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1、六级阅读6篇(1)With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporations news coverage, as well as listen to it.And of course in Britain listeners and viewers can tune into two BBC television channels, five BBC national radio services and dozens

2、 of local radio stations. They are brought sport, comedy, music, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, childrens programs and films for an annual license fee of 83 per household.It is a remarkable record, stretching back over 70 yearsyet the BBCs future is now in dou

3、bt. The Corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organization, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programs are now the subject of a nationwide debate in Britain.The debate was launched by the government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBCinclud

4、ing ordinary listeners and viewersto say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought if it was worth keeping. The reason for its inquiry is that the BBCs royal charters runs out in 1996 and it must decide whether to keep the organization as it is or to make changes.Defe

5、nders of the Corporationof whom there are manyare fond of quoting the American slogan “If it aint broke, dont fix it.” The BBC “aint broke”, they say, by which they mean it is not broken (as distinct from the word “broke”, meaning having no money), or why bother to change it?Yet the BBC will have to

6、 change, because the broadcasting world around it is changing. The commercial TV channelsITV and Channel 4were required by the Thatcher Governments Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. But it is the arrival of new satellit

7、e channelsfunded partly by advertising and partly by viewers subscriptionswhich will bring about the biggest change in the long term.1.The world famous BBC now is confronted with _.A.the problem of news coverageB.an uncertain prospectC.inquiries by the general publicD.shrinkage of audience2.In the p

8、assage, which of the following about the BBC is not mentioned as the key issue?A.Extension of its TV service to Far East.B.Programs as the subject of a nation-wide debate.C.Potentials for further international co-operations.D.Its existence as a broadcasting organization.3.The BBCs “royal charter” (P

9、aragraph 4) represents _A.the financial support from the royal familyB.the privileges granted by the QueenC.a contract with the QueenD.a unique relationship with the royal family4.The word “broke” in “If it aint broke, dont fix it” means _.A.broke downB.bankruptC.fragmentedD.penniless5.The first and

10、 foremost reason why the BBC has to read just itself is no other than _.A.the emergence of commercial TV channelsB.the enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the governmentC.the urgent necessity to reduce costandjob expensesD.the challenges of new satellite channels (1) 答案: BCCDD (2)Federal Reserve Syst

11、em, central banking system of the United States, popularly called the Fed. A central bank serves as the banker to both the banking community and the government; it also issues the national currency, conducts monetary policy, and plays a major role in the supervision and regulation of banks and bank

12、holding companies. In the U.S. these function are the responsibilities of key officials of the Federal Reserve System: the Board of Governors, located in Washington, D.C., and the top officers of 12 district Federal Reserve banks, located throughout the nation. The Feds actions, described below, gen

13、erally have a significant effect on U.S. interest rates and, subsequently, on stock, bond, and other financial markets.The Federal Reserves basic powers are concentrated in the Board of Governors, which is paramount in all policy issues concerning bank regulation and supervision and in most aspects

14、of monetary control. The board enunciates the Feds policies on both monetary and banking matter. Because the board is not an operating agency, most of the day-to day implementation of policy decisions is left to the district Federal Reserve banks, stock in which is owned by the commercial banks that

15、 are members of the Federal Reserve System. Ownership in this instance, however, does not imply control; the Board of Governors and the heads of the Reserve banks orient their policies to the public interest rather than to the benefit of the private banking system.The U.S. banking systems regulatory

16、 apparatus is complex; the authority of the Federal Reserve i shared in some instances for example, in mergers or the examination of banks with other Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In the critical area of regulating the nations money supply in accordance with national economic goals,

17、however, the Federal Reserve is independent within the government, Income and expenditures of the Federal Reserve banks and of the board of governors are not subject to the congressional appropriation process; the Federal Reserve is self-financing. Its income ($20.2 billion in 1992) comes mainly fro

18、m Reserve bank holdings of income-earning securities, primarily those of the U.S. government. Outlays ($1.5 billion in 1992) are mostly for operational expenses in providing services to the government and for expenditures connected with regulation and monetary policy. In 1992 the Federal Reserve ret

19、urned 416.8 billion in earnings to the U.S. treasury.1.The Fed of the United States _.A.function as China BankB.is the counterpart of Peoples Bank of ChinaC.is subjected to the banking community and governmentD.has 13 top officers who can influence the American financial market2.The fact that stock

