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英语六级阅读理解练习题二

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Pronouncingalanguageisaskill.Everynormalpersonisexpertintheskillofpronouncinghisownlanguage;butfewpeopleareevenmoderatelyproficientatpronouncingforeignlanguages.Nowtherearemanyreasonsforthis，someobvious，someperhapsnotsoobvious.ButIsuggest

thatthefundamentalreasonwhypeopleingeneraldonotspeakforeignlanguagesverymuchbetterthantheydoisthattheyfailtograspthetruenatureoftheproblemoflearningtopronounce，

andconsequentlyneversetabouttacklingitintherightway.Fartoomanypeoplefailtorealizethatpronouncingaforeignlanguageisaskill—onethatneedscarefultrainingofaspecialkind，

andonethatcannotbeacquiredbyjustleavingittotakecareofitself.Ithinkeventeachersoflanguage，whilerecognizingtheimportanceofagoodaccent，tendtoneglect，intheir

practicalteaching，thebranchofstudyconcernedwithspeakingthelanguage.SothefirstpointIwanttomakeisthatEnglishpronunciationmustbetaught;theteachershouldbepreparedtodevotesomeofthelessontimetothis，andshouldgetthestudenttofeelthathereisamatterworthyofreceivinghiscloseattention.So，thereshouldbeoccasionswhenotheraspectsof

English，suchasgrammarorspelling，areallowedforthemomenttotakesecondplace.

Apartfromthisquestionofthetimegiventopronunciation，therearetwootherrequirements

fortheteacher:

thefirst，knowledge;thesecond，technique.

Itisimportantthattheteachershouldbeinpossessionofthenecessaryinformation.Thiscangenerallybeobtainedfrombooks.Itispossibletogetfrombookssomeideaofthemechanicsofspeech，andofwhatwecallgeneralphonetictheory.Itisalsopossibleinthiswaytogetaclearmentalpictureoftherelationshipbetweenthesoundsofdifferentlanguages，between

thespeechhabitsofEnglishpeopleandthose，say，ofyourstudents.Unlesstheteacherhas

suchapicture，anycommentshemaymakeonhisstudents‘pronunciationareunlikelytobeofmuchuse，andlessontimespentonpronunciationmaywellbetimewasted.

26.Whatdoesthewriteractuallysayaboutpronouncingforeignlanguages,

A.Onlyafewpeoplearereallyproficient.

B.Nooneisreallyanexpertintheskill.

C.Therearen’tmanypeoplewhoareevenfairlygood.

D.Thereareevensomepeoplewhoaremoderatelyproficient.

27.ThewriterarguesthatgoingabouttheproblemofpronunciationinthewrongwayisA.anobviouscauseofnotgraspingtheproblemcorrectly

B.afundamentalconsequenceofnotspeakingwellC.aconsequenceofnotgraspingtheproblemcorrectlyD.notanobviouscauseofspeakingpoorly

28.Thebestwayoflearningtospeakaforeignlanguage，hesuggests，isby_______.A.pickingitupnaturallyasachild

B.learningfromanativespeaker

C.notconcentratingonpronunciationassuchD.undertakingsystematicwork

29.Thevaluethestudentputsoncorrectspeechhabitsdependsupon_______.

A.howcloselyheattendstothematter

B.whetheritisEnglishthatisbeingtaughtC.histeacher‘sapproachtopronunciation

D.theimportancenormallygiventogrammarandspelling30.Howmighttheteacherfindhimselfwastinglessontime,

A.Byspendinglessontimeonpronunciation.

B.Bymakingill-informedcommentsuponpronunciation.C.Bynotusingbooksonphoneticsintheclassroom.D.Bynotgivingstudentsaclearmentalpictureofthedifferencebetweensounds.

答案:

26.C27.C28.D29.C

Anindustrialsociety，especiallyoneascentralizedandconcentratedasthatofBritain，isheavilydependantoncertainessentialservices:

forinstance，electricitysupply，water，railandroadtransport，theharbors.Theareaofdependencyhaswidenedtoincluderemoving

rubbish，hospitalandambulanceservices，and，astheeconomydevelops，centralcomputerandinformationservicesaswell.Ifanyoftheseservicesceasestooperate，thewholeeconomicsystemisindanger.

Itisthisinterdependencyoftheeconomicsystemthatmakesthepoweroftradeunionssuchanimportantissue.Singletradeunionshavetheabilitytocutoffmanyeconomicbloodsupplies.ThiscanhappenmoreeasilyinBritainthaninsomeothercountries，inpartbecausethelabor

forceishighlyorganized.About55percentofBritishworkersbelongtounions，comparedto

underaquarterintheUnitedStates.Forhistoricalreasons，Britain’sunionshavetendedto

developalongtradeandoccupationallines，ratherthanonanindustry-by-industrybasis，which

makeswagepolicy，democracyinindustryandtheimprovementofproceduresforfixingwagelevelsdifficulttoachieve.

