英語六級練習題：閱讀理解①

從最近幾年的英語六級閱讀理解真題中，不難看出，閱讀理解目前考察的方向多偏向於社會經濟、文化等方面，日常複習中我們也要提前儲備一些常考話題材料。小編今天爲大家帶來了幾套六級閱讀理解的練習題，希望對大家的學習有所幫助。

閱讀理解1-1

請閱讀下面的英文文章，回答問題：
　　They're still kids, and although there's a lot thatthe experts don't yet know about them, one thingthey do agree on is that what kids use and expectfrom their world has changed rapidly. And it's allbecause of technology.
　　To the psychologists, sociologists, and generational and media experts who study them,their digital gear sets this new group apart, even from their tech-savvy (懂技術的) Millennialelders. They want to be constantly connected and available in a way even their older siblingsdon't quite get. These differences may appear slight, but they signal an all-encompassingsensibility that some say marks the dawning of a new generation.
　　The contrast between Millennials and this younger group was so evident to psychologistLarry Rosen of California State University that he has declared the birth of a new generation in anew book, Rewired: Understanding the ingeneration and the Way They Learn, out next month.Rosen says the tech-dominated life experience of those born since the early 1990s is sodifferent from the Millennials he wrote about in his 2007 book, Me, MySpace and I: Parenting theNet Generation, that they warrant the distinction of a new generation, which he has dubbedthe "ingeneration".
　　"The technology is the easiest way to see it, but it's also a mind-set, and the mind-set goeswith the little ‘i', which I'm talking to stand for 'individualized'," Rosen says. "Everything isdefined and individualized to ‘me'. My music choices are defined to ' me'. What I watch onTV any instant is defined to ‘me'. " He says the iGeneration includes today's teens and middle-school ers, but it's too soon to tell about elementary-school ages and younger.
　　Rosen says the iGeneration believes anything is possible. "If they can think of it, somebodyprobably has or will invent it," he says. "They expect innovation."
　　They have high expectations that whatever they want or can use "will be able to be tailoredto their own needs and wishes and desires."
　　Rosen says portability is key. They are inseparable from their wireless devices, which allowthem to text as well as talk, so they can be constantly connected-even in class, where cellphones are supposedly banned.
　　Many researchers are trying t6 determine whether technology somehow causes the brainsof young people to be wired differently. "They should be distracted and should perform morepoorly than they do," Rosen says. "But findings show teens survive distractions much betterthan we would predict by their age and their brain development. "
　　Because these kids are more immersed and at younger ages, Rosen says, the educationalsystem has to change significantly.
　　"The growth curve on the use of technology with children is exponential(指數的), and werun the risk of being out of step with this generation as far as how they learn and how theythink," Rosen says.
　　"We have to give them options because they want their world individualized. "
　　1. Compared with their Millennial elders, the iGeneration kids
　　A.communicate with others by high-tech methods continually
　　B.prefer to live a virtual life than a real one
　　C.are equipped with more modem digital techniques
　　D.know more on technology than their elders
　　2. Why did Larry Rosen name the new generation as iGeneration?
　　A.Because this generation is featured by the use of personal high-tech devices.
　　B.Because this generation stresses on an individualized style of life.
　　C.Because it is the author himself who has discovered the new generation.
　　D.Because it's a mind-set generation instead of an age-set one.

3. Which of the following is true about the iGeneration according to Rosen?
　　A.This generation is crazy about inventing and creating new things.
　　B.Everything must be adapted to the peculiar need of the generation.
　　C.This generation catches up with the development of technology.
　　D.High-tech such as wireless devices goes with the generation.
　　4. Rosen's findings suggest that technology
　　A.has an obvious effect on the function of iGeneration's brain development
　　B.has greatly affected the iGeneration's behaviors and academic performance
　　C.has no significantly negative effect on iGeneration's mental and intellectualdevelopment
　　D.has caused distraction problems on iGeneration which affect their daily performance
　　5. According to the passage, education has to __
　　A.adapt its system to the need of the new generation
　　B.use more technologies to cater for the iGeneration
　　C.risk its system to certain extent for the iGeneration
　　D.be conducted online for iGeneration's individualized need

