2021年12月大学英语六级阅读专项练习题及答案9

PAGEPAGE12021年12月英语六级阅读专项练习题及答案(汇总)TheTreeofLanguageAWorldWithoutLanguageItmaybethatwhentheworldwasyoung,nooneknewhowtotalk.Peoplehadtolearntospeakjustlikebabiesdo.Whennooneknewhowtotell,howdidanyonelearnThatisamysterythatremainsunsolvedeventoday.TheStoriesBehindWordsLunchLunchperhapscomesfromanoldspanishwordlonje,aslabofham.Wemaygetourwordfromalumpofbread,butwhetherlunchcomesfromhamorbread,itmeantahunkofsomethingtoeat.AtlasAnatlasisastrongman,andalsoabookofmaps.Thestoryofthiswordbeginsalongtimeagoingreece.TheancientGreeksbelievedthattheirgodshadoncebeenaRaceofgiantscalledTitans.TheTitansfoughtwithanothergroupofgodscalledOlympians,andtheOlympianswon.AtlaswasaTitan.Hhewaspunishedforfightingbehavingtostandatthewesternendoftheworld,holdingtheskyonhisheadandhands,sothatitwouldnotfallontheworldandsmasheverything.AftertheancientGreekreligiondiedout,theideaofatlaschanged.Fromholdinguptheskywithhisheadandhands,hecametobethoughtofasholdingtheworldonhisshoulders.Mercator,amapmakerofthesixteenthcentury,usedapictureofatlasonthecoverofabookofmaps,soabookofmapscametobecalledanatlas.Thewordhasstillanothermeaning.Thetopboneoftheneckiscalledatlasbecauseitsupportsthehead.Good-byeorGood-byGood-byeisablessing;originallyitwasgodbewithye,andinthecourseoftimeitbecameoneword.Manyofourgreetingsaregoodwishes,butwesaythemwithsolittlethoughtthatweforgetthis.Whenwesaygoodmorning,goodevening,goodnight,andsoon,whatwearereallysayingis,“Ihopeyouwillhaveagoodmorning(orevening,ornight).”DaisyThedaisyhasalittlegoldeneye,likeatinysun.PerhapsthisisthereasontheEnglishpeoplenameditDay’sEye,orperhapstheychosethenamebecausetheEnglishdaisyclosesatnight.TheEnglishlovedtheirdaisies,whichwerepinkandred,aswellaswhite.Sixhundredyearsorsoago,theEnglishpoetChaucersaid:thedaisy,orelsetheeyeoftheday,//thequeen,andprettiestflowerofall.阅读自测Ⅰ.Accordingtothepassage,findthecorrectmeaningsofthewordsunderlined:1.Withanatlas,Tomcanfindtheplacehewantstogoeasily.A.AstrongmanB.ThetopboneoftheneckC.AbookofmapsD.Anameofgod2.Whenyousaygood-byetoyourfriend,whatdoyoureallymeana.neverseehim/heragainb.agoodwishtoexpressthatgodbewithhim/herc.goodluckd.breakupwithhim/her3.Afteralongvacation,helooksasfreshasadaisylikebefore.a.lookliketheflowerb.akindofdrinkc.afirst-classmand.vigorousandlivelyⅡ.Question:Afterreadingthispassage,whatcanyouinferfromthestoriesofthewords参考答案Ⅰ.1.C2.B3.DⅡ.(自由发挥，语法正确、切题即可)参考译文语言趣话没有语言的世界世界形成之初,可能没人知道怎么说话。人们不得不像婴儿一样学着开口讲话。既然无人知晓如何诉说,人们又怎么学习呢这个谜团至今尚待解决。词语背后的故事lunch———lunch(午餐)可能来源于古西班牙语lonje一词,意思是一块火腿。也许这个词源指一块面包。但是,无论lunch一词源指火腿还是面包,它的意思都是一块可以吃的东西。atlas———atlas(阿特拉斯)既可以指身强体壮的人也可以指地图册。这个词的故事起源于很久以前的希腊。古希腊人相信他们信奉的神灵曾是被称为提坦的一种巨人。提坦巨神与另一支号称奥林匹斯的神灵作战,奥林匹斯神获胜了。阿特拉斯是提坦巨神之一。他被罚站在西天用头和双手支撑起苍天,不让天塌下来砸碎万事万物。当古希腊文明消失之后，atlas的意思也发生了改变，他不再是用头和双手撑起天空，而是用肩膀扛起了整个世界。16世纪的地图制作师Mercator在他的一本地图书的封面上用了一张阿特拉斯的插画，于是地图书就开始被称为atlas了。这个词还有另一个意思。最上面的一块颈骨被称作atlas，因为它支撑着头部。Good-bye或Good-bygood-bye(再见)是一种祝愿。最初的说法是godbewithye(愿上帝与你同在)，然后随着时间的发展逐渐变成了一个词。我们打招呼时说的话大部分都是好的祝愿，但我们说的时候很少去思考这层含义以至于我们都忘记了。当我们说早上好、晚上好、晚安，还有类似的句子时，我们真正在说的其实是：“我希望你拥有一个美好的早上(晚上/