英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃
英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice)In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence –as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other‘s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. ‗Talk, talk, talk,‘ the advocates of violence say, ‗all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.‘It‘s rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser. ‗Possible, my lord,‘ the barrister replied, ‗none the wiser, but surely far better informed.‘Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.1.What is the best title for this passage?[A] Advocating Violence.[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish RacePrejudice.[C] Important People on Both Sides See Violence Asa Legitimate Solution.[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty forViolence.2.Recorded history has taught us[A] violence never solves anything.[B] nothing.[C] the bloodshed means nothing.[D] everything.3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men[A] can‘t get a hearing.[B] are looked down upon.[C] are persecuted.[D] Have difficulty in advocating law enforcement.4.―He was none the wiser‖ means[A] he was not at all wise in listening.[B] He was not at all wiser than nothing before.[C] He gains nothing after listening.[D] He makes no sense of the argument.5.According the author the best way to solve raceprejudice is[A] law enforcement.[B] knowledge.[C] nonviolence.[D] Mopping up the violent mess.V ocabulary1.acute 严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的2.loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物3.pillage v.抢劫，掠夺4.crunch v.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；n.碎裂声when it comes to the crunch = if/when the decisive moment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。
5.war-paint 出战前涂于身上的颜料。
（美印第安战士用）e to light = become known 显露，为人所知7.sap 剥削，使伤元气，破坏I was sapped by months of hospital treatment. 我住院治疗几个月，大伤元气。
8.mop up 擦去，对付，处理9.wake 船迹，航迹in the wake of sth. = come after 随某事之后到来。
难句译注1.What is really frightening, what really fills you withdespair is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all.【结构简析】when it comes to the crunch = when / if the decisive moment comes.当关键时刻来到时。
英语六级阅读理解100篇
1 We can begin our discussion of ―population as global issue‖with what most persons mean when they discuss ―the populationproblem‖: too many people on earth and a too rapid increase in the number added each year. The facts are not in dispute It wasquite right to employ the analogy that likened demographic growth to ―a long thin powder fuse that burns steadily and haltinglyuntil it finally reaches the charge and explodes.‖To understand the current situation which is characterized by rapid increases in population it is necessary to understand thehistory of population trends. Rapid growth is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Looking back at the 8000 years ofdemographic history we find that populations have been virtually stable or growing very slightly for most of human history.For most of our ancestors life was hard often nasty and very short. There was high fertility in most places but this wasusually balanced by high mortality. For most of human history it was seldom the case that one in ten persons would live pastforty while infancy and childhood were especially risky periods. Often societies were in clear danger of extinction becausedeath rates could exceed their birthrates. Thus the population problem throughout most of history was how to preventextinction of the human race. This pattern is important to notice. Not only does it put the current problems of demographic growth into a historicalperspective but it suggests that the cause of rapid increase in population in recent years is not a sudden enthusiasm for morechildren but an improvement in the conditions that traditionally have caused high mortality. Demographic history can be divided into two major periods: a time of long slow growth which extended from about 8000BC.till approximately AD. 1650. In the first period of some 9600 years the population increased from some 8 million to 500million in 1650. Between 1650 and the present the population has increased from 500 million to more than 4 billion. And it is estimated that by theyear 2000 there will be 6.2 billion people throughout the world. One way to appreciate this dramatic difference in such abstractnumbers is to reduce the time frame to something that is more manageable. Between 8000BC and 1650 an average of only50000 persons was being added annually to the world‘s population each year. At present this number is added every six hours.The increase is about 80000000 persons annually.1.Which of the following demographic growth pattern is B.About 50000 babies are born every six hours at present.most suitable for the long thin powder fuse analogy C.Between 8000 BC and the present the population increaseA.A virtually stable or slightly decreasing period and then a is about 80000000 persons each year.sudden explosion of population. D.The population increased faster between 8000BC andB.A slow growth for a long time and then a period of rapid 1650 than between 1650 and the present.dramatic increase.C.Too many people on earth and a few rapid increase in the 4.The author of the passage intends to___.number added each year. A.warn people against the population explosion in the nearD.A long period when death rates exceeds birthrates and then future.a short period with higher fertility and lower mortality. pare the demographic growth pattern in the past with that after 1650.2.During the first period of demographic history societies C.find out the cause for rapid increase in population in recentwere often in danger of extinction because___. years.A.only one in ten persons could live past 40. D.present us a clear and complete picture of the demographicB.there was higher mortality than fertility in most places. growth.C.it was too dangerous to have babies due to the poorconditions. 