CET6閱讀理解專題訓(xùn)練

1、CET6閱讀理解專題訓(xùn)練英語閱讀There was on shop in the town of Mufulira ， which was notorious for its color bar. It was a drugstore. While Europeans were served at the counter ， a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but ， when their turn came to be served ， were rudely

2、treated by the shop assistants. One day I was determined to make a public protest against this kind of thing ， and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store and waited outside to see what would happen when I went in.I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for som

3、e medicine. As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand he shouted at me in a bastard language that is only used by an employed when speaking to his servants. I stood at the counter and politely requested in English that I should be served. The mana

4、ger became exasperated and said to me in English ，“If youstand there till Christmas I will never serve you.”I went to the District commissioners office. Fortunately thefor he was one of the oldDistrict Commissioner was out school ； however ， I saw a young District Officer who was a friendof mine. He

5、 was very concerned to hear my story and told me that if ever I wanted anything more from the drugstore all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy my medicine for me. I protested that that was not good enough. I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to make a protest to th

6、e manager. This he did ， and I well remember him saying to the manager ，“ Here is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member ofthe Urban Advisory Council ， and you treat him like a common servant. ” The manager of the drugstore apologized and said，“ Ifonly he had introduced himself and explained who he

7、was ， then ， of course I should have given him proper service.” I had to explainonce again that he had missed my point. Why should I have to introduce myself every time I went into a store any more than I should have to buy my medicine by going to a European friend ？ I want to prove that any man of

8、any color ， whatever his position ， should have the right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted.1. “ Color bar ” in the first paragraph comes closest in meaningto _. A.a bar which is painted in different colors. B.the fact thatwhite and black customers are served separately. C.a bar of chocolat

9、e having different colors. D.a counter where people of different colors are served with beer. 2.The writer was ， at the time of the story ，_. A.a black school teacher B.an Africanservant C.a black ， but a friend of Europeans D.a rich black英語閱讀3.The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in a

10、 bastard language because _.A.he hadnt learned to speak polite English. B.he thought the writer wouldnt understand English.C.that was the usual language used by Europeans when speaking to Africans.D.that was the only language he could speak when he was angry.4.In the third paragraph ， “ hewas one of

11、 the old school means _.A.he believed in the age-old practice of racial discrimination.B.he was a very old man.C.he graduated from an old ， conservative school.D.he was in charge of an old school.5.Why didnt the writer wait at the window of the drugstorelike other black African ？A.Because he thought

12、 he was educated and should be treated differently.B.Because he thought ，being an important person ， he should not be kept waiting.C.Because he thought his white friends would help him out.D.Because he wanted to protest against racial discrimination. 答案：B AC ADLook at the keyboard of any standard ty

13、pewriter or computer.“ Q, W, E, R, T and Yare the first six letters. Who decided on this arrangement ofthe letters? And why?People tried for centuries to invent the typewriter. In 1714 inEngland, Henry Millfiled a patent for a machine called An Artificial Machine orMethod for the Impressing orTransc

14、ribing of Letters, Singly or Progressively one after another, as in Writing, wherebyall Writing whatsoever may be Engrossed in Paper or Parchment so Neat and Exact as not to bedistinguished from Print. That machine probably didn t sellbecause no one could rememberits name!The first practical typewri

15、ter was patented in the United States in 1868 by ChristopherLatham Sholes. His machine was known as the type-writer. It had a movable carriage, a leverfor turning paper from line to line, and a keyboard on whichthe letters were arranged inalphabetical order.英語閱讀But Sholes had a problem. On his first

16、 model, his ABC key arrangement caused the keysto jam when the typist worked quickly. Sholes didn t know how to keep the keys fromsticking, so his solution was to keep the typist from typingtoo fast.Sholes asked hisbrother-in-law to rearrange the keyboard so that the commonest letters were not so cl

17、osetogether and the type bars would come from opposite directions. Thus they would not clashtogether and jam the machine.The new arrangement was theQWERTY arrangement typists usetoday. Of course, Sholes claimed that the new arrangement was scientific and would add speedand efficiency. The only effic

18、iency it added was to slow thetypist down, since almost anyword in the English language required the typist s fingers to cover more distance on thekeyboard.The advantages of the typewriter outweighed the disadvantages of the keyboard. Typistsmemorized the crazy letter arrangement, and the typewriter

19、became a huge success. By thetime typists had memorized the new arrangement of lettersand built their speed, typewritertechnology had improved, and the keys didn t stick as badly as they had at first.We know from the passage that the inventor of the first practical typewriter is.A.Henry MillB.Christ

20、opher Latham SholesC.Sholesbrother-in-lawD.Allbert Einstein.The author thinks the machine invented by Henry Mill could not be sold because.A.it was difficult for people to accept new things.there were great disadvantages of the keyboardC.the machine could not be distinguished from printD.the name of

