大学英语六级阅读理解及答案.docx

1、大学英语六级阅读理解及答案Reading Comprehension for CET 6Passage 1In the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia,one scene shows an American newspaper reporter eagerly snapping photos of men looting a sabotaged of the looters,Chief Auda abu Tayi of the Howeitat clan,suddenly notices the camera and snatches I in this?he as

2、ks,before smashing it the dismayed reporter,Lawrence explains,He thinks these things will steal his thinks youre a kind of thief.As soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into distant lands,stories began circulating about how indigenous peoples saw them as tools for black ignorant nat

3、ives may have had a photography first became available,scientists welcomed it as a more objective way of recording faraway societies than early travelers exaggerated in some ways,anthropological photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares into the 1950s a

4、nd 1960s,many ethnographers sought pure pictures of primitive cultures,routinely deleting modern accoutrements such as clocks and Western paid men and women to re-enact rituals or to pose as members of war or hunting parties,often with little regard for Curtis,the legendary photographer of North Ame

5、rican Indians,for example,got one Makah man to pose as a whaler with a spear in 1915-even though the Makah had not hunted whales in a generation.These photographs reinforced widely accepted stereotypes that indigenous cultures were isolated,primitive,and instance,National Geographic magazines photog

6、raphs have taught millions of Americans about other Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins point out in their 1993 book Reading National Geographic,the magazine since its founding in 1888 has kept a tradition of presenting beautiful photos that dont challenge white,middle-class American dark-skinned women

7、can be shown without tops,for example,white womens breasts are that could unsettle or disturb,such as areas of the world torn asunder by war or famine,are discarded in favor of those that reassure,to conform with the societys stated pledge to present only kindly visions of foreign result,Lutz and Co

8、llins say,is the depiction of an idealized and exotic world relatively free of pain or class conflict.Lutz actually likes National Geographic a read the magazine as a child,and its lush imagery influenced her eventual choice of anthropology as a just thinks that as people look at the photographs of

9、other cultures,they should be alert to the choice of composition and images. main idea of the passage is_.APhotographs taken by Western explorers reflect more Westerners perception of the indigenous cultures and the Western values.BThere is a complicated relationship between the Western explorers an

10、d the primitive peoples.CPopular magazines such as National Geographic should show pictures of the exotic and idealized worlds to maintain high sales.DAnthropologists ask the natives to pose for their pictures,compromising the truthfulness of their pictures. can infer from the passage that early tra

11、velers to the native lands often_.Atook pictures with the nativesBgave exaggerated accounts of the native landsCask for pictures from the nativesDgave the natives clocks and Western dresses author mentions the movie Lawrence of Arabia to_.Ashow how people in the indigenous societies are portrayed by

12、 Westerners.Billustrate how people from primitive societies see cameras as tools of black magic that steal their virtues.Cshow how anthropologists portray untruthful pictures of native people.Dshow the cruel and barbarian side of the native people.4.“But in some ways,anthropological photographs reve

13、al more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back.”In this sentence,the“oneculturethat stares back”refers to_.Athe indigenous cultureBthe Western cultureCthe academic cultureDthe news business culture which of the following statements would Catherine Lutz most probably ag

14、ree?AReporters from the Western societies should routinely delete modern elements in pictures taken of the indigenous societies.BThe primitive cultures are inferior to the more advanced Western culture.CThe western media are not presenting a realistic picture of the faraway societies.DPeople in the

15、Western news business should try not to challenge the well-established white middle-class values.答案: A B B A CPassage 2The British Medical Journal recently featured a strong response to what was judged an inappropriately lenient reaction by a medical school to a student cheating in an we have insuff

16、icient reliable data about the extent of this phenomenon,its prevention,or its effective management,much can be concluded and acted upon on the basis of common sense and concepts with face validity.There is general agreement that there should be zero tolerance of cheating in a profession based on tr

17、ust and one on which human lives is reasonable to assume that cheaters in medical school will be more likely than others to continue to act dishonestly with patients,colleagues,insurers,and government.The behaviours under question are multifactorial in are familial,religious,and cultural values that

18、 are acquired long before medical example,countries,cultures,and subcultures exist where bribes and dishonest behaviour are almost a are secondary schools in which neither staff nor students tolerate cheating and others where cheating is rampant;there are homes which imbue young people with high sta

19、ndards of ethical behaviour and others which leave ethical training to the harmful influence of television and the market place.Medical schools reflect society and cannot be expected to remedy all the ills of a selection process of medical students might be expected to favour candidates with integri

20、ty and positive ethical behaviourif one had a reliable method for detecting such characteristics in schools should be the major focus of attention for imbuing future doctors with integrity and ethical there are troubling,if inconclusive,data that suggest that during medical school the ethical behavi

21、our of medical students does not necessarily improve;indeed,moral development may actually stop or even regress.The creation of a pervasive institutional culture of integrity is is critical that the academic and clinical leaders of the institution set a personal example of schools must make their in

22、stitutional position and their expectations of students absolutely clear from day development of a schools culture of integrity requires a partnership with the students in which they play an active role in its creation and ,the schools examination system and general treatment of students must be per

23、ceived as ,the treatment of infractions must be firm,fair,transparent,and consistent. does the author say about cheating in medical schools?AExtensive research has been done about this phenomenon.BWe have sufficient data to prove that prevention is feasible.CWe are safe to conclude that this phenome

24、non exists on a grand scale.DReliable data about the extent,prevention and management of the phenomenon is lacking. to the author,it is important to prevent cheating in medical schools because_.AThe medical profession is based on trust.BThere is zero tolerance of cheating in medicine.CThe medical pr

25、ofession depends on the government.DCheating exists extensively in medical schools. does the author say about the cause(s)of cheating?AFamily,culture and society play an active part.BBad school environment is the leading cause of student cheating.CParents are always to blame for their childrens chea

26、ting behaviour.DCheating exists primarily because students learn bad things from TV. to the author,what precautions should medical schools take to prevent students from cheating?AMedical schools should establish a firm moral standard to weed out applicants with low integrity.BMedical schools should

27、make efforts to remedy the ills of a society.CMedical schools should teach future doctors integrity and ethical values.DThere is nothing medical schools can do to improve the ethical behaviour of their students. author will probably agree with which of the following statements?AMedical schools shoul

28、d make exams easier for the students to alleviate the fierce competition.BProminent figures in the medical institution should create a set of moral standards to be applied in medical schools.CMedical students should play an active role in the creation and preservation of a culture of integrity.DThos

29、e students who cheat in the exams should be instantly expelled from school.答案: D A A C CPassage 3A big focus of the criticism of computer games has concerned the content of the games being the narratives of the games are analyzed they can be seen to fall into some genres. The two genres most popular

30、 with the children I interviewed werePlatformers andBeat-them-ups. Platform games such as Sonic and Super Mario involve leaping from platform to platform,avoiding obstacles,moving on through the levels,and progressing through the different stages of the are the games which have caused concern over t

31、heir violent games involve fights between animated many ways this violence can be compared to violence within children s cartoons where a character is hit over the head or falls of a cliff but walks away unscathed.Controversy has occurred in part because of the intensity of the game play,which is sa

32、id to spill over into children s everyday are worries that children are becoming more violent and aggressive after prolonged exposure to these computer games involves feelings of intense frustration and anger which often expresses itself in aggressiveyells at the is not only theBeat-them-up games which produce this aggression;platform games are just as frustrating when the characters lose all theirlives an