Thereareconsiderablestrainsandtensionsinthetradeunionmovement，someofthemarising

fromtheiroutdatedandinefficientstructure.Someunionshavelostmanymembersbecauseofindustrialchanges.Othersareinvolvedinargumentsaboutwhoshouldrepresentworkersinnewtrades.Unionsforskilledtradesareseparatefromgeneralunions，whichmeansthatdifferent

levelsofwagesforcertainjobsareoftenasourceofbadfeelingbetweenunions.Intraditionaltradeswhicharebeingpushedoutofexistencebyadvancingtechnologies，unionscanfightfor

theirmembers‘disappearingjobstothepointwherethejobsofotherunion’smembersarethreatenedordestroyed.TheprintingofnewspapersbothintheUnitedStatesandinBritainhasfrequentlybeenhaltedbytheeffortsofprinterstoholdontotheirtraditionalhighly-paidjobs.

1.WhyisthequestionoftradeunionpowerimportantinBritain,

A.Theeconomyisverymuchinterdependent.

B.Unionshavebeenestablishedalongtime.

C.TherearemoreunionsinBritainthanelsewhere.

D.Therearemanyessentialservices.

2.Becauseoftheirout-of-dateorganizationsomeunionsfinditdifficultto______.A.changeasindustrieschangeB.getnewmemberstojointhem

C.learnnewtechnologiesD.bargainforhighenoughwages

3.Disagreementsarisebetweenunionsbecausesomeofthem

A.trytowinovermembersofotherunions

B.ignoreagreements

C.protecttheirownmembersattheexpenseofothers

D.takeoverotherunion‘sjobs

4.Itisdifficulttoimprovetheproceduresforfixingwagelevelsbecause______.A.someindustrieshavenounions

B.unionsarenotorganizedaccordingtoindustries

C.only55percentofworkersbelongtounions

D.someunionsaretoopowerful

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUE,

A.Therearestrainsandtensionsinthetradeunionmovement.

B.Someunionshavelostmanymembers.

C.Someunionsexistintheoutdatedstructure.

D.AhigherpercentageofAmericanworkersbelongtounionsthanthatofBritishworkers.答案:

1.A2.A3.C4.B5.D

Ihaveneverattendedalargecompany’sboardmeetinginmylife，butIfeelcertainthatthe

discussionoftentakesthefollowinglines.The__1__ofproducinganew—forexample—toothpaste

wouldmake8Opthedecentpriceforit，sowewillmarketitat?

l.20.Itisnotabadtoothpaste（notspeciallygoodeither，butnotbad），andaspeopleliketotrynewthingsitwillsellwelltostartwith;butthe__2__ofnoveltysoonfades，sosaleswill__3__。

Whenthatstarts

tohappenwewillreducethepriceto?

l.15.Andwewillturnitintoabargainbyprinting5pOFFalloverit，whereuponpeoplewillrushtobuyiteventhoughitstillcostsaboutforty-threepercentmorethanits__4__price.

Sometimesitisnot5pOFFbutlpOFF.WhatashametoadvertiselpOFFyoursoaporwashingpowderordogfoodorwhatever.Eventhepoorestold-agepensioneroughttoregardthisasaninsult，

buthedoesn‘t.Abargainmustnotbe__5__Tobeoffereda“gift”ofonepennyislikebeinginvitedtodinnerandofferedonesinglepea（tastilycooked），andnothingelse.Evenifit

representeda__6__reductionitwouldbeaninsult.Still，peoplesay，onehastohavewashing

powder（orwhatever）andonemightaswellbuyitapennycheaper.WhenIwasaboyinHungaryamanwas__7__ofmurderingsome?

oneforthesakeofonepengo，theequivalentofashilling，

andpleaded__8__Thejudgeshouted__9__:

“Tokillamanforashilling～Whatcanyousay

inyour__10__,”Themurdererreplied:

“Ashillinghere.。

.ashillingthere.。

.”And

that’swhattoday‘sshoppersays，too:

“Apennyhere.。

.apennythere.。

.”

A.missedB.defenseC.realD.cost

E.anxiouslyF.attractionG.fairH.expense

I.fallJ.angrilyK.dismissedL.accused

M.guiltyN.faultyO.security

答案:

I.D2.F3.I4.G5.A6.C7.L8.M9.J

It’sahotsummerday，andyou，yourfamily，andfriendsdecidetodrivetothebeachforacookout.

Whenyougettothebeach，thesandandtherocksaresohotthattheyhurtyourbarefeet.Youputonsneakersinahurry.Thewaterissobrightandshininginthesunthatyoucanhardlylookatit.Whilethecharcoal（木炭）fireisstartingtoburninthecookoutstove，every

onegoesforaswim.Thewaterfeelsgood—warmatthetop，butcoolerdownaroundyourtoes.

Alittlewindisblowingwhenyoucomeout.Thefireisn‘tquitereadyforcookingyet，soyou

playtag（儿童捉人游戏）orread.

Forlunchtherearehotdog，corn，saladandrolls，sodas，fruit，andcoffeefortheadults.

Bythetimethecoffeewaterboilsandthecornandhotdogsarecooked，allthebathingsuits

aredry.Soarethetowelsspreadoutontherocks，inthesun.

Lunchisgood.Justasyouarefinishing，itstartstorainsoyoupackupandrun.Butnobodymindstherain.Itwillcoolthingsoff.

Atthesametimeyouwerehavingfunatthebeach，workwasbeingdone.Energyfromthesunwasdoingwork.Energy，inoneformoranother，doesalltheworkint