5.Theword ―demographic‖in the first paragraph means___.D.our ancestors had little enthusiasm for more children. A.statistics of human. B.surroundings study.3.Whichstatement is true about population increase C.accumulation of human.A.There might be an increase of 2.2 billion persons from D.development of human.now to the year 2000.答案：ABADA 2 Most of us are taught to pay attention to what is said—the words. Words do provide us with some information but meaningsare derived from so many other sources that it would hinder our effectiveness as a partner to a relationship to rely too heavilyon words alone. Words are used to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate with any given message.Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words. We don‘t always s ay what wemean or mean what we say. Sometimes our words don‘t mean anything except ― I‘m letting off some steam. I don‘t really wantyou to pay close attention to what I‘m saying. Just pay attention to what I‘m feeling.‖Mostly we mean several things at once. Aperson wanting to purchase a house says to the current owner ―This step has to be fixed before I‘ll buy.‖The owner says ― It‘sbeen like that for years.‖Actually the step hasn‘t been like that for years but the unspoken message is: ― I don‘t want to f ix it.We put up with it. Why can‘t you‖The search for a more expansive view of meaning can be developed of examining amessage in terms of who said it when it occurred the related conditions or situation and how it was said. When a message occurs can also reveal associated meaning. Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount ofkissing and arguing. But one couple always kisses after an argument and the other couple always argues after a kiss. Theordering of the behaviors may mean a great deal more than the frequency of the behavior. A friend‘s unusually docile behaviormay only be understood by noting that it was preceded by situations that required an abnormal amount of assertiveness. Someresponses may be directly linked to a developing pattern of responses and defy logic. For example a person who says ―No‖toa serials of chargeslike ―You‘re dumb‖―You‘re lazy‖and ―You‘re dishonest‖may alsosay ―No‖and try to justify his or herresponse if the next statement is ―And you‘re good looking.‖We would do well to listen for how messages are presented. The words ―If sure has been nice to have you over‖can be saidwith emphasis and excitement or ritualistically. The phrase can be said once or repeated several times. And the meanings weassociate with the phrase will change accordingly. Sometimes if we say something infrequently it assumes more importancesometimes the more we say something the less importance it assumes. 1.Effective communication is rendered possible between C.the condition of the step is only a minor fault.two conversing partners if ___. D.the cost involved in the fixing should be shared.A.they use proper words to carry their ideas.B.they both speak truly of their own feelings. 4.Some responses and behaviors may appear very illogicalC.they try to understand each other‘s ideas beyond words. but are justifiable if___.D.they are capable of associating meaning with their words. A.linked to an abnormal amount of assertiveness. B.seen as one‘s habitual pattern of behavior.2.―I‘m letting off some stea m‖in paragraph 1 means___. C.taken as part of an ordering sequence.A.I‘m just calling your attention. D.expressed to a series of charges.B.I‘m just kidding.C.I‘m just saying the opposite. 5.The word ―ritualistically‖in the last paragraph equalsD.I‘m just giving off some sound. something done___.A.without true intention.3.The house-owner‘s example shows that he actuallyB.light-heartedly.means___.C.in a way of ceremony.A.the step has been like that for years.D.with less emphasis.B.he doesn‘t think it ne cessary to fix the step.答案：DBABC3 A controversy erupted in the scientific community in early 1998 over the use of DNA deoxyribonucleic acid fingerprintingin criminal investigations. DNA fingerprinting was introduced in 1987 as a method to identify individuals based on a patternseen in their DNA the molecule of which genes are made. DNA is present in every cell of the body except red blood cells.DNA fingerprinting has been used successfully in various ways such as to determine paternity where it is not clear who thefather of a particular child is. However it is in the area of criminal investigations that DNA fingerprinting has potentiallypowerful and controversial uses. DNA fingerprinting and other DNA analysis techniques have revolutionized criminal investigations by giving investigatorspowerful new tools in the attempt to trove guilt not just establish innocence. When used in criminal investigations a DNAfingerprint pattern from a suspect is compared with a DNA fingerprint pattern obtained from such material as hairs or bloodfound at the scene of a crime. A match between the two DNA samples can be used as evidence to convict a suspect. The controversy in 1998 stemmed form a report published in December 1991 by population geneticists Richard C.Lewontin of Harvard University in Cambridge Mass. and