大学英语六级阅读理全真模拟题

大学英语六级阅读理全真模拟题汇总

一、问答题（共10题，共100分）

1.Mostofusaretaughttopayattentiontowhatissaid—the

words.Wordsdoprovideuswithsomeinformation,butmeanings

arederivedfromsomanyothersourcesthatitwopdhinderour

effectivenessasapartnertoarelationshiptorelytooheavily

onwordsalone.Wordsareusedtodescribeonlyasmallpart

ofthemanyideasweassociatewithanygivenmessage.Sometimes

wecangaininsightintosomeofthoseassociationsifwelisten

formorethanwords.Wedon'talwayssaywhatwemeanormean

whatwesay.Sometimesourwordsdon'tmeananythingexcept

"I'mlettingoffsomesteam.Idon,treallywantyoutopay

closeattentiontowhatI'msaying.Justpayattentiontowhat

I'mfeeling."Mostlywemeanseveralthingsatonce.Aperson

wantingtopurchaseahousesaystothecurrentowner,“This

stephastobefixedbeforeI'11buy."Theownersays,"It's

beenlikethatforyears."Actually,thestephasn,tbeenlike

thatforyears,buttheunspokenmessageis:"Idon,twant

tofixit.Weputupwithit.Whycan'tyou?”Thesearchfor

amoreexpansiveviewofmeaningcanbedevelopedofexamining

amessageintermsofwhosaidit,whenitoccurred,therelated

conditionsorsituation,andhowitwassaid.

2.Recentresearchhasclaimedthatanexcessofpositiveions

intheaircanhaveanilleffectonpeopleJsphysicalor

psychologicalhealth.Whatarepositiveions?Well,theairis

fplofions,electricallychargedparticles,andgenerally

thereisaroughbalancebetweenthepositiveandthenegative

charged.Butsometimesthisbalancebecomesdisturbedanda

largerproportionofpositiveionsarefound.Thishappens

naturallybeforethunderstorm,earthquakeswhenwindssuchas

theMistral,HamsinorSharavareblowingincertaincountries.

Oritcanbecausedbyabuild-upofstaticelectricityindoors

fromcarpetsorclothingmadeofman-madefibres,orfromTV

sets,duplicatorsorcomputerdisplayscreens.

3.Onceitwaspossibletodefinemaleandfemaleroleseasily

bythepisionoflabor.Menworkedoutsidethehomeandearned

theincometosupporttheirfamilies,whilewomencookedthe

mealsandtookcareofthehomeandthechildren.Theseroles

werefirmlyfixedformostpeople,andtherewasnotmuch

opportunityforwomentoexchangetheirroles.Butbythemiddle

ofthiscentury,men'sandwomen'sroleswerebecomingless

firmlyfixed.

4.1liveinthelandofDisney,Hollywoodandyear-roundsun.

Youmaythinkpeopleinsuchaglamorous,fun-filledplaceare

happierthanothers.Ifso,youhavesomemistakenideasabout

thenatureofhappiness.

5.Wecanbeginourdiscussionofupoppationasglobalissue”

withwhatmostpersonsmeanwhentheydiscuss“thepoppation

problem”:toomanypeopleonearthandatoorapidincrease

inthenumberaddedeachyear.Thefactsarenotindispute,

Itwasquiterighttoemploytheanalogythatlikened

demographicgrowthto“along,thinpowderfusethatburns

steadilyandhaltinglyuntilitfinallyreachesthechargeand

explodes.”

6.Letchildrenlearntojudgetheirownwork.Achildlearning

totalkdoesnotlearnbybeingcorrectedallthetime;if

correctedtoomuch,hewillstoptalking.Henoticesathousand

timesadaythedifferencebetweenthelanguagesheusesand

thelanguagethosearoundhimuse.Bitbybit,hemakesthe

necessarychangestomakehislanguagelikeotherpeople.In

thesameway,whenchildrenlearntodoalltheotherthings

theylearntodowithoutbeingtaught-towalk,run,climb,

whistle,rideabicycle-comparethoseperformanceswiththose

ofmoreskilledpeople,andslowlymaketheneededchanges.But

inschoolwenevergiveachildachancetofindouthisown

mistakesforhimself,letalonecorrectthem.Wedoitallfor

him.Weactasifwethoughtthathewopdnevernoticeamistake

unlessitwaspointedouttohim,orcorrectitunlesshewas

madeto.Soonhebecomesdependentontheteacher.Lethimdo

ithimself.Lethimworkout,withthehelpofotherchildren

ifhewantsit,whatthiswordsays,whatansweristothat

problem,whetherthisisagoodwayofsayingordoingthisor

not.

7.ThediscoveryoftheAntarcticnotonlyprovedoneofthe

mostinterestingofallgeographicaladventures,butcreated

whatmightbecalled“theheroicageofAntarctic

explorationw.Bytheirtremendousheroism,mensuchas

Shakleton,Scott,andAmundsencausedanewcontinenttoemerge

fromtheshadows,andyetthatheroicage,littlemorethana

centuryold,isalreadypassing.Modernscienceandinventions

arerevolutionizingtheendurance,futurejourneysintothese

icywasteswillprobablydependonmotorvehiclesequippedwith

caterpillartractionratherthanonthedogsthatearlier

discoverersfoundsoinvaluableandhardlycomparable.

8.Withoutregparsuppliesofsomehormonesourcapacityto

behavewopdbeseriouslyimpaired;withoutotherswewopdsoon

die.Tinyamountsofsomehormonescanmodifymoodsandactions,

ourinclinationtoeatordrink,ouraggressivenessor

submissiveness,andourreproductiveandparentalbehavior.

Andhormonesdomorethaninfluenceadptbehavior;earlyinlife

theyhelptodeterminethedevelopmentofbodilyformandmay

evendetermineaninpidualJsbehavioralcap