1、 世纪文都教育科技 集团股份 有限公司 地址：北京市海淀区西三环北路 72号世纪经贸大厦 B座 电话： 010 - 88820136 传真： 010 - 88820119 网址： 2017 年 12 月英语六级阅读训练 269 2017 年 12 月全国大学 英语四六级考试 已进入备考冲刺阶段 ， 英语六级考试中六级阅读所占比重为百分之三十五，阅读训练的重要性不言而喻，然而阅读技巧也是一门学问。来看看 文都四六 级 小编为各位整理的 2017 年 12 月 英语六级阅读训练 (269)，请考生及时练习！ The“ V” Sign The palm-forward“ V” sign, form
2、ed by raising and spreading the first two fingers1 ,has three different meanings in American culture.The most popular meaning of the“ V” sign was invented in 1941 by a Belgian, Victor De Lavalaye. Wanting a symbol for resistance to the Nazi2 occupation, he came up with the single letter“ V” , which
3、stood not only for his own first name3, but also for English victory, Flemish virijheid, and French victoire. The symbolism of the sign spread very quickly, and Winston Churchill4 used it constantly in public appearance. Thus throughout the 1940 s and 1950 s, the gesture meant simply“ victory” .The
4、second meaning came in the 1960 s. Because of its military implication, American antiwar protest or used the sign sarcastically against the arms, so that it became known as the“ peace sign” . In the 1970s, the“ V” sign , which had lost its military implication, was a common greeting among freedom lo
5、vers, acid heads5, political radicals, and ultimately, young people in general. So by about the middle of the 1970s, it ceased to give clue to the user s philosophy.The third meaning is the oldest and least common. American children jokingly put “ V” , which resembles“ horns” , behind friend 世纪文都教育科
6、技 集团股份 有限公司 地址：北京市海淀区西三环北路 72号世纪经贸大厦 B座 电话： 010 - 88820136 传真： 010 - 88820119 网址： heads in group snapshots. The are unknowingly reproducing something that southern Europeans would find highly offensive. This mischief, called“ horns of the Devil” , is a variant of the European“ horns” gesture, which
7、 is obscene. Here the“ V”sign means“ Your wife has been cheating on you ” or, when placed behind another head,“ His wife has been cheating on him” . In the United States, the gesture is typically given with the palm facing the viewer. The British use both this version and an older, palm-backward ver
8、sion; the latter is obscene in American culture, and corresponds to the American“ finger” 6 . Churchill got some surprised stares in 1941 when, evidently unaware of the vulgar usage, he gave the palm-backward“ V” to British troops. In England today you could have to be a social hermit not to underst
9、and the distinction. Astonishingly, however, Margaret Thatcher7 repeated Churchill s error after her victory in the 1979 election. 阅读自测 . Fill in the blanks with proper words : American children_ ( 开玩笑地 ) put“ V” ,which_ ( 类似 )“ horns” , behind friends heads in group _( 快照 ) . They are_ ( 无意中地 ) rep
10、roducing something that southern Europeans would find highly_ ( 无礼的 ) . 世纪文都教育科技 集团股份 有限公司 地址：北京市海淀区西三环北路 72号世纪经贸大厦 B座 电话： 010 - 88820136 传真： 010 - 88820119 网址： This mischief, called“ horns of the Devil” , is a _( 变体 ) of the European “ horns” gesture, which is_ ( 淫秽的 ) . . Exp lain the following p
11、hrases in bold type in your own words : 1. If you keep your fingers crossed , you _. 2. If you are all fingers and thumbs , you _ . 3. If you have a finger in every pie , you_ . 4. If you thumb a lift, you_. 【参考答案】 1. jokingly / resembles / snapshots / unknowingly /offensive / variant / obscene 2. 1
12、. hope that something will happen the way youwant2. are clumsy or awkward with your hands 3. are involved in everything that is happening 4. try to get a free ride in a motor vehicle ; hitchhike 世纪文都教育科技 集团股份 有限公司 地址：北京市海淀区西三环北路 72号世纪经贸大厦 B座 电话： 010 - 88820136 传真： 010 - 88820119 网址： 以上就是 文都四六级 小编为各位考生整理的关于 2017年 12月 英语六级阅读训练 ，小编希望大家能顺利的取得好成绩