Daniel L. Hartl called into question the methods to calculate howlikely it is that a match between two DNA fingerprints might occur by chance alone. In particular they argued that the currentmethod cannot properly determine the likelihood that two DNA samples will match because they came from the sameindividual rather than simply from two different individuals who are members of the same ethnic group. Lewontin and Hartlcalled for better surveys of DNA patterns methods are adequate. In response to their criticisms population geneticists Ranajit Chakraborty of the University of Texas in Dallas and KennethK.Kidd of Yale University in New Haven Conn. argued that enough data are already available to show that the methodscurrently being used are adequate. In January 1998 however the federal Bureau of Investigation and laboratories that conductDNA tests announced that they would collect additional DNA samples form various ethnic groups in an attempt to resolvesome of these questions. And in April a National Academy of Sciences called for strict standards and system of accreditationfor DNA testing laboratories. 1.Before DNA fingerprinting is used suspects____.A.would have to leave their fingerprints for further 2.DNA fingerprinting can be unreliable when____.investigations A.the methods used for blood- cell calculation are notB.would have to submit evidence for their innocence accurateC.could easily escape conviction of guilt B.two different individuals of the same ethnic group mayD.cold be convicted of guilt as well have the same DNA fingerprinting patternC.a match is by chance left with fingerprints that happen to coming from two individual membersbelong to two different individuals B.enough data of DNA samples should be collected toD.two different individuals leave two DNA samples. confirm that only DNA samples form the same person can match3.To geneticists like Lewontin and Hartl the current C.enough data are yet to be collected from various ethnicmethod ____. groups to determine the likelihood of two different DNAA.is not so convincing as to exclude the likelihood that two samples coming form the same personDNA samples can never come from two individualsD.additional samples from various ethnic groups should beB.is arguable because two individuals of the same ethnic collected to determine that two DNA samples are unlikely togroup are likely to have the same DNA pattern. come from the same personC.Is not based on adequate scientific theory of geneticsD.Is theoretically contradictory to what they have been 5.National Academy of Sciences holds the stance that ____.studyingA.DNA testing should be systematizedB.Only authorized laboratories can conduct DNA testing4.The attitude of the Federal Bereau of Investigation showsC.The academy only is authorized to work out standards forthat ____. testingA.enough data are yet to be collected form various ethnicD.The academy has the right to accredit laboratories forgroups to confirm the unlikelihood of two DNA samples DNA testing答案：CBABB 4 Racket din clamor noise whatever you want to call it unwanted sound is America‘s most widespread nuisance. But noise ismore than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people‘s health. Day and night at home at work and atplay noise ca n produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one is immune to this stress. Though we seem to adjust tonoise by ignoring it the ear in fact never closes and the body still responds—sometimes with extreme tension as to a strangesound in the night. The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward symptom of the stress building up inside us.Indeed because irritability is so apparent legislators have made public annoyance the basis of many noise abatement programs.The more subtle and more serious health hazards associated with stress caused by noise traditionally have been given much lessattention. Nevertheless when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise we should consider these symptoms fair warning thatother thing may be happening to us some of which may be damaging to our health. Of many health hazards to noise hearing loss is the most clearly observable and measurable by health professionals. Theother hazards are harder to pin down. For many of us there may be a risk that exposure to the stress of noise increasessusceptibility to disease and infection. The more susceptible among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heartproblems and other diseases. Noise that causes annoyance and irritability in health persons may have serious consequences forthese already ill in mind or body. Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example there are indications of effects on the unborn child when mothers areexposed to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood youngsters exposed to high noise levels mayhave trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest. Why then is there not greater alarm about these dangers Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilitiesor diseases has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to dismiss .。
2021年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：大学教育
