中心管理从得克萨斯到新英格兰的海岸地区。D从末段第3 句可以知道国家飓风中心的监测范围，第4 句指出国家飓风中心主要监测的是海面的情况，结合这两句，即可知道选项D 正确。选项A 所表示的范B 正好相反，范围过大; 选项C 中的 the west and the north ofU.S.（ 美国的西部和北部）与原文的westward to Texas a

16、nd northward to NewEngland 所指的地点是不同的。5 .文章最清晰的讨论点是。A）导致飓风的因素B）受飕风危害风险最大的地区C）对于飕风的早期预警机制D）解决由飓风造成的财产损失的方法C末段提到了国家飓风中心和国家气象中心，说明了美国为了预警飓风所采取的措施，由此可见，选项C 在文中是有清楚说明的。参考译文1太阳直射光线接近赤道并向北回归线移动。南半球冬季开始了，而赤道北面则是夏季。海洋和天空变得温暖，冬天的极地气团开始逐渐减弱。1太阳北移也为北半球带来了热带气旋季节，而太平洋和印度洋的赤道以南部分却是这个季节的结束。沿着我国和亚洲的海岸，又到了监视海洋、提防夏季暴风的

17、时候了。2在整个太平洋上空热带气旋季节从来就不会完全过去，只是强度会有所不同。每年菲律宾东部一带会生成20 个暴风咆哮刮向亚洲，但从6 月直到整个10 月是最糟糕的日子。2/3 在墨西哥西南部，春季和夏季会生成几个太平洋飓风，但是大多数会在海上消亡，或者成为暴风雨而在沙漠的上空或加利福尼亚南部海岸消逝。在我国的太西洋和海湾沿岸，飕风季节从6 月到 11 月。在一般的年份，热带气旋少于 10 个，有 6 个会发展成飓风。从得克萨斯州到缅因州，这些飓风令导致50到 100 人丧生，造成超过1 亿美元的财产损失。如果是比一般年份更糟，就会有几百人丧生和高达几十亿美元的财产损失。此时大陆的其他地方正是

18、龙卷风、洪水和猛烈暴风的季节。现在，除了这些破坏性的天气以外，还得加上飓风的危险。4在迈阿密的国家飓风中心，西至得克萨斯州，北至新英格兰建起了一道雷达防护栏。它可以对离岸200 英里的大气扰动进行监视。在马里兰州，国家气象中心巨型计算机对巨量的数据进行整理，这些数据包括从每时每日监测着大气状况的各个气象观测站台和观测船只接收到的大气压力、温度、湿度、表面风和高空风等等数据。马里兰州还接收从在地球轨道飞行的太空船发回的云图，研究在温暖海洋上空的那些先兆性气旋。在墨西哥湾、加勒比海和大西洋上空飞行的美国飞机上的机务人员监视着无空，等待着以一个人的名字书名的暴风到来。随着巨大暴风季节的开始，早期预警

19、机制会对新的紧急状况迅速发出警报。英语四级阅读理解基础练习二Upon reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), children are encouraged, but not forced, to“ leave the nest ” and begin anindependent life. After children leave home they often find social relationship and financial support outside the family. Parent

20、s do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do children usually ask permission of their parents to get married, Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spouses (配偶) throughother friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religiou

21、s institutions, Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve of their choices. 来源： In many families, parents feel that children should make major life decisions by themselves. A parent may try to influence a child to follow a particular profession but the ch

22、ild is free to choose another career. Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish in order to assert their independence. A son may deliberately decide not to go into his father s business because of a fear that he will lose his autonomy in his father s workplace. This ind

23、ependence from parents is not an indication that parents and children do not love each other. Strong love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the American family Coexisting with such love in the American family are cultural values of self reliance and independence.1

24、. The writer discusses the marriage of young adults in order to show which of the following?A) They enjoy the freedom of choosing their spouses.B) They want to win the permission of their parents.C) They have a strong desire to become independent.D) They want to challenge the authority of their pare

25、nts.2. Most young adults in the U.S. get married for the sake of .A) loveB) financial concernC) their parentsD) family background3. Based on the passage, it can be assumed that .A) American young adults are likely to follow the suit of their parentsB) most American people never make major decisions

26、for their childrenC) American young adults possess cultural values of independenceD) once a young person steps into his twenties, he will leave his home permanently4. A son is unwilling to work in his father buss iness mainly becauseA) he wishes to make full use of what he has learnt in schoolB) he

27、wants to prove his independenceC) he wishes to do the opposite of what his parents approve ofD) he wants to show his love for his parents5. The subject matter of this selection is .A) family valuesB) marriage arrangementsC) the pursuit of a careerD) decision making答案：CACBA子女一旦到适当年龄(通常是18 至 21 岁 )，要鼓

28、励而不是强迫他们“离开窝的，财政的巢”，开始独立生活。小孩离开家后，往往在外能够与人交往，并自谋出路。父母不为子女安排婚姻，子女结婚也通常无需获得父母同意。在美国，浪漫的爱情往往是婚姻的基础，青年人通过朋友在学校、单位、组织以及宗教团体认识自己的，爱情的未来的伴侣。尽管子女自己择偶，他们仍然希望父母能认同他们的选择。许多家庭的父母认为，应由子女自己来做他们生活中的重大决定。家长可能会设法影响子女去从事某一职业，但子女也有选择其它职业的自由。有时为了证实自己的独立性，子女从事的工作正好与父母希望的相反。儿子可能执意不去父亲的企业工作，因为担心在那里就不能独立自主。这种不依靠父母的独立性并不意味着

29、父母与子女之间缺乏爱心。父母和子女之间普遍都有挚爱，美国家庭也毫不例外。只不过在美国家庭之中，还融合了自主、独 立的文化价值观念。英语四级阅读理解基础练习三：Baekeland and Hartmann report that the “ short sleepers ” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens.But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightl

30、y sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in their daily routines.In general, these “ short sleeps ” appeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful, conformist（ 不动摇 ） in th

31、eir opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or workers full-or part-time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “ normal ” or “ acceptable ” to their friends and associates.When asked to recall their dreams, the “ short s

32、leepers ” did poorly.More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.The sleep patterns of the “ shorts leepers ” w

33、ere similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients categorized as manic（ 疯人 ）.The “ long sleepers ” were quite different indeed. Baekeland and Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it

34、, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally deprived of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than did theshort sleepers.Many of the “ long sleepers ” were shy, anxious, introverted (内向 ), inhibited (压抑), passive, mildly depressed, and u

35、nsure of themselves(particularly in social situations). Several openly states that sleep was an escape from their daily problems.1. According to the report,.A) many short sleepers need less sleep by natureB) many short sleepers are obliged to reduce their nightly sleep time because they are busy wit

36、h their workC) long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the dayD) many long sleepers preserve their sleeping habit formed during their childhood2. Many “ short sleepers ” are likely to hold the view that .A) sleep is a withdrawal from the realityB) sleep interferes with their sound judgementC) sleep is the least expensive item on their routine programD) sleep is the best way to deal with psychological troubles3. It is stated in the third paragraph that short sleepers .A) are ideally vigorous even under the pressures of lifeB) ofte