1、大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopSPassage 1Do you send and receive more phones calls or e-mail? If your answer is e-mail, or you wish it were, then a new breed of telecommunications devices called an e-mail phone or Internet phone may soon find its way into your kitchen or living room. Essentially, an e-
2、mail phone, or e-phone for short, is the merger of telephone and computer. With most of these new screen phones, that means being able to read and reply to electronic mail directly from the phone, without starting up (or even owning) a PC. With some, it also means being able to search through the We
3、b to make vacation plans or research homework assignments though at slow speeds and on a rather small screen. And you can still make phone calls, too.No computer experience is required to use an e-phone. Most let you sign up with Internet service provider (ISP), which typically charges about 20 per
4、month. Once youre past this tedious work and enter the account information into the phone, you can check your e-mail from either your computer or phone.To assess your e-mail account from one of these phones, you typically have to select e-mail service from a menu. Phones with touch screens have an i
5、con (图标) for that on the opening screen. For other phones, you press one of the buttons lining the bottom or sides of the display, much as with an ATM machine. The phone then calls your ISP. When the ISP picks up, the phone automatically transfers your account name and password. Once accepted, the I
6、SP will start sending the phone your messages. By touching the item you want to read or hitting a button next to it, the message will be displayed. Once youve read it, you can reply to the message, move onto the next one, or, with most phones, delete the message from your account. You can check your
7、 e-mail manually, but most e-phones can also be set to check several times a day automatically. In automatic mode, the phone flashes to tell you mail is waiting. If you happen to be using the phone when it is scheduled to check for e-mail, the phone will automatically try again when the line is free
8、.One serious drawback to e-mail by phone is that it cannot receive (or send) attached files, whether they contain documents or graphics. Some phones will attempt to display simple text files as part of the message, but other types of files will appear as gibberish（乱码）, or not at all. If you share th
9、e e-mail account with a PC and dont delete the message, however, you can usually retrieve the message and file on your computer. 57. An e-mail phone is an improved device of telecommunication in that _.A) it can record a message in the form of e-mailsB) it can be used to receive and send e-mailsC) i
10、t can be connected with computersD) it can be used to visit websites58. Compared with a traditional telephone, an e-mail phone probably_. A) has a colored screenB) has a larger size 大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopSC) has similar key arrangementD) does not have a receiver59. When an e-mail phone is bein
11、g used to make phone calls, it_. A) cannot receive new messagesB) send out a signal of new messagesC) cannot display e-mail messagesD) automatically checks new messages60. One fundamental flaw of e-mail phones is that people cannot use it to_. A) receive or send e-mails with attached filesB) receive
12、 attached files with documentsC) read attached files with graphicsD) read only messages in the form of simple text61. It can be inferred from the passage that e-mails phones are designed to_.A) make transmission of e-mail messages faster B) make communication through e-mails cheaperC) make communica