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2021年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇(汇总)Now that we have doubled the number of young people arttending college, a diploma cannot even guarantee a job. The most charirable conclusion we can reach is that college probably has very little, if any, effect on people and things at all. Today, the false premises are easv to see:First,college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy or liberal. It's the other way around. Intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal people are arttracted to higher education in the first place.Second,college can't claim much credit for the learning experiences that really change students while theyare there. Jobs, history, and most of all. the sheer passage of time, have as big an impact as anything even indirectly related to the campus.Third, colleges have changed so radically that a freshman entering in the fall or 1974 can't be sure to gain even the limited value research studies assigned to colleges in the 60s. The sheer size of undergraduate campuses of the 1970s makes college even less stimulating now than it was 10 years ago. Today even motivated students are disappointed with their college courses and professors.Finally,a college diploma no longer opens as many vocationaldoors.Employers are beginning to realize thatwhen they pay cxtra for someone with a diploma, they are paying only for an empty credential. The fact is that most of the work for which employers now expect college training is now or has been capably done in the past by people without higher education.College, then, may be a good place for those few young people who are really drawn to academic work. who would rather read than eat, but it has become too expensive, in money, time, and intellectual effort to serve as a holding pen for large numbers of our young. We ought to make it possible for those reluctant, unhappy students to find alternative ways of growing up, and more realistic preparation for the years ahead.1.What does the author think of college nowadays'2.Jobs or anything indirectly related to college canalso_______________________.so college can't deserve much credit for what students achieve.pared with the colleges in the 1970s, those in the l960s were___________________.4.Employers now begin to realize that a college diploma is no more than a(n)______________.5.For the young people who would prefer to read rather than eat,college may be_________________.答案：1.[It has very little effect on people and[定位]根据题干中college和nowadays定位到首段。
2010年大学英语四六级考试精读荟萃100篇（2）
Passage Two (Europe’s Gypsies, Are They a Nation?) The striving of countries in Central Europe to enter the European Union may offer an unprecedented chance to the continent’s Gypsies (or Roman) to be recognized as a nation, albeit one without a defined territory. And if they were to achieve that they might even seek some kind of formal place—at least a total population outnumbers that of many of the Union’s present and future countries. Some experts put the figure at 4m-plus; some proponents of Gypsy rights go as high as 15m.考试⼤论坛 Unlike Jews, Gypsies have had no known ancestral land to hark back to. Though their language is related to Hindi, their territorial origins are misty. Romanian peasants held them to be born on the moon. Other Europeans (wrongly) thought them migrant Egyptians, hence the derivative Gypsy. Most probably they were itinerant metal workers and entertainers who drifted west from India in the 7th century. However, since communism in Central Europe collapsed a decade ago, the notion of Romanestan as a landless nation founded on Gypsy culture has gained ground. The International Romany Union, which says it stands for 10m Gypsies in more than 30 countries, is fostering the idea of “self-rallying”. It is trying to promote a standard and written form of the language; it waves a Gypsy flag (green with a wheel) when it lobbies in such places as the United Bations; and in July it held a congress in Prague, The Czech capital. Where President Vaclav Havel said that Gypsies in his own country and elsewhere should have a better deal. At the congress a Slovak-born lawyer, Emil Scuka, was elected president of the International Tomany Union. Later this month a group of elected Gypsy politicians, including members of parliament, mayors and local councilors from all over Europe (OSCE), to discuss how to persuade more Gypsies to get involved in politics. The International Romany Union is probably the most representative of the outfits that speak for Gypsies, but that is not saying a lot. Of the several hundred delegates who gathered at its congress, few were democratically elected; oddly, none came from Hungary, whose Gypsies are perhaps the world’s best organized, with some 450 Gypsy bodies advising local councils there. The union did, however, announce its ambition to set up a parliament, but how it would actually be elected was left undecided. So far, the European Commission is wary of encouraging Gypsies to present themselves as a nation. The might, it is feared, open a Pandora’s box already containing Basques, Corsicans and other awkward peoples. Besides, acknowledging Gypsies as a nation might backfire, just when several countries, particularly Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, are beginning to treat them better, in order to qualify for EU membership. “The EU’s whole premise is to overcome differences, not to highlight them,” says a nervous Eurocrat. But the idea that the Gypsies should win some kind of special recognition as Europe’s largest continent wide minority, and one with a terrible history of persecution, is catching on . Gypsies have suffered many pogroms over the centuries. In Romania, the country that still has the largest number of them (more than 1m), in the 19th century they were actually enslaved. Hitler tried to wipe them out, along with the Jews. “Gypsies deserve some space within European structures,” says Jan