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2016年12月英语六级阅读理解专项练习题
阅读理解
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The Colonel ask Ashenden a good many questions and then suggested that he had particular qualifications for the Secret Service. Ashenden knew several European languages and the fact that he was a writer provided excellent cover: on the pretext that he was writing a book he could, without attracting attention, visit any neutral country.
It was while they were discussing this point that the Colonel said,"You know you might get material that would be very useful to you in your work. I'll tell you an incident that occurred only recently. Very dramatic. A foreign government minister went down to a Mediterranean resort to fecover from a cold and he had some very important documents with him that he kept in a despatchcase.
"A day or two after he arrived, he picked up a blonde at some restaurant or other, and he got very friendly with her. He took her back to his hotel, and when he came to himself in the morning the lady and the despatch-case had disappeared. They had one or two drinks up in his room and his theory is that when his back was turned the woman slipped a drug in his glass."
"Do you mean to say that happened the other day?"said Ashenden wearily.
"The week before last."
"Impossible,"cried Ashenden. "Why, we've been putting that incident on the stage for sixty years, we've written it in a thousand novels. Do you mean to say that life has only just caught up with us?"
"Well, I can vouch for the truth of the story." said the Colonel, "And believe me, the government concerned has been put to no end of trouble by the loss of the documents."
"Well sir, if you can't do better than that in the Secret Service," sighed Ashenden, "that I'm afraid that as a source of inspiration to the writer of fiction, it's washout."
1.How did the Colonel suggest that Ashenden's being a writer would relate to his work as a spy?
a.It would make travelling abroad more possible.b.It would make it easier for him to meet people.
c.It would enable him to avoid arousing suspicion. d.It would enable him to use the languages he knew.
2.The reason for the Minister's trip was ________ .
a.to fetch some documentsb.to get over an illnessc.to meet a spyd.to deliver some papers
3.According to the Colonel the incident happened _______ .
a.a few days beforeb.a few weeks before c.two weeks befored.sixty years before
4.Ashenden cried 'Impossible' after hearing the Colonel's story because he thought ______ .
a.it could not possibly happenb.it was too embarrassingc.it was too close to fiction d.it was too recent
5.The effect of the loss of documents on the foreign government was that _______ .
a.it put an end to one source of troubleb.it caused them a lot of inconvenience
c.they merely denied it had happenedd.they refused to believe it
【答案】：cbccd
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There is evidence that the usual variety of high blood pressure is,in part,a familiar disease.Since families have similar genes as well as similar environments,familiar diseases could be due to shared genetic influences,to shared environmental factors,or to both.For some years,the role of one environmental factor commonly shared by families,namely dietary salt(i.e.,sodium chloride),has been studied at Brookhaven National Laboratory.These studies suggest that chromic excess salt ingestion can lead to high blood pressure in man and animals.Some individuals,however,and some rats consume large amounts of salt without developing high blood pressure.No matter how strictly all environmental factors were controlled in these experiments,some salt-fed animals never developed hypertension whereas a few rapidly developed very severe hypertension followed by early death.These marked variations were interpreted to result from differences in genetic constitution.
By mating is successive generations only those animals that failed to develop hypertension from salt ingestion,a resistant strain(the "R" Strain)has been evolved in which consumption of large quantities of salt fails to influence the blood pressure significantly.In contrast,by mating only animals that quickly develop hypertension from salt,a sensitive strain("S" strain)has also been developed.
The availability of these tow strains permits investgations not heretofore possible.They provide a plausible laboratory model on which to investigate some clinical aspects of the human prototypes of hypertension.More important,there might be the possibility of developing methods by which genetic susceptibility of human beings to high blood pressure can be defined without waiting for its appearance.Radioactive sodium 22 was an important "tool" in working out the characteristics of the sodium chloride metabolism.
1.The study of the effects of salt on high blood pressure was carried out ______.
a.as members of the same family tend to use similar amounts of salt
b.to explore the long-term use of a sodium based substance
c.because it was proven that salt caused high blood pressure
d.because of the availability of chemically pure salt and its derivatives
2.The main difference between "S" and "R" rats is their ______.
a.need for sodium 22 b.rate of matingc.reaction to saltd.type of blood
3.We can infer from the article that sodium 22 can de used to ______.
a.control high blood pressureb.cure high blood pressure caused by salt
c.tell the "S" rats from the "R" ratsd.determine what a sodium chloride metabolism is like
4.The most beneficial results of the research might be ______.
a.development of diets free of saltb.an early cure for high blood pressure
c.control of genetic agents that cause high blood pressured.the early identification of potential high blood pressure victims
5.Which of the statements best relates the main idea of this article?
a.When salt is added rats and human beings react similarly.b.The near future will see a cure for high blood pressure.
c.The medical field is desperately in need of research.d.A tendency toward high blood pressure may be a hereditary factor.
【答案】：acddd
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"Culture shock" occurs as result of total immersion in a new culture.It happens to "people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad."Newcomers may be anxious because they do not speak the language,know the customs,or understand people's behavior in daily life.The visitor finds that "yes" may not always mean "yes",that friendliness does not necessarily mean friendship,or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes.The foreigner may be unsure as to when to shake hands,when to start conversations,or how to approach a stranger.The notion of "culture shock" helps explain feelings of bewilderment and disorientation.Language problems do not account for all the frustrations that people feel.When one is deprived of everything that was once familiar,such as understanding a transportation system, knowing how to register for university classes,or knowing how to make friends,difficulties in coping whth the new society may arise.
"...when an individual enters a strange culture,he or she is like fish out of water."Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to and feel alienated from the native members of the culture.When this happens visitors may want to reject everything about the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate the positive aspects of their own culture.Conversely visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting its values and instead choosing to identify with(if only temporatily)the value of the new country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the new culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.
1.The expression "he or she is like fish out of water"suggests ______.
a.people away from their cultures can hardly survive in a new culture
b.a fish can not survive without water
c.people away from their culture experience mental isolation
d.people away from their culture have difficulties in new environment
2.In order to identify with the new environment,some people may ______.
a.give an exaggerated picture of their own countryb.criticize the positive aspects of their own county
c.abandon their original beliefsd.accept a temporary set of values
3.Which of the following statements is true according to the author?
a.Perplexity results in culture shock.b.A typical symptom of cultur shock is confusion.
c.Culture shock is the explanation of anxiety.d.Culture shock happens to foreign students only.
4.Newcomer may worry about ______.
a.their ignorance of the alien customsb.their knowledge of "Yes" in the native language
c.their understanding of friendship d.their control of their behavior
5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel ______.
a.uninsuredb.deprivedc.alienatedd.baffled
【答案】：cbbac
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