13、tion through e-mails easierD) make communication through e-mails more popular 文章大意 文章介绍了一种新的电信装置-电子邮件电话。利用电子邮件电话，人们可以在不启动电脑的情况下也可以收发电子邮件，甚至可以浏览网页。利用电话的触摸屏或按钮登录账号后，人们便可以查收、浏览、回复、删除邮件，也可以启动电话自动查收邮件功能。该装置的缺点是不能收发附件，而且未删除的邮件在电脑中将被重新查收。试题解析 57. 选 B） 。细节题。第一段第四句解释了 e-mail phone 的功能，即用电话代替电脑处理电子邮件，B）与之相符。排
14、除干扰 A）为无关选项，可直接排除；第一段第四句指出，有了 e-mail phone，即使不开电脑，也可以处理电子邮件，故排除 C） ；第一段第五句说明不是所有的 e-mail phone 都可以浏览网页，故排除 D） 。58. 选 B） 。推断题。第三段描述了 e-mail phone 的使用方法，可以得知 e-mail phone 必须具备可以显示邮件信息的显示器以及用于登录账号及回复邮件所需的键盘，可以推知 e-mail phone 肯定比普通电话体积大， B）与之相符。排除干扰显示电子邮件不一定需要彩屏，故排除 A） ；e-mail phone 除了普通电话的数字键，肯定需要字母键以及
15、诸多功能键才能执行其功能，故排除 C） ；第一段最后一句指出 e-mail phone 保留普通电话的通话功能，因此肯定带听筒，故排除 D） 。大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopS59. 选 A)。推断题。根据题干定位到原文第三段最后一句。如果 e-mail phone 在查收电子邮件时占线，则会等通话结束后再自动查收，可以推知通话过程中不能接收新邮件，A）与之相符。排除干扰第三段第十句说明只要有未读邮件，电话的指示灯就会不断闪烁，故排除 B） ；不能接收新邮件不说明不能查看已接收的邮件，故排除 C） ；D ）与第三段最后一句不符。60. 选 D） 。细节题。根据题干 o
16、ne fundamental flaw 定位到原文第四段第一句和第二句。该段第二句说明 e-mail phone 将来只可以显示简单文本的附件内容，这说明现在还不能显示简单文本的附件内容，D）与之相符。排除干扰该段第一句指出 e-mail phone 不能接收附件，与 A）中“不能接受带附件的邮件“不一致，故排除 A） ；第一句指出，无论附件是文档文件还是图表文件都不能被接收或显示，B）和 C）只是分别表述了其部分的意思，故排除。61. 选 C） 。推断题。从原文第一段第二句及第二段第一句得知，e-mail phone 可以安装在厨房及客厅等最经常使用的场所，而且即使不会操作电脑的人也可以用它
17、来收发电子邮件，因此使电子邮件通信更为便利、简单，C）与之相符。排除干扰 A）和 B)为无关选项，可直接排除；D）是这项新发明产生的原因而不是目的。Passage 2Scientific consensus is a rare thing. But the experts agree almost unanimously on one thing humankind is changing the earths natural environment, and quickly. As an expanding global population spreads ever further aro
18、und the globe, habitats (栖息地) are being destroyed to make room for mushrooming towns and cities, all the while consuming more and more oil and other fossil fuels.In many ways humans have never had it so good: average global life expectancy has shot up by almost 20 years in the past half-century, mos
19、t countries are getting richer by the day and medical science has beaten scores of previously fatal conditions. And yet there are increasing fears that this human-dominated phase of the earths long history does much harm to the earth. The statistics compiled by the United Nations Environment Program
20、me, or UNEP, can make for depressing reading. Species are becoming extinct at a speed around 100 times faster than would happen naturally. Almost half the worlds original forests the habitat which supports around two-thirds of the wildlife - has disappeared in the past three decades. Farming land is
21、 eaten by deserts around 30 times faster than ever before seen, while air pollution is thought to kill 50,000 annually in the United States.Most seriously of all, the climate appears to be changing. The billion of tons of carbon dioxide pumped into the earths atmosphere annually, along with other so
22、-called greenhouse gases, is causing the earth to heat up, virtually all environmental scientists agree. Such a change would have a wide range of impacts on the natural world and human society.Environmental campaigners joined by increasing numbers of politicians want urgent action. “We really should
23、 be very alarmed as a global community,“ says Tony Juniper, director of 大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopSgreen group Friends of the Earth, “We still have time to do something about these things, but time is now extremely short. There is an increasingly confident assessment about the likelihood of the co
24、nsequences of global climate change, and the time scales that we have to deal with it.“The international response has been mixed. The 1997 Kyoto protocol (协议) committed industrialized nations to cut their combined greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2008, 12, but was undermined after the U
25、nited States, the biggest global polluter, declined to approve the deal. Washington opposed Kyotos methods rather than its aims. It acknowledged something needs to be done, calling for the country to cure its addiction to oil. Whatever the consensus on diagnosis, there is little agreement on action,