Marinus Wiersma, a Dutchman in the European Parliament who suggests that one of the current commissioners should be responsible for Gypsy affairs. Some prominent Gypsies say they should be more directly represented, perhaps with a quota in the European Parliament. That, they argue, might give them a boost. There are moves afoot to help them to get money for, among other things, a Gypsy university. One big snag is that Europe’s Gypsies are, in fact, extremely heterogeneous. They belong to many different, and often antagonistic, clans and tribes, with no common language or religion, Their self-proclaimed leaders have often proved quarrelsome and corrupt. Still, says, Dimitrina Petrova, head of the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest, Gypsies’shared experience of suffering entitles them to talk of one nation; their potential unity, she says, stems from “being regarded as sub-human by most majorities in Europe.” And they have begun to be a bit more pragmatic. In Slovakia and Bulgaria, for instance, Gypsy political parties are trying to form electoral blocks that could win seats in parliament. In Macedonia, a Gypsy party already has some—and even runs a municipality. Nicholas Gheorge, an expert on Gypsy affairs at the OSCE, reckons that, spread over Central Europe, there are now about 20 Gypsy MPS and mayors, 400-odd local councilors, and a growing number of businessmen and intellectuals. That is far from saying that they have the people or the cash to forge a nation. But, with the Gypsy question on the EU’s agenda in Central Europe, they are making ground. 1. The Best Title of this passage is [A]. Gypsies Want to Form a Nation. [B]. Are They a Nation. [C]. EU Is Afraid of Their Growth. [C]. They Are a Tribe 2. Where are the most probable Gypsy territory origins? [A]. Most probably they drifted west from India in the 7th century. [B]. They are scattered everywhere in the world. [C]. Probably, they stemmed from Central Europe. [D]. They probably came from the International Romany Union. 3. What does the International Romany lobby for?来源： [A]. It lobbies for a demand to be accepted by such international organizations as EU and UN. [B]. It lobbies for a post in any international Romany Union. [C]. It lobbies for the right as a nation. [D]. It lobbies for a place in such international organizations as the EU or UN. 4. Why is the Europe Commission wary of encouraging Gypsies to present themselves as a nation? [A]. It may open a Pandora’s Box. [B]. Encouragement may lead to some unexpected results. [C]. It fears that the Basgnes, Corsicans and other nations seeking separation may raise the same demand. [D]. Gyspsies’ demand may highlight the difference in the EU. 5. The big problem lies in the fact that [A]. Gypsies belong to different and antagonistic clans and tribes without a common language or religion. [B]. Their leaders prove corrupt. [C]. Their potential unity stems from “being regarded as sub-human”. [D]. They are a bit more pragmatic.。
大学英语@英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃
英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice)In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence – as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other’s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. ‘Talk, talk, talk,’ the advocates of violence say, ‘all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.’ It’s rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser. ‘Possible, my lord,’ the barrister replied, ‘none the wiser, but surely far better informed.’ Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.1.What is the best title for this passage?[A] Advocating Violence.[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish RacePrejudice.[C] Important People on Both Sides See Violence Asa Legitimate Solution.[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty forViolence.2.Recorded history has taught us[A] violence never solves anything.[B] nothing.[C] the bloodshed means nothing.[D] everything.3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men[A] can’t get a hearing.[B] are looked down upon.[C] are persecuted.[D] Have difficulty in advocating law enforcement.4.“He was none the wiser” means[A] he was not at all wise in listening.[B] He was not at all wiser than nothing before.[C] He gains nothing after listening.[D] He makes no sense of the argument.5.According the author the best way to solve raceprejudice is[A] law enforcement.[B] knowledge.[C] nonviolence.[D] Mopping up the violent mess.V ocabulary1.acute严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的2.loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物3.pillage v.抢劫，掠夺4.crunch v.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；n.碎裂声when it comes to the crunch = if/when the decisive moment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。
大学英语@英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃
necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge thatviolence creates the evils it pretends to solve.英语六级100 篇阅读精读荟萃 1.What is the best title for thispassage?[A] Advocating Violence.Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing toDiminish Race Prejudice) In some countries where racial prejudice isacute,violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not evenquestioned.There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where theblackman protests by setting fire to cities and by lootingandpillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence –as if itwere alegitimate solution, like any other. What isreallyfrightening, what really fills you with despair,is therealization that when it comes to the crunch, wehavemade no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instinctsremainbasically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We havestillnot learnt that violence never solves a problembutmakes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed,thesuffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder toget ahearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put togooduse, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up theslumsand ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength issappedby having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would notbeimpossible to fulfill the ideals of a stablesocialprogramme. The benefits that can be derived from[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to DiminishRacePrejudice.[C] Important People on Both Sides See ViolenceAsa Legitimate Solution.[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are ThirstyforViolence.2.Recorded history has taught us[A] violence never solves anything.[B] nothing.[C] the bloodshed means nothing.[D] everything.3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men[A] can ’t get a hearing.[B] are looked down upon.[C] are persecuted.[D] Have difficulty in advocating lawenforcement.“He was none the wiser”means[A] he was not at all wise in listening.[B] He was not at all wiser than nothing before.[C] He gains nothing after listening.[D] He makes no sense of the argument. According the author the best way to solveraceprejudice is[A] law enforcement.[B] knowledge.[C] nonviolence.[D] Mopping up the violent mess.Vocabulary1.acute 严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物pillage v.抢劫，掠夺2.crunch v.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；n.碎裂声when it comes to the crunch = if/when thedecisivemoment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。
英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃
英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice)In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by setting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence –as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other’s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exercise in communication, in exchanging information. ‘Talk, talk, talk,’ the advocates of violence say, ‘all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wiser.’It’s rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his case to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wiser. ‘Possible, my lord,’ the barrister replied, ‘none the wiser, but surely far better informed.’Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.1.What is the best title for this passage?[A] Advocating Violence.[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish RacePrejudice.[C] Important People on Both Sides See Violence Asa Legitimate Solution.[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty forViolence.2.Recorded history has taught us[A] violence never solves anything.[B] nothing.[C] the bloodshed means nothing.[D] everything.3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men[A] can’t get a hearing.[B] are looked down upon.[C] are persecuted.[D] Have difficulty in advocating law enforcement.4.“He was none the wiser” means[A] he was not at all wise in listening.[B] He was not at all wiser than nothing before.[C] He gains nothing after listening.[D] He makes no sense of the argument.5.According the author the best way to solve raceprejudice is[A] law enforcement.[B] knowledge.[C] nonviolence.[D] Mopping up the violent mess.V ocabulary1.acute 严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的2.loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物3.pillage v.抢劫，掠夺4.crunch v.吱嘎吱嘎咬或嚼某物；n.碎裂声when it comes to the crunch = if/when the decisive moment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。
大学英语六级阅读100篇：动物世界.doc
2018年6月大学英语六级阅读100篇：动物世界Naturally, m a group of animals as diverse as the snakes, and with so many varied enemies. there are numerous defensive reactions and devices. There is. however, one general pattern of behavior. In the presence of suspected enemy the first reaction is to try to escape observation; if this fails, the next resort is the flight co some inaccessible retreat, but if this is not possible, or is circumvented. various kinds of intimidatory gestures and warning devices are broughtinto play; in the last resort the snake attacks. This pattern vanes with the circumstances; some stages may be omitted or combined unpredictably whilst all some notoriously irascible species may dispense with all the preliminaries and attack almost at once. though seldom or never without some provocation.Amongst the factors that increase aggressiveness are hunger, the mating season and surprise, with the last mentioned the commonest; when hunting for food or for mate. activity and the aggressive instinct are both at their peak. Owing to their poor sense of hearing snakes are very liable to be, quite literally, caught napping and a similar situation arises during their periods of temporary blindness just before sloughing (蜕皮)begins. By far the greatest number of snake-bit accidents result from the unwitting disturbance of restingsnakes. and this hazard is much increased with species that are well disguised and whose natural instinct is to trust to this concealment as their principal defense. As well as differences in aggressiveness between individuals of the same species according to the circumstances and conditions, there are also notable differences