21、 the machine was too long.Sholes decided the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard in order to.A.arrange the letters in alphabetical order英語閱讀cause the keys to jam when the typist worked quicklyC.solve the problem of the keys jammingpete with ABC key arrangement4.It is inferred that the QWERTY arrangem

22、ent of the keyboard_. A.is the most scientific arrangement B.adds speed and efficiency of typists C.keeps the typist from typing too fast D.is easy for typists to memorize5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A.The Arrangement of The Letters on KeyboardB.The Story of Christop

23、her Latham SholesC.How to Invent The TypewriterD.The First Practical Typewriter參考答案： BDCCAA scientific panel convened by the World Health Organization recommended guidelines on Friday for doctors conducting clinical studies of SARS patients. The panel urged doctors to apply the guidelines in analyzi

24、ng the masses of potentially useful information about various therapies that were collected in this year s epidemic. Much of that informatiohnas not been published or analyzed.“It is a matter of urgency to get better analysis and review, said Dr. Simon Mardel, a WHO official who led the two-day meet

25、ing that ended on Friday. He said thousands of potential therapies and compounds had been tested so far as researchers try to determine treatments for SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. “ We recognize that having notreatment for SARS is hindering our ability to control an epidemic in so man

26、y ways. ” He said.In the epidemic earlier this year, various treatments, like drugs to fight the virus or strengthen the immune system, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, were delivered under emergencyconditions, in widely different settings and countries to patientssuffering from varying stag

27、es of the illness. Those conditions generally without standardized measurements or controlled situations have made it hard to interpret results.Standard supportive therapy like nursing, and in severe casesthe use of mechanical respirators （呼吸器） to help patients breathe, is the mainstay （主要支持） of SAR

28、S care, and helped many patients survive. But doctors still do not know how best to treat SARS patients who have breathing difficulties. Dr. Mardel said. One method is invasive ventilation. A second method involves blowing oxygen into the lungs through a mask. Both carry the risk of transmitting the

29、 virus to hospital employees. Without proper analysis, the panel was unable to say英語閱讀definitively which treatment worked best, or which causedthe most harm. “ There is a lack of shared information,” Dr. Mardelsaid, noting that a lot of data have not been published.The panel also agreed on guideline

30、s that would allowdoctors to conduct quick and safe clinical trials, a process thatgenerally takes years to complete. The world Health Organization, a United Nations agency did not release the guidelines. Dr.Mardel said they were flexible because no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS woul

31、d return. Experts in many countries have already listed the treatments they want to test, and the health agency is leaving these decisions to individual nations.Guidelines recommended by the scientific panel can be used for .gathering potentially useful information about various therapies collectedc

32、onducting clinical studies of SARS patientsdetermining treatment for SARSpublishing all the information about SARSAccording to the passage, it is difficult to interpret the results of certain treatments for SARS because .patients were in different countriespatients were given medicines in widely dif

33、ferent settingspatients were at different stages of the illnessthese conditions had no standardized measurements or controlled situationsAccording to doctors, the two methods to treat SARS patients who have breathing difficulties both .carry the risk of infecting hospital employeesare effective in c

34、uring patients who have breathing difficultiesdon trun the risk of transmitting the virus to hospital employeesprove to work effectively and cause no harmAccording to a WHO official, Dr. Mardel, the guidelines were flexible because .SARS would reemerge in poor countriesno one knew where, when and in

35、 what setting SARS would returnSARS would not appear in developed countriesno one knew whether SARS would return or notWhich of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. SARS, a Dreadful Disease B. No Good Methods to Treat SARSC. SARS Will Return One Day D. Health Panel Recommends New Gu

36、idelines on SARS英語閱讀參考答案 : B D A B DIn recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available.Today, excellentanthologies （文選） and other introductory texts exist, and books

37、on individual Asian Americans are published almost weekly. Even professors who are experts in the field find it difficult to decide which of these to assign to students; non-experts who teach in related areas and are looking for writings for and by Asian American to include in survey courses are in

38、an even worse position.A complicating factor has been the continuing lack of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would enable students taking Asian American studies courses （and professors in related fields

39、） to look up basic information on Asian American individuals, institutions, history, and culture without having to wade through （費力的閱讀冗長或 艱深的材料） mountains of primary source material. In addition, given such works. Asian American studies professors might feel more free to include more challenging Asi

40、an American material in their introductory reading lists, since good reference works allow students to acquire on their own the background information necessary to interpret difficult or unfamiliar material.The author is primarily concerned with .responding to a criticismdescribing a course of study

