英语六级阅读强化习题及答案解析

英语六级阅读强化习题及答案解析

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英语六级阅读强化习题（一）

Ukeatiredmarriage,therelationshipbetween1ibrariesand

publishershaslongbeenreassuringlydull.E—books,however,are

causingheartache.

Librariesknowtheyneeddigitalwaresiftheyaretoremain

relevant,butmanypublishersaretoocarefulaboutpiracyandlost

salestocO.operate.Amongthebigsix.onlyRandom

HouseandHarperCollinslicensee-bookswithmostlibraries.The

othershaveeitherdeniedrequestsorarereluctantlyexperimenting.

Publishersarewisetobenervous.Ownersofe.readersareexactly

thecustomerstheyneed：book一loverswithmoney-neitherthedevices

norbroadbandconnectionscomecheap.Ifthesewonderfulpeople

switchtoborrowinge-booksinsteadofbuyingthem,whatthen?

Electronicborrowingisawfullyconvenient.Unlikeprinted

books,whichmustbecheckedoutand

returnedtoaphysicallibrarymilesfromwhereyoulive,book

filescanbedownloadedathome.Digitallibrarycataloguesareoften

browsedatnight,fromacomfortablesofa.Thefilesdisappearfrom

thedevicewhentheyaredue.

Awkwardlyforpublishers,buyingane-bookcostsmorethan

rentingonebutofferslittleextravalue.

Youcannotresellitolendittoafriendorburnittostay

warm.Owningabookisusefulifyouwanttosavor（品尝）itrepeatedly,

butwhoreads^FiftyShadesofGreyz，twice?

E-lendingisnotsimple,however.Therearelotsofdifferentand

oftenincompatiblee-bookformats,devicesandlicences.Most

librariesuseacompanycalledOverDrive,aglobaldistributorthat

securesrightsfrompublishersandprovidese-booksandaudiofiles

ineveryformat.Yetpublishersandlibrariesarev/orriedbyOver

Drivesmarketdominance,asthecompanycanincreasinglydictatefees

andconditions.

Libraryboostersarguethatbookborrowersarealsobookbuyers,

andthatlibrariesarevitalspacesforreaderstodiscovernew

work.Manywere,cheeredbyarecentPewsurvey,whichfoundthatmore

thanhalfofAmericanswithHorarycardssaytheyprefertobuytheir

e-books.Butthereportalsonotedthatfewpeopleknowthate-books

areavailableatmostlibraries,andthatpopulartitlesoften

involvelongwaitinglists,whichmaybewhatinspirespeopletobuy.

Sopublisherskeepadjustingtheirlendingarrangementsin：search

oftherightbalance.RandomHouseraiseditslicensingprices

earlierthisyear,andHarperCollinslimitslibrariestolending

itstitles26times.

Hachitaisengagedinsomesecretexperiments,andtheothersare

watchingwithheldbreath.InBritainthegovernmentwillsoon

announceareviewofthematter.Thestoryofthelibrarye-bookis

anail-biter.

61.Whatcanbeinferredfromthefastparagraph?

A.Librariesareeagertokeeprelationshipwithpublishers.

B.Severalpublishershavesolde-bookstomostlibraries.

C.Librariescaretoomuchaboutpiracyandbooksales.

D.Mostpublishershesitatetocooperatewithlibraries.

62.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutelectronicborrowing?

A.Itcallhelpsavereadersexpensesondevicesandbroadband

connections.

B.Itneedscheckingoutandreturningtothelibraryviathe

Internet.

C.Itenablesreaderstoresellthebookfilesorlendthemto

friends.

D.Ithasatimelimitforthebookfilesdownloaderonthedevice.

63.WhatdowelearnaboutOverDrive?

A.Ithastheprivilegetoofferreadersvariousbrandsof

e-readers.

B.Itdistributese-booksandaudiofilestopublishers.

C.Itsmarketdominancethreatenspublishersandlibraries.

D.Itdevotesitselftoimprovingconditionsofe.bookmarket.

64.AccordingtotherecentPewsurvey,____.

A.morethanhalfofAmericanschoosee-booksoverphysicalcopies

B.peoplewithlibrarycardsadvocateborrowingratherthanbuying

books

C.peoplewithlibrarycardshavetowaittoborrowpopulare-books

D.thedesiretocollectapopularbookinspirespeopletobuyit

65.By〃anail-biter”(Line4,Para.7),theauthorsuggests

that.

A.itsurgentforLibrairiestocooperatewithpublishers

B.publishershavemanysecretexperimentstoconduct

C.itsimpossibleforpublisherstodistributee-booksto

libraries

D.manyproblemsaboute-booklendingneedtobesolved

英语六级阅读强化习题答案

61.D）。本题考查对文章第一段的理解。定位句指出，在六大出版商中,

只有兰登书屋和哈珀科林斯出版集团将电子书授权给了大多数图书馆，其

他出版商有的表示拒绝，有的则在勉强试探当中，故答案为D）。

62.D）0本题考查有关电子借阅的细节。定位句指出，到期的文件会自

动从阅读设备上消失，故答案为D）。

63.C）o本题考查对超速档的认识和理解。定位句指出，出版商和图书

馆也因此对超速档在市场上独占鳌头感到担忧，因为这样一来它就可以逐

渐控制费用、提出条件，故答案为C）。

64.C）o本题考查对最近皮尤研究的结论的理解。定位旬指出，这份调

查发现，很少有人知道大多数图书馆里也有电子书资源，而且热门书的后

而总是跟着长长的借阅预约名单，这或许就是促使人们买书的原因，故答

案为0。

65.D）o本题考查对〃anail.biter〃的理解。末段前两句指出，出版商

们通过调整借阅策略以寻求平衡。兰登书屋在今年早些时候提高了授权费;