between species, even closely allied species; and the reports of those who have been attacked may understandably be lacking in objectivity. So it is impossible to forecast. even in outline, how any encounter will develop.The Hamadryad, for example, is usually credited with being amongst the most aggressive of snakes. and there are many accounts of unprovoked attacks, yet on one occasion fourteen men and seven dogs passed and returned within two yards from a nest and no snake was seen although the female. which guards the nest, could not have been far away.1.When a snake meets a potential enemy, its primary device is______________.A) avoiding any observationB) Finding a safe shelterC) giving a warning threatD) starting a quick attack2.The underlined phrase “dispense with all the preliminaries” inParagraph I most probably means________________.A) the snakes combine all the previous three stepsB) the snakes give up all the previous three stepsC) che snakes follow all the previous steps one by oneD) the snakes reverse the order of all the previous steps3.A snake is most aggressive when_______________.A) it meets a possible enemyB) it is caught when it is sleeping or sloughingC) it is disturbed unknowinglyD) it seeks a partner in che mating season4.It is difficult to predict what would happen when a snake meetsa man because____________.A) no one bas ever clearly known how he himself was bitB) man tends to be subjective when he describes his encounter with a snakeC) the aggressiveness of the snakes differs according to diverse situationsD) a snake does not begin co attack without provocation5. The author uses the example in the last paragraph m support his idea that___________.A) snakes do not begin the aggressive act if it is not disturbedB) some snakes are more aggressive and more ready to attackC) it is hard to forecast whether and how snakes would attackD) snakes often conceal themselves as their principal defense答案：1.当蛇遇到了潜在的敌人，它主要的做法会是______________。
晨读英语美文100篇（六级）
晨读英语美文100篇（六级）晨读英语美文100篇六级Passage 1. knowledge and VirtueKnowledge is one thing, virtue is another;good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility,nor is largeness and justness of view faith.Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound,gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles.Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman.It is well to be a gentleman,it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste,a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind,a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life—these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge;they are the objects of a University.I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them;but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness,and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate,to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them.Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not;they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy,not, I repeat, from their own fault,but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk,then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledgeand human reason to contend against those giants,Passage 2. “Packing” a PersonA person, like a commodity, needs packaging.But going too far is absolutely undesirable.A little exaggeration, however, does no harmwhen it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantage.To display personal charm in a casual and natural way,it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself.A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is no commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, radiant with beauty and full of life,has all the favor granted by God.Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating.Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of doze.Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the furrows ploughed by time.If you still enjoy life's exuberance enough to retain self-confidenceand pursue pioneering work, you are unique in your naturalqualities,and your charm and grace will remain.Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been,through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should.You have really lived your life which now arrives at a complacent stage of serenity indifferent to fame or wealth.There is no need to resort to hair-dyeing；the snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland.Let your looks change from young to old synchronizing with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty,while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness.To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe editionthat fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to part with.As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself,just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.Passage 3. Three Passions I Have Lived forThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life:the longing for love, the search for knowledge,and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither,in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish,reaching to the very verge of despair.I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my lifefor a few hours for this joy.I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness—that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousnesslooks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss.I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen,in a mystic miniature,the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life,this is what—at last—I have found.With equal passion I have sought knowledge.I have wished to understand the hearts of men.I have wished to know why the stars shine ...A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.。