20、in the Fed belongs to commercial banks _.A.doesnt mean the latter is in controlB.means the latter is in controlC.means the latter is subjected to the Reserve banksD.means the Reserve banks orient the latters policies3.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A.The fed i

21、s a very big, complex and significant system which comprises many local banks.B.All the commercial banks are not the components of Federal Reserve System.C.Board of governors is the supreme policy-makers of America.D.District Reserve banks rather than Board of governors perform the day-to-day polici

22、es.4.The authority of the federal Reserve _.A.has to be shared with other establishments.B.is exclusive at other timesC.isnt limited by comptroller of the Currency and FDICD.is limited by Board of governors5.Income of the Board of governors _.A.is borrowed from the U.S. treasuryB.is used by the gove

23、rnment to make various policiesC.comes from the U.S. TreasuryD.is not granted by the government(2) 答案： BACBD(3) If we look at education in our own society, we see two sharply different factors. First of all, there is the overwhelming majority of teachers, principals, curriculum planners, school supe

24、rintendents, who are devoted to passing on the knowledge that children need in order to live in our industrialized society. Their chief concern is with efficiency, that is, with implanting the greatest number of facts into the greatest possible number of children, with a minimum of time, expense, an

25、d effort.Classroom learning often has as its unspoken goal the reward of pleasing the teacher. Children in the usual classroom learn very quickly that creativity is punished, while repeating a memorized response is rewarded, and concentrate on what the teacher wants them to say, rather than understa

26、nding the problem.The difference between the intrinsic and the extrinsic aspects of a college education is illustrated by the following story about Upton Sinclair. When Sinclair was a young man, he found that he was unable to raise the tuition money needed to attend college. Upon careful reading of

27、the college catalogue, however, he found that if a student failed a course, he received no credit for the course, but was obliged to take another course in its place. The college did not charge the student for the second course, reasoning that he had already paid once for his credit. Sinclair took a

28、dvantage of this policy and not a free education by deliberately failing all his courses.In the ideal college, there would be no credits, no degrees, and no required courses. A person would learn what he wanted to learn. A friend and I attempted to put this ideal into action by starting a serials of

29、 seminars at Brandeis called “Freshman Seminars Introduction to the Intellectual Life.” In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted itsince anyone can improve and learn. The student body might include creative, intelligent children as well as adults; morons as w

30、ell as geniuses (for even morons can learn emotionally and spiritually). The college would be ubiquitousthat is, not restricted to particular buildings at particular times, and teachers would be any human beings who had something that they wanted to share with others. The college would be lifelong,

31、for learning can take place all through life. Even dying can be a philosophically illuminating, highly educative experience.The ideal college would be a kind of education retreat in which you could try to find yourself; find out what you like and want; what you are and are not good at. The chief goa

32、ls of the ideal college, in other words, would be the discovery of identity, and with it, the discovery of vocation.1.In the authors opinion, the majority of education workers _.A.emphasize independent thought rather than well-memorized responsesB.tend to reward children with better understanding ra

33、ther than with a goal for creditsC.implant children with a lot of facts at the expense of understanding the problemD.are imaginative, creative and efficient in keeping up with our industrialized society2.Children in the usual classroom learn very quickly when _.A.they are required to repeat what tea

34、cher has saidB.they read books that are not assigned by the teacherC.they know how to behave themselves in face of the teacherD.they can memorize the greatest number of facts in the shortest period of time3.An extrinsically oriented education is one that _.A.focuses on oriented educationB.takes stud

35、ents need into accountC.lays emphases on “earning a degree”D.emphasizes learning through discussion4.To enter the authors ideal college, a student _.A.has to pass an enrollment examB.should be very intelligentC.neednt worry about homeworkD.can be best stimulated for creative work5.The authors purpos

36、e of writing the article is _.A.to advocate his viewsB.to criticize college studentsC.to stress self-teaching attitudeD.to put technological education to a later stage(3) 答案：CACCA (4)Culture is the total sum of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group og human beings.