41、discussing a problemevaluating a past course of actionThe “dilemma” (Line 2, Para.1) can best be characterized as being caused by the necessity to make a choice when faced with a .lack of acceptable alternativeslack of strict standards for evaluating alternativespreponderance of bad alternatives as

42、compared to goodmultitude of different alternativesBiographical dictionaries and desktop encyclopedias are A. primary source materials B. introductory texts C. excellent anthologies D. reference materialsWhich of the following is implied about the introductory courses in Asian American studies a few

43、 decades ago?The range of different textbooks that could be assigned for such英語閱讀courses was extremely limitedThe texts assigned as readings in such courses were often not very challenging for studentsStudents often complained about the texts assigned to them in such coursesSuch courses were offered

44、 only at schools whose libraries were rich in primary sourcesAccording to the passage, the existence of good one- volume reference works about Asian Americans could result inincreased agreement among professors of Asian American studies regarding the quality of the sources available in their fieldan

45、 increase in the number of students sighing up for introductory courses in Asian American studiesincreased accuracy in writings that concern Asian American history and culturethe inclusion of a wider range of Asian American materialin introductory reading lists in Asian American studies參考答案： C D D A

46、 DAs you all know, the United States is a country on wheels.Nearly eight million new cars are made each year; four households out of five own at least one ear, and more than a quarter have two each. Yet you ll be surprised to learn that some of the car-owners even suffer from malnutrition （營養(yǎng)不良） .In

47、 1968, a nation-wide survey of malnutrition was made for the first time. It found that 10 million people are suffering in health through inadequate feeding; the causes of their plight （困 境） were varied. Unemployment over a long period should be considered as the main factor. And unemployment, strang

48、e to say, nine times out of ten results from automation, both in industrial and agricultural areas. For example, in the rural South when a cotton plantation suddenly cuts its force from 100 people to three, the problem to help the displaced arises. So is the case with industrial automation. In fact,

49、 probably 2 million jobs are made unnecessary each year in the whole country as a result of the automation process, thus making unemployment a chief social concern. According to government statistics, the number of people unemployed was over 5 percent for the period from 1958 to 1963. In July 1981,

50、it rose to 7.8 percent. As a matter of fact, it has long been known that even during the most prosperous periods there have been people without enough to eat. So I think that s why President Kennedy said in his inauguration speech in1961, if the government did not help the poor, it could not save th

51、e rich. In 1966, the Social Security Administration calculated that a family of four needed an income of $3,355 a year to be above the line of poverty.英語閱讀And in 1977, the average poverty line of the country was slightly more than $6,200 annual income for a non-farm family of four. According to the

52、Social Security Act, families of that size below poverty line are eligible to receive benefits from the special welfare program. The average weekly payment of benefits now is equivalent to 36 percent of the worker s normea.l Awnadg thenumber of people who receive government benefits isincreasing. In

53、 1973, social insurance payments by governments, mainly to old age pensioners and people who had lost their jobs or were off work through illness, amounted to $86,000 million. Those not fully qualified for insurance payments received $29,000 million in public aid. But problems still exist. Many peop

54、le are not reached by theanti-poverty program, because local authorities and agencies do not want to play their part or do not gave the resources to do so. Some poor people will not accept help for various reasons. Of course, there are some more important factors which lie in the structure of the so

55、ciety, but I don t consider it necessary to dig into them here. Yet we will perhaps agree that social welfare programs have solved to some extent the problems of feeding, clothing and housing those below the poverty line. On the whole, it perhaps might be said that American people are living a bette

56、r life than people in most other countries.The United States is called a country on wheels because.about one-fourth Americans own two carsa bit over one out of four households are the owners of two carsnearly 8 million new cars drive in the country every year80% Americans have at least one carAccord

57、ing to a 1968 survey, ten million Americans found themselves in a difficult health situation chiefly due to .inadequate feedingmalnutritionunemploymentD. automation3. The author usethe displaced(Line 9, Para. 2) to refer tothose who are .unemployeddisabledsickpoorThe word “ eligible ” (6L,inPeara.3)

58、 is synonymous with “”necessaryurgent英語閱讀neededworthyAmericans are living a better life than those in most of other countries because, to some degree, .many Americans receive benefits from the special welfare programsome poor people can receive help for some reason or otherthere is the anti-poverty

59、program in the U.S.social welfare programs have some measure settled the problems of those below the poverty line.參考答案： B C A D DAs you all know, the United States is a country on wheels.Nearly eight million new cars are made each year; four households out of five own at least one ear, and more than

60、 a quarter have two each. Yet you ll be surprised to learn that some of the car-owners even suffer from malnutrition （營養(yǎng)不良） .In 1968, a nation-wide survey of malnutrition was made forthe first time. It found that 10 million people are suffering in health through inadequate feeding; the causes of the