大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案9.docx

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大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案9

2021年6月大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

InthevillagesoftheEnglishcountrysidetherearestillpeoplewhorememberthegoodolddayswhennoonebotheredtolocktheirdoors.Theresimplywasn’tanycrimetoworryabout.

Amazingly,thesehappytimesappearstilltobewithusintheworld’sbiggestcommunity.AnewstudybyDanFarmer,agiftedprogrammer,usinganautomatedinvestigativeprogramofhisowncalledSATAN,showsthattheownersofwelloverhalfofallWorldWideWebsiteshavesetuphomewithoutfittinglockstotheirdoors.

SATANcantryoutavarietyofwell-knownhacking（黑客的）tricksonanInternetsitewithoutactuallybreakingin.Farmerhasmadetheprogrampubliclyavailable,amidmuchcriticism.Apersonwithevilintentcoulduseittohuntdownsitesthatareeasytoburgle（闯入…...行窃）.

ButFarmerisveryconcernedabouttheneedtoalertthepublictopoorsecurityand,sofar,eventshaveprovedhimright.SATANhasdonemoretoalertpeopletotherisksthancausenewdisorder.SoistheNetbecomingmoresecure?

Farfromit.Intheearlydays,whenyouvisitedaWebsiteyourbrowsersimplylookedatthecontent.NowtheWebisfulloftinyprogramsthatautomaticallydownloadwhenyoulookataWebpage,andrunonyourownmachine.Theseprogramscould,iftheirauthorswished,doallkindsofnastythingstoyourcomputer.

Atthesametime,theNetisincreasinglypopulatedwithspiders,worms,agentsandothertypesofautomatedbeastsdesignedtopenetratethesitesandseekoutandclassifyinformation.Allthesemakewonderfultoolsforantisocialpeoplewhowanttoinvadeweaksitesandcausedamage.

Butlet’slookonthebrightside.Giventhelackoflocks,theInternetissurelytheworld’sbiggest（almost）crime-freesociety.Maybethatisbecausehackersarefundamentallyhonest.Orthattherecurrentlyisn’tmuchtosteal.Orbecausevandalism（恶意破坏）isn’tmuchfununlessyouhaveapeculiardislikeforsomeone.

Whateverthereason,let’senjoyitwhilewecan.Butexpectitalltochange,andsecuritytobecomethenumberoneissue,whenthemostinfluentialinhabitantsoftheNetaresellingservicestheywanttobepaidfor.

21.Bysaying“...ownersofwelloverhalfofallWorldWideWebsiteshavesetuphomewithoutfittinglockstotheirdoors”（Lines3-4,Para.2）,theauthormeansthat________.

A）thosehappytimesappearstilltobewithus

B）theresimplywasn’tanycrimetoworryabout

C）manysitesarenotwell-protected

D）hackerstryouttricksonanInternetsitewithoutactuallybreakingin（C）

22.SATAN,aprogramdesignedbyDanFannercanbeused________.

A）toinvestigatethesecurityofInternetsites

B）toimprovethesecurityoftheInternetsystem

C）topreventhackersfrombreakingintowebsites

D）todownloadusefulprogramsandinformation（A）

23.Fanner’sprogramhasbeencriticizedbythepublicbecause.

A）itcausesdamagetoNetbrowsers

B）itcanbreakintoInternetsites

C）itcanbeusedtocausedisorderonallsites

D）itcanbeusedbypeoplewithevilintent（D）

24.Theauthor’sattitudetowardSATANis________.

A）enthusiastic

B）critical

C）positive

D）indifferent（C）

25.Theauthorsuggestsinthelastparagraphthat________.

A）weshouldmakefulluseoftheInternetbeforesecuritymeasuresarestrengthened

B）weshouldalertthemostinfluentialbusinessmentotheimportanceofsecurity

C）influentialbusinessmenshouldgiveprioritytotheimprovementofNetsecurity

D）netinhabitantsshouldnotletsecuritymeasuresaffecttheirjoyofsurfingtheInternet

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Icameawayfrommyyearsofteachingonthecollegeanduniversitylevelwithaconvictionthatenactment（扮演角色）,performance,dramatizationarethemostsuccessfulformsofteaching.Studentsmustbeincorporated,made,sofaraspossible,anintegralpartofthelearningprocess.Thenotionthatlearningshouldhaveinitanelementofinspiredplaywouldseemtothegreaterpartoftheacademicestablishmentmerelysilly,butthatisnonethelessthecase.OfEzekielCheever,themostfamousschoolmasteroftheMassachusettsBayColony,hisonetimestudentCottonMatherwrotethathesoplannedhislessonsthathispupils“cametoworkasthoughtheycametoplay,”andAlfredNorthWhitehead,almostthreehundredyearslater,notedthatateachershouldmakehis/herstudents“gladtheywerethere.”

Since,wearetold,80to90percentofallinstructioninthetypicaluniversityisbythelecturemethod,weshouldgivecloseattentiontothisformofeducation.Thereis,Ithink,muchtruthinPatriciaNelsonLimerick’sobservationthat“lecturingisanunnaturalact,anactforwhichGoddidnotdesignhumans.Itisperfectlyallright,nowandthen,forahumantobepossessedbytheurgetospeak,andtospeakwhileothersremainsilent.Buttodothisregularly,onehourand15minutesatatime...foronepersontodragonwhileotherssitinsilence?