37、In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.People once

38、thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of “backward” languages that no spoken tongue answe

39、rs that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually ful

40、ly adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflects the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together wor

41、ds already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in “backward” languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. An accidental language distingu

42、ishes merely between two degrees of remoteness (“this” and “that”); some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.This study of language, in turn, casts a ne

43、w light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all culture are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.1.the language of uncivilized groups as compared to Western languages are limited in _.A.sound patternsB.vocabulariesC.grammatical structuresD.both A and B2.The autho

44、r says that professional linguists recognize that _.A.Western languages are superior to Eastern languagesB.All languages came from grunts and groansC.The hierarchy of languages is difficult to understandD.There is no hierarchy of languages3.The article states that grunt-and-groan forms of speech are

45、 found _.A.nowhere todayB.among the Australian aboriginesC.among Eastern culturesD.among people speaking “backward” languages4.According to the author, languages, whether civilized or not, have _.A.the potential for expanding vocabularyB.their own sound patternsC.an ability to transfer ideasD.gramma

46、tical structures5.Which of the following is implied but not articulated in the passage?A.The study of languages has discredited anthropological studies.B.The study of language has reinforced anthropologists in their view that there is no hierarchy among cultures.C.The study of language is the same a

47、s the study of anthropologists.D.The study of languages casts a new light upon the claim of anthropologists.(4) 答案：BDAAB(5)Most people would probably agree that many individual consumer adverts function on the level of the daydream. By picturing quite unusually happy and glamorous people whose succe

48、ss in either career of sexual terms, or both, is obvious, adverts construct an imaginary world in which the reader is able to make come true those desires which remain unsatisfied in his or her everyday life.An advert for a science fiction magazine is unusually explicit about this. In addition to th

49、e primary use value of the magazine, the reader is promised access to a wonderful universe through the productaccess to other mysterious and tantalizing worlds and epochs, the realms of the imagination. When studying advertising, it is therefore unreasonable to expect readers to decipher adverts as

50、factual statements about reality. Most adverts are just too meagre in informative content and too rich in emotional suggestive detail to be read literally. If people read then literally, they would soon be forced to realize their error when the glamorous promises held out by the adverts didnt materi

51、alize.The average consumer is not surprised that his purchase of the commodity does not redeem the promise of the advertisement, for this is what he is used to in life: the individuals pursuit of happiness and success is usually in vain. But the fantasy is his to keep; in his dream world he enjoys a

52、 “future endlessly deferred”.The Estivalia advert is quite explicit about the fact that advertising shows us not reality, but a fantasy; it does so by openly admitting the daydream but in a way that insists on the existence of a bridge linking daydream to realityEstivalia, which is “for daydream bel

53、ievers”, those who refuse to give up trying to make the hazy ideal of natural beauty and harmony come true.If adverts function on the daydream level, it clearly becomes in adequate to merely condemn advertising for channeling readers attention and desires towards an unrealistic, paradisiacal nowhere

54、 land. Advertising certainly does that, but in order for people to find it relevant, the utopia visualized in adverts must be linked to our surrounding reality by a casual connection.1.The people in adverts are in most coves _.A.happy and glamorousB.successfulC.obviousD.both A and B2.When the glamor

55、ous promises held out by the adverts didnt materialize the average consumer is not surprised, because _.A.The consumer is used to the fact that the individuals pursuit of happiness and success is usually in vain.B.Adverts are factual statements about reality.C.The consumer can come into the realms o

56、f imagination pictured by adverts.D.Adverts can make the consumers dreams come true.3.Whats the bridge linking daydream to reality in adverts?A.The product.B.Estivalia.C.Pictures.D.Happy and glamorous people.4.Why does the consumer accept the daydream in adverts?A.Because the consumer enjoys a “futu

57、re endlessly deferred.”B.Because the consumer gives up trying to make his dream come true.C.Because the utopia is visualized in adverts.D.Because his purchased of the commodity does not redeem the promise of the advertisement.5.What is this passage mainly concerned with?A.Many adverts can be read li

58、terally.B.Everyone has a daydream.C.Many adverts function on the level of the daydream.D.Many adverts are deceitful because they can not make good their promises.(5)答案：DABAC(6)The establishment of the Third Reich influence events in American history by starting a chain of event, which culminated in

59、war between Germany and the United states. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jew, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially, the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and

60、 brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitlers atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was empowered to decla

61、re an arms embargo（禁运）in wars between nations at his discretion.American opinion began to change somewhat after president Roosevelts “quarantine the aggressor” speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitlers policies. Germanys seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition

62、 of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August 1939 came the shock of Nazi-Soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland, the outbreak of European war. The United Stat

63、es attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted “cash and carry” exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passe

64、d (1940) to strengthen the military service. A Lend Lease Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establis

65、h American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August 1941, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter that proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared w