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英语六级阅读练习
英语六级阅读练习
（1）
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid?
Or is intelligence developed by our environment andour experiences?
Strangely enough, the answer toboth these questions is yes. To some extent ourintelligence is given us at birth, and no amount ofspecial education can make a genius out of a childborn with low intelligence. On the other hand, a childwho lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one wholives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence arefixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on hisenvironment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number ofways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with.The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely tobe in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random（任意的） from thepopulation,it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different.If on the other hand we take two identical （完全相同的） twins they will very likelybe as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents andchildren, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligencedepends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in differentenvironments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to afactory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligencedeveloping, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. Thisconclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact witheach other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees ofintelligence.
26. Which of these sentences best describes the writer's point in Paragraph 1?
A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.
B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.
C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.
D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.
27. It is suggested in this passage that_______.
A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence
B. close relations usually have similar intelligence
C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they arelikely to be in intelligence
D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similardegrees of intelligence
28. Brothers and sisters are likely to_______.
A. have similar intelligence B. have different intelligence
C. go to the same university D. go to the same factory
29. In Paragraph 1, the word "surroundings"means_______.
A. intelligence B. life
C. environments D. housing
30. The best title for this article would be_______.
A. On Intelligence
B. What Intelligence Means
C. We Are Born with Intelligence
D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence
答案：
26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. A
英语六级阅读练习
（2）
Homing pigeons are placed in a training program fromabout the time they are twenty-eight days of age.They are taught to enter the cage through a trap andto exercise above and around the loft（鸽棚）, andgradually they are taken away for short distances inwillow baskets and released. They are then expectedto find their way home in the shortest possible time.
In their training flights or in actual races, the birds are taken to prearranged distantpoints and released to find their way back to their own lofts. Once the birds areliberated, their owners, who are standing by at the home lofts, anxiously watch thesky for the return of their entries. Since time is of the essence, the speed with whichthe birds can be induced to enter the loft trap may make the difference betweengaining a win or a second place.
The head of a homing pigeon is comparatively small, but its brain is one quarterlarger than that of the ordinary pigeon. The homing pigeon is very intelligent andwill persevere to the point of stubbornness; some have been known to fly a hundredmiles off course to avoid a storm.
Some homing pigeon experts claim that this bird is gifted with a form of built-inradar that helps it find its own loft after hours of flight, for hidden under the headfeathers are two very sensitive ears, while the sharp, prominent eyes can see greatdistances in daytime.
Why do homing pigeons fly home?
They are not unique in this inherent skill; it isfound in most migratory birds, in bees, ants, toads, and even turtles, which havebeen known to travel hundreds of miles to return to their homes. But in the animalworld, the homing pigeon alone can be trusted with its freedom and trained to carryout the missions that people demand.
1. This passage is mainly about_______.
A. homing pigeons and their training
B. how to buy a homing pigeon
C. protection of homing pigeons against the threat of extinction
D. liberation of homing pigeons
2. According to the passage, what happens to homing pigeons when they are abouta month old?
A. They are kept in a trap.
B. They enter their first race.
C. They begin a training program.
D. They get their wings clipped and marked.
3. According to the passage, the difference between a homing pigeon and anordinary one is_______.
A. the span of the wings B. the shape of the eyes
C. the texture of the feathers D. the size of the brain
4. The author mentions all of the following attributes that enable a homing pigeonto
return home EXCEPT_______.
A. instinct B. air sacs
C. sensitive ears D. good eyes
5. Why does the author mention bees, ants, toads, and turtles in the lastparagraph?
A. To describe some unusual kinds of pets.
B. To measure distances traveled by various animals.
C. To compare their home-finding abilities with those of homing pigeons.
D. To interest the reader in learning about other animals.
答案
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C
英语六级阅读练习（3）
The difference between a liquid and a gas is obviousunder the conditions of temperature and pressurecommonly found at the surface of the Earth. A liquidcan be kept in an open container and fill it to the levelof a free surface. A gas forms no free surface but tendsto diffuse throughout the__1__available; it musttherefore be kept in a closed container or held by agravitational field, as in the__2__of a planet's atmosphere. The distinction was a__3__feature of early theories describing the phases of matter. In the nineteenthcentury, for example, one theory maintained that a liquid could be "dissolved" in avapor without losing its identity, and another theory__4__that the two phases aremade up of different kinds of molecules. The theories now prevailing take a quitedifferent approach by emphasizing what liquids and gases have in __5__They areboth forms of matter that have no __6__structure, and they both flow readily.
The fundamental similarity of liquids and gases becomes clearly apparent whenthe temperature and pressure are __7__somewhat. Suppose a closed container__8__filled with a liquid is heated. The liquid expands, or in other words becomesless dense; some of it evaporates. In contrast, the vapor above the liquid surfacebecomes denser as the evaporated molecules are __9__to it. The combination oftemperature and pressure at which the densities become __10__is called the criticalpoint.
A. added B. case C. prominent D. held E. equal F. partially G. example H.previous I. space J. lifted K. permanent L. particularly M. extended N.raised O. common
答案：
I. I 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. O 6. K 7. N 8. F 9. A 10. E
英语六级阅读练习（4）
In today's world, insurance plays a vital role in theeconomic and social welfare of the entire population.The wish to guard against dangers to life and propertyis basic to human nature. By using various kinds ofinsurance, society has been able to reduce the effectsof such hazards.
Nowhere is insurance more important than in themanagement of a business. In many instances, losses in a small firm can mean thedifference between growth and failure, vitality and stagnation （停滞）.Very few smallbusinesses have even a portion of the financial resources available to largerenterprises. Frequently, they must operate on a very slight margin if they hope tostay in business. And thus, they are particularly sensitive to unexpected losses.
Without enough insurance, what happens to such a firm when the owner diesor is suddenly disabled?
When a fire breaks out and destroys the firm's building orstock?
When an employee is found to have stolen company funds?
When a customeris awarded a liability judgment for an accident?
Too often, the business is forced tothe wall, its future operations drastically curbed; sometimes, it is damaged beyondrepair, its ability to continue completely crushed.
Almost always, a small businessman would find it impossible to handle the fullburden of his potential risk. The amount of money he would have to set aside tocover possible losses would leave him nothing, or almost nothing, to run hisbusiness with. If loss were to occur which he could repair by using his reserve fund,what assurance would he have that another loss—the same kind or different—mightnot occur next week, next month?
But then he would have no reserve fund and littlelikelihood of staying in business at all.
1. This selection deals mainly with_______.
A. the relation between insurance and society
B. accidents and losses
C. business failures
D. the importance of insurance to business
2. In Paragraph 3,"forced to the wall" means "_______".
A. driven to despair B. staying in a strong position
C. doing well D. climbing up
3. The author thinks that_______.
A. accidents always happen
B. a businessman should take risks
C. businesses should have adequate insurance
D. insurance is a social welfare project
4. Adequate insurance will do all of the following EXCEPT that it will_______.
A. free some business funds B
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