26、 something the UNEP warns must change. To tackle global warming, it warns that only a fundamental change in lifestyle and economy, with a significant moderation in the consumption of resources, can bring any hope of a solution.62. By saying that “humans have never had it so good“ (Line1, Para.2), th
27、e author means that people nowadays _.A) enjoy a much better life than beforeB) has reached the peak of civilizationC) are more powerful in changing the earthD) live in a world with more advanced medical science63. What is the most alarming consequence of the fast growing population?A) Species are d
28、ying out at an unnatural high speed. B) Living areas for wildlife are disappearing rapidly.C) The global weather is becoming warmer.D) All kinds of natural resources are draining.64. Concerned with the rising temperature of the earth, Tony Juniper suggests that_.A) there is no way to prevent the ser
29、ious consequencesB) it has to be stopped with the help of politicians C) measures should be carried out immediately to stop itD) the serious consequences cannot be predicted 65. The US refused to join the 1997 Kyoto protocol because it_.A) thought it unnecessary to deal with the global warming B) fo
30、und it impossible to reach the goal set by the protocol C) doubted whether it was treated equal as the biggest polluterD) believed that control of oil use would be more effective66. In order to handle the greenhouse effect, the UNEP warns that _.大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopSA) the world must agree o
31、n what has caused the changing climateB) the world must agree on what may result from the changing climateC) all the countries should agree on how to reduce the greenhouse gasesD) all the countries should take part in looking for the solutions 文章大意 全世界的科学家共同看到一个问题-人类正在迅速改变地球自然环境：人口膨胀、能源枯竭、物种锐减、原生林大幅
32、度缩小、耕地沙化以及空气污染加剧，最严重的是大量二氧化碳等气体引发温室效应。环境保护的倡导者呼吁人们立即行动，但各国在解决办法上无法达成一致。联合国环境规划署认为只有各国共同努力，改变人类生活方式、缩减能源消费，才能遏制全球气候变暖。试题解析 62.选 A） 。语义题。第二段第一句中冒号后的部分是对这句话的进一步解释：寿命的大幅度延长、生活水平的迅速提高以及医学的高度发展，使人们的生活比以往任何时候更加美好，A）正说明了这一点。排除干扰 B）和 C）为无关选项，可直接排除；发达的医学只是其中一方面，故排除 D） 。63. 选 C） 。细节题。文章前两段描述了人类对自然环境各个方面造成的破坏。第
33、三段第一句则明确指出：最严重的后果是气候发生了改变，C）与之相符。排除干扰 A） ，B）和D）分别是文中第二段第四句 Species are becoming extinctfaster than would happen naturally.，第一段第三句中的 habitats are being destroyed 以及该句中的 consuming more and more oil and other fossil fuels 的同义表达，但和题干 the most alarming consequence 不符。64. 选 C） 。推断题。根据题干 Tony Juniper 定位到原文
34、第四段。第一句是该段的主旨句，指出环保主义者呼吁人们马上采取行动，作者引用 Tony Juniper 的话是为了说明这一点，C）中 carry out measures immediately 是文中 urgent action 的同义表达。排除干扰该段第二句指出：我们还有时间解决问题，故排除 A） ；第一句 joined by increasing numbers of politicians 只说明越来越多的政治家呼吁环境保护，而不说明环境保护需要政治家的帮助，故排除 B） ；第三句指出人们对全球气候变化带来的后果做出了更加明确的估计，故排除D） 。65. 选 D） 。细节题。第五段第三句
35、说明美国反对京都协定书的具体做法，第四句则指出美国的做法是号召全国降低对石油的依赖程度，D ）与之相符。排除干扰 A）与第五段第四句中的 It acknowledged something needs to be done 相反。66. 选 C） 。推断题。根据题干 the UNEP warns 定位到原文第五段第五句，该句指出，各个国家在如何采取行动方面没有达成一致，联合国环境规划署因此发出警告，要求改变这一现状，C）与之相符。排除干扰第三段第二句说明人们已经认可了全球气温升高的原因是向大气排放大量二氧化碳等气体，故排除 A） ；第五段第五句 the consensus on diagnos
36、is指各个国家对全球升温的原因及后果意见一致，故排除 B） 。更多精品尽在大家学习网！Passage 3大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopSAnthropologists（人类学家） believe that laughter dates back millions of years we were laughing long before we were verbally communicating. Whether you speak Chinese, English or Swahili, a laugh or smile has virtually the sam
37、e meaning all over the world. Human beings love to laugh, and the average adult laughs 17 times a day. Humans love to laugh so much that there are actually industries built around laughter. Jokes, situation comedies and comedians are all designed to get us laughing, because laughing feels good. But