哈珀科林斯把图书馆出借的次数限制在26次以内。最后两句提到，英国

政府很快会宣告一项相关审核，图书馆与电子书的故事还在紧张地进行

着。由此推知，关于电子书借阅还有很多问题有待解决，故答案为D）。

英语六级阅读强化习题（二）

UniversityofYorkbiologistPeterMayhewrecentlyfoundthat

globalwarmingmightactuallyincreasethenumberofspeciesonthe

planet,contrarytoapreviousreportthathighertemperatures

meantfewerlifeforms-areportmatwashisown.

InMayhewsinitial2008study,lowbiodiversityamongmarine

invertebrates（无脊椎动物）appearedtocoincidewithwarmer

temperaturesonEarthoverthelast520millionyears.ButMayhew

andhiscolleaguesdecidedtoreexaminetheirhypothesis,thistime

usingdatathatwere^afairersampleofthehistoryoflife.〃砌this

newcollectionofmaterial,theyfoundacompletereversalofthe

relationshipbetweenspeciesrichnessandtemperaturefrom

whattheirpreviouspaperargued：thenumberofdifferentgroups

presentinthefossilrecordwashigher,ratherthanlower,

durinO^greenhousephases./z

Theirpreviousfindingsrestedonanassumptionthatfossil

recordscanbetakentorepresentbiodiversitychangesthroughout

history.Thisntnecessarilythecase,becausetherearecertain

periodswithhigher,qualityfossilsamples,andsomethataremuch

moredifficulttosamplewell.Awareofthisbias.Mayhewsteamused

datathatstandardizedthenumberoffossilsexaminedthroughout

historyandaccountedforothervariableslikesealevelchangesthat

mightinfluencebiodiversityintheirnewstudytoseeiftheirold

resultswouldholdup.

Twoyearslater,theresultsdidnot.Butthenwhydoesntlife

increasinglyemergeonEarthasourtemperaturesgetwarmer?

Whiletheswitchmaypromptsometoassertthatclimatechange

isnothazardoustolivingcreatures,Mayhewexplainedthatthe

timescalesinhisteamsstudyarehuge一一over500millionyears-and

thereforeinappropriatefortheshorterperiodsthatwemightlook

atashumansconcernedaboutglobalwanning.Manyglobalwarming

concernsarefocusedonthenextcentury.Hesaid----andthelifetime

ofaspeciesistypicallyoneto10millionyears.

“Idoworrythatthesefindingsvillbeusedbytheclimateskeptic

communitytosaylook.Climatewarmingisfine。hesaid.Nottomention

thenumerousotherthingsweseemtodotocreateastormofthreats

tobiodiversity一thinkofwhathabitat（栖息地）destruction,

overfishing,andpollutioncandoforaspeciesviability（生存

力）.Thosethings,Mayhewexplained,givetheorganismsafargreater

challengeincopingwithclimatechangethantheywouldhavehadin

theabsenceofhumans.

“Ifweweretorelaxal1thesepressuresonbiodiversityandallow

theworldtorecoverovermillionsofyearsinawarmerclimate,then

mypredictionisitwouldbeanimprovementinbiodiversity,〃he

said.Soitlookslikeweneedtocurbourrecklesstreatmentofthe

planetfirst,ifwewanttoeventuallyseeasurgeinthenumberof

speciesontheplanetastemperaturesgetwarmer.Wedonthave500

millionyearstowait.

56.WhatisthefindingofPeterMayhewsrecentstudy?

A.Highertemperaturecausesthelowbiodiversityofmarine

invertebrates.

B.Fossilrecordcanrepresentarelativelybelievablehistoryof

life.

C.Thenumberoffossilswashigherduringgreenhousephases.

D.GlobalwarmingmightpromotetherichnessofspeciesonEarth.

57.WhatdowelearnaboutMayhewspreviousreport?

A.Itwasbasedonhiscolleagueshypothesisaboutglobalwarming.

B.Itwascontrarytowhathisteamfoundintherecentstudy.

C.Itwasacompletereversalfromhis2008studyaboutmarine

invertebrates.

D.Itfoundevidencefortheconnectionsbetweenbiodiversityand

temperature.

58.WhydoesMayhewsteamusedatathatstandardizedthenumber

offossils?

A.Theyrealizenotallfossilscansamplewelltorepresent

biodiversitychanges.

B.Theystarttoconsiderthevariablesthatmightinfluence

biodiversity.

C.Theywanttocheckthepreviousfindingswithdifferentresearch

methods.

D.Theybelievesealevelchangescanleadtoinaccuratefossil

records.

59.Becauseofthehugetimescalesinhisstudy,Mayhewbelieved.

A.globalwarmingisnothazardoustOlivingcreaturesinashort

time

B.hisstudyisnotsuitabl