英语六级阅读理解仿真练习

1、英语六级阅读理解仿真练习(一As many as one thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North America were building with adobe-sun baked brick plastered with mud. Their homes looked remarkably like modern apartment houses. Some were four stories high and contained quarters for perhaps a thous

2、and people, along with store rooms for grain and other goods. These buildings were usually put up against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defense against enemies. They were really villages in themselves, as later Spanish explorers must have realized since they called them "pueb

3、los", which is Spanish for town.The people of the pueblos raised what are called"the three sisters" - corn, beans, and squash. They made excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could hold water. The Southwest has always been a dry country, where water is s

4、carce. The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water was soimportant that it played a major role in their religion.They developed elaborate ceremonies and religious rituals to bring rain.The way of life of less settled groups was simpler a

5、nd more strongly influenced by nature. Small tribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They gathered seeds and hunted small animals such as small rabbits and snakes. In the Far North the ancestors of todays Inuit hun

6、ted seals, walruses, and the great whales. They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters called igloos built of blocks of packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordly caribou.The Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the grasslands

7、 between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. They hunted bison, commonly called the buffalo. Its meat was the chief food of these tribes, and its hide was used to make their clothing and covering of their tents and tipis.1. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The architecture of early

8、 American Indian buildings.B. The movement of American Indians across North America.C. Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians.D. The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America.2. It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were_.A. very smallB. h

9、ighly advancedC. difficult to defendD. quickly constructed答案1. D 根据阅读短文可知,作者主要描述了北美地区不同印第安部落的不同的生活方式。故选项D为正确答案。2. B 此题为推断题。根据文章第一段可知,早在一千年前Hopi和Zuni两支北美印第安部落就用一种砖坯“adobe”来建造房屋,高可达四层楼高,有居住室还有储藏室,颇像现代的公寓,故选项B(高度发达为正确答案。Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you c

10、an still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. People used them for cutting meat and skin from dead anima

11、ls, and also for making other tools out of wood.Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily. Working with tools also helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain

12、grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines.The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind.1. The stone chip is thought to be the most importanttool bec

13、ause it _.A. was one of the first toolsB. developed human capabilitiesC. led to the invention of machinesD. was crucial to the development of mankind2. At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is _.A. disastrousB. unpredictableC. excitingD. colorful答案:1. D 这是一道细节题。根据

14、文章第二段尾句“Some scientists say that it was the key to the success of mankind”可知“stone chip”对于人类的发展起到了非常重要的作用,这与D正好相符。2. B 在文章最后一段中作者说人类在过去的几百万年时间里一直使用“stone chip”,人类社会发生的变化很小。而我们使用“silicon chips”才不过几年,生活却发生了巨大的变化。于是作者发出了疑问:“二十年后的生活会是什么样子的呢?”,“二百万年后的世界又会是什么样子呢?”,表明将来的生活无法预料,这与选项B相符。About 5,000 years ago

15、, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as kind of writing.They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.The Egyptians used to record informat

16、ion and to tell stories by putting picture writing and pictures together.When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is t

17、he home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of w

18、riting. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter,represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea

19、, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the

20、 walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because_.A. the hunters wanted to see the picturesB. the painters

21、 were animal loversC. the painters wanted to show imaginationD. the pictures were thought to be helpful2. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that_.A. the former was easy to writeB. there were fewer signs in the formerC. the former was easy to

22、 pronounceD. each sign stood for only one sound3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.B. The Egyptians liked to write comic strip stories.C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.D. The Greeks copied their writing system

23、 from the Egyptians.4. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures _.A. should be made comprehensibleB. should be made interestingC. are of much use in our lifeD. have disappeared from our life参考答案1. D 根据文章第一段第五行“Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch th

24、ese animals.”可知古代人以为在墙上画画会对他们有所帮助,故选项D为正确答案。2. C 在做此类题时要注意题干的要求。通过阅读文章第四段很清楚就知道选项C “前者容易发音”在文中没有提及,故为正确答案。3. A 可用排除法来做本题。通过阅读文章很清楚选项B 和D为错误陈述。选项C “罗马字母是从埃及字母发展而来的”根据文章第四段第四,五句可知为错误论述,因此只有选项A 为正确答案。4. C 文章最后一段讲述了图画在今天的用途,故选项C 为正确答案About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East

25、 began to use pictures as kind of writing.They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture writin

26、g and pictures together.When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptian

27、s, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to wri

28、te, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter,represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the

29、 world. These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and

30、 work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting. 1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because_. A. the hunters wanted to see the pictures B. the painters were animal lovers C. the painters

31、 wanted to show imagination D. the pictures were thought to be helpful The 2. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that_. A. the former was easy to write B. there were fewer signs in the former C. the former was easy to pronounce sound D. each sign