...IdonotbelievethatthisiswhattheCreator...designedhumanstodo.”

Thestrange,almostincomprehensiblefactisthatmanyprofessors,justastheyfeelobligedtowritedully,believethattheyshouldlecturedully.Toshowenthusiasmistoriskappearingunscientific,unobjective;itistoappealtothestudents’emotionsratherthantheirintellect.Thustheideallectureisonefilledwithfactsandreadinanunchangedmonotone.

Thecult（推崇）oflecturingdully,likethecultofwritingdully,goesback,ofcourse,someyears.EdwardShils,professorofsociology,recallstheprofessorsheencounteredattheUniversityofPennsylvaniainhisyouth.Theyseemed“apriesthood,ratherunevenintheirmeritsbutuniformintheirbearing;theyneverreferredtoanythingpersonal.Somereadfromoldlecturenotesandthenhaltinglyexplainedthethumb-wornlastlines.Otherslecturedfromcardsthathadservedforyears,tojudgebythewornedges...Theteachersbeganontime,endedontime,andlefttheroomwithoutsayingawordmoretotheirstudents,veryseldombeingdetainedbyquestioners...Theclasseswerenotlarge,yettherewasnodiscussion.Noquestionswereraisedinclass,andtherewerenoofficehours.”

26.Theauthorbelievesthatasuccessfulteachershouldbeableto________.

A）makedramatizationanimportantaspectofstudents’learning

B）makeinspiredplayanintegralpartofthelearningprocess

C）improvestudents’learningperformance

D）makestudyjustaseasyasplay（B）

27.Themajorityofuniversityprofessorspreferthetraditionalwayoflecturinginthebeliefthat________.

A）itdrawsthecloseattentionofthestudents

B）itconformsinawaytothedesignoftheCreator

C）itpresentscoursecontentinascientificandobjectivemanner

D）ithelpsstudentstocomprehendabstracttheoriesmoreeasily（C）

28.Whattheauthorrecommendsinthispassageisthat________.

A）collegeeducationshouldbeimprovedthroughradicalmeasures

B）morefreedomofchoiceshouldbegiventostudentsintheirstudies

C）traditionalcollegelecturesshouldbereplacedbydramatizedperformances

D）interactionshouldbeencouragedintheprocessofteaching（D）

29.Bysaying“Theyseemed‘apriesthood,ratherunevenintheirmeritsbutuniformintheirbearing...’”（Lines3-4,Para.4）,theauthormeansthat________.

A）professorsareagroupofprofessionalsthatdifferintheiracademicabilitybutbehaveinthesameway

B）professorsarelikepriestswearingthesamekindofblackgownbuthavingdifferentrolestoplay

C）thereisnofundamentaldifferencebetweenprofessorsandprieststhoughtheydifferintheirmerits

D）professorsattheUniversityofPennsylvaniausedtowearblacksuitswhichmadethemlooklikepriests（A）

30.Whoseteachingmethodisparticularlycommendedbytheauthor?

A）EzekielCheever’s.

B）CottonMather’s.

C）AlfredNorthWhitehead’s.

D）PatriciaNelsonLimerick’s.

Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Takethecaseofpubliceducationalone.Theprincipaldifficultyfacedbytheschoolshasbeenthetremendousincreaseinthenumberofpupils.Thishasbeencausedbytheadvanceofthelegalageforgoingintoindustryandtheimpossibilityoffindingajobevenwhenthelegalagehasbeenreached.Inviewofthetechnologicalimprovementsinthelastfewyears,businesswillrequireinthefutureproportionatelyfewerworkersthaneverbefore.Theresultwillbestillfurtherraisingofhelegalageforgoingintoemployment,andstillfurtherdifficultyinfindingemploymentwhenhatagehasbeenattained.Ifwecannotputourchildrentowork,wemustputtheminschool.

Wemayalsobequiteconfidentthatthepresenttrendtowardashorterdayandashorterweekwillbemaintained.Wehavedevelopedandshallcontinuetohaveanewleisureclass.Alreadythepublicagenciesforadulteducationareswampedbythetidethathassweptoverthemsincedepressionbegan.Theywillbelittlebetteroffwhenitisover.Theirsupportmustcomefromthetaxpayer.

Itissurelytoomuchtohopethattheseincreasesinthecostofpubliceducationcanbebornebythelocalcommunities.Theycannotcareforthepresentrestrictedandinadequatesystem.Thelocalcommunitieshavefailedintheireffortstocopewithunemployment.Theycannotexpecttocopewithpubliceducationonthescaleonwhichwemustattemptit.TheanswertotheproblemofunemploymenthasbeenFederalrelief.Theanswertotheproblemofpubliceducationmayhavetobemuchthesame,andproperlyso.Ifthereisonethinginwhichthecitizensofallpartsofthecountryhaveaninterest,itisinthedecenteducationofthecitizensofallpartsofthecountry.Ourincometa