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閱讀理解1-2

請閱讀下面的英文文章，回答問題：

Is Education A Robbery?
　　One of our expectations about education is that itwill pay off1 in terms of upward mobility. Historically,the correlation between education and income hasbeen strong. But in the early 1970 s a contradictiondeveloped between education and the economy. Ourvalue of education and our average educationalattainment outstripped the capacity of the economyto absorb the graduates. Since the 1970s, high-school graduates have experienced astriking decrease in earnings, making them the first generation since World WarⅡ to face alower standard of living than their parents had.
　　Experts have argued that this contradiction is at the heart of the problem of public educationtoday. It is not, as business leaders claim, that the schools are failing to properly educatestudents, that they are turning out2 young people who are inadequately prepared to functionin the workplace. The real problem is a dearth of economic opportunities for students who arenot continuing on to college.
　　College graduates also are having difficulty finding jobs. Even when they do, the jobs may notbe commensurate with3 their training and expectations. Part of the problem is that too manyyoung Americans aspire to have professional jobs, making disappointment and frustrationinevitable for some. Many students assumed that what was true of an individu-al — that thehigher the education, the better the job opportunities —would also be true for an entiresociety4. But when the numbers of better-educated young people became too great, theeconomy could no longer absorb them
　　Another part of the problem is the assumption that greater educational attainment guaranteescareer advancement. In fact, employers do not routinely reward educational attainment; rather,they reward it only when they believe it will contribute to the employee's productivity.
　　We should not overlook the fact that there is still a strong correlation between education,occupation, and income. College graduates have a strong advantage over those with lesseducation. But the payoff is neither as large nor as certain as it once was.
　　Unfortunately, Americans have focused so strongly on the economic payoff that many considertheir college education useless if it does not yield a desirable, well-paying job. Only in thissense can we speak of an "oversupply" of college graduates. 5 We could argue that all or atleast the majority of Americans would profit by some degree because higher education canenable the individual to think more deeply, explore more widely, and enjoy a greater range ofexperiences.
　　Ⅰ. Choose the be st answer to fill in the blanks :
　　1. In the eyes of the public , higher education can_______ in terms of obtaining a decent job.
　　A. pay back B. pay off C. pay out D. pay up
　　2. Things_______ to be exactly as the professor had foreseen.
　　A. turned up B. turned on C. turned out D. turned over
　　3. He was satisfied with the salary that was_________ with his abilities.
　　A. familiar B. proportional C. content D. commensurate
　　Ⅱ. Write these sentences in inverted order beginning ea ch one with the words in italics :
　　1. I realized what was happening only then. 
      2. There were piles of books, magazines andnewspapers on the floor.
　　3. I have never heard such nonsense in all my life.

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閱讀理解1-3

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Many bankers may be worried about whether some fancy product dreamed up might yetlead to a visit from the police. Daniel Dantas, a financier, who has profited by operating at themiddle place where business and government meet in Brazil, has been opening the door to findthe police outside for much of the
　　past decade. On December 2nd he was convicted of a less sophisticated crime: trying tobribe police officers. Mr. Dantas, who has acquired great notoriety in Brazil, was fined $ 5million and sentenced to ten years in prison. He has appealed against his conviction.
　　The charge stems from a police investigation into money-laundering (洗錢)known asOperation Satiagraha. It grew out of a previous investigation into Mr. Dantas' use of Kroll, asecurity consultancy, to watch over his business partners. During this investigation the policeseized a computer from Opportunity, Mr. Dantas's investment bank, which contained datafrom the mid-1990s to 2004 and apparently showed suspicious movements of money.
　　The judge found that Mr. Dantas tried to pay bribes, via two go-betweens, to keep hisname out of the Satiagraha investigation. A man fitted with a bugging device was offered $1million in cash, with another $ 4 million to follow, the police say. They claim that Mr. Dantas'strick involved money travelling to the Cayman Islands, then via the British Virgin Islands to anaccount in Ireland, on to Delaware, and then re-entering Brazil as foreign investment.
　　For Mr. Dantas his crime is a steep fall from grace. A man who sleeps little and socializesless, he is a vegetarian and self-made billionaire, a gifted financier who has serially fallen outwith his business partners. He once controlled a large telecoms firm, acting for investors whoincluded Citigroup. He says he is the victim of a conspiracy mounted by the government.
　　It is Mr. Dantas' supposed influence in government circles that has added to his notoriety.During the1990s, when many state-owned businesses were privatized, Mr. Dantas positionedhimself as the man with the needed expertise and contacts. He enjoyed easy access to thegovernment of President Femando Henrique Cardoso, including meetings with the presidenthimself. That influence carried through into the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva. Mr. Dantas is alleged to have been one of the funders of a cash-for-votes scheme inBrazil's 　Congress mounted by leaders of Lula's Workers' Party in 2003-2004. Many of thosewho have had dealings with Mr. Dantas insist that these have been legitimate and conducted ingood faith. They include Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh, a lawyer and PT politician, whom he hired asa consultant.
　　1. What kind of crime was Daniel Dantas convicted of according to the passage?
　　A.A crime quite experienced and tactful.
　　B.A crime by operating at the middle place.
　　C.A crime attempting to temper police to work for him.
　　D.A crime in money-laundering.
　　2. How did the police convict the charge against Mr. Dantas according to the passage?
　　A.They seized a computer by chance and got some evidence.
　　B.They directly conducted a probe into him.
　　C.They found he tempered police officers to delete his name.
　　D.They questioned him and made sure the process of money-laundering.
　　3. Mr. Dantas' relationship with his business partners is that __
　　A.he usually gets along well with them
　　B.he does not have a good relationship with them
　　C.he totally trusts all of his business partners
　　D.he believes that they make him a victim
　　4. What can we learn about Mr. Dantas according to the passage?
　　A.He is a gifted financier and less socialized person.
　　B.He always enjoys notorious fame in economic and political field.
　　C.He is a vegetarian who likes making food by himself.
　　D.His tragedy was mounted by the government conspiracy.
　　5. What kind of relationship is reflected between Mr. Dantas and government in thepassage?
　　A.His influence on government may reduce his notoriety and crime.
　　B.In business privatization, he participated with demanding expertise.
　　C.He never meets the President himself.
　　D.People knowing him deem that he was sheer evil.

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參考答案：

閱讀理解1-1

1.A)。
　　2.B)。
　　3.D)。
　　4.C)。
　　5.A)。

閱讀理解1-2

Ⅰ. 1. B 2. C 3 . D
　　Ⅱ.
　　1. Only then didI realize what was happening.
　　2. On the floor were piles of books, magazines and newspapers.
　　3. Never in all my life have I heard such nonsense.

閱讀理解1-3

1.C)。
　　2.C)。
　　3.B)。
　　4.A)。
　　5.B)。

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