英语35篇阅读精读荟萃(英语六级)
Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ‗ Palaeolithic Man‘, ‗Neolithic Man‘, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‗Legless Man‘. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‗in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn‘t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. ‘The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird‘s-eye view of the world –or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: ‗I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.‘ The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ‗I‘ve been there. ‘ You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‗I‘ve been there‘ –meaning, ‗I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ‘When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.1、Anthorpologists label nowaday’s men ‘Legless’becauseA people forget how to use his legs.B people prefer cars, buses and trains.C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.D there are a lot of transportation devices.2、Travelling at high speed meansA people‘s focus on the future.B a pleasure.C satisfying drivers‘ great thrill.D a necessity of life.3、Why does the author say ‘we are deprived of the use of our eyes’?A People won‘t use their eyes.B In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.C People can‘t see anything on his way of travel.D People want to sleep during travelling.4、What is the purpose of the author in writing thispassage?A Legs become weaker.B Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.C There is no need to use eyes.D The best way to travel is on foot.5. What does ‗a bird‘s-eye view‘ mean?A See view with bird‘s eyes.B A bird looks at a beautiful view.C It is a general view from a high position looking down.D A scenic place.VOCABULARY1. Palaeolithic 旧石器时代的2. Neolithic 新石器时代的3. escalator 自动电梯，自动扶梯4. ski-lift 载送滑雪者上坡的装置5. mar 损坏，毁坏6. blur 模糊不清，朦胧7. smear 涂，弄脏，弄模糊（尤指画面、轮廓等）8. evocative 引起回忆的，唤起感情的9. El Dorado (由当时西班牙征服者想象中的南美洲)黄金国，宝山，富庶之乡10. Kabul 喀布尔（阿富汗首都）11. Irkutsk 伊尔库茨克（原苏联亚洲城市）难句译注与答案详解The only way to travel is on foot 旅游的唯一方法是走路难句译注1. Air travel gives you a bird‘s-eye view of the world – or even if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way.【参考译文】飞机旅行，你只可俯视世界――如果机翼碰巧挡住了你的视线，就看得更少了。
2010年大学英语四六级考试精读荟萃100篇(6)
索古特英语学习网：/声明：本资料由索古特英语[]收集整理，转载请注明出自Passage Six (The Present Is the Most Important)Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’Entertainments. If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be , music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, --that petty fears and petty pleasure are but the shadow of reality. This is always exhilarating and sublime. By closing the eyes and slumbering, by consenting to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and habit everywhere, which still is built on purely illusory foundation. Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure. I have read in a Hindoo book, that “there was a king’s son, who, being expelled in infancy from his native city, was brought up by a forester, and, growing up to maturity in that state, imagined himself to belong to the barbarous race with which be lived. One of his father’s ministers having discovered him, revealed to him what he was, and the misconception of his character was removed, and he knew himself to be a prince. So soul, from the circumstances in which it is placed, mistakes its own character, until the truth is revealed to it by some holy teacher, and then it knows itself to be Brahme.”We think that that is which appears to be. If a man should give us an account of the realities he beheld, we should not recognize the place in his description. Look at ameeting-house, or a court-house, or a jail, or a shop. Or a dwelling-house, and say what that thing really is before a true gaze, and they would all go to pieces in your account of them. Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all ages. And we are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us. The universe constantly and obediently answers to ourconceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had as fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.1. The writer’s attitude toward the arts is one of[A]. admiration. [B]. indifference. [C]. suspicion. [D]. repulsion2. The author believes that a child.[A]. should practice what the Hindoos preach.[B]. frequently faces vital problems better than grownups do.[C]. hardly ever knows his true origin.[D]. is incapable of appreciating the arts.3. The author is primarily concerned with urging the reader to[A]. look to the future for enlightenment. [B]. appraise the present for its true value.[C]. honor the wisdom of the past ages. [D]. spend more time in leisure activities.4. The passage is primarily concerned with problem of[A]. history and economics. [B]. society and population.[C]. biology and physics. [D]. theology and philosophy.Vocabulary1. sham 虚伪2. delusion 欺骗3. fabulous 荒诞无稽的，不存在的4. exhilarating 令人高兴的5. sublime 崇高的6. slumber 睡眠7. Hindoo 印度8. Brahma 婆罗门(贵族)9. come, fall, go to pieces 崩溃，垮台10. culminate 达到顶点11. lapse 时间的推移/消逝12. apprehend 领悟，理解13. instill (慢慢地)滴注，灌输14. drench 浸泡，使湿透15. posterity 子孙后代16. look to 指望，注意难句译注1. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’Entertainments.[结构简析] 虚拟条件句，主句中to compare it with…know是插入语，也有假设之意。