38、why do we laugh? After all, its not exactly a trait we share with other animal species. Philosopher John Morreall believes that the first human laughter may have begun as a gesture of shared relief at the passing of danger. And since the relaxation that results from laughter inhibits the biological
39、fight-or-light response, laughter may indicate trust in ones companions. Many researchers believe that the purpose of laughter is related to making and strengthening human connections. Laughter occurs when people are comfortable with one another, when they feel open and free. And the more laughter t
40、here is, the more bonding occurs within the group. This feedback “loop“ of bonding-laughter-more bonding, combined with the common desire not to be singled out from the group, may be another reason why laughter is often contagious (易感染的). We laugh 30 times as much when were with other people than we
41、 do when we are alone and laughing is not a solo activity.Laughter is a great thing thats why weve all heard the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.“ There is strong evidence that laughter can actually do a number of positive physical things to improve health and help fight diseases. Blood press
42、ure is lowered, and there is an increase in blood flow and in oxygenation of the blood, which further assists healing. In addition, people often store negative emotions, such as anger, sadness and fear, rather than expressing them. Laughter provides a way for these emotions to be harmlessly released
43、. Thats why some people who are upset or stressed out go to a funny movie or a comedy club, so they can laugh the negative emotions away. Otherwise, these negative emotions, when held inside, may cause biochemical changes that can affect our bodies. What may surprise you even more is the fact that r
44、esearchers estimate that laughing 100 times is equal to 10 minutes on the rowing machine or 15 minutes on an exercise bike. Laughing can be a total body workout! 52. What is said about the communicative functions of laughter?A) Meanings conveyed by laughter vary with languages.B) Laughter serves as
45、a way of interaction with animals.C) Laughter helped interaction before humans could speak.D) Human laughed at the very beginning as a sign of pleasure.53. A laughter can arouse many others in the same group to laugh partly because_.A) laughter is a sign of open mind and freedomB) people tend to lau
46、gh in a friendly atmosphereC) people laugh back to show their good mannersD) laughter gives people a sense of belonging大学英语六级考试阅读理解预测题大家学习网 www.TopS54. Why is laughter generally believed to be the best medicine?A) Because it keeps people away from falling ill. B) Because it is an effective way to cu
47、re patients.C) Because it increases the content of oxygen in blood. D) Because it helps patients recover more quickly.55. The negative emotions stored inside will_.A) do harm to physical healthB) have bad influence on psychologyC) be let out through laughter onlyD) fade away as time goes on56. Laugh
48、ter can be a way of body exercise if people_.A) laugh much more than they do in everydayB) laugh much louder than they do in everydayC) receive special training in how to laughD) learn to laugh while doing other exercises文章大意 笑是人类共同的语言，早在人类掌握语言之前就学会用笑交流。人们喜欢笑，所以才有娱乐业。除了表达欣喜和信赖之外，许多学者认为笑是群体性行为，是建立和强化
49、人际关系的手段。笑还有助于健康：有证据表明笑可以改善体质、预防疾病，而且笑可以将积蓄的负面情绪发泄出来，利于身心健康。笑甚至可以成为锻炼身体的运动项目。试题解析 52. 选 C） 。细节题。文章第一段第一句说明人们早在语言出现之前就会笑了，C）与之相符。排除干扰 A）与第一段第二句相反；第二段第五句说明笑不是人与动物共有的，故排除 B） ；根据第二段第六句 as a gesture of shared relief 排除 D） 。53. 选 B） 。推断题。根据题干定位到原文第三段第三句，feedback “loop“ of bonding-laughter-more bonding 是原因之一。笑既是人与人之间关系亲密的表现，也是使关系更加亲密的原因，所以当一个人笑时，其余人感受到友好的氛围，也会跟着笑，B）与之相符。排除干扰 第三段第二句中的 open and free 指“ 坦诚、随意 “，而不是 A）中的“ 开